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Kudi's CD Tipps

Kult-Schlager Of The 70's

 Best Sounds Of The 70's
 
 
  Smokie :  For A Few Dollars More
  January 1978
  Label: RAK / single 006-60 259
  Music / Text: Chinn - Chapman
  from album: "The Montreux Album"  1978
  Charts: UK 17  D  2  CH  5
 
  Rod Stewart :  Hot Legs
  January 1978
  Label: Warner Bros. / single
  Music / Text: Stewart - Grainger
  from album: "Foot Loose & Fancy Free"  1977
  Charts: UK  5  US 28  D 34
 
  Electric Light Orchestra :  Mr. Blue Sky
  January 1978
  Label: United Artists / single 36 342 AT
  Music / Text: Jeff Lynne
  from album: "Out Of The Blue"  1977
  Charts: UK  6  US 35  D 27
 
  Kansas :  Dust In The Wind
  January 1978
  Label: CBS / single 6205
  Music / Text: Kerry Livgren
  from album: "Point Of Know Return"  1977
  Charts: US  6
 
  Art Garfunkel  with  Paul Simon and James Taylor :  (What A) Wonderful World
  January 1978
  Label: Columbia / single 3-10 676
  Music / Text: Sam Cooke - Lou Adler - Herb Albert
  from album: "Watermark"  1978
  Charts: US 17
 
  Pere Ubu :  The Modern Dance
  January 1978
  Label: Blank / single
  Music / Text: Pere Ubu
  from album: "The Modern Dance" 1978
  Charts:
 
  Judas Priest :  Better By You, Better Than Me
  January 1978
  Label: Gull / single
  Music / Text: Gary Wright
  from album: "Stained Class"  1978
  Charts:
 
  Sham 69 :  Borstal Breakout
  January 1978
  Label: Polydor / single 2058 966
  Music / Text: Dave Parsons - Jimmy Pursey
  from album: "Tell Us The Truth"  1978
  Charts:
 
  Van Halen :  You Really Got Me
  January 1978
  Label: Warner Bros. / single 8515
  Music / Text: Ray Davies
  from album: "Van Halen"  1978
  Charts: US 32
 
  Eddie & The Hot Rods :  Quit This Town
  January 1978
  Label: Island / WIP 6411
  Music / Text: Graeme Douglas - Ed Hollis
  from album: "Life On The Line"  1977
  Charts: UK 36
 
  Yvonne Elliman :  If I Can't Have You
  January 1978
  Label: RSO / single 2090 266
  Music / Text: Barry Gibb - Robin Gibb - Maurice Gibb
  from album: "Saturday Night Fever"  1977  /  "Night Flight"  1978
  Charts: US  1  UK  4
 
  Darts :  Come Back My Love
  January 1978
  Label: Magnet / single MAG 110
  Music / Text: Mansfield
  from album: "Darts"  1977
  Charts:  UK  2
 
  David Bowie :  Beauty And The Beast
  January 1978
  Label: RCA / single PB 1190
Music / Text: David Bowie
  from album: "Heroes"  1977
  Charts: UK 39
 
 
  The Stranglers :  5 Minutes
  February 1978
  Label: United Artists / single
  Music / Text: Cornwell - Burnel - Greenfield - Black
  from album: -
  Charts: UK 11
 
 
  Eruption :  I Can't Stand The Rain
  February 1978
  Label: Hansa / single 11 761 AT
  Music / Text: Peebles - Bryant - Miller
  from album: "Eruption"  1977
  Charts: UK  5  US 18  D  7  CH  8
 
  Carpenters :  Sweet, Sweet Smile
  February 1978
  Label: A&M / single AMS 5628
  Music / Text: Juice Newton - Otha Young
  from album: "Passage"  1977
  Charts: US 44  UK 40  D 22
 
  Chris Spedding :  Silver Bullet
  February 1978
  Label: RAK / single
  Music / Text: Chris Spedding
  from album: "Hurt"  1977
  Charts:
 
  Baccara :  Darling
  February 1978
  Label: RCA / single PB 5586
  Music / Text: Rolf Soja - Frank Dostal
  from album: "Light My Fire"  1978
  Charts: D  6  CH  9
 
  Kate Bush :  Wuthering Heights
  February 1978
  Label: EMI / single 006-06 596
  Music / Text: Kate Bush
  from album: "The Kick Inside"  1978
  Charts: UK  1  D 11  CH  8
 
  Bee Gees :  Night Fever
  February 1978
  Label: RSO / single 2090 272
  Music / Text: Barry Gibb - Robin Gibb - Maurice Gibb
  from album: "Saturday Night Fever"  1977
  Charts: UK  1  US  1  D  2  CH  3
 
 
  Earth, Wind & Fire :  Fantasy
  February 1978
  Label: CBS / single 6056
  Music / Text: White - Del Barrio - White
  from album: "The Best Of Earth, Wind & Fire Vol. I"  1978
  Charts: UK 14  US 32
 
