Post Your Chart From 1980 - 1991

[shadster]

Ok, here is my chart from the week of October 1st - 8th 1986. I was only doing a Top 20 at this time.

LW TW
** 20. Heart, "If looks could kill" (I *think*)
14. 19. The Beatles, "Twist & Shout"
16. 18. Berlin, "Take my breathe away"
** 17. Janet Jackson, "Control"
18. 16. Van Halen, "Love walks in"
15. 15. Gloria Lorring, "Friends & Lovers"
10. 14. Mike & the Mechanics , "Takin in"
13. 13. Cyndy Lauper, "True Colors"
4. 12. Stacy Q, "Two of hearts"
11. 11. New edition, "Earth angel"
5. 10. Regina, "Baby love"
12. 9. Double, "Captain of her heart"
6. 8. Robert Palmer, "Didnt mean to turn you on"
8. 7. Genesis, "Throwin it all away"
7. 6. Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam, "All cried out"
3. 5. Jeffery Osbourne, "The wowo song, should be mine"
1. 4. Huey Lewis & The news, "Stuck with you"
**3. Anita Baker, "Sweet love"
9. 2. Loverboy, "Heaven in your eyes"
2. 1. Human League "Human"

Off the chart:
- Steve Winwood, "Higher love"
- Timex social club, "Rumors"
- Run DMC, "Walk this way"

I'll post '96 later.

[soundmagazine]

Oct 18, 2009 23:08:06 GMT -5 shadster said:

Ok, here is my chart from the week of October 1st - 8th 1986. I was only doing a Top 20 at this time.

LW TW

10. 14. Mike & the Mechanics , "Takin in"
**3. Anita Baker, "Sweet love"

Hot debut for the Anita Baker song. The Mike & The Mechanics songs was a former Top 10 on my chart as well. Great song, although it only made #32 on Billboard.

[soundmagazine]

Classic AT40 this weekend is scheduled to be October 19, 1985. In honor of this date, I have once again changed my avatar to reflect my #1 song on this date. I'll post my entire chart later this week. I look forward to seeing everyone's chart.

[shadster]

Oct 19, 2009 22:06:30 GMT -5 soundmagazine said:

Hot debut for the Anita Baker song.

It would reach #1 shortly thereafter.

[soundmagazine]

As I was transferring my chart to the computer I was a bit surprised to find that nearly half of the songs on my chart never made AT40 and many never even made the Hot 100. I knew it was common in later years but was a bit surprised to find it happening already in 1985.

Probably the most unusual was a wonderful song from Andrew Lloyd Webber's "Requiem" called "Pie Jesu". Possibly the only operatic song in the 80's released as a single and it was ready to fall off the chart after peaking the prior month at #2.

One of the songs on my chart that I feared would end up being just another obscurity ("Broken Wings") actually did end up making it big. It was already on its 9th week and at #1 on my chart the week it debuted on AT40.

October 18, 1985

TW LW TWK
.1....1....9...Broken Wings - Mr. Mister
.2....2....8...Head Over Heals - Tears For Fears
.3....3....9...Sunset Grill - Don Henley
.4....4....7...Janet - Commodores
.5....5....6...Hurts To Be In Love - Gino Vannelli
.6....6...10...She's Waiting - Eric Clapton *
.7....8....7...(Just) Send My Heart - Adventures
.8...11....6...Part-time Lover - Stevie Wonder
.9...12....5...Dance Electric - Andre Cymone
10...10....6...Act Of War - Elton John & Millie Jackson
11...17....4...Rough Edges - Kim Carnes
12...14....5...Kayleigh - Marillion
13...13....9...Take On Me - A-ha
14...15....7...Whose Side Are You On - Matt Bianco
15...16....5...Lay Your Hands On Me - Thompson Twins
16...20....4...Eaten Alive - Diana Ross
17...22....4...Be Near Me - ABC
18...21....4...Who's Zoomin Who - Aretha Franklin
19...19....5...After The Fire - Roger Daltry
20...24....4...I'm Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down - Paul Young
21...25....3...She Believes In Love Again - Beach Boys
22...30....2...Soul Kiss - Olivia Newton-John
23...26....4...You Belong To The City - Glenn Frey
24...27....3...Boy In The Box - Corey Hart
25...28....3...We Built This City - Starship
26...31....2...Morning Desire - Kenny Rogers
27...32....2...The Woman I Love - Eric Tagg
28...33....2...Fortress Around Your Heart - Sting
29....9....7...Oh Sheila - Ready For The World
30..---....1...Don't Stop The Dance - Bryan Ferry
31..---....1...America - Prince
32...18....7...Lovin Every Minute Of It - Loverboy
33...34....2...Miami Vice Theme - Jan Hammer
34...35....2...Love Theme From St Elmo's Fire - David Foster
35..---....1...So In Love - OMD
36...23...14...Cry - Godley & Creme *
37...36...13...Pie Jesu - Webber's Requiem *
38...37...11...Loving The Alien - David Bowie
39...38...10...Dress You Up - Madonna
40...39...15...Pop Life - Prince *

