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Post by doofus67 on Aug 1, 2019 3:31:50 GMT -5
Today I'm introducing this daily feature. It focuses on my musical "sweet spot," the years 1975 through 1986. I started working on it a little over a year ago. The process had so many layers that it would take way too long to explain the whole thing here.
This project was inspired by my favorite thread on this forum, Chart Manipulations. Every time I went into it, my thoughts would turn to what the charts would be like if they were "done right." It turned out that, deep down, what I wanted was to do some chart manipulating of my own. I'm hoping the results will surprise you half as much as they're surprising me!
I chose the August 1, 1981, chart date for the first post because it's a nice catchy number, but also because it's the date of one of the most important events in the history of the music business, the launch of MTV.
Here it is. Enjoy.
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CHART DATE: August 1 | 1 | 1 | YOU MAKE MY DREAMS...Daryl Hall & John Oates [3rd week at #1] | | 2 | 5 | ELVIRA...The Oak Ridge Boys | | 3 | 3 | JESSIE'S GIRL...Rick Springfield | | 4 | 4 | DON'T LET HIM GO...REO Speedwagon | | 5 | 2 | CRAZY TRAIN...Ozzy Osbourne | | 6 | 11 | IN THE AIR TONIGHT...Phil Collins | | 7 | 7 | TOM SAWYER...Rush | | 8 | 9 | GEMINI DREAM...The Moody Blues | | 9 | 12 | HEARTS...Marty Balin | | 10 | 13 | TEMPTED...Squeeze | | 11 | 8 | GIVE IT TO ME BABY...Rick James | | 12 | 14 | SLOW HAND...The Pointer Sisters | | 13 | 16 | TOUCH ME WHEN WE'RE DANCING...The Carpenters | | 14 | --> | LADY (You Bring Me Up)...The Commodores | | 15 | 15 | MODERN GIRL...Sheena Easton | | 16 | 17 | BOY FROM NEW YORK CITY...Manhattan Transfer | | 17 | 18 | STRANGER...Jefferson Starship | | 18 | 19 | THE BREAKUP SONG (They Don't Write 'Em)...The Greg Kihn Band | | 19 | --> | (There's) NO GETTIN' OVER ME...Ronnie Milsap | | 20 | 20 | SWEET BABY...Stanley Clarke & George Duke |
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Post by doofus67 on Aug 8, 2019 2:03:46 GMT -5
CHART DATE: August 8 | 1 | 6 | IN THE AIR TONIGHT...Phil Collins | | 2 | 1 | YOU MAKE MY DREAMS...Daryl Hall & John Oates | | 3 | 2 | ELVIRA...The Oak Ridge Boys | | 4 | 3 | JESSIE'S GIRL...Rick Springfield
| | 5 | 10 | TEMPTED...Squeeze | | 6 | 7 | TOM SAWYER...Rush | | 7 | 9 | HEARTS...Marty Balin | | 8 | 12 | SLOW HAND...The Pointer Sisters | | 9 | 14 | LADY (You Bring Me Up)...The Commodores | | 10 | 4 | DON'T LET HIM GO...REO Speedwagon | | 11 | 18 | THE BREAKUP SONG...The Greg Kihn Band | | 12 | 13 | TOUCH ME WHEN WE'RE DANCING...The Carpenters | | 13 | 17 | STRANGER...Jefferson Starship | | 14 | 16 | BOY FROM NEW YORK CITY...Manhattan Transfer | | 15 | 19 | NO GETTIN' OVER ME...Ronnie Milsap | | 16 | --> | COOL LOVE...Pablo Cruise | | 17 | 5 | CRAZY TRAIN...Ozzy Osbourne | | 18 | 8 | GEMINI DREAM...The Moody Blues | | 19 | --> | QUEEN OF HEARTS...Juice Newton | | 20 | --> | ENDLESS LOVE...Diana Ross and Lionel Richie |
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Post by OnWithTheCountdown on Aug 8, 2019 10:12:49 GMT -5
Rush's hits in the States were vastly underrated, in terms of pop chart performance. I love their music. It's good to see them doing well here. 🙂
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Post by dannyd on Aug 10, 2019 8:44:16 GMT -5
Hey Doofus67, are you doing a Fantasy Top 20 for the chart date of August 10, 1985?
