Hits of 1979
Oct 8, 2003 12:00 PM
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“The River” debuted at the 1979 No Nukes concert in New York. Although it was never released as a single, it became the title track of a double album released later that year. The following songs are the top hits from 1979, from the Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits, 7th Edition by Joel Whitburn, Billboard Books, 2000.
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Date Song Hit #1 |
Song Title |
Artist |
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1/06 |
Too Much Heaven |
Bee Gees |
|
2/10 |
Da Ya Think I’m Sexy? |
Rod Stewart |
|
3/10 |
I Will Survive |
Gloria Gaynor |
|
3/24 |
Tragedy |
Bee Gees |
|
4/14 |
What a Fool Believes |
The Doobie Brothers |
|
4/21 |
Knock On Wood |
Amii Stewart |
|
4/28 |
Heart Of Glass |
Blondie |
|
5/05 |
Reunited |
Peaches & Herb |
|
6/02 |
Hot Stuff |
Donna Summer |
|
6/30 |
Ring My Bell |
Anita Ward |
|
7/14 |
Bad Girls |
Donna Summer |
|
8/18 |
Good Times |
Chic |
|
8/25 |
My Sharona |
The Knack |
|
10/06 |
Sad Eyes |
Robert John |
|
10/20 |
Rise |
Herb Alpert |
|
11/03 |
Pop Muzik |
M |
|
11/10 |
Heartache Tonight |
The Eagles |
|
11/17 |
Still |
Commodores |
|
11/24 |
No More Tears (Enough is Enough) |
Barbra Streisand/Donna Summer |
|
12/08 |
Babe |
Styx |
|
12/22 |
Escape (The Piña Colada Song) |
Rupert Holmes |
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