[prenatt1166]

UU-BRU Radio Playlist
For Week Ending October 19, 1985

01 01 Madonna Dress You Up
02 02 Whitney Houston Saving All My Love For You
03 03 The Hooters And We Danced
04 04 John Schneider I'm Gonna Leave You Tomorrow
05 05 John Cougar Mellencamp Lonely Ol' Night
06 07 Jan Hammer Miami Vice Theme
07 06 Mick Jagger & David Bowie Dancing In The Street
08 09 Daryl Hall & John Oates, Eddie Kendricks & David Ruffin The Way You Do The Things You Do/My Girl
09 11 Bruce Springsteen I'm Going Down
10 10 Don Henley Sunset Grill
11 13 Stevie Wonder Part-Time Lover
12 15 Paul Young I'm Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down
13 14 Night Ranger Four In The Morning
14 08 Dire Straits & Sting Money For Nothing
15 19 Tina Turner One Of The Living
16 17 Aretha Franklin Who's Zoomin' Who
17 20 Heart Never
18 23 Starship We Built This City
19 22 Corey Hart Boy In The Box
20 21 Glenn Frey You Belong To The City
21 27 Kenny Rogers Morning Desire
22 24 Olivia Newton-John Soul Kiss
23 16 John Parr St. Elmo's Fire
24 25 Loverboy Loving Every Minute Of It
25 12 Pointer Sisters Dare Me
26 29 Phil Collins & Marilyn Martin Separate Lives
27 30 Laura Branigan Hold Me
28 26 Madonna Into The Groove
29 31 Maurice White Stand By Me
30 32 A-ha Take On Me
31 ** Whitney Houston Thinking About You
32 ** Eurythmics & Aretha Franklin Sisters Are Doing It For Themselves
33 36 Roger Daltrey After The Fire
34 38 David Foster Love Theme From "St. Elmo's Fire"
35 ** Patti LaBelle Shy
36 40 Billy Joel The Night Is Still Young
37 ** Saga What Do I Know
38 39 Shannon Urgent
39 ** El DeBarge with DeBarge You Wear It Well
40 ** Kenny Loggins & El DeBarge I'll Be There

Madonna was at #1 for the 16th week out of the first 38 of 1985.

Whitney Houston was one week away from her first #1 song while her next single, TAY debuted at #31.

This may be one of the few times two instrumentals were charting at the same time (Jam Hammer & David Foster).

I think Motown was pushing El DeBarge as their next superstar. He received "star billing" on DeBarge's new single at #39 as well as collaborating with Kenny Loggins at #40.

[prenatt1166]

Oct 21, 2009 2:02:17 GMT -5 soundmagazine said:

.4....4....7...Janet - Commodores
.

Even though The Commodores' first two singles with JD Nicholas ("Nightshift" and "Animal Instinct") were big hits on my chart, "Janet" did not make my top 40. I am wondering if the other two songs were also top five hits on your chart or was "Janet" the biggest hit of the three?

[shadster]

First, let me get caught up w/ last weeks countdown. I posted my '86 chart, now heres my 1996 (plus 10 years) chart.

For the month of October thru the middle of Nov. 1996:

