Post Your Chart From 1980 - 1991

[prenatt1166]

Nov 21, 2009 17:13:28 GMT -5 blfdguy1 said:

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).


2 3 The Wanderer - Donna Summer
5 6 Who Do You Think You're Foolin' - Donna Summer
10 8 Stop Me - Donna Summer
13 14 Runnin' For Cover - Donna Summer
16 17 Cold Love - Donna Summer
20 23 Breakdown - Donna Summer
21 26 Grand Illusion - Donna Summer
22 24 Looking Up - Donna Summer
23 27 Nightlife - Donna Summer

Wow! All you're missing is "I Believe In Jesus"! I was just looking over my archives to see if all tracks from any album have ever charted. The best I could find was Whitney Houston's debut album with 9 out of 10 over a two year span. You did it in one week!

[soundmagazine]

Nov 21, 2009 17:13:28 GMT -5 blfdguy1 said:

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
5 6 Who Do You Think You're Foolin' - Donna Summer
16 17 Cold Love - Donna Summer
19 21 Dreaming - Blondie

Very much agree that Donna Summer's LP was underrated. All three of her singles from that LP hit my Top 10. She was dealing with the disco backlash, but still managed to produce hits.

And speaking of another song that should have been a bigger hit, the Viola Wills disco version of "If You Could Read My Mind" was overlooked except on the disco chart. Sadly, Viola passed away earlier this year.

Interesting to see the Blondie song charting a year after it was released.

So the burning question that is lingering, what happened to John Lennon's "(Just Like) Starting Over" on your chart? Did it ever make your chart and if so, what was the chart history?

[soundmagazine]

Nov 17, 2009 9:01:25 GMT -5 prenatt1166 said:

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

01 02 Winger Miles Away
02 10 Donny Osmond My Love Is A Fire
40 ** Led Zeppelin Travelling Riverside Blues

TOP TEN ALBUMS
10 08 Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin

Finally getting around to the 1990 charts.

Winger only had two Top 20 songs on AT40. "Miles Away" (your current #1) and "Headed For A Heartbreak" (which was a #1 on my chart a year or so earlier). So looks like we had them represented nicely.

Cool to see Donny Osmond way up at #2. After he and his brothers were frequent visitors to my chart in the early 70's, I never imagined he would be able to come back in the 80's like he did. Now he's shooting for #1 on Dancing With The Stars.

And another retro connection, this time the single release of the Zeppelin song, 20 or so years after it was recorded. I always thought it was interesting that they released this and "Over The Hills & Far Away", both with promo videos to boot. Can't recall for sure but I thought these releases were to promote the box set. But it looks like you were wise and charted the original 1969 LP instead on your LP chart.

[soundmagazine]

Nov 17, 2009 18:00:21 GMT -5 robrt30 said:

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

Looks like Debbie Gibson really made the power move into your countdown the prior week and was now fighting up to the top.

It was diva central in your top 5 this week.

[blfdguy1]

Nov 23, 2009 22:06:15 GMT -5 soundmagazine said:

Nov 21, 2009 17:13:28 GMT -5 blfdguy1 said:

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
5 6 Who Do You Think You're Foolin' - Donna Summer
16 17 Cold Love - Donna Summer
19 21 Dreaming - Blondie

Very much agree that Donna Summer's LP was underrated. All three of her singles from that LP hit my Top 10. She was dealing with the disco backlash, but still managed to produce hits.

And speaking of another song that should have been a bigger hit, the Viola Wills disco version of "If You Could Read My Mind" was overlooked except on the disco chart. Sadly, Viola passed away earlier this year.

Interesting to see the Blondie song charting a year after it was released.

So the burning question that is lingering, what happened to John Lennon's "(Just Like) Starting Over" on your chart? Did it ever make your chart and if so, what was the chart history?

oops....meant that to be "Dreaming" by Cliff Richard. It's hard to remember back that far..lol.

With Donna Summer, I think it was more the fact that she went so far away from her usual frothy disco that people didn't quite know what to do with her. I know the first time I heard "The Wanderer" on the radio, I didn't know it was her.

Unfortunately, I was on the "John Lennon is dead, so I'm now a fan" bandwagon. I got the Double Fantasy" album for Christmas that year. "Starting Over" only peeked at #16. Subsequent singles would do better. "Woman" peaked at #6 and "Watching The Wheels" peaked at #10.

"If You Could Read My Mind" is still one of my favorite all-time songs spending 12 weeks at #1...knocked out by the first member of the Jackson family to have a #1 song....Latoya (!) with "Night Time Lover". Janet is the only other jackson to hit number 1, she did it twice. Michael only made it as high as #2.

[blfdguy1]

Nov 22, 2009 11:05:32 GMT -5 prenatt1166 said:

Nov 21, 2009 17:13:28 GMT -5 blfdguy1 said:

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).


2 3 The Wanderer - Donna Summer
5 6 Who Do You Think You're Foolin' - Donna Summer
10 8 Stop Me - Donna Summer
13 14 Runnin' For Cover - Donna Summer
16 17 Cold Love - Donna Summer
20 23 Breakdown - Donna Summer
21 26 Grand Illusion - Donna Summer
22 24 Looking Up - Donna Summer
23 27 Nightlife - Donna Summer

Wow! All you're missing is "I Believe In Jesus"! I was just looking over my archives to see if all tracks from any album have ever charted. The best I could find was Whitney Houston's debut album with 9 out of 10 over a two year span. You did it in one week!

Had my chart been a little bigger, "I Believe In Jesus" would have probably made it..lol. But hey, 33% of the chart isn't too shabby

[soundmagazine]

Nov 21, 2009 17:44:13 GMT -5 blfdguy1 said:

11/25/09

6 9 So Hard - Pet Shop Boys
7 4 Crash - TKA f/Michelle Visage
9 7 Livin' In The Light - Caron Wheeler
18 20 Rockin' Over The Beat - Technotronic
19 22 One Kiss Per Minute - Jaya
20 23 Eddy Steady Go - Roslyn Clark
29 37 Don't Stop Now - Cover Girls
38 26 Don't You Wanna Be Mine - Denise lopez
40 28 Breakdown - Seduction
45 50 Out Of My Hands - Thelma Houston
47 NE If I Were A Bell - Teena Marie

Wow, lots of obscurities in your chart this week. Especially the techno dance material.

