List of number-one singles of 1979 (Canada)
This is a list of the weekly Canadian RPM magazine[n 1] number one Top Singles chart of 1979.[n 2][n 3]
| Volume:Issue | Issue Date(s) | Song | Artist |
| 30:15 | 6 January | "I Just Wanna Stop" | Gino Vannelli |
| 30:16 | 13 January | "Le Freak" | Chic |
| 30:17 | 20 January | "Too Much Heaven" | Bee Gees |
| 30:18 | 27 January | "Y.M.C.A." | Village People |
| 30:19 | 3 February | ||
| 30:20 | 10 February | "Too Much Heaven" | Bee Gees |
| 30:21 | 17 February | ||
| 30:22 | 24 February | "Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?" | Rod Stewart |
| 30:23 | 3 March | ||
| 30:24 | 10 March | ||
| 30:25 | 17 March | ||
| 30:26 | 24 March | "Tragedy" | Bee Gees |
| 31:1 | 31 March | ||
| 31:2 | 7 April | ||
| 31:3 | 14 April | ||
| 31:4 | 21 April | "I Just Fall in Love Again" | Anne Murray |
| 31:5 | 28 April | "What a Fool Believes" | The Doobie Brothers |
| 31:6 | 5 May | "Knock on Wood" | Amii Stewart |
| 31:7 | 12 May | "Heart of Glass" | Blondie |
| 31:8 | 19 May | "In the Navy" | Village People |
| 31:9 | 26 May | "Reunited" | Peaches & Herb |
| 31:10 | 2 June | ||
| 31:11 | 9 June | "Hot Stuff" | Donna Summer |
| 31:12 | 16 June | ||
| 31:13 | 23 June | "Love You Inside Out" | Bee Gees |
| 31:14 | 30 June | "The Logical Song" | Supertramp |
| 31:15 | 7 July | ||
| 31:16 | 14 July | "We Are Family" | Sister Sledge |
| 31:17 | 21 July | ||
| 31:18 | 28 July | "Ring My Bell" | Anita Ward |
| 31:19 | 4 August | ||
| 31:20 | 11 August | "Bad Girls" | Donna Summer |
| 31:21 | 18 August | ||
| 31:22 | 25 August | "Born to Be Alive" | Patrick Hernandez |
| 31:23 | 1 September | ||
| 31:24 | 8 September | "My Sharona" | The Knack |
| 31:25 | 15 September | ||
| 31:26 | 22 September | ||
| 32:1 | 29 September | "I Was Made for Lovin' You" | Kiss |
| 32:2 | 6 October | "Don't Bring Me Down" | Electric Light Orchestra |
| 32:3 | 13 October | "Bad Case of Loving You (Doctor, Doctor)" | Robert Palmer |
| 32:4 | 20 October | ||
| 32:5 | 27 October | "Pop Muzik" | M |
| 32:6 | 3 November | ||
| 32:7 | 10 November | "Good Girls Don't" | The Knack |
| 32:8 | 17 November | "Heartache Tonight" | Eagles |
| 32:9 | 24 November | ||
| 32:10 | 1 December | "Babe" | Styx |
| 32:11 | 8 December | ||
| 32:12 | 15 December | ||
| 32:13 | 22 December | ||
| 32:14 | 29 December |
See also
[edit]- 1979 in music
- Hot 100 number-one hits of 1979 (United States) by Billboard magazine
- Cashbox Top 100 number-one singles of 1979 by Cash Box
- List of Canadian number-one albums of 1979
References
[edit]- Notes
- ^
The magazine's weekly record charts were digitized by the AV Trust. The collection is archived by Library and Archives Canada here.
The PDF text search does not work unless you have additional software installed. You must view each entry on the chart for a match. - ^ A collection of all the .pdf files cited is available here.
- ^ On 21 March 1966, the chart became the RPM 100, as expanded to the top 100 singles.
§ – first issue of following year was released 12 January 1980.
- Citations
External links
[edit]- Read about RPM Magazine at the AV Trust
- Search RPM charts here at Library and Archives Canada