TW LW
30. 30. The Nixons, "Sister I miss you"
29. 29. Los Del Rio, "The Macarena"
28. 18. Jewel, "Who will save your soul"
27. ** Allanis Morrisette, "Head over feet"
26. 7. La Bouche, "Sweet dreams"
25. ** Hooty & the blowfish, "Tuckers town"
24. 19. Toni Braxton, "Your makin me high"
23. ** Merrill Bainbridge, "Mouth"
22. 21. Quad city DJs, "Comon an ride it"
21. 20. Billy Ray Martin, "Put your lovin arms around me"
20. 17. Gin Blossoms, "As long as it matters"
19. 10. Primitive Radio Gods, "Standing outside a broken phone booth w/ money in my hand"
18. 15. Bones, Thugs & Harmony, "Crossroads"
17. 8. The Fugees, "Killing me softly"
16. 14. No doubt, "Spiderwebs"
15. 11. Coolio, "1, 2, 3, 4"
14. 13. Buthole Surfers, "Pepper"
13. 12. No mercy, "Where do you go"
12. 9. Dishwalla, "Counting blue cars"
11. 1. Donna Lewis, "I love you always forever"
10. 4. Kieth Sweat, "Twisted"
9. 3. R Kelly, "Cant sleep baby"
8. 5. Leah Andreone, "Its alright, Its ok"
7. ** Cantalina, "Excuse me Mr. Bouncer"
6. ** Genuine, "My pony"
5. 2. Le Click, "This is your night"
4. ** Ghost town DJs, "My boo"
3. ** Envouge, "Dont let go"
2. ** La Bouche, "Fallin in love again"
1. ** Fun Factory, "Dont go away"

Off the chart:
Allanis Morrisette, "Ironic"
The Cranberries, "Free to decide"
Joan Osbourne, "St. Teresa"
Jann Arden, "Insensitive"
Allanis Morrisette, "You learn"
Maria Carey, "Forever"
Natalie Merchant, "Jealousy"
Garbage, "Stupid girl"
Color me bad, "The earth, the sun, the rain"

[shadster]

10/19/1985, or in my case, somewhere in Oct 1985, I think I have the correct chart here. I was just weeks away from starting my 'new' documentation scheme for keeping track of all my charts. Prior to that, I just wrote my chart up but never keep track of the date. I'm not sure of the date of the previous chart, so that explains why all the Dabue's.

TW LW
20. ** Bryan Adams, "1 night love affair"
19. ** Simple minds, "Alive & Kicking"
18. ** Jan Hammer, "Miami vice theme"
17. 6. Tears for fears, "Mothers talk"
16. ** ABC, "Be near me"
15. 10. Paul Young, "I'm gonna tear your playhouse down"
14. 9. Thompson twins, "Lay your hands"
13. ** The Hooters, "And we danced"
12. 15. Madonna, "Sho be do"
11. ** Sting, "Fortress around your heart"
10. ** Phil Collins, "Seperate lives"
9. ** Loverboy, "Lovin every minute of it"
8. ** Heart, "Never"
7. 4. Aretha Franklin, "Whos Zoomin who"
6. ** Mr Mr, "Broken wings"
5. ** Aha, "Take on me"
4. 5. Lyndsay Buckingham, "Holiday road (From National Lampoons Vacation)"
3. 3. Starship, "We Built this city"
2. 2. Glen Fry, "You belong to the city" (this would hit #1 next chart but after that "Communication" went back to #1)
1. 1. The Power Station, "Communication"

Strangely enough, just this 1 chart, actually lists 40 songs. All the rest are Top20. I'll list the rest of the chart now an notate the songs that fell out of the top20 w/ an *
21. Tina Turner, "One of the living"
22. ZZ Top, "Sleeping bag"
23. Tears for fears, "Head over heels" *
24. David Foster, Love theme from St Elmos fire *
25. OMD, "So in love"
26. Don Henley, "Sunset grill" *
27. Tears for fears, "Shout" *
28. Rick Springfield, "State of the heart" * (former #1)
29. Madonna, "Pretender" *
30. DeBarge, "Whos holding Donna now" *
31. Dire Straits, "I want my MTV" *
32. Scriti Politi, "Perfect way"
33. Godly & Creme, "You make me wanna cry"
34. Madonna, "Dress you up"
35. Kool & the gang, "Cherish"
36. Survivor, "Burning heart"
37. Stevie Wonder, "Part time lover"
38. Whitney Houston, "Savin all my love"
39. Gino Venneli, "It hurts to be in love"
40. Night Ranger, "4 in the morning"

[shadster]

And now the 10 years into the future chart:

