Debut Date Peak Weeks Title Artist
1/6/79 #10 20 Lady Little River Band
1/6/79 #13 16 Every Time I Think Of You The Babys
1/6/79 #32 10 Stormy Santana
1/13/79 #46 8 I Go To Rio Pablo Cruise
1/13/79 #71 9 Run Home Girl Sad Cafe
1/13/79 #107 1 Trick Of The Light The Who
1/20/79 #1 20 What A Fool Believes Doobie Brothers
1/20/79 #17 14 Crazy Love Poco
1/20/79 #77 3 Chip Away The Stone Aerosmith
1/27/79 #4 22 Stumblin' In Suzi Quatro and Chris Norman
1/27/79     Gimme Some Water Eddie Money
1/27/79 #29 9 Song On The Radio Al Stewart
2/3/79 #34 10 Dog & Butterfly Heart
2/10/79 #4 15 Sultans Of Swing Dire Straits
2/10/79 #14 11 Big Shot Billy Joel
2/17/79 #1 21 Heart Of Glass Blondie
2/17/79 #86 4 Don't Stop Me Now Queen
2/24/79 #32 13 Roxanne The Police
2/24/79 #40 7 Watch Out For Lucy Eric Clapton
      Shakedown Street Grateful Dead
3/3/79 #16 14 Blow Away George Harrison
3/3/79 #34 11 Roller April Wine
3/3/79 #37 8 Rubber Biscuit Blues Brothers
3/10/79 #79 4 I'll Be There Starz
3/17/79 #13 20 Rock 'N' Roll Fantasy Bad Company
3/17/79 #16 19 Renegade Styx
3/17/79 #33 11 Don't You Write Her Off McGuinn, Clark & Hillman
3/17/79 #41 10 Good Times Roll The Cars
3/24/79 #6 21 The Logical Song Supertramp
3/24/79 #29 9 Crazy Love Allman Brothers Band
3/24/79 #46 7 Feelin' Satisfied Boston
3/31/79 #5 16 Goodnight Tonight Wings
3/31/79 #71 5 Who Do You Love George Thorogood & the Destroyers
3/31/79     Green Manalishi Judas Priest
      Respectable The Rolling Stones
      Sanctuary J. Geils Band
4/7/79 #28 11 Old Time Rock & Roll Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band
4/7/79 #58 8 Just The Same Way Journey
4/14/79 #45 8 Dancin' Fool Frank Zappa
4/14/79 #101 3 Accidents Will Happen Elvis Costello
4/21/79 #22 12 Ain't Love A Bitch Rod Stewart
4/28/79 #4 15 Chuck E.'s In Love Rickie Lee Jones
4/28/79 #7 19 I Want You To Want Me (live version) Cheap Trick
4/28/79 #15 15 Dance The Night Away Van Halen
4/28/79 #41 12 (I Wish I Could Fly Like) Superman The Kinks
4/28/79 #44 9 Dance Away Roxy Music
4/28/79 #81 4 Mirror Star Fabulous Poodles
5/5/79 #14 14 Minute By Minute Doobie Brothers
5/5/79 #31 14 Shakedown Cruise Jay Ferguson
5/5/79 #40 12 Don't Ever Want To Lose Ya New England
5/5/79     In The City Joe Walsh
5/12/79 #20 14 Heart Of The Night Poco
5/12/79 #63 5 Can't Keep A Good Man Down Eddie Money
5/12/79     Seven Days Ron Wood
5/19/79 #5 18 Gold John Stewart
5/19/79 #19 14 Does Your Mother Know Abba
5/26/79 #11 16 I Was Made For Lovin' You Kiss
5/26/79 #77 3 Head First The Babys
      Can't Stand Losing You The Police
6/2/79 #23 12 People Of The Southwind Kansas
6/2/79 #24 14 One Way Or Another Blondie
6/2/79 #28 11 Up On The Roof James Taylor
6/2/79 #108 1 When The Daylight Comes Ian Hunter
6/2/79     Rock 'N' Roll High School Ramones
6/9/79 #21 15 Is She Really Going Out With Him Joe Jackson
6/16/79 #20 10 Getting Closer Wings
6/16/79 #57 6 You Really Rock Me Nick Gilder
6/16/79 #106 3 Dreams I'll Never See Molly Hatchet
6/23/79 #1 22 My Sharona The Knack
6/23/79 #3 18 The Devil Went Down To Georgia Charlie Daniels Band
6/23/79 #18 15 Hot Summer Nights Night
6/23/79 #26 14 Highway Song Blackfoot
6/30/79 #14 15 Let's Go The Cars
6/30/79 #54 6 Long Live Rock The Who
6/30/79     Hideaway Iron City Houserockers
7/7/79 #15 14 Goodbye Stranger Supertramp
7/7/79 #30 13 Oh Well Rockets
7/7/79 #37 12 Girl Of My Dreams Bram Tchaikovsky
7/14/79 #35 11 Saturdaynight Herman Brood & His Wild Romance
7/21/79 #6 18 Lonesome Loser Little River Band
7/21/79 #14 15 Bad Case Of Loving You Robert Palmer
7/21/79 #15 14 Driver's Seat Sniff 'n' the Tears
7/21/79 #16 20 Lovin' Touchin' Squeezin' Journey
