Post Your Chart From 1980 - 1991

[soundmagazine]

May 8, 2010 11:40:28 GMT -5 shadster said:

5/3/86

LW TW

20 1 ZZTop. Roughboy

since i didnt start charting till 1985 offucially, thus there are a few songs from 84 an 83 on here

There you are. You missed out on 1988 a few weeks ago.

Interesting to see ZZ Top go from the lowest position of your chart to the highest in one week. That song also didn't completely captivate me after the first listen, but with each listen afterwards it really sunk in and ended up being Top 5 on my chart (the biggest single they ever had).

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May 8, 2010 10:40:57 GMT -5 canfan said:

I've had a one month hiatus due to the dates of recent Classic AT40 70/80s broadcasts. Good to get back into posting form. Here's one for this weekend's classic 80's broadcast.

It's an extremely volatile week with some big leaps into the top 5. Ambrosia rockets up to #5 with "Biggest Part Of Me" that would become the song of the year and spend 5 weeks at #1, which is the most of any song in my charting years.
Looking back at the songs, I see a lot of easy listening, AOR type songs that year. It didn't seem unusual at the time, but now it really seems to stand out.


May 10, 1980

TW LW WKS
.5...21....3...Biggest Part Of Me - Ambrosia
16...27....4...Heart Hotels - Dan Fogelberg
26...29....5...Lucky Me - Anne Murray

I was looking forward to seeing your chart since I knew this week's program was in your charting era.

Volatile is an appropriate word. Wow! I thought my chart this week had lots of shifting also, but your chart takes it to a new level. You touched on the number of easy listening songs that were popular at this time. Casey even mentioned this in the 1980 broadcast of the shift from disco to ballads. It may explain why our charts look the way they do. Music was in a transitional period and searching for the hot new genre. Ballads seemed like a safe option to DJs since they never truly disappeared completely from the Top 40, even during the disco era. When I heard "Pop Muzik" and "Funkytown", I thought techno or new wave was going to replace disco as the latest craze. I even mentioned it to my girlfriend at the time. A year or so later she gave me a hard time about how that prediction never didn't materialized (country music had kicked into gear).

Great to see "Hearts Hotel" take a big leap since that was a former #1 on my chart. Also nice to see the Anne Murray song on both of our charts since it never made it into AT40. Cool that Ambrosia had a monster song for you since they were a fave of mine from the "Holdin On To Yesterday" era in the 70's.

[prenatt1166]

UU-BRU Radio Playlist
For Week Ending May 10, 1980

01 02 Linda Ronstadt Hurts So Bad (1 week at #1)
02 05 Bruce Cockburn Wondering Where The Lions Are
03 04 Paul McCartney Coming Up
04 03 Billy Joel You May Be Right
05 01 Jimmy Ruffin Hold On To My Love
06 06 Charlie Dore Pilot Of the Airwaves
07 07 Kenny Rogers & Kim Carnes Don’t Fall In Love With A Dreamer
08 11 Lipps, Inc. Funky Town
09 10 Gary Numan Cars
10 08 Blondie Call Me
11 16 Jermaine Jackson Let's Get Serious
12 12 Paul Davis Do Right
13 13 Michael Jackson Working Day And Night
14 17 Ambrosia Biggest Part Of Me
15 20 Robbie Dupree Steal Away
16 19 Boz Scaggs Breakdown Dead Ahead
17 21 Bette Midler The Rose
18 25 Ray Parker, Jr. & Raydio Two Places At The Same Time
19 09 Michael Jackson Off The Wall
20 15 Andy Gibb & Olivia Newton-John I Can’t Help It
21 22 Pat Benatar We Live For Love
22 24 Michael Jackson She's Out Of My Life
23 28 Rupert Holmes Answering Machine
24 26 Spider New Romance
25 31 Bob Seger Against The Wind
26 30 Dan Fogelberg Heart Hotels
27 27 J. Geils Band Love Stinks
28 35 Little River Band It's Not A Wonder
29 23 Pretenders Brass In Pocket
30 14 Kenny Loggins Keep The Fire
31 18 Dolly Parton Starting Over Again
32 32 Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers Here Comes My Girl
33 40 Frank Sinatra Theme From "New York, New York"
34 ** Linda Ronstadt Mad Love
35 ** Heart Bebe Le Strange
36 ** Rocky Burnette Tired Of Toeing The Line
37 38 The Clash Train In Vain
38 34 Journey Any Way You Want It
39 29 Ray, Goodman & Brown Special Lady
40 ** Rodney Crowell Ashes By Now

TOP TEN ALBUMS

01 01 Michael Jackson Off The Wall (3rd of 5 weeks at #1)
02 02 Billy Joel Glass Houses
03 03 Linda Ronstadt Mad Love
04 04 Pink Floyd The Wall
05 05 Bob Seger Against The Wind
06 ** Lipps, Inc. Mouth To Mouth
07 07 Heart Bebe Le Strange
08 08 Rupert Homes Partners In Crime
09 06 Christopher Cross Christopher Cross
10 10 Pat Benatar In The Heat Of The Night

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Here's my chart from May 9, 1980:

TW LW TTW
.1....1....9...I Can't Help It - Andy Gibb & Olivia Newton-John *
.2....3....6...Stomp - Brothers Johnson
.3...11....4...We Live For Love - Pat Benatar
.4....5....5...Funkytown - Lipps Inc
.5....6....5...Train In Vain - The Clash
.6...13....3...Little Jeannie - Elton John
.7....2....8...And The Beat Goes On - Whispers *
.8...10....5...Seduction - James Last
.9....4...10...Cars - Gary Newman *
10....7...14...Desire - Andy Gibb *
11....8....7...Biggest Part Of Me - Ambrosia
12...12...11...Hearts Hotel - Dan Fogelberg *
13...19....3...She's Out Of My Life - Michael Jackson
14...20....3...Steal Away - Robbie Dupree
15...31....2...Let's Get Serious - Jermaine Jackson
16...26....4...Gee Whiz - Bernadette Peters
17...21....3...Coming Up - Paul McCartney
18...18....6...Headed For A Fall - Firefall
19....9....8...After You - Dionne Warwick
20...25....5...I Don't Want To Walk Without You - Barry Manilow
21...30...12...Ride Like The Wind - Christopher Cross
22...32....2...Starting Over Again - Dolly Parton
23...28....4...Should've Never Let You Go - Neil & Dara Sedaka
24...15....6...Lucky Me - Anne Murray
25...27....3...A Certain Girl - Warren Zevon
26...14....8...Brass In Pocket - Pretenders
27...17...12...Call Me - Blondie *
28...16....6...Breakdown Dead Ahead - Boz Scaggs
29...35....2...Love Stinks - J. Geils Band
30...38....2...Can't Put A Price On Love - Knack
31...24....5...Wondering Where The Lions Are - Bruce Cockburn
32..---....1...Run Like Hell - Pink Floyd
33..---....1...It's Still Rock N Roll To Me- Billy Joel
34...29....9...Carrie - Cliff Richard *
35...22....9...Only A Lonely Heart Sees - Felix Cavaliere
36...23....5...Hurts So Bad - Linda Ronstadt
37..---....1...Theme From New York, New York - Frank Sinatra
38..---....1...Let Me Be The Clock - Smokey Robinson
39...33....8...Years - Wayne Newton
40...34....7...Hold On To My Love - Jimmy Ruffin

