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Thursday, August 14, 2014

1978 Songs That Almost, But Never Did, make it to #1-- Part 2

14.  THIS TIME I'M IN IT FOR LOVE--  Player  #10
13.  BAKER STREET--  Gerry Rafferty  #2  (One of my all-time favs.)
12.  IT'S A HEARTACHE--  Bonnie Tyler  #3

11.  LOVE IS LIKE OXYGEN--  Sweet  #8
10.  LAST DANCE--  Donna Summer  #3  (I ended more than a few deejay jobs with this song.)
9.  HOT BLOODED--  Foreigner  #3  DOUBLE VISION--  Foreigner  #2
8.  AN EVERLASTING LOVE--  Andy Gibb  #5

7.  HOPELESSLY DEVOTED TO YOU--  Olivia Newton-John  #3 // SUMMER NIGHTS--  Olivia Newton-John and John "Barbarino" Travolta  #5
6.  REMINISCING--  Little River Band  #3
5.  BEAST OF BURDEN--  Rolling Stones  #8
4.  I LOVE THE NIGHTLIFE (DISCO ROUND)--  Alicia Bridges  #5

3.  SHARING THE NIGHT TOGETHER--  Dr. Hook  #6
2.  YMCA--  Village People  #2  (I could not even imagine how many times I played this song while deejaying.
1.  HOLD THE LINE--  Toto  #5

Some of these songs did make #1 on other charts, though.  The songs are listed chronologically when they first appeared on the 1978 charts.  When artists had two such hits, the first one appears in front.

Some Good Stuff, Not #1.  --RoadDog


SIGNS OF OLD AGE:  Relatives smile benignly rather than interrupt you as you retell the same story for the zillionth time.

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