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

You're the Only One by Dolly Parton

#1 country song

You're the Only One

Dolly Parton

Good Times by Chic

#1 R&B song

Good Times

Chic

I Don't Like Mondays by The Boomtown Rats

#1 song in the UK

I Don't Like Mondays

The Boomtown Rats

Bad Girls by Donna Summer

#1 song

Bad Girls

Donna Summer

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

Thomas Woods

Academic

Born August 1, 1972

Tempestt Bledsoe

Actress

Born August 1, 1973

Beckie Scott

Cross-Country Skier

Born August 1, 1974

David Nemirovsky

Ice Hockey Player

Born August 1, 1976