In this year, Top Of The Pops featured the Top 30
These are the new chart entries in 1979 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.
LEYTON BUZZARDS: "Saturday Night Beneath The Plastic Palm Trees" (#75/#53)
LATE SHOW: "Bristol Stomp" (#65/#40)
DAVID ESSEX: "Imperial Wizard" (#55/#32)
ROXY MUSIC: "Trash" (#43/#40)
GEORGE HARRISON: "Blow Away" (#68/#51)
MOTORHEAD: "Overkill" (#63/#39)
STEELY DAN: "Rikki Don't Lose That Number" (#59/#58)
LINER: "Keep Reaching Out For Love" (#58/#49)
GIBSON BROTHERS: "Cuba" (#57/#41)
FLB: "Boogie Town" (#56/#46)
GQ: "Disco Nights (Rock Freak)" (#55/#42)
JOHN COOPER CLARKE: "Gimmix! Play Loud" (#51/#39)
KLEEER: "Keep Your Body Working" (#73/#51)
MANFRED MANN'S EARTH BAND: "You Angel You" (#72/#54)
THE POINTER SISTERS: "Fire" (#71/#34)
TOM ROBINSON BAND: "Bully For you" / "Our People" (#69/#68)
GIORGIO MORODER: "Chase" (#65/#48)
BARRY WHITE: "Sha La La Means I Love You" (#74/#55)
VOYAGE: "Let's Fly Away" (#67/#38)
ROCKY SHARPE & THE REPLAYS: "Imagination" (#62/#39)
DUFFO: "Give Me Back Me Brain" (#60)
THE BEACH BOYS: "Here Come the Night" (#75/#37) [YouTube (Official audio)]
DEN HEGARTY: "Voodoo Voodoo" (#74/#73)
CLIFF RICHARD: "Green Light" (#73/#57) [YouTube (Official video)]
ARPEGGIO: "Love And Desire" (#72/#63)
DANA: "Something's Cookin' In The Kitchen" (#69/#44)
BELL & JAMES: "Livin' It Up (Friday Night)" (#68/#59)
UFO: "Shoot Shoot" (#66/#48)
BLACK LACE: "Mary Ann" (64/#42)
SYLVESTER: "I (Who Have Nothing)" (#61/#46) [YouTube (Official audio)]
SARAH BRIGHTMAN & HOT GOSSIP: "Adventures Of The Love Crusader" (#71/#53)
MEMBERS: "Offshore Banking Business" (#44/#31) [YouTube (Official video)]
There were no new entries this week that did not peak in the Top 30