Post Your Chart From 1980 - 1991

[prenatt1166]

Nov 9, 2009 1:36:03 GMT -5 soundmagazine said:

I see one of two Sheena Easton singles on your chart. So did you chart "Machinery" at another time, disliked the song, or never heard the song at the time it was released?

“Machinery” had just fallen off after peaking at #25. IWBFW would stop at #11. A few weeks after this chart, a local station began playing “Wind Beneath My Wings”, incorrectly calling it her next single. I charted it for three weeks (#32) before “pulling” it. (At the time I was trying to chart 45’s only.) Her version charted before Lou Rawls (#10) by a couple months, Gary Morris (#29) by ten months and Bette Midler (#8) by nearly 6 years. Sheena Easton’s version is still my favorite.

Nov 9, 2009 1:36:03 GMT -5 soundmagazine said:

If the national chart would have had Linda Ronstadt's song perform as well as it did on our charts, she may have never moved to a softer sound on her next LP. Since I was never a fan of her "What's New" period, that was a shame.

I agree about Linda Ronstadt! She was a consistent hit maker on my chart. “Simple Dreams” and “Mad Love” are two of my favorite albums. I was so glad when she returned to top 40 radio in 1989. It was too bad her return to top of the charts was short lived.

Nov 8, 2009 3:53:15 GMT -5 soundmagazine said:

.2....4....6...I'm Never Gonna Say Goodbye - Billy Preston
.7....1...13...What's Forever For - Michael Murphy
*17...18....5...The Only Way Out - CLiff Richard

What a cool surprise to see a relatively unknown Billy Preston song at #2! Did INGSG reach #1?

I think the MM song really is an early 80's classic, perfectly combining pop/country & AC. I am glad to see it had been a chart topper for you.

I've noticed Cliff Richard appearing on your chart regularly. He continued to release good singles (esp. "Wired For Sound") even though his national top 40 success just a a year or so earlier had cooled off.

[soundmagazine]

Nov 9, 2009 15:27:00 GMT -5 prenatt1166 said:

Nov 9, 2009 1:36:03 GMT -5 soundmagazine said:

I see one of two Sheena Easton singles on your chart. So did you chart "Machinery" at another time, disliked the song, or never heard the song at the time it was released?

“Machinery” had just fallen off after peaking at #25. IWBFW would stop at #11. A few weeks after this chart, a local station began playing “Wind Beneath My Wings”, incorrectly calling it her next single. I charted it for three weeks (#32) before “pulling” it. (At the time I was trying to chart 45’s only.) Her version charted before Lou Rawls (#10) by a couple months, Gary Morris (#29) by ten months and Bette Midler (#8) by nearly 6 years. Sheena Easton’s version is still my favorite.


I agree about Linda Ronstadt! She was a consistent hit maker on my chart. “Simple Dreams” and “Mad Love” are two of my favorite albums. I was so glad when she returned to top 40 radio in 1989. It was too bad her return to top of the charts was short lived.

Nov 8, 2009 3:53:15 GMT -5 soundmagazine said:

.2....4....6...I'm Never Gonna Say Goodbye - Billy Preston
.7....1...13...What's Forever For - Michael Murphy
*17...18....5...The Only Way Out - CLiff Richard

What a cool surprise to see a relatively unknown Billy Preston song at #2! Did INGSG reach #1?

I think the MM song really is an early 80's classic, perfectly combining pop/country & AC. I am glad to see it had been a chart topper for you.

I've noticed Cliff Richard appearing on your chart regularly. He continued to release good singles (esp. "Wired For Sound") even though his national top 40 success just a a year or so earlier had cooled off.

Amazing to see how many versions of "Wind Beneath My Wings" charted for you. Looking back, I bet EMI wished they had released it as a single considering how successful the song ended up being.

The emotional delivery of the Michael Murphy song just chokes me up every time I hear it. A classic indeed.

The Billy Preston song never made it to the top. It stayed at #2 for a couple of weeks. But like MM, another song with a very emotional delivery.

Yes, you could tell I was a big fan of Cliff Richard. Not only solid singles, but his LPs were quite good too. But with all of the success he had on my chart, he will be known as the guy who just could not reach the top. He would peak at #2 with three of his 80's singles. One of those #2 singles ended up being one of my top 10 songs of 1981. So how did it not reach #1 when it charted? Just his luck, he was kept out of #1 spot by the third best record of 1981 after it held onto the top spot for 7 weeks.

[soundmagazine]

Hard to believe another week is here and another classic AT40 countdown has been announced for this weekend. This time it is 11/14/87. Look forward to seeing the charts.

[Vic]

ooh ooh am i first?

Nov 14, 1987, official issue #461

01 01 Little Lies - Fleetwood Mac
02 02 Mony Mony - Billy Idol
04 03 Bad - Michael Jackson
06 04 Causing A Commotion - Madonna
07 05 You Win Again - Bee Gees
08 06 Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of - Carly Simon
09 07 Stay With Me - Tu
10 08 U Got The Look - Prince & Sheena Easyon
03 09 Who Will You Run To - Heart
05 10 Paper In Fire - John Mellencamp
12 11 Heaven Is A Place On Earth - Belinda Carlisle
13 12 The Time Of My Life - Bill Medley & Jennifer Warnes
15 13 I Think I Love You - Partridge Family
21 14 The One I Love - REM
16 15 Betcha Say That - Miami Sound Machine
11 16 Here I Go Again - Whitesnake
19 17 Let's Work - Mick Jagger
20 18 Brilliant Disguise - Bruce Springsteen
22 19 20th Century Boy - Chalk Circle
14 20 Lost In Emotion - Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam
27 21 Time Stands Still - Rush
26 22 Learning To Fly - Pink Floyd
18 23 Carrie - Europe
17 24 Only In My Dreams - Debbie Gibson
28 25 It's A Sin - Pet Shop Boys
29 26 Love Will Find A Away - Yes
38 27 We'll Be Together - Sting
35 28 Contact - Platinum Blonde
23 29 I Heard A Rumour - Bananarama
30 30 Let Me Be The One - Expose
33 31 Should've Known Better - Richard Marx
43 32 Faith - George Michael
36 33 Candle In The Wind - Elton John
25 34 I Just Can't Stop Loving You - Michael Jackson & Siedah Garrett
37 35 Hourglass - Squeeze
24 36 Didn't We Almost Have It All - Whitney Houston
40 37 Holiday - Other Ones
47 38 Valerie - Steve Winwood
44 39 Things I Do For Money - Northern Pikes
48 40 Shake Of Your Love - Debbie Gibson

"Little Lies" is one of 12 number one songs since 1979 for Fleetwood Mac for me. It would spend 3 weeks on top.

