May 12, 1979

----- DROPOUTS -----
Sweet Lui-Louise - Ironhorse ----- 36 / 3
Roller - April Wine ----- 34 (2) / 4
Roxanne - The Police ----- 32 (2) / 5
Happiness - The Pointer Sisters ----- 30 / 4
Crazy Love - The Allman Brothers Band ----- 29 / 5
Sultans Of Swing - Dire Straits ----- 4 (2) / 12
Tragedy - Bee Gees ----- 1 (2) / 13      
Precious Love - Bob Welch ----- 19 (2) / 8


40 40 --- I (Who Have Nothing) - Sylvester
 39 --- (If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don't Want To Be Right - Barbara Mandrell (43)
 38 --- Makin' It - David Naughton (44)
 37 --- Honesty - Billy Joel (41)
 36 --- She Believes In Me - Kenny Rogers (52)
 35 --- Chuck E.'s In Love - Rickie Lee Jones (55)
38 34 --- Get Used To It - Roger Voudouris
37 33 --- Don't You Write Her Off - McGuinn, Clark & Hillman
39 32 --- Old Time Rock & Roll - Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band
 31 --- Ain't Love A Bitch - Rod Stewart (45)

 30 --- You Take My Breath Away - Rex Smith (59)
33 29 --- Such A Woman - Tycoon
18 28 --- Love Ballad - George Benson
 27 --- We Are Family - Sister Sledge (53)
31 26 --- Hot Number - Foxy
35 25 --- Deeper Than The Night - Olivia Newton-John
13 24 --- I Will Survive - Gloria Gaynor      
25 23 --- Rock 'N' Roll Fantasy - Bad Company
11 22 --- What A Fool Believes - The Doobie Brothers    
23 21 --- Renegade - Styx

21 20 --- I Got My Mind Made Up (You Can Get It Girl) - Instant Funk
22 19 --- Disco Nights (Rock-Freak) - GQ
24 18 --- The Logical Song - Supertramp
26 17 --- Just When I Needed You Most - Randy VanWarmer
16 16 --- Blow Away - George Harrison
03 15 --- Music Box Dancer - Frank Mills
04 14 --- Knock On Wood - Amii Stewart    
15 13 --- Love Takes Time - Orleans
14 12 --- Love Is The Answer - England Dan & John Ford Coley
17 11 --- Love You Inside Out - Bee Gees

12 10 --- Shake Your Body (Down To The Ground) - The Jacksons
10 09 --- He's The Greatest Dancer - Sister Sledge
09 08 --- Take Me Home - Cher
07 07 --- I Want Your Love - Chic
08 06 --- Goodnight Tonight - Wings
06 05 --- In The Navy - Village People
05 04 --- Stumblin' In - Suzi Quatro & Chris Norman
20 03 --- Hot Stuff - Donna Summer
02 02 --- Heart Of Glass - Blondie    
01 01 --- Reunited - Peaches & Herb      


All scoring their first debuts this week are Barbara Mandrell, David Naughton, Rickie Lee Jones and Rex Smith.

R1 SINGLES CHART - 12-18 May 1979

01 01 BRIGHT EYES Art Garfunkel *****
02 03 POP MUZIK M
03 04 HOORAY! HOORAY! IT'S A HOLI-HOLIDAY! Boney M
04 19 DOES YOUR MOTHER KNOW? ABBA
05 02 SOME GIRLS Racey
06 21 REUNITED Peaches & Herb
07 22 BANANA SPLITS The Dickies
08 05 GOODNIGHT TONIGHT Wings
09 10 KNOCK ON WOOD Amii Stewart
10 09 THE LOGICAL SONG Supertramp

11 20 ONE-WAY TICKET Eruption
12 06 SHAKE YOUR BODY (DOWN TO THE GROUND) The Jacksons
13 13 LOVE YOU INSIDE OUT The Bee Gees
14 07 HALLELUJAH Milk & Honey
15 31 BOYS KEEP SWINGIN' David Bowie
16 08 COOL FOR CATS Squeeze
17 11 I DON'T WANNA LOSE YOU Kandidate
18 27 ROXANNE The Police
19 15 HAVEN'T STOPPED DANCING YET Gonzalez
20 34 DANCE AWAY Roxy Music

21 25 PARISIENNE WALKWAYS Gary Moore
22 30 GUILTY Mike Oldfield
23 18 FOREVER IN BLUE JEANS Neil Diamond
24 28 JIMMY, JIMMY The Undertones
25 32 NICE LEGS, SHAME ABOUT HER FACE The Monks
26 -- LOVE SONG The Damned
27 12 THE RUNNER The Three Degrees
28 24 THE STAIRCASE Siouxsie and the Banshees
29 26 VALLEY OF THE DOLLS Generation X
30 -- BOOGIE WONDERLAND Earth, Wind & Fire

31 35 I'M AN UPSTART Angelic Upstarts
32 23 REMEMBER THEN Showaddywaddy
33 16 SILLY THING / WHO KILLED BAMBI? The Sex Pistols / Ten Pole Tudor
34 40 THE NUMBER ONE SONG IN HEAVEN Sparks
35 29 LOVE BALLAD George Benson
36 -- BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER Linda Clifford
37 14 HE'S THE GREATEST DANCER Sister Sledge
38 33 ONLY YOU Child
39 -- I WANT YOU TO WANT ME Cheap Trick
40 -- AS LONG AS THE PRICE IS RIGHT Dr Feelgood

-- 17 WOW Kate Bush
-- 36 SULTANS OF SWING Dire Straits
-- 37 SOMETHING ELSE / FRIGGIN' IN THE RIGGIN' The Sex Pistols
-- 38 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Sham 69
-- 39 FEEL THE NEED Leif Garrett


A belatedly punk arrival comes from The Damned, along with a one-hit wonder from Cheap Trick