Lets go way back 30 years this time with this weeks Top 40 on the Hot 100 March 2, 1979.


1 Rod Stewart Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?
2 Pointer Sisters Fire
3 Gloria Gaynor I Will Survive
4 Bee Gees Tragedy
5 Olivia Newton-John A Little More Love
6 Donna Summer Heaven Knows
7 Chic Le Freak
8 Village People Y.M.C.A.
9 Nicolette Larson Lotta Love
10 The Doobie Brothers What A Fool Believes

11 Peaches & Herb Shake Your Groove Thing
12 Cheryl Lynn Got To Be Real
13 Dire Straits Sultans Of Swing
14 Chicago No Tell Lover
15 Foreigner Blue Morning, Blue Day
16 Kenny Rogers The Gambler
17 Melissa Manchester Don't Cry Out Loud
18 Nigel Olsson Dancin' Shoes
19 The Babys Every Time I Think Of You
20 Bobby Caldwell What You Won't Do For Love

21 Little River Band Lady
22 Anne Murray I Just Fall In Love Again
23 Billy Joel Big Shot
24 Amii Stewart Knock On Wood
25 Poco Crazy Love
26 Leif Garrett I Was Made For Dancin'
27 Gonzalez Haven't Stopped Dancing Yet
28 Neil Diamond Forever In Blue Jeans
29 Al Stewart Song On The Radio
30 Suzi Quatro Stumblin' In

31 Barry Manilow Somewhere In The Night
32 Santana Stormy
33 Ian Matthews Shake It
34 Blues Brothers Soul Man
35 Bee Gees Too Much Heaven
36 Sylvester You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)
37 Eddie Money Maybe I'm A Fool
38 Evelyn "Champagne" King I Don't Know If It's Right
39 Eddie Rabbitt Every Which Way But Loose
40 Frank Mills Music Box Dancer
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this is my kinda thread!

ok... did anyone have this K-tel album besides me?




several of those song were on it . Suzi Quatro !
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Highlighting the songs I like:


1Rod Stewart Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?
2 Pointer Sisters Fire
3 Gloria Gaynor I Will Survive
4 Bee Gees Tragedy
5 Olivia Newton-John A Little More Love
6 Donna Summer Heaven Knows
7 Chic Le Freak
8 Village People Y.M.C.A.
9 Nicolette Larson Lotta Love
10 The Doobie Brothers What A Fool Believes
11 Peaches & Herb Shake Your Groove Thing
12 Cheryl Lynn Got To Be Real
13 Dire Straits Sultans Of Swing
14 Chicago No Tell Lover
15 Foreigner Blue Morning, Blue Day
16 Kenny Rogers The Gambler
17 Melissa Manchester Don't Cry Out Loud
18 Nigel Olsson Dancin' Shoes
19 The Babys Every Time I Think Of You
20 Bobby Caldwell What You Won't Do For Love
21 Little River Band Lady
22 Anne Murray I Just Fall In Love Again
23 Billy Joel Big Shot
24 Amii Stewart Knock On Wood
25 Poco Crazy Love
26 Leif Garrett I Was Made For Dancin'
27 Gonzalez Haven't Stopped Dancing Yet
28 Neil Diamond Forever In Blue Jeans
29 Al Stewart Song On The Radio
30 Suzi Quatro Stumblin' In
31 Barry Manilow Somewhere In The Night
32 Santana Stormy
33 Ian Matthews Shake It
34 Blues Brothers Soul Man
35 Bee Gees Too Much Heaven
36 Sylvester You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)
37 Eddie Money Maybe I'm A Fool
38 Evelyn "Champagne" King I Don't Know If It's Right
39 Eddie Rabbitt Every Which Way But Loose
40 Frank Mills Music Box Dancer

Crap ! after all this time I just now realized the name of that song is Da Ya Think Im Sexy


Da Ya ?

Really?

Wow.

SoulAlive said:

I noticed you highlighted the entire top ten except the Village People . Not a Y.M.C.A. fan ?

newpower99 said:

No,I always thought their songs were too silly and campy and you couldn't really take those songs seriously I mean,come on....in 1979 they also had a hit song called "In The Navy",lol.

SoulAlive said:

I agree It still cracks me up to this day at sporting events when moms , dads and kids stand up and do the YMCA thing . an ode to gay sex at a gym.

newpower99 said:

I remember those K-Tel albums I have about a dozen of them right now,including this crazy one,lol

SoulAlive said:

YMCA is a hell of a lot better than "Sex Over The Phone".

So this is what was on the Top 40 a few weeks before I was born in 79 (March 26th). Wow and I like most of the songs on that list too. I came around at the right time!

purplecam said:

79 was one of the best years in music history. There were so many classic songs released that year.

daPrettyman said:

Indeed,1979 was a stellar year.So many disco classics were released that year.

daPrettyman said:

There really was a lot of great music from that year. I have a few CD's from that year too and I love them.

newpower99 said:

These are the songs that turn me on. I wish someone had the Music Flashback for 20 years ago - Top 40 for March 2, 1989.

