80s0n8 Big 40 Countdown Schedule

[seasalt43]

34: THE LOVER IN ME – SHEENA EASTON

Let's talk about the lover in me? WTH does that mean? "So girl, there's a lover in you. Let's talk about that."

#56 Fleetwood Mac "As Long As You Follow"

Big surprise for me.

#63 Siouxsie & The Banshees "Peek-A-Boo"
#67 Basia "New Day for You"
#86 Fairground Attraction "Perfect"

I remember seeing the videos, but not hearing these on the radio. "Perfect" hit #1 in the UK.

#83 Timelords "Doctorin' The Tardis"

Another UK #1 hit.

#92 JJ Fad "Is It Love"
#95 Sir Mix-A-Lot "Posse On Broadway"
#97 L'Trimm "Cars With The Boom"

Rap singles starting to make they're onto the 100.

 

[hwkn]

18 for 88.

 

[sadchild]

A version of The Hippy Hippy Shake by the Swinging Blue Jeans, a Liverpool quartet, reached #24 in April 1964

#24 "Hippy Hippy Shake"
#43 "Good Golly Miss Molly"

Almost a two-hit wonder

 

[hwkn]

This weekend is 1980.

 

[Channel98]

I wrote about Chan Romero recording The Hippy Hippy Shake in 1959. Inspired by La Bamba singer Ritchie Valens, Romero had written the song a year earlier, More than 40 artists have recorded The Hippy Hippy Shake including Billy Fury, Mud, the Georgia Satellites, the Fabulous Gemtones and Captain Cardiac & The Coronaries. Here is the second recorded version of the song, by Little Tony & His Brothers, released in September 1959, Antonio Ciacci was born in Italy to parents from San Marino. He called himself Little Tony after Little Richard. His brothers were Alberto and Enrico. They released four EPs and one single in Italy and Tony went on to release 31 solo singles in Italy.

 

[sadchild]

My 1979 Hot 100 is weak...

EARLIER
Knack "My Sharona"
MJ "Don't Stop Til You Get Enough"
M "Pop Muzik"

Spoiler: CANDIDATES

KC "Please Don't Go"
Rupert Holmes "Escape (Pina Colada)"

LATER
MJ "Rock With You"
Captain & Tennille "Do That To Me"
Queen "Crazy Little Thing"
Pink Floyd "Another Brick"

 

[HecticArt]

#2.

 

[IdRatherBeSkiing]

Depends which week they use. #1 is week #1, #2 is week #2 (as well as last #1 from 1979).

 

[hwkn]

Next week is 86.

 

[hwkn]

30 for 80.

 

[IdRatherBeSkiing]

1980/01/05 (not 1980/01/04 as indicated by the VJs)

* = current or future #1
** = former #1
** * = former & future #1
red = debut

The Bottom 60: debut songs and/or future or former #1s:
(96) 96. RISE - HERB ALBERT **
(--) 93. BAD TIMES - TAVARES
(--) 86. GOODNIGHT MY LOVE - MIKE PINERA
(--) 85. MAKE BELIEVE IT'S YOUR FIRST TIME - BOBBY VINTON
(--) 83. FLIRTIN' WITH DISASTER - MOLLY HACHET
(--) 81. I'M ALIVE - GAMMA
(58) 43. CRAZY LITTLE THING CALLED LOVE - QUEEN *

This week's drops:
(39) 87. I STILL HAVE DREAMS - RICHIE FURAY
(37) 82. BROKEN HEARTED ME - ANNE MURRAY
(33) 69. I NEED A LOVER - JOHN COUGAR
(29) 64. SHIPS - BARRY MANILOW

