1978 PART TWELVE

 1978

THE LAST GREAT YEAR OF ROCK

 

 

THE WEEK  WHEN ALL YOU NEED IS CASH  FEATURING THE RUTLES IS SHOW ON BBC TV IN THE UK. THE POLICE SIGN TO A & M . BRITISH COURTS GIVE RECORD COMPANIES THE RIGHT TO SEIZE BOOTLEG RECORDINGS AND KEITH RICHARDS ANNOUNCES HE WILL DO TWO BENEFIT CONCERTS IN TORONTO AS PART OF HIS SENTENCE FOR DRUG POSSESSION.

 

KATE BUSH IS STILL NUMBER ONE WITH WUTHERING HEIGHTS AND BLONDIE ARE AT NUMBER TWO WITH DENIS. BRIAN AND MICHAEL MOVE UP TO NUMBER THREE, GERRY RAFFERTY CLIMES TWO PLACES TO NUMBER FOUR, AND ERUPTION MOVE UP TO NUMBER FIVE.

 

THE REST OF THE TOP TEN FALLS ROSE ROYCE,DARTS,ABBA, AND THE BEE GEES,WHILE NICK LOWE MAKES IT IN TO THE TOP TEN WITH I LOVE THE SOUND OF BREAKING GLASS.

 

MR BLUES SKY BY E L O IS AT NUMBER ELEVEN. SAMANTHA SANG STAYS AT NUMBER TWELVE AND BOB MARLEY IS DOWN TWO TO NUMBER THIRTEEN WITH IS THIS LOVE?. HOT CHOCOLATE CLIMB SIX TO FOURTEEN WITH EVERYONES A WINNER, THEN THREE MORE FALLERS EARTH WIND AND FIRE, ANDY CAMERON AND ELKIE BROOKS AT FIFTEEN SIXTEEN AND SEVENTEEN.

 

THE REAL THING ENTER THE TOP TWENTY AT NUMBER EIGHTEEN, DONNA SUMMER STAYS AT NUMBER NINETEEN AND A NEW ENTRY AT NUMBER TWENTY IS SUZI QUATRO WITH IF YOU CANT GIVE ME LOVE WHICH WILL BE HER LAST TOP TEN HIT.

 

AT NUMBER TWENTY ONE IS YELLOW DOG, GENESIS MOVE UP EIGHT TO NUMBER TWENTY TWO, FREE ALL RIGHT NOW GOES DOWN AND WALK IN LOVE BY MANHATTAN TRANSFER GOES UP TO NUMBER TWENTY FOUR. 

 

SHOWADDYWADDY IS A NEW ENTRY AT NUMBER TWENTY FIVE WITH I WONDER WHY, ELVIS COSTELLO GOES UP TO TWENTY SIX WITH (I DONT WANT TO GO TO) CHELSEA AND THE JAM ARE UP TO TWENTY SEVEN WITH NEWS OF THE WORLD.

 

BILLY JOEL IS AT NUMBER TWENTY EIGHT WHILE AT NUMBER TWENTY NINE TINA CHARLES IS A NEW ENTRY WITH I LL GO WHERE YOUR MUSIC TAKES ME AGAIN HER LAST TOP FORTY HIT. DAN HILL CLIMBS TO THIRTY WITH SOMETIMES WHEN WE TOUCH AND TAVARES MAKE NUMBER THIRTY ONE WITH A NEW ENTRY THE GHOST OF LOVE AVAILABLE ON GREEN VINYL.  

 

SWEET ARE AT NUMBER THIRTY TWO AND ANDREW GOLD AND SHEILA B DEVOTION ARE TWO NEW ENTRIES AT NUMBERS THIRTY THREE AND THIRTY FOUR WITH NEVER LET HER SLIP AWAY AND SINGIN IN THE RAIN.

 

THE STRANGLERS PLAYER AND BROTHERHOOD OF MAN ALL GO DOWN. THE COMMODORES ARE A NEW ENTRY AT THIRTY EIGHT WITH TOO HOT TO TROT/ZOOM AS IS JOHNNY MATHIS AND DENIECE WILLIAMS TOO MUCH TOO LITTLE TOO LATE AT NUMBER THIRTY NINE. NOTTINGHAM FOREST AND PAPER LACE SIT AT THE BOTTOM AT NUMBER FORTY.

 

WORDS BY PETER STOCK HAMMERSMITH78MUSICPROMOTIONS COPY RIGHT 2019