What the Hell Happened to Music? This 1979 Top 10 Will make You Wonder! | Professor of Rock
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- It’s a blast from the past from the golden age of rock. Today, we’re going behind the Top 10 songs from this very same week in the year 1979 to find out which one is the biggest Hit all these years later. And as we count them down, we’re bringing you some crazy stories you won’t want to miss… Stories of stalkers, ill-advised f-bombs, ladies of the night, and yes, even spandex… But the question is, which of today’s countdown contenders will ultimately claim the crown? It’s Rock vs. Disco and We’ve got the Doobies, we’ve got Ann and Nancy Wilson of Heart … we’ve got Neil Young’s backup singer, and we’ve got the legendary band who matched the Beatles with 6 straight #1 hits… And what are we doing talking about the Karate Kid in a '70s episode? Hey, there’s only one way to find out. I promise you, there’s no other show like this on TH-cam. And it’s coming your way… NEXT on the Professor of Rock.
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So it’s time for another edition of the Hit Song Redux, a show that takes us back to a week in the golden era of the rock and roll and has us re-ranking the top 10 songs of a specific week based on how much the world has listened to them since. For clarification, this list is not my personal top 10, but the actual top 10 from this exact week in 1979. This show is an unabashed tribute to my hero, the great Casey Kasem and his American Top 40 countdown. So many of us spent countless hours tuned in to that phenomenal program. And we’re all better off for it. Thank you Casey for all the great memories.
Okay, so to get us in the proper pop culture context of the day, let’s check out what was playing in theaters and on TV. If you wanted to catch a movie on this exact week back in 1979, you could watch The Man of Steel, Superman, starring Christopher Reeves. Or there was Leonard Nimoy in Invasion of the Body Snatchers. Remember that one? And then there was Mad Max with Mel Gibson. That one was a couple weeks away, but is too good not to mention.
On television, I know I wasn’t the only one watching those good ole boys Bo and Luke Duke on the Dukes of Hazzard. Also in its first season was a car show of a different kind: Taxi. Judd Hirsch, Danny DeVito, Tony Danza, Andy Kaufman… Classic! And finally, you might also being watching Dr. Johnny Fever on WKRP in Cincinnati.
So as we kick things off, I want to start by going in reverse. Normally, towards the end of each Redux episode, after we’ve counted down the Top 10, I throw in a few extra tracks that fell short of high-end success on the Hot 100. But today, we’re starting off with them… three underperforming song that didn’t live up to their chart potential, but definitely deserved to. Peaking at #86, it’s Queen with Don’t Stop Me Now. Talk about a head-scratcher. The second single from their 1978 album Jazz, Don’t Stop Me Now is an indisputable Queen
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Poll: Who is your pick for the GREATEST LYRICIST of the Rock era?
Ian Astbury
Michael McDonald
Bernie Taupin, not even close. (IMHO)
Van Zant
Peart
Lynne
Cash
Kristopherson
Dylan
Elton John/Bernie Taupin
I loved all these songs but one in particular made a major impact. In 1979 my dad who had walked out on our family sometime earlier filed for divorce. When my sisters and I heard “I Will Survive” we played it for my Mom. It became her personal anthem. It helped her get through that very difficult time and come out the other side stronger. The music of that era was magical and helped many of us through so many major life events. Thank you for sharing all your knowledge about the music and the stories behind them.
Great story! I associate 1979 with the rise in divorces in America. As much as I love a lot of the music when I look back at the 70s, it is gray (and mustard- a popular color then). Gas lines, the Iranian hostage situation, divorces, etc. Good for all of you for being strong during that tough time. Still love the song.
@@julieanderson100- every era, since time began, has had its tumultuous problems to go with it. I don’t understand why there’s always someone (usually that wasn’t there, and didn’t live in that time) that wants to try to ruin the wonderful and simple memories for the people that did live in those times. If you didn’t live then, you can’t, and never will, understand what we’re talking about - you just won’t get it.
Pick any random week from 1970 until the late 80s and it beats the pants off today's top 10.
I get posts on my Facebook that show the charts of the last. Almost nothing that comes up is something I haven’t heard. Songs from then have longevity. Even the shit was better than the lap top pro tooled autotuned crap that is popular today.
Music has lost its melodies
If you haven't been exposed to quality (read: music by real musicians), you don't even know what you're missing.
It's sad and concerning. This generation thinks auto tune and pitch correction are totally legit.Why spend years learning how to play an instrument when some software can do it for you?
Im truly addicted to your channel/vids. Your research is phenomenal. Your knowledge, as well. Love your interviews with singers/band members. I was born in 1964. I didnt qualify as a nerd, as I wasnt intelligent enough. Loved pop/rock/country/big bands/dixieland/etc. THANK YOU for giving us all your gift.
are you possibly a fan of gentleman jim?
@@tracyavent-costanza346 Most definately! My favorite singer of all time.
@@jimreeves5212 he definitely had quite a voice.
I would have never guessed Neil Young wrote “Lotta Love”. It just doesn’t seem his style. It is a beautiful song and I’m glad he let Nicolette use it. It fit her beautiful voice. Rest In Peace, Nicolette. 😢 8:41
i didn't know she was gone ;(
but I assume neil's version was more country-twangy. hers was kinda smoky bar torchy and very nicely done in any case.
All these songs I remember very well. All classics. Every Sunday morning I'd deliver papers and then come home to listen to Casey Kasem and these songs seemed to be on the countdown every week for months!
It wasn't Johnny Fever we were watching in WKRP :P
You were watching Loni Anderson, right? I can't blame y'all.
Lol... I know who you were watching 🤣😂😮
Jan Smithers/Bailey Quarters
Well I was watching Johnny Fever! Also Venus and Andy.
Such a fantastic idea to rank the hits with this historical perspective! The truest measure of the impact of the artist’s work. I try not to look at any comparison to the current musical creative output. It’s too depressing for me. Much respect for the Professor of Rock.
