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MAY 23, 1981

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Number
1 Up by 1

Angel of the Morning
Juice Newton
From the album: Juice
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
14
Number
2 Down by 1

Morning Train (Nine To Five)
Sheena Easton
From the album: Take My Time
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
15
Number
3 Up by 6

Bette Davis Eyes
Kim Carnes
From the album: Mistaken Identity
Peak
3
Weeks
9
Number
4 Up by 3

Sweetheart
Franke & The Knockouts
From the album: Franke and the Knockouts
Peak
4
Weeks
11
Number
5 Down by 1

Take It on the Run
REO Speedwagon
From the album: Hi Infidelity
Peak
3
Weeks
10
Number
6 Down by 3

Crying
Don McLean
From the album: Chain Lightning
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
17
Number
7 Down by 2

Somebody's Knockin'
Terri Gibbs
From the album: Somebody's Knockin'
Peak
5
Weeks
14
Number
8 Up by 5

Watching the Wheels
John Lennon
From the album: Double Fantasy
Peak
8
Weeks
7
Number
9 Up by 1

Precious to Me
Phil Seymour
From the album: Phil Seymour
Peak
9
Weeks
16
Number
10 Up by 1

I Love You
Climax Blues Band
From the album: Flying the Flag
Peak
10
Weeks
9
Number
11 Down by 5

Kiss on My List
Daryl Hall and John Oates
From the album: Voices
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
18
Number
12 Up by 2

Being With You
Smokey Robinson
From the album: Being With You
Peak
12
Weeks
9
Number
13 Down by 5

Rapture
Blondie
From the album: Autoamerican
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
16
Number
14 Up by 3

Living Inside Myself
Gino Vannelli
From the album: Nightwalker
Peak
14
Weeks
8
Number
15 Down by 3

Ain't Even Done With the Night
John Cougar
From the album: Nothin' Matters and What If It Did
Peak
12
Weeks
11
Number
16 Up by 2

I Missed Again
Phil Collins
From the album: Face Value
Peak
16
Weeks
7
Number
17 Up by 2

Just the Two of Us
Grover Washington Jr. & Bill Withers
From the album: Winelight
Peak
17
Weeks
10
Number
18 Up by 2

Too Much Time on My Hands
Styx
From the album: Paradise Theatre
Peak
18
Weeks
8
Number
19 Down by 4

Keep On Loving You
REO Speedwagon
From the album: Hi Infidelity
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
21
Number
20 Up by 2

Stars on 45
Stars on 45
From the album: Long Play Album
Peak
20
Weeks
5
Number
21 Up by 2

A Woman Needs Love (Just Like You Do)
Ray Parker Jr. and Raydio
From the album: A Woman Needs Love
Peak
21
Weeks
5
Number
22 Up by 2

Disco Deewane
Nazia
From the album: Disco Deewane
Peak
22
Weeks
5
Number
23 Up by 2

America
Neil Diamond
From the album: The Jazz Singer Soundtrack
Peak
23
Weeks
4
Number
24 Down by 8

The Best of Times
Styx
From the album: Paradise Theatre
Peak
4
Weeks
17
Number
25 Down by 4

Woman
John Lennon
From the album: Double Fantasy
Peak
1 (for 5 weeks)
Weeks
19
Number
26 Up by 2

How 'Bout Us
Champaign
From the album: How 'Bout Us
Peak
26
Weeks
5
Number
27 Up by 4

Super Trouper
ABBA
From the album: Super Trouper
Peak
27
Weeks
4
Number
28 Up by 4

Ai no Corrida
Quincy Jones
From the album: The Dude
Peak
28
Weeks
3
Number
29 Up by 4

Say You'll Be Mine
Christopher Cross
From the album: Christopher Cross
Peak
29
Weeks
5
Number
30 Up by 9

Time
The Alan Parsons Project
From the album: The Turn of a Friendly Card
Peak
30
Weeks
2
Number
31 Up by 6

One Day In Your Life
Michael Jackson
From the album: Forever, Michael, One Day in Your Life
Peak
31
Weeks
2
Number
32 Down by 3

A Little in Love
Cliff Richard
From the album: I'm No Hero
Peak
7
Weeks
21
Number
33 Up by 5

Sukiyaki
A Taste of Honey
From the album: Twice as Sweet
Peak
33
Weeks
3
Number
34 Debut

All Those Years Ago
George Harrison
From the album: Somewhere in England
Peak
34
Weeks
1
Number
35 Down by 8

