Saturday, July 10, 2010

Casey Kasem's AT40 The 80s - July 10th 2010

AT 40 The 80s, This week July 7th 1984

10- Legs - ZZ Top
9- The Heart of Rock N Roll -Huey Lewis & News
8- Almost Paradise - Mike Reno and Ann Wilson
7- Time After Time - Cyndi Lauper
6- Eye Without a Face - Billy Idol
5- The Reflex - Duran Duran
4- Self Control - Laura Branigan
3- Jump (For My Love) - The Pointer Sisters
2- Dancing in the Dark - Bruce Springsteen
1- When Doves Cry - Prince
(1st of 5 Weeks at #1)






Top 5 Albums This week in 1984:

5- Can't Slow Down - Lionel Richie
4- Heartbeat City - The Cars
3- Footloose - The Soundtrack
2- Sports - Huey Lewis and The News
1- Born in The USA - Bruce Springsteen
(1st of 7 non consecutive weeks at #1)

While released in 1984, Born in the USA became the biggest selling album of 1985 and produced a record tying 7 top 10 Singles from one album. Of those singles "Dancing in Dark" was the highest, reaching #2 this week.
The other singles were "Cover Me" #7, "Born in the USA" #9, "I'm on Fire" #6,"Glory Days"#5,
"I'm Goin Down" #9 and "My Hometown" #6.
Bruce Springsteen won the Grammy in 1984 for Best Rock Vocal Performance -Male for "Dancing in the Dark" and was also nominated for Album of the Year.

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