Great countdown today, and Casey was very excited today as of the 5 debuts, one was by the Beach Boys and another by the Beatles! Despite being 10 years old, "Got to Get You Into My Life" doesn't sound dated at all -- another sign of genius of the Beatles. Both will eventually make the top 10.
Meanwhile, joining the Happy Days theme, the theme from the spin-off show "Laverne and Shirley" --- "Making Our Dreams Come True" is at #32. John Travolta (then a TV star) and his show "Welcome Back, Kotter"'s theme song both charted as well, along with Baretta's great theme.
Another disco classic "Turn the Beat Around" entered, as did one of the few outdated songs, a Tony Orlando throwback "Save your Kisses for Me."
Bolting up the chart were two other 70's classics "Moonlight Feels Right" and "Afternoon Delight," two I clearly remember from the radio that summer.
At the top, Wings in is third non-consecutive week at #1 -- meaning the same person (Paul McCartney) is singing lead for two different groups on the same countdown. I've heard of a solo artist co-charting with their main band (Lionel Richie, Phil Collins), but never two bands.
Wings was interrupted at #1 by Diana Ross. Casey mentioned how she'd hit the top 10 four times as a solo artist, each of them hitting #1...and she'd go 5 for 5 in 1980 with "Upside Down." "Love Hangover" was also the song that broke the tie with Cher, Helen Ready, Roberta Flack, and Connie Francis for most solo #1's by a female...a trivia question he'd answered in 1972 when only Francis even had 3. I doubt Casey would've guessed that Mariah Carey would one day have 19!
19 first-timers on the chart today, including Hall & Oates
No 5-star songs today, but 4-stars from Nightingale, Carmen, the Beatles, Robinson, Seals and Crofts, and the Starland Vocal Band.
1 1 SILLY LOVE SONGS –•– Wings (Capitol)-11 (3 weeks at #1) (1)2 2 GET UP AND BOOGIE (That’s Right) –•– Silver Convention (Midland International)-15 (2)
3 3 MISTY BLUE –•– Dorothy Moore (Malaco)-14 (3)
4 4 LOVE HANGOVER –•– Diana Ross (Motown)-12 (1)
5 7 SARA SMILE –•– Daryl Hall and John Oates (RCA)-21 (5)
6 6 SHANNON –•– Henry Gross (Lifesong)-17 (6)
7 8 SHOP AROUND –•– The Captain and Tennille (A&M)-8 (7)
8 9 MORE, MORE, MORE (Part 1) –•– The Andrea True Connection (Buddah)-15 (8)
9 25 AFTERNOON DELIGHT –•– The Starland Vocal Band (Windsong)-7 (9)
10 13 I’LL BE GOOD TO YOU –•– The Brothers Johnson (A&M)-8 (10)
11 5 HAPPY DAYS –•– Pratt and McClain (Reprise)-12 (5)
12 21 KISS AND SAY GOODBYE –•– The Manhattans (Columbia)-10 (12)
13 15 LOVE IS ALIVE –•– Gary Wright (Warner Brothers)-10 (13)
14 16 TAKIN’ IT TO THE STREETS –•– The Doobie Brothers (Warner Brothers)-10 (14)
15 17 MOVIN’ –•– Brass Construction (United Artists)-12 (15)
16 18 I WANT YOU –•– Marvin Gaye (Tamla)-9 (16)
17 19 NEVER GONNA FALL IN LOVE AGAIN –•– Eric Carmen (Arista)-8 (17)
18 24 MOONLIGHT FEELS RIGHT –•– Starbuck (Private Stock)-10 (18)
19 23 TAKE THE MONEY AND RUN –•– The Steve Miller Band (Capitol)-7 (19)
20 20 BARETTA’S THEME (“Keep Your Eye On the Sparrow”) –•– Rhythm Heritage (ABC)-11 (20)
21 10 FOOL TO CRY / HOT STUFF –•– The Rolling Stones (Rolling Stones)-9 (10)
22 26 THE BOYS ARE BACK IN TOWN –•– Thin Lizzy (Mercury)-6 (22)
23 11 RHIANNON (Will You Ever Win) –•– Fleetwood Mac (Reprise)-16 (11)
24 12 WELCOME BACK –•– John Sebastian (Reprise)-13 (1)
25 14 BOOGIE FEVER –•– The Sylvers (Capitol)-19 (1)
26 30 GET CLOSER –•– Seals and Crofts (Featuring Carolyn Willis) (Warner Brothers)-10 (26)
27 32 YOU’RE MY BEST FRIEND –•– Queen (Elektra)-5 (27)
28 34 THAT’S WHERE THE HAPPY PEOPLE GO –•– The Trammps (Atlantic)-11 (28)
29 54 GOT TO GET YOU INTO MY LIFE –•– The Beatles (Capitol)-2 (29)
31 36 LET HER IN –•– John Travolta (Midland International)-8 (31)
32 38 MAKING OUR DREAMS COME TRUE –•– Cyndi Grecco (Private Stock)-7 (32)
33 37 TEAR THE ROOF OFF THE SUCKER (Give Up the Funk) –•– Parliament (Casablanca)-6 (33)
34 22 FOOLED AROUND AND FELL IN LOVE –•– Elvin Bishop (Capricorn)-16 (3)
35 42 SAVE YOUR KISSES FOR ME –•– The Brotherhood Of Man (Pye)-7 (35)
36 41 TURN THE BEAT AROUND –•– Vicki Sue Robinson (RCA)-11 (36)
37 40 I’M EASY –•– Keith Carradine (ABC)-7 (37)
38 27 RIGHT BACK WHERE WE STARTED FROM –•– Maxine Nightingale (United Artists)-19 (2)
39 43 MAMMA MIA –•– Abba (Atlantic)-5 (39)
40 58 ROCK AND ROLL MUSIC –•– The Beach Boys (Brother)-3 (40)
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