Jimmy Carter Was President in 1979

 

 

James B. Hunt was Governor of North Carolina

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

East Gaston's School Colors were Red, White and Blue! (Not Maroon)

Official Class of 79' Cake - Senior Picnic/BBQ 1979

 

 

  

 

 

     

East Gaston Blood Drive - 1979

 

 

 

Top 50 Songs of 1978

1	Andy Gibb	Shadow Dancing
2	Bee Gees	Night Fever
3	Debby Boone	You Light Up My Life
4	Bee Gees	Stayin' Alive
5	Exile	Kiss You All Over
6	Bee Gees	How Deep Is Your Love
7	Player	Baby Come Back
8	Andy Gibb	(Love Is) Thicker Than Water
9	A Taste Of Honey	Boogie Oogie Oogie
10	Commodores	Three Times A Lady
10	Steely Dan	Deacon Blues
11	Frankie Vali	Grease
12	Paul Davis	I Go Crazy
13	John Travolta & Olivia Newton	You're The One
14	Samantha Sang	Emotion
15	Eric Clapton	Lay Down Sally
16	The Rolling Stones	Miss You
17	Billy Joel	Just The Way You Are
18	Paul Mccartney & Wings	With A Little Luck
19	Yvonne Elliman	If I Can't Have You
20	Chic	Dance, Dance, Dance
21	Chuck Mangione	Feel So Good
22	Nick Gilder	Hot Child In The City
23	Sweet	Love Is Like Oxygen
24	Bonnie Tyler	It's A Heartache
25	Queen	We Are The Champions, We Will Rock You
26	Gerry Rafferty	Baker Street
27	Barry Manilow	Can't Smile Without You
28	Johnny Mathis & Deniece Willia	Too Much To Litt
29	Peter Brown	Dance With Me
30	Meat Loaf	Two Out Of Three Ain't Bad
31	Raydio	Jack And Jill
32	Abba	Take A Chance On Me
33	Dan Hill	Sometimes When We Touch
34	Donna Summer	Last Dance
35	Olivia Newton John	Hopelessly Devoted To You
36	Foreigner	Hot Blooded
37	Rod Stewart	You're In My Heart
38	Roberta Flack With Donny Hatha	The Closer I Get
39	Kansas	Dust In The Wind
40	Walter Egan	Magnet And Steel
41	Randy Newman	Short People
42	O'jays	Use Ta Be My Girl
43	Natalie Cole	Our Love
44	Pablo Cruise	Love Will Find A Way
45	Andy Gibb	An Everlasting Love
46	John Paul Young	Love Is In The Air
47	David Gates	Goodbye Girl
48	Paul Simon	Slip Slidin' Away
49	Heatwave	The Groove Line
50	Jay Ferguson	Thunder Island

Most Popular Movies of 1979

1. Superman
2. Every Which Way But Loose
3. Rocky II
4. Alien
5. The Amityville Horror
6. Star Trek
7. Moonraker
8. The Muppet Movie
9. California Suite
10. The Deer Hunter

1979 Toyota Corolla

Super Bowl Winner 1979

Pittsburgh d. Dallas (35-31)

World Series

Pittsburgh d. Baltimore (4-3)

NBA Championship

Seattle d. Washington Bullets (4-1)

Stanley Cup

Montreal d. NY Rangers (4-1)

Wimbledon

Women: Martina Navratilova d. C. Evert Lloyd (6-4 6-4)
Men: Bjorn Borg d. R. Tanner (6-7 6-1 3-6 6-3 6-4)

Kentucky Derby Champion

Spectacular Bid

NCAA Basketball Championship

Michigan St. d. Indiana St. (75-64)

NCAA Football Champions

Alabama (12-0-0)

Events Remembered

• The Sugar Hill Gang releases the first commercial rap hit, "Rapper's Delight," bringing rap off the New York streets and into the popular music scene.

Movies

• Apocalypse Now, All That Jazz, Kramer vs. Kramer, Breaking Away

Music

• The Sugar Hill Gang, "Rapper's Delight"

Books

• Penelope Fitzgerald, Rites of Passage
• Stephen King, The Dead Zone
• Norman Mailer, The Executioner's Song
• Jayne Anne Phillips, Black Tickets

• William Styron, Sophie's Choice Tom Wolfe, The Right Stuff

   

Main Street - Gastonia, N.C.  1970's

Suttles Swimming Pool - Wilkinson Boulevard, Charlotte, N.C.

Alan Lewis

 

Billboard's Top 50 Songs of 1979

1	Knack	My Sharona
2	Donna Summer	Bad Girls
3	Chic	Le Freak
4	Rod Stewart	Do Ya Think I'm Sexy
5	Peaches & Herb	Reunited
6	Gloria Gaynor	I Will Survive
7	Donna Summer	Hot Stuff
8	Village People	Ymca
9	Anita Ward	Ring My Bell
10	Robert John	Sad Eyes
11	Bee Gees	Too Much Heaven
12	Donna Summer	Macarthur Park
13	Dr Hook	When You're In Love With A Beautiful Woman
14	David Naughton	Makin' It
15	Pointer Sisters	Fire
16	Bee Gees	Tragedy
17	Olivia Newton John	A Little More Love
18	Blondie	Heart Of Glass
19	Doobie Brothers	What A Fool Believes
20	Chic	Good Times
21	Barbra Streisand & Neil Diamond	You Don't Bring Me Flowers
22	Amii Stewart	Knock On Wood
23	Suzi Quatro & Chris Norman	Stumblin' In
24	Maxine Nightingale	Lead Me On
25	Jacksons	Shake Your Body (Down To The Ground)
26	Melissa Manchester	Don't Cry Out Loud
27	Supertramp	The Logical Song
28	Billy Joel	My Life
29	Randy Vanwarmer	Just When I Needed You Most
30	Raydio	You Can't Change That
31	Peaches & Herb	Shake Your Groove Thing
32	Dionne Warwick	I'll Never Love This Way Again
33	Bee Gees	Love You Inside Out
34	Cheap Trick	I Want You To Want Me
35	Barbra Streisand	The Main Event
36	Elton John	Mama Can't Buy You Love
37	Leif Garrett	I Was Made For Dancin'
38	Earth Wind & Fire	After The Love Has Gone
39	Donna Summer & Brooklyn Dreams	Heaven Knows
40	Kenny Rogers	The Gambler
41	Nicolette Larson	Lotta Love
42	Little River Band	Lady
43	Bonnie Pointer	Heaven Must Have Sent You
44	Toto	Hold The Line
45	Sister Sledge	He's The Greatest Dancer
46	Dr Hook	Sharing The Night Together
47	Kenny Rogers	She Believes In Me
48	Village People	In The Navy
49	Frank Mills	Music Box Dancer
50	Charlie Daniels Band	The Devil Went Down To Georgia

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Belinda Brown

 

Beth McConnell

 

Donnie Killian

 

Donna Whitley

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Doug Bynum

 

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Lisa Jones

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Maria McLean

 

 

Mark McIntosh

Brenda Ellis

MaryLynne Rhyne

Donna McCart

 

Pam Brooks

 

Mobile Disco Started in the late 1970's

 

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Steve Perkins

Sharon Miskelly

Shuford Bowman

 

Tracy Black

Russell Randolph