Playlist Research - Top R&B/Soul Hits of 1979

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1979

Top R&B/Soul Hits of 1979
by Alex Cosper

GLORIA GAYNOR - I Will Survive
MICHAEL JACKSON - Don't Stop Til You Get Enough
DONNA SUMMER - Bad Girls
DONNA SUMMER - Hot Stuff
EARTH, WIND & FIRE - September
SISTER SLEDGE - We Are Family
COMMODORES - Still
CHIC - Good Times
AMII STEWART - Knock On Wood
CHERYL LYNN - Got To Be Real
KOOL & THE GANG - Ladies Night
PEACHES & HERB - Reunited
COMMODORES - Sail On
EARTH, WIND & FIRE - Boogie Wonderland
SUGARHILL GANG - Rapper's Delight
POINTER SISTERS - Fire
DONNA SUMMER - Dim All the Lights
PRINCE - I Wanna Be Your Lover
EARTH, WIND & FIRE - After the Love Has Gone
STEVIE WONDER - Send One Your Love
DONNA SUMMER with BROOKLYN DREAMS - Heaven Knows
JACKSONS - Shake Your Body
PEACHES & HERB - Shake Your Groove Thing
CHIC - I Want Your Love
SISTER SLEDGE - He's the Greatest Dancer
BOBBY CALDWELL - What You Won't Do For Love
RAYDIO - You Can't Change That
STEPHANIE MILLS - Whatcha Gonna Do With My Lovin'
ASHFORD & SIMPSON - Found a Cure
INSTANT FUNK - I Got My Mind Made Up
RUFUS & CHAKA KAHN - Do You Love What You Feel
ANITA WARD - Ring My Bell
PARLIAMENT - Aqua Boogie
G.Q. - Disco Nights (Rock Freak)
BELL & JAMES - Livin' It Up (Friday Night)
GEORGE BENSON - Love Ballad
FOXY - Hot Number
FUNKADELIC - (not just) Knee Deep - Part 1
ISLEY BROTHERS - I Wanna Be With You
G.Q. - I Do Love You
BRENDA RUSSELL - So Good, So Right
DIANA ROSS - The Boss
BONNIE POINTER - Heaven Must Have Sent You
CHANSON - Don't Hold Back
CRUSADERS - Street Life
RICK JAMES - Mary Jane
CON FUNK SHUN - Chase Me
DIONNE WARWICK - I'll Never Love This Way Again
Mc FADDEN & WHITEHEAD - Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now
CHUCK BROWN & THE SOUL SEARCHERS - Bustin' Loose (Part 1)
THELMA HOUSTON - Saturday Night, Sunday Morning
JONES GIRLS - You Gonna Make Me Love Somebody Else
RICK JAMES - Bustin' Out
CAMEO - I Just Want To Be
SYLVERSTER - You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)
CHIC - My Forbidden Lover
MELBA MOORE - You Stepped Into My Life
TEDDY PENDERGRASS - Turn Off the Lights
SYLVESTER - I (Who Have Nothing)
GLORIA GAYNOR - Let Me Know (I Have a Right)
ISAAC HAYES - Don't Let Go
BAR-KAYS - Move Your Boogie Body
TENNYNINE with LENNY WHITE - Peanut Butter
LAKESIDE - It's All the Way Live
RICK JAMES - High On Your Love Suite
DENIECE WILLIAMS - I've Got the Next Dance
NARADA MICHAEL WALDEN - I Don't Want Nobody Else (To Dance With You)
PEACHES & HERB - We've Got Love
THE GAP BAND - Shake
TAVARES - Never Had a Love Like This Before
SLAVE - Just a Touch of Love
DIANA ROSS, MARVIN GAYE, SMOKEY ROBINSON & STEVIE WONDER - Pops, We Love You
MASS PRODUCTION - Firecracker
NATALIE COLE - Stand By
EVELYN "CHAMPAGNE" KING - Music Box
NARADA MICHAEL WALDEN - I Shoulda Loved Ya
BAR-KAYS - Holy Ghost
SHALAMAR - Take That To the Bank
DELEGATION - Oh Honey
KC & THE SUNSHINE BAND - Do You Wanna Go Party
EARTH, WIND & FIRE - In the Stone
BONNIE POINTER - Free Me From My Freedom/Tie Me To a Tree
SKYY - First Time Around
PEACHES & HERB - Roller Skatin' Mate
NATALIE COLE & PEABO BRYSON - Gimme Some Time
TYRONE DAVIS - In the Mood
MAZE featuring FRANKIE BEVERLY - Feel That You're Feelin'
BROOKLYN DREAMS - Make it Last
ALTON Mc CLAIN & DESTINY - I Must Be Love
THE GAP BAND - Steppin' (Out)
GEORGE DUKE - Say That You Will
MARVIN GAYE - Ego Tripping Out
CARRIE LUCAS - Dance With You
AMII STEWART - Light My Fire/137 Disco Heaven
A TASTE OF HONEY - Do it Good
PETER BROWN - Crank it Up (Funk Town)
JAMES BROWN - It's Too Funky In Here
ISLEY BROTHERS - It's a Disco Night
LOU RAWLS - Let Me Be Good To You
GEORGE DUKE - I Want You For Myself
LTD - Stranger
BOOTSY COLLINS - Jam Fan (Hot>
RICK JAMES - Love Gun
JIMMY "BO" HORNE - You Get Me Hot
HERBIE HANCOCK - Ready or Not
ASHFORD & SIMPSON - Nobody Knows
THE GAP BAND - Open Up Your Mind (Wide)
CROWN HEIGHTS AFFAIR - Dance Lady Dance
COMMODORES - Wonderland