MusicSeek.info - Billboard & Cashbox Year End Charts

1979	Billboard	Cashbox
Rank	Title	Artist	Peak	Date	Rank
1	My Sharona ●	Knack	1(6)	08/25-09/29	2*
2	Bad Girls ▲	Donna Summer	1(5)	07/14-08/11	7*
3	Le Freak ▲	Chic	1(6)	78/12/16-01/20	1*
4	Da Ya Think I'm Sexy ▲	Rod Stewart	1(4)	02/10-03/03	3*
5	Reunited ▲	Peaches & Herb	1(4)	05/05-05/26	9*
6	I Will Survive ▲	Gloria Gaynor	1(3)	03/10-03/24	10*
7	Hot Stuff ▲	Donna Summer	1(3)	06/02-06/16	14*
8	Y.M.C.A. ▲	Village People	2(3)		4
9	Ring My Bell ●	Anita Ward	1(2)	06/30-07/07	6*
10	Sad Eyes ●	Robert John	1	10/06	13*
11	Too Much Heaven ▲	Bee Gees	1(2)	01/27-02/03	8
12	MacArthur Park ●	Donna Summer	1(3)	78/11/11-11/25	27('78)*
13	When You're In Love With A Beautiful Woman ●	Dr. Hook	6		40
14	Makin' It ●	David Naughton	5		47
15	Fire ●	Pointer Sisters	2(2)		16
16	Tragedy ▲	Bee Gees	1(2)	03/31-04/07	19*
17	A Little More Love ●	Olivia Newton-John	3(2)		23
18	Heart Of Glass ●	Blondie	1	04/28	11*
19	What A Fool Believes ●	Doobie Brothers	1	04/14	5*
20	Good Times ●	Chic	1	08/18	12*
21	You Don't Bring Me Flowers ▲	Barbra Streisand & Neil Diamond	1(2)	78/12/02-12/09	66('78)*
22	Knock On Wood ▲	Amii Stewart	1	04/21	20*
23	Stumblin' In ●	Suzi Quatro & Chris Norman	4		62
24	Lead Me On ●	Maxine Nightingale	5		48
25	Shake Your Body ▲	Jacksons	7		26
26	Don't Cry Out Loud	Melissa Manchester	10		71
27	The Logical Song	Supertramp	6		37
28	My Life ▲	Billy Joel	3(3)		32
29	Just When I Needed You Most ●	Randy Vanwarmer	4		46
30	You Can't Change That	Raydio	9		65
31	Shake Your Groove Thing ●	Peaches & Herb	5		50
32	I'll Never Love This Way Again ●	Dionne Warwick	5		29
33	Love You Inside Out ●	Bee Gees	1	06/23	51
34	I Want You To Want Me ●	Cheap Trick	7		27
35	The Main Event (Fight) ●	Barbra Streisand	3(4)		31
36	Mama Can't Buy You Love ●	Elton John	9		56
37	I Was Made For Dancin'	Leif Garrett	10		/
38	After The Love Has Gone ●	Earth, Wind & Fire	2(2)		42
39	Heaven Knows ●	Donna Summer & Brooklyn Dreams	4		38
40	The Gambler	Kenny Rogers	16		94
41	Lotta Love	Nicolette Larson	8		63
42	Lady	Little River Band	10		78
43	Heaven Must Have Sent You	Bonnie Pointer	11		69
44	Hold The Line ●	Toto	5		41
45	He's The Greatest Dancer	Sister Sledge	9		70
46	Sharing The Night Together ●	Dr. Hook	6	78/12	60('78)
47	She Believes In Me ●	Kenny Rogers	5		61
48	In The Navy ●	Village People	3(2)		36
49	Music Box Dancer ●	Frank Mills	3		28
50	The Devil Went Down To Georgia ●	Charlie Daniels Band	3(2)		49
51	Gold	John Stewart	5		35
52	Goodnight Tonight ●	Paul McCartney & Wings	5		53
53	We Are Family ●	Sister Sledge	2(2)		21
54	Rock 'N' Roll Fantasy	Bad Company	13		79
55	Every 1's A Winner ●	Hot Chocolate	6		60
56	Take Me Home ●	Cher	8		95
57	Boogie Wonderland ●	Earth, Wind & Fire	6		33
58	(Our Love) Don't Throw It All Away ●	Andy Gibb	9		72
59	What You Won't Do For Love	Bobby Caldwell	9		88
60	New York Groove	Ace Frehley	13		/
61	Sultans Of Swing	Dire Straits	4		52
62	I Want Your Love ●	Chic	7		81
63	Chuck E's In Love	Rickie Lee Jones	4		24
64	I Love The Nightlife (Disco 'round) ●	Alicia Bridges	5	78/12	70('78)
