Rock with you By Micheal Jackson
It all depends on the country and chart. Strictly speaking, ABBA had a #1 in Belgium, Germany, Ireland, and The Netherlands in 1981 with "One of Us". The last UK hit was "Super Trouper" (1980). In The US, the last Billboard Hot 100 song was "Dancing Queen" (1976), but they had a #1 on the Adult Contemporary chart in 1980 with "The Winner Takes It All" and a number one on the dance chart in 1980 with Super Trouper.
Earth, Wind and Fire was formed in LA in 1969 by Maurice White. They had great chart success in the 1970's, but only reached the charts twice in the 1980's. Their only number one hit on the r&b charts was 'Shining Star' in 1975.
Please don't Go
1980"Whip It" is the title of a 1980 single by the American New Wave band Devo. It appears on the album Freedom of Choice. There were two 7" single releases of "Whip It", one backed with a remix of the track "Snowball" (which appears on Freedom of Choice) and one backed with "Turn Around" (a song later covered by Nirvana). "Whip It" was Devo's biggest hit, and peaked at number 14 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, number three on the Canadian Singles Chart and number 77 on the Australian Singles Chart (Kent Music Report).[1]It is ranked #63 on VH1's 100 Greatest Songs of the '80sas well as #15 on the same channel's 100 Greatest One Hit Wonders of the '80s.
The number one song on January 1, 1988 was "Faith" by George Michael.
Commodores
It all depends on the country and chart. Strictly speaking, ABBA had a #1 in Belgium, Germany, Ireland, and The Netherlands in 1981 with "One of Us". The last UK hit was "Super Trouper" (1980). In The US, the last Billboard Hot 100 song was "Dancing Queen" (1976), but they had a #1 on the Adult Contemporary chart in 1980 with "The Winner Takes It All" and a number one on the dance chart in 1980 with Super Trouper.
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Number 1 Hits of January 1980There were three number 1 hit song during January of 1980. KC and the Sunshine Band had the first number 1 hit that carried over from the year before with "Please Don't Go". The song was charted as number 1 from December 30 1979 - January 5 1980. "Escape (Pina Colada Song)" by Rupert Holmes held the number one spot from January 6 - 12, and Michael Jackson's "Rock With You" from January 13 - February 9. "Rock With You" would land up as the number 1 hit for the year 1980.
The cast of Star Chart - 1980 includes: Terry David Mulligan as Himself - Host (1980)
Diana Ross and Lionel Richie - Endless Love. This was also at #1 for 9 weeks. Sources: bobborst.com
The first number one song in the American Billboard Hot 100 in 1980 was "Please Don't Go" by K.C. & The Sunshine Band, followed by "Escape (Piña Colada Song) by Rupert Holmes.
Earth, Wind and Fire was formed in LA in 1969 by Maurice White. They had great chart success in the 1970's, but only reached the charts twice in the 1980's. Their only number one hit on the r&b charts was 'Shining Star' in 1975.
January would be represented by the number I. So the date would be I-XVI-MCMLXXX.
Please don't Go
1980"Whip It" is the title of a 1980 single by the American New Wave band Devo. It appears on the album Freedom of Choice. There were two 7" single releases of "Whip It", one backed with a remix of the track "Snowball" (which appears on Freedom of Choice) and one backed with "Turn Around" (a song later covered by Nirvana). "Whip It" was Devo's biggest hit, and peaked at number 14 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, number three on the Canadian Singles Chart and number 77 on the Australian Singles Chart (Kent Music Report).[1]It is ranked #63 on VH1's 100 Greatest Songs of the '80sas well as #15 on the same channel's 100 Greatest One Hit Wonders of the '80s.
January 15, 1980 was a Tuesday.