The biggest moves on my Top 50 is shared by two. "We'll Be Together" by Sting and "Faith" by George Michael jumped 11. It was a pretty tight chart week.

The song that spent the longest within my Top 40 was "Only In My Dreams". Debbie was sitting on her 18th week at 24.

Speaking of Debbie, she and Tiffany were starting their careers at this time. One of the 80's great pop rivalries, I was purely a Debbie's Gibson boy. She would end up with 9 number ones. Tiffany's best "All This Time" in 1989 would peak at #2

[soundmagazine]

Nov 10, 2009 21:23:27 GMT -5 Vic said:

ooh ooh am i first?

Nov 14, 1987, official issue #461

15 13 I Think I Love You - Partridge Family
22 19 20th Century Boy - Chalk Circle

Speaking of Debbie, she and Tiffany were starting their careers at this time. One of the 80's great pop rivalries, I was purely a Debbie's Gibson boy. She would end up with 9 number ones. Tiffany's best "All This Time" in 1989 would peak at #2

You certainly started it out with a bang! Love the 70's connections with the T-Rex remake and most importantly, the Partridge Family??? They were all over my initial charts 17 years prior to this chart date and to this day I still love those classic songs. What prompted you to chart it in 1987? Did you mean "I Think We're Alone Now" by Tiffany?

Although Debbie never had a #1 on my chart while Tiffany did (just once), Debbie still won the rivalry on my charts also with many more charted singles.

[soundmagazine]

To continue where Vic left off with the 70's connections, my #1 song was the live version of a song I adored from 1973. Although I MUCH prefer the original version (from the absolutely fantastic "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" LP), I loved the song enough to chart it even as the 80's live version.

Restless Heart made a hot debut at #27 and it would be the final country single to ever reach #1 on my chart.

November 13, 1987:

TW LW TTWK
.1....2....8...Candle In The Wind - Elton John
.2....4....5...I Don't Mind At All - Bourgeois Tagg
.3....3....6...Something In Your Eyes - Richard Carpenter & Dusty Springfield
.4...11....4...True Faith - New Order
.5....6....8...Let Me Be The One - Expose
.6....7....6...Pop Goes The World - Men Without Hats
.7....8....6...Need You Tonight - INXS
.8....9....6...Sugar Free - Wa Wa Nee
.9....1...10...Bad - Michael Jackson *
10...12....5...Satellite - Hooters
11...13....5...Learning To Fly - Pink Floyd
12...16....4...I Got My Mind Set On You - George Harrison
13...17....5...I Dreamed A Dream - Neil Diamond
14....5....9...Hourglass - Squeeze
15...10....7...Gettysburg - Brandos
16...14...12...Solitude Standing - Suzanne Vega *
17...25....3...I Found Someone - Cher
18...18....6...Carrie - Europe
19...15...10...You Win Again - Bee Gees
20...23....4...Brilliant Disguise - Bruce Springsteen
21...30....2...Gypsy - Suzanne Vega
22...27....3...Holdin' On - Jonathan Butler
23...28....3...Mony Mony - Billy Idol
24...29....3...(I've Had) The Time Of My Life - Bill Medley & Jennifer Warnes
25...26....4...Come On Let's Go - Los Lobos
26...32....2...Faith - George Michael
27..---....1...New York (Hold Her Tight) - Restless Heart
28...33....2...Love Will Find A Way - Yes
29...21...12...I've Been In Love - Cutting Crew *
30..---....1...Another Day Gone - Brydge
31..---....1...Skeletons - Stevie Wonder
32..---....1...The Way You Make Me Feel - Michael Jackson
33..---....1...So Emotional - Whitney Houston
34..---....1...The Wild Side - Motley Crue
35...35....2...I Think We're Alone Now - Tiffany
36..---....1...Like Dreamers Do - Radiators
37...19...12...It's A Sin - Pet Shop Boys *
38...20...10...Dinner With Gershwin - Donna Summer
39...38...14...Holiday - The Other Ones *
40...31...11...The One I Love - REM *

[prenatt1166]

UU-BRU Radio Playlist
For Week Ending November 14, 1987

01 02 Fleetwood Mac Little Lies
02 04 Belinda Carlisle Heaven Is A Place On Earth
03 03 Whitney Houston So Emotional
04 01 Tiffany I Think We're Alone Now
05 07 The New Monkees What I Want
06 06 Billy Idol Mony Mony
07 08 Whitesnake Is This Love
08 14 Bill Medley & Jennifer Warnes The Time Of My Life
09 11 John Cougar Mellencamp Paper In Fire
10 10 Carly Simon The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of
11 13 George Michael Faith
12 12 Bee Gees You Win Again
13 24 Prince I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man
14 05 Madonna Causing A Commotion
15 19 Jody Watley Don't You Want Me
16 20 Laura Branigan The Power Of Love
17 09 Richard Marx Should've Known Better
18 15 Bruce Springsteen Brilliant Disguise
19 16 Cutting Crew I've Been In Love Before
20 22 Aerosmith Dude
21 23 Cher I Found Someone
22 ** Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt & Emmylou Harris Those Memories Of You
23 28 George Harrison Got My Mind Set Of You
24 26 Billy Joel Back In The U.S.S.R.
25 25 Def Leppard Animal
26 17 Michael Jackson Bad
27 35 Steve Winwood Valerie
28 29 Paul Carrack Don't Shed A Tear
29 30 Squeeze Hourglass
30 31 Yes Love Will Find A Way
31 33 Bourgeious Tagg I Don't Mind At All
32 40 KISS Crazy Crazy Nights
33 36 Sting We'll Be Together
34 ** The Jets I Do You
35 39 Michael Jackson The Way You Make Me Feel
36 38 INXS Need You Tonight
37 ** Natalie Cole I Live For Your Love
38 ** Heart There's The Girl
39 ** Michael Bolton That's What Love's All About
40 ** Richard Carpenter & Dusty Springfield Something In Your Eyes

TOP TEN ALBUMS

01 01 Whitney Houston Whitney
02 06 George Michael Faith
03 ** Madonna You Can Dance
04 04 Fleetwood Mac Tango In The Night
05 03 Carly Simon Coming Around Again
06 02 Michael Jackson Bad
07 05 Bruce Springsteen Tunnel Of Love
08 08 Whitesnake Whitesnake
09 09 Cher Cher
10 10 various artists A Very Special Christmas

Fleetwood Mac made it two in a row from "Tango In The Night" when "Little Lies" followed "Seven Wonders" to #1. The first single, "Big Love", only made it to #17. LL was also the oldest song on my top 40 at the time at 14 weeks.