I fell in love with Rod Stewart after I saw him perform "If You Think I'm Sexy" His energy was incredible!❤ I didn't get to see him in person until my 50th birthday when my husband surprised me! Even though it was 20 years later, I was thrilled!❤ I'm 76 now and still have my Rod Stewart Tshirt and wear it once in awhile 😂
Just proves that our generation had the best music.
Hey Professor Rock, i just watched the 48 hrs version of Casey Kasem's sad last year on earth.
I grew up with him too, first hearing him on military radio while living a few years in Germany starting in 1975 as a kid, then in the DC area in 1979 n onward every weekend for the Top 40.
Miss the guy n his voice for Shaggy on Scooby-Doo, another childhood favorite of mine.
Too bad the widowed wife made it hard for his fans to pay homage by having him buried in Norway.
May he rest in peace... I hope he found Jesus. 🙏 ✝️
I remember the very first time I heard Don't stop me know. I was completely blown away - ibthoight it was the most awesome song I had ever heard! Cemented me as a Queen fan no doubt!! Shocked it peaked at 86!!!!
That's the week I was born!
Its funny that she was mentioned, because i always thought "A Lot of Love" by NIcholette Larson was by Linda Ronstadt
Roxanne makes me think of Eddie Murphy in 48 Hours lol
My dear professor, here's a suggestion for a class: why don't you talk about how Rod Stewart "held his hand up straightaway" (according to his autobiography) when he was notified that Do Ya Think I'm Sexy nicked the chorus of a song by the great Jorge Ben (now Jorge Ben Jor) called Taj Mahal. Rod was in Rio de Janeiro the previous February, where he enjoyed Carnival alongside Elton John and Freddy Mercury, and I'm sure they had a ball. Taj Mahal was all over the radio at that time. The imbroglio was settled and UNICEF got the proceedings of Stewart's song, which I believe were not puny. The class will probably involve comparing two amazing dancing songs by two fantastic musicians, a Carnival in Rio enjoyed probably a little too much by three of the best-selling singer-songwriters of the rock era, and a bit of philanthropy. In your engaging way of telling rock stories, I think the class would be great.
Oh man, Dear Olivia . Such a talent. Losing her when she was only 73 still saddens me. Olivia was an artist, the epitome of a lady & used her fame from 1974 until her death in 2022 to champion for animal rights, the environment, & of course 30 years raising $ for alternative cancer treatments. She was a beautiful comet ☄️... We'll never see anyone as lovely as her again. RIP
This is true. To me, her music went from Grease to sophisticated and emancipated very quickly.
She was such an inspiration for C/A victims like me. I'm 68 and was just diagnosed with stage 4 terminal stomach cancer on April 29th. I had no inkling I was sick at all. I have very little time left but I have noting but gratitude for my "Sandy".
You are so right. She was a beautiful, wonderful person. Praying for you and hope to meet you at the resurrection!
1979 was the year of SUPERTRAMP, in my eyes. The Breakfast In America album was a landmark, to understate. And WKRP In Cincinnati
Crime of the Century was my personal favorite. Loved SuperTramp.
Crime of the Century was my personal favorite. Loved SuperTramp.
For sure.
Same!
You're Bloody Well Right!!..1979 was HUGE for Supertramp.
I'm going to show my age but music from the 70s and 80s had heart in it!! You can feel the emotions in these singers and the songs!! I turned 59 recently!!
For sure! Happy Birthday!
These days, I'm grateful if anything actually has a melody.
No kidding. @@Christmas-dg5xc
@@ProfessorofRockOf course there are exceptions, but my rule of thumb is that any good song should work equally well as an instrumental. I used to be able to remember a top 40 song if I'd only heard its verse and chorus a single time.
Same here ,59 the 70s had awesome talent and just the right amount of technology.Pure bliss. And that's coming from a huge Jeff Lynne and ELO fan
“As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly.”
Les nessman oh the humanity😅
😂😂😂
I was thinking the same thing. Funniest line in history of TV
They do if you throw them out a window.
I was going to say a helicopter door, but @billrodgers2299 beat me to it. :)
They can fly!! Here in Cincinnati !
I am 79 now, and I don’t find much music being released today that I like at all. I am told that most of the talented musicians are not with the record companies, but rather release their music on the internet. I have felt at times that maybe I should search it out, but I already have such an embarrassment of riches from past decades (even including before my birth) that I haven’t bothered to do so.
Thanks for your videos, Professor. Even when you cover artists I don’t care for, they are still interesting.
We certainly came through an unusually fertile creative period in music, didn't we? Wave after wave of imusical innovation!
What genre(s) do you like? Maybe I could give you some suggestions.
maybe the proof of "art" is that 50 years later it's still being talked about.
@@tracyavent-costanza346 Popularity, even over time, is not a good measure of art or quality. A lot of people still reference the macarena, that doesn't make it a great, high quality song. Likewise, there are a lot of masterpieces that have largely been lost to the fog of time for most people.
Ultimately, music and art in general is an individual, subjective experience...so what other people feel about a song or a piece of art matters little to me personally.
@@matthewdennis1739
really I do not disagree with your statements. however the music biz is RIFE with stories of "good music" that did not make that much money, and so-so-music that made a boat load.
it turns out that art and profit might not even be the same thing, despite the recording companies trying to claim to do both.
maybe they do some of both but not that much of both.
and their tendency to "classify" work or artists, benefits THE companies but really not the artists all that much.
I am hoping the phenom of indy internet streaming, can ultimately prove out my skepticism, but so far the jury is still out about it.
I remember Robin Williams did a joke of Elmer Fudd Does Springsteen and he did it to Fire.
Yes! Fi-wah!
.....that ALONE, says SO much about Spruce's vocal style.....
Oh ohh... Fi-Waa :D
I used to crack my friends up doing the Elmer Fudd fire 😂😂😂
That was hilarious!!!
I'm a little late to the comments but the music of Jim Croce has been fresh in my mind (and heart) lately. One year ago this month, I lost my mom, and my dad almost 3 years ago now. I miss them every single day, and I remember the music of Jim Croce playing on my Dad's reel-to-reel over and over. His music means more to me now than it ever has as I recall those days with my parents, and regret the times I was too busy. Time in a Bottle hits harder now than it ever has. And the tears swell up every time I hear it. Thank you for this analysis...
