1979 Top Hits
Do You Remember...
Top Songs from 1979 Top Movies from 1979
- My Sharona, The Knack - Kramer vs. Kramer
- Bad Girls, Donna Summer - The Muppet Movie
- Le Freak, Chic - The Electric Horseman
- Da Ya Think I'm Sexy, Rod Stewart - The China Syndrome
- Reunited, Peaches and Herb - Love at First Bite
- I Will Survive, Gloria Gaynor - The Main Event
- Hot Stuff, Donna Summer - Manhattan
- Y.M.C.A., Village People - Star Trek: The Motion Picture
- Ring My Bell, Anita Ward - The Black Stallion
- Sad Eyes, Robert John - The Black Hole
Sports from 1979
- Super Bowl XIII 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)
- Kentucky Deby Championship Spectacular Bid
- NCAA Basketball Championship Michigan St. d. Indiana St. (75-64)
- NCAA Football Champions Alabama (12-0-0)
- Wimbledon Women: Martina Navratilova d. C.Evert Lloyd (6-4 6-4)
- Wimbledon Men: Bjorn Borg d. R. Tanner (6-7 6-1 3-6 6-3 6-4)
Did you remember or even know to begin with...
- YMCA sues the Village People for libel because of their song of the same name
- The General Knowledge Quiz Game "Trivial Pursuit" was launched
- Voyager I photo reveals Jupiter's rings
- VisiCalc becomes the first spreadsheet program (Have you heard of this program?)
- Sony introduced the Sony Walkman costing $200
- 13 Tornadoes ripped through Texas and Oklahoma
- Gallon of gas was 86 cents (We want be seeing this again)