80s0n8 Big 40 Countdown Schedule

24 good/ok for 1981

40. AC/DC - Back in Black (NEW!)
38. Donnie Iris - Ah Leah (NEW!)
37. Randy Meisner - Hearts on Fire (NEW!)
36. Kenny Rogers - Lady
34. Police - De Do Do Do De Da Da Da
32. Bruce Springsteen - Hungry Heart
31. Andy Gibb - Time is Time
30. Pat Benatar - Treat Me Right
29. Alan Parsons Project - Games People Play
24. Cliff Richard - A Little in Love
21. Eagles - Seven Bridges Road
17. Styx - The Best of Times
16. ABBA - The Winner Takes It All
13. REO Speedwagon - Keep on Loving You
12. Dan Fogelberg - Same Old Lang Syne
11. Steely Dan - Hey Nineteen
8. John Lennon - Woman
7. Air Supply - Every Woman in the World
6. John Lennon - (Just Like) Starting Over
5. Rod Stewart - Passion
4. Dolly Parton - 9 to 5
3. Eddie Rabbitt - I Love a Rainy Night
2. Blondie - The Tide Is High
1. Kool & The Gang - Celebration
 
Drops for 1981:

(37) 48: I NEED YOUR LOVIN' - TEENA MARIE
(38) 47: SUDDENLY - OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN & CLIFF RICHARD
(40) 45: SHINE ON - L.T.D.
 
Heard this countdown two years ago.

Good 7
Okay 9
Bad 24

GOOD
40. AC/DC - Back in Black (NEW!)
34. Police - De Do Do Do De Da Da Da
30. Pat Benatar - Treat Me Right
6. John Lennon - (Just Like) Starting Over
3. Eddie Rabbitt - I Love a Rainy Night
2. Blondie - The Tide Is High
1. Kool & The Gang - Celebration

OKAY
32. Bruce Springsteen - Hungry Heart
29. Alan Parsons Project - Games People Play
24. Cliff Richard - A Little in Love
13. REO Speedwagon - Keep on Loving You
12. Dan Fogelberg - Same Old Lang Syne
11. Steely Dan - Hey Nineteen
8. John Lennon - Woman
5. Rod Stewart - Passion
4. Dolly Parton - 9 to 5

BAD
the rest

36. Kenny Rogers - Lady
35. Heart - Tell It Like It Is
31. Andy Gibb - Time is Time
26. Barry Manilow - I Made It Through the Rain
25. Neil Diamond - Hello Again
22. Barbra Streisand & Barry Gibb - Guilty
20. Don McLean - Crying
19. Tierra - Together
15. Neil Diamond - Love on the Rocks
9. Diana Ross - It's My Turn
7. Air Supply - Every Woman in the World

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4. Dolly Parton - 9 to 5

My guess. Haven't heard about anyone else.

Won't reach the top 40
#46 Queen "Flash's Theme"
#53 Rita Coolidge "Fool That I Am"
#54 Elvis Presley "Guitar Man"
#55 Shalamar "Full Of Fire"
#56 Peter Allen "Fly Away"
#59 Teddy Pendergrass "Love TKO"
#66 Glen Campbell "I Don't Want to Know Your Name"
#68 Aretha Franklin "United Together"
#69 Suzi Quatro "Lipstick"
#70 Dire Straits "Skateaway"
#73 Association "Dreamer"
#74 Lakeside "Fantastic Voyage"
#75 Charles Fox "Seasons"
#76 Doobie Brothers "Wynken, Blynken & Nod"
#79 Slave "Watching You"
#82 Fleetwood Mac "Fireflies"
#87 Earth Wind & Fire "And Love Goes On"
#88 McGuffy Lane "Long Time Lovin' You"
#89 Spyro Gyra "Cafe Amore"
#90 Touch "Don't You Know What Love Is"
#94 Queen "Need Your Loving Tonight"
#96 Rockpile "Teacher Teacher"
#97 Earth Wind & Fire "You"
#98 Sugarhill Gang "8th Wonder"
#100 Reddings "Remote Control"
 
sadchild said:
Won't reach the top 40
#46 Queen "Flash's Theme"
#70 Dire Straits "Skateaway"
#94 Queen "Need Your Loving Tonight"
#96 Rockpile "Teacher Teacher"
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This week's surprises.

#46: thought this would have grazed
#70: thought this would have been in the top 30
#94: top 20
#96: I heard this a lot in the day. Surprised it didn't chart.


