The American Top 40 replay on The 70’s on 7- this week was from the week of March 18, 1978
1 2 NIGHT FEVER –•– Bee Gees (RSO) -7 (1 week at #1) (1) A
2 6 STAYIN’ ALIVE –•– Bee Gees (RSO) -15 (1) A
3 4 EMOTION –•– Samantha Sang (Private Stock) -18 (3) C
4 5 LAY DOWN SALLY –•– Eric Clapton (RSO) -11 (4) B
5 1 (Love Is) THICKER THAN WATER –•– Andy Gibb (RSO) -20 (1) B
6 10 CAN’T SMILE WITHOUT YOU –•– Barry Manilow (Arista) -7 (6) D
7 8 I GO CRAZY –•– Paul Davis (Bang) -30 (7) A+
8 3 SOMETIMES WHEN WE TOUCH –•– Dan Hill (20th Century) -17 (3) F
9 7 DANCE, DANCE, DANCE (Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah) –•– Chic (Atlantic) -21 (6) B
10 9 JUST THE WAY YOU ARE –•– Billy Joel (Columbia) -19 (3) A
11 14 THUNDER ISLAND –•– Jay Ferguson (Asylum) -14 (11) B
12 12 THE NAME OF THE GAME –•– Abba (Atlantic) -13 (12) A
13 13 WHAT’S YOUR NAME –•– Lynyrd Skynyrd (MCA) -16 (13) A
14 21 IF I CAN’T HAVE YOU –•– Yvonne Elliman (RSO) -8 (14) B-
15 17 FALLING –•– LeBlanc and Carr (Big Tree) -23 (15) C
16 16 HAPPY ANNIVERSARY –•– Little River Band (Harvest) -14 (16) B
17 18 WONDERFUL WORLD –•– Art Garfunkel with James Taylor and Paul Simon (Columbia) -9 (17) C
18 19 OUR LOVE –•– Natalie Cole (Capitol) -10 (18) B-
19 22 JACK AND JILL –•– Raydio (Arista) -10 (19) B
20 20 THE WAY YOU DO THE THINGS YOU DO –•– Rita Coolidge (A&M) -10 (20) B-
21 23 ALWAYS AND FOREVER –•– Heatwave (Epic) -11 (21) B-
22 24 EBONY EYES –•– Bob Welch (Capitol) -8 (22) B
23 25 DUST IN THE WIND –•– Kansas (Kirshner) -8 (23) B-
24 28 GOODBYE GIRL –•– David Gates (Elektra) -14 (24) C
25 37 RUNNING ON EMPTY –•– Jackson Browne (Asylum) -6 (25) A+
26 39 WE’LL NEVER HAVE TO SAY GOODBYE AGAIN –•– England Dan and John Ford Coley (Big Tree) -4 (26) D
27 29 THEME SONG FROM “WHICH WAY IS UP” / DISCO RUFUS –•– Stargard (MCA) -8 (27) B
28 30 FLASH LIGHT –•– Parliament (Casablanca) -6 (28) A
29 32 SWEET TALKIN’ WOMAN –•– Electric Light Orchestra (Jet) -5 (29) A
30 33 BEFORE MY HEART FINDS OUT –•– Gene Cotton (Ariola America) -7 (30) B
31 34 LADY LOVE –•– Lou Rawls (Philadelphia International) -9 (31) B
32 11 PEG –•– Steely Dan (ABC) -18 (11) A
33 35 HOT LEGS –•– Rod Stewart (Warner Brothers) -6 (33) C-
34 36 THANK YOU FOR BEING A FRIEND –•– Andrew Gold (Asylum) -6 (34) A-
35 15 HOW DEEP IS YOUR LOVE –•– Bee Gees (RSO) -26 (1) A
36 26 WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS / WE WILL ROCK YOU –•– Queen (Elektra) -22 (4) A
37 38 YOU REALLY GOT ME –•– Van Halen (Warner Brothers) -8 (37) B
38 40 IT’S YOU THAT I NEED –•– Enchantment (Roadshow) -7 (38) C
39 48 THE CLOSER I GET TO YOU –•– Roberta Flack with Donny Hathaway (Atlantic) -5 (39) A
40 44 FEELS SO GOOD –•– Chuck Mangione (A&M) -6 (40) A
slicethelife 
Everywhere you look is a Gibb.
