MERC Top 100 of 1979!!!!

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This Sunday the Music Expert Retro Countdown begins a 2 week special. The Top 100 of 1979. No one has ever done a definitive countdown of that year... Until now...

Sunday 8am EST
Replay Wednesday 2am EST

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6-24-18: Top 100 of 1979 Part 1

BT: Retro Countdown Bonus Track
AC: Album Cut

HOUR #1:

#100: Robert Palmer- Bad Case Of Loving You
#99: The Babys- Every Time I Think Of You
#98: Nick Lowe- Cruel To Be Kind
#97: Eddie Rabbit- Suspicions
#96: Patrick Hernandez- Born To Be Alive
#95: Bob Seger- We've Got Tonite
#94: McFadden & Whitehead- Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now
SIDE COUNTDOWN: Top 8 LP's Of 1979
#8: The Doobie Brothers- Minute By Minute
AC: Steamer Lane Breakdown
#93: Anne Murray- Brokenhearted Me
#93: KISS- I Was Made For Loving You
#91: The Knack- Good Girls Don't
#90: GQ- Disco Nights (Rock Freak)
#89: Journey- Lovin' Touchin' Squeezin'
BT: Crystal Gayle- Half The Way

BETWEEN HOURS FILLER MUSIC:
Moe & Joe- Just Good Old Boys

HOUR #2:

#88: Anne Murray- I Just Fall In Love Again
#87: Ian Matthews- Shake It
#86: Cheryl Lynn- Got To Be Real
#85: Styx- Renegade
#84: Ace Frehley- New York Groove
#83: Bad Company- Rock N Roll Fantasy
SIDE COUNTDOWN: Top 8 LP's Of 1979
#7: Billy Joel- 52nd Street
AC: Honesty
#82: Rex Smith- You Take My Breath Away
#81: Barry Manilow- Somewhere In The Night
#80: Kenny Rogers- The Gambler
#79: England Dan & John Ford Coley- Love Is The Answer
#78: Barry Manilow- Ships
#77: Eric Clapton- Promises
#76: Supertramp- Take The Long Way Home
BT: Joe Jackson- Is She Really Going Out With Him

BETWEEN HOURS FILLER MUSIC:
Jerry Reed- Alabama Wild Man

HOUR #3:

#75: Electric Light Orchestra- Shine A Little Love
#74: Earth Wind & Fire- September
#73: Cher- Take Me Home
#72: Bonnie Pointer- Heaven Must Have Sent You
#71: Fleetwood Mac- Tusk
#70: Melissa Manchester- Don't Cry Out Loud
SIDE COUNTDOWN: Top 8 LP's Of 1979
#6: The Knack- Get The Knack
AC: Let Me Out
#69: Bobby Caldwell- What You Won't Do For Love
#68: Little River Band- Lady
#67: Sister Sledge- He's The Greatest Dancer
#66: Raydio- You Can't Change That
#65: Elton John- Mama Can't Buy You Love
#64: Chic- I Want Your Love
BT: The Cars- Let's Go

BETWEEN HOURS FILLER MUSIC:
The Oak Ridge Boys- Come On In

HOUR #4:

#63: Leif Garrett- I Was Made For Dancin'
#62: Linda Ronstadt- Ooh Baby Baby
#61: Kenny Rogers- You Decorated My Life
#60: Hot Chocolate- Every 1's A Winner
#59: Electric Light Orchestra- Don't Bring Me Down
SIDE COUNTDOWN: Top 8 LP's Of 1979
#5: Supertramp- Breakfast In America
AC: Oh Darling
#58: J.D. Souther- You're Only Lonely
#57: Nicolette Larson- Lotta Love
#56: Earth Wind & Fire: Boogie Wonderland
#55: Cheap Trick- I Want You To Want Me (Live)
#54: Rickie Lee Jones- Chuck E's In Love
#53: John Stewart- Gold
BT: Poco- Crazy Love
#52: Frank Mills- Music Box Dancer
#51: Wings- Goodnight Tonight

We hope you enjoyed part 1 and will join us for the conclusion of the Top 100 hits of 1979, next Sunday!

