REO Speedwagon stay once again at the top with "Keep On Loving You" for a third week in a row, close competition comes from Visage with "Fade To Grey" at #3 and Styx's "The Best Of Times" at #4. Elsewhere Blondie's "Rapture" jumps into the top 10 at #10. The highest debut comes from Kool & The Gang's "Jones vs. Jones" at #32, other debuts come from Phil Seymour, Grover Washington, Jr. & Bill Withers and Terri Gibbs.

 

 

Sergej's Personal Chart from the 13th March 1981:

1 (1) REO Speedwagon - Keep On Loving You

2 (3) Dolly Parton - 9 To 5

3 (5) Visage - Fade To Grey

4 (7) Styx - The Best Of Times

5 (4) Barclay James Harvest - Life Is For Living

6 (2) Eddie Rabbitt - I Love A Rainy Night

7 (10) Don McLean - Crying

8 (9) The Boomtown Rats - Banana Republic

9 (8) Frank Duval & Orchestra - Angel Of Mine

10 (18) Blondie - Rapture

11 (13) Neil Diamond - Hello Again

12 (11) Kool & The Gang - Celebration

13 (23) Boney M. - Felicidad (Margherita)

14 (15) Queen - Flash

15 (19) John Lennon - (Just Like) Starting Over

16 (14) Stevie Wonder - I Ain't Gonna Stand For It

17 (24) Barbra Streisand & Barry Gibb - What Kind Of Fool

18 (6) Rainbow - I Surrender

19 (26) Robert Palmer - Johnny And Mary

20 (12) Delbert McClinton - Giving It Up For Your Love

21 (16) ABBA - Super Trouper

22 (17) John Lennon - Imagine

23 (22) Talking Heads - Once In A Lifetime

24 (27) Daryl Hall & John Oates - Kiss On My List

25 (29) The Alan Parsons Project - Games People Play

26 (31) Cliff Richard - A Little In Love

27 (32) Pat Benatar - Treat Me Right

28 (34) John Lennon - Woman

29 (33) Randy Meisner - Hearts On Fire

30 (35) Secret Service - Ye-si-ca

31 (36) Bruce Springsteen - Fade Away

32 (NE) Kool And The Gang - Jones vs. Jones

33 (38) Steve Winwood - While You See A Chance

34 (39) The Police - Don't Stand So Close To Me

35 (37) Leo Sayer - Living In A Fantasy

36 (40) Sheena Easton - Morning Train (Nine To Five)

37 (RE) Ronnie Milsap - Smoky Mountain Rain

38 (NE) Phil Seymour - Precious To Me

39 (NE) Grover Washington, Jr. & Bill Withers - Just The Two Of Us

40 (NE) Terri Gibbs - Somebody's Knockin'

The three-week reign of REO Speedwagon's "Keep On Loving You" has ended by the new #1: "Fade To Grey" by Visage, this very unique hit has hit the top. Styx is eyeing for their first #1 hit with "The Best Of Times" now at #3, while Don McLean rises to #5 with "Crying". Elsewhere Blondie's "Rapture" climbs to #8 and Neil Diamond goes to the top 10 yet again with "Hello Again" at #10. The highest debut comes from Duran Duran with "Planet Earth" at #30, other debuts come from Eric Clapton and Juice Newton.

 

 

Sergej's Personal Chart from the 20th March 1981:

1 (3) Visage - Fade To Grey

2 (1) REO Speedwagon - Keep On Loving You

3 (4) Styx - The Best Of Times

4 (2) Dolly Parton - 9 To 5

5 (7) Don McLean - Crying

6 (5) Barclay James Harvest - Life Is For Living

7 (8) The Boomtown Rats - Banana Republic

8 (10) Blondie - Rapture

9 (9) Frank Duval & Orchestra - Angel Of Mine

10 (11) Neil Diamond - Hello Again

11 (13) Boney M. - Felicidad (Margherita)