I Can't Stand It
Eric Clapton
From the album: Another Ticket
Peak
17
Weeks
11
Number
36 Debut

The One That You Love
Air Supply
From the album: The One That You Love
Peak
36
Weeks
1
Number
37 Down by 11

While You See a Chance
Steve Winwood
From the album: Arc of a Diver
Peak
9
Weeks
14
Number
38 Debut

You Make My Dreams
Daryl Hall and John Oates
From the album: Voices
Peak
38
Weeks
1
Number
39 Debut

I've Seen That Face Before (Libertango)
Grace Jones
From the album: Nightclubbing
Peak
39
Weeks
1
Number
40 Debut

Rock and Roll Dreams Come Through
Jim Steinman
From the album: Bad for Good
Peak
40
Weeks
1

Dropouts

Number
30 Dropout

Breakfast In America
Supertramp
From the album: Breakfast In America
Peak
2
Weeks
19
Number
34 Dropout

Don't Stand So Close To Me
The Police
From the album: Zenyatta Mondatta
Peak
11
Weeks
13
Number
35 Dropout

Just Between You and Me
April Wine
From the album: The Nature of the Beast
Peak
17
Weeks
12
Number
36 Dropout

Celebration
Kool & The Gang
From the album: Celebrate!
Peak
2
Weeks
26
Number
40 Dropout

Since I Don't Have You
Don McLean
From the album: Chain Lightning
Peak
40
Weeks
1

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Date

May 23, 1981

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2 1 Juice Newton – “Angel of the Morning” 1(×1) 14

1 2 Sheena Easton – “Morning Train (Nine To Five)” 1(×1) 15

9 3 Kim Carnes – “Bette Davis Eyes” 3 9

7 4 Franke & The Knockouts – “Sweetheart” 4 11

4 5 REO Speedwagon – “Take It on the Run” 3 10

3 6 Don McLean – “Crying” 1(×1) 17

5 7 Terri Gibbs – “Somebody's Knockin'” 5 14

13 8 John Lennon – “Watching the Wheels” 8 7

10 9 Phil Seymour – “Precious to Me” 9 16

11 10 Climax Blues Band – “I Love You” 10 9

6 11 Daryl Hall and John Oates – “Kiss on My List” 1(×1) 18

14 12 Smokey Robinson – “Being With You” 12 9

8 13 Blondie – “Rapture” 1(×1) 16

17 14 Gino Vannelli – “Living Inside Myself” 14 8

12 15 John Cougar – “Ain't Even Done With the Night” 12 11

18 16 Phil Collins – “I Missed Again” 16 7

19 17 Grover Washington Jr. & Bill Withers – “Just the Two of Us” 17 10

20 18 Styx – “Too Much Time on My Hands” 18 8

15 19 REO Speedwagon – “Keep On Loving You” 1(×1) 21

22 20 Stars on 45 – “Stars on 45” 20 5

23 21 Ray Parker Jr. and Raydio – “A Woman Needs Love (Just Like You Do)” 21 5

24 22 Nazia – “Disco Deewane” 22 5

25 23 Neil Diamond – “America” 23 4

16 24 Styx – “The Best of Times” 4 17

21 25 John Lennon – “Woman” 1(×5) 19

28 26 Champaign – “How 'Bout Us” 26 5

31 27 ABBA – “Super Trouper” 27 4

32 28 Quincy Jones – “Ai no Corrida” 28 3

33 29 Christopher Cross – “Say You'll Be Mine” 29 5

39 30 The Alan Parsons Project – “Time” 30 2

37 31 Michael Jackson – “One Day In Your Life” 31 2

29 32 Cliff Richard – “A Little in Love” 7 21

38 33 A Taste of Honey – “Sukiyaki” 33 3

NE 34 George Harrison – “All Those Years Ago” 34 1

27 35 Eric Clapton – “I Can't Stand It” 17 11

NE 36 Air Supply – “The One That You Love” 36 1

26 37 Steve Winwood – “While You See a Chance” 9 14

NE 38 Daryl Hall and John Oates – “You Make My Dreams” 38 1

NE 39 Grace Jones – “I've Seen That Face Before (Libertango)” 39 1

NE 40 Jim Steinman – “Rock and Roll Dreams Come Through” 40 1

DROPOUTS:

30 -- Supertramp – “Breakfast In America” 2 19

34 -- The Police – “Don't Stand So Close To Me” 11 13

35 -- April Wine – “Just Between You and Me” 17 12

36 -- Kool & The Gang – “Celebration” 2 26

40 -- Don McLean – “Since I Don't Have You” 40 1

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