Billboard Top 40 Hits (1979)
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- After the Love Has Gone - Earth, Wind & Fire (#2)
- Ain't Love a Bitch - Rod Stewart (#22)
- Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now - McFadden & Whitehead (#13)
- Ain't That A Shame - Cheap Trick (#35)
- Arrow Through Me - Paul McCartney & Wings (#29)
- Babe - Styx (#1)
- Bad Case of Loving You (Doctor, Doctor) - Robert Palmer (#14)
- Bad Girls - Donna Summer (#1)
- Big Shot - Billy Joel (#14)
- Blow Away - George Harrison (#16)
- Blue Morning, Blue Day - Foreigner (#15)
- Boogie Wonderland - Earth, Wind & Fire with The Emotions (#6)
- Born to Be Alive - Patrick Hernandez (#16)
- The Boss - Diana Ross (#19)
- Broken Hearted Me - Anne Murray (#12)
- Bustin' Loose (Part 1) - Chuck Brown & The Soul Searchers (#34)
- Chase - Giorgio Moroder (#33) (instrumental)
- Chuck E.'s in Love - Rickie Lee Jones (#4)
- Come To Me - France Joli (#15)
- Confusion - Electric Light Orchestra (#37)
- Cool Change - Little River Band (#10)
- Coward of the County - Kenny Rogers (#3)
- Crazy Love - The Allman Brothers Band (#29)
- Crazy Love - Poco (#17)
- Cruel to Be Kind - Nick Lowe (#12)
- Cruisin' - Smokey Robinson (#4)
- Damned If I Do - Alan Parsons Project (#27)
- Dance the Night Away - Van Halen (#15)
- Dancin' Shoes - Nigel Olsson (#18)
- Days Gone Down (Still Got the Light in Your Eyes) - Gerry Rafferty (#17)
- Deeper Than the Night - Olivia Newton-John (#11)
- Deja Vu - Dionne Warwick (#15)
- Dependin' on You - The Doobie Brothers (#25)
- The Devil Went Down to Georgia - Charlie Daniels Band (#3)
- Different Worlds - Maureen McGovern (#18)
- Dim All the Lights - Donna Summer (#2)
- Dirty White Boy - Foreigner (#12)
- Disco Nights (Rock-Freak) - GQ (#12)
- Do It or Die - Atlanta Rhythm Section (#19)
- Does Your Mother Know - Abba (#19)
- Dog and Butterfly - Heart (#34)
- Don't Bring Me Down - Electric Light Orchestra (#4)
- Don't Do Me Like That - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers (#10)
- Don't Ever Wanna Lose Ya - New England (#40)
- Don't Hold Back - Chanson (#21)
- Don't Let Go - Isaac Hayes (#18)
- Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough - Michael Jackson (#1)
- Don't You Write Her Off - McGuinn, Clark, & Hillman (#33)
- Dream Police - Cheap Trick (#26)
- Dreaming - Blondie (#27)
- Driver's Seat - Sniff 'n' the Tears (#15)
- Escape (The Pina Colada Song) - Rupert Holmes (#1)
- Every 1's a Winner - Hot Chocolate (#6)
- Every Time I Think of You - The Babys (#13)
- Every Which Way But Loose - Eddie Rabbitt (#30)
- Fins - Jimmy Buffett (#35)
- Fool in the Rain - Led Zeppelin (#21)
- Forever In Blue Jeans - Neil Diamond (#20)
- Forever Mine - The O'Jays (#28)
- Found A Cure - Ashford & Simpson (#36)
- Get It Right Next Time - Gerry Rafferty (#21)
- Get Used to It - Roger Voudouris (#21)
- Getting Closer - Paul McCartney & Wings (#20)
- Girl of My Dreams - Bram Tchaikovsky (#37)
- Gold - John Stewart (#5)
- Good Friend - Mary MacGregor (#39)
- Good Girls Don't - The Knack (#11)
- Good Times - Chic (#1)
- Good Timin' - The Beach Boys (#40)
- Goodbye Stranger - Supertramp (#15)
- Goodnight Tonight - Paul McCartney & Wings (#5)
- Gotta Serve Somebody - Bob Dylan (#24)
- Half the Way - Crystal Gayle (#15)
- Happiness - Pointer Sisters (#30)
- Haven't Stopped Dancing Yet - Gonzalez (#26)
- He's the Greatest Dancer - Sister Sledge (#9)
- Head Games - Foreigner (#14)
- Heart of Glass - Blondie (#1)
- Heart of the Night - Poco (#20)