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Post by doofus67 on Aug 15, 2019 5:12:03 GMT -5
CHART DATE: August 15 | 1 | 1 | IN THE AIR TONIGHT...Phil Collins [2nd week at #1] | | 2 | 2 | YOU MAKE MY DREAMS...Daryl Hall & John Oates | | 3 | 9 | LADY (You Bring Me Up)...The Commodores | | 4 | 5 | TEMPTED...Squeeze | | 5 | 8 | SLOW HAND...The Pointer Sisters | | 6 | 3 | ELVIRA...The Oak Ridge Boys | | 7 | 6 | TOM SAWYER...Rush | | 8 | 11 | THE BREAKUP SONG...The Greg Kihn Band | | 9 | 4 | JESSIE'S GIRL...Rick Springfield | | 10 | 13 | STRANGER...Jefferson Starship | | 11 | 16 | COOL LOVE...Pablo Cruise | | 12 | 12 | TOUCH ME WHEN WE'RE DANCING...The Carpenters | | 13 | 15 | NO GETTIN' OVER ME...Ronnie Milsap | | 14 | 14 | BOY FROM NEW YORK CITY...Manhattan Transfer | | 15 | 19 | QUEEN OF HEARTS...Juice Newton | | 16 | --> | URGENT...Foreigner | | 17 | 20 | ENDLESS LOVE...Diana Ross and Lionel Richie | | 18 | --> | TIME...The Alan Parsons Project | | 19 | 7 | HEARTS...Marty Balin | | 20 | --> | STOP DRAGGIN' MY HEART AROUND...Stevie Nicks with Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers |
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Post by doofus67 on Aug 22, 2019 2:07:46 GMT -5
CHART DATE: August 22 For those with SiriusXM and the VJ Big 40, feel free to compare their rankings with mine as you enjoy this weekend's countdown.
| 1 | 1 | IN THE AIR TONIGHT...Phil Collins [3rd week at #1] | | 2 | 3 | LADY (You Bring Me Up)...The Commodores | | 3 | 4 | TEMPTED...Squeeze | | 4 | 5 | SLOW HAND...The Pointer Sisters | | 5 | 2 | YOU MAKE MY DREAMS...Daryl Hall & John Oates | | 6 | 8 | THE BREAKUP SONG...The Greg Kihn Band | | 7 | 6 | ELVIRA...The Oak Ridge Boys | | 8 | 7 | TOM SAWYER...Rush | | 9 | 11 | COOL LOVE...Pablo Cruise | | 10 | 10 | STRANGER...Jefferson Starship | | 11 | 13 | NO GETTIN' OVER ME...Ronnie Milsap | | 12 | 15 | QUEEN OF HEARTS...Juice Newton | | 13 | 16 | URGENT...Foreigner | | 14 | 17 | ENDLESS LOVE...Diana Ross and Lionel Richie | | 15 | 20 | STOP DRAGGIN' MY HEART AROUND...Stevie Nicks with Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers | | 16 | 9 | JESSIE'S GIRL...Rick Springfield | | 17 | --> | FIRE AND ICE...Pat Benatar | | 18 | 18 | TIME...The Alan Parsons Project | | 19 | --> | THE STROKE...Billy Squier | | 20 | 12 | TOUCH ME WHEN WE'RE DANCING...The Carpenters |
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Post by doofus67 on Aug 29, 2019 2:01:17 GMT -5
CHART DATE: August 29 | 1 | 1 | IN THE AIR TONIGHT...Phil Collins [4th week at #1] | | 2 | 2 | LADY (You Bring Me Up)...The Commodores | | 3 | 3 | TEMPTED...Squeeze | | 4 | 4 | SLOW HAND...The Pointer Sisters | | 5 | 6 | THE BREAKUP SONG...The Greg Kihn Band | | 6 | 9 | COOL LOVE...Pablo Cruise | | 7 | 11 | NO GETTIN' OVER ME...Ronnie Milsap | | 8 | 15 | STOP DRAGGIN' MY HEART AROUND...Stevie Nicks with Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers | | 9 | 13 | URGENT...Foreigner | | 10 | 12 | QUEEN OF HEARTS...Juice Newton | | 11 | 10 | STRANGER...Jefferson Starship | | 12 | 14 | ENDLESS LOVE...Diana Ross and Lionel Richie | | 13 | 5 | YOU MAKE MY DREAMS...Daryl Hall & John Oates | | 14 | 7 | ELVIRA...The Oak Ridge Boys | | 15 | --> | WHO'S CRYING NOW...Journey | | 16 | 17 | FIRE AND ICE...Pat Benatar | | 17 | --> | REALLY WANNA KNOW YOU...Gary Wright | | 18 | --> | THE VOICE...The Moody Blues | | 19 | 19 | THE STROKE...Billy Squier | | 20 | 8 | TOM SAWYER...Rush |
