1978 Bestselling Singles in the UK

The #1 and #2 best selling singles in the United Kingdom for 1978 have one thing in common, they are both from movies starring John Travolta.

The #1 Bestselling Single of 1978 in the United Kingdom

Night Fever - Bee Gees





The #2 Bestselling Single of 1978 in the United Kingdom

Summer Nights - John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John

#1 Song of the Week

"Kiss You All Over" by Exile 

The #1 song of the week, from this week in 1978 and spent 4 weeks on top of the Billboard Hot 100.

From their album Mixed Emotions and the only pop hit for the band before lead singer Jimmy Stokley left and the group took a turn towards the country market.

Billboard Hot 100 and Album Chart 09/25/2010

Here are the Top Ten Singles on the Billboard Hot 100 for the week ending September 25th 2010

10 - Mine - Taylor Swift
9 - Club Can't Handle Me - Flo Rida w/David Guetta
8 - Take It Off - Ke$ha
7 - Just A Dream Nelly
6 - DJ Got Us Fallin In Love - Usher w/Pitbull
5 - I Like It - Enrique Iglesias w/Pitbull
4 - Dynamite - Taio Cruz
3 - Just The Way You Are - Bruno Mars
2 - Love The Way You Lie - Eminem w/Rhianna
1 - Teenage Dream - Katy Perry


Here are the Top 10 Albums for this week

10 - Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam - Soundtrack
9 - Dark Is The Way, Light Is A Place - Anberlin (debut)
8 - My World 2.0 - Justin Bieber
7 - Interpol - Interpol (debut)
6 - Audio Secrecy - Stone Sour (debut)
5 - Asylum - Disturbed
4 - Teenage Dream - Katy Perry
3 - Now 35 - Various Artist
2 - Recovery - Eminem
1 - Kaleidoscope Heart - Sara Bareilles
(Debuts this week at #1)

The 3rd studio album by Sara it debuts in the Top spot with sales of 90,000 copies. Her previous album peaked at #7 in July of 2007.
The first single from the album is "The King of Anything".

The UK Top 10 Singles and Albums 09/25/2010

Here are the Top Ten Singles in the UK for the Week ending September 25th 2010

10 - Impossible - Shontelle (debut)
9 - Club Can't Handle Me - Flo Rida w/David Guetta
8 - Katy on a Mission - Katy B
7 - DJ Got Us Falling in Love - Usher w/Pitbull
6 - Love the Way You Lie - Eminem w/Rhianna
5 - Please Don't Let Me Go - Olly Murs
4 - For the First Time - The Script
3 - Teenage Dream - Katy Perry
2 - Dynamite - Taio Cruz
1 - Start Without You - Alexandra Burke w/Laza Morgan
(Debut at #1 this week)
The 2008 winner of The X-Factor with her 3rd UK #1 single



The Top 10 Albums

10 - Interpol - Interpol (debut)
9 - The Fame - Lady Gaga
8 - Recovery - Eminem
7 - Teenage Dream - Katy Perry
6 - XX - The XX
5 - Flamingo - Brandon Flowers
4 - Going Back - Phil Collins (debut)
3 - Band of Joy - Robert Plant (debut)
2 - A Thousand Suns - Linkin Park (debut)
1 - Science & Faith - The Script
(debut at #1 this week)

The Dublin, Ireland based group's second album and also their 2nd straight #1 album in the UK after their debut album The Script reached reached the top in August 2008.
This album features this week's #4 song "For The First Time".

Casey Kasem's American Top 40 - The 70s - September 25th 2010

This week on AT40 the 70s, September 25th 1971

The Top Ten Singles

10 - Celebrate - Rare Earth
9 - Whatcha See is Whatcha Get - The Dramatics
8 - Superstar - Carpenters
7 - Smiling Faces Sometimes - The Undisputed Truth
6 - Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey - Paul McCartney
5 - Spanish Harlem - Aretha Franklin
4 - The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down - Joan Baez
3 - Ain't No Sunshine - Bill Withers
2 - Maggie May/Reason To Believe - Rod Stewart
1 - Go Away Little Girl - Donny Osmond
(3rd of 3 consecutive weeks at #1)


