Saturday, June 9, 2018

Billboard's #1's on my Birthday

These are the US Billboard number one albums and singles for the weeks that include June 9, 1976-85, representing my 10th through 19th birthdays. Tomorrow I may feel differently, but today my favorite list is that Jazz Album column.

Year
Album
Hot 100
Jazz Album
AC Single
R&B Single
Disco/Dance
1976 Wings at the Speed of Sound
Wings
"Love Hangover"
Diana Ross
Breezin'
George Benson
"Shop Around"
Captain & Tennille
"Young Hearts Run Free"
Candi Staton
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1977Rumours
Fleetwood Mac
"Sir Duke"
Stevie Wonder
Heavy Weather
Weather Report
"Looks Like We Made It"
Barry Manilow
"Got to Give It Up (Pt. 1)"
Marvin Gaye
"Devil's Gun"/"We Got Our Own Thing" (12 inch)
C.J. & Company
1978Saturday Night Fever
Soundtrack
"Too Much, Too Little, Too Late"
Johnny Mathis and Deniece Williams
Weekend in L.A.
George Benson
"Even Now"
Barry Manilow
"Used Ta Be My Girl"
The O'Jay's
"Last Dance"/"After Dark"/"Thank God It's Friday"/"Take It to the Zoo"
Various Artists
1979Breakfast in America
Supertramp
"Love You Inside Out"
Bee Gees
Livin' Inside Your Love
George Benson
"Just When I Needed You Most"
Randy Vanwarmer
"We Are Family"
Sister Sledge
Bad Girls (all cuts)
Donna Summer
1980Against the Wind
Bob Seger
"Funkytown"
Lipps, Inc.
Catching the Sun
Spyro Gyra
"The Rose"
Bette Midler
"Let's Get Serious"
Jermaine Jackson
"A Lover's Holiday"/"Searching"/"Glow of Love"
Change
1981Hi Infidelity
REO Speedwagon
"Bette Davis Eyes"
Kim Carnes
Winelight
Grover Washington, Jr.
"How 'Bout Us"
Champaign
"What Cha' Gonna Do for Me"
Chaka Khan
"Paradise"
Change
1982Tug of War
Paul McCartney
"Ebony and Ivory"
Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder
Breakin' Away
Al Jarreau
"Ebony and Ivory"
Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder
"Let It Whip"
Dazz Band
"In the Name of Love" (12 inch)
Thompson Twins
1983Thriller
Michael Jackson
"Flashdance.... What a Feeling"
Irene Cara
Jarreau
Al Jarreau
"My Love"
Lionel Richie
"Juicy Fruit"
Mtume
"Let's Dance" (12 inch)
David Bowie
1984Footloose
Soundtrack
"Time After Time"
Cyndi Lauper
Think of One
Wynton Marsalis
"Time After Time"
Cyndi Lauper
"Let's Hear It for the Boy"
Deniece Williams
"Tell Me I'm Not Dreamin' (Too Good to be True)"
Jermaine Jackson
1985Around the World in a Day
Prince
"Everybody Wants to Rule the World"
Tears for Fears
Magic Touch
Stanley Jordan
"Axel F"
Harold Faltermeyer
"Rock Me Tonight (For Old Time's Sake)"
Freddie Jackson
"Call Me Mr. Telephone"
Cheyne

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