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AUGUST 15, 1981

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Number
1 Up by 2

Hearts
Marty Balin
From the album: Balin
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
11
Number
2

Time
The Alan Parsons Project
From the album: The Turn of a Friendly Card
Peak
2
Weeks
14
Number
3 Up by 2

Jessie's Girl
Rick Springfield
From the album: Working Class Dog
Peak
3
Weeks
11
Number
4 Up by 2

Theme from "The Greatest American Hero" (Believe It or Not)
Joey Scarbury
From the album: America's Greatest Hero
Peak
4
Weeks
11
Number
5 Down by 4

The One That You Love
Air Supply
From the album: The One That You Love
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
13
Number
6 Up by 1

I Don't Need You
Kenny Rogers
From the album: Share Your Love
Peak
6
Weeks
10
Number
7 Up by 3

Endless Love
Diana Ross & Lionel Richie
From the album: Endless Love (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Peak
7
Weeks
6
Number
8 Up by 3

The Breakup Song (They Don't Write 'Em)
Greg Kihn Band
From the album: Rockihnroll
Peak
8
Weeks
9
Number
9

Modern Girl
Sheena Easton
From the album: Take My Time
Peak
9
Weeks
12
Number
10 Down by 6

All Those Years Ago
George Harrison
From the album: Somewhere in England
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
13
Number
11 Up by 4

The Boy From New York City
The Manhattan Transfer
From the album: Mecca for Moderns
Peak
11
Weeks
9
Number
12 Down by 4

One Day In Your Life
Michael Jackson
From the album: Forever, Michael, One Day in Your Life
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
14
Number
13 Up by 3

Queen Of Hearts
Juice Newton
From the album: Juice
Peak
13
Weeks
8
Number
14 Down by 1

Bette Davis Eyes
Kim Carnes
From the album: Mistaken Identity
Peak
1 (for 6 weeks)
Weeks
21
Number
15 Up by 5

Promises
Barbra Streisand
From the album: Guilty
Peak
15
Weeks
6
Number
16 Up by 3

Slow Hand
Pointer Sisters
From the album: Black & White
Peak
16
Weeks
7
Number
17 Up by 1

Winning
Santana
From the album: Zebop!
Peak
17
Weeks
10
Number
18 Down by 4

Gemini Dream
The Moody Blues
From the album: Long Distance Voyager
Peak
14
Weeks
9
Number
19 Up by 5

Urgent
Foreigner
From the album: 4
Peak
19
Weeks
6
Number
20 Up by 3

In the Air Tonight
Phil Collins
From the album: Face Value
Peak
20
Weeks
6
Number
21 Down by 9

I've Seen That Face Before (Libertango)
Grace Jones
From the album: Nightclubbing
Peak
4
Weeks
13
Number
22 Up by 3

Really Wanna Know You
Gary Wright
From the album: The Right Place
Peak
22
Weeks
5
Number
23 Down by 6

You Make My Dreams
Daryl Hall and John Oates
From the album: Voices
Peak
9
Weeks
13
Number
24 Up by 3

Stop Draggin' My Heart Around
Stevie Nicks & Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
From the album: Bella Donna
Peak
24
Weeks
4
Number
25 Down by 4

A Woman Needs Love (Just Like You Do)
Ray Parker Jr. and Raydio
From the album: A Woman Needs Love
Peak
8
Weeks
17
Number
26 Down by 4

Can You Feel It
The Jacksons
From the album: Triumph
Peak
21
Weeks
8
Number
27 Up by 6

Happy Birthday
Stevie Wonder
From the album: Hotter than July
Peak
27
Weeks
3
Number
28 Up by 1

Who's Crying Now?
Journey
From the album: E5C4P3 (Escape)
Peak
28
Weeks
4
Number
29 Up by 5

Cool Love
Pablo Cruise
From the album: Reflector
Peak
29
Weeks
3
Number
30 Down by 2

Living Inside Myself
Gino Vannelli
From the album: Nightwalker
Peak
2
Weeks
20
Number
31 Down by 5

America
Neil Diamond
From the album: The Jazz Singer Soundtrack
Peak
4
Weeks
16
Number
32 Up by 3

Fire and Ice
Pat Benatar
From the album: Precious Time
Peak
32
Weeks
2
Number
33 Up by 7

Girls On Film
Duran Duran
From the album: Duran Duran
Peak
33
Weeks
2
Number
34 Up by 2

Love On A Two-Way Street
Stacy Lattisaw
From the album: With You
Peak
34
Weeks
2
Number
35 Debut

