80s0n8 Big 40 Countdown Schedule

Several people have danced with themselves. The routine is known as a half-and-half dance and goes back to the days of Vaudeville. Frank Cullen’s Vaudeville Old & New: An Encyclopedia Of Variety Performers explains: “Almost always a dance act, in a half-and-half act a solo performer was costumed and made up to appear as both a man and a woman. He appeared male as he faced the wings on one side of the stage and then female as he turned toward the opposite side of the stage." Here is an example from 2014:



And this half-and-half dance from the 1951 movie Paris After Midnight includes the fake head of a man. Is that cheating?

 
seasalt43 said:
popular on my town's old Urban station.
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It shocked me when I learned "Candy Girl" wasn't a top 40. I thought that song was huge back in the day.
Channel98 said:
Their 1982 song Pass The Dutchie was adapted from the Mighty Diamonds' Pass The Kouchie
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seasalt43 said:
Billy Idol
Dancing With Myself
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One of the biggest "I Can't Believe It's Not A Top 40" songs - right up there with "Words" "I Melt With You" "Home Sweet Home" "Message In A Bottle" "Solsbury Hill" "What I Like About You" "Games Without Frontiers" "Centerfield" "Good Times Roll" and "Tiny Dancer"
 
sadchild said:
One of the biggest "I Can't Believe It's Not A Top 40" songs - right up there with "Words" "I Melt With You" "Home Sweet Home" "Message In A Bottle" "Solsbury Hill" "What I Like About You" "Games Without Frontiers" "Centerfield" "Good Times Roll" and "Tiny Dancer"
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Those are all surprising. But at least they cracked the Hot 100.
 
Here are a few more surprises that never cracked the Hot 100

Talking Heads "Road to Nowhere"
Peak #105

"God Gave Rock And Roll To You" was a top 10 hit around the world, but didn't chart in the US. And we'll never know if was a Bubbling Under song because Billboard didn't do that chart from 86-91

Pearl Jam
#107 "Alive"
#108 "Even Flow"

Louis Armstrong "What A Wonderful World"
Peak #116

Lemonheads "Mrs Robinson"
Peak #118

Fixx "Red Skies"
Peak: #101

David Bowie "Ashes To Ashes"
Peak: #101
 
sadchild said:
It shocked me when I learned "Candy Girl" wasn't a top 40. I thought that song was huge back in the day.
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It was a #1 R&B hit too. I remember hearing it quite a bit.

sadchild said:
One of the biggest "I Can't Believe It's Not A Top 40" songs - right up there with "Words" "I Melt With You" "Home Sweet Home" "Message In A Bottle" "Solsbury Hill" "What I Like About You" "Games Without Frontiers" "Centerfield" "Good Times Roll" and "Tiny Dancer"
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This list is nuts!
 
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EARLIER
KC "Please Don't Go"
Rupert Holmes "Escape"
Captain & Tennille "Do That"
Kool & The Gang "Celebration"
Blondie "The Tide Is High"
Queen "Crazy Little"
Pink Floyd "Another Brick"
Blondie "Call Me"
Lipps Inc "Funkytown"
Paul McCartney "Coming Up"
Billy Joel "It's Still Rock"
ONJ "Magic"
Diana Ross "Upside Down"

Christopher Cross "Sailing"
Queen "Another One Bites"
Babs "Woman In Love"

LATER
Kenny Rogers "Lady"
John Lennon "Starting Over"
 
There have been eight chart singles titled Lady: Kenny Rogers, Jack Jones, Lenny Kravitz, Mista, D'Angelo, Styx, Little River Band and the Whispers. Kenny Rogers' Lady was written by Lionel Richie. In 2005, Kenny and Lionel sang the song live as a duet:

 
sadchild said:
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EARLIER
KC "Please Don't Go"
Rupert Holmes "Escape"
Captain & Tennille "Do That"
Kool & The Gang "Celebration"
Blondie "The Tide Is High"
Queen "Crazy Little"
Pink Floyd "Another Brick"
Blondie "Call Me"
Lipps Inc "Funkytown"
Paul McCartney "Coming Up"
Billy Joel "It's Still Rock"
ONJ "Magic"
Diana Ross "Upside Down"

Christopher Cross "Sailing"
Queen "Another One Bites"
Babs "Woman In Love"

LATER
Kenny Rogers "Lady"
John Lennon "Starting Over"
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I don’t have a guess for first, but man, there are some dogs in that pack. Woof.
 
