I like Masterblaster Jammin, one of Stevie Wonder's best songs, the cover in 2000 by DJ Luck and MC Neat I like too.

 

XTC in the chart, I only know the excellent 'Senses Working Overtime' by them.

 

 

Masterblaster's a great song.

 

Making Plans For Nigel is arguably XTC's best song.

I like Masterblaster Jammin, one of Stevie Wonder's best songs, the cover in 2000 by DJ Luck and MC Neat I like too.

 

XTC in the chart, I only know the excellent 'Senses Working Overtime' by them.

 

All Out Of Love is a very good ballad, there was a rather cheesy eurodance cover of it in 2003 which I quite like too but it only just made top 40.

 

 

Masterblaster is fab, very Bob Marley, XTC's best track by some distance is Making Plans For Nigel, but they were always interesting, even when they weren't having hits. I've prob heard those covers but they don't ring a bell.... :)

30th September 1980

 

It's 2 weeks on top for The Police as Split-Enz peak at 2 with the fab I Got You. The Brothers Finn would eventually top my chart with Don't Dream It's Over as Crowded House. Madness get a 3rd top 5 in a row, Diana Ross makes it two Chic top 10's, and Ottawan dance in at 8 with D.I.S.C.O, already a huge European hit. Cheesy in a fun way. In at 24, Black Slate bring some cool reggae in with Amigo, one of those many forgotten reggae tracks that never gets oldies plays. Unless your name is Bob Marley, pretty much it's like you don't exist anymore, very annoyingly. For instance, it's as good as Three Little Birds which is world famous and at 30 in my charts.

 

Man Tran make it 4 years of chart hits since Tuxedo Junction, in at 44 and there's nothing you can do about it, while I've gotta pull myself together as The Nolans start making decent pop tracks and enter at 45. At 50, The Specials return with their best track since Gangsters, the under-rated Stereotypes at 50, with the immortal line "he drinks his age in pints". Leo Sayer has a quick follow-up as one drops out, Kate Bush is beside herself with excitement as Army Dreamers pulls in ahead of Babooshka, both of them very different and very fab, and at 69, Thin Lizzy pull out their best single in 3 years with the menacing Killer On The Loose giving them a 7-year-run since Whisky In The Jar.

 

Showaddywaddy revamp another rock 'n' roll-era golden oldie, for a solid 5 years of doing the same after a year when they had original material (which I preferred). Donna Summer has a new track called The Wanderer (not The Dion song) but shoulda gone for a better album The Wanderer track I recently charted in remixed form, Grand Illusion, which sounds far more experimental, nothing like Donna Summer, and way more interesting. Linx debut at 74 with the utterly fab You're Lying, Brit soul as good as any American soul for the future pop star David Grant, and The Pointer Sisters are still looking for a proper UK breakthrough 8 years after their US career hit the bigger time, with He's So Shy at 75.

 

 

1 ( 1 ) DON’T STAND SO CLOSE TO ME The Police

2 ( 8 ) I GOT YOU Split-Enz

3 ( 3 ) ANOTHER ONE BITES THE DUST Queen

4 ( 9 ) BAGGY TROUSERS Madness

5 ( 5 ) MASTERBLASTER (JAMMIN’) Stevie Wonder

6 ( 2 ) ASHES TO ASHES David Bowie

7 ( 15 ) MY OLD PIANO Diana Ross

8 ( NEW ) D.I.S.C.O. Ottawan

9 ( 4 ) IT’S ONLY LOVE Elvis Presley

10 ( 7 ) THE WINNER TAKES IT ALL Abba

 

11 ( 11 ) ONE DAY I’LL FLY AWAY Randy Crawford

12 ( 6 ) I DIE YOU DIE Gary Numan

13 ( 16 ) ROCK AND ROLL PART 2 Gary Glitter

14 ( 12 ) START The Jam

15 ( 20 ) GENERALS & MAJORS XTC

16 ( 10 ) PARANOID Black Sabbath

17 ( 29 ) SEARCHING Change featuring Luther Vandross

18 ( 26 ) TEMPORARY SECRETARY Paul McCartney

19 ( 13 ) MAGIC Olivia Newton-John

20 ( 24 ) ALL OUT OF LOVE Air Supply

 