The Pet Shop Boys disappeared from my chart by the 90's, but after I stopped charting they released one of my favorite songs of the 90's called "I Wouldn't Normally Do This Kind Of Thing". Did you chart this one?

[soundmagazine]

Nov 23, 2009 22:52:25 GMT -5 blfdguy1 said:

Nov 23, 2009 22:06:15 GMT -5 soundmagazine said:

Very much agree that Donna Summer's LP was underrated. All three of her singles from that LP hit my Top 10. She was dealing with the disco backlash, but still managed to produce hits.

And speaking of another song that should have been a bigger hit, the Viola Wills disco version of "If You Could Read My Mind" was overlooked except on the disco chart. Sadly, Viola passed away earlier this year.

Interesting to see the Blondie song charting a year after it was released.

So the burning question that is lingering, what happened to John Lennon's "(Just Like) Starting Over" on your chart? Did it ever make your chart and if so, what was the chart history?

oops....meant that to be "Dreaming" by Cliff Richard. It's hard to remember back that far..lol.

With Donna Summer, I think it was more the fact that she went so far away from her usual frothy disco that people didn't quite know what to do with her. I know the first time I heard "The Wanderer" on the radio, I didn't know it was her.

Unfortunately, I was on the "John Lennon is dead, so I'm now a fan" bandwagon. I got the Double Fantasy" album for Christmas that year. "Starting Over" only peeked at #16. Subsequent singles would do better. "Woman" peaked at #6 and "Watching The Wheels" peaked at #10.

"If You Could Read My Mind" is still one of my favorite all-time songs spending 12 weeks at #1...knocked out by the first member of the Jackson family to have a #1 song....Latoya (!) with "Night Time Lover". Janet is the only other jackson to hit number 1, she did it twice. Michael only made it as high as #2.

Of course! I should have thought about the Cliff Richard song being a hit about that time.

Don't feel guilty about the John Lennon reaction because I think many of us were touched to some degree and it showed in our charts.

With Viola Wills spending so many weeks at #1, did that prevent all of Donna Summer's songs from going to #1?

And shocked to discover Michael Jackson never made it to #1 but Latoya did! Now that's a great chart story!

[soundmagazine]

This weekend's edition of Classic AT40 will be jumping well into December, spotlighting 12/15/1984.

I have included the top 10 of my LP chart for the first time to demonstrate how significant of a month this was for me. My favorite Christmas album of all-time had been the Carpenters' Christmas Portrait and when I discovered Richard was releasing another Christmas album with 70's recordings from the vaults, I was beyond thrilled. Since it included recordings that didn't make it onto the original Christmas Portrait LP, I wondered about the quality. But I was completely blown away when I heard it. The LP debuted at #2 on my LP chart the prior week and immediately earned my "platinum" award. This week would be the start of a 5 week stay at #1. Yes, this Christmas LP was #1 well into January and would rechart into the top 10 every December for the remaining life of my LP chart, which ended in 1987.

In addition, the classic single from the Christmas Portrait LP was recharting on my singles chart this week.

December 14, 1984

TW LW TWK
.1....1....9...Two Tribes - Frankie Goes To Hollywood
.2....7....4...In Neon - Elton John
.3....3....6...Take Me With U - Prince
.4...15....3...Missing You - Diana Ross
.5....5....7...Stranger In Town - Toto
.6....2....9...Sweet Magnolia & The Traveling Salesman - Dan Fogelberg *
.7....4....8...We Are The Young - Dan Hartman
.8....6....9...When October Goes - Barry Manilow
.9...12....8...All I Need - Jack Wagner
10...11....7...Jungle Love - The Time
11...13....5...You're The Inspiration - Chicago
12...20....3...I Want To Know What Love Is - Foreigner
13...14....6...Pride (In The Name Of Love) - U2
14...17....5...Cool It Now - New Edition
15...18....4...We Belong - Pat Benatar
16...22....4...Like A Virgin - Madonna
17....9....7...Wild Boys - Duran Duran
18...24....3...Foolish Heart - Steve Perry
19...26....3...The Belle Of St. Mark - Sheila E.
20....8...10...I Scare Myself - Thomas Dolby
21...25....5...Girls With Guns - Tommy Shaw
22...27....3...Run To You - Bryan Adams
23...10...10...I Feel For You - Chaka Khan
24...30....9...Merry Christmas Darling - Carpenters *
25...29....3...After All - Al Jarreau
26...32....2...The Story Of Me - Everly Brothers
27...33....2...Restless Heart - Juice Newton
28..---....1...Make No Mistake He's Mine - Barbra Streisand & Kim Carnes
29..---....1...Careless Whisper - Wham
30..---....1...Do They Know It's Christmas - Band-Aid
31..---....1...Method Of Modern Love - Hall & Oates
32..---....1...Call To Your Heart - Guiffria
33...34....2...The Boys Of Summer - Don Henley
34..---....1...Easy Lover - Phillip Bailey & Phil Collins
35...36....2...I Do'wanna Know - REO Speedwagon
36..---....1...Centipede - Rebbie Jackson
37..---....1...Supernatural Love - Donna Summer
38..---....1...The Gap - Thompson Twins
39...28...11...No More Lonely Nights - Paul McCartney
40...40...21...Drive - Cars *


Top 10 LPs:

TW LW TWK
.1....2....2...An Old-Fashioned Christmas - Carpenters **
.2....1....6...Welcome To The Pleasuredome - Frankie Goes To Hollywood **
.3....3....4...2AM Paradise Cafe - Barry Manilow **
.4....4....5...Isolation - Toto **
.5....5...15...Swept Away - Diana Ross **
.6..---....1...Agent Provocateur - Foreigner *
.7....6...10...Emotion - Barbra Streisand **
.8....9...11...Big Bam Boom - Hall & Oates **
.9...10...26...Breaking Hearts - Elton John **
10...11....6...Arena - Duran Duran

[prenatt1166]

