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Post by soundmagazine on Feb 17, 2010 11:46:24 GMT -5
UU-BRU Radio Playlist For Week Ending February 14, 1987 03 01 Bruce Willis & The Pointer Sisters Respect Yourself 11 12 Lionel Richie & Alabama Deep River Woman 13 14 Lionel Richie Ballerina Girl 17 18 Lone Justice Shelter TOP TEN ALBUMS 09 09 Lone Justice Shelter I see Bruce Willis' "Respect Yourself" was a #1 for you. I grew up with the Staple Singers version and could never embrace the remake. I was curious if you were very familiar with the original when you charted this or if the song was somewhat new to you at the time. We were scary similar on our Lionel Richie positions this week. Great to see Lone Justice on your chart also. Was surprised to see the album so high though. Not that it isn't deserving, because it truly is. But based on the moderate success of the single from the LP on your chart, you must have been very familiar with the group's first album and that helped push the follow-up into the Top 10 on the LP chart? The single reached #10 on my chart and the LP made it to #36 on my LP chart. Definitely should have charted the LP higher, but I wasn't as familiar with the group then as I am now. |
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Post by blfdguy1 on Feb 17, 2010 23:25:22 GMT -5
You two were a lot more in synch with each other than with me...I was very much all over the place.
February 15, 1987
1 1 As We Lay - Shirley Murdock
2 2 Brand New Lover - Dead Or Alive
3 4 Come Go With Me - Expose
4 3 Control - Janet Jackson
5 5 We Connect - Stacey Q
6 7 You Keep Me Hanging On - Kim Wilde
7 11 You Got It All - Jets
8 10 I'm Losing You - Uptown
9 19 Boom Boom - Paul Lekakis
10 13 Caught Up In The Rapture - Anita Baker
11 6 Livin' On A Prayer - Bon Jovi
12 15 Don't Need A Gun - Billy Idol
13 16 Falling - Melba Moore
14 18 Let's Wait Awhile - Janet Jackson
15 9 Open Your Heart - Madonna
16 12 Somebody - Brillaint
17 17 Once Bitten Twice Shy - Vesta Williams
18 8 At This Moment - Billy & The Beaters
19 14 Jimmy Lee - Aretha Franklin
20 26 Ballerina Girl - Lionel Richie
21 32 Someday - Glass Tiger
22 23 Love You Down - Ready For The World
23 22 We're Ready - Boston
24 25 She Don't Love You - Sequal
25 31 Someone Like You - Daryl Hall
26 21 For Tonight - Nancy Martinez
27 20 Love Is Forever - Billy Ocean
28 27 Hooked On You - Sweet Sensation
29 24 If I Say Yes - Five Star
30 38 Candy - Cameo
31 28 Change Of Heart - Cyndi Lauper
32 29 I'm Not Perfect - Grace Jones
33 30 Goldmine - Pointer Sisters
34 36 This Is The Time - Billy Joel
35 41 Only In My Dreams - Debbie Gibson
36 NE Fascinated - Company B
37 33 Don't Break My Heart - Sa-Fire
38 37 Suburbia - Pet Shop Boys
39 39 Coming Around Again - Carly Simon
40 46 Hold Me - Sheila E
41 48 He Wants My Body - Starpoint
42 44 Find The Time - Five Star
43 34 Match Made Up In Heaven - Jill
44 35 Notorious - Duran Duran
45 40 Touch Me - Samantha Fox
46 NE Someone Like You - Sylvester
47 NE Lean On Me - Club Nouveau
48 NE No Lies - SOS Band
49 50 Don't Leave Me This Way - Communards
50 NE I Knew You Were Waiting For Me - Aretha Franklin & George Michael
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Post by soundmagazine on Feb 19, 2010 2:47:31 GMT -5
... February 15, 1987 9 19 Boom Boom - Paul Lekakis 13 16 Falling - Melba Moore Wow, I haven't thought about the "Boom Boom" song in years. There was a lot of controversy at the time surrounding it's release. And I just finished watching a Melba Moore documentary right before seeing your chart. Unfortunately the title of her song on your chart would represent her life in the upcoming years. But it's great she is back performing, looking great, and still has a wonderful sense of humor after all she went through. |
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Post by robrt30 on Feb 19, 2010 8:59:13 GMT -5
Wow, I haven't thought about the "Boom Boom" song in years. There was a lot of controversy at the time surrounding it's release. It's funny that songs like "Boom Boom" and say, George Michael's "I Want Your Sex" would be extremely G rated today.  Although I'm sure you could apply that statement about every generation 20 years later. Makes you wonder if today's top 40 will be G rated by the year 2030. You'd think eventually a limit will have to be reached...or maybe not? ??? Since 1987 has always been my all-time favorite year for music, I wish I had made a personal chart back then :'( Instead, I just listened to the weekend chart shows and wrote them down song by song, position by position. I probably have the '87 Countdown USA or Rockin' America listing from that week somewhere, if anyone's interested (although it wouldn't be that much different from AT40). |
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Post by soundmagazine on Feb 20, 2010 11:03:22 GMT -5
Wow, I haven't thought about the "Boom Boom" song in years. There was a lot of controversy at the time surrounding it's release. It's funny that songs like "Boom Boom" and say, George Michael's "I Want Your Sex" would be extremely G rated today. I think many of the sexual barriers in music were broken down in the 70's with songs like the orgasmic "Love To Love You Baby" by Donna Summer. In the late 80's, much of the controversy corresponded with the identification of the new HIV virus and how the once "anything goes" mentality with sex was being reevaluated. This has certainly loosened up again over time. The biggest difference I see over the years would be in music videos. Remember how innocent those early MTV videos were? |
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Post by soundmagazine on Feb 28, 2010 0:59:57 GMT -5
This weekend Classic AT40 is spotlighting February 28, 1981. Here's my chart for that week:
* = gold record
** = platinum record
February 27, 1981
TW LW TTW
.1....1....7...Hello Again - Neil Diamond *
.2....2....8...Woman - John Lennon *
.3....3....8...Ah! Leah! - Donnie Iris *
.4....4....6...Crying - Don McLean
.5....5...11...Heartbreak Hotel - Jacksons *
.6....9....5...Somebody's Knockin - Terri Gibbs
.7....8....5...Flash's Theme - Queen
.8...11....4...Rapture - Blondie
.9...14....6...A Little In Love - Cliff Richard
10...12....5...Treat Me Right - Pat Benatar
11...13....6...Back In Black - AC/DC
12....6...18...Love On The Rocks - Neil Diamond **
13...16....4...Kiss On My List - Hall & Oates
14....7....7...I Need Your Lovin' - Teena Marie
15...21....3...Ghost Riders In The Sky - Outlaws
16...10....7...Trickle Trickle - Manhattan Transfer
17...23....3...Hearts On Fire - Randy Meisner
18...15...17...(Just Like) Starting Over - John Lennon *
19...19...12...Celebration - Kool & The Gang *
20...24....3...What Kind Of Fool - Barbra Streisand & Barry Gibb
21...17...10...Ain't Gonna Stand For It - Stevie Wonder *
22...32....2...Don't Stand So Close To Me - Police
23...18....7...My Mother's Eyes - Bette Midler
24...20...12...Games People Play - Alan Parsons Project *
25...33....2...Living In A Fantasy - Leo Sayer
26...26...11...Miss Sun - Boz Scaggs *
27..---....1...While You See A Chance - Steve Winwood
28...28...13...Cold Love - Donna Summer *
29...29...20...Good Morning Girl/Stay Awhile - Journey *
30..---....1...Staying With It - Firefall
31...35....2...Just The Two Of Us - Grover Washington Jr
32...38....2...Morning Train - Sheena Easton
33..---....1...Precious To Me - Phil Seymour
34..---....1...Who Do You Think You're Foolin - Donna Summer
35..---....1...Guitar Man - Elvis Presley
36...34...19...Everybody's Gotta Learn Sometime - Korgis *
37...27...15...Time Is Time - Andy Gibb *
38..---....1...Don't Stop The Music - Yarbroughs & Peoples
39...37...15...Goodbye Marie - Bobby Goldsboro *
40...40...13...Winner Takes It All - Abba *
Top 10 LPs:
.1....1........Jazz Singer Soundtrack - Neil Diamond **
.2....2........Double Fantasy - John Lennon & Yoko Ono **
.3....3........Triump - Jacksons **
.4...RE........Guilty - Barbra Streisand **
.5....5........Auto American - Blondie **
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Post by blfdguy1 on Feb 28, 2010 14:26:53 GMT -5
Nothing too exciting. Still compiling my chart the "old" way at this point...only records that I owned. Well, one exciting chart note. LaToya Jackson was coming off the first Jackson #1, the only other Jackson to have a #1 was Janet with "Come Back To Me" in 1990 and "Again" in 1993. Michael never made it to #1, "Rock With You" made it to #2.
