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

#1 country song

You're the Only One

Dolly Parton

#1 dance track

I've Got the Next Dance

Deniece Williams

#1 R&B song

Good Times

Chic

#1 song in the UK

I Don't Like Mondays

The Boomtown Rats

Notable August 1 Birthdays
Born in the 1970s

Quentin Coryatt

Football Player

Born August 1, 1970

Todd Bouman

Football Player

Born August 1, 1972

Gregg Berhalter

Soccer Coach

Born August 1, 1973

Cher Calvin

Journalist

Born August 1, 1974

Don Hertzfeldt

Animator

Born August 1, 1976

Marc Denis

Ice Hockey Player

Born August 1, 1977

Edgerrin James

Football Player

Born August 1, 1978

Jason Momoa

Actor

Born August 1, 1979

Thomas Woods

Academic

Born August 1, 1972