PD – Just in time for more smooth jams, one that’s burning its way up to #5. I can just time my time filling my wine glass with ice cubes and some Reunite. I don’t even mind hitting a bump like this. Here’s the third single from the band’s Midnight Magic LP riding a natural high to its zenith of #25.Įleven songs in and it’s all good. We’re only six weeks into the 80s, so pop, rock, and soul still sit very comfortably together on the charts. At that point, we all had it, and we all jumped ship for a few years. When they teamed up for 1981’s Camouflage, they were then known as Rufus with Chaka Khan. So when they hooked up for the Quincy Jones-produced Masterjam, they were now called Rufus & Chaka. In 1978, Rufus recorded an album without Chaka. Then by 1977, they received equal billing as Rufus & Chaka Khan. Rufus & Chaka – Do You Love What You Feel Also being a refugee isn’t a choice, so it’s not something you have to do. Get over it song that he would still revisit every album. PD – I always eat all of my meat, but I have yet to receive any pudding? What am I doing wrong?ģ1. Pink Floyd – Another Brick In The Wall (Part 2) This #1 Soul & Dance smash will sashay up to #8.Īlso if the second time around is gonna be better, how bad was the first time?ģ2. Fortunately for them, Howard Hewitt, Jody Watley & Jeffrey Daniel was the trio that worked, at least for the next four years. They were on album three with their third different lineup. The problem was that they couldn’t get the formula right. Then Don could have them on the program to promote it. They would take some of the good looking dancers who could sing and record some disco songs. Shalamar was a musical spinoff from the show Soul Train. John has another song that he wrote in the Top 40 this week somewhere further up the chart. This was the third Top 40 hit from Bombs Away Dream Babies, but most people only remember Gold. It will reach #10, but continually gets overlooked.įun fact: Nicolette Larson sings backing vocals. Knowing a good song when she heard one, she plucked this one out, recorded it with a new band, and released it as her debut 45 from Mad Love. Supposedly she listened to the band Billy Thermal’s debut album, even though it never got released. Linda must have heard Pat and decided to up her game with this New Wave rocker. Until a boat, with a yacht rock flag sailed up to its pier.įun fact: Rupert recorded a French version for his Canadian friends called Lui, which was only available on 45. This will make it up to #6 and then be left for dead by the annals of history. But sometimes you can’t keep the good stuff down.
This is the first of two in the Top 40 for Rupert, an amazing feat considering that the record label that released Partners In Crime went out of business three months ago. This would also be their first hit in the UK, peaking at #9. This track was a game-changer for this Jersey City funk outfit, as it was their first Top Pop single since 1974’s Hollywood Swinging. But more than that, it would begin a serious run of radio smashes through 1987 – 16 Top 40 hits, 10 Top 10s and a #1 single. This single was one of his best love songs, which continues to get lost in his catalog shuffle, but one that seems custom made for FTD. In retrospect, taken on its own, the album has a profound beauty and sensitivity that Stevie rarely achieved again. Thus everyone was excited to buy it, but immediately became confused by it.
RAR – Are your ferns drooping over their macrame plant holder? Perk them up with the new Stevie Wonder double LP, Journey Through The Secret Life Of Plants! The album was the soundtrack to the documentary, The Secret Life Of Plants, as well as his follow-up to Songs In The Key Of Life. RAR – Was this song genuinely written as a tribute to George Lucas’ film THX 1138, as the band states? Or was someone in the group dating Barbara Feldon from Get Smart? It’ll crack its way up to #23 and became one of George Steinbrenner’s favorite songs. And while Pat wasn’t the only woman making rock music in 1980, she was one of the best doing it, because she surrounded herself with top-notch musicians. No one would call this punk, but it certainly has that same type of energy. This is where it begins for Pat, Top 40 wise.
The first twenty are all by established artists – no one or two hit wonders in the bunch. Since this countdown from February 9th, 1980 had lots of 1979 hits, I figured it would be a good excuse. I thought I’d get one more of these in before I would start to repeat myself.