Post Your Chart From 1980 - 1991

[soundmagazine]

Sept 26, 2009 15:55:07 GMT -5 Vic said:

Sept 13, 1980.

I had a Top 30 Chart at the time.

Excellent chart! No doubt you were a huge Olivia fan with 3 songs in your top 30 and 5 songs from the Xanadu soundtrack. I was a huge fan of the soundtrack also (and dare I say, the movie too!).

I was charting Alice Cooper's follow-up at this time, but a few months earlier Clones had peaked at #2 on my chart. So nice to see it doing well on your chart. I also loved the Blondie song, but not until after 1980. Nice to see some early Peter Gabriel love. And the Queen song had a #11 peak on my chart, so both of us loved this one much more than the national charts.

And some really nice obscure tunes to those in the states, such as the punk song "Drugs In My Pocket" and the Prism tune (been a fan of theirs since 1978). But my favorite of all is the Klaatu song, which I wish I heard on the radio back then because it would have been a big one for me. Back then a friend of mine was singing the praises of this band and kept telling me about how they were rumored to be the Beatles. I really enjoyed what I heard on the albums, but Top 40 radio in the states would not embrace them. Too bad, because songs like "Knee Deep In Love" are exceptional.

[shadster]

Ok, I didnt start chartin till mid 80s so I'll post my chart from 1990.

This is the 3rd weekend of 1990.

Now 1st thing I need to say, I wasn't very forth coming in my 'writing' down the song titles an groups (I got better w/ it later on). I guess I figured I'd alway know what a meant.......but I dont'.....so still tryin to figure out some of these.......

TW LW
30. ** Phil Collins, "Somethin happened on the way to heaven"
29. ** N K O T B, "Lets try it again"
28. ** Danm Yankees, "High enough"
27. 18. George Lamond, "Just look into my eyes"
26. 26. INXS, "Suicide blonde"
25. ** Billy Idol, "Cradle of love"
24. 28. Mariah Carey, "Vision of love" (would fall off the next week)
23. 23. Jon Bon Jovi, "Blaze of glory"
22. 13. L A Guns, "Ballad of Jane"
21. 19. Poison, "Unskinny bop"
20. ** Mariah Carey, "Love takes time"
19. 14. Trisha Leigh Fisher, "Empty beach"
18. 22. Vanilla Ice, "Ice Ice baby"
17. 21. Heart, "Stranded"
16. 20. Human league, "Heart like a wheel"
15. 17. Dino, "Romeo"
14. 16. <-- here I wrote "Lets pray" Can't think of a song w/ that title though. Maybe it was MC Hammers "Pray"??! *Shrug*
13. 15. Maxi Priest, "Close to you"
12. 12. George Michael, "Praying for time"
11. 11. Janet Jackson, "Blackcat"
10. 9. Vixen, (I'm going to guess this is "How much love", could be "love made me" but I doubt it - former #1 so most likely the former)
9. 10. Ratt, "Lovin you is a dirty job"
8. 8. Nelson, "Love an affection"
7. 7. Danger Danger, "Naughty naughty"
6. 6. Winger, "Can't get enough"
5. 5. Guns & Roses, "Knockin on heavens door"
4. 4. Alias, "More than words can say"
3. 3. Slaughter, "Fly to the angels"
2. 2. Motley Crue, "S O S" (previous #1 - 2 wks)
1. 1. Warrant, "Cherry Pie" (2nd week at #1, would spend 1 more week at the top before Poison moved in with "Somethin to believe in")

Off the chart:
Michael Bolton, "Georgia on my mind"
Kyper, "Tic Tac Toe"
Faith no more, "Epic"
Aerosmith, "The other side"
Glen Medieros, "All I'm missing is you"

[Vic]

Sept 27, 2009 13:21:27 GMT -5 soundmagazine said:

Sept 26, 2009 15:55:07 GMT -5 Vic said:

Sept 13, 1980.

I had a Top 30 Chart at the time.

Excellent chart! No doubt you were a huge Olivia fan with 3 songs in your top 30 and 5 songs from the Xanadu soundtrack. I was a huge fan of the soundtrack also (and dare I say, the movie too!).

I was charting Alice Cooper's follow-up at this time, but a few months earlier Clones had peaked at #2 on my chart. So nice to see it doing well on your chart. I also loved the Blondie song, but not until after 1980. Nice to see some early Peter Gabriel love. And the Queen song had a #11 peak on my chart, so both of us loved this one much more than the national charts.

And some really nice obscure tunes to those in the states, such as the punk song "Drugs In My Pocket" and the Prism tune (been a fan of theirs since 1978). But my favorite of all is the Klaatu song, which I wish I heard on the radio back then because it would have been a big one for me. Back then a friend of mine was singing the praises of this band and kept telling me about how they were rumored to be the Beatles. I really enjoyed what I heard on the albums, but Top 40 radio in the states would not embrace them. Too bad, because songs like "Knee Deep In Love" are exceptional.

You can tell about my Olivia fixation, eh! If Pulse was around in the early 80's I woulda been all over the place here. LOL.

I was surprised that the Monks didn't have a North American hit with this. The song was huge here in Canada, perhaps it was the content, i giess...but it was an anti-drug song too. I think its so cool how much you know about Canadian music. I am really impressed! Klaatu had a great sound. "Knee Deep In Love" was a great memory of the time.

One day...maybe in another thread...we need to compare chart peaks of the artists. That way at a glance we can see how an artist's song ranked with everyone.

[WotUNeed]

Sept 28, 2009 23:33:55 GMT -5 shadster said:

19. <--all I wrote was "Empty beach", I'm going to guess I meant U2's, "Pride in the name of love". Since I didn't remember hearing that song during its original chart run, I caught on to it late. BUt it could still be some other song......*scratchin head*

I would guess that this is Eddie Fisher's daughter Trisha Leigh's single "Empty Beach." Ring any bells? www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJBYdviBJeI

[shadster]

Sept 29, 2009 10:38:41 GMT -5 WotUNeed said:

Sept 28, 2009 23:33:55 GMT -5 shadster said:

19. <--all I wrote was "Empty beach", I'm going to guess I meant U2's, "Pride in the name of love". Since I didn't remember hearing that song during its original chart run, I caught on to it late. BUt it could still be some other song......*scratchin head*

I would guess that this is Eddie Fisher's daughter Trisha Leigh's single "Empty Beach." Ring any bells? www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJBYdviBJeI

I think you're right, I think thats the song I meant.

gracias.

