Punk was very much a thing in the charts by January 1978, it just seemed to be taking a winter break from them. There were no punk records as such but there were ones you would closely associate.
There's "Quit This Town" by Eddie & the Hot Rods that is technically pub rock but you could easily lump this together with punk. Then we have "Drummer Man" which was the only Top 40 hit for Tonight who were described as new wave. The best of these records though was "Rich Kids" by Rich Kids, another new wave band whose members included former Sex Pistol Glen Matlock and a man of many bands Midge Ure.
Pipping the Rich Kids into 2nd place though is ELO with "Mr Blue Sky" which came close to winning but what it came down to was the fact the outro on this is a bit too long. This meant that Bill Withers comes 1st with "Lovely Day" which I even loved as a teenager predominantly listening to rave music.
The disco music here is mostly credible. The best of these is "The Groove Line" by Heatwave, helped by the fact Brandon Block did a house version in the 90s that I liked. From The Bahamas we have T-Connection with "On Fire" which is decent whilst "Cocomotion" by El Coco is alright.
However we do have a cheesy one with Baccara having their lesser known 2nd and final hit with "Sorry I'm A Lady" but this is only the 2nd worst record. Down the bottom is Brotherhood Of Man with "Figaro" which is a reminder of the sort of cheesy rubbish we'd get in 1976.
Terry Wogan is in the charts with "The Floral Dance" which I remember very well from the Top of the Pops reruns. It's rubbish, but then it's clearly meant to be. We have another novelty record from Paul Henry with "Benny's Theme" but despite that fact I find the actual music really good.
David Bowie finds himself near the bottom with "Beauty And The Beast". I've just never got the appeal of his music even if many music fans don't agree. I am however sure that many music fans share my dislike of Rod Stewart and I didn't even bother listening to his double a-side "Hot Legs/I Was Only Joking" because I've heard it many times and don't like it.
I do like most of the records in this batch. The problem is that the ones I don't like are ones I really don't like and score zero.
Score: 45
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