18 December 1979

Tuesday 18 December

1979-12-18

Charts
as announced on Radio 1 by Paul Burnett
 * Top 40 singles: Pink Floyd stay at no.1 for the second week with Another Brick in the Wall Pt.2, with ABBA hot on their heels at no.2 with their live recording of I Have a Dream up nineteen places from no.21.
 * Fiddler's Dram are also high climbers up twenty-two places to no.4 with Day Trip to Bangor. Paul McCartney also goes top 10 with his festive offering Wonderful Christmastime at no.7 up from no.20.
 * On the new wave front The Pretenders are up twenty places to no.10 with Brass in Pocket and ska holds strong with The Beat up eleven places to no.20 with double A-side tears of a Clown/Ranking Full Stop.
 * New entries include Elvis Presley at no.25 with It Won't Feel Like Christmas (Without You), The Clash with London Calling at no.29, M - Moonlight and Muzak at 35, Kurtis Blow's Christmas Rappin at no.36 and Dollar at no.39 with their cover of The Beatles' I Wanna Hold Your Hand.

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