[robrt30]

Sept 25, 2009 21:48:06 GMT -5 soundmagazine said:

YES!!! Someone else charted the Indecent Obsession song in their top 10! And considering it was already at #9 after only 3 weeks on your chart, you may have even eventually eclipsed my peak of #4 for the song.

Unfortunately, that's where it peaked ??? It stayed there the following week and then started dropping.

I'm not sure why. Probably one of two reasons. Since the song only peaked at #31 on the Hot 100, my local station probably didn't hold on to it very long. Back in the day (and I'm sure this was true for many of us), it was hard to get access to what you liked. It's easy today. You can just download whatever want, any time of the day. But back then, I just hoped to hear it on the radio or buy the cassingle. I did buy a boat load of cassingles back then ...but this wasn't one of them. So whenever radio killed something that I didn't have in my collection, that was the end of it on my chart as well.

Also, I was a teen back then in the early years of my chart (I started in '87). I was heavily influenced by Billboard's chart back then. If the song was peaking and fading, that influenced me to do the same on my chart. In the years to come, especially once I hit my early 20s, I learned (matured) that Billboard means nothing & that you can chart what you like, wherever you want, in any position. The national charts should mean nothing as to what you personally prefer. It just took me a few years to learn that.

Had I learned the lesson a lot quicker back then, I'm sure this one would've made my top 5 & lived a longer life.

[soundmagazine]

Sept 29, 2009 10:17:09 GMT -5 Vic said:

Sept 27, 2009 13:21:27 GMT -5 soundmagazine said:

Excellent chart! No doubt you were a huge Olivia fan with 3 songs in your top 30 and 5 songs from the Xanadu soundtrack. I was a huge fan of the soundtrack also (and dare I say, the movie too!).

I was charting Alice Cooper's follow-up at this time, but a few months earlier Clones had peaked at #2 on my chart. So nice to see it doing well on your chart. I also loved the Blondie song, but not until after 1980. Nice to see some early Peter Gabriel love. And the Queen song had a #11 peak on my chart, so both of us loved this one much more than the national charts.

And some really nice obscure tunes to those in the states, such as the punk song "Drugs In My Pocket" and the Prism tune (been a fan of theirs since 1978). But my favorite of all is the Klaatu song, which I wish I heard on the radio back then because it would have been a big one for me. Back then a friend of mine was singing the praises of this band and kept telling me about how they were rumored to be the Beatles. I really enjoyed what I heard on the albums, but Top 40 radio in the states would not embrace them. Too bad, because songs like "Knee Deep In Love" are exceptional.

You can tell about my Olivia fixation, eh! If Pulse was around in the early 80's I woulda been all over the place here. LOL.

I was surprised that the Monks didn't have a North American hit with this. The song was huge here in Canada, perhaps it was the content, i giess...but it was an anti-drug song too. I think its so cool how much you know about Canadian music. I am really impressed! Klaatu had a great sound. "Knee Deep In Love" was a great memory of the time.

One day...maybe in another thread...we need to compare chart peaks of the artists. That way at a glance we can see how an artist's song ranked with everyone.

I agree that the Monks didn't make it in America most likely because of the drug reference. Also because punk music wasn't played very much on pop radio then.

I can thank a DJ from my childhood for playing Canadian artists on a radio station I listened to. In fact, he played what he thought was good, not what he was "supposed to play". I tried to follow that same path with my charts as well by not getting caught up too much with hype.

I like the idea of comparing artists peak. Biggest problem for me is that I haven't summarized my charts (al la Joel Whitburn) to be able to quickly look up an artist's history on my chart. But I have always wanted to do this.

[soundmagazine]

Sept 28, 2009 23:33:55 GMT -5 shadster said:

Ok, I didnt start chartin till mid 80s so I'll post my chart from 1990.

This is the 3rd weekend of 1990.

Now 1st thing I need to say, I wasn't very forth coming in my 'writing' down the song titles an groups (I got better w/ it later on). I guess I figured I'd alway know what a meant.......but I dont'.....so still tryin to figure out some of these.......

Certainly a more rock-oriented chart with lots of hair bands! LOL Yet you have some softer pop songs in there as well, which is great to see that variety. When hair band rock began disappearing a few years later, what kind of music did you listen to then? A number of friends of mine with similar interests in music stopped listening to radio completely and focused mainly on classic rock.

[soundmagazine]

Sept 29, 2009 19:01:13 GMT -5 robrt30 said:

Sept 25, 2009 21:48:06 GMT -5 soundmagazine said:

YES!!! Someone else charted the Indecent Obsession song in their top 10! And considering it was already at #9 after only 3 weeks on your chart, you may have even eventually eclipsed my peak of #4 for the song.

Unfortunately, that's where it peaked ??? It stayed there the following week and then started dropping.

I'm not sure why. Probably one of two reasons. Since the song only peaked at #31 on the Hot 100, my local station probably didn't hold on to it very long. Back in the day (and I'm sure this was true for many of us), it was hard to get access to what you liked. It's easy today. You can just download whatever want, any time of the day. But back then, I just hoped to hear it on the radio or buy the cassingle. I did buy a boat load of cassingles back then ...but this wasn't one of them. So whenever radio killed something that I didn't have in my collection, that was the end of it on my chart as well.

Also, I was a teen back then in the early years of my chart (I started in '87). I was heavily influenced by Billboard's chart back then. If the song was peaking and fading, that influenced me to do the same on my chart. In the years to come, especially once I hit my early 20s, I learned (matured) that Billboard means nothing & that you can chart what you like, wherever you want, in any position. The national charts should mean nothing as to what you personally prefer. It just took me a few years to learn that.

Had I learned the lesson a lot quicker back then, I'm sure this one would've made my top 5 & lived a longer life.

Yes, I remember the days when radio stations held us hostage! LOL I used to slowly browse through as many stations as I could reach to catch as many songs as possible. Music video channels helped also. How I wish I had the Internet when growing up!

[soundmagazine]

We have the chart date for this weekend!!! Classic AT40 will be airing the October 3, 1987.

