April 7, 1979

----- DROPOUTS -----
Watch Out For Lucy - Eric Clapton & His Band ----- 40 (2) / 2
Dog & Butterfly - Heart ----- 34 / 3
Chase - Giorgio Moroder ----- 33 / 4
A Little More Love - Olivia Newton-John ----- 3 (2) / 17
Fire - The Pointer Sisters ----- 2 (2) / 16


 40 --- Roxanne - The Police (46)
 39 --- Crazy Love - The Allman Brothers Band (63)
 38 --- Renegade - Styx (54)
39 37 --- Rubber Biscuit - Blues Brothers
37 36 --- Every Time I Think Of You - The Babys
 35 --- Love Takes Time - Orleans (69)
36 34 --- Bustin' Loose Part 1 - Chuck Brown & The Soul Searchers
17 33 --- Crazy Love - Poco
 32 --- Love Is The Answer - England Dan & John Ford Coley (52)
14 31 --- Big Shot - Billy Joel

35 30 --- Shake Your Body (Down To The Ground) - The Jacksons
10 29 --- Don't Cry Out Loud - Melissa Manchester
31 28 --- Superman - Herbie Mann
30 27 --- I Got My Mind Made Up (You Can Get It Girl) - Instant Funk
32 26 --- Blow Away - George Harrison
27 25 --- Precious Love - Bob Welch
29 24 --- Love Ballad - George Benson
24 23 --- I Don't Know If It's Right - Evelyn "Champagne" King
23 22 --- Maybe I'm A Fool - Eddie Money
28 21 --- In The Navy - Village People

25 20 --- Take Me Home - Cher
22 19 --- He's The Greatest Dancer - Sister Sledge
09 18 --- What You Won't Do For Love - Bobby Caldwell
21 17 --- Livin' It Up (Friday Night) - Bell & James
38 16 --- Goodnight Tonight - Wings
26 15 --- Reunited - Peaches & Herb
04 14 --- Heaven Knows - Donna Summer w/ Brooklyn Dreams
16 13 --- I Want Your Love - Chic
13 12 --- I Just Fall In Love Again - Anne Murray
12 11 --- Stumblin' In - Suzi Quatro & Chris Norman

11 10 --- Lady - Little River Band
15 09 --- Heart Of Glass - Blondie
07 08 --- Da Ya Think I'm Sexy? - Rod Stewart      
08 07 --- Knock On Wood - Amii Stewart
18 06 --- Music Box Dancer - Frank Mills
05 05 --- Shake Your Groove Thing - Peaches & Herb
06 04 --- Sultans Of Swing - Dire Straits
01 03 --- Tragedy - Bee Gees      
03 02 --- What A Fool Believes - The Doobie Brothers
02 01 --- I Will Survive - Gloria Gaynor      


Scoring their first debut are the globally popular band The Police.

R1 SINGLES CHART - 7-13 April 1979

01 01 I WILL SURVIVE Gloria Gaynor ****
02 02 IN THE NAVY Village People
03 19 BRIGHT EYES Art Garfunkel
04 06 I WANT YOUR LOVE Chic
05 03 SOMETHING ELSE / FRIGGIN' IN THE RIGGIN' The Sex Pistols
06 16 COOL FOR CATS Squeeze
07 05 LUCKY NUMBER Lene Lovich
08 18 SULTANS OF SWING Dire Straits
09 08 TURN THE MUSIC UP Players Association
10 04 OLIVER'S ARMY Elvis Costello and the Attractions

11 34 SOME GIRLS Racey
12 07 CAN YOU FEEL THE FORCE? The Real Thing
13 09 DON'T STOP ME NOW! Queen
14 14 MONEY IN MY POCKET Dennis Brown
15 10 KEEP ON DANCING Gary's Gang
16 24 STRANGE TOWN The Jam
17 12 WAITING FOR AN ALIBI Thin Lizzy
18 25 HE'S THE GREATEST DANCER Sister Sledge
19 13 INTO THE VALLEY The Skids
20 17 JUST WHAT I NEEDED The Cars

21 30 THE RUNNER The Three Degrees
22 15 HOLD THE LINE Toto
23 26 SHAKE YOUR BODY (DOWN TO THE GROUND) The Jacksons
24 -- SILLY THING / WHO KILLED BAMBI? The Sex Pistols / Ten Pole Tudor
25 20 CLOG DANCE Violinski
26 28 FOREVER IN BLUE JEANS Neil Diamond
27 23 WOW Kate Bush
28 33 THE STAIRCASE Siouxsie and the Banshees
29 21 YOU BET YOUR LOVE Herbie Hancock
30 27 ENGLISH CIVIL WAR The Clash

31 11 TRAGEDY The Bee Gees **
32 -- I DON'T WANNA LOSE YOU Kandidate
33 29 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Sham 69
34 39 FIRE The Pointer Sisters
35 -- REMEMBER THEN Showaddywaddy
36 36 IMPERIAL WIZARD David Essex
37 -- THE LOGICAL SONG Supertramp
38 40 LET'S FLY AWAY Voyage
39 35 EVERYBODY'S HAPPY NOWADAYS The Buzzcocks
40 -- VALLEY OF THE DOLLS Generation X

-- 22 PAINTER MAN Boney M
-- 31 CONTACT Edwin Starr
-- 32 GET DOWN Gene Chandler
-- 37 WHAT A FOOL BELIEVES The Doobie Brothers
-- 38 HEART OF GLASS Blondie ****


Electing to make their arrival now are Kandidate