21 ( 22 ) FAME Irene Cara

22 ( 14 ) MISUNDERSTANDING Genesis

23 ( 31 ) TAKE THE LONG WAY HOME Supertramp

24 ( NEW ) AMIGO Black Slate

25 ( 28 ) I OWE YOU ONE Shalamar

26 ( 19 ) TOM HARK The Piranhas

27 ( 25 ) FEELS LIKE I’M IN LOVE Kelly Marie

28 ( 21 ) DREAMING Cliff Richard

29 ( 17 ) BEST FRIEND The Beat

30 ( 39 ) THREE LITTLE BIRDS Bob Marley And The Wailers

 

31 ( 18 ) A WALK IN THE PARK Nick Straker Band

32 ( 27 ) MODERN GIRL Sheena Easton

33 ( 23 ) SUNSHINE OF YOUR SMILE Mike Berry

34 ( 37 ) YOU SHOOK ME ALL NIGHT LONG AC/DC

35 ( 36 ) JOHNNY AND MARY Robert Palmer

36 ( 32 ) IT’S STILL ROCK ‘N’ ROLL TO ME Billy Joel

37 ( 41 ) IF YOU’RE LOOKING FOR A WAY OUT Odyssey

38 ( 33 ) EIGHTH DAY Hazel O’Connor

39 ( 34 ) XANADU Olivia Newton-John & The Electric Light Orchestra

40 ( 56 ) BE THANKFUL FOR WHAT YOU’VE GOT (1980 VERSION) William De Vaughan

 

41 ( 35 ) UPSIDE DOWN Diana Ross

42 ( 68 ) A WOMAN IN LOVE Barbra Streisand

43 ( 30 ) MEANINGLESS SONGS The Hee Bee Gee Bees

44 ( NEW ) NOTHING YOU CAN DO ABOUT IT Manhattan Transfer

45 ( NEW ) GOTTA PULL MYSELF TOGETHER The Nolans

46 ( 65 ) ARE EVERYTHING Buzzcocks

47 ( 47 ) TWO LITTLE BOYS Splodgenessabounds

48 ( 48 ) WATERFALLS Paul McCartney

49 ( 50 ) WHAT’S IN A KISS Gilbert O’Sullivan

50 ( NEW ) STEREOTYPES The Specials

 

51 ( 42 ) ALL OVER THE WORLD E.L.O.

52 ( 38 ) CIRCUS GAMES The Skids

53 ( 53 ) MONKEES EP (LAST TRAIN TO CLARKSVILLE/ I’M A BELIEVER/ A LITTLE BIT ME A LITTLE BIT YOU/ DAYDREAM BELIEVER) The Monkees

54 ( 54 ) GET IT RIGHT NEXT TIME Gerry Rafferty

55 ( 55 ) DON'T BRING ME DOWN E.L.O.

56 ( 75 ) THE QUARTER MOON The V.I.P.’s

57 ( 57 ) CRYING Don McLean

58 ( 58 ) MESSAGES Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark

59 ( 46 ) SARTORIAL ELOQUENCE Elton John

60 ( 60 ) NO DOUBT ABOUT IT Hot Chocolate

 

61 ( 49 ) GIVE ME THE NIGHT George Benson

62 ( 72 ) WAITING FOR THE WEEKEND The Vapors

63 ( NEW ) ONCE IN A WHILE Leo Sayer

64 ( 40 ) TASTE OF BITTER LOVE Gladys Knight

65 ( 43 ) BANKROBBER The Clash

66 ( 44 ) DON’T MAKE ME WAIT TOO LONG Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway

67 ( NEW ) ARMY DREAMERS Kate Bush

68 ( 59 ) BABOOSHKA Kate Bush

69 ( NEW ) KILLER ON THE LOOSE Thin Lizzy

70 ( NEW ) WHY DO LOVERS BREAK EACH OTHERS HEARTS Showaddywaddy

 

71 ( 45 ) MARIE MARIE Shakin’ Stevens

72 ( NEW ) THE WANDERER Donna Summer

73 ( 52 ) TOUCH AND GO The Cars

74 ( NEW ) YOU’RE LYING Linx

75 ( NEW ) HE’S SO SHY The Pointer Sisters

 

 

TV 27th Sept- Oct 3rd

1 Star Trek: The Ultimate Computer

2 M*A*S*H

3 Soap

4 Parkinson (Sat)

5 TISWAS

6 Top Of The Pops

7 Parkinson (Wed)

8 Rhoda

9 Happy Days

10 Clapperboard

11 Film ’80

12 Arthur C. Clarke’s Mysterious World

13 Butterflies

14 “Carry On Girls”

15 Doctor Who

I don't remember Gary Glitter being back in the Top 20 in 1980. Was it re-issued or something?

