Number-one dance hits of 1978 (USA)
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These are the Billboard magazine Hot Dance Club Play
number one hits of 1978.
Hot Dance Club Play
The Hot Dance Club Songs chart is a weekly national survey of the songs that are most popular in U.S. dance clubs...
number one hits of 1978.
| Issue date | Song | Artist |
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| January 7 | Once Upon a Time... Once Upon a Time (Donna Summer album) - Charts :AlbumSingle-Certifications:- Cover versions, appearances in other media etc. :"Sweet Romance" has been sampled by Ilacoin for his underground hit "By a Stranger", which had guest appearances from Labba and Black Rob and featured on Grand Theft Auto III... (all cuts) |
Donna Summer Donna Summer LaDonna Adrian Gaines , known by her stage name, Donna Summer, is an American singer/songwriter who gained prominence during the disco era of the 1970s. She has a mezzo-soprano vocal range. Summer is a five-time Grammy winner and was the first artist to have three consecutive double albums reach... |
| January 14 | ||
| January 21 | "Supernature Supernature (Cerrone song) Supernature is the title track of Cerrone's 1977 album. "Supernature ", along with the tracks "Give Me Love" and "Love is Here", hit #1 on the disco/dance charts early in 1978. The single crossed over to both the pop charts, where it peaked at #70 and the soul charts, where it peaked at #72... "/ "Give Me Love"/ "Love Is Here" |
Cerrone Cerrone Marc Cerrone is a French disco drummer, singer-songwriter and record producer.Marc Cerrone has sold over thirty million albums and has often performed in front of hundreds of thousands of people at huge concerts and events such as The 2005 Dance Party Live in Versailles and The 2000 Los Angeles... |
| January 28 | ||
| February 4 | ||
| February 11 | ||
| February 18 | "Let's All Chant Let's All Chant "Let's All Chant" is a 1978 disco/pop single by Michael Zager Band. Along with the track, "Love Express", "Let's All Chant" hit the top spot on the disco chart for one week... "/ "Love Express" |
Michael Zager Michael Zager Michael Zager has produced, composed, and/or arranged original music in a wide range of musical idioms, including commercials, albums, network television, and as a source for theme music for films.... |
| February 25 | "Dance Little Dreamer Dance Little Dreamer Dance Little Dreamer is a 1978 disco single by Bionic Boogie, a group created by disco producer, Gregg Diamond and was included in Bionic Boogie's, self-titled, 1978 album. "Dance Little Dreamer", along with the track, "Risky Changes" made it to number on the disco charts for three weeks.... "/ "Risky Changes" |
Bionic Boogie Gregg Diamond Gregg Diamond was a pianist, drummer, songwriter, and producer who was active in the jazz and disco music scenes of the 1970s.-Career:... |
| March 4 | ||
| March 11 | ||
| March 18 | "Romeo and Juliet Romeo and Juliet (Alec R. Costandinos song) "Romeo and Juliet" is a 1978 disco single by Cairo born, disco producer, Alec R. Costandinos and the Syncophonic Orchestra. The single was a retelling of Shakesphere's, Romeo and Juliet. The single spent one week at number one of the dance/disco chart in March 1978.... " |
Alec R. Costandinos & the Syncophonic Orchestra Alec R. Costandinos Alec R. Costandinos, is a French singer and artist of the 70's. He was also intimately involved as a writer, publisher and musician in the development of Aphrodite's Child with Vangelis and Greek-born pop singer, Demis Roussos... |
| March 25 | Come into My Heart Come Into My Heart Come Into My Heart is a 1978 album by the all-female disco trio, USA European Connection. All the album tracks hit number one on the disco chart for two weeks and stayed on the disco chart for more than five months.... (all cuts) |
USA European Connection USA European Connection USA European Connection was a female disco group consisting of Leza Holmes, Renne Johnson and Sharon Williams. In 1978 they hit #1 on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart with the Come Into My Heart album.... |
| April 1 | ||
| April 8 | Voyage Voyage (Voyage album) Voyage is the 1978 self-titled debut album by European disco group, Voyage. The songs on the album paid a nodding homage to musical styles of different regions of the world, as if the band and its listeners were taking a jet set trip around the world, finally landing triumphantly in America, as if... (all cuts) |
Voyage Voyage (band) Voyage was a European eurodisco group consisting of lead vocalist Sylvia Mason-James, along with Slim Pezin , Marc Chantereau , Sauveur Mallia and Pierre-Alain Dahan .... |
| April 15 | ||
| April 22 | ||
| April 29 | "If My Friends Could See Me Now If My Friends Could See Me Now "If My Friends Could See Me Now", with music by Cy Coleman and lyrics by Dorothy Fields, is a number from the 1966 Broadway musical Sweet Charity. In the musical, the character of Charity, played in original New York cast by Gwen Verdon, reflects on her charmed life as she spends time with... "/ "Gypsy Lady"/ "Runaway Love" |
Linda Clifford Linda Clifford (singer) Linda Clifford is an American R&B, disco and house music singer and actress, who scored hits from the 1970s to the 1980s, most notably "If My Friends Could See Me Now", "Bridge over Troubled Water", "Runaway Love" and "Red Light".... |
| May 6 | ||
| May 13 | ||
| May 20 | ||
| May 27 | ||
| June 3 | "Last Dance Last Dance (song) "Last Dance" is a hit 1978 song by singer Donna Summer. The song appeared on the Thank God It's Friday movie soundtrack. It was written by Paul Jabara and was co-produced by Summer's regular collaborator Giorgio Moroder, along with Bob Esty... "/ "After Dark"/ "Thank God It's Friday Thank God It's Friday (song) "Thank God It's Friday" is a 1978 disco song by the studio disco group Love & Kisses, popularized as the theme song of the film by the same name. It was written by European composer and producer Alec R. Costandinos. It peaked at #1 on Billboards Disco charts, #23 R&B and #22 Pop.Over the years... "/ "Take It to the Zoo" |