October, 1995

TW LW
30. 29. Blues Traveler, "Runaround"
29. 28. Live, "Lightning crashes"
28. ** Better than Ezra, "Roselia"
27. 27. Real McCoy, "Come an get your love"
26. 20. John B, "Someone to love"
25. 13. Monica, "Just one of them days"
24. 16. Janet Jackson, "Runaway"
23. 14. Paula Abdul, "Crazy cool"
22. 23. Maria Carey, "Fantasy"
21. 26. Bush, "Come down"
20. 19. Collective soul, "December"
19. 18. DelAmitri, "Roll to me"
18. 17. Blues Traveler, "Hook"
17. 15. Seal, "Kiss from a rose"
16. 25. Deep Blue something, "Breakfast at Tiffanys"
15. 24. Take that, "Back for good"
14. 22. Natalie Merchant, "Carnival"
13. 8. Blessid Union of souls, "Let me be the one"
12. 11. Selena, "I could fall in love"
11. 10. TLC, "Waterfalls"
10. 7. Fun Factory, "I wanna be w/ you"
9. 3. Allanis Morrisette, "You outta know"
8. 9. TLC, "Diggin on you"
7. 12. Maria Carey & Boys II Men, "one sweet day"
6. 6. Dave Mathews band, "Ants marching"
5. ** Everything but the girl, "Missing"
4. 4. Lisa Loeb, "Do you sleep"
3. 1. Gin Blossoms, "Till I Hear it from you"
2. 5. Goo Goo Dolls, "Name"
1. 2. Sophie B Hawkins, "As I lay me down"

off the chart:
The Rembrandts, "I'll be there for you"
Joee, "I just died in your arms tonight"

[soundmagazine]

Oct 22, 2009 18:10:00 GMT -5 prenatt1166 said:

UU-BRU Radio Playlist
For Week Ending October 19, 1985

10 10 Don Henley Sunset Grill
21 27 Kenny Rogers Morning Desire
33 36 Roger Daltrey After The Fire
39 ** El DeBarge with DeBarge You Wear It Well
40 ** Kenny Loggins & El DeBarge I'll Be There

Great to see we have the Don Henley classic in the top 10 on both of our charts. And even more of a rarity is the Kenny Rogers song doing well on both of our charts. Excellent song. Then there's the Roger Daltry song, which should have followed both of leads and went into the Top 40 nationally. And you are right about Motown pushing the Debarges. I think they were hoping El would be the next Michael Jackson. Really a shame that he didn't quite live up to the billing and even sadder to hear about all of his legal problems the past couple of years.

Your love for Madonna was very apparent in 1985. For me, her best chart success was yet to come in the following years.

[soundmagazine]

Oct 22, 2009 18:17:08 GMT -5 prenatt1166 said:

Oct 21, 2009 2:02:17 GMT -5 soundmagazine said:

.4....4....7...Janet - Commodores
.

Even though The Commodores' first two singles with JD Nicholas ("Nightshift" and "Animal Instinct") were big hits on my chart, "Janet" did not make my top 40. I am wondering if the other two songs were also top five hits on your chart or was "Janet" the biggest hit of the three?

"Janet" was the biggest of the three. When Richie left the Commodores, I wasn't sure the group would hit big again. But surprisingly, they ended up scoring three top 10 hits on my chart without Richie: "Only You", "Janet" and "United In Love".

[blfdguy1]

My chart looks a little different for all those. But looks like we have some in common. Good to see some Corey Hart love but this would be his lowest charting song for me.

Surprised not to see anyone else not charting the Motels, always thought they were underated...yet surpirsed to see the Love theme from St. Elmo's all over the place..lol.

But as you can see...still dancing my way through the 80's..lol

10/18/85

1 2 Say I'm Your #1 - Princess
2 1 Take On Me - A-HA
3 5 Object Of My Desire - Starpoint
4 3 Dare Me - Pointer Sisters
5 4 Hot Spot - Dazz Band
6 7 Dress You Up - Madonna
7 11 Eaten Alive - Diana Ross
8 10 Fortress Around Your Heart - Sting
9 6 There Must Be An Angel - Eurythmics
10 8 Shame - Motels
11 9 Spanish Eddie - Laura Branigan
12 17 Trapped - Colonel Abrams
13 16 Conga - Miami Sound Machine
14 14 Head Over Heals - Tears For Fears
15 15 Mystery Lady - Billy Ocean
16 18 Somebody Took My Love - Durrell Coleman
17 19 Love Theme from "St. Elmo's Fire" - David Foster
18 21 Seduction - Val Young
19 20 All Of Me For All Of You - 9.9
20 26 Who's Zoomin' Who - Aretha Franklin
21 12 Saving All My Love For You - Whitney Houston
22 28 Lay Your Hands On Me - Thompson Twins
23 25 I Can't Believe It - Melba Moore
24 27 Lover Come Back To Me - Dead Or Alive
25 30 Miami Vice Theme - Jan Hammer
26 29 Broken Wings - Mr. Mister
27 46 Too Young - Jack Wagner
28 13 All Fall Down - Five Star
29 24 Padlock - Gwen Guthrie
30 22 Invincible - Pat Benatar
31 36 Train Of Thought - A-HA
32 37 Tonight It's You - Cheap Trick
33 38 Hard Times For Lovers - Jennifer Holiday
34 41 Kayleigh - Marillion
35 39 You Are My Lady - Freddie Jackson
36 40 I Miss You - Klymaxx
37 48 Be Near Me - ABC
38 23 Do You Want Crying - Katrina & The Waves
39 31 Freeway Of Love - Aretha Franklin
40 32 St. Elmo's Fire - John Parr
41 42 Boy In The Box - Corey Hart
42 47 It Hurts To Be In Love - Gino Vanelli
43 33 Dancing In The Street - Mick Jagger & David Bowie
44 34 If You Love Somebody - Sting
45 35 You Spin Me Round - Dead Or Alive
46 49 And We Danced - Hooters
47 NE Baby Talk - Alisha
48 NE We Built This City - Starship
49 NE Running Up That Hill - Kate Bush
50 NE You Belong To The City - Glen Frey