12 (6) Eddie Rabbitt - I Love A Rainy Night

13 (14) Queen - Flash

14 (17) Barbra Streisand & Barry Gibb - What Kind Of Fool

15 (30) Secret Service - Ye-Si-Ca

16 (16) Stevie Wonder - I Ain't Gonna Stand For It

17 (24) Daryl Hall & John Oates - Kiss On My List

18 (12) Kool & The Gang - Celebration

19 (33) Steve Winwood - While You See A Chance

20 (34) The Police - Don't Stand So Close To Me

21 (28) John Lennon - Woman

22 (23) Talking Heads - Once In A Lifetime

23 (26) Cliff Richard - A Little In Love

24 (32) Kool And The Gang - Jones vs. Jones

25 (27) Pat Benatar - Treat Me Right

26 (22) John Lennon - Imagine

27 (25) The Alan Parsons Project - Games People Play

28 (21) ABBA - Super Trouper

29 (31) Bruce Springsteen - Fade Away

30 (NE) Duran Duran - Planet Earth

31 (RE) Peter Maffay - Über Sieben Brücken Mußt Du Gehn (Over Seven Bridges You Must Go)

32 (36) Sheena Easton - Morning Train (Nine To Five)

33 (19) Robert Palmer - Johnny And Mary

34 (NE) Eric Clapton - I Can't Stand It

35 (39) Grover Washington, Jr. & Bill Withers - Just The Two Of Us

36 (40) Terri Gibbs - Somebody's Knockin'

37 (38) Phil Seymour - Precious To Me

38 (NE) Juice Newton - Angel Of The Morning

39 (18) Rainbow - I Surrender

40 (15) John Lennon - (Just Like) Starting Over

Blondie and Visage were big for me in 1981 love them still! Steve Winwood was under-appreciated in the UK sales-wise, and nice to see The Police sneaking in belatedly. Duran Duran fit in nicely with the huge New Romantic scene, and great to see Juice Newton enter, Angel Of The Morning is one I didn;t notice too much at the time but went big for when it topped my charts after it started the Deadpool movie off. Wow! What an intro! Brilliant record.

Blondie and Visage were big for me in 1981 love them still! Steve Winwood was under-appreciated in the UK sales-wise, and nice to see The Police sneaking in belatedly. Duran Duran fit in nicely with the huge New Romantic scene, and great to see Juice Newton enter, Angel Of The Morning is one I didn;t notice too much at the time but went big for when it topped my charts after it started the Deadpool movie off. Wow! What an intro! Brilliant record.

Hi John!

Glad that you like Blonde's and Visage's songs in the chart, Steve Winwood was a very underrated artist, knew him from listening to retro chart shows and I knew about his original "Higher Love", after it was sampled by Kygo & Whitney Houston and I'm also happy that you like the debuts for The Police, Duran Duran and Juice Newton!

Thank you for your comment.

Visage rule the chart with "Fade To Grey" for a second week in a row. Climbing behind them at #2 is Blondie with "Rapture" and Queen with "Flash" at #4, both jumping into the top 5. Also entering the top 10 are Grover Washington, Jr & Bill Withers with "Just The Two Of Us" at #9 and Daryl Hall & John Oates with "Kiss On My List" at #10.

The highest debut this week comes from the Plastic Ono Band with "Give Peace A Chance" at #20. Other debuts come from Phil Collins, James Taylor & J.D. Souther and Yarbrough & Peoples.

 

 

Sergej's Personal Chart from the 27th March 1981:

1 (1) Visage - Fade To Grey

2 (8) Blondie - Rapture

3 (3) Styx - The Best Of Times

4 (13) Queen - Flash

5 (5) Don McLean - Crying

6 (2) REO Speedwagon - Keep On Loving You

7 (4) Dolly Parton - 9 To 5

8 (10) Neil Diamond - Hello Again

9 (35) Grover Washington, Jr. & Bill Withers - Just The Two Of Us

10 (17) Daryl Hall & John Oates - Kiss On My List

11 (14) Barbra Streisand & Barry Gibb - What Kind Of Fool

12 (9) Frank Duval & Orchestra - Angel Of Mine

13 (11) Boney M. - Felicidad (Margherita)

