80s0n8 Big 40 Countdown Schedule

Each of the five members of the All Sports Band was dressed as a sports figure: a baseball player, football player, martial artist, boxer and race-car driver. They performed Jet Set and Can't Give Up The Feeling on a 1982 episode of American Bandstand. Here is Dick Clark interviewing them:



The entire episode can be seen here:

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American Bandstand - S25 • E23 - Skyy / The All Sports Band

--Skyy - ""Call Me"" & ""Let's Celebrate"" --The All Sports Band - ""Jet Set"" & ""Can't Give Up the Feeling""
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US Bubbling Under for the Week Ending 28th November, 1981


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

101
101
Crystal Gayle
The Woman In Me
Columbia
7
12/5/81
#87
76
US AC #17,
US Country #3

102
103
Rufus With Chaka
Sharing The Love
MCA
3
12/5/81
#92
91
US R&B #8

103
102
Devo
Beautiful World
Warner Bros.
3
-
102

104
107
Delbert McClinton
Sandy Beaches
Capitol
2
-
101

105
108
Nicolette Larson
Fool Me Again
Warner Bros.
2
-
105

106
-
Rush
Closer To The Heart
Mercury
1
12/12/81
#90
69
US Rock #21

107
-
The Temptations
Oh, What A Night
Motown
1
-
102

108
109
Steve Wariner
All Roads Lead To You
RCA
3
-
107
US Country #1

109
105
Rupert Holmes
Loved By The One You Love
Elektra
4
-
103
US AC #35

110
-
Bob Welch
Two To Do
RCA
1
-
107


Chart drops or busters:

TW LW Title/Artist
-- 104 John Entwistle Too Late The Hero
-- 106 Mac Davis You're My Bestest Friend
94 110 The All Sports Band I'm Your Superman

Comments:
  • At first, I thought "Oh, What A Night" was a remake of the Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons song, but it's not.
  • "All Roads Lead To You" was a #1 Country hit.

Playlist:
 
seasalt43 said:
At first, I thought "Oh, What A Night" was a remake of the Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons song, but it's not.
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The Four Seasons' song is December 1963 (Oh What A Night). The Temptations' Oh What A Night was written by Thom Bell and Linda Creed and peaked at #104 in December 1981. It did not make the R&B chart. Bell and Creed also wrote several hits for the Stylistics, including Stop Look Listen, You Are Everything, Betcha By Golly Wow, Break Up To Make Up, Rockin' Roll Baby, People Make The World Go Round and I'm Stone In Love With You.

The Dells had a #4 R&B hit in December 1956 with Oh What A Nite, written by two of their members, Johnny Funches and Marvin Junior. (Yes, that was his real name.) In 1969, the Dells recorded a new version of the song, retitled Oh What A Night. It reached #10 on the Hot 100 and number one on the R&B chart. The song has also been recorded by Nick Kamen, Barbara Jones, Billy Joe Royal, the Dovells, the Persuasions.....and Tracey Ullman (whose real name, by the way, is Trace Ullman). The background singers are the Sapphires.

 
DEC 86

I'm pretty sure none of these, including my candidates, are correct. Confident I'm missing this week's #1.

EARLIER
Berlin "Take My Breath"
Bananarama "Venus"
Human League "Human"
Boston "Amanda"

Bon Jovi "You Give Love"
Bruce Hornsby "The Way It Is"
Peter/Amy "Next Time I Fall"

LATER
Bangles "Walk Like An Egyptian"
Club Nouveau "Lean On Me"
Gregory Abbott "Shake You Down"
Madonna "Open Your Heart"
Huey Lewis "Jacob's Ladder"
 
I went with #3 thinking it would probably come in at number 4, but alas I was unexpectedly right!

It's a difficult time to get the number 1 song correct, because it changes every single week...