Top LPs:
.1....After Dark - Andy Gibb
.2....Dionne - Dionne Warwick

Although ballads were the craze, I was looking for something more to replace the lack of disco records being played by DJs. I found a replacement with Pat Benatar and Jermaine Jackson. From an A and B side perspective, the Pat Benatar single probably ranks right up there as one of my favorites. The special mix of "We Live For Love" took the song to #1 the following week and the flip side "So Sincere" was one of my favorite LP cuts of the early 80's. In fact, that entire LP was quite good and gave me some much needed musical angst in the midst of all of the easy listening on the radio.

The Jermaine Jackson song helped fill the disco void. As I mentioned in an earlier post, that song would spend 9 weeks at #1, the longest #1 song I ever had. But it's definitely not my favorite song of all-time. It just came at a time when I was craving a powerful dance record and it really satisfied that need.

And one chart oddity to mention. Christopher Cross was in the process of moving back up the chart after originally peaking a month earlier. This only happened a handful of times in my post 70's charts.

[canfan]

May 8, 2010 11:40:28 GMT -5 shadster said:

5/3/86
* 12 Honeymoon suite. Feel it again
* 7 OMD. If you leave
20 1 ZZTop. Roughboy

I was really into these 3 songs at the time. I frequently hear the first 2 on oldies stations these days, but hadn't heard Rough Boy for years until last weeks classic 80's countdown. I still think this ballad is a great song which was quite a departure from ZZ Top's hard rocking style. It took quite a leap from the bottom position to top...I'm happy to see that I'm not the only one with these giant weekly gains

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May 9, 2010 10:36:24 GMT -5 prenatt1166 said:

UU-BRU Radio Playlist
For Week Ending May 10, 1980

01 02 Linda Ronstadt Hurts So Bad (1 week at #1)
02 05 Bruce Cockburn Wondering Where The Lions Are
13 13 Michael Jackson Working Day And Night 19 09 Michael Jackson Off The Wall
22 24 Michael Jackson She's Out Of My Life


TOP TEN ALBUMS
01 01 Michael Jackson Off The Wall (3rd of 5 weeks at #1)
10 10 Pat Benatar In The Heat Of The Night

Well, this makes it unanimous. Three charts and three different ballads at the top.

Nice to see the Bruce Cockburn single so high. Quality song.

Interesting to see the B side of "Rock With You" charting. Three MJ songs in one countdown and the #1 album to boot rivals the "Thriller" era successes.

And there's the great Pat Benatar LP I mentioned in my earlier post.

[canfan]

May 9, 2010 10:36:24 GMT -5 prenatt1166 said:

02 05 Bruce Cockburn Wondering Where The Lions Are
17 21 Bette Midler The Rose
32 32 Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers Here Comes My Girl

As of late, you guys have been surpassing me on the Canadian songs. Great to see fine singer/songwriter Bruce Cockburn doing so well on your chart at #2 with "Wondering Where the Lions Are". It was a top 10 hit for me. Bette Midler's The Rose is one of my favourites of all the great ballads during 1980. I was a big Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers fan in the early '80s and am glad to see the underrated "Here Comes My Girl" from the "Damn The Torpedoes" album on your chart as it was a great song, but it never made the national Top 40.

[canfan]

May 9, 2010 10:37:13 GMT -5 soundmagazine said:

.6...13....3...Little Jeannie - Elton John
14...20....3...Steal Away - Robbie Dupree

A couple of fast moving songs on your chart that would have long chart runs and end up being number #1's for me. Another of the nice 1980 ballads "Little Jeanie" by Elton John and the very Doobiesque sounding "Steal Away" by Robbie Dupree. Some great memories of the summer of 1980.

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This weekend Classic AT40 will air the program from 5/14/1983. Here is my chart from that week:

May 13, 1983

TW LW TTW
.1....1....8...Let's Dance - David Bowie
.2....4....4...Front Page Story - Neil Diamond
.3....3....5...Flashdance...What A Feeling - Irene Cara
.4...15....5...Always Something There To Remind Me - Naked Eyes
.5....2....9...She Blinded Me With Science - Thomas Dolby
.6....8....4...My Love - Lionel Richie
.7....7...10...I Won't Hold You Back - Toto *
.8...12....5...Faithfully - Journey
.9...13....4...Reap The Wild Wind - Ultravox
10....5...10...I Don't Care Anymore - Phil Collins *
11...11....6...So Wrong - Patrick Simmons
12...16....5...Fool's Game - Michael Bolton
13....6...14...Old & Wise - Alan Parsons Project *
14....9....9...Welcome To Heartlight - Kenny Loggins
15...21....4...Here We'll Stay - Frida
16...28....2...All My Life - Kenny Rogers
17...29....2...I'm Still Standing - Elton John
18...23....6...Stranger In My House - Ronnie Milsap
19...24....3...Affair Of The Heart - Rick Springfield
20...25....3...Family Man - Hall & Oates
21...10...13...Some Kind Of Friend - Barry Manilow *
22...22....5...Overkill - Men At Work
23...26....3...That's Love - Jim Capaldi
24...30....5...Photograph - Def Leppard
25...27....4...Straight From The Heart - Bryan Adams
26...18....9...Der Kommissar - After The Fire
27..---....1...Wishing - A Flock Of Seagulls
28...31....3...Never Gonna Let You Go - Sergio Mendez
29..---....1...Love On Your Side - Thompson Twins
30..---....1...The One Thing - INXS
31..---....1...Time - Culture Club
32..---....1...White Wedding - Billy Idol
33...33...12...Beat It - Michael Jackson *
34..---....1...Electric Avenue - Eddy Grant
35..---....1...We Two - Little River Band
36..---....1...Full Moon Fire - Walter Egan
37..---....1...Why Me - Planet P
38..---....1...She's A Beauty - Tubes
39...38...11...Whose Gonna Keep Me Warm - Phil Everly
40...34...17...Billie Jean - Michael Jackson *


Top 10 LPs:
.1....1....4...Let's Dance - David Bowie **
.2....2....4...Living In Oz - Rick Springfield **
.3....5....3...Flashdance - Soundtrack *
.4....4...15...Frontiers - Journey **
.5....7...32...Heartlight - Neil Diamond **
.6....3....8...The Final Cut - Pink Floyd **
.7....6...24...Thriller - Michael Jackson **
.8...11...19...Lionel Richie - Lionel Richie **
.9...10....5...The Golden Age Of Wireless - Thomas Dolby
10....9...24...Here Comes The Night - Barry Manilow **

Ten debut songs is mindboggling, but it was a continued sign of how the first half of 1983 was one of the stronger periods in music for me in the 80's. In fact, three songs on this chart are on my list of "Songs That Should Have Charted Higher". Of course, the reason they didn't chart higher was because of the competition. Those songs are:
That's Love - Jim Capaldi (peaked at #15)
The One Thing - INXS (peaked at #7)
We Two - LRB (peaked at #18)

Also noteworthy is the Michael Bolton song, which was the highest charting song he would ever have. He would never make it past #17 again.