14 (19) Steve Winwood - While You See A Chance

15 (21) John Lennon - Woman

16 (20) The Police - Don't Stand So Close To Me

17 (32) Sheena Easton - Morning Train (Nine To Five)

18 (7) The Boomtown Rats - Banana Republic

19 (15) Secret Service - Ye-Si-Ca

20 (NE) Plastic Ono Band - Give Peace A Chance

21 (34) Eric Clapton - I Can't Stand It

22 (18) Kool & The Gang - Celebration

23 (12) Eddie Rabbitt - I Love A Rainy Night

24 (NE) Phil Collins - In The Air Tonight

25 (22) Talking Heads - Once In A Lifetime

26 (38) Juice Newton - Angel Of The Morning

27 (RE) Randy Meisner - Hearts On Fire

28 (30) Duran Duran - Planet Earth

29 (26) John Lennon - Imagine

30 (25) Pat Benatar - Treat Me Right

31 (27) The Alan Parsons Project - Games People Play

32 (23) Cliff Richard - A Little In Love

33 (24) Kool And The Gang - Jones vs. Jones

34 (36) Terri Gibbs - Somebody's Knockin'

35 (28) ABBA - Super Trouper

36 (37) Phil Seymour - Precious To Me

37 (40) John Lennon - (Just Like) Starting Over

38 (NE) James Taylor & J.D. Souther - Her Town Too

39 (16) Stevie Wonder - I Ain't Gonna Stand For It

40 (NE) Yarbrough & Peoples - Don't Stop The Music

Visage still on top quite rightly - they only got one week on top from me :o

 

Good to see Queen top 5, Bill & Hall & Oates top 10, John Lennon with 3 climbing/entering - all chart-toppers for me.

 

Phil Collins at 24 :yahoo: Total classic.

 

Also good to see Yranrough & Peeples debut, I liked that one, had a Stevie Wonder vibe to it.

 

Good chart!

Visage still on top quite rightly - they only got one week on top from me :o

 

Good to see Queen top 5, Bill & Hall & Oates top 10, John Lennon with 3 climbing/entering - all chart-toppers for me.

 

Phil Collins at 24 :yahoo: Total classic.

 

Also good to see Yranrough & Peeples debut, I liked that one, had a Stevie Wonder vibe to it.

 

Good chart!

Hi John!

Glad that you like Visage at the top, Queen in my top 5, Bill Withers & Grover Washington, Jr. and Hall & Oates in my top 10, as well as Phil Collins and Yarbrough & Peoples debut.

Thank you for your comment.

Visage reign the chart with "Fade To Grey" for a thirdd week in a row. With Queen rising to #3 with "Flash" and Daryl Hall & John Oates jumping into the top 5 at #5 with "Kiss On My List". Also entering the top 10 are "Woman" by John Lennon at #6 and the highest debut this week: "Stars On 45" (A medley of Beatles songs + "Venus" & "Sugar, Sugar") by Stars On 45 at #8.

Other debuts come from Smokey Robinson, The Jacksons, Steely Dan and April Wine.

 

 

Sergej's Personal Chart from the 3rd April 1981:

1 (1) Visage - Fade To Grey

2 (2) Blondie - Rapture

3 (4) Queen - Flash

4 (3) Styx - The Best Of Times

5 (10) Daryl Hall & John Oates - Kiss On My List

6 (15) John Lennon - Woman

7 (5) Don McLean - Crying

8 (NE) Stars On 45 - Stars On 45

9 (8) Neil Diamond - Hello Again

10 (9) Grover Washington, Jr. & Bill Withers - Just The Two Of Us

11 (6) REO Speedwagon - Keep On Loving You

12 (14) Steve Winwood - While You See A Chance

13 (RE) Barclay James Harvest - Life Is For Living

14 (12) Frank Duval & Orchestra - Angel Of Mine

15 (11) Barbra Streisand & Barry Gibb - What Kind Of Fool

16 (16) The Police - Don't Stand So Close To Me

17 (17) Sheena Easton - Morning Train (Nine To Five)

