October 27, 1979

----- DROPOUTS -----
Don't Bring Me Down - Electric Light Orchestra ----- 4 (2) / 11
Found A Cure - Ashford & Simpson ----- 36 (2) / 2
Dependin' On You - The Doobie Brothers ----- 25 / 6
After The Love Has Gone - Earth, Wind & Fire ----- 2 (2) / 13
Cruel To Be Kind - Nick Lowe ----- 12 (3) / 10


40 --- Victim Of Love - Elton John (45)
39 --- Street Life - The Crusaders w/ Randy Crawford (42)
38 --- Please Don't Leave - Lauren Wood (43)
37 --- Dream Police - Cheap Trick (57)
38 36 --- Fins - Jimmy Buffett
37 35 --- You're Only Lonely - J.D. Souther
40 34 --- Rainbow Connection - Kermit (Jim Henson)
33 --- No More Tears (Enough Is Enough) - Barbra Streisand / Donna Summer (59)
21 32 --- Get It Right Next Time - Gerry Rafferty
33 31 --- So Good, So Right - Brenda Russell

17 30 --- Spooky - Atlanta Rhythm Section
32 29 --- If You Remember Me - Chris Thompson & Night
28 28 --- Midnight Wind - John Stewart
23 27 --- Where Were You When I Was Falling In Love - Lobo
13 26 --- Lonesome Loser - Little River Band
27 25 --- Gotta Serve Somebody - Bob Dylan
34 24 --- Broken Hearted Me - Anne Murray
25 23 --- This Night Won't Last Forever - Michael Johnson
24 22 --- I Know A Heartache When I See One - Jennifer Warnes
11 21 --- Heaven Must Have Sent You - Bonnie Pointer

35 20 --- Ships - Barry Manilow
08 19 --- My Sharona - The Knack    
20 18 --- Hold On - Ian Gomm
22 17 --- Come To Me - France Joli
18 16 --- Lovin', Touchin', Squeezin' - Journey
19 15 --- Good Girls Don't - The Knack
26 14 --- Babe - Styx
16 13 --- Please Don't Go - KC & The Sunshine Band
14 12 --- Dirty White Boy - Foreigner
07 11 --- Sad Eyes - Robert John  

12 10 --- You Decorated My Life - Kenny Rogers
15 09 --- Tusk - Fleetwood Mac
10 08 --- Still - Commodores
09 07 --- Heartache Tonight - Eagles
04 06 --- Sail On - Commodores
05 05 --- I'll Never Love this Way Again - Dionne Warwick
06 04 --- Dim All The Lights - Donna Summer
02 03 --- Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough - Michael Jackson  
03 02 --- Pop Muzik - M
01 01 --- Rise - Herb Alpert    


New this week are The Crusaders and Lauren Wood.

R1 SINGLES CHART - 27 October-2 November 1979

01 05 ONE DAY AT A TIME Lena Martell *
02 01 VIDEO KILLED THE RADIO STAR The Buggles *
03 09 WHEN YOU'RE IN LOVE WITH A BEAUTIFUL WOMAN Dr Hook
04 03 DON'T STOP 'TIL YOU GET ENOUGH Michael Jackson
05 06 EVERY DAY HURTS Sad Cafe
06 30 GIMME, GIMME, GIMME (A MAN AFTER MIDNIGHT) ABBA
07 10 THE CHOSEN FEW The Dooleys
08 02 MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE The Police ***
09 18 TUSK Fleetwood Mac
10 04 DREAMING Blondie

11 12 O.K. FRED Erroll Dunkley
12 07 SINCE YOU'VE BEEN GONE Rainbow
13 08 WHATEVER YOU WANT Status Quo
14 11 QUEEN OF HEARTS Dave Edmunds
15 20 THE DEVIL WENT DOWN TO GEORGIA Charlie Daniels Band
16 27 GONNA GET ALONG WITHOUT YOU NOW Viola Wills
17 28 MAKING PLANS FOR NIGEL XTC
18 23 MY FORBIDDEN LOVER Chic
19 15 YOU CAN DO IT Al Hudson and the Soul Partners
20 17 BACK OF MY HAND The Jags

21 33 CRAZY LITTLE THING CALLED LOVE Queen
22 -- SHE'S IN LOVE WITH YOU Suzi Quatro
23 21 THE GREAT ROCK N ROLL SWINDLE / ROCK AROUND THE CLOCK The Sex Pistols / Ten Pole Tudor
24 29 LUTON AIRPORT Cats UK
25 13 THEM HEAVY PEOPLE Kate Bush
26 -- ON MY RADIO Selecter
27 25 STAR Earth, Wind & Fire
28 22 THE PRINCE Madness
29 -- THE SPARROW The Ramblers
30 16 IF I SAID YOU HAD A BEAUTIFUL BODY, WOULD YOU HOLD IT AGAINST ME? The Bellamy Brothers

31 19 CRUEL TO BE KIND Nick Lowe
32 37 LET ME KNOW (I HAVE A RIGHT) Gloria Gaynor
33 -- RISE Herb Alpert
34 35 SPIRIT, BODY & SOUL The Nolan Sisters
35 -- SMASH IT UP The Damned
36 40 NUCLEAR DEVICE (THE WIZARD OF AUS) The Stranglers
37 14 CARS Gary Numan *
38 26 LOVE'S GOTTA HOLD ON ME Dollar
39 -- YOU'VE GOT MY NUMBER The Undertones
40 -- HEARTACHE TONIGHT The Eagles

-- 24 TIME FOR ACTION Secret Affair
-- 31 CHARADE The Skids
-- 32 SLAP AND TICKLE Squeeze
-- 34 STRUT YOUR FUNKY STUFF Frantique
-- 36 DON'T BRING ME DOWN Electric Light Orchestra
-- 38 SAIL ON The Commodores
-- 39 SING A HAPPY SONG The O'Jays


More 2-Tone sounds arrive from Selecter, and a one-hit wonder from The Ramblers