 

I actually preferred 1974 Showaddywaddy when they were doing their originals. You can't deny they were hugely popular with their re-makes though with one huge No.1, now a million-seller, and several No.2 and No.3's.

I don't remember Gary Glitter being back in the Top 20 in 1980. Was it re-issued or something?

 

I actually preferred 1974 Showaddywaddy when they were doing their originals. You can't deny they were hugely popular with their re-makes though with one huge No.1, now a million-seller, and several No.2 and No.3's.

 

Yes ol Glitter didn't make the UK top 40, but it was an EP re-issue of 4 tracks I think, that made it to 57. I think it had his big 3 rockers from 1973 on it too, but I cherry-picked his best track. Showaddywaddy did better with the oldies TBH (though I liked Hey Rock n Roll, hey Mr Christmas and they did well) as they bunged out a few duffs like Trocadero when they stopped doing the 50's/60's covers.

Yes ol Glitter didn't make the UK top 40, but it was an EP re-issue of 4 tracks I think, that made it to 57.

 

 

LOL. I keep confusing your chart with the official one. :o

Of course a Gary Glitter song was covered in 1987 and made the charts with A Little Boogie Woogie (In the Back of My Mind) by Shakin' Stevens, I really like Shakin' Stevens version of the song.

Hi there!

 

Nice to see "Don't Stand So Close To Me" at the top, as well as "D.I.S.C.O" in the top 10!

 

The big gain for "Woman In Love" is great, as are the debuts for "The Wanderer" and "He's So Shy"!

 

Great chart!

LOL. I keep confusing your chart with the official one. :o

 

hah! if only it was, my wildest dream would have been to have my personal charts as the official charts :lol:

Of course a Gary Glitter song was covered in 1987 and made the charts with A Little Boogie Woogie (In the Back of My Mind) by Shakin' Stevens, I really like Shakin' Stevens version of the song.

 

...and the plus side is they can still play the Shaky version!

Hi there!

 

Nice to see "Don't Stand So Close To Me" at the top, as well as "D.I.S.C.O" in the top 10!

 

The big gain for "Woman In Love" is great, as are the debuts for "The Wanderer" and "He's So Shy"!

 

Great chart!

 

Thanks Sergej, though DISCO was months behind your chart entry with it. better late than never! :lol:

7th October 1980

 

It's 3 weeks on top for The Police as Queen move into runners-up slot and Ottawan are threatening the D.I.S.C.O. as Another One Bites The Dust. Black Slate get their only top 10 with Amigo, and Change get a 2nd, with Luther Vandross having to wait until the 90's to get his 2nd top 10 credit. Babs Streisand leaps in the top 20 courtesy Barry Gibb, Linx shoot into the 40, You're Lying, oh no I'm not! Thin Lizzy also get a huge climb with Killer On The Loose, and it's a quiet week for new entries:

 

Gillan debut with a cover of Trouble, the band headed by Ian Gillan formerly of Deep Purple and Jesus in the original Jesus Christ Superstar both doing well 10 years earlier, as Matchbox keep their terrific little run of rockabilly with When You Ask About Love, a Crickets cover dating from 1959. Sweet People bring some instrumental musak with tweeting on it. Clearly looking into the Internet future there, as tweeting was destined to get even more annoying than this record after a few plays. Dave Edmunds is also 10 years into his career, with Wrong Way, and The Motors return with Metropolis, both Dave & Motors former chart-toppers.