18 (21) Eric Clapton - I Can't Stand It

19 (18) The Boomtown Rats - Banana Republic

20 (20) Plastic Ono Band - Give Peace A Chance

21 (13) Boney M. - Felicidad (Margherita)

22 (26) Juice Newton - Angel Of The Morning

23 (7) Dolly Parton - 9 To 5

24 (28) Duran Duran - Planet Earth

25 (22) Kool & The Gang - Celebration

26 (38) James Taylor & J.D. Souther - Her Town Too

27 (34) Terri Gibbs - Somebody's Knockin'

28 (24) Phil Collins - In The Air Tonight

29 (33) Kool And The Gang - Jones vs. Jones

30 (29) John Lennon - Imagine

31 (NE) Smokey Robinson - Being With You

32 (40) Yarbrough & Peoples - Don't Stop The Music

33 (19) Secret Service - Ye-Si-Ca

34 (NE) The Jacksons - Can You Feel It

35 (13) Boney M. - Felicidad (Margherita)

36 (23) Eddie Rabbitt - I Love A Rainy Night

37 (35) ABBA - Super Trouper

38 (32) Cliff Richard - A Little In Love

39 (NE) Steely Dan - Time Out Of Mind

40 (NE) April Wine - Just Between You And Me

Yay Visage still at 1!

 

I heard Kiss On My List on radio yesterday - still sounding fab!

Stars On 45, I still enjoy that one, good to see it in at 8. Smokey & Jacksons, both total classics for me. Hope they climb high!

 

Totting up the chart-toppers in my charts in your most-recent top 40 and the total is 13. I won't do a spoiler yet (as Ive yet to revisit 1981 charts) and some of them topped my charts before 1981, or after 1981, but to say almost a third of your top 40 hit number one in my personal charts is a pretty good clue to how good your chart is (to me) - but I also enjoy seeing stuff I barely know, like the Steely Dan track. I have 2 of their albums, and rate them highly (they topped my chart in 1977 with Haitian Divorce) - yet I dont remember Time Out Of Mind!

 

great stuff! B-)

Yay Visage still at 1!

 

I heard Kiss On My List on radio yesterday - still sounding fab!

Stars On 45, I still enjoy that one, good to see it in at 8. Smokey & Jacksons, both total classics for me. Hope they climb high!

 

Totting up the chart-toppers in my charts in your most-recent top 40 and the total is 13. I won't do a spoiler yet (as Ive yet to revisit 1981 charts) and some of them topped my charts before 1981, or after 1981, but to say almost a third of your top 40 hit number one in my personal charts is a pretty good clue to how good your chart is (to me) - but I also enjoy seeing stuff I barely know, like the Steely Dan track. I have 2 of their albums, and rate them highly (they topped my chart in 1977 with Haitian Divorce) - yet I dont remember Time Out Of Mind!

 

great stuff! B-)

Hi there John!

Glad that you like the top song for that week, as well as some of the songs debuting and rising.

"Time Out Of Mind" I've discovered like most of the 1981 songs from old chart shows.

Thank you for your comment.

The first out of many #1s by one of the biggest duos of all time has hit the top this week as "Kiss On My List" by Daryl Hall & John Oates dethrones Visage's "Fade To Grey" to become the #1 champion. Gains looking to reach top 3/top 5 are: "Woman" by John Lennon at #4, "Just The Two Of Us" by Grover Washington, Jr. & Bill Withers at #6, "Morning Train (Nine To Five)" by Sheena Easton at #7 and "Ye-Si-Ca" by Secret Service at #10.

The highest debut this week comes from Gino Vannelli with "Living Inside Myself" at #30. Other debuts this week come from John Cougar, Ottawan, Styx, The Who and REO Speedwagon.