Donna Summer/ Pattie Brooks Pattie Brooks Pattie Brooks is an American singer most frequently associated with the disco era. She was born in Fort Riley, Kansas to a military family. Her first break came in 1968 when she auditioned for the chorus on The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour". In the next decade she became a sought-after backing... / Love & Kisses Love & Kisses Love & Kisses was a 1970s disco group assembled by European producer Alec Costandinos, with a variety of male/female singers.After collaborating on Cerrone's debut album Love In C Minor , Costandinos assembled Love & Kisses in early 1977, and shortly after the group released their first album,... / Sunshine Sunshine (band) Sunshine is a disco act whose members include the real-life sisters of singer Donna Summer . Their 1978 number one Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play hit "Take It to the Zoo," which was featured on the "Thank God It's Friday" film and soundtrack, was co-written by Summer , who also sings... |
| June 10 | ||
| June 17 | ||
| June 24 | ||
| July 1 | ||
| July 8 | ||
| July 15 | "Boogie Oogie Oogie Boogie Oogie Oogie "Boogie Oogie Oogie" is the name of a popular song by disco/R&B group A Taste of Honey. Released from their self-titled album in 1978, it became an extremely popular "crossover" song. The lyrics urge listeners to "boogie oogie oogie till you just can't boogie no more." It topped the Billboard Hot... " |
A Taste of Honey A Taste of Honey (band) A Taste of Honey was the name of an American recording act, formed in 1971 by associates Perry Kibble and Donald Ray Johnson. In 1978 they had one of the best known chart-toppers of the disco era, "Boogie Oogie Oogie"... |
| July 22 | ||
| July 29 | ||
| August 5 | "Hot Shot Hot Shot (Karen Young song) Hot Shot was the name of a popular disco single recorded by American singer Karen Young. The single, which is also the name of her 1978 album, reached number one on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart the week of August 5, 1978 and spent two weeks there.... " |
Karen Young Karen Young (American singer) Karen Young was an American disco-era singer best known for her hit, "Hot Shot".-Biography:Young grew up in a Northeast Philadelphia, Pennsylvania rowhouse. Before becoming an international recording star with "Hot Shot," she recorded jingles and background vocals for the Philadelphia based... |
| August 12 | ||
| August 19 | "Dance (Disco Heat) Dance (Disco Heat) "Dance " is the title of a 1978 single by American disco singer Sylvester James, who performed using just his first name, Sylvester. The song became Sylvester's first Top 40 hit in the US, where it peaked at #19 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the fall of 1978; it also reached #29 on the UK... "/ "You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real) You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real) "You Make Me Feel " is the title of a 1978 single by American disco singer Sylvester James, who performed using just his first name, Sylvester... " |
Sylvester |
| August 26 | ||
| September 2 | ||
| September 9 | ||
| September 16 | ||
| September 23 | ||
| September 30 | "Keep on Jumpin' Keep on Jumpin' "Keep on Jumpin" is the name of a popular 1970s disco song and 1990s dance classic that was written by musician Patrick Adams and Ken Morris. This track has been remade, remixed, and sampled numerous times, but only the 1978 original by Adams's group Musique and Todd Terry's 1996 updated version... "/ "In the Bush" |
Musique Musique (Patrick Adams) Musique was a studio project by Patrick Adams, best known for the song, "In the Bush". It consisted of five singers, Christine Wiltshire, Angela Howell, Gina Taylor Pickens, Mary Seymour Williams and Jocelyn Brown.-Career:... |
| October 7 | ||
| October 14 | Instant Replay Instant Replay (Dan Hartman album) Instant Replay is the third full-length album from singer-songwriter Dan Hartman. Released in 1978, all the album reached number 1 in the American dance chart, also it features the title track as the first single which it reached a peak of number 29 on the Hot 100 in the U.S. & number 8 in the U.K.... (all cuts) |
Dan Hartman Dan Hartman Daniel Earl "Dan" Hartman was an American singer, songwriter and record producer, best known for such songs as: "Free Ride", "I Can Dream About You", "Instant Replay", "Love Sensation", and "Relight My Fire", all of which had world-wide success.-Career:Born in Pennsylvania's capital, Harrisburg,... |
| October 21 | "MacArthur Park Suite MacArthur Park (song) "MacArthur Park" is a song by Jimmy Webb, originally composed as part of an intended cantata. The song was initially rejected by The Association. Richard Harris was the first to record it, in 1968; the song was subsequently covered by numerous artists. Among the best-known covers are Donna Summer's... " |
Donna Summer |
| October 28 | ||
| November 4 | ||
| November 11 | ||
| November 18 | ||
| November 25 | "Le Freak Le Freak "Le Freak" is a successful 1978 disco song by the disco band Chic. It was the band's third single album and first Billboard Hot 100 and soul music number-one song. Along with the tracks, "I Want Your Love" and "Chic Cheer", "Le Freak" scored number one on the disco charts for seven weeks... "/ "I Want Your Love"/ "Chic Cheer" |
Chic Chic (band) Chic was an African American disco and R&B band that was organized during 1976 by guitarist Nile Rodgers and bassist Bernard Edwards. It is known best for its commercially successful disco songs, including "Dance, Dance, Dance " , "Everybody Dance" , "Le Freak" , "I Want Your Love" , "Good Times"... |
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See also
- 1978 in music1978 in musicThis is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1978.-January–April:*January 14 – The Sex Pistols play their final show at San Francisco's Winterland Ballroom....
- List of number-one dance hits (United States)
- List of artists who reached number one on the U.S. Dance chart