AT40 The 80s August 8th 2010

AT40 this week August 9th 1986

10 - Rumors - Timex Social Club
9 - Venus - Bananarama
8 - Higher Love - Steve Winwood
7 - Danger Zone - Kenny Loggins
6 - Love Touch (Theme from "Legal Eagles") - Rod Stewart
5 - We Don't Have To Take Our Clothes Off - Jermaine Stewart
4 - Sledgehammer - Peter Gabriel
3 - Mad About You - Belinda Carlisle
2 - Papa Don't Preach - Madonna
1 - Glory of Love - Peter Cetera
(2nd of 2 weeks at #1)


The Top 10 Albums this week in 1986

10- Whitney Houston - Whitney Houston
9- Raising Hell - Run D.M.C.
8- Eat'em and Smile - David Lee Roth
7- Winner in You - Patti Labelle
6- Love Zone - Billy Ocean
5- Control - Janet Jackson
4- Invisible Touch - Genesis
3- True Blue - Madonna
2- So - Peter Gabriel
1- Top Gun - Motion Picture Soundtrack

(3rd of 5 non consecutive weeks at #1)

The only soundtrack album to reach the top of Billboards Album chart in 1986 and had 2 major hit singles with "Danger Zone" by Kenny Loggins (this week's #7 song)

"Take My Breath Away" by Berlin and that song would win the Academy Award and Golden Globe for Best Original Song.

Best Seller

The biggest selling song in the the UK for 1982, "Come On Eileen" by Dexy's Midnight Runners.

American Top 40 The 70s - August 8th 2010

AT40 the 70s, this week August 8th 1970

10 - OOOH Child - The 5 Stairsteps
9 - Ball of Confusion - The Temptations
8 - The Love You Save - The Jackson 5
7 - Tighter and Tighter - Alive & Kicking
6 - Mama Told Me (Not To Come) - Three Dog Night
5 - Band of God - Freda Payne
4 - Spill The Wine - Eric Burdon and War
3 - Signed, Sealed, Delivered (I'm Yours) - Stevie Wonder
2 - Make it With Your - Bread
1 - Close To Your - The Carpenters
(2nd of 4 Weeks at #1)




The Top 10 Albums this week in 1970

10- Live at Leeds - The Who
9- Chicago II - Chicago
8- Self Portrait - Bob Dylan
7- Deja Vu - Crosby, Stills & Nash
6- ABC - The Jackson 5
5- McCartney - Paul McCartney
4- Let It Be - The Beatles
3- Woodstock - Movie Soundtrack
2- Cosmo's Factory - Creedance Clearwater Revival
1- Blood Sweat & Tears 3 - Blood Sweat & Tears
(1st of 2 weeks at #1)

This Album turned out only 2 top 40 singles with "Hi-De-Ho" reaching #14 and "Lucretia MacEvil" going to #29.

America's Top Ten

From July 26th 1981 America's Top Ten with Casey Kasem

Today in Music

1958 - Billboard introduced 'The Hot 100 Singles Chart', Ricky Nelson was at No.1 with 'Poor Little Fool'.


1901 - Born on this day, Louis Armstrong, singer, bandleader, trumpet. Had many hits including the 1964 US No.1 'Hello Dolly!', 1968 UK No.1 'What A Wonderful World’ plus ‘When The Saints Go Marching In’, ‘Ain't Misbehavin’, and ‘We Have All the Time in the World.’ . Died 6th July 1971.

Mitch Miller 1911-2010

This last Saturday July 31st the master of the Sing A Long, Mitch Miller. He celebrated his 99th birthday on July 4th. He had his only #1 single on the Billboard Hot 100 with "Yellow Rose of Texas" in 1955 with his Sing A Long Gang.
The Sing A Long moved to tv in 1961 and had quite the following and was geard for older fans who did not care for rock n roll.

Here is an example of the Sing A Long Show



and his #1 hit from 1955

Today in Music History August 2nd

1975 - The Eagles went to No.1 on the US singles chart with 'One Of These Nights', the group's second US No.1 single and the first to chart in the UK where it peaked at No.23.



1951 - Born on this day, Andrew Gold, singer, songwriter, solo, (1977 US No.7 single 'Lonely Boy')