 
  The Saints :  Know Your Product
  February 1978
  Label: Harvest / single
  Music / Text: Ed Kuepper - Chris Bailey
  from album: "Eternally Yours"  1978
  Charts:
 
  Buzzcocks :  What Do I Get
  February 1978
  Label: United Artists / single UP 36348
  Music / Text: Buzzcocks
  from album: "Operator Manual - Buzzcocks Best"  1991
  Charts: UK 37
 
  Blondie :  Denis
  February 1978
  Label: Chrysalis / single CHS 2204
  Music / Text: Neil Levenson
  from album: "Plastic Letters"  1978
  Charts: UK  2  D  9
 
  Styx :  Fooling Yourself
  February 1978
  Label: A&M Records / single AMS 5639
  Music / Text: Tommy Shaw
  from album: "Grand Illusion"  1977
  Charts: US 29
 
  Wire :  I Am The Fly
  February 1978
  Label: Harvest / single
  Music / Text: Gilbert - Lewis - Newman - Gotobed
  from album: "Chairs Missing"  1978
  Charts:
 
  Gerry Rafferty :  Baker Street
  February 1978
  Label: United Artists / single 36 346 AT
  Music / Text: Gerry Rafferty
  from album: "City To City"  1978
  Charts: UK  3  US  2  D  3  CH  2
 
  Abba :  Take A Chance On Me
  February 1978
  Label: Polydor / single 2001 758
  Music / Text: Andersson - Ulvaeus
  from album: "The Album"  1977
  Charts: UK  1  US  3  D  3  CH  3
 
  Kiss :  Rocket Ride
  February 1978
  Label: Casablanca / single 18583
  Music / Text: Ace Frehley - Dean Delaney
  from album: "Alive II"  1977
  Charts: US 39
 
  The Sweet :  Love Is Like Oxygen
  February 1978
  Label: Polydor / single 2001 757
  Music / Text: Griffin - Scott
  from album: "Level Headed"  1978
  Charts: UK  9  US  8  D 10  CH  6
 
  Queen :  Spread Your Wings
  February 1978
  Label: EMI / single
  Music / Text: John Deacon
  from album: "News Of The World"  1977
  Charts: UK 34  D 29
 
 
  Eddie Money :  Baby Hold On
  February 1978
  Label: Columbia / single 10663
  Music / Text: Eddie Money - J. Lyon - Jimmy Lyon
  from album: "Eddie Money"  1977
  Charts: US 11
 
 
  Jackson Browne :  Running On Empty
  February 1978
  Label: Asylum / single 45460
  Music / Text: Jackson Browne
  from album: "Running On Empty"  1977
  Charts: US 11
 
  Manfred Mann's Earth Band :  California
  February 1978
  Label: Bronze / single
  Music / Text: Sue Vickers
  from album: "Watch"  1978
  Charts:
 
  Bob Marley :  Is This Love
  February 1978
  Label: Island / single
  Music / Text: Bob Marley
  from album: "Kaya"  1978
  Charts: UK  9
 
  The Residents :  Constantinople  /  Birthday Boy
  February 1978
  great album tracks - not released as singles
  Music / Text: ?
  from album: "Duck Stab / Buster And Glen"  1978
  Charts:
 
  Devo :  Mongoloid / Jocko Homo
  February 1978
  Label: Stiff / single
  Music / Text: Gerald V. Casale / Mark Mothersbaugh
  from album: "Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo!"  1978
  Charts: UK 51
 
  Muddy Waters :  I'm Ready
  February 1978
  great album track - not released as a single
  Music / Text: Willie Dixon
  from album: "I'm Ready"  1978
  Charts:
 
  Magazine :  Shot By Both Sides
  February 1978
  Label: Virgin / single VS 200
  Music / Text: Howard Devoto - Pete Shelley
  from album: "Real Life"  1978
  Charts: UK 41
 
  Tom Robinson Band :  Don't Take No For An Answer
  February 1978
  Label: EMI / single 2749
  Music / Text: Tom Robinson
  from album: "Power In The Darkness"  1978
  Charts: UK 18
 
 
  England Dan & John Ford Coley :  We'll Never Have To Say Goodbye Again
  February 1978
  Label: Big Tree / single 16110
  Music / Text: Jeffrey Comanor
  from album: "Some Things Don't Come Easy"  1978
  Charts: US  9
 
 
  Elkie Brooks :  Lilac Wine
  February 1978
  Label: A&M / single AMS 7333
  Music / Text: James Shelton
  from album: "Pearls"  1981
  Charts: UK 16
 
  Elvis Costello :  (I Don't Want To Go To) Chelsea
  March 1978
  Label: Radar / single ADA 3
  Music / Text: Elvis Costello
  from album: "This Year's Model"  1978
  Charts: UK 16
 
  Leif Garrett :  Put Your Head On My Shoulder
  March 1978
  Label: Atlantic / single ATL 11 118
  Music / Text: Paul Anka
  from album: "Leif Garrett"  1977
  Charts: US 58
 