This show will be re-broadcast on Wednesday June 27th, 2018 at 2am EST.

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Part 2 is this Sunday. Part 1 re airs at 2am EST, same station.

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Part 2 at 8am EST. See how our top 100 winds up!

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7-1-18: Top 100 of 1979 Part 2

BT: Retro Countdown Bonus Track
AC: Album Cut

HOUR #1:

#50: Peaches & Herb- Shake Your Groove Thing
#49: Dire Straits- Sultans Of Swing
#48: The Bee Gees- Love You Inside Out
#47: The Jacksons- Shake Your Body (Down To The Ground
#46: Donna Summer- Heaven Knows
#45: The Commodores- Sail On
SIDE COUNTDOWN: Top 8 LP's Of 1979
#4: The Eagles- The Long Run
AC: In The City
#44: Sister Sledge- We Are Family
#43: Supertramp- The Logical Song
#42: The Village People- In The Navy
#41: Little River Band- Lonesome Loser
#40: Kenny Rogers- She Believes In Me
#39: Charlie Daniels Band- The Devil Went Down To Georgia
BT: Foreigner- Head Games

HOUR #2:

#38: Michael Jackson- Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough
#37: Maxine Nightingale- Lead Me On
#36: Barbra Streisand- The Main Event & Fight
#35: Toto- Hold The Line
#34: Randy Vanwarmer- Just When I Needed You Most
#33: Dr. Hook- When You're In Love With A Beautiful Woman
SIDE COUNTDOWN: Top 8 LP's Of 1979
#3: Led Zeppelin- In Through The Out Door
AC: Hot Dog
#32: Amii Stewart- Knock On Wood
#31: Blondie- Heart Of Glass
#30: Earth Wind & Fire- After The Love Has Gone
#29: David Naughton- Makin' It
#28: Suzi Quatro/Chris Norman- Stumblin' In
#27: Dr. Hook- Sharing The Night Together
#26: Chic- Good Times
BT: Abba- Does Your Mother Know

HOUR #3:

#25: Stevie Wonder- Send One Your Love
#24: Donna Summer- Dim All The Lights
#23: The Doobie Brothers- What A Fool Believes
#22: The Eagles- Heartache Tonight
#21: The Pointer Sisters- Fire
#20: Billy Joel- My Life
SIDE COUNTDOWN: Top 8 LP's Of 1979
#2: The Bee Gees- Spirits Having Flown
AC: Rest Your Love On Me
#19: Dionne Warwick- I'll Never Love This Way Again
#18: Olivia Newton-John- A Little More Love
#17: The Commodores- Still
#16: Robert John- Sad Eyes
#15: M- Pop Muzik
#14: Barbra Streisand/Donna Summer- No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)
BT: Maureen McGovern- Different Worlds

HOUR #4:

#13: The Bee Gees- Tragedy
#12: The Village People- YMCA
#11: Herb Alpert- Rise
#10: Styx- Babe
#9: The Bee Gees- Too Much Heaven
#8: Rupert Holmes- Escape (The Pina Colada Song)
#7: Anita Ward- Ring My Bell
#6: Peaches & Herb- Reunited
#5: Donna Summer- Hot Stuff
#4: Gloria Gaynor- I Will Survive
SIDE COUNTDOWN: Top 8 LP's Of 1979
#1: Donna Summer- Bad Girls
AC: Sunset People
#3: Donna Summer- Bad Girls
BT: Sniff N The Tears- Drivers Seat
#2: Rod Stewart- Do Ya Think I'm Sexy
#1: The Knack- My Sharona

We hope you enjoyed our Top 100 Of 1979 countdown. AND we hope you'll tune in for all of our countdowns, special or not.

Speaking of which... August 5th, The 60 year anniversary celebration of the Hot 100!

And next week, the 40 biggest from July 3rd, 1970. We hope you'll join us.