Flashback 1978
Top movies from 1978
Grease was number one at the box office.
The Deer Hunter won Best Picture at the Oscars
Animal House
Battlestar: Galactica
The Big Sleep
Attack of the Killer Tomatoes
Avalanche
Coma
Convoy
Dawn of the Dead
Halloween
Hot Lead and Cold Feet
Every Which Way but Loose
Jaws 2
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Damien: Omen 2
Foul Play
Heaven Can Wait
Return From Witch Mountain
Revenge of the Pink Panther
Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Superman
Thank God It's Friday
The Swarm
Up In Smoke
Watership Down
The Wedding
The Wiz
Music from the 70s
From the deaths of Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin and Jim Morrison, to the rise of the Carpenters and Led Zeppelin, to the unlikely crowning of the Kings of Disco - the Bee Gees... the 1970's provided plenty of memories associated with a wide range of music.
Disco was was so popular that even the rock bands put out disco-like albums (Rolling Stones, Blondie, Rod Stewart). Memorable also were Chicago, Elton John, Prince and Van Halen.
Remember these?
Abba
Andy Gibb
Billy Joel
Blondie
Bruce Springsteen
Chicago
Dire Straits
Doobie Brothers
Elton John
Little Feat
Police
Prince
Rolling Stones
Talking Heads
Van Halen
or how about Fleetwood Mac, Rush and UFO?
Top 20 Songs of 1978
1. Shadow Dancing, Andy Gibb
2. Night Fever, Bee Gees
3. You Light Up My Life, Debby Boone
4. Stayin' Alive, Bee Gees
5. Kiss You All Over, Exile
6. How Deep Is Your Love, Bee Gees
7. Baby Come Back, Player
8. (Love Is) Thicker Than Water, Andy Gibb
9. Boogie Oogie Oogie, A Taste Of Honey
10. Three Times A Lady, Commodores
11. Grease, Frankie Valli
12. I Go Crazy, Paul Davis
13. You're The One That I Want, John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John
14. Emotion, Samantha Sang
15. Lay Down Sally, Eric Clapton
16. Miss You, Rolling Stones
17. Just The Way You Are, Billy Joel
18. With A Little Luck, Wings
19. If I Can't Have You, Yvonne Elliman
20. Dance, Dance, Dance (Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah), Chic
and then there is Billboard Magazine's Top songs from 1978:
# 1
Night Fever
- Bee Gees
# 1
# 2
Shadow Dancing
- Andy Gibb
# 1
# 3
Le Freak
- Chic
# 1
# 4
Stayin' Alive
- Bee Gees
# 1
# 5
Kiss You all Over
- Exile
# 1
# 6
Boogie Oogie Oogie
- A Taste Of Honey
# 1
# 7
Baby Come Back
- Player
# 1
# 8
MacArthur Park
- Donna Summer
# 1
# 9
(Love Is) Thicker Than Water
- Andy Gibb
# 1
# 10
Three Times A Lady
- Commodores
# 1
# 11
You Don't Bring Me Flowers
- Barbra Striesand & Neil Diamond
# 1
# 12
Grease
- Frankie Valli
# 1
# 13
With A Little Luck
- Wings
# 1
# 14
If I Can't Have You
- Yvonne Elliman
# 1
# 15
Hot Child In The City
- Nick Gilder
# 1
# 16
You're The One That I Want
- Olivia Newton-John & John Travolta
# 1
# 17
Miss You
- The Rolling Stones
# 1
# 18
You Needed Me
- Anne Murray
# 1
# 19
Too Much, Too Little, Too Late
- Johnny Mathis
# 1
# 20
Baker Street
- Gerry Rafferty
Top 20 TV shows of 1978
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