Month: May 2023

All tracks released in June 1978 unless otherwise indicated

* : new entry Record Retailer chart

NR	Title	Artist/Group	Chart
1	Ain't got a clue (05/78)	Lurkers	*
2	Judy says (Knock you in the head) (05/78)	Vibrators	*
3	Never say die (05/78)	Black Sabbath	*
4	(White man) In Hammersmith Palais	Clash	*
5	Dear anyone	Pandora (Maggie Moone)
6	Slow dancer	Rita Coolidge
7	I've really got the blues	Gayle Harding
8	Faraway eyes (05/78) [B side also charts]	Rolling Stones	*
9	Miss you (05/78)	Rolling Stones	*
10	Hold child in the city	Nick Gilder
11	Roll with the changes	REO Speedwagon
12	Don't let me down again	Buckingham – Nicks
13	Honest I do love you (05/78)	Candi Staton	*
14	Can't give up a good thing	Soul children
15	Boogie to the top (Part 1)	Idris Muhammad
16	Dance with me (04/78)	Peter Brown	*
17	Beirut	Peter Sarstedt
18	Harlem	Baron Longfellow
19	Argentine melody (Cancion de Argentina) (05/78)	San Jose ft Rodriguez Argentina	*
20	Wild west hero (05/78)	Electric Light Orchestra	*
21	Suzanne	Whitefire
22	Bang Bang (05/78)	Squeeze	*
23	Come back and finish what you started	Gladys Knight & Pips	*
24	Let the music play	Dorothy Moore
25	If my friends could see me now (05/78)	Linda Clifford	*
26	Love me baby	Sheila B Devotion
27	Dancing in the city (05/78)	Marshall Hain	*
28	Mash down	Roots
29	Mind blowing decisions (05/78)	Heatwave	*
30	Turn on the lights	Kellee Patterson
31	Use ta be my girl (05/78)	O'Jays	*
32	Just let me do my thing	Sine	*
33	Funk theory	Rokotto	*
34	Woman of mine (04/78)	Dean Friedman	*
35	And I love you so	Don McLean
36	Run for home (04/78)	Lindisfarne	*
37	Don't be cruel (RR – 1956 B side) [First A side release]	Elvis Presley	*
38	You're the one that I want (05/78)	John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John	# 1
39	Thank heaven for little girls	Chef inspecteur Jacques Clouseau (Peter Sellers)
40	Theme from 'The last waltz'	Band
41	Whatever is written in your heart	Gerry Rafferty
42	Only love can break your heart (05/78)	Elkie Brooks	*
43	Substitute (05/78)	Clout	*
44	Like clockwork	Boomtown Rats	*
45	Bloody Mary [Snake bit EP]	David Coverdale's Whitesnake	*
46	Rock and roll damnation	AC DC	*
47	El condor pasa	Back in time
48	From east to west (05/78)	Voyage	*
49	Scots machine (05/78) [B side – also charts]	Voyage	*
50	Let yourself go (04/78)	T-Connection	*
51	Flying high	Commodores	*
52	Disco play	Ashantis
53	Baby it's you	Racey
54	A little bit of soap	Showaddywaddy	*
55	Everytime	Jigsaw
56	Do you dig it	Emma Leigh
57	Last dance (05/78)	Donna Summer	*
58	Law and order	Love committee
59	Boogie oogie oogie (05/78)	A taste of honey	*
60	The man with the child in his eyes (05/78)	Kate Bush	*
61	Dancin' fever	Claudja Barry
62	I'm not gonna let it bother me tonight	Atlanta rhythm section
63	How can this be love (05/78)	Andrew Gold	*
64	Movin' out (Anthony's song)	Billy Joel	*
65	Rivers of Babylon [Double A side]	Boney M	# 1
66	Brown girl in the ring [Double A side]	Boney M	# 1
67	Knockin' on heaven's door	Arthur Louis
68	Let's go disco (05/78)	Real Thing	*
69	Disco inferno (Re-entry) [RI – 1977]	Trammps	*
70	Hold your horses babe (05/78)	Celi Bee & Buzzy bunch	*
71	Let's be natural	Rutles
72	Airport	Motors	*
73	Suntan	Redskin
74	Satisfy my soul (05/78)	Bob Marley & Wailers	*
75	Piece of my heart	Etta James
76	Whatever happened to Benny Santini	Chris Rea
77	On the shelf	Steve Voice
78	Na na hey hey kiss him goodbye	Sound express
79	Smurf song (03/78)	Father Abraham	*