"Those Memories Of You" was the third and biggest hit from the many years in the making "Trio" project, perhaps my favorite album release of 1987.

Laura Branigan always seemed to be at the losing end of any cover battle on the national chart. Even though she released versions of "How Am I Supposed To Live With You", "Der Kommissar", "The Power Of Love", "I Found Someone" and "Moonlight On Water" with varied success, other acts always seemed to do much better afterwards with the same songs. On my chart, she fared better with a few. For example, Cher was on her way to a #18 peak with "I Found Someone", a song Laura Branigan took to #8 in early 1986. However, Laura Branigan's version of "The Power Of Love" was also on it's way to #8, a song Celine Dion would peak at #3 with a few years later.

Further down at #40 was the return of Dusty Springfield, who would find herself at #1 a few months later with The Pet Shop Boys.

[prenatt1166]

Nov 10, 2009 21:23:27 GMT -5 Vic said:

01 01 Little Lies - Fleetwood Mac

Speaking of Debbie, she and Tiffany were starting their careers at this time. One of the 80's great pop rivalries, I was purely a Debbie's Gibson boy. She would end up with 9 number ones. Tiffany's best "All This Time" in 1989 would peak at #2

I think our charts were pretty close in late 1987. Not only with Fleetwood Mac at #1, but it looks like many songs were mutual top ten or top 20 hits.

As for the Tiffany/Debbie Gibson rivalry, they were pretty much even on my chart. Through 1990, each had five top ten hits and a single trip to number one.

[prenatt1166]

Nov 10, 2009 23:10:42 GMT -5 soundmagazine said:

To continue where Vic left off with the 70's connections, my #1 song was the live version of a song I adored from 1973. Although I MUCH prefer the original version (from the absolutely fantastic "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" LP), I loved the song enough to chart it even as the 80's live version.
.1....2....8...Candle In The Wind - Elton John
.2....4....5...I Don't Mind At All - Bourgeois Tagg
.3....3....6...Something In Your Eyes - Richard Carpenter & Dusty Springfield

I really like your top three songs! This version of CITW would reach #1 on my chart as well in January 1988. It fact another live version would be #1 exactly ten years later (11-15-97). I charted the version performed at Princess Diana's funeral, not the studio recording produced by George Martin. I would like to think the original version would also have been a hit on my chart when "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" was released.

I thought Bourgeious Tagg were going to be big after "Mutual Surrender" in 1986. Too bad they faded away quickly on the national scene. Did IDMAA make it to #1? Were any of their other singles successful on your chart?

I think "Something In Your Eyes" would have been a classic had Karen Carpenter been able to record it. Nontheless, Dusty Springfield absolutely made it her own.

[Vic]

"You certainly started it out with a bang! Love the 70's connections with the T-Rex remake and most importantly, the Partridge Family??? They were all over my initial charts 17 years prior to this chart date and to this day I still love those classic songs. What prompted you to chart it in 1987? Did you mean "I Think We're Alone Now" by Tiffany?"

Oh My God! where was my head last night! LOL yes, I meant Tiffany.

[shadster]

I thought that Partridge Family song was in fact re-released!?!? But I think it was in the 90s. Either that or remade.

[robrt30]

This is going to be quite sad, but my chart was a just a tiny infant back then...only 14 weeks old.

Rob's Top 5 -- November 13, 1987

TW LW 2W Wks Song-Artist ** 3 weeks at #1 **
01 01 01 10 Who Will You Run To-Heart
02 02 02 04 Is This Love-Whitesnake
03 03 03 14 Carrie-Europe
04 04 04 06 Heaven Is A Place On Earth-Belinda Carlisle
05 05 05 04 I Think We're Alone Now-Tiffany

Since 1987 is my all-time favorite year for music, my biggest chart regret was that it took me a year to expand to 20 positions :( Although, it did lead to one of the funnier moments on my chart. A month later, I sort of had a top 8. I couldn't decide what should be #5 that week so I opted to go with a four-way tie for #5 hahaha.

Nov 11, 2009 8:34:41 GMT -5 prenatt1166 said:

I thought Bourgeious Tagg were going to be big after "Mutual Surrender" in 1986. Too bad they faded away quickly on the national scene. Did IDMAA make it to #1? Were any of their other singles successful on your chart?

This story might not be too popular with you guys, but Heart was my very first concert...Halloween night 1987. Bourgeois Tagg was the opening act. My friends and I thought they sucked! When we discovered the "I Don't Mind" video on MTV shortly after that, we always made fun of it .

I will admit, though, that I changed my tune a few years later when Brent went solo. "Dare To Fall In My Love" didn't chart too highly on my PC since it only peaked at #32 nationally, but it did chart :)

[soundmagazine]

Nov 11, 2009 8:13:45 GMT -5 prenatt1166 said:

UU-BRU Radio Playlist
For Week Ending November 14, 1987


Fleetwood Mac made it two in a row from "Tango In The Night" when "Little Lies" followed "Seven Wonders" to #1. The first single, "Big Love", only made it to #17. LL was also the oldest song on my top 40 at the time at 14 weeks.

"Those Memories Of You" was the third and biggest hit from the many years in the making "Trio" project, perhaps my favorite album release of 1987.

Laura Branigan always seemed to be at the losing end of any cover battle on the national chart. Even though she released versions of "How Am I Supposed To Live With You", "Der Kommissar", "The Power Of Love", "I Found Someone" and "Moonlight On Water" with varied success, other acts always seemed to do much better afterwards with the same songs. On my chart, she fared better with a few. For example, Cher was on her way to a #18 peak with "I Found Someone", a song Laura Branigan took to #8 in early 1986. However, Laura Branigan's version of "The Power Of Love" was also on it's way to #8, a song Celine Dion would peak at #3 with a few years later.

