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Post by Smurfie on Oct 12, 2014 15:02:54 GMT 1
The number 2's from 1980
Please rate the following out of 10. If you don't know a song, please look it up on Youtube before voting.
I'll tot the scores up at the end to see which is Havens favourite #2 of 1980. I'll probably leave it open for a few months (I promise this time), to make sure we get everyone's votes.
n.b. Where the single is listed as a double A side, I have gone for the "lead" of the two.
Billy Preston & Syreeta - With You I'm Born Again Whispers - And The Beat Goes On Liquid Gold - Dance Yourself Dizzy Paul McCartney - Coming Up Hot Chocolate - No Doubt About It Lipps Inc - Funkytown Leo Sayer - More Than I Can Say Diana Ross - Upside Down Randy Crawford - One Day I'll Fly Away Stevie Wonder - Masterblaster (Jammin') Ottawan - D.I.S.C.O. Status Quo - What You're Proposing
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Post by Smurfie on Oct 12, 2014 15:04:40 GMT 1
02 Billy Preston & Syreeta - With You I'm Born Again 06 Whispers - And The Beat Goes On 05 Liquid Gold - Dance Yourself Dizzy 02 Paul McCartney - Coming Up 03 Hot Chocolate - No Doubt About It 04 Lipps Inc - Funkytown 02 Leo Sayer - More Than I Can Say 08 Diana Ross - Upside Down 05 Randy Crawford - One Day I'll Fly Away 04 Stevie Wonder - Masterblaster (Jammin') 07 Ottawan - D.I.S.C.O. 01 Status Quo - What You're Proposing
Not a great batch again, had to relook some of these on Youtube as I couldn't recall some of them.
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Post by Earl Purple on Oct 12, 2014 15:19:33 GMT 1
This is not a very good list.
3 Billy Preston & Syreeta - With You I'm Born Again 6 Whispers - And The Beat Goes On 8 Liquid Gold - Dance Yourself Dizzy 7 Paul McCartney - Coming Up 6 Hot Chocolate - No Doubt About It 10 Lipps Inc - Funkytown 3 Leo Sayer - More Than I Can Say 8 Diana Ross - Upside Down 6 Randy Crawford - One Day I'll Fly Away 7 Stevie Wonder - Masterblaster (Jammin') 7 Ottawan - D.I.S.C.O. 6 Status Quo - What You're Proposing
D.I.S.C.O at least was fun.
More Than I Can Say wasn't even that good when Bobby Vee did it, which is a shame because he did a lot of good songs. I have although thought "Every Breath You Take" rips it off though. (Look at the structure and the chord sequence of the two songs). I do like some of Leo Sayer's earlier music. One Man Band, for example.
Masterblaster was mis-timed. Should have been released on Bob Marley's death as a tribute. He was still alive when this was released. They should have released "I Ain't Gonna Stand For It" first.
Randy Crawford's biggest hit but I prefer 3 of her others to this. Street Life with the Crusaders, You Might Need Somebody and Almaz..
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Post by Shireblogger on Oct 12, 2014 16:56:00 GMT 1
0 :: Billy Preston & Syreeta - With You I'm Born Again 2 :: Whispers - And The Beat Goes On 7 :: Liquid Gold - Dance Yourself Dizzy 6 :: Paul McCartney - Coming Up 10 :: Hot Chocolate - No Doubt About It 7 :: Lipps Inc - Funkytown 1 :: Leo Sayer - More Than I Can Say 3 :: Diana Ross - Upside Down 5 :: Randy Crawford - One Day I'll Fly Away 4 :: Stevie Wonder - Masterblaster (Jammin') 8 :: Ottawan - D.I.S.C.O. 9 :: Status Quo - What You're Proposing
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Post by TheThorne on Oct 12, 2014 16:57:03 GMT 1
03 Billy Preston & Syreeta - With You I'm Born Again 07 Whispers - And The Beat Goes On 03 Liquid Gold - Dance Yourself Dizzy 06 Paul McCartney - Coming Up 05 Hot Chocolate - No Doubt About It 08 Lipps Inc - Funkytown 01 Leo Sayer - More Than I Can Say 07 Diana Ross - Upside Down 03 Randy Crawford - One Day I'll Fly Away 06 Stevie Wonder - Masterblaster (Jammin') 06 Ottawan - D.I.S.C.O. 05 Status Quo - What You're Proposing
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Post by Smurfie on Oct 12, 2014 17:03:31 GMT 1
I remember a Good Morning TV interview with Randy Crawford, and she said that wrote it in about 20 minutes. Believeable, but a good song nevertheless.