Elvis had a chart single in 1981? He was dead 4 years.
 
sadchild said:
John Lennon had a top 5 hit in 1984. He was dead 3 years.
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Jim Reeves' biggest hit, He'll Have To Go, was number one on the country chart for 14 weeks in 1960 and peaked at #2 on the Hot 100 behind Percy Faith's Theme From A Summer Place. After Reeves died in a plane crash on July 31, 1964, he had 35 more country hits. Twenty-eight of those made the top 40, 18 made the top ten and six went to number one. His final country hit, The Image Of Me, got to #70 in February 1984. Here is Distant Drums, which topped the country chart for four weeks in May-June 1966 and reached #45 on the Hot 100. This also went to number one in the UK and got to #27 in Canada.

 
Among the many artists who had top-40 hits on various charts after they died are Selena, Prince, Aaliyah, Otis Redding, John Lennon, Elvis Presley, Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, Michael Jackson, Eva Cassidy, Bob Marley, Jim Reeves, Patsy Cline, Mac Miller, Frankie Knuckles, Jim Croce, Sam Cooke, Ray Charles, Hank Williams, Buddy Holly, Keith Whitley, Mel Street, Marvin Gaye, David Bowie, Whitney Houston, Stevie Ray Vaughan, 2Pac, XXXTentacion and The Notorious B.I.G.
 
Before he died, Jim Reeves had recorded more than a hundred demos as well as several completed songs that remained unreleased. After he died, Mary Reeves, his widow, became the manager of his posthumous career and began releasing many of those demos and songs. The demos, of course, had instrumentation added.

In a 2011 story about Jim Reeves' heirs and Mary's second husband – she died in 1999 – battling over distribution of royalty payments, Anita Wadhwani, an investigative reporter for The Tennessean, revealed that Mary "earned all the royalties from the music, including mechanical royalties for the reproduction of recordings in CD and album sales; performance royalties for the airing of Reeves' recordings on the radio; and writer royalties payable on songs written or co-written by Reeves that are performed by other artists." Those royalties ranged from $100,000 to $400,000 a year!
 
US Top 40 Singles Week Ending February 7, 1981


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

101
101
T.S. Monk
Bon Bon Vie
Mirage
3
2/21/81
#90
63

102
-
Jim Stafford
Cow Patti
Warner Bros.
1
-
102

103
-
The Talking Heads
Once In A Lifetime
Sire
1
-
103

104
-
Night
Love On The Airwaves
Planet
1
2/21/81
#88
87

105
102
Patrice Rushen
Look Up
Elektra
3
-
102

106
107
A Taste Of Honey
Sukiyaki
Capitol
2
3/7/81
#83
3

107
108
Ambrosia
Outside
Full Moon (Warner Bros.)
2
-
102

108
-
Joel Diamond
Theme From Raging Bull
Motown
1
2/21/81
#88
82

109
109
Tommy Dee
Here Is My Love
A&M
5
-
107

110
-
Champaign
How 'Bout Us
Columbia
1
2/14/81
#84
12

Chart drops or busters:

TW LW Artist/Title
-- 103 Jackson Browne Hold On, Hold Out
-- 104 Roger Daltry Waiting For A Friend
-- 105 Moon Martin Love Gone Bad
89 106 Spyro Gyra Cafe Amore
-- 110 Nielsen / Pearson Two Lonely Nights

Comments:
  • "Sukiyaki" and "How 'Bout Us" are the clear winners this week.
  • I still can't believe "Once in a Lifetime" didn't break the 100.

Playlist:
 
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January 28th, 1989:

10

39 31 THE ART OF NOISE featuring TOM JONES - KISS
36 DE GUNS N’ ROSES - PARADISE CITY
34 20 BANGLES - IN YOUR ROOM
29 39 MIKE + THE MECHANICS - THE LIVING YEARS
23 25 U2 - ANGEL OF HARLEM
21 19 JOAN JETT and the BLACKHEARTS - LITTLE LIAR
20 24 EDIE BRICKELL & NEW BOHEMIANS - WHAT I AM
15 07 MICHAEL JACKSON - SMOOTH CRIMINAL
11 16 STEVE WINWOOD - HOLDING ON
09 15 TONE-LŌC - WILD THING


February 7, 1981:

17

40. AC/DC - Back in Black (NEW!)
38. Donnie Iris - Ah Leah (NEW!)
34. Police - De Do Do Do De Da Da Da
32. Bruce Springsteen - Hungry Heart
30. Pat Benatar - Treat Me Right
29. Alan Parsons Project - Games People Play
16. ABBA - The Winner Takes It All
14. Boz Scaggs - Miss Sun
13. REO Speedwagon - Keep on Loving You
12. Dan Fogelberg - Same Old Lang Syne
11. Steely Dan - Hey Nineteen
10. Delbert McClinton - Giving It Up for Your Love
8. John Lennon - Woman
6. John Lennon - (Just Like) Starting Over
4. Dolly Parton - 9 to 5
2. Blondie - The Tide Is High
1. Kool & The Gang - Celebration

I think it goes without saying that Celebration has worn out it's welcome about a million times over. But it was good for about a week.
 
