JANUARY
Top hit
Too Much Heaven · Bee Gees
Top album
Barbra Streisand's Greatest Hits, Volume 2 · Barbra Streisand
Enter the Year
Year
1979
Arena Rock and the Dance Floor
Stadium anthems and disco fever trade the spotlight all year long.
Voices of the year
Albums that mattered
The songs
Through the year
Tap a month to explore what people were playing.
FEBRUARY
Top hit
Le Freak · Chic
Top album
Brief Case Full Of Blues · Blues Brothers
MARCH
Top hit
Da Ya Think I'm Sexy? · Rod Stewart
Top album
Spirits Having Flown · Bee Gees
APRIL
Top hit
I Will Survive · Gloria Gaynor
Top album
Minute By Minute · The Doobie Brothers
MAY
Top hit
Reunited · Peaches
Top album
Minute By Minute · The Doobie Brothers
JUNE
Top hit
Hot Stuff · Donna Summer
Top album
Breakfast In America · Supertramp
JULY
Top hit
Ring My Bell · Anita Ward
Top album
Bad Girls · Donna Summer
AUGUST
Top hit
Bad Girls · Donna Summer
Top album
Bad Girls · Donna Summer
SEPTEMBER
Top hit
My Sharona · The Knack
Top album
Get The Knack · The Knack
OCTOBER
Top hit
Sad Eyes · Robert John
Top album
In Through The Out Door · Led Zeppelin
NOVEMBER
Top hit
Pop Muzik · M
Top album
The Long Run · Eagles
DECEMBER
Top hit
No More Tears (Enough Is Enough) · Barbra Streisand/donna Summer
Top album
The Long Run · Eagles