UU-BRU Radio Playlist
For Week Ending December 15, 1984

01 01 Bruce Springsteen Born In The U.S.A. (2nd of 9 weeks at #1)
02 02 Madonna Like A Virgin
03 03 Barbra Streisand Left In The Dark
04 07 Johnny Lee You Could've Heard A Heart Break
05 05 Scandal Hands Tied
06 04 Chaka Khan I Feel For You
07 11 Barbra Streisand & Kim Carnes Make No Mistake, He's Mine
08 09 J. Geils Band Concealed Weapons
09 06 Cyndi Lauper All Through The Night
10 13 Kenny Rogers & Dolly Parton The Greatest Gift Of All
11 12 Laura Branigan Ti Amo
12 16 Pointer Sisters Neutron Dance
13 10 John Schneider I've Been Around Enough To Know
14 23 Foreigner I Want To Know What Love Is
15 15 Bryan Adams Run To You
16 ** Culture Club Mistake No. 3
17 18 Johnny Rivers Heartbreak Love
18 14 Scandal The Warrior
19 21 Philip Bailey & Phil Collins Easy Lover
20 22 Billy Idol Catch My Fall
21 24 Diana Ross Missing You
22 19 Pat Benatar We Belong
23 ** Band Aid Do They Know It's Christmas
24 25 Joan Jett & The Blackhearts I Love You Love
25 28 Jeffrey Osbourne Don't Stop
26 08 John Waite Tears
27 27 Donna Summer Supernatural Love
28 26 Pointer Sisters I'm So Excited
29 37 Kool & The Gang Misled
30 34 Eurythmics Sex Crime
31 30 Bananarama The Wild Life
32 17 Corey Hart It Ain't Enough
33 ** Prince & The Revolution I Would Die 4 U/Baby I'm A Star (LP)
34 29 Kenny Rogers with Kim Carnes & James Ingram What About Me
35 35 Linda Ronstadt Skylark
36 36 Sammy Hagar Two Sides Of Love
37 40 Jermaine Jackson & Whitney Houston Take Good Care Of My Heart
38 20 Sammy Hagar I Can't Drive 55
39 ** John Schneider Country Girls
40 ** Billy Ocean Loverboy

TOP TEN ALBUMS

01 01 Barbra Streisand Emotion (9th of 13 weeks at #1)
02 02 Scandal Warrior
03 09 Kenny Rogers & Dolly Parton Once Upon A Christmas
04 03 John Schneider Too Good To Stop Now
05 05 Madonna Like A Virgin
06 04 Pointer Sisters Break Out
07 08 Bruce Springsteen Born In The U.S.A.
08 07 Bryan Adams Reckless
09 10 Prince & The Revolution Purple Rain
10 06 Donna Summer Cats Without Claws

The first thing I noticed when I pulled this chart was the number of former #1 songs holding their position or falling slowly. Former chart toppers by Madonna, Barbra Streisand and Scandal (“Hands Tied”) were still in the top five. John Schneider just fell out of the top ten with a song that had been at #1 seven weeks earlier. The Pointer Sisters and Scandal (“The Warrior”) were both past the 20 week mark as well.

Johnny Lee had his biggest hit on my chart after “Looking For Love” from “Urban Cowboy” (The #1 song of 1980) with YCHAHB.

Earlier in 1984 Jermaine Jackson and Michael Jackson were not eligible to chart on Billboard’s Hot 100 with “Tell Me I’m Not Dreaming” because it wasn’t released as a single. Later in the year I was surprised when I found a 45 with TMIND and Jermaine’s duet with Whitney Houston on the flip side. I am not sure where this single was officially released (Canada maybe?), but I remember buying it in Erie, PA at a store that sold a good number of imports.

I was always intrigued by the story printed in Billboard concerning “What About Me”. Apparently Kenny Rogers originally wanted to record the song with Barbra Streisand and Lionel Richie, but there must have been schedule or label conflicts. Kenny Rogers did record a version with Olivia Newton-John and Jeffrey Osbourne, but it was shelved for unknown reasons. Nonetheless, I think the final released version with Kim Carnes and James Ingram turned out just as well.

[prenatt1166]

Nov 25, 2009 3:41:14 GMT -5 soundmagazine said:

This weekend's edition of Classic AT40 will be jumping well into December, spotlighting 12/15/1984.

I have included the top 10 of my LP chart for the first time to demonstrate how significant of a month this was for me. My favorite Christmas album of all-time had been the Carpenters' Christmas Portrait and when I discovered Richard was releasing another Christmas album with 70's recordings from the vaults, I was beyond thrilled. Since it included recordings that didn't make it onto the original Christmas Portrait LP, I wondered about the quality. But I was completely blown away when I heard it. The LP debuted at #2 on my LP chart the prior week and immediately earned my "platinum" award. This week would be the start of a 5 week stay at #1. Yes, this Christmas LP was #1 well into January and would rechart into the top 10 every December for the remaining life of my LP chart, which ended in 1987.

I like your enthusiasm for one of Karen Carpenter's most endearing songs! Since 1980 I have had an annual Christmas Top 40 chart. The Carpenters' "Merry Christmas Darling" is the only song to appear in the top ten every year including 2009.

Speaking of Christmas albums, 1984 saw the release of Kenny Rogers & Dolly Parton's "Once Upon A Christmas", one of my most favorite collections. The album's first single, "The Greatest Gift Of All" would reach #8. Interestingly, a different single was released in 1985 ("Christmas Without You") which would be a #1 hit on my hcart. Another single appeared in 1987 reaching #22, three years after the album's intial release ("I Believe In Santa Claus").

PS - Please continue to post your top ten albums!

[blfdguy1]

12/15/84


1 1 Just For The Night - Evelyn King
2 3 All I Need - Jack Wagner
3 2 It Ain't Enough - Corey Hart
4 4 I Feel For You - Chaka Khan
5 6 We Belong - Pat Benatar
6 7 Solid - Ashford & Simpson
7 8 Stronger Than Before - Joyce Kennedy
8 9 Like A Virgin - Madonna
9 5 Centipede - Rebbie Jackson
10 19 Homecoming Queen - Julie Brown
11 11 Hello Again - Cars
12 12 Belle Of St. Mark - Sheila E.
13 17 You Used To Hold Me So Tight - Thelma Houston
14 14 I Can't Hold Back - Survivor
15 15 Valotte - Julian Lennon
16 16 Catch My Fall - Billy Idol
17 13 Out Of Touch - Hall & Oates
18 10 What About Me - Kenny Rogers, Kim Carnes & James Ingram
19 41 Do They Know It's Christmas - Band Aid
20 20 After All - Al Jarreau
21 23 All Behind Us Now - Patti Austin
22 22 Ti Amo - Laura Branigan
23 18 Black Butterfly - Deniece Willaims
24 31 Neutron Dance - Pointer Sisters
25 32 Pride - U2
26 30 Heaven - Eurogliders
27 27 Sea Of Love - Honeydrippers
28 28 Smalltown Boy - Bronski Beat
29 29 Two Tribes - Frankie Goes To Hollywood
30 21 A Girl In Trouble - Romeo Void
31 42 Lovergirl - Teena Marie
32 43 Misled - Kool & The Gang
33 24 Better Be Good To Me - Tina Turner
34 25 Purple Rain - Prince & The Revolution
35 26 The War Song - Culture Club
36 38 Supernatural Love - Donna Summer
37 33 Penny Lover - Lionel Richie
38 35 I Would Die 4 U - Prince & The Revolution
39 40 Do What You Do - Jermaine Jackson
40 NE Mistake #3 - Culture Club
41 NE I Want To Know What Love Is - Foreigner
42 44 Missing You - Diana Ross
43 45 Stranger In Town - Toto
44 RE Relax - Frankie Goes To Hollywood
45 NE Easy Lover - Phil Collins & Phillip Bailey
46 46 Boys Of Summer - Don Henley
47 NE Sex Crime - Eurythmics
48 NE Foolish Heart - Steve Perry
49 34 The Beautiful Ones - Prince & The Revolution
50 NE We Are The Young - Dan Hartman


