NEW CHART ENTRIES: August 1979

 


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Singles that entered the UK charts in August 1979 (in the order of chart entry / highest position)...

(highest UK chart position in brackets)

01 Sham 69 - Hersham Boys (6)
02 Randy Vanwarmer - Just When I Needed You Most (8)
03 Ian Dury & The Blockheads - Reasons To Be Cheerful Part 3 (3)
04 Merton Parkas - You Need Wheels (40)
05 Kandidate - Girls Girls Girls (34)
06 Joe Jackson - Is She Really Going Out With Him (13)
07 Flying Lizards - Money (5)
08 Roxy Music - Angel Eyes (4)
09 Boney M - Gotta Go Home / El Lute (12)
10 Angelic Upstarts - Teenage Warning (29)
11 B52s - Rock Lobster (37)
12 Sister Sledge - Lost In Music (17)
13 Johnny Mathis - Gone Gone Gone (15)
14 Bellamy Brothers - If I Said You Had A Beautiful Body Would You Hold It Against Me (3)
15 Frantique - Strut Your Funky Stuff (10)
16 Stranglers - Duchess (14)
17 Gerry Rafferty - Get It Right Next Time (30)
18 Crusaders - Street Life (5)
19 Bill Lovelady - Reggae For It Now (12)
20 Dollar - Love's Gotta Hold On Me (4)
21 Fat Larry's Band - Lookin For Love Tonight (45)
22 Planets - Lines (36)
23 Racey - Boy Oh Boy (22)
24 Rezillos - I Can't Stand My Baby / I Wanna Be Your Man (71)
25 Bombers - Let's Dance (58)
26 Jam - When You're Young (17)
27 Buzzcocks - SPIRAL SCRATCH EP Breakdown (31)
28 Average White Band - When Will You Be Mine (49)
29 Commodores - Sail On (8)
30 David Naughton - Makin It (44)
31 Nick Lowe - Cruel to Be Kind (12)
32 Benelux & Nancy Dee - Switch (52)
33 Rocky Sharpe & The Replays - Love Will Make You Fail In School (60)
34 Scorpions - Lovedrive (69)
35 Billy Connolly - In The Brownies (38)