NEWSPAPER THE MUSIC SOLUTION WARNER • ELEKTRA • ATLANTIC Warner Bros. Records * Elektra Records * Atlantic Records * WEA Distributing * Divisions of Warner Communications Inc.Oa VOLUME XLIII — NUMBER 32 — December 26, 1981 4 THE INTERNATIONAL MUSIC RECORD WEEKLY CASH BOX GEORGE ALBERT President and Publisher NICK ALBARANO Vice President ALAN SUTTON Vice President and Editor In Chief J.B. CARMICLE Vice President and General Manager. East Coast” JIM SHARP vice President, Nashville RICHARD IMAMURA n Managing Editor ^easion’s^ MARK ALBERT Marketing Director j East Coast Editorial J FRED GOODMAN — DAVE SCHULPS *• LARRY RIGGS West Coast Editoriai i MARK ALBERT. Radio Editor MARC CETNER — MICHAEL GLYNN MICHAEL MARTINEZ i (ireetingsi KEN KIRKWOOD, Manager BILL FEASTER — LEN CHODOSH MIKE PLACHETKA — JEFF LAINE HARALD TAUBENREUTHER May the Peace and Joy of the Holiday Season be yours today and in the coming year. 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Olivia Newton-John ' December 26, 1981 Weeks Weeks Weeks On On On 12/19 Chart 12/19 Chart 1 PHYSICAL 33 START ME UP (68 IWKRP IN CINCINNATI 12/19 Chart OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN (MCA-51182) 1 13 ROLLING STONES ^---^(MAIN THEMEJ (Rolling Stones/Atlantic RS 21003) 25 19 STEVE CARLISLE (MCA 51 2l 74 2 WAITING FOR A GIRL LIKE YOU 1 6 FOREIGNER (Atlantic 3868) 2 12 34 )LEADER OF THE BAND 69 POOR MAN’S SON DAN FOGELBERG SURVIVOR (Scotti Bros./CBS ZD5 025i 1 58 11 @LE.ET’S GROOVE (Full Moon/CBS 14-02647) 41 5 EARTH, WIND & FIRE (70 )LOVE IS LIKE A ROCK (ARC/Columbia 18-02536) 3 13 35 STEAL THE NIGHT S DONNIE IRIS (MCA-51 2; / 1 88 2 STEVIE WOODS (Cotillion/Atlantic 46016) 36 12 4 )l CAN’T GO FOR THAT (NO CAN (7lV WORLD WITHOUT HEROES G>, 36 HERE I AM I 79 3 DO) AIR SUPPLY (Arista AS 24 15 DARYL HALL & JOHN OATES 0626) (72y‘MAIN THEME FROM CHARIOTS (RCA PB-1 2357) 5 7 TAKE IT EASY ON ME OF FIRE” 0 LITTLE RIVER BAND (Capitol P-A-5057) 43 4 5 jYOUNG TURKS VANGELIS (Polydor/PolyGrarr ) 80 3 G>;— ROD STEWART (Warner Bros. WBS 49843) 6 11 38 ARTHUR’S THEME 73 CLOSER TO THE HEARi 6 OH NO (BEST THAT YOU CAN DO) RUSH (Mercury/PolyGram 73 4 COMMODORES (Motown M 1527F) 4 15 CHRISTOPHER CROSS 1 (Warner Bros. WBS 49787) 31 20 74 THE NIGHT OWLS 7 WHY DO FOOLS FALL IN LOVE? LITTLE RIVER BAND (Capitol P-A 54 19 DIANA ROSS (RCA PB-1 2349) 7 11 (39 )WORKING FOR THE WEEKEND 1 / LOVERBQY (Columbia 18-02589) 44 7 75 ENDLESS LOVE flTlpON’T STOP BELIEVIN’ DIANA ROSS and LIONEL RICHIE V JOURNEY (Columbia 18-02567) 9 9 40VORE THAN JUST THE TWO OF (Motown M 66 26 ^ ^US i ( 9 jHARDEN MY HEART kBACAB (Geffen 49824) 10 11 . SNEAKER (Handshake WS9 02557) 46 7 \ / OUARTERFLASH GEF GENESIS (Atlantic - 1 )let 1 (io)trouble 41 me love you once :OULD IT BE LOVE GREG LAKE (Chyrsalis CHS 2571) 45 6 LINDSEY BUCKINGHAM (Asylum E-47223) 11 10 > JENNIFER WARNES (Arista AS 84 'x' DREAMS 1 3 (11 jCOMIN’ IN AND OUT OF YOUR 42JSWEET (78)SOUTHERN PACIFIC <" AIR SUPPLY (Arista AS 55 3 ^LIFE )= 0655) NEIL YOUNG & CRAZY HORSE 18-02621) 12 7 )KEY LARGO ,—-V (Reprise RPS49I BARBRA STREISAND (Columbia 43 i 89 2 BERTIE HIGGINS (Kat Family WS9-02524) TURN YOUR LOVE AROUND > / 48 8 (79 )every home should have © GEORGE BENSON 44V0VE IS ALRIGHT TONITE ^ONE (Warner Bros. WBS 49846) 13 10 4 RICK SPRINGFIELD (RCA PB-13008) 50 4 PATTI AUSTIN1 (Qwest/Warner Bros. QWE49854) 86 (l3)YESTERDAY’S SONGS 45 HEART LIKE A WHEEL 1 2 S / NEIL DIAMOND (Columbia 18-02604) 14 8 THE STEVE MILLER BAND 80 I’VE DONE EVERYTHING FOR (i4\eather and lace (Capitol P-A-5068) 39 9 YOU STEVIE NICKS (with DON HENLEY) 4^IF I WERE YOU RICK SPRINGFIELD (RCA PB-12166) VX 1 57 19 (Modern/ Atlantic MR7341) 16 10 / LULU (Alfa ALF-7011) 51 6 , THOSE GOOD OLD DREAMS 47 THE OLD SONGS CARPENTERS (A&M 2386) (l5 Jhooked on classics ® 1 90 2 BARRY MANILOW (Arista AS 12 LOUIS CLARK CONDUCTS THE ROYAL 0633) 30 82 SHE’S A BAD MAMA JAMA PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA 48 )MY KINDA LOVER 17 9 (SHE’S BUILT, SHE’S 1 (RCAPB-12304) v_y BILLY SQUIER (Capitol P-A-5037) 52 6 STACKED) CARL CARLTON1 CENTERFOLD 49 (20th Century-Fox/RCA TC-2488) 72 WRACK MY BRAIN 1 19 THE J. GEILS (EMI America A-8102) 18 8 ® BAND RINGO STARR (Boardwalk NB7-11-130) 37 8 CRAZY (KEEP ON FALLING) 17 EVERY LITTLE THING SHE DOES 50 NEVER TOO MUCH ® THE JOHN HALL BAND1 LUTHER VANDROSS (Epic (EMI IS MAGIC 14-02409) 42 13 America A-8096)1 _ 1 THE POLICE (A&M 2371) 8 14 SEA OF LOVE LET THE FEELING FLOW DEL (Capitol P-A-5065) 1 (laVnE SWEETEST THING SHANNON ® PEABO BRYSON 1 — (Network/ElektraNW-47951) ^--^(I’VE EVER KNOWN) 62 85 IT’S MY PARTY JUICE NEWTON (Capitol P-A-5046) 22 11 52 LIVING EYES DAVE STEWART AND BARBARA GASKIN1 BEE GEES (RSO/PolyGram RS (Platinum PR-4) TAKE MY HEART 1067) 40 1 87 4 ® KOOL & THE GANG (53yOVE IN THE FIRST DEGREE 86 TALKING OUT OF TURN (De-Lite/PolyGram DE 815) 20 12 ALABAMA (RCA PB-12288) 59 THE MOODY BLUES 20 OUR LIPS ARE SEALED ^‘J^(5^ALL OUR TOMORROWS 1 71 8 GO-GO'S (I.R.S./A&M IR-9901) 21 18 EDDIE SCHWARTZ (Atco/Atlantic 7342) 67 87 )PAC-MAN FEVER SOMEONE COULD LOSE A 55 JUST ONCE BUCKNER & GARCIA (Columbia 18-02673)1 1 ® HEART TONIGHT QUINCY JONES featuring JAMES INGRAM ji^YOU CAN EDDIE BABBITT (Elektra E-47239) 23 7 (A&M 2357) 47 20 MADLEEN KANE (Chalet C 1225)1 1 22 MY GIRL (GONE, GONE, GONE) 56 NO REPLY AT ALL SEASONS OF GOLD . (Atlantic GIDEA featuring CHILLIWACKI (Millenn(Millennium/RCA YB-11813' 19 14 GENESIS 3858) 49 14 PARK ADRIAN BAKER (Profile PRO-5003)1 1 (23)SHAKE IT UP (57 )SOMEWHERE DOWN THE ROAD \ / THE CARS (Elektra E-47250) 26 6 \ y BARRY MANILOW (Arista AS 0658) 76 (90 JONIGHT TONIGHT Vly BILL CHAMPLIN (Elektra E-47240) 1 (^24}COOL NIGHT (58 )BREAKIN’ AWAY S y PAUL DAVIS (Arista AS 0645) 28 8 V / AL JARREAU (Warner Bros. WBS 49842) 65 91 WHEN SHE WAS MY GIRL (ssValling in love THE FOUR TOPS 25}UNDER PRESSURE (Casablanca/PolyGram NB 2338) 60 19 VX QUEEN & DAVID BOWIE (Elektra E-47235) 27 8 / BALANCE (Portrait/CBS 24-02608) 64 kI1(60 ^THROUGH THE 92 MAGIC POWER 26 PRIVATE EYES YEARS TRIUMPH (RCA PB-12298) 70 13 DARYL HALL & JOHN OATES / KENNY ROGERS (Liberty P-A-1444) — (RCA PB-1 2296) 15 18 61 TWILIGHT 93 I WANT YOU, I NEED YOU CHRIS CHRISTIAN (Boardwalk NB7-11-126) 63 13 I WOULDN’T HAVE MISSED IT ELO (Jet/CBS ZS5 02559) 53 10 ® FOR THE WORLD /^LITTLE DARLIN’ 94 CONTROVERSY PRINCE (Warner Bros.