Other #1 songs on July 5, 1978
Across genres and charts

#1 dance track

Last Dance

Donna Summer/ Pattie Brooks / Love & Kisses / Sunshine

#1 R&B song

Close the Door

Teddy Pendergrass

#1 song in the UK

You're the One That I Want

John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John

#1 song

Shadow Dancing

Andy Gibb

Notable July 5 Birthdays
Born in the 1970s

Mac Dre

Rapper and Record Producer

Born July 5, 1970

Robert Esmie

Sprinter

Born July 5, 1972

Bizarre

Rapper

Born July 5, 1976

Gary Shteyngart

Writer

Born July 5, 1972