Billboard AC Chart Flashback: December 26, 1981
Mar 7, 2011 22:13:45 GMT -5
Post by johnm1120 on Mar 7, 2011 22:13:45 GMT -5
A rarity! A 1981 flashback. Thank you Adam for helping find this one.
Unfortunately I don't have full info, so I'll post what I have. This is the week Stevie Nicks peaked on the AC chart with her biggest hit.
December 26, 1981
TW LW WC Artist - Title
01 01 08 Neil Diamond - Yesterday's Songs
02 03 07 Barbra Streisand - Comin' In And Out of Your Life
03 02 10 Diana Ross - Why Do Fools Fall in Love
04 06 10 Juice Newton - The Sweetest Thing
05 07 08 Ronnie Milsap - I Wouldn't Have Missed It For the World
06 12 06 Paul Davis - Cool Night
07 08 10 Don McClean - Castles in the Air
08 10 10 Royal Philharmonic Orchestra - Hooked on Classics
09 09 09 George Benson - Turn Your Love Around
10 11 08 Stevie Nicks w/Don Henley - Leather and Lace
11 13 05 Eddie Rabbitt - Someone Could Lose a Heart Tonight
12 14 05 The Beach Boys - Come Go With Me
13 17 05 Billy Joel - She's Got a Way
14 15 08 Lindsay Buckingham - Trouble
15 05 11 Foreigner - Waiting For a Girl Like You
16 20 03 Dan Fogelberg - Leader of the Band
17 24 03 Sheena Easton - You Could Have Been With Me
18 21 06 Sneaker - More Than Just the Two of Us
19 22 05 Hall & Oates - I Can't Go For That
20 04 12 Barry Manilow - The Old Songs
21 26 03 Jennifer Warnes - Could it Be Love
22 16 13 Commodores - Oh No
23 18 12 Chris Christian - I Want You I Need You
24 23 15 Mike Post - Theme From "Hill Street Blues"
25 28 04 Kenny Rogers - Blaze of Glory
26 DEBUT Barry Manilow - Somewhere Down the Road
27 27 07 Lulu - If I Were You
28 DEBUT Air Supply - Sweet Dreams
29 DEBUT The Carpenters - Those Good Ole Dreams
30 19 15 Air Supply - Here I Am
Falling off:
-- 15 Dan Fogelberg - Hard to Say
-- 29 Stevie Woods - Steal the Night
-- 30 Crystal Gayle - The Woman in Me
During this period, the AC chart consisted of 50 songs, so the WC is based on those positions.
As you can see, even though Stevie Nicks is considered a major classic artist with her solo and Fleetwood Mac eras, she only hit the top 10 on AC just once, and it was her collab with Don Henley. During this time period she was considered too "hard" for AC radio, having several hits on the rock chart. In fact one of her most known hits "Edge of Seventeen" DNC'd on the AC chart!
Unfortunately I do now have 2W or Peak Position of this chart, but hopefully this will do. :)
Isn't it amazing how no song in the top 30 had been on for more than 15 weeks?
Unfortunately I don't have full info, so I'll post what I have. This is the week Stevie Nicks peaked on the AC chart with her biggest hit.
December 26, 1981
TW LW WC Artist - Title
01 01 08 Neil Diamond - Yesterday's Songs
02 03 07 Barbra Streisand - Comin' In And Out of Your Life
03 02 10 Diana Ross - Why Do Fools Fall in Love
04 06 10 Juice Newton - The Sweetest Thing
05 07 08 Ronnie Milsap - I Wouldn't Have Missed It For the World
06 12 06 Paul Davis - Cool Night
07 08 10 Don McClean - Castles in the Air
08 10 10 Royal Philharmonic Orchestra - Hooked on Classics
09 09 09 George Benson - Turn Your Love Around
10 11 08 Stevie Nicks w/Don Henley - Leather and Lace
11 13 05 Eddie Rabbitt - Someone Could Lose a Heart Tonight
12 14 05 The Beach Boys - Come Go With Me
13 17 05 Billy Joel - She's Got a Way
14 15 08 Lindsay Buckingham - Trouble
15 05 11 Foreigner - Waiting For a Girl Like You
16 20 03 Dan Fogelberg - Leader of the Band
17 24 03 Sheena Easton - You Could Have Been With Me
18 21 06 Sneaker - More Than Just the Two of Us
19 22 05 Hall & Oates - I Can't Go For That
20 04 12 Barry Manilow - The Old Songs
21 26 03 Jennifer Warnes - Could it Be Love
22 16 13 Commodores - Oh No
23 18 12 Chris Christian - I Want You I Need You
24 23 15 Mike Post - Theme From "Hill Street Blues"
25 28 04 Kenny Rogers - Blaze of Glory
26 DEBUT Barry Manilow - Somewhere Down the Road
27 27 07 Lulu - If I Were You
28 DEBUT Air Supply - Sweet Dreams
29 DEBUT The Carpenters - Those Good Ole Dreams
30 19 15 Air Supply - Here I Am
Falling off:
-- 15 Dan Fogelberg - Hard to Say
-- 29 Stevie Woods - Steal the Night
-- 30 Crystal Gayle - The Woman in Me
During this period, the AC chart consisted of 50 songs, so the WC is based on those positions.
As you can see, even though Stevie Nicks is considered a major classic artist with her solo and Fleetwood Mac eras, she only hit the top 10 on AC just once, and it was her collab with Don Henley. During this time period she was considered too "hard" for AC radio, having several hits on the rock chart. In fact one of her most known hits "Edge of Seventeen" DNC'd on the AC chart!
Unfortunately I do now have 2W or Peak Position of this chart, but hopefully this will do. :)
Isn't it amazing how no song in the top 30 had been on for more than 15 weeks?
