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Tennessee River - Alabama

This was the first #1 on the Hot Country chart for Alabama.  They hit the top for 1 week August 16th 1980.

Billboard Hot 100 11/26/2011

The Billboard Charts for the week ending November 26th 2011

The Top Ten Singles

10 - If This Was a Movie - Taylor Swift

9 -  It Will Rain - Bruno Mars

8 -  Good Feeling - Flo Rida

7 -  Pumped Up Kicks - Foster The People

6 -  Stereo Hearts - Gym Class Heroes w/Adam Levine

5 -  Moves Like Jagger - Maroon 5 w/Christina Aguilera

4 -  Without You - David Guetta w/Usher

3 -  Someone Like You - Adele

2 -  Sexy and I Know It - LMFAO

1 -  We Found Love - Rihanna w/Calvin Harris
(4th consecutive week at #1)



The Top Ten Albums

10 - Wicked Game - IL Divo

9 -  Formula:  Vol 1 - Romeo Santos

8 -  Mylo Xyloto - Coldplay

7 -  Someone To Watch Over Me - Susan Boyle

6 -  Under the Mistletoe - Justin Bieber

5 -  21 - Adele

4 -  Breaking Dawn - Soundtrack

3 -  NOW 40 - Various Artist

2 -  Christmas - Michael Buble

1 -  Blue Slide Park - Mac Miller
(debut)

The Year in #1 UK Hits - 1980

December 27th 1980


There's No One Quite Like Grandma - St. Winifred's School Choir
(2 consecutive weeks at #1)

Casey Kasem's American Top 40 The 70s - November 26th 2011

AT40 the 70s this week November 27th 1971


The Top 20 Singles

20 - Respect Yourself - Staple Singers
19 - A Natural Man - Lou Rawls
18 - Cherish - David Cassidy
17 - Easy Loving - Freddie Hart
16 - Two Divided By Love - Grass Roots
15 - Yo-Yo - The Osmonds
14 - An Old Fashioned Love Song - Three Dog Night
13 - Everybody's Everything - Santana
12 - All I Ever Need Is You - Sonny and Cher
11 - Maggie May/Reason To Believe - Rod Stewart
10 - The Desiderata - Les Crane
9  -  Rock Steady - Aretha Franklin
8  -  Peace Train - Cat Stevens
7  -  Got To Be There - Michael Jackson
6  -  Imagine - John Lennon
5  -  Family Affair - Sly and The Family Stone
4  -  Have You Seen Her - Chi-Lites
3  -  Baby I'm A Want You - Bread
2  -  Gypsies, Tramps and Thieves - Cher
1  -  Theme from "Shaft" - Isaac Hayes
(2nd week of 2 consecutive weeks at #1)


The Top Ten Albums

10 - Every Good Boy Deserves Favour - The Moody Blues
9  -  Every Picture Tells a Story - Rod Stewart
8  -  Harmony - Three Dog Night
7  -  At Carnegie Hall - Chicago
6  -  Tapestry - Carole King
5  -  There's a Riot Goin' On - Sly and The Family Stone
4  -  Imagine - John Lennon
3  -  Teaser and the Firecat - Cat Stevens
2  -  Shaft - Soundtrack by Isaac Hayes
1  -  Santana III - Santana
(3rd of 5 Consecutive weeks at #1)

This was the 3rd studio album by Santana and is called III because of Santana debut album also called "Santana".   Two singles were released from the album, "Everybody's Everything"  which peaked at #12 and "No One To Depend On" which reached #36 .
This was the first album to feature a 17 year old Neal Schon who had major solos on the 2 singles mentioned above.  He and Gregg Rolie would leave the band in 1972 to form Journey.
This was the last Santana album to reach #1 on the Billboard 200 until 1999 when his "Supernatural" topped the charts.   This would set the record for longest time between #1 albums on the Billboard chart.

1981 Billboard Top 10 Singles - 11/21/1981

Casey Kasem's American Top 40 The 80s - November 26th 2011

AT40 the 80s this week November 28th 1981


The Top 20 Singles


20 - Don't Stop Believin' - Journey
19 - Yesterday's Songs - Neil Diamond
18 - Leather and Lace - Stevie Nicks and Don Henley
17 - Harden My Heart - Quarterflash
16 - Trouble - Lindsey Buckingham
15 - The Old Songs - Barry Manilow
14 - Theme from "Hill Street Blues" - Mike Post
13 - The Night Owls - The Little River Band
12 - Young Turks - Rod Stewart
11 - Let's Groove - Earth, Wind and Fire
10 - Why Do Fools Fall in Love - Diana Ross
9  -   Arthur's Theme (The Best That You Can Do) - Christopher Cross
8  -  Tryin To Live My Live Without You - Bob Seger
7  -  Start Me Up - Rolling Stones
6  -  Oh No - The Commodores
5  -  Here I Am - Air Supply
4  -  Every Little Thing She Does is Magic - The Police
3  -  Private Eyes - Hall and Oates
2  -  Waiting For A Girl Like You - Foreigner
1  -  Physical - Olivia Newton-John
(2nd of 10 Consecutive weeks at #1)




The #1 Album this week in 1981


4 - Foreigner 
(4th of 10 non consecutive weeks at #1)

Originally title "Silent Partners" before the band changed the original album cover to the film leader number 4, this would the group's first and only album to top the Billboard 200 album chart.  The reached #5 on the UK album chart.
They released 3 singles from the album with "Urgent" being the first and it peaked at #4 (ironic) on the Hot 100.  Then came a record setting single called "Waiting for a Girl Like You" which peaked at #2 but stayed there for a then unprecedented 10 consecutive weeks.  It was stuck behind "Physical" by Olivia Newton-John for the first 9 weeks and then was leap frogged by Hall and Oates "I Can't Go for That" for the 10th week.  After that came the 3rd and least successful single from the album, "Jukebox Hero" which peaked at #26, probably due to the hangover of hearing Foreigner some much the previous months.

The Year in Billboard #1 Hits - 1974

September 21st 1974


Can't Get Enough of Your Love, Babe - Barry White
(1 week at #1)