[prenatt1166]

UU-BRU Radio Playlist
For Week Ending October 3, 1987

01 01 Michael Jackson Bad
02 02 Whitney Houston Didn't We Almost Have It All
03 04 Madonna Causing A Commotion
04 07 Fat Boys & Beach Boys Wipeout
05 03 Whitesnake Here I Go Again
06 09 Bananarama I Heard A Rumour
07 06 John Cougar Mellencamp Paper In Fire
08 05 Bon Jovi Edge Of A Broken Heart
09 08 ABC When Smokey Sings
10 12 Heart Who Will You Run To
11 16 Bruce Springsteen Brilliant Disguise
12 13 Fleetwood Mac Little Lies
13 15 Cutting Crew I've Been In Love Before
14 14 The Monkees Heart And Soul
15 10 Donna Summer Dinner With Gershwin
16 18 Billy Idol Mony Mony
17 11 Go West Don't Look Down - The Sequel
18 25 Belinda Carlisle Heaven is A Place On Earth
19 20 Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam Lost In Emotion
20 21 David Bowie Never Let Me Down
21 23 Loverboy Notorius
22 22 Natalie Cole Jump Start
23 26 Eddie Money We Should Be Sleeping
24 24 Wendy & Lisa Waterfall
25 30 Richard Marx Should've Known Better
26 27 Carly Simon The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of
27 33 Grateful Dead Hell In A Bucket
28 29 Bee Gees You Win Again
29 31 Def Leppard Animal
30 34 Anita Baker No One In The World
31 32 Starship Beat Patrol
32 ** Tiffany I Think We're Alone Now
33 38 The Hooters Satellite
34 36 Mick Jagger Let's Work
35 40 The Cars You Are The Girl
36 39 Anita Pointer Overnight Success
37 37 Pet Shop Boys It's A Sin
38 ** The New Monkees What I Want
39 ** Laura Branigan The Power Of Love
40 ** Aerosmith Dude (Looks Like A Lady)

Michael Jackson and Whitney Houston contnued to dominate my chart well into the fall of 1987. Whitney had already been at #1 with DWAHIA, but the live video version sent her back to number two for a few more weeks.

Two songs from the "Disorderlies" soundtrack (Bananarama, Bon Jovi) were in the top ten while the stars from the movie (Fat Boys) were at #4 with a song not from the film.

Natalie Cole's "Jump Start" never climbed higher than #22, but she moved up and down the chart for 22 weeks.

The original Monkees were at #14 while the ill-fated New Monkees debuted at #38. "What I Want" would eventually reach #5. I think this was only time an original band and a new line up were on my chart at the same time.

Tiffany made her first chart appearance at #32 with ITWAN, a number one song only five weeks later.

:)

[shadster]

To answer the hair band question, yes I loved(still love) hair band music, but also never strayed from pop either. Definitly got away from the softer pop like Rod stewart, elton john, etc. But continue to this day to stick w/ Rock, pop an dance. I do steer clear of rap an hip-hop though. I must say I liked more rap back in 80s/90s than I do today, which wasnt a whole lot to begin w/ so its now pretty much nill.

This weekends Premiere show is from the 1st weekend of October 1987 so....

My chart, 1st weekend of October 1987:

TW LW
30. 21. Yellow, "Oh yeah"
29. 15. Starship, "Its not over till its over"
28. ** The Hooters, (Not sure what song though, "Satellite" Maybe? which WAS released in '87....*scratching head*)
27. ** Scandal, "Only the young" (a non-release; this album I didn't aquire till I joined Columbia house in '87, which explains why its charting my charts here)
26. 22. Starship, "Hearts of the world" (all I wrote was the title so I'm guessing it was the Starship, I often charted songs that were never released, primarily from albums I owned)
25. 24. Expose, "Point of no return"
24. 25. Eddie Money, "Can't hold back" (another non release charter)
23. 23. Psuedo Echo, "Funky town"
22. ** Natalie Cole, "Jumpstart my heart"
21. ** Whitney Houston, "So Emotional"
20. 18. Expose, "Let me be the one"
19. 14. The Whispers, "Rock Steady"
18. ** Aerosmith, "Dude looks like a lady"
17. ** Debbie Gibson, "Shake your love"
16. ** Tiffany, "I think we're alone now"
15. ** Billy Idol, "Mony Mony"
14. 12. Nu Shooz, "Don't let me be the one" (I *think* thats what song that is, I just wrote the song title down. continuing my trend of charting songs that were not released)
13. 9. Wendy an Lisa, "Waterfall"
12. 11. T'pau, "Heart an soul"
11. 10. Night Ranger, "The secret of my success"
10. 13. Bob Seger, "Shakedown"
9. 6. Bon Jovi, "On the edge of a broken heart"
8. 8. U2, "Where the streets have no name"
7. 7. Timothy B Schmit, "Boys night out"
6. 26. Swing out sister, "Breakout"
5. 4. Madonna, "Causin a commotion"
4. 5. Fleetwood Mac, "Little lies"
3. 3. Levert, "Casanova"
2. 2. Dan Hill, "Can't we try"
1. 1. Whitsnake, "Here I go again" (spent 9 weeks at #1, or was it 11?)

Off the chart:
U2, "I still havent found what I'm looking for"
Bon Jovi, "Let it rock"
-a song called "Call in sick"- likley a novelty hit.
Lisa Lisa an Cult jam, "Lost in emotion"
Madonna, "Whos that girl"
Breakfast club "RIght on track"
Crowded house, "World where you live"
-The last dropper, I have no idea; all I wrote was "Carr"

And since we've been sort of making it a habbit to flash forward 10 years, let me do that........onto 1997:

My chart from Mid Sept. to the 3rd wk of Oct 1997 (previous chart spanned the last week of August thru 2nd week of Sept.

TW LW
30. 25. Monica, "For you I will"
29. ** Gods Property, "Stomp"
28. 26. Marc Morrison, "Return of the mack"
27. ** Gina G, "Miss you like crazy"
26. ** Robyn, "Show me love"
25. ** Envouge, "Too gone, too long"
24. ** Samantha Cole, "Happy with you"
23. 27. Wild Orchid, "Supernatural"
22. 24. No Mercy, "When I die"
21. ** Peach Union, "On my own"
20. 19. Gina G, "Gimme some love"
19. ** Sugar Ray, "Fly"
18. 22. Various Artists, "Jock jamz"
17. 14. DJ Company, "Rhythem of love"
16. 16. Coolio, "I'll see you when you get there"
15. 9. Spice girls, "Two become one"
14. 13. Will Smith, "Men in black"
13. 12. Meredith Brooks, "B1tch"
12. 11. Robyn, "Do you know what it takes"
11. 10. Diana King, "Say a lil prayer"
10. 8. Hanson, "Wheres the love"
9. 15. Trio, "Da Da Da"
8. 17. Boys II Men, "Four seasons of loneliness"
7. 7. Puffy Daddy, "Mo Money, Mo Problems"
6. 6. Maria Carey, "Honey"
5. 4. 98 Degrees, "Invisible man"
4. 5. Tonic, "If you could only see"
3. 2. 3rd eye blind, "Semi charmed life"
2. 3. Matchbox 20, "Push" (would take over #1 3rd week of Oct)
1. 1. Backstreet Boys, "Quit playin games" (hit #1 2nd week of Aug)

droppers:
Hanson, "Mmm bop"
Fun Factory, "Don't go away"
Le Click, "Call me"
Puff Daddy, "I'll be missing you"
Livin Joy, "Don't stop movin"
3rd party, "Can you feel it"
Savage Garden, "To the moon an back"

-man soo many dance songs dropping off, what a bummer.