I love Jim Croce.
i still think "Operator" is one of the saddest songs I can remember. And a few times I kind of lived it.
My dad played Neil Diamond constantly to the point of driving me crazy. Today, I would give anything for those moments. The VW commercial playing “I am…I said” was my dad’s all time favorite song , and I get choked up all the time.
I know your sadness, I feel your pain. God Bless
Our cat picked Rod Stewart’s Do You Think I’m Sexy as the #1 song. He was sitting on his climbing post, looking out the window; when that song came on, he swished his tail back and forth to the beat. The first and last time we ever saw him do that!
He knows he's sexy! And he has great taste in music. 😊
I'm thinking your cat thinks he's sexy!
Claiming to be the professor of rock and not acknowledging Rod Stewart (great artist) had robbed the chorus from Brazilian Jorge Benjor (listen to Taj Mahal by JB) is a major disrespect. Rod was sued, JB won, Rod was obliged to write in the later releases of the song that it was inspired and/or written by JB. As settlement the royalties of the song were donated to UNICEF (UN’s fund for children) which additionally shows JB’s heart. This single history requires a correction from you and a video in itself. EVEN ELTON JOHN, who was with RS in Rio for carnival where they heard the song, acknowledged that the chorus was stolen from JB. There is a video on the internet of the interview with EJ. You should have googled it. In 30 seconds, you would have found out.
@@eduardoribeiro383so true.
That cat is NUTS!! ...but I secretly have always liked that song.
Ahh 1979. I was nine years old and in 3rd grade. What a great great time to have lived. I try so hard to describe it to my kids. Impossible. We lived by the radio and Casey Kasem’s countdown. Cheers!
I was 6 years old, ya know most of the 70's was like a big musical light show to me. I wasn't old enough to even really have any concept of what all was goin' on, but the lights from the mirror ball were flashing and twirlin'! I don't mean just disco, I was hearin' it all!
Believe it or not this was one of the worst music years of the 70s. It certainly doesn't match up to the previous year with the Bee Gees, ONJ, SNF, and Grease.
@@allthings2allmen true. the mirror ball went back to long before disco.
@@tracyavent-costanza346 Mirror balls definitely were around at dances & not just disco as you say. Even roller-skate rinks had 'em. I love the good 'ol classic Mirror ball!
I was 14. Some songs make me want to stop what I’m doing and just go lie down in a field and stare at the clouds and “be” in that 70’s state of mind. 😂😂. The sights and smells. It all went by so fast.
When I was 14, in 1979, I drew a poster for " last summer of the seventies" when I was grounded (that's how I rolled) and drew a picture for every song that came on the radio..and I still have it. And it's like time capsule for that time in my life and all those songs were a big part of it.
Cool!!!!! I'd like to see your hand drawn poster.
I'd love to see your poster., too.
My time capsule came from 1986 when I was 15 I talked my mom into buying me a Levi’s trucker denim jacket and proceeded adding Iron Maiden patches all over it. During the late 70’s and early &0’s I was listening to all of this stuff. Trust me us 9 year olds were spelling out
Y-M-C-A with our hands with no problems !
My time capsule came from 1986 when I was 15 I talked my mom into buying me a Levi’s trucker denim jacket and proceeded adding Iron Maiden patches all over it. During the late 70’s and early &0’s I was listening to all of this stuff. Trust me us 9 year olds were spelling out
Y-M-C-A with our hands with no problems ! I would draw my patches’ artwork onto paper and had beautiful sketches of covers from “aces high” “Number of the Beast” “Powerslave” and
Dio’s, “Holy Diver”
I WISH I still had the illustrations I drew but have given my daughter my jacket when she went to college. It doesn’t fit me anymore
What I remember about 1979 is I was in the navy deployed on my ship to the Indian Ocean. When we left San Diego in the Spring, disco was still the big thing. When we came back in the Fall, it was gone, and it was the start of New Wave music. We got a hint of what was coming with what they were listening to in Australia.
My own sons will tell you that music from the late ‘70’s and all of the’80’s is leaps and bounds above what is now produced.
That’s For Sure.
Can't argue there!
My kids too
That it may be but it is crap compared to the 50/60s. I quit listening to music starting in the 75- 80 era until about 2010. Never have been able to call hip hop and rap music.
I don’t think they are listening to the right stuff then.
Yeah, there is amazing music from the 70s, from Led Zeppelin and Rush to Waylon Jennings, Bruce Springsteen, Bob Dylan, etc.
But there’s also amazing music today. Greta Van Fleet, Rival Sons, Kaleo, Marcus King, the Black Keys, Brian Fallon, Dave Hause, Charley Crockett, Sturgill Simpson, Sierra Ferrell,etc.
Some great music from the late 70s. Supertramp. Steely Dan. Heart. Etc. We listened to Kasey Kasem and watched solid gold and the midnight special etc.
I also have fond memories of listening to Casey's "Top Forty Countdown" every Sunday morning, when a kid. It was a great way to keep track of what was new and trendy, music-wise.
What, no Soul Train ?
@@sallyjune4109 in those days, tv programming was kind of white (at least in our corner of LA LA Land broadcast TV), so I didn't even see soul train until I was like thirty.
I graduated in 1979 and things WERE Mighty fine!😎
I was 6 years old and things WERE Mighty fine!😎
Same! Class of 79. Atlanta Ga
78
'79 grad here also 😎
1979 here also…… 😊😊😊😊😊
Taxi and WKRP were great, best episodes of each for me were the flashback showing how Reverend Jim turned from a Yale student into who we saw in the show. And the thanksgiving turkey drop. “As God as my witness, I thought turkeys could fly!”
"Oh the Humanity".
That is by far the BEST episode of WKRP.
WKRP was THE king of comedy foe its entire run. The Thanksgiving episode is iconic.still make people laugh 45 years later.
I agree. ♡
Now everytime I here LeFreaks Freak out. I'll sing Ahhh F off, Le freak......😂
Back then I was definitely in the “Disco Sucks” crowd. But I couldn’t avoid it. Now it wears better than stuff made a couple of weeks ago!