January 30, 1981
1 3 Rapture - Blondie
2 2 If You Could Read My Mind - Viola Wills
3 1 Night Time Lover - LaToya Jackson
4 4 Who Do You Think You're Foolin' - Donna Summer
5 7 Treat Me Right - Pat Benatar
6 6 The Tide Is High - Blondie
7 9 Games People Play - Alan Parsons Project
8 8 Same Old Lang Syne - Dan Fogelberg
9 10 The Winner Takes It All - ABBA
10 11 He Can't Love You - Michael Stanley Band
11 12 Woman - John Lennon
12 5 Cold Love - Donna Summer
13 14 Heartbreak Hotel - Jacksons
14 13 It's A War - Kano
15 15 Imagine - John Lennon
16 18 9 To 5 - Dolly Parton
17 17 Could I Be Dreaming - Pointer Sisters
18 16 I Made It Through The Rain - Barry Manilow
19 19 Starting Over - John Lennon
20 20 Tell It Like It Is - Heart
21 21 I Hear Music In The Streets - Unlimited Touch
22 22 Hit Me With Your Best Shot - Pat Benatar
23 24 Guilty - Barbra Streisand & Barry Gibb
24 25 It's My Turn - Diana Ross
25 23 Private Idaho - B-52's
26 26 My Mother's Eyes - Bette Midler
27 27 Let Me Be Your Angel - Stacy Lattisaw
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Post by soundmagazine on Mar 2, 2010 1:33:41 GMT -5
Nothing too exciting. Still compiling my chart the "old" way at this point...only records that I owned. Well, one exciting chart note. LaToya Jackson was coming off the first Jackson #1, the only other Jackson to have a #1 was Janet with "Come Back To Me" in 1990 and "Again" in 1993. Michael never made it to #1, "Rock With You" made it to #2. January 30, 1981 3 1 Night Time Lover - LaToya Jackson 4 4 Who Do You Think You're Foolin' - Donna Summer 21 21 I Hear Music In The Streets - Unlimited Touch 26 26 My Mother's Eyes - Bette Midler One of the most amazing chart stats of all of our charts was the fact that LaToya had a #1 on your chart but Michael didn't. But.....since I believe Michael sang on LaToya's song, some MJ fans may beg to differ. One of the things I enjoy about your charts is the number of dance classics that did not necessarily cross over to the pop charts. One of the best examples is the Unlimited Touch song with a hardcore dance groove that would have been a shoe-in for the Top 40 pop chart if released during the disco friendly period of the late 70's. We connected on the wonderful third single from Donna Summer's "Wonderer" LP that made it to the Top 10 on both of our charts. We also connected on another song that barely made it into Billboard's Top 40, but performed better on our charts. That would be "My Mother's Eyes" by Bette Midler. Although the song made it into my Top 20, the song continued to resonate with me over the years and now I consider it one of the most endearing classics of the 80's. |
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Post by canfan on Mar 4, 2010 19:46:20 GMT -5
Hello all. I found this thread after someone from another web site mentioned that this thread existed for folks who kept personal charts starting from the 80's. I kept personal charts from mid '77 to late '81. Thought I'd post one for the week being discussed-Feb 28,1981. One notable/unusual fact of this week is that a novelty hit was number one, otherwise the rest of the chart is pretty indicative of the times.
February 28, 1981
TW LW WKS Song Artist
1 6 11 Wasn't That A Party - The Rovers
2 1 8 A Little in Love - Cliff Richard
3 4 6 Woman - John Lennon
4 9 7 Giving it Up For Your Love - Delbert Mclinton
5 3 9 Celebration - Kool & The Gang
6 7 9 I Love A Rainy Night - Eddie Rabbit
7 2 11 Keep On Loving You - REO Speedwagon
8 14 6 Best of Times - Styx
9 8 11 Hey Nineteen - Steely Dan
10 13 7 Nine To Five - Dolly Parton
11 16 5 Same Old Lang Syne - Dan Fogelberg
12 15 10 Winner Takes It All - ABBA
13 18 4 Ain't Gonna Stand For It - Stevie Wonder
14 28 3 Crying - Don Mclean
15 5 8 Games People Play - Alan Parson Project
16 10 12 The Tide Is High - Blondie
17 11 12 Passion - Rod Stewart
18 17 7 Miss Sun - Boz Scaggs
19 20 4 Together - Tierra
20 27 4 Living In A Fantasy - Leo Sayer
21 12 7 Seven Bridges Road - The Eagles
22 19 6 Ah Leah - Donnie Iris
23 23 12 Tell It Like It Is - Heart
24 22 10 Time Is Time - Andy Gibb
25 24 17 Starting Over - John Lennon
26 25 17 Every Woman In The World - Air Supply
27 26 21 Never Be The Same - Christopher Cross
28 - 1 Just Between You And Me - April Wine
29 38 3 Hello Again - Neil Diamond
30 33 5 Treat Me Right - Pat Benatar
31 40 2 Hearts On Fire - Randy Meisner
32 - 1 Flash's Theme - Queen
33 39 2 Fade Away - Bruce Springsteen
34 - 1 Rapture - Blondie
35 32 15 Guilty - Barbra Streisand & Barry Gibb
36 21 14 It's My Turn - Diana Ross
37 34 5 Ghost Riders In The Sky - The Outlaws
38 35 20 Lady - Kenny Rogers
39 - 1 What Kind of Fool - Barbra Streisand & Barry Gibb
40 37 3 Breakfast in America - Supertramp
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Post by soundmagazine on Mar 6, 2010 0:52:28 GMT -5
Hello all. I found this thread after someone from another web site mentioned that this thread existed for folks who kept personal charts starting from the 80's. I kept personal charts from mid '77 to late '81. Thought I'd post one for the week being discussed-Feb 28,1981. One notable/unusual fact of this week is that a novelty hit was number one, otherwise the rest of the chart is pretty indicative of the times. February 28, 1981 TW LW WKS Song Artist 1 6 11 Wasn't That A Party - The Rovers 2 1 8 A Little in Love - Cliff Richard 32 - 1 Flash's Theme - Queen Welcome! Enjoyed looking at your chart. Your #1 song was certainly a surprise. It also brought back some memories of how the Rovers song eluded me for weeks. I followed Billboard closely every week and made a point to listen to as many songs on the Hot 100 chart as possible. But I could not find a station that was playing the Rovers song. I nearly broke down and purchased the single just so I could hear it. But AT40 finally saved me as the song entered the Billboard Top 40 at #39 in April. Nice to see the great Cliff Richard song was a #1 for you. Some serious competition at #1 at the time prevented the song from reaching the top of my chart and it ended up enjoying a three week stay at #2. Also notable on both of our charts is the Queen single that failed to make the national Top 40. Yet it was riding high in the Top 10 on my chart and the second highest debut on your chart. I loved this song more than many of Queen's other singles in the 80's. |
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Post by soundmagazine on Mar 7, 2010 11:34:50 GMT -5
This week's edition of classic AT40 spotlights March 9th, 1985. Below is my chart from that week.