Further down at #40 was the return of Dusty Springfield, who would find herself at #1 a few months later with The Pet Shop Boys.

14 weeks was a long time to climb to #1 for "Little Lies". I have never had a song take that long to reach the top. Was that an oddity or common on your charts?

Interesting that you and I have one country song on our charts this week and they just happen to be impressive debuts. Yet they are completely different songs/artists.

Regarding Laura Branigan, in my case, there were not as many songs to compare chart peaks. For example, I really didn't care that much for any version of "How Am I Supposed To Live Without You", "The Power Of Love", or "Moonlight On Water". I just dislike the basic compositions, not the artists performing them. But "I Found Someone" is a song I really liked a lot. Laura peaked at #8, while Cher peaked at #5. So I guess that follows the perception of Laura getting the short end of the stick. But I still enjoy listening to both versions.

I like your Top 10 LPs addition. When did you start charting LPs? I had stopped charting LPs earlier in 1987.

[soundmagazine]

Nov 11, 2009 8:34:41 GMT -5 prenatt1166 said:

Nov 10, 2009 23:10:42 GMT -5 soundmagazine said:

To continue where Vic left off with the 70's connections, my #1 song was the live version of a song I adored from 1973. Although I MUCH prefer the original version (from the absolutely fantastic "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" LP), I loved the song enough to chart it even as the 80's live version.
.1....2....8...Candle In The Wind - Elton John
.2....4....5...I Don't Mind At All - Bourgeois Tagg
.3....3....6...Something In Your Eyes - Richard Carpenter & Dusty Springfield

I really like your top three songs! This version of CITW would reach #1 on my chart as well in January 1988. It fact another live version would be #1 exactly ten years later (11-15-97). I charted the version performed at Princess Diana's funeral, not the studio recording produced by George Martin. I would like to think the original version would also have been a hit on my chart when "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" was released.

I thought Bourgeious Tagg were going to be big after "Mutual Surrender" in 1986. Too bad they faded away quickly on the national scene. Did IDMAA make it to #1? Were any of their other singles successful on your chart?

I think "Something In Your Eyes" would have been a classic had Karen Carpenter been able to record it. Nontheless, Dusty Springfield absolutely made it her own.

It's interesting that the original version of "Candle In The Wind" was never released as a single in the US considering the success of the remakes in the 80's and 90's.

Yes, "I Don't Mind At All" reached #1 the following week and stayed there for 3 weeks. Their only other chart appearance was with "Cry Like A Baby", which peaked at #7 in 1988. Of course, Brent Bourgeois would chart with his solo hit in 1990. That peaked at #11. What was your chart history for BT?

I have also thought about SIYE being recorded by Karen. If only. I agree that Dusty does do justice to the song. But a Karen Carpenter sung version would have indeed been a classic.

[soundmagazine]

Nov 13, 2009 19:00:31 GMT -5 robrt30 said:

This is going to be quite sad, but my chart was a just a tiny infant back then...only 14 weeks old.

Rob's Top 5 -- November 13, 1987

TW LW 2W Wks Song-Artist ** 3 weeks at #1 **
01 01 01 10 Who Will You Run To-Heart
02 02 02 04 Is This Love-Whitesnake
03 03 03 14 Carrie-Europe
04 04 04 06 Heaven Is A Place On Earth-Belinda Carlisle
05 05 05 04 I Think We're Alone Now-Tiffany

Since 1987 is my all-time favorite year for music, my biggest chart regret was that it took me a year to expand to 20 positions :( Although, it did lead to one of the funnier moments on my chart. A month later, I sort of had a top 8. I couldn't decide what should be #5 that week so I opted to go with a four-way tie for #5 hahaha.

Nov 11, 2009 8:34:41 GMT -5 prenatt1166 said:

I thought Bourgeious Tagg were going to be big after "Mutual Surrender" in 1986. Too bad they faded away quickly on the national scene. Did IDMAA make it to #1? Were any of their other singles successful on your chart?

This story might not be too popular with you guys, but Heart was my very first concert...Halloween night 1987. Bourgeois Tagg was the opening act. My friends and I thought they sucked! When we discovered the "I Don't Mind" video on MTV shortly after that, we always made fun of it .

I will admit, though, that I changed my tune a few years later when Brent went solo. "Dare To Fall In My Love" didn't chart too highly on my PC since it only peaked at #32 nationally, but it did chart :)

I know exactly how you feel about regretting not expanding your chart more during your favorite year in music. My favorite years where in the 70's and how sad that I really didn't start seriously charting every week until 1980. Your four-way tie for #5 was definitely a clue that you needed to expand! LOL

I have never seen BT in concert, but I imagine they wouldn't have been a good attraction for a younger crowd. I think they were more directed towards an older audience. I know that I loved "I Don't Mind At All" because it reminded me of the Beatles.

[soundmagazine]

This weekend's AT40 has been announced. It is 11/22/1980. This was a couple of weeks before John Lennon's death and it will be interesting to see where everyone has his comeback song on their chart in the days before that horrible evening. There has been an ongoing debate on whether "(Just Like) Starting Over" would have been a giant if John Lennon would not have died. Maybe we can help answer that question with our own charts.

How about we also take a look at 10 years later (11/24/1990).

[prenatt1166]

