Pop and Rock Chart Archive
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Weekly Pop Top 30 for August 1, 1981

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2 1   I Don't Need You  
  Kenny Rogers
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3 2   Hearts  
  Marty Balin
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4 3   Slow Hand 1  
  Pointer Sisters
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5 4   Boy From New York City  
  The Manhattan Transfer
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1 5   Believe It Or Not (Theme From Greatest American Hero) 1  
  Joey Scarbury
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11 6   Queen Of Hearts 2  
  Juice Newton
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8 7   Gemini Dream 5  
  The Moody Blues
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9 8   Jessie's Girl 17 2  
  Rick Springfield
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10 9   Time 4  
  The Alan Parsons Project
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6 10   Elvira 4  
  Oak Ridge Boys
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20 11   (There's) No Gettin' Over Me 4  
  Ronnie Milsap
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7 12   The One That You Love 1  
  Air Supply
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16 13   Touch Me When We're Dancing 10  
  Carpenters
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14 14   In The Air Tonight 1 6  
  Phil Collins
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21 15   Lady (You Bring Me Up) 1  
  Commodores
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24 16   Endless Love 1  
  Diana Ross & Lionel Richie
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18 17   Sweet Baby 15  
  Stanley Clarke/George Duke
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23 18   Urgent 1 2  
  Foreigner
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17 19   Don't Let Him Go 2 17  
  REO Speedwagon
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30 20   The Breakup Song (They Don't Write 'Em) 4 13  
  Greg Kihn Band
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29 21   Everlasting Love 14  
  Rex Smith/Rachel Sweet
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19 22   All Those Years Ago 8 1  
  George Harrison
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13 23   You Make My Dreams 3  
  Daryl Hall And John Oates
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12 24   Bette Davis Eyes 12 1  
  Kim Carnes
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28 25   Cool Love 7  
  Pablo Cruise
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27 26   Don't Want To Wait Anymore 19 22  
  Tubes
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22 27   The Stroke 1 22  
  Billy Squier
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- 28   Nightwalker  
  Gino Vannelli
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- 29   Who's Crying Now 2 1  
  Journey
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- 30   Love On A Two-Way Street 21  
  Stacy Lattisaw
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Kenny Rogers and I Don't Need You finds the top song spot on the chart this week. Hearts by Marty Balin finds the runner-up spot. Pointer Sisters finds the third chart position this week with Slow Hand.


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