Billboard top 25 week ending 19th January 1980

It's been a while since I've done one of these, so well I thought why not. You have as many choices as you want.

 

I picked six of them which seems really generous on my part.

 

I picked three, which was definitely generous on my part.

 

Great start to a great decade. I picked 12.

 

MJ, Smokey; Prince, Kenny Loggins, Tom Petty

 

I picked zero, and my generous part is not saying what I really think of this list.

 

Michael Jackson - Rock With You
Smokey Robinson - Cruisin'
KC & the Sunshine Band - Please Don't Go
The Eagles - The Long Run
Queen - Crazy Little Thing Called Love
Hall & Oates - Wait For Me

Darryl

 

14 for me...
Wait For Me is one of my favorite H&O songs
Prince, MJ, J Starship, Loggins, FM, Issac Hayes, Dionne, Stevie, Petty, Forbert, Cliff...
I even like the KC and Cap'n & Tenille singles

 

I picked seven, but I remember playing pretty much all of these on my college radio show. Very fond memories of this time.

 

I picked 12 and I probably surprised myself because I usually never pick that many from one of these polls, but there were a lot of songs I enjoy that was on this Top 25.

Michael Jackson - Rock With You
Captain & Tenille - Do That Me One More Time
Rupert Holmes - Escape (The Pina Colada Song)
Cliff Richard - We Don't Talk Anymore
KC & The Sunshine Band - Please Don't Go
The Eagles - The Long Run
Fleetwood Mac - Sara
Kenny Loggins - This Is It
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Don't Do Me Like That
Queen - Crazy Little Thing Called Love
Daryl Hall & John Oates - Wait For Me
Styx - Babe

 

I like most of those. In particular, the Stevie Wonder and Dionne Warwick songs are great smooth r&b that have been somewhat forgotten. "We Don't Talk Anymore" is a rare hit song that changes to a lower key during the chorus.

 

Not the best list in the world, but shocking myself, I went with the R&B flavor.

 

I picked all of them. Great memories for me of this time.

As a side note, Isaac Hayes was actually at both #'s 20 and 21 on this chart. He sang #20, "Don't Let Go", but didn't write it. He did write #21, "Deja Vu", but didn't sing it.

 

absolutely awful week.

 

#25 Romeo's Tune is the best song on this list. Such a great optimistic joyful song!!!

 

"Wait For Me" is my all-time Hall & Oates track. I love the studio version, and also the live one on Rock & Soul - although I usually fade it out before the end when Daryl drags out "fadingggggg" for about 5 minutes!

Steve Forbert deserved more hits!

 

Not much on this one for me, I’m afraid. I could only pick four:
Michael Jackson
Prince
Fleetwood Mac
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

And a very sad list too, with three of the four having left this mortal coil

 

Rock With You
Don't Let Go
Escape (The Pina Colada Song)
Deja Vu
Please Don't Go
Ladies Night
The Long Run
Sara
Better Love Next Time
Don't Do Me Like ThatJane
Crazy Little Thing Called Love
Wait For Me
Babe
Yes, I'm Ready

 

Rupert Holmes - Escape (The Pina Colada Song)
The Eagles - The Long Run
Queen - Crazy Little Thing Called Love
Styx - Babe

 

It was r&b flavor for me.Just started hitting the 3.2 dance clubs in Denver.How long ago it was.

 

Chose these 9:

Rock With You - Michael Jackson
Coward of the County - Kenny Rogers
Ladies Night - Kool & The Gang
Please Don’t Go - KC and the Sunshine Band
Cool Change - Little River Band
I Wanna Be Your Lover - Prince
Sara - Fleetwood Mac
This Is It - Kenny Loggins
Don’t Do Me Like That - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

 

Chose 15. Yes. 15.

 

1050 CHUM

TW LW ARTIST TITLE WKS NOTES
1 3 Led Zeppelin Fool In The Rain 7
2 4 Cliff Richard We Don't Talk Anymore 7
3 1 Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers Don't Do Me Like That 8
4 7 Fleetwood Mac Sara 8
5 8 The Flying Lizards Money 5
6 9 Jefferson Starship Jane 10
7 11 Foghat Third Time Lucky 6
8 2 Foreigner Head Games 10
9 6 Streetheart Under My Thumb 11
10 14 Rupert Holmes Escape (The Piña Colada Song) 5
11 5 Little River Band Cool Change 12
12 12 Cheap Trick Voices 7
13 17 Steve Forbert Romeo's Tune 4
14 19 Kenny Loggins This Is It 6
15 21 Styx Why Me 3
16 22 Aerosmith Remember (Walking In The Sand) 3
17 10 Styx Babe 16
18 25 Queen A Crazy Little Thing Called Love 2
19 13 The Police Message In A Bottle 12
20 26 The Alan Parsons Project Damned If I Do 2
21 23 April Wine Say Hello 4
22 27 Toto 99 2
23 15 The Eagles The Long Run 8
24 28 Daryl Hall And John Oates Wait For Me 2
25 18 Bob Segarini Goodbye L.A. 8
26 29 Michael Jackson Rock With You 2
27 16 Stevie Wonder Send One Your Love 11
28 30 Max Webster Paradise Skies 2
29 -- Rush The Spirit Of Radio 1
30 20 Saga It's Time (Chapter Three)

 

Rough week

 

Crazy Little Thing Called Love