Evelyn King was spending her 2nd of 8 weeks at #1. MTV was alive and well on my chart with songs by Romeo Void, Eurogliders, Bronski Beat and Frankie Goes To Hollywood.

After a very slow start, "Missing You" would eventually go to #1.

In my opinion, these were Donna Summer's dark years...lol. Cats Without Claws and All Systems Go were two of her weakest albums, in my opinion. "Supernatural Love" was just ok. She really didn't come back to me until Another Place and Time which I can listen from beginning to end....yes many, many album cuts from there as well..lol

Had my usual flair for R&B ballads..."Stronger Than Before", "All Behind Us Now" & "Black Butterfly"

I never had an album chart since I usually purchase singles, then eventually get the album if it has 3 or 4 songs that I liked.

[soundmagazine]

Nov 26, 2009 9:42:22 GMT -5 prenatt1166 said:

UU-BRU Radio Playlist
For Week Ending December 15, 1984
03 03 Barbra Streisand Left In The Dark
04 07 Johnny Lee You Could've Heard A Heart Break
Johnny Lee had his biggest hit on my chart after “Looking For Love” from “Urban Cowboy” (The #1 song of 1980) with YCHAHB.

Earlier in 1984 Jermaine Jackson and Michael Jackson were not eligible to chart on Billboard’s Hot 100 with “Tell Me I’m Not Dreaming” because it wasn’t released as a single. Later in the year I was surprised when I found a 45 with TMIND and Jermaine’s duet with Whitney Houston on the flip side. I am not sure where this single was officially released (Canada maybe?), but I remember buying it in Erie, PA at a store that sold a good number of imports.

I was always intrigued by the story printed in Billboard concerning “What About Me”. Apparently Kenny Rogers originally wanted to record the song with Barbra Streisand and Lionel Richie, but there must have been schedule or label conflicts. Kenny Rogers did record a version with Olivia Newton-John and Jeffrey Osbourne, but it was shelved for unknown reasons. Nonetheless, I think the final released version with Kim Carnes and James Ingram turned out just as well.

Great to see the Streisand love reflected on your charts this week with two singles in the top 10 and a long running #1 LP. Interesting enough, only Barry Manilow's involvement with Jim Steinman produced a top 5 single on my chart while all of the others charted lower, including "Left In The Dark", which had a somewhat disappointing peak of #25. Yet the "Emotion" LP still spent 6 weeks at #2 on my album chart thanks to a number of strong songs that were about to be released and some amazing LP cuts. One LP cut in particular would turn out to be one of my favorite Streisand recordings of all time: "Clear Sailing".
Each single from "Emotion" charted higher than the prior:
"Left In The Dark" #25
"Make No Mistake" #6
"Emotion" #5

Interesting story about "What About Me". I agree that it turned out great as is, but it does make you wonder what it would have sounded like with the other artists. I recall watching a moving performance by Kenny/Kim/James on Solid Gold back then.

Johnny Lee has an exceptional voice and glad to see him up so high on your chart.

I was very surprised to see the Jermaine Jackson/Whitney Houston duet. I take it you no longer have the record to verify it is an import? I'm pretty sure it is.

And finally, great to see you celebrating Christmas music with the Kenny & Dolly LP. I missed this Christmas special so maybe that's why I never got into the music from it. As you saw, the Carpenters were already dominating my chart so much that anything else probably would have gone unnoticed anyway.

[soundmagazine]

Nov 26, 2009 9:52:13 GMT -5 prenatt1166 said:

Nov 25, 2009 3:41:14 GMT -5 soundmagazine said:

This weekend's edition of Classic AT40 will be jumping well into December, spotlighting 12/15/1984.

I have included the top 10 of my LP chart for the first time to demonstrate how significant of a month this was for me. My favorite Christmas album of all-time had been the Carpenters' Christmas Portrait and when I discovered Richard was releasing another Christmas album with 70's recordings from the vaults, I was beyond thrilled. Since it included recordings that didn't make it onto the original Christmas Portrait LP, I wondered about the quality. But I was completely blown away when I heard it. .

I like your enthusiasm for one of Karen Carpenter's most endearing songs! Since 1980 I have had an annual Christmas Top 40 chart. The Carpenters' "Merry Christmas Darling" is the only song to appear in the top ten every year including 2009.

Wow! A 30 year run on the Christmas chart is spectacular and no doubt that would have been my situation as well if I had been making such a chart. Up until the 90's, that song was without question my favorite Christmas sngle of all time and I didn't think anyone could touch it. But then from out of nowhere in 1997, a single is released by a country music artist that simply blew me away. "Once Upon A December" by Deana Carter. I don't recall ever hearing a song by Deana Carter before or after this song, nor did I see the film the song was from (Anastasia). Yet the song ranks right up there with one of the finest Christmas recordings of all time.

[soundmagazine]

Nov 26, 2009 12:08:12 GMT -5 blfdguy1 said:

12/15/84


1 1 Just For The Night - Evelyn King
7 8 Stronger Than Before - Joyce Kennedy
10 19 Homecoming Queen - Julie Brown
28 28 Smalltown Boy - Bronski Beat
29 29 Two Tribes - Frankie Goes To Hollywood

Lots of surprise songs on your chart, including the #1 song, which no station in my area played back then. The Joyce Kennedy song was a #5 song for me back in 1981 by Carole Bayer Sager.