 

 

1 ( 1 ) DON’T STAND SO CLOSE TO ME The Police

2 ( 3 ) ANOTHER ONE BITES THE DUST Queen

3 ( 8 ) D.I.S.C.O. Ottawan

4 ( 5 ) MASTERBLASTER (JAMMIN’) Stevie Wonder

5 ( 7 ) MY OLD PIANO Diana Ross

6 ( 4 ) BAGGY TROUSERS Madness

7 ( 2 ) I GOT YOU Split-Enz

8 ( 24 ) AMIGO Black Slate

9 ( 17 ) SEARCHING Change featuring Luther Vandross

10 ( 6 ) ASHES TO ASHES David Bowie

11 ( 9 ) IT’S ONLY LOVE Elvis Presley

12 ( 23 ) TAKE THE LONG WAY HOME Supertramp

13 ( 10 ) THE WINNER TAKES IT ALL Abba

14 ( 18 ) TEMPORARY SECRETARY Paul McCartney

15 ( 20 ) ALL OUT OF LOVE Air Supply

16 ( 25 ) I OWE YOU ONE Shalamar

17 ( 15 ) GENERALS & MAJORS XTC

18 ( 42 ) A WOMAN IN LOVE Barbra Streisand

19 ( 16 ) PARANOID Black Sabbath

20 ( 11 ) ONE DAY I’LL FLY AWAY Randy Crawford

 

21 ( 12 ) I DIE YOU DIE Gary Numan

22 ( 30 ) THREE LITTLE BIRDS Bob Marley And The Wailers

23 ( 74 ) YOU’RE LYING Linx

24 ( 13 ) ROCK AND ROLL PART 2/I’M THE LEADER OF THE GANG EP Gary Glitter

25 ( 44 ) NOTHING YOU CAN DO ABOUT IT Manhattan Transfer

26 ( 19 ) MAGIC Olivia Newton-John

27 ( 14 ) START The Jam

28 ( 49 ) WHAT’S IN A KISS Gilbert O’Sullivan

29 ( 45 ) GOTTA PULL MYSELF TOGETHER The Nolans

30 ( 37 ) IF YOU’RE LOOKING FOR A WAY OUT Odyssey

 

31 ( 22 ) MISUNDERSTANDING Genesis

32 ( 27 ) FEELS LIKE I’M IN LOVE Kelly Marie

33 ( 69 ) KILLER ON THE LOOSE Thin Lizzy

34 ( 21 ) FAME Irene Cara

35 ( 40 ) BE THANKFUL FOR WHAT YOU’VE GOT (1980 VERSION) William De Vaughan

36 ( 26 ) TOM HARK The Piranhas

37 ( 36 ) IT’S STILL ROCK ‘N’ ROLL TO ME Billy Joel

38 ( 32 ) MODERN GIRL Sheena Easton

39 ( 28 ) DREAMING Cliff Richard

40 ( 50 ) STEREOTYPES The Specials

 

41 ( 29 ) BEST FRIEND The Beat

42 ( 31 ) A WALK IN THE PARK Nick Straker Band

43 ( 39 ) XANADU Olivia Newton-John & The Electric Light Orchestra

44 ( 41 ) UPSIDE DOWN Diana Ross

45 ( 33 ) SUNSHINE OF YOUR SMILE Mike Berry

46 ( 38 ) EIGHTH DAY Hazel O’Connor

47 ( NEW ) TROUBLE Gillan

48 ( NEW ) WHEN YOU ASK ABOUT LOVE Matchbox

49 ( 48 ) WATERFALLS Paul McCartney

50 ( 75 ) HE’S SO SHY The Pointer Sisters

 

51 ( 53 ) MONKEES EP (LAST TRAIN TO CLARKSVILLE/ I’M A BELIEVER/ A LITTLE BIT ME A LITTLE BIT YOU/ DAYDREAM BELIEVER) The Monkees

52 ( 54 ) GET IT RIGHT NEXT TIME Gerry Rafferty

53 ( 55 ) DON'T BRING ME DOWN E.L.O.

54 ( 35 ) JOHNNY AND MARY Robert Palmer

55 ( 67 ) ARMY DREAMERS Kate Bush

56 ( 63 ) ONCE IN A WHILE Leo Sayer

57 ( 60 ) NO DOUBT ABOUT IT Hot Chocolate

58 ( 57 ) CRYING Don McLean

59 ( 58 ) MESSAGES Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark

60 ( NEW ) AND THE BIRDS WERE SINGING Sweet People

 

61 ( 51 ) ALL OVER THE WORLD E.L.O.