This chart is notable because it includes the biggest drop of all time (30 notches). There were a number of songs making big moves upward that General Public ended up suffering for it.
March 7, 1985:
TW LW TTW
.1....1....6...Save A Prayer - Duran Duran
.2....4....5...This Is Not America - David Bowie & The Pat Metheny Group
.3....3....7...Why Can't I Have You - Cars
.4....5....7...Yo Little Brother - Nolan Thomas
.5....8....5...I'm On Fire - Bruce Springsteen
.6....6....7...Paradise Cafe - Barry Manilow
.7...10....4...Rhythm Of The Night - DeBarge
.8....2...16...Relax - Frankie Goes To Hollywood *
.9...18....3...Along Comes A Woman - Chicago
10...24....3...Obsession - Animotion
11...12....6...Solid - Ashford & Simpson
12...21....3...Emotion - Barbra Streisand
13...16....5...Naughty Naughty - John Parr
14...15....5...Can't Fight This Feeling - REO Speedwagon
15...11....7...Invitation To Dance - Kim Carnes
16...26....3...Radioactive - The Firm
17...25....3...Lovergirl - Teena Marie
18...22....4...Beat Of A Heart - Scandal
19...21....4...Time Don't Run Out On Me - Anne Murray
20....7....9...California Girls - David Lee Roth
21...13...15...Missing You - Diana Ross *
22...31....2...Don't Call It Love - Dolly Parton
23...23....5...Mr. Telephone Man - New Edition
24...14....8...Finders Of Lost Love - Dionne Warwick & Glenn Jones
25...32....2...Nightshift - Commodores
26...17....6...One More Night - Phil Collins
27...19....8...I Want To Hear It From Your Lips - Eric Carmen
28...29....4...Keeping The Faith - Billy Joel
29...28...13...Centipede - Rebbie Jackson
30..---....1...That Was Yesterday - Foreigner
31..---....1...Let's Talk About Me - Alan Parsons Project
32..---....1...Smooth Operator - Sade
33...34....2...High On You - Survivor
34...35....2...Can't Fall Asleep - America
35...36....2...Ooh Ooh Song - Pat Benatar
36..---....1...Turn Up The Radio - Autograph
37...27....9...You Make It Feel Like Christmas - Neil Diamond
38...37...15...I Want To Know What Love Is - Foreigner *
39....9...10...Tenderness - General Public
40..---....1...In Jeopardy - Roger Hodgson
Top 10 LPs:
.1....1....4...Vulture Culture - Alan Parsons Project **
.2....2....4...Finders Of Lost Love - Dionne Warwick *
.3....3...36...Rio - Duran Duran **
.4....4...27...Swept Away - Diana Ross **
.5....5....5...No Jacket Required - Phil Collins *
.6....6...37...Purple Rain - Prince **
.7....7...48...Heartbeat City - Cars **
.8....8...13...Agent Provocateur - Foreigner **
.9....9...18...Welcome To The Pleasuredome - Frankie Goes To Hollywood **
10...10....9...Eric Carmen - Eric Carmen *
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Post by canfan on Mar 7, 2010 11:49:47 GMT -5
brought back some memories of how the Rovers song eluded me for weeks. Ironically north of the border we could not avoid hearing the song  In those days I was initially skeptical of new music released by homegrown artists due to mandatory airplay as required by Canadian Content regulations. However in this case I liked the song a lot because it was very catchy, fun and it became a big hit. Nice to see the great Cliff Richard song was a #1 for you. Some serious competition at #1 at the time prevented the song from reaching the top of my chart and it ended up enjoying a three week stay at #2. The "I'm No Hero album" had some good tunes on it including Dreaming from the previous year. Cliff was a massive star in the UK for many years but never quite had that status in North America and that was the only music of his that I ever owned. I missed mentioning another notable fact. I had a notation on that week's chart stating that Christopher Cross had been on the Top 40 for 52 consecutive weeks, a run that included "Ride Like The Wind", "Sailing" and then ultimately ended one week later with "Never Be The Same's" last week for a total span of 53 weeks. |
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Post by soundmagazine on Mar 11, 2010 0:01:23 GMT -5
Nice to see the great Cliff Richard song was a #1 for you. Some serious competition at #1 at the time prevented the song from reaching the top of my chart and it ended up enjoying a three week stay at #2. The "I'm No Hero album" had some good tunes on it including Dreaming from the previous year. Cliff was a massive star in the UK for many years but never quite had that status in North America and that was the only music of his that I ever owned. I missed mentioning another notable fact. I had a notation on that week's chart stating that Christopher Cross had been on the Top 40 for 52 consecutive weeks, a run that included "Ride Like The Wind", "Sailing" and then ultimately ended one week later with "Never Be The Same's" last week for a total span of 53 weeks. Cliff Richard's "I'm No Hero" LP spawned another #2 song on my chart with the follow-up to "A Little In Love". I found that most of his albums were solid. Funny you mentioned the Christopher Cross statistic because I noticed "Never Be The Same" had spent a long time on your chart. If they would have released "Say You'll Be Mine" a little sooner, I bet that streak would have continued well into 1981 (assuming you enjoyed that song as well). |
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Post by canfan on Mar 11, 2010 23:03:20 GMT -5
Cliff Richard's "I'm No Hero" LP spawned another #2 song on my chart with the follow-up to "A Little In Love". I found that most of his albums were solid. Ahh... I forgot the 3rd hit off the album. Give a Little Bit More... my memory is failing me. It reached #5 on my chart for 3 consecutive wks in June of '81. |
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Post by soundmagazine on Mar 14, 2010 12:26:06 GMT -5
This week's 70's rebroadcast of American Top 40 is March 13th, 1971. This should really age me, but I actually made a chart from that time. I wasn't even 10 years old yet, so this was one of the first charts I ever completed. Like many of our early charts, this one consisted only of records my family had purchased. Back then, songs would debut at #1, as we see with this chart.