[prenatt1166]

Oct 24, 2009 9:31:15 GMT -5 blfdguy1 said:

Surprised not to see anyone else not charting the Motels, always thought they were underated

The Motels had just fallen off my chart after peaking at #13. After seeing Diana Ross on a couple charts, I think must have tired of "Eaten Alive" quickly, it was on and off the chart after only 5 weeks, peaking at #17. Wasn't there quite a promo push for the song considering the Michael Jackson factor?

[soundmagazine]

Oct 22, 2009 18:30:10 GMT -5 shadster said:

For the month of October thru the middle of Nov. 1996:

TW LW
29. 29. Los Del Rio, "The Macarena"
7. ** Cantalina, "Excuse me Mr. Bouncer"
6. ** Genuine, "My pony"
5. 2. Le Click, "This is your night"
4. ** Ghost town DJs, "My boo"
3. ** Envouge, "Dont let go"
2. ** La Bouche, "Fallin in love again"
1. ** Fun Factory, "Dont go away"

Very strange to see 6 out of your Top 7 songs debuting. But with the way you were charting with a lengthy time span, that helps explain it. The Fun Factory song should have done better on the national chart. And I must have been listening to radio more than I thought in 1996 because I recognize most of the songs on the chart. And who can forget the Macarena! ;)

[soundmagazine]

Oct 22, 2009 19:16:22 GMT -5 shadster said:

10/19/1985, or in my case, somewhere in Oct 1985, I think I have the correct chart here.
TW LW
4. 5. Lyndsay Buckingham, "Holiday road (From National Lampoons Vacation)"
1. 1. The Power Station, "Communication"

Strangely enough, just this 1 chart, actually lists 40 songs. All the rest are Top20.

39. Gino Venneli, "It hurts to be in love"

Good week for you to expand to the Top 40 because it allowed you to include a more obscure song that was riding on my chart at #5 this week by Gino Vannelli. Great song. The Power Station song at #1 was a big surprise since I don't recall seeing that on anyone elses chart. Were you a big fan of "Some Like It Hot" and "Get It On" also? And seeing the Lindsay Buckingham song was odd because it was a Top 10 hit for me two years earlier. Was it brought to life again with a new Vacation film?

[soundmagazine]

Oct 22, 2009 19:39:31 GMT -5 shadster said:

And now the 10 years into the future chart:

October, 1995

TW LW
5. ** Everything but the girl, "Missing"
1. 2. Sophie B Hawkins, "As I lay me down"

Excellent to see one of my favorite songs of the 90's at #1 on your chart. And once again, I actually recognize most of the songs. Hot debut for "Missing". I really enjoy that song and it bet it ultimately went to #1 on your chart?

[Vic]

Been a busy week...sorry i missed the thread.