The Top 40:
(42) 40. FOREVER MINE - THE O'JAYS
(44) 39. I'D RATHER LEAVE WHILE I'M IN LOVE - RITA COOLIDGE
(38) 38. TRAIN, TRAIN - BLACKFOOT
(43) 37. RAPPER'S DELIGHT - SUGARHILL GANG
(40) 36. ROTATION - HERB ALPERT
(48) 35. ROMEO'S TUNE - STEVE FORBERT
(20) 34. HEARTACHE TONIGHT - EAGLES **
(24) 33. HALF THE WAY - CRYSTAL GAYLE
(32) 32. POP MUZIK - M **
(36) 31. YES, I'M READY - TERI DESARIO WITH K.C.
(31) 30. CHIQUITITA - ABBA
(34) 29. DEJA VU - DIONNE WARWICK
(30) 28. THIRD TIME LUCKY - FOGHAT
(27) 27. DAMNED IF I DO - ALAN PARSON PROJECT
(10) 26. TAKE THE LONG WAY HOME - SUPERTRAMP
(35) 25. SARA - FLEETWOOD MAC
(28) 24. DON'T LET GO - ISAAC HAYES
(26) 23. WAIT FOR ME - DARYL HALL & JOHN OATES
(25) 22. DON'T DO ME LIKE THAT - TOM PETTY & THE HEARTBREAKERS
( 8) 21. NO MORE TEARS - BARBRA STREISAND/DONNA SUMMER **
( 7) 20. YOU'RE ONLY LONELY - J.D. SOUTHER
(19) 19. I WANT YOU TONIGHT - PABLO CRUISE
(21) 18. THIS IS IT - KENNY LOGGINS
(23) 17. I WANNA BE YOUR LOVER - PRINCE
(18) 16. JANE - JEFFERSON STARSHIP
(16) 15. BETTER LOVE NEXT TIME - DR. HOOK
(14) 14. HEAD GAMES - FOREIGNER
(17) 13. THE LONG RUN - EAGLES
(15) 12. CRUISIN' - SMOKEY ROBINSON
(12) 11. COOL CHANGE - LITTLE RIVER BAND
(13) 10. WE DON'T TALK ANYMORE - CLIFF RICHARD
( 9) 9. LADIES NIGHT - KOOL AND THE GANG
(22) 8. COWARD OF THE COUNTY - KENNY ROGERS
( 5) 7. STILL - THE COMMODORES **
( 3) 6. BABE - STYX **
( 6) 5. DO THAT TO ME ONE MORE TIME - THE CAPTAIN AND TENNILLE *
( 4) 4. SEND ONE YOUR LOVE - STEVIE WONDER
(11) 3. ROCK WITH YOU - MICHAEL JACKSON *
( 1) 2. ESCAPE (THE PINA COLADA SONG) - RUPERT HOLMES ** *
( 2) 1. PLEASE DON'T GO - K.C. AND THE SUNSHINE BAND *

 

[HecticArt]

12

 

[IdRatherBeSkiing]

32 good/ok for 1980.

6 out of top 7 songs are #1 songs.

repeat countdown.

 

[seasalt43]

repeat countdown.

Yep. From Jan 6, 2019.

@sadchild had some good commentary in that thread too.

 

[IdRatherBeSkiing]

Listening to it, Alan's comments on "Still" he says off of it's peak at #3 now at #7. Well, it was #3 last week but it's peak was #1.

 

[scotchandcigar]

10 for me. A lot of shmaltz in there.

 

[IdRatherBeSkiing]

Next week: 1986

 

[sadchild]

Good 10
Okay 7
Bad 23

One more good and two more okay since the last time they did this countdown 4 years ago. Listening to the VJ each week is definitely still softening me up.

37. RAPPER'S DELIGHT - SUGARHILL GANG
32. POP MUZIK - M
#69 John Cougar "I Need A Lover"

These are on my fav songs of all time list, but not in the top 333. They're in the "700+" extended list.

31. YES, I'M READY - TERI DESARIO WITH K.C.

1. PLEASE DON'T GO - K.C. AND THE SUNSHINE BAND

All three of us guessed this one correctly. First #1 of the decade. Easy peasy.
(My only fear was they'd do the second week instead)

Will never make the top 40
#47 Suzi Quatro "She's In Love With You"
#49 Mistress "Mistrusted Love"
#50 Robert John "Lonely Eyes"
#52 Joyce Cobb "Dig The Gold
#55 Flying Lizards "Money"
#57 Bar-Kays "Move Your Boogie Body"
#60 Inmates "Dirty Water"
#61 Dann Rogers "Look Like Love Again"
#63 Pleasure "Glide"
#68 Peter Brown "Stargazer"
#70 Leif Garrett "Memorize Your Number"
#71 Earth Wind & Fire "Star"
#72 Robert Palmer "Can We Still Be Friends"
#75 Bonnie Raitt "You're Gonna Get What's Coming"
#76 Rod Stewart "I Don't Want To Talk About It"
#78 Dollar "Shooting Star"
#79 Jennifer Warnes "Don't Make Me Over"
#80 Jimmy Buffett "Volcano"
#81 Gamma "I'm Alive"
#83 Molly Hatchet "Flirtin' With Disaster"
#85 Bobby Vinton "Make Believe It's Your First Time"
#86 Mike Pinera "Goodnight My Love"
#89 Switch "I Call Your Name"
#90 Cugini "Let Me Sleep Alone"
#92 Lobo "Holdin' On For Dear Love"
#93 Tavares "Bad Times"
#94 Rainbow "Since You Been Gone"
#100 Police "Message In A Bottle"

