These are the Billboard magazine Hot Dance Club Play number one hits of 1978.
Issue date | Song | Artist |
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January 7 | Once Upon a Time... (all cuts) | Donna Summer |
January 14 | ||
January 21 | "Supernature"/ "Give Me Love"/ "Love Is Here" | Cerrone |
January 28 | ||
February 4 | ||
February 11 | ||
February 18 | "Let's All Chant"/ "Love Express" | Michael Zager Band |
February 25 | "Dance Little Dreamer"/ "Risky Changes" | Bionic Boogie |
March 4 | ||
March 11 | ||
March 18 | "Romeo and Juliet" | Alec R. Costandinos & the Syncophonic Orchestra |
March 25 | Come into My Heart (all cuts) | USA European Connection |
April 1 | ||
April 8 | Voyage (all cuts) | Voyage |
April 15 | ||
April 22 | ||
April 29 | "If My Friends Could See Me Now"/ "Gypsy Lady"/ "Runaway Love" | Linda Clifford |
May 6 | ||
May 13 | ||
May 20 | ||
May 27 | ||
June 3 | "Last Dance"/ "After Dark"/ "Thank God It's Friday"/ "Take It to the Zoo" | Donna Summer/ Pattie Brooks/ Love & Kisses/ Sunshine |
June 10 | ||
June 17 | ||
June 24 | ||
July 1 | ||
July 8 | ||
July 15 | "Boogie Oogie Oogie" | A Taste of Honey |
July 22 | ||
July 29 | ||
August 5 | "Hot Shot" | Karen Young |
August 12 | ||
August 19 | "Dance (Disco Heat)"/ "You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)" | Sylvester |
August 26 | ||
September 2 | ||
September 9 | ||
September 16 | ||
September 23 | ||
September 30 | "Keep on Jumpin'"/ "In the Bush" | Musique |
October 7 | ||
October 14 | Instant Replay (all cuts) | Dan Hartman |
October 21 | "MacArthur Park Suite" | Donna Summer |
October 28 | ||
November 4 | ||
November 11 | ||
November 18 | ||
November 25 | "Le Freak"/ "I Want Your Love"/ "Chic Cheer" | Chic |
December 2 | ||
December 9 | ||
December 16 | ||
December 23 | ||
December 30 | ||
"I Can't Help Myself " is a 1965 hit song recorded by the Four Tops for the Motown label.
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"Too Much, Too Little, Too Late" is a song performed by singers Johnny Mathis and Deniece Williams. Lyrics and music were arranged by Nat Kipner and John Vallins. The single was a comeback of sorts for Mathis as his last U.S. top 10 hit was 1964's "What Will Mary Say" and his last U.S. #1 hit was 1957's "Chances Are."
"One Nation Under a Groove" is a 1978 song by Funkadelic, the title track from their album of the same name. It has endured as a dance funk classic and is probably Funkadelic's most widely known song.
"I'll Be Good to You" is a 1976 hit song by R&B duo the Brothers Johnson. George Johnson, one of the two Johnson brothers in the band, wrote the song after deciding to commit to a relationship with one woman, instead of dating several at a time. While George was recording a demo for the song, family friend Senora Sam came by and added some lyrics. Brothers Johnson producer and mentor Quincy Jones heard the song, liked it, and convinced George to sing lead on the finished track. Released from their debut album, Look Out for #1, it was a top-ten hit on the Billboard Hot Singles Charts, peaking at number three, and a number one song on the Billboard R&B Charts during the summer of 1976. The single was later certified gold by the RIAA.
"You Make Me Feel " is a 1978 song by American disco/R&B singer Sylvester. It was written by James Wirrick and Sylvester, and released as the second single from Sylvester's fourth album, Step II (1978). The song was already a largely popular dance club hit in late 1978, as the B-side of his previous single "Dance ", before it was officially being released in December. Music critic Robert Christgau has said the song is "one of those surges of sustained, stylized energy that is disco's great gift to pop music".
"Always and Forever" is an R&B song written by Rod Temperton and produced by Barry Blue. It was first recorded by the British-based multinational funk-disco band Heatwave in 1976. Released as a single on December 3, 1977, the song is included on Heatwave's debut album Too Hot to Handle (1976) and has been covered by numerous artists, becoming something of a standard.
Helen Reddy, often referred to as the "Queen of 70s Pop", recorded 18 studio albums, seven of which have achieved sales of 500,000 units in the US for which they were awarded Gold certification by the Recording Industry Association of America. One of those seven, I Am Woman, eventually went Platinum by reaching sales of one million copies, and her first compilation album, Helen Reddy's Greatest Hits, was awarded Double Platinum status in 1992 for hitting the two million sales mark. The respective US and Canadian album charts in Billboard and RPM magazine each had appearances by 10 of these LPs during the 1970s.
"Happy Heart" is a song written by James Last and Jackie Rae. Versions of the song by Petula Clark and Andy Williams charted simultaneously in 1969 and had their best showings on Billboard magazine's Easy Listening chart, where Clark peaked at number 12 and Williams spent two weeks at number 1.