Oct 18, 85

07 01 Lonely Old Night - John Cougar Mellencamp
01 02 Shame - Motels
04 03 Money For Nothing - Dire Straits
02 04 Spanish Eddie - Laura Branigan
03 05 Dancing In The Street - Mick Jagger & David Bowie
08 06 Cherish - Kool & the Gang
09 07 Dress You Up - Madonna
10 08 I Got You Baby - UB40 & Chrissie Hynde
11 09 We Built This City - Starship
05 10 Freeway Of Love - Aretha Franklin
14 11 Take On Me - A-ha
06 12 Do You Want Crying - Katrina & the Waves
19 13 Part-Time Lover - Stevie Wonder
21 14 Boy In The Box - Corey Hart
25 15 Lay Your Hands On Me - Thompson Twins
27 16 Soul Kiss - Olivia Newton-John
20 17 Mona With The Children - Doug Cameron
28 18 Oh Sheila - Ready For The World
13 19 There Must Be An Angel - Eurythmics
12 20 St. Elmo's Fire - John Parr
24 21 C.I.T.Y - John Cafferty & the Beaver Brown Band
23 22 The Way You Do The Things You Do/Mu Girl - Hall & Oates
30 23 Never - Heart
29 24 What Do I Know - Saga
17 25 Dare Me - Pointer Sisters
16 26 Tired Of Being Blonde - Carly Simon
15 27 You're Only Human - Billy Joel
18 28 Invincible - Pat Benatar
31 29 Every Step Of The Way - John Waite
33 30 Diana - Bryan Adams
35 31 Just Like You - FM
36 32 One Night Love Affair - Bryan Adams
47 33 Eaten Alive - Diana Ross
37 34 Be Near Me - ABC
40 35 Lovin' Every Minute Of It - Loverboy
22 36 Summer of 69 - Bryan Adams
41 37 Lookin' Over My Shoulder - Til Tuesday
44 38 I'm Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down - Paul Young
46 39 One More Colour - Jane Siberry
26 40 Head Over Heels - Tears For Fears

[soundmagazine]

Oct 24, 2009 9:31:15 GMT -5 blfdguy1 said:

10/18/85

1 2 Say I'm Your #1 - Princess
10 8 Shame - Motels
16 18 Somebody Took My Love - Durrell Coleman
34 41 Kayleigh - Marillion

You answered Princess' plea by placing her at #1! She has a great voice and I wish more people would have satisfied her request.

The Motels song was on my chart in August. It spent one week at #40 and then dropped off.

I'm curious if anyone else ever noticed that the Durell Coleman song sounds like a composite of two other 80's songs. The melody of the verse sounds like "Too Late For Goodbyes" by Julian Lennon and the chorus sounds like "Alibis" by Sergio Mendez. But it works very well.

But I was most happy with someone else recognizing the Marillion song. "Kayleigh" was a Top 10 song on my chart and it's a beauty.

[soundmagazine]

Oct 24, 2009 11:45:39 GMT -5 prenatt1166 said:

After seeing Diana Ross on a couple charts, I think must have tired of "Eaten Alive" quickly, it was on and off the chart after only 5 weeks, peaking at #17. Wasn't there quite a promo push for the song considering the Michael Jackson factor?

Not just Michael, but Barry Gibb also co-wrote, co-produced, and sang background vocals on this one. Three superstars on one recording. I love it mainly for the production. It really makes my speakers dance!

[soundmagazine]

Oct 25, 2009 20:24:13 GMT -5 Vic said:

Oct 18, 85

01 02 Shame - Motels
20 17 Mona With The Children - Doug Cameron
46 39 One More Colour - Jane Siberry

I know someone who will be very happy to see the Motels were just at #1 on your chart!

Really cool to see the Doug Cameron song on your chart. Such an important song to further the cause for human rights.

Nice to see Jane Siberry on your chart way back then. It would take another 5 years for her to debut on my chart with "Life Is A Red Wagon".

[shadster]

The Gino Vanneli song would vault into my top 10, might of hit #1, can't quite remember. As for the "Holiday road" song: well, 2 years earlier, 1983, I wasnt into music, didnt have a chart, so it was kind of 'new' to me, I was digging it at the time so I charted it.
I wasnt a big fan of the power station..........just.....loved that song, "Communication" from the 1st time I heard it. I think it racked up around 9weeks up there, similiar to the song it knocked OUT of #1, yet another obscure song, Rick Springfields, "State of the heart". I was a sucker for ballads, or even psuedo ballads. I think even the Niel Diamond song would top my chart shortly there after. In 1984 I loved Peobo Brysons "If ever your in my arms again" THere was another ballad in '84 I loved too, can't recall at the moment.

And I'm pretty sure Everything but the girl did hit #1.

[Vic]

I was a big Motels fan. They had 2 other number ones "Only The Lonely" and "Suddenly Last Summer".

