The #1 song in the UK on August 1, 1979

I Don't Like Mondays By The Boomtown Rats

Other #1 songs on August 1, 1979

#1 Hit Song

Bad Girls
Donna Summer

#1 R&B Song

Good Times
Chic

#1 Country Song

You're the Only One
Dolly Parton

#1 Dance Track

I've Got the Next Dance
Deniece Williams

Notable August 1 birthdays in the 1970s

Edgerrin James

Born August 01, 1978
Marc Denis

Born August 01, 1977
Don Hertzfeldt

Born August 01, 1976
Cher Calvin

Born August 01, 1974
Gregg Berhalter

Born August 01, 1973
Todd Bouman

Born August 01, 1972
Quentin Coryatt

Born August 01, 1970