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This is a summary of 1978 in music in the United Kingdom.
Date | Song | Artist |
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7 January | "Mull of Kintyre" / "Girls' School" | Wings |
14 January | ||
21 January | ||
28 January | ||
4 February | "Uptown Top Ranking" | Althea & Donna |
11 February | "Figaro" | Brotherhood of Man |
18 February | "Take a Chance on Me" | ABBA |
25 February | ||
4 March | ||
11 March | "Wuthering Heights" | Kate Bush |
18 March | ||
25 March | ||
1 April | ||
8 April | "Matchstalk Men and Matchstalk Cats and Dogs" | Brian and Michael |
15 April | ||
22 April | ||
29 April | "Night Fever" | Bee Gees |
6 May | ||
13 May | "Rivers of Babylon" | Boney M |
20 May | ||
27 May | ||
3 June | ||
10 June | ||
17 June | "You're the One That I Want" | John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John |
24 June | ||
1 July | ||
8 July | ||
15 July | ||
22 July | ||
29 July | ||
5 August | ||
12 August | ||
19 August | "Three Times a Lady" | The Commodores |
26 August | ||
2 September | ||
9 September | ||
16 September | ||
23 September | "Dreadlock Holiday" | 10cc |
30 September | "Summer Nights" | John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John |
7 October | ||
14 October | ||
21 October | ||
28 October | ||
4 November | ||
11 November | ||
18 November | "Rat Trap" | The Boomtown Rats |
25 November | ||
2 December | "Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?" | Rod Stewart |
9 December | "Mary's Boy Child – Oh My Lord" | Boney M |
16 December | ||
23 December | ||
30 December | ||
Date | Album | Artist | Weeks |
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7 January | Disco Fever | Various Artists | 2 |
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21 January | The Sound of Bread | Bread | 1 |
28 January | Rumours | Fleetwood Mac | 1 |
4 February | The Album | ABBA | 7 |
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25 March | 20 Golden Greats | Buddy Holly and The Crickets | 3 |
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15 April | 20 Golden Greats | Nat 'King' Cole | 3 |
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29 April | |||
6 May | Saturday Night Fever | Original Soundtrack | 18 |
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9 September | Nightflight to Venus | Boney M | 4 |
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23 September | |||
30 September | |||
7 October | Grease | Original Soundtrack | 13 |
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21 October | |||
28 October | |||
4 November | |||
11 November | |||
18 November | |||
25 November | |||
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The tables below include sales between 31 December 1977 and 30 December 1978: the year-end charts reproduced in the issue of Music Week dated 23 December 1978 and played on Radio 1 on 31 December 1978 only include sales figures up until 16 December 1978.
Notes:
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