17 for 1978
(49) 40. RUNNING ON EMPTY - JACKSON BROWNE
(22) 37. LONG, LONG WAY FROM HOME - FOREIGNER
(38) 33. FLASHLIGHT – PARLIAMENT
(36) 32. POOR POOR PITIFUL ME – LINDA RONSTADT
(19) 31. YOU’RE IN MY HEART – ROD STEWART
(34) 26. DUST IN THE WIND - KANSAS
(24) 20. WONDERFUL WORLD – ART GARFUNKEL WITH JAMES TAYLOR & PAUL SIMON
(14) 19. SHORT PEOPLE – RANDY NEWMAN
(18) 16. THUNDER ISLAND – JAY FERGUSON
(17) 15. WHAT’S YOUR NAME – LYNYRD SKYNYRD
(16) 14. NAME OF THE GAME - ABBA
(12) 12. PEG – STEELY DAN
( 7) 11. WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS - QUEEN
( 3) 8. JUST THE WAY YOU ARE – BILLY JOEL
( 9) 7. LAY DOWN SALLY – ERIC CLAPTON
( 6) 6. DANCE, DANCE, DANCE (YOWSAH, YOWSAH, YOWSAH) - CHIC
( 1) 2. STAYIN’ ALIVE – THE BEE GEES **
I have to repost this really neat story about the recording of Stayin' Alive:
The band's drummer Dennis Bryon left the recording sessions early as his mother died. The shortage of qualified replacement drummers in the area prompted the group to try a drum machine, but it did not offer satisfactory results. After listening to the drum track of the already-recorded "Night Fever", the group and producer Albhy Galuten took two bars from that track, rerecorded them as a recurrent loop on a separate tape (creating the song's constant rhythm), and proceeded with sessions for "Stayin' Alive". The group jokingly listed the drummer as "Bernard Lupe" (a takeoff on session drummer Bernard Purdie). Lupe became a highly sought-after drummer—until it was discovered that he did not exist.
"To make the loop, we copied the drums onto one-quarter-inch tape. Karl spliced the tape and jerry rigged it so that it was going over a mic stand and around a plastic reel. At first, we were doing it just as a temporary measure. As we started to lay tracks down to it, we found that it felt really great—very insistent but not machinelike. It had a human feel. By the time we had overdubbed all the parts to the songs and Dennis came back, there was no way we could get rid of the loop."
