September 1, 1979

----- DROPOUTS -----
Gold - John Stewart ----- 5 (2) / 13
Makin' It - David Naughton ----- 5 (2) / 16
Is She Really Going Out With Him? - Joe Jackson ----- 21 (2) / 8
I Was Made For Lovin' You - KISS ----- 11 (2) / 11


40 --- Young Blood - Rickie Lee Jones (41)
40 39 --- Hold On - Triumph
38 --- Saturdaynight - Herman Brood (42)
38 37 --- Girl Of My Dreams - Bram Tchaikovsky
36 --- What Cha Gonna Do With My Lovin' - Stephanie Mills (46)
35 --- Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough - Michael Jackson (54)
13 34 --- You Can't Change That - Raydio
37 33 --- Lovin', Touchin', Squeezin' - Journey
36 32 --- The Boss - Diana Ross
39 31 --- Pop Muzik - M

33 30 --- Oh Well - Rockets
12 29 --- Ring My Bell - Anita Ward    
32 28 --- Different Worlds - Maureen McGovern
30 27 --- Cruel To Be Kind - Nick Lowe
27 26 --- Highway Song - Blackfoot
28 25 --- Born To Be Alive - Patrick Hernandez
24 24 --- Morning Dance - Spyro Gyra
25 23 --- I Do Love You - GQ
29 22 --- Driver's Seat - Sniff 'n' the Tears
26 21 --- Bad Case Of Loving You (Doctor, Doctor) - Robert Palmer

22 20 --- Heaven Must Have Sent You - Bonnie Pointer
34 19 --- Rise - Herb Alpert
20 18 --- Hot Summer Nights - Night
11 17 --- When You're In Love With A Beautiful Woman - Dr. Hook
18 16 --- Goodbye Stranger - Supertramp
17 15 --- Let's Go - The Cars
23 14 --- Sail On - Commodores
15 13 --- Suspicions - Eddie Rabbitt
19 12 --- Lonesome Loser - Little River Band
05 11 --- Bad Girls - Donna Summer    

14 10 --- I'll Never Love this Way Again - Dionne Warwick
09 09 --- Mama Can't Buy You Love - Elton John
10 08 --- Sad Eyes - Robert John
08 07 --- Lead Me On - Maxine Nightingale
07 06 --- The Devil Went Down To Georgia - The Charlie Daniels Band
06 05 --- Don't Bring Me Down - Electric Light Orchestra
04 04 --- After The Love Has Gone - Earth, Wind & Fire
03 03 --- The Main Event / Fight - Barbra Streisand
02 02 --- Good Times - Chic    
01 01 --- My Sharona - The Knack    


Making their debuts this week are Stephanie Mills and Herman Brood.

R1 SINGLES CHART - 1-7 September 1979

01 01 WE DON'T TALK ANYMORE Cliff Richard **
02 02 I DON'T LIKE MONDAYS The Boomtown Rats ****
03 03 BANG BANG B.A. Robertson
04 12 ANGEL EYES Roxy Music
05 05 AFTER THE LOVE HAS GONE Earth, Wind and Fire
06 08 GANGSTERS The Specials
07 06 DUKE OF EARL The Darts
08 18 MONEY The Flying Lizards
09 04 REASONS TO BE CHEERFUL (PT. 3) Ian Dury and the Blockheads
10 11 OOH! WHAT A LIFE The Gibson Brothers

11 27 JUST WHEN I NEEDED YOU MOST Randy Vanwarmer
12 07 HERSHAM BOYS Sham 69
13 13 IS SHE REALLY GOING OUT WITH HIM? Joe Jackson
14 09 ANGEL EYES / VOULEZ VOUS ABBA
15 22 GOTTA GO HOME Boney M
16 23 STREET LIFE The Crusaders
17 15 SWEET LITTLE ROCK N ROLLER Showaddywaddy
18 25 WHEN YOU'RE YOUNG The Jam
19 10 THE DIARY OF HORACE WIMP Electric Light Orchestra
20 -- CARS Gary Numan

21 17 MORNING DANCE Spyro Gyra
22 33 IF I SAID YOU HAD A BEAUTIFUL BODY, WOULD YOU HOLD IT AGAINST ME? The Bellamy Brothers
23 -- LOVE'S GOTTA HOLD ON ME Dollar
24 30 LOST IN MUSIC Sister Sledge
25 26 DUCHESS The Stranglers
26 16 WANTED The Dooleys
27 20 STAY WITH ME TILL DAWN Judie Tzuke
28 29 GONE GONE GONE Johnny Mathis
29 31 TEENAGE WARNING Angelic Upstarts
30 35 REGGAE FOR IT NOW Bill Lovelady

31 32 YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT YOU'VE GOT Me and You
32 14 BEAT THE CLOCK Sparks
33 28 GIRLS TALK Dave Edmunds
34 -- BOY, OH BOY Racey
35 39 STRUT YOUR FUNKY STUFF Frantique
36 -- SPIRAL SCRATCH The Buzzcocks
37 -- LINES Planets
38 -- DON'T BRING ME DOWN Electric Light Orchestra
39 19 CAN'T STAND LOSING YOU The Police
40 36 GET IT RIGHT NEXT TIME Gerry Rafferty

-- 21 BORN TO BE ALIVE Patrick Hernandez
-- 24 IF I HAD YOU The Korgis
-- 34 GIRLS GIRLS GIRLS Kandidate
-- 37 ROCK LOBSTER The B-52's
-- 38 BREAKFAST IN AMERICA Supertramp
-- 40 GOOD TIMES Chic