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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
"He's the Greatest Dancer"/ "Lost in Music" Sister Sledge: March 31 April 7 "Dancer"/ "Dance to Dance" Gino Soccio: April 14 April 21 April 28 May 5 May 12 May 19 "Ring My Bell" Anita Ward: May 26 Bad Girls (all cuts) [1] Donna Summer: June 2 June 9 June 16 June 23 June 30 July 7 July 14 "Born to Be Alive" Patrick Hernandez: July 21 July 28 ...
The Bee Gees scored the most number-one hits (9 songs) and had the longest cumulative run atop the Billboard Hot 100 chart (27 weeks) during the 1970s. Rod Stewart remained at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart for 17 weeks during the 1970s. Elton John amassed the second-most number-one hits on the Hot 100 chart during the 1970s (6 songs). #
13. "Hound Dog," Elvis Presley Elvis made dozens of classic songs in his career, but when it comes to pure catchy hook heaven, the repeated line "You ain't nothin' but a hound dog, cryin' all the ...
US BB 1 – Aug 1979, Sweden (alt) 1 – Jun 1979, Switzerland 1 – Jun 1979, Germany 1 – May 1979, Australia 1 for 3 weeks May 1980, UK 2 – Apr 1979, Austria 2 – Jul 1979, Netherlands 3 – May 1979, France 3 – Nov 1979, Norway 5 – Jun 1979, South Africa 5 of 1979, Canada 8 – Sep 1979, Australia 10 of 1979, US CashBox 15 of 1979 ...
The tracks that defined the year, starring Billie Eilish, Thom Yorke, Normani, Bad Bunny, and more