Other #1 songs on August 6, 1979
Across genres and charts

Suspicions by Eddie Rabbitt

#1 country song

Suspicions

Eddie Rabbitt

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 6 Birthdays
Born in the 1970s

M. Night Shyamalan

Filmmaker

Born August 6, 1970

Vera Farmiga

Actress and Singer

Born August 6, 1973

Soleil Moon Frye

Actress

Born August 6, 1976