Month: June 2023

All tracks released in October 1978 unless otherwise indicated

* : new entry Record Retailer chart
[*] ; will chart in 1979
[+] : both sides charted

NR	Title	Artist/Group	Chart
1	Coming home (09/78)	Marshall, Hain	*
2	Fool (If you think it's over) (03/78)	Chris Rea	*
3	Almost like being in love	Michael Johnson
4	Black Shaheen	Rhead brothers
5	Bicycle race (A side) [+]	Queen	*
6	Fat bottomed girls (B side) [+]	Queen	*
7	Nothing new	Bethnal
8	Don't look back (09/78)	Boston	*
9	Back off	Little Acre
10	Darlin' (09/78)	Frankie Miller	*
11	Thank you for being a friend (09/78)	Andrew Gold	*
12	Love is the sweetest thing (09/78)	Peter Skellern ft Grimethorpe Colliery Band	*
13	Mac Arthur Park	Donna Summer	*
14	California dreamin'	Colorado	*
15	City music	David Boydell
16	Radio Radio	Elvis Costello & Attractions	*
17	Rat trap	Boomtown Rats	*
18	Down in the tube station at midnight	Jam	*
19	One for you, one for me (09/78)	La Bionda	*
20	Sun explosion	Manu Debango
21	Alive again	Chicago
22	Forever	Magna carta
23	Juke box gypsy (09/78)	Lindisfarne	*
24	Rich man's lady	David Byron
25	Is she really going out with him	Joe Jackson	[*]
26	Goin' down	Andy Desmond
27	What a night	City boy	*
28	It's really you	Tarney Spencer band
29	Consider yourself	Delroy Wilson
30	Sweet talkin' woman (09/78)	Electric Light Orchestra	*
31	Exitable boy	Warren Zevon
32	Don't it make you wonder	Dave Mason
33	Promises (09/78)	Eric Clapton	*
34	Part time love	Elton John	*
35	Burn (edit) [New live and rare Vol. II EP] (09/78)	Deep Purple	*
36	Hard road (09/78)	Black Sabbath	*
37	Silver machine (RR – 1972]	Hawkwind	*
38	Sgt Pepper's lonely hearts club band / With a little help from my friends	Beatles	*
39	Fun time	Joe Cocker
40	Don't look back	Peter Tosh	*
41	Sandy (05/78)	John Travolta	*
42	I'm dreamin'	Andrea Marcovicci
43	Even now	Barry Manilow
44	Driftwood	Moody blues
45	Don't walk away till I touch you (09/78)	Elaine Paige	*
46	Lovin' fever	High inergy
47	Got to get you into my life (09/78)	Earth, Wind & Fire	*
48	Get it while you can (09/78)	Olympic runners	*
49	Get on up, get on down (09/78)	Roy Ayers	*
50	Prance on	Eddie Henderson	*
51	Giving up, giving in (08/78)	Three degrees	*
52	Instant replay	Dan Hartman	*
53	Rasputin	Boney M	*
54	One for you, one for me (09/78)	Jonathan King	*
55	Summer nights	John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John	# 1
56	(I want to see the) Bright lights	Julie Covington
57	Not fade away	Streetboy
58	Brave new world	David Essex	*
59	Is your love in vain (09/78)	Bob Dylan	*
60	Take my heart	Sherbet
61	There'll never be	Switch
62	Close the door (A side) [+]	Teddy Pendergrass	*
63	Only you (B side) [+]	Teddy Pendergrass	*
64	Can't stand losing you (08/78)	Police	*
65	Hot blooded	Foreigner	*
66	Driver's seat	Sniff 'n' the tears	[*]
67	Public image	Public Image Limited	*
68	Hurry up Harry	Sham 69	*
69	Teenage kicks	Undertones	*
70	Tell me to my face	Dan Fogelberg & Tim Weisberg
71	Change of heart	Eric Carmen
72	A little bit of reggae	In crowd
73	You don't love me anymore	Eddie Rabbitt
74	Loving you was easy	Gary Benson
75	Hollywood romance	Lynsey De Paul
76	Neon lights (09/78)	Kraftwerk	*

