The American Top 40 replay this week on the 70’s on 7- is from the week of November 17, 1979. No Osmonds in sight! A decent week- my two favorites from the week- Crusin’- Smokey Robinson and Dreaming- Blondie.
1 3 STILL –•– The Commodores (Motown)-8 (1 week at #1) (1) A
2 2 DIM ALL THE LIGHTS –•– Donna Summer (Casablanca)-13 (2) A
3 7 NO MORE TEARS (Enough Is Enough) –•– Barbra Streisand / Donna Summer (Columbia / Casablanca)-5 (3) B
4 6 BABE –•– Styx (A&M)-7 (4) C
5 1 HEARTACHE TONIGHT –•– Eagles (Asylum)-7 (1) B
6 4 RISE –•– Herb Alpert (A&M)-17 (1) B
7 9 YOU DECORATED MY LIFE –•– Kenny Rogers (United Artists)-11 (7) C
8 8 TUSK –•– Fleetwood Mac (Warner Brothers)-7 (8) A
9 10 PLEASE DON’T GO –•– K.C. and the Sunshine Band (T.K.)-13 (9) D
10 5 POP MUZIK –•– M (Sire)-15 (1) A
11 11 GOOD GIRLS DON’T –•– The Knack (Capitol)-12 (11) B+
12 13 SHIPS –•– Barry Manilow (Arista)-6 (12) B-
13 12 DON’T STOP ‘TIL YOU GET ENOUGH –•– Michael Jackson (Epic)-17 (1) A
14 26 SEND ONE YOUR LOVE –•– Stevie Wonder (Tamla)-3 (14) C
15 16 COME TO ME –•– France Joli (Prelude)-12 (15) C
16 18 BROKEN HEARTED ME –•– Anne Murray (Capitol)-9 (16) B-
17 23 TAKE THE LONG WAY HOME –•– Supertramp (A&M)-6 (17) A
18 21 YOU’RE ONLY LONELY –•– J.D. Souther (Columbia)-11 (18) C
19 20 THIS NIGHT WON’T LAST FOREVER –•– Michael Johnson (EMI-America)-16 (19) B
20 22 IF YOU REMEMBER ME –•– Chris Thompson and Night (Planet)-13 (20) C
21 25 LADIES NIGHT –•– Kool and the Gang (De-Lite)-7 (21) B
22 14 I’LL NEVER LOVE THIS WAY AGAIN –•– Dionne Warwick (Arista)-22 (5) B
23 40 ESCAPE (The Pina Colada Song) –•– Rupert Holmes (Infinity)-5 (23) C
24 37 COOL CHANGE –•– Little River Band (Capitol)-5 (24) B-
25 28 PLEASE DON’T LEAVE –•– Lauren Wood (Warner Brothers)-9 (25) B-
26 27 RAINBOW CONNECTION –•– Kermit (Jim Henson) (Atlantic)-10 (26) B
27 29 DREAM POLICE –•– Cheap Trick (Epic)-7 (27) A
28 31 HALF THE WAY –•– Crystal Gayle (Columbia)-8 (28) B
29 38 DO THAT TO ME ONE MORE TIME –•– The Captain and Tennille (Casablanca)-5 (29)F
30 33 DREAMING –•– Blondie (Chrysalis)-8 (30) A+
31 32 VICTIM OF LOVE –•– Elton John (MCA)-8 (31) B
32 34 BETTER LOVE NEXT TIME –•– Dr. Hook (Capitol)-6 (32) B
33 35 I WANT YOU TONIGHT –•– Pablo Cruise (A&M)-6 (33) C
34 30 SO GOOD, SO RIGHT –•– Brenda Russell (Horizon)-14 (30) C+
35 39 I NEED A LOVER –•– John Cougar (Riva)-6 (35) B
36 41 CRUISIN’ –•– Smokey Robinson (Tamla)-7 (36) A+
37 42 CONFUSION –•– Electric Light Orchestra (Jet)-5 (37) B-
38 44 DAMNED IF I DO –•– The Alan Parsons Project (Arista)-8 (38) B
39 15 DIRTY WHITE BOY –•– Foreigner (Atlantic)-11 (12) C
40 47 WE DON’T TALK ANYMORE –•– Cliff Richard (EMI-America)-5 (40) B
slicethelife 
No Osmonds so Captain and Tennille filled in for them… I didn’t realize You’re Only Lonely was this late in the 70s… altogether a good week
Captain and Tennille and KC and The Sunshine Band- although that KC song wasn’t in the mode of their usual stuff.
You are right… I never heard the song before and I just listened to it. It’s a change of style for the him or them…or whatever they were.
Near the end of their run thankfully. A friend of mine thinks they should be in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame….ROFL.
Now that is funny. Of course the funny part is…it wouldn’t surprise me now!
They were like a Holiday Inn act that somehow made it big.
I was looking – they had 11 Top 40 hits and 5 went to #1. 2 stopped at #2- so 7 of their 11 hits were huge hits…. Yes sadly the way it is going in a few years they might be in… one of the reasons he thinks KC should get in is- Harry Casey wrote one of the first disco hits- Rock Your Baby-for George McCrea… I maintain a 5 year old could have wrote that- and probably every song KC and The Sunshine Band did..
I’m totally on your side on this. I will admit they were more successfull than I thought they were. 5 number 1s? I was just making a joke but with those numbers yea… they have a chance. That is sad and depressing. The Justin Beiber of the seventies.
Rock Me Baby…it’s thankfully been a long time since I heard it.
Like I said….a bad Holiday Inn club act.
Pop Muzik by M was really ahead of it’s time – influenced so much music that came later on – M did not seem to get much credit though – I don’t even know very much about M or what became of this artist.
That song seemed really radical at the time. I looked him up that was another one of those one hit wonders- his first single. He never had another Hot 100 hit in the US- had several in the UK– Robin Scott aka M- is now 71,.. New York, London, Paris Munich…
LOL at the line re KC being a holiday inn act – can see it on. The outside billboard – tonight only!! KC and the Sunshine Ba d appearing with The Captain and Tenille and special guest Tony Orlando and Dawn!!
They should tour together- of course Tenille and The Captain would have to be separated somehow between their shows… Maybe they could get a residency at a Holiday Inn- for the next 6 months! and The Osmond’s could fill in now and then to give the bands a night off.