List of RPM number-one dance singles of 1979

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These are the RPM magazine Dance number one hits of 1979.

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Chart History

Issue dateSongArtistReference(s)
January 13"Le Freak" Chic [1]
January 20 [2]
January 27"Contact" Edwin Starr [3]
February 3"Rasputin" Boney M [4]
February 10-April 14UnknownUnknown
April 21"Knock on Wood" Amii Stewart [5]
April 28-May 5UnknownUnknown
May 12"Heart of Glass" Blondie [6]
May 19"Reunited" Peaches & Herb [7]
May 26-June 9UnknownUnknown
June 16"Hot Stuff" Donna Summer [8]
June 23
June 30 [9]
July 7"We Are Family" Sister Sledge [10]
July 14 [11]
July 21
July 28"Ring My Bell" Anita Ward [12]
August 4 [13]
August 11"Bad Girls"Donna Summer [14]
August 18 [15]
August 25"Born to Be Alive" Patrick Hernandez [16]
September 1 [17]
September 8"Good Times"Chic [18]
September 15 [19]
September 22"I Was Made For Lovin' You" KISS [20]
September 29 [21]
October 6 [22]
October 13"Lead Me On" Maxine Nightingale [23]
October 20 [24]
October 27"Pop Muzik" M [25]
November 3 [26]
November 10"Rise" Herb Alpert [27]
November 17"Lead Me On"Maxine Nightingale [28]
November 24 [29]
December 1"Don't Stop Till You Get Enough" Michael Jackson [30]
December 8 [31]
December 15 [32]
December 22"No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)" Barbra Streisand and Donna Summer [33]
December 30 [34]

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References

  1. ↑ RPM (January 13, 1979). "Dance/Urban - Volume 30, No. 15-16, January 13, 1979" . Retrieved March 23, 2014.
  2. ↑ RPM (January 20, 1979). "Dance/Urban - Volume 30, No. 17, January 20, 1979" . Retrieved March 23, 2014.
  3. ↑ RPM (January 27, 1979). "Dance/Urban - Volume 30, No. 18, January 27, 1979" . Retrieved March 23, 2014.
  4. ↑ RPM (February 3, 1979). "Dance/Urban - Volume 30, No. 19, February 3, 1979" . Retrieved March 23, 2014.
  5. ↑ RPM (April 21, 1979). "Dance/Urban - Volume 31, No. 4, April 21, 1979" . Retrieved March 23, 2014.
  6. ↑ RPM (May 12, 1979). "Dance/Urban - Volume 31, No. 7, May 12, 1979" . Retrieved December 2, 2011.
  7. ↑ RPM (May 19, 1979). "Dance/Urban - Volume 31, No. 8, May 19, 1979" . Retrieved March 23, 2014.
  8. ↑ RPM (June 23, 1979). "Dance/Urban - Volume 31, No. 13, June 23, 1979" . Retrieved March 23, 2014.
  9. ↑ RPM (June 29, 1979). "Dance/Urban - Volume 31, No. 14, June 29, 1979" . Retrieved March 23, 2014.
  10. ↑ RPM (July 7, 1979). "Dance/Urban - Volume 31, No. 15, July 07 1979" . Retrieved March 23, 2014.
  11. ↑ RPM (July 14, 1979). "Dance/Urban - Volume 31, No. 16, July 14, 1979" . Retrieved March 23, 2014.
  12. ↑ RPM (July 28, 1979). "Dance/Urban - Volume 31, No. 18, July 28, 1979" . Retrieved March 23, 2014.
  13. ↑ RPM (August 4, 1979). "Dance/Urban - Volume 31, No. 19, August 04 1979" . Retrieved March 23, 2014.
  14. ↑ RPM (August 11, 1979). "Dance/Urban - Volume 31, No. 20, August 11, 1979" . Retrieved March 23, 2014.
  15. ↑ RPM (August 18, 1979). "Dance/Urban - Volume 31, No. 21, August 18, 1979" . Retrieved March 23, 2014.
  16. ↑ RPM (August 25, 1979). "Dance/Urban - Volume 31, No. 22, August 25, 1979" . Retrieved March 23, 2014.
  17. ↑ RPM (September 1, 1979). "Dance/Urban - Volume 31, No. 23, September 1, 1979" . Retrieved March 23, 2014.
  18. ↑ RPM (September 8, 1979). "Dance/Urban - Volume 31, No. 24, September 8, 1979" . Retrieved March 23, 2014.
  19. ↑ RPM (September 15, 1979). "Dance/Urban - Volume 31, No. 25, September 15, 1979" . Retrieved March 23, 2014.
  20. ↑ RPM (September 22, 1979). "Dance/Urban - Volume 31, No. 26, September 22, 1979" . Retrieved March 23, 2014.
  21. ↑ RPM (September 29, 1979). "Dance/Urban - Volume 32, No. 1, September 29, 1979" . Retrieved March 23, 2014.
  22. ↑ RPM (October 6, 1979). "Dance/Urban - Volume 32, No. 2, October 6, 1979" . Retrieved March 23, 2014.
  23. ↑ RPM. "Dance/Urban - Volume 32, No. 3, October 13, 1979" . Retrieved March 23, 2014.
  24. ↑ RPM. "Dance/Urban - Volume 32, No. 4, October 20, 1979" . Retrieved March 23, 2014.
  25. ↑ RPM. "Dance/Urban - Volume 32, No. 5, October 27, 1979" . Retrieved March 23, 2014.
  26. ↑ RPM. "Dance/Urban - Volume 32, No. 6, November 3, 1979" . Retrieved March 23, 2014.
  27. ↑ RPM. "Dance/Urban - Volume 32, No. 7, November 10, 1979" . Retrieved March 23, 2014.
  28. ↑ RPM. "Dance/Urban - Volume 32, No. 8, November 17, 1979" . Retrieved March 23, 2014.
  29. ↑ RPM. "Dance/Urban - Volume 32, No. 9, November 24, 1979" . Retrieved March 23, 2014.
  30. ↑ RPM. "Dance/Urban - Volume 32, No. 10, December 1, 1979" . Retrieved March 23, 2014.
  31. ↑ RPM. "Dance/Urban - Volume 32, No. 11, December 8, 1979" . Retrieved March 23, 2014.
  32. ↑ RPM. "Dance/Urban - Volume 32, No. 12, December 15, 1979" . Retrieved March 23, 2014.
  33. ↑ RPM. "Dance/Urban - Volume 32, No. 13, December 22, 1979" . Retrieved March 23, 2014.
  34. ↑ RPM. "Dance/Urban - Volume 32, No. 14, December 29, 1979" . Retrieved March 23, 2014.
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