The Top Ten Albums

10 - Mud Slide Slim and the Blue Horizon - James Taylor
9 - The Partridge Family Sound Magazine - The Partridge Family
8 - Master of Reality - Black Sabbath
7 - Carpenters - Carpenters
6 - Shady Grove - Jerry Garcia & David Grisham
5 - Who's Next - The Who
4 - Ram - Paul McCartney
3 - Every Good Boy Deserves a Favour - The Moody Blues
2 - Every Picture Tells a Story - Rod Stewart
1 - Tapestry - Carole King
(15th of 15 consecutive weeks at #1)

One of the biggest selling and most successful albums in the history of the Billboard album chart. Spending 15 weeks at #1 makes it the most weeks at the top for a solo female artist and ranks second all time for a solo artist.
In July 1995 the album was awarded by the RIAA the Diamond award for sales of 10 million in the US and has sold over 25 million copies worldwide.
Carole King would win 4 Grammy awards for her work on Tapestry, including Album of the Year and Record of the Year for "Its Too Late" and Song of the Year for "You've Got a Friend".

Casey Kasem's American Top 40 - The 80s - September 25th 2010

AT40 the 80s, this week its September 25th 1982

The Top Ten Singles

10 - Love is in Control - Donna Summer
9 - Hurts So Good - John Cougar
8 - Somebody's Baby - Jackson Browne
7 - Who Can it Be Now? - Men At Work
6 - Eye in the Sky - The Alan Parsons Project
5 - You Should Hear How She Talks About You - Melissa Manchester
4 - Eye of the Tiger - Survivor
3 - Hard to Say I'm Sorry - Chicago
2 - Jack and Diane - John Cougar
1 - Abracadabra - The Steve Miller Band
(2nd of 2 non consecutive weeks at #1)
This song was #1 for one week September 4th and then was at #2 while Hard to Say I'm Sorry was in the top spot for 2 weeks.



The Top Ten Albums

10 - Eye of The Tiger - Survivor
9 - Chicago 16 - Chicago
8 - Vacation - The Go- Go's
7 - Good Trouble - REO Speedwagon
6 - Pictures at Eleven - Robert Plant
5 - Emotions in Motion - Billy Squier
4 - Asia - Asia
3 - Abracadabra - The Steve Miller Band
2 - Mirage - Fleetwood Mac
1 - American Fool - John Cougar
(3rd of 9 consecutive weeks at #1)


The last album that would be under the name John Cougar, the next album "Uh-Huh" would be as John Cougar Mellencamp.
This album would put the Indiana native on the track to superstardom and a home on the album and singles charts for the next 10 years and become an instant classic and one of the best rock albums ever.
This album gave the top 40 2 huge singles that are both in the top ten this week in 1982, the mega smash hits of "Jack and Diane" (4 weeks at #1 in October of 1982) and "Hurts So Good" (#2 in July and topped the Cashbox Top 40 list for one week in July).
Also to hit the top 20 from the album was "Hand To Hold on Too" which peaked at #19.

Today's Billboard Album Chart

The Top Ten Albums for the Week ending September 18th 2010

10- Red Velvet Car - Heart (debut)
9 - Camp Rock 2 : The Final Jam - Soundtrack
8 - My World 2.0 - Justin Bieber
7 - Something for the Rest of Us - The Goo Goo Dolls (debut)
6 - I Still Believe - Lyle Jennings (debut)
5 - Back To Me - Fantasia
4 - Teenage Dream - Katy Perry
3 - Recovery - Eminem
2 - Now 35 - Various Artist (debut)
1 - Asylum - Disturbed (debut)



The 4th consecutive #1 album on the Billboard 200 Album chart, tying the Dave Matthews Band and Metallica as the only other groups to accomplish this feat.
This also the group's highest charting album on the UK charts peaking at #7.

Creedance Clearwater Revival

Although they never reached the top spot on the Billboard Hot 100 here in the US they did manage to reach #1 on the UK singles chart.

This week in 1969 "Bad Moon Rising" spent the first of 3 weeks at #1.