I still don’t like disco, but you are so correct.
Just jammed down throats. DJs pumped disco beats during ads between songs! Wears better a half a century later.
Disco Apacolypse by Jacjson Browne. Timelessly good
Jackson 😊
Disco is great
63 years old and still jammin' to the classics of the 70's and 80's
The songs have so many memories
Just took a road trip with a friend of mine. She called my car the magical time capsule of her life. My musical taste is a very eclectic roadmap of my life. She said she’s never enjoyed a roadtrip more.
In my mid 70s and Love the Classics!
In 1979, 9 year old me had an AM radio and never missed the top 40! Yes, there were pop stations on AM!
In the 60's and early 70's AM was for top 40, country, local news, sports, etc. The mega-blaster stations were also AM. I lived in South-Central Wisconsin and we could get WLS and WMAQ out of Chicago and KMOX out of St. Louis. FM was where we went for Classical and AOR (Album Oriented Rock). WLUV "Love Stereo" was the big one for us, broadcast from Madison. They played whole album sides and a lot of music too "dangerous" for Top 40.
Yep WLS started out on AM and was my favorite station!! 😊
@@hectorsmommy1717just read your comment and saw you listed WLS also, I lived in a cornfield outside of Champaign~Urbana Illinois where the U of I is and except for the local College Station WPGU that would play songs others were scared to play, WLS was my favorite channel ❤
@@kariqualters5908 Grandma would listen to WLS for The Grand Ole Opry. All of us would get WMAQ for the Cubs Games after the Braves left Milwaukee.
Yes there were. AM had good count shows and am was not always available to us in the middle little towns. Now that it is, it's so commercial it hardly matters.
🎉❤
One thing is for sure....... today's music will never ever come close to the diversity of 1979s chart.
Thanks Professor!
For sure!
....And how! ....I loved the diversity of the Top 10's of yesteryear, because you never knew what you were gonna get.......today's charts, you KNOW what you'll get.....TAYLOR SWIFT! .....ah, well.....
@@eightiesmusic1984....that I stay AWAY from......
@@eightiesmusic1984 Money making machine? The prototypes were the stars of the 60's, 70s, and 80s. Learnt from the mistakes and then created this boiler plated machine. Lesson 1: concentrate everything on just a few "stars". and use computers to the max. That way you don't get the 'churn and casualties' and are able to concentrate everything on profit making.
There were a ton of shit artists in the 70s, just as there is a ton of die artists today. Just because we remember the 70s and 80s fondly didn't mean there are not good artists around today.
Having said that, I "discovered" music in 78. Blondie, Suzi Quatro, the Grease Soundtrack... Absolute gold.
I was the rare breed who enjoyed rock AND disco. All great songs.
Same here.
So did I.
Rock, disco, country, bluegrass, gospel, easy listening, songs from old musicals…music of most genres can speak to you if you listen.
The theme for WKRP was such a great song in it's own right.
Welcome Back Kotter by the great John Sebastian of Loving Spoonful pedigree.
I lived for the music as kid. The musicians cared about what they did and did it well. After 90’s something got lost in music and no one has recaptured it. There have been flashes but nothing consistent. I miss the excitement of getting the latest Albumn or tape . The discovery process of the music, the soul of it. I am an old fashion guy.
The decade 1967-1976 was the peak of popular music!
The 80s were the last great decade for music. Most of what was good in the 90s was a hangover from the 80s
For me it's 55-88@@TheWorldTeacher
can dig it man...70's and 80's and 90's were the last, glory day's if you will, of quality recordings of any Genre...
@@TheWorldTeacherIt depends when a music fan came on the scene of popular music, for me the perfect 10 year period was 1975 to 1985.
Sister Sledge "We are family"?
The Knack "My Sharona"?
The Eagles "I Can't Tell You Why"?
Peaches and Herb "Reunited"?
Donna Summer "Last Dance"?
It’s summertime!!
apparently sister sledge was doing pretty well on stage but one sister was still teaching school full time. the success of the band eventually convinced her to throw in the towel with teaching and she joined the band.
so after that they had all their sisters with them.
"Tragedy" by The Bee Gees is such a great song.
And perhaps even better by the Dee Gees - Dave Grohl’s short-term band iteration formed to do a couple of Bee Gees tunes
I rolled my Mom’s car to that song.
@@toritori5835 i gather you survived that.
No autotune!! Just great songs and even greater voices to sing them. "Singers" today could learn a lot just from this list.
I agree. No need of autotune. Let your true voice do the singing.
@@ProfessorofRockMany so called artists of today can't do that.
For the most part, it's not the singers' faults. It's just how the record industry does business now. Even the singers with the best natural voices get pitch corrected and autotuned.
Yup I agree. Just genuine talent all around.
Here is some advice: Quit buying, streaming and downloading it. The only reason it's popular is because people are listening to it. That one rocker who made a crummy rock video saw his career crash n burn simply because people stopped buying his music and going to his concert and I would venture to say his music is still good despite that drab video and people were were willing to forgo it over something dumb. Why are they not doing it over autotune?
The music died when the record companies hired the WRONG EXECS and they crammed terrible auto tuned GARBAGE down our throats, then put stage shows AHEAD of ANY QUALITY MUSIC!
That’s why all the great music these days is indie and underground.
Fun Fact: "I Will Survive" by Gloria Gaynor is the only song to ever win a Grammy for Disco Song of the Year. New category for 1979 but next year they dropped it because of the anti-disco backlash.
All the Industry did was change the Disco label to “Dance” as Disco continued strong for the next couple of years!
@@guanabana118 Yup.
Graduated high school in '79. It was a great time for music. Real musicians, playing actual instruments, singing with real voices. It's hard to pick the top vocalist, but Michael McDonald has to be one of the best. David Bowie was amazing, too. Thank you for always bringing the memories, Professor! 😃☮
You got it ! "79" is Best.
Nicolette Larson did very well for a hometown girl from Montana .
Graduated in 79 as well. For me, it’s Freddy Mercury.
Class of ‘79 here too! We’re the best!!! ❤
1978 for me!
