April 1979

Generic page for April 1979 for events which do not have a definite day / date.

Events

 * UK General Election campaign is underway.

Playlist

 * 1) Sex Pistols - Silly Thing.
 * 2) * HNE at no.24 on Top 40 on 03 April, eventually goes Top 10.
 * 3) Supertramp - Logical Song.
 * 4) * Another NE at no.37, gets to Top 10 in April.
 * 5) Generation X - Valley of the Dolls.
 * 6) * NE at no.40, eventually get to 23.
 * 7) Art Garfunkel - Bright Eyes.
 * 8) * Knocks Gloria Gaynor's I Will Survive off the top spot and stays there for six weeks.
 * 9) Wings - Goodnight Tonight.
 * 10) * New track from Macca & co.enters charts at no.25 and reaches no.5 in May. Also on 12" extended version.
 * 11) M - Pop Musik.
 * 12) * Brand new sounds enter the charts at no.28 and reaches no.2 in May, kept off the top by abovementioned Art.
 * 13) Members - Offshore Banking Business.
 * 14) * More Virgin punks in at no.37 on 10 April, peaking at no.31 a week later.
 * 15) Milk and Honey - Hallelujah.
 * 16) * Eurovision winner jumps from 35 to peak no.5 on 17 April.
 * 17) Bee Gees - Love You Inside Out.
 * 18) * Follow up to Tragedy spends 6 weeks in the Top 40, peaking at no.13.
 * 19) Mike Oldfield - Guilty.
 * 20) * Surprise disco single enters the Top 40 at the end of the month, peaking at 22 in May.
 * 21) The Dickies - Banana Splits.
 * 22) * Novelty single enters the charts in April, peaking at no.7 in May.
 * 23) Boney M - Hooray Hooray..
 * 24) * Early holiday mood for the German band HNE on 24 April, peaking at no.3 in May (held off the top by abovementioned M & Art).
 * 25) ABBA - As Good As New.
 * 26) * opening track from Swede's new album released on 23 April.
 * 27) Tubeway Army - Me! I Disconnect from You
 * 28) * groundbreaking album Replicas released this month, eventually charts in June.
 * 29) Simple Minds - Life in a Day
 * 30) * debut album released this month together with title track as single.

Record releases

 * Tubeway Army - Replicas
 * ABBA - Voulez-Vous
 * Simple Minds - Life in a Day

Connections

 * Travelled to West Germany for the first time. Stayed in Bad Dürrheim.