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WPGC Music Survey Weekly Playlist - 11/01/80 - Outside

 

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Hall & Oates had enjoyed a long string of hits in the mid to late '70's. But the hits largely dried up after 'Rich Girl' in 1977, a song first played in the Country by WPGC.

It wasn't until their comback hit with the remake of the Righteous Brothers', 'You've Lost That Loving Feeling' that the streak continued, carrying them into the '80's.

They eventually became the most successful duo in Rock & Roll history, eclipsing the Everly Brothers in April of 1984 when the Recording Industry Association of America announced they had earned a total of 19 Gold and Platinum awards.

 

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WPGC Music Survey Weekly Playlist - 11/01/80 - Inside

 

#1 on WPGC Today in 1980

The Jackson 5's decision to leave Motown in 1975 had much to do with their learning they had only been receiving a meager 2.8% royalty from the label despite having earned millions for them. Joe Jackson shopped the band around, eventually settling on a far more lucrative 20% rate at Epic. Absent from the deal was Jermaine who opted to stay and soon married Berry Gordy's daughter, Hazel. Hitsville USA retaliated by suing the group for breach of contract. Eventually the suit was dropped on the condition the group stop using the name, 'Jackson 5' which Motown owned. The rechristened 'Jacksons' with younger brother, Randy in the fold did indeed say, 'goodbye' to the Motor City. Read more on the Jacksons, five or otherwise.

Another reason for leaving was the lack of attention they had been receiving since the split up of, 'The Corporation' which had produced most of their early hits. At Epic they were teamed up with Gamble & Huff whose tenure at subsidiary, Philadelphia International resulted in a long string of hits. Right out of the gate, the Jacksons hit big with their first release, 'Enjoy Yourself'. For their next album they were granted complete creative control, the timing coinciding with Michael's increasing importance as primary songwriter for the group. His solo material often coexisted with product from the group such as in 1979, when, 'Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough' was on the charts nearly simultaneously with the Jacksons', 'Shake Your Body (Down To The Ground)'. See enlargement.

Sandwiched in between the moonwalker's, 'Off The Wall' and landmark 'Thriller' LPs, the group released their 16th studio album, 'Triumph' which generated, 'Lovely One' and 'Heartbreak Hotel'. The former of the two singles peaked at #12 on the Hot 100, #2 on Billboard's Black Singles chart and #1 on the Dance chart as well as spent its second of two consecutive weeks at #1 on the WPGC Musicradio survey on 11/01/80. Among the guitarists on the track was Michael Sembello. The parent album would go on to sell three million copies and went Platinum, becoming their first album to make it to #1 on the R&B chart since, 'Maybe Tomorrow' in 1971. The brothers also received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1980 and were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1997.

 

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