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The Bee Gees had three songs on the Year-End Hot 100, "Night Fever" at 2, "Stayin' Alive" at 4, and "How Deep is Your Love" at 6. Andy Gibb had three songs on the Year-End Hot 100, including "Shadow Dancing", the number one hit of the year. This is a list of Billboard magazine's Top Hot 100 songs of 1978. [1]
A music video was made for the song in 1978, but not shown to the public until 26 years later, in 2004. [citation needed] It features the brothers singing the song in a darkened studio, layered over background video filmed while driving along "Motel Row" on Collins Avenue, a 3-mile (5 km) motel strip in what is now Sunny Isles Beach, Florida. [13]
These are the Billboard Hot 100 number-one hits of 1978. That year, 11 acts first hit number one, such as Player, Yvonne Elliman, Deniece Williams, John Travolta, The Commodores, A Taste of Honey, Exile, Nick Gilder, Anne Murray, Donna Summer, and Chic.
"With a Little Luck" was released in March 1978 as the first single from the album and reached No. 1 in the United States [6] and Canada, [7] and No. 5 in the UK. [ 6 ] [ 8 ] While it was at the top of the charts in the US, McCartney announced the new Wings line-up featuring lead guitarist Laurence Juber and drummer Steve Holley .
According to Billboard's Book Of Number One Hits, Gibb became the first solo artist in the history of the U.S. pop charts to have his first three singles hit the number-one spot. It remained in the top spot for seven straight weeks from 17 June to 29 July 1978, keeping " Baker Street " by Gerry Rafferty from reaching the top spot.
The Billboard Year-End chart is a chart published by Billboard which denotes the top song of each year as determined by the publication's charts. Since 1946, Year-End charts have existed for the top songs in pop, R&B, and country, with additional album charts for each genre debuting in 1956, 1966, and 1965, respectively.
The video for the song features Hartman alongside future Kiss lead guitarist Vinnie Vincent, Hilly Michaels from the band Sparks on drums, and future Hall & Oates guitarist and Saturday Night Live band leader G.E. Smith on bass. Backing vocalist Blanche Napoleon did not appear in the video, though her vocals can still be heard. [3] [4] [5]
List of Billboard Easy Listening number ones of 1978; List of Canadian number-one albums of 1978; List of Cash Box Top 100 number-one singles of 1978; List of Dutch Top 40 number-one singles of 1978; List of European number-one hits of 1978; List of Hot Country Singles number ones of 1978; List of number-one country albums of 1978 (Canada)