  Generation X :  Ready Steady Go
  March 1978
  Label: Chrysalis / single
  Music / Text: Billy Idol - James
  from album: "Generation X"  1978
  Charts: UK 47
 
  The Jam :  News Of The World
  March 1978
  Label: Polydor / single 2058 995
  Music / Text: Bruce Foxton
  from album: "Snap"  1981
  Charts: UK 27
 
  Nick Lowe :  I Love The Sound Of Breaking Glass
  March 1978
  Label: Warner Bros. / single 17106
  Music / Text: Nick Lowe - Bodnar - Goulding
  from album: "The Jesus Of Cool"  1978
  Charts: UK  7
 
  The Vibrators :  Automatic Lover
  March 1978
  Label: Epic / single EPC 6137
  Music / Text: Ian Carnochan
  from album: "V2"  1978
  Charts: UK 35
 
  Aerosmith :  Kings And Queens
  March 1978
  Label: Columbia / single 3-10 699
  Music / Text: Douglas - Tyler - Hamilton - Whitford - Kramer
  from album: "Night In The Ruts"  1979
  Charts: US 70
 
  The Clash :  Clash City Rockers
  March 1978
  Label: CBS / single 5834
  Music / Text: Strummer - Jones
  from album: -
  Charts: UK 35
 
  The Sweet :  Dream On
  March 1978
  great album track - not released as a single
  Music / Text: Andy Scott
  from album: "Level Headed"  1978
  Charts:
 
 
  Showaddywaddy :  I Wonder Why
  March 1978
  Label: Arista / single 006-60 6029
  Music / Text: Anderson - Weeks
  from album: "Greatest Hits 1976-1978"
  Charts: UK  2  D 20
 
 
  Sailor :  All I Need Is A Girl
  March 1978
  Label: Epic / single EPC 6242
  Music / Text: George Kajanus
  from album: "Greatest Hits Vol. 1"  1978
  Charts:
 
  The Babys :  A Piece Of The Action
  March 1978
  Label: Chrysalis / single 11 818
  Music / Text: Chas Sandford - Mike Japp
  from album: "Broken Heart"  1977
  Charts:
 
 
  Luisa Fernandez :  Lay Love On You
  March 1978
  Label: Warner / single WB 17 061
  Music / Text: John David Parker - Tanja
  from album: "Disco Darling"  1978
  Charts:  D  7  UK 31
 
 
  Lynyrd Skynyrd :  You Got That Right
  March 1978
  Label: MCA / single
  Music / Text: Steve Gaines - Ronnie Van Zant
  from album: "Street Survivors"  1977
  Charts: US 69
 
  Rosetta Stone :  (If Paradise Is) Half As Nice
  March 1978
  Label: Private Stock / single 006-60 366
  Music / Text: Blue Weaver - Andy Fairweather-Low - Lucio Battisti
  from album: "Rock Pictures"  1978
  Charts: D 20
 
  Jefferson Starship :  Count On Me
  March 1978
  Label: Grunt / single 11196
  Music / Text: Jesse Barish
  from album: "Earth"  1977
  Charts: US  8
 
  Barclay James Harvest :  Friend Of Mine
  March 1978
  Label: Polydor / single
  Music / Text: Les Holroyd
  from album: "Gone To Earth"  1977
  Charts:
 
  Manfred Mann's Earth Band :  Mighty Quinn
  March 1978
  Label: Bronze / single
  Music / Text: Bob Dylan
  from album: "Watch"  1978
  Charts: D 36
 
  Suzi Quatro :  If You Can't Give Me Love
  March 1978
  Label: RAK / single RAK/006-60 444
  Music / Text: Chinn - Chapman
  from album: "If You Knew Suzi"  1978
  Charts: UK  4  US 45  D  5  CH  4
 
  Hot Chocolate :  Every 1's A Winner
  March 1978
  Label: RAK / single 006-60 501
  Music / Text: Errol Brown
  from album: "Every 1's A Winner"  1978
  Charts: UK 12  US  6  CH  9
 
  The Sweet :  Fountain
  March 1978
  great album track - not released as a single
  Music / Text: Scott - Tucker - Priest - Connolly
  from album: "Level Headed"  1978
  Charts:
 
  Genesis :  Follow You Follow Me
  March 1978
  Label: Charisma / single 6079 461
  Music / Text: Banks - Collins - Rutherford
  from album: "...And Then There Were Three..."  1978
  Charts: UK  7  US 23  D  8  CH  6
 
  Meat Loaf :  Two Out Of Three Ain't Bad
  March 1978
  Label: Epic / single EPC 6281
  Music / Text: Jim Steinman
  from album: "Bat Out Of Hell"  1977
  Charts: UK 32  US 11
 
  Wings :  With A Little Luck
  March 1978
  Label: EMI / single 006-60 639
  Music / Text: Paul McCartney
  from album: "London Town"  1978
  Charts: UK  5  US  1  CH 11  D 17
 