[blfdguy1]

Oct 27, 2009 9:33:31 GMT -5 Vic said:

I was a big Motels fan. They had 2 other number ones "Only The Lonely" and "Suddenly Last Summer".

They never quite reached the top on my chart but had many top tens and a couple of near misses. "Take The L" was their biggest hit for me getting up to #3. The 2 near misses peaked at #11, "Forever Mine" and "Remember The Nights".

I loved Martha Davis' voice, too bad her solo career never took off.
She charted briefly with her first single and then never again.

[soundmagazine]

Let's do a two-fer this week! Classic AT40 is playing 11/19/1983 for the 80's program and playing 10/29/1977 for the 70's program. Although I wasn't charting in 1977, hopefully we have a few people who were that can share their charts from that great year for music.

[prenatt1166]

My inspiration for starting a chart of my own in 1978 was having direct participation in tabulating the monthly music chart for our grade school paper. Some charts were shorter than others, but I think it was because the teacher had to trim it to make it fit. After helping the older kids a few times, I decided to do my own chart starting over Christmas break 1977. This chart was the first survey for the 1977-78 school year so there were no previous positions listed.

OCTOBER 1977

1. KC & THE SUNSHINE BAND - Keep It Coming Love
2. Star Wars Theme(I do not know if this is John Williams or Meco, the list only has the movie title)
3. RAM JAM - Black Betty
4. PAUL NICHOLAS - Heaven On The 7th Floor
5. STEVE MILLER BAND - Jungle Love
6. LINDA RONSTADT - Blue Bayou
7. ELO - Telephone Line
8. SHAUN CASSIDY - That's Rock 'N Roll
9. KISS - Christine Sixteen
10. DEBBY BOONE - You Light Up My Life
11. DAVE MASON - We Just Disagree
12. HEATWAVE - Boogie Nights
13. FIREFALL - Just Remember I Love You
14. SEALS & CROFTS - My Fair Share
15. ANDY GIBB - I Just Want To Be Your Everything

[prenatt1166]

UU-BRU Radio Playlist
For Week Ending November 19, 1983

01 03 Quiet Riot Cum On Feel The Noize
02 02 Billy Joel Uptown Girl
03 01 Loverboy Queen Of The Broken Hearts
04 04 Stevie Nicks If Anyone Falls
05 08 Jennifer Holliday I Am Love
06 06 Olivia Newton-John Twist Of Fate
07 07 Pat Benatar Love Is A Battlefield
08 12 Joe "Bean" Esposito Lady, Lady, Lady
09 09 Kenny Rogers & Dolly Parton Islands In The Stream
10 16 Daryl Hall & John Oates Say It Isn't So
11 11 Michael Jackson P.Y.T.
12 10 Bonnie Tyler Total Eclipse Of The Heart
13 13 John Cougar Mellencamp Crumbling Down
14 15 Pointer Sisters I Need You
15 18 Barbra Streisand The Way He Makes Me Feel
16 05 Heart How Can I Refuse
17 19 Kim Carnes Invisible Hands
18 ** Marilyn McCoo Heart Stop Beating In Time
19 22 Paul McCartney & Michael Jackson Say Say Say
20 30 Rolling Stones Undercover Of The Night
21 21 Anne Murray A Little Good News
22 14 Sheena Easton Telefone
23 28 The Romantics Talking In Your Sleep
24 17 Roberta Flack & Peabo Bryson Tonight I Celebrate My Love
25 20 The B-52's Legal Tender
26 23 Billy Idol Don’t Stop (EP)
27 34 James Ingram Party Animal
28 32 Heart Allies
29 29 DeBarge Time Will Reveal
30 33 The Police Synchronicity II
31 35 Ray Parker, Jr I Still Can't Get Over Loving You
32 24 Michael Stanley Band My Town
33 25 Carly Simon You Know What To Do
34 26 Agnetha Fältskog Can't Shake Loose
35 37 Jennifer Warnes & Chris Thompson All The Right Moves
36 ** Irene Cara Why Me?
37 ** Olivia Newton-John & John Travolta Take A Chance
38 ** Melissa Manchester No One Can Love You More Than Me
39 ** Eddie Money The Big Crash
40 31 Dottie West & John Schneider Lover To Lover

[blfdguy1]

