Billboard Top Hits: 1979
offers a solid cross-section of what was in retrospect a really good year for
pop
radio. With
disco
still at its commercial zenith, dance hits like
the Village People
's
"Y.M.C.A.,"
Anita Ward
"Ring My Bell,"
and
Gloria Gaynor
"I Will Survive"
dominated airwaves, but there was also room for everything from
power pop
classics (
the Knack
"My Sharona"
) to kitschy
country
epics (
the Charlie Daniels Band
"The Devil Went Down to Georgia"
) as well -- toss in perennials from
Blondie
"Heart of Glass"
to
Rupert Holmes
'
"Escape (The Pina Colada Song)"
and you've got a real winner. ~ Chuck Donkers