In listening to that Samantha Sang song- there is more GIbbs I think singing than Samantha.
I didn’t know they were on that one…they were everywhere at that time.
Just by memory…I remember Jive Talking starting it all after their first period of stardom… but I may be wrong.
That sounds right- I think that was their switch in format to their disco phase… i think Barry Gibb wrote the Samantha Sang hit– and also the Elliman song… and the hit for brother Andy.. good grief.
Good songwriting from disco to Islands in the Stream…
I loved that song & always thought she was a long lost Bee Gee sister or something. Turns out, she is a Cheryl Gray from Australia.
I can’t remember her having another hit- I think if the Gibbs had picked me out with a song they could have made me at least one hit back in 1978.
I gather that most of her success was in Australia.
Were you sick of Gibbs music back then? We seemed to be swimming in it even if they weren’t singing, themselves.
I liked it and it was good- but i think everyone by 1979 were sick of them- there was certainly a back lash against them after the Spirits Having Flown album and the hits on that album- by 1980 everyone had enough. It wasn’t enough as you said they themselves but brother Andy and then these other obscure artists who they wrote for- and sang back up for.
This is when Saturday Night Live came out. I remember that scene where Travolta is walking down the sidewalk with one of these songs playing and been in teenybopper heaven.
That movie and the soundtrack was huge- for it seemed like forever. I didn’t see the movie until a few years later- but I bought the soundtrack almost immediately.
Well Travolta was still smoking from Welcome Back Kotter as Vinnie Barbarino. When he did this film, there was no stopping him! Urban Cowboy, Grease, Look Who’s Talking, can’t remember what else. He had quite the stellar career for a number of years.
then Quintin Tarrintino sparked Travolta’s comeback with Pulp Fiction!
ah yes! Tarantino is known for reviving careers. Take a look at his movies and you’ll see whose.
He was persona non grata in the 80s. Two of a Kind, Perfect, Staying Alive… Blow Out wasn’t so good and Moment by Moment prior to Urban Cowboy was a complete bomb. I remember them talking about his career being over.
Look Who’s Talking broke the bad streak, then Tarantino came along.
I remember him in The Boy in the Plastic Bubble & Carrie.
he had a lot of duds too, I see
I guess every actor has bad times. He bombed, again, with Battlefield Earth.
Some other stuff I have stumbled across covers his possible bi-sexuality & accusations of sexual assault on other men. Taking all with a grain of salt…
Those rumor things are strange- all it takes is one rumor to get going. I always say that I could go down to the local mall- and start some crazy rumor- not about any person but say to a couple people – I don’t know that amazon is going to move into the area and it would be all over the area within a day.
I heard about those things too. Wasn’t he with the scientologists at one point also?
I don’t know if he still is or not??
Still is…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Scientologists
Why nearly destroy his career & reputation with Battlefield Earth unless he truly believed in it.
Ah! I think I remember this is about the myth of scientolgy, right? Weirder and weirder.
Pretty much…
Live = Fever
I miss England Dan & John Ford Coley on the air. Remembering The Goodbye Girl. Great movie.
I was in 6th grade…
Now now that I think of it– the first date I ever went on- the girl wanted to see The Goodbye Girl.
Heh. My first date was Urban Cowboy. 😉
Cool memories!
I still haven’t seen Urban Cowboy… I knew a guy though- a friend of mine from elementary school- who modeled his life for a while after that movie!
The music and portrayal of that kind of life was powerful. Having lived in Texas, rural areas are still very much like that. The big cities, not so much, esp. Austin. That city might as well be in California.
The Bee Gees could do no wrong in 1977-78, and they also wrote “Grease” for the film of the same name. I’m glad you gave Paul Davis’ “I Go Crazy” an A+, because I love that song.
I’m surprised to see you give ABBA’s song an A, but then, you always keep me guessing as to which pop songs you love or hate. Some people wrote them off as just formula pop, but I always liked their music well enough. After seeing the original “Mamma Mia” musical on stage, however, I finally realized what incredible songwriters the two guys were.
I love Abba- especially their singles. Always loved I Go Crazy from the time it came out-
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