Droping off the previous chart: I thought were worth mentioning:
Real McCoy, "Come with you"
Real McCoy, "One more time"
Envouge, "Whatever"
R Kelly, "Gotham city"

Dare we go another 10 years?? 2007 anyone?

[blfdguy1]

Can't play with you guys yet. Still can't find my charts from 1987-1996. Looks like my spare room is getting a really deep cleaning this coming weekend..lol

[Vic]

"26 27 Carly Simon The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of
28 29 Bee Gees You Win Again"

Nice to see the Carly Simon song get some action. Such a shame that album was ignored by Top 40 radio at the time. And the Bee Gees only finding acceptance in Europe at the time. This was a great song! Take a look at #22. It would eventually peak at #18.

1987 was a great year of music for me. I found it so much stronger than 1985 and 1986. So many great new acts and pop/dance was everywhere! Madonna and Mellencamp continued hit after hit. Fleetwood Mac were on their way for being my group of the year with 3 number ones. And I fell in love with Debbie Gibson!

Oct 3, 1987

01 01 I Just Can't Stop Loving You - Michael Jackson & Siedah Garrett
03 02 Paper In Fire - John Mellencamp
05 03 Didn't We Almost Have It All - Whitney Houston
02 04 I Heard A Rumour - Bananarama
09 05 Only In My Dreams - Debbie Gibson
08 06 Little Lies - Fleetwood Mac
10 07 Who Will You Run To - Heart
04 08 Love Power - Dionne Warwick & Jeffery Osborne
13 09 Mama Said Why - Debbie Johnson
14 10 When Smokey Sings - ABC
06 11 Be There - Pointer Sisters
18 12 Who Found Who - Jellybean w/Elisa Fiorillo
07 13 Luka - Suzanne Vega
19 14 Lost In Emotion - Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam
12 15 Seven Wonders - Fleetwood Mac
17 16 Touch Of Grey - Grateful Dead
20 17 Mony Mony - Billy Idol
25 18 Here I Go Again - Whitesnake
11 19 Who's That Girl - Madonna
21 20 Together - Joey Gregorash
28 21 You Win Again - Bee Gees
22 22 Jump Start - Natalie Cole
15 23 Teenland - Norther Pikes
27 24 Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of - Carly Simon
37 25 Bad - Michael Jackson
26 26 Breakout - Swingout Sister
16 27 Don't Mean Nothing - Richard Marx
--- 28 Causing A Commotion - Madonna
40 29 Betcha Say That - Miami Sound Machine
32 30 You're The Girl - Cars
31 31 Rock Steady - Whispers
24 32 Alone - Heart
33 33 One Heartbeat - Smokey Robinson
29 34 Heart And Soul - T'Pau
--- 35 Stay With Me - Tu
36 36 Solitude Standing - Suzanne Vega
39 37 Let Me Be The One - Expose
23 38 Mary's Prayer - Danny Wilson
--- 39 Notorious - Duran Duran
--- 40 U Got The Look - Prince & Sheena Easton

[soundmagazine]

Nice to see some '87 charts already posted! Below is mine.

Yet another chart with a non-AT40 song at the top and half of the top 10 also non-AT40 songs. At this point I was accessing music from so many outlets that I was not limited to what radio had to offer, which was not playing the best music available, IMHO.

October 2, 1987

TW LW TWK
.1....1....6...Solitude Standing - Suzanne Vega
.2....2....6...I've Been In Love Before - Cutting Crew
.3....3....6...It's A Sin - Pet Shop Boys
.4....4....8...Holiday - The Other Ones
.5....9....4...Bad - Michael Jackson
.6....6....8...Misfit - Curiosity Killed The Cat
.7...10....5...The One I Love - REM
.8...16....4...You Win Again - Bee Gees
.9....5...12...Johnny B - Hooters *
10...12....8...Let's Dance - Chris Rea
11...13....6...Paper In Fire - John Cougar Mellencamp
12...14....5...Peace Train - 10,000 Maniacs
13...20....4...Dinner With Gershwin - Donna Summer
14...17....5...Let's Work - Mick Jagger
15...18....4...Let Me Go - Club Nouveau
16...19....4...Why Does It Have To Be - Restless Heart
17...11....7...Betcha Don't Know - Najee
18...24....3...Hourglass - Squeeze
19....7....8...One Lover At A Time - Atlantic Starr
20...21....5...Heart And Soul - Monkees
21...23....3...Never Let Me Down - David Bowie
22...30....2...Candle In The Wind - Elton John
23...25....3...Betcha Say That - Miami Sound Machine
24...26....3...Where The Streets Have No Name - U2
25...27....3...Jump Start - Natalie Cole
26...28....3...Maybe Someday - Simply Red
27...33....2...Let Me Be The One - Expose
28....8...10...Can't We Try - Dan Hill
29...15...10...I Just Can't Stop Loving You - Michael Jackson
30...31....3...Who Will You Run To - Heart
31..---....1...Gettysburg - The Brandos
32..---....1...Causing A Commotion - Madonna
33...34....2...Kiss & Tell - Breakfast Club
34...35....2...Little Lies - Fleetwood Mac
35..---....1...Something Real - Mr. Mister
36..---....1...Lost In Emotion - Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam
37...36...17...One For The Mockingbird - Cutting Crew *
38...37...13...Only In My Dreams - Debbie Gibsom *
39...29...11...Breakout - Swing Out Sister
40...32...10...U Got The Look - Prince

[soundmagazine]

Sept 30, 2009 12:49:20 GMT -5 prenatt1166 said:

UU-BRU Radio Playlist
For Week Ending October 3, 1987

Michael Jackson and Whitney Houston contnued to dominate my chart well into the fall of 1987. Whitney had already been at #1 with DWAHIA, but the live video version sent her back to number two for a few more weeks.

Two songs from the "Disorderlies" soundtrack (Bananarama, Bon Jovi) were in the top ten while the stars from the movie (Fat Boys) were at #4 with a song not from the film.

