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List of RPM number-one adult contemporary singles of 1979

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Canadian country singer Anne Murray had the most number-one singles in the 1979 charts, with three hits, and spent four weeks at number one with "I Just Fall in Love Again".

In 1979, RPM magazine published a chart for top-performing singles in the easy listening or adult contemporary categories in Canada. The chart, entitled Adult Oriented Playlist, has undergone numerous name changes, becoming Contemporary Adult in 1981 and became Adult Contemporary in 1984 until the magazine's final publication in November 2000. In 1979, thirty-six singles reached number one in the chart, which contains 50 positions. The first number-one in 1978 was "Time Passages" by British singer-songwriter Al Stewart, continuing from the 1978 charts, and the last was "Babe" by the American rock band Styx. Seventeen acts have their first number-one in the chart in 1979: the Village People, Alicia Bridges, Chic, Nicolette Larson, Boney M., the Pointer Sisters, Gloria Gaynor, the Doobie Brothers, Amii Stewart, Blondie, Suzi Quatro, Chris Norman, Peaches & Herb, Anita Ward, Rex Smith, Herb Alpert and Styx. Two Canadian acts, country singer Anne Murray and pianist Frank Mills had at least one number-one that year.

Anne Murray had the most number-one singles in 1979, with "I Just Fall in Love Again" (four weeks), "Shadows in the Moonlight" (two weeks) and "Broken Hearted Me" (two weeks), and also had the most weeks at number one, totalling six weeks. American disco singer Gloria Gaynor also had a four-week number-one chart run with "I Will Survive".

Chart history

Kenny Rogers topped the charts in 1979 with the singles "She Believes in Me" and "You Decorated My Life".
Gloria Gaynor (pictured in 2014) stayed at number one for four weeks with "I Will Survive".
Barbra Streisand spent three weeks at number one with "The Main Event".

An asterisk (*) indicates an unpublished weekly chart due to the special double issues RPM publishes for the year-end top singles charts.

Chart history
Issue date Title Artist(s) Ref.
January 6* "Time Passages" Al Stewart
January 13 "Y.M.C.A." Village People
January 20 "I Love the Nightlife" Alicia Bridges
January 27 "Le Freak" Chic
February 3 "Too Much Heaven" Bee Gees
February 10 "Lotta Love" Nicolette Larson
February 17
February 24 "I Just Fall in Love Again" Anne Murray
March 3
March 10
March 17
March 24 "Rasputin" Boney M.
March 31 "Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?" Rod Stewart
April 7 "Fire" The Pointer Sisters
April 14 "I Will Survive" Gloria Gaynor
April 21
April 28
May 5
May 12 "What a Fool Believes" The Doobie Brothers
May 19 "Knock on Wood" Amii Stewart
May 26 "Heart of Glass" Blondie
June 2
June 9 "Stumblin' In" Suzi Quatro and Chris Norman
June 16 "Reunited" Peaches & Herb
June 23
June 30 "Love You Inside Out" Bee Gees
July 7 "Goodnight Tonight" Wings
July 14 "She Believes in Me" Kenny Rogers
July 21 "Hot Stuff" Donna Summer
July 28 "Shadows in the Moonlight" Anne Murray
August 4
August 11 "Ring My Bell" Anita Ward
August 18 "You Took My Breath Away" Rex Smith
August 25 "The Main Event" Barbra Streisand
September 1
September 8
September 15 "You're the Only One" Dolly Parton
September 22 "As Long as We Keep Believing" Paul Anka
September 29 "Rise" Herb Alpert
October 6 "Different Worlds" Maureen McGovern
October 13 "Dancin' Round and Round" Olivia Newton-John
October 20 "The Boss" Diana Ross
October 28 "I'll Never Love This Way Again" Dionne Warwick
November 3 "Rise" Herb Alpert
November 10 "Broken Hearted Me" Anne Murray
November 17
November 24 "You Decorated My Life" Kenny Rogers
December 1 "Peter Piper" Frank Mills
December 8
December 15 "Until It's Time for You to Go" Vera Lynn
December 22 "Peter Piper" Frank Mills
December 29 "Babe" Styx