TW LW
.1...---...We Can Work It Out - Stevie Wonder
.2....1....No Love At All - BJ Thomas
.3....2....Me And You And A Dog Named Boo - Lobo
.4....6....She's A Lady - Tom Jones
.5....4....Hey Tonight - CCR
.6....5....Have You Ever Seen The Rain - CCR
.7....3....Wild World - Cat Stevens
.8....9....One Bad Apple - Osmonds
.9...13....Temptations Eyes - Grass Roots
10....7....Doesn't Somebody Want To Be Wanted - Partridge Family
11...10....Burning Bridges - Mike Curb Congregation
12...14....I'll Be There - Jackson Five
13...11....Knock Three Times - Dawn
14...12....Cried Like A Baby - Bobby Sherman
15...22....Jam Up And Jelly Tight - Tommy Roe
16...21....Come And Get It - Badfinger
17....8....You Are Always On My Mind - Partridge Family
18...16....I Hear You Knocking - Dave Edmunds
19...18....Sugar Sugar - Archies
20...19....Cecilia - Simon & Garfunkel
21...25....Ooh Child - Five Stairsteps
22...17....One Day Of Your Life - Andy Williams
23...24....Julie Do Ya Love Me - Bobby Sherman
24...23....My Baby Loves Lovin - White Plains
25...20....Lay A Little Lovin On Me - Robin McNamara
26...26....Daughter Of Darkness - Tom Jones
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Post by canfan on Mar 15, 2010 22:12:58 GMT -5
This week's 70's rebroadcast of American Top 40 is March 13th, 1971. This should really age me, but I actually made a chart from that time... TW LW .1...---...We Can Work It Out - Stevie Wonder .3....2....Me And You And A Dog Named Boo - Lobo .5....4....Hey Tonight - CCR .6....5....Have You Ever Seen The Rain - CCR 11...10....Burning Bridges - Mike Curb Congregation 16...21....Come And Get It - Badfinger 18...16....I Hear You Knocking - Dave Edmunds Wow doing a chart at that young age, you really were ahead of your time. But don't worry about your age ..i'm not that far behind. Interesting number one by musical genius Stevie Wonder actually doing a cover of somebody else's tune...of all people the Beatles. I understand the debut at the number one position. In those days I would go to the record store when a great new song was released, put down my .99 cents for a 45, and then come home and play the record over and over again till the grooves wore out. Nice to see Lobo's first hit song high on your chart. I enjoyed Lobo's 3 big hits in the early seventies. My favourite was Don't Expect Me To Be Your Friend. Also good to see CCR's double sided hit Hey Tonight/Have you ever seen the rain too...both great classics. I could make this post a lot longer..but will shorten it...I also loved the Bad Finger, Dave Edmunds and Mike Curb Congregation tunes. Bring back a lot of great memories from my youth. |
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Post by soundmagazine on Mar 17, 2010 20:42:21 GMT -5
This week's 70's rebroadcast of American Top 40 is March 13th, 1971. This should really age me, but I actually made a chart from that time... TW LW .1...---...We Can Work It Out - Stevie Wonder .3....2....Me And You And A Dog Named Boo - Lobo .5....4....Hey Tonight - CCR .6....5....Have You Ever Seen The Rain - CCR 11...10....Burning Bridges - Mike Curb Congregation 16...21....Come And Get It - Badfinger 18...16....I Hear You Knocking - Dave Edmunds Wow doing a chart at that young age, you really were ahead of your time. But don't worry about your age ..i'm not that far behind. Interesting number one by musical genius Stevie Wonder actually doing a cover of somebody else's tune...of all people the Beatles. I understand the debut at the number one position. In those days I would go to the record store when a great new song was released, put down my .99 cents for a 45, and then come home and play the record over and over again till the grooves wore out. Nice to see Lobo's first hit song high on your chart. I enjoyed Lobo's 3 big hits in the early seventies. My favourite was Don't Expect Me To Be Your Friend. Also good to see CCR's double sided hit Hey Tonight/Have you ever seen the rain too...both great classics. I could make this post a lot longer..but will shorten it...I also loved the Bad Finger, Dave Edmunds and Mike Curb Congregation tunes. Bring back a lot of great memories from my youth. I have to admit that my youth produced a number of embarrassing misspellings on my original pencil-written charts. I contemplated typing them as I wrote them in 1971, but decided against it. Let's just say I was VERY happy when a certain group became known as CCR after I destroyed the spelling in their long name! ;) Regarding Stevie Wonder, I wasn't familiar with the Beatles version since that was 5 years prior and I was a baby then. So the song was new and fresh to me. But I must say that after hearing the Beatles version later on, I still thought Stevie's version was better. Glad you recognized the Mike Curb Congregation as being great. It's seems to be forgotten by most everyone nowadays but it is a very good record. |
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Post by soundmagazine on Mar 17, 2010 23:06:16 GMT -5
I'm a bit behind on the 80's charts.
There was March 12. 1983 last weekend and March 15, 1980 is scheduled for this weekend. So I will post the 1983 chart now and the 1980 chart later.
My March 12, 1983 chart was the final time in my chart history where a log jam of strong songs at the top actually forced songs out of the #1 spot in consecutive weeks even while they were still gaining or holding strength (still bulleted). Although I can't replicate the stars (bullets) with the chart numbers here as I did on my original charts in pencil, the #2 song has a bullet this week as it drops to #2. The #3 song was especially odd because it had dropped from #1 to #3 on the chart the prior week with a bullet and still retained a bullet this week while holding at #3. As it turns out, the #1 song and the #3 song this week were the top two songs for the entire year of 1983.