I'm 74 years-old, never bought a record. Just listened to rock radio at work and in the car. The music is imprinted on my life experience. What a trip
Today is my 59th birthday, and this was quite a nice birthday gift. For decades I have touted how great 1979 was for music, and here you are verifying it. Thanks man.
I have always loved “Don’t Stop Me Now” and have always hated “Do You Think I’m Sexy”. It’s weird to have my taste supported all these decades later.
1979 was such a great year for music, you can do an entire year of videos just on the astonishing albums released then.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
Happy Birthday!!! March 27 is my birthday so I will be turning 59 in 3 weeks. Since I absolutely love the disco era, I consider this top 10 from 1979 as an early birthday present from this channel.
Happy birthday! Hope you enjoy your special day! Rock on! 🤘
Happy Birthday
Happy Birthday! "The day on which you were born all the flowers were born. At the baptismal font the nightingales sang." Lol, it makes better sense in Spanish but I want people to know just how special their birthday is. I hope u had a great day. 😀🎉🎁🎂
I have never cared what people labeled music as, if I like the song I listen to it. From mellow to disco to metal it's all rock and roll to me.
Nice to see Nicolette Larson mentioned. Seems she's largely forgotten today. Sad end to her life, she took too many Tylenol and destroyed her liver. Read the label!
Graduated from college in 79 and 60s, 70s and 80s had the best music!!!
I love these redoux videos. They may be my favorite thing you do Professor. Keep 'em coming! And let's hear it for Casey Kasem!
My husband and I went to Chicago for 5 World Cup games in 1994. There was a whole sections of fans from China across from us. Before each game and at halftime the PA system played music. We cracked up when YMCA was played because the Chinese fans all stood up and sang along while doing the arm gestures. 😀😀
❤❤❤❤😂😂😂😂
yikes what a great memory. a moment in time.
I didn't like disco when I was a kid in the 70's. I have always been in to rock. But as I've seasoned over the past 45 years (I was 10 in 1979), I've grown to appreciate disco. Still prefer rock, but definitely cannot deny the talent that a lot of those disco artists displayed. Compared to current popular top 10, your "no comment" remark says it all, brother!
oh yeah, "no comment" speaks volumes. LOL
@@tracyavent-costanza346 Sometimes silence IS golden.
I loved Disco-rock. Discovery by ELO was my favorite album of 1979. And my most memorable song of that year was Don't Bring Me Down.
Rooooos
"What A Fool" was a staple of middle-of-the-road AM radio. Seemed to be always on the kitchen radio at Grandma's house next door as an 11 year old me playing with the old toys that my dad played with at my age. The high-sung chorus section was very memorable but I could never understand the lyrics until I looked them up many years later.
so much of rock, where you have to look up the lyrics and they don't say what you thought they said.
hence the term "mondegreen". I don't think it was really invented during boomer times. I suspect it applied long before that, but eventually a word was coined. and probably not from rock lyrics either.
@@tracyavent-costanza346
"Carry a Laser through the darkness of the night !". - Mr. Mister
I remember our local DJ playing 'Freak Out' 14 times in a row,...he said 'I'm gonna play it til you quit asking for it'!
That great Chic song is called "Le Freak." Single or album version, I wonder.
@12-thesongsofsteviejames21 That dj went onto create the *10 hour TH-cam video of Le Freak.* He earns some $$$ from his channel. 😉😆
welp the thing about a dance party song like that one, is that you could just keep playing it for 45 minutes and only the sober dancers would even notice.
If only we had a video of young Adam singing "Do you think I'm Sexy" in church 😅😂🤣 Love You Professor
Even though I wasn't a fan of disco at the time... and some of it I still can't stand to listen to...I will take ALL music from the 1970s over today's "music" any time.
1970s Pop and Rock is still all I listen to when working in my workshop.
Casey was Shaggy on Scooby Doo and Robin on the Super friends.
Taxi is probably my all time favorite sitcom. Making Lloyd a regular was the best thing they did to make it perfect.
Thanks!
Also Mark on Battle of the Planets. I always found his voice work blah, it seemed he used the exact same voice for all his characters. lol
@@WhatAboutThemApples I didn't know that. I do remember watching that when I was a kid as well.
@@WhatAboutThemApples Battle of the planets kicks major league butt. I remember watching it in kindergarten, I was born in 73.
Taxi had the full mix of characters. Lloyd was like adding the cherry on top.
"Too Much Heaven" and "Tragedy" were two of my favorite songs in the 79-80 school year. Add The Eagles "Heartache Tonight", Cheap Trick "I Want You To Want Me", and ELO "Confusion" and you have my 6th grade top 5. "Good Girls Don't" by The Knack was knocking on the door of that list. Now I am thinking about roller skating. Another great trip in the time machine, Professor!
Awesome!
I was 8 but remember all thìs
Everything I hear Stay With Me I get a new job. I swear this is true but not in 79 when I was 8. Ha ha
Bee Gees are awesome.
Skate Around USA
My '79 favorites are : Amii Stewart's version of Knock on wood, Bee Gees' Spirits (Having flown), Don't Bring Me Down (ELO), Gotta Go Home (Boney M), We Live For Love (Pat Benatar), Summer Night City (Abba), Gangsters (The Specials), The Logical Song (Supertramp) and... the unbeatable Message In A Bottle (The Police). Also : It's All I can Do (The Cars) and Echo Beach (Martha and the Muffins). Younger generations, do enjoy these !
"Knock on Wood"
Great song!
Sad, we hear mindless crud like "Girls just wanna have fun" played to death, but never hear this great song.
Echo beach, far away, inside
I would add "Born to be alive" by Patrick Hernandez, "Hot Stuff" by Donna Summer and "Rapper's Delight", maybe also "Pop Muzik" by M, "Funkytown" by Lipps Inc. and Blondie's "Heart of Glass", and there's still so much more. 1979 was a marvellous year ...
As a 64 year old disco will be forever engrained in my heart. I love the vocal by Nicolette Larson. That's a great back story.
Keep your feet on the ground and keep reaching for the stars.
Yes!!! Love it!!
