Battle of the Singles (1979)

[Nololob]

Pick your 5 favourite singles.

Motörhead - Overkill
Supertramp - The Logical Song
Pink Floyd - Another Brick in the Wall, Pt. II
AC/DC - Highway to Hell
Fleetwood Mac - Tusk
Dire Straits - Lady Writer
Electric Light Orchestra - Don't Bring Me Down
The Who - 5:15
KISS - I Was Made for Loving You
Rainbow - Since You've Been Gone
Judas Priest - Rock Forever
Led Zeppelin - Fool in the Rain
Blackfoot - Highway Song
Scorpions - Lovedrive
Status Quo - Whatever You Want
Witchfynde - Give 'em Hell
Blue Öyster Cult - In Thee
Eagles - Heartache Tonight
April Wine - Roller
Nazareth - May the Sunshine

 

[Sox]

ACDC - Highway To Hell
Motorhead - Overkill
Led Zeppelin - Fool In The Rain
Blackfoot - Highway Song
Nazareth - May The Sunshine

 

[JerseyGirl]

Supertramp
AC/DC
Rainbow
Zep
Eagles

 

[LG]

Pink Floyd
ACDC
Judas Priest
Blue Oyster Cult
April Wine

 

[Nololob]

Not a good year to be honest.

Electric Light Orchestra
Status Quo
Witchfynde
April Wine
Nazareth

 

[Sox]

I thought 79 was a great year Nolo.

 

[LG]

^^I agree nothing wrong with my album list from '79.

 

[Nololob]

I thought 79 was a great year Nolo.

Well it is a good year for emerging NWOBHM. But I've been going through the list of the singles in 1979 and those 20 listed in here are out of 800 and most of them are punk and disco, whereas in the early 70s I picked 20-25 out of 200-300. It was a tough one for me to find and pick those appropriate.

 

[Hydrazoic Acid]

Pink Floyd - Another Brick in the Wall, Pt. II
AC/DC - Highway to Hell
The Who - 5:15
Rainbow - Since You've Been Gone
Scorpions - Lovedrive

 

[Sox]

Difficult to beat the quality of the early 70's Nolo, but I think there was some good stuff knocking about the at the back end as well.