March 11, 1983:
TW LW TTW
.1....2....5...Old And Wise - Alan Parsons Project
.2....1....8...Billie Jean - Michael Jackson
.3....3...11...Heart Of The Night - Juice Newton *
.4....4....7...One Of Us - Abba
.5....5....6...Separate Ways - Journey
.6....8....4...Some Kind Of Friend - Barry Manilow
.7....7....5...Jeopardy - Greg Kihn Band
.8....9....9...Come On Eileen - Dexy's Midnight Runners
.9....6...10...Pass The Dutchie - Musical Youth
10...11....7...I Knew You When - Linda Ronstadt
11...20....3...Beat It - Michael Jackson
12...15....5...Fall In Love With Me - Earth, Wind & Fire
13...14....7...One On One - Hall & Oates
14...22....3...Nice Girls - Melissa Manchester
15...12....9...Tied Up - Olivia Newton-John
16...10....8...Too Much Love To Hide - Crosby, Stills & Nash
17...21....4...Take The Short Way Home - Dionne Warwick
18...19....8...Baby Come To Me - Patti Austin
19...29....4...Who's Gonna Keep Me Warm - Phil Everly
20...16....7...What You're Missing - Chicago
21...30....2...Don't Run - KC & Teri DeSario
22...32....2...Poison Arrow - ABC
23...27....3...Hungry Like The Wolf - Duran Duran
24...25....4...Don't Tell Me You Love Me - Night Ranger
25...33....2...Winds Of Change - Jefferson Starship
26...13...13...What About Me - Moving Picture *
27...34....2...Little Too Late - Pat Benatar
28...24...14...The Woman In Me - Donna Summer *
29...26...15...I Know There's Something Going On - Frida *
30..---....1...I Don't Care Anymore - Phil Collins
31...31....3...All Right - Christopher Cross
32..---....1...Be Good Johnny - Men At Work
33..---....1...I Won't Hold You Back - Toto
34...17....6...We've Got Tonight - Kenny Rogers & Sheena Easton
35...18....9...I'm Alive - Neil Diamond
36...36...10...Shock The Monkey - Peter Gabriel
37...23....9...Twilight Zone - Golden Earring
38...37...13...A Space Age Love Song - A Flock Of Seagulls *
39...38...19...Does It Make You Remember - Kim Carnes *
40...28....4...Back On The Chain Gang - Pretenders
Top 10 LPs:
.1....1...15...Thriller - Michael Jackson **
.2....3...25...Quiet Lies - Juice Newton **
.3....5...41...Eye In The Sky - Alan Parsons Project **
.4....4...15...Here Comes The Night - Barry Manilow **
.5....2....6...Frontiers - Journey **
.6....6...19...Something's Going On - Frida **
.7...11....3...Powerlight - Earth, Wind & Fire
.8....8...23...Greatest Hits Vol. 2 - Olivia Newton-John **
.9....9...34...Donna Summer - Donna Summer **
10...10...20...Heartbreaker - Dionne Warwick **
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Post by soundmagazine on Mar 20, 2010 14:05:09 GMT -5
And here's the 1980 chart. One of the initial charts in my final era of charting that spanned from 1980 - 1991.
March 14, 1980
TW LW TTW
.1....2....6...Desire - Andy Gibb
.2....1....7...Do You Love What You Feel - Rufus feat. Chaka Khan *
.3....4....5...With You I'm Born Again - Billy Preston & Syreeta
.4....3...10...Lost In Love - Air Supply *
.5....6....6...Special Lady - Ray, Goodman & Brown
.6...14....4...Call Me - Blondie
.7....5....8...The Second Time Around - Shalamar *
.8...11....5...Where Does The Lovin' Go - David Gates
.9...12....5...It's Like We Never Say Goodbye - Crystal Gayle
10....7....8...Another Brick In The Wall - Pink Floyd
11....8....7...Too Hot - Kool & The Gang
12...21....3...Hearts Hotel - Dan Fogelberg
13...16....5...Fire Lake - Bob Seger
14...10....7...How Do I Make You - Linda Ronstadt
15....9...10...Working My Way Back To You - Spinners
16...28....2...Cars - Gary Newman
17...20....4...Off The Wall - Michael Jackson
18...18....5...Him - Rupert Holmes
19...25....3...Us And Love - Kenny Nolan
20...24....4...Ride Like The Wind - Christopher Cross
21...29....2...Fire In The Morning - Melissa Manchester
22...22....5...Three Times In Love - Tommy James
23...23....5...Think About Me - Fleetwood Mac
24...13....9...Come Back - J. Geils Band
25...30....3...Do Right - Paul Davis
26...26....4...Sexy Eyes - Dr Hook
27...27....4...Even It Up - Heart
28..---....1...Set Me Free - Utopia
29...33....2...Autograph - John Denver
30..---....1...Carrie - Cliff Richard
31...15....9...Heartbreaker - Pat Benatar *
32..---....1...Outside My Window - Stevie Wonder
33..---....1...Only The Lonely Heart Sees - Felix Cavaliere
34..---....1...I Can't Help It - Andy Gibb & Olivia Newton-John
35..---....1...You May Be Right - Billy Joel
36...19....6...Baby Talks Dirty - Knack
37..---....1...Keep The Fire - Kenny Loggins
38...17...13...Daydream Believer - Anne Murray *
39...32....7...Back On My Feet Again - Babys
40...31....8...I Can't Tell You Why - Eagles
Top LPs:
1. After Dark - Andy Gibb
2. Phoenix - Dan Fogelberg
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Post by canfan on Mar 20, 2010 20:20:38 GMT -5
March 11, 1983: TW LW TTW .1....2....5...Old And Wise - Alan Parsons Project .2....1....8...Billie Jean - Michael Jackson .7....7....5...Jeopardy - Greg Kihn Band .8....9....9...Come On Eileen - Dexy's Midnight Runners 23...27....3...Hungry Like The Wolf - Duran Duran 26...13...13...What About Me - Moving Picture * 38...37...13...A Space Age Love Song - A Flock Of Seagulls * Interesting and surprising song at #1 with a track from the very good Eye in the Sky Album(with the big lime green album cover) by the Alan Parsons project. That album had some other great songs such as the title track and Sirius. I still have it in a bankers box in my basement. I'm getting the urge to bring out my turntable again . I liked Greg Kihn's Jeopardy, a very catchy song and whenever I hear it these days, I automatical remember Weird Al Yankovic's spoof which extended the song's popularity. I see some influence of the British/Aussie invasion type bands that I was in to at the time such as A Flock of Seagulls, Dexy's Midnight Runners, Duran Duran, and Moving Pictures. What about me by by Moving Pictures, still stands up well today. Your number one of the previous week, Billie Jean, is my favourite MJ tune. |
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Post by canfan on Mar 20, 2010 22:59:44 GMT -5
I'll post a chart to coincide with this weeks AT40 80's broadcast.
I'll use SoundMag's format which is more readable. Nothing monumental happening this particular week...just a lot of good pop songs mixed in with some rock, which was indicative of the year.
March 15,1980
TW LW WKS
.1....8....6...Another Brick In The Wall(Part 2) - Pink Floyd
.2....5....6...Him - Rupert Holmes
.3....6....8...On The Radio - Donna Summer
.4....4....7...Longer - Dan Fogelberg
.5....7....8...Working My Way Back To You - Spinners
.6....1....9...An American Dream - The Dirt Band
.7....9....9...September Morn - Neil Diamond
.8...12....9...Desire - Andy Gibb
.9...14....5...Too Hot - Kool & The Gang
10....2...10...Crazy Little Thing Called Love - Queen
11...15....6...Making Plans for Nigel - X.T.C
12....3...10...Yes I'm Ready - Teri DeSario with K.C.
