August 18, 1979

----- DROPOUTS -----
People Of The South Wind - Kansas ----- 23 / 8
Do It Or Die - Atlanta Rhythm Section ----- 19 (2) / 9
Does Your Mother Know - ABBA ----- 19 / 10
Boogie Wonderland - Earth, Wind & Fire w/ The Emotions ----- 6 (2) / 12
Shine A Little Love - Electric Light Orchestra ----- 8 (2) / 11
Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now - McFadden & Whitehead ----- 13 (2) / 11


 40 --- The Boss - Diana Ross (45)
 39 --- Girl Of My Dreams - Bram Tchaikovsky (43)
 38 --- You Gonna Make Me Love Somebody Else - The Jones Girls (41)
 37 --- Sail On - Commodores (68 )
40 36 --- Different Worlds - Maureen McGovern
39 35 --- Oh Well - Rockets
 34 --- Driver's Seat - Sniff 'n' the Tears (46)
 33 --- Cruel To Be Kind - Nick Lowe (63)
36 32 --- Born To Be Alive - Patrick Hernandez
14 31 --- I Want You To Want Me - Cheap Trick

38 30 --- Bad Case Of Loving You (Doctor, Doctor) - Robert Palmer
34 29 --- Highway Song - Blackfoot
32 28 --- I Do Love You - GQ
24 27 --- One Way Or Another - Blondie
30 26 --- Morning Dance - Spyro Gyra
28 25 --- Heaven Must Have Sent You - Bonnie Pointer
35 24 --- Hot Summer Nights - Night
31 23 --- Let's Go - The Cars
25 22 --- Lonesome Loser - Little River Band
23 21 --- Is She Really Going Out With Him? - Joe Jackson

26 20 --- Goodbye Stranger - Supertramp
09 19 --- Hot Stuff - Donna Summer      
05 18 --- Gold - John Stewart
22 17 --- Suspicions - Eddie Rabbitt
20 16 --- I'll Never Love this Way Again - Dionne Warwick
08 15 --- Makin' It - David Naughton
18 14 --- Don't Bring Me Down - Electric Light Orchestra
15 13 --- Lead Me On - Maxine Nightingale
13 12 --- Sad Eyes - Robert John
11 11 --- I Was Made For Lovin' You - KISS

12 10 --- Mama Can't Buy You Love - Elton John
10 09 --- You Can't Change That - Raydio
21 08 --- The Devil Went Down To Georgia - The Charlie Daniels Band
07 07 --- Ring My Bell - Anita Ward      
06 06 --- When You're In Love With A Beautiful Woman - Dr. Hook
19 05 --- After The Love Has Gone - Earth, Wind & Fire
01 04 --- Bad Girls - Donna Summer      
03 03 --- The Main Event / Fight - Barbra Streisand
04 02 --- My Sharona - The Knack
02 01 --- Good Times - Chic    


Lots of new acts this week, all one-hit wonders; The Jones Girls, Nick Lowe, Sniff 'N' The Tears and Bram Tchaikovsky.

R1 SINGLES CHART - 18-24 August 1979

01 01 I DON'T LIKE MONDAYS The Boomtown Rats ****
02 02 WE DON'T TALK ANYMORE Cliff Richard
03 06 REASONS TO BE CHEERFUL PT. 3 Ian Dury and the Blockheads
04 14 AFTER THE LOVE HAS GONE Earth, Wind & Fire
05 03 ANGEL EYES / VOULEZ VOUS ABBA
06 07 HERSHAM BOYS Sham 69
07 04 CAN'T STAND LOSING YOU The Police
08 05 WANTED The Dooleys
09 17 DUKE OF EARL The Darts
10 08 THE DIARY OF HORACE WIMP Electric Light Orchestra

11 27 BANG BANG B.A. Robertson
12 11 BEAT THE CLOCK Sparks
13 32 ANGEL EYES Roxy Music
14 24 GANGSTERS The Specials
15 09 GIRLS TALK Dave Edmunds
16 18 STAY WITH ME 'TILL DAWN Judie Tzuke
17 29 SWEET LITTLE ROCK N ROLLER Showaddywaddy
18 10 BORN TO BE ALIVE Patrick Hernandez
19 25 OOH! WHAT A LIFE Gibson Brothers
20 23 MORNING DANCE Spyro Gyra

21 16 IF I HAD YOU The Korgis
22 39 GOTTA GO HOME Boney M
23 30 IS SHE REALLY GOING OUT WITH HIM? Joe Jackson
24 13 BREAKFAST IN AMERICA Supertramp
25 12 MY SHARONA The Knack
26 15 GOOD TIMES Chic
27 31 JUST WHEN I NEEDED YOU MOST Randy Vanwarmer
28 21 BAD GIRLS Donna Summer
29 -- TEENAGE WARNING Angelic Upstarts
30 -- MONEY Flying Lizards

31 20 SILLY GAMES Janet Kay
32 -- LOST IN MUSIC Sister Sledge
33 -- IF I SAID YOU HAD A BEAUTIFUL BODY, WOULD YOU HOLD IT AGAINST ME? The Bellamy Brothers
34 -- GIRLS, GIRLS, GIRLS Kandidate
35 -- GONE, GONE, GONE Johnny Mathis
36 -- YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT YOu'VE GOT Me & You
37 -- ROCK LOBSTER The B-52's
38 19 ARE 'FRIENDS' ELECTRIC Tubeway Army ****
39 34 ROCK AROUND THE CLOCK Telex
40 -- YOU NEED WHEELS Merton Parkas

-- 22 LADY LYNDA The Beach Boys
-- 26 C'MON, EVERYBODY The Sex Pistols
-- 28 CHUCK E'S IN LOVE Rickie Lee Jones
-- 33 HARMONY IN MY HEAD The Buzzcocks
-- 35 KID The Pretenders
-- 36 LIGHT MY FIRE / 137 DISCO HEAVEN Amii Stewart
-- 37 BOOGIE DOWN The Real Thing
-- 38 THE BITCH Olympic Runners
-- 40 MAYBE Thom Pace


Southern mavericks the B-52's wend their way into the lists, along with a one-hit wonder from The Flying Lizards