80s0n8 Big 40 Countdown Schedule

Please Don't Go was written by Harry "KC" Casey and Richard Finch, who also wrote Get Down Tonight, Shotgun Shuffle, I Like To Do It, Shake Your Booty, Boogie Shoes, I'm Your Boogie Man, Keep It Comin' Love, That's The Way I Like It and several other KC & The Sunshine Band hits. Please Don't Go has been recorded by at least 15 other artists including Gwen McCrae, Timmy T, Greta Panettieri, K.W.S., Double U and the Hermes House Band. Future Soundscapes recorded an acoustic version of the song for their 2014 CD Acoustic Clubbin.' Here is a 2021 remix by DJ Leão (real name Christian Leão), a Brazilian DJ and electronic music producer:

 
CORRECT ORDER

Michael Jackson "Don't Stop Til" uncharted
Herb Alpert "Rise" #96
M "Pop Muzik" #32
Eagles "Heartache Tonight" #34
Commodores "Still" #7
Babs/Donna "No More Tears" #21
Styx "Babe" #6
Rupert Holmes "Escape (Pina Colada)" #2
KC "Please Don't Go" #1
Michael Jackson "Rock With You" #3
Captain & Tennille "Do That To Me" #5
Queen "Crazy Little Thing" #43

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
 
sadchild said:
CORRECT ORDER

Michael Jackson "Don't Stop Til" uncharted
Herb Alpert "Rise" #96
M "Pop Muzik" #32
Eagles "Heartache Tonight" #34
Commodores "Still" #7
Babs/Donna "No More Tears" #21
Styx "Babe" #6
Rupert Holmes "Escape (Pina Colada)" #2
KC "Please Don't Go" #1
Michael Jackson "Rock With You" #3
Captain & Tennille "Do That To Me" #5
Queen "Crazy Little Thing" #43

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
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Rupert Holmes "Escape (Pina Colada)" #2
KC "Please Don't Go" #1
Rupert Holmes "Escape (Pina Colada)" #2
Michael Jackson "Rock With You" #3

This is the correct order if you want to be picky.
 
Good 12
Okay 5
Bad 23

BEST
37 DE SUGARHILL GANG - RAPPER’S DELIGHT
35 DE STEVE FORBERT - ROMEO’S TUNE
32 32 M - POP MUZIK
25 35 FLEETWOOD MAC - SARA
03 11 MICHAEL JACKSON - ROCK WITH YOU

WORST
31 36 TERI DeSARIO & K.C. - YES, I’M READY
05 06 THE CAPTAIN & TENNILLE - DO THAT TO ME ONE MORE TIME
01 02 K.C. AND THE SUNSHINE BAND - PLEASE DON’T GO

37 DE SUGARHILL GANG - RAPPER’S DELIGHT

He can't satisfy you with his little worm
But I can bust you out with my super sperm

07 05 COMMODORES - STILL

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01 02 K.C. AND THE SUNSHINE BAND - PLEASE DON’T GO

All 3 of us got this. First chart-topper of the decade. Piece o' cake.

Will never make the top 40
#47 Suzi Quatro "She's In Love With You"
#49 Mistress "Mistrusted Love"
#50 Robert John "Lonely Eyes"
#52 Joyce Cobb "Dig The Gold
#55 Flying Lizards "Money"
#57 Bar-Kays "Move Your Boogie Body"
#60 Inmates "Dirty Water"
#61 Dann Rogers "Look Like Love Again"
#63 Pleasure "Glide"
#68 Peter Brown "Stargazer"
#70 Leif Garrett "Memorize Your Number"
#71 Earth Wind & Fire "Star"
#72 Robert Palmer "Can We Still Be Friends"
#75 Bonnie Raitt "You're Gonna Get What's Coming"
#76 Rod Stewart "I Don't Want To Talk About It"
#78 Dollar "Shooting Star"
#79 Jennifer Warnes "Don't Make Me Over"
#80 Jimmy Buffett "Volcano"
#81 Gamma "I'm Alive"
#83 Molly Hatchet "Flirtin' With Disaster"
#85 Bobby Vinton "Make Believe It's Your First Time"
#86 Mike Pinera "Goodnight My Love"
#89 Switch "I Call Your Name"
#90 Cugini "Let Me Sleep Alone"
#92 Lobo "Holdin' On For Dear Love"
#93 Tavares "Bad Times"
#94 Rainbow "Since You Been Gone"
#100 Police "Message In A Bottle"

Songs that were on the top 40 the last week of 1979, but dropped below this week, so we'll never hear them on the VJ 40
Last week's position:
#29 Barry Manilow "Ships"
#33 John Cougar "I Need A Lover"
#37 Anne Murray "Broken Hearted Me"
#39 Richie Furay "I Still Have Dreams"

