80s0n8 Big 40 Countdown Schedule

I see what you did there.

The Kinsey Sicks, a male quartet (originally a quintet) from San Francisco, bill themselves as "America's Favorite Dragapella Beautyshop Quartet." In 1997, hey recorded an a-cappella parody version of The Rose for their debut album Dragapella! They performed the song on Scottish television in 2018: "You wonder if this ditty is a dirge and not a song."

 
Bubbling Under The HOT 100 For Week Ending 7th June, 1980


TW
LW
Artist
Title
Record Company
Week on Chart
Hot 100 Debut
Peak
Other Charts

101

Stephanie Mills

Sweet Sensation
20th Century (RCA)
2
6/14/80
#83
52
#3 R&B

102
106
Gladys Knight & The Pips
Landlord
Columbia
4
6/14/80
#87
46

103
106
Frank Zappa
I Don't Wanna Get Drafted
Zappa
3
-
103

104

Red Rider
Don't Fight It
Capitol
1
-
103
#75 CAN

105
110
Tommy James
You Got Me
Millennium (RCA)
2
-
101

106

Willie Nile
It's All Over
Arista
1
-
106

107

Rachel Sweet
Spellbound
Stiff/Epic
1
-
107

108

Felix Cavaliere
Good To Have Love Back
Epic
1
-
105
#41 AC

109

La Flavour
Only The Lonely
Sweet City
1
6/14/80
#93
91

110

Benny Mardones
Into The Night
Polydor
1
6/14/80
#78
11

This week's drops or chart busters:
TW LW Title/Artist
-- 103 Overnight Sensation Jerry Knight
-- 104 Hangin' Out Kool & The Gang
-- 105 Dallas Floyd Cramer
91 107 I Can Survive Triumph
-- 108 Taking Somebody With Me When I Fall Larry Gatlin And The Gatlin Brothers Band
80 109 The Very Last Time Utopia

Playlist:

 
Sorry I haven't been able to make time for the "never make the top 40" songs. Personal life is insane with upcoming big show, new songs, son graduating high school, and - this just in - my father's wife has pancreatic cancer (and is his caretaker, because he had a stroke some years ago). So I may be hopping on a plane on a moment's notice at any time. I've barely been able to pitch in and help with my paraplegic father-in-law lately. When I can get back to it, I definitely will start doing those 'never make' songs again. Even I miss the conversations about those songs.
 
sadchild said:
Sorry I haven't been able to make time for the "never make the top 40" songs. Personal life is insane with upcoming big show, new songs, son graduating high school, and - this just in - my father's wife has pancreatic cancer (and is his caretaker, because he had a stroke some years ago). So I may be hopping on a plane on a moment's notice at any time. I've barely been able to pitch in and help with my paraplegic father-in-law lately. When I can get back to it, I definitely will start doing those 'never make' songs again. Even I miss the conversations about those songs.
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That's too bad about all that shit going on. Although it didn't stop you from whipping me at WwF.
 
sadchild said:
Sorry I haven't been able to make time for the "never make the top 40" songs. Personal life is insane with upcoming big show, new songs, son graduating high school, and - this just in - my father's wife has pancreatic cancer (and is his caretaker, because he had a stroke some years ago). So I may be hopping on a plane on a moment's notice at any time. I've barely been able to pitch in and help with my paraplegic father-in-law lately. When I can get back to it, I definitely will start doing those 'never make' songs again. Even I miss the conversations about those songs.
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No apologizes needed.

I agree with @HecticArt. Taking care of yourself and family is paramount.
 
And I agree with Mister Hectic and Mister seasalt.

Here are five 1980s songs that never made Billboard's top 40. In fact, each of these peaked at #41. As Maxwell Smart would say, "Missed it by that much!" These songs all did much better here in Los Angeles (KIIS, KPWR) than they did nationally.

Red Light – Linda Clifford (September 1980)
Workin' For A Livin' – Huey Lewis & The News (September 1982)
State Of Independence – Donna Summer (November 1982)
Can't Wait Another Minute – Five Star (November 1986)
Knocked Out – Paula Abdul (August 1988)
 
Channel98 said:
And I agree with Mister Hectic and Mister seasalt.