Songs that were on the top 40 the last week of 1979, but dropped below this week, so we'll never hear them on the VJ 40
Last week's position:
#29 Barry Manilow "Ships"
#33 John Cougar "I Need A Lover"
#37 Anne Murray "Broken Hearted Me"
#39 Richie Furay "I Still Have Dreams"

Songs that made the top 40 earlier than the last week of 1979, so we'll never hear these either
This week's position:
#84 Buggles "Video Killed The Radio Star"
#95 Kermit (Jim Henson) "Rainbow Connection"
#99 Fleetwood Mac "Tusk"

Songs that will fall out of the top 40 next week, so this is the only VJ 40 we'll ever hear them on
Next week's position:
#47 Alan Parsons Project "Damned If I Do"
#59 M "Pop Muzik"
#85 Crystal Gale "Half The Way"
#99 Eagles "Heartache Tonight" (...as Nina would say, 'dropping a WHOPPING 65 spots!')

 

[seasalt43]

31. YES, I'M READY - TERI DESARIO WITH K.C.

A. remake of the 1965 song by Barbara Mason.

#78 Dollar "Shooting Star"

UK #14 peak.

#100 Police "Message In A Bottle"

UK #1 peak.

 

[seasalt43]

US Bubbling Under for the Week Ending 5th January, 1980

TW	LW	Artist	Title	Record Company	Week on Chart	Hot 100 Debut	Peak	Other Charts
101	102	Karla Bonoff	When You Walk In The Room	Columbia	4	-	101
102	101	Stephanie Mills	You Can Get Over	RCA	8	-	101	#55 R&B #8 Dance
103	103	Atlanta Rhythm Section	Back Up Against The Wall	Polydor	4	-	103
104		Journey	Too Late	Columbia	1	1/12/80 - #81	70
105	105	Salsoul Orchestra	How High	RCA	9	-	105	#65 R&B #21 Dance
106		Nicolette Larson	Let Me Go, Love	Warner Bros	1	1/12/80 - #82	35	#9 US AC
107	110	Judie Tzuke	Stay With Me Till Dawn	MCA	3	-	101	#16 UK #49 US AC
108		Oak	Draw The Line	Mercury	1	-	108
109		Dana Valery	Don't Want To Be Lonely	Scotti Bros.	1	1/19/80 - #93	87	#23 US AC
110	107	Natalie Cole & Peabo Bryson	Gimmie Some Time	Capitol	3	-	102	#8 R&B

Commentary:

• I had never heard "Stay With Me Till Dawn" until I compiled the playlist. It was instantly my fav on this week's list.
• "You Can Get Over" stayed on the chart for 12 weeks and peaked at #101 for 2 weeks. I'm sure I've heard it on Studio 54 before.
• "Runaway Love" stayed on the chart for 10 weeks and peaked at #105.
• The band Oak didn't have their own Wiki page, but were mentioned on this page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_of_Maine#Popular_music. Also, I found the following about the lead singer: Rick Pinette - Leader and vocalist of the Maine-based band Oak. He grew up in Berlin, New Hampshire but moved to Maine at the height of his career.

The four singles that dropped from last week had different fates.

• "Only Time" by Robert John bubbled for seven weeks and didn't break the 100 (#102 peak).
• "Takin' it Back" by Breathless bubbled for two weeks, spent a week in obscurity, then debuted at #96 on 1/12/80 (#92 peak).
• "New Lines on Love" by Sniff "N' The Tears bubbled for two weeks and didn't break the 100 (#108 peak).
• "Bad Times" by Tavares debuted at #93 on 1/5/80 (#47 peak).

Playlist:

• https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLnUW9DtxIXNNHXu5OCfNXgkfEV6eV5Xr7