Definitely see the MTV influence in the Julie Brown song! That was one hilarious video. And speaking of good videos, the Bronski Beat video is also a classic.

I was relieved to see someone else have my #1 song on their chart. Only #29, but still nice to see it.

[soundmagazine]

AT40 this weekend focuses again on December, with the 80's playing December 7, 1985 and the 70's airing December 10, 1977.

So in addition to seeing everyone's 80's charts for 12/7/1985, let's also see what you had charting high towards the end of 1977 as well for those who were charting at that time.

[soundmagazine]

Bryan Ferry is spending the 4th of his 5 week run at #1.

The battle of the legendary divas was on as Streisand & Ross were climbing quickly with their latest singles. Streisand would win this time, going all the way to #1 while Ross would reach #4. Both are exceptional songs that I enjoy hearing today.

But Streisand would once again fail to reach #1 with her latest album as "The Broadway Album" would spend 5 weeks at #2. Although it joins "Emotion" and "Guilty" as albums that peaked at #2, she did make it to #1 in the 80's with "Yentl".


December 6, 1985:

TW LW TWK
.1....1....8...Don't Stop The Dance - Bryan Ferry
.2....3....5...Life In A Northern Town - Dream Academy
.3....5....5...Lavender - Marillion
.4....4....5...A World Without Love - Eddie Rabbitt
.5....2....7...Election Day - Arcadia
.6....6....6...Wrap Her Up - Elton John
.7....8....6...That's What Friends Are For - Dionne & Friends
.8....9....5...In Search Of Love - Barry Manilow
.9...16....3...Somewhere - Barbra Streisand
10...13....5...You're A Friend Of Mine - Clarence Clemons & Jackson Browne
11...18....3...Chain Reaction - Diana Ross
12...15....4...Goodbye - Night Ranger
13...17....4...Spies Like Us - Paul McCartney
14....7....8...So In Love - OMD
15...19....5...Alive And Kicking - Simple Minds
16...20....5...Sleeping Bag - ZZ Top
17...21....4...Face The Face - Pete Townshend
18...22....4...I Miss You - Klymaxx
19...24....3...Emergency - Kool & The Gang
20...10....8...America - Prince
21...30....2...Everybody Dance - Ta Mara & The Seen
22...31....2...Conga - Miami Sound Machine
23...32....2...Party All The Time - Eddie Murphy
24...28....4...One Of The Living - Tina Turner
25...12....9...Soul Kiss - Olivia Newton-John
26...33....2...Say You Say Me - Lionel Richie
27...23....9...Morning Desire - Kenny Rogers
28...11...15...Head Over Heals - Tears For Fears *
29...14...11...Rough Edges - Kim Carnes
30..---....1...Running Up That Hill - Kate Bush
31..---....1...Object Of My Desire - Starpoint
32...39....2...Perfect Way - Scritti Politti
33...34....3...Sun City - Artists United Against Apartheid
34...35....3...Separate Lives - Phil Collins & Marilyn Martin
35..---....1...Everything Must Change - Paul Young
36...40....2...Talk To Me - Stevie Nicks
37...25...16...Broken Wings - Mr Mister *
38...26...16...Sunset Grill - Don Henley *
39...27...17...She's Waiting - Eric Clapton *
40...29...13...It Hurts To Be In Love - Gino Vannelli *


Top 10 LPs:
.1....1....6...Ice On Fire - Elton John **
.2....3....5...The Broadway Album - Barbra Streisand **
.3....2....5...Manilow - Barry Manilow **
.4....4....3...So Red The Rose - Arcadia *
.5....5...10...Misplaced Childhood - Marillion *
.6....7....6...Boys And Girls - Bryan Ferry
.7...12....2...Friends - Dionne Warwick
.8....6...10...Soul Kiss - Olivia Newton-John **
.9....8...16...Eaten Alive - Diana Ross **
10...10...34...An Old-Fashioned Christmas - Carpenters **

[prenatt1166]

UU-BRU Radio Playlist
For Week Ending December 7, 1985

01 01 Kenny Rogers Morning Desire (2nd of 2 weeks at #1)
02 02 Heart Never
03 03 Eurythmics & Aretha Franklin Sisters Are Doing It For Themselves
04 11 Lionel Richie Say You, Say Me
05 07 Olivia Newton-John Soul Kiss
06 08 Whitney Houston How Will I Know
07 04 Starship We Built This City
08 09 Artists United Against Apartheid Sun City
09 10 Bryan Adams & Tina Turner It's Only Love
10 05 Phil Collins & Marilyn Martin Separate Lives
11 13 Barbra Streisand Somewhere
12 12 Eddie Murphy (w/Rick James) Party All The Time
13 16 Elton John (w/George Michael) Wrap Her Up
14 15 Whitney Houston Thinking About You
15 17 Stevie Nicks Talk To Me
16 19 Dionne Warwick, Gladys Knight, Elton John & Stevie Wonder That's What Friends Are For
17 21 Sheena Easton Do It For Love
18 26 Clarence Clemons & Jackson Browne (w/Daryl Hannah) You're A Friend Of Mine
19 06 Aretha Franklin Who's Zoomin' Who
20 20 ZZ Top Sleeping Bag
21 18 Whitney Houston Saving All My Love For You
22 27 John Cougar Mellencamp Small Town
23 25 John Cafferty & The Beaver Brown Band Small Town Girl
24 23 Billy Ocean The Long And Winding Road
25 28 Robert Palmer Discipline Of Love
26 30 Bruce Springsteen My Hometown
27 32 Corey Hart Everything In My Heart
28 ** The Hooters Day By Day
29 14 The Pointer Sisters Freedom
30 36 Billy Ocean When The Going Gets Tough, The Tough Get Going
31 35 Simple Minds Alive And Kicking
32 33 Paul Young Everything Must Change
33 ** Diana Ross Chain Reaction
34 37 Survivor Burning Heart
35 ** Kool & The Gang Emergency
36 39 A-ha The Sun Always Shines On T.V.
37 40 John Schneider What's A Memory Like You
38 ** Asia Go
39 ** Amy Grant Everywhere I Go
40 ** Wham! I'm Your Man

TOP TEN ALBUMS

01 01 Whitney Houston Whitney Houston (10th of 33 weeks at #1)
02 02 Barbra Streisand The Broadway Album
03 03 Heart Heart
04 08 Stevie Nicks Rock A Little
05 05 The Hooters Nervous Night
06 06 ZZ Top Afterburner
07 07 Robert Palmer Riptide
08 04 John Cougar Mellencamp Scarecrow
09 10 Bruce Springsteen Born In The U.S.A.
10 ** Corey Hart Boy In The Box

Kenny Rogers' "Morning Desire" didn't fare very well nationally, but I think it it one of his most underrated singles. I really enjoyed his George Martin produced album. I was hoping "The Best Of Me" would be his next single, but it did not happen. Fortunately, Olivia Newton-John and David Foster released their version in 1986. (A new cover by Donny & Marie is included on their upcoming album.)

