Top 100 songs for January 6, 1979
This weekly snapshot follows the songs and artists competing across the Billboard Hot 100. Open any entry for its full chart history, or explore 1979 and the 1970s.
This week’s No. 1 is “Too Much Heaven” by Bee Gees. Meanwhile, “Somewhere In The Night” by Barry Manilow rises from No. 57 to No. 31. 9 songs are listed in their first chart week.
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This week’s chart highlights
Biggest climbers
- Somewhere In The Night — Barry Manilowup 26 places, No. 57 → No. 31
- No Tell Lover — Chicagoup 23 places, No. 77 → No. 54
- Soul Man — Blues Brothersup 22 places, No. 54 → No. 32
New to this week’s Top 10
- Ooh Baby Baby — Linda RonstadtNo. 10
New to this week’s Top 40
- Somewhere In The Night — Barry ManilowNo. 31
- Soul Man — Blues BrothersNo. 32
- Don't Cry Out Loud — Melissa ManchesterNo. 37
- Home And Dry — Gerry RaffertyNo. 39
- Got To Be Real — Cheryl LynnNo. 40
First-week entries
- The Football Card — Glenn SuttonNo. 70
- Sing For The Day — StyxNo. 75
- Stormy — SantanaNo. 76
- Every Time I Think Of You — The BabysNo. 80
- Haven't Stopped Dancing Yet — GonzalezNo. 84
- Get Down — Gene ChandlerNo. 85
- I Don't Know If It's Right — Evelyn "Champagne" KingNo. 86
- Need You Bad — Ted NugentNo. 87
- Lady — Little River BandNo. 88
First-week entries have one recorded chart week. Climbs and Top 10/Top 40 arrivals use recorded previous positions for consecutive chart weeks; returning songs without a previous position are not classified as debuts.