UU-BRU Radio Playlist
For Week Ending November 22, 1980

01 03 Bruce Springsteen Hungry Heart
02 02 Queen Another One Bites The Dust
03 10 John Lennon/Yoko Ono Starting Over/Kiss Kiss Kiss
04 04 Diana Ross I'm Coming Out
05 05 Kenny Rogers Lady
06 07 AC/DC You Shook Me All Night Long
07 11 Pat Benatar Hit Me With Your Best Shot
08 01 Stephanie Mills Never Knew Love Like This Before
09 09 Billy Joel Sometimes A Fantasy
10 12 Randy Meisner with Kim Carnes Deep Inside My Heart
11 14 Leo Sayer More Than I Can Say
12 08 Jacksons Lovely One
13 15 John Cougar This Time
14 16 Barbra Streisand & Barry Gibb Guilty
15 18 Diana Ross It's My Turn
16 24 Rupert Holmes Morning Man
17 20 The Korgis Everybody's Got To Learn Sometime
18 19 Daryl Hall & John Oates You've Lost That Loving Feeling
19 22 Pointer Sisters Could I Be Dreaming
20 23 Olivia Newton-John & Cliff Richard Suddenly
21 30 Lakeside Fantastic Voyage
22 ** Andy Gibb Time Is Time
23 ** Queen Need Your Loving Tonight
24 26 The Police De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da
25 25 Anne Murray Could I Have This Dance
26 40 Blondie The Tide Is High
27 27 Melissa Manchester If This Is Love
28 ** Donna Summer Cold Love
29 32 Lipps, Inc. How Long/Tight Pair
30 31 The Captain & Tennille This Is Not The First Time
31 ** Dolly Parton 9 To 5
32 ** Fred Knobloch & Susan Anton Killing Time
33 ** Heart Tell It Like It Is
34 ** Robin Williams I Yam What I Yam
35 ** Bette Midler My Mother's Eyes
36 ** Barry Manilow I Made It Through The Rain
37 37 Bob Seger The Horizontal Bop/Her Strut
38 38 Robbie Dupree Nobody Else
39 39 Jermaine Jackson Little Girl, Don't Worry
40 ** Michael Stanley Band He Can't Love You

TOP TEN ALBUMS

01 01 Bruce Springsteen The River
02 02 Pat Benatar Crimes Of Passion
03 03 Barbra Streisand Guilty
04 04 Diana Ross Diana
05 05 Queen The Game
06 06 AC/DC Back In Black
07 07 Kenny Rogers Greatest Hits
08 08 various artists Urban Cowboy (soundtrack)
09 09 Stephanie Mills Sweet Sensation
10 10 The Police Zenyatta Mondatta

Roy Orbison, Selena, Warren Zevon and Laura Branigan have had posthumous number one songs on my chart, but John Lennon would be the only act to be at number one at the time of his death. JLSO would take over number one after Bruce Springsteen's HH.

I was charting A & B sides together for awhile, but this was the last week Yoko Ono's "Kiss Kiss Kiss" would appear on my chart. "Tight Pair" was not the flip side of the Lipps, Inc single. I think Billboard's Disco chart listed the songs together though.

Ten debuts meant I was cleaning house on the chart. Former number one songs by Johnny Lee and Diana Ross left the chart as well as Barbra Streisand's "Woman In Love" which had been at #6 the week before.

Robbie Dupree and Jermaine Jackson were at the lower end of the chart with their current singles. Both singers had spent tiem at #1 earlier in the year.

Local radio continued to influence my chart as Cleveland OH based Lakeside and Michael Stanley were beginning successful chart runs.

[prenatt1166]

UU-BRU Radio Playlist
For Week Ending November 24, 1990

01 02 Winger Miles Away
02 10 Donny Osmond My Love Is A Fire
03 04 Madonna Justify My Love
04 03 Mariah Carey Love Takes Time
05 06 George Michael Freedom 90
06 01 Whitney Houston I'm Your Baby Tonight
07 07 Bette Midler From A Distance
08 05 Wilson Phillips Impulsive
09 15 DNA with Suzanne Vega Tom's Diner
10 12 Janet Jackson Love Will Never Do
11 11 Prince New Power Generation
12 08 Vanilla Ice Ice Ice Baby
13 19 Phil Collins Hang In Long Enough
14 16 Damn Yankees High Enough
15 20 Debbie Gibson Anything Is Possible
16 18 Johnny Gill Fairweather Friend
17 13 MC Hammer Pray
18 23 Howard Hewett & Anita Baker When Will It Be
19 09 Pebbles Giving You The Benefit
20 30 Will To Power I'm Not In Love
21 24 Pebbles & Babyface Love Makes Things Happen
22 22 Cheap Trick Wherever Would I Be
23 33 Stevie B. Because I Love You
24 25 Don Henley New York Minute
25 31 Edie Brickell & New Bohemians Mama Help Me
26 26 AC/DC Thunderstruck
27 28 Roger Waters with Cyndi Lauper Another Brick In The Wall
28 29 Elton John You Gotta Love Someone
29 17 Jon Bon Jovi Miracle
30 32 Cher The Shoop Shoop Song
31 36 Michael McDonald Tear It Up
32 27 Glenn Medeiros & The Stylistics Me - U = Blue
33 39 Nelson After The Rain
34 ** Dan Fogelberg Rhythm Of The Rain
35 ** Roger Waters with The Scorpions Run Like Hell
36 ** Tevin Campbell Round And Round
37 40 Neneh Cherry I've Got You Under My Skin
38 ** The Outfield For You
39 ** Mariah Carey Someday
40 ** Led Zeppelin Travelling Riverside Blues

TOP TEN ALBUMS

01 03 Madonna The Immaculate Collection
02 01 Whitney Houston I'm Your Baby Tonight
03 02 Mariah Carey Mariah Carey
04 04 Bette Midler Some People's Lives
05 07 Phil Collins Serious Hits…Live!
06 05 George Michael Listen Without Prejudice, Vol. 1
07 06 Winger In The Heart Of The Night
08 08 Edie Brickell & New Bohemians Ghost Of A Dog
09 09 Pebbles Always
10 08 Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin

[Adam (UTR)]

From my 80's Charts project:

November 22, 1980
TW. [WK] Artist - Title (LW)
01. [07] Pat Benatar – Hit Me With Your Best Shot (01) (3 weeks at #1)
02. [07] Leo Sayer – More Than I Can Say (03)
03. [04] Neil Diamond – Love On The Rocks (05)
04. [08] Cliff Richard – Dreaming (06)
05. [08] Hall & Oates – You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feeling (04)
06. [06] Jimmy Hall – I’m Happy That Love Has Found You (07)
07. [04] John Lennon – (Just Like) Starting Over (08)
08. [13] Queen - Another One Bites The Dust (02) (3 weeks at #1)
09. [04] Air Supply – Every Woman In The World (09)
10. [05] The Jacksons – Lovely One (10)
11. [05] Billy Joel – Sometimes A Fantasy (11)
12. [02] Bruce Springsteen – Hungry Heart (17)
13. [02] The Police – De Doo Doo Doo, De Da Da Da (19)
14. [03] The Vapors – Turning Japanese (18)
15. [06] Supertramp – Dreamer (Live) (12)
16. [12] The Doobie Brothers – Real Love (13)
17. [13] Olivia Newton-John & The Electric Light Orchestra – Xanadu (15)
18. [09] Devo – Whip It (14)
19. [12] Barbra Streisand – Woman In Love (16)
20. [01] Olivia Newton-John & Cliff Richard – Suddenly (debut)

