Saturday Night Fever ruled the box office and the soundtrack did the same to the pop charts, creating a series of smash hits by The Bee Gees, Yvonne Elliman, and The Trammps. The Clash had replaced The Sex Pistols as the great hope of the punk rock movement and Elvis Costello was truly that year’s model. Sprinkle in a high quality albums by veterans like The Rolling Stones and Neil Young with fine debut efforts by Van Halen and The Cars and the result is a very good year.
Ain’t Talkin’ ‘bout Love, Van Halen
Another Girl, Another Planet, The Only Ones
Back in the U.S.A., Linda Ronstadt
Beast of Burden, The Rolling Stones
The Big Country, Talking Heads
Blue Skies, Willie Nelson
Boxcars, Joe Ely
Breakdown, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Candy’s Room, Bruce Springsteen
Clash City Rockers, The Clash
Comes a Time, Neil Young
Dance the Night Away, Van Halen
Deacon Blues, Steely Dan
Disco Inferno, The Trammps
Driver’s Seat, Sniff ‘n’ the Tears
Ever Fallen in Love (With Someone You Shouldn’t’ve), Buzzcocks
Grease, Frankie Valli
Hanging on the Telephone, Blondie
Hollywood Nights, Bob Seger
Homicide, 999
I Love the Nightlife (Disco Round), Alicia Bridges
I Need to Know, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
I Wanna Be Sedated, The Ramones
Just What I Needed, The Cars
Last Dance, Donna Summer
Lawyers, Guns and Money, Warren Zevon
Le Freak, Chic
Life’s Been Good, Joe Walsh
Lipstick Vogue, Elvis Costello and the Attractions
Mammas Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys, Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson
Miss You, The Rolling Stones
Mr. Blue Sky, Electric Light Orchestra
Night Fever, The Bee Gees
One Nation Under A Groove (Part One), Funkadelic
Pump It Up, Elvis Costello and the Attractions
Radio Radio, Elvis Costello and the Attractions
Roll With the Changes, REO Speedwagon
Running on Empty, Jackson Browne
September, Earth, Wind, & Fire
Stayin’ Alive, The Bee Gees
Sultans of Swing, Dire Straits
Surrender, Cheap Trick
Take Me To The River, Talking Heads
Two Tickets to Paradise, Eddie Money
Turn to Stone, Electric Light Orchestra
Werewolves of London, Warren Zevon
What You Won’t Do for Love, Bobby Caldwell
What’s Your Name, Lynyrd Skynyrd
(White Man) In Hammersmith Palais, The Clash
You Can’t Put Your Arms Around a Memory, Johnny Thunders
You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real), Sylvester