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Post by doofus67 on Oct 29, 2019 3:06:33 GMT -5
CHART DATE: October 29 1 | 2 | BRICK HOUSE...The Commodores | 2 | 3 | BOOGIE NIGHTS...Heatwave | 3 | 1 | SMOKE FROM A DISTANT FIRE...The Sanford/Townsend Band | 4 | 4 | HELP IS ON ITS WAY...The Little River Band | 5 | 5 | THAT'S ROCK 'N' ROLL...Shaun Cassidy | 6 | 10 | I FEEL LOVE...Donna Summer | 7 | 7 | NOBODY DOES IT BETTER...Carly Simon | 8 | 11 | WE JUST DISAGREE...Dave Mason | 9 | 13 | YOU LIGHT UP MY LIFE...Debby Boone | 10 | 14 | DAYBREAK...Barry Manilow | 11 | 15 | JUST REMEMBER I LOVE YOU...Firefall | 12 | 17 | HOW DEEP IS YOUR LOVE...The Bee Gees | 13 | 16 | DON'T IT MAKE MY BROWN EYES BLUE...Crystal Gayle | 14 | 6 | JUNGLE LOVE...The Steve Miller Band | 15 | 20 | ISN'T IT TIME...The Babys | 16 | --> | A PLACE IN THE SUN...Pablo Cruise | 17 | --> | DO YOU WANNA GET FUNKY WITH ME...Peter Brown | 18 | 19 | AMERICAN GIRL...Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers | 19 | --> | HEAVEN ON THE 7TH FLOOR...Paul Nicholas | 20 | --> | IT'S ECSTASY WHEN YOU LAY DOWN NEXT TO ME...Barry White |
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Post by doofus67 on Nov 5, 2019 7:26:10 GMT -5
CHART DATE: November 5 1 | 1 | BRICK HOUSE...The Commodores [2nd week at #1] | 2 | 2 | BOOGIE NIGHTS...Heatwave | 3 | 4 | HELP IS ON ITS WAY...The Little River Band | 4 | 3 | SMOKE FROM A DISTANT FIRE...The Sanford/Townsend Band | 5 | 6 | I FEEL LOVE...Donna Summer | 6 | 8 | WE JUST DISAGREE...Dave Mason | 7 | 10 | DAYBREAK...Barry Manilow | 8 | 9 | YOU LIGHT UP MY LIFE...Debby Boone | 9 | 12 | HOW DEEP IS YOUR LOVE...The Bee Gees | 10 | 11 | JUST REMEMBER I LOVE YOU...Firefall | 11 | 5 | THAT'S ROCK 'N' ROLL...Shaun Cassidy | 12 | 13 | DON'T IT MAKE MY BROWN EYES BLUE...Crystal Gayle | 13 | 15 | ISN'T IT TIME...The Babys | 14 | 19 | HEAVEN ON THE 7TH FLOOR...Paul Nicholas | 15 | 16 | A PLACE IN THE SUN...Pablo Cruise | 16 | 17 | DO YOU WANNA GET FUNKY WITH ME...Peter Brown | 17 | 20 | IT'S ECSTASY WHEN YOU LAY DOWN NEXT TO ME...Barry White | 18 | --> | SWINGTOWN...The Steve Miller Band | 19 | --> | YOUR SMILING FACE...James Taylor | 20 | --> | SHE DID IT...Eric Carmen |
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Post by doofus67 on Nov 12, 2019 3:08:40 GMT -5
