Can you name the artists who had top 20 hits with these songs in 1980?

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All were US top 20 hits, most were top 10, many by major artists! All chart positions are US Billboard Top 100.
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Song	Artist	Chart Pos
Please Don't Go		#1 1980
Cruisin'		#4 1980
Ladies Night		#8 1980
We Don't Talk Anymore		#7 1980
This Is It		#11 1980
Cool Change		#10 1980
Wait For Me		#18 1980
Rock With You		#1 1980
Jane		#14 1980
Coward Of The County		#3 1980
Don't Do Me Like That		#10 1980
Yes, I'm Ready		#2 1980
I Wanna Be Your Lover		#11 1980
The Second Time Around		#8 1980
The Long Run		#8 1980
Longer		#2 1980
Sara		#7 1980
Working My Way Back To You/ Forgive Me Girl		#2 1980
Crazy Little Thing Called Love		#1 1980
Daydream Believer		#12 1980
On The Radio		#5 1980
Another Brick In The Wall		#1 1980
Desire		#4 1980
How Do I Make You		#10 1980
Lost In Love		#3 1980
Sexy Eyes		#5 1980
Call Me		#1 1980
Ride Like The Wind		#2 1980
Brass In Pocket		#14 1980
Hold On To My Love		#10 1980

Song	Artist	Chart Pos
Special Lady		#5 1980
Fire Lake		#6 1980
You May Be Right		#7 1980
The Rose		#3 1980
Let's Get Serious		#9 1980
Breakdown Dead Ahead		#15 1980
Coming Up (Live At Glasgow)		#1 1980
Shining Star		#5 1980
Little Jeannie		#3 1980
All Night Long		#19 1980
One Fine Day		#12 1980
Misunderstanding		#14 1980
Magic		#1 1980
Gimme Some Lovin'		#18 1980
More Love		#10 1980
In America		#11 1980
Fame		#4 1980
Let My Love Open The Door		#9 1980
Drivin' My Life Away		#5 1980
Give Me The Night		#4 1980
Boulevard		#19 1980
Emotional Rescue		#3 1980
He's So Shy		#3 1980
All Over The World		#13 1980
Late In The Evening		#6 1980
Never Knew Love Like This Before		#6 1980
Real Love		#5 1980
On The Road Again		#20 1980
Woman In Love		#1 1980
Master Blaster (Jammin')		#5 1980

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Awesome Hits of 1980 Quiz

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	Jimh:	Jan 15th, 2011 at 16:18 GMT		16 points
	Curse you, Earth Wind and Fire, for releasing your "Shining Star" five years early! shakes fist

	rockgolf:	Jan 15th, 2011 at 17:01 GMT		6 points
	To summarize YippeeYappee's & my comments in archive: Before there are further objection, yes, there were other artists who had hit songs with the titles "Fame" (Bowie), "Call Me" (Aretha Franklin, Chris Montez), "Sara" (Starship), "Real Love" (at least 6, including Mary J Blige & The Beatles), "All Night Long" (Lionel Richie, although he added the subtitle "All Night Long (All Night)"), "Daydream Believer" (Monkees, actually the same song), and "Shining Star" (Earth Wind & Fire), but none of those songs are from 1980. Yippeeyappee added: I also thought of additional artists for "More Love" (Miracles -the original), "One Fine Day" (Chiffons, ditto), "Desire" (U2), "Yes, I'm Ready" (Barbara Mason), "Gimme Some Lovin'" (I'm a heretic for preferring the BB version over the Spencer Davis Group) and "Magic" (Pilot)!

