80s0n8 Big 40 Countdown Schedule

sadchild said:
#44 Gino Vannelli "Black Cars"
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That's a good tune. Soooo close! It should have made it.
sadchild said:
#61 Hooters "All You Zombies"
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I always loved this one. I thought it would have been a little bit higher. Maybe 50 or 45.
sadchild said:
#72 Dokken "Alone Again"
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That got a lot of airplay, I thought it would have just cracked 40.
Jon said:
I remember surfing channels (when we didn't have cable) and seeing Menudo on the Spanish-Language channel in town, and not understanding a word of it.
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Every once and a while I would turn on Telemundo when something like Gooonies or Ghostbusters, I'll switch over to see if I can translate just to mess with the Mrs.
seasalt43 said:
#105 Talking Heads "Road to Nowhere" - (peaked at this position)
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Bull. Shit!
I thought that would have made 40 easily.
 
seasalt43 said:
I looked and the song tanked in other countries too. Not good for a debut song from a new album.


I completely agree. Both tracks should have charted. "We Close Our Eyes" stalled at #41. #41 stalls always get me because I generally believe the songs deserved to be in the 40.

I saw several Vitamin Z ads in Billboard when I was researching the Bubbling Under chart for this week.
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I saw those, too when I went looking for a pic of the promo item I mentioned ( surprisingly, there were none...although a couple of the ads had a pic of a pill bottle that was pretty much the same thing ).

As Sad mentioned, Go West had some success later, but at that point they should have already been several hits in.

And yeah - the Men At Work thing is just a mystery. They hadn't been gone THAT long. And I liked the song, but all their quirky charm was missing. But stuff like "Overkill" ( one of my favorite songs of the 80's ) pointed to a less wacky Men At Work, so I dunno. I'm sure their label was shocked at what a stiff it was. I dunno if that album's even easily available on CD.
 
I can't seem to remember any other mid-summer #1's, so I only have one guess for 1980.

EARLIER
KC "Please Don't Go" 79/80
Rupert Holmes "Escape"
Michael Jackson "Rock With You"
Blondie "The Tide Is High"
Captain & Tennille "Do That To Me"
Pink Floyd "Another Brick"
Blondie "Call Me"
Lipps Inc "Funkytown" (May/June?)

Billy Joel "It's Still Rock And Roll To Me"

LATER
ONJ "Magic" (Aug?)
Christopher Cross "Sailing"
Diana Ross "Upside Down"
Babs "Woman In Love"
Kenny Rogers "Lady"
John Lennon "Just Like Starting Over" 80/81
 
7/5/1980

40. CLONES (WE'RE ALL) - ALICE COOPER
39. ATOMIC - BLONDIE
38. WALKS LIKE A LADY - JOURNEY
37. ASHES BY NOW - RODNEY CROWELL
36. THEME FROM NEW YORK, NEW YORK - FRANK SINATRA
35. LET MY LOVE OPEN THE DOOR - PETE TOWNSHEND
34. SAILING - CHRISTOPHER CROSS
33. EMOTIONAL RESCUE - ROLLING STONES
32. STAND BY ME - MICKEY GILLEY
31. MISUNDERSTANDING - GENESIS
30. TWO PLACES AT THE SAME TIME - RAY PARKER JR AND RAYDIO
29. EMPIRE STRIKES BACK MEDLEY - MECO
28. STOMP - THE BROTHERS JOHNSON
27. DON'T FALL IN LOVE WITH A DREAMER - KENNY ROGERS WITH KIM CARNES
26. CALL ME - BLONDIE
25. ALL NIGHT LONG - JOE WALSH
24. LOVE THE WORLD AWAY - KENNY ROGERS
23. TAKE YOUR TIME (DO IT RIGHT) - S.O.S. BAND
22. GIMME SOME LOVIN' - THE BLUES BROTHERS
21. MORE LOVE - KIM CARNES
20. IN AMERICA - THE CHARLIE DANIELS BAND
19. SHOULD'VE NEVER LET YOU GO - NEIL SEDAKA AND DARA SEDAKA
18. I'M ALIVE - ELO
17. CARS - GARY NUMAN
16. ONE FINE DAY - CAROLE KING
15. TIRED OF TOEIN' THE LINE - ROCKY BURNETTE
14. MAGIC - OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN
13. SHE'S OUT OF MY LIFE - MICHAEL JACKSON
12. SHINING STAR - THE MANHATTANS
11. LET ME LOVE YOU TONIGHT - PURE PRAIRIE LEAGUE
10. LET'S GET SERIOUS - JERMAINE JACKSON
9. BIGGEST PART OF ME - AMBROSIA
8. CUPID / I'VE LOVED YOU FOR A LONG TIME - THE SPINNERS
7. STEAL AWAY - ROBBIE DUPREE
6. AGAINST THE WIND - BOB SEGER AND THE SILVER BULLET BAND
5. LITTLE JEANNIE - ELTON JOHN
4. IT'S STILL ROCK AND ROLL TO ME - BILLY JOEL
3. THE ROSE - BETTE MIDLER
2. FUNKY TOWN - LIPPS, INC.
1. COMING UP - PAUL MCCARTNEY AND WINGS
 
Good 8
Okay 9
Bad 23

26. CALL ME - BLONDIE

Someone else guessed this one

4. IT'S STILL ROCK AND ROLL TO ME - BILLY JOEL

I guessed this one

2. FUNKY TOWN - LIPPS, INC.

Someone else guessed this one. So I got 2nd place this week. Can't believe all three of us missed Macca.

