FOR WEEK ENDING SEPTEMBER 15, 1979

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Number
1 Up by 2

Born To Be Alive
Patrick Hernandez
From the album: Born To Be Alive
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
10
Number
2 Up by 5

Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough
Michael Jackson
From the album: Off the Wall
Peak
2
Weeks
7
Number
3 Down by 2

Heaven Must Have Sent You
Bonnie Pointer
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
10
Number
4 Up by 2

Sad Eyes
Robert John
From the album: Robert John
Peak
4
Weeks
14
Number
5 Down by 3

My Sharona
The Knack
From the album: Get the Knack
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
13
Number
6 Down by 1

I'll Never Love This Way Again
Dionne Warwick
From the album: Dionne
Peak
5
Weeks
11
Number
7 Up by 1

After the Love Has Gone
Earth, Wind & Fire
From the album: I Am
Peak
7
Weeks
10
Number
8 Down by 4

Goodbye Stranger
Supertramp
From the album: Breakfast In America
Peak
2
Weeks
12
Number
9 Up by 1

Don't Bring Me Down
Electric Light Orchestra
From the album: Discovery
Peak
9
Weeks
6
Number
10 Up by 2

Lead Me On
Maxine Nightingale
From the album: Lead Me On
Peak
10
Weeks
7
Number
11 Down by 2

Honesty
Billy Joel
From the album: 52nd Street
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
16
Number
12 Up by 1

Driver's Seat
Sniff 'n' the Tears
From the album: Fickle Heart
Peak
12
Weeks
8
Number
13 Up by 3

Different Worlds
Maureen McGovern
From the album: Maureen McGovern
Peak
13
Weeks
7
Number
14 Up by 6

Lonesome Loser
Little River Band
From the album: First Under the Wire
Peak
14
Weeks
5
Number
15 Down by 4

Good Times
Chic
From the album: Risqué
Peak
2
Weeks
13
Number
16 Up by 6

Bad Case of Loving You (Doctor, Doctor)
Robert Palmer
From the album: Secrets
Peak
16
Weeks
4
Number
17 Up by 4

Rise
Herb Alpert
From the album: Rise
Peak
17
Weeks
4
Number
18 Up by 9

Sure Know Something
Kiss
From the album: Dynasty
Peak
18
Weeks
3
Number
19 Down by 1

Sail On
The Commodores
From the album: Midnight Magic
Peak
18
Weeks
6
Number
20 Down by 3

Mama Can't Buy You Love
Elton John
From the album: The Thom Bell Sessions
Peak
13
Weeks
9
Number
21 Down by 7

Breakfast In America
Supertramp
From the album: Breakfast In America
Peak
5
Weeks
12
Number
22 Down by 7

Voulez-Vous
ABBA
From the album: Voulez-Vous
Peak
4
Weeks
8
Number
23 Up by 5

Where Were You When I Was Falling in Love?
Lobo
From the album: Lobo
Peak
23
Weeks
4
Number
24 Up by 5

Gotta Go Home
Boney M.
From the album: Oceans Of Fantasy
Peak
24
Weeks
5
Number
25 Down by 6

She Believes in Me
Kenny Rogers
From the album: The Gambler
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
17
Number
26 Down by 3

Ring My Bell
Anita Ward
From the album: Songs Of Love
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
19
Number
27 Down by 2

Let's Go
The Cars
From the album: Candy-O
Peak
6
Weeks
11
Number
28 Down by 2

Bad Girls
Donna Summer
From the album: Bad Girls
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
16
Number
29 Down by 5

I Was Made for Lovin' You
Kiss
From the album: Dynasty
Peak
2
Weeks
16
Number
30 Debut

Hell On Wheels
Cher
From the album: Prisoner
Peak
30
Weeks
1
Number
31 Up by 5

Dim All the Lights
Donna Summer
From the album: Bad Girls
Peak
31
Weeks
2
Number
32 Up by 6

Come to Me
France Joli
From the album: France Joli
Peak
32
Weeks
2
Number
33 Down by 3

When You're In Love With A Beautiful Woman
Dr. Hook
From the album: Pleasure and Pain
Peak
4
Weeks
21
Number
34 Up by 5

Hold On
Ian Gomm
From the album: Gomm with the Wind
Peak
34
Weeks
2
Number
35 Debut

Pop Muzik
M
From the album: New York • Paris • London • Munich
Peak
35
Weeks
1
Number
36 Down by 3