86. Queen - Don't Stop Me Now
34. Heart - Dog and Butterfly
32. The Police - Roxanne
10. Doobie Brothers - What a Fool Believes
9. Nicolette Larson - Lotta Love
8. The Village People - YMCA
7. Chic - Le Freak
6. Donna Summer - Heaven Knows
5. Olivia Newton-John - A Little More Love
4. The Bee Gees - Tragedy
3. Gloria Gaynor - I Will Survive
2. The Pointer Sisters - Fire
1. Rod Steward - Do You Think I'm Sexy?
Nicolette had a prominent part in Christopher Cross's yacht rock hit Say You'll Be Mine. So sad she died so young.
Neil young wrote " Lota Love" and she liked it - so he gave it to her. It is great song and she made it greater.
Queen's "Don't Stop Me Now" ranked at 86 is proof of how many great songs there were that year.
Exactly!
It reached the top 10 in the Netherlands and UK, but it must have gotten lost in the din here.
*...OR, that chart success is unrelated to quality of songs.* 🫤
Only 86? Unbelievable.
@@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980top 10 in UK, WTF is US?
In 1979 I was 14 years old and every Sunday we drove to my grandparents house for the day, so we listened to The American Top 40 On the trip. I remember my siblings and I betting each week if “Le Freak” would be number one.
Can't get enough of Larson's version of "Lotta Love"!
It's a great song!
...looooooooooooooooooooooooove that DAMN tune! ....that intro GETS me, everytime.....
Written by Neal Young!
@@mraemartinez, you watched the video, it seems. ;)
Incidentally, it's "NEIL".
@@RBS_, love the saxophone introduction AND the sublime flute solos. I'll be looking forward to listening to this song on my new headphones when they arrive from the USA.
Dude,you look like you belong on vh1 or MTV..
You are the whole music package. The knowledge, the passion and the look..
Ty for what you do..
Amazing channel.
I don't I'll ever be able to dis-aggregate "Don't Stop Me Now" from the movie "Shaun of the Dead" when the protagonists are hiding from the zombies at the beloved Winchester and it randomly popped up on the jukebox---such an iconic scene!
Oh, Olivia. Beautiful woman, inside and out.
I can say there was something for everybody in 1979, it was incredibly diverse. I was 11-12 and just starting to really pay attention to pop culture. It was a flash of things to come in 1980 which started off the decade really strong. Man I miss all that wonderful music being played on the radio. We didn't realize how spoiled we were lol
I agree.
That's why I have a thumb drive loaded up with music from that era. I can't listen to the crap they call music now days!
And it is further proof that the 80s did not fully begin on January 1, 1980. Those first three years were just transition years.
@@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 I totally agree. I've always considered 1980-1982 as a mixture of new, emerging sounds and leftover sounds from the 1970's. I've always believed music became fully 80's in 1983.
@@stephenhanft1226 I agree with you on all accounts and think that Billie Jean is the song that kicked off the decade as we know it.
Thanks for this one, Prof, the 70s are my fave decade for music, with 79 being my favorite year of all. I was 13 years old and followed pop and rock music, along with the top 40 religiously.
Rockers who had a disco hit is a whole show...
Off the top of my head: Queen - Another one bites the dust, Rod Stewart - Do Ya..., ELO - Don't bring me down, Wings - Silly Love Songs (maybe) or Goodnight tonight (definitely), Stones - Miss you, Kiss - I was made..., Eagles - One of these nights, Pink Floyd - Another brick ... pt. 2, Wild Cherry - Play that funky music..., Van Halen - Dancing in the streets
you appear not to know what disco is ...
Um, no, disco rejected the simplistic hard rock beat like you hear in Another One Bites the Dust. Dancing in the Streets was written several years before disco. I sure don't hear disco elements added in Van Halen's cover. Another Brick is deliberately dark and depressing, hardly disco style. One of These Nights has a repeated vocal phrase of "ew ew ew ew" that might be included in a disco song, but four notes doesn't make a song a disco hit. I'll grant you Do Ya..., but does Rod Stewart really count as a "rocker?" I'm no expert, but "Losing You" is the only real "rocker" I can think of. I don't know anything about Wild Cherry besides that one song so I have no idea if they have any rocker claim. I'm skeptical.
Yeah, I love it when rock acts did a rock/disco hybrid. All of those tracks are great and I'd add Bowie's "Stay," Pink Floyd's "Run Like Hell," The Rolling Stones' many disco-flavored songs, and ELO's "Last Train To London." When rock acts did disco-oriented rock they did it was more serious lyrics and a lot more edge than the pure disco acts did.
You would never have known that Roxanne was not a #1. The noise of today does not compare. Not even close.
The difference between the past and history is when you were born. In 1969 the top song of the 60s, according to KC show on December 31 1969 was The 5th Dimension, wood you like to ride in my beautiful balloon. Thing sure changed in 10 years. 😍 the show.
"would you like to ride..." was almost 60's big band. it has its place but clearly not rock and roll.
Still I it was a major hit, just not on R & R stations, rather your "shopping cart music" stations.
This is one member of the public who always hated the Rod Stewart "disco" phase.
He came off so sleezy.
Have you heard Disco Apocalypse by Jackson Browne - I think on Hold on Hold out album Turn it up and dance! So good! So timely.✌
@@susanjohnson4222 I don't like Rod Stewart's disco phase but Jackson Browne was always so sleepy, I couldn't get into his music at all.
Maybe I'm much older but it seems the older I get - the more music I get to hear and the more pickier I get. But every now and then someone new comes along with timely music-that hits me just right - makes me feel young again.
