American Top 40 (Week Ending 10/6/79)

American Top 40 Program #794-1 Chart Date: 10/6/79 Includes Radio Cue Sheets and Subscibers Contact Letter, housed in cardboard box set TW LW TITLE Artist (Label)-Weeks on Chart (Peak Position) 1 2 SAD EYES –•– Robert John (EMI-America)-21 (1 week at #1) (1) 2 4 DON’T STOP ‘TIL YOU GET ENOUGH –•– Michael Jackson (Epic)-11 (2) 3 3 RISE –•– Herb Alpert (A&M)-11 (3) 4 1 MY SHARONA –•– The Knack (Capitol)-16 (1) 5 8 SAIL ON –•– The Commodores (Motown)-9 (5) 6 6 LONESOME LOSER –•– The Little River Band (Capitol)-12 (6) 7 7 I’LL NEVER LOVE THIS WAY AGAIN –•– Dionne Warwick (Arista)-16 (7) 8 11 POP MUZIK –•– M (Sire)-9 (8) 9 5 AFTER THE LOVE HAS GONE –•– Earth, Wind and Fire (ARC)-14 (2) 10 19 DIM ALL THE LIGHTS –•– Donna Summer (Casablanca)-7 (10) 11 10 DON’T BRING ME DOWN –•– The Electric Light Orchestra (Jet)-10 (4) 12 12 CRUEL TO BE KIND –•– Nick Lowe (Columbia)-11 (12) 13 13 HEAVEN MUST HAVE SENT YOU –•– Bonnie Pointer (Motown)-17 (13) 14 14 BAD CASE OF LOVING YOU (Doctor, Doctor) –•– Robert Palmer (Island)-12 (14) 15 15 DRIVER’S SEAT –•– Sniff ‘n’ the Tears (Atlantic)-12 (15) 16 16 BORN TO BE ALIVE –•– Patrick Hernandez (Columbia)-16 (16) 17 9 THE DEVIL WENT DOWN TO GEORGIA –•– The Charlie Daniels Band (Epic)-16 (3) 18 18 DIFFERENT WORLDS –•– Maureen McGovern (Warner Brothers / Curb)-14 (18) 19 21 THE BOSS –•– Diana Ross (Motown)-13 (19) 20 24 SPOOKY –•– The Atlanta Rhythm Section (Polydor)-9 (20) 21 23 LOVIN’, TOUCHIN’, SQUEEZIN’ –•– Journey (Columbia)-12 (21) 22 22 WHAT CHA GONNA DO WITH MY LOVIN’ –•– Stephanie Mills (20th Century)-12 (22) 23 26 GET IT RIGHT NEXT TIME –•– Gerry Rafferty (United Aritsts)-9 (23) 24 27 DIRTY WHITE BOY –•– Foreigner (Atlantic)-5 (24) 25 30 YOU DECORATED MY LIFE –•– Kenny Rogers (United Artists)-5 (25) 26 28 DEPENDIN’ ON YOU –•– The Doobie Brothers (Warner Brothers)-9 (26) 27 29 GOOD GIRLS DON’T –•– The Knack (Capitol)-6 (27) 28 31 WHERE WERE YOU WHEN I WAS FALLING IN LOVE –•– Lobo (MCA)-11 (28) 29 17 LEAD ME ON –•– Maxine Nightingale (Windsong)-20 (5) 30 33 ARROW THROUGH ME –•– Wings (Columbia)-7 (30) 31 34 ROLENE –•– Moon Martin (Capitol)-8 (31) 32 40 COME TO ME –•– France Joli (Prelude)-6 (32) 33 36 I KNOW A HEARTACHE WHEN I SEE ONE –•– Jennifer Warnes (Arista)-15 (33) 34 42 HOLD ON –•– Ian Gomm (Stiff / Epic)-6 (34) 35 37 THIS NIGHT WON’T LAST FOREVER –•– Michael Johnson (EMI-America)-10 (35) 36 38 MIDNIGHT WIND –•– John Stewart (RSO)-7 (36) 37 39 PLEASE DON’T GO –•– K.C. and the Sunshine Band (T.K.)-7 (37) 38 25 GOOD TIMES –•– Chic (Atlantic)-17 (1) 39 50 GOTTA SERVE SOMEBODY –•– Bob Dylan (Columbia)-5 (39) 40 41 GOOD FRIEND –•– Mary MacGregor (RSO)-9 (40)