 

 

Sergej's Personal Chart from the 10th April 1981:

1 (5) Daryl Hall & John Oates - Kiss On My List

2 (1) Visage - Fade To Grey

3 (2) Blondie - Rapture

4 (6) John Lennon - Woman

5 (4) Styx - The Best Of Times

6 (10) Grover Washington, Jr. & Bill Withers - Just The Two Of Us

7 (17) Sheena Easton - Morning Train (Nine To Five)

8 (8) Stars On 45 - Stars On 45

9 (3) Queen - Flash

10 (33) Secret Service - Ye-Si-Ca

11 (7) Don McLean - Crying

12 (28) Phil Collins - In The Air Tonight

13 (12) Steve Winwood - While You See A Chance

14 (11) REO Speedwagon - Keep On Loving You

15 (16) The Police - Don't Stand So Close To Me

16 (18) Eric Clapton - I Can't Stand It

17 (22) Juice Newton - Angel Of The Morning

18 (14) Frank Duval & Orchestra - Angel Of Mine

19 (13) Barclay James Harvest - Life Is For Living

20 (31) Smokey Robinson - Being With You

21 (20) Plastic Ono Band - Give Peace A Chance

22 (9) Neil Diamond - Hello Again

23 (19) The Boomtown Rats - Banana Republic

24 (26) James Taylor & J.D. Souther - Her Town Too

25 (21) Boney M. - Felicidad (Margherita)

26 (23) Dolly Parton - 9 To 5

27 (27) Terri Gibbs - Somebody's Knockin'

28 (15) Barbra Streisand & Barry Gibb - What Kind Of Fool

29 (32) Yarbrough & Peoples - Don't Stop The Music

30 (NE) Gino Vannelli - Living Inside Myself

31 (30) John Lennon - Imagine

32 (24) Duran Duran - Planet Earth

33 (40) April Wine - Just Between You And Me

34 (39) Steely Dan - Time Out Of Mind

35 (NE) John Cougar - Ain't Even Done With The Night

36 (29) Kool And The Gang - Jones vs. Jones

37 (NE) Ottawan - Hands Up (Give Me Your Heart)

38 (NE) Styx - Too Much Time On My Hands

39 (NE) The Who - You Better You Bet

40 (NE) REO Speedwagon - Take It On The Run

Sorry that I couldn't continue with this. I was very busy lately with making the current charts and personal life, as well as work-related things.

Promising by either Tomorrow or Saturday, I'll continue to catch-up with my retro charts :)

Good to have this back Sergej, life gets busy, I know, I'm years behind on my charts that I was posting...! :) :cheer:

 

Kiss On My List is a great one, it underperformed on my chart of the time, but still went top 20. Visage, Blondie and John Lennon at 2,3 and 4 all topped my charts though :yahoo: Just The Two Of Us is another I under-estimated a bit, it deserves top 10.

 

Phil Collins climbing fast, that was a number 2 in 1981 for me but it topped as a remix in 1988, classic. Even Non-Phil-Collins fans have to see it as at the very least decent. Angel Of The Morning top 20, you were ahead of me on that one, Being With You making good moves, of the new entries Ottawan is still my fave (and I don't care admitting it! :lol: ) but REO Speedwagon is good, and The Who are decent-ish (but not in the same league as their 60's stuff) - the others I don't know!

 

great chart! :)

'Keep On Loving You' :wub: quite the fan of REO Speedwagon in general thanks to my parents and also my mum is why I also know 'I Love A Rainy Night' as well. The Police and Phil Collins are classics lower down too.

Good to have this back Sergej, life gets busy, I know, I'm years behind on my charts that I was posting...! :) :cheer:

 

Kiss On My List is a great one, it underperformed on my chart of the time, but still went top 20. Visage, Blondie and John Lennon at 2,3 and 4 all topped my charts though :yahoo: Just The Two Of Us is another I under-estimated a bit, it deserves top 10.

 

Phil Collins climbing fast, that was a number 2 in 1981 for me but it topped as a remix in 1988, classic. Even Non-Phil-Collins fans have to see it as at the very least decent. Angel Of The Morning top 20, you were ahead of me on that one, Being With You making good moves, of the new entries Ottawan is still my fave (and I don't care admitting it! :lol: ) but REO Speedwagon is good, and The Who are decent-ish (but not in the same league as their 60's stuff) - the others I don't know!

 

great chart! :)

Hi John!

Glad to do them again here, love revisiting classics from the years before I was born.

