1 MY GUY –•– Mary Wells
2 HELLO, DOLLY –•– Louis Armstrong
3 LOVE ME DO –•– The Beatles
4 BITS AND PIECES –•– The Dave Clark Five
5 DO YOU WANT TO KNOW A SECRET –•– The Beatles
Only two Beatles songs in the Top 5 that week, but they’d make up for it later.
1 Captain and Tennille Love Will Keep Us Together
2 Glen Campbell Rhinestone Cowboy
3 Elton John Philadelphia Freedom
4 Freddy Fender Before the Next Teardrop Falls
5 Frankie Valli My Eyes Adored You
ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE-The Beatles
LIGHT MY FIRE-The Doors
PLEASANT VALLEY SUNDAY-Monkees
I WAS MADE TO LOVE HER-Stevie Wonder
BABY I LOVE YOU-Aretha Franklin
End of 1983, ranked out of 5 stars. No links, since I’m at work.
1) “Say Say Say” – Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson
… Didn’t care for it then, but appreciate Jackson’s singing more now. ** then, **1/2 now 2) “Say it Isn’t So” – Hall & Oates
… Not my favorite of theirs – needed higher tempo, more synths. ** then and now 3) “Union of the Snake” – Duran Duran
… My sister liked them, so I couldn’t like them then; now, it’s okay. ** then, *** now 4) “Owner of a Lonely Heart” – Yes
… The synth stings and drums were so cool then! Now, meh. **** then, **1/2 now 5) “All Night Long (All Night)” – Lionel Richie
… “Middle of the road? Man, it stanks! / Let’s run over Lionel Richie with a tank” – slightly anachronistic, but appropriate. ** then and now
“US Top 40 Singles For The Week December 14, 1991”:
1 BLACK OR WHITE –– Michael Jackson
2 IT’S SO HARD TO SAY GOODBYE TO YESTERDAY –– Boyz II Men
3 SET ADRIFT ON MEMORY BLISS –– P.M. Dawn
4 WHEN A MAN LOVES A WOMAN –– Michael Bolton
5 ALL 4 LOVE –– Color Me Badd
I’m another person who just wasn’t into music at age 12. Now I see why!
You know what the weird part is about these lists? They are only five songs but most of the time I either don’t remember or have never heard of one or two of them. What does that say about “Classic Rock” station playlists?
1 BLUE VELVET –•– Bobby Vinton
2 SALLY, GO ‘ROUND THE ROSES –•– The Jaynetts
3 BE MY BABY –•– The Ronettes
4 HEAT WAVE –•– Martha and the Vandellas
5 MY BOYFRIEND’S BACK –•– The Angels
1 BAD GIRLS-DONNA SUMMER
2 Good Times-Chic
3 Ring My Bell-Anita Ward
4 The Main Event/Fight-Barbra Streisand
5 Gold-John Stewart
Gaaah…that’s a poor selection of songs…
Oh my goodness, OP, I was an avid Top 40 with Casey Kasem listener from 1975-1985 and this list takes me back. I would have been 12 in 1980:
Another One Bites the Dust #1. I totally remember when that came out – it was edgy and dangerous!
Here we go – I remember all of these like it was yesterday.
1 1 ANOTHER ONE BITES THE DUST –•– Queen (Elektra)-9 (2 weeks at #1) (1)
2 7 WOMAN IN LOVE –•– Barbra Streisand (Columbia)-6 (2)
3 3 UPSIDE DOWN –•– Diana Ross (Motown)-14 (1)
4 2 ALL OUT OF LOVE –•– Air Supply (Arista)-18 (2)
5 5 DRIVIN’ MY LIFE AWAY –•– Eddie Rabbitt (Elektra)-17 (5)****
Week ending 4 September 1978
1 BOOGIE OOGIE OOGIE –•– A Taste Of Honey (Capitol) -12 (1 week at #1) (1)
2 THREE TIMES A LADY –•– The Commodores (Motown) -13 (1)
3 HOT BLOODED –•– Foreigner (Atlantic) -11 (3)
4 HOPELESSLY DEVOTED TO YOU –•– Olivia Newton-John (RSO) -10 (4)
5 KISS YOU ALL OVER –•– Exile (Warner Brothers / Curb) -10 (5)
6 GREASE –•– Frankie Valli (RSO) -16 (1)
7 AN EVERLASTING LOVE –•– Andy Gibb (RSO) -9 (7)
8 SUMMER NIGHTS –•– John Travolta, Olivia Newton-John and Cast (RSO) -6 (8)
9 SHAME –•– Evelyn “Champagne” King (RCA) -13 (9)
10 GOT TO GET YOU INTO MY LIFE –•– Earth, Wind and Fire (Columbia) -8 (10)
I’m just glad it wasn’t Cher (though that song did get to #1).
And the bonus question of #1 when I was born…Bright Eyes (the theme from Watership Down). Set the tone nicely.
1 2 LADY –•– Kenny Rogers (Liberty)-7 (1 week at #1) (1)
2 1 WOMAN IN LOVE –•– Barbra Streisand (Columbia)-11 (1)
3 5 THE WANDERER –•– Donna Summer (Geffen)-9 (3)
4 4 ANOTHER ONE BITES THE DUST –•– Queen (Elektra)-14 (1)
5 6 I’M COMING OUT –•– Diana Ross (Motown)-7 (5)
Dreck, dreck, unmemorable, meh (probably my least favorite Queen hit), dreck.