AT40 the 70s this week December 2nd 1978The Top Ten Singles
10 - Sharing The Night Together - Dr Hook
9 - My Life - Billy Joel
8 - Time Passages - Al Stewart
7 - I Love the Night Life - Alicia Bridges
6 - Double Vision - Foreigner
5 - I Just Wanna Stop - Gino Vannilli
4 - Le Freak - Chic
3 - How Much I Feel - Ambrosia
2 - MacArthur Park - Donna Summer
1 - You Don't Bring Me Flowers - Neil Diamond & Barbra Streisand
(1st of 2 non consecutive weeks at #1)
The Top Ten Albums
10 - Some Girls - The Rolling Stones
9 - Living in the USA - Linda Rondstadt
8 - Comes a Time - Neil Young
7 - Greatest Hits - Barbra Streisand
6 - Pieces of Eight - Styx
5 - Grease - Soundtrack
4 - Double Vision - Foreigner
3 - A Wild and Crazy Guy - Steve Martin
2 - Live and More - Donna Summer
1 - 52nd Street - Billy Joel
(3rd of 8 non consecutive weeks at #1)
The 6th studio album and first #1 album for Billy Joel and featured 3 top 40 singles.
The biggest of these 3 was "My Life" which reached #3 and would be the theme song for the tv sitcom "Bosom Buddies" in the early 80s. The other songs to reach the charts were "Big Shot"
at #14, "Honesty" #24.
The album also earned the NY singer Grammy awards for Album of the Year and Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male.
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