Wowugotit said:

sounds good for next week.

newpower99 said:

thats all i know

TotalAlisa said:

U don't know "Do Ya Think I'm Sexy" and "Fire". Hell, "Fire" was used in some commercial a few years ago (I want to say it was for Swifter). U must be 12 years old?
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daPrettyman said:

UM NO but all those songs were out before i was born.....

TotalAlisa said:

That's no excuse.

I KNOW you know YMCA. It is a party-starter...even today.

Do Ya Think I'm Sexy is one of Rod Stewart's biggest hits. Hell, Janet even redid Tonight's The Night. Come on, even my 10 year old cousin knows some of these songs. These songs are apart of Americana/HISTORY.

There aren't a lot of songs that can stand the test of time, but many of these have.
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daPrettyman said:

its not that serious. I have been able to function very well without knowing those songs

1979 was definately one of the best years ever. The highlighted ones are the ones I like.....

1 Rod Stewart Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?
2 Pointer Sisters Fire
3 Gloria Gaynor I Will Survive
4 Bee Gees Tragedy
5 Olivia Newton-John A Little More Love
6 Donna Summer Heaven Knows
7 Chic Le Freak
8 Village People Y.M.C.A.
9 Nicolette Larson Lotta Love
10 The Doobie Brothers What A Fool Believes

11 Peaches & Herb Shake Your Groove Thing
12 Cheryl Lynn Got To Be Real
13 Dire Straits Sultans Of Swing
14 Chicago No Tell Lover
15 Foreigner Blue Morning, Blue Day
16 Kenny Rogers The Gambler
17 Melissa Manchester Don't Cry Out Loud
18 Nigel Olsson Dancin' Shoes Don't remember but the title sounds good.
19 The Babys Every Time I Think Of You
20 Bobby Caldwell What You Won't Do For Love

21 Little River Band Lady
22 Anne Murray I Just Fall In Love Again
23 Billy Joel Big Shot
24 Amii Stewart Knock On Wood
25 Poco Crazy Love
26 Leif Garrett I Was Made For Dancin'
27 Gonzalez Haven't Stopped Dancing Yet
28 Neil Diamond Forever In Blue Jeans
29 Al Stewart Song On The Radio
30 Suzi Quatro Stumblin' In

31 Barry Manilow Somewhere In The Night
32 Santana Stormy
33 Ian Matthews Shake It
34 Blues Brothers Soul Man
35 Bee Gees Too Much Heaven
36 Sylvester You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)
37 Eddie Money Maybe I'm A Fool
38 Evelyn "Champagne" King I Don't Know If It's Right
39 Eddie Rabbitt Every Which Way But Loose
40 Frank Mills Music Box Dancer

"Dancin Shoes" by Nigel Olsson is a great song.He was Elton John's drummer.Don't be fooled by the title...it's NOT an uptempo disco song It's a soft rock/adult contemporary ballad...a beautiful song!

I love The Village People (especially the hairy chested biker) and I can definately take their songs seriously.....

All men and no women in the YMCA definately sounds like fun....especially in the showers.

San Francisco and Fire Island sound like the place to be.

And ohhhhh.....the things I could do with a Hot Cop.






Another great one. All those men on a ship at sea for months at a time with no access to a woman whatsoever. Whatever will they ever do to fulfill their horny desires?

daPrettyman said:

CORRECTION:


1978

Regardless if you're straight (like me), gay, OR bi, Macho Man is a much stronger track musically than anything The Village People have in their music catalog.

Oh Lord, how could I have forgotten "Macho Man"? That's another good one. I love the part towards the end when he says...."see the hair on my chest". Every time I hear it, I say to myself...."lemme see it honey, now tell me about the hair on your dick".

vainandy said:

I like most of those songs, but my favorite is definitely "What a Fool Believes."

In "Macho Man" he says something about his big thick moustache, but it sounds more like he says big DICK to me. That's all kinds of disturbing.

Anyways, not all of them were gay. I taped a documentary years ago that said that the lead singer was married to the actress who played Claire Huxtable at one stage, but he was big into Cocaine, so they got divorced.

Here's a memory that I have of 1979...

It's the spring of '79 (May,to be exact) and it was the day that Donna Summer's 'Bad Girls' album was released,or it may have been a few days earlier.One of our local radio stations announced that they would soon be giving us a "world premiere" of the new album...playing select cuts from it later on that night.So my sister (who was a big Donna fan too) and I stayed up late to hear it.The DJ played the entire Side One and we were in heaven...

Hot Stuff
Bad Girls
Love Will Always Find You
Walk Away

Up to that point,we had only heard the first single "Hot Stuff",so the other three songs were totally new to us.The song "Bad Girls" was amazing the first time I heard it! I couldn't believe that Donna was being so naughty...lol...asking a dude if he's got a "dime"...lol...it was so daring for her.I thought her vocals on "Love Will Always Find You" were kinda wierd,but I now understand that she was trying out a new vocal style on that track."Walk Away" blew us away! For several months after that,we both thought this was the greatest album ever made,lol.