The #1 dance track on July 16, 1979

Born to Be Alive

By Patrick Hernandez

Other #1 songs on July 16, 1979
Across genres and charts

#1 country song

Shadows in the Moonlight

Anne Murray

#1 R&B song

Bad Girls

Donna Summer

#1 song in the UK

Are 'Friends' Electric?

Tubeway Army

#1 song

Bad Girls

Donna Summer

Notable July 16 Birthdays
Born in the 1970s

Serena Chen

Social Psychologist

Corey Feldman

Actor and Musician

Tim Ryan

Politician

Bobby Lashley

Wrestler & Mixed Martial Artist

Ed Kowalczyk

Musician