US Bubbling Under The HOT 100 For Week Ending 1st March, 1980
Chart drops or busters:
TW LW Artist/Title
-- 104 Dana Valery/I Don't Want To Be Lonely [This son bubbled for two weeks, charted for five, then returned to the bubbles for one week before trailing off.]
-- 105 J.D. Souther/White Rhythm And Blues
80 106 Karla Bonoff/Baby Don't Go
-- 107 The Inmates/The Walk
-- 108 Instant Funk/Bodyshine
-- 109 Alan Parsons Project/You Won't Be There
-- 110 Pearl Harbor And The Explosions/You Got It (Release It)
Comments:
Playlist:
| TW | LW | Artist | Title | Record Company | Week on Chart | Hot 100 Debut | Peak | Other Charts |
| 101 | 103 | Brothers Johnson | Stomp | A&M | 3 | 3/15/80 - #86 | 7 | R&B #1, Dance #1, UK #6 |
| 102 | - | Barbara Mandrell | Years | MCA | 1 | - | 102 | #1 Country, #38 AC |
| 103 | - | Vaughn Mason & Crew | Bounce, Rock, Skate, Roll | Brunswick | 1 | 3/22/80 - #92 | 81 | R&B #5, #35 Dance |
| 104 | 101 | Michael Johnson | The Very First Time | EMI-America | 5 | - | 101 | #29 AC |
| 105 | - | Dottie West | A Lesson in Leavin' | United Artists | 1 | 3/8/80 - #86 | 73 | #1 Country, #42 AC |
| 106 | - | Festival | Don't Cry For Me Argentina | RSO | 1 | 3/8/80 - #90 | 72 | |
| 107 | - | Sue Saad and The Next | Won't Give It Up | Planet | 1 | - | 107 | |
| 108 | - | Ray Stevens | Shriner's Convention | RCA | 1 | - | 101 | #7 Country |
| 109 | - | Jackie DeShannon | I don't Need You Anymore | RCA | 1 | 3/8/80 - #97 | 86 | |
| 110 | 102 | Phyllis Hyman | You Know How To Love Me | Arista | 5 | - | 101 | #12 R&B, #6 Dance |
Chart drops or busters:
TW LW Artist/Title
-- 104 Dana Valery/I Don't Want To Be Lonely [This son bubbled for two weeks, charted for five, then returned to the bubbles for one week before trailing off.]
-- 105 J.D. Souther/White Rhythm And Blues
80 106 Karla Bonoff/Baby Don't Go
-- 107 The Inmates/The Walk
-- 108 Instant Funk/Bodyshine
-- 109 Alan Parsons Project/You Won't Be There
-- 110 Pearl Harbor And The Explosions/You Got It (Release It)
Comments:
- There are seven bubble debuts this week.
- "Stomp" is a rare bubbles success!
- We have a few number #1s from other charts in this week's bubbles.
- Vaughn Mason later formed an early house group called Raze. Raze had success in the UK and the US dance charts.
- I was surprised to see the disco tinged "Don’t Cry for me Argentina" in the bubbles. Festival doesn't have a wiki page, but their album, Evita - all cuts, was on the disco chart at #4 (down from #3 the previous week).
- "I don't Need you Anymore" was from a 1979 movie called Together? staring Jacqueline Bisset.
- I saw a documentary about Phyllis Hyman's life. She was signed to Arista years before Whitney Houston. Clive Davis wanted to mold her, but Whitney ended up filling that role.
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