New Musical Express' Top Tracks [1979]

Entertainment: Music NME

### 01. Jam (Eton Rifles) ### 02. Specials (Gangsters) ### 03. London Calling -The Clash ### 04. Gloria Gaynor (I Will Survive) ### 05. Jam (Strange Town) ### 06. Police (Message In A Bottle) ### 07. Elvis Costello (Oliver's Army) ### 08. Sheila B Devotion (Spacer) ### 09. Jacksons (Shake Your Body) ### 10. Public Image Ltd. (Memories) ### 11. Public Image Ltd. (Death Disco) ### 12. Chic (My Feet Keep Dancing) ### 13. B52's (Rock Lobster) ### 14. Michael Jackson (Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough) ### 15. Xtc (Making Plans For Nigel) ### 16. Dave Edmunds (Queen Of Hearts) ### 17. Echo and The Bunnymen (Pictures On The Wall) ### 18. Talking Heads (Life During Wartime) ### 19. Pop Group (She's Beyond Good and Evil) ### 20. Earth Wing And Fire (Boogie Wonderland) ### 21. Fall (Rowche Rumble) ### 22. Eddie Grant (Living On The Front Line) ### 23. Madness (Prince) ### 24. Cure (Boys Don't Cry) ### 25. Lori and The Chameleons (Touch) ### 26. Joy Division (Transmission) ### 27. Undertones (Get Over You) ### 28. Silicone Teens (Memphis Tennessee) ### 29. Selector (On My Radio) ### 30. M (Pop Music) ### 31. Dave Edmunds (Girls Talk) ### 32. Blondie (Heart Of Glass) ### 33. Sister Sledge (We Are Family) ### 34. Pretenders (Stop Your Sobbing) ### 35. Tv Personalities (Where's Bill Grundy Now) ### 36. Leighton Buzzards (Saturday Night Beneath The Plastic Palms) ### 37. Distractions (Time Goes By So Slow) ### 38. Graham Parker (Protection) ### 39. Specials (A Message To You Rudi) ### 40. Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark (Electricity) ===== Missing: ===== * Sheila B Devotion (08) * Echo and The Bunnymen (17) * Pop Group (19) * Lori and The Chameleons (25) * Undertones (27) * Silicone Teens (28) * Selector (29) * TV Personalities (band) (35) * Leighton Buzzards (36)

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9

1

The Jam

Musicians

50.0% (1 of 2 votes)

29

2

The Specials

Musicians

0% (0 of 2 votes)

15

3

The Clash

Musicians

36.36% (4 of 11 votes)

17

4

Gloria Gaynor

Vocalist

33.33% (1 of 3 votes)

10

5

The Jam

Musicians

50.0% (1 of 2 votes)

24

6

Police

Musicians

0% (0 of 4 votes)

19

7

Elvis Costello

Vocalist

31.00% (146 of 471 votes)

2

9

Jackie Jackson

Vocalist

59.73% (89 of 149 votes)

3

9

The Jackson 5

Vocalists

59.37% (377 of 635 votes)

4

9

Jermaine Jackson

Vocalist

58.47% (138 of 236 votes)

6

9

Michael Jackson (Vocalist)

Vocalist

57.33% (524 of 914 votes)

8

9

Tito Jackson

Musician

53.25% (41 of 77 votes)

22

9

Art Barr

Wrestler

0% (0 of 0 votes)

36

10

Public Image Ltd.

Musicians

0% (0 of 1 votes)

37

11

Public Image Ltd.

Musicians

0% (0 of 1 votes)

26

12

Chic

Musicians

0% (0 of 1 votes)

12

13

B-52's

Musicians

42.05% (37 of 88 votes)

7

14

Michael Jackson (Vocalist)

Vocalist

57.33% (524 of 914 votes)

38

15

XTC

Musicians

0% (0 of 4 votes)

27

16

Dave Edmunds

Vocalist

0% (0 of 2 votes)

11

17

Echo & the Bunnymen

Musicians

50.0% (1 of 2 votes)

13

18

Talking Heads

Musicians

42.00% (63 of 150 votes)

23

20

Earth, Wind and Fire

Musicians

0% (0 of 0 votes)

32

21

The Fall

Musicians

0% (0 of 1 votes)

25

22

Eddy Grant

Vocalist

0% (0 of 0 votes)

31

23

Madness

Musicians

0% (0 of 5 votes)

18

24

The Cure

Musicians

32.00% (48 of 150 votes)

20

26

Joy Division

Musicians

5.88% (1 of 17 votes)

21

27

The Undertones

Musicians

0% (0 of 0 votes)

16

30

M (Robin Scott)

Vocalist

33.33% (1 of 3 votes)

28

31

Dave Edmunds

Vocalist

0% (0 of 2 votes)

1

32

Blondie

Musicians

73.08% (19 of 26 votes)

34

33

Sister Sledge

Vocalists

0% (0 of 1 votes)

14

34

The Pretenders

Musicians

40.0% (2 of 5 votes)

33

37

Distraction

TV Series

0% (0 of 0 votes)

35

38

Graham Parker

Vocalist

0% (0 of 0 votes)

30

39

The Specials

Musicians

0% (0 of 2 votes)

5

40

Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark

Musicians

57.83% (48 of 83 votes)