62 ( 34 ) YOU SHOOK ME ALL NIGHT LONG AC/DC

63 ( 59 ) SARTORIAL ELOQUENCE Elton John

64 ( 70 ) WHY DO LOVERS BREAK EACH OTHERS HEARTS Showaddywaddy

65 ( 72 ) THE WANDERER Donna Summer

66 ( 61 ) GIVE ME THE NIGHT George Benson

67 ( NEW ) WRONG WAY Dave Edmunds’ Rockpile

68 ( 43 ) MEANINGLESS SONGS The Hee Bee Gee Bees

69 ( 52 ) CIRCUS GAMES The Skids

70 ( 46 ) ARE EVERYTHING Buzzcocks

 

71 ( 47 ) TWO LITTLE BOYS Splodgenessabounds

72 ( NEW ) METROPOLIS The Motors

73 ( 62 ) WAITING FOR THE WEEKEND The Vapors

74 ( 68 ) BABOOSHKA Kate Bush

75 ( 65 ) BANKROBBER The Clash

 

 

 

TV Oct 4th - 10th

 

1 Star Trek: Friday’s Child

2 M*A*S*H

3 25 Years Of Rock ‘n’ Roll

4 Soap (Thurs)

5 Soap (Fri)

6 Top Of The Pops

7 Police In The East

8 Friday Night Saturday Morning: Tim Rice, Allan Clarke, David Bowie

9 At The Manor

10 Rhoda

 

11 Film ’80

12 Tomorrow’s World

13 Horizon

14 Butterflies

15 Arthur C. Clarke’s Mysterious World

16 Where Are They Now?

17 Buck Rogers In The 25th Century

18 Blankety Blank

19 Man Alive

20 Parkinson

it's a wet day so here's a new oldies chart..

 

14th October 1980

 

It's 4 weeks on top for The Police, leaving Queen biting the dust at 2 still, but Madness pull up their Baggy Trousers to 3 - I've been watching Youtube interviews of the lad reflecting on their life before and during this period, all fascinating. The Specials shoot up the Stereotypes to 4 for a bit of a ska-reggae top 5. Highest new entry is the 1969 classic theme from Midnight Cowboy, selling again in 1980 - John Barry's harmonica instrumental is just gorgeous, and in at 6. Thin Lizzy get a 4th top 10 as Killer On The Loose stalks, and Kate Bush's Army Dreamers also stalk at 15, up 40 places in a busy week.

 

Coffee have a disco Casanova in at 16, The Quo are back with another biggie as What You're Proposing takes my fancy at 29. Tha Cars are also driving back in, and it's Touch And Go, Bad Manners have a Special Brew and a big hit a few months ahead of me reviewing their gig in Lincoln for Record Mirror. OMD debut with a 2nd hit, Enola Gay being all about the Atomic Bomb plane, and it's back this very week (June 2021) in the Sales Chart following more vinyl re-issues after doing pretty well for OMD during lockdown this year, and online gigs and back-catalogue reviews.

 

George Benson is continuing his run of cool souldance, longtime friends Cliff & Livvie get together on the Xanadu soundtrack Suddenly, actually a lovely duet, tastefully subtle, and another soundtrack single from Irene Cara, Out Here On MY Own being an emotional piano ballad from a stark moment in Fame. Again, 2 years ahead of making the UK charts. Finally The Gap Band row back, and XTC sing the praises of a London landmark with ravens. Sort of.

 

 

1 ( 1 ) DON’T STAND SO CLOSE TO ME The Police

2 ( 2 ) ANOTHER ONE BITES THE DUST Queen

3 ( 6 ) BAGGY TROUSERS Madness

4 ( 40 ) STEREOTYPES The Specials

5 ( 3 ) D.I.S.C.O. Ottawan

6 ( NEW ) THEME FROM “MIDNIGHT COWBOY” John Barry

7 ( 5 ) MY OLD PIANO Diana Ross

8 ( 7 ) I GOT YOU Split-Enz

9 ( 8 ) AMIGO Black Slate

10 ( 33 ) KILLER ON THE LOOSE Thin Lizzy

 

11 ( 4 ) MASTERBLASTER (JAMMIN’) Stevie Wonder

12 ( 9 ) SEARCHING Change featuring Luther Vandross

13 ( 10 ) ASHES TO ASHES David Bowie

14 ( 15 ) ALL OUT OF LOVE Air Supply

15 ( 55 ) ARMY DREAMERS Kate Bush

16 ( NEW ) CASANOVA Coffee

17 ( 23 ) YOU’RE LYING Linx

18 ( 18 ) A WOMAN IN LOVE Barbra Streisand

19 ( 13 ) THE WINNER TAKES IT ALL Abba

20 ( 11 ) IT’S ONLY LOVE Elvis Presley

 