CHART DATE: November 12 1 | 2 | BOOGIE NIGHTS...Heatwave | 2 | 1 | BRICK HOUSE...The Commodores | 3 | 3 | HELP IS ON ITS WAY...The Little River Band | 4 | 5 | I FEEL LOVE...Donna Summer | 5 | 6 | WE JUST DISAGREE...Dave Mason | 6 | 7 | DAYBREAK...Barry Manilow | 7 | 9 | HOW DEEP IS YOUR LOVE...The Bee Gees | 8 | 10 | JUST REMEMBER I LOVE YOU...Firefall | 9 | 12 | DON'T IT MAKE MY BROWN EYES BLUE...Crystal Gayle | 10 | 13 | ISN'T IT TIME...The Babys | 11 | 4 | SMOKE FROM A DISTANT FIRE...The Sanford/Townsend Band | 12 | 14 | HEAVEN ON THE 7TH FLOOR...Paul Nicholas | 13 | 18 | SWINGTOWN...The Steve Miller Band | 14 | 17 | IT'S ECSTASY WHEN YOU LAY DOWN NEXT TO ME...Barry White | 15 | 19 | YOUR SMILING FACE...James Taylor | 16 | --> | YOU MAKE LOVING FUN...Fleetwood Mac | 17 | --> | SHE'S NOT THERE...Santana | 18 | --> | (Every Time I Turn Around) BACK IN LOVE AGAIN...L.T.D. | 19 | 20 | SHE DID IT...Eric Carmen | 20 | --> | BLUE BAYOU...Linda Ronstadt |
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Post by slf on Nov 12, 2019 20:07:06 GMT -5
CHART DATE: November 12 1 | 2 | BOOGIE NIGHTS...Heatwave | 2 | 1 | BRICK HOUSE...The Commodores | 3 | 3 | HELP IS ON ITS WAY...The Little River Band | 4 | 5 | I FEEL LOVE...Donna Summer | 5 | 6 | WE JUST DISAGREE...Dave Mason | 6 | 7 | DAYBREAK...Barry Manilow | 7 | 9 | HOW DEEP IS YOUR LOVE...The Bee Gees | 8 | 10 | JUST REMEMBER I LOVE YOU...Firefall | 9 | 12 | DON'T IT MAKE MY BROWN EYES BLUE...Crystal Gayle | 10 | 13 | ISN'T IT TIME...The Babys | 11 | 4 | SMOKE FROM A DISTANT FIRE...The Sanford/Townsend Band | 12 | 14 | HEAVEN ON THE 7TH FLOOR...Paul Nicholas | 13 | 18 | SWINGTOWN...The Steve Miller Band | 14 | 17 | IT'S ECSTASY WHEN YOU LAY DOWN NEXT TO ME...Barry White | 15 | 19 | YOUR SMILING FACE...James Taylor | 16 | --> | YOU MAKE ME FEEL LIKE DANCING...Leo Sayer | 17 | --> | SHE'S NOT THERE...Santana | 18 | --> | (Every Time I Turn Around) BACK IN LOVE AGAIN...L.T.D. | 19 | 20 | SHE DID IT...Eric Carmen | 20 | --> | BLUE BAYOU...Linda Ronstadt |
Hey, doofus67, I've really enjoyed reading yours (and lasvegaskid's) Top 20 countdowns the past few months. I can tell you've put a lot of work and time into this project. One thing you might want to change in the above countdown, by the way, is to omit the Leo Sayer song at #16. I think you've got your years confused; that song debuted about this time in 1976, not '77.
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Post by doofus67 on Nov 13, 2019 9:15:39 GMT -5
Thanks, slf. The correction is made. When I'm writing out these lists in my notebooks, I make a one- or two-word notation for each song title. "You Make" looked like Leo's song to me, when it should have looked like something else. Ironically, Leo debuted last week at the same spot.
