List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 1979

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Gloria Gaynor scored a #1 hit with "I Will Survive" in 1979.

These are the Billboard Hot 100 number-one hits of 1979.

That year, 10 acts earned their first number one song, such as Gloria Gaynor, Amii Stewart, Blondie, Peaches & Herb, Anita Ward, The Knack, Robert John, M, Styx, and Rupert Holmes; only Blondie received another number-one hit. The Bee Gees, Donna Summer and Chic were the only acts to have more than one song reach number one.

Key
The yellow background indicates the #1 song on Billboard's 1979 Year-End Chart of Pop Singles.
No. Issue date Song Artist(s) Ref.
457 January 6 "Too Much Heaven" Bee Gees [1]
January 13 [2]
re January 20 "Le Freak" Chic [3]
January 27 [4]
February 3 [5]
458 February 10 "Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?" Rod Stewart [6]
February 17 [7]
February 24 [8]
March 3 [9]
459 March 10 "I Will Survive" Gloria Gaynor [10]
March 17 [11]
460 March 24 "Tragedy" Bee Gees [12]
March 31 [13]
re April 7 "I Will Survive" Gloria Gaynor [14]
461 April 14 "What a Fool Believes" The Doobie Brothers [15]
462 April 21 "Knock on Wood" Amii Stewart [16]
463 April 28 "Heart of Glass" Blondie [17]
464 May 5 "Reunited" Peaches & Herb [18]
May 12 [19]
May 19 [20]
May 26 [21]
465 June 2 "Hot Stuff" Donna Summer [22]
466 June 9 "Love You Inside Out" Bee Gees [23]
re June 16 "Hot Stuff" Donna Summer [24]
June 23 [25]
467 June 30 "Ring My Bell" Anita Ward [26]
July 7 [27]
468 July 14 "Bad Girls" Donna Summer [28]
July 21 [29]
July 28 [30]
August 4 [31]
August 11 [32]
469 August 18 "Good Times" Chic [33]
470 August 25 "My Sharona" The Knack [34]
September 1 [35]
September 8 [36]
September 15 [37]
September 22 [38]
September 29 [39]
471 October 6 "Sad Eyes" Robert John [40]
472 October 13 "Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough" Michael Jackson [41]
473 October 20 "Rise" Herb Alpert [42]
October 27 [43]
474 November 3 "Pop Muzik" M [44]
475 November 10 "Heartache Tonight" Eagles [45]
476 November 17 "Still" Commodores [46]
477 November 24 "No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)" Barbra Streisand and Donna Summer [47]
December 1 [48]
478 December 8 "Babe" Styx [49]
December 15 [50]
479 December 22 "Escape (The Piña Colada Song)" Rupert Holmes [51]
December 29 [52]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "January 6, 1979". Billboard Hot 100.
  2. ^ "January 13, 1979". Billboard Hot 100.
  3. ^ "January 20, 1979". Billboard Hot 100.
  4. ^ "January 27, 1979". Billboard Hot 100.
  5. ^ "February 3, 1979". Billboard Hot 100.
  6. ^ "February 10, 1979". Billboard Hot 100.
  7. ^ "February 17, 1979". Billboard Hot 100.
  8. ^ "February 24, 1979". Billboard Hot 100.
  9. ^ "March 3, 1979". Billboard Hot 100.
  10. ^ "March 10, 1979". Billboard Hot 100.
  11. ^ "March 17, 1979". Billboard Hot 100.
  12. ^ "March 24, 1979". Billboard Hot 100.
  13. ^ "March 31, 1979". Billboard Hot 100.
  14. ^ "April 7, 1979". Billboard Hot 100.
  15. ^ "April 14, 1979". Billboard Hot 100.
  16. ^ "April 21, 1979". Billboard Hot 100.
  17. ^ "April 28, 1979". Billboard Hot 100.
  18. ^ "May 5, 1979". Billboard Hot 100.
  19. ^ "May 12, 1979". Billboard Hot 100.
  20. ^ "May 19, 1979". Billboard Hot 100.
  21. ^ "May 26, 1979". Billboard Hot 100.
  22. ^ "June 2, 1979". Billboard Hot 100.
  23. ^ "June 9, 1979". Billboard Hot 100.
  24. ^ "June 16, 1979". Billboard Hot 100.
  25. ^ "June 23, 1979". Billboard Hot 100.
  26. ^ "June 30, 1979". Billboard Hot 100.
  27. ^ "July 7, 1979". Billboard Hot 100.
  28. ^ "July 14, 1979". Billboard Hot 100.
  29. ^ "July 21, 1979". Billboard Hot 100.
  30. ^ "July 28, 1979". Billboard Hot 100.
  31. ^ "August 4, 1979". Billboard Hot 100.
  32. ^ "August 11, 1979". Billboard Hot 100.
  33. ^ "August 18, 1979". Billboard Hot 100.
  34. ^ "August 25, 1979". Billboard Hot 100.
  35. ^ "September 1, 1979". Billboard Hot 100.
  36. ^ "September 8, 1979". Billboard Hot 100.
  37. ^ "September 15, 1979". Billboard Hot 100.
  38. ^ "September 22, 1979". Billboard Hot 100.
  39. ^ "September 29, 1979". Billboard Hot 100.
  40. ^ "October 6, 1979". Billboard Hot 100.
  41. ^ "October 13, 1979". Billboard Hot 100.
  42. ^ "October 20, 1979". Billboard Hot 100.
  43. ^ "October 27, 1979". Billboard Hot 100.
  44. ^ "November 3, 1979". Billboard Hot 100.
  45. ^ "November 10, 1979". Billboard Hot 100.
  46. ^ "November 17, 1979". Billboard Hot 100.
  47. ^ "November 24, 1979". Billboard Hot 100.
  48. ^ "December 1, 1979". Billboard Hot 100.
  49. ^ "December 8, 1979". Billboard Hot 100.
  50. ^ "December 15, 1979". Billboard Hot 100.
  51. ^ "December 22, 1979". Billboard Hot 100.
  52. ^ "December 29, 1979". Billboard Hot 100.

Sources[]

  • Fred Bronson's Billboard Book of Number 1 Hits, 5th Edition (ISBN 0-8230-7677-6)
  • Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-2008, 12 Edition (ISBN 0-89820-180-2)
  • Joel Whitburn Presents the Billboard Hot 100 Charts: The Seventies (ISBN 0-89820-076-8)
  • Additional information obtained can be verified within Billboard's online archive services and print editions of the magazine.
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