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Subject: 1980 - Billboard Top 40 Hits (May - August)
Written By: whistledog on 12/29/05 at 2:17 pm
I like these ...
Atomic - Blondie
Take Your Time (Do it Right) - S.O.S. Band
Make A Little Magic - The Dirt Band
Drivin' My Life Away - Eddie Rabbitt
Never Knew Love Like This Before - Stephanie Mills
Subject: Re: 1980 - Billboard Top 40 Hits (May - August)
Written By: FaultyDog on 12/29/05 at 3:16 pm
Just thought I'd give you the Dutch chart positions for these songs (PP = Peak Position, WC = Weeks on Chart, bubbling under = somewhere between #41 and #70)
Against the Wind - Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band (bubbling under)
Little Jeannie - Elton John (bubbling under)
Theme From New York, New York - Frank Sinatra (PP: 5, WC: 10)
Answering Machine - Rupert Holmes
Let Me Love You Tonight - Pure Prairie League (bubbling under)
King of the Hill - Rick Pinette and Oak
Tired of Toein' the Line - Rocky Burnette (PP: 12, WC: 7)
Ashes By Now - Rodney Crowell
Clones - Alice Cooper
Atomic - Blondie (PP: 29, WC: 4)
One Fine Day - Carole King
A Lover's Holiday - Change (PP: 18, WC: 7)
All Night Long - Joe Walsh
Stand By Me - Mickey Gilley
Cupid - The Spinners (PP: 8, WC: 10)
It's Still Rock and Roll to Me - Billy Joel
I'm Alive - Electric Light Orchestra (bubbling under)
Misunderstanding - Genesis
Walks Like A Lady - Journey
Magic - Olivia Newton-John (PP: 12, WC: 6)
Angel Say No - Tommy Tutone
Gimme Some Lovin' - Blues Brothers (PP: 32, WC: 3)
In America - Charlie Daniels Band
More Love - Kim Carnes
Take Your Time (Do it Right) - S.O.S. Band (bubbling under)
All Out of Love - Air Supply (PP: 27, WC: 4)
Take A Little Rhythm - Ali Thomson
Into the Night - Benny Mardones
Jo Jo - Boz Scaggs
Sailing - Christopher Cross (PP: 18, WC: 7) (Note: charted in 1981)
Fame - Irene Cara (PP: 1, WC: 11) (Note: charted in 1983!)
Empire Strikes Back - Meco
Let My Love Open the Door - Pete Townshend
Old Fashioned Love - The Commodores
Make A Little Magic - The Dirt Band
Drivin' My Life Away - Eddie Rabbitt (PP: 27, WC: 4)
Tulsa Time - Eric Clapton
Love the World Away - Kenny Rogers
Someone That I Used to Love - Natalie Cole
Why Not Me - Fred Knoblock
One in A Million You - Larry Graham
I Can't Let Go - Linda Ronstadt
Give Me the Night - George Benson (PP: 8, WC: 10)
Boulevard - Jackson Browne
Emotional Rescue - Rolling Stones (PP: 8, WC: 9)
You're the Only Woman - Ambrosia
Upside Down - Diana Ross (PP: 2, WC: 14)
You're Supposed to Keep Your Love For Me - Jermaine Jackson
Lookin' For Love - Johnny Lee
I'm Alright - Kenny Loggins (bubbling under)
How Does it Feel to Be Back - Daryl Hall and John Oates
Hot Rod Hearts - Robbie Dupree
Hey There Lonely Girl - Robert John
You'll Accomp'ny Me - Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band
No Night So Long - Dionne Warwick
First Time Love - Livingston Taylor
He's So Shy - Pointer Sisters (PP: 27, WC: 6)
Don't Ask Me Why - Billy Joel (bubbling under)
Jesse - Carly Simon
All Over the World - Electric Light Orchestra (PP: 11, WC: 7)
How Do I Survive - Amy Holland
Don't Ya Wanna Play This Game No More - Elton John
Xanadu - Olivia Newton-John and Electric Light Orchestra (PP: 1, WC: 16)
Late in the Evening - Paul Simon (PP: 9, WC: 9)
Let Me Be Your Angel - Stacy Lattisaw
Never Knew Love Like This Before - Stephanie Mills (PP: 1, WC: 11)
The Legend of Wooley Swamp - Charlie Daniels Band
Out Here on My Own - Irene Cara
Who'll Be the Fool Tonight - Larsen-Feiten Band
Another One Bites the Dust - Queen (PP: 14, WC: 11)
Look What You've Done to Me - Boz Scaggs
I'm Almost Ready - Pure Prairie League
Midnight Rocks - Al Stewart
Whip It - Devo
Somehow this makes me feel like a fish out of water... :-\\
Subject: Re: 1980 - Billboard Top 40 Hits (May - August)
Written By: vesap on 12/29/05 at 4:18 pm
Atomic by Blondie
Another One Bites the Dust, Queen (Machine Guns ready to Go... Wow!)