[prenatt1166]

UU-BRU Radio Playlist
For Week Ending May 13, 1983

01 01 Prince Little Red Corvette (3rd of 5 weeks at #1)
02 02 Scandal Love's Got A Line On You
03 03 Toto I Won't Hold You Back
04 05 Laura Branigan Solitaire
05 08 Irene Cara Flashdance…What A Feeling
06 07 David Bowie Let's Dance
07 04 Michael Jackson Beat It
08 10 Men At Work Overkill
09 11 Rick Springfield Affair Of The Heart
10 06 Def Leppard Photograph
11 13 Lou Rawls Wind Beneath My Wings
12 12 Kelly Groucutt Am I A Dreamer
13 18 Eddy Grant Electric Avenue
14 16 The Tubes She's A Beauty
15 20 INXS The One Thing
16 17 Duran Duran Rio
17 19 Night Ranger Sing Me Away
18 24 DeBarge All This Time
19 21 Linda Ronstadt Easy For You To Say
20 23 Lionel Richie My Love
21 22 The Sparks (with Jane Weidlin) Cool Places
22 30 Madness Our House
23 ** A Flock Of Seagulls Wishing
24 14 DeBarge I Like It
25 28 Daryl Hall & John Oates Family Man
26 26 Modern English I Melt With You
27 09 Robbie Patton (with Stevie Nicks) Smiling Islands
28 15 Michael Jackson Billie Jean
29 29 Robert Hazard Escalator of Life
30 25 Planet P Why Me
31 27 Janet Jackson Come Give Your Love To Me
32 32 Pointer Sisters If You Wanna Get Back Your Lady
33 37 Marty Balin Born To Be A Winner
34 34 Laura Branigan Deep In The Dark
35 ** Patti Austin & James Ingram How Do You Keep The Music Playing
36 36 Greg Kihn Band I Fall To Pieces
37 38 Toni Basil You Gotta Problem
38 39 Michael Bolton Fools Game
39 31 Wall Of Voodoo Mexican Radio
40 ** Phil Collins I Cannot Believe It's True

TOP TEN ALBUMS

01 01 Michael Jackson Thriller (12th of 37 weeks at #1)
02 02 various artists Flashdance (soundtrack)
03 03 Prince 1999
04 04 Def Leppard Pyromania
05 07 Men At Work Cargo
06 05 Scandal Scandal (EP)
07 06 Toto IV
08 08 David Bowie Let's Dance
09 09 Duran Duran Rio
10 ** Rick Springfield Living In Oz

Scandal spent 7 weeks at #2 without reaching number one, the longest run in the runner up spot to date.

At #34 Laura Branigan was charting with the third version of "Der Kommissar" in 1983 following After The Fire and Falco.

There were several "one hit wonders" on my chart at the time including Planet P, Robert Hazard and Wall Of Voodoo. I think each song had a popular video on MTV at the time. Janet Jackson looked like she may only make a single appearance on my chart as well. "Come Give Your Love To Me" was her first appearance, peaking at #10. She wouldn't chart again until 1986.

[prenatt1166]

May 13, 2010 2:11:54 GMT -5 soundmagazine said:

.4...15....5...Always Something There To Remind Me - Naked Eyes
15...21....4...Here We'll Stay - Frida
16...28....2...All My Life - Kenny Rogers
17...29....2...I'm Still Standing - Elton John
32..---....1...White Wedding - Billy Idol

I was a little late on these songs, but all five debuted on my next chart 5-21-83.

I see we both had A Flock Of Seagulls as the highest debut. It would only take four weeks for "Wishing" to reach number one.

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May 14, 2010 21:49:26 GMT -5 prenatt1166 said:

UU-BRU Radio Playlist
For Week Ending May 13, 1983 Janet Jackson looked like she may only make a single appearance on my chart as well. "Come Give Your Love To Me" was her first appearance, peaking at #10. She wouldn't chart again until 1986.

Similar situation with me, but with a different song. Ms Jackson would chart with "Young Love" at the end of 1982 (the prior release to "Come Give Your Love To Me") and she would not chart again until returning with a vengence in 1986.

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May 14, 2010 21:59:43 GMT -5 prenatt1166 said:

May 13, 2010 2:11:54 GMT -5 soundmagazine said:

.4...15....5...Always Something There To Remind Me - Naked Eyes
15...21....4...Here We'll Stay - Frida
16...28....2...All My Life - Kenny Rogers
17...29....2...I'm Still Standing - Elton John
32..---....1...White Wedding - Billy Idol

I was a little late on these songs, but all five debuted on my next chart 5-21-83.

I see we both had A Flock Of Seagulls as the highest debut. It would only take four weeks for "Wishing" to reach number one.

All top 10ers except for Frida, which stopped at #11. Nice to see someone else chart that one.

"Wishing" would take 6 weeks to reach the top of my chart. Would have also been 4 weeks but two of the songs you listed above (Naked Eyes & Elton John) kept it at #2 for two weeks before it finally moved into the top spot. It was the third #1 single in a row for A Flock Of Seagulls. But they would never reach the Top 10 again.

[soundmagazine]

Classic AT40 will be airing the program from May 23, 1987 this weekend. Here is my chart from that week:

