Welcome to the "official" Billboard list of all the #1 American pop music hits for the year. This page, and the others like it, are for everybody's enjoyment and may be freely distributed. Look at the bottom for links to the other charts!
And now, let's do
1979!!
The Really BIG HITSThe big (?) ARTISTSThe BIG LabelsMonth at the peak
Too Much HeavenBee GeesRSOJanuary
Do Ya Think I'm SexyRod StewartWarner BrothersFebruary
I Will SurviveGloria GaynorPolydorMarch
TragedyThe Bee GeesRSOMarch
What A Fool BelievesThe Doobie BrothersWarner BrothersApril
Knock On WoodAmii StewartAriolaApril
Heart Of GlassBlondieChrysalisApril
ReunitedPeaches & HerbPolydorMay
Hot StuffDonna SummerCasablancaJune
Love You Inside OutBee GeesRSOJune
Ring My BellAnita WardJuanaJune
Bad GirlsDonna SummerCasablancaJuly
Good TimesChicAtlanticAugust
My SharonaThe KnackCapitolSeptember
Sad EyesRobert JohnEMI October
Don't Stop 'Til You Get EnoughMichael JacksonEpicOctober
RiseHerb AlpertA & MOctober
Pop Music"M" aka Robin ScottSireNovember
Heartache TonightThe EaglesAsylumNovember
StillCommodoresMotown November
No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)Barbra Streisand/Donna SummerCasablancaNovember
BabeStyxA & MDecember
Escape (The Pina Colada Song)Rupert HolmesInfinityDecember

Lightning struck for The Knack this year...what with all the disco dancing happening, a good ole rock and roll song got the honors as the "Hit of the year"! Check out the picture sleeve for this 45 if you still have it...talk about sexy Sharona...

I wanna spend lotsa cash on these old records!