21 ( 12 ) TAKE THE LONG WAY HOME Supertramp

22 ( 48 ) WHEN YOU ASK ABOUT LOVE Matchbox

23 ( 60 ) AND THE BIRDS WERE SINGING Sweet People

24 ( 29 ) GOTTA PULL MYSELF TOGETHER The Nolans

25 ( 17 ) GENERALS & MAJORS XTC

26 ( 28 ) WHAT’S IN A KISS Gilbert O’Sullivan

27 ( 14 ) TEMPORARY SECRETARY Paul McCartney

28 ( 30 ) IF YOU’RE LOOKING FOR A WAY OUT Odyssey

29 ( NEW ) WHAT YOU’RE PROPOSING Status Quo

30 ( 19 ) PARANOID Black Sabbath

 

31 ( 25 ) NOTHING YOU CAN DO ABOUT IT Manhattan Transfer

32 ( 16 ) I OWE YOU ONE Shalamar

33 ( 47 ) TROUBLE Gillan

34 ( NEW ) TOUCH AND GO The Cars

35 ( 21 ) I DIE YOU DIE Gary Numan

36 ( 26 ) MAGIC Olivia Newton-John

37 ( NEW ) SPECIAL BREW Bad Manners

38 ( NEW ) ENOLA GAY Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark

39 ( 22 ) THREE LITTLE BIRDS Bob Marley And The Wailers

40 ( 20 ) ONE DAY I’LL FLY AWAY Randy Crawford

 

41 ( 32 ) FEELS LIKE I’M IN LOVE Kelly Marie

42 ( 27 ) START The Jam

43 ( NEW ) AM I NORMAL? Eye To Eye

44 ( 35 ) BE THANKFUL FOR WHAT YOU’VE GOT (1980 VERSION) William De Vaughan

45 ( 24 ) ROCK AND ROLL PART 2/I’M THE LEADER OF THE GANG EP Gary Glitter

46 ( 50 ) HE’S SO SHY The Pointer Sisters

47 ( 43 ) XANADU Olivia Newton-John & The Electric Light Orchestra

48 ( 31 ) MISUNDERSTANDING Genesis

49 ( 37 ) IT’S STILL ROCK ‘N’ ROLL TO ME Billy Joel

50 ( NEW ) LOVE X LOVE George Benson

 

51 ( 34 ) FAME Irene Cara

52 ( 36 ) TOM HARK The Piranhas

53 ( NEW ) SUDDENLY Cliff Richard & Olivia Newton-John

54 ( NEW ) OUT HERE ON MY OWN Irene Cara

55 ( 51 ) MONKEES EP (LAST TRAIN TO CLARKSVILLE/ I’M A BELIEVER/ A LITTLE BIT ME A LITTLE BIT YOU/ DAYDREAM BELIEVER) The Monkees

56 ( 52 ) GET IT RIGHT NEXT TIME Gerry Rafferty

57 ( 53 ) DON'T BRING ME DOWN E.L.O.

58 ( 49 ) WATERFALLS Paul McCartney

59 ( 64 ) WHY DO LOVERS BREAK EACH OTHERS HEARTS Showaddywaddy

60 ( 65 ) THE WANDERER Donna Summer

 

61 ( 44 ) UPSIDE DOWN Diana Ross

62 ( 57 ) NO DOUBT ABOUT IT Hot Chocolate

63 ( 58 ) CRYING Don McLean

64 ( 59 ) MESSAGES Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark

65 ( NEW ) DON’T LOOK DOWN The Planets

66 ( 38 ) MODERN GIRL Sheena Easton

67 ( 39 ) DREAMING Cliff Richard

68 ( 45 ) SUNSHINE OF YOUR SMILE Mike Berry

69 ( 72 ) METROPOLIS The Motors

70 ( NEW ) TOWERS OF LONDON XTC

 

71 ( 63 ) SARTORIAL ELOQUENCE Elton John

72 ( 42 ) A WALK IN THE PARK Nick Straker Band

73 ( 41 ) BEST FRIEND The Beat

74 ( NEW ) PARTY LIGHTS The Gap Band

75 ( 67 ) WRONG WAY Dave Edmunds’ Rockpile

 