  Joe Ely :  Honky Tonk Masquerade  /  Tonight I'm Gonna Go Downtown
  March 1978
  great album tracks - not released as singles
  Music / Text: Joe Ely  /  Jimmy Dale Gilmour - John Reed
  from album: "Honky Tonk Masquerade"  1978
  Charts:
 
  Warren Zevon :  Werewolves Of London
  March 1978
  Label: Asylum / single 45472
  Music / Text: Warren Zevon - Leroy Marinell - Robert "Waddy" Wachtel
  from album: "Excitable Boy"  1978
  Charts: US 21
 
  Robert Palmer :  Every Kinda People
  March 1978
  Label: Island / single 15 736 AT
  Music / Text: Andy Fraser
  from album: "Double Fun"  1978
  Charts: US 16  UK 58
 
  George Benson :  On Broadway
  March 1978
  Label: Warner / single 8542
  Music / Text: Jerry Leiber - Mike Stoller - Barry Mann - Cynthia Weil
  from album: "Weekend In L.A."  1978
  Charts: US  7
 
  Jethro Tull :  Heavy Horses
  April 1978
  great album track - not released as a single
  Music / Text: Ian Anderson
  from album: "Heavy Horses"  1978
  Charts:
 
  John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John :  You're The One That I Want
  April 1978
  Label: RSO / single 2090 279
  Music / Text: John Farrar
  from album: "Grease"  1978
  Charts: US  1  UK  1  D  1  CH 1
 
  Johnny Mathis & Deniece Williams :  Too Much, Too Little, Too Late
  April 1978
  Label: CBS / single 6164
  Music / Text: Nat Kipner - John Vallins
  from album: "That's What Friends Are For"  1978
  Charts: US  1  UK  3
 
  Raffaella Carrà :  Tanti Auguri
  April 1978
  Label: CBS / single 6132
  Music / Text: Daniele Pace - Gianni Boncompagni
  from album: "Raffaella"  1978
  Charts: D 45
 
  Andy Gibb :  Shadow Dancing
  April 1978
  Label: RSO / single 2090 281
  Music / Text: Barry, Maurice, Robin + Andy Gibb
  from album: "Shadow Dancing"  1978
  Charts: UK 42  US  1  D 44
 
  999 :  Me And My Desire
  April 1978
  Label: United Artists / single
  Music / Text: Nick Cash - Guy Days
  from album: "999"  1978
  Charts:
 
  Iggy Pop & The Stooges :  (I Got) Nothing
  April 1978
  Label: Skydog / single SGIS 12 (France)
  Music / Text: Pop - Williamson
  from album: "Kill City"  1977
  Charts:
 
  Patti Smith Group :  Because The Night
  April 1978
  Label: Arista / single 006-60 563
  Music / Text: Springsteen - Smith
  from album: "Easter"  1978
  Charts: UK  5  US 13
 
  Van Halen :  Runnin' With The Devil
  April 1978
  Label: Warner Bros. / single 17 162
  Music / Text: Van Halen - Van Halen - Anthony - Roth
  from album: "Van Halen"  1978
  Charts: US 84
 
 
  Japan :  Adolescent Sex
  April 1978
  Label: Hansa Records / single 100 072
  Music / Text: David Sylvian
  from album: "Adolescent Sex"  1978
  Charts:
 
 
  Blondie :  (I'm Always Touched By Your) Presence, Dear
  April 1978
  Label: Chrysalis / single CHS 2217
  Music / Text: Gary Valentine
  from album: "Plastic Letters"  1978
  Charts: UK 10
 
  Journey :  Wheel In The Sky
  April 1978
  Label: CBS / single 6238
  Music / Text: Schon - Fleischman - Valori
  from album: "Infinity"  1978
  Charts: US 57
 
  Leif Garrett :  The Wanderer
  April 1978
  Label: Atlantic / single ATL 3476
  Music / Text: Earnest Maresca
  from album: "Leif Garrett"  1977
  Charts: US 49
 
  Scorpions :  He's A Woman - She's A Man
  April 1978
  Label: RCA / single PB 5556
  Music / Text: Rudolf Schenker - Klaus Meine - Herman Rarebell
  from album: "Taken By Force"  1978
  Charts:
 
  Boomtown Rats :  She's So Modern
  April 1978
  Label: Mercury / single
  Music / Text: Geldof - Fingers
  from album: "A Tonic For The Troops"  1978
  Charts: UK 12
 
  Rainbow :  Long Live Rock 'n' Roll
  April 1978
  Label: Polydor / single
  Music / Text: Blackmore - Dio
  from album: "Long Live Rock'n'Roll"  1978
  Charts: UK 33
 
  John Paul Young :  Love Is In The Air
  April 1978
  Label: Ariola / single 11 705 AT
  Music / Text: Harry Vanda - George Young
  from album: "Love Is In The Air"  1994
  Charts: UK  5  US  7  D  3  CH  5
 
