April 18, 1981

DROPOUTS ---
Me (Without You) - Andy Gibb ----- 40 / 1
Celebration - Kool & The Gang ----- 1 (2) / 21    
The Winner Takes It All - ABBA ----- 8 (2) / 16


 40 --- Love You Like I Never Loved Before - John O'Banion (43)
 39 --- Wasn't That A Party - The Rovers (41)
39 38 --- Mister Sandman - Emmylou Harris
 37 --- Hold On Loosely - 38 Special (42)
36 36 --- Turn Me Loose - Loverboy
37 35 --- The Party's Over (Hopelessly In Love) - Journey
18 34 --- What Kind Of Fool - Barbra Streisand & Barry Gibb
38 33 --- Watching The Wheels - John Lennon
34 32 --- Sukiyaki - A Taste Of Honey
35 31 --- I Missed Again - Phil Collins

32 30 --- I Love You - Climax Blues Band
31 29 --- How 'Bout Us - Champaign
29 28 --- It's A Love Thing - The Whispers
33 27 --- Bette Davis Eyes - Kim Carnes
28 26 --- You Better You Bet - The Who
27 25 --- Sweetheart - Franke & The Knockouts
26 24 --- Too Much Time On My Hands - Styx
25 23 --- Time Out Of Mind - Steely Dan
22 22 --- Just Between You And Me - April Wine
23 21 --- Ain't Even Done With The Night - John Cougar

24 20 --- Take It On The Run - REO Speedwagon
19 19 --- Don't Stop The Music - Yarbrough & Peoples
21 18 --- Living Inside Myself - Gino Vannelli
16 17 --- 9 To 5 - Dolly Parton    
17 16 --- Somebody's Knockin' - Terri Gibbs
13 15 --- Hello Again - Neil Diamond
07 14 --- Crying - Don McLean
15 13 --- Her Town Too - James Taylor & J.D. Souther
09 12 --- Keep On Loving You - REO Speedwagon  
11 11 --- I Can't Stand It - Eric Clapton & His Band

10 10 --- Don't Stand So Close To Me - The Police
03 09 --- The Best Of Times - Styx
14 08 --- Being With You - Smokey Robinson
08 07 --- While You See A Chance - Steve Winwood
12 06 --- Angel Of The Morning - Juice Newton
04 05 --- Woman - John Lennon
05 04 --- Just The Two Of Us - Grover Washington, Jr. w/ Bill Withers
06 03 --- Morning Train (Nine To Five) - Sheena Easton
02 02 --- Rapture - Blondie  
01 01 --- Kiss On My List - Daryl Hall & John Oates  


New this week are John O'Banion the well known rock band 38 Special. The Rovers are 'The Irish Rovers' who hit the Top 10 with "The Unicorn" in 1968.

UK SINGLES CHART - 18-24 April 1981

01 02 MAKING YOUR MIND UP Bucks Fizz *
02 01 THIS OLE HOUSE Shakin' Stevens ***
03 03 LATELY Stevie Wonder
04 19 CHI MAI Ennio Morricone
05 05 EINSTEIN A GO-GO Landscape
06 12 NIGHT GAMES Graham Bonnet
07 14 GOOD THING GOING Sugar Minott
08 11 CAN YOU FEEL IT? The Jacksons
09 09 IT'S A LOVE THING The Whispers
10 07 INTUITION Linx

11 04 KIDS IN AMERICA Kim Wilde
12 10 D-DAYS Hazel O'Connor
13 13 WHAT BECOMES OF THE BROKEN HEARTED? Dave Stewart + Colin Blunstone
14 15 ATTENTION TO ME The Nolans
15 20 JUST A FEELING Bad Manners
16 08 IT'S A MYSTERY Toyah
17 06 THE SHEFFIELD GRINDER / CAPSTICK COMES HOME Tony Capstick
18 29 MUSCLEBOUND / GLOW Spandau Ballet
19 27 AND THE BANDS PLAYED ON Saxon
20 24 NEW ORLEANS Gillan

21 16 MIND OF A TOY Visage
22 17 (DO) THE HUCKLEBUCK Coast To Coast
23 22 PLANET EARTH Duran Duran
24 31 FLOWERS OF ROMANCE Public Image Ltd
25 39 ONLY CRYING Keith Marshall
26 -- BERMUDA TRIANGLE Barry Manilow
27 25 JONES vs JONES / SUMMER MADNESS Kool and the Gang
28 -- CAN'T GET ENOUGH OF YOU Eddy Grant
29 -- DON'T BREAK MY HEART AGAIN Whitesnake
30 33 WATCHING THE WHEELS John Lennon

31 26 KINGS OF THE WILD FRONTIER Adam and the Ants
32 36 MAKE THAT MOVE Shalamar
33 -- HIT AND RUN Girlschool
34 18 JEALOUS GUY Roxy Music **
35 38 I'M SO HAPPY / TIME Light of the World
36 32 UP THE HILL BACKWARDS David Bowie
37 -- CROCODILES Echo and the Bunnymen
38 37 SKATEAWAY Dire Straits
39 -- AI NO CORRIDA Quincy Jones
40 -- IS VIC THERE? Department S

-- 21 REWARD Teardrop Explodes
-- 23 YOU BETTER YOU BET The Who
-- 28 STAR Kiki Dee
-- 30 I MISSED AGAIN Phil Collins
-- 34 JITTERBUGGIN' Heatwave
-- 35 JOHN, I'M ONLY DANCING / BIG GREEN CAR The Polecats
-- 40 SLOW MOTION Ultravox


First showing for Echo and the Bunnymen.

Have to say, that although I know Manilow gets slagged off a lot, I think he's okay, and Bermuda Triangle is particularly fine