The diva battle on my chart was between Whitney Houston and Barbra Streisand. Nine tracks from Houston's debut album would keep her on my chart well into 1986.

[prenatt1166]

Dec 2, 2009 2:12:56 GMT -5 soundmagazine said:

But Streisand would once again fail to reach #1 with her latest album as "The Broadway Album" would spend 5 weeks at #2. Although it joins "Emotion" and "Guilty" as albums that peaked at #2, she did make it to #1 in the 80's with "Yentl".

What an interesting twist! "Yentl" was Streisand's only studio album (including soundtracks) that did not reach #1 on my chart during the 1980s.

Dec 2, 2009 2:12:56 GMT -5 soundmagazine said:

.1....1....8...Don't Stop The Dance - Bryan Ferry
.2....3....5...Life In A Northern Town - Dream Academy
.3....5....5...Lavender - Marillion
.4....4....5...A World Without Love - Eddie Rabbitt
.5....2....7...Election Day - Arcadia

The top of your chart was quite diverse. I like the cross section of genres in your top 5! Were you a long time fan of Marillion or was there a special reason they were doing well at the time?

The late Eddie Rabbitt certainly knew how to crossover from country to pop to AC during the 80's. He would have turned 68 last month.

[prenatt1166]

I made a top 15 chart on Christmas Day 1977, two weeks before I launched a weekly top 40 chart on January 7, 1978.

December 25, 1977

01 Linda Ronstadt It's So Easy/Blue Bayou
02 Donna Summer I Love You
03 Steve Miller Band Swingtown
04 Queen We Will Rock You/We Are The Champions
05 Odyssey Native New Yorker
06 John Williams Theme From "Close Encounters Of The Third Kind"
07 Electric Light Orchestra Turn To Stone
08 Dolly Parton Here You Come Again
09 Bee Gees How Deep Is Your Love
10 ABBA The Name Of The Game
11 Rita Coolidge We're All Alone
12 Helen Reddy Candle On The Water
13 KC & The Sunshine Band Keep It Comin' Love
14 Fleetwood Mac You Make Loving Fun/Gold Dust Woman
15 Meco Theme From "Close Encounters Of The Third Kind"

I went to see CEOTTK several times at the theater.

[soundmagazine]

Dec 3, 2009 21:09:59 GMT -5 prenatt1166 said:

UU-BRU Radio Playlist
For Week Ending December 7, 1985
01 01 Kenny Rogers Morning Desire (2nd of 2 weeks at #1)
05 07 Olivia Newton-John Soul Kiss 14 15 Whitney Houston Thinking About You
39 ** Amy Grant Everywhere I Go

TOP TEN ALBUMS

01 01 Whitney Houston Whitney Houston (10th of 33 weeks at #1)


Kenny Rogers' "Morning Desire" didn't fare very well nationally, but I think it it one of his most underrated singles. I really enjoyed his George Martin produced album. I was hoping "The Best Of Me" would be his next single, but it did not happen. Fortunately, Olivia Newton-John and David Foster released their version in 1986. (A new cover by Donny & Marie is included on their upcoming album.)

The diva battle on my chart was between Whitney Houston and Barbra Streisand. Nine tracks from Houston's debut album would keep her on my chart well into 1986.

I couldn't agree more with the Kenny Rogers single and also the brilliant work of George Martin. If the country music crossover explosion of the early 80's hadn't fizzled out by 1985, I think the lackluster results for the song (and album) on the pop charts would have been much different. The promo music video for "Morning Desire" was brilliant also and really enhanced the song.

And speaking of songs with lots of atmosphere performing better on our charts than the national charts, ONJ's song made it to the top 10 on both of our charts.

When you mentioned 9 songs charted from Whitney's album, were you charting B side and album cuts at the time? 33 weeks on top of the LP chart is amazing. Would that place this album as your all-time favorite?

Nice to see the non-Hot 100 Amy Grant single reaching your Top 40. It made it to #27 the prior month on my chart.

[soundmagazine]

Dec 3, 2009 21:19:10 GMT -5 prenatt1166 said:

Dec 2, 2009 2:12:56 GMT -5 soundmagazine said:

But Streisand would once again fail to reach #1 with her latest album as "The Broadway Album" would spend 5 weeks at #2. Although it joins "Emotion" and "Guilty" as albums that peaked at #2, she did make it to #1 in the 80's with "Yentl".

What an interesting twist! "Yentl" was Streisand's only studio album (including soundtracks) that did not reach #1 on my chart during the 1980s.

Dec 2, 2009 2:12:56 GMT -5 soundmagazine said:

.1....1....8...Don't Stop The Dance - Bryan Ferry
.2....3....5...Life In A Northern Town - Dream Academy
.3....5....5...Lavender - Marillion
.4....4....5...A World Without Love - Eddie Rabbitt
.5....2....7...Election Day - Arcadia

The top of your chart was quite diverse. I like the cross section of genres in your top 5! Were you a long time fan of Marillion or was there a special reason they were doing well at the time?

The late Eddie Rabbitt certainly knew how to crossover from country to pop to AC during the 80's. He would have turned 68 last month.

With Whitney's stranglehold on the #1 spot on your LP chart, I'm surprised that Barbra was finally able to unseat her.

What pushed "Yentl" to the top of my album chart was a combination of really enjoying the film (and thus, the soundtrack), plus the single "Papa Can You Hear Me?", which spent 5 weeks at #1 on my chart.

Marillion had reached my top 10 with "Kayleigh" earlier in the year and that really introduced me to the dark music they were producing for the "Misplaced Childhood" album. That album was an emotional experience and one of the reasons why I also loved dramatic concept albums like "Dark Side Of The Moon" and many Alan Parsons Projects albums. "Lavender" would eventually reach #1 and to this day I remember exactly where I was when I first heard that haunting piano intro.