TW LW TTW
.1....1....9...Always - Atlantic Starr *
.2....3....8...Can't Cry Anymore - Kansas
.3....2....9...Wanted Dead Or Alive - Bon Jovi
.4....4....5...The River Cried - Russell Hitchcock
.5....6....7...With Or Without You - U2
.6....8....7...Lessons In Love - Level 42
.7....7...11...La Isla Bonita - Madonna *
.8...19....3...Alone - Heart
.9...12....4...Alone Again Or - The Damned
10...10....6...Serious - Donna Allen
11...20....3...Variety Tonight - REO Speedwagon
12...13....6...I Only Wanted You - Marie Osmond
13...22....3...Heart And Soul - T'Pau
14...15....6...You Keep Me Hangin On - Kim Wilde
15...16....6...First We'll Take Manhattan - Jennifer Warnes
16...17....5...Dirty Water - Rock & Hyde
17...21....4...Diamonds - Herb Alpert
18...11....8...Big Love - Fleetwood Mac
19....9....8...Battleship Chains - Georgia Satellites
20...31....2...Still A Thrill - Jody Watley
21...27....3...Head To Toe - Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam
22...28....3...Rock The Night - Europe
23...25....4...Heartbreak Beat - Psychedelic Furs
24...24....4...Why Can't This Night Go On - Journey
25...32....2...Living In A Dream - Pseudo Echo
26...26....4...Should I See - Frozen Ghost
27....5....9...Baby Grand - Billy Joel & Ray Charles
28...34....2...Endless Nights - Eddie Money
29...14....7...Sela - Lionel Richie
30...18....7...If She Would Have Been Faithful - Chicago
31...23....5...Same Ole Love - Anita Baker
32..---....1...Why You Treat Me So Bad - Club Nouveau
33..---....1...Day In Day Out - David Bowie
34..---....1...I Wanna Dance With Somebody - Whitney Houston
35..---....1...Something So Strong - Crowded House
36..---....1...In Too Deep - Genesis
37...29...10...Wild Horses - Gino Vannelli
38...38...14...Boy In The Bubble - Paul Simon *
39...36...11...Starlight Express - El DeBarge
40...30...11...(I Just) Died In Your Arms - Cutting Crew

After numerous Top 10 songs, Kansas would finally reach the number one spot for the very first time the following week. The video to this song definitely had an impact on that accomplishment. And speaking of a stunning video (and song), "Alone Again Or" was also amazing. The Damned's remake of Love's classic song remains one of my favorite singles of the 80's.

[prenatt1166]

UU-BRU Radio Playlist
For Week Ending May 23, 1987

01 01 Whitney Houston I Wanna Dance With Somebody (2nd of 8 weeks at #1)
02 02 Bon Jovi Wanted Dead Or Alive
03 04 John Schneider Love, You Ain't Seen The Last Of Me
04 05 Lisa-Lisa & Cult Jam Head To Toe
05 06 Eddie Money Endless Nights
06 19 Bob Seger Shakedown
07 03 Madonna La Isla Bonita
08 08 U2 With Or Without You
09 10 Chicago If She Would Have Been Faithful
10 07 Cyndi Lauper What's Going On
11 18 Heart Alone
12 16 Herb Alpert (with Janet Jackson & Lisa Keith) Diamonds
13 14 Carly Simon Give Me All Night
14 11 Psychedelic Furs Heartbreak Beat
15 12 Aretha Franklin & George Michael I Knew You Were Waiting
16 13 Simply Red The Right Thing
17 20 Russell Hitchcock The River Cried
18 22 Kim Wilde You Keep Me Hanging On
19 09 Kool & The Gang Stone Love
20 21 Fleetwood Mac Big Love
21 25 Patty Smyth Downtown Train
22 36 Ronnie Spectoe & Eddie Money Who Can Sleep
23 15 Patty Smyth Never Enough
24 17 The Bangles Walking Down Your Street
25 24 Bryan Adams Heat Of The Night
26 30 Sheena Easton Eternity
27 32 Jody Watley Still A Thrill
28 40 Pseudo Echo Funkytown
29 33 Smokey Robinson Just To See Her
30 31 Debbie Harry In Love With Love
31 34 Miami Sound Machine Rhythm Is Gonna Get You
32 38 Tina Turner Break Every Rule
33 35 Diana Ross Dirty Looks
34 ** Dan Fogelberg She Don't Look Back
35 37 Prince If I Was Your Girlfriend
36 ** Atlantic Starr Always
37 28 Jody Watley Looking For A New Love
38 ** Whitney Houston Moment Of Truth
39 RE Paul Simon You Can Call Me Al
40 ** Kenny Loggins Meet Me Half Way

TOP TEN ALBUMS

01 01 Patty Smyth Never Enough (12th of 13 weeks at #1)
02 02 Barbra Streisand One Voice
03 03 Bon Jovi Slippery When Wet
04 04 Madonna True Blue
05 ** various artists Beverly Hills Cop 2 (soundtrack)
06 06 Carly Simon Coming Around Again
07 07 John Schneider You Ain't Seen The Last Of Me
08 08 Fleetwood Mac Tango In The Night
09 09 Jody Watley Jody Watley
10 05 Prince Sign 'O' The Times

After spending 6 weeks at #2 with "Take Me Home Tonight", Eddie Money returned the favor by appearing on Ronnie Spector's "Who Can Sleep". Despite the quick start, their new song would stall at #13.

Debbie Harry would fall off the chart the following week with "In Love With Love", but would later return and make it to #7. At the time I thought this would be the song to return her to the national top 40.

Paul Simon also re-entered the chart with "You Can Call Me Al". He had made it to the top ten when the single was first released in 1986.

Patty Smyth was on her way to another top ten hit with her cover of Tom Wait's "Downtown Train". Even though Rod Stewart took his version to #1 on my chart three years later, I thought Smyth's was better. Bob Seger also recorded a version in 1989, but it remains shelved. Hopefully we will get a chance to hear it someday.

[prenatt1166]

May 19, 2010 19:54:04 GMT -5 soundmagazine said:

.4....4....5...The River Cried - Russell Hitchcock
11...20....3...Variety Tonight - REO Speedwagon
12...13....6...I Only Wanted You - Marie Osmond
15...16....6...First We'll Take Manhattan - Jennifer Warnes
20...31....2...Still A Thrill - Jody Watley

You have some great cuts charting with REO Speedwagon, Marie Osmond and Jennifer Warnes among others.

"The River Cried" was also on Patty Smyth's album. I created a "duet" with a mixer. It was rough, but their voices really blended well.

I see Jody Watley was moving quickly up your chart. What was the biggest hit from her album? "Still A Thrill" was the least successful for me.

#22 Looking For A New Love
#26 Still A Thrill
#08 Don't You Want Me
#02 Some Kind Of Lover
#12 Most Of All

[canfan]

May 19, 2010 19:54:04 GMT -5 soundmagazine said:

Classic AT40 will be airing the program from May 23, 1987 this weekend. Here is my chart from that week:

TW LW TTW
.8...19....3...Alone - Heart
26...26....4...Should I See - Frozen Ghost

Good to see Heart's "Alone" moving up quickly. I still love the haunting, dramatic musical arrangement of the song and think it's one of the great songs of the '80s. Also nice to see on your chart on your chart a Canadian band, Frozen Ghost, that only had minor success in their career, but had at least one very good song with "Should I See". I saw the band's drummer a few times at my bank branch back then while I was depositing my pay cheques..his must have been a lot bigger than mine

[canfan]

May 21, 2010 13:04:54 GMT -5 prenatt1166 said:

UU-BRU Radio Playlist
02 02 Bon Jovi Wanted Dead Or Alive

Both you and SoundMag have Bon Jovi's "Wanted Dead Or Alive" much higher on your charts than it ever reached on the national chart. Good to see because it's a great underrated tune and one of their best.