65	Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now ▲	McFadden & Whitehead	13		82
66	Lonesome Loser	Little River Band	6		43
67	Renegade	Styx	16		/
68	Love Is The Answer	England Dan & John Ford Coley	10		100
69	Got To Be Real ▲	Cheryl Lynn	12		89
70	Born To Be Alive ●	Patrick Hernandez	16		/
71	Shine A Little Love	Electric Light Orchestra	8		67
72	I Just Fall In Love Again	Anne Murray	12		85
73	Shake It	Ian Matthews	13		77
74	I Was Made For Lovin' You ●	Kiss	11		74
75	I Just Wanna Stop	Gino Vannelli	4	78/12	50('78)
76	Disco Nights ●	G.Q.	12		80
77	Ooh Baby Baby	Linda Ronstadt	7		59
78	September ●	Earth, Wind & Fire	8		54
79	Time Passages	Al Stewart	7		89('78)
80	Rise ●	Herb Alpert	1(2)	10/20-10/27	18*
81	Don't Bring Me Down ●	Electric Light Orchestra	4	09	39
82	Promises	Eric Clapton	9		87
83	Get Used To It	Roger Voudouris	21		/
84	How Much I Feel	Ambrosia	3(3)	78/11	35('78)
85	Suspicions	Eddie Rabbitt	13		/
86	You Take My Breath Away ●	Rex Smith	10		68
87	How You Gonna See Me Now	Alice Cooper	12		/
88	Double Vision ●	Foreigner	2(2)	78/11	65('78)
89	Every Time I Think Of You	Babys	13		73
90	I Got My Mind Made Up ●	Instant Funk	20		/
91	Don't Stop 'til You Get Enough ▲	Michael Jackson	1	10/13	17*
92	Bad Case Of Lovin' You	Robert Palmer	14		/
93	Somewhere In The Night	Barry Manilow	9		/
94	We've Got Tonite	Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band	13		91
95	Dance The Night Away	Van Halen	15		/
96	Dancing Shoes	Nigel Olsson	18		/
97	The Boss	Diana Ross	19		/
98	Sail On	Commodores	4	10	22*
99	I Do Love You	G.Q.	20		/
100	Strange Way	Firefall	11		/
Cashbox year end chart hits which not appear in Billboard year end chart
Rank	Title	Artist	Peak	Date	Rank
/	Bad Case Of Loving You (Doctor, Doctor)	Robert Palmer	14		76
/	Good Girls Don't	The Knack	11		83
/	Soul Man	The Blues Brothers	14		92
/	Cruel To Be Kind	Nick Lowe	12		93
/	Let's Go	The Cars	14		96
/	Love Takes Time	Orleans	11		97
/	Crazy Love	Poco	17		98
/	Blow Away	George Harrison	16		99
Other major hits of the year which not appear in both Billboard & Cashbox year end charts
Rank	Title	Artist	Peak	Date	Rank
/	Dirty White Boy	Foreigner	12		/
/	Jane	Jefferson Starship	14		/
/	Head Games	Foreigner	14		/
/	Minute By Minute	The Doobie Brothers	14		/
/	No Tell Lover	Chicago	14		/
/	Driver's Seat	Sniff 'N' The Tears	15		/
/	Goodbye Stranger	Supertramp	15		/
/	Livin' It Up (Friday Night) ●	Bell & James	15		/
/	Half The Way	Crystal Gayle	15		/
/	Lovin', Touchin', Squeezin' ●	Journey	16		/
/	Dancin' Shoes	Nigel Olsson	18		/
/	This Night Won't Last Forever	Michael Johnson	19		/
/	Does Your Mother Know	Abba	19		/
Rank = Position in year-end chart. Date = Peak date(s). Peak = The single's highest position during its chart run (Parenthesis indicates weeks on the highest position). * = A No.1 hit of Cashbox singles chart. Information in Italic Font indicate possibly underrated singles in year end chart due to the fact of their year-crossing chart runs. ●= RIAA certification for sales of 1,000,000 units ▲= RIAA certification for sales of 2,000,000 units, with each additional 2 millions indicated by a numeral following the symbol.