All tracks released in May 1978 unless otherwise indicated

* : new entry Record Retailer chart
[*] : will chart on re-issue in 1979

NR	Title	Artist/Group	Chart
1	A-Ba-Ni-Bi	Izhar Cohen & Alpha-Beta	*
2	Loving you has made me bananas (RR – 1968)	Guy Marks	*
3	On a little street in Singapore	Manhattan Transfer	*
4	Making up again (03/78)	Goldie	*
5	Eye of my storm (Oh woman)	Sanford & Townsend
6	Shadow dancing (03/78)	Andy Gibb	*
7	Nighttime in the switching yard	Warren Zevon
8	I'm always touched by your presence dear (04/78)	Blondie	*
9	Doin' it right	Mick Flinn band
10	I don't mind (04/78)	Buzzcocks	*
11	Angels with dirty faces (04/78)	Sham 69	*
12	Surrender	Cheap trick
13	Interplay (USA 1967) First UK release	Derek & Ray
14	Boogie shoes (03/78)	K C & Sunshine band	*
15	Thank God it's Friday	Love and kisses
16	Night fever	Bee Gees	# 1
17	Till you take my love	Harvey Mason
18	Hi Tension (04/78)	Hi Tension	*
19	Celebrate	Brass construction
20	Just your friends	Mink de Ville
21	Pump it up (04/78)	Elvis Costello & Attractions	*
22	What goes on (04/78)	Bryan Ferry	*
23	Ole Ola (Mulher Brasileira)	Rod Stewart & Scottish World Cup Squad	*
24	Easy come easy go	Odyssey
25	Stranded in a limousine	Paul Simon
26	Oh Carol	Smokie	*
27	Only loving does it (04/78)	Guys 'n' dolls	*
28	Beautiful lover	Brotherhood of man	*
29	Place in your heart (04/78)	Nazareth	*
30	In the dead of night	U.K.
31	Davy's on the road again (04/78)	Manfred Mann's Earth Band	*
32	(Don't fear) the reaper (RR – 1976)	Blue Oyster Cult	*
33	Sultans of swing	Dire straits	[*]
34	All night long (04/78)	Dexter Wansel	*
35	Whatever it takes (04/78)	Olympic runners ft George Chandler	*
36	Lovin' you is gonna see me thru	Tower of power
37	Shame	Evelyn 'Champagne' King	*
38	Homestate	Allan Taylor
39	Easier for you	Tarney Spencer band
40	Annie's song	James Galway & National Philharmonic Orchestra	*
41	Stardust lady	Noel Pointer
42	Can we still be friends	Todd Rundgren
43	Every kind of people (03/78)	Robert Palmer	*
44	Still the same	Bob Seger
45	You took the words right out of my mouth (03/78)	Meatloaf	*
46	Up against the wall	Tom Robinson band	*
47	Ca plane pour moi (04/78)	Plastic Bertrand	*
48	Rosalie / Cowgirl's song (04/78)	Thin Lizzy	*
49	Eddie Vortex (04/78)	Steve Gibbons Band	*
50	If I can't have you (01/78)	Yvonne Elliman	*
51	More than a woman (04/78)	Tavares	*
52	Bringing out the girl in me	Maxine Nightingale
53	K-Jee	MFSB
54	Money that's your problem (04/78)	Tonight	*
55	Jocko homo (02/78)	Devo	*
56	It makes you feel like dancin' (04/78)	Rose Royce	*
57	Let's get funktified (part 1)	Boiling point	*
58	Jupiter (04/78)	Earth, wind & fire	*
59	Trade winds	Lou Rawls
60	Feel so good	Chuck Mangione
61	The closer I get to you (03/78)	Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway	*
62	Don't take it lyin' down (04/78)	Dooleys	*
63	Love dance	Playmate
64	Brown girl in the ring [Double A side]	Boney M	# 1
65	Rivers of Babylon [Double A side]	Boney M	# 1
66	Let's dance (People all over the world)	George McCrae
67	Feels like the first time (RR – 1977)	Foreigner	*
68	Nice 'n' sleazy (04/78)	Stranglers	*
69	Love one another	Althia & Donna
70	Ballade pour Adeline	Richard Clayderman
71	Can't smile without you (03/78)	Barry Manilow	*
72	It sure brings out the love in your eyes	David Soul	*
73	Warm ride	Rare earth
74	Take me to the next phase (Parts 1 & 2) (04/78)	Isley Brothers	*
75	The boy from New York city	Darts	*
76	You're the one that I want	John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John	*
77	Days of Pearly Spencer	Trade mark
78	Crackers	Jan Akkerman

