For whatever reason, the history books treat Paul McCartney's solo career and Wings as the same thing. The last actual Wings Top 40 hit came in 1979 and at the end of the year came Paul McCartney's first post-Wings Top 40 hit, "Wonderful Christmastime".
Elvis Presley had a posthumous Christmas hit in 1979 with "It Won't Seem Like Christmas (Without You)". It had originally been recorded in 1971 and featured on his Christmas album of that year.
It was 1979 that gave us rap music in the Top 40 for the first time. Many people know that first record was "Rappers Delight", but what about the second? It came shortly afterwards and was "Christmas Rapping" by Kurtis Blow.
Ever wondered what a collaboration between Thin Lizzy and the Sex Pistols would sound like? Wonder no more, they did collaborate in 1979 under the name The Greedies with "A Merry Jingle" which was essentially a medley of Christmas songs done in a Thin Lizzy/Sex Pistols crossover sort of style. It never made the Top 40 until the first week of 1980 though.
After 3 years of Christmas songs, or non-Christmas songs you hear at Christmas, at Christmas number one, 1979 brought us one that nobody has ever accused of being a Christmas song. That was "Another Brick In The Wall" by Pink Floyd. Surprisingly this would be the only Pink Floyd Top 40 hit of the 70s. Then again, it may be more of a surprise this was a hit at all given Pink Floyd were an albums band.
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