November 15 "Amanda" Boston
November 22 "Human" The Human League
November 29 "You Give Love a Bad Name" Bon Jovi
December 6 "The Next Time I Fall" Peter Cetera and Amy Grant
December 13 "The Way It Is" Bruce Hornsby & the Range
December 20 "Walk Like an Egyptian" The Bangles
 
Dec 6 1986

40 DE POINTER SISTERS - GOLDMINE
39 DE NANCY MARTINEZ - FOR TONIGHT
38 DE BILLY VERA & THE BEATERS - AT THIS MOMENT
37 DE CARLY SIMON - COMING AROUND AGAIN
36 23 ROBERT PALMER - I DIDN’T MEAN TO TURN YOU ON
35 39 RUN-D.M.C. - YOU BE ILLIN’
34 40 KANSAS - ALL I WANTED
33 36 DARYL HALL - FOOLISH PRIDE
32 20 STEVE WINWOOD - FREEDOM OVERSPILL
31 38 GLASS TIGER - SOMEDAY
30 35 TIMBUK 3 - THE FUTURE’S SO BRIGHT, I GOTTA WEAR SHADES
29 18 ORAN “JUICE” JONES - THE RAIN
28 31 KOOL & THE GANG - VICTORY
27 30 BILLY OCEAN - LOVE IS FOREVER
26 28 GENESIS - LAND OF CONFUSION
25 26 TALKING HEADS - WILD WILD LIFE
24 14 TOTO - I’LL BE OVER YOU
23 25 SURVIVOR - IS THIS LOVE
22 24 HOWARD JONES - YOU KNOW I LOVE YOU...DON’T YOU?
21 27 JANET JACKSON - CONTROL
20 33 BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN & THE E STREET BAND - WAR
19 22 ORCHESTRAL MANOEUVRES IN THE DARK - (FOREVER) LIVE AND DIE
18 13 EDDIE MONEY - TAKE ME HOME TONIGHT
17 21 ROBBIE NEVIL - C’EST LA VIE
16 19 THE PRETENDERS - DON’T GET ME WRONG
15 17 GREGORY ABBOTT - SHAKE YOU DOWN
14 07 BOSTON - AMANDA
13 15 BEN E. KING - STAND BY ME
12 03 MADONNA - TRUE BLUE
11 16 DURAN DURAN - NOTORIOUS
10 12 BILLY IDOL - TO BE A LOVER
09 09 LIONEL RICHIE - LOVE WILL CONQUER ALL
08 02 HUMAN LEAGUE - HUMAN
07 11 WANG CHUNG - EVERYBODY HAVE FUN TONIGHT
06 06 CAMEO - WORD UP!
05 10 BANGLES - WALK LIKE AN EGYPTIAN
04 08 BRUCE HORNSBY AND THE RANGE - THE WAY IT IS
03 05 HUEY LEWIS and the NEWS - HIP TO BE SQUARE
02 01 BON JOVI - YOU GIVE LOVE A BAD NAME
01 04 PETER CETERA w/ AMY GRANT - THE NEXT TIME I FALL
 
18, not bad. Probably the most I've gotten for a past-mid-80s countdown.

36 23 ROBERT PALMER - I DIDN’T MEAN TO TURN YOU ON
32 20 STEVE WINWOOD - FREEDOM OVERSPILL
30 35 TIMBUK 3 - THE FUTURE’S SO BRIGHT, I GOTTA WEAR SHADES
26 28 GENESIS - LAND OF CONFUSION
25 26 TALKING HEADS - WILD WILD LIFE
20 33 BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN & THE E STREET BAND - WAR
18 13 EDDIE MONEY - TAKE ME HOME TONIGHT
16 19 THE PRETENDERS - DON’T GET ME WRONG
14 07 BOSTON - AMANDA
13 15 BEN E. KING - STAND BY ME
11 16 DURAN DURAN - NOTORIOUS
10 12 BILLY IDOL - TO BE A LOVER
08 02 HUMAN LEAGUE - HUMAN
07 11 WANG CHUNG - EVERYBODY HAVE FUN TONIGHT
05 10 BANGLES - WALK LIKE AN EGYPTIAN
04 08 BRUCE HORNSBY AND THE RANGE - THE WAY IT IS
03 05 HUEY LEWIS and the NEWS - HIP TO BE SQUARE
02 01 BON JOVI - YOU GIVE LOVE A BAD NAME
 
Eighteen. That's a big countdown for me.

There are a few mixed in that are nostalgic and a couple that are just fun.