Nicole Scherzinger and Cheryl Cole to join Simon Cowell's "X-Factor" judging panel - NYPOST.com

Nicole Scherzinger and Cheryl Cole to join Simon Cowell's "X-Factor" judging panel - NYPOST.com

Casey Kasem's American Top 40 - The 80s - September 18th 2010

Casey Kasem's AT40 The 80s

Week Ending September 19th 1987

The Top Ten Singles

10 - Touch of Grey - The Grateful Dead
9 - Lost in Emotion - Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam
8 - I Heard a Rumor - Bananarama
7 - Can't We Try - Dan Hill
6 - Doing It All for My Baby - Huey Lewis & The News
5 - When Smokey Sings - ABC
4 - Here I Go Again - Whitesnake
3 - La Bamba - Los Lobos
2 - Didn't We Almost Have It All - Whitney Houston
1 - I Just Can't Stop Loving You - Michael Jackson
(1 week at #1)

The Top 10 Albums

10 - The Joshua Tree - U2
9 - In The Dark - The Grateful Dead
8 - Crushin - The Fat Boys
7 - Who's That Girl - Soundtrack featuring Madonna
6 - Bigger and Deffer - LL Cool J
5 - Bad Animals - Heart
4 - Hysteria - Def Leppard
3 - Whitesnake - Whitesnake
2 - Whitney - Whitney Houston
1 - La Bamba - Soundtrack featuring Los Lobos
(2nd of 2 consecutive weeks at #1)

From the movie about the short but influential life of Ritchie Valens, the soundtrack featuring Los Lobos. The single "La Bamba", a remake of the Valens classic spent 3 weeks at the top of the Billboard Hot 100.

Casey Kasem's American Top 40 - The 70s - September 18th 2010

This week on AT40 The 70s, September 13th 1975

The Top Ten Singles
10 - Wasted Days and Wasted Nights - Freddy Fender
9 - Run Joey Run - David Geddes
8 - I'm Sorry - John Denver
7 - Could It Be Magic - Barry Manilow
6 - Fight The Power Part 1 - The Isley Brothers
5 - Fame - David Bowie
4 - Get Down Tonight - KC & The Sunshine Band
3 - At Seventeen - Janis Ian
2 - Fallin' In Love - Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds
1 - Rhinestone Cowboy - Glen Campbell
(2nd of 2 weeks at #1)


The Top Ten Albums

10 - Fandango - ZZ Top
9 - That's the Way of the World - Earth, Wind and Fire
8 - Greatest Hits - Cat Stevens
7 - The Basement Tapes - The Bob Dylan Band
6 - Honey - Ohio Players
5 - One of These Nights - The Eagles
4 - Captain Fantastic and The Brown Dirt Cowboy - Elton John
3 - Between The Lines - Janis Ian
2 - Red Octopus - Jefferson Starship
1 - The Heat is On - The Isley Brothers
(1 week at #1)

The first #1 album on the Billboard 200 for this legendary soul/RB group from Ohio.
They had success in the early sixties with hits like "This Old Heart of Mine", "Twist and Shout" and then the #2 smash in 1969 "Its Your Thing".
The 70s saw their biggest R&B success and then they hit the top of the album chart for the first time with "The Heat is On" and this weeks #6 song "Fight the Power, Part I" which peaked at #4.
This would be their last #1 Pop album until 2003 when they topped the 200 with Body Kiss for one week.

X Factor

"The X Factor" is the British version of "American Idol" and in fact the winners and runner ups on that show have had considerable more success in the UK than the "American Idol" winners have in the US.
The 2008 Winner of "The X Factor" was Alexandra Burke a teenager from London with a powerful voice. On the live finale of that season she sang the 1984 song "Hallelujah" by Leonard Cohen. The affect of this song was soon evident on the UK top 40 chart.
She released "Hallelujah" in December of 2008 and set the European record for single sales over a 24 hour period with 105,00 copies sold.
This beat the record of the 2007 winner of "The X Factor", Leona Lewis, who sold 82,000 copies of her debut single "A Moment Like This".
"Hallelujah" became the #1 Christmas single of 2008 and by January of 2009 sales of the single has passed the 1 million mark making Alexandra Burke the first British female solo artist to sell 1 million copies of a single in the UK.

