80s0n8 Big 40 Countdown Schedule

July 1989

I feel like all four of my candidates are May/June. But they can't be...... right?

EARLIER
Debbie Gibson "Lost In Your Eyes"
Bangles "Eternal Flame"
Paula Abdul "Forever Your Girl"
NKOTB "I'll Be Loving"
Milli Vanilli "Don't Forget My Number"
Richard Marx "Satisfied"

Martika "Toy Soldiers"
Bette Midler "Wind Beneath"
Michael Damien "Rock On"
Fine Young Cannibals "Good Thing"

LATER
Prince "Batdance"
NKOTB "Hanging Tough"
Richard Marx "Right Here Waiting"
Paula Adbul "Cold Hearted"
Milli Vanilli "Girl I'm Gonna Miss You"
 
6/19/82

This Week’s Drops

70 18 ’65 Love Affair – Paul Davis
71 22 Did It In A Minute – Daryl Hall And John Oates
73 23 Run For The Roses – Dan Fogelberg
75 30 When He Shines – Sheena Easton
76 32 Fantasy – Aldo Nova
79 35 I Don’t Know Where To Start – Eddie Rabbitt
84 38 Friends In Love – Dionne Warwick And Johnny Mathis
85 39 Murphy’s Law – Cheri
I just noticed this. These are huge drops for all the former top 40 songs. They were in the top 40 and now not even in the top 70. And for all 8 drops.
 
July 15th, 1989:

40 DE SWEET SENSATION - HOOKED ON YOU
39 DE DONNY OSMOND - SACRED EMOTION
38 DE RICHARD MARX - RIGHT HERE WAITING
37 26 BENNY MARDONES - INTO THE NIGHT
36 40 JODY WATLEY - FRIENDS
35 37 WINGER - HEADED FOR A HEARTBREAK
34 39 DON HENLEY - THE END OF THE INNOCENCE
33 27 WARRANT - DOWN BOYS
32 35 LL COOL J - I’M THAT TYPE OF GUY
31 36 PAULA ABDUL - COLD HEARTED
30 33 DEBBIE GIBSON - NO MORE RHYME
29 32 KARYN WHITE - SECRET RENDEZVOUS
28 31 HENRY LEE SUMMER - HEY BABY
27 29 REAL LIFE - SEND ME AN ANGEL ’89
26 25 PAUL McCARTNEY - MY BRAVE FACE
25 24 BETTE MIDLER - WIND BENEATH MY WINGS
24 28 ROXETTE - DRESSED FOR SUCCESS
23 21 NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK - I’LL BE LOVING YOU (FOREVER)
22 14 DONNA SUMMER - THIS TIME I KNOW IT’S FOR REAL
21 17 STEVIE NICKS - ROOMS ON FIRE
20 09 NENEH CHERRY - BUFFALO STANCE
19 22 MICHAEL MORALES - WHO DO YOU GIVE YOUR LOVE TO?
18 23 DINO - I LIKE IT
17 13 TOM PETTY - I WON’T BACK DOWN
16 20 GREAT WHITE - ONCE BITTEN TWICE SHY
15 18 ROD STEWART - CRAZY ABOUT HER
14 08 RICHARD MARX - SATISFIED
13 16 BON JOVI - LAY YOUR HANDS ON ME
12 19 BOBBY BROWN - ON OUR OWN
11 06 CYNDI LAUPER - I DROVE ALL NIGHT
10 15 LOVE AND ROCKETS - SO ALIVE
09 11 THE DOOBIE BROTHERS - THE DOCTOR
08 10 EXPOSÉ - WHAT YOU DON’T KNOW
07 07 NATALIE COLE - MISS YOU LIKE CRAZY
06 12 PRINCE - BATDANCE
05 02 MILLI VANILLI - BABY DON’T FORGET MY NUMBER
04 05 MARTIKA - TOY SOLDIERS
03 01 FINE YOUNG CANNIBALS - GOOD THING
02 04 MADONNA - EXPRESS YOURSELF
01 03 SIMPLY RED - IF YOU DON’T KNOW ME BY NOW
 
1989 correct order. From "Rock On" to "If You Don't" there's 7 weeks in a row where it's a different #1 each week. Dayum!