 

TV Week Oct 11th-17th

1 Star Trek: Assignment Earth

2 Soap

3 M*A*S*H

4 Soap (Thurs)

5 Top Of The Pops

6 Rhoda

7 Best Of British

8 Tiswas

9 Arthur C. Clarke’s Mysterious World

10 Buck Rogers In The 25th Century

 

11 The Goodies

12 Film ’80

13 A Question Of Sex

14 Butterflies

15 Parkinson

16 It Ain’t Half Hot Mum

17 Question Time

18 THe Benny Hill Show

19 The Muppet Show

20 The Old Grey Whistle Test

21st October 1980

 

It's a 5th and final week on top for The Police, but they'll be back with more chart-toppers - had I been charting album tracks back then, Canary In A Coalmine and When The World Is Running Down would be featuring too, along with a couple of Madness tracks. It's a second top 10 for Air Supply, as All Out Of Love hits 2, and Status Quo keep the top 10's going - What You're Proposing makes it one each year since 1973, except for 1978. Barbra Streisand meanwhile gets her 4th in 9 years with the Barry Gibb song, and Kate Bush gets her 6th.

 

Bad Manners make it 3 top 20's, OMD 2, and Gilbert O'Sullivan his first since 1974, his 7th. Highest new entry is Teena Marie's second fab disco track I Need Your Loving, just ahead of the Stones complaining She's So Cold. Turn up the heating then! It's a significant debut at 40 for growing pop sensation Adam Ant & His band, all Burundi drum beats with Dog Eat Dog. Malcolm McLaren had nicked his band and sound for Bow Wow Wow so I guess you could call this payback. New at 49, The Jacksons still have Michael to pull in the punters, with Lovely One, and Earth, Wind & Fire want to Let Me Talk. I agree.

 

Manfred Mann's Earthband start to reach the end of the chart road after 7 years, with Through The 80's not exactly being prophetic for them, so 7 years was about it, unless you count actual Manfred Mann in which case it's 12 official years, or 16 since I first liked one of their records - 5,4,3,2,1. The Tourists also draw in on the end of their chart run, but fret not, Eurythmics aren't too far away, and they were way better. The new Ultravox line-up debuts - with former Slik/Rich Kid Midge Ure on lead, Passing Strangers being the start of a very long run of success for Midge in the decade, some of them in further guises. Finally, The Kurtis Blow keeps a bit of rap in the chart at a time when it seemed like the novelty had already worn off and it was a passing fad. Think again!

 

1 ( 1 ) DON’T STAND SO CLOSE TO ME The Police

2 ( 14 ) ALL OUT OF LOVE Air Supply

3 ( 4 ) STEREOTYPES The Specials

4 ( 3 ) BAGGY TROUSERS Madness

5 ( 29 ) WHAT YOU’RE PROPOSING Status Quo

6 ( 2 ) ANOTHER ONE BITES THE DUST Queen

7 ( 10 ) KILLER ON THE LOOSE Thin Lizzy

8 ( 5 ) D.I.S.C.O. Ottawan

9 ( 18 ) A WOMAN IN LOVE Barbra Streisand

10 ( 15 ) ARMY DREAMERS Kate Bush

 

11 ( 7 ) MY OLD PIANO Diana Ross

12 ( 11 ) MASTERBLASTER (JAMMIN’) Stevie Wonder

13 ( 37 ) SPECIAL BREW Bad Manners

14 ( 17 ) YOU’RE LYING Linx

15 ( 8 ) I GOT YOU Split-Enz

16 ( 16 ) CASANOVA Coffee

17 ( 13 ) ASHES TO ASHES David Bowie

18 ( 12 ) SEARCHING Change featuring Luther Vandross

19 ( 38 ) ENOLA GAY Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark

20 ( 26 ) WHAT’S IN A KISS Gilbert O’Sullivan

 

21 ( 24 ) GOTTA PULL MYSELF TOGETHER The Nolans

22 ( 6 ) THEME FROM “MIDNIGHT COWBOY” John Barry (Original Soundtrack)