Natalie Cole's "Jump Start" never climbed higher than #22, but she moved up and down the chart for 22 weeks.

The original Monkees were at #14 while the ill-fated New Monkees debuted at #38. "What I Want" would eventually reach #5. I think this was only time an original band and a new line up were on my chart at the same time.

Tiffany made her first chart appearance at #32 with ITWAN, a number one song only five weeks later.

:)

More interesting connections on our chart, but also some major differences. "Bad" was a few weeks away from being #1 on my chart as well, but my indifference towards Whitney Houston really showed up on this week's chart as DWAHIA never made my Top 40. But before you think I hated all things Whitney, I can say that she made my Top 10 twice, including a #1.

You were definitely a movie fan! I don't believe the Bon Jovi song was even released as a single.

All that's missing from the Natalie Cole situation is possibly landing at #22 on your year end countdown! :)

The New Monkees and old Monkees on that same chart is indeed an oddity. Although I never charted the New Monkees, we did have an obscure song in common with "Heart & Soul" making the Top 20 on both of our charts.

Another connection we had was the Donna Summer song making both of our Top 10's (she would peak at #7 in a few weeks on my chart). Also nice to see the Bee Gees tune on your chart as well. And the new Hooters song moving up your chart would be a Top 5 smash for me in a couple of months (following up their #1 song "Johnny B"). Both music videos to these songs were exceptional.

I will continue commenting on the other charts tomorrow night.

[prenatt1166]

Sept 30, 2009 17:39:36 GMT -5 shadster said:

27. ** Scandal, "Only the young" (a non-release; this album I didn't aquire till I joined Columbia house in '87, which explains why its charting my charts here)

When I first bought the "Warrior" LP, I thought this would be another top ten hit if it had been the follow up to "The Warrior". I guess it had been planned already to release Journey's version several months later.

Sept 30, 2009 22:12:54 GMT -5 Vic said:

Take a look at #22.

Natalie Cole at #22 on the first three charts posted?! That's just crazy! :o

Sept 30, 2009 22:12:54 GMT -5 Vic said:

Nice to see the Carly Simon song get some action. Such a shame that album was ignored by Top 40 radio at the time.

I think "Coming Around Again" is the most solid of all her albums. I had to check where her singles had peaked.

# 04 Coming Around Again
# 12 Give Me All Night
# 10 The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of
# 07 All I Want Is You
# 40 Do The Walls Come Down

(By the way, Carly Simon just released a new acoustic version of "Never Been Gone". )

Oct 2, 2009 0:11:55 GMT -5 soundmagazine said:

.1....1....6...Solitude Standing - Suzanne Vega

Was this released as single? I missed it completely, which would be odd considering I had "Luka" at number one in August.

:)

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Sept 30, 2009 17:39:36 GMT -5 shadster said:

To answer the hair band question, yes I loved(still love) hair band music, but also never strayed from pop either. Definitly got away from the softer pop like Rod stewart, elton john, etc. But continue to this day to stick w/ Rock, pop an dance. I do steer clear of rap an hip-hop though. I must say I liked more rap back in 80s/90s than I do today, which wasnt a whole lot to begin w/ so its now pretty much nill.

This weekends Premiere show is from the 1st weekend of October 1987 so....

My chart, 1st weekend of October 1987:


And since we've been sort of making it a habbit to flash forward 10 years, let me do that........onto 1997:

My chart from Mid Sept. to the 3rd wk of Oct 1997 (previous chart spanned the last week of August thru 2nd week of Sept.


Dare we go another 10 years?? 2007 anyone?

Your hair band love was alive and well in 1987 with the Whitesnake monster #1 song. But it was interesting to see the soft ballad "Can't We Try" at #2, a soul jam at #3, pop at #4, and so on. So a nice variety. Nice to see song obscure tunes in there also. I believe the Nu Shooz song was indeed a single (their 3rd from "Poolside").

Interesting to see your 1997 chart because it demonstrated how things changed so drastically for me in that 10 years because I don't recognize many of the songs. I gave up on pop radio (and charting) by then but I do recognize some of the songs, like your #1 song (which I do like) and I even enjoy the Hanson singles. I originally heard the Trio song when it was released around 1984 if I remember correctly. I think it gained popularity again after it was included in a car commercial in the 90's.

I have a feeling I would know even fewer songs from a 2007 chart.

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Sept 30, 2009 22:12:54 GMT -5 Vic said:

" And the Bee Gees only finding acceptance in Europe at the time. This was a great song! Take a look at #22. It would eventually peak at #18.

1987 was a great year of music for me. I found it so much stronger than 1985 and 1986. So many great new acts and pop/dance was everywhere! Madonna and Mellencamp continued hit after hit. Fleetwood Mac were on their way for being my group of the year with 3 number ones. And I fell in love with Debbie Gibson!

Oct 3, 1987

Wonderful to see my #1 song on your chart, albeit only at #36. I was wondering if anyone would know that obscure classic. Nice to see the big move for the Bee Gees song as it was moving up quickly on mine as well. I agree that America really missed out on a great song. Also cool to see "Love Power" up so high.

Debbie Johnson's song reminds me of Stacy Lattisaw. Nice to see the Pointer Sisters final charting single in America from Beverly Hills Cop II doing well on your chart, but sadly it missed out on AT40. And the wedding song "Together"! Not a sound heard too much in America in 1987, but the songs "Teenland" & "Stay With Me" were very reminiscent of the late 80's sound, but they never made it onto American radio.

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Oct 2, 2009 17:39:39 GMT -5 prenatt1166 said:

Oct 2, 2009 0:11:55 GMT -5 soundmagazine said:

.1....1....6...Solitude Standing - Suzanne Vega

Was this released as single? I missed it completely, which would be odd considering I had "Luka" at number one in August.

:)

It was actually the follow-up to "Luka". I think MTV may have even had the music video as an exclusive, so if you weren't watching MTV at that time, no doubt why you missed it.

[shadster]

This weeks AT40 The 80s show is from 10/24/81, an since I dont have any '81 charts, I'll post the 10 year advance.

By '91 I had stopped doing a chart EVERY single week, so there are a number of charts that count as 2 wks, or 3 even (a 4 too). I'm going to pick my chart from the 1st 2 weeks of Oct (the next chart actually runs from 3rd wk of OCt thru mid Nov.) Previous chart covered the last 2 wks of Sept, so rather than do LW(eek) TW(eek), I'll do LC(hart) TC(hart) OK?