CORRECT ORDER
Debbie Gibson "Lost In Your Eyes" uncharted [MARCH]
..
Bangles "Eternal Flame" uncharted [APRIL]
..
Bon Jovi "I'll Be There" #92
Paula Abdul "Forever Your Girl" #51
Michael Damien "Rock On" #57
Bette Midler "Wind Beneath" #25

NKOTB "I'll Be Loving" #23
Richard Marx "Satisfied" #14
Milli Vanilli "Don't Forget My Number" #5
Fine Young Cannibals "Good Thing" #3
Simply Red "If You Don't" #1
Martika "Toy Soldiers" #4
Prince "Batdance" #6
Richard Marx "Right Here Waiting" #38
Paula Adbul "Cold Hearted" #31
NKOTB "Hanging Tough" #71
Gloria Estefan "Don't Wanna Lose" #44
Milli Vanilli "Girl I'm Gonna Miss You" uncharted

green: my candidates
white: on my list and the hot 100
brown: on the hot 100 but missing from my list
orange: on my list but not on hot 100
 
I Like It reached #7 on the Hot 100 in August 1989. Dean Esposito, billed as Dino, had three other solo top-40 hits: Sunshine, Romeo and a remake of the 5 Stairsteps' 1970 hit Ooh Child. Dino reached #31 in January 1991 with Gentle, a duet with Delona Tanner. It's a remake of a minor 1985 hit by Frederick Davis and Janice Dowlen.

This Dino is not to be confused with Christian pianist Constantine "Dino" Kartsonakis, who has released 49 albums since 1963. On two of those he used the name Dino Kartsonakis. On all the others, he is simply Dino.

 
34 39 DON HENLEY - THE END OF THE INNOCENCE
27 29 REAL LIFE - SEND ME AN ANGEL ’89
26 25 PAUL McCARTNEY - MY BRAVE FACE
17 13 TOM PETTY - I WON’T BACK DOWN
10 15 LOVE AND ROCKETS - SO ALIVE
03 01 FINE YOUNG CANNIBALS - GOOD THING

Best of the bunch for me. Maybe 13 good/okay overall
 
Dean Esposito, billed as Dino

not to be confused with Christian pianist Constantine "Dino" Kartsonakis
Also not to be confused with

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The real name of the singer of That's Amore and Everybody Loves Somebody was Dino – but he called himself Dean. The real name of the singer of I Like It is Dean – but he calls himself Dino. Go figure!

Lee Chan, the youngest member of the Korean pop band Seventeen, calls himself Dino – but it's pronounced "dī-no." It's short for Dinosaur, a nickname given to him by his bandmates because he dominates the stage.

 
40: TWO HEARTS - STEPHANIE MILLS

A #40 peaker (but we've heard it before). Teddy Pendergrass is featured. Whenever I hear his name, all I can think of is Eddie Murphy Delirious


The song Eddie Murphy sang is from "Only You". It peaked at #106 in 1978. It fared better on the R&B (#22( and Dance charts (#29).

25: FOOL IN LOVE WITH YOU - JIM PHOTOGLO

Wikipedia says he has two top 40s. Billboard says he only had one?

I found an old listing of "Were Meant to be Lovers" in the 40: Jun 26, 2016
 
Speaking of "huge drops," Mister seasalt, following the death of Prince on April 17, 2016, eight of his 1980s hits returned to the Hot 100. Six debuted on the chart for the week ending May 7, 2016: Purple Rain was #17, When Doves Cry was #20, Kiss was #28, Little Red Corvette was #29, Let's Go Crazy was #39 and 1999 was #41. On the following week's chart, Purple Rain was #4, When Doves Cry was #8, Little Red Corvette was #20, Kiss was #23, Let's Go Crazy was #29 and 1999 was #27. Two more Prince songs returned to the chart: Raspberry Beret at #33 and I Would Die 4 U at #39.

One week later, all eight of those songs dropped off the Hot 100. They went from the top 40 to – dare I say it – "zero zero."
 
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