70s Songs - 1978 Most Popular Songs

70s songs started out rather mellow and wound up with disco at the end of the 70s. 1978 was the height of the disco era, as can be evidenced by these top ten 1978 songs. The Gibb brothers, consisting of the band Bee Gees and the solo artist Andy Gibb dominated the top ten songs of 1978. Between them, they had 5 of the top ten 1978 songs. Watch the 70s music videos below to relive the disco era, and the year of the Gibb brothers.

70s songs wouldn't be the same without Andy Gibb. Andy had several song hits in the 70s. Andy Gibb was the youngest brother of the mega Australian 70s band, the Bee Gees. Andy started a solo career of his own and was as successful as his older brothers. Andy was only 30 years old when he died just 5 days after his birthday.

Night Fever was both written and sung by the 70s music super group, Bee Gees. It premiered on the soundtrack to the 70s movie, Saturday Night Fever. Saturday Night Fever really accelerated the popularity of disco music and the Bee Gees.

You Light Up My Life was by far Debby Boone's biggest hit. Debby Boone was the daughter of the famous 50s singer, Pat Boone. Debby became a successful gospel singer. Debby Boone won a Grammy Award for Best New Artist in 1978.

Stayin' Alive was on the hugely successful Saturday Night Fever soundtrack. It was the second of 3 singles from the soundtrack to hit #1 and basically jumpstarted the Disco Era. Stayin' Alive remains one of the most popular Bee Gees songs. The hit song wasn't supposed to be released as a single. But after huge demand from radio listeners after hearing the song on Saturday Night Fever trailers, the song was released.

Exile was a rock band that was formed by a bunch of high school students in Richmond, Kentucky. After failing to produce any song hits with the same success of Kiss You All Over, the group crossed over to country music. This was an excellent idea, as Exile has had many number one country song hits.

How Deep Is Your Love was a huge 70s song hit written and performed by the Bee Gees. It was on the soundtrack to the disco movie, Saturday Night Fever. It stayed in the top 100 song hits charts for more than four months. Rolling Stone magazine lists How Deep Is Your Love as one of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.

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