23 ( 19 ) THE WINNER TAKES IT ALL Abba

24 ( 9 ) AMIGO Black Slate

25 ( 28 ) IF YOU’RE LOOKING FOR A WAY OUT Odyssey

26 ( 50 ) LOVE X LOVE George Benson

27 ( 34 ) TOUCH AND GO The Cars

28 ( 23 ) AND THE BIRDS WERE SINGING Sweet People

29 ( 22 ) WHEN YOU ASK ABOUT LOVE Matchbox

30 ( NEW ) I NEED YOUR LOVING Teena Marie

 

31 ( NEW ) SHE’S SO COLD The Rolling Stones

32 ( 33 ) TROUBLE Gillan

33 ( 21 ) TAKE THE LONG WAY HOME Supertramp

34 ( 20 ) IT’S ONLY LOVE Elvis Presley

35 ( 54 ) OUT HERE ON MY OWN Irene Cara

36 ( 53 ) SUDDENLY Cliff Richard & Olivia Newton-John

37 ( 65 ) DON’T LOOK DOWN The Planets

38 ( 46 ) HE’S SO SHY The Pointer Sisters

39 ( 59 ) WHY DO LOVERS BREAK EACH OTHERS HEARTS Showaddywaddy

40 ( NEW ) DOG EAT DOG Adam & The Ants

 

41 ( 43 ) AM I NORMAL? Eye To Eye

42 ( 35 ) I DIE YOU DIE Gary Numan

43 ( 32 ) I OWE YOU ONE Shalamar

44 ( 39 ) THREE LITTLE BIRDS Bob Marley And The Wailers

45 ( 30 ) PARANOID Black Sabbath

46 ( 36 ) MAGIC Olivia Newton-John

47 ( 25 ) GENERALS & MAJORS XTC

48 ( 69 ) METROPOLIS The Motors

49 ( NEW ) LOVELY ONE The Jacksons

50 ( 40 ) ONE DAY I’LL FLY AWAY Randy Crawford

 

51 ( 27 ) TEMPORARY SECRETARY Paul McCartney

52 ( 31 ) NOTHING YOU CAN DO ABOUT IT Manhattan Transfer

53 ( 47 ) XANADU Olivia Newton-John & The Electric Light Orchestra

54 ( 70 ) TOWERS OF LONDON XTC

55 ( NEW ) DRIVING MY LIFE AWAY Eddie Rabbit

56 ( NEW ) LET ME TALK Earth, Wind & Fire

57 ( 55 ) MONKEES EP (LAST TRAIN TO CLARKSVILLE/ I’M A BELIEVER/ A LITTLE BIT ME A LITTLE BIT YOU/ DAYDREAM BELIEVER) The Monkees

58 ( 56 ) GET IT RIGHT NEXT TIME Gerry Rafferty

59 ( 57 ) DON'T BRING ME DOWN E.L.O.

60 ( 42 ) START The Jam

 

61 ( 60 ) THE WANDERER Donna Summer

62 ( 74 ) PARTY LIGHTS The Gap Band

63 ( NEW ) THROUGH THE 80’S Manfred Mann’s Earthband

64 ( 45 ) ROCK AND ROLL PART 2/I’M THE LEADER OF THE GANG EP Gary Glitter

65 ( 41 ) FEELS LIKE I’M IN LOVE Kelly Marie

66 ( 51 ) FAME Irene Cara

67 ( NEW ) DON’T SAY I TOLD YOU SO The Tourists

68 ( 62 ) NO DOUBT ABOUT IT Hot Chocolate

69 ( 64 ) MESSAGES Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark

70 ( 63 ) CRYING Don McLean

 

71 ( 58 ) WATERFALLS Paul McCartney

72 ( 61 ) UPSIDE DOWN Diana Ross

73 ( NEW ) WHOSE PROBLEM? The Motels

74 ( NEW ) THE BREAKS Kurtis Blow

75 ( NEW ) PASSING STRANGERS Ultravox

 

 

TV 18th-24th Oct 1980

1 Star Trek: Mirror Mirror

2 The New Avengers

3 Soap (Thurs)

4 Soap (Fri)

5 Top Of The Pops

6 Buck Rogers In The 25th Century

7 The Phil Silvers Show (Bilko)

8 The Goodies

9 “A Killing Affair”: film

10 Parkinson

11 Film ’80

12 Tiswas

13 Rhoda

14 Here Comes Channel 8

15 The World About Us