1979 - Part 2

1979, the year with the beat. This was the year the Disco Craze hit the wall … at Comiskey Park in Chicago. The White Sox weren’t having a great year and a local radio station decided to run a special promotion in conjunction with the team. “Disco Demolition Night” became one of the most dangerous nights in Major League Baseball history as the sell out crowd threw disco records through the air like frisbees, flooding the field and forcing players to wear helmets before fleeing to the safety of their locker rooms.

The hedonism of the Disco Era had finally worn thin and its top selling group, The BeeGees, had their final number one hit in a remarkable string of seven consecutive chart toppers. But there was more great music to come, and as Disco faded, new beats took its place.

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Here are some of the stories we tell in this episode about great hits from the year with the beat … 1979. Where were you when these great hits were filling the airwaves?

• Too Much Heaven - The BeeGees

• Islands In The Stream - Kenny Rogers & Dolly Parton

• Sail On - The Commodores (with Lionel Ritchie)

•. Still - The Commodores (with Lionel Ritchie)

• I Just Want to Stop - Gino Vanelli

• After the Love is Gone - Earth, Wind & Fire

• Boogie Wonderland - Earth, Wind & Fire

• We’ve Got Tonight - Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band

• She Believes In Me - Kenny Rogers

• You’ve Got to Know When to Hold ‘Em - Kenny Rogers