All tracks released in September 1978 unless otherwise indicated

* : new entry Record Retailer chart
[+] : both sides charted

NR	Title	Artist/Group	Chart
1	New York, New York	Gerard Kenny
2	Summer nights	Chris Blake & Honey Brown
3	Ain't nothing gonna keep me from you (07/78)	Teri De Sario	*
4	Montego bay (08/78)	Sugar cane	*
5	Where did our love go (08/78) [+]	Manhattan transfer	*
6	Burnin'	Carol Douglas
7	It's a better than good time	Gladys Knight & Pips	*
8	Don't pity me	Thelma Houston
9	Lucky stars	Dean Friedman	*
10	London town (08/78)	Wings	*
11	Hold on	Ian Gomm
12	Dreadlock holiday	10cc	# 1
13	Louie Louie (08/78)	Motorhead	*
14	Don't come close	Ramones	*
15	Heads down, no nonsense, mindless boogie	Alberto y Lost trios paranoias	*
16	Deborah	Dave Edmunds
17	Ain't we funkin' now (08/78)	Brothers Johnson	*
18	Standing on the verge (of gettin' it on) (08/78)	Platinum hook	*
19	Magic mandrake (10/77)	Sarr band	*
20	Narnia	Steve Hackett
21	September gurls	Big star
22	Hollywood nights	Bob Seger & Silver bullet band	*
23	How do you do [+]	Al Hudson & Soul partners	*
24	Holding on (when love is gone)	L.T.D.	*
25	Bama boogie woogie	Cleveland Eaton	*
26	Gimme your luvin'	Atlantic Starr	*
27	Je voulais te dire (Que Je T'attends) (08/78) [+]	Manhattan transfer	*
28	Daylight Katy (07/78)	Gordon Lightfoot	*
29	Wino	Speed limit
30	I can't stop loving you (though I try)	Leo Sayer	*
31	Don't kill the whale (08/78)	Yes	*
32	Ask her	Danny Green
33	Believer	Peter Straker
34	Again and again (08/78)	Status quo	*
35	Sweet Suburbia	Skids	*
36	Come back Jonee (08/78)	Devo	*
37	Mexican girl	Smokie	*
38	Middle of the night	Brotherhood of man	*
39	The winker's song (06/78)	Ivor Biggun & Red nosed burglars	*
40	Summer nights	John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John	# 1
41	You're the one that I want	Hylda Baker & Arthur Mullard	*
42	A rose has to die (07/78)	Dooleys	*
43	You got me running	Lenny Williams	*
44	Blame it on the boogie	Jacksons	*
45	Love brought me back	D.J. Rogers
46	Once upon a time	Main attractions
47	Love don't live here anymore	Rose Royce	*
48	Brandy (08/78)	O'Jays	*
49	Ever fallen in love (with someone you shouldn't've)	Buzzcocks	*
50	L A Connection	Rainbow	*
51	What's so funny about peace, love and understanding	Brinsley Schwarz
52	D.I.Y.	Peter Gabriel
53	Down at the doctors	Dr Feelgood	*
54	I will still love you	Stonebolt
55	Whenever I call your friend	Kenny Loggins
56	Rollin' on	Cirrus	*
57	Thank you	Gentle giant
58	Summer night city	Abba	*
59	Got a feeling (08/78)	Patrick Juvet	*
60	Do you feel alright	KC & Sunshine band
61	I don't want to be alone tonight	Dr. Hook
62	America	Junior Campbell
63	Right down the line	Gerry Rafferty
64	Three times a lady	Commodores	# 1
65	I go to pieces (everytime…)	Gerri Granger	*
66	Meteor man (08/78)	Dee D Jackson	*
67	Dance get down (Feel the groove) [+]	Al Hudson & Soul partners	*
68	What you waiting for (08/78)	Stargard	*
69	Come together	Aerosmith
70	Respectable	Rolling Stones	*
71	And the band played on (Down among the dead men) (07/78)	Flash and the pan	*
72	The eve of the war (08/78)	Jeff Wayne ft Justin Hayward	*
73	Now that we've found love	Third World	*
74	Blame it on the boogie	Mick Jackson	*
75	Dippety day	Father Abraham & Smurfs	*

