Eurovision Song Contest 1978/79

Paris holds the competition this year, but it was Israel that took the crown this year with a really uptempo song called A-Ba-Ni-Bi, sung by Izhar Cohen and Alphabeta.

Politics being politics meant that many countries not sympathetic to Israel cut away from their performance, and some countries dropped the broadcast when it was clear Israel were going to win.

Retro Countdown: 1979-02-10 UK Top 40

Retro Countdown: 1979-02-10 UK Top 40 by Owen Andrew on Mixcloud

GOLDEN HOUR JANUARY 1979

The Village People, Hot Chocolate, The Clash, Chaka Khan, Rocky Sharpe And The Replays and more.

March 1979

Chic, Sister Sledge, KC & The Sunshine Band, The Players Association, Herbie Hancock and more.

 

US TOP 40: 07 JULY 1979

This non-stop playlist features the TOP 40 singles in the USA for the week of 7th July 1979. It features tracks by Donna Summer, Supertramp, Anita Ward, Sister Sledge, Peter Frampton, Cheap Trick, Kenny Rogers, Earth Wind & Fire & The Emotions, Chic, Bette Midler, Elton John, Joe Jackson, Gerry Rafferty, and many more.

Tony Blackburn Last Morning Show on Radio One 29 12 1979

UK Top 40: 30th June 1979

This is one of the best summer charts ever, coming from June 1979. Music from Blondie, Quantum Jump, Roxy Music, Squeeze,

Gary Numan, The Sex Pistols, McFadden & Whitehead and TWO back to back versions of Cavatina!

GOLDEN HOUR : JUNE 1979

Tubeway Army, Quantum Jump, Earth, Wind And Fire With The Emotions, Sister Sledge, McFadden And Whitehead and more.

UK Top 40: 10th March 1979

Roxy Music, Peaches & Herb, The Shadows, The Pretenders, The Cars and more.

UK Top 40 Week Ending 6th June 1970

Welcome to my complete top 40 for the 6th June 1970. In this week when I first started work at a 16 year old, we had Mary Hopkins, Who, Cliff, Moodies, Elvis and Gerry Monroe and even The England World Cup Squad 1970 with 'Back Home' in the charts amongst many others. Its quite a diverse chart as well so have fun. I'd bet you've not heard many of them on the radio since 1970 either. Remember track 1 in here is chart position 40 and track 40 in here is chart position 1. P.S. I used the album version of the Guess Who track 'American Woman'. Enjoy..

May 1979

30 UK, US and European hits from May 1979:

1. Pop Muzik
2. We Are Family
3. Hot Stuff
4. Mr. Groovy (It Feels So Right)
5. Let Me Be Good To You
6. African Blood
7. Dancer
8. Boys Keep Swinging
9. Lady Night
10. Makin' It
11. Intro Disco
12. Frozen Years
13. Superman
14. Boogie Wonderland
15. Shine A Little Love
16. Say When
17. Dancin' Fool
18. Roxanne
19. Does Your Mother Know
20. Minute By Minute
21. Remember Russia
22. Hanging On The Telephone
23. One Night Affair
24. You Can't Change That
25. Loose Caboose
26. Love's What I Want
27. Goin' Back To China
28. White Lightning
29. Reunited
30. Lydia

UK Retro Chart Top 40 : W/E 27th January 1979

The Doll, Bee Gees, Chaka Khan, Orange Juice, Generation X

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UK Top 45 Singles Chart W/E 10th March 1979

Roxy Music, The Three Degrees, Meat Loaf, Gloria Gaynor, Thin Lizzy and more.

Top Ten Singles 1979

Here are the top ten best selling singles in the UK for 1979

Top Hits of 1979
   1 Art Garfunkel Bright Eyes
   2 Blondie Heart Of Glass                                 Article about Blondie
   3 Cliff Richard We Don't Talk Anymore          Article about Cliff Richard 
   4 Boomtown Rats I Don't Like Mondays
   5 Dr Hook When You're In Love With A Beautiful Woman
   6 Gloria Gaynor I Will Survive
   7 Tubeway Army Are Friends Electric                  Article about Gary Numan
   8 Blondie Sunday Girl                                      Article about Blondie
   9 Roxy Music Dance Away                            Article about Roxy Music  
   10 Lena Martell One Day At A Time

Alexis Korner's Radio 1 Show from the 27th August 1979

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Tony Blackburn's first Top 40 - 2nd September 1979

Tony Blackburn's first Top 40 - 2nd September 1979

UK Top 40 Singles Chart - 9 June 1979

Welcome to 1979, where disco is still doing well with Donna Summer, the full length version of McFadden and Whitehead and Sister Sledge. New wave with Lene Lovich, Skids and the Monks. Also features the debut single from Tubeway Army/Gary Numan and many other great classics from this month. Enjoy the retro experience from this 1979 time machine.

UK TOP 40 8-14 JULY 1979

UK TOP 40 SINGLES CHART FOR W/E 14th JULY 1979 featuring hits from Tubeway Army, Donna Summer, Dollar, The Skids, Janet Kay, The Knack, Anita Ward, Quantum Jump, Edwin Starr, Thin Lizzy and more...

UK TOP 40 8-14 JULY 1979

This upload features tracks from McFadden And Whitehead, Bonnie Tyler, Siouxsie And The Banshees, Lene Lovich, Rickie Lee Jones and more.

Kid Jensen's Roundtable on Radio 1 27-07-79