OFF:
20. [02] AC/DC – You Shook Me All Night Long [Peak: #20]

[robrt30]

Rob's Top 30 -- November 24, 1990

TW LW 2W Wks Song-Artist ** 5 weeks at #1 **
01 01 01 07 I'm Your Baby Tonight-Whitney Houston
02 02 02 10 Love Takes Time-Mariah Carey
03 04 04 07 Impulsive-Wilson Phillips
04 07 00 02 Anything Is Possible-Debbie Gibson
05 05 05 10 Stranded-Heart
06 06 06 11 I Don't Have The Heart-James Ingram
07 03 03 09 More Than Words Can Say-Alias
08 10 14 06 High Enough-Damn Yankees
09 09 13 06 So Close-Daryl Hall John Oates
10 13 15 05 Because I Love You-Stevie B
11 14 08 14 Giving You The Benefit-Pebbles
12 08 07 07 Think-Information Society
13 15 25 03 Something To Believe In-Poison
14 16 21 04 Hang In Long Enough-Phil Collins
15 11 12 06 Heart Like A Wheel-Human League
16 21 27 03 After The Rain-Nelson
17 23 26 04 Miles Away-Winger
18 20 20 04 From A Distance-Bette Midler
19 12 09 10 Dream Boy/Dream Girl-Cnythia & Johnny O
20 00 00 01 Wiggle It-2 In A Room
21 18 16 11 Policy Of Truth-Depeche Mode
22 17 11 11 Black Cat-Janet Jackson
23 19 17 18 Something Happened On The Way To Heaven-Phil Collins
24 22 23 05 Miracle-Jon Bon Jovi
25 00 00 01 The Way You Do The Things You Do-UB40
26 26 30 03 Lyin' To Myself-David Cassidy
27 30 00 02 For You-The Outfield
28 00 00 01 One And Only Man-Steve Winwood
29 00 00 01 Pray-M.C. Hammer
30 28 24 22 Release Me-Wilson Phillips

[soundmagazine]

This week would be the beginning of a massive fight for the top 3 positions of my chart. I used to "star" the positions of songs that would be either sustaining or increasing interest to me, just like Billboard would do for increases in airplay/sales. Starting this week and lasting until February 1981, every song that fell from #1 would keep its star. So although the Journey song fell from #1 to #3, it actually sustained or increased my interest from the prior week. The strength of songs in the top 3 positions was remarkable during this period and I would never see this happen again.


November 21, 1980:

TW LW TWK
.1....3....5...Everybody's Got To Learn Sometime - Korgis
.2....6....4...Love On The Rocks - Neil Diamond
.3....1....6...Good Morning Girl/Stay Awhile - Journey *
.4....2....8...I'm Coming Out - Diana Ross *
.5....4....9...Out Here On My Own - Irene Cara (strings version) *
.6....5....9...Lovely One - Jacksons *
.7...11....4...Hungry Heart - Bruce Springsteen
.8...14....6...Song For You - Chicago
.9...10....6...Suddenly - Cliff Richard & Olivia Newton-John
10....9...12...You're Supposed To Keep Your Love For Me - Jermaine Jackson *
11...13....6...Could I Have This Dance - Anne Murray
12...20....3...It's My Turn - Diana Ross
13...16....6...Hold On - Kansas
14...23....3...(Just Like) Starting Over - John Lennon
15...15...16...Upside Down - Diana Ross *
16...18....5...Turning Japanese - Vapors
17...22....4...Deep Inside My Heart - Randy Meisner
18...21....4...Guilty - Barbra Streisand & Barry Gibb
19...12....6...Without Your Love - Roger Daltry
20....7....8...Let Me Be Your Angel - Stacy Lattisaw *
21...27....3...Stop This Game - Cheap Trick
22...25....4...If This Is Love - Melissa Manchester
23....8....7...Walk Away - Donna Summer *
24...17....9...Wonderer - Donna Summer *
25...33....2...Every Woman In The World - Air Supply
26...26....8...Lady - Kenny Rogers *
27...31....2...Sequel - Harry Chapin
28..---....1...Time Is Time - Andy Gibb
29..---....1...Goodbye Marie - Bobby Goldsboro
30..---....1...Fool That I Am - Rita Coolidge
31...32....3...Midnight Rain - Poco
32..---....1...I'm Happy That Love Has Found You - Jimmy Hall
33..---....1...One Trick Pony - Paul Simon
34..---....1...Easy Love - Dionne Warwick
35..---....1...Seasons - Charles Park
36...38....2...Heart Of Mine - Oak Ridge Boys
37...35...10...Other Side Of The Sun - Janis Ian *
38...36...12...Woman In Love - Barbra Streisand *
39...37...30...Let's Get Serious - Jermaine Jackson **
40..---....1...On The Road Again - Willie Nelson

[prenatt1166]

Nov 18, 2009 4:13:14 GMT -5 soundmagazine said:

.5....4....9...Out Here On My Own - Irene Cara (strings version) *

That's interesting you noted your favorite version. I had FLIP marked on a couple of my charts. I believe it was the piano only mix I enjoyed the best.

Nov 18, 2009 4:13:14 GMT -5 soundmagazine said:

39...37...30...Let's Get Serious - Jermaine Jackson **

30 weeks in an amazing run on a top 40 chart! Is this a record?

[soundmagazine]

Nov 17, 2009 9:00:20 GMT -5 prenatt1166 said:

UU-BRU Radio Playlist
For Week Ending November 22, 1980

03 10 John Lennon/Yoko Ono Starting Over/Kiss Kiss Kiss
16 24 Rupert Holmes Morning Man
29 32 Lipps, Inc. How Long/Tight Pair
30 31 The Captain & Tennille This Is Not The First Time
34 ** Robin Williams I Yam What I Yam
35 ** Bette Midler My Mother's Eyes
38 38 Robbie Dupree Nobody Else
39 39 Jermaine Jackson Little Girl, Don't Worry

I was charting A & B sides together for awhile, but this was the last week Yoko Ono's "Kiss Kiss Kiss" would appear on my chart. "Tight Pair" was not the flip side of the Lipps, Inc single. I think Billboard's Disco chart listed the songs together though.