1st an 2nd weeks of October 1991
TC LC
30. ** Karyn White, "Romantic"
29. ** Vanessa Williams, "Runin back to you"
28. ** Metallica, "Enter sandman"
27. 27. Guns & Roses "you could be mine"
26. 26. Firehouse, "Dont treat me bad"
25. 25. Amy Grant, "Baby baby"
24. 24. Steal heart, "She's gone"
23. 23. Extreme, "More than words"
22. 22. Stealheart, "I'll never let you go"
21. 21. Rhythm Syndicate, "Hey donna"
20. 16. Marky Mark & The funky bunch, "Good Vibrations"
19. 13. *
18. 10. Heavy D & The boys, "Now that we've found love"
17. 17. Amy Grant, "Every heartbeat"
16. 7. PC Quest, "After the summers gone"
15. 11. Color me Bad, "I adore, Mi amor"
14. 12. Extreme, "Whole hearted"
13. 28. Amy Grant, "Thats what love is for"
12. 14. Bad English, "Straight to your heart"
11. 15. Bryan Adams, "Cant stop this thing we started"
10. 4. Firehouse, "Love of a lifetime"
9. 9. Maria Carey, "Emotions"
8. 3. Jomanda, "Got a love for you" <--good song, recored that off Z100
7. ** Or-N-More, "Every other day"
6. 6. Prince, "Cream"
5. 8. Motley Crue, "Primal scream"
4. 5. Guns & Roses, "Don't cry"
3. ** Color me bad, "Do it all for love"
2. 1. Michael W. Smith, "For you"
1. 2. Natural Selection, "Do anything"

Off the chart:
- Bryan Adams, "Everything I do"
- Paula Abdul, "Promise of a new day"
- Michael W. Smith, "Place in this world"
- Seal, "The Begining" <---this is a guess, I have a "Seal" song falling off an I know it was NOT "Crazy" so it must be a follow up hit, only I find no evidence of follow up charting on Mediabase.
- Hi Five, "Cant wait another minute"

* The song at #19 is sort of a mystery. I know the song, I even know what tape its on but no idea who the artist or even the name of the song. It was NOT a hit. I caught it off of, I think WFLZ "The Power pig" in Tampa, probably a 'local' hit. The verses of the song was "Rap" from what sounded like a vanilla ice wannabe. But the chorus was taken from some spanish song "I think", "Mama el negro....." somethin somethin..."...a mi papa". I had no idea what they were saying....I played the song for my wife one day an she laughed her ass off (she's fluent in spanish) to the crazy lyric the spanish were singing. The rapping was in english, but I thought the song was catchy enough to chart it :) I could post a wav file of it if anyones interested.


p.s. On my website I have a chart archive (National not personal) but on the chart archive page near the bottom I have listed my Personal Year end charts of the 80s. I didn't really have a methodology for computing them so I just used weeks at peak an weeks on chart. So all the number 1s are at the top of the chart, #2,s next, etc. I need to go back someday an recalculate them. shad.is.dreaming.org

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Oct 5, 2009 21:42:21 GMT -5 shadster said:

This weeks AT40 The 80s show is from 10/24/81, an since I dont have any '81 charts, I'll post the 10 year advance.

I have a bigger challenge in that I permanently stopped charting about a month prior in 1991 to care for a family member with a serious health issue. Since many of the songs would have still be active the next month, I will go ahead and post my final chart.

I look at this chart to try to determine where I was heading musically if the crisis did not happen in my life. It appears that nothing would have changed. I would have continued to enjoy a variety of music from all genres: AC, Pop, rock, soul, country & even rap. About every type of music is represented in this chart, so I guess it was a fitting way to say goodbye.

August 30, 1991:

TW LW TWK
.1....4....4...The Gift of Love - Bette Midler
.2....2....8...3am Eternal - KLF
.3....5....6...Hole Hearted - Extreme
.4....8....4...Siva - Smashing Pumpkins
.5...10....4...Motownphilly - Boyz II Men
.6....1....9...My Special Child - Sinead O'Connor
.7....3...11...Crazy - Seal *
.8...17....3...Real Real Real - Jesus Jones
.9...13....5...I Adore Mi Amor - Color Me Badd
10...15....4...Pandora's Box - OMD
11...12....6...My Name Is Not Susan - Whitney Houston
12...14....5...You Come To My Senses - Chicago
13...11....7...Say It With Love - Moody Blues
14....9....8...Nights Like This - After 7
15...21....3...Medicine Man - Aldo Nova
16...16....7...Now That We Found Love - Heavy D & The Boyz
17...22....3...Golden Slumbers - Jackson Browne & Jennifer Warnes
18....6...10...Unforgettable - Natalie Cole
19....7...12...There She Goes - The La's *
20...24....3...Satisfied - Squeeze
21...26....3...Living With A Law - Chris Whitley
22...30....2...She's Gone (Lady) - Steelheart
23...31....2...I Can't Wait Another Minute - Hi-Five
24...18...10...Love And Understanding - Cher *
25...32....2...God Gave Rock n Roll To You - Kiss
26...33....2...Running Back To You - Vanessa Williams
27...20...14...It Ain't Over Til It's Over - Lenny Kravitz *
28...29....3...Let The Beat Hit Em - Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam
29...28...11...(Everything I Do) I Do It For You - Bryan Adams
30..---....1...Somewhere In My Broken Heart - Billy Dean
31..---....1...All I Have - Beth Nielson Chapman
32..---....1...Love...Thy Will Be Done - Martika
33..---....1...Lies - EMF
34...34....2...Timeless Melody - The La's
35...35....2...Jet City Woman - Queensryche
36..---....1...Living In The Light - Caron Wheeler
37..---....1...Get Off - Prince & The New Power Generation
38...36...13...Together Forever - Lisette Melendez *
39...27...11...Temptation - Corina
40...39...13...Kiss Them For Me - Siouxsie & The Banshees

[prenatt1166]