All tracks released in April 1978 unless otherwise indicated

* : new entry Record Retailer chart
[*] : will chart on re-release in 1979

NR	Title	Artist/Group	Chart
1	(I can't get me no) Satisfaction	Devo	*
2	She's so modern (03/78)	Boomtown rats	*
3	Foxhole	Television	*
4	Feel a whole lot better	Flamin' groovies
5	Fooling yourself	Styx
6	Jack and Jill (02/78)	Raydio	*
7	Honey I'm rich	Delegation
8	Look up with your mind	Lenny Williams
9	Just for you (03/78)	Alan Price	*
10	Carry me away	Dolphin
11	Wuthering heights (01/78)	Kate Bush	# 1
12	Roxanne	Police	[*]
13	Ku klux klan (02/78)	Steel pulse	*
14	What a waste	Ian Dury & Blockheads	*
15	Go on girl	Linda Kendrick
16	Too much in love	Sunshine
17	You're so right for me (01/78)	Eastside connection	*
18	Dance a little bit closer (02/78)	Charo & Salsoul orchestra	*
19	Call on me	Sunrise
20	Two for the show	Trooper
21	Before my heart finds out	Gene Cotton
22	With a little luck (03/78)	Wings	*
23	When you walk in the room (03/78)	Child	*
24	Dance with me	Celena Duncan
25	Get it off my conscience	Lovelites
26	Hit and run	Loleatta Holloway
27	Move your body (02/78)	Gene Farrow with the G F Band	*
28	Ego (03/78)	Elton John	*
29	I must be in love (03/78)	Rutles	*
30	Hazell (03/78)	Maggie Bell	*
31	Delectable love	Franklin Micare
32	Scotland for ever (EP) (02/78)	Sidney Devine	*
33	Marionette	Art Garfunkel
34	Rivers of Babylon [Double A side]	Boney M	*
35	Brown girl in the ring [Double A side]	Boney M	*
36	Do it, do it again (02/78)	Raffaella Carra	*
37	Parlez-vous Français?	Baccara
38	I love music (RR – 1976)	O'Jays	*
39	Mancho man	Village people
40	Back in love again	Donna Summer	*
41	Matchstalk men and matchstalk cats and dogs (Lowry's song) (11/77)	Brian & Michael	# 1
42	Mr. Blue	Keith Carradine
43	The one and only (03/78)	Gladys Knight & Pips	*
44	Come to me (03/78)	Ruby Winters	*
45	Don't give up on us	Billy Paul
46	Let's all chant (02/78)	Michael Zager Band	*
47	Dance across the floor	Jimmy Bohorne
48	Sun is here	Sun
49	Everybody dance (03/78)	Chic	*
50	Music's takin' over	Jackson
51	Bad old days	Co-Co	*
52	Blue eyes	Anderson brothers
53	Fire in the wind	John Stewart
54	Theme from 'The Hong Kong Beat' (03/78)	Richard Denton & Martin Cook	*
55	Hey Senorita (03/78)	War	*
56	This time I'm in it for love	Player
57	I'm gonna take good care of everything	Rubicon
58	I'm glad you're here with me tonight	Neil Diamond
59	Oh well	Gordon Giltrap
60	Because the night	Patti Smith Group	*
61	The day the world turned Dayglo	X-Ray Spex	*
62	Long live rock 'n' roll (03/78)	Rainbow	*
63	It takes two to tango (03/78)	Richard Myhill	*
64	Hey Lord don't ask me questions (03/78)	Graham Parker & Rumour	*
65	Take me, I'm yours (02/78)	Squeeze	*
66	Strange, strange feeling	Earl Jordan
67	Love is so easy (03/78)	Stargard	*
68	Love talking	Rare essence
69	Love is in the air (03/78)	John Paul Young	*
70	Night fever	Bee Gees	# 1
71	I'm on my way	Captain & Tenille
72	Life in the city	Demis Roussos
73	Here I am	Bonnie Tyler
74	Dancing the night away	Leo Sayer
75	Make you feel love again	Wet Willie
76	I ain't living long like this	Emmylou Harris
77	One glance	Jarvis brothers
78	Automatic lover (03/78)	Dee D Jackson	*
79	Argentina	Conquistador