[canfan]

This week's SXM AT40 classic countdown is from May 19, 1979, here's my chart for that week.

May 19, 1979

TW LW WKS

.1....2....7...Reunited - Peaches & Herb (1wk at #1)
.2....4....8...Goodnight Tonight - Wings
.3....1...12...Music Box Dancer - Frank Mills
.4....9....9...He's The Greatest Dancer - Sister Sledge
.5...21....6...Renegade - Styx
.6....7....6...Love Is The Answer - England Dan & John Ford Coley
.7....8....9...Blow Away - George Harrison
.8...12....7...Shake Your Body Down To The Ground - The Jacksons
.9...16....4...Hot Stuff - Donna Summer
10...13....4...Just When I Needed You Most - Randy Van Warmer
11...15....3...The Logical Song - Supertramp
12...14....6...Love Takes Time - Orleans
13...18....5...Dancer - Gino Soccio
14...17....4...Love You Inside Out - The Bee Gees
15....6...15...What A Fool Believes - The Doobie Brothers
16...29....2...Bang A Gong - Witch Queen
17...20....4...Aint Love A Bitch - Rod Stewart
18....5...10...I Want Your Love - Chic
19...27....5...Rock And Roll Fantasy - Bad Company
20....3...12...Stumblin In - Suzi Quatro & Chris Norman
21...21....4...Rhumba Girl - Nicolette Larson
22...23....2...Old Time Rock And Roll - Bob Seger
23...25....5...Disco Nights(Rock Freak) - G.Q.
24...32....3...Such A Woman - Tycoon
25...35....2...Honesty - Billy Joel
26...11....7...In The Navy - The Village People
27...---...1...Let Go The Line - Max Webster
28...19...10...Heart Of Glass - Blondie
29...36....3...Don't You Write Her Off - McGuinn, Clark & Hillman
30...37....2...Hot Number - Foxy
31...40....2...Deeper Than The Night - Olivia Newton John
32...10....8...Take Me Home - Cher
33...---...1...We Are Family - Sister Sledge
34...---...1...I Want You To Want Me - Cheap Trick
35...30...14...Sultans Of Swing - Dire Straits
36...---...1...Good Timin - The Beach Boys
37...---...1...You Take My Breath Away - Rex Smith
38...---...1...Get Used To It - Roger Voudouris
39...24...10...Knock On Wood - Amii Stewart
40...---...1...Chuckie's In Love - Rickie Lee Jones


This is one of the few weeks ever that my #1, "Reunited" by Peaches & Herb, coincided with AT40's #1.
Styx's "Renegade" is rocketing into the Top 5, looking like a future #1, but it peaked at #2 and was held out of the top spot by another great '70 's rock band, Bad Company with "Rock & Roll Fantasy". I enjoyed Styx's music from the seventies more than their more radio friendly 80's material. A big transition week near the bottom of the chart with a lot of debut songs that week, 7 in all.

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May 21, 2010 13:17:03 GMT -5 prenatt1166 said:

May 19, 2010 19:54:04 GMT -5 soundmagazine said:

.4....4....5...The River Cried - Russell Hitchcock
11...20....3...Variety Tonight - REO Speedwagon
12...13....6...I Only Wanted You - Marie Osmond
15...16....6...First We'll Take Manhattan - Jennifer Warnes
20...31....2...Still A Thrill - Jody Watley

You have some great cuts charting with REO Speedwagon, Marie Osmond and Jennifer Warnes among others.

"The River Cried" was also on Patty Smyth's album. I created a "duet" with a mixer. It was rough, but their voices really blended well.

I see Jody Watley was moving quickly up your chart. What was the biggest hit from her album? "Still A Thrill" was the least successful for me.

#22 Looking For A New Love
#26 Still A Thrill
#08 Don't You Want Me
#02 Some Kind Of Lover
#12 Most Of All

Yes, those were real quality songs that should have done better nationally. The duet you created was a great idea because I can imagine how well their voices sounded together. And it really is a good song that had limited exposure. Too bad they were on different labels or maybe it would have happened like the Barbra Streisand/Neil Diamond duet from 1979.

Yes, "Still A Thrill" was the highest charting JW single spending 4 weeks at #4. The combination of a funked up rhythm track with the best James Brown guitar riffs and a visually spectacular music video gave it the complete package in my book. Interesting to see how she fared on your chart in contrast. The top 2 singles from the LP on my chart ("Still A Thrill" and "Looking For A New Love") performed the poorest on your chart.

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May 22, 2010 10:45:37 GMT -5 canfan said:

May 19, 2010 19:54:04 GMT -5 soundmagazine said:

Classic AT40 will be airing the program from May 23, 1987 this weekend. Here is my chart from that week:

TW LW TTW
.8...19....3...Alone - Heart
26...26....4...Should I See - Frozen Ghost

Good to see Heart's "Alone" moving up quickly. I still love the haunting, dramatic musical arrangement of the song and think it's one of the great songs of the '80s. Also nice to see on your chart on your chart a Canadian band, Frozen Ghost, that only had minor success in their career, but had at least one very good song with "Should I See". I saw the band's drummer a few times at my bank branch back then while I was depositing my pay cheques..his must have been a lot bigger than mine

In two weeks, "Alone" would be all alone at the top of the chart. Powerful song. And if you checked out "Dancing With The Stars" last night, you saw a great dance routine accompanying this song (the song wasn't the original recording by Heart though, but it should have been).

Yes, Canadian bands were still influencing my chart in the late 80's and the Frozen Ghost song was quality rock. Too bad I heard little from those guys after that LP. Cool that you saw the drummer out and about.

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May 22, 2010 11:26:26 GMT -5 canfan said:

This week's SXM AT40 classic countdown is from May 19, 1979, here's my chart for that week.

May 19, 1979

TW LW WKS

.3....1...12...Music Box Dancer - Frank Mills
.5...21....6...Renegade - Styx
13...18....5...Dancer - Gino Soccio
16...29....2...Bang A Gong - Witch Queen
18....5...10...I Want Your Love - Chic
24...32....3...Such A Woman - Tycoon

Glad to see you gave props to Canadian Frank Mills with his surprise instrumental smash. Frank debuted on my chart 7 years earlier in 1972 with a moving song called "Love Me Love Me Love". It was a #1 song for me. Very talented man.

Like you, I recall hearing "Renegade" and was blown away because it sounded so different than anything else on the radio at the time. It was another indication of what made Styx so special in the 70's. But they really tanked for me in the 80's. So we really agree there too.

We were talking about "Dancer" in an earlier post and there it is! Based on my music purchases and my memory of the charts back then, either "Dancer", "I Want Your Love" by Chic, or Tycoon's "Such A Woman" would have been #1 on my chart this week.

And speaking of Gino Soccio, he also co-produced the the disco version of "Bang A Gong" by Witch Queen that was rapidly moving up your chart.