Makin' It
David Naughton
Peak
2
Weeks
19
Number
37 Up by 3

Hot Summer Nights
Night
From the album: Night
Peak
37
Weeks
2
Number
38 Debut

Ain't That a Shame
Cheap Trick
From the album: Cheap Trick Live at Budokan
Peak
38
Weeks
1
Number
39 Debut

You Decorated My Life
Kenny Rogers
From the album: Kenny
Peak
39
Weeks
1
Number
40 Debut

Spooky
Atlanta Rhythm Section
From the album: Underdog
Peak
40
Weeks
1

Dropouts

Number
31 Dropout

Cruel to Be Kind
Nick Lowe
Peak
25
Weeks
5
Number
32 Dropout

We Are Family
Sister Sledge
From the album: We Are Family
Peak
2
Weeks
16
Number
34 Dropout

You Can't Change That
Raydio
From the album: Rock On
Peak
15
Weeks
11
Number
35 Dropout

One Way Or Another
Blondie
From the album: Parallel Lines
Peak
8
Weeks
14
Number
37 Dropout

Boogie Wonderland
Earth, Wind & Fire & The Emotions
From the album: I Am
Peak
8
Weeks
15

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Date

September 15, 1979

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3 1 Patrick Hernandez – “Born To Be Alive” 1(×1) 10

7 2 Michael Jackson – “Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough” 2 7

1 3 Bonnie Pointer – “Heaven Must Have Sent You” 1(×1) 10

6 4 Robert John – “Sad Eyes” 4 14

2 5 The Knack – “My Sharona” 1(×4) 13

5 6 Dionne Warwick – “I'll Never Love This Way Again” 5 11

8 7 Earth, Wind & Fire – “After the Love Has Gone” 7 10

4 8 Supertramp – “Goodbye Stranger” 2 12

10 9 Electric Light Orchestra – “Don't Bring Me Down” 9 6

12 10 Maxine Nightingale – “Lead Me On” 10 7

9 11 Billy Joel – “Honesty” 1(×3) 16

13 12 Sniff 'n' the Tears – “Driver's Seat” 12 8

16 13 Maureen McGovern – “Different Worlds” 13 7

20 14 Little River Band – “Lonesome Loser” 14 5

11 15 Chic – “Good Times” 2 13

22 16 Robert Palmer – “Bad Case of Loving You (Doctor, Doctor)” 16 4

21 17 Herb Alpert – “Rise” 17 4

27 18 Kiss – “Sure Know Something” 18 3

18 19 The Commodores – “Sail On” 18 6

17 20 Elton John – “Mama Can't Buy You Love” 13 9

14 21 Supertramp – “Breakfast In America” 5 12

15 22 ABBA – “Voulez-Vous” 4 8

28 23 Lobo – “Where Were You When I Was Falling in Love?” 23 4

29 24 Boney M. – “Gotta Go Home” 24 5

19 25 Kenny Rogers – “She Believes in Me” 1(×2) 17

23 26 Anita Ward – “Ring My Bell” 1(×1) 19

25 27 The Cars – “Let's Go” 6 11

26 28 Donna Summer – “Bad Girls” 1(×1) 16

24 29 Kiss – “I Was Made for Lovin' You” 2 16

NE 30 Cher – “Hell On Wheels” 30 1

36 31 Donna Summer – “Dim All the Lights” 31 2

38 32 France Joli – “Come to Me” 32 2

30 33 Dr. Hook – “When You're In Love With A Beautiful Woman” 4 21

39 34 Ian Gomm – “Hold On” 34 2

NE 35 M – “Pop Muzik” 35 1

33 36 David Naughton – “Makin' It” 2 19

40 37 Night – “Hot Summer Nights” 37 2

NE 38 Cheap Trick – “Ain't That a Shame” 38 1

NE 39 Kenny Rogers – “You Decorated My Life” 39 1

NE 40 Atlanta Rhythm Section – “Spooky” 40 1

DROPOUTS:

31 -- Nick Lowe – “Cruel to Be Kind” 25 5

32 -- Sister Sledge – “We Are Family” 2 16

34 -- Raydio – “You Can't Change That” 15 11

35 -- Blondie – “One Way Or Another” 8 14

37 -- Earth, Wind & Fire & The Emotions – “Boogie Wonderland” 8 15

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FOR WEEK ENDING SEPTEMBER 15, 1979

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