All tracks released in March 1978 unless otherwise indicated

* : new entry Record Retailer chart

NR	Title	Artist/Group	Chart
1	Ally's Tartan Army (02/78)	Andy Cameron	*
2	Footloose and fancy free	Fergus
3	Thunder island	Jay Ferguson
4	Hold on	Greg Adams
5	Give me what I cry for	Chris Rainbow
6	More like the movies (02/78)	Dr Hook & Medicine show	*
7	Falling	Le Blanc & Carr
8	Never let her slip away	Andrew Gold	*
9	Looks like love is here to stay	Tyrone Ashley
10	The ghost of love (02/78)	Tavares	*
11	Doctor love	First choice
12	Wonderful tonight	Eric Clapton
13	New beginnings	Strawbs
14	Each and every day	Andy Desmond
15	Imaginary lover	Atlanta rhythm section
16	Baby hold on	Eddie Money
17	You really got me	Van Halen
18	News of the world (02/78)	Jam	*
19	(I don't wanna go to) Chelsea	Elvis Costello & Attractions	*
20	Come see what love	Bryan Haworth
21	Let's get crazy tonight	Rupert Holmes
22	Warm ride	Graham Bonnet
23	Starlight	Cory Wells
24	I'll go where your music takes me (02/78)	Tina Charles	*
25	Magic love	Michele
26	Singin' in the rain (01/78)	Sheila B. Devotion	*
27	Moments	Jacquie Sullivan
28	Stay with me baby (02/78)	David Essex	*
29	This night won't last forever	Bill LaBounty
30	Little one	Chicago
31	Zoom (01/78) [Double A side]	Commodores	*
32	Too hot ta trot (01/78) [Double A side]	Commodores	*
33	Reach for it (dance)	George Duke
34	On Broadway	George Benson
35	Where have you been all my life	Fotomaker
36	One more night with you	Sutherland brothers
37	Rhiannon (RR – 1976)	Fleetwood mac	*
38	Takin' me back	Tarney Spencer band
39	You thrill me	Exile
40	Ready steady go	Generation X	*
41	Automatic lover (02/78)	Vibrators	*
42	Clash city rockers (02/78)	Clash	*
43	Take a chance on me	Abba	# 1
44	Gimme just a little beat of your heart	Domino
45	Love is all you need	High inergy
46	What's your name, what's your number (01/78)	Andrea True connection	*
47	When talking is too much trouble	Climax blues band
48	We'll never have to say goodbye	England Dan & John Ford Coley
49	Peg	Steely Dan
50	The circle is small	Gordon Lightfoot
51	Dust in the wind	Kansas
52	Little Italy	Stephen Bishop
53	When you wish upon a star	Montana ft Sister Sledge
54	Whenever you want my love (02/78)	Real Thing	*
55	You are the reason ( I feel like dancing)	5th Dimension
56	Love runs out (USA 1965) First UK release	Willie Hutch
57	Darling	Baccara
58	House of the rising sun	Santa Esmeralda ft Jimmy Goings
59	The magic is you	Flower
60	Too much, too little, too late	Johnny Mathis & Deniece Williams	*
61	She's always a woman	Billy Joel
62	Follow you follow me (02/78)	Genesis	*
63	I love the sound of breaking glass (02/78)	Nick Lowe	*
64	Why sugar	No dice
65	Friend of mine	Barclay James Harvest
66	Mighty Quinn (Live)	Manfred Mann's earth band
67	Fire	Robert Gordon & Link Wray
68	Darling	Poacher
69	If you can't give me love (02/78)	Suzi Quatro	*
70	Wuthering heights (01/78)	Kate Bush	# 1
71	Listen to the music	Alex
72	Every 1's a winner (02/78)	Hot Chocolate	*
73	Ladykiller	Jenny Darren
74	Geneve	John Otway
75	Theme from 'Looking for Mr. Goodbar'	Marlena Shaw
76	We've got the whole world in our hands (02/78)	Nottingham Forest & Paper Lace	*
77	I wonder why	Showaddywaddy	*