Here are five 1980s songs that never made Billboard's top 40. In fact, each of these peaked at #41. As Maxwell Smart would say, "Missed it by that much!" These songs all did much better here in Los Angeles (KIIS, KPWR) than they did nationally.

Red Light – Linda Clifford (September 1980)
Workin' For A Livin' – Huey Lewis & The News (September 1982)
State Of Independence – Donna Summer (November 1982)
Can't Wait Another Minute – Five Star (November 1986)
Knocked Out – Paula Abdul (August 1988)
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I think all five were top 40 worthy.
 
Huey Lewis & The News "Workin' For A Livin'"

Knocked Out - Paula Abdul (1988)
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Those are taken from the "I Can't Believe It's Not A Top 40" thread. Feel free to add the other three and make your voice heard!

I Can't Believe It's Not A Top 40!

It came up in another thread that there are a lot of top 40 songs that are long forgotten (except for in when heard in countdown shows or "hey remember this one?" features). Yet there are many classic songs (or at least still-pretty-well-known-today) that never made the top 40. Here is a...
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JUN 86

I think I'm forgetting a couple in the "Later" between Steve & Banana

EARLIER
Falco "Rock Me Amadeus"
Prince "Kiss"
Pet Shop Boys "West End Girls"

Robert Palmer "Addicted To Love"
Peter Gabriel "Sledgehammer"
Whitney Houston "Greatest Love Of All"

LATER
Steve Winwood "Higher Love"
Bananarama "Venus"
 
6/14/86

40: Love Touch (Theme From "Legal Eagles") - Rod Stewart
39: Diggin' Your Scene - Blow Monkeys
38: Out Of Mind, Out Of Sight - The Models
37: If She Knew What She Wants - The Bangles
36: The Love Parade - Dream Academy
35: Dream - Van Halen
34: One Hit To The Body - Rolling Stones
33: Mountains - Prince
32: Bad Boy - Miami Sound Machine
31: West End Girls - Pet Shop Boys
30: What Have You Done For Me Lately - Janet Jackson
29: When The Heart Rules The Mind - GTR
28: Danger Zone (Theme From "Top Gun") - Kenny Loggins
27: Invisible Touch - Genesis
26: Like No Other Night - .38 Special
25: Your Wildest Dreams - Moody Blues
24: Nasty - Janet Jackson
23: Like A Rock - Bob Seger And The Silver Bullitt Band
22: Sledgehammer - Peter Gabriel
21: Rain On The Scarecrow - John Cougar Mellencamp
20: Tuff Enuff - Fabulous Thunderbirds
19: Vienna Calling - Falco
18: Move Away - Culture Club
17: Be Good To Yourself - Journey
16: Is It Love - Mr. Mister
15: I Wanna Be A Cowboy - Boys Don't Cry
14: Who's Johnny - El Debarge
13: If You Leave - Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
12: Nothin' At All - Heart
11: Holding Back The Years - Simply Red
10: Something About You - Level 42
9: All I Need Is A Miracle - Mike & The Mechanics
8: No One Is To Blame - Howard Jones
7: A Different Corner - George Michael
6: Greatest Love Of All - Whitney Houston
5: Crush On You - The Jets
4: There'll Be Sad Songs - Billy Ocean
3: I Can't Wait - Nu Shooz
2: Live To Tell -Madonna
1: On My Own - Patty Labelle & Michael McDonald

This Weeks Drops

41 25 Your Love –The Outfield
43 26 Take Me Home – Phil Collins
45 31 Addicted To Love – Robert Palmer
48 29 Why Can’t This Be Love – Van Halen
53 38 All The Things She Said – Simple Minds
55 39 Mothers Talk – Tears For Fears
 
seasalt43 said:
6/14/86

25: Your Wildest Dreams - Moody Blues
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I had to work a half day at my company's Disaster Relief location yesterday morning, & when I got in the car afterwards this is where the countdown was at.

Introducing the song was Nina "Iron Lung" Blackwood, & I was so started by her Gollumesque voice that I started mocking it in my car with my best shot at an impression.

This resulted in me hacking up a phlegm ball so mighty that I had to spit it out at the next red light.

True story.
 
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