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Post by doofus67 on Nov 19, 2019 5:43:43 GMT -5
CHART DATE: November 19 1 | 1 | BOOGIE NIGHTS...Heatwave [2nd week at #1] | 2 | 3 | HELP IS ON ITS WAY...The Little River Band | 3 | 5 | WE JUST DISAGREE...Dave Mason | 4 | 2 | BRICK HOUSE...The Commodores | 5 | 9 | DON'T IT MAKE MY BROWN EYES BLUE...Crystal Gayle | 6 | 7 | HOW DEEP IS YOUR LOVE...The Bee Gees | 7 | 10 | ISN'T IT TIME...The Babys | 8 | 8 | JUST REMEMBER I LOVE YOU...Firefall | 9 | 4 | I FEEL LOVE...Donna Summer | 10 | 13 | SWINGTOWN...The Steve Miller Band | 11 | 12 | HEAVEN ON THE 7TH FLOOR...Paul Nicholas | 12 | 15 | YOUR SMILING FACE...James Taylor | 13 | 14 | IT'S ECSTASY WHEN YOU LAY DOWN NEXT TO ME...Barry White | 14 | 16 | YOU MAKE LOVING FUN...Fleetwood Mac | 15 | 17 | SHE'S NOT THERE...Santana | 16 | 18 | BACK IN LOVE AGAIN...L.T.D. | 17 | --> | IT'S SO EASY...Linda Ronstadt | 18 | --> | DARK STAR...Crosby, Stills & Nash | 19 | 20 | BLUE BAYOU...Linda Ronstadt | 20 | --> | WE'RE ALL ALONE...Rita Coolidge |
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Post by doofus67 on Nov 26, 2019 11:59:19 GMT -5
CHART DATE: November 26 🍗 1 | 3 | WE JUST DISAGREE...Dave Mason | 2 | 1 | BOOGIE NIGHTS...Heatwave | 3 | 5 | DON'T IT MAKE MY BROWN EYES BLUE...Crystal Gayle | 4 | 6 | HOW DEEP IS YOUR LOVE...The Bee Gees | 5 | 10 | SWINGTOWN...The Steve Miller Band | 6 | 7 | ISN'T IT TIME...The Babys | 7 | 8 | JUST REMEMBER I LOVE YOU...Firefall | 8 | 4 | BRICK HOUSE...The Commodores | 9 | 12 | YOUR SMILING FACE...James Taylor | 10 | 2 | HELP IS ON ITS WAY...The Little River Band | 11 | 11 | HEAVEN ON THE 7TH FLOOR...Paul Nicholas | 12 | 14 | YOU MAKE LOVING FUN...Fleetwood Mac | 13 | 15 | SHE'S NOT THERE...Santana | 14 | 16 | BACK IN LOVE AGAIN...L.T.D. | 15 | 17 | IT'S SO EASY...Linda Ronstadt | 16 | --> | SLIP SLIDIN' AWAY...Paul Simon | 17 | 18 | DARK STAR...Crosby, Stills & Nash | 18 | 19 | BLUE BAYOU...Linda Ronstadt | 19 | --> | MOONDANCE...Van Morrison | 20 | 20 | WE'RE ALL ALONE...Rita Coolidge |
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Post by doofus67 on Dec 3, 2019 5:04:51 GMT -5
CHART DATE: December 3 1 | 1 | WE JUST DISAGREE...Dave Mason [2nd week at #1] | 2 | 4 | HOW DEEP IS YOUR LOVE...The Bee Gees | 3 | 3 | DON'T IT MAKE MY BROWN EYES BLUE...Crystal Gayle | 4 | 5 | SWINGTOWN...The Steve Miller Band | 5 | 6 | ISN'T IT TIME...The Babys | 6 | 9 | YOUR SMILING FACE...James Taylor | 7 | 12 | YOU MAKE LOVING FUN...Fleetwood Mac | 8 | 13 | SHE'S NOT THERE...Santana | 9 | 2 | BOOGIE NIGHTS...Heatwave | 10 | 11 | HEAVEN ON THE 7TH FLOOR...Paul Nicholas | 11 | 15 | IT'S SO EASY...Linda Ronstadt | 12 | 14 | BACK IN LOVE AGAIN...L.T.D. | 13 | 16 | SLIP SLIDIN' AWAY...Paul Simon | 14 | 18 | BLUE BAYOU...Linda Ronstadt | 15 | 20 | WE'RE ALL ALONE...Rita Coolidge | 16 | 19 | MOONDANCE...Van Morrison | 17 | --> | TIME BOMB...Lake | 18 | --> | BABY, WHAT A BIG SURPRISE...Chicago | 19 | --> | BABY COME BACK...Player | 20 | --> | WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS...Queen |
