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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
1979 in music; List of number-one dance hits (United States) List of artists who reached number one on the U.S. Dance chart; References Whitburn, Joel (2004), Joel ...
The song was a success, winning the 1979 Grammy for 'Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal.' ... "Stayin' Alive" became one of the greatest and most popular songs to ever arise ...
Hot Country Songs is a chart that ranks the top-performing country music songs in the United States, published by Billboard magazine. In 1979, 33 different singles topped the chart, which was published at the time under the title Hot Country Singles, in 52 issues of the magazine.
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). #
Song Artist January 6 "Le Freak" † Chic: January 13 January 20 January 27 February 3 "Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?" Rod Stewart: February 10 February 17 February 24 March 3 March 10 "I Will Survive" Gloria Gaynor: March 17 "Tragedy" Bee Gees: March 24 March 31 April 7 "What a Fool Believes" Doobie Brothers: April 14 April 21 "Knock on Wood" Amii ...