UU-BRU Radio Playlist
For Week Ending October 24, 1981

01 01 Olivia Newton-John Physical
02 ** Stevie Nicks & Don Henley Leather And Lace
03 02 Rolling Stones Start Me Up
04 04 Billy Joel Say Goodbye To Hollywood
05 03 Daryl Hall & John Oates Private Eyes
06 06 Dan Fogelberg Hard To Say
07 07 Rick Springfield I've Done Everything For You
08 05 Rick James Super Freak
09 13 Commodores Oh No
10 10 Quincy Jones & James Ingram Just Once
11 14 Foreigner Waiting For A Girl Like You
12 08 Debbie Harry Backfired
13 09 Stevie Nicks & Tom Petty Stop Dragging My Heart Around
14 11 Christopher Cross Arthur's Theme
15 15 Mike Post Theme From "Hill Street Blues"
16 18 Air Supply Here I Am
17 24 Barry Manilow The Old Songs
18 21 Earth, Wind & Fire Let's Groove
19 25 Diana Ross Why Do Fools Fall In Love
20 ** Lindsey Buckingham Trouble
21 17 Diesel Sausalito Summernight
22 12 Andy Gibb & Victoria Principal All I Have To Do Is Dream
23 27 Cliff Richard Wired For Sound
24 16 Sheena Easton For Your Eyes Only
25 20 Diana Ross & Lionel Richie Endless Love
26 26 John Schneider Still
27 19 Bob Seger Trying To Live My Life Without You
28 33 Rod Stewart Young Turks
29 30 The Go-Go's Our Lips Are Sealed
30 23 Burton Cummings You Saved My Soul
31 36 Juice Newton The Sweetest Thing
32 ** Kim Carnes Mistaken Identity
33 ** George Benson Turn Your Love Around
34 37 Luther Vandross Never Too Much
35 ** Prince Controversy
36 29 Diana Ross & Lionel Richie Dreaming Of You
37 22 Foreigner Urgent
38 ** Billy Idol Dancing With Myself
39 31 Rickie Lee Jones A Lucky Guy
40 ** Village People Do You Wanna Spend The Night

Lionel Richie was the hottest act at the time on my chart with two duets with Diana Ross, another hit with The Commodores and John Schneider's remake of "Still" all on the chart.

Stevie Nicks's "Bella Donna" was my favorite album of the time. The high debut of L&L was a direct result of waiting for the song to be released as a single, slightly overshadowing Lindsey Buckingham's entry at #20.

I think I remember Billy Idol on American Bandstand's record rating segment. The remix would chart again in 1983 reaching #3.

[prenatt1166]

Oct 6, 2009 0:09:39 GMT -5 soundmagazine said:

.1....4....4...The Gift of Love - Bette Midler

That is a great song to have as your final number one. My chart had become increasingly country by this time. Looking back, I would have charted Jackson Browne if I had been familiar with it at the time.

UU-BRU Radio Playlist
For Week Ending August 31, 1991

01 01 Mariah Carey Emotions
02 02 Huey Lewis & The News It Hit Me Like A Hammer
03 03 C+C Music Factory Things That Make You Go Hmmm…
04 04 Paula Abdul The Promise Of A Day
05 05 Reba McEntire Falling Out Of Love
06 07 Garth Brooks Rodeo
07 06 Bryan Adams Everything I Do
08 09 Michael Bolton Time, Love and Tenderness
09 08 Cathy Dennis Too Many Walls
10 12 Earl Thomas Conley & Keith Whitley Brotherly Love
11 14 Marky Mark & The Funky Bunch Good Vibrations
12 13 Heavy D & The Boyz Now That We Found Love
13 10 Celine Dion The Last To Know
14 17 Whitney Houston My Name Is Not Susan
15 15 R.E.M. with Kate Pierson Shiny Happy People
16 19 Natalie Cole with Nat King Cole Unforgettable
17 20 38 Special The Sound Of Your Voice
18 18 Trisha Yearwood She's In Love With The Boy
19 11 Garth Brooks The Thunder Rolls
20 16 Ricky Van Shelton I Am A Simple Man
21 ** Stevie Nicks Sometimes It's A Bitch
22 24 Van Halen Runaround
23 23 B.B. King Don't Look Down
24 31 Ricky Van Shelton Keep It Between The Lines
25 25 Prince Gett Off
26 29 Extreme Hole Hearted
27 28 Color Me Badd I Adore Mi Amore
28 30 Air Supply Without You
29 32 Bette Midler The Gift Of Love
30 33 Bob Seger The Real Love
31 21 Glenn Frey Part Of Me, Part Of You
32 34 Donna Summer When Love Cries
33 39 Bad Company Walk Through Fire
34 27 Guns 'N Roses You Could Be Mine
35 22 Desmond Child Love On A Rooftop
36 ** Metallica Enter Sandman
37 ** Salt 'N Pepa Let's Talk About Sex
38 40 Karyn White Romantic
39 ** George Strait You Know Me Better Than That
40 ** Brooks & Dunn Brand New Man

[soundmagazine]

Here is my 1981 chart. I was surprised back then about how I seemed to be the only one who really enjoyed the new Bee Gees single, which was one week away from taking the top spot. And we finally see a chart where I have a platinum award listed. This one for the great Alan Parsons Project single "Time" which spent 8 weeks at #1 (tied for second longest of all-time).

* = gold award
# = platinum award

October 23, 1981:

TW LW TWK
.1....1....6...Oh No - Commodores
.2....8....4...He's A Liar - Bee Gees
.3....5....5...When She Was My Girl - Four Tops
.4....4....5...Waiting For A Girl Like You - Foreigner
.5....3....8...Back In My Life Again - Carpenter
.6....7....8...Private Eyes - Hall & Oates
.7....2...11...I Could Never Miss You - Lulu *
.8...13....4...Physical - Olivia Newton-John
.9....9...10...I've Done Everything For You - Rick Springfield *
10....6....8...Hard To Say - Dan Fogelberg
11...16....4...Take Me Now - David Gates
12...15....5...House Of The Rising Sun - Dolly Parton
13...14....5...Superfreak - Rick James
14...21....3...Wired For Sound - Cliff Richard
15...26....2...Twilight - ELO
16...22....3...Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic - Police
17...19....4...In The Dark - Billy Squier
18...18....6...Here I Am - Air Supply
19...20....5...Promises In The Dark - Pat Benatar
20...23....3...The Old Songs - Barry Manilow
21...10...14...Everlasting Love - Rex Smith & Rachel Sweet *
22...25....3...Snake Eyes - Alan Parsons Project
23...12...11...For Your Eyes Only - Sheena Easton *
24...32....2...You're Not Easy To Forget - Michael Johnson
25...17....6...Say Goodbye To Hollywood - Billy Joel
26...11....8...You Don't Know Me - Mickey Gilley
27...28....4...Theme From Hill Street Blues - Mike Post
28...33....2...Talk To Ya Later - Tubes
29..---....1...Under Pressure - Queen & David Bowie
30...31....3...She's A Bad Mama Jama - Carl Carlton
31..---....1...Why Do Fools Fall In Love - Diana Ross
32...29...10...You Could Take My Heart Away - Silver Condor
33..---....1...Sweet Merilee - Donnie Iris
34..---....1...Our Lips Are Sealed - Go Go's
35..---....1...I Surrender - Arlan Day
36..---....1...Young Turks - Rod Stewart
37...24...10...Step By Step - Eddie Rabbitt *
38...35...15...I Don't Want To Wait Anymore - Tubes *
39...36...11...Draw Of The Cards - Kim Carnes *
40...40...22...Time - Alan Parsons Project #

[soundmagazine]

Looks like I have a number of posts to reply to. I'll start on those tomorrow night. Everyone has some pretty cool charts posted for 1981 and 1991.