The UK Top 10 Singles and Albums

For the week ending Sept 11th 2010

The Top 10 Singles

10 - Billionaire - Travie McCoy w/Bruno Mars
9 - We Speak No Americano - Yolanda Be Cool VS D Cup
8 - Katy on a Mission - Katy B
7 - You Took My Heart - Pepper & Piano (debut)
6 - Green Light - Roll Deep
5 - Club Can't Handle Me - Flo Rida w/David Guetta
4 - Love the Way You Lie - Eminem w/Rhianna
3 - Dynamite - Taio Cruz
2 - Teenage Dream - Katy Perry (debut)
1 - Please Don't Let Me Go - Olly Murs (debut)
Olly Murs was the runner up in the 2009 X-Factor talent competition.
The English version of American Idol that was created by Simon Cowell, with an American version debuting this fall.


The Top 10 Albums

10 - The Fame - Lady Gaga
9 - Eliza Doolittle - Eliza Doolittle
8 - Sigh No More - Mumford & Sons
7 - Only Revolutions - Biffy Clyro
6 - Audio Secrecy - Stone Sour (debut)
5 - Recovery - Eminem
4 - Happiness - Hurts (debut)
3 - XX - XX
2 - Teenage Dream - Katy Perry
1 - Flamingo - Brandon Flowers (debut)
The lead singer of the American group The Killers with his debut solo album.

Top of The Pops - 45 Years Ago

This week on Top of the Pops, the top 5 on the Billboard Hot 100 Sept 11th 1965.

We have 3 members of the Rock N Roll Hall of Fame in this weeks top 5.

Here We Go!!

5 - California Girls - The Beach Boys
After peaking at #3 the boys begin a slow fall down the charts


4 - You Were On My Mind - We Five
On its way to peaking at #3


3 - Eve of Destruction - Barry McGuire
On the way to #1, this anthem of anti war would top the charts for one week.


2 - Like a Rolling Stone - Bob Dylan
His first top 10 single peaked for 2 weeks at #2.


1 - Help! - The Beatles
The 2nd of 3 weeks at the top of the charts for the biggest group in history of recorded music. This is their 9th #1 single in 20 months, they would top the chart again in 3 weeks.

Billboard Hot Country Chart 09/11/2010

Here are the top 10 song on the Hot Country Chart.

10 - Little White Church - Little Big Town
9 - Roll With It - Easton Corbin
8 - All Over Me - Josh Turner
7 - The Boys of Fall - Kenny Chesney
6 - Smile - Uncle Kracker
5 - Love Like Crazy - Lee Brice
4 - Our Kind of Town - Lady Antebellum
3 - I'm In - Keith Urban
2 - Pretty Good at Drinkin' Beer - Billy Currington
1 - All About Tonight - Blake Shelton
(3 weeks at #1)



The Top 10 Country Albums

10 - Play On - Carrie Underwood
9 - Fearless - Taylor Swift
8 - Judge Jerrod & The Hung Jury - Jerrod Niemann
7 - All About Tonight (EP) - Blake Shelton
6 - Revolution - Miranda Lambert
5 - The Foundation - Zac Brown Band
4 - Need You Now - Lady Antebellum
3 - Cowboy's Back in Town - Trace Adkins
2 - Burning The Day - Randy Rogers Band
1 - The Reason Why - Little Big Town
(debut this week)

Casey Kasem's American Top 40 - The 70s - September 11th 2010

AT40 the 70s, this week September 8th 1973

The Top 10 Songs
10 - Here I Am (Come and Take Me) -Al Green
9 - Gypsy Man - War
8 - We're an American Band - Grand Funk Railroad
7 - Live and Let Die - Wings
6 - Loves Me Like a Rock - Paul Simon
5 - Touch Me in the Morning - Diana Ross
4 - Say, Has Anybody Seen My Sweet Gypsy Rose - Dawn
3 - Delta Dawn - Helen Reddy
2 - Brother Louie - Stories
1 - Let's Get it On - Marvin Gaye
(1st of 2 weeks at #1)


