In this year, Top Of The Pops featured the Top 30.
These are the new chart entries in 1978 that did not peak in the Top 30.
Numbers in brackets are the entry position / peak position. If there is only one number, the song peaked at its entry position.
ANDREA TRUE CONNECTION: "What's Your Name, What's You Number" (#46/#34)
THE CLASH: "Clash City Rollers" (#35)
GENERATION X: "Ready Steady Go" (#49/#47)
DAVID ESSEX: "Stay With Me Baby" (#47/#45)
FLEETWOOD MAC: "Rhiannon" (#46)
COMMODORES: "Too Hot To Trot" / "Zoom" (#44/#38)
THE VIBRATORS: "Automatic Lover" (#49/#35)
There were no new entries this week that did not peak in the Top 30
EASTSIDE CONNECTION: "You're So Right For Me" (#50/#44)
GLADYS KNIGHT & THE PIPS: "The One And Only" (#43/#32)
RAINBOW: "Long Live Rock And Roll" (#39/#33)
THE O'JAYS: "I Love Music" [1978] (#36)
THE RUTLES: "I Must Be In Love" (#48/#39)
MAGGIE BELL: "Hazell" (#46/#37)
STARGARD: "Love Is So Easy" (#45)
WAR: "Hey Senorita" (#40)
ELTON JOHN: "Ego" (#34)
DEVO: "(I Can't Get Me No) Satisfaction" (#48/#41)
GRAHAM PARKER & THE RUMOUR: "Hey Lord Don't Ask Me Questions" (#46/#32)
TELEVISION: "Foxhole" (#36)
CHARO & THE SALSOUL ORCHESTRA: "Dance A Little Bit Closer" (#50/#44)
ALAN PRICE: "Just For You" (#47/#43)
CHILD: "When You Walk in The Room" (#43/#38)