| | Pop | R&B | Date | Label | Artist | Song | Composer |
|---|
| | 9 | 1 | May-1979 | Ariola America | Amii Stewart | Knock on Wood | Cropper, Floyd |
| | 1 | 1 | May-1979 | Juana | Anita Ward | Ring My Bell | Casey-Finch |
| | 12 | 3 | Jan-1979 | Columbia | Cheryl Lynn | Got To Be Real | Foster-Lynn-Paich |
| | 1 | 1 | Jul-1979 | Atlantic | CHIC | Good Times | Rodgers-Edwards |
| | 7 | 5 | Mar-1979 | Atlantic | CHIC | I Want Your Love | Rodgers-Edwards |
| | 4 | 1 | Aug-1979 | Motown | Commodores | Sail On | Lionel Ritchie |
| | 1 | 1 | Oct-1979 | Motown | Commodores | Still | Lionel Ritchie |
| | 36 | 17 | Oct-1979 | MCA | Crusaders | Street Life | Joe Sample |
| | | 14 | Jul-1979 | Curtom | Curtis Mayfield with Linda Clifford | Between You Baby & Me | Curtis Mayfield |
| | 5 | 18 | Jul-1979 | Arista | Dionne Warwick | I'll Never Love This Way Again | Jennings-Kerr |
| | 1 | 3 | Apr-1979 | Casablanca | Donna Summer | Hot Stuff | Bellotte-Faltermeyer-Forsey |
| | 1 | 1 | Jun-1979 | Casablanca | Donna Summer | Bad Girls | Esposito-Hokenson-Sudano-Summer |
| | 4 | 10 | Jan-1979 | Casablanca | Donna Summer | Heaven Knows | Bellotte-Moroder-Summer |
| | 2 | 13 | Sep-1979 | Casablanca | Donna Summer | Dim All The Lights | Donna Summer |
| | 2 | 1 | Jul-1979 | Columbia | Earth Wind & Fire | After The Love Is Gone | Champlin-Foster-Graydon |
| | | | Apr-1979 | Motown | Four Tops | Don't Walk Away | Ivy Hunter, William Stephenson |
| | 77 | 1 | Aug-1979 | Warner | Funkadelic | (no just) Knee Deep | Clinton-Morrison-Shider |
| | 1 | 1 | Jan-1979 | Polydor | Gloria Gaynor | I Will Survive | Fekaris-Perren |
| | 8 | 1 | Nov-1979 | De-Lite | Kool & The Gang | Ladies Night | Bayyan-Kool & the Gang |
| | 5 | 37 | Jul-1979 | Windsong | Maxine Nightingale | Lead Me On | Lasley, Willis |
| | 13 | 1 | Jun-1979 | Brunswick | McFadden & Whitehead | Ain't No Stopping Us Now | Cohen-McFadden-Whitehead |
| | 1 | 1 | Nov-1979 | Epic | Michael Jackson | Rock With You | Rod Temperton |
| | 1 | 1 | Sep-1979 | Epic | Michael Jackson | Don't Stop 'til You Get Enough | Jackson/Jackson |
| | 5 | 4 | Jan-1979 | Polydor | Peaches & Herb | Shake Your Groove Thing | Fekaris-Perren |
| | 1 | 1 | Mar-1979 | Polydor | Peaches & Herb | Reunited | Fekaris-Perren |
| | 11 | 1 | Dec-1979 | Warner | Prince | I Wanna Be Your Lover | Prince |
| | 9 | 5 | Jun-1979 | Arista | Ray Parker Jr & Raydio | You Cant' Change That | Ray Parker |
| | 32 | 5 | Jan-1979 | Whitfield | Rose Royce | Love Don't Live Here Anymore | Miles Gregory |
| | 30 | 1 | Oct-1979 | ABC | Rufus & Chaka Khan | Do You Love What You Feel | Wolinski |
| | 9 | 1 | Mar-1979 | Cotillion | Sister Sledge | He's The Greatest Dancer | Rodgers-Edwards |
| | 2 | 1 | May-1979 | Cotillion | Sister Sledge | We Are Family | Rodgers-Edwards |
| | 4 | 4 | Nov-1979 | Motown/Tamla | Smokey Robinson | Cruisin' | Robinson-Tarplin |
| | 4 | 5 | Nov-1979 | Motown/Tamla | Stevie Wonder | Send One Your Love | Stevie Wonder |
| | 36 | 20 | Feb-1979 | Fantasy | Sylvester | You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real) | Orsborn-Wirrick |
| | | 28 | Mar-1979 | T.K. | T-Connection | Saturday Night | Coakley |
| | | 32 | Jan-1979 | T.K. | T-Connection | At Midnight | Coakley-Mackey |
| | 50 | 2 | Jul-1979 | Philly Int'l | Teddy Pendergrass | Turn Off the Lights | Gamble-Huff |
| | 7 | 1 | Mar-1979 | Epic | The Jacksons | Shake Your Body Down To The Ground | Michael Jackson, Randy Jackson |
| | | 1 | Mar-1979 | GRP | Tom Browne | Funkin' For Jamaica | Tom Browne |
| | 3 | 30 | Mar-1979 | Casablanca | Village People | In the Navy | Belolo-Morali-Willis |
