80s0n8 Big 40 Countdown Schedule

[IdRatherBeSkiing]

Will never reach the top 40
#99 Gino Vannelli "Wild Horses"

10 from 1987. Pretty horrid countdown. Lots of channel changers. The above is only surprise but probably got more airplay in Canada as he is Canadian.

 

[IdRatherBeSkiing]

25 good for 1981 plus one channel changer (Endless Crap).

 

[Aaron]

25 good for 1981 plus one channel changer (Endless Crap).

About the same number for me.

 

[sadchild]

Good 9
Okay 5
Bad 26

37. DON'T WANT TO WAIT ANYMORE - THE TUBES

First time hearing?

32. DOUBLE DUTCH BUS - FRANKIE SMITH

Texted my friend "Give me a 'ho' if you got your funky bus fare". He responded 'ho!' then his kid responded with a photo of a ho. I like when people play along with such uncool coolness.

25. MEDLEY (A&B) - STARS ON 45

♫ She wore a bra size 45 ♫

14. ENDLESS LOVE - DIANA ROSS & LIONEL RICHIE

2. THE ONE YOU LOVE - AIR SUPPLY

Here's a chart-topper I missed.

1. JESSIE'S GIRL - RICK SPRINGFIELD

All three of us picked this one. Cinch.

[I'll post the bottom 60 stuff later]

 

[seasalt43]

The 10 songs below the 100 from 8/1/1981:

Bubbling Under The HOT 100
#101 Larry John McNally "Just Like Paradise” - (peaked at this position, no Wiki page)
#102 Sad Cafe "La-Di-Da” - (entered the Hot 100 on 8/15/81 at #90, peaked at #78)
#103 Larry Graham "Just Be My Lady" - (entered the Hot 100 on 9/5/81 at #79, peaked at #67, #4 R&B)
#104 Debra Laws "Very Special" - (entered the Hot 100 on 8/15/81 at #94, peaked at #90, #11 R&B)
#105 Cheryl Lynn "Shake It Up” - (entered the Hot 100 on 8/8/81 at #88, peaked at #70, #5 R&B)
#106 Grace Jones "Pull Up To The Bumper” - (peaked at #101, #5 R&B)
#107 Ozzy Osbourne "Crazy Train” - (peaked at #106)
#108 Savoy Brown "Lay Back In the Arms of Someone” - (peaked at #107)
#109 Cameo "Freaky Dancin'” - (peaked at #102, #3 R&B)
#110 Van Halen "So This is Love” - (peaked at this position)

Comments:

• Ray Parker Jr. produced Shake it up.
• I'm surprised Pull Up To The Bumper didn't crack the 100.
• Interesting to see Ozzy and Van Halen bubbling under.

 

[IdRatherBeSkiing]

I am surprised at VH and Ozzy not doing better with those tracks.

 

[sadchild]

I'm actually surprised to see those Ozzy and VH tracks made it onto the Bubbling Under. Great songs, but not mainstream IMO.

 

[HecticArt]

I am surprised at VH and Ozzy not doing better with those tracks.

Same here. More for Ozzy than VH, but I thought VH would have been higher than 110.

 

[sadchild]

Fair Warning was my favorite album growing up. But no surprise to me they had no pop hits. It's their darkest album. There's no "Dancing In The Streets", "You're No Good" or "I'll Wait" type songs on that bad boy!

 

[HecticArt]

Fair Warning may have been the only VH album I didn’t have as a kid. I liked it, but think I only listened to my brothers copy.

 

[sadchild]

I skipped VH2 and Diver Down. Those are still the weaker DLR albums IMO. The only ones I'm like... skip... skip... listen... skip... listen...

 

[sadchild]

Finally.....

Will never reach the top 40
#44 Rush "Tom Sawyer"
#45 Gino Vannelli "Nightwalker"
#47 Blackfoot "Fly Away"
#52 Jefferson Starship "Stranger"
#54 Styx "Nothing Ever Goes As Planned"
#63 38 Special "Fantasy Girl"
#64 Randy VanWarmer "Suzi"
#66 Mickey Gilley "You Don't Know Me"
#67 Gary US Bonds "Jole Blon"
#68 Stars On 45 "Medley II"
#70 Gary O "Pay You Back With Interest"
#72 Teena Marie "Square Biz"
#75 Don Felder "Heavy Metal"
#76 Mac Davis "Secrets"
#77 Pure Prairie League "You're Mine Tonight"
#78 John Denver "Some Days Are Diamonds"
#81 Cantina Band "Summer Of 81"
#82 Tom Petty "A Woman In Love"
#83 Squeeze "Tempted"
#85 Santana "The Sensitive Kind"
#86 Icehouse "We Can Get Together"
#93 Brothers Johnson "The Real Thing"
#94 Spider "It Didn't Take Long"
#95 Loverboy "The Kid Is Hot Tonite"
#96 Yutaka "Love Light"
#97 Joe Dolce "Shaddap You Face"
#98 Janis Ian "Under the Covers"
#99 Abba "On And On And On"
#100 Smokey Robinson "You Are Forever"

