Episode 32: The Week Ending December 15, 1979 The Pina Colada Killed the Radio Star

How was your love life back in 1979? Were you with someone who made you say “do that to me one more time”, or was it more like “no, enough is enough, don’t do me like that”?  Maybe you had two bad relationships in a row and it felt like you were experiencing déjà vu’. Tired of all these head games you took the long way home as you planned your escape.  With your new found freedom, you hoped to be third time lucky as you went out cruisin' the local dance club on ladies night. This is it, the Billboard Top 40 from the week of December 15st, 1979. As the decade ended, it was time for a cool change.
Link to a listing of the songs in this week’s episode: https://top40weekly.com/1979-all-charts/#US_Top_40_Singles_For_The_Week_Ending_15th_December_1979
Data Sources: Billboard Magazine, where the charts came from and on what the countdown was based.
Websites: allmusic.com, songfacts.com Wikipedia.com (because Mark’s lazy)
Books: “Ranking the 70’s” by Dann Isbell, and Bill Carroll
“American Top 40 With Casey Kasem (The 1970’s) by Pete Battistini.
Rejected Titles:
Please Don’t Go and Do That To Me One More Time
The Coward of the County Better Take The Long Way Home
Don’t Tusk Me Like That
Head Games, Déjà Vu, or a Cool Change
Dim All the Lights so I can Escape
Some links to things we discussed in this episode:
The Global Warming Christmas Special – SNL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AaK8FR3mmnA
The Incredible 2-Headed Transplant Trailer (Starring Casey Kasem):https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067245/
Stereo before there was stereo: 1950s Cook Binaural records: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QlagwjphwXA
Clip Hardy Boys "Mystery of the Hollywood Phantom (Casey Kasem as Columbo) : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDfe8Rf1_ew
No More Tears (Enough is Enough: Cover Photo: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_More_Tears_%28Enough_Is_Enough%29#/media/File:Enoughisenough.JPG