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Post by 40fan on Apr 28, 2011 15:44:21 GMT -5
A look back at what was going on the week of the Royal Wedding in 1981
TOP SINGLES U.S.
Jessie's Girl - Rick Springfield
The One That You Love - Air Supply
Theme from Greatest American Hero - Joey Scarbury
I Don't Need You - Kenny Rogers
Elvira - Oak Ridge Boys
TOP ALBUM U.S.
Long Distance Voyager - Moody Blues
TOP SINGLES U.K.
Ghost Town - Specials
Stars On 45 (Vol 2) - Starsound
Can Can - Bad Manners
Chant No. 1 (Don't Need This Pressure On) - Spandau Ballet
Body Talk - Imagination
TOP ALBUM U.K.
Love Songs - Cliff Richard
TOP VIDEOCASSETTE SALES
9 To 5
Ordinary People
Airplane
The Great Santini
Popeye
Also noteworthy: A new cable channel that played music videos debuted on August 1st.
No real point here! Just a look back at a week in history.
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Post by jdelachjr2002 on Apr 28, 2011 22:49:25 GMT -5
Top 5 TV shows that week:
1. "The Jeffersons" (CBS)
2. "20/20" (ABC)
3. "Hart To Hart" (ABC)
4. "60 Minutes" (CBS)
5. "Three's Company" (ABC)
Mind you, the scripted fare was in repeats.
Top Movies
1. "Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back" (20th-Century Fox)
2. "Raiders Of The Lost Ark" (Paramount)
3. "Tarzan, The Ape Man" (MGM)
4. "Stripes" (Sony)
5. "Superman II" (Warner Bros.)
Looks like Fox re-released "The Empire Strikes Back" during this time after it had been released the previous summer (I was only 1 year old then).
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Post by Deleted on Apr 29, 2011 8:10:00 GMT -5
No one will remember the top 5 songs the week of this wedding.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 29, 2011 8:11:30 GMT -5
Looks like Fox re-released "The Empire Strikes Back" during this time after it had been released the previous summer (I was only 1 year old then). George Lucas was already utilizing this avenue then too? I guess he was perfecting it for later use then. I was 4 and obviously have no recollection of this either. |
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Post by 40fan on Apr 29, 2011 10:03:45 GMT -5
On the U.K. chart you have to go all the way down to #16 to find a U.S. hit; "For Your Eyes Only" by Sheena Easton.
Spandau Ballet was the only act in that top 5 that would hit later in the states. Further down the chart I see Depeche Mode, Tom Tom Club, Dexy's Midnight Runners, Kate Bush and Duran Duran. There's also songs by Michael Jackson, Stevie Wonder and Abba that were not U.S. hits.
The layout Department at Billboard had it's work cut out for them at this time because of that Stars On 45 record. (#25 that week) Fitting all the singular titles of the medley, as they appeared on the record, into the Hot 100 page was an accomplishment. (The follow-up, at #68 that week, was simply listed as "Medley II") And I recall only a couple times that I heard Casey Kasem announce the record by that official title.
As for anything remotely connected to the big event; in the Billboard Singles Picks there's "Prince Charles" by folk singer/comic Christine Lavin. (A song that the passage of time has made in very bad taste!)
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Post by Ponderous Man on May 18, 2011 4:42:42 GMT -5
No one will remember the top 5 songs the week of this wedding. 5. FORGET YOU-Cee Lo Green 4. DOWN ON ME-Jeremih & 50 Cent 3. JUST CAN'T GET ENOUGH-Black Eyed Peas 2. ET-Katy Perry & Kanye West 1. S & M-Rihanna Thank you. |
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Post by Deleted on May 18, 2011 12:31:22 GMT -5
No one will remember the top 5 songs the week of this wedding. 5. FORGET YOU-Cee Lo Green 4. DOWN ON ME-Jeremih & 50 Cent 3. JUST CAN'T GET ENOUGH-Black Eyed Peas 2. ET-Katy Perry & Kanye West 1. S & M-Rihanna Thank you. 30 years from now! |
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