36 23 ROBERT PALMER - I DIDN’T MEAN TO TURN YOU ON
35 39 RUN-D.M.C. - YOU BE ILLIN’
30 35 TIMBUK 3 - THE FUTURE’S SO BRIGHT, I GOTTA WEAR SHADES
26 28 GENESIS - LAND OF CONFUSION
25 26 TALKING HEADS - WILD WILD LIFE
20 33 BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN & THE E STREET BAND - WAR
18 13 EDDIE MONEY - TAKE ME HOME TONIGHT
17 21 ROBBIE NEVIL - C’EST LA VIE
16 19 THE PRETENDERS - DON’T GET ME WRONG
13 15 BEN E. KING - STAND BY ME
11 16 DURAN DURAN - NOTORIOUS
10 12 BILLY IDOL - TO BE A LOVER
07 11 WANG CHUNG - EVERYBODY HAVE FUN TONIGHT
06 06 CAMEO - WORD UP!
05 10 BANGLES - WALK LIKE AN EGYPTIAN
04 08 BRUCE HORNSBY AND THE RANGE - THE WAY IT IS
03 05 HUEY LEWIS and the NEWS - HIP TO BE SQUARE
02 01 BON JOVI - YOU GIVE LOVE A BAD NAME
 
17 good/ok for 1986:

36 23 ROBERT PALMER - I DIDN’T MEAN TO TURN YOU ON
31 38 GLASS TIGER - SOMEDAY
30 35 TIMBUK 3 - THE FUTURE’S SO BRIGHT, I GOTTA WEAR SHADES
26 28 GENESIS - LAND OF CONFUSION
25 26 TALKING HEADS - WILD WILD LIFE
20 33 BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN & THE E STREET BAND - WAR
18 13 EDDIE MONEY - TAKE ME HOME TONIGHT
16 19 THE PRETENDERS - DON’T GET ME WRONG
14 07 BOSTON - AMANDA
13 15 BEN E. KING - STAND BY ME
11 16 DURAN DURAN - NOTORIOUS
08 02 HUMAN LEAGUE - HUMAN
07 11 WANG CHUNG - EVERYBODY HAVE FUN TONIGHT
05 10 BANGLES - WALK LIKE AN EGYPTIAN
04 08 BRUCE HORNSBY AND THE RANGE - THE WAY IT IS
03 05 HUEY LEWIS and the NEWS - HIP TO BE SQUARE
02 01 BON JOVI - YOU GIVE LOVE A BAD NAME

This is a surprising number. A good number of channel changers present.
 
32 good/okay
38 DE BILLY VERA & THE BEATERS - AT THIS MOMENT
37 DE CARLY SIMON - COMING AROUND AGAIN
36 23 ROBERT PALMER - I DIDN’T MEAN TO TURN YOU ON
35 39 RUN-D.M.C. - YOU BE ILLIN’
31 38 GLASS TIGER - SOMEDAY
30 35 TIMBUK 3 - THE FUTURE’S SO BRIGHT, I GOTTA WEAR SHADES
29 18 ORAN “JUICE” JONES - THE RAIN
27 30 BILLY OCEAN - LOVE IS FOREVER
26 28 GENESIS - LAND OF CONFUSION
25 26 TALKING HEADS - WILD WILD LIFE
24 14 TOTO - I’LL BE OVER YOU
23 25 SURVIVOR - IS THIS LOVE
21 27 JANET JACKSON - CONTROL
19 22 ORCHESTRAL MANOEUVRES IN THE DARK - (FOREVER) LIVE AND DIE
18 13 EDDIE MONEY - TAKE ME HOME TONIGHT
17 21 ROBBIE NEVIL - C’EST LA VIE
16 19 THE PRETENDERS - DON’T GET ME WRONG
15 17 GREGORY ABBOTT - SHAKE YOU DOWN
14 07 BOSTON - AMANDA
13 15 BEN E. KING - STAND BY ME
12 03 MADONNA - TRUE BLUE
11 16 DURAN DURAN - NOTORIOUS
10 12 BILLY IDOL - TO BE A LOVER
09 09 LIONEL RICHIE - LOVE WILL CONQUER ALL
08 02 HUMAN LEAGUE - HUMAN
07 11 WANG CHUNG - EVERYBODY HAVE FUN TONIGHT
06 06 CAMEO - WORD UP!
05 10 BANGLES - WALK LIKE AN EGYPTIAN
04 08 BRUCE HORNSBY AND THE RANGE - THE WAY IT IS
03 05 HUEY LEWIS and the NEWS - HIP TO BE SQUARE
02 01 BON JOVI - YOU GIVE LOVE A BAD NAME
01 04 PETER CETERA w/ AMY GRANT - THE NEXT TIME I FALL
 
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