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Wednesday, August 13, 2014

1978 Songs That Almost, But Never Made It, to #1-- Part 1

From the June 21, 2013, Yahoo! Music List of the Day "1978-- Missed It By This Much!  Top Ten Hits That Never Made It to #1" by Rob O'Connor.

As secret agent Don Adams would say.

These 25 songs from 1978 made the Top Ten, but never to that big #1 spot.  Positions according to Billboard.

25.  WE WILL ROCK YOU/  WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS--  Queen #4
24.  COME SAIL AWAY--  Styx #8
23.  JUST THE WAY YOU ARE--  Billy Joel #3 and   MY LIFE--  Billy Joel #3
22.  SOMETIMES WHEN WE TOUCH--  Dan Hill #3

21.  EMOTION--  Samantha Sang #3
20.  LAY DOWN SALLY--  Eric Clapton #7
19.  I GO CRAZY-- Paul Davis #7
18.  CAN'T SMILE WITHOUT YOU--  Barry Manilow #3  COPACABANA (AT THE COPA)--  Barry Manilow #8  (My favorite Manilow song.  Just try not to sing it when you hear it.)

17.  THUNDER ISLAND--  Jay Ferguson #9
16.  DUST IN THE WIND--  Kansas #6
15.  FEELS SO GOOD--Chuck Magione #4  (WGN radio played this one to death.)

"Her Name Was Lola..."  --RoadDog

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