I've created this bracket of the top eight Adult Contemporary singles from 1980 and we'll match them against each other, round by round, until a winner emerges. I hope you'll play along as I'm sure your bracket will turn out differently from mine. Singles and seedings taken directly from the December 20, 1980 issue of Billboard magazine:
- Quarterfinal #1: "Lost in Love" by Air Supply (#1 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary charts for 6 weeks) vs. "Lead Me On" by Maxine Nightingale (#1 for 7 weeks)
- Quarterfinal #2: "Broken Hearted Me" by Anne Murray (#1 for 5 weeks) vs. "All Things Are Possible" by Dan Peek (#6)
- Quarterfinal #3: "The Rose" by Bette Midler (#1 for 5 weeks) vs. "Where Were You When I Was Falling in Love" by Lobo (#1 for 3 weeks)
- Quarterfinal #4: "You're Only Lonely" by J.D. Souther (#1 for 5 weeks) vs. "Send One Your Love" by Stevie Wonder (#1 for 4 weeks)
I'll stipulate the majority of these tunes are from 1979 --
Title
|
AC chart debut |
Lost in Love
|
2/16/1980 |
You're Only Lonely
|
2/29/1979
|
The Rose
|
3/29/1980 |
Broken Hearted Me
|
9/22/1979
|
All Things are Possible
|
6/30/1979 |
Where Were You...
|
7/21/1979
|
Send One Your Love
|
11/10/1979 |
Lead Me On
|
5/12/1979
|
-- but I'm going to keep the same seeding methodology that I've used for other bracketology appearances on this blog. ("A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds" - Emerson 😉).
Fill out your bracket with your personal favorites and check back for the semifinal round.
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