45 Years Ago in Music

 I decided to have some fun here at the beginning of the year looking back in time at music.  Waiting for new releases this time of year and so it's always fun to listen to older stuff.  I thought I would do something to countdown the last 45 years by fives.

So 45 years ago it was 1978.  I didn't go back to 50 years because I really don't know what I was doing that much at 5 in terms of listening to music, but by 1978 I had bought my first album and was buying singles and was starting to build an album collection.  

According to Best Albums of 1978 : Best Ever Albums the top 10 albums of 1978 were:

1. Darkness on the Edge of Town by Bruce Springsteen
2. Parallel Lines by Blondie
3. The Cars by The Cars
4. This Year's Model by Elvis Costello
5. Van Halen by Van Halen
6. Die Mensch-Maschine by Kraftwerk
7. Some Girls by The Rolling Stones
8. The Kick Inside by Kate Bush
9. More Songs About Buildings and Food by Talking Heads
10. Music for 18 Musicians by Steve Reich

It's hard to find a list of the top selling albums of 1978, at least I haven't had much luck.  I keep finding information on the best selling album all time that came out in 1978.  but I do know the top seller that years was the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack.  Here are the albums that spent at least two weeksat Billboard number 1 in 1978

1. Saturday Night Fever (23 weeks)
2. Grease (12 weeks)
3. 52nd Street (7 weeks)
4. Rumours by Fleetwood Mac (2 weeks)
5. Some Girls by The Rolling Stones (2 weeks)
6. Don't Look Back by Boston (2 weeks)

The top Bilboard singles of 1978 were:

1. Shadow Dancing by Andy Gibb
2. Night Fever by Bee Gees
3. You Light Up My Life by Debby Boone
4. Stayin Alive by Bee Gees
5. Kiss You All Over by Exile
6. How Deep Is Your Love by Bee Gees
7. Baby Come Back by Player
8. Thicker Than Water by Andy Gibb
9. Boogie Oogie Oogie by A Tast of Honey
10. Three Times a Lady by Commodores

I'll finish this off with playlist for you all from 1978.  Some of the music I still listen to today.