American Top 40- The 1970’s- Week Of December 1, 1979. Mount Rushmore- easily the Top two are ‘Dreaming’ my favorite Blondie song and ‘Crusin’ by Smokey Robinson…the other two- Wait For Me and Pop Muzik. Not all that great of a week overall.
1 1 NO MORE TEARS (Enough Is Enough) –•– Barbra Streisand / Donna Summer (Columbia / Casablanca)-7 (2 weeks at #1) (1) B
2 2 BABE –•– Styx (A&M)-9 (2) D
3 3 STILL –•– The Commodores (Motown)-10 (1) B
4 6 PLEASE DON’T GO –•– K.C. and the Sunshine Band (T.K.)-15 (4) C
5 5 HEARTACHE TONIGHT –•– Eagles (Asylum)-9 (1) D
6 12 ESCAPE (The Pina Colada Song) –•– Rupert Holmes (Infinity)-7 (6) D
7 8 SEND ONE YOUR LOVE –•– Stevie Wonder (Tamla)-5 (7)C
8 4 DIM ALL THE LIGHTS –•– Donna Summer (Casablanca)-15 (2) A
9 11 SHIPS –•– Barry Manilow (Arista)-8 (9) B+
10 10 POP MUZIK –•– M (Sire)-17 (1) A+
11 13 YOU’RE ONLY LONELY –•– J.D. Souther (Columbia)-13 (11) C
12 14 BROKEN HEARTED ME –•– Anne Murray (Capitol)-11 (12) B
13 15 TAKE THE LONG WAY HOME –•– Supertramp (A&M)-8 (13) B
14 19 DO THAT TO ME ONE MORE TIME –•– The Captain and Tennille (Casablanca)-7 (14)F
15 17 LADIES NIGHT –•– Kool and the Gang (De-Lite)-9 (15) C
16 9 TUSK –•– Fleetwood Mac (Warner Brothers)-9 (8) A
17 18 IF YOU REMEMBER ME –•– Chris Thompson and Night (Planet)-15 (17) B
18 20 COOL CHANGE –•– Little River Band (Capitol)-7 (18) B
19 7 YOU DECORATED MY LIFE –•– Kenny Rogers (United Artists)-13 (7) C
20 32 WE DON’T TALK ANYMORE –•– Cliff Richard (EMI-America)-7 (20) B
21 23 HALF THE WAY –•– Crystal Gayle (Columbia)-10 (21) C
22 27 BETTER LOVE NEXT TIME –•– Dr. Hook (Capitol)-8 (22) C
23 30 HEAD GAMES –•– Foreigner (Atlantic)-4 (23) D
24 24 PLEASE DON’T LEAVE –•– Lauren Wood (Warner Brothers)-11 (24) C
25 29 I WANT YOU TONIGHT –•– Pablo Cruise (A&M)-8 (25) C
26 25 RAINBOW CONNECTION –•– Kermit (Jim Henson) (Atlantic)-12 (25)C
27 28 DREAMING –•– Blondie (Chrysalis)-10 (27) A+
28 31 CRUISIN’ –•– Smokey Robinson (Tamla)-9 (28) A+
29 35 ROCK WITH YOU –•– Michael Jackson (Epic)-5 (29) A+
30 34 JANE –•– Jefferson Starship (Grunt)-5 (30) D
31 33 I NEED A LOVER –•– John Cougar (Riva)-8 (31) B
32 16 RISE –•– Herb Alpert (A&M)-19 (1) B
33 21 GOOD GIRLS DON’T –•– The Knack (Capitol)-14 (11)B
34 36 DAMNED IF I DO –•– The Alan Parsons Project (Arista)-10 (34)B
35 39 THIS IS IT –•– Kenny Loggins (Columbia)-7 (35) B
36 46 COWARD OF THE COUNTY –•– Kenny Rogers (United Artists)-3 (36) C
37 38 IF YOU WANT IT –•– Niteflyte (Ariola America)-12 (37) C
38 42 LOVE PAINS –•– Yvonne Elliman (RSO)-8 (38) C
39 40 PRETTY GIRLS –•– Melissa Manchester (Arista)-8 (39) C
40 45 WAIT FOR ME –•– Daryl Hall and John Oates (RCA)-6 (40) A+
slicethelife 
Now this is a very bad week. Not many highlights at all… I’m not a fan of the Little River Band but Cool Change is the one that I do like…It’s my “Summer of 69” by them.
I was surprised how bad this week actually was.. Not much to choose from… I think the LRB had potential but somehow went too too mellow overall… Stevie Wonder also disappoints with a flower commercial type song….I’d forgotten about this one.
Yea way too soft.
Pop Muzik was an interesting song at that time and one of the highlights of this chart.
Thinking on the LRB- I thought their first hit was their best- Help Is On Its Way…
Wow….it’s been years since I heard that. I forgot they did it. I agree…that was a good one.
Times are tough when Kermit is stuck between two of Kenny Rogers worst. And, sorry, I can’t understand the ranking for Pop Music!
I was never a Kenny Rogers fan- but those were two of his worst- makes a number of his other hits sound better in comparison. …