 

[IdRatherBeSkiing]

Will never reach the top 40
#44 Rush "Tom Sawyer"
#75 Don Felder "Heavy Metal"
#83 Squeeze "Tempted"
#95 Loverboy "The Kid Is Hot Tonite"

This weeks surprises.

Will never reach the top 40
#54 Styx "Nothing Ever Goes As Planned"

Looks like this is true for this song too.

Will never reach the top 40
#68 Stars On 45 "Medley II"

How many of these did they release? It was a novelty once. Give it up.

Will never reach the top 40

#97 Joe Dolce "Shaddap You Face"

A novelty song but would liked to have it score higher. I know I heard it quite a bit in 1981.

 

[JHDK]

#78 John Denver "Some Days Are Diamonds"

Wow, this is fun...I need to get more involved with these music threads.

Anyway...when I want to feel even whiter than I already am I go deep into folk and the Denver catalog. Some are better than others but there really aren't any stinkers.




Good pull sadchild.

 

[sadchild]

Looks like this is true for this song too.

LOL

A novelty song but would liked to have it score higher

...the song became an international smash hit, topping music charts around the world – first Australia, then New Zealand, Ireland, Canada, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, France and the UK. In the US, it was a minor hit with a peak of #53.

when I want to feel even whiter than I already am

LOL

 

[seasalt43]

Will never reach the top 40
#68 Stars On 45 "Medley II"

How many of these did they release? It was a novelty once. Give it up.

These guys made a full on career out of these medley songs. I counted 17 single releases, but some were not released in the US. They are from the Netherlands and had more success there. They actually peaked at #28 with another song in 1982 [Stars on 45 III (A Tribute To Stevie Wonder)]. I was surprised because it's the same stale formula.

Will never reach the top 40
#97 Joe Dolce "Shaddap You Face"

A novelty song but would liked to have it score higher. I know I heard it quite a bit in 1981.

It ended up peaking at #53 on 7/11/81.

 

[seasalt43]

...the song became an international smash hit, topping music charts around the world – first Australia, then New Zealand, Ireland, Canada, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, France and the UK. In the US, it was a minor hit with a peak of #53.

Oops. I didn't see your post.

 

[seasalt43]

Will never reach the top 40
#45 Gino Vannelli "Nightwalker"

I noticed "Black Cars" and "Wild Horses" were on the "Will never reach the top 40" list in prior weeks. Tough break for Gino.

 

[HecticArt]

#44 Rush "Tom Sawyer"

Sooooo close!

#83 Squeeze "Tempted

I thought this would have been in the low 30s or high 20s.

#95 Loverboy "The Kid Is Hot Tonite

I thought this would have been close to 50 or so.

 

[sadchild]

These guys made a full on career out of these medley songs.

Yeah I did some research on it when I wrote the song bio for the first release (for Genius).

“Stars On 45 Medley” was the product of former Golden Earring drummer/Dutch producer Jaap Eggermont being contacted by a record label asking him to recreate a spliced medley of old songs over a disco beat named “Let’s Do It In The 80s” from Canada that had become popular in European clubs.

Eggermont recruited several Dutch musicians to recreate several of the same 1960s hits that were combined on the original spliced medley, including a large number of Beatles songs. The final product was a 16 minute medley, but when radio DJs began playing their own shortened versions of the song, the record label made their own 4 minute edit consisting mostly of the Beatles songs.

“Stars On 45 Medley” topped the charts around the world, reaching #1 in the Netherlands and Belgium in early 1981, followed by the UK, Switzerland, Austria and Germany in the spring, then the US and New Zealand that summer.

This spurred an early 80’s medley craze with releases like “Hooked on Classics” (by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra), “The Beach Boys Medley”, “The Beatles Movie Medley” and “Empire Strikes Back (Medley)” & “Pop Goes the Movies Part I” (both by Meco), to name only a few acts who jumped on the bandwagon. In 1984, Weird Al parodied the entire concept with his accordion-driven medley of hits “Polkas On 45”.

Eggermont (under the names Stars On 45, Stars On and Starsound) also released several follow-up medleys over the next few years. While many found continued success overseas, only one of his later medleys reached the top 40 in the US.