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

#1 country song

Suspicions

Eddie Rabbitt

#1 R&B song

Good Times

Chic

#1 song in the UK

I Don't Like Mondays

The Boomtown Rats

#1 song

Bad Girls

Donna Summer

Notable August 5 Birthdays
Born in the 1970s

Jeff Friesen

Ice Hockey Player

Born August 5, 1976

Eric Hinske

Baseball Player

Born August 5, 1977

Mark Mulder

Baseball Player

Born August 5, 1977