Radio and Records June 4, 1982 Pop chart

[Whi$tlin' Pete]

I've been a long time fan of the Radio and Records Pop charts, and began following them in late 1983. Over the years, I've come across older data, charts which only contained 30 positions and was greatly disappointed. It always seemed to me that they debuted records too early, and they made slow moves in the lower positions and finally took off after a few weeks. Other times, it seemed as if hits were overlooked and miss charting entirely. I did some extensive research for the June 4, 1982 chart. R&R published the actual playlists for 40 stations. Over 200 stations were used to compile their charts each week. I took the data for the 40 stations with playlists and used the inverted point system, and calculated the results which I found to be quite interesting. Here is the result showing the songs ranked by points and the R&R position in the second column. This was a classic case where "Abracadabra" debuted too early. In comparison with "Let It Whip" which had enough points to chart answered some questions for me. I also compared these two songs from the section which shows the complete data from all reporters for bulleted and peaking songs and found that "Abracadabra" had 851 points overall, while "Let It Whip" had 1011 points, and had many Top 10 reports from the stations surveyed. "Let It Whip" never even charted on the R&R charts. I'm not exactly sure why that was. It's amazing is that "Abracadabra", "What Kind Of Fool Am I", and "After The Glitter Fades" failed to rank in the Top 50 this way. Take a look and see for yourself:

