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Birthdays for this date
Now Showing Thursday, Aug 16 1979
UK
Prince Charles, London
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
The Landlord
Now Showing Thursday, Aug 16 1979
USA
Capitol Cinema, Tallahassee, FL
Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope
UK Chart
Saturday, Aug 11 1979
I Don't Like Mondays
The Boomtown Rats
1
We Don't Talk Anymore
Cliff Richard
2
Angeleyes
ABBA
3
Voulez-Vous
ABBA
3
Can't Stand Losing You
The Police
4
Wanted
The Dooleys
5
Reasons To Be Cheerful, Part 3
Ian Dury & The Blockheads
6
Hersham Boys
Sham 69
7
The Diary Of Horace Wimp
Electric Light Orchestra
8
Girls Talk
Dave Edmunds
9
Born To Be Alive
Patrick Hernandez
10
Beat The Clock
Sparks
11
My Sharona
The Knack
12
Breakfast In America
Supertramp
13
After The Love Has Gone
Earth, Wind & Fire
14
Good Times
Chic
15
If I Had You
The Korgis
16
Duke Of Earl
Darts
17
Stay With Me Till Dawn
Judie Tzuke
18
Are 'Friends' Electric?
Tubeway Army
19
Silly Games
Janet Kay
20
US Chart
Saturday, Aug 11 1979
Bad Girls
Donna Summer
1
Good Times
Chic
2
The Main Event & Fight
Barbra Streisand
3
My Sharona
The Knack
4
Gold
John Stewart
5
When You're In Love With A Beautiful Woman
Dr. Hook
6
Ring My Bell
Anita Ward
7
Makin' It
David Naughton
8
Hot Stuff
Donna Summer
9
You Can't Change That
Raydio
10
I Was Made For Lovin' You
Kiss
11
Mama Can't Buy You Love
Elton John
12
Sad Eyes
Robert John
13
I Want You To Want Me (Live)
Cheap Trick
14
Lead Me On
Maxine Nightingale
15
Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now
McFadden and Whitehead
16
Shine A Little Love
Electric Light Orchestra
17
Don't Bring Me Down
Electric Light Orchestra
18
After The Love Has Gone
Earth, Wind and Fire
19
I'll Never Love This Way Again
Dionne Warwick
20
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