America's Top 10 June 21, 1981 Casey Kasem Stars On 45 # 1

The # 1 song in the U.S.A. was "Medley" by "Stars On 45" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5bGQ1-Gmoso
Interesting was that Billboard did not list this song simply as "Medley" but actually listed it as it was printed on the 45 rpm, which was as follows:
Medley Intro "Venus"/Sugar Sugar/No Reply/I'll Be Back/Drive My Car/Do You Want To Know A Secret/we Can Work It Out/I Should Have Known Better/Nowhere Man/You're Going To Lose That Girl/Stars On 45.
This 11 song medley holds the record for longest title for a # 1 song.
Amazing!
How bout the rest of the Top 10?
# 2 Bette Davis Eyes, Kim Carnes http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPOIS5taqA8
# 3 Sukiyaki, A Taste of Honey http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rcad9bNv670
(ironically 18 years earlier in 1963 "Sukiyaki" by Kyu Sakamoto was the # 1 song in the U.S.A. the very same week 6/22/63 (3 weeks @ # 1)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtXQ31F1A-k. It too holds a record as being the only song sung in Japanese to reach # 1 in the U.S.

# 4 A Woman Needs Love, Ray Parker Jr and Raydio http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=feI95ZvBjec
# 5 All Those Years Ago,George Harrison http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85Smw33PKJA
# 6 Being With You,Smokey Robinson http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0P2a6aLDkkM
# 7 The One That You Love,Air Supply http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nY31ZH6hAFI
# 8 America,Neil Diamond http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ii0b2rpXJ5s
# 9 You Make My Dreams, Daryl Hall and John Oates http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kO5qwNG4U18&feature=fvst
# 10 Jessie's Girl,Rick Springfield http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYkbTyHXwbs
Spotlight Videos on show:
Album spotlight [Tom Sawyer-Rush] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7DFsBcVMDA
Soul spotlight [Give It To Me Baby-Rick James] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wsXzDMRFWkk
Pop Spotlight [The One That You Love-Air Supply] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nY31ZH6hAFI
Interview:Ricky Nelson [Hello Mary Lou] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7XYp7-gX8tM

Bubbling Under The Hot 100 Highlights Week Of 6/20/81:
# 101 Pull Up To The Bumper,Grace Jones http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tc1IphRx1pk
# 103 Try It Out,Gino Soccio http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dpAuddaV_pI

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[principe370]

que hermoso programa ,que bonitos recuerdos , te felicito burtiscurtis09,vivan los 80 y 90

[burtiscurtis09]

@principe370 Gracias por ver mis videos! Me alegro de que disfrute de la música de los 80 y 90!

[JPMcFly1985]

Great chart, lots of classics. Even tho this was before MTV it's pretty 80s.

Hey I just noticed something with these '80/81 episodes. When Casey is reading the songs, they don't have it playing in the background, but it's got that trancey music instead.

[pythonfan1]

@JPMcFly1985 That trancey music used to creep me out.

[mrberryv]

Kim Carnes' "Bette Davis Eyes" had fallen out of the top spot after five weeks at #1 that week, but it returned to #1 for four more weeks the following June 28.

[The096757]

@pythonfan1

the commercial music starting at 8:42 is the best sound on here. i like it a lot. damn was 1981 a sorry year for music . mid 1980s new wave and rock and the late 1970s disco were so much better. 1981 to and most of 1982 wa sa dead zone in music as far as i am concerned. it still sucks 30 years later.

[The096757]

i liked kim carnes and star on 45 but the rest of these top 40 songs of 1981 are the reason i REALLY missed the disco of the late 1970s. i was listening the pretenders in 1981 and grace slick's welcome to the wrecking ball. this music is total crap except for REO who i hated then but came to like by the 1990s. i came to like jesse' girl too. the james song is ok too. it was out before black music became crap.

[1967mustanggta]

This is what we listened to when I graduated. Truth is most new these songs but we listened to a bunch of other stuff.

[FrankG5874]

This aired the week my folks got wired for Cable Television in 1981.

[retroforever]

There is something wrong when Stars on 45 knocks Kim Carnes out of #1.

[markdc20005]

My favorite: Jessie's Girl at #10!