13...18....4...Give It All You Got - Chuck Mangione
14...14...16...Rock With You - Michael Jackson
15...16....6...I Thank You - Z.Z. Top
16...17....6...Baby Talks Dirty - The Knack
17...20....5...Refugee - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
18...21....4...Second Time Around - Shalamar
19...22....6...Janine - Trooper
20...10...11...Romeo's Tune - Steve Forbert
21...18...10...Rapper's Delight - The Sugarhill Gang
22...26....4...How Do I Make You - Linda Ronstadt
23...40....2...Ride Like The Wind - Christopher Cross
24...28....3...Come Back - J. Geils Band
25...33....3...Fire Lake - Bob Seger
26...11....9...99 - Toto
27...27....4...Back On My Feet Again - The Babys
28...36....2...Call Me - Blondie
29...32....3...HeartBreaker - Pat Benatar
30...--....1...Holiday - Nazareth
31...25...14...This Is It - Kenny Loggins
32...25....2...Keep The Fire - Kenny Loggins
33...38....2...Off The Wall - Michael Jackson
34...37....2...I Can't Tell You Why - Eagles
35...--....1...Three Times In Love - Tommy James
36...39....2...Special Lady - Ray, Goodman & Brown
37...--....1...Computer Game - Yellow Magic Orchestra
38...29....4...Spirit Of Radio - RUSH
39...--....1...With You I'm Born Again - Billy Preston & Syreeta
40...--....1...Kiss Me In The Rain - Barbra Streisand
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Post by canfan on Mar 22, 2010 20:28:41 GMT -5
To coincide with this week's AT40 70's broadcast, here is a chart from Mar 17, 1978. It's a pretty volatile week with a lot of big leaps. My charts did not list the artist name, only the song title. I'm pretty good at remembering the names, but am stumped by the artist of one minor hit at #27. Might have been an album cut.
March 17,1978
TW LW WKS
.1....5....7...I Go Crazy - Paul Davis
.2....2....7...Happy Anniversay - Little River Band
.3....4....4...Can't smile Without You - Barry Manilow
.4...15....4...Runnin on Empty - Jackson Brown
.5...17....5...Thunder Island - Jay Ferguson
.6....6....9...The Circle is Small - Gordon Lightfoot
.7....8....7...Name of the Game - ABBA
.8...25....3...Jack And Jill - Raydio
.9...20....4...The Goodbye Girl - David Gates
10....3....7...Lay Down Sally - Eric Clapton
11...12....6...Falling - Leblanc & Carr
12....1....9...Long, Long Way From Home - Foreigner
13...14....6...Street Corner Serenade - Wet Willie
14...18...14...Peg - Steely Dan
15....9...12...Stayin Alive - Bee Gees
16...21...13...Rock And Roll Is a Vicious Game - April Wine
17...11...11...Oh Pretty Lady - Trooper
18....7....6...Night Fever - Bee Gees
19...34....4...Breakdown - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
20...40....3...If I Can't Have You - Yvonne Elliman
21...23....6...Dust In The Wind - Kansas
22...16....9...Dance, Dance, Dance - Chic
23...24....5...Poor, Poor, Pityful Me - Linda Ronstadt
24...22....7...Wonderful World - Art Garfunkel & James Taylor
25...31....5...The Way You Do The Things You Do - Rita Coolidge
26....8....6...Here I Go Again - Larry Evoy
27...33....6...Maybe You Better Run - ??
28...37....3...Our Love - Natale Cole
29...10....9...Theme From Close Encounters - John Williams
30...26...26...Sometimes When We Touch - Dan Hill
31...29....8...What's Your Name - Lynyrd Skynyrd
32...39....2...Ebony Eyes - Bob Welch
33...--....1...Hot Legs - Rod Stewart
34...27...10...Emotion - Samantha Sang
35...--....1...Sweet Talkin Woman - Electric Light Orchestra
36...36....4...Lady Love - Lou Rawls
37...19...13...Love Is Thicker Than Water - Andy Gibb
38...28...18...We Will Rock You/We Are The Champions - Queen
39...--....1...Put Your Head On My Shoulder - Leif Garrett
40...--....1...Thank You For Being A Friend - Andrew Gold
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Post by soundmagazine on Mar 22, 2010 22:16:31 GMT -5
March 11, 1983: TW LW TTW .1....2....5...Old And Wise - Alan Parsons Project .2....1....8...Billie Jean - Michael Jackson .7....7....5...Jeopardy - Greg Kihn Band .8....9....9...Come On Eileen - Dexy's Midnight Runners 23...27....3...Hungry Like The Wolf - Duran Duran 26...13...13...What About Me - Moving Picture * 38...37...13...A Space Age Love Song - A Flock Of Seagulls * Interesting and surprising song at #1 with a track from the very good Eye in the Sky Album(with the big lime green album cover) by the Alan Parsons project. That album had some other great songs such as the title track and Sirius. I still have it in a bankers box in my basement. I'm getting the urge to bring out my turntable again . What about me by by Moving Pictures, still stands up well today. I loved most of the Alan Parson Project LPs. Alan Parsons rose to fame when he produced the classic Pink Floyd album "Dark Side Of The Moon". His late 70's LPs such as "I Robot" and work with Al Stewart ("Year Of The Cat") cemented his place in music history. But it was in the 80's where he released what I felt were his greatest singles that struck a nerve with me with all of the elements I so adore in music. A combination of somber topics, melodramatic production, and a hint of classical arrangements were brilliantly crafted into pop singles. It started with "Time", which spent 8 weeks at #1 on my chart. "Who knows if we shall meet again, if ever". Then "Old & Wise" would spend 6 weeks at #1. "To those I left behind, I wanted you to know. You've always shared my deepest thoughts. You follow where I go". These two songs are in the Top 5 of the longest running #1 songs on my chart from 1980 to 1991. APP would perform well on my chart with other singles, including a couple of other #1 songs. But those two monster #1 songs would represent the most touching moments for me in the 80's. And speaking of touching moments, yes, "What About Me" still sounds great today. It had reached #1 on my chart in 1982 and I was glad to see it make another chart run on the national chart 7 years later. |
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Post by soundmagazine on Mar 23, 2010 0:11:04 GMT -5
March 15,1980 TW LW WKS .1....8....6...Another Brick In The Wall(Part 2) - Pink Floyd 11...15....6...Making Plans for Nigel - X.T.C 19...22....6...Janine - Trooper 23...40....2...Ride Like The Wind - Christopher Cross A big jump to #1 for Pink Floyd as it leaped over Rupert Holmes. I always liked the single version which you never hear on the radio today. The follow-up single also reached my top 10. Also big jump for Christopher Cross as we now see the beginning of the long streak you mentioned when sharing your 1981 chart. And no doubt headed for #1. Not much airplay in the states for the XTC and Trooper song. In fact, only "Raise A Little Hell" seemed to garner any significant airplay from Trooper. What a shame too because songs like "Janine" are top-notch and as good as anything in the Top 40 in the states. Great to see your 1978 chart, which I will comment on tomorrow. |
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Post by canfan on Mar 23, 2010 20:53:46 GMT -5
