| CASH BOX Singles – Looking Ahead | |
| Week ending MAY 12, 1979 | |
| TITLE Artist (Label) | WKS |
| HEAD FIRST Babys (Chrysalis 2323) | 1 |
| YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT YOU’VE GOT Bell & James (A&M 2137) | 1 |
| FOR YOUR LOVE Chilly (Polydor 14552) | 1 |
| SAY MAYBE Neil Diamond (Columbia 10945) | 1 |
| DREAMS I’LL NEVER SEE Molly Hatchet (Epic 50669) | 1 |
| BUSTIN’ OUT Rick James (Gordy 7167) | 1 |
| RETURN TO TOP 100 RETURN TO 1979 |