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American Top 40- The 1980s- Week of November 29, 1980. A good variety of songs here- even a few country songs- My Mount Rushmore- ‘The Wanderer’/ Just Like Starting Over’/ ‘Master Blaster’ and ‘Turning Japanese.’
1 1 LADY –•– Kenny Rogers (Liberty)-9 (3 weeks at #1) (1) C
2 2 WOMAN IN LOVE –•– Barbra Streisand (Columbia)-13 (1) C
3 3 THE WANDERER –•– Donna Summer (Geffen)-11 (3) A+
4 4 ANOTHER ONE BITES THE DUST –•– Queen (Elektra)-16 (1) A
5 5 I’M COMING OUT –•– Diana Ross (Motown)-9 (5) A
6 8 MORE THAN I CAN SAY –•– Leo Sayer (Warner Brothers)-10 (6) B
7 7 MASTER BLASTER (Jammin’) –•– Stevie Wonder (Tamla)-11 (7)A+
8 9 (Just Like) STARTING OVER –•– John Lennon (Geffen)-5 (8) A+
9 11 LOVE ON THE ROCKS –•– Neil Diamond (Capitol)-5 (11) B-
10 10 DREAMING –•– Cliff Richard (EMI-America)-12 (10) C
11 18 HUNGRY HEART –•– Bruce Springsteen (Columbia)-4 (11) A
12 13 YOU’VE LOST THAT LOVIN’ FEELING –•– Daryl Hall and John Oates (RCA)-10 (12) B-
13 15 HIT ME WITH YOUR BEST SHOT –•– Pat Benatar (Chrysalis)-9 (13) A
14 14 WHIP IT –•– Devo (Warner Brothers)-14 (14) A
15 16 NEVER BE THE SAME –•– Christopher Cross (Warner Brothers)-8 (15) B
16 20 GUILTY –•– Barbra Streisand and Barry Gibb (Columbia)-5 (16) B
17 17 HE’S SO SHY –•– The Pointer Sisters (Planet)-19 (3) A
18 6 NEVER KNEW LOVE LIKE THIS BEFORE –•– Stephanie Mills (20th Century)-17 (6) B
19 24 EVERY WOMAN IN THE WORLD –•– Air Supply (Arista)-6 (19)C
20 22 WITHOUT YOUR LOVE –•– Roger Daltrey (Polydor)-12 (20) B
21 21 LET ME BE YOUR ANGEL –•– Stacy Lattisaw (Cotillion)-17 (21) C
22 12 LOVELY ONE –•– The Jacksons (Epic)-10 (12) B
23 26 EVERYBODY’S GOT TO LEARN SOMETIME –•– The Korgis (Asylum)-8 (23)C
24 30 DE DO DO DO, DE DA DA DA –•– The Police (A&M)-6 (24) A+
25 29 DEEP INSIDE MY HEART –•– Randy Meisner (Epic)-7 (25) C
26 28 THEME FROM “THE DUKES OF HAZZARD” (Good Ol’ Boys) –•– Waylon (RCA)-12 (26)C
27 31 IT’S MY TURN –•– Diana Ross (Motown)-6 (27) C
28 25 UPSIDE DOWN –•– Diana Ross (Motown)-21 (1) A
29 36 SEQUEL –•– Harry Chapin (Boardwalk)-5 (29) A
30 32 THIS TIME –•– John Cougar (Riva)-10 (30) B
31 33 I BELIEVE IN YOU –•– Don Williams (MCA)-10 (31) A
32 35 CELEBRATION –•– Kool and the Gang (De-Lite)-6 (32) A
33 41 TELL IT LIKE IT IS –•– Heart (Epic)-2 (33) B
34 34 ON THE ROAD AGAIN –•– Willie Nelson (Columbia)-13 (20)A
35 39 SUDDENLY –•– Olivia Newton-John and Cliff Richard (MCA)-6 (35) B
36 37 TURNING JAPANESE –•– The Vapors (United Artists / Liberty)-10 (36) A+
37 50 PASSION –•– Rod Stewart (Warner Brothers)-2 (37) C
38 58 THE TIDE IS HIGH –•– Blondie (Chrysalis)-3 (38) A
39 47 GIRLS CAN GET IT –•– Dr. Hook (Casablanca)-5 (39) C
40 40 ONE TRICK PONY –•– Paul Simon (Warner Brothers)-6 (40)B
I recognize most of these except Deep Inside My Heart…Meisner. The opening is nearly identical to Jackson Browne’s Running On Empty. And, I hadn’t heard Without Your Love in YEARS. Girls Can Get It, I don’t remember, either.