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Mark Goodier presents the chart from today in 1979. Featuring hits from The Police, The Crusaders and Gary Numan.

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Music Played

  • Sister Sledge

    Lost In Music

    • Disco Inferno (Various Artists).
    • East West.
    • 9.

  • The Specials

    Gangsters

    • Terry Hall - The Collection.
    • Chrysalis.

  • The Flying Lizards

    Money

    • Now That's What I Call An Era: Sound Of The Suburbs (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • The Specials

    Gangsters

    • Chrysalis.

  • Commodores

    Sail On

    • Lionel Richie: Truly - The Love Song.
    • Motown.

  • Roxy Music

    Angel Eyes

    • Top Of The Pops - 1979 (Various Artists).
    • UMC.

  • Randy VanWarmer

    Just When I Needed You Most

    • Mixed Emotions III (Various Artists).
    • Polygram Tv.

  • Status Quo

    Down Down

    • Whatever You Want - V.Best Of Status.
    • Polygram Tv.

  • The Police

    Message In A Bottle

    • The Very Best Of Sting & The Police.
    • A&M.

  • B.A. Robertson

    Bang Bang

    • The 70's: Back In The Groove - 1979.
    • Time Life.

  • The Crusaders

    Street Life

    • The Very Best Of Randy Crawford.
    • Dino.

  • Dollar

    Love's Gotta Hold On Me

    • Dollar - The Collection.
    • Castle.

  • The Bellamy Brothers

    If I Said You Had A Beautiful Body

    • The Gold Album (Various Artists).
    • The Hit Label Ltd.

  • Electric Light Orchestra

    Don't Bring Me Down

    • Light Years - The Very Best Of ELO.
    • Epic.
    • 4.

  • Cliff Richard

    We Don't Talk Anymore

    • Cliff Richard - Private Collection.
    • EMI.

  • Gary Numan

    Cars

    • NOW That's What I Call The 70s (Various Artists).
    • Now.

Broadcasts

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