8/14/1976
Let 'Em In - Wings
Say You Love Me - Fleetwood Mac
Don't Go Breaking My Heart - Elton John & Kiki Dee
You Should Be Dancing - Bee Gees
A Fifth of Beethoven - Walter Murphy Orchestra
Play That Funky Music - Wild Cherry
You're My Best Friend - Queen
Still the One - Orleans
Moonlight Feels Right - Starbuck
Wham Bam Shang-a-Lang - Silver
A Little Bit More - Dr. Hook
Got to Get You into My Life - Beatles
Rock and Roll Music - The Beach Boys
Summer - War
Kiss and Say Goodbye - Manhattans
Tear the Roof Off the Sucker - Parliament
Shake Your Booty - K.C. & the Sunshine Band
Get Closer - Seals & Crofts
She's Gone - Hall & Oates
I'd Really Love to See You Tonight - England Dan & John Ford Coley
Love Is Alive - Gary Wright
Lowdown - Boz Scaggs
Baby I Love Your Way - Peter Frampton
Shower the People - James Taylor
Devil Woman - Cliff Richard
If You Know What I Mean - Neil Diamond
You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine - Lou Rawls
This Masquerade - George Benson
With Your Love - Jefferson Starship
Afternoon Delight - Starland Vocal Band
Turn the Beat Around - Vicki Sue Robinson
8/8/1981
After hearing "Hold on Tight" on Casey Kasem's American Top 40 Mighty 690 AM Radio Show back in Summer 1981 while with family around Ventura, California, a US Route 101 road trip to Santa Barbara's Mission when I was just 8 years old, Dad then bought me my very first Electric Light Orchestra album from Tower Records, an audio cassette of Time by ELO, thus started the fandom 43 years ago.
The previous year, David Bowie had released his "Ashes to Ashes" music video which was considered as the most innovative to date at that time. But Electric Light Orchestra were largely regarded to have surpassed that with their music video for "Hold on Tight". At the time it was the most expensive ever made at around £40,000 - Source: UK Midlands Central TV News, August 1981, thanks Ade.
"The last time the English super group The Electric Light Orchestra were in the Top 40 was last October, that's when they and Olivia Newton-John hit with Xanadu, this week ELO debuts at #39 with its 17th Top 40 record, Hold on Tight..."
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Hold on Tight - Electric Light Orchestra
In the Air Tonight - Phil Collins
Time - The Alan Parsons Project
Urgent - Foreigner
Who's Crying Now - Journey
Gemini Dream - The Moody Blues
Cool Love - Pablo Cruise
Lady (You Bring Me Up) - The Commodores
Elvira - The Oak Ridge Boys
The One That You Love - Air Supply
Step by Step - Eddie Rabbitt
Really Wanna Know You - Gary Wright
Hearts - Marty Balin
Jessie's Girl - Rick Springfield
Believe It or Not - Joey Scarbury
The Stroke - Billy Squier
No Gettin' Over Me - Ronnie Milsap
It's Now or Never - John Schneider
You Make My Dreams - Daryl Hall & John Oates
The Breakup Song - The Greg Kihn Band
Stop Draggin' My Heart Around - Stevie Nicks & Tom Petty
Boy from New York City - The Manhattan Transfer
Touch Me When We're Dancing - The Carpenters
Slow Hand - Pointer Sisters
Bette Davis Eyes - Kim Carnes
Queen of Hearts - Juice Newton
Fire and Ice - Pat Benatar
8/15/1987
Shakedown - Bob Seger
I Want Your Sex - George Michael
Seven Wonders - Fleetwood Mac
Back in the High Life Again - Steve Winwood
Don't Mean Nothing - Richard Marx
I Just Can't Stop Loving You - Michael Jackson
One Heartbeat - Smokey Robinson
Doing It All for My Baby - Huey Lewis and the News
I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For - U2
Touch of Grey - Grateful Dead
Here I Go Again - Whitesnake
La Bamba - Los Lobos
Wipe Out - The Fat Boys
Can't We Try - Dan Hill with Vonda Shepard
Rhythm Is Gonna Get You - Gloria Estefan and Miami Sound Machine
Alone - Heart
I Heard a Rumour - Bananarama
Cross My Broken Heart - The Jets
Heart and Soul - T'Pau