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Music History Events: Charts

May 19, 1979 Breakfast In America, the sixth album from the UK group Supertramp, hits #1 in America thanks to the hits "The Logical Song" and "Take The Long Way Home."

April 21, 1979 Amii Stewart's "Knock On Wood" hits #1 in America. The song was originally recorded by Eddie Floyd in 1966.

April 14, 1979 The Doobie Brothers land their second #1 US hit with "What A Fool Believes." The song goes on to win Grammys for Record Of The Year and Song Of The Year, while the album, Minute By Minute, wins Album Of The Year.

February 10, 1979 Rod Stewart's "Da Ya Think I'm Sexy," a disco diversion for the British superstar, hits #1 in the US.

February 10, 1979 Rod Stewart's album Blondes Have More Fun hits #1.

February 3, 1979 The Blues Brothers' album Briefcase Full of Blues hits #1 in the US - not bad for two comedians (John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd) who formed the duo for Saturday Night Live.

February 1, 1979 Blondie hits #1 in the UK with "Heart Of Glass," the first of their six #1 hits in Britain. Three months later, the song tops the US chart.

January 6, 1979 The Bee Gees' "Too Much Heaven" hits #1 for the first of two weeks.

January 6, 1979 Barbra Streisand's Greatest Hits, Volume 2 album hits #1 in America.

December 9, 1978 Chic's "Le Freak" hits #1.

December 2, 1978 Barbra Streisand and Neil Diamond's "You Don't Bring Me Flowers" hits #1 on the Hot 100 for the first of two weeks.

November 18, 1978 Billy Joel's 52nd Street album hits #1 in America and stays there for eight weeks.

November 11, 1978 Donna Summer's disco version of "MacArthur Park," a #2 hit for Richard Harris in 1968, goes to #1 in America.

November 4, 1978 Anne Murray's "You Needed Me" hits #1.

November 4, 1978 Linda Ronstadt's LP Living In The USA hits #1.

October 28, 1978 "Hot Child In The City" by Nick Gilder goes to #1 in America.

October 14, 1978 The KISS solo LPs Gene Simmons, Paul Stanley, Ace Frehley, and Peter Criss enter Billboard Albums chart at these positions: Peter Criss: #85 Ace Frehley: #87 Gene Simmons: #88 Paul Stanley: #89 Simmons ends up selling the most copies.

September 30, 1978 Exile's "Kiss You All Over" hits #1 on the Hot 100, where it stays for four weeks. The group doesn't place another song higher than #40 ("You Thrill Me"), but returns as a country act in the '80s and score 10 Country chart-toppers.

September 16, 1978 Boston's second album, Don't Look Back, hits #1 in America. Their self-titled debut sold over 17 million, but never hit the top spot.

September 9, 1978 A Taste Of Honey's "Boogie Oogie Oogie" hits #1 for the first of three weeks.

September 9, 1978 "Beast Of Burden" by The Rolling Stones enters the Hot 100 at #70. The song, in part, is a veiled reference from Keith Richards to Mick Jagger; Richards felt like Jagger was taking control of the band and leaving his bandmates out of the creative process.

July 15, 1978 The Rolling Stones' Some Girls album hits #1 in America.

June 17, 1978 Andy Gibb's "Shadow Dancing," which he wrote with his brothers, the Bee Gees, hits #1 in America.

June 10, 1978 John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John's Grease duet "You're The One That I Want" hits #1 in the US.

June 3, 1978 Johnny Mathis and Deniece Williams' "Too Much, Too Little, Too Late" hits #1 in America.

May 20, 1978 Wings' "With A Little Luck" hits #1 in America.

March 25, 1978 It's peak P-Funk, with the Parliament song "Flash Light" replaced at #1 on the R&B chart with "Bootzilla" by Bootsy's Rubber Band, one of the many offshoots from the group.

January 14, 1978 Player's "Baby Come Back" hits #1 for the first of three weeks.

January 14, 1978 Fleetwood Mac's Rumours album hits #1 for a record 31st week on the US chart.

December 24, 1977 After 10 weeks at #1 on the Hot 100, Debby Boone's "You Light Up My Life" is knocked off by another lite favorite: "How Deep Is Your Love" by the Bee Gees.