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My Sharona" by The Knack (singer Doug Fieger pictured) was the number-one song of 1979. This is a list of Billboard magazine's Top Hot 100 songs of 1979 . [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The Top 100, as revealed in the year-end edition of Billboard dated December 22, 1979.
Gloria Gaynor scored a #1 hit with "I Will Survive" in 1979. Here are the Billboard Hot 100 number-one hits of 1979. That year, 10 acts earned their first number one song: Gloria Gaynor, Amii Stewart, Blondie, Peaches & Herb, Anita Ward, The Knack, Robert John, M, Styx, and Rupert Holmes; only Blondie would ever have another number one hit.
List of Billboard Hot 100 top ten singles in 1979 which peaked in 1980 Top ten entry date Single Artist(s) Peak Peak date Weeks in top ten November 10 "Please Don't Go" KC and the Sunshine Band: 1 January 5 11 December 8 "Do That to Me One More Time" Captain & Tennille: 1 February 16 14 December 22 "Ladies' Night" Kool & the Gang: 8 January 12 5
These are the Billboard magazine Hot Dance Club Play number one hits of 1979. Issue date Song Artist January 6 "Le Freak"/ "I Want Your Love"/ "Chic Cheer" Chic:
The Cars were an American rock band who recorded 89 songs during their career, of which included 86 originals and 3 covers.Emerging from the new wave scene in the late 1970s, the group consisted of singer, rhythm guitarist, and songwriter Ric Ocasek, bassist and singer Benjamin Orr, lead guitarist Elliot Easton, keyboardist Greg Hawkes, and drummer David Robinson.
Name of song, writer(s), original release, and year of release Song Writer(s) Original release Year Ref. "45 Revolutions Per Minute" [a] John Fogerty: Pendulum (40th Anniversary Edition) 2008 [1] "Bad Moon Rising" John Fogerty Green River: 1969 [2] "Before You Accuse Me" Ellas McDaniel † Cosmo's Factory: 1970 [3] "Bootleg" John Fogerty Bayou ...
List of Cash Box Top 100 number-one singles of 1979; List of Dutch Top 40 number-one singles of 1979; List of European number-one hits of 1979; List of number-one singles of 1979 (France) List of Hot Country Singles number ones of 1979; List of number-one country albums of 1979 (Canada) List of number-one dance singles of 1979 (U.S.) List of ...
This is a list of films which placed number one at the weekly box office in the United States during 1979 per Variety. The data was based on grosses from 20 to 22 key cities and therefore, the gross quoted may not be the total that the film grossed nationally in the week.