1978 PART FIVE

1978

 

THE LAST GREAT YEAR OF ROCK

 

 

 

THIS WEEK STARTS WITH A NEW NUMBER ONE THE FIRST OF 1978,AND THE FIRST ONE SINCE DECEMBER . ALTHIA AND DONNA CLIMB ONE WITH UP TOWN TOP RANKING. AFTER NINE WEEKS AT THE TOP WINGS MULL OF KINTYRE DROPS TO TWO.

 

BROTHERHOOD OF MAN, SCOTT FITZGERALD AND YVONNE KEELY, AND ODYSSEY FILL THE REST OF THE TOP FIVE.

 

ABBA COME STRAIGHT IN AT NUMBER TEN WITH TAKE A CHANCE ON ME, WHILE AT SEVENTEEN THE IMPERIALS WITH OUT LITTLE ANTHONY CLIMB SIX WITH WHO S GONNA LOVE ME.

 

ROD STEWART UP TO EIGHTEEN WITH HOT LEGS/I WAS ONLY JOKING, AND DARTS ARE A NEW ENTRY AT TWENTY WITH COME BACK MY LOVE. IT WILL BE THE FIRST OF FOUR TOP TWENTY HITS FOR THEM THIS YEAR WITH THIS ONE AND THE NEXT TWO ALL REACHING NUMBER TWO ,AND TWO OF THEM BECOMING GOLD SELLING SINGLES ON THE WAY.

 

 AT NUMBER TWENTY ONE SWEET MAKE A NEW ENTRY WITH LOVE IS LIKE OXYGEN THEIR FIRST AND LAST HIT SINGLE IN TWO YEARS WILL GO ON TO MAKE NUMBER NINE HERE AND NUMBER EIGHT IN THE USA.

 

ROSE ROYCE SOON TO BE TOP FIVE CLASSIC WISHING ON A STAR IS AT NUMBER TWENTY SIX. NEW AT TWENTY SEVEN AND FROM THE FILM OF THE SAME NAME STARING RICHARD PRYOR STARGUARD AND THE THEME FROM WHICH WAY IS UP.

 

AT THIRTY FOUR A NEW ENTRY AND ONE OF THE SINGLES THAT WILL DEFINE 1978 THE BEE GEES AND STAYIN ALIVE. ONE PLACE BELOW AT THIRTY FIVE LINDA RONSTADT AND BLUE BAYOU AGAIN IN THE DAYS OF COLOURED VINYL A 12 INCH BLUE VINYL HELPED SALES OF THIS INTO THE CHART.

 

THE ALBUM CHART IS SHOWING VERY LITTLE SIGNS OF PUNK/NEW WAVE AT THE MOMENT, WITH  ABBA THE ALBUM AT NUMBER ONE. THE ONLY THREE PUNK ALBUMS THIS WEEK IN THE CHART ARE SEX PISTOLS NEVER MIND THE BOLLOCKS AT NUMBER FOURTEEN, IAN DURY NEW BOOTS AND PANTIES AT NUMBER SEVENTEEN AND XTC WHITE MUSIC AT NUMBER FOURTY THREE.

 

IN THE STATES THIS WEEK THE BEE GEES START A FOUR WEEK RUN WITH STAYIN ALIVE.

 

WORDS BY PETER STOCK HAMMERSMITH78MUSICPROMOTIONS COPY RIGHT 2018