11/20/83


1 2 Love Is A Battlefield - Pat Benatar
2 1 Love Is A Stranger - Eurythmics
3 4 How Many Times Can We Say Goodbye - Luther Vandross & Dionne Warwick
4 3 I Am Love - Jennifer Holiday
5 6 Pilot Error - Stephanie Mills
6 8 Suddenly Last Summer - Motels
7 7 Holiday - Madonna
8 10 Mirror Man - Human League
9 16 The Way He Makes Me Feel - Barbra Streisand
10 13 Why Me - Irene Cara
11 12 Time Will Reveal - DeBarge
12 11 I Am What I Am - Gloria Gaynor
13 14 Church Of The Poisoned Mind - Culture Club
14 5 Angel Eyes - Lime
15 9 Makin' Love Out Of Nothing At All - Air Supply
16 17 I Just Can't Walk Away - Four Tops
17 18 Invisible hands - Kim Carnes
18 19 Say It Isn't So - Hall & Oates
19 15 Let The Music Play - Shannon
20 20 Say Say Say - Paul McCartney & Michael Jackson
21 22 Major Tom - Peter Schilling
22 23 The Smile Has Left Your Eyes - Asia
23 24 Delirious - Prince
24 27 Joanna - Kool & The Gang
25 21 Cum On Feel The Noize - Quiet Riot
26 28 Heart & Soul - Huey Lewis & The News
27 25 Total Eclipse Of The Heart - Bonnie Tyler
28 26 Superstar - Lydia Murdock
29 31 Souls - Rick Springfield
30 37 Twist Of Fate - Olivia Newton-John
31 44 Read Em and Weep - Barry Manilow
32 30 All Night Long - Lionel Richie
33 29 Foolin' - Def Leppard
34 34 True - Spandau Ballet
35 32 Big Log - Robert Plant
36 39 Union Of The Snake - Duran Duran
37 36 Telefone - Sheena Easton
38 33 Burning Down The House - Talking Heads
39 42 Islands In The Stream - Kenny Rogers & Dolly Parton
40 40 Old Time Rock n Roll - Bob Seger
41 43 Send Her My Love - Journey
42 45 What's New - Linda Ronstadt
43 46 White Lines - Grandmaster Flash
44 49 Gold - Spandau Ballet
45 47 Break My Stride - Matthew Wilder
46 48 I Need You - Pointer Sisters
47 35 Unconditional Love - Donna Summer & Musical Youth
48 41 Spice Of Life - Manhattan Transfer
49 NE If Anyone Falls - Stevie Nicks
50 50 State Of Independence - Donna Summer



This would be Pat Benatar's second and last #1 (following "Shadows Of The Night").

Even though "Total Eclipse of The Heart" was on it's way down it was only after spending almost 3 months at the top of the chart and almost 6 months total at this point, it would eventually fall off right before the end of the year. To this day, one of my favorite songs of all time.

MTV was a huge factor for me during this time. I charted alot of songs early because of it and some exclusively because of it.

[blfdguy1]

This was only my 6th chart and I was still working things out...lol. At this point, only records that I owned charted, which explains why so many songs are from earlier in the year.


11/7/1977



1 NE Native New Yorker - Odyssey
2 1 Star Wars Theme - Meco
3 NE Heaven On The 7th Floor - Paul Nicholas
4 RE Nobody Does It Better - Carly Simon
5 NE How Deep Is Your Love - Bee Gees
6 2 Cold As Ice - Foreigner
7 3 Telephone Line - ELO
8 4 You Light Up My Life - Debby Boone
9 5 I Feel Love - Donna Summer
10 9 Keep It Comin' Love - KC & The Sunshine Band
11 6 I Just Want To Be Your Everything - Andy Gibb
12 7 It's So Easy - Linda Ronstadt
13 16 Undercover Angel - Alan O'Day
14 17 Angel In Your Arms - Hot
15 18 Lonely Boy - Andrew Gold
16 8 Brickhouse - Commodores
17 10 How Much Love - Leo Sayer
18 11 Best Of My Love - Emotions
19 12 Barracuda - Heart
20 13 Higher and Higher - Rita Coolige
21 14 You and Me - Alice Cooper
22 15 My Heart Belongs To Me - Barbra Streisand
23 19 Don't Leave Me This Way - Thelma Houston
24 20 Your Love - Marily McCoo & Billy Davis Jr.
25 21 Cherchez La Femme - Dr. Buzzards Original Savannah Band

[prenatt1166]

Oct 29, 2009 22:41:06 GMT -5 blfdguy1 said:

50 50 State Of Independence - Donna Summer

I am curious about this. Were you still charting SOI a year later? Was it the biggest hit from her 1982 album?