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Post by rubcale on Oct 12, 2014 18:04:25 GMT 1
Surprisingly small number of records.
02 Billy Preston & Syreeta - With You I'm Born Again 04 Whispers - And The Beat Goes On 06 Liquid Gold - Dance Yourself Dizzy 02 Paul McCartney - Coming Up 01 Hot Chocolate - No Doubt About It 05 Lipps Inc - Funkytown 03 Leo Sayer - More Than I Can Say 10 Diana Ross - Upside Down 04 Randy Crawford - One Day I'll Fly Away 06 Stevie Wonder - Masterblaster (Jammin') 09 Ottawan - D.I.S.C.O. 08 Status Quo - What You're Proposing
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Post by coolchristie2 on Oct 12, 2014 18:31:00 GMT 1
04 Billy Preston & Syreeta - With You I'm Born Again 07 Whispers - And The Beat Goes On 04 Liquid Gold - Dance Yourself Dizzy 03 Paul McCartney - Coming Up 03 Hot Chocolate - No Doubt About It 07 Lipps Inc - Funkytown 00 Leo Sayer - More Than I Can Say 10 Diana Ross - Upside Down 07 Randy Crawford - One Day I'll Fly Away 02 Stevie Wonder - Masterblaster (Jammin') 05 Ottawan - D.I.S.C.O. 06 Status Quo - What You're Proposing
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Post by Earl Purple on Oct 12, 2014 19:28:54 GMT 1
There were far more #1s in 1980 than in the surrounding years, which meant that a lot of the weeks at #2 were songs climbing to or falling from #1.
That is why there are so few #2s.
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Post by vastar iner on Oct 12, 2014 20:17:51 GMT 1
00 Billy Preston & Syreeta - With You I'm Born Again 02 Whispers - And The Beat Goes On 00 Liquid Gold - Dance Yourself Dizzy 07 Paul McCartney - Coming Up 06 Hot Chocolate - No Doubt About It 08 Lipps Inc - Funkytown 00 Leo Sayer - More Than I Can Say 09 Diana Ross - Upside Down 05 Randy Crawford - One Day I'll Fly Away 03 Stevie Wonder - Masterblaster (Jammin') 00 Ottawan - D.I.S.C.O. 03 Status Quo - What You're Proposing
Not a very good year.
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Post by raliverpool on Oct 12, 2014 21:17:28 GMT 1
06 Billy Preston & Syreeta - With You I'm Born Again 04 Whispers - And The Beat Goes On 07 Liquid Gold - Dance Yourself Dizzy 08 Paul McCartney - Coming Up 09 Hot Chocolate - No Doubt About It 02 Lipps Inc - Funkytown 03 Leo Sayer - More Than I Can Say 09 Diana Ross - Upside Down 08 Randy Crawford - One Day I'll Fly Away 05 Stevie Wonder - Masterblaster (Jammin') 00 Ottawan - D.I.S.C.O. 06 Status Quo - What You're Proposing
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Post by smokeyb on Oct 12, 2014 21:58:42 GMT 1
04 Billy Preston & Syreeta - With You I'm Born Again 02 Whispers - And The Beat Goes On 03 Liquid Gold - Dance Yourself Dizzy 09 Paul McCartney - Coming Up 09 Hot Chocolate - No Doubt About It 03 Lipps Inc - Funkytown 02 Leo Sayer - More Than I Can Say 05 Diana Ross - Upside Down 03 Randy Crawford - One Day I'll Fly Away 04 Stevie Wonder - Masterblaster (Jammin') 01 Ottawan - D.I.S.C.O. 07 Status Quo - What You're Proposing
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Post by darkstar79 on Oct 12, 2014 23:01:40 GMT 1
07 Billy Preston & Syreeta - With You I'm Born Again 10 Whispers - And The Beat Goes On 05 Liquid Gold - Dance Yourself Dizzy 04 Paul McCartney - Coming Up 02 Hot Chocolate - No Doubt About It 10 Lipps Inc - Funkytown 00 Leo Sayer - More Than I Can Say 09 Diana Ross - Upside Down 09 Randy Crawford - One Day I'll Fly Away 03 Stevie Wonder - Masterblaster (Jammin') 08 Ottawan - D.I.S.C.O. 02 Status Quo - What You're Proposing
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Post by Deleted on Oct 14, 2014 19:19:23 GMT 1