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Post by doofus67 on Sept 5, 2019 2:52:45 GMT -5
CHART DATE: September 5 | 1 | 2 | LADY (You Bring Me Up)...The Commodores | | 2 | 3 | TEMPTED...Squeeze | | 3 | 1 | IN THE AIR TONIGHT...Phil Collins | | 4 | 6 | COOL LOVE...Pablo Cruise | | 5 | 7 | NO GETTIN' OVER ME...Ronnie Milsap | | 6 | 8 | STOP DRAGGIN' MY HEART AROUND...Stevie Nicks with Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers | | 7 | 9 | URGENT...Foreigner | | 8 | 4 | SLOW HAND...The Pointer Sisters | | 9 | 10 | QUEEN OF HEARTS...Juice Newton | | 10 | 12 | ENDLESS LOVE...Diana Ross and Lionel Richie | | 11 | 15 | WHO'S CRYING NOW...Journey | | 12 | 5 | THE BREAKUP SONG...The Greg Kihn Band | | 13 | 18 | THE VOICE...The Moody Blues | | 14 | 17 | REALLY WANNA KNOW YOU...Gary Wright | | 15 | 16 | FIRE AND ICE...Pat Benatar | | 16 | 14 | ELVIRA...The Oak Ridge Boys | | 17 | --> | BREAKING AWAY...Balance | | 18 | --> | I COULD NEVER MISS YOU (More Than I Do)...Lulu | | 19 | 19 | THE STROKE...Billy Squier | | 20 | --> | THE BEACH BOYS MEDLEY: GOOD VIBRATIONS - HELP ME RHONDA - I GET AROUND - SHUT DOWN - SURFIN' SAFARI - BARBARA ANN - SURFIN' USA - FUN, FUN, FUN...The Beach Boys |
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Post by doofus67 on Sept 12, 2019 5:36:16 GMT -5
CHART DATE: September 12 | 1 | 4 | COOL LOVE...Pablo Cruise | | 2 | 5 | NO GETTIN' OVER ME...Ronnie Milsap | | 3 | 6 | STOP DRAGGIN' MY HEART AROUND...Stevie Nicks with Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers | | 4 | 1 | LADY (You Bring Me Up)...The Commodores | | 5 | 7 | URGENT...Foreigner | | 6 | 2 | TEMPTED...Squeeze | | 7 | 9 | QUEEN OF HEARTS...Juice Newton | | 8 | 3 | IN THE AIR TONIGHT...Phil Collins | | 9 | 10 | ENDLESS LOVE...Diana Ross and Lionel Richie | | 10 | 11 | WHO'S CRYING NOW...Journey | | 11 | 13 | THE VOICE...The Moody Blues | | 12 | 14 | REALLY WANNA KNOW YOU...Gary Wright | | 13 | 8 | SLOW HAND...The Pointer Sisters | | 14 | 12 | THE BREAKUP SONG...The Greg Kihn Band | | 15 | 18 | I COULD NEVER MISS YOU...Lulu | | 16 | 17 | BREAKING AWAY...Balance | | 17 | --> | WE'RE IN THIS LOVE TOGETHER...Al Jarreau | | 18 | --> | ARTHUR'S THEME (Best That You Can Do)...Christopher Cross | | 19 | 20 | THE BEACH BOYS MEDLEY...The Beach Boys | | 20 | --> | SILLY...Deniece Williams |
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Post by doofus67 on Sept 19, 2019 4:52:35 GMT -5