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Post by doofus67 on Dec 10, 2019 8:58:37 GMT -5
CHART DATE: December 10 1 | 1 | WE JUST DISAGREE...Dave Mason [3rd week at #1] | 2 | 2 | HOW DEEP IS YOUR LOVE...The Bee Gees | 3 | 4 | SWINGTOWN...The Steve Miller Band | 4 | 5 | ISN'T IT TIME...The Babys | 5 | 6 | YOUR SMILING FACE...James Taylor | 6 | 7 | YOU MAKE LOVING FUN...Fleetwood Mac | 7 | 8 | SHE'S NOT THERE...Santana | 8 | 11 | IT'S SO EASY...Linda Ronstadt | 9 | 13 | SLIP SLIDIN' AWAY...Paul Simon | 10 | 3 | DON'T IT MAKE MY BROWN EYES BLUE...Crystal Gayle | 11 | 12 | BACK IN LOVE AGAIN...L.T.D. | 12 | 14 | BLUE BAYOU...Linda Ronstadt | 13 | 15 | WE'RE ALL ALONE...Rita Coolidge | 14 | 17 | TIME BOMB...Lake | 15 | 18 | BABY, WHAT A BIG SURPRISE...Chicago | 16 | 20 | WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS...Queen | 17 | 19 | BABY COME BACK...Player | 18 | --> | POINT OF KNOW RETURN...Kansas | 19 | --> | YOU'RE IN MY HEART (The Final Acclaim)...Rod Stewart | 20 | --> | SENTIMENTAL LADY...Bob Welch |
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Post by doofus67 on Dec 17, 2019 15:11:56 GMT -5
CHART DATE: December 17 1 | 2 | HOW DEEP IS YOUR LOVE...The Bee Gees | 2 | 3 | SWINGTOWN...The Steve Miller Band | 3 | 6 | YOU MAKE LOVING FUN...Fleetwood Mac | 4 | 1 | WE JUST DISAGREE...Dave Mason | 5 | 5 | YOUR SMILING FACE...James Taylor | 6 | 8 | IT'S SO EASY...Linda Ronstadt | 7 | 12 | BLUE BAYOU...Linda Ronstadt | 8 | 9 | SLIP SLIDIN' AWAY...Paul Simon | 9 | 13 | WE'RE ALL ALONE...Rita Coolidge | 10 | 11 | BACK IN LOVE AGAIN...L.T.D. | 11 | 16 | WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS...Queen | 12 | 17 | BABY COME BACK...Player | 13 | 20 | SENTIMENTAL LADY...Bob Welch | 14 | 14 | TIME BOMB...Lake | 15 | 15 | BABY, WHAT A BIG SURPRISE...Chicago | 16 | 18 | POINT OF KNOW RETURN...Kansas | 17 | 19 | YOU'RE IN MY HEART...Rod Stewart | 18 | --> | HERE YOU COME AGAIN...Dolly Parton | 19 | --> | TURN TO STONE...Electric Light Orchestra | 20 | --> | CALLING OCCUPANTS OF INTERPLANETARY CRAFT...The Carpenters |
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Post by doofus67 on Dec 24, 2019 10:34:43 GMT -5
CHART DATE: December 24 1 | 1 | HOW DEEP IS YOUR LOVE...The Bee Gees [2nd week at #1] | 2 | 7 | BLUE BAYOU...Linda Ronstadt | 3 | 3 | YOU MAKE LOVING FUN...Fleetwood Mac | 4 | 2 | SWINGTOWN...The Steve Miller Band | 5 | 10 | BACK IN LOVE AGAIN...L.T.D. | 6 | 6 | IT'S SO EASY...Linda Ronstadt | 7 | 8 | SLIP SLIDIN' AWAY...Paul Simon | 8 | 11 | WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS...Queen | 9 | 9 | WE'RE ALL ALONE...Rita Coolidge | 10 | 13 | SENTIMENTAL LADY...Bob Welch | 11 | 12 | BABY COME BACK...Player | 12 | 16 | POINT OF KNOW RETURN...Kansas | 13 | 5 | YOUR SMILING FACE...James Taylor | 14 | 17 | YOU'RE IN MY HEART...Rod Stewart | 15 | 19 | TURN TO STONE...Electric Light Orchestra | 16 | 18 | HERE YOU COME AGAIN...Dolly Parton | 17 | --> | CELEBRATE ME HOME...Kenny Loggins | 18 | --> | STAYIN' ALIVE...The Bee Gees | 19 | --> | DON'T LET ME BE MISUNDERSTOOD...Santa Esmeralda Starring Leroy Gomez | 20 | --> | GRANDMOTHER'S SONG...Steve Martin |
