(Saturday, December 16, 1978) — “(Our Love) Don’t Throw It All Away” by Andy Gibb peaked at #9 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for five weeks.
Category Archives: Popular Music 1970s
‘Straight On’ by Heart peaks at #15 in USA 40 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Dec 16 1978)
(Saturday, December 16, 1978) — “Straight On” by Heart peaked at #15 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for two weeks.
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‘Part-Time Love’ by Elton John peaks at #22 in USA 40 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Dec 16 1978)
(Saturday, December 16, 1978) — “Part-Time Love” by Elton John peaked at #22 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for one week.
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‘Le Freak’ by Chic peaks at #1 in USA 40 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Dec 9 1978)
(Saturday, December 9, 1978) — “Le Freak” by Chic peaked at #1 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for six non-consecutive weeks (Dec. 9/23/30, 1978, Jan. 20/27, Feb. 3, 1979).
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‘I Just Wanna Stop’ by Gino Vannelli peaks at #4 in USA 40 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Dec 9 1978)
(Saturday, December 9, 1978) — “I Just Wanna Stop” by Gino Vannelli peaked at #4 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for two weeks.
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‘Time Passages’ by Al Stewart peaks at #7 in USA 40 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Dec 9 1978)
(Saturday, December 9, 1978) — “Time Passages” by Al Stewart peaked at #7 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for two weeks.
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‘You Don’t Bring Me Flowers’ by Barbra Streisand & Neil Diamond peaks at #1 in USA 40 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Dec 2 1978)
(Saturday, December 2, 1978) — “You Don’t Bring Me Flowers” by Barbra Streisand & Neil Diamond peaked at #1 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for two non-consecutive weeks (Dec. 2/16, 1978).
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Lennon records ad-libs ‘News Of The Day (From Reuters)’ 40 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Nov 27 1978)
Video: 'John Lennon ABSOLUTELY DESTROYING BOB DYLAN... AGAIN! "News of the world"'
(Monday, November 27, 1978) — Former Beatle John Lennon recorded “News Of The Day (From Reuters),” a Bob Dylan parody performed while watching a TV news broadcast, using the words of the news reports to create spontaneous lyrics, today at his New York apartment. Continue reading Lennon records ad-libs ‘News Of The Day (From Reuters)’ 40 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Nov 27 1978)
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‘Wings Greatest’ album released 40 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Nov 27 1978)
Video: 'Wings Greatest Hits' (12 videos)
(Monday, November 27, 1978) — Wings Greatest, the first official retrospective release from Paul McCartney’s post-Beatles career, was released today in the U.S. (Dec. 1, 1978, in the UK). Continue reading ‘Wings Greatest’ album released 40 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Nov 27 1978)
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‘Double Vision’ by Foreigner peaks at #2 in USA 40 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Nov 18 1978)
(Saturday, November 18, 1978) — “Double Vision” by Foreigner peaked at #2 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for two weeks.