All tracks released in August 1978 unless otherwise indicated

* : new entry Record Retailer chart
[*] : will chart on re-release in 1981
[+] : both sides charted

NR	Title	Artist/Group	Chart
1	Sign of the times (07/78)	Bryan Ferry	*
2	Be stiff	Devo	*
3	Top of the pops (07/78)	Rezillos	*
4	Don't care (05/78)	Klark Kent	*
5	Forget about you	Motors	*
6	Don't let me be wrong	Dodgers
7	Magnet and steel	Walter Egan
8	Body talk	Grand theft
9	Don't wanna say goodnight (07/78)	Kandidate	*
10	Fair game	Mandre
11	My good friend James	Pioneers
12	Kiss you all over (07/78)	Exile	*
13	Driftin'	Alessi
14	Reminiscing	Little river band
15	I believe in you	Mel Tillis
16	Talking in your sleep	Crystal Gayle	*
17	I won't mention it again (07/78)	Ruby Winters	*
18	Three times a lady	Nate Harvell
19	Cry a little while	Earl Klugh
20	Galaxy of love	Crown Heights Affair	*
21	Let the music play	Charles Earland	*
22	Let's start the dance	Hamilton Bohannon	*
23	Savannah	Yvonne Elliman
24	An everlasting love (07/78)	Andy Gibb	*
25	Hong Kong Garden	Siouxsie & Banshees	*
26	I don't need to tell her (07/78)	Lurkers	*
27	'A' bomb in Wardour street [Double A side]	Jam	*
28	David Watts [Double A side]	Jam	*
29	She's gonna win	Bilbo	*
30	Too good to be true	Tom Robinson band
31	Flyin'	Prism
32	I love the night	Blue Öyster Cult
33	Beach boy gold	Gidea park	[*]
34	Don't stop now (07/78)	Gene Farrow & G F Band	*
35	You	Rita Coolidge
36	I thought it was you	Herbie Hancock	*
37	World of today	Supermax
38	Get off	Foxy
39	Slow train to paradise (07/78)	Tavares	*
40	Something's up (love me like the first time)	Wayne St. John
41	You're the one that I want (05/78)	John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John	# 1
42	Treat her right	Shakin' Stevens
43	It's raining (07/78)	Darts	*
44	Only you can rock me (07/78)	UFO	*
45	Walk on by (07/78)	Stranglers	*
46	She loves to be in love	Charlie
47	Lead me on	Maxine Nightingale
48	Rainin' through my sunshine	Real thing	*
49	All time loser	Barbara Pennington
50	Victim	Candi Staton
51	Peace on earth (07/78) [B side] [+]	Hi Tension	*
52	British hustle (07/78) [A side] [+]	Hi Tension	*
53	Breezing	Tradition
54	Oh what a circus	David Essex	*
55	I'll be waiting	Santana
56	Baby I need your loving	Eric Carmen
57	You're the love	Seals & Crofts
58	Two out of three ain't bad (07/78)	Meat Loaf	*
59	Privilege (set me free)	Patti Smith group	*
60	Picture this	Blondie	*
61	Sha-la-la-la-lee	Plastic Bertrand	*
62	Jilted John	Jilted John	*
63	New Orleans ladies	Louisiana's Le Roux
64	To be alone	Goldie
65	Tranquillo (Melt my heart)	Carly Simon
66	Three times a lady (07/78)	Commodores	# 1
67	Think it over	Cheryl Ladd
68	Dreadlock holiday (07/78)	10cc	*
69	Grease	Frankie Valli	*
70	Boulevard of broken dreams	Cafe Jacques
71	Coming home	Ian Thomas
72	Hot shot	Karen Young	*
73	You make me feel (mighty real)	Sylvester	*
74	Erotic soul	Larry Page orchestra