1

My Sharona ●

Knack

1(6)

08/25-09/29

2*

2

Bad Girls ▲

Donna Summer

1(5)

07/14-08/11

7*

3

Le Freak ▲

Chic

1(6)

78/12/16-01/20

1*

4

Da Ya Think I'm Sexy ▲

Rod Stewart

1(4)

02/10-03/03

3*

5

Reunited ▲

Peaches & Herb

1(4)

05/05-05/26

9*

6

I Will Survive ▲

Gloria Gaynor

1(3)

03/10-03/24

10*

7

Hot Stuff ▲

Donna Summer

1(3)

06/02-06/16

14*

8

Y.M.C.A. ▲

Village People

2(3)

4

9

Ring My Bell ●

Anita Ward

1(2)

06/30-07/07

6*

10

Sad Eyes ●

Robert John

1

10/06

13*

11

Too Much Heaven ▲

Bee Gees

1(2)

01/27-02/03

8

12

MacArthur Park ●

Donna Summer

1(3)

78/11/11-11/25

27('78)*

13

When You're In Love With A Beautiful Woman ●

Dr. Hook

6

40

14

Makin' It ●

David Naughton

5

47

15

Fire ●

Pointer Sisters

2(2)

16

Tragedy ▲

Bee Gees

1(2)

03/31-04/07

19*

17

A Little More Love ●

Olivia Newton-John

3(2)

23

18

Heart Of Glass ●

Blondie

1

04/28

11*

19

What A Fool Believes ●

Doobie Brothers

1

04/14

5*

20

Good Times ●

Chic

1

08/18

12*

21

You Don't Bring Me Flowers ▲

Barbra Streisand & Neil Diamond

1(2)

78/12/02-12/09

66('78)*

22

Knock On Wood ▲

Amii Stewart

1

04/21

20*

23

Stumblin' In ●

Suzi Quatro & Chris Norman

4

62

24

Lead Me On ●

Maxine Nightingale

5

48

25

Shake Your Body ▲

Jacksons

7

26

Don't Cry Out Loud

Melissa Manchester

10

71

27

The Logical Song

Supertramp

6

37

28

My Life ▲

Billy Joel

3(3)

32

29

Just When I Needed You Most ●

Randy Vanwarmer

4

46

30

You Can't Change That

Raydio

9

65

31

Shake Your Groove Thing ●

Peaches & Herb

5

50

32

I'll Never Love This Way Again ●

Dionne Warwick

5

29

33

Love You Inside Out ●

Bee Gees

1

06/23

51

34

I Want You To Want Me ●

Cheap Trick

7

27

35

The Main Event (Fight) ●

Barbra Streisand

3(4)

31

36

Mama Can't Buy You Love ●

Elton John

9

56

37

I Was Made For Dancin'

Leif Garrett

10

/

38

After The Love Has Gone ●

Earth, Wind & Fire

2(2)

42

39

Heaven Knows ●

Donna Summer & Brooklyn Dreams

4

38

40

The Gambler

Kenny Rogers

16

94

41

Lotta Love

Nicolette Larson

8

63

42

Lady

Little River Band

10

78

43

Heaven Must Have Sent You

Bonnie Pointer

11

69

44

Hold The Line ●

Toto

5

41

45

He's The Greatest Dancer

Sister Sledge

9

70

46

Sharing The Night Together ●

Dr. Hook

6

78/12

60('78)

47

She Believes In Me ●

Kenny Rogers

5

61

48

In The Navy ●

Village People

3(2)

36

49

Music Box Dancer ●

Frank Mills

3

28

50

The Devil Went Down To Georgia ●

Charlie Daniels Band

3(2)

49

51

Gold

John Stewart

5

35

52

Goodnight Tonight ●

Paul McCartney & Wings

5

53

We Are Family ●

Sister Sledge

2(2)

21

54

Rock 'N' Roll Fantasy

Bad Company

13

79

55

Every 1's A Winner ●

Hot Chocolate

6

60

56

Take Me Home ●

Cher

8

95

57

Boogie Wonderland ●

Earth, Wind & Fire

6

33

58

(Our Love) Don't Throw It All Away ●

Andy Gibb

9

72

59

What You Won't Do For Love

Bobby Caldwell

9

88

60

New York Groove

Ace Frehley

13

/

61

Sultans Of Swing

Dire Straits

4

52

62

I Want Your Love ●

Chic

7

81

63

Chuck E's In Love

Rickie Lee Jones

4

24

64

I Love The Nightlife (Disco 'round) ●

Alicia Bridges

5

78/12

70('78)

