Other #1 songs on July 5, 1979
Across genres and charts

#1 dance track

Bad Girls (all cuts)

Donna Summer

#1 R&B song

Ring My Bell

Anita Ward

#1 song in the UK

Are 'Friends' Electric?

Tubeway Army

#1 song

Ring My Bell

Anita Ward

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