7/21/79     Powderfinger Neil Young & Crazy Horse
7/28/79 #12 15 Cruel To Be Kind Nick Lowe
7/28/79 #41 10 Children Of The Sun Billy Thorpe
7/28/79 #45 7 Lady Writer Dire Straits
7/28/79 #76 4 Hey St. Peter Flash and the Pan
7/28/79 #103 5 I Want You Back (Alive) Graham Parker
7/28/79 #106 2 D.J. David Bowie
7/28/79     A Gallon Of Gas The Kinks
8/4/79 #4 15 Don't Bring Me Down Electric Light Orchestra
8/4/79 #35 10 Ain't That A Shame Cheap Trick
8/4/79 #56 6 Gone, Gone, Gone Bad Company
8/4/79     Cruisin' (Lucy And Ramona And Sunset Sam) Michael Nesmith
8/11/79 #1 21 Pop Muzik M
8/11/79 #25 12 Dependin' On You Doobie Brothers
8/11/79 #68 6 Just Another Night Ian Hunter
8/11/79     Rendezvous Greg Kihn Band
8/11/79     Back On The Road Again REO Speedwagon
8/18/79 #30 11 Rolene Moon Martin
8/25/79 #17 19 If You Remember Me Night
8/25/79 #28 12 Midnight Wind John Stewart
8/25/79 #46 8 Get A Move On Eddie Money
9/1/79 #11 16 Good Girls Don't The Knack
9/1/79 #18 12 Hold On Ian Gomm
9/1/79 #56 7 Boom Boom (Out Go The Lights) Pat Travers
9/1/79 #65 6 Girls Talk Dave Edmunds
9/8/79 #7 17 You're Only Lonely J. D. Souther
9/8/79 #12 14 Dirty White Boy Foreigner
9/8/79 #24 12 Gotta Serve Somebody Bob Dylan
9/8/79 #35 11 Fins Jimmy Buffett
9/8/79     All My Love Led Zeppelin
9/8/79     I Fought The Law The Clash
9/15/79 #77 7 Plain Jane Sammy Hagar
9/15/79 #84 4 Beautiful Girls Van Halen
9/22/79 #71 4 I'm So Anxious Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes
9/29/79 #27 14 Dreaming Blondie
9/29/79 #45 7 5:15 The Who
9/29/79 #56 6 Starry Eyes The Records
9/29/79     Melody David Johansen
9/29/79     We Belong To The Night Ellen Foley
10/6/79 #1 15 Heartache Tonight Eagles
10/6/79 #1 19 Babe Styx
10/6/79 #8 15 Tusk Fleetwood Mac
10/6/79 #26 10 Dream Police Cheap Trick
10/13/79 #10 12 Take The Long Way Home Supertramp
10/13/79 #19 12 I Want You Tonight Pablo Cruise
10/13/79 #28 14 I Need A Lover John Cougar
10/13/79 #41 10 It's All I Can Do The Cars
10/13/79 #45 7 Who Listens To The Radio The Sports
10/13/79 #47 10 Highway To Hell AC/DC
10/13/79 #50 9 Slip Away Ian Lloyd
10/13/79 #79 5 Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black) Neil Young & Crazy Horse
10/20/79 #10 13 Cool Change Little River Band
10/20/79 #11 23 This Is It Kenny Loggins
10/20/79 #38 14 Train, Train Blackfoot
10/27/79 #18 19 Wait For Me Hall & Oates
      Walking Out On Love The Beat
11/3/79 #14 15 Jane Jefferson Starship
11/3/79 #75 5 Too Late Shoes
11/3/79 #80 5 Life During Wartime Talking Heads
11/3/79 #86 7 Lay It On The Line Triumph
11/3/79 #91 3 I Do The Rock Tim Curry
11/3/79     Yellow Pills 20/20
11/10/79 #14 14 Head Games Foreigner
11/10/79 #40 10 Video Killed The Radio Star The Buggles
11/10/79 #49 12 Mistrusted Love Mistress
11/17/79 #10 18 Don't Do Me Like That Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers
11/17/79 #57 7 Since You've Been Gone Rainbow
11/17/79 #101 5 It's Different For Girls Joe Jackson
11/24/79 #74 6 Message In A Bottle The Police
11/24/79 #107 2 Switch Board Susan Nick Lowe
12/1/79 #11 18 Romeo's Tune Steve Forbert
12/1/79 #60 5 Money (That's What I Want) The Flying Lizards
12/8/79 #8 15 The Long Run Eagles
12/8/79 #32 11 Voices Cheap Trick
12/8/79 #51 8 Dirty Water The Inmates
12/15/79 #7 14 Sara Fleetwood Mac
12/15/79 #66 6 Volcano Jimmy Buffett
12/22/79 #1 22 Crazy Little Thing Called Love Queen
12/22/79 #21 12 Fool In The Rain Led Zeppelin
12/22/79 #23 18 Heartbreaker Pat Benatar
12/22/79 #26 17 99 Toto
12/22/79     Stay / Devil With The Blue Dress Medley Jackson Browne, Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band

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