[canfan]

This weekends's AT40 classic 80's countdown is from May 30,1981, here's my chart for the week.


May 30, 1981

TW LW WKS

.1....1....6...The Medley - Stars on 45 (2nd of 3 non-cons wks at #1)
.2....7....6...Watching the Wheels - John Lennon
.3...14....3...The Waiting - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
.4....8....9...Living Inside Myself - Gino Vanelli
.5....9....6...Bette Davis Eyes - Kim Carnes
.6...20....6...Give A Little Bit More - Cliff Richard
.7...10....8...Being With You - Smokey Robinson
.8...12....9...Too Much Time On My Hands - Styx
.9...13....5...I Love You - The Climax Blues Band
10....2...11...Angel Of The Morning - Juice Newton
11...28....3...Sukiyaki - A Taste Of Honey
12....5....8...Sweetheart - Frankie & The Knockouts
13....4...12...Morning Train - Sheena Easton
14...16....5...A Woman Needs Love - Ray Parker Jr. & Raydio
15...18....5...What Are We Doing In Love - Dottie West
16....6....8...Hold On Loosely - .38 Special
17....3....9...I Missed Again - Phil Collins
18...19....6...Find Your Way Back - Jefferson Starship
19...11...12...Just The Two Of Us - Grover Washington Jr.
20...22....4...Jessie's Girl - Rick Springfield
21...23....7...Say You'll Be Mine - Christopher Cross
22...24....4...This Little Girl Is Mine - Gary U.S. Bonds
23...30....3...America - Neil Diamond
24...15...13...Kiss On My List - Hall & Oates
25...27....4...Time - Alan Parsons Project
26...11....8...I Can't Stand It - Eric Clapton
27...17....9...Take It On The Run - REO Speedwagon
28...35....2...Nobody Wins - Elton John
29...25....9...Her Town Too - James Taylor & J.D. Souther
30...36....2...All Those Years Ago - George Harrison
31...29...12...While You See A Chance - Steve Winwood
32...38....2...You Make My Dreams - Hall & Oates
33...39....2...Say What - Jesse Winchester
34...26...10...You Better You Bet - The Who
35...40....2...The Coldest Night Of The Year - Bruce Cockburn
36...---...1...How Bout Us - Champaign
37...---...1...Ai No Corrida - Quincy Jones
38...---...1...Still Right Here In My Heart - Pure Prairie League
39...---...1...Since I Don't Have You - Don Mclean
40...---...1...The One That You Love - Air Supply

"The Medley" was at #1 for its second week, but was then ousted from the top spot the next week by Tom Petty's "The Waiting" which spent 3 consecutive weeks at #1. After 3 consecutive weeks at #2, it then returned the favour by bumping Tom Petty down to #2 and spending it's 3rd and final week at #1. Both of these songs were among the biggest of the year.

We touched on the subject of medley's recently. As mentioned, since I think today's music is somewhat lacking, I'm sure some interesting new medley's could be produced today as there were so many great pop songs from the 60s to the 80s.

Phil Collins was dropping from the #3 position to #17 with "I Missed Again". The week before he was at #1 and a later single "In The Air Tonight" also went to #1 from one of my favourite albums of the year "Face Value". He did have big success in Canada with the album and the singles but curiously, both of those singles only peaked at #19 on AT40 and he didn't really have big success in the U.S. until 3 years later.

[soundmagazine]

Here's my chart from May 29, 1981:

TW LW TTW
.1....1....7...Me (Without You) - Andy Gibb
.2....2....6...America - Neil Diamond
.3....3....7...Can You Feel It - Jacksons
.4....4...14...While You See A Chance - Steve Winwood *
.5...10....4...Winning - Santana
.6....6....7...I Loved Em Every One - TG Sheppard
.7...12....4...All Those Years Ago - George Harrison
.8....8....8...Jessie's Girl - Rick Springfield
.9....9....5...Stars On 45 Medley - Stars On 45
10...17....3...Nobody Wins - Elton John
11...14....4...Give A Little Bit More - Cliff Richard
12...20....3...Promises - Barbara Streisand
13...13...11...Sukiyaki - A Taste Of Honey
14...19....4...You Make My Dreams - Hall & Oates
15...24....3...I've Been Waiting For You All Of My Life - Paul Anka
16...21....4...The One That You Love - Air Supply
17....5...10...It's A Love Thing - Whispers *
18....7...20...Hello Again - Neil Diamond *
19...15...19...A Little In Love - Cliff Richard *
20...11....8...Lately - Stevie Wonder
21...22....6...Love You Like I Never Loved Before - John O'Banion
22...18....6...Say You'll Be Mine - Christopher Cross
23...23....5...Since I Don't Have You - Don McLean
24...16....9...How Bout Us - Champaign
25...32....2...Fool In Love With You - Photoglo
26..---....1...Time - Alan Parsons Project
27..---....1...Gemini Dream - Moody Blues
28...28....4...Hold On Loosely - 38 Special
29...31....3...This Little Girl - Gary US Bonds
30...26....8...Turn Me Loose - Loverboy
31...33....2...Seven Year Ache - Rosanne Cash
32...35....2...Arc Of A Diver - Steve Winwood
33...36....2...Elvira - Oak Ridge Boys
34..---....1...Another Ticket - Eric Clapton
35..---....1...Is It You - Lee Ritenour
36..---....1...I Don't Need You - Rupert Holmes
37...25....8...Bette Davis Eyes - Kim Carnes
38...38...19...Crying - Don McLean *
39...39....9...Living Inside Myself - Gino Vannelli
40...40...18...Somebody's Knockin - Terri Gibbs *


Top 10 LPs:
.1....2....2...The Fox - Elton John **
.2..---....1...Long Distance Voyager - Moody Blues *
.3....1...27...Greatest Hits - Andy Gibb **
.4....3...24...Jazz Singer Soundtrack - Neil Diamond **
.5....4...33...Triump - Jacksons **
.6....5....7...I'm No Hero - Cliff Richard **
.7....8....7...Voices - Hall & Oates **
.8....6....7...Christopher Cross - Christopher Cross **
.9...14...36...Guilty - Barbra Streisand **
10...15....4...Zebop - Santana

One of the music peaks for me in the 80's occurred a couple of months prior to this chart and some of those super singles are still hanging around. "Hello Again" and "While You See A Chance" had both spent 7 weeks at #1. But a new super single was just debuting as "Time" would ultimately spend 8 weeks at #1.

Neil Diamond was about to hit #1 for the third straight time with another superb single from the Jazz Singer Soundtrack.

Andy Gibb reached #1 for the final time with a devastatingly sad song. The lyrics would soon reflect his own life and he never recovered.

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May 27, 2010 19:10:16 GMT -5 canfan said:

This weekends's AT40 classic 80's countdown is from May 30,1981, here's my chart for the week.