References

  1. "RPM Adult-Oriented Playlist: January 13, 1979". RPM.
  2. "RPM Adult Oriented Playlist: January 20, 1979". RPM.
  3. "RPM Adult Oriented Playlist: January 27, 1979". RPM.
  4. "RPM Adult Oriented Playlist: February 3, 1979". RPM.
  5. "RPM Adult Oriented Playlist: February 10, 1979". RPM.
  6. "RPM Adult Oriented Playlist: February 17, 1979". RPM.
  7. "RPM Adult Oriented Playlist: February 24, 1979". RPM.
  8. "RPM Adult Oriented Playlist: March 3, 1979". RPM.
  9. "RPM Adult Oriented Playlist: March 10, 1979". RPM.
  10. "RPM Adult Oriented Playlist: March 17, 1979". RPM.
  11. "RPM Adult Oriented Playlist: March 24, 1979". RPM.
  12. "RPM Adult Oriented Playlist: March 31, 1979". RPM.
  13. "RPM Adult Oriented Playlist: April 7, 1979". RPM.
  14. "RPM Adult Oriented Playlist: April 14, 1979". RPM.
  15. "RPM Adult Oriented Playlist: April 21, 1979". RPM.
  16. "RPM Adult Oriented Playlist: April 28, 1979". RPM.
  17. "RPM Adult Oriented Playlist: May 5, 1979". RPM.
  18. "RPM Adult Oriented Playlist: May 12, 1979". RPM.
  19. "RPM Adult Oriented Playlist: May 19, 1979". RPM.
  20. "RPM Adult Oriented Playlist: May 26, 1979". RPM.
  21. "RPM Adult Oriented Playlist: June 2, 1979". RPM.
  22. "RPM Adult Oriented Playlist: June 9, 1979". RPM.
  23. "RPM Adult Oriented Playlist: June 16, 1979". RPM.
  24. "RPM Adult Oriented Playlist: June 23, 1979". RPM.
  25. "RPM Adult Oriented Playlist: June 30, 1979". RPM.
  26. "RPM Adult Oriented Playlist: July 7, 1979". RPM.
  27. "RPM Adult Oriented Playlist: July 14, 1979". RPM.
  28. "RPM Adult Oriented Playlist: July 21, 1979". RPM.
  29. "RPM Adult Oriented Playlist: July 28, 1979". RPM.
  30. "RPM Adult Oriented Playlist: August 4, 1979". RPM.
  31. "RPM Adult Oriented Playlist: August 11, 1979". RPM.
  32. "RPM Adult Oriented Playlist: August 18, 1979". RPM.
  33. "RPM Adult Oriented Playlist: August 25, 1979". RPM.
  34. "RPM Adult Oriented Playlist: September 1, 1979". RPM.
  35. "RPM Adult Oriented Playlist: September 8, 1979". RPM.
  36. "RPM Adult Oriented Playlist: September 15, 1979". RPM.
  37. "RPM Adult Oriented Playlist: September 22, 1979". RPM.
  38. "RPM Adult Oriented Playlist: September 29, 1979". RPM.
  39. "RPM Adult Oriented Playlist: October 6, 1979". RPM.
  40. "RPM Adult Oriented Playlist: October 13, 1979". RPM.
  41. "RPM Adult Oriented Playlist: October 20, 1979". RPM.
  42. "RPM Adult Oriented Playlist: October 27, 1979". RPM.
  43. "RPM Adult Oriented Playlist: November 3, 1979". RPM.
  44. "RPM Adult Oriented Playlist: November 10, 1979". RPM.
  45. "RPM Adult Oriented Playlist: November 17, 1979". RPM.
  46. "RPM Adult Oriented Playlist: November 24, 1979". RPM.
  47. "RPM Adult Oriented Playlist: December 1, 1979". RPM.
  48. "RPM Adult Oriented Playlist: December 8, 1979". RPM.
  49. "RPM Adult Oriented Playlist: December 15, 1979". RPM.
  50. "RPM Adult Oriented Playlist: December 22, 1979". RPM.
  51. "RPM Adult Oriented Playlist: December 29, 1979". RPM.

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