American Top 40 (Week Ending 9/27/80)

For Week Ending 9/27/80 Includes radio cue sheets and Lon Thomas bio sheet TW LW TITLE Artist (Label)-Weeks on Chart (Peak Position) 1 1 UPSIDE DOWN –•– Diana Ross (Motown)-12 (4 weeks at #1) (1) 2 2 ALL OUT OF LOVE –•– Air Supply (Arista)-16 (2) 3 3 ANOTHER ONE BITES THE DUST –•– Queen (Elektra)-7 (3) 4 6 GIVE ME THE NIGHT –•– George Benson (Warner Brothers / Qwest)-13 (4) 5 5 LOOKIN’ FOR LOVE –•– Johnny Lee (Full Moon)-12 (5) 6 7 LATE IN THE EVENING –•– Paul Simon (Warner Brothers)-8 (6) 7 8 DRIVIN’ MY LIFE AWAY –•– Eddie Rabbitt (Elektra)-15 (7) 8 4 FAME –•– Irene Cara (RSO)-16 (4) 9 9 ONE IN A MILLION YOU –•– Larry Graham (Warner Brothers)-14 (9) 10 11 I’M ALRIGHT –•– Kenny Loggins (Columbia)-12 (10) 11 12 XANADU –•– Olivia Newton-John / The Electric Light Orchestra (MCA)-8 (11) 12 25 WOMAN IN LOVE –•– Barbra Streisand (Columbia)-4 (12) 13 13 YOU’RE THE ONLY WOMAN (You & I) –•– Ambrosia (Warner Brothers)-12 (13) 14 14 YOU’LL ACCOMP’NY ME –•– Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band (Capitol)-10 (14) 15 16 ALL OVER THE WORLD –•– The Electric Light Orchestra (MCA)-9 (15) 16 17 REAL LOVE –•– The Doobie Brothers (Warner Brothers)-4 (16) 17 18 HOT ROD HEARTS –•– Robbie Dupree (Elektra)-11 (17) 18 20 HE’S SO SHY –•– The Pointer Sisters (Planet)-10 (18) 19 19 DON’T ASK ME WHY –•– Billy Joel (Columbia)-9 (19) 20 22 NEVER KNEW LOVE LIKE THIS BEFORE –•– Stephanie Mills (20th Century)-8 (20) 21 21 SOMEONE THAT I USED TO LOVE –•– Natalie Cole (Capitol)-15 (21) 22 23 JESSE –•– Carly Simon (Warner Brothers)-9 (22) 23 24 LOOK WHAT YOU’VE DONE TO ME –•– Boz Scaggs (Columbia)-6 (23) 24 10 EMOTIONAL RESCUE –•– The Rolling Stones (Rolling Stones)-13 (3) 25 26 NO NIGHT SO LONG –•– Dionne Warwick (Arista)-10 (25) 26 15 SAILING –•– Christopher Cross (Warner Brothers)-16 (1) 27 27 MAGIC –•– Olivia Newton-John (MCA)-19 (1) 28 32 HOW DO I SURVIVE –•– Amy Holland (Capitol)-8 (28) 29 28 INTO THE NIGHT –•– Benny Mardones (Polydor)-16 (11) 30 43 THE WANDERER –•– Donna Summer (Geffen)-2 (30) 31 41 MIDNIGHT ROCKS –•– Al Stewart (Arista)-5 (31) 32 52 DREAMING –•– Cliff Richard (EMI-America)-3 (32) 33 36 WHO’LL BE THE FOOL TONIGHT –•– The Larsen-Feiten Band (Warner Brothers)-7 (33) 34 29 TAKE YOUR TIME (Do It Right) (Part 1) –•– The S.O.S. Band (Tabu)-18 (3) 35 50 ON THE ROAD AGAIN –•– Willie Nelson (Columbia)-4 (35) 36 30 BOULEVARD –•– Jackson Browne (Asylum)-13 (19) 37 35 IT’S STILL ROCK AND ROLL TO ME –•– Billy Joel (Columbia)-19 (1) 38 45 THE LEGEND OF WOOLEY SWAMP –•– The Charlie Daniels Band (Epic)-7 (38) 39 40 (Sartorial Eloquence) DON’T YA WANNA PLAY THIS GAME NO MORE –•– Elton John (MCA)-8 (39) 40 44 OUT HERE ON MY OWN –•– Irene Cara (RSO)-7 (40)