PEAK MUSIC 1981 - MTV

 

This is a series that will attempt to Sport(ify) music by creating a 5 member All-Pro/All League/All Star team (Sort of like the NBA first team all-stars) for each year in Music starting with 1964. It will rely heavily on Top 20 Hits from the year but also take into account Concert Tours, Music awards, Music Videos (MTV Crowd-You Tube), TV, Films, Pop Culture etc….. 

1981 – MTV

We are coming to my prime high school days and my Memory does not coincide with the Top of the Charts.  I guess memory is something that is fluid. Now for sports – my memory for years was based on the Encyclopedia knowledge of books and Sports Cards and watching TV (now Youtube) that help me remember the players, the games and the stats.

With music, which mostly dealt with hearing (until MTV) and deals with the emotions of reminiscing and sentimentalism. i.e They Are Playing Our Song.

Just as seeing a Baseball Card (1977 Topps George Foster or Dave Parker) from the past invokes a certain emotion or memory in me and hearing a song invokes from the same past invokes an emotion or memory only differently.

Hall Oates – They had 3 number one hit including the silly "Kiss on My List". I loved the Hall &Oates of the 70s – "She's Gone" is just an incredible song that drops the words Carbon and Monoxide in it. For me their creative genius was that. In the 1980s the produce silly 'earworm" songs that probably paid their bills.

Rolling Stones – 2 top 20 hits, including "Start Me Up" which went to No 2. – I swore this was a late 1970s song

Rick Springfield – 2 top 20 hits including "Jessie Girl"

Journey – 2 top 10 hits including "Don't Stop Believing" which only went to No 9.

Foreigner – 2 top 10 hits including "Urgent"

 

 

1964	1965	1966	1967	1968	1969
The Beatles	The Beatles	The Beatles	The Beatles	The Beatles	5th Dimension
4 Seasons	Supremes	Rolling Stones	Monkees	Gary Pucket	3 Dog Night
Supremes	Rolling Stones	Frank Sinatra	Supremes	Simon & Garfunkel	Elvis Presley
Bobby Vinton	Herman Hermits	Beach Boys	Rascals	Aretha Franklin	The Beatles
Johnny Rivers	Byrds	Monkees	The Doors	Supremes	Rolling Stones
1970	1971	1972	1973	1974	1975
Jackson 5	Osmonds	3 Dog Night	Stevie Wonder	Elton John	John Denver
The Beatles	Marvin Gaye	Micheal Jackson	Elton John	John Denver	Elton John
Simon & Garfunkel	Temptations	5th Dimension	Paul Simon	Newton John	Eagles
3 Dog Night	Jackson 5	Don McLean	Wings	Wings	Sunshine Band
Guess Who	3 Dog Night	Moody Blues	Rolling Stones	Chicago	Starship
1976	1977	1978	1979	1980	1981
Captain Tennille	Fleetwood Mac	Bee Gees	Donna Summer	Blondie	Hall Oates
Elton John	Eagles	Newton John	Bee Gees	Queen	Rolling Stones
Aerosmith	Foreigner	Andy Gibb	Micheal Jackson	Newton John	Rick Springfield
Wings	Sunshine Band	Rolling Stones	Commadores	Diana Ross	Journey
4 Seasons	B. Manilow	Billy Joel	Earth Wind Fire	Kenny Rogers	Foreigner
1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987