August 12, 1978

----- DROPOUTS -----
Dance With Me - Peter Brown w/ Betty Wright ----- 8 (2) / 14
Can We Still Be Friends - Todd Rundgren ----- 29 / 5
Take A Chance On Me - ABBA ----- 3 (2) / 14


 40 --- Close The Door - Teddy Pendergrass (45)
 39 --- Just What I Needed - The Cars (43)
22 38 --- Runaway - Jefferson Starship
20 37 --- The Groove Line - Heatwave
38 36 --- You're A Part Of Me - Gene Cotton w/ Kim Carnes
36 35 --- Mr. Blue Sky - Electric Light Orchestra
 34 --- Reminiscing - Little River Band (56)
35 33 --- Rivers Of Babylon - Boney M.
40 32 --- Love Is In The Air - John Paul Young
37 31 --- Macho Man - Village People

32 30 --- Two Tickets To Paradise - Eddie Money
39 29 --- Got To Get You Into My Life - Earth, Wind & Fire
33 28 --- You And I - Rick James
30 27 --- You - Rita Coolidge
28 26 --- Stuff Like That - Quincy Jones
25 25 --- I've Had Enough - Wings
34 24 --- Hot Child In The City - Nick Gilder
10 23 --- Still The Same - Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band
07 22 --- Use Ta Be My Girl - The O'Jays
26 21 --- Fool (If You Think It's Over) - Chris Rea

21 20 --- Stay / The Load-Out - Jackson Browne
23 19 --- Shame - Evelyn "Champagne" King
27 18 --- Kiss You All Over - Exile
19 17 --- King Tut - Steve Martin & The Toot Uncommons
06 16 --- Baker Street - Gerry Rafferty
05 15 --- Shadow Dancing - Andy Gibb                
15 14 --- I'm Not Gonna Let It Bother Me Tonight - Atlanta Rhythm Section
14 13 --- My Angel Baby - Toby Beau
13 12 --- Life's Been Good - Joe Walsh
18 11 --- Hopelessly Devoted To You - Olivia Newton-John

16 10 --- An Everlasting Love - Andy Gibb
11 09 --- Magnet And Steel - Walter Egan
12 08 --- Copacabana (At The Copa) - Barry Manilow
09 07 --- Love Will Find A Way - Pablo Cruise
17 06 --- Boogie Oogie Oogie - A Taste Of Honey
08 05 --- Hot Blooded - Foreigner
01 04 --- Miss You - The Rolling Stones    
04 03 --- Last Dance - Donna Summer
03 02 --- Grease - Frankie Valli
02 01 --- Three Times A Lady - Commodores    


This week sees the first debuts for the highly successful band The Cars. Leader of Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes (1970-76), Teddy Pendergrass also scores his first solo hit.

R1 SINGLES CHART – 12-18 August 1978

01 01 YOU'RE THE ONE THAT I WANT John Travolta + Olivia Newton-John *********
02 02 SUBSTITUTE Clout
03 05 BOOGIE OOGIE OOGIE A Taste of Honey
04 03 THE SMURF SONG Father Abraham and the Smurfs
05 -- THREE TIMES A LADY The Commodores
06 10 RIVERS OF BABYLON / BROWN GIRL IN THE RING Boney M *****
07 11 FOREVER AUTUMN Justin Hayward
08 04 DANCIN' IN THE CITY Marshall Hain
09 13 IF THE KIDS ARE UNITED Sham 69
10 06 WILD WEST HERO Electric Light Orchestra

11 23 NORTHERN LIGHTS Renaissance
12 09 5-7-0-5 City Boy
13 15 STAY Jackson Browne
14 07 A LITTLE BIT OF SOAP Showaddywaddy
15 08 LIKE CLOCKWORK The Boomtown Rats
16 19 FROM EAST TO WEST / SCOTS MACHINE Voyage
17 12 RUN FOR HOME Lindisfarne
18 -- IT'S RAINING The Darts
19 17 COME BACK AND FINISH WHAT YOU STARTED Gladys Knight and the Pips
20 14 LIFE'S BEEN GOOD Joe Walsh

21 26 BABY, STOP CRYING Bob Dylan
22 22 HOW CAN THIS BE LOVE? Andrew Gold
23 30 SUPER NATURE Cerrone
24 25 IDENTITY X-Ray Spex
25 16 USED TA BE MY GIRL The O'Jays
26 28 WHO ARE YOU? The Who
27 36 IS THIS A LOVE THING? Raydio
28 27 IT'S ONLY MAKE-BELIEVE Child
29 18 AIRPORT The Motors
30 -- COLD AS ICE Foreigner

31 32 DON'T BE CRUEL Elvis Presley
32 29 ANTHEM The New Seekers
33 20 NO-ONE IS INNOCENT / MY WAY The Sex Pistols
34 40 STUFF LIKE THAT Quincy Jones
35 24 THE MAN WITH THE CHILD IN HIS EYES Kate Bush
36 -- WALK ON BY The Stranglers
37 -- JILTED JOHN Jilted John
38 21 COME ON, DANCE, DANCE Saturday Night Band
39 -- SHA LA LA LA LEE Plastic Bertrand
40 31 ANNIE'S SONG James Galway

-- 33 (DON'T FEAR) THE REAPER Blue Oyster Cult
-- 34 MISS YOU The Rolling Stones
-- 35 LOVE YOU MORE The Buzzcocks
-- 37 ROCK & ROLL DAMNATION AC/DC
-- 38 NIGHT FEVER The Bee Gees **
-- 39 MIND-BLOWING DECISIONS Heatwave


Bringing a quirky one-hit wonder to the charts is Graham Fellowes, better known as Jilted John