 

Hall & Oates are my favourite duo from the 80s and of all time. "Just The Two Of Us" will have a higher place on my chart in the next weeks, watch out for this.

 

Thank you for your comment.

'Keep On Loving You' :wub: quite the fan of REO Speedwagon in general thanks to my parents and also my mum is why I also know 'I Love A Rainy Night' as well. The Police and Phil Collins are classics lower down too.

Glad that you like some of the songs on here and that you are a fan of REO Speedwagon as well!

Thank you for your comment.

For a second week in a row Hall & Oates stay at #1 with "Kiss On My List" #1. While the top 3 stays the same for the week, two songs are looking to change it for the next week, "Morning Train (Nine To Five)" by Sheena Easton at #4 and "Just The Two Of Us" by Grover Washington, Jr. & Bill Withers at #5. Stars On 45 continue their momentum rising to #6 with "Stars On 45" and entering the top 10 for the first time in their solo careers are Steve Winwood with "While You See A Chance" at #8 and Phil Collins with "In The Air Tonight" at #9, while the legend Smokey Robinson soars into the top 10 with "Being With You" at #10.

The Jacksons return at #14 with the classic "Can You Feel It", while the highest debut this week comes from Roxy Music with "Jealous Guy" at #35. Other debuts this week come from Kim Wilde and Franke & The Knockouts.

 

 

Sergej's Personal Chart from the 17th April 1981:

1. Daryl Hall & John Oates - Kiss On My List (=)

2. Visage - Fade To Grey (=)

3. Blondie - Rapture (=)

4. Sheena Easton - Morning Train (Nine To Five) (+3)

5. Grover Washington, Jr. & Bill Withers - Just The Two Of Us (+1)

6. Stars On 45 - Stars On 45 (+2)

7. John Lennon - Woman (-3)

8. Steve Winwood - While You See A Chance (+5)

9. Phil Collins - In The Air Tonight (+3)

10. Smokey Robinson - Being With You (+11)

11. Styx - The Best Of Times (-6)

12. Juice Newton - Angel Of The Morning (+5)

13. Queen - Flash (-4)

14. The Jacksons - Can You Feel It (Re-Entry)

15. The Police - Don't Stand So Close To Me (=)

16. Eric Clapton - I Can't Stand It (=)

17. Secret Service - Ye-Si-Ca (-7)

18. REO Speedwagon - Keep On Loving You (-4)

19. James Taylor & J.D. Souther - Her Town Too (+5)

20. Don McLean - Crying (-9)

21. Frank Duval & Orchestra - Angel Of Mine (-3)

22. Neil Diamond - Hello Again (=)

23. Barclay James Harvest - Life Is For Living (-4)

24. Terri Gibbs - Somebody's Knockin' (+3)

25. Plastic Ono Band - Give Peace A Chance (-2)

26. Gino Vannelli - Living Inside Myself (+4)

27. Dolly Parton - 9 To 5 (-1)

28. Yarbrough & Peoples - Don't Stop The Music +(1)

29. REO Speedwagon - Take It On The Run (+11)

30. Ottawan - Hands Up (Give Me Your Heart) (+7)

31. John Cougar - Ain't Even Done With The Night (+4)

32. The Boomtown Rats - Banana Republic (-7)

33. April Wine - Just Between You And Me (=)

34. Steely Dan - Time Out Of Mind (=)

35. Roxy Music - Jealous Guy (debut)

36. Kim Wilde - Kids In America (debut)

37. Styx - Too Much Time On My Hands (+1)

38. Franke & The Knockouts - Sweetheart (debut)

39. The Who - You Better You Bet (=)

40. Duran Duran - Planet Earth (-8)

Three weeks in a row at #1 for Hall & Oates and their smash hit "Kiss On My List". The closest contenders to overthrowing them are Grover Washington, Jr. & Bill Withers with "Just The Two Of Us", as well as Sheena Easton with "Morning Train" and Smokey Robinson with "Being With You". All of them in the top 5.

The highest debut on that week came from Kim Carnes with "Bette Davis Eyes" at #26. Other debuts this week come from John Lennon, Champaign and the Climax Blues Band.