The Voice
The Moody Blues
From the album: Long Distance Voyager
Peak
35
Weeks
1
Number
36 Down by 5

Stars on 45
Stars on 45
From the album: Long Play Album
Peak
3
Weeks
17
Number
37 Down by 5

Super Trouper
ABBA
From the album: Super Trouper
Peak
11
Weeks
16
Number
38 Debut

For Your Eyes Only
Sheena Easton
From the album: You Could Have Been With Me
Peak
38
Weeks
1
Number
39 Debut

Hold On Tight
Electric Light Orchestra
From the album: Time
Peak
39
Weeks
1
Number
40 Debut

(There's) No Gettin' Over Me
Ronnie Milsap
From the album: There's No Gettin' Over Me
Peak
40
Weeks
1

Dropouts

Number
30 Dropout

Touch Me When We're Dancing
Carpenters
From the album: Made In America
Peak
25
Weeks
6
Number
37 Dropout

Sweetheart
Franke & The Knockouts
From the album: Franke and the Knockouts
Peak
2
Weeks
22
Number
38 Dropout

Being With You
Smokey Robinson
From the album: Being With You
Peak
4
Weeks
20
Number
39 Dropout

Angel of the Morning
Juice Newton
From the album: Juice
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
25

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August 15, 1981

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3 1 Marty Balin – “Hearts” 1(×1) 11

2 2 The Alan Parsons Project – “Time” 2 14

5 3 Rick Springfield – “Jessie's Girl” 3 11

6 4 Joey Scarbury – “Theme from "The Greatest American Hero" (Believe It or Not)” 4 11

1 5 Air Supply – “The One That You Love” 1(×2) 13

7 6 Kenny Rogers – “I Don't Need You” 6 10

10 7 Diana Ross & Lionel Richie – “Endless Love” 7 6

11 8 Greg Kihn Band – “The Breakup Song (They Don't Write 'Em)” 8 9

9 9 Sheena Easton – “Modern Girl” 9 12

4 10 George Harrison – “All Those Years Ago” 1(×1) 13

15 11 The Manhattan Transfer – “The Boy From New York City” 11 9

8 12 Michael Jackson – “One Day In Your Life” 1(×2) 14

16 13 Juice Newton – “Queen Of Hearts” 13 8

13 14 Kim Carnes – “Bette Davis Eyes” 1(×6) 21

20 15 Barbra Streisand – “Promises” 15 6

19 16 Pointer Sisters – “Slow Hand” 16 7

18 17 Santana – “Winning” 17 10

14 18 The Moody Blues – “Gemini Dream” 14 9

24 19 Foreigner – “Urgent” 19 6

23 20 Phil Collins – “In the Air Tonight” 20 6

12 21 Grace Jones – “I've Seen That Face Before (Libertango)” 4 13

25 22 Gary Wright – “Really Wanna Know You” 22 5

17 23 Daryl Hall and John Oates – “You Make My Dreams” 9 13

27 24 Stevie Nicks & Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers – “Stop Draggin' My Heart Around” 24 4

21 25 Ray Parker Jr. and Raydio – “A Woman Needs Love (Just Like You Do)” 8 17

22 26 The Jacksons – “Can You Feel It” 21 8

33 27 Stevie Wonder – “Happy Birthday” 27 3

29 28 Journey – “Who's Crying Now?” 28 4

34 29 Pablo Cruise – “Cool Love” 29 3

28 30 Gino Vannelli – “Living Inside Myself” 2 20

26 31 Neil Diamond – “America” 4 16

35 32 Pat Benatar – “Fire and Ice” 32 2

40 33 Duran Duran – “Girls On Film” 33 2

36 34 Stacy Lattisaw – “Love On A Two-Way Street” 34 2

NE 35 The Moody Blues – “The Voice” 35 1

31 36 Stars on 45 – “Stars on 45” 3 17

32 37 ABBA – “Super Trouper” 11 16

NE 38 Sheena Easton – “For Your Eyes Only” 38 1

NE 39 Electric Light Orchestra – “Hold On Tight” 39 1

NE 40 Ronnie Milsap – “(There's) No Gettin' Over Me” 40 1

DROPOUTS:

30 -- Carpenters – “Touch Me When We're Dancing” 25 6

37 -- Franke & The Knockouts – “Sweetheart” 2 22

38 -- Smokey Robinson – “Being With You” 4 20

39 -- Juice Newton – “Angel of the Morning” 1(×1) 25

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