#92 Van Halen "And The Cradle Will Rock"

Have you seen junior's grades? ...

Will never get into the top 40
#42 Glen Campbell/Rita Coolidge "Somethin' 'Bout You Baby I Like"
#44 Cheap Trick "Everything Works If You Let It"
#45 Invisible Man's Band "All Night Thing"
#51 Player "It's For You"
#52 Stephanie Mills "Sweet Sensation"
#55 Gladys Knight & the Pips "Landlord"
#57 Queen "Play The Game"
#60 Average White Band "Let's Go Round Again"
#61 Kiss "Shandi"
#62 Russ Ballard "On The Rebound"
#63 Billy Preston/Syreeta Wright "One More Time for Love"
#64 Anne Murray "I'm Happy Just to Dance with You"
#65 Pretenders "Stop Your Sobbing"
#67 Herb Alpert "Beyond"
#71 Gary Burbank with Band McNally "Who Shot JR?"
#75 Roy Orbison/Emmylou Harris "That Lovin' You Feelin' Again"
#76 Grateful Dead "Alabama Getaway"
#78 Firefall "Love That Got Away"
#79 Teri Desario & KC "Dancin' In The Streets"
#82 Dr Hook "Years from Now"
#83 Tony Joe White "I Get Off On It"
#84 Kingbees "My Mistake"
#85 David Hudson "Honey, Honey"
#86 REO Speedwagon "Time For Me To Fly"
#87 Crystal Gayle "The Blue Side"
#88 Roger Daltry "Free Me"
#90 Toby Beau "If I Were You"
#92 Van Halen "And The Cradle Will Rock"
#95 Roberta Flack/Donny Hathaway "Back Together Again"
#97 John Denver "Dancing With The Mountains"
#99 Joe Sun "Shotgun Rider"
#100 Temptations "Power"
 
Mickey Gilley's Stand By Me, a remake of a 1961 #4 hit by former Drifters lead singer Ben E. King, went to number one on the country chart in August 1980 and reached #22 on the Hot 100. It was written by King, Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller. King had offered the song to the Drifters but Lover Patterson, the group's road manager, didn't like the song – so King recorded it himself. (Patterson's real first name was Lovet.)

Stand By Me has been recorded by more than 300 artists including John Lennon, Julian Lennon, Gene Chandler, Barbara Lewis, Little Eva, Otis Redding, Otis Rush, Chuck Jackson, Wilbert Harrison, Jackie Wilson, Billy Mize, Carl Carlton, Meat Loaf, Freddy Weller, Aaron Neville, Ronnie Milsap, David Hasselhoff (!), Billy Joe Royal, Engelbert Humperdinck, Cheap Trick, Jay & The Americans and Sam The Sham & The Pharaohs. One of my favorite versions was a #12 hit in February 1967 by Dwight "Spyder" Turner. He does impersonations of Jackie Wilson, James Brown, Eddie Kendricks, Melvin Franklin, David Ruffin, Billy Stewart, Sam Cooke, Smokey Robinson and Chuck Jackson. The song was 5:40 in length. It was cut to 2:47 for release as a single and only five of the nine impressions were included. Here is the album version:


 
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The 10 songs below the 100 from 7/5/1980:

Bubbling Under The HOT 100
#101 Rockie Robbins "You and Me" (entered the chart at #90 on July 19, 1980, peaked at #80, #9 R&B)
#102 G.Q. "Sitting in the Park" (peaked at #101, #9 R&B)
#103 Gene Chandler "Does She Have a Friend" (peaked at #101, #28 R&B)
#104 J.C. Cunningham "The Pyramid Song" (no Wiki page, peaked at this position)
#105 Odyssey "Don't Tell Me, Tell Her" (peaked at this position, #44 R&B)
#106 Al Jarreau "Never Givin' Up" (peaked at #102, #26 R&B)
#107 Gary Numan & Tubeway Army "Are Friends Electric" (peaked at #105)
#108 Brick "All the Way" (peaked at #106, #38 R&B)
#109 Def Leppard "Rock Brigade" (peaked at #106)
#110 Ian Hunter "We Gotta Get Out of Here" (peaked at #108)

Observations:
  • Only one song made it into the 100.
  • There are several R&B songs that didn't chart high on either chart.
  • Interesting to see an early Def Leppard single on the chart.
 
9 out of 40. Lots of Urban Cowboy Country and Yacht Rock (none of which I was really into).
 
seasalt43 said:
#107 Gary Numan & Tubeway Army "Are Friends Electric" (peaked at #105)

#109 Def Leppard "Rock Brigade" (peaked at #106)
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Very interesting!

#104 J.C. Cunningham "The Pyramid Song" (no Wiki page, peaked at this position)
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On Scotti Brothers Records, same as Weird Al. Described as "Country - novelty singer". (Scotti did non-novelty as well like ELO & Survivor)
 
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sadchild said:
#107 Gary Numan & Tubeway Army "Are Friends Electric" (peaked at #105)

Very interesting!
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This was a #1 UK hit too. I had no idea.

sadchild said:
#104 J.C. Cunningham "The Pyramid Song" (no Wiki page, peaked at this position)

On Scotti Brothers Records, same as Weird Al. Described as "Country - novelty singer". (Scotti did non-novelty as well like ELO & Survivor)
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I found the song too. It's about pyramid schemes.

 
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