CHART DATE: September 19 | 1 | 5 | URGENT...Foreigner | | 2 | 1 | COOL LOVE...Pablo Cruise | | 3 | 2 | NO GETTIN' OVER ME...Ronnie Milsap | | 4 | 3 | STOP DRAGGIN' MY HEART AROUND...Stevie Nicks with Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers | | 5 | 10 | WHO'S CRYING NOW...Journey | | 6 | 9 | ENDLESS LOVE...Diana Ross and Lionel Richie | | 7 | 7 | QUEEN OF HEARTS...Juice Newton | | 8 | 11 | THE VOICE...The Moody Blues | | 9 | 12 | REALLY WANNA KNOW YOU...Gary Wright | | 10 | 4 | LADY (You Bring Me Up)...The Commodores | | 11 | 15 | I COULD NEVER MISS YOU...Lulu | | 12 | 8 | IN THE AIR TONIGHT...Phil Collins | | 13 | 6 | TEMPTED...Squeeze | | 14 | 17 | WE'RE IN THIS LOVE TOGETHER...Al Jarreau | | 15 | 16 | BREAKING AWAY...Balance | | 16 | 18 | ARTHUR'S THEME...Christopher Cross | | 17 | --> | SUPER FREAK...Rick James | | 18 | 19 | THE BEACH BOYS MEDLEY...The Beach Boys | | 19 | 20 | SILLY...Deniece Williams | | 20 | 14 | THE BREAKUP SONG...The Greg Kihn Band |
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Post by doofus67 on Sept 26, 2019 2:10:38 GMT -5
CHART DATE: September 26 Fantasy one-hit wonders are still highlighted in blue.| 1 | 1 | URGENT...Foreigner [2nd week at #1] | | 2 | 2 | COOL LOVE...Pablo Cruise | | 3 | 5 | WHO'S CRYING NOW...Journey | | 4 | 6 | ENDLESS LOVE...Diana Ross and Lionel Richie | | 5 | 4 | STOP DRAGGIN' MY HEART AROUND...Stevie Nicks with Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers | | 6 | 3 | NO GETTIN' OVER ME...Ronnie Milsap | | 7 | 8 | THE VOICE...The Moody Blues | | 8 | 11 | I COULD NEVER MISS YOU...Lulu | | 9 | 9 | REALLY WANNA KNOW YOU...Gary Wright | | 10 | 14 | WE'RE IN THIS LOVE TOGETHER...Al Jarreau | | 11 | 16 | ARTHUR'S THEME...Christopher Cross | | 12 | 7 | QUEEN OF HEARTS...Juice Newton | | 13 | 15 | BREAKING AWAY...Balance | | 14 | 10 | LADY (You Bring Me Up)...The Commodores | | 15 | 17 | SUPER FREAK...Rick James | | 16 | 13 | TEMPTED...Squeeze | | 17 | --> | PRIVATE EYES...Daryl Hall & John Oates | | 18 | 12 | IN THE AIR TONIGHT...Phil Collins | | 19 | --> | HOLD ON TIGHT...ELO | | 20 | --> | HARD TO SAY...Dan Fogelberg |
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Post by doofus67 on Oct 3, 2019 2:59:19 GMT -5
CHART DATE: October 3 | 1 | 3 | WHO'S CRYING NOW...Journey | | 2 | 1 | URGENT...Foreigner | | 3 | 2 | COOL LOVE...Pablo Cruise | | 4 | 4 | ENDLESS LOVE...Diana Ross and Lionel Richie | | 5 | 8 | I COULD NEVER MISS YOU...Lulu | | 6 | 11 | ARTHUR'S THEME...Christopher Cross | | 7 | 7 | THE VOICE...The Moody Blues | | 8 | 10 | WE'RE IN THIS LOVE TOGETHER...Al Jarreau | | 9 | 5 | STOP DRAGGIN' MY HEART AROUND...Stevie Nicks with Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers | | 10 | 17 | PRIVATE EYES...Daryl Hall & John Oates | | 11 | 9 | REALLY WANNA KNOW YOU...Gary Wright | | 12 | 13 | BREAKING AWAY...Balance | | 13 | 6 | NO GETTIN' OVER ME...Ronnie Milsap | | 14 | 15 | SUPER FREAK...Rick James | | 15 | 20 | HARD TO SAY...Dan Fogelberg | | 16 | 19 | HOLD ON TIGHT...ELO | | 17 | --> | STEP BY STEP...Eddie Rabbitt | | 18 | --> | BURNIN' FOR YOU...Blue Oyster Cult | | 19 | --> | GIRLS ON FILM...Duran Duran | | 20 | 16 | TEMPTED...Squeeze |
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Post by doofus67 on Oct 10, 2019 22:38:01 GMT -5