The Top 10 Albums

10 - Fresh - Sly and The Family Stone
9 - Innervisions - Stevie Wonder
8 - Killing Me Softly - Roberta Flack
7 - A Passion Play - Jethro Tull
6 - Touch Me in the Morning - Diana Ross
5 - We're An American Band - Grand Funk Railroad
4 - Foreigner - Cat Stevens
3 - Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd
2 - Chicago VI - Chicago
1 - Brothers and Sisters - The Allman Brothers Band
(1st of 5 consecutive weeks at #1)

The only Allman Brothers album to reach the top of the Billboard Album chart and contained their only top 40 single, the classic Ramblin' Man which reached #2 on the Hot 100 in October of 1973.
This was the first album the group recorded completely without Duane Allman who had died in a motorcycle accident in 1971.

Casey Kasem's American Top 40 - The 80s - September 11th 2010

AT40 The 80s, This Week September 14th 1985

The top 10 singles

10 - Invincible - Pat Benatar
9 - Pop Life - Prince & The Revolution
8 - Freedom - Wham!
7 - Freeway of Love - Aretha Franklin
6 - Don't Lose My Number - Phil Collins
5 - Power of Love - Huey Lewis & The News
4 - Cherish - Kool and The Gang
3 - Money for Nothing - Dire Straits
2 - We Don't Need Another Hero - Tina Turner
1 - St Elmo's Fire (Man in Motion) - John Parr
(2nd of 2 weeks at #1)


The Top 10 Albums

10 - Heart - Heart
9 - Theater of Pain - Motley Crue
8 - Whitney Houston - Whitney Houston
7 - Greatest Hits Vols I & II - Billy Joel
6 - No Jacket Required - Phil Collins
5 - Born in the USA - Bruce Springsteen
4 - Reckless - Bryan Adams
3 - Songs From the Big Chair - Tears for Fears
2 - The Dream of the Blue Turtle - Sting
1 - Brothers in Arms - Dire Straits
(3rd of 9 consecutive weeks at #1)


I had just graduated High School in 1985 when this album came out and it was huge and on the radio all the time, it was a great album and the start of the CD becoming the format of the future.
Brothers in Arms was the first album to sell 1 million copies on CD and outsell the vinyl LP version.
It is Dire Straits biggest selling album with over 30 million copies sold worldwide and reached #1 on the UK album chart and spent at total of 228 weeks on the chart.
The album had 3 top 20 singles on the US Billboard Hot 100 with their biggest hit being this weeks #3 hit on the way to 3 weeks at #1, Money For Nothing.
The other charting singles in the US were Walk of Life (#7) and So Far Away (#19). These songs also charted in the UK along with the title track Brothers in Arms (#16) and Your Latest Trick (#26).
They did not reach the top of the UK chart but Walk of Life made it to #2, while Money For Nothing reached #4.

Today's Billboard Hot 100 and Album Chart

The Billboard charts for the Week ending September 11th 2010

The Top 10 Songs

10 - Take it Off - Ke$ha
9 - Mine - Taylor Swift
8 - Cooler Than Me - Mike Posner
7 - California Gurls - Katy Perry
6 - Just the Way You Are - Bruno Mars
5 - DJ Got Us Fallin in Love - Usher w/Pitbull
4 - I Like It - Enrique Iglesias w/Pitbull
3 - Dynamite - Taio Cruz
2 - Teenage Dream - Katy Perry
1 - Love the Way You Lie - Eminem w/Rhianna


The Top 10 Albums

10 - Zombie (EP) - The Devil Wears Prada (debut)
9 - God Willin' and the Creek Don't Rise - Ray Lamontagne
8 - Burning the Day - Randy Rogers Band (debut)
7 - My World 2.0 - Justin Bieber
6 - Intimacy: Album III - Kem
5 - The Reason Why - Little Big Town (debut)
4 - Versus (EP) - Usher (debut)
3 - Recovery - Eminem
2 - Back To Me - Fantasia (debut)
1 - Teenage Dream - Katy Perry (debut)

Magic

In the history of the Billboard Top 40 there have been 3 songs chart that had the title "Magic".

Here is the last of the 3 to chart, from 1984 and peaking at #12, its The Cars.


The first of the "Magic" songs was by Pilot and went to #5 in 1975.