May 30, 1981

TW LW WKS

.1....1....6...The Medley - Stars on 45 (2nd of 3 non-cons wks at #1)
.3...14....3...The Waiting - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
.6...20....6...Give A Little Bit More - Cliff Richard
.11...28....3...Sukiyaki - A Taste Of Honey
17....3....9...I Missed Again - Phil Collins

"The Medley" was at #1 for its second week, but was then ousted from the top spot the next week by Tom Petty's "The Waiting" which spent 3 consecutive weeks at #1. After 3 consecutive weeks at #2, it then returned the favour by bumping Tom Petty down to #2 and spending it's 3rd and final week at #1. Both of these songs were among the biggest of the year.

We touched on the subject of medley's recently. As mentioned, since I think today's music is somewhat lacking, I'm sure some interesting new medley's could be produced today as there were so many great pop songs from the 60s to the 80s.

Phil Collins was dropping from the #3 position to #17 with "I Missed Again". The week before he was at #1 and a later single "In The Air Tonight" also went to #1 from one of my favourite albums of the year "Face Value". He did have big success in Canada with the album and the singles but curiously, both of those singles only peaked at #19 on AT40 and he didn't really have big success in the U.S. until 3 years later.

Oh yes, the dilemma of who should be at the top when two strong singles are deserving of #1. With you, the Stars On 45 and Petty would be at war in the upcoming weeks. Ironically, the Stars On 45 were at war with Kim Carnes on the national chart with Kim Carnes ultimately winning out. In your case, it sounds like the Stars On 45 would have the last laugh.

Great to see the Cliff Richard single making the leap up the chart. On my chart it followed the same path as"A Little In Love" by inching its way up to a #2 peak.

It looked like both Cliff Richard and A Taste Of Honey would be giving the Stars On 45 and Tom Petty a challenge for the top spot in upcoming weeks with those jumps.

I didn't know about how popular the Face Value LP & the singles from it were in Canada. It was "In The Air Tonight" that gave Collins his first Top 10 single on my chart and I agree that the LP is quite good. The first time I was introduced to the Beatles song "Tomorrow Never Knows" was thanks to this Phil Collins LP. I had a simulated LSD trip when hearing his version. That was one psychedelic beauty.

I agree that it would be great if medleys had a comeback. I'm surprised no one has attempted it.

[canfan]

May 29, 2010 1:28:40 GMT -5 soundmagazine said:

TW LW TTW
14...19....4...You Make My Dreams - Hall & Oates
26..---....1...Time - Alan Parsons Project
27..---....1...Gemini Dream - Moody Blues
33...36....2...Elvira - Oak Ridge Boys

Hall and Oates is making steady progress up your chart with "You Make My Dreams" much the same as it would on mine, and it would finally break through and reach #1. Always liked them in the 70's and appreciated this tune with a rock edge.

I don't believe that I actually beat you to the punch(at least initially) on your monster hit "Time" by The Alan Parsons Project
My #25 after 4 wks vs your debut at #26. It rose slowly up my chart and didn't hit #1 for the first time until it's 9th week.

Nice to see the high debut by the Moody Blues. They had another of the great albums that year "Long Distance Voyager", that would produce a couple of number ones and a number two for me.

Loved the crossover(dare I say novelty) hit "Elvira" by The Oak Ridge Boys. It was catchy and did very well on my chart.

[soundmagazine]

Classic AT40 will be airing June 5th, 1982 this weekend. Here is my chart for that week:

June 4th, 1982:
TW LW TTW
.1....1...13...Chariots Of Fire - Vangelis *
.2....6....4...Finally - TG Sheppard
.3....4....6...When He Shines - Sheena Easton
.4....2....9...Genius Of Love - Tom Tom Club *
.5....3...10...The Visitors - Abba *
.6....9....7...Get Down On It - Kool & The Gang
.7...11....4...Play The Game Tonight - Kansas
.8....7....7...Secret Journey - Police
.9....5....8...Rosanna - Toto
10...10....9...Ebony & Ivory - Paul McCartney & Michael Jackson
11...22....3...This Man Is Mine - Heart
12...14....4...Any Day Now - Ronnie Milsap
13...13....5...Crimson & Clover - Joan Jett & The Blackhearts
14...17....5...Friends In Love - Dionne Warwick & Johnny Mathis
15...16....7...Always On My Mind - Willie Nelson
16...18....5...Heat Of The Moment - Asia
17...20....4...Love's Been A Little Bit Hard On Me - Juice Newton
18...21....4...Break It Up - Foreigner
19...24....4...You Should Hear How She Talks About You - Melissa Manchester
20...25....3...Be Mine Tonight - Neil Diamond
21...23....4...Caught Up In You - 38 Special
22...29....2...Even The Nights Are Better - Air Supply
23....8....9...Teach Me Tonight - Al Jarreau
24...12...13...Empty Garden - Elton John *
25...27....4...It's Gonna Take A Miracle - Deniece Williams
26...32....2...Abracadabra - Steve Miller Band
27...28....4...Without You - Franke & The Knockouts
28...30....3...Route 66 - Manhattan Transfer
29...34....2...I Don't Know Where To Start - Eddie Rabbitt
30...31....3...Body Language - Queen
31..---....1...Fantasy - Aldo Nova
32..---....1...Still They Ride - Journey
33..---....1...Only The Lonely - Motels
34..---....1...Take Me Down - Alabama
35..---....1...Kids In America - Kim Wilde
36..---....1...Let It Whip - Dazz Band
37..---....1...Hurt So Good - John Cougar
38...38...11...The Other Woman - Ray Parker Jr *
39...35...12...Memory - Barbra Streisand *
40...37...13...Making Love - Roberta Flack *


Top 10 LPs:
.1....1....6...Jump Up - Elton John **
.2..---....1...Eye In The Sky - Alan Parsons Project *
.3....3....6...Tug Of War - Paul McCartney **
.4....5....4...12 Greatest Hits II - Neil Diamond **
.5....6....6...Friends In Love - Dionne Warwick **
.6....9....4...Private Audition - Heart *
.7....2...12...Chariots Of Fire - Vangelis **
.8....4...25...The Visitors - Abba **
.9...13....2...The Hunter - Blondie *
10...10...17...You Could Have Been With Me - Sheena Easton *

Not much movement in this chart except for the latest Heart single, which would be their highest charted single since "Barracuda" in 1977.

"Chariots Of Fire" is the only instrumental to reach #1 on my chart in the 80's and 90's.

Abba reached #1 for the final time with "The Visitors", although they still had one more Top 10 single on my chart to come before they officially announced they were done.

[canfan]

This weekends's AT40 classic 80's countdown is from Jun 5, 1982, but sadly I stopped charting completely just a few weeks before that. Since it is pretty close in time, I thought that I'd go ahead, shed a tear :'( and post my very last chart..so here goes.