  Jethro Tull :  Moths
  April 1978
  Label: Chrysalis / single
  Music / Text: Ian Anderson
  from album: "Heavy Horses"  1978
  Charts:
 
  Television :  Foxhole
  April 1978
  Label: Elektra / single K 12287
  Music / Text: Tom Verlaine
  from album: "Adventure"  1978
  Charts: UK 36
 
  Ian Dury And The Blockheads :  What A Waste
  April 1978
  Label: Stiff / single BUY 27
  Music / Text: Melvin - Blockheads - Dury - Jankel
  from album: "Sex And Drugs And Rock And Roll"  1987
  Charts: UK  9
 
  The Police :  Roxanne
  April 1978
  Label: A&M / single 12554-S
  Music / Text: Sting
  from album: "Outlands D'Amour"  1978
  Charts: 1979: UK 12  US 32
 
  Genesis :  Down And Out  /  Burning Rope
  April 1978
  great album tracks - not released as singles
  Music / Text: Banks - Rutherford - Collins  /  Tony Banks
  from album: "... And Then There Were Three"  1978
  Charts:
 
  Graham Parker :  Hey Lord Don't Ask Me Questions (live)
  April 1978
  Label: Vertigo / single
  Music / Text: Graham Parker
  from album: "The Parkerilla" (live)  1978
  Charts: UK 32
 
  Boney M. :  Rivers Of Babylon
  April 1978
  Label: Hansa / single 11 999 AT
  Music / Text: Farian - Mayer - Dowe - McNaughton
  from album: "Nightflight To Venus"  1978
  Charts: UK  1  US 30  D  1  CH  1
 
  The Only Ones :  Another Girl, Another Planet
  April 1978
  Label: Vengeance / single
  Music / Text: Peter Perrett
  from album: "The Only Ones" 1978
  Charts:
 
  Darts :  The Boy From New York City
  April 1978
  Label: Magnet / single MAG 116
  Music / Text: John Taylor - George Davis
  from album: "Everyone Plays Darts"  1978
  Charts:  UK  2  D 48
 
  Amanda Lear :  Follow Me
  April 1978
  Label: Ariola / single 11 950 AT
  Music / Text: Anthony Monn - Amanda Lear
  from album: "Sweet Revenge"  1978
  Charts: D  3  CH  7
 
  Plastic Bertrand :  Ca Plane Pour Moi
  May 1978
  Label: Hansa / single 11 928 AT
  Music / Text: Deprijk - Lacomblez
  from album: "AN1"  1978
  Charts: UK  8  D  6  CH  1
 
 
  Japan :  Suburban Love
  May 1978
  great album track - not released as a single
  Music / Text: David Sylvian
  from album: "Adolescent Sex"  1978
  Charts:
 
 
  Talking Heads :  Pulled Up
  May 1978
  Label: Sire Records / single
  Music / Text: David Byrne
  from album: "Talking Heads: 77"  1977
  Charts:
 
  Buzzcocks :  I Don't Mind
  May 1978
  Label: United Artists / single UP 36386
  Music / Text: Pete Shelley - Buzzocks
  from album: "Another Music In A Different Kitchen"  1978
  Charts: UK 55
 
  Sham 69 :  Angels With Dirty Faces
  May 1978
  Label: Polydor / single 2059 023
  Music / Text: Dave Parsons - Jimmy Pursey
  from album: "That's Life"  1978
  Charts: UK 19
 
  Tavares :  More Than A Woman
  May 1978
  Label: Capitol / single 4500
  Music / Text: Barry Gibb - Robin Gibb - Maurice Gibb
  from album: "Saturday Night Fever"  1977
  Charts: US 32  UK  7
 
  Bonnie Tyler :  Here Am I
  May 1978
  Label: RCA / single PB 5076
  Music / Text: Wolfe - Scott
  from album: "Natural Force"  1978
  Charts: D 18
 
  Wishful Thinking :  Hiroshima
  May 1978
  Label: Atlantic / single 45-1766
  Music / Text: Dave Morgan
  from album: "Hiroshima"  1971
  Charts: D  8
 
  Billy Joel :  Only The Good Die Young
  May 1978
  Label: Columbia / single 10750
  Music / Text: Billy Joel
  from album: "The Stranger"  1977
  Charts: US 24
 
  Umberto Tozzi :  Tu
  May 1978
  Label: CBS / single 6305
  Music / Text: Giancarlo Bigazzi - Umberto Tozzi
  from album: "Tu"  1978
  Charts: D 17  CH  1
 
  Thin Lizzy :  Rosalie
  May 1978
  Label: Vertigo / single
  Music / Text: Bob Seger
  from album: "Live And Dangerous"  1978
  Charts: UK 20
 
  Rubettes :  Little 69
  May 1978
  Label: Polydor / single 2059 029
  Music / Text: Richardson - Williams
  from album: "The Best Of The Rubettes"  1990
  Charts: D 37
 
  Cheap Trick :  Surrender
  May 1978
  Label: Epic / single EPC 7448
  Music / Text: Rick Nielsen
  from album: "Heaven Tonight"  1978
  Charts: US 62
 
  Angel :  Ain't Gonna Eat Out My Heart
  May 1978
  Label: Casablanca / single
  Music / Text: Lori Burton - Pam Sawyer
  from album: "White Hot"  1978
  Charts: US 44
 
  Mink DeVille :  Just Your Friends
  May 1978
  Label: Capitol / single CL 15 989
  Music / Text: Jack Nitzsche - Willy DeVille
  from album: "Return To Magenta"  1978
  Charts:
 
  REO Speedwagon :  Roll With The Changes
  May 1978
  Label: Epic / single 50545
  Music / Text: Kevin Cronin
  from album: "You Can Tune A Piano, But You Can't Tuna Fish"  1978
  Charts: US 58
 
  The Only Ones :  Breaking Down  /  Language Problem
  May 1978
  great album tracks - not released as singles
  Music / Text: Peter Perrett
  from album: "The Only Ones" 1978
  Charts:
 
  Warren Zevon :  Lawyers, Guns And Money
  May 1978
  Label: Asylum / single
  Music / Text: Warren Zevon
  from album: "Excitable Boy"  1978
  Charts:
 
  Elvis Costello :  Pump It Up
  May 1978
  Label: Radar / single ADA 10
  Music / Text: Elvis Costello
  from album: "This Year's Model"  1978
  Charts: UK 24
 
 
  The Stranglers :  Nice 'N Sleazy
  May 1978
  Label: United Artists / single
  Music / Text: Cornwell - Burnel - Greenfield - Black
  from album: "Black And White"  1978
  Charts: UK 18
 
 
  Queen :  It's Late
  May 1978
  Label: Elektra / US-single 45478
  Music / Text: Brian May
  from album: "News Of The World"  1977
  Charts: US 74
 
  Kiss :  Strutter '78
  May 1978
  Label: Casablanca / single
  Music / Text: Stanley - Simmons
  from album: "Double Platinum"  1978
  Charts:
 
  Foghat :  Stone Blue
  May 1978
  Label: Bearsville / single 0325
  Music / Text: Dave Peverett
  from album: "Stone Blue"  1978
  Charts: US 36
 
  Tom Robinson Band :  Up Against The Wall
  May 1978
  Label: EMI / single 2787
  Music / Text: Tom Robinson
  from album: "Power In The Darkness"  1978
  Charts: UK 33
 
  Gerry Rafferty :  Whatever's Written In Your Heart
  May 1978
  Label: United Artists / single
  Music / Text: Gerry Rafferty
  from album: "City To City"  1978
  Charts:
 
  Eric Clapton :  Wonderful Tonight
  May 1978
  Label: RSO / single
  Music / Text: Eric Clapton
  from album: "Slowhand"  1977
  Charts: US 16
 
  Smokie :  Oh Carol
  May 1978
  Label: RAK / single 006-60 762
  Music / Text: Chinn - Chapman
  from album: "The Montreux Album"  1978
  Charts: UK  5  D  3  CH  2
 
  Manfred Mann's Earth Band :  Davy's On The Road Again
  May 1978
  Label: Bronze / single 15 593 AT
  Music / Text: Robertson - Simon
  from album: "Watch"  1978
  Charts: UK  6  D 26
 
  Bob Seger :  Still The Same
  May 1978
  Label: Capitol / single 006-85 506
  Music / Text: Seger - Jackson - Jones
  from album: "Stranger In Town"  1978
  Charts: US  4  D 30
 
  Meat Loaf :  You Took The Words Right Out Of My Mouth
  May 1978
  Label: Epic / single EPC 5980
  Music / Text: Jim Steinman
  from album: "Bat Out Of Hell"  1977
  Charts: UK 33  US 39  D 22
 
  Todd Rundgren :  Can We Still Be Friends
  May 1978
  Label: Bearsville / single 0324
  Music / Text: Todd Rundgren
  from album: "Hermit Of Mink Hollow"  1978
  Charts: US 29
 
  The Rolling Stones :  Miss You
  May 1978
  Label: Rolling Stones / single 006-61 201
  Music / Text: Jagger - Richards
  from album: "Some Girls"  1978
  Charts: UK  3  US  1  D 12  CH 11
 
  Chicago :  Take Me Back To Chicago
  May 1978
  Label: CBS / single 5672
  Music / Text: Danny Seraphine - David Hawk Wolinski
  from album: "Chicago XI"  1977
  Charts: US 63
 
  David Soul :  It Sure Brings Out The Love In Your Eyes
  May 1978
  Label: Private Stock / single PVT 137
  Music / Text: Tony Macaulay - Geoff Stephens
  from album: "The Angel And The Dreamer"  1978
  Charts: UK 12
 
 
  Willie Nelson :  Georgia On My Mind
  May 1978
  Label: Columbia / single 10704
  Music / Text: Hoagy Carmichael - Stuart Gorrell
  from album: "Stardust"  1978
  Charts: US 84
 
 
  Jefferson Starship :  Runaway
  May 1978
  Label: Grunt / single 11274
  Music / Text: Nicholas Dewey
  from album: "Earth"  1977
  Charts: US 12
 
  Frankie Valli :  Grease
  May 1978
  Label: RSO / single 2090 294
  Music / Text: Barry, Robin + Maurice Gibb
  from album: "Grease"  1978
  Charts: UK  3  US  1  D 24  CH  7
 

  Marshall Hain :  Dancing In The City
  June 1978
  Label: Harvest / single 006-06 725
  Music / Text: Marshall - Hain
  from album: "Free Ride"  1978
  Charts: UK  3  D  1  CH  4
 
  Robert Palmer :  Best Of Both Worlds
  June 1978
  Label: Island / single 17 491 AT
  Music / Text: Robert Palmer
  from album: "Double Fun"  1978
  Charts: D 36
 
  Elkie Brooks :  Only Love Can Break Your Heart
  June 1978
  Label: A&M / single AMS 7353
  Music / Text: Neil Young
  from album: "Shooting Star"  1978
  Charts: UK 43
 
 
  AC/DC :  Rock'n'Roll Damnation
  June 1978
  Label: Atlantic / single
  Music / Text: Young - Young - Scott
  from album: "Powerage"  1978
  Charts: UK 24
 
 
  Black Sabbath :  Never Say Die
  June 1978
  Label: Vertigo / single 6079 103
  Music / Text: Osbourne - Iommi - Ward - Butler
  from album: "Never Say Die"  1978
  Charts: UK 21
 
  Abba :  Eagle
  June 1978
  Label: Polydor / single 2001 778
  Music / Text: Andersson - Ulvaeus
  from album: "The Album"  1977
  Charts: D  6  CH  7
 
  Kansas :  Portrait (He Knew)
  June 1978
  Label: CBS / single
  Music / Text: Kerry Livgren - Steve Walsh
  from album: "Point Of Know Return"  1977
  Charts: US 64
 
  Joe Walsh :  Life's Been Good
  June 1978
  Label: Asylum / single 45493
  Music / Text: Joe Walsh
  from album: "But Seriously, Folks..."  1978
  Charts: US 12  UK 14
 
  Steely Dan :  FM (No Static At All)
  June 1978
  Label: MCA / single MCS 786
  Music / Text: Donald Fagen - Walter Becker
  from album: "FM"  1978
  Charts: UK 49  US 22
 
  UFO :  Hot 'N' Ready
  June 1978
  great album track - not released as a single
  Music / Text: Mogg - Schenker
  from album: "Obsession"  1978
  Charts:
 
  Bruce Springsteen :  Prove It All Night
  June 1978
  Label: CBS / single
  Music / Text: Bruce Springsteen
  from album: "Darkness On The Edge Of Town"  1978
  Charts: US 33
 
  Kate Bush :  The Man With The Child In His Eyes
  June 1978
  Label: EMI / single 006-06 712
  Music / Text: Kate Bush
  from album: "The Kick Inside"  1978
  Charts: UK  6  US 85
 
 
  Showaddywaddy :  A Little Bit Of Soap
  June 1978
  Label: Arista / single 191
  Music / Text: Mason - Houston - Jolicoeur - Mercer
  from album: "Greatest Hits 1976-1978"
  Charts: UK  5  D 43
 
 
  Rosetta Stone :  Sunshine Of Your Love
  June 1978
  Label: Private Stock / single 006-99 490
  Music / Text: Pete Brown - Eric Clapton - Jack Bruce
  from album: "Rock Pictures"  1978
  Charts:
 
  Barry Manilow :  Copacabana
  June 1978
  Label: Arista / single
  Music / Text: Feldman - Manilow - Sussman
  from album: "Even Now"  1978
  Charts: US  8  D 23
 
  Nick Gilder :  Hot Child In The City
  June 1978
  Label: Chrysalis / single 6155 220
  Music / Text: Nick Gilder - Jimmy McCulloch
  from album: "City Nights"  1978
  Charts: US  1
 
  Commodores :  Three Times A Lady
  June 1978
  Label: Motown / single 006-61 408
  Music / Text: Lionel Richie
  from album: "Natural High"  1978
  Charts: UK  1  US  1  D 30
 
  Bob Marley :  Satisfy My Soul
  June 1978
  Label: Island / single
  Music / Text: Bob Marley
  from album: "Kaya"  1978
  Charts: UK 21
 
  Bruce Springsteen :  Candy's Room
  June 1978
  great album track - not released as a single
  Music / Text: Bruce Springsteen
  from album: "Darkness On The Edge Of Town"  1978
  Charts:
 
