Music ads for 1981 releases

Promo posters as seen on "WKRP in Cincinnati" #53

Albums: Daryl Hall & John Oates - Private Eyes (RCA, 1981), Little Feat - Hoy-Hoy! (Warner Bros., 1981), [see note below], Commodores - Heroes (Motown, 1980), Rickie Lee Jones - Pirates (Warner Bros., 1981)
Episode:  Season 4, Episode 6, "Who's on First"
Original air date: Wednesday, November 11, 1981

It takes a village: eagle-eyed reader Herc suggests that the photo next to Bailey's lovely head is a promo shot of Bruce Springsteen used for the cover of the February 5, 1981 issue of Rolling Stone magazine. I agree.

Two Hit Wonders 1976-85 [11 of 16]

*to qualify as a MFD two hit wonder, the artist or group can have placed only two singles in the Billboard Top 40 and those two singles must have entered the Top 40 during the years 1976-85.  Many of these artists are occasionally mistaken for a one hit wonder or have hit other charts in Billboard, but each hit the Top 40 only twice. In no particular order, here's four of the 64 that I found:

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THE CLASH
Eclectic new wave rock group from London: John "Joe Strummer" Mellor (vocals), Mick Jones (guitar), Paul Simonon (bass) and Nicky "Topper" Headon (drums). Political activists, who wrote songs protesting racism and oppression. Jones (not to be confused with Mick Jones of Foreigner) left band in 1984 to form Big Audio Dynamite. Strummer appeared in the 1987 movie Straight to Hell. 

Title	Top 40 Debut	Chart Peak
Train in Vain (Stand by Me)	4/26/80	23
Rock the Casbah	11/13/82	8

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RICKIE LEE JONES
Born on 11/8/54 in Chicago. Female singer/songwriter. Won the 1979 Best New Artist Grammy Award.

Title	Top 40 Debut	Chart Peak
Chuck E.'s in Love	5/12/79	4
Young Blood	9/1/79	40

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TEDDY PENDERGRASS
Born on 3/26/50 in Philadelphia. R&B singer. Lead singer of Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes from 1970-76. Acted in the 1982 movie Soup for One. Auto accident on 3/18/82 left him partially paralyzed.

Title	Top 40 Debut	Chart Peak
Close the Door	8/12/78	25
Two Hearts (with Stephanie Mills)	7/4/81	40

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MICHAEL STANLEY BAND
Born Michael Stanley Gee on 3/25/48 in Cleveland. Rock singer/guitarist. His band: Kevin Raleigh (vocals, keyboards), Bob Pelander(keyboards), Gary Markshay (guitar), Rick Bell (sax), Mike Gismondi (bass) and Tom Dobeck (drums). Dan Powers replaced Markshay in 1982.

Title	Top 40 Debut	Chart Peak
He Can't Love You	1/10/81	33
My Town	11/12/83	39

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Data and artist descriptions taken from The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits, 7th edition (2000).