You are not alone my friend 😊
1979 is when one of my favorite ABBA songs, Chiquita was released
*ChiquiDIta... ;)
@@yngveamundsen5184 yes, Chiquita was by Aerosmith Chiquitita was by ABBA
My husband’s best friend was a big ABBA fan. He married a woman named Chicquita. He also liked the Beastie Boys and Jimmy Buffet 😂
The song by ABBA was Chiquitita, which they recorded not only in English, but in Spanish as well. While released in 1979, it only made it to the US Top 30 in the first few weeks of 1980
@@yngveamundsen5184 Actually, it's Chiquitita, with a T. ;)
Professor, out of all the Hit Song Redux episodes you've done, this may be my favorite. I was 14 years old in 1979. I constantly listened to the radio and religiously followed the charts. While I love the 1980's, since I was born in 1965. I consider myself more of a 70's kid than an 80's kid. I was also a big fan of disco (still am) and was very saddened and heartbroken when the disco era came to an end. 1978 and 1979 were the years where disco was at its peak of popularity and I loved it. In 1979, disco was alive and well as evidenced in this top 10. The Bee Gees, Donna Summer, Chic, The Village People and Gloria Gaynor were several of the very best disco artists from that era. While Rod Stewart took a lot of heat from the critics for going disco, I enjoyed "Do Ya Think I'm Sexy." and one of my favorite songs from him.. Anyway, awesome top 10. Also, I hope you plan on doing more on The Pointer Sisters. They are my favorite 80's female group.
Very cool!
You just described my life, I was born in 1966 and prefer the 70s as well, with 1979 being my favorite year in music. I also love the 80s to.
born 1963....70's and 80's all the way!
65 baby here. Know exactly how you feel!
There are no words to describe the joy of dancing the night away at a disco ball!
Did I love disco? I'm not sure. I appreciate some of the music now, but back then I was old enough to get into clubs and my girls and I just wanted to dance! And disco was so hot in the clubs at that time. What wonderful memories now.
As for this list, I bought Queen albums when they came out and listened to every song. Don't Stop Me Now became my favorite song of all time after seeing Queen on the Jazz tour. I still listen to it every day on my way to work because you have to be in a good mood after that! And anytime I need a pick-me-up.
Love what you do. ✌💖😃
I was born in 1973 so I remember all these songs well. If they weren't on the radio they were on Solid Gold. You couldn't escape these songs if you tried back then.
Indeed.
Yes and we can all sing them by heart!
@@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980I practically have the Grease soundtrack burned into my brain. hahaha.
I love the Redux so much…I know these episodes are so much work to produce but they are so much fun to listen to. Top notch quality entertainment! Thank you POR!
I was 19 years old having the time of my life! So much good music came out into the 70s. Nothing today touches it!
Same! 19 in ‘79.
I was 19 then too. Great times and great music!
It's hard to beat the AMAZING era of music from 1978-1982...my favourite time for music...I will listen to anything from it.
Very cool!
Thank you so much for this comment, those are also my favorite years in music, with 79 being my favorite.
I totally agree with you. Those years are my favorites, too.
Actually 1976-1986 was my favorite era of music. I was 14 and Hotel California by the Eagles, had come out!!!! And Boston!!! And Queen was rocking! And Fleetwood Mac, and Bob Segar and the Siver Bullet Band and Peter Frampton and Kiss and the mighty Led Zeppelin was still rocking, David Bowie, and soooo many more!!!!!
@@ProfessorofRock Claiming to be the professor of rock and not acknowledging Rod Stewart (great artist) had robbed the chorus from Brazilian Jorge Benjor (listen to Taj Mahal by JB) is a major disrespect. Rod was sued, JB won, Rod was obliged to right in the later releases of the song that it was inspired and/or written by JB. As settlement the royalties of the song were donated to UNICEF (UN’s fund for children) which additionally shows JB’s heart. This single history requires a correction from you and a video in itself. EVEN ELTON JOHN, who was with RS in Rio for carnival where they heard the song, acknowledged that the chorus was stolen from JB. There is a video on the internet of the interview with EJ. You should have googled it. In 30 seconds, you would have found out.
I made a comment already, but I have to add what an absolute genius Nile Rogers from Chic is! His guitar style is so recognizable and fun and funky! I love that there's so much variety and on this list! ❤
So many classics can be credited to Nile Rodgers. Love him.
yeh i got an original copy gc mcmansion sale one of the best disco of that era friend club dj played disco soul funk randb dance night probably countless weddings parties my copy still had shrink so wasnt played alot most used are no goof grooves gone so kinda lucked out i even have one he produced played guitar bette midler
@@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 Chic was one of the top disco groups of the 1970's. Don't forget, Nile Rodgers went on to produce blockbuster albums in the 1980's for Madonna, Duran Duran, and David Bowie.
@@stephenhanft1226 Bowie’s Let’s Dance wouldn’t be what it is without him.
yeh he was a mega producer bette midler is like 76 77 before chic was big had like one cover hit guess she was trying to get into disco same many other stars
Twenty years after disco Cher 's song "Believe" was a giant hit. It was disco.
The music of thw 70's were the best time to grow up with the greatest music wcwe! what a great time.to be alive! Freedom!
WKRP-- I love that show!
The Americanization of Ivan was my fave ep!
1979 was such a great time for music and being alive!
I grew up in western Michigan listening to WOKY, WCFL, WLS Larry Lujak.... giants of radio.
Eastern Michigan - early 70s, CKLW.
How the flying heck does this channel NOT have a million subs yet ?????
offhand I would guess that the reason is something like "the average person is...average."
3 months later it’s over 1 million! 🎉
This is my era! One year fresh out of high school and entertainment was at its peak. 'I swear, I thought turkeys could fly!'. If you know, you know. These - and so many other great songs - are the soundtrack of my late teens. Thanks for the trip down memory lane.
OH MY GODD the horror!!! hahahaha and "THIS is Les Nessman" I laughed so freaking hard , thanks for reminding me!
*Other 1979 songs…*
• _Couldn’t Get It Right_
by Climax Blues Band;
• _You’re Only Lonely_
by J. D. Souther;
• _Chuck E’s In Love_
by Rickie Lee Jones;
• _Driver’s Seat_
by Sniff ‘n The Tears
useful contributions
@@downforce65 I hope our Dear Professor sees this list and thinks the same thing. Personally, I think he ought to make a special feature dedicated to FUNK. I can think of several excellent FUNK songs...
• _So Into You_
by Atlanta Rhythm Section
• _Superstition_
by Stevie Wonder
• _Some Kind of Wonderful_
by Grand Funk Railroad
...and many many more!