65

Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now ▲

McFadden & Whitehead

13

82

66

Lonesome Loser

Little River Band

6

43

67

Renegade

Styx

16

/

68

Love Is The Answer

England Dan & John Ford Coley

10

100

69

Got To Be Real ▲

Cheryl Lynn

12

89

70

Born To Be Alive ●

Patrick Hernandez

16

/

71

Shine A Little Love

Electric Light Orchestra

8

67

72

I Just Fall In Love Again

Anne Murray

12

85

73

Shake It

Ian Matthews

13

77

74

I Was Made For Lovin' You ●

Kiss

11

74

75

I Just Wanna Stop

Gino Vannelli

4

78/12

50('78)

76

Disco Nights ●

G.Q.

12

80

77

Ooh Baby Baby

Linda Ronstadt

7

59

78

September ●

Earth, Wind & Fire

8

54

79

Time Passages

Al Stewart

7

89('78)

80

Rise ●

Herb Alpert

1(2)

10/20-10/27

18*

81

Don't Bring Me Down ●

Electric Light Orchestra

4

09

39

82

Promises

Eric Clapton

9

87

83

Get Used To It

Roger Voudouris

21

/

84

How Much I Feel

Ambrosia

3(3)

78/11

35('78)

85

Suspicions

Eddie Rabbitt

13

/

86

You Take My Breath Away ●

Rex Smith

10

68

87

How You Gonna See Me Now

Alice Cooper

12

/

88

Double Vision ●

Foreigner

2(2)

78/11

65('78)

89

Every Time I Think Of You

Babys

13

73

90

I Got My Mind Made Up ●

Instant Funk

20

/

91

Don't Stop 'til You Get Enough ▲

Michael Jackson

1

10/13

17*

92

Bad Case Of Lovin' You

Robert Palmer

14

/

93

Somewhere In The Night

Barry Manilow

9

/

94

We've Got Tonite

Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band

13

91

95

Dance The Night Away

Van Halen

15

/

96

Dancing Shoes

Nigel Olsson

18

/

97

The Boss

Diana Ross

19

/

98

Sail On

Commodores

4

10

22*

99

I Do Love You

G.Q.

20

/

100

Strange Way

Firefall

11

/

Cashbox year end chart hits which not appear in Billboard year end chart

Rank

Title

Artist

Peak

Date

Rank

/

Bad Case Of Loving You (Doctor, Doctor)

Robert Palmer

14

76

/

Good Girls Don't

The Knack

11

83

/

Soul Man

The Blues Brothers

14

92

/

Cruel To Be Kind

Nick Lowe

12

93

/

Let's Go

The Cars

14

96

/

Love Takes Time

Orleans

11

97

/

Crazy Love

Poco

17

98

/

Blow Away

George Harrison

16

99

Other major hits of the year which not appear in both Billboard & Cashbox year end charts

Rank

Title

Artist

Peak

Date

Rank

/

Dirty White Boy

Foreigner

12

/

Jane

Jefferson Starship

14

/

Head Games

Foreigner

14

/

Minute By Minute

The Doobie Brothers

14

/

No Tell Lover

Chicago

14

/

Driver's Seat

Sniff 'N' The Tears

15

/

Goodbye Stranger

Supertramp

15

/

Livin' It Up (Friday Night) ●

Bell & James

15

/

Half The Way

Crystal Gayle

15

/

Lovin', Touchin', Squeezin' ●

Journey

16

/

Dancin' Shoes

Nigel Olsson

18

/

This Night Won't Last Forever

Michael Johnson

19

/

Does Your Mother Know

Abba

19

/

Rank = Position in year-end chart. Date = Peak date(s).
Peak = The single's highest position during its chart run (Parenthesis indicates weeks on the highest position).
* = A No.1 hit of Cashbox singles chart.
Information in Italic Font indicate possibly underrated singles in year end chart due to the fact of their year-crossing chart runs.
●= RIAA certification for sales of 1,000,000 units
▲= RIAA certification for sales of 2,000,000 units, with each additional 2 millions indicated by a numeral following the symbol.