 

 

Sergej's Personal Chart from the 24th April 1981:

1. Daryl Hall & John Oates - Kiss On My List (=)

2. Grover Washington, Jr. & Bill Withers - Just The Two Of Us (+3)

3. Visage - Fade To Grey (-1)

4. Sheena Easton - Morning Train (Nine To Five) (=)

5. Smokey Robinson - Being With You (+5)

6. Stars On 45 - Stars On 45 (=)

7. Steve Winwood - While You See A Chance (=)

8. Blondie - Rapture (-5)

9. Phil Collins - In The Air Tonight (=)

10. John Lennon - Woman (-3)

11. Secret Service - Ye-Si-Ca (+4)

12. The Jacksons - Can You Feel It (+2)

13. Juice Newton - Angel Of The Morning (=)

14. Styx - The Best Of Times (-3)

15. The Police - Don't Stand So Close To Me (=)

16. Eric Clapton - I Can't Stand It (=)

17. Queen - Flash (-5)

18. James Taylor & J.D. Souther - Her Town Too (+1)

19. Terri Gibbs - Somebody's Knockin' (+5)

20. REO Speedwagon - Keep On Loving You (-2)

21. Ottawan - Hands Up (+9)

22. Don McLean - Crying (-2)

23. Barclay James Harvest - Life Is For Living (=)

24. Gino Vannelli - Living Inside Myself (+2)

25. REO Speedwagon - Take It On The Run (+4)

26. Kim Carnes - Bette Davis Eyes (debut)

27. Styx - Too Much Time On My Hands (+10)

28. Kim Wilde - Kids In America (+8)

29. Frank Duval & Orchestra - Angel Of Mine (-8)

30. John Cougar - Ain't Even Done With The Night (+1)

31. Plastic Ono Band - Give Peace A Chance (-6)

32. April Wine - Just Between You And Me (+1)

33. Steely Dan - Time Out Of Mind (+1)

34. Roxy Music - Jealous Guy (+1)

35. Franke & The Knockouts - Sweetheart (+3)

36. The Who - You Better You Bet (+3)

37. John Lennon - Watching The Wheels (debut)

38. Champaign - How 'Bout Us (debut)

39. The Boomtown Rats - Banana Republic (-7)

40. Climax Blues Band - I Love You (debut)

Can You Feel It was a big chart-topper for me in 1981, total classic and their best record, Jealous Guy also topped my charts and Kids In America came close love 'em still and Kids goes down a storm in concert still (seen Kim 5 or 6 times in recent years) as you get an audience of 50/60-somethings all singing we're the kids in America when we're neither of those things :lol: Still fab anyway!

 

a duo double top, and Smokey Robinson another classic chart-topper for me, still love it, so smooth and melodic and Smokey's voice is an under-rated jewel. Bette Davis Eyes hit 2 in my charts, what a monster great cover of an unknown song, How Bout Us is sweet, and Watching The Wheels still very sad given what happened. I dont know that Climax Blues Band track...!

Can You Feel It was a big chart-topper for me in 1981, total classic and their best record, Jealous Guy also topped my charts and Kids In America came close love 'em still and Kids goes down a storm in concert still (seen Kim 5 or 6 times in recent years) as you get an audience of 50/60-somethings all singing we're the kids in America when we're neither of those things :lol: Still fab anyway!

 

a duo double top, and Smokey Robinson another classic chart-topper for me, still love it, so smooth and melodic and Smokey's voice is an under-rated jewel. Bette Davis Eyes hit 2 in my charts, what a monster great cover of an unknown song, How Bout Us is sweet, and Watching The Wheels still very sad given what happened. I dont know that Climax Blues Band track...!

Glad that you like some of the songs on here.

"Can You Feel It" is a solid Jacksons record, really shocked me it was only a UK hit and not a big hit smash, that it deserved to be.

"Kids In America" is a classic, two duos at #1 & #2, both are classics in their own right, Smokey gets a big hit, not even hit it's a peak with it yet, "Bette Davis Eyes" is one of the best songs of the 80s for me and I'm glad that you like the debuts.

Thank you for your comment!