1980/10/25

* = current of future #1
** = former #1
red = debut

The bottom 60: debuts and/or former or future #1 songs.
(83) 97. MAGIC - OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN
(80) 96. SAILING - CHRISTOPHER CROSS **
(--) 88. WHEN WE GET MARRIED - LARRY GRAHAM
(--) 87. CELEBRATION - KOOL & THE GANG *
(--) 86. IT'S MY TURN - DIANA ROSS
(--) 84. EVERY WOMAN IN THE WORLD - AIR SUPPLY
(--) 82. SHERRY - ROBERT JOHN
(--) 80. DE DO DO DO, DE DA DA DA - THE POLICE
(--) 79. SUDDENLY - OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN AND CLIFF RICHARD
(--) 78. ONE-TRICK PONY - PAUL SIMON

This week's drops:
(29) 53. WHO'LL BE THE FOOL TONIGHT - LARSEN-FEITEN BAND
(31) 52. THE LEGEND OF WOOLEY SWAMP - THE CHARLIE DANIELS BAND
(22) 51. HOW DO I SURVIVE - AMY HOLLAND

The Top 40:
(55) 40. NEVER BE THE SAME - CHRISTOPHER CROSS
(43) 39. YOU SHOOK ME ALL NIGHT LONG - AC/DC
(42) 38. WITHOUT YOUR LOVE - ROGER DALTREY
(37) 37. TOUCH AND GO - THE CARS
(36) 36. WALK AWAY - DONNA SUMMER
(38) 35. COULD I HAVE THIS DANCE - ANNE MURRAY
(34) 34. I'M ALMOST READY - PURE PRAIRIE LEAGUE
(40) 33. HIT ME WITH YOUR BEST SHOT - PAT BENATAR
(39) 32. SHE'S SO COLD - ROLLING STONES
(21) 31. LOOKIN' FOR LOVE - JOHNNY LEE
(15) 30. HOT ROD HEARTS - ROBBIE DUPREE
(32) 29. LET ME BE YOUR ANGEL - STACY LATTISAW
(14) 28. GIVE ME THE NIGHT - GEORGE BENSON
(33) 27. THAT GIRL COULD SING - JACKSON BROWNE
(35) 26. MORE THAN I CAN SAY - LEO SAYER
(30) 25. OUT HERE ON MY OWN - IRENE CARA
(25) 24. MIDNIGHT ROCKS - AL STEWART
(27) 23. YOU'VE LOST THAT LOVIN' FEELING - DARYL HALL & JOHN OATES
(24) 22. ON THE ROAD AGAIN - WILLIE NELSON
(26) 21. WHIP IT - DEVO
(23) 20. DREAMER - SUPERTRAMP
(28) 19. LOVELY ONE - THE JACKSONS
(10) 18. LATE IN THE EVENING - PAUL SIMON
( 8) 17. XANADU - OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN / ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA
(20) 16. DREAMING - CLIFF RICHARD
(19) 15. MASTER BLASTER - STEVIE WONDER
(16) 14. LOOK WHAT YOU'VE DONE TO ME - BOZ SCAGGS
( 9) 13. DRIVIN' MY LIFE AWAY - EDDIE RABBIT
(13) 12. JESSE - CARLY SIMON
(18) 11. I'M COMING OUT - DIANA ROSS
(12) 10. NEVER KNEW LOVE LIKE THIS BEFORE - STEPHANIE MILLS
( 7) 9. I'M ALRIGHT - KENNY LOGGINS
( 4) 8. ALL OUT OF LOVE - AIR SUPPLY
(11) 7. THE WANDERER - DONNA SUMMER
(17) 6. LADY - KENNY ROGERS *
( 6) 5. REAL LOVE - DOOBIE BROTHERS
( 3) 4. UPSIDE DOWN - DIANA ROSS **
( 5) 3. HE'S SO SHY - THE POINTER SISTERS
( 1) 2. ANOTHER ONE BITES THE DUST - QUEEN **
( 2) 1. WOMAN IN LOVE - BARBRA STREISAND *
 
Next week: 1986.

I don't know what the logic is at SXM. When the countdown is less than 3 hours, they now fill it to 3 hours by replaying some of the songs you just heard in this week's countdown. Not sure I understand the logic.
 
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