[robrt30]

Rob's Top 30 -- October 26, 1991

TW LW 2W Wks Song-Artist ** 5 weeks at #1 **
01 01 01 09 Emotions-Mariah Carey
02 02 02 08 Romantic-Karyn White
03 05 06 08 Motownphilly-Boyz II Men
04 03 03 12 Do Anything-Natural Selection
05 06 07 05 Don't Cry-Guns 'N Roses
06 04 04 06 Love...Thy Will Be Done-Martika
07 07 08 07 Can't Stop This Thing We Started-Bryan Adams
08 08 10 06 Kiss Them For Me-Siousxie & The Banshees
09 10 14 07 That's What Love Is For-Amy Grant
10 14 23 03 Real Real Real-Jesus Jones
11 16 24 03 The One And Only-Chesney Hawkes
12 20 00 02 Spending My Time-Roxette
13 15 18 04 Do You Feel Like I Feel-Belinda Carlisle
14 09 12 07 The Truth-Tami Show
15 13 17 08 I Can't Wait Another Minute - Hi-Five
16 11 09 12 Hole Hearted-Extreme
17 17 19 06 Everybody Plays The Fool-Aaron Neville
18 24 00 02 Blowin' Kisses In The Wind-Paula Abdul
19 12 05 13 Time, Love And Tenderness-Michael Bolton
20 22 28 04 Hey Donna-Rythm Syndicate
21 18 13 20 The Promise Of A New Day-Paula Abdul
22 19 21 05 Now That We Found Love-Heavy D & The Boyz
23 00 00 04 Top Of The World-Van Halen
24 00 00 01 Cream-Prince + The N.P.G.
25 00 00 01 Lies-EMF
26 21 16 16 Only Time Will Tell-Nelson
27 23 15 13 Too Many Walls-Cathy Dennis
28 00 00 01 O.P.P.-Naughty By Nature
29 26 20 23 Fading Like A Flower (Every Time You Leave)-Roxette
30 29 26 19 Every Heartbeat-Amy Grant

[botoxic]

BRAD'S COUNTDOWN
October 20-26, 1991

LW TW
03 01 SPENDING MY TIME (Roxette)
05 02 Cream (Prince and the New Power Generation)
06 03 Don't Cry (Guns 'n' Roses)
01 04 Can't Stop This Thing We Started (Bryan Adams)
09 05 Let's Talk About Sex (Salt 'n' Pepa)
10 06 I Wonder Why (Curtis Stigers)
02 07 Hey Donna (Rythm Syndicate)
16 08 Set the Night to Music (Roberta Flack and Maxi Priest)
04 09 With You (Tony Terry)
18 10 That's What Love Is For (Amy Grant)
19 11 It's So Hard to Say Good-Bye to Yesterday (Boyz II Men)
07 12 O. P. P. (Naughty by Nature)
08 13 Love...Thy Will Be Done (Martika)
21 14 When a Man Loves a Woman (Michael Bolton)
12 15 Emotions (Mariah Carey)
22 16 Blowing Kisses in the Wind (Paula Abdul)
11 17 Real Real Real (Jesus Jones)
26 18 My Heart Belongs to You (Russ Irwin)
27 19 Get a Leg Up (John Mellencamp)
28 20 Lies (EMF)
31 21 All 4 Love (Color Me Badd)
32 22 Can't Let Go (Mariah Carey)
13 23 Walk Through Fire (Bad Company)
15 24 Running Back to You (Vanessa Williams)
17 25 The One and Only (Chesney Hawkes)
34 26 Set Adrift on Memory Bliss (P.M. Dawn)
14 27 Kiss Them for Me (Siouxie and the Banshees)
36 28 Street of Dreams (Nia Peeples)
20 29 Power Windows (Billy Falcon)
23 30 Just Want to Hold You (Jasmine Guy)
25 31 Romantic (Karyn White)
24 32 Do Anything (Natural Selection)
-- 33 Ring My Bell (DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince)
-- 34 Something Got Me Started (Simply Red)
-- 35 Mind Playing Tricks on Me (Geto Boys)
-- 36 Rush (Big Audio Dynamite II)

OFF:
29 Hole Hearted (Extreme)
30 Gett Off (Prince and the New Power Generation)
33 After the Summer's Gone (P.C. Quest)
35 The Real Love (Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band)

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Oct 5, 2009 21:42:21 GMT -5 shadster said:

1st an 2nd weeks of October 1991
TC LC
25. 25. Amy Grant, "Baby baby"
17. 17. Amy Grant, "Every heartbeat"
13. 28. Amy Grant, "Thats what love is for"
3. ** Color me bad, "Do it all for love"
2. 1. Michael W. Smith, "For you"
1. 2. Natural Selection, "Do anything"

I can tell you were a big Amy Grant fan. And with the surprise #1 hit by Michael W. Smith, one might even say you were a big fan of Christian crossover artists. Major debut by Color Me Badd and the Natural Selection songs were singles that probably would have went to #1 on my chart if I would have continued to chart the rest of the year. I loved both of them.

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Oct 6, 2009 1:38:45 GMT -5 prenatt1166 said:

UU-BRU Radio Playlist
For Week Ending October 24, 1981

22 12 Andy Gibb & Victoria Principal All I Have To Do Is Dream

40 ** Village People Do You Wanna Spend The Night

The #2 debut was impressive and makes sense that it was a song you were already familiar with. The highest debuts I ever had on my chart were similar situations, although I never had a song that debuted higher than #18. And with your high debut of "Trouble", it looks like you had no problem with Fleetwood Mac members going solo!

Great to see the Andy Gibb duet up there since it had peaked at #10 for me the prior month to continue and his long-running streak of Top 10 songs on my chart. Also nice to see Cliff Richard doing well on someone else's chart. The biggest surprise would be the Village People song, which was during their short-lived "new wave" look. I actually liked that song as well as the two songs they performed on American Bandstand from that same "Renaissance" album: "5 O'Clock In The Morning" and "Action Man". It was enough for the album to peak at #10 on my LP chart.