CHART DATE: October 10 | 1 | 1 | WHO'S CRYING NOW...Journey [2nd week at #1] | | 2 | 2 | URGENT...Foreigner | | 3 | 5 | I COULD NEVER MISS YOU...Lulu | | 4 | 6 | ARTHUR'S THEME...Christopher Cross | | 5 | 8 | WE'RE IN THIS LOVE TOGETHER...Al Jarreau | | 6 | 10 | PRIVATE EYES...Daryl Hall & John Oates | | 7 | 7 | THE VOICE...The Moody Blues | | 8 | 3 | COOL LOVE...Pablo Cruise | | 9 | 9 | STOP DRAGGIN' MY HEART AROUND...Stevie Nicks with Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers | | 10 | 14 | SUPER FREAK...Rick James | | 11 | 15 | HARD TO SAY...Dan Fogelberg | | 12 | 18 | BURNIN' FOR YOU...Blue Oyster Cult | | 13 | 19 | GIRLS ON FILM...Duran Duran | | 14 | 4 | ENDLESS LOVE...Diana Ross and Lionel Richie | | 15 | 17 | STEP BY STEP...Eddie Rabbitt | | 16 | --> | I'VE DONE EVERYTHING FOR YOU...Rick Springfield | | 17 | --> | SHE'S A BAD MAMA JAMA (She's Built, She's Stacked)...Carl Carlton | | 18 | --> | FOR YOUR EYES ONLY...Sheena Easton | | 19 | 11 | REALLY WANNA KNOW YOU...Gary Wright | | 20 | --> | JUST ONCE...Quincy Jones Featuring James Ingram |
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Post by doofus67 on Oct 17, 2019 2:26:38 GMT -5
CHART DATE: October 17 | 1 | 4 | ARTHUR'S THEME (Best That You Can Do)...Christopher Cross | | 2 | 1 | WHO'S CRYING NOW...Journey | | 3 | 3 | I COULD NEVER MISS YOU...Lulu | | 4 | 5 | WE'RE IN THIS LOVE TOGETHER...Al Jarreau | | 5 | 2 | URGENT...Foreigner | | 6 | 6 | PRIVATE EYES...Daryl Hall & John Oates | | 7 | 11 | HARD TO SAY...Dan Fogelberg | | 8 | 10 | SUPER FREAK...Rick James | | 9 | 12 | BURNIN' FOR YOU...Blue Oyster Cult | | 10 | 16 | I'VE DONE EVERYTHING FOR YOU...Rick Springfield | | 11 | 13 | GIRLS ON FILM...Duran Duran | | 12 | 7 | THE VOICE...The Moody Blues | | 13 | --> | START ME UP...The Rolling Stones | | 14 | 17 | SHE'S A BAD MAMA JAMA...Carl Carlton | | 15 | 18 | FOR YOUR EYES ONLY...Sheena Easton | | 16 | 8 | COOL LOVE...Pablo Cruise | | 17 | 20 | JUST ONCE...Quincy Jones Featuring James Ingram | | 18 | --> | HE'S A LIAR...The Bee Gees | | 19 | --> | SAY GOODBYE TO HOLLYWOOD...Billy Joel | | 20 | --> | THE NIGHT OWLS...The Little River Band |
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Post by doofus67 on Oct 24, 2019 5:40:34 GMT -5
CHART DATE: October 24 | 1 | 1 | ARTHUR'S THEME (Best That You Can Do)...Christopher Cross [2nd week at #1] | | 2 | 2 | WHO'S CRYING NOW...Journey | | 3 | 4 | WE'RE IN THIS LOVE TOGETHER...Al Jarreau | | 4 | 6 | PRIVATE EYES...Daryl Hall & John Oates | | 5 | 7 | HARD TO SAY...Dan Fogelberg | | 6 | 8 | SUPER FREAK...Rick James | | 7 | 5 | URGENT...Foreigner | | 8 | 9 | BURNIN' FOR YOU...Blue Oyster Cult | | 9 | 10 | I'VE DONE EVERYTHING FOR YOU...Rick Springfield | | 10 | 13 | START ME UP...The Rolling Stones | | 11 | 11 | GIRLS ON FILM...Duran Duran | | 12 | 17 | JUST ONCE...Quincy Jones Featuring James Ingram | | 13 | 14 | SHE'S A BAD MAMA JAMA...Carl Carlton | | 14 | 15 | FOR YOUR EYES ONLY...Sheena Easton | | 15 | 19 | SAY GOODBYE TO HOLLYWOOD...Billy Joel | | 16 | 20 | THE NIGHT OWLS...The Little River Band | | 17 | 18 | HE'S A LIAR...The Bee Gees | | 18 | --> | OH NO...The Commodores | | 19 | --> | EVERY LITTLE THING SHE DOES IS MAGIC...The Police | | 20 | --> | PROMISES IN THE DARK...Pat Benatar |
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