America's Top 10 August 9, 1981 Casey Kasem

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Yes this was the official week that started MTV, at the time was a revolutionary cable TV channel that showed 24 hours of only music video.Hench the the name Music Television (MTV).
What were the hottest movies that weekend?
The top 10 were:
# 1 Raiders Of The Lost Ark
# 2 The Empire Strikes Back
# 3 Tarzan, The Ape Man
# 4 Heavy Metal
# 5 Stripes
# 6 Arthur
# 7 Superman II
# 8 Blow Out
# 9 Under The Rainbow
# 10 An Eye For An Eye

What were the Hottest lps that week?
# 1 Long Distance Voyager, The Moody Blues http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3QLFFVFpp0

# 2 Precious Time, Pat Benatar http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dsKCU5ll3D0

# 3 Street Songs, Rick James http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYHxGBH6o4M

# 4 4, Foreigner (How Ironic?) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7m5DIGU10so

# 5 Mistaken Identity, Kim Carnes http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4dWVE1F9go

# 6 Hard Promises, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKDYErlu5Kc

# 7 Share Your Love, Kenny Rogers http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFNjOpW6yW0

# 8 Hi Infidelity, REO Speedwagon http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-4qR-69hpM

# 9 Paradise Theater, Styx http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAbpG-dZIZM

# 10 The One That You Love, Air Supply http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ohg6jtoAN80

Thanks for watching!

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[zachhoran]

George Strait is in the top 10 for the very first time on the Country chart on this chart. He's now broken ELton John's record for consecutive years with at least one charted record. Elton had 30 consecutive years on the HOt 100, George now holds the record on Country with 31.

[swetergrl91]

The Urban Cowboy vibe was still going strong.

[JML101582]

The week after the debut of MTV, awesome :-)