Points R&R Points
1 1 Ebony And Ivory Paul McCartney With Stevie Wonder 1473
2 2 Toto Rosanna 1256
3 3 Human League Don't You Want Me 1221
4 5 Ray Parker Jr. The Other Woman 1150
5 4 Asia Heat Of The Moment 1082
6 8 Joan Jett And The Blackhearts Crimson And Clover 814
7 12 Rick Springfield Don't Talk To Strangers 737
8 11 Willie Nelson Always On My Mind 737
9 6 Juice Newton Love's Been A Little Bit Hard On Me 733
10 23 Tommy Tutone 867-5309 / Jenny 664
11 9 John Cougar Hurts So Good 637
12 7 Little River Band Man On Your Mind 633
13 14 Loverboy When It's Over 605
14 ** Charlene I've Never Been To Me 597
15 19 Soft Cell Tainted Love 548
16 15 Queen Body Language 546
17 10 Franke And The Knockouts Without You (Not Another Lonely Night) 544
18 20 Roberta Flack Making Love 523
19 ** Kool And The Gang Get Down On It 505
20 21 Motels Only The Lonely 494
21 ** Deniece Williams It's Gonna Take A Miracle 491
22 ** Dazz Band Let It Whip 464
23 ** Paul Davis 65 Love Affair 443
24 13 .38 Special Caught Up In You 415
25 ** Sheena Easton When He Shines 410
26 ** Patrice Rushen Forget Me Nots 390
27 16 Ronnie Milsap Any Day Now 359
28 ** Hall And Oates Did It In A Minute 348
29 18 Kansas Play The Game Tonight 340
30 ** Vangelis Chariots Of Fire 331
31 17 Elton John Empty Garden (Hey Hey Johnny) 328
32 27 Karla Bonoff Personally 310
33 24 Donnie Iris My Girl 306
34 ** Dan Fogelberg Run For The Roses 288
35 22 Huey Lewis And The News Hope You Love Me Like You Say You Do 242
36 ** Stevie Wonder Do I Do 238
37 28 Joan Jett And The Blackhearts I Love Rock N Roll 229
38 ** Alabama Take Me Down 212
39 ** Journey Still They Ride 211
40 25 Heart This Man Is Mine 204
41 ** Richard D. Fields If It Ain't One Thing 199
42 ** J. Geils Band Angel In Blue 190
43 ** Greg Guidry Goin' Down 190
44 ** Cheri Murphy's Law 165
45 ** Haircut 100 Love Plus One 160
46 ** Shalamar A Night To Remember 159
47 ** Aldo Nova Fantasy 139
48 ** Atlantic Starr Circles 136
49 ** Blondie Island Of Lost Souls 126
50 ** Go Go's We Got The Beat 123
51 ** Eye To Eye Nice Girls 123
52 26 Stevie Nicks After The Glitter Fades 117
53 30 Steve Miller Band Abracadabra 114
54 ** Neil Diamond Be Mine Tonight 114
55 29 Rick Springfield What Kind Of Fool Am I 113
56 ** Huey Lewis And The News Do You Believe In Love 113
57 ** John Denver Shanghai Breezes 112
58 ** Quarterflash Right Kind Of Love 107
59 ** Journey Open Arms 101
60 ** Rainbow Stone Cold 101
Bertie Higgins Just Another Day In 100
Van Halen Dancing In The Street 99
J. Geils Band Freeze Frame 97
Men At Work Who Can It Be Now 96
Quincy Jones One Hundred Ways 93
Foreigner Break It Up 91
Bertie Higgins Key Largo 88
Mike Post Theme From Magnum P.I. 87
Split Enz Six Months In A Leaky 86
Frank Zappa Valley Girl 86
Junior Mama Used To Say 77
Beatles Movie Medley 73
Tom Tom Club Genius Of Love 73
One Way Cutie Pie 64
David Bowie Cat People 63
CDB Still In Saigon 61
Alessi Put Away Your Love 56
Gap Band Early In The Morning 55
Simon And Garfunkel Wake Up Little Suzie 55
ONJ Make A Move On Me 54
Waitresses I Know What Boys Like 53
Temptations Standing On The Top 51
Stevie Wonder That Girl 50
Glass Moon On A Carousel 48
Barry Manilow Let's Hang On 47
Rolling Stones Hang Fire 46
Chicago Hard To Say I'm Sorry 42
Kim Wilde Kids In America 41
Scorpions No One Like You 40
Genesis Paperlate 39
Journey Escape 38
Larry Elgart And Hooked On Swing 38
Carole King One To One 37
Sammy Hagar I'll Fall In Love Again 37
Jon & Vangelis I'll Find My Way Home 37
Rod Stewart How Long 36
Survivor Eye Of The Tiger 35
Imagination Just An Illusion 35
Warwick and Mathis Friends In Love 35
Van Halen Pretty Woman 33
Bryan Adams Fits Ya Good 32
Police Secret Journey 31
Patti Austin Baby Come To Me 31
Jam Town Called Malice 30
Air Supply Sweet Dreams 30
Skyy Call Me 30
Morman Saleet Hang On In 30
J. Geils Band Flamethrower 30
Rick James Dance With Me 29
Dan Fogelberg Leader Of The Band 29
Genesis Man On The Corner 29
Missing Persons Words 29
O'Bryan The Gigolo 29
Sister Sledge All The Man I Need 28
Donnie Iris That's The Way Love 28
Sparks I Predict 27
Pete Sheiley Homosapian 27
Asia Soul Survivor 27
O'Jays I Want To Satisfy 26
Sharon Brown I Specialize In Love 25
Glenn Frey I Found Somebody 25
Soul Sonic Force Planet Rock 25
Quarterflash Find Another Fool 25
Irene Cara Anyone Can 24
Teenage Head Some Kind Of Fun 23
Frank Barber Orch Hooked On Big Bands 23
Iron Maiden Run To The Hills 22
REO Speedwagon Keep The Fire Burning 22
Spoons Nova Heart 21
Cheap Trick If You Want My Love 21
Paul McCartney Tug Of War 21
Monroes What Do All The People 21
Toronto Your Daddy Don't Know 20
Rolling Stones Going To A Go-Go 20
Garnett Ford Stay The Way You Are 19
Air Supply Even The Nights Are Better 19
Gamma Right The First Time 17
Gordon Lightfoot Baby Stop Back 17
Buckner & Garcia Pac-Man Fever 17
Third World Try Love 16
Meco Big Band Medley 16
Sammy Hagar Piece Of My Heart 16
Manhatten Transfer Route 66 16
Change The Very Best In You 16
Aldo Nova Foolin' Yourself 15
Greg Kihn Testify 15
Odyssey Inside Out 14
Bow Wow Wow I Want Candy 14
Larry Graham Don't Stop When You're 14
Nanette Workman Call Girl 13
Sister Sledge My Guy 13
Ritchie Family I'll Do My Best 12
A Flock Of Seagulls I Ran So Far Away 12
David Lasley If I Had My Wish Tonight 12
Pointer Sisters Should I Do It 12
Thompson Twins In The Name Of Love 12
Lydia Taylor Band Some Guys 11
Mental As Anything Too Many Times 11
Chic Soup For One 11
Payolas Eyes Of A Stranger 11
Neil Diamond On My Way To The Sky 11
War Outlaw 11
Rosetta Stone Hiding From Love 10
Stevie Nicks Kind Of Woman 10
Stars On 45 Tribute To Stevie 9
Kate And Anna McGar Love Over And Over 8
Gary U.S. Bonds Out Of Work 8
McCartney & Wonder What's That You're Do 8
Bobby Caldwell Jamaica 6
Reddings Sittin' On The Dock 6
Leroy Sibles I'm Thankful 4
Terry Crawford Running 4
Cars Since You're Gone 4
Michael Smotherma Crazy In Love 4
Randy Crawford One Hello 3
Greg Khin Happy Man 2
Dr. Hook Loveline 2
John Schneider Dreamin' 2
Bentwood Rocker Take Me To Heaven 1

[victorvector]

This is fascinating to me, especially the songs at the end that didn't chart. Got any more?

[Whi$tlin' Pete]

This took a lot of work to calculate this one. I wish I had time to do more. It was so amazing what I found. Too bad they didn't have the playlists for more stations.