Songs that made the top 40 earlier than the last week of 1979, so we'll never hear these either
This week's position:
#84 Buggles "Video Killed The Radio Star"
#95 Kermit (Jim Henson) "Rainbow Connection"
#99 Fleetwood Mac "Tusk"

Songs that will fall out of the top 40 next week, so this is the only VJ 40 we'll ever hear them on
Next week's position:
#47 Alan Parsons Project "Damned If I Do"
#59 M "Pop Muzik"
#85 Crystal Gale "Half The Way"
#99 Eagles "Heartache Tonight"
 
sadchild said:
Will never make the top 40
#50 Robert John "Lonely Eyes"
#55 Flying Lizards "Money"
#80 Jimmy Buffett "Volcano"
#83 Molly Hatchet "Flirtin' With Disaster"
#100 Police "Message In A Bottle"
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#83 I hear a lot now on classic rock stations. The rest I heard a lot in the day and they all charted on my local AM radio station charts in Regina, SK.
 
Cugini was disco singer/songwriter Donald Cugini, born May 7, 1959 in Los Angeles. Let Me Sleep Alone, released on October 19, 1979, was his only single. Cugini co-wrote that song but not the B-side, You Give Good Boogie, which is arguably one of the worst songs of the disco era.

 
Channel98 said:
Cugini was disco singer/songwriter Donald Cugini, born May 7, 1959 in Los Angeles. Let Me Sleep Alone, released on October 19, 1979, was his only single. Cugini co-wrote that song but not the B-side, You Give Good Boogie, which is arguably one of the worst songs of the disco era.

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The lyrics and lead vocals are terrible.
 
US Bubbling Under for the Week Ending 5th January, 1980


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

101
102
Karla Bonoff
When You Walk In The Room
Columbia
4
-
101

102
101
Stephanie Mills
You Can Get Over
RCA
8
-
101
#55 R&B
#8 Dance

103
103
Atlanta
Rhythm Section
Back Up Against The Wall
Polydor
4
-
103

104

Journey
Too Late
Columbia
1
1/12/80 -
#81
70

105
105
Salsoul Orchestra
How High
RCA
9
-
105
#65 R&B
#21 Dance

106

Nicolette Larson
Let Me Go, Love
Warner Bros
1
1/12/80 -
#82
35
#9 US AC

107
110
Judie Tzuke
Stay With Me Till Dawn
MCA
3
-
101
#16 UK
#49 US AC

108

Oak
Draw The Line
Mercury
1
-
108

109

Dana
Valery
Don't Want To Be Lonely
Scotti Bros.
1
1/19/80 -
#93
87
#23 US AC

110
107
Natalie Cole & Peabo
Bryson
Gimmie Some Time
Capitol
3
-
102
#8 R&B


Playlist:
 
#83 Molly Hatchet "Flirtin' With Disaster"
#94 Rainbow "Since You Been Gone"
#100 Police "Message In A Bottle"

3 Surprises.

(38) 38. TRAIN, TRAIN - BLACKFOOT
(43) 37. RAPPER'S DELIGHT - SUGARHILL GANG
(20) 34. HEARTACHE TONIGHT - EAGLES **
(24) 33. HALF THE WAY - CRYSTAL GAYLE
(32) 32. POP MUZIK - M **
(10) 26. TAKE THE LONG WAY HOME - SUPERTRAMP
(35) 25. SARA - FLEETWOOD MAC
(25) 22. DON'T DO ME LIKE THAT - TOM PETTY & THE HEARTBREAKERS
(21) 18. THIS IS IT - KENNY LOGGINS
(23) 17. I WANNA BE YOUR LOVER - PRINCE
(18) 16. JANE - JEFFERSON STARSHIP
(14) 14. HEAD GAMES - FOREIGNER
(17) 13. THE LONG RUN - EAGLES
(12) 11. COOL CHANGE - LITTLE RIVER BAND
(22) 8. COWARD OF THE COUNTY - KENNY ROGERS
( 5) 7. STILL - THE COMMODORES **
( 3) 6. BABE - STYX **
(11) 3. ROCK WITH YOU - MICHAEL JACKSON *

18 like/okay. Not bad.
 
seasalt43 said:
Judie Tzuke
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Incredible how much I know about music but still how little....

In 2002, "Stay with Me till Dawn" was chosen by the British public in a poll of the 50 Best British Songs 1952–2002 (ranking at number 39).

I've never heard it or heard of it, but the British public ranked it above these:

40Life On MarsDavid Bowie
41She's Not ThereThe Zombies
42Oliver's ArmyElvis Costello
43Alright NowFree
44Every Breath You TakeThe Police
45Won't Get FooledThe Who
46GoldfingerShirley Bassey
47My Sweet LordGeorge Harrison
 
Tonight Mrs. Goreds2 and I enjoyed listening to the 1980 countdown. Good high school memories. At the the end, they said this Friday would be a 1987 countdown.
 
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