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Distilled Top 40 Hits from 1981
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| ABBA |
The Winner Takes It All (#15, #8) 
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| The Manhattan Transfer | Boy From New York City (#8, #7) | |
| Kool & The Gang | Celebration (#1, #1) | |
| Rick James | Give It To Me Baby (#30, #40) | |
| Carl Carlton | She's A Bad Mama Jama (#20, #22) | |
| Delbert McClinton | Giving It Up For Your Love (#13, #8) | |
| Joe Walsh | Life Of Illusion (#37, #34) | |
| Billy Joel | Say Goodbye to Hollywood (#22, #17) | |
| Dan Fogelberg | Same Auld Lang Syne (#9, #9) | |
| Eric Clapton | I Can't Stand It (#13, #10) | |
| Sheena Easton | Morning Train (Nine to Five) (#1, #1) | |
| The Moody Blues | Gemini Dream (#14, #12) | |
| Rick James | Super Freak (Part I) (#14, #16) | |
| Alan Parsons Project | Games People Play (#13, #16) | |
| Emmylou Harris with Dolly Parton and Linda Ronstadt | Mr. Sandman (LP Version) | |
| The Moody Blues | The Voice (#16, #15) | |
| Steve Winwood | While You See A Chance (#9, #7) | |
| Mike Post | Theme from Hill Street Blues (#19, #10) | |
| Santana | (I'm) Winning (#14, #17) | |
Comment:
As usual, this mix is available for download by clicking on the first song title.The two chart numbers after each song title represents the 'Record World' chart position followed by the 'Billboard' position.Some tunes that didn't make the final cut: Sausalito Summer Nights by Diesel, Shaddap You Face by Joe Dolce, Hit Me With Your Best Shot by Pat Benatar, Everything She Does is Magic by The Police, Elvira by The Oak Ridge Boys, Bette Davis' Eyes by Kim Carnes, Find Your Way Back by The Jefferson Starship, Her Town Too by James Taylor, It's Now Or Never by John Schneider, The Breakup Song by Greg Kihn, Working in the Coal Mine by Devo, Too Tight by Con Funk Shun, Woman and Watching the Wheels by John Lennon, and Guitar Man by Elvis Presley.
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mmmmmm, I like it you super freak you!
Although I would not have picked it as a favorite year, there clearly was plenty of stuff to enjoy. Nice collection.
1981 and not a New Romantic in sight. Some good stuff on here, Sheena's 9 to 5 has always been a fave. Love both Rick James cuts too....
Curious selections and flow, but I do like the doses of funk.
Both rich and rhythmic. For the most part I agree with your final cuts save for John Lennon.
Heck, you've got enough castoffs for a Vol. II!
Lots of tunes with meaning for me on this one, 3,9,13 and 19 especially. Your cast-off, if played in order, would make for an interesting if odd listen.
Time capsule!
my first exposure to contemporary pop music was when I watched the Solid Gold 1981 Top 40 Countdown in early '82 at the Van Leuvan's house outside of Zillah, WA. my family had gone to their house for Sunday dinner, and I watched the show with their two kids, who were older than I and really into music. In fact, I first began collecting records right after that, when I started special-ordering the 7" singles of most of the songs on Solid Gold's list. I still remember that "Celebration" squeaked in at #40, "Morning Train (9 to 5)" was #10 and "While You See a Chance" was #34, I think. "Woman" was #12 and "Bette Davis Eyes" was #1. (Let me know if you want the rest. on second thought, look who I'm talking to. you probably already have it.) Nothing else here made the Solid Gold Top 40 cut, unfortunately. but obviously, your mix brought back some great memories for me. lots of the songs I didn't think I knew here are ones I now remember fondly as tunes I heard when my ears were glued to 107.3 KFFM in Yakima, WA in the early '80s. an excellent collection, Retro Joe - and I look forward to more.
oops. I found my Solid Gold list from 1981 and I was mistaken, there's another here that's on their list: "Her Town Too" was #24 of the year. over and out.