I loved most of the Alan Parson Project LPs. Alan Parsons rose to fame when he produced the classic Pink Floyd album "Dark Side Of The Moon". His late 70's LPs such as "I Robot" and work with Al Stewart ("Year Of The Cat") cemented his place in music history. But it was in the 80's where he released what I felt were his greatest singles that struck a nerve with me with all of the elements I so adore in music. A combination of somber topics, melodramatic production, and a hint of classical arrangements were brilliantly crafted into pop singles. It started with "Time", which spent 8 weeks at #1 on my chart. "Who knows if we shall meet again, if ever". Then "Old & Wise" would spend 6 weeks at #1. "To those I left behind, I wanted you to know. You've always shared my deepest thoughts. You follow where I go". These two songs are in the Top 5 of the longest running #1 songs on my chart from 1980 to 1991. APP would perform well on my chart with other singles, including a couple of other #1 songs. But those two monster #1 songs would represent the most touching moments for me in the 80's. And speaking of touching moments, yes, "What About Me" still sounds great today. It had reached #1 on my chart in 1982 and I was glad to see it make another chart run on the national chart 7 years later. Since you are a very big Alan Parsons Project fan, I'll summarize their success on my charts. #2 - Nov 1977 - I Wouldn't Want To Be Like You #17 - Jan 1980 - Damned If I Do #5 - Feb 1981 - Games People Play #1 (3 wks-non consecutive) Jul/Aug 1981 - Time Time had an interesting and very long/successful run. It hit #1 for 2 weeks in early July 1981 and after falling out of the number 1 position, 7 weeks later went back to number 1 at the end of August. It stayed on for 21 weeks in total. A great song. By the time the Eye In the Sky album was released, I had unfortunately stopped charting. I am sure that the title track would have produced some more #1 weeks. |
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Post by soundmagazine on Mar 23, 2010 23:30:20 GMT -5
I loved most of the Alan Parson Project LPs. Alan Parsons rose to fame when he produced the classic Pink Floyd album "Dark Side Of The Moon". His late 70's LPs such as "I Robot" and work with Al Stewart ("Year Of The Cat") cemented his place in music history. But it was in the 80's where he released what I felt were his greatest singles that struck a nerve with me with all of the elements I so adore in music. A combination of somber topics, melodramatic production, and a hint of classical arrangements were brilliantly crafted into pop singles. It started with "Time", which spent 8 weeks at #1 on my chart. "Who knows if we shall meet again, if ever". Then "Old & Wise" would spend 6 weeks at #1. "To those I left behind, I wanted you to know. You've always shared my deepest thoughts. You follow where I go". These two songs are in the Top 5 of the longest running #1 songs on my chart from 1980 to 1991. APP would perform well on my chart with other singles, including a couple of other #1 songs. But those two monster #1 songs would represent the most touching moments for me in the 80's. And speaking of touching moments, yes, "What About Me" still sounds great today. It had reached #1 on my chart in 1982 and I was glad to see it make another chart run on the national chart 7 years later. Since you are a very big Alan Parsons Project fan, I'll summarize their success on my charts. #2 - Nov 1977 - I Wouldn't Want To Be Like You #17 - Jan 1980 - Damned If I Do #5 - Feb 1981 - Games People Play #1 (3 wks-non consecutive) Jul/Aug 1981 - Time Time had an interesting and very long/successful run. It hit #1 for 2 weeks in early July 1981 and after falling out of the number 1 position, 7 weeks later went back to number 1 at the end of August. It stayed on for 21 weeks in total. A great song. By the time the Eye In the Sky album was released, I had unfortunately stopped charting. I am sure that the title track would have produced some more #1 weeks. Glad to see you were a fan too. Your peak positions out-performed the peak positions on the national chart for all of these songs. For the time period our charts overlapped, we were very close as "Games People Play" peaked at #7 on my chart and we shared the #1 peak position for "Time". The chart action for "Time" on your chart was indeed very unusual. Returning to #1 only occurred a handful of times on my chart and there was never more than a two week period that the song was out of the #1 spot before returning. Since those rare instances were some of the biggest songs of all-time on my charts, I can certainly understand just how much "Time" meant to you also. |
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Post by soundmagazine on Mar 24, 2010 0:11:33 GMT -5
To coincide with this week's AT40 70's broadcast, here is a chart from Mar 17, 1978. It's a pretty volatile week with a lot of big leaps. My charts did not list the artist name, only the song title. I'm pretty good at remembering the names, but am stumped by the artist of one minor hit at #27. Might have been an album cut. March 17,1978 TW LW WKS .1....5....7...I Go Crazy - Paul Davis .2....2....7...Happy Anniversay - Little River Band .3....4....4...Can't smile Without You - Barry Manilow .4...15....4...Runnin on Empty - Jackson Brown .5...17....5...Thunder Island - Jay Ferguson .6....6....9...The Circle is Small - Gordon Lightfoot .7....8....7...Name of the Game - ABBA .8...25....3...Jack And Jill - Raydio .9...20....4...The Goodbye Girl - David Gates 10....3....7...Lay Down Sally - Eric Clapton 11...12....6...Falling - Leblanc & Carr 12....1....9...Long, Long Way From Home - Foreigner 13...14....6...Street Corner Serenade - Wet Willie 14...18...14...Peg - Steely Dan 15....9...12...Stayin Alive - Bee Gees 16...21...13...Rock And Roll Is a Vicious Game - April Wine 17...11...11...Oh Pretty Lady - Trooper 18....7....6...Night Fever - Bee Gees 19...34....4...Breakdown - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers 20...40....3...If I Can't Have You - Yvonne Elliman 21...23....6...Dust In The Wind - Kansas 22...16....9...Dance, Dance, Dance - Chic 23...24....5...Poor, Poor, Pityful Me - Linda Ronstadt 24...22....7...Wonderful World - Art Garfunkel & James Taylor 25...31....5...The Way You Do The Things You Do - Rita Coolidge 26....8....6...Here I Go Again - Larry Evoy 27...33....6...Maybe You Better Run - ?? 28...37....3...Our Love - Natale Cole 29...10....9...Theme From Close Encounters - John Williams 30...26...26...Sometimes When We Touch - Dan Hill 31...29....8...What's Your Name - Lynyrd Skynyrd 32...39....2...Ebony Eyes - Bob Welch 33...--....1...Hot Legs - Rod Stewart 34...27...10...Emotion - Samantha Sang 35...--....1...Sweet Talkin Woman - Electric Light Orchestra 36...36....4...Lady Love - Lou Rawls 37...19...13...Love Is Thicker Than Water - Andy Gibb 38...28...18...We Will Rock You/We Are The Champions - Queen 39...--....1...Put Your Head On My Shoulder - Leif Garrett 40...--....1...Thank You For Being A Friend - Andrew Gold Wow, volatile is a good word for this chart. The drop from #1 to #12 is pretty spectacular itself. I never had a song drop out of the Top 10 from the #1 spot. But glad to see the Foreigner song was #1 because the LP it is from is one of my favorite LPs of the 70's. There were so many great songs being released every week in the 70's that charting must have been quite a challenge. I see the Bee Gees and Larry Evoy were dropping out of the top 10 after only 6 weeks on the chart. Even stranger is that the Bee Gees prior hit ("Stayin Alive") was charting higher this week than their follow-up single. It truly was staying alive! I was a big fan of Edward Bear and it's a shame that the States did not pick up Larry Evoy's solo material as well. Quality stuff. With so many big movers this week I bet the top spot in the upcoming weeks was going to be quite a challenge. Also you managed to have a top 10 that did not have one disco song in it. For 1978, that is pretty amazing. I assume that would change the following week with Yvonne Elliman zooming up the chart. And speaking of disco, it looks like you preferred the John Williams version of "Close Encounters" over the disco version by Meco. And finally, nice rarities by the Canadian bands Trooper and April Wine. I mentioned Trooper on your 1980 chart so I will focus on April Wine. Their first LP in the states was a favorite of mine, which was actually their second LP in Canada called "On Record". To add to the confusion, "On Record" was titled "April Wine" in the states, which was actually the title of the first LP in Canada. In any case, I lost track of them after "You Could Have Been A Lady" and "Bad Side Of The Moon" in 1972 because radio stations in the States wouldn't play their music until the great rocker "Roller" in 1979. |
