American Top 40 - Fourth of July 1983 Special: "The Forty Top Acts of the Eighties - So Far"

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For the American Top 40 episode of July 2, 1983, Casey counted down "The Forty Top Acts of the Eighties - So Far." Casey never mentions the methodology for determining this list (he rarely ever did), but the way he repeatedly mentioned the number of Top 10 hits in the 1980's for artists, I'm guessing that statistic weighed heavily in the algorithm.

Rank	Act	Representative Song(s) Played	AT40 debut	Eventual '80s Rank*
40	Fleetwood Mac	Hold Me	6/19/82	-
39	Joan Jett & The Blackhearts	I Love Rock 'N Roll	2/13/82	-
38	Donna Summer	On the Radio	1/26/80	-
37	The Police	Every Breath You Take	6/4/83	-
36	Elton John	Blue Eyes	8/14/82	8
		Little Jeannie	5/10/80
35	Foreigner	Waiting for a Girl Like You	10/17/82	-
34	The Pointer Sisters	Slow Hand	6/27/81	-
33	The Little River Band	Night Owls	9/5/81	-
32	Pat Benatar	Heartbreaker	2/9/80	-
31	The J. Geils Band	Centerfold	11/28/81	-

30	Toto	Rosanna	5/8/82	-
29	The Rolling Stones	Start Me Up	8/29/81	-
		Waiting on a Friend	12/12/81
28	Barbra Streisand	Woman in Love	9/13/80	-
27	John Lennon	(Just Like) Starting Over	11/1/80	-
26	Styx	The Best of Times	1/24/81	-
25	Men at Work	Who Can It Be Now?	8/7/82	-
		Down Under	11/27/82
24	REO Speedwagon	Keep On Loving You	12/27/80	-
23	Queen	Crazy Little Thing Called Love	1/12/80	-
22	Dan Fogelberg	Longer	1/19/80	-
21	Lionel Richie	Truly	10/23/82	6

Rank	Act	Representative Song(s) Played	AT40 debut	Eventual '80s Rank*
20	Kool & The Gang	Celebration	11/22/80	12
19	Billy Joel	It's Still Rock and Roll to Me	5/24/80	7
		Allentown	12/18/82
18	Paul McCartney	Coming Up (Live at Glasgow)	5/10/80	21
17	John Cougar	Hurts So Good	5/22/82	10
16	Kim Carnes	Bette Davis Eyes	4/11/81	-
15	Eddie Rabbitt	I Love a Rainy Night	12/6/80	-
14	Blondie	Call Me	3/8/80	-
		The Tide is High	11/29/80
13	Bob Seger	Against the Wind	5/10/80	-
12	Neil Diamond	Love on the Rocks	11/1/80	-
11	Stevie Wonder	That Girl	1/30/82	15

10	Juice Newton	Queen of Hearts	6/20/81	-
9	Rick Springfield	Jessie's Girl	5/9/81	17
8	Journey	Open Arms	1/23/82	18
		Any Way You Want It	3/29/80
7	Christopher Cross	Ride Like the Wind	3/1/80	-
6	Michael Jackson	Billie Jean	1/29/83	1
		Rock with You	11/24/79
5	Olivia Newton-John	Physical	10/17/81	22
4	Kenny Rogers	Lady	10/4/80	13
3	Air Supply	Lost in Love	3/8/80	23
2	Diana Ross	Upside Down	8/9/80	19
1	Daryl Hall & John Oates	Maneater	11/6/82	3

*according to the table found on page 819 of The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits (7th ed.) by Joel Whitburn: