As good as the list of Thirty-threes was last time out, and it was very tasty, I am very much looking forward to seeing which singles made the Forty-fives chart for the week of April 24, 1982. Just because I was no longer able to listen to WLS due to my geographic location and the physical limits of broadcast radio at the time, doesn't mean I wasn't listening to the same music on different stations. But first, here's this...
As far as I can tell, no one from Buffalo Springfield is on the Thirty-threes or Forty-fives charts in any shape, way, or form. Curious choice of subject for the Bio feature. Knowledge is power, and now you know.
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The labels pictured directly above represent the four singles tagged as EXTRAs on this week's Forty-fives. Donnie Iris's "My Girl" climbed up to number 33 for its peak. "When It's Over" from Loverboy would rise to number 21 before its run ended. "Don't You Want Me" by The Human League would peak at Number One in June, ending up at number 5 in the Big 89 of '82. "Still In Saigon" from The Charlie Daniels Band stopped rising on the chart at number 16 in May.
In addition to the four EXTRA singles, there are four legit debut singles on the list of Forty-fives. Down at number 45, Franke and the Knockouts land on the Forty-fives after serving the previous two weeks as an EXTRA. "Without You (Not Another Lonely Night)" would top out at number 18 in June. Triumph's "Say Goodbye" spent nine weeks as a hopeful EXTRA before getting called up to the show this week at number 43. The single would then be sent back down to EXTRA status for an additional three weeks before leaving the field of Forty-fives. Paul Davis's "'65 Love Affair" also spent last week as an EXTRA before jumping to number 40 on its way to a peak of number 2, which was good enough to earn it the number 28 spot of the Big 89 of '82. Another EXTRA from last week's Forty-fives leaps up the chart to debut at number 20 this week. "Ebony & Ivory" would peak at Number One for five weeks in a row in May and June 1982, yet somehow only end up at number 18 on the Big 89 of '82.
We're not counting Paul McCartney as having two singles this week, with "Ebony & Ivory" and "The Beatles Movie Medley," but thanks for asking. The Go-Go's, however, are one of seven acts with a pair of singles on the Forty-fives chart. Falling three spots this week to number 16 is "Our Lips Are Sealed". The single had peaked at number 2 and would finish way up at number 4 on the Big 89 of '82. Holding at its peak of number 2 again this week is the band's re-recording of their own 1980 single "We Got The Beat". It is the first song heard in the film Fast Times at Ridgemont High, which debuted in theaters in August 1982.
The J. Geils Band also has two singles on the WLS chart this week, both from their album number 3 album on Thirty-threes, Freeze-Frame. "Centerfold" drops five to number 11 after topping the Forty-fives list for eight weeks early in 1982. That feat earned "Centerfold" the sixth spot on the year-end tally. The "Freeze-Frame" single is at its peak of number 3 again this week. For those of you playing along at home, the "Freeze-Frame" b/w "Flamethrower" 45 is definitely a candidate for The Hideaway's Dream Jukebox. (Someone should really be keeping track of these.)
After two weeks as an EXTRA, Loverboy's "When It's Over" would break into the Forty-fives chart at number 40 next week on its way to a peak of number 21. Slipping one spot this week to number 29 is future Friday anthem "Working For The Weekend". After first appearing on WLS's singles chart as an EXTRA for a single week in January, the song peaked at number 9 in February 1982.
Slipping down six to number 28 is Olivia Newton-John's former Number One hit, "Physical". The single had debuted on the Forty-fives back in late October 1981, and despite racking up many weeks on the chart, including five weeks at Number One as 1981 became 1982, "Physical" ranked a disappointing number 65 on the Big 89 of '82. Olivia's other single on the Forty-fives this week moves up four to number 15 on its way to a peak at number 12. "Make A Move On Me" even scored the week's lyrics feature on Etcetera, Etc.
Quarterflash's first Forty-five on the WLS list drops nine to number 35 this week. "Harden My Heart" peaked at number 3, somehow making it number 20 on the year-end countdown. "Find Another Fool" is up four this week to a peak of number 17. On the Big 89 of '82, the single ended up at number 81. The Back To Back Hits 45 featuring both of these songs is an alternate on The Hideaway's Dream Jukebox.
Calm it down. Stevie Wonder is another artist with two Forty-fives on this week's list. His supporting turn on Paul McCartney's "Ebony and Ivory" is the chart's highest debut at number 20. The song would eventually peak at Number One and can be found on the Big 89 of '82 at number 18. Stevie's "That Girl" from his Original Musiquarium I compilation album is at its peak of number 9 for a second consecutive week and will end the year at number 79. Maybe I should just fill out The Hideaway's Dream Jukebox with double-A-side 45s from 1982; there's a sweet Motown Yesteryears Series single featuring "That Girl" b/w "Do I Do".
The Cars also had two singles on the Forty-fives for the week of April 24, 1982. Up seven to number 37 is "Since You're Gone". The single would top out at number 21. Moving up one spot to number 34 is "Shake It Up," which would eventually settle down at number 6. The single landed at number 64 on the Big 89 of '82. While I wouldn't kick either of these 45s out of The Hideaway's Dream Jukebox, there is an Elektra Spun Gold 45 featuring "Shake It Up" b/w "Since You're Gone". Also, both songs were featured in The Last American Virgin.
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As expected, this week's list of Forty-fives did not disappoint. Sixteen of the singles on the list made the 1982 Hideaway 100 countdown of my favorite songs of the year, and others just missed the cut, according to my notes. These songs do conjure up the spring of 1982 with amazing clarity. Within a month of the date on this survey, I'd be on my way to Texas to spend my last Summer with my Texas Grandparents and my Uncle Sam. By the next Summer, I had a job and could no longer just drop everything and leave for three months.
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