- Heartache Tonight - Eagles (#1)
- Heaven Knows - Donna Summer (#4)
- Heaven Must Have Sent You - Bonnie Pointer (#11)
- Highway Song - Blackfoot (#26)
- Hold On - Ian Gomm (#18)
- Hold On - Triumph (#38)
- Honesty - Billy Joel (#24)
- Hot Number - Foxy (#21)
- Hot Stuff - Donna Summer (#1)
- Hot Summer Nights - Night (#18)
- I (Who Have Nothing) - Sylvester (#40)
- I Can't Help Myself - Bonnie Pointer (#40)
- I Can't Stand It No More - Peter Frampton (#14)
- I Do Love You - GQ (#20)
- I Don't Know If It's Right - Evelyn "Champagne" King (#23)
- I Got My Mind Made Up (You Can Get It Girl) - Instant Funk (#20)
- I Just Fall in Love Again - Anne Murray (#12)
- I Know a Heartache When I See One - Jennifer Warnes (#19)
- I Need a Lover - John Cougar Mellencamp (#28)
- I Still Have Dreams - Richie Furay (#39)
- I Wanna Be Your Lover - Prince (#11)
- I Want You to Want Me - Cheap Trick (#7)
- I Want You Tonight - Pablo Cruise (#19)
- I Want Your Love - Chic (#7)
- I Was Made for Dancin' - Leif Garrett (#10)
- I Was Made for Lovin' You - KISS (#11)
- I Will Survive - Gloria Gaynor (#1)
- I'll Never Love This Way Again - Dionne Warwick (#5)
- If I Said You Had A Beautiful Body Would You Hold It Against Me - Bellamy Brothers (#39)
- (If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don't Want to Be Right - Barbara Mandrell (#31)
- If You Remember Me - Night (with Chris Thompson) (#17)
- If You Want It - Niteflyte (#37)
- In the Navy - Village People (#3)
- Instant Replay - Dan Hartman (#29)
- Is She Really Going Out With Him? - Joe Jackson (#21)
- It Must Be Love - Alton McClain & Destiny (#32)
- Jane - Jefferson Starship (#14)
- Just When I Needed You Most - Randy Vanwarmer (#4)
- Kiss In the Dark - Pink Lady (#37)
- Knock On Wood - Amii Stewart (#1)
- Ladies Night - Kool & The Gang (#8)
- Lady - Little River Band (#10)
- Lead Me On - Maxine Nightingale (#5)
- Let's Go - The Cars (#14)
- Little Bit of Soap - Nigel Olsson (#34)
- Livin' It Up (Friday Night) - Bell & James (#15)
- The Logical Song - Supertramp (#6)
- Lonesome Loser - Little River Band (#6)
- Love Ballad - George Benson (#18)
- Love Is the Answer - England Dan & John Ford Coley (#10)
- Love Pains - Yvonne Elliman (#34)
- Love Takes Time - Orleans (#11)
- Love You Inside Out - Bee Gees (#1)
- Lovin', Touchin', Squeezin' - Journey (#16)
- The Main Event / Fight - Barbra Streisand (#3)
- Makin' It - David Naughton (#5)
- Mama Can't Buy You Love - Elton John (#9)
- A Man I'll Never Be - Boston (#31)
- Married Men - Bette Midler (#40)
- Maybe I'm a Fool - Eddie Money (#22)
- Midnight Wind - John Stewart (#28)
- Minute by Minute - The Doobie Brothers (#14)
- Morning Dance - Spyro Gyra (#24) (instrumental)
- Music Box Dancer - Frank Mills (#3) (instrumental)
- My Sharona - The Knack (#1)
- New York Groove - Ace Frehley (#13)
- No More Tears (Enough Is Enough) - Barbra Streisand & Donna Summer (#1)
- No Tell Lover - Chicago (#14)
- Oh Well - Rockets (#30)
- Old Time Rock & Roll - Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band (#28)
- One Last Kiss - J. Geils Band (#35)
- One Way or Another - Blondie (#24)
- People of the South Wind - Kansas (#23)
- Please Don't Leave - Lauren Wood (#24)
- Pop Muzik - M (#1)
- Precious Love - Bob Welch (#19)
- Pretty Girls - Melissa Manchester (#39)
- Promises - Eric Clapton & His Band (#9)
- The Rainbow Connection - Kermit the Frog (Jim Henson) (#25)
- Rapper's Delight - Sugarhill Gang (#36)
- Renegade - Styx (#16)
- Reunited - Peaches & Herb (#1)
- Ring My Bell - Anita Ward (#1)
- Rise - Herb Alpert (#1) (instrumental)
- Rock N' Roll Fantasy - Bad Company (#13)
- Rolene - Moon Martin (#30)
- Roller - April Wine (#34)
- Roxanne - The Police (#32)
- Rubber Biscuit - Blues Brothers (#37)
- Sad Eyes - Robert John (#1)
- Sail On - Commodores (#4)
- Saturday Night, Sunday Morning - Thelma Houston (#34)
- Saturdaynight - Herman Brood (#35)
- Savannah Nights - Tom Johnston (#34)
- The Second Time Around - Shalamar (#8)
- Send One Your Love - Stevie Wonder (#4)
- September - Earth, Wind & Fire (#8)
- Shadows In the Moonlight - Anne Murray (#25)
- Shake Your Body (Down to the Ground) - The Jacksons (#7)
- Shakedown Cruise - Jay Ferguson (#31)
- Sharing the Night Together - Dr. Hook (#6)
- She Believes in Me - Kenny Rogers (#5)
- Shine a Little Love - Electric Light Orchestra (#8)
- Ships - Barry Manilow (#9)
- So Good, So Right - Brenda Russell (#30)
- Song On the Radio - Al Stewart (#29)
- Soul Man - Blues Brothers (#14)
- Spooky - Atlanta Rhythm Section (#17)
- Still - Commodores (#1)
- Stormy - Santana (#32)
- Street Life - The Crusaders (#36)
- Stumblin' In - Suzi Quatro & Chris Norman (#4)
- Such a Woman - Tycoon (#26)
- Sultans of Swing - Dire Straits (#4)
- Superman - He rbie Mann (#26)
- Suspicions - Eddie Rabbitt (#13)
- Sweet Lui-louise - Ironhorse (#36)
- Take Me Home - Cher (#8)
- Take the Long Way Home - Supertramp (#10)
- This Is It - Kenny Loggins (#11)
- This Night Won't Last Forever - Michael Johnson (#19)
- Too Much Heaven - Bee Gees (#1)
- Tragedy - Bee Gees (#1)
- Train, Train - Blackfoot (#38)
- Tusk - Fleetwood Mac (#8)
- Up on the Roof - James Taylor (#28)
- Victim of Love - Elton John (#31)
- Video Killed the Radio Star - The Buggles (#40)
- Watch Out for Lucy - Eric Clapton & His Band (#40)
- We Are Family - Sister Sledge (#2)
- We Don't Talk Anymore - Cliff Richard (#7)
- Weekend - Wet Willie (#29)
- What A Fool Believes - The Doobie Brothers (#1)
- What Cha Gonna Do with My Lovin' - Stephanie Mills (#22)
- What You Won't Do for Love - Bobby Caldwell (#9)
- When I Wanted You - Barry Manilow (#20)
- When You're In Love With A Beautiful Woman - Dr. Hook (#6)
- Where Were You When I Was Falling in Love? - Lobo (#23)
- Why Me - Styx (#26)
- Working My Way Back to You / Forgive Me, Girl - Spinners (#2)
- You Can Do It - Dobie Gray (#37)
- You Can't Change That - Ray Parker, Jr. & Raydio (#9)
- You Decorated My Life - Kenny Rogers (#7)
- You Gonna Make Me Love Somebody Else - The Jones Girls (#38)
- You Know That I Love You - Santana (#35)
- You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real) - Sylvester (#36)
- You Take My Breath Away - Rex Smith (#10)
- You Thrill Me - Exile (#40)
- You're Only Lonely - J.D. Souther (#7)
- Young Blood - Rickie Lee Jones (#40)
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User's rating: 10/10 I wish you could have kept these lists going beyond 1979. There are a lot of songs that barely break into the top 40 that are very good but never received the airplay. I have enjoyed remembering just those songs once again. I can't imagine the time it must have taken to do what you have but thanks and if possible, continue on past 1979 as soon as you can. |
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I found this list like the others very informative. Unfortunately it seems that the list stops short at songs starting with 'S' and omits entries T through Z. If this list was complete I'd give it a 10. As is I'd give it an 8. |