#1 Song of the Week

This week our #1 is "Babe" by Styx.

From December of 1979 and it spent 2 weeks at #1.  Originally not part of the album "Cornerstone" ,the other band members convinced Dennis Deyoung to add it to the demo of the album.   Tommy Shaw then added the guitar solo and this went on to be Styx first and to date only #1 on the Billboard Hot 100.  It also helped send the album to #2 on the Billboard album chart.

Casey Kasem's American Top 40 - The 80s - April 10th 2011

AT40 the 80s This week April 11th 1981

The Top Ten Singles

10 - Don't Stand So Close To Me - The Police

9  -  Keep On Loving You - REO Speedwagon

8  -  While You See A Chance - Steve Winwood

7  -  Crying -  Don McLean

6  -  Morning Train (Nine to Five) - Sheena Easton

5  -  Just The Two of Us - Grover Washington Jr

4  -  Woman - John Lennon

3  -  The Best of Times - Styx

2  -  Rapture - Blondie

1  -  Kiss on My List - Hall and Oates

(1st of 3 consecutive weeks at #1)

The Top Ten Albums

10 - The Jazz Singer - Neil Diamond

9  -  Another Ticket - Eric Clapton

8  -  Face Dances - The Who

7  -  Zenyatta Mondatta- The Police

6  -  Double Fantasy - John Lennon

5  -  Winelight - Grover Washington Jr

4  -  Arc of a Diver - Steve Winwood

3  -  Moving Pictures - Rush

2  -  Hi Infidelity - REO Speedwagon

1  -  Paradise Theater - Styx

(2nd of 2 consecutive weeks at #1)

The 10th studio album by the group and to date their only #1 album on the Billboard 200 album chart.

This album did yield 2 top 10 singles with "Too Much Time on My Hands" reaching #9  and "The Best of 

Times"  peaking on this weeks chart at #3.