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Post by canfan on Mar 24, 2010 21:37:55 GMT -5
But glad to see the Foreigner song was #1 because the LP it is from is one of my favorite LPs of the 70's. There were so many great songs being released every week in the 70's that charting must have been quite a challenge. I see the Bee Gees and Larry Evoy were dropping out of the top 10 after only 6 weeks on the chart. Even stranger is that the Bee Gees prior hit ("Stayin Alive") was charting higher this week than their follow-up single. It truly was staying alive! I was a big fan of Edward Bear and it's a shame that the States did not pick up Larry Evoy's solo material as well. Quality stuff. With so many big movers this week I bet the top spot in the upcoming weeks was going to be quite a challenge. Also you managed to have a top 10 that did not have one disco song in it. For 1978, that is pretty amazing. I assume that would change the following week with Yvonne Elliman zooming up the chart. And speaking of disco, it looks like you preferred the John Williams version of "Close Encounters" over the disco version by Meco. And finally, nice rarities by the Canadian bands Trooper and April Wine. I mentioned Trooper on your 1980 chart so I will focus on April Wine. Their first LP in the states was a favorite of mine, which was actually their second LP in Canada called "On Record". To add to the confusion, "On Record" was titled "April Wine" in the states, which was actually the title of the first LP in Canada. In any case, I lost track of them after "You Could Have Been A Lady" and "Bad Side Of The Moon" in 1972 because radio stations in the States wouldn't play their music until the great rocker "Roller" in 1979. Foreigner was very successful on my charts with a total of 4 #1 singles from both the eponymously titled first album and Double Vision. In fact they hold the distinction of holding the number one position of the very first chart I made back in June '77 with "Feels Like The First Time." I guess I wasn't the biggest disco fan, but in the previous month of February, there was very good representation with the Bee Gees spending 2 weeks at #1 with "Stayin Alive", Chic one week at #1 with "Dance, Dance, Dance" and the heavily Bee Gee influenced Samatha Sang song "Emotion" also hitting number one. And yes Yvonee Elliman rocketed into the Top 10 the next week, eventually peaking at #2. Larry Evoy never reached the same success as a solo artist that he had with Edward Bear, but he had some good solo songs. He's one of those singers that has a very distinctive voice. Edward Bears "Last Song" and "You and Me and Mexico' are still favourites of mine after all these years. April Wine was a staple of the Canadian music scene all through the 70's. Everyone had at least one of their albums. Although one of their songs hit #1 on my chart in '77-"You Won't Dance With Me", my favourite is "Tonight is A Wonderful Night"...another great rocker by the band. |
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Post by pizzzzza on Mar 25, 2010 22:55:05 GMT -5
Really a nice trip down memory lane for me - I just wish I had kept my charts as well growing up.
I started doing my own charts and countdown back around 1970 - did it for about 5 years (I think) - actually increased it to a Top 100 at one point.
I agree with the part about songs debuting #1 - that always happened to me as well - you'd hear a song that you REALLY liked - would debut #1, then plummet a few weeks later (after wearing the record out and getting really sick of it - LOL)
Example...."Tonight" by Raspberries - LOVED that record for about 2 weeks, then remember it dropped to around 34 - LOL
Also, does anyone remember "We're On Our Way" by Chris Hodge from Summer of '72? It was a HUGE hit on my charts.
Other HUGE hits that I can remember (off the top of my head) were Badfinger's "Baby Blue" and Moody Blues "I'm Just A Singer (In A Rock N Roll Band), as well as Five Man Electrical Band's "Absolutely Right" and Alive and Kicking's "Tighter Tighter", and Three Dog Night's "Family Of Man".
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Post by canfan on Mar 26, 2010 20:39:26 GMT -5
Really a nice trip down memory lane for me - I just wish I had kept my charts as well growing up. I started doing my own charts and countdown back around 1970 - did it for about 5 years (I think) - actually increased it to a Top 100 at one point. I agree with the part about songs debuting #1 - that always happened to me as well - you'd hear a song that you REALLY liked - would debut #1, then plummet a few weeks later (after wearing the record out and getting really sick of it - LOL) Example...."Tonight" by Raspberries - LOVED that record for about 2 weeks, then remember it dropped to around 34 - LOL Also, does anyone remember "We're On Our Way" by Chris Hodge from Summer of '72? It was a HUGE hit on my charts. Other HUGE hits that I can remember (off the top of my head) were Badfinger's "Baby Blue" and Moody Blues "I'm Just A Singer (In A Rock N Roll Band), as well as Five Man Electrical Band's "Absolutely Right" and Alive and Kicking's "Tighter Tighter", and Three Dog Night's "Family Of Man". That's too bad that you didn't keep your charts. Didn't you know that 40 years later, there would be folks on the Internet wanting to see them? You mention that you did a countdown..Do you mean that you recorded it? That would have been cool. I liked the song "Absolutely Right" as well, but not quite as much as the Five Man Electrical Bands initial hit, "Signs". It's one of my all time favourites. I still think Alive and Kicking's "Tighter and Tighter" is a great song. Glad you mentioned Three Dog Night. They were my favorite band growing up in the early to mid seventies. I think I bought every album, they ever made. So many good songs in addition to "Family of Man", such as "Eli's Coming", "Liar", "Mama Told Me Not To Come", "Old Fashioned Love Song", "Never Been To Spain", "Joy to the World', "Black and White"..the list could go on...they were a hit making machine. Brings back a lot of good memories of my late childhood/youth. |
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In those days I was initially skeptical of new music released by homegrown artists due to mandatory airplay as required by Canadian Content regulations. However in this case I liked the song a lot because it was very catchy, fun and it became a big hit.