The second of the 3 "Magic" songs was the most successful and went to the top of the Billboard Hot 100 in 1980.
Here is Olivia Newton-John with her chart topping "Magic"

Your Classic Country Video of the Week

Today in 1984 the "Texas Troubadour", Ernest Tubb died at the age of 70.
In his memory here is the classic multi-million seller "Walkin' the Floor Over You"

UK Top 10 September 4th 2010

Here are the Top 10 singles in the UK for the week ending September 4th 2010.

10 - Airplanes - B.o.B with Hayley Williams
9 - Beautiful Monster - Ne-Yo
8 - Crossfire - Brandon Flowers
7 - Billionaire - Travie McCoy with Bruno Mars
6 - We Speak No Americano - Yolanda Be Cool vs D Cup
5 - Katy on a Mission - Katy B
4 - Green Light - Roll Deep
3 - Club Can't Handle Me - Flo Rida with David Guetta
2 - Love the Way You Lie - Eminem with Rhianna
1 - Dynamite - Taio Cruz
(Debut at #1)



The Top Ten Albums this week in the UK

10 - Surfing the Void - Klaxons
9 - Crazy Love - Michael Buble
8 - Headlines - Saturdays
7 - Sigh No More - Mumford & Sons
6 - The Fame - Lady GaGa
5 - Eliza Doolittle - Eliza Doolittle
4 - The Suburbs - Arcade Fire
3 - The Final Frontier - Iron Maiden
2 - The Defamation of Strickland Banks - Plan B
1 - Recovery - Eminem


Album Spotlight

Lets look at this weeks #3 album "Final Frontier" by Iron Maiden. It debuted last week at the #1 position and its their first album since 2006. This is the band's first album to debut at #1 in the UK since 1992's "Fear of the Dark" .
However, they debuted at #4 on the Billboard Top 200 Album chart, which is the highest charting album for Iron Maiden in the US. Their previous highest charting LP was the 2006's
"A Matter of Life and Death" which made it to #9.
This is the fourth Iron Maiden album to reach the top of the UK Album charts, the first was the legendary "The Number of the Beast" in1982.

Casey Kasem's American Top 40 - The 70s - September 4th 2010

AT40 The 70s, this week September 5th 1970

10 - Lookin Out My Backdoor - Creedance Clearwater Revival
9 - Spill The Wine - Eric Burdon & War
8 - Why Can't I Touch You - Ronnie Dyson
7 - Patches - Clarence Carter
6 - 25 or 6 to 4 - Chicago
5 - (They Long To Be) Close To You - The Carpenters
4 - In The Summertime - Mungo Jerry
3 - Make It With You - Bread
2 - Ain't No Mountain High Enough - Diana Ross
1 - War - Edwin Starr
(2nd of 3 Weeks at #1)


The Top Ten Albums this week in 1970

10 - John Barleycorn Must Die - Traffic
9 - Live at Leeds - The Who
8 - Absolutely Live - The Doors
7 - Tommy - The Who
6 - Closer To Home - Grand Funk Railroad
5 - Deja Vu - Crosby, Stills and Nash
4 - Chicago II - Chicago
3 - Blood, Sweat and Tears 3 - Blood, Sweat & Tears
2 - Woodstock - Movie Soundtrack
1 - Cosmo's Factory - Creedance Clearwater Revival
(3rd of 9 consecutive weeks at #1)

One of the biggest selling albums of 1970, this is the 5th album and 4th platinum album by the California based, Louisana bayou sounding band led by John Fogerty.
The album prodcued 3 top 10 singles on the Billboard Hot 100 and 2 of which also made the top 3 in the UK.
The first single was "Travelin Band b/w Who'll Stop the Rain", it peaked at #2 in the US and #8 in the UK. The next 2 sided single was "Up Around the Bend b/w Run Through the Jungle" and peaked at #4 in the US and #3 in the UK. The last single is in the top ten this week in 1970 "Lookin' Out My Backdoor" is at #10 after peaking in July at #2 but only made it to #20 in the UK.
Another single from the LP "I Heard it Through the Grapevine" was edited and released in January of 1976 but failed to crack the Top 40.
CCR still holds the record for most songs to reach #2 on the Hot 100 without going to #1.