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Post by doofus67 on Dec 31, 2019 6:59:16 GMT -5
CHART DATE: December 31 The songs at #6 and #20 this week are another example of FT20's double-sided hit policy: rank and list them separately! 1 | 2 | BLUE BAYOU...Linda Ronstadt | 2 | 1 | HOW DEEP IS YOUR LOVE...The Bee Gees | 3 | 5 | BACK IN LOVE AGAIN...L.T.D. | 4 | 7 | SLIP SLIDIN' AWAY...Paul Simon | 5 | 3 | YOU MAKE LOVING FUN...Fleetwood Mac | 6 | 8 | WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS...Queen | 7 | 11 | BABY COME BACK...Player | 8 | 10 | SENTIMENTAL LADY...Bob Welch | 9 | 12 | POINT OF KNOW RETURN...Kansas | 10 | 14 | YOU'RE IN MY HEART...Rod Stewart | 11 | 15 | TURN TO STONE...Electric Light Orchestra | 12 | 18 | STAYIN' ALIVE...The Bee Gees | 13 | 16 | HERE YOU COME AGAIN...Dolly Parton | 14 | 17 | CELEBRATE ME HOME...Kenny Loggins | 15 | 19 | DON'T LET ME BE MISUNDERSTOOD...Santa Esmeralda | 16 | 6 | IT'S SO EASY...Linda Ronstadt | 17 | 4 | SWINGTOWN...The Steve Miller Band | 18 | --> | DESIREE...Neil Diamond | 19 | --> | YOU CAN'T TURN ME OFF (in the Middle of Turning Me On)...High Inergy | 20 | --> | WE WILL ROCK YOU...Queen |
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Post by doofus67 on Jan 1, 2020 10:13:39 GMT -5
CHART DATE: January 1 Hmmm... Right back to 1977.
1 | 1 | THE RUBBERBAND MAN...The Spinners [3rd week at #1] | 2 | 2 | CAR WASH...Rose Royce | 3 | 4 | HOT LINE...The Sylvers | 4 | 3 | MORE THAN A FEELING...Boston | 5 | 6 | YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE A STAR...Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis Jr. | 6 | 11 | I WISH...Stevie Wonder | 7 | 8 | SORRY SEEMS TO BE THE HARDEST WORD...Elton John | 8 | 10 | SOMEONE TO LAY DOWN BESIDE ME...Linda Ronstadt | 9 | 16 | BLINDED BY THE LIGHT...Manfred Mann's Earth Band | 10 | 14 | SOMEBODY TO LOVE...Queen | 11 | 12 | LOVE ME...Yvonne Elliman | 12 | 17 | AFTER THE LOVIN'...Engelbert Humperdinck | 13 | 7 | LIVIN' THING...Electric Light Orchestra | 14 | 19 | DAZZ...Brick | 15 | 20 | OPEN SESAME...Kool & the Gang | 16 | --> | WALK THIS WAY...Aerosmith | 17 | --> | HARD LUCK WOMAN...KISS | 18 | --> | IT KEEPS YOU RUNNIN'...The Doobie Brothers | 19 | --> | JEANS ON...David Dundas | 20 | --> | ENJOY YOURSELF...The Jacksons |
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Post by OnWithTheCountdown on Jan 3, 2020 19:58:26 GMT -5
CHART DATE: January 1 Hmmm... Right back to 1977.
18-->IT KEEPS YOU RUNNIN'...The Doobie Brothers Love that Doobies hit...very underrated. It barely made AT40, peaking at #37.
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Post by doofus67 on Jan 4, 2020 5:22:04 GMT -5
CHART DATE: January 1 Hmmm... Right back to 1977.
18-->IT KEEPS YOU RUNNIN'...The Doobie Brothers Love that Doobies hit...very underrated. It barely made AT40, peaking at #37. I never could understand that, from the time I saw it in my first Joel Whitburn book, until now. I thought it had to have gone at least top-20.
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