The History of Jop Part 3 aka If you start me up I'll never stop

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

Part 3 of the series takes us to 1981, and really an awful lot of great singles from which you must pick ONLY NINE.

Procedural notes: Laurie A. and the Stones were joint winners this year. Also, "Ghost Town" topped the separate EPs poll but I threw it in here anyway. I may do this with some future EPs too.


[Poll #813728]


And now the Joptimists Top Ten of 1980:

1. Blondie - Call Me (45 votes)
2. Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart (37 votes)
3. Lipps Inc - Funky Town (35 votes)
4=. The Clash - Train In Vain/London Calling (32 votes)
4=. Diana Ross - Upside Down (32 votes)
4=. The Dead Kennedies - Holiday In Cambodia (32 votes)
7. The Vapors - Turning Japanese (31 votes)
8=. Martha And The Muffins - Echo Beach (29 votes)
8=. Joy Divison - Atmosphere/She's Lost Control (29 votes)
10. Devo - Whip It (25 votes)

Comments

The year of Juice and Sheena Jessie's Girl and Stars on 45!

[koganbot]

Billboard Chart

* Song went #1

*1... BETTE DAVIS EYES, Kim Carnes (#1, May)
*2... ENDLESS LOVE, Diana Ross and Lionel Richie (#1, Aug)
*3... LADY, Kenny Rogers (#1, Nov 1980)
*4... (Just Like) STARTING OVER, John Lennon (#1, Dec 1980)
*5... JESSIE'S GIRL, Rick Springfield (#1, Aug)
*6... CELEBRATION, Kool and the Gang (#1, Feb)
*7... KISS ON MY LIST, Daryl Hall and John Oates (#1, April)
*8... I LOVE A RAINY NIGHT, Eddie Rabbitt (#1, Feb)
*9... 9 TO 5, Dolly Parton (#1, Feb)
*10.. KEEP ON LOVING YOU, REO Speedwagon (#1, March)
11.. THE THEME FROM "GREATEST AMERICAN HERO" (Believe It Or Not), Joey Scarbury (#2, Aug)
*12.. MORNING TRAIN (Nine To Five), Sheena Easton (#1, May)
13.. BEING WITH YOU, Smokey Robinson (#2, May)
14 ..QUEEN OF HEARTS, Juice Newton (#2, pt)
*15.. RAPTURE, Blondie (#1, March)
16.. A WOMAN NEEDS LOVE (Just Like You Do), Ray Parker Jr. and Raydio (#4, June)
*17.. THE TIDE IS HIGH, Blondie (#1, Jan)
18.. JUST THE TWO OF US, Grover Wasington Jr. (with Bill Withers) (#2, May)
19.. SLOW HAND, The Pointer Sisters (#2, Aug)
20.. I LOVE YOU, The Climax Blues Band (#12, June)
21.. WOMAN, John Lennon (#2, March)
22.. SUKIYAKI, A Taste of Honey (#3, June)
23.. THE WINNER TAKES IT ALL, Abba (#8, March)
*24.. 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), The Stars on 45 (#1, June)
25.. ANGEL OF THE MORNING, Juice Newton (#4, May)
26.. LOVE ON THE ROCKS, Neil Diamond (#2, Jan)

Re: The year of Juice and Sheena Jessie's Girl and Stars on 45!

[blue-russian.livejournal.com]

Did Hall & Oates ever get any love from P&J?

This year looks much more familiar to me than that list we're voting on. I want poptimists to vote on whether "Keep On Lovin' You" is between than "I Love a Rainy Night"