May 15, 1982

TW LW WKS

.1....2....6...Since You're Gone - The Cars
.2....5....6...Ebony And Ivory - Paul McCartney & Michael Jackson
.3....9....3...Heat Of The Moment - Asia
.4....4....8...Don't Talk To Strangers - Rick Springfield
.5....1....7...867-5309 Jenny - Tommy Tutone
.6....6....9...'65 Love Affair - Paul Davis
.7...11...10...Chariots Of Fire - Vangelis
.8...19....4...Senses Working Overtime - XTC
.9...10....9...Baby Makes Her Blue Jeans Talk - Dr. Hook
10...16....6...Nobody Said It Was Easy - Le Roux
11....8...11...We Got The Beat - The Go Go's
12....3...14...I Love Rock & Roll - Joan Jett & The Blackhearts
13...23....4...The Other Woman - Ray Parker Jr
14...15....6...When It's Over - Loverboy
15...30....2...Right The First Time - Gamma
16...17....6...Goin Down - Greg Guidry
17...18....5...Wake Up Little Suzie - Simon & Garfunkel
18...34....2...Love Plus One - Haircut 100
19...20...12...Freeze Frame - J. Geils Band
20...33....2...Crimson and Clover - Joan Jett & The Blackhearts
21...40....2...Some Kind Of Fun - Teenage Head
22...36....3...I've Never Been To Me - Charlene
23....7....9...Did It In A Minute - Hall & Oates
24...25....5...Still In Saigon - Charlie Daniels Band
25...12...11...Do You Beleive In Love - Huey Lewis & The News
26...13....7...Man On Your Mind - Little River Band
27...29....3...Get Down On It - Kool & The Gang
28...32....3...Run For The Roses - Dan Fogelberg
29...31....3...Cat People (Putting Out Fire) - David Bowie
30...14....7...On A Carousel - Glass Moon
31...---...1...Homosapien - Pete Shelley
32...21...10...Make A Move On Me - Olivia Newton John
33...---...1...Town Called Malice - The Jam
34...37...10...Don't You Want Me - Human League
35...35....4...When He Shines - Sheena Easton
36...22...12...Pretty Woman - Van Halen
37...38,...2...Rosanna - Toto
38...---...1...Six Months In A Leaky Boat - Split Enz
39...24...11...Edge Of Seventeen - Stevie Nicks
40...26....7...The Beatles Movie Medley - The Beatles

It was a bad time to stop charting because starting around the summer of '82 we had a number of local radio stations that were on the cutting edge of british invasion songs that were hits up here many months or even up to year before in the U.S. or not even played at all on mainstream radio south of the border. I am sure that I would have had some interesting charts but..as it turns out we'll have to leave it as a fish story..the ones that got away However there are some very good british/aussie tunes sprinkled into this chart.

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Jun 5, 2010 10:20:33 GMT -5 canfan said:

This weekends's AT40 classic 80's countdown is from Jun 5, 1982, but sadly I stopped charting completely just a few weeks before that. Since it is pretty close in time, I thought that I'd go ahead, shed a tear :'( and post my very last chart..so here goes.


May 15, 1982

TW LW WKS

.1....2....6...Since You're Gone - The Cars
.3....9....3...Heat Of The Moment - Asia
.7...11...10...Chariots Of Fire - Vangelis
.8...19....4...Senses Working Overtime - XTC
.9...10....9...Baby Makes Her Blue Jeans Talk - Dr. Hook
15...30....2...Right The First Time - Gamma
18...34....2...Love Plus One - Haircut 100
21...40....2...Some Kind Of Fun - Teenage Head
31...---...1...Homosapien - Pete Shelley
33...---...1...Town Called Malice - The Jam
38...---...1...Six Months In A Leaky Boat - Split Enz
39...24...11...Edge Of Seventeen - Stevie Nicks

It was a bad time to stop charting because starting around the summer of '82 we had a number of local radio stations that were on the cutting edge of british invasion songs that were hits up here many months or even up to year before in the U.S. or not even played at all on mainstream radio south of the border. I am sure that I would have had some interesting charts but..as it turns out we'll have to leave it as a fish story..the ones that got away However there are some very good british/aussie tunes sprinkled into this chart.

Thanks for posting your final chart. I posted mine a few months ago (from 1991) and although it was the right time for me to stop, I still look back on it as a sad day.

I believe your "fish story" since I do see an early British Invasion on your final chart with songs few stations were playing in America in 1982. Such as XTC, Pete Shelley, The Jam & Split Enz. And of course, the massive jump for Haircut 100.

Great to see the an underrated Cars song at #1. It was a Top 10 hit for me also.

In only it's third week on your chart and being at #3, it would be safe to assume that Asia would have been #1 on your chart in the upcoming weeks.

Interesting to see how "Chariots Of Fire" was a slow climber on your chart also. It hit #1 on my chart in its 11th week, which is very late. And it reached #1 on the Billboard chart after 22 weeks. Also very late. It's one of those songs you appreciate the more you hear it.

Nice to see the Dr Hook song in your top 10. It reached the top 10 on my chart as well and should have done so nationally.

The Gamma single is fairly obscure. Few stations played it in my area. But an impressive jump on your chart. As was the Teenage Head song, which has you proudly supporting Canadian acts again.

[canfan]

Jun 6, 2010 21:01:24 GMT -5 soundmagazine said:

"Thanks for posting your final chart. I posted mine a few months ago (from 1991) and although it was the right time for me to stop, I still look back on it as a sad day."

'I believe your "fish story" since I do see an early British Invasion on your final chart with songs few stations were playing in America in 1982. Such as XTC, Pete Shelley, The Jam & Split Enz. And of course, the massive jump for Haircut 100."

"Interesting to see how "Chariots Of Fire" was a slow climber on your chart also. It hit #1 on my chart in its 11th week, which is very late. And it reached #1 on the Billboard chart after 22 weeks. Also very late. It's one of those songs you appreciate the more you hear it."

"As was the Teenage Head song, which has you proudly supporting Canadian acts again."

It is a sad day for me too. At the time I had just finished college and got my first real job which took up a lot more of my time. Additionally I started coaching youth sports, plus the demands of keeping up ones social life in their early 20's caught up with me. Looking back on it all, I wished that I had charted until late '89. I thought there was so much great music in the mid to late 80's, but by 1990 I did not like very much music that was out there anymore.

I didn't hear XTC's "Senses Working Overtime" for years until now...but it's a great song. I have Haircut 100's "Pelican West" album buried somewhere in my basement. It had some pretty good songs including another catchy tune "Fantastic Day". If I had continued charting, I am pretty sure that both "Senses Working Overtime" and "Love Plus One" would have made it to number one.

Chariots of Fire was actually on it's second wind. It was previously in the top 5, fell out of the top 10 and then was rising again on this last chart. A great song with lasting power.

Teanage Head had some chart success and they were a great rocking bar band, I certainly remember going through many pitchers of beer with friends watching them back in the day