I was fortunate to meet Eddie Rabbitt before he passed away. Not only a gifted singer/songwriter, but one beautiful individual.

[soundmagazine]

Dec 3, 2009 21:53:15 GMT -5 prenatt1166 said:

I made a top 15 chart on Christmas Day 1977, two weeks before I launched a weekly top 40 chart on January 7, 1978.

December 25, 1977

01 Linda Ronstadt It's So Easy/Blue Bayou
02 Donna Summer I Love You
03 Steve Miller Band Swingtown
04 Queen We Will Rock You/We Are The Champions
05 Odyssey Native New Yorker
06 John Williams Theme From "Close Encounters Of The Third Kind"
07 Electric Light Orchestra Turn To Stone
08 Dolly Parton Here You Come Again
09 Bee Gees How Deep Is Your Love
10 ABBA The Name Of The Game
11 Rita Coolidge We're All Alone
12 Helen Reddy Candle On The Water
13 KC & The Sunshine Band Keep It Comin' Love
14 Fleetwood Mac You Make Loving Fun/Gold Dust Woman
15 Meco Theme From "Close Encounters Of The Third Kind"

I went to see CEOTTK several times at the theater.

Interesting to see the two different Linda Ronstadt singles combined into one chart position.

Fantastic to see "I Love You" so high. That song and her "Once Upon A Time" LP was the high point in the disco era for me.

I always seemed to give the nod to Meco's version when battling John Williams singles. Looks like you were opposite.

The Helen Reddy entry was cool to see. Did the film "Pete's Dragon" influence you to chart the song?

[newpower]

My Top 40 in 1987
December 6, 1987

07 04 01 U GOT A LOOK - PRINCE
06 06 02 CAUSING A COMMOTION - MADONNA
02 02 03 LITTLE LIES - FLEETWOOD MAC
10 07 04 YOU WIN AGAIN - BEE GEES
01 01 05 BREAKOUT - SWING OUT SISTER
14 12 06 ANIMAL - DEF LEPPARD
09 08 07 SOLD - BOY GEORGE
24 16 08 I THINK WE'RE ALONE NOW - TIFFANY
17 14 09 SOMETHING REAL - MR. MISTER
03 03 10 WHEN SMOKEY SINGS - ABC
05 05 11 YOU ARE THE GIRL - THE CARS
27 23 12 I'VE BEEN IN LOVE BEFORE - CUTTING CREW
15 13 13 TIME WILL CRAWL - DAVID BOWIE
21 17 14 CRY TOUGH - POISON
23 19 15 RHYTHM OF LOVE - YES
36 27 16 WE'LL BE TOGETHER - STING
30 26 17 BAD - MICHAEL JACKSON
25 24 18 MEET EL PRESIDENT - DURAN DURAN
04 09 19 LET'S WORK - MICK JAGGER
08 11 20 BRILLIANT DISGUISE - BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN
39 31 21 FAMILY MAN - FLEETWOOD MAC
__ 38 22 LEARNING TO FLY - PINK FLOYD
37 32 23 DOWN TO EARTH - CURIOSITY KILLED THE CAT
__ 36 24 JUST AROUND THE CORNER - COCK ROBIN
13 15 25 DIDN'T WE ALMOST HAVE IT ALL - WHITNEY HOUSTON
__ 37 26 TO BE WITH YOU AGAIN - LEVEL 42
35 34 27 INFIDELITY - SIMPLY RED
22 22 28 WHO WILL YOU RUN TO - HEART
16 18 29 I HEARD A RUMOR - BANANARAMA
20 20 30 A WAY - THE BOLSHOI
19 21 31 IN MY DREAMS - R.E.O. SPEEDWAGON
__ 40 32 HOLIDAY - THE OTHER ONES
__ __ 33 SOLITUDE STANDING - SUZANNE VEGA
__ __ 34 MONY MONY - BILLY IDOL
__ __ 35 PAPER ON FIRE - JOHN COUGAR MELLENCAMP
11 25 36 IT'S A SIN - PET SHOP BOYS
28 29 37 HEARTS ON FIRE - BRYAN ADAMS
29 30 38 LET ME BE THE ONE - EXPOSE
__ __ 39 THESE TIMES ARE HARD FOR LOVERS - JOHN WAITE
12 28 40 JUST LIKE HEAVEN - THE CURE

[blfdguy1]

Whew...sorry I'm so late to the party...been one of those weeks...

12/5/85


1 1 Be Near Me - ABC
2 2 Trapped - Colonel Abrams
3 11 What You've Been Missing - Starpoint
4 12 Slave To The Rhythm - Grace Jones
5 13 Baby Talk - Alisha
6 14 Alive and Kicking - Simple Minds
7 8 I Miss You - Klymaxx
8 15 I Like You - Phyllis Nelson
9 3 Say I'm You're #1 - Princess
10 4 Eaten Alive - Diana Ross
11 20 Sleeping Bag - ZZ Top
12 21 Separate Lives - Phil Collins & Marilyn Martin
13 19 Stop Playing On Me - Vicki Love & Nuance
14 5 Conga - Miami Sound Machine
15 6 Who's Zoomin' Who - Aretha Franklin
16 16 Too Young - Jack Wagner
17 17 Broken Wings - Mr. Mister
18 7 Lay Your Hands On Me - Thompson Twins
19 9 Object Of My Desire - Starpoint
20 10 Miami Vice Theme - Jan Hammer
21 18 Seduction - Val Young
22 31 How Will I Know - Whitney Houston
23 35 That's What Friends Are For - Dionne & Friends
24 29 Can You Feel The Beat - Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam
25 28 You're A Friend Of Mine - Jackson Browne f/Clarence Clemmons
26 25 Running Up That Hill - Kate Bush
27 30 Never Felt Like Dancin' - Teddy Pendergrass
28 32 Never - Heart
29 26 It Hurts To Be In Love - Gino Vanelli
30 27 We Built This City - Starship
31 22 Somebody Took My Love - Durrell Coleman
32 23 Take On Me - A-HA
33 24 Love Theme Fron "St. Elmo's Fire" - David Foster
34 41 Tonight She Comes - Cars
35 42 Emergency - Kool & The Gang
36 34 Head Over Heals - Tears For Fears
37 36 Lover Come Back To Me - Dead Or Alive
38 37 Dare Me - Pointer Sisters
39 38 I Can't Believe It - Melba Moore
40 39 Dress You Up - Madonna
41 40 Hot Spot - Dazz Band
42 45 The Night Is Still Young - Billy Joel
43 46 Smalltown - John Mellancamp
44 50 Honey For The Bees - Patti Austin
45 NE Colder Are My Nights - Isley Brothers
46 NE The Sun Always Shines on TV - A-HA
47 48 This Is For You - System
48 49 Your Personal Touch - Evelyn King
49 NE No Frills Love - Jennifer Holiday
50 NE Sun City - United Artists Against Apartheid