02 Billy Preston & Syreeta - With You I'm Born Again 03 Whispers - And The Beat Goes On 03 Liquid Gold - Dance Yourself Dizzy 03 Paul McCartney - Coming Up 08 Hot Chocolate - No Doubt About It 03 Lipps Inc - Funkytown 04 Leo Sayer - More Than I Can Say 03 Diana Ross - Upside Down 05 Randy Crawford - One Day I'll Fly Away 06 Stevie Wonder - Masterblaster (Jammin') 04 Ottawan - D.I.S.C.O. 06 Status Quo - What You're Proposing
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Post by o on Oct 16, 2014 15:13:23 GMT 1
? Billy Preston & Syreeta - With You I'm Born Again ? Whispers - And The Beat Goes On ? Liquid Gold - Dance Yourself Dizzy 6 Paul McCartney - Coming Up 4 Hot Chocolate - No Doubt About It 9 Lipps Inc - Funkytown 3 Leo Sayer - More Than I Can Say 7 Diana Ross - Upside Down 2 Randy Crawford - One Day I'll Fly Away 6 Stevie Wonder - Masterblaster (Jammin') 5 Ottawan - D.I.S.C.O. 6 Status Quo - What You're Proposing
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Post by Kingpin on Oct 16, 2014 19:13:42 GMT 1
08 Billy Preston & Syreeta - With You I'm Born Again 08 Whispers - And The Beat Goes On 07 Liquid Gold - Dance Yourself Dizzy 03 Paul McCartney - Coming Up 05 Hot Chocolate - No Doubt About It 09 Lipps Inc - Funkytown 05 Leo Sayer - More Than I Can Say 09 Diana Ross - Upside Down 06 Randy Crawford - One Day I'll Fly Away 06 Stevie Wonder - Masterblaster (Jammin') 09 Ottawan - D.I.S.C.O. 02 Status Quo - What You're Proposing
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Post by orthon7 on Oct 17, 2014 5:27:38 GMT 1
08 Billy Preston & Syreeta - With You I'm Born Again 05 Whispers - And The Beat Goes On 05 Liquid Gold - Dance Yourself Dizzy 08 Paul McCartney - Coming Up 08 Hot Chocolate - No Doubt About It 10 Lipps Inc - Funkytown 06 Leo Sayer - More Than I Can Say 09 Diana Ross - Upside Down 08 Randy Crawford - One Day I'll Fly Away 08 Stevie Wonder - Masterblaster (Jammin') 09 Ottawan - D.I.S.C.O. 08 Status Quo - What You're Proposing
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Post by PLAYER on Oct 17, 2014 11:08:23 GMT 1
Billy Preston & Syreeta - With You I'm Born Again - 7 Whispers - And The Beat Goes On - 7 Liquid Gold - Dance Yourself Dizzy - 6 Paul McCartney - Coming Up - 7 Hot Chocolate - No Doubt About It - 9 Lipps Inc - Funkytown - 10 Leo Sayer - More Than I Can Say - 4 Diana Ross - Upside Down - 7 Randy Crawford - One Day I'll Fly Away - 10 Stevie Wonder - Masterblaster (Jammin') - 6 Ottawan - D.I.S.C.O. - 9 Status Quo - What You're Proposing - 5
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Post by vastar iner on Oct 17, 2014 20:29:08 GMT 1
00 Billy Preston & Syreeta - With You I'm Born Again 03 Whispers - And The Beat Goes On 00 Liquid Gold - Dance Yourself Dizzy 07 Paul McCartney - Coming Up 06 Hot Chocolate - No Doubt About It 09 Lipps Inc - Funkytown 00 Leo Sayer - More Than I Can Say 08 Diana Ross - Upside Down 05 Randy Crawford - One Day I'll Fly Away 04 Stevie Wonder - Masterblaster (Jammin') 02 Ottawan - D.I.S.C.O. 04 Status Quo - What You're Proposing
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Post by vya on Oct 18, 2014 23:18:29 GMT 1
10 Billy Preston & Syreeta - With You I'm Born Again 8 Whispers - And The Beat Goes On 5 Liquid Gold - Dance Yourself Dizzy 2 Paul McCartney - Coming Up 7 Hot Chocolate - No Doubt About It 8 Lipps Inc - Funkytown 3 Leo Sayer - More Than I Can Say 5 Diana Ross - Upside Down 9 Randy Crawford - One Day I'll Fly Away 8 Stevie Wonder - Masterblaster (Jammin') 6 Ottawan - D.I.S.C.O. 1 Status Quo - What You're Proposing
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