*note:* _Couldn't Get It Right_
by Climax Blues Band
would also be a major FUNK song.
It was my 20th yr, I lived in London, broke, adventurous and hopeful.. Disco was everything. Great memories, thank you.
If you don’t remember anything you did in the 70’s you’ll love this channel😎
Right!
....I can vouch for that! ......what WAS it, again!???? ....ha-HAAA!!
Ha ha!@@RBS_
😆😂 ha!ha!
All great songs on today’s program!
Man, after hearing this list. I realize just how ahead of their time The Cars really were. Candy-o came out in 79 and it blows this stuff away. Still a good list of tunes though.
When the Cars came out, I was hooked right away!!!! Never heard anything like it !!!! And I loved that there were 2 lead singers!!! I remember when I bought their first album and the 8 track to play in my car!!!! They were So fresh and different from the rest of the bands at the that time!!!!
their mixes were complex-layering and clearly headphone material. and they may have been among the first bands with openly gay members. they were pioneers in their way and their stuff still gets played.
79 was my last year of college I worked at a skating rink and for continental airlines I was the DJ/assistant manager
73’ 79’ and 83’ are some of the best and most diverse years in music, not to mention the memories that go with them.
1984
1978 also
1987.
1983 was incredible!
1 Every Breath You Take The Police
2 Do You Really Want to Hurt Me Culture Club
3 Let’s Dance David Bowie
4 Flashdance Irene Cara
5 Total Eclipse of the Heart Bonnie Tyler
6 Electric Avenue Eddy Grant
7 Sweet Dreams Eurythmics
8 Beat It Michael Jackson
9 Billie Jean Michael Jackson
10 Hungry Like the Wolf Duran Duran
11 She Blinded Me with Science Thomas Dolby
12 Sexual Healing Marvin Gaye
13 Maniac Michael Sembello
14 Puttin’ on the Ritz Taco
15 Islands in the Stream K Rogers/D Parton
16 Africa Toto
17 Pass the Duchie Musical Youth
18 All Night Long Lionel Richie
19 True Spandau Ballet
20 Mr. Roboto Styx
21 White Wedding Billy Idol
22 Our House Madness
23 Time Culture Club
24 Modern Love David Bowie
25 Jeopardy Greg Kihn Band
26 Baby Come to Me P Austin/J Ingram
27 One Thing Leads to Another The Fixx
28 Making Love Air Supply
29 She Works Hard for the Money Donna Summer
30 King of Pain The Police
31 Sexy+17 Stray Cats
32 Come on Eileen Dexy’s Midnight Runners
33 Telefone Sheena Easton
34 Stray Cat Strut Stray Cats
35 Mickey Toni Basil
36 Goody Two Shoes Adam Ant
37 Rio Duran Duran
38 Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin’ Michael Jackson
39 Come Dancing The Kinks
40 Something I Should Know Duran Duran
41 In a Big Country Big Country
42 We’ve Got Tonight K Rogers/S Easton
43 China Girl David Bowie
44 Maneater Hall & Oates
45 I’m Still Standing Elton John
46 Uptown Girl Billy Joel
47 Back on the Chain Gang Pretenders
48 Sex Berlin
49 I’ll Tumble 4 Ya Culture Club
50 Tell Her About It Billy Joel
51 Midnight Blue Louise Tucker
52 Never Gonna Let You Go Sergio Mendes
53 Say Say Say P McCartney/M Jackson
54 Gloria Laura Branigan
55 Overkill Men At Work
56 You Are Lionel Richie
57 Rock ‘n Roll is King ELO
58 One on One Hall & Oates
59 Hot Girls in Love Loverboy
60 Always Something… Naked Eyes
61 Rock This Town Stray Cats
62 Rise Up Parachute Club
63 Shame on the Moon Bob Seger
64 Mirror Man Human League
65 Shy Boy Bananarama
66 Tonight I Celebrate My Love P Bryson/R Flack
67 When I’m With You Sheriff
68 Nobody Sylvia
69 Never Said I Loved You Payolas/C Pope
70 Burning Down the House Talking Heads
71 1999 Prince
72 Too Shy Kajagoogoo
73 Separate Ways Journey
74 Solitaire Laura Branigan
75 Little Red Corvette Prince
76 Fascination Human League
77 The Safety Dance Men Without Hats
78 You Can’t Hurry Love Phil Collins
79 Truly Lionel Richie
80 Heartache Avenue Maisonettes
81 Cuts Like a Knife Bryan Adams
82 Wishing A Flock of Seagulls
83 Pale Shelter Tears for Fears
84 Stand Back Stevie Nicks
85 Don’t Cry Asia
86 Baby Jane Rod Stewart
87 Promises Promises Naked Eyes
88 I Don’t Wanna Dance Eddy Grant
89 Sign of the Times Mens Room
90 Human Nature Michael Jackson
91 Crumblin’ Down John Cougar Mellancamp
92 Love Is a Stranger Eurythmics
93 Twilight Zone Golden Earring
94 I Won’t Hold You Back Toto
95 Affair of the Heart Rick Springfield
96 Fall in Love with Me Earth, Wind & Fire
97 Girls Night Out Toronto
98 Suddenly Last Summer Motels
99 Lawyers in Love Jackson Browne
100 Der Kommissar Falco
1979 one of the best years of my life.
Mine too
I was 17. Great things happened that year and it flew by so fast.
Journey in 79 - 80 was freaking great. No autotune needed for perry or bands back up vocals schon rollie etc.
1979 was my last year as a teenager, and March was when I turned 19. The biggest difference between 19 year old me and 64 year old me, other than the grey hair, bad knees and more weight, is I can actually listen to the disco songs on the list. Well...all but "YMCA", that is. I'm still a rocker at heart.
Heh... when you were talking about "Lotta Love" really packs it all in, there's horns, there's strings, there's a flute solo... I immediately thought of Stefon from SNL ;)
Have no fear!! It was very interesting this weekend as I drove a bus of athletes to a water polo tournament. The kid working the aux played copious amounts of 80s and 90s music and they were all singing along. I was surprised how well they knew the lyrics.