Robbie Dupree and Jermaine Jackson were at the lower end of the chart with their current singles. Both singers had spent tiem at #1 earlier in the year.

Very surprised to see the Yoko Ono song being acknowledged.
I thought I was the only one who liked the song. I know I have received plenty of abuse over the years! :)

Excellent to see all of the rarities on your chart. The Rupert Holmes and Bette Midler songs would be Top 20 on my chart within the next few months. The Lipps Inc tune is good and would have been more popular nationally if disco hadn't "died". Jermaine had two #1's in a row on my chart, but failed to even chart with his most recent single. He would return to the Top 10 with the follow-up, "You Like Me Don't You".

[soundmagazine]

Nov 18, 2009 10:03:32 GMT -5 prenatt1166 said:

Nov 18, 2009 4:13:14 GMT -5 soundmagazine said:

.5....4....9...Out Here On My Own - Irene Cara (strings version) *

That's interesting you noted your favorite version. I had FLIP marked on a couple of my charts. I believe it was the piano only mix I enjoyed the best.

Nov 18, 2009 4:13:14 GMT -5 soundmagazine said:

39...37...30...Let's Get Serious - Jermaine Jackson **

30 weeks in an amazing run on a top 40 chart! Is this a record?

I originally heard the non-strings version of "Out Here On My Own" when I began charting the song and discovered the strings version while the non-strings version was still climbing. Because I felt it enhanced the listening experience, I chose that version as the one I would credit.

Yes, the 30 week run for the Jermaine Jackson song was indeed a record. The song would fall off the following week, but I never had another song with that kind of chart longevity.

[soundmagazine]

Nov 17, 2009 12:15:19 GMT -5 Adam (UTR) said:

From my 80's Charts project:

November 22, 1980
TW. [WK] Artist - Title (LW)
01. [07] Pat Benatar – Hit Me With Your Best Shot (01) (3 weeks at #1)
02. [07] Leo Sayer – More Than I Can Say (03)
03. [04] Neil Diamond – Love On The Rocks (05)
04. [08] Cliff Richard – Dreaming (06)
05. [08] Hall & Oates – You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feeling (04)
06. [06] Jimmy Hall – I’m Happy That Love Has Found You (07)
07. [04] John Lennon – (Just Like) Starting Over (08)
08. [13] Queen - Another One Bites The Dust (02) (3 weeks at #1)
09. [04] Air Supply – Every Woman In The World (09)
10. [05] The Jacksons – Lovely One (10)
11. [05] Billy Joel – Sometimes A Fantasy (11)
12. [02] Bruce Springsteen – Hungry Heart (17)
13. [02] The Police – De Doo Doo Doo, De Da Da Da (19)
14. [03] The Vapors – Turning Japanese (18)
15. [06] Supertramp – Dreamer (Live) (12)
16. [12] The Doobie Brothers – Real Love (13)
17. [13] Olivia Newton-John & The Electric Light Orchestra – Xanadu (15)
18. [09] Devo – Whip It (14)
19. [12] Barbra Streisand – Woman In Love (16)
20. [01] Olivia Newton-John & Cliff Richard – Suddenly (debut)

OFF:
20. [02] AC/DC – You Shook Me All Night Long [Peak: #20]

Welcome! Nice to see the Jimmy Hall song in the Top 10. Where did the John Lennon single peak and what week did that occur?

[Adam (UTR)]

Nov 20, 2009 3:25:21 GMT -5 soundmagazine said:

Nov 17, 2009 12:15:19 GMT -5 Adam (UTR) said:

From my 80's Charts project:

November 22, 1980
TW. [WK] Artist - Title (LW)
01. [07] Pat Benatar – Hit Me With Your Best Shot (01) (3 weeks at #1)
02. [07] Leo Sayer – More Than I Can Say (03)
03. [04] Neil Diamond – Love On The Rocks (05)
04. [08] Cliff Richard – Dreaming (06)
05. [08] Hall & Oates – You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feeling (04)
06. [06] Jimmy Hall – I’m Happy That Love Has Found You (07)
07. [04] John Lennon – (Just Like) Starting Over (08)
08. [13] Queen - Another One Bites The Dust (02) (3 weeks at #1)
09. [04] Air Supply – Every Woman In The World (09)
10. [05] The Jacksons – Lovely One (10)
11. [05] Billy Joel – Sometimes A Fantasy (11)
12. [02] Bruce Springsteen – Hungry Heart (17)
13. [02] The Police – De Doo Doo Doo, De Da Da Da (19)
14. [03] The Vapors – Turning Japanese (18)
15. [06] Supertramp – Dreamer (Live) (12)
16. [12] The Doobie Brothers – Real Love (13)
17. [13] Olivia Newton-John & The Electric Light Orchestra – Xanadu (15)
18. [09] Devo – Whip It (14)
19. [12] Barbra Streisand – Woman In Love (16)
20. [01] Olivia Newton-John & Cliff Richard – Suddenly (debut)

OFF:
20. [02] AC/DC – You Shook Me All Night Long [Peak: #20]

Welcome! Nice to see the Jimmy Hall song in the Top 10. Where did the John Lennon single peak and what week did that occur?

"(Just Like) Starting Over" was #1 for 3 weeks, from December 13-27, replaced by "Love On The Rocks" on January 3, 1981.

[soundmagazine]

Nov 20, 2009 10:32:27 GMT -5 Adam (UTR) said:

"(Just Like) Starting Over" was #1 for 3 weeks, from December 13-27, replaced by "Love On The Rocks" on January 3, 1981.

Your situation is similar to mine. In the weeks prior to John's tragic death, the movement on my chart was as follows:
32, 23, 14, 11, 8

Then after his death:
5, 2, 1

"Love On The Rocks" was one of the biggest hits of all-time on my chart and it spent 3 weeks at #1 before John Lennon knocked it down. "Love On The Rocks" would then return to #1 for 5 more weeks. So I can conclude that although the John Lennon song was a Top 10 smash on my chart, it is doubtful that it would have made it to #1 if the sad event didn't occur. So for the critics who said the song was such a giant as a result of his death, my chart would support that. Possibly yours too?

But an opposing opinion would point to Prenatt's chart as he already had the song as a #1 smash prior to JL's death.

