The #1 R&B song on May 23, 1979

I Wanna Be With You (Part 1) By The Isley Brothers

Other #1 songs on May 23, 1979

#1 Hit Song

Reunited
Peaches & Herb

UK #1 Song

Sunday Girl
Blondie

#1 Country Song

If I Said You Had a Beautiful Body Would You Hold It Against Me
The Bellamy Brothers

#1 Dance Track

Hot Stuff / Bad Girls
Donna Summer

Notable May 23 birthdays in the 1970s

Scott Raynor

Born May 23, 1978
Jewel

Born May 23, 1974
Maxwell

Born May 23, 1973
Bryan Herta

Born May 23, 1970