A breakdown of my top singles from 1978
Title
|
Artist
|
Pop
|
AC
|
R&B
|
Disco
|
Country
|
|
50
|
"Runnin' with the Devil"
|
Van Halen
|
84
| ||||
49
|
"Take a Chance on Me"
|
ABBA
|
3
|
9
| |||
48
|
"You Really Got Me"
|
Van Halen
|
36
| ||||
47
|
"Can't Smile Without You"
|
Barry Manilow
|
3
|
1
| |||
46
|
"The Closer I Get to You"
|
Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway
|
2
|
3
|
1
|
Title
|
Artist
|
Pop
|
AC
|
R&B
|
Disco
|
Country
|
|
45
|
"Feels So Good"
|
Chuck Mangione
|
4
|
1
| |||
44
|
"Baby Hold On"
|
Eddie Money
|
11
| ||||
43
|
"Goodbye Girl"
|
David Gates
|
15
|
3
| |||
42
|
"I Go Crazy"
|
Paul Davis
|
7
|
25
| |||
41
|
"Copacabana (At the Copa)"
|
Barry Manilow
|
8
|
6
|
Title
|
Artist
|
Pop
|
AC
|
R&B
|
Disco
|
Country
|
|
40
|
"Turn to Stone"
|
Electric Light Orchestra
|
13
| ||||
39
|
"You Belong to Me"
|
Carly Simon
|
6
|
4
| |||
38
|
"Sweet Talkin' Woman"
|
Electric Light Orchestra
|
17
| ||||
37
|
"Movin' Out (Anthony's Song)"
|
Billy Joel
|
17
|
40
| |||
36
|
"Forever Autumn"
|
Justin Hayward
|
47
|
20
|
Title
|
Artist
|
Pop
|
AC
|
R&B
|
Disco
|
Country
|
|
35
|
"Time Passages"
|
Al Stewart
|
7
|
1
| |||
34
|
"Thunder Island"
|
Jay Ferguson
|
9
| ||||
33
|
"Life's Been Good"
|
Joe Walsh
|
12
| ||||
32
|
"(Love Is) Thicker Than Water"
|
Andy Gibb
|
1
|
18
| |||
31
|
"Only the Good Die Young"
|
Billy Joel
|
24
|
All chart positions are peak positions from Billboard charts. These are my personal top 78 singles of those that peaked on the Billboard charts in 1978. The list is solely my opinion. Using Joel Whitburn's book, Pop Annual 1955-1999, I started with the 451 singles that peaked on Billboard Magazine's Hot 100 chart in 1978. An initial pass through that list narrowed it down to 117 tunes, then listening, ranking, and editing began. The top 78 are presented here, in order.
No comments :
Post a Comment