1979 Radio & Records All-Time Charts

Updated June 26, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

1979 Radio & Records All-Time Charts

Pop Adult

1. “Rise” Herb Alpert (A&M)
2. “I'll Never Love This Way Again” Dionne Warwick (Arista)
3. “I Just Fell in Love Again” Anne Murray (Capitol)
4. “She Believes in Me” Kenny Rogers (UA)
5. “The Main Event/Fight” Barbra Streisand (Columbia)
6. “Lead Me On” Maxine Nightingale (Windsong)
7. “Just When I Needed You Most” Randy Vanwarmer (Bearsville)
8. “Music Box Dancer” Frank Mills (Polydor)
9. “Reunited” Peaches and Herb (Polydor)
10. “Sad Eyes” Robert John (EMI America)

Top 40

1. “Do Ya Think I'm Sexy” Rod Stewart (Warner Bros.)
2. “What a Fool Believes” Doobie Brothers (Warner Bros.)
3. “Reunited” Peaches and Herb (Polydor)
4. “Sail On” Commodores (Motown)
5. “Lonesome Loser” Little River Band (Capitol)
6. “Heartache Tonight” Eagles (Asylum)
7. “Sad Eyes” Robert John (EMI America)
8. “My Sharona” Knack (Capitol)
9. “Heart of Glass” Blondie (Chrysalis)
10. “Tragedy” Bee Gees (RSO)

AOR Albums

1. Breakfast in America Supertramp (A&M)
2. Minute by Minute Doobie Brothers (Warner Bros.)
3. Desolation Angels Bad Company (Swan Song)
4. Candy-O Cars (Elektra)
5. Get the Knack Knack (Capitol)
6. Dire Straits Dire Straits (Warner Bros.)
7. Van Halen II Van Halen (Warner Bros.)
8. Blondes Have More Fun Rod Stewart (Warner Bros.)
9. At Budokan Cheap Trick (Epic)
10. Rickie Lee Jones Rickie Lee Jones (Warner Bros.)

Country

1. “She Believes in Me” Kenny Rogers (UA)
2. “I Just Fell in Love Again” Anne Murray (Capitol)
3. “It Must Be Love” Don Williams (MCA)
4. “Amends” Waylon Jennings (RCA)
5. “All I Ever Need Is You” Kenny Rogers and Dottie West (UA)
6. “You Decorated My Life” Kenny Rogers (UA)
7. “Back on My Mind Again” Ronnie Milsap (RCA)
8. “Shadows in the Moonlight” Anne Murray (Capitol)
9. “You're the Only One” Dolly Parton (RCA)
10. “The Devil Went Down to Georgia” Charlie Daniels Band (Epic)