  Blue Oyster Cult :  Godzilla
  June 1978
  Label: CBS / single 6278
  Music / Text: Donald Roeser
  from album: "Spectres"  1977
  Charts:
 
  Stiff Little Fingers :  Suspect Device
  June 1978
  Label: Rough Trade / single
  Music / Text: Jake Burns - Gordon Ogilvie
  from album: "Inflammable Material"  1978
  Charts:
 
  Uriah Heep :  Love Or Nothing
  June 1978
  Label: Bronze / single 15 591 AT
  Music / Text: Ken Hensley
  from album: "Innocent Victim"  1977
  Charts: D 36
 
  The Cars :  Just What I Needed
  June 1978
  Label: Elektra / single 45491
  Music / Text: Ric Ocasek
  from album: "The Cars"  1978
  Charts: US 27  UK 17
 
  999 :  Emergency
  June 1978
  Label: United Artists / single
  Music / Text: Nick Cash - Guy Days
  from album: "999"  1978
  Charts:
 
  Wire :  Dot Dash
  June 1978
  Label: Harvest / single
  Music / Text: Gilbert - Lewis - Newman - Gotobed
  from album: "Chairs Missing"  1978
  Charts:
 
  Thin Lizzy :  Dancing In The Moonlight  /  Cowboy Song  (live)
  June 1978
  great live tracks - not released as singles
  Music / Text: Phil Lynott  /  Phil Lynott - Brian Downey
  from album: "Live And Dangerous"  1978
  Charts:
 
  Jackson Browne :  Stay
  June 1978
  Label: Asylum / single 45485
  Music / Text: Maurice Williams
  from album: "Running On Empty"  1977
  Charts: US 20  UK 12
 
  The Motors :  Airport
  June 1978
  Label: Virgin / single 15 596 AT
  Music / Text: Andy McMaster
  from album: "Approved By The Motors"  1978
  Charts: UK  4  D 36
 
  The Vibrators :  Judy Says (Knock You In The Head)
  June 1978
  Label: Epic / single EPC 6393
  Music / Text: The Vibrators
  from album: "Batteries Included"  1980
  Charts: UK 70
 
 
  Eddie Money :  Two Tickets To Paradise
  June 1978
  Label: Columbia / single 10765
  Music / Text: Edward J. Maloney - Eddie Money
  from album: "Eddie Money"  1977
  Charts: US 22
 
 
  Boomtown Rats :  Like Clockwork
  June 1978
  Label: Mercury / single
  Music / Text: Geldof - Briquette - Crowe
  from album: "A Tonic For The Troops"  1978
  Charts: UK  6
 
  Magazine :  Definitive Gaze  /  The Light Pours Out Of Me
  June 1978
  great album tracks - not released as singles
  Music / Text: Howard Devoto - John McGeoch - Pete Shelley
  from album: "Real Life"  1978
  Charts:
 
  Whitesnake :  Ain't No Love In The Heart Of The City
  June 1978
  great album track - single-release 1980 as new live version
  Music / Text: Price - Walsh
  from album: "Snakebite"  1978
  Charts: 1980  UK 51  (live version)
 
  Peter Gabriel :  D.I.Y. (Do It Yourself)
  June 1978
  Label: Charisma / single 6079 462
  Music / Text: Peter Gabriel
  from album: "Peter Gabriel 2"  1978
  Charts:
 
  Electric Light Orchestra :  Wild West Hero
  June 1978
  Label: United Artists / single
  Music / Text: Jeff Lynne
  from album: "Out Of The Blue"  1977
  Charts: UK  6
 
  Wings :  I've Had Enough
  June 1978
  Label: Capitol / single 006-61 260
  Music / Text: Paul McCartney
  from album: "London Town"  1978
  Charts: UK 42  US 25
 
  Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers :  I Need To Know
  June 1978
  Label: Shelter / single 62010
  Music / Text: Tom Petty
  from album: "You're Gonna Get It"  1978
  Charts: US 41
 
  The Clash :  (White Man) In Hammersmith Palais
  June 1978
  Label: CBS / single 6383
  Music / Text: Strummer - Jones
  from album: -
  Charts: UK 32
 
  Clout :  Substitute
  June 1978
  Label: Carrere / single 49.350
  Music / Text: Willie Wilson
  from album: -
  Charts: UK  2  D  1  CH  2
 
  The Teens :  Gimme Gimme Gimme Gimme Gimme Your Love
  July 1978
  Label: Hansa / single 11964 AT
  Music / Text: Norman Ascot
  from album: "The Teens"  1978
  Charts: D  7
 
 
  Status Quo :  Rockers Rollin'
  July 1978
  Label: Vertigo / single 6059 193
  Music / Text: Lynton - Rick Parfitt
  from album: "Rockin' All Over The World"  1977
  Charts: D 30
 
 
 
  George Thorogood & The Destroyers :  Madison Blues
  July 1978
  Label: Rounder Records / single
  Music / Text: Elmore James
  from album: "George Thorogood & The Destroyers"  1977
  Charts: