Here
they are, the absolutely greatest top hits from the history of popular
music. The very best music. The Year
is
1979. These are the year's
Favorites in the UK. Abba
- Chiquitita - 02-1979
(Epic) Abba - Does Your Mother Know -
05-1979 (Epic) Abba - Angel Eyes/Voulez Vous
- 08-1979 (Epic) Abba - Gimme Gimme Gimme (A Man
After Midnight) - 10-1979 (Epic) Abba - I Hav A Dream - 12-1979
(Epic)
The Beach Boys - Lady Lynda -
07-1979 (Caribou)
The Bee Gees - Tragedy
-02-1979 (RSO)
The Bee Gees - Love You Inside
Out - 05-1979 (RSO)
The Bellamy Brothers - If You
Said You Had A Beautiful Body, Would You Hold It Against Me - 09-1979
(Warner) Blondie - Heart Of Glass -
01-1979 (Chrysalis) Blondie - Sunday Girl - 05-1979
(Chrysalis) Blondie - Dreaming - 10-1979
(Chrysalis) Blondie - Union City Blue -
12-1979 (Chrysalis) Boney M - Painter Man -
03-1979 (Atlantic/Hansa) Boney M - Hooray Hooray It's A
Holi-Holiday - 05-1979 (Atlantic/Hansa) Boney M - Gotta Go Home/El Lut
- 09-1979 (Atlantic/Hansa)
The Boomtown Rats - I Don't
Like Mondays - 07-1979
David Bowie - Boys Keep
Swingin' - 05-1979 (RCA)
Dennis Brown - Money In My
Pocket - 03-1979
The Buggles - Video Killed The
Radio Star - 10-1979 (Island)
Kate Bush - Wow - 04-1979 (EMI)
Kate Bush - Kate Bush On Stage
E.P. - 10-1979 (EMI)
Gene Chandler - Get Down -
03-1979 (20th Century) Chic - I Want Your Love -
03-1979 (Atlantic) Chic - Good Times - 07-1979
(Atlantic)
The Commodores - Sail On -
09-1979 (Motown)
The Commodores - Still -
11-1979 (Motown)
Elvis Costello & The
Attractions- Oliver's Army -
02-1979 (Radar)
The Crusaders - Street Life -
09-1979 (MCA)
The Darts - Get It - 93-1979
(Magnet)
The Darts - Duke Of Earl -
08-1979 (Magnet) Dickies - Banana Splits (Tra La
La Song) - 05-1979 (A&M) Dire Straits - Sultans Of Swing
- 04-1979 (Vertigo) Dollar - Love's Gotta Hold On
Me - 09-1979 (Carrere)
The Dooleys - Wanted - 07-1979
(GTO) Dr. Hook - When You're In Love
With A Beautiful Woman - 10-1979 (Capitol) Driver 67 - Car 67 - 01-1979
(Logo)
Erroll Dunkley - O.K. Fred -
10-1979 (Scope)
Ian Dury & The Blockheads - Hit Me
With Your Rhythm Stick - 01-1979 (Stiff)
Ian Dury & The Blockheads -
Reasons To Be Cheerful (Pt 3) - 08-1979 (Stiff) Earth,
Wind & Fire - September - 01-1979 (CBS) Earth, Wind & Fire With The
Emotions - Boogie Wonderland - 06-1979 (CBS) Earth, Wind & Fire - After
The Love Has Gone - 08-1979 (CBS)
Dave Edmunds - Girls Talk -
07-1979 (Swansong)
Dave Edmunds - Queen Of Hearts
- 10-1979 (Swansong)
The Electric Light Orchestra -
Shine A Litle Love - 06-1979 (Jet)
The Electric Light Orchestra -
The Diary Of Horace Wimp - 08-1979 (Jet)
The Electric Light Orchstra -
Don't Bring Me Down - 09-1979 (Jet)
The Electric Light Orchestra -
Confusion/Last Train To London - 12-1979 (Jet) Eruption - One Way Ticket -
05-1979 (Atlantic/Hansa)
Paul Evans - Hello This Is
Joannie (Telephone Answering Machine Song) - 01-1979 (Spring) Dr. Feelgood - Milk And
Alcohol - 02-1979 (UA) Fiddler's Dream - Day Trip To
Bangor (Didn't We Have A Lovely Time) - 12-1979 (Dingles) Fleetwood Mac - Tusk - 10-1979
(Warner)
The Flying Lizards - Money -
09-1979 (Virgin) Frantique - Strut Your Funky
Stuff - 09-1979 (Philly Int.) Funkadelic - One Nation Under A
Groove (Pt. 1) - 01-1979 (Warner)
Art Garfunkel - Bright Eyes -
04-1979 (CBS)
Leif Garrett - I Was Made For
Dancin' - 02-1979 (Scotti Bros.) Gary's Gang - Keep On
Dancin' - 03-1979 (CBS)
Gloria Gaynor - I Will Survive
- 02-1979 (Polydor) Generation X - King Rocker -
02-1979 (Chrysalis)
The Gibson Brothers - Ooh!
What A Life - 09-1979 (Island)
The Gibson Brothers - Que Sera
Mi Vida (If You Should Go) - 12-1979 (Island)
Eddy Grant - Living On The
Front Line - 07-1979 (Ensign)
Patrick Hernandez - Born To
Be Alive - 07-1979 (Gem) Hot Chocolate - I'll Put You
Together Again - 01-1979 (RAK)
Michael Jackson - Don't Stop
Till You Get Enough - 10-1979 (Epic)
Michael Jackson - Off The Wall
- 12-1979 (Epic)
The Jacksons - Shake Your Body
(Down To The Ground) - 04-1979 (Epic) Jam - The Eton Rifles - 11-1979
(Polydor)
Billy Joel - My Life - 02-1979
(CBS) Judas Priest - Take On The
World - 02-1979 Kandidate - I Don't Wanna Lose
You - 04-1979 (RAK)
Janet Kay - Silly Games -
07-1979 (Scope)
Chaka Khan - I'm Every Woman - 01-1979
(Warner)
The Knack - My Sharona -
07-1979 (Capitol) Kool & The Gang - Ladies
Night - 11-1979 (Mercury)
Bill Lovelady - Reggae For It
Now - 09-1979 (Charisma)
Lene Lovich - Lucky Number -
03-1979 (Stiff)
Nick Lowe - Cruel To Be Kind
- 10-1979 (Radar) M - Pop Muzik - 04-1979 (MCA) Madness - One Step Beyond -
12-1979 (Stiff)
Lena Martell - One Day At A
Time - 10-1979 (Pye)
Paul McCartney - Wonderful
Christmastime - 12-1979 (Parlophone) McFadden & Whitehead -
Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now - 06-1979 (Philly Int.)
The Members - Sound Of The
Suburbs - 02-1979 (Virgin) Milk & Honey - Hallelujah -
04-1979 (Polydor)
Gary Moore - Parisienne
Walkways - 05-1979 (MCA)
Olivia Newton-John - A Little
More Love - 01-1979 (EMI)
Gary Numan - Cars - 09-1979 (Beggars
Banquet)
Gary Numan - Complex - 12-1979
(Beggars Banquet)
Thom Pace - Maybe - 07-1979
(RSO) Peaches & Herb - Reunited -
05-1979 (CBS) Pink Floyd - Another Brick In
The Wall (Pt. 2) - 12-1979 (Harvest) Players Association - Turn The
Music Up - 04-1979 (Vanguard)
The Police - Roxanne - 05-1979
(A&M)
The Police - Can't Stand
Losing You - 08-1979 (A&M)
The Police - Message In A
Bottle - 09-1979 (A&M)
The Police - Walking On The
Moon - 12-1979 (A&M)
The Pretenders - Brass In
Pocket - 12-1979 (Real) Quantum Jump - The Lone Ranger
- 06-1979 (Electric)
Suzi Quatro - She's In Love
With You - 11-1979 (RAK) Queen - Don't Stop Me Now -
03-1979 (EMI) Queen - Crazy Little Thing
Called Love - 11-1979 (EMI) Racey - Some Girls -04-1979
(RAK)
Gerry Rafferty - Night Owl -
06-979 (UA) Rainbow - Since You've Been
Gone - 10-1979 (Polydor)
The Ramblers - The Sparrow -
11-1979 (Decca)
The Real Thing - Can You Feel
The Force? - 03-1979
Cliff Richard - We Don't Talk
Anymore - 08-1979 (EMI)
B.A. Robertson - Bang Bang -
08-1979 (Asylum)
B.A. Robertson - Knocked It Off
- 11-1979 (Asylum) Roxy Music - Dance Away -
05-1979 (Polydor) Roxy Music - Angel Eyes -
08-1979 (Polydor)
The Ruts - Babylon's Burning -
07-1979 (Virgin) Sad Café - Every Day
Hurts - 10-1979 (RCA) Selecter - On My Radio -
11-1979 (2 Tone)
The Sex Pistols -
Something Else/ Friggin' In The Riggin' - 03-1979 (Virgin)
The Sex Pistols - Silly
Thing/Who Killed Bambi - 04-1979 (Virgin)
The Sex Pistols - C'mon
Everybody - 07-1979 (Virgin)
The Shadows - Don't Cry For me Argentina
- 02-1979 (EMI)
The Shadows - Theme From The
Deer Hunter (Cavatina) - 06-1979 (EMI) Sham 69 - Hersham Boys -
08-1979 (Polydor) Sister Sledge - He's The
Greatest Dancer - 04-1979 (Atlantic/Cotillion) Sister Sledge - We Are Family -
06-1979 (Atlantic)
The Skids - Into The Valley -
03-1979 (Virgin)
The Skids - Masquerade -
06-979 (Virgin)
The Sparks - Beat The Clock -
08-1979 (Virgin)
The Specials - Gangsters -
08-1979 (2 Tone)
The Specials - A Message To You
Rudy/Nite Klub - 11-1979 (2 Tone) Squeeze - Cool For Cats -
04-1979 (A&M) Squeeze - Up The Junction -
06-1979 (A&M)
Edwin Starr - Contact -
02-1979 (20th Century)
Edwin Starr - H.A.P.P.Y. Radio
- 06-1979 (RCA) Status Quo - Whatever You Want
- 10-1979 (Vertigo)
Amii Stewart - Knock On Wood
- 05-1979 (Atlantic/Hansa)
Amii Stewart - Light My
Fire/137 Disco Heaven - 07-1979 (Atlantic)
Rod Stewart - Ain't Love A
Bitch - 02-1979
Barbra Streisand & Donna
Summer - No More Tears (Enough Is Enough) - 11-1979 (Casablanca/CBS)
The Sugar Hill Gang - Rapper's
Delight - 12-1979 (Sugarhill)
Donna Summer - Hot Stuff -
06-1979 (Casablanca) Supertramp - The Logical Song -
04-1979 (A&M) Supertramp - Breakfast In
America - 07-1979 (A&M) Thin Lizzy - Waiting For An
Alibi - 03-1979 (Vertigo)
The Three Degrees - Women In
Love - 01-1979 (Ariola)
The Three Degrees - The Runner
- 04-1979 (Ariola)
The Three Degrees - My Simple
Heart - 12-1979 (Ariola) Toto - Hold The Line -
02-1979
The Tourists - I Only Want To
Be With You - 12-1979 (Logo) Tubeway Army - Are 'Friends'
Electric - 06-1979 (Beggars Banquet)
Randy Vanwarmer - Just When I
Needed You Most - 09-1979 (Bearsville)
The Village People - In The
Navy - 03-1979 (Mercury)
Anita Ward - Ring My Bell -
06-1979 (TK)
Barry White - Just The Way You
Are - 02-1979 (20th Century)
Viola Wills - Gonna Get Along
Without You Now - 11-1979 (Ariola/Hansa) Wings - Goodnight Tonight -
05-1979 (Parlophone)