	Manticore:	Jan 15th, 2011 at 17:30 GMT		1 point
	I think "Detroit Spinners" should be accepted, since that was how they were known in the UK.

	evil_fruit_girl:	Jan 15th, 2011 at 17:34 GMT		3 points
	I thought I was gonna have an aneurysm trying to remember KC and the Sunshine Band.

	yippeeyappee:	Jan 15th, 2011 at 17:53 GMT		1 point
	Thanks for playing my quiz! The title is a little misleading now that it's published, as all of these songs are from the same year - 1980! I will be contributing sequels over the coming months - the next one will probably be out this weekend!

	yippeeyappee:	Jan 15th, 2011 at 17:56 GMT		4 points
	For those who love their New Wave music and wonder where it is, there's two reasons for its absence! First, most New Wave songs didn't chart too highly in the USA and these are all top 20; second, I have a series of three New Wave quizzes that I did a year or so ago! They are based on Rhino Records' awesome series - "Just Can't Get Enough - New Wave Hits of the '80s"!

	greebles:	Jan 15th, 2011 at 18:06 GMT		2 points
	I love how it tells you the year after every single one. It makes me happy.

	DTNelson:	Jan 15th, 2011 at 19:37 GMT		2 points
	I KNEW it was KC and some chick named Teri, a chick named Teri whose last name ended in O. I KNEW that one ... except for the letters between Teri and the O. And I kept singing the song but the name would not come. "Are you ready? "Yes, I'm ready." "Are you ready?" "Yes I'm ready, to fall in LOVE, yes to fall in LOVE" what is your GD name, woman? "I don't even, know how, to kiss your lips, at a moment like this" NAME, woman, what is your NAME? GAhhhh! (See, this is why we love Sporcle.)

	bondquizace:	Jan 15th, 2011 at 19:48 GMT		-2 points
	This quiz should read "awesome hits of 1980". Here I was expecting songs like Beat It, Every Breath You Take, Total Eclipse of the Heart, Piano Man, Livin' on a Prayer, etc.

	Meltha:	Jan 15th, 2011 at 20:41 GMT		1 point
	Amazing how many of these had songs titled the same way later in the decade (or earlier). It also contains one of the worst mis-hears I've ever run across. To this day, I could almost swear that one line in "Magic" is "don't let your aunt have a stray."

	mitchconn:	Jan 15th, 2011 at 22:21 GMT		-1 points
	How the hell did Emotional Rescue get to be a #3 song? Easilly one of the worst songs ever.

	willwoodlen:	Jan 16th, 2011 at 01:25 GMT		2 points
	Well, DTNelson, I had her name and even spelled it right, but I put KC's name first, and it didn't work!!! Very fun quiz, though.

	statephone:	Jan 16th, 2011 at 06:17 GMT		3 points
	i like emotional rescue quite a bit

	caramba:	Jan 16th, 2011 at 07:23 GMT		1 point
	...riding across the desert on a fine Arab charger...

	guesswho9121:	Jan 16th, 2011 at 08:34 GMT		2 points
	in the description it should be "Just HOW awesome" instead of "Just awesome". Thoiught i'd point that out. Good quiz

	macro:	Jan 16th, 2011 at 23:10 GMT		0 points
	"Teri DeSario and KC" is correct but "KC and Teri DeSario" is not? Why, exactly?

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	Statto2:	Jan 17th, 2011 at 14:33 GMT		1 point
	I was surprised that over half of people did not get the name of the singer whose picture is next to this quiz on the homepage. Then I realised that while I became a teenager in 1980 many others taking this quiz would not have been born.

	mrtode:	Jan 17th, 2011 at 21:19 GMT		0 points
	13/60. Not too bad for someone born in 1980.

	AntieAnnie:	Jan 18th, 2011 at 01:54 GMT		2 points
	This was a LOT of fun... but made me feel kinda old -- both because I could remember and because I couldn't (hey, the mind is the first thing to go, right?).

	soccerchic:	Jan 18th, 2011 at 21:12 GMT		1 point
	How many times can I type Starship and Richie before I realize it isn't them!!!!! Darn Year..And apparently I am a huge dork because I loved a bunch of these songs

	Statto2:	Jan 19th, 2011 at 22:14 GMT		1 point
	The Spinners were called the "Detroit Spinners" in the UK to avoid confusion with a folk group from Liverpool called "The Spinners".

	SuzyCreamcheeze:	Jan 20th, 2011 at 15:31 GMT		1 point
	I never knew 'Barbra' Streisand spelt her name wrong. I do now.

	music_jan:	Nov 7th, 2011 at 23:41 GMT		2 points
	It won't let me answer! The time is ticking but I can't figure out where to put the answer!