FEB 1982

EARLIER
Hall & Oates "Private Eyes"
ONJ "Physical"
Hall & Oates "I Can't Go For That"

J Geils "Centerfold"

LATER
Joan Jett "I Love Rock"
Vangelis "Chariots Of Fire"
Stevie/Paul "Ebony & Ivory"
 
February 13, 1982:
40. Quincy Jones ft. James Ingram - One Hundred Ways (NEW!)
39. Joan Jett & The Blackhearts - I Love Rock N Roll (NEW!)
38. Donnie Iris - Love Is Like a Rock (NEW!)
37. Pointer Sisters - Should I Do It (NEW!)
36. Oak Ridge Boys - Bobbie Sue (NEW!)
35. ABBA - When All Is Said and Done
34. Rod Stewart - Tonight I'm Yours (Don't Hurt Me) (NEW!)
33. Del Shannon - Sea of Love
32. Cliff Richard - Daddy's Home
31. Go Go's - We Got the Beat (NEW!)
30. Eddie Schwartz - All Our Tomorrows
29. Loverboy - Working for the Weekend
28. Genesis - Abacab
27. Earth Wind & Fire - Let's Groove
26. Bertie Higgins - Key Largo
25. Police - Spirits in the Material World
24. Buckner & Garcia - Pac-Man Fever
23. Barry Manilow - Somewhere Down the Road
22. Stevie Wonder - That Girl
21. Alabama - Love in the First Degree
20. Rick Springfield - Love is Alright Tonite
19. Diana Ross - Mirror Mirror
18. Kenny Rogers - Through the Years
17. Sheena Easton - You Could Have Been with Me
16. Stevie Nicks & Don Henley - Leather and Lace
15. Royal Philharmonic Orchestra - Hooked on Classics
14. Little River Band - Take It Easy on Me
13. Rolling Stones - Waiting for a Friend
12. Dan Fogelberg - Leader of the Band
11. Paul Davis - Cool Night
10. Air Supply - Sweet Dreams
9. Foreigner - Waiting for a Girl Like You
8. Olivia Newton-John - Physical
7. Juice Newton - The Sweetest Thing (I've Ever Known)
6. Cars - Shake It Up
5. George Benson - Turn Your Love Around
4. Journey - Open Arms
3. Quarterflash - Harden My Heart
2. Daryl Hall & John Oates - I Can't Go for That (No Can Do)
1. J. Geils Band - Centerfold

@everyone, what are the good, ok and bad songs of February 13, 1982?
 
Repeat countdown.

This week's drops:
(40) 92. I WOULDN'T HAVE MISSED IT FOR THE WORLD - RONNIE MILSAP
(38) 84. SHE'S GOT A WAY - BILLY JOEL
(37) 83. YOUNG TURKS - ROD STEWART
(34) 82. SOMEONE COULD LOSE A HEART TONIGHT - EDDIE RABBIT
(18) 56. COME GO WITH ME - THE BEACH BOYS
(24) 52. TROUBLE - LINDSEY BUCKINGHAM
(20) 41. COMIN' IN AND OUT OF YOUR LIFE - BARBRA STREISAND

Next week: 1986
 
30 good/ok for 1982:

39. Joan Jett & The Blackhearts - I Love Rock N Roll (NEW!)
37. Pointer Sisters - Should I Do It (NEW!)
36. Oak Ridge Boys - Bobbie Sue (NEW!)
35. ABBA - When All Is Said and Done
34. Rod Stewart - Tonight I'm Yours (Don't Hurt Me) (NEW!)
31. Go Go's - We Got the Beat (NEW!)
30. Eddie Schwartz - All Our Tomorrows
29. Loverboy - Working for the Weekend
28. Genesis - Abacab
26. Bertie Higgins - Key Largo (heard this only on countdowns. It has grown on me)
25. Police - Spirits in the Material World
24. Buckner & Garcia - Pac-Man Fever
21. Alabama - Love in the First Degree
20. Rick Springfield - Love is Alright Tonite
18. Kenny Rogers - Through the Years
16. Stevie Nicks & Don Henley - Leather and Lace
15. Royal Philharmonic Orchestra - Hooked on Classics
14. Little River Band - Take It Easy on Me
13. Rolling Stones - Waiting for a Friend
12. Dan Fogelberg - Leader of the Band
11. Paul Davis - Cool Night
10. Air Supply - Sweet Dreams
9. Foreigner - Waiting for a Girl Like You
8. Olivia Newton-John - Physical
7. Juice Newton - The Sweetest Thing (I've Ever Known)
6. Cars - Shake It Up
4. Journey - Open Arms
3. Quarterflash - Harden My Heart
2. Daryl Hall & John Oates - I Can't Go for That (No Can Do)
1. J. Geils Band - Centerfold
 
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