Billboard Top Hits: 1979

by Billboard Top Hits: 1979 / Vari

Overview

Billboard Top Hits: 1979 offers a solid cross-section of what was in retrospect a really good year for pop radio. With disco still at its commercial zenith, dance hits like the Village People's "Y.M.C.A.," Anita Ward's "Ring My Bell," and Gloria Gaynor's "I Will Survive" dominated airwaves, but there was also room for everything from power pop classics (the Knack's "My Sharona") to kitschy country epics (the Charlie Daniels Band's "The Devil Went Down to Georgia") as well -- toss in perennials from Blondie's "Heart of Glass" to Rupert Holmes' "Escape (The Pina Colada Song)" and you've got a real winner. ~ Chuck Donkers

Product Details

Release Date:	04/23/1991
Label:	Rhino
UPC:	0081227067427
Rank:	72486

Tracks

1. Heart of Glass  -  Blondie  - Debbie Harry  - Chris Stein
2. My Sharona  - Berton Averre  - Doug Fieger  -  Knack
3. Just When I Needed You Most  - Randy VanWarmer
4. Escape (The Pi¿¿a Colada Song)  - Rupert Holmes
5. I Will Survive  - Dino Fekaris  - Gloria Gaynor  - Freddie Perren
6. Y.M.C.A.  - Henri Belolo  - Jacques Morali  -  Village People  - Victor Willis
7. Sad Eyes  - Robert John
8. Fire  -  Pointer Sisters  - Bruce Springsteen
9. Ring My Bell  - Frederick Knight  - Anita Ward
10. The Devil Went Down to Georgia  - Tom Crain  - Charlie Daniels  -  Daniels  - Taz DeGregorio  - Fred Edwards  - Charlie Hayward  - James Marshall

Album Credits

Performance Credits

The Pointer Sisters   Primary Artist
The Knack   Primary Artist
Anita Ward   Primary Artist
Blondie   Primary Artist
The Village People   Primary Artist
Randy VanWarmer   Primary Artist
Gloria Gaynor   Primary Artist
The Charlie Daniels Band   Primary Artist
Robert John   Primary Artist
Rupert Holmes   Primary Artist

Technical Credits

Frederick Knight   Composer
The Charlie Daniels Band   Performer
Debbie Harry   Composer
Dino Fekaris   Composer
Robert John   Composer,Performer
Rupert Holmes   Composer,Performer
Anita Ward   Performer
Tom Crain   Composer
Bruce Springsteen   Composer
Henri Belolo   Composer
Gloria Gaynor   Performer
Berton Averre   Composer
Fred Edwards   Composer
Freddie Perren   Composer
Charlie Daniels   Composer,Performer
The Village People   Performer
David McLees   Project Assistant
James Marshall   Composer
Randy VanWarmer   Composer,Performer
Gary Peterson   Project Assistant
Victor Willis   Composer
Geoff Gans   Art Direction
Maria Berry   Project Assistant
Taz DeGregorio   Composer
Michael Ochs   Photography
Charlie Hayward   Composer
Jacques Morali   Composer
Chris Stein   Composer
The Knack   Performer
Ken Perry   Remastering
Bill Inglot   Remastering
Steve Bates   Design
The Pointer Sisters   Performer
Doug Fieger   Composer
Blondie   Performer