AT40 - This Week In 1979 (1 Viewer)

[jon_mx]

Please change title to "AT24thru40 - This Week in 1979"

 

[wikkidpissah]

Get specific

NDAs dont run forever ...

I sold my share to someone who's still in the biz, shopped this for a very long time and might still be, so i'm honoring that. Don't have a copy and we were waaaaaaaaaaaaaay wasted in an apartment across from famous drugpark Tompkins Square the whole time we wrote the thing so i cant speak to the quality, but the concept is still pretty strong 35 yrs later. Haven't followed that kind of programming closely but still haven't seen much of the animated alter-ego for a live character (used it myself in my only full-length comedy script - Morningside Heights, the Irish Annie Hall - a decade or so ago, didnt sell either) in a sitcom, so......

 

[otb_lifer]

DISCLAIMER!!

i did not peek, nor Google, but ...

methinks 'Do Ya Think I'm Sexy' by Rod is hovering top 5 here, if not numero uno 

have a very vivid memory tied to this part of early '79, and recall that ##### bastid of a song being as ubiquitous as 'My Sharona' would be some 4/5 months later. 

 

[jon_mx]

DISCLAIMER!!

i did not peek, nor Google, but ...

methinks 'Do Ya Think I'm Sexy' by Rod is hovering top 5 here, if not numero uno 

have a very vivid memory tied to this part of early '79, and recall that ##### bastid of a song being as ubiquitous as 'My Sharona' would be some 4/5 months later. 

Young man, there's a place you can go.  I said, young man, when you're short on your dough.  You can stay there, and I'm sure you will find many ways to have a good time.

 

[otb_lifer]

Young man, there's a place you can go.  I said, young man, when you're short on your dough.  You can stay there, and I'm sure you will find many ways to have a good time.

damn, thought that was an earlier #1 than '79  

 

[D in the D]

25. Time Passages - Al Stewart

This guy had a ton of good deep cuts. Worth searching for if you've got the time

Its saying something that this is the ###est thing on this list, considering it figuratively tops Barry Manilow and Bicycle Race

 

[El Floppo]

any week in 79 had to have a beegee or three, and hopefully a nice helping of earth wind and fire. I'm guessing some other decent disco/funky songs as well... totally drawing blanks what those might be. did parliament hit to the top 40 this late... flashlight? earlier?

my juvenile am radio brain has all of that, plus rod stewarts "if ya think I'm sexy" along with that stones tune along with tom petty. can't remember when tom petty started hitting the charts... here?

 

[otb_lifer]

any week in 79 had to have a beegee or three, and hopefully a nice helping of earth wind and fire. I'm guessing some other decent disco/funky songs as well... totally drawing blanks what those might be. did parliament hit to the top 40 this late... flashlight? earlier?

my juvenile am radio brain has all of that, plus rod stewarts "if ya think I'm sexy" along with that stones tune along with tom petty. can't remember when tom petty started hitting the charts... here?

believe this is circa 'Tragedy' (which may be somewhere up in here)era ... post  'Sgt. Pepper' debacle -

 

[Uruk-Hai]

Sorry I had to bail in the middle. Here's the rest lafter I punked out:

23: I LOVE THE NIGHT LIFE - ALICIA BRIDGES 22: DA YA THINK I'M SEXY? - ROD STEWART 21: SHAKE IT - IAN MATTHEWS ARCHIVES: FAMILY AFFAIR - SLY & THE FAMILY STONE 20: I WAS MADE FOR DANCIN' - LEIF GARRETT 19: FIRE - THE POINTER SISTERS 18: PLEASE COME HOME FOR CHRISTMAS - THE EAGLES EXTRA: LOOKIN' OUT MY BACK DOOR - CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL 17: NEW YORK GROOVE - ACE FREHLEY EXTRA: DIFFERENT DRUM - LINDA RONSTADT 16: LOTTA LOVE - NICOLETTE LARSON 15: EVERY 1'S A WINNER - HOT CHOCOLATE 14: SEPTEMBER - EARTH, WIND & FIRE 13: WE'VE GOT TONIGHT - BOB SEGER & THE SILVER BULLET BAND 12: HOW YOU GONNA SEE ME NOW - ALICE COOPER 11: A LITTLE MORE LOVE - OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN ARCHIVES: BRAND NEW KEY - MELANIE 10: PROMISES - ERIC CLAPTON 9: (OUR LOVE) DON'T THROW IT ALL AWAY - ANDY GIBB 8: OOH BABY BABY - LINDA RONSTADT 7: Y.M.C.A. - THE VILLAGE PEOPLE 6: SHARING THE NIGHT TOGETHER - DR. HOOK LDD: YOU MADE ME BELIEVE IN MAGIC - THE BAY CITY ROLLERS 5: HOLD THE LINE - TOTO EXTRA: #9 DREAM - JOHN LENNON 4: YOU DON'T BRING ME FLOWERS - BARBRA STREISAND & NEIL DIAMOND 3: MY LIFE - BILLY JOEL 2: LE FREAK - CHIC 1: TOO MUCH HEAVEN - THE BEE GEES 

 

[Reg Lllama of Brixton]

ARCHIVES: BRAND NEW KEY - MELANIE 
 

My wife refuses to believe that this song is dirty.  

 

[wikkidpissah]

c'est chic!!

 

[El Floppo]

other than the tom petty and parliament guesses, I did alright

 

[otb_lifer]

NEW YAWK GROOVE ?

guess Ace was the only solo top 40 member outta that lot, eh?

... and love "Different Drum" up in there as an extra - though erroneously credited to Linda, when it was actually the Stone Ponys (with Linda, natch) ?