All tracks released in July 1978 unless otherwise indicated

* : new entry Record Retailer chart

NR	Title	Artist/Group	Chart
1	Get up (and let yourself go) (05/78)	JALN Band	*
2	Come on dance, dance (06/78)	Saturday night band	*
3	Think it over	Cissy Houston
4	Night fever	Carol Douglas	*
5	See them glow	Lake
6	Somebody's fool	Sutherland brothers
7	Ice, fire and desire	100% whole wheat
8	I've had enough	Wings	*
9	I wanna be your boyfriend	Rubinoos
10	No one is innocent (A punk prayer by Ronald Biggs)	Sex Pistols	*
11	My way	Sex Pistols	*
12	Carry on wayward son (RR – 1977)	Kansas	*
13	Piece of the rock	Mother's finest
14	Let the song last forever	Dan Hill
15	Save me	Tanya Tucker
16	Northern lights	Renaissance	*
17	Wait until midnight (06/78)	Yellow dog	*
18	It's only make believe	Child	*
19	Please remember me	Cliff Richard
20	Anthem (One day in every week) (06/78)	New Seekers	*
21	Saturday	Norma Jean
22	One night affair	Samona Cooke
23	Magic mind	Earth, wind & fire	*
24	Lovin', livin' and givin'	Diana Ross	*
25	Supernature (03/78)	Cerrone	*
26	African breeze	David Byron
27	Identity	X-Ray Spex	*
28	If the kids are united	Sham 69	*
29	Love you more	Buzzcocks	*
30	5-7-0-5 (06/78)	City boy	*
31	Many too many (06/78)	Genesis	*
32	Rider in the rain	Randy Newman
33	Cryin' again	Oak Ridge boys
34	Two can make it work	Fotomaker
35	FM (No static at all) (06/78)	Steely Dan	*
36	Is this a love thing (06/78)	Raydio	*
37	Stuff like that	Quincy Jones	*
38	Happy to be with you	Jean Carn
39	Ooh child	Charles Jackson
40	Forever autumn (06/78)	Justin Hayward	*
41	Took the last train	David Gates	*
42	The clapping song (EP) (RR – 1965)	Shirley Ellis	*
43	Love will find a way	Pablo Cruise
44	Best of both worlds	Robert Palmer
45	Prodigal son (06/78)	Steel Pulse	*
46	Do or die	Grace Jones
47	You light my fire	Sheila B Devotion	*
48	Soul to soul	Michael Zager
49	Dragon power (A tribute to Bruce Lee) (06/78)	J K D Band	*
50	Let me take you in my arms again	Neil Diamond
51	I can't wait any longer	Bill Anderson
52	Two tickets to paradise	Eddie Money
53	Life's been good (06/78)	Joe Walsh	*
54	Take me I'm yours	Michael Henderson
55	Let's go all the way	Whispers
56	Groove with you	Isley brothers
57	Come a long way	Royals
58	Baby stop crying	Bob Dylan	*
59	Badlands	Bruce Springsteen
60	Cold as ice (RR – 1977)	Foreigner	*
61	Who are you	Who	*
62	Steppin' in a slide zone	Moody blues
63	The race is on	Suzi Quatro	*
64	You're the one that I want (05/78)	John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John	# 1
65	It's the same old song	K C & Sunshine band	*
66	You and I	Rick James	*
67	You're all I need to get by	Johnny Mathis & Deniece Williams	*
68	Oh honey	Delegation
69	Somebody's gotta win, somebody's gotta lose	Controllers
70	Stay	Jackson Browne	*
71	I really want you here tonight	Randy Meisner
72	Since you went away	Elkie Brooks
73	Lawyers, guns and money	Derringer
74	Somewhere in the night [Double A side]	Barry Manilow	*
75	Copacabana (at the Copa) [Double A side]	Barry Manilow	*
76	Bootzilla	Bootsy's Rubber Band	*