[blfdguy1]

I'm afraid this chart isn't too different from the one I posted in the 11/7/77 chart...basically 2 new songs and the rest shifted down to various degrees..lol


12/7/1977



1 1 Native New Yorker - Odyssey
2 3 How Deep Is Your Love - Bee Gees
3 NE We're All Alone - Rita Coolige
4 NE Baby What A Big Surprise - Chicago
5 2 Star Wars Theme - Meco
6 4 Nobody Does It Better - Carly Simon
7 5 I Feel Love - Donna Summer
8 6 Heaven On The 7th Floor - Paul Nicholas
9 7 Telephone Line - ELO
10 8 Cold As Ice - Foreigner
11 11 You Light Up My Life - Debbie Boone
12 10 I Just Want To Be Your Everything - Andy Gibb
13 9 Keep It Comin' Love - KC & The Sunshine Band
14 12 It's So Easy - Linda Ronstadt
15 14 Undercover Angel - Alan O'Day
16 15 Angel In Your Arms - Hot
17 16 Lonely Boy - Andrew Gold
18 13 Brickhouse - Commodores
19 18 Higher and Higher - Rita Coolige
20 17 Barracuda - Heart
21 19 How Much Love - Leo Sayer
22 20 Best Of My Love - Emotions
23 21 My Heart Belongs To Me - Barbra Streisand
24 22 You and Me - Alice Cooper

[soundmagazine]

Dec 11, 2009 0:12:59 GMT -5 blfdguy1 said:

Whew...sorry I'm so late to the party...been one of those weeks...

Welcome back and the charts were great! I am also late in posting this weekend's AT40 chart, which is featuring 12/19/1981. ONJ's "Physical" was dominating the national charts. Let's see how it was doing on everyone's personal chart this week.

[soundmagazine]

ELO was in the 3rd week of a 4 week (nonconsecutive) stay at #1. It would be their biggest hit of the 80's. One of the weeks they were knocked down from #1 was with Olivia's giant single "Physical". The one week stay at #1 for Olivia hardly seems impressive when compared to the 10 weeks it logged at #1 on the Billboard chart. Along with ELO, Eddie Rabbitt would be enjoying his biggest hit of the 80's. It was definitely a week for 60's veteran artists with Neil Diamond, Moody Blues, Beach Boys, Barbra Streisand & the Bee Gees all in my Top 13.

The album chart is significant because the album which debuts at #4 would end up being tied with Neil Diamond's "The Jazz Singer" as the biggest album of the 80's. The Abba album would spend 86 weeks on my LP chart and little did I know it would be their swan song.

December 18, 1981

TW LW TTW
.1....1...10...Twilight - ELO *
.2....3....8...Yesterday's Songs - Neil Diamond
.3....4....7...Talking Out Of Turn - Moody Blues
.4....7....5...Someone Could Lose A Heart Tonight - Eddie Rabbitt
.5....2...12...Physical - Olivia Newton-John *
.6....6....7...I Can't Go For That - Hall & Oates
.7...17....3...More Than Just The Two Of Us - Sneaker
.8....8....5...Those Good Ole Dreams - Carpenters
.9...12....4...Love Is Alright Tonight - Rick Springfield
10...18....3...Come Go With Me - Beach Boys
11...11....6...Coming In And Out Of Your Life - Barbra Streisand
12...15....7...Don't Stop believin - Journey
13...20....3...Living Eyes - Bee Gees
14...14....6...Turn Your Love Around - George Benson
15...16....4...She's Got A Way - Billy Joel
16....5....8...Castles In The Air - Don McLean
17....9...11...The Old Songs - Barry Manilow *
18...13...12...He's A Liar - Bee Gees *
19...10....9...Our Lips Are Sealed - Go-Go's
20...22....4...Hooked On Classics - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
21...19...13...Waiting For A Girl Like You - Foreigner *
22...30....2...Working For The Weekend - Loverboy
23...24....4...Heartbeat - Gary Wright
24...31....2...Love Is Like A Rock - Donnie Iris
25...28....3...Let's Groove - Earth, Wind & Fire
26...27....6...My Girl - Chilliwack
27...32....2...Cool Night - Paul Davis
28...29....3...If I Were You - Lulu
29...33....2...I Wouldn't Have Missed It For The World - Ronnie Milsap
30..---....1...Somewhere Down The Road - Barry Manilow
31...34....2...Take It Easy On Me - Little River Band
32...36....2...Waiting On A Friend - Rolling Stones
33...21....7...The Jam Was Moving - Debbie Harry
34..---....1...Steal The Night - Stevie Woods
35...26....9...Why Do Fools Fall In Love - Diana Ross
36...25....8...Trouble - Lindsay Buckingham
37...23....5...Wrack My Brain - Ringo Starr
38...35...11...Wired For Sound - Cliff Richard *
39...39...11...Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic - Police
40...38...13...When She Was My Girl - Four Tops *


Top 10 LPs:
.1....1....5...On The Way To The Sky - Neil Diamond **
.2....2....5...Living Eyes - Bee Gees **
.3....3...11...If I Should Love Again - Barry Manilow **
.4..---....1...The Visitors - Abba *
.5....5...15...Private Eyes - Hall & Oates **
.6....7....7...Greatest Hits - Queen **
.7....4...30...Long Distance Voyager - Moody Blues **
.8....6....4...Memories - Barbra Streisand *
.9...13....3...Greatest Hits II - Chicago *
10...10...24...4 - Foreigner **

[onefrayedrepublic]

#1 ...

The End

Music didn't really get good until Nirvana/Green Day came into popularity. Most music from before 1994 sucks rocks.

[soundmagazine]

This weekend's AT40 is the first of what may be multiple year end countdown programs. It is the Top 40 songs of 1986. So for those who produced year end charts, now's your chance to post your Top 40 hits of 1986.