ELO... Were the dissapointments?
Subject: Re: 1980 - Billboard Top 40 Hits (May - August)
Written By: Tanya1976 on 12/29/05 at 4:27 pm
Give Me The Night...George Benson
Upside Down...Diana Ross
Never Knew Love Like This Before..Stephanie Mills
He's So Shy...The Pointer Sisters
Magic...Olivia Newton-John
Honorable Mentions:
Fame..Irene Cara
Another One Bites the Dust....Queen
Take Your Time (Do It Right)...S.O.S. Band
Sailing...Christopher Cross
Subject: Re: 1980 - Billboard Top 40 Hits (May - August)
Written By: ADH13 on 12/29/05 at 5:31 pm
It's Still Rock N Roll To Me - Billy Joel
Don't Ask Me Why - Billy Joel
Never Knew Love Like This Before - Stephanie Mills
Whip It - Devo
Upside Down - Diana Ross
Subject: Re: 1980 - Billboard Top 40 Hits (May - August)
Written By: whistledog on 12/30/05 at 12:18 am
Just thought I'd give you the Dutch chart positions for these songs (PP = Peak Position, WC = Weeks on Chart, bubbling under = somewhere between #41 and #70)
Somehow this makes me feel like a fish out of water... :-\\
I had no idea Eddie Rabbitt had hits outside of North America. Good to know :)
Subject: Re: 1980 - Billboard Top 40 Hits (May - August)
Written By: CeramicsFanatic on 12/30/05 at 12:46 am
More good ones (though not quite as good as the first few months of the year)...
Against The Wind - Bob Seger
Into The Night - Benny Mardones
Give Me The Night - George Benson
He's So Shy - Pointer Sisters
Look What You've Done To Me - Boz Scaggs
Subject: Re: 1980 - Billboard Top 40 Hits (May - August)
Written By: MaxwellSmart on 12/30/05 at 12:53 am
1. Devo: Whip It
2. Paul Simon: Late in the Evening
3. Pete Townshend: Let My Love Open the Door
4. Queen: Another One Bites the Dust
5. S.O.S. Band: Take Your Time, Do It Right
One stinkaroo of which this list jarred my memory:
Rupert Holmes: Answering Machine
They should have really put this guy down after the "Escape (The Pina Colada Song)"
If you like Pina Coladas and getting shot in the brain...
:P
Subject: Re: 1980 - Billboard Top 40 Hits (May - August)
Written By: FaultyDog on 12/30/05 at 2:23 pm
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Subject: Re: 1980 - Billboard Top 40 Hits (May - August)
Written By: jackas on 12/30/05 at 2:32 pm
In 1980 these were my favorites.
It's Still Rock and Roll to Me - Billy Joel
All Out of Love - Air Supply
Xanadu - Olivia Newton-John and Electric Light Orchestra
Another One Bites the Dust - Queen
Whip It - Devo
Today it would be.
It's Still Rock and Roll to Me - Billy Joel
Take Your Time (Do it Right) - S.O.S. Band
Emotional Rescue - Rolling Stones
Late in the Evening - Paul Simon
Whip It - Devo
Subject: Re: 1980 - Billboard Top 40 Hits (May - August)
Written By: jackas on 12/30/05 at 2:34 pm
I just noticed Into The Night. That's a good one too.