Unfortunately we only had three charts to analyze and based on those charts, we really could not come to a definite conclusion.

[soundmagazine]

Here's my 1990 chart. 5 out of the top 6 songs would be #1 songs (only the Nelson song would miss out).


November 23, 1990

TW LW TWK
.1....1....8...Three Babies - Sinead O'Connor
.2....2....7...Because I Love You - Stevie B
.3....4....5...The King Is Half Undressed - Jellyfish
.4....3...11...Lisa - Lita Ford *
.5....9....4...After The Rain - Nelson
.6....7....4...Justify My Love - Madonna
.7....5....8...Let's Try It Again - New Kids On The Block
.8....8....8...Impulsive - Wilson Phillips
.9...13....5...Better Not Tell Her - Carly Simon
10...14....5...Keep Our Love Alive - Stevie Wonder
11...12....6...Tom's Diner - DNA featuring Suzanne Vega
12...15....5...From A Distance - Bette Midler
13...21....3...Disappear - INXS
14...17....6...Wherever Would I Be - Cheap Trick
15...18....4...Freedom - George Michael
16....6...10...Hippychick - Soho
17...22....4...Can't Find My Way Home - House Of Lords
18...30....2...The Only One I Know - Charlatans UK
19...20....6...I'm Your Baby Tonight - Whitney Houston
20...26....3...New Power Generation - Prince
21...25....3...You Gotta Love Someone - Elton John
22...24....4...In A New York Minute - Don Henley
23...27....3...Empire - Queensryche
24...29....3...Groove Is In The Heart - Deee-Lite
25...32....2...Love Will Never Do (Without You) - Janet Jackson
26...31....3...She's My Baby - Traveling Wilburys
27...10...14...Praying For Time - George Michael *
28...34....2...Love Is A Killer - Vixen
29...35....2...For You - Outfield
30...11....7...I'm Free - Soup Dragons
31..---....1...Wicked Game - Chris Isaac
32..---....1...Mama Help Me - Edie Brickell & The New Bohemians
33..---....1...I Couldn't Help Myself - Sara Hickman
34..---....1...Fairweather Friend - Johnny Gill
35...36....2...Type - Living Colour
36...19....6...The Obvious Child - Paul Simon
37...37...16...Dirty Cash (Money Talks) - Adventures Of Stevie V *
38...38...14...Suicide Blonde - INXS *
39...16....9...I Don't Have The Heart - James Ingram
40...23....5...Never In A Million Years - Laura Branigan

[blfdguy1]

Whew....finally catching up after vacation!

In 1980....it was all about Donna Summer and "The Wanderer"...one of my favorites (and probably one of the most underrated).


1 2 If You Could Read My Mind - Viola Wills
2 3 The Wanderer - Donna Summer
3 4 I Need Your Lovin' - Teena Marie
4 5 Whip It - Devo
5 6 Who Do You Think You're Foolin' - Donna Summer
6 9 Private Idaho - B-52's
7 6 How Long - Lipps Inc
8 10 Look What You've Done To Me - Boz Scaggs
9 7 Walk Away - Donna Summer
10 8 Stop Me - Donna Summer
11 11 Hit Me With Your Best Shot - Pat Benatar
12 15 Turning Japanese - Vapors
13 14 Runnin' For Cover - Donna Summer
14 12 There They Are - Lipps Inc
15 13 Can't Fake The Feeling - Geraldine Hunt
16 17 Cold Love - Donna Summer
17 20 Strobe Light - B-52's
18 16 Lady - Kenny Rogers
19 21 Dreaming - Blondie
20 23 Breakdown - Donna Summer
21 26 Grand Illusion - Donna Summer
22 24 Looking Up - Donna Summer
23 27 Nightlife - Donna Summer
24 18 I'm Coming Out - Diana Ross
25 19 Another One Bites The Dust - Queen
26 22 Heart To Break The Heart - France Joli
27 25 Woman In Love - Barbra Streisand

[blfdguy1]

11/25/09

1 3 Love Takes Time - Mariah Carey
2 1 Groove Is In The Heart - Deelite
3 5 Tom's Diner - DNA f/Suzanne vega
4 2 Wiggle It - 2 In A Room
5 8 I'm Your Baby Tonight - Whitney Houston
6 9 So Hard - Pet Shop Boys
7 4 Crash - TKA f/Michelle Visage
8 6 Think - Information Society
9 7 Livin' In The Light - Caron Wheeler
10 12 So Close - Hall & Oates
11 14 Justify My Love - Madonna
12 15 Something To Believe In - Poison
13 18 From A Distance - Bette Midler
14 13 Lyin' To Myself - David Cassidy
15 16 Just Another Dream - Cathy Dennis
16 17 Hippychick - Soho
17 10 Ice Ice Baby - Vanilla Ice
18 20 Rockin' Over The Beat - Technotronic
19 22 One Kiss Per Minute - Jaya
20 23 Eddy Steady Go - Roslyn Clark
21 24 Stranded - Heart
22 29 Anything Is Possible - Debbie Gibson
23 11 Heart Like A Wheel - Human league
24 21 And So It Goes - Billy Joel
25 25 Fairweather Friend - Johnny Gill
26 36 Gonna Make You Sweat - C&C Music Factory
27 32 High Enough - Damn Yankees
28 33 The First Time - Surface
29 37 Don't Stop Now - Cover Girls
30 38 I'm Not In Love - Will To Power
31 30 Joey - Concrete Blonde
32 19 Giving You The Benefit - Pebbles
33 34 Impulsive - Wilson Phillips
34 35 Miracle - Jon Bon Jovi
35 39 Miles Away - Winger
36 45 I Don't Know Anybody Else - Black Box
37 47 After The Rain - Nelson
38 26 Don't You Wanna Be Mine - Denise lopez
39 27 I Don't Have The Heart - James Ingram
40 28 Breakdown - Seduction
41 31 Unchained Melody - Righteous brothers
42 46 For You - Outfield
43 NE Love Will Never Do - Janet Jackson
44 48 My Love Is A Fire - Donny Osmond
45 50 Out Of My Hands - Thelma Houston
46 49 BBD - bel Biv DeVoe
47 NE If I Were A Bell - Teena Marie
48 NE The Shoop Shoop Song - Cher
49 41 Adios - Linda Ronstadt
50 44 Everybody Everybody - Black Box