80s0n8 Big 40 Countdown Schedule

Good 6
Okay 14
Bad 20

My wife:
Good 4

The top 6 are the same as last week, so are #9 & #10.

BEST
13: LATE IN THE EVENING – PAUL SIMON

WORST
39: HEY THERE LONELY GIRL – ROBERT JOHN
35: STAND BY ME – MICKEY GILLEY
29: ONE IN A MILLION YOU – LARRY GRAHAM
8: ALL OUT OF LOVE – AIR SUPPLY
4: EMOTIONAL RESCUE – THE ROLLING STONES

37: TIRED OF TOEIN’ THE LINE – ROCKY BURNETTE

My son was mimicking the voice-breaking "Baby I"

29: ONE IN A MILLION YOU – LARRY GRAHAM

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8: ALL OUT OF LOVE – AIR SUPPLY

My wife is going to see them soon with her mother. I am not going.

1: MAGIC – OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN

All three of us guessed this one.

[These are from TWO WEEKS AHEAD]
Never reached the top 40
#42 Pat Benatar "You Better Run"
#52 Linda Clifford "Red Light"
#53 Lenore O'Malley "First Be A Woman"
#54 Whitesnake "Fool For Your Loving"
#55 Rossington Collins Band "Don't Misunderstand Me"
#57 England Dan Seals "Late At Night"
#61 Jon & Vangelis "I Hear You Now"
#62 Peter Gabriel "Games Without Frontiers"
#64 Ray Goodman & Brown "My Prayer"
#65 Poco "Under The Gun"
#66 Mickey Gilley "True Love Ways"
#67 Journey "Good Morning Girl/Stay Awhile"
#68 Chicago "Thunder And Lightning"
#69 Chic "Rebels Are We"
#71 O'Jays "Girl, Don't Let It Get You Down"
#72 Kings "Switchin' To Glide/This Beat Goes On"
#73 Deliverance "Leaving LA"
#74 Teddy Pendergrass "Can't We Try"
#79 Amii Stewart & Johnny Bristol "My Guy/My Girl"
#84 Genesis "Turn It On Again"
#86 Michael Johnson "You Can Call Me Blue"
#87 Brothers Johnson "Treasure"
#96 Lipps Inc "Rock It"
#97 Roger Daltry "Free Me"
#98 Kurtis Blow "The Breaks (Part 1)"
#99 Gerry Rafferty "The Royal Mile (Sweet Darlin')"
#100 David Hudson "Honey, Honey"
 
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Hey There Lonely Girl was a #31 hit for Robert John in September 1980. A version by Eddie Holman reached #2 in February 1970. The original, Hey There Lonely Boy by Ruby & The Romantics. an R&B quintet led by Ruby Nash, reached #27 on the Hot 100 in September 1963. This was written by Leon Carr and Ed Shuman, who also wrote Brook Benton's 1963 #3 hit Hotel Happiness and all the songs in the off-Broadway musical The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty.

 
Mumbo Jumbo, Air Supply's most recent studio album, yielded two adult contemporary hits in 2010. Dance With Me reached #28 and Faith In Love reached #30. Frankie Moreno co-wrote Dance With Me with Air Supply guitarist Graham Russell and plays piano on the track.



Here is Frankie at age 11 doing his very best Jerry Lee Lewis impression on Star Search:

 
Tint, a little-known British band, recorded Emotional Rescue (and Street Fighting Man) for the the 1998 double CD As Years Go By: A Tribute To The Rolling Stones. I can't find it online, Mister Aaron, but here is a version by Freedom Dub from the 2006 CD Bossa 'N' Stones 2: The 2nd Electro-Bossa Songbook Of The Rolling Stones. See if you like this one more betterer than the original:



 
Here is another version of Emotional Rescue. This is by Yo La Tengo, an indie rock band from Hoboken, New Jersey, and appears on Murder In The Second Degree, a 2016 album of cover songs recorded live at the studio of WFMU in East Orange.

 
US Bubbling Under The HOT 100 For Week Ending 23rd August, 1980
TWLWArtistTitleRecord CompanyWeek on ChartHot 100 DebutPeak
101101Kurtis BlowThe BreaksMercury39/6/80
#98
87
102102Teddy PendergrassCan't We TryP.I.R.68/30/80
#82
52
103104The ChipmunksYou May Be RightExcelsior3-101
104-DynastyI've Just Begun To Love YouSolar19/13/80
#99
87
105103Ronnie MilsapCowboys and ClownsRCA3-103
106-Waylon JenningsTheme From The Dukes Of HazzardRCA19/13/80
#97
21
107106Spryo GryaPercolatorMCA5-105
108-Isaac HayesIt's All In The GamePolydor1-107
109110Holly PenfieldOnly His NameDreamland2-105
110109Rob HegelTommy, Judy & MeRCA2-109

This week's chart breakers and drops


TW LW Title/Artist
-- 105 Doc/Earl Klugh
-- 107 Turn On Your Light/In Transit
-- 108 How Glad I Am/Joyce Cobb


Comments:
  • Many of the songs are in the bubbles for 9/20/80.
  • Dynasty should have been bigger.
  • "Theme From The Dukes Of Hazzard" is the star for this week.
Playlist:
 
AUG 1987

EARLIER
Kim Wilde "You Keep Me Hanging On"
Whitney "I Wanna Dance"
Lisa Lisa "Head To Toe"
Heart "Alone"

Bob Seger "Shakedown"
Los Lobos "La Bamba"
Michael Jackson "I Just Can't Stop"
Bill/Jennifer "Time Of My Life"

LATER
Whitney "Didn't We Almost"
Belinda Carlisle "Heaven Is A"
Expose "Seasons Change"
Billy Idol "Mony Mony"
Tiffany "I Think We're"
Whitesnake "Here I Go Again"
 
You are missing several #1 songs. If they do the 22nd, once of your choices is it. If they do the 15th your choice isn't even on the list. The prior #1 to that is also completely missing.
 
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