I like these ...


Atomic - Blondie
Take Your Time (Do it Right) - S.O.S. Band
Make A Little Magic - The Dirt Band
Drivin' My Life Away - Eddie Rabbitt
Never Knew Love Like This Before - Stephanie Mills

Just thought I'd give you the Dutch chart positions for these songs (PP = Peak Position, WC = Weeks on Chart, bubbling under = somewhere between #41 and #70)


Against the Wind - Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band (bubbling under)
Little Jeannie - Elton John (bubbling under)
Theme From New York, New York - Frank Sinatra (PP: 5, WC: 10)
Answering Machine - Rupert Holmes
Let Me Love You Tonight - Pure Prairie League (bubbling under)
King of the Hill - Rick Pinette and Oak
Tired of Toein' the Line - Rocky Burnette (PP: 12, WC: 7)
Ashes By Now - Rodney Crowell
Clones - Alice Cooper
Atomic - Blondie (PP: 29, WC: 4)
One Fine Day - Carole King
A Lover's Holiday - Change (PP: 18, WC: 7)
All Night Long - Joe Walsh
Stand By Me - Mickey Gilley
Cupid - The Spinners (PP: 8, WC: 10)
It's Still Rock and Roll to Me - Billy Joel
I'm Alive - Electric Light Orchestra (bubbling under)
Misunderstanding - Genesis
Walks Like A Lady - Journey
Magic - Olivia Newton-John (PP: 12, WC: 6)
Angel Say No - Tommy Tutone
Gimme Some Lovin' - Blues Brothers (PP: 32, WC: 3)
In America - Charlie Daniels Band
More Love - Kim Carnes
Take Your Time (Do it Right) - S.O.S. Band (bubbling under)
All Out of Love - Air Supply (PP: 27, WC: 4)
Take A Little Rhythm - Ali Thomson
Into the Night - Benny Mardones
Jo Jo - Boz Scaggs
Sailing - Christopher Cross (PP: 18, WC: 7) (Note: charted in 1981)
Fame - Irene Cara (PP: 1, WC: 11) (Note: charted in 1983!)
Empire Strikes Back - Meco
Let My Love Open the Door - Pete Townshend
Old Fashioned Love - The Commodores
Make A Little Magic - The Dirt Band
Drivin' My Life Away - Eddie Rabbitt (PP: 27, WC: 4)
Tulsa Time - Eric Clapton
Love the World Away - Kenny Rogers
Someone That I Used to Love - Natalie Cole
Why Not Me - Fred Knoblock
One in A Million You - Larry Graham
I Can't Let Go - Linda Ronstadt
Give Me the Night - George Benson (PP: 8, WC: 10)
Boulevard - Jackson Browne
Emotional Rescue - Rolling Stones (PP: 8, WC: 9)
You're the Only Woman - Ambrosia
Upside Down - Diana Ross (PP: 2, WC: 14)
You're Supposed to Keep Your Love For Me - Jermaine Jackson
Lookin' For Love - Johnny Lee
I'm Alright - Kenny Loggins (bubbling under)
How Does it Feel to Be Back - Daryl Hall and John Oates
Hot Rod Hearts - Robbie Dupree
Hey There Lonely Girl - Robert John
You'll Accomp'ny Me - Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band
No Night So Long - Dionne Warwick
First Time Love - Livingston Taylor
He's So Shy - Pointer Sisters (PP: 27, WC: 6)
Don't Ask Me Why - Billy Joel (bubbling under)
Jesse - Carly Simon
All Over the World - Electric Light Orchestra (PP: 11, WC: 7)
How Do I Survive - Amy Holland
Don't Ya Wanna Play This Game No More - Elton John
Xanadu - Olivia Newton-John and Electric Light Orchestra (PP: 1, WC: 16)
Late in the Evening - Paul Simon (PP: 9, WC: 9)
Let Me Be Your Angel - Stacy Lattisaw
Never Knew Love Like This Before - Stephanie Mills (PP: 1, WC: 11)
The Legend of Wooley Swamp - Charlie Daniels Band
Out Here on My Own - Irene Cara
Who'll Be the Fool Tonight - Larsen-Feiten Band
Another One Bites the Dust - Queen (PP: 14, WC: 11)
Look What You've Done to Me - Boz Scaggs
I'm Almost Ready - Pure Prairie League
Midnight Rocks - Al Stewart
Whip It - Devo


Somehow this makes me feel like a fish out of water... :-\\

Atomic by Blondie
Another One Bites the Dust, Queen (Machine Guns ready to Go... Wow!)
ELO... Were the dissapointments?

Give Me The Night...George Benson
Upside Down...Diana Ross
Never Knew Love Like This Before..Stephanie Mills
He's So Shy...The Pointer Sisters
Magic...Olivia Newton-John

Honorable Mentions:

Fame..Irene Cara
Another One Bites the Dust....Queen
Take Your Time (Do It Right)...S.O.S. Band
Sailing...Christopher Cross

It's Still Rock N Roll To Me - Billy Joel
Don't Ask Me Why - Billy Joel
Never Knew Love Like This Before - Stephanie Mills
Whip It - Devo
Upside Down - Diana Ross

Just thought I'd give you the Dutch chart positions for these songs (PP = Peak Position, WC = Weeks on Chart, bubbling under = somewhere between #41 and #70)

Somehow this makes me feel like a fish out of water... :-\\


I had no idea Eddie Rabbitt had hits outside of North America.  Good to know :)

More good ones (though not quite as good as the first few months of the year)...

Against The Wind - Bob Seger
Into The Night - Benny Mardones
Give Me The Night - George Benson
He's So Shy - Pointer Sisters
Look What You've Done To Me - Boz Scaggs

1. Devo: Whip It
2. Paul Simon: Late in the Evening
3. Pete Townshend: Let My Love Open the Door
4. Queen: Another One Bites the Dust
5. S.O.S. Band: Take Your Time, Do It Right

One stinkaroo of which this list jarred my memory:

Rupert Holmes: Answering Machine

They should have really put this guy down after the "Escape (The Pina Colada Song)"
If you like Pina Coladas and getting shot in the brain...
:P

[quote author=whis

In 1980 these were my favorites.

It's Still Rock and Roll to Me - Billy Joel  
All Out of Love - Air Supply  
Xanadu - Olivia Newton-John and Electric Light Orchestra  
Another One Bites the Dust - Queen  
Whip It - Devo  

Today it would be.

It's Still Rock and Roll to Me - Billy Joel
Take Your Time (Do it Right) - S.O.S. Band
Emotional Rescue - Rolling Stones
Late in the Evening - Paul Simon
Whip It - Devo

I just noticed Into The Night.  That's a good one too.