The CASH BOX Top 100 Black Contemporary
Green square = bullet (strong upward move)Week ending APRIL 5, 1980
TWTITLE | Artist (Label) LW2WK3WKWKS
  1STOMP!
    Brothers Johnson (A&M 2216)
  2  3  4  8
  2AND THE BEAT GOES ON
    Whispers (Solar 11894)
  1  1  112
  3I DON’T BELIEVE YOU WANT TO GET UP AND DANCE (Oops, Up Side Your Head)
    Gap Band (Mercury 76037)
  61031  8
  4SPECIAL LADY
    Ray, Goodman & Brown (Polydor 2033)
  4  4  320
  5OFF THE WALL
    Michael Jackson (Epic 50838)
  91118  7
  6WORKING MY WAY BACK TO YOU / FORGIVE ME, GIRL
    Spinners (Atlantic 3637)
  5  5  516
  7TOO HOT
    Kool & Gang (De-Lite 802)
  3  2  215
  8DON’T SAY GOODNIGHT (It’s Time For Love) (pts. 1 & 2)
    Isley Brothers (T-Neck 2290)
131832  6
  9DON’T PUSH IT DON’T FORCE IT
    Leon Haywood (20th Century-Fox 2443)
101520  8
10STANDING OVATION
    GQ (Arista 0483)
111317  9
11YOU ARE MY HEAVEN
    Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway (Atlantic 3627)
  8  81012
12THEME FROM THE BLACK HOLE
    Parliament (Casablanca 2235)
  7  7  811
13EVERY GENERATION
    Ronnie Laws (United Artists 1334)
12121511
14WELCOME BACK HOME
    Dramatics (MCA 41178)
16202510
15WHY YOU WANNA TREAT ME SO BAD?
    Prince (Warner Bros. 49178)
181929  9
16THE SECOND TIME AROUND
    Shalamar (Solar 11709)
15  9  728
17BOUNCE, ROCK, SKATE, ROLL (pt. 1)
    Vaughan Mason & Crew (Brunswick 55548)
14  6  612
18I SHOULDA LOVED YA
    Narada Michael Walden (Atlantic 3631)
1717  919
19COMPUTER GAME (“Theme From The Circus”)
    Yellow Magic Orchestra (Horizon 127)
21222411
20ANY LOVE
    Rufus & Chaka (MCA 41191)
202435  6
21LADY
    Whispers (Solar 11928)
274979  4
22MUSIC TRANCE
    Ben E. King (Atlantic 3635)
283744  8
23WHAT YOU WON’T DO FOR LOVE
    Natalie Cole & Peabo Bryson (Capitol 4826)
232530  9
24BAD TIMES
    Tavares (Capitol 4811)
22141416
25YES, I’M READY
    Teri DeSario with K.C. (Casablanca 2227)
252628  9
26GOT TO LOVE SOMEBODY
    Sister Sledge (Cotillion 45007)
19161115
27TWO PLACES AT THE SAME TIME
    Ray Parker Jr. & Raydio (Arista 0494)
405170  4
28IS THIS THE BEST (Bop-Doo-Wah)
    L. A. Boppers (Mercury 76038)
30333910
29TODAY IS THE DAY
    Bar-Kays (Mercury 76036)
323846  8
30GIVE IT ALL YOU GOT
    Chuck Mangione (A&M 2211)
29292610
31GOT TO BE ENOUGH
    Con Funk Shun (Mercury 76051)
435272  4
32HIGH
    Skyy (Salsoul 2113)
384553  7
33LET ME BE THE CLOCK
    Smokey Robinson (Tamla 54311)
466285  4
34YOU ARE MY FRIEND
    Sylvester (Fantasy 883)
374454  7
35ON THE RADIO
    Donna Summer (Casablanca 2236)
31282311
36WE OUGHT TO BE DOIN’ IT
    Randy Brown (Chocolate City 3204)
455362  5
37GIVE ME SOME EMOTION
    Webster Lewis (Epic 50832)
394043  9
38I’M BACK FOR MORE
    Al Johnson (with Jean Carn) (Columbia 11207)
445059  7
39THIS IS IT
    Kenny Loggins (Columbia 11109)
24212113
40PRAYIN’
    Harold Melvin & Blue Notes (Source 41156)
36363318
41HAVEN’T YOU HEARD
    Patrice Rushen (Elektra 46551)
26231323
42LOVE INJECTION
    Trussel (Elektra 46560)
35353417
43MINUTE BY MINUTE
    Peabo Bryson (Capitol 4844)
5585  3
44LET’S GET SERIOUS
    Jermaine Jackson (Motown 1469)
6472  3
45COME INTO MY LIFE (pt. 1)
    Rick James (Gordy 7177)
41394010
46SHINING STAR
    Manhattans (Columbia 11222)
597487  4
47BEST OF FRIENDS
    Lenny White (Elektra 46597)
485564  6
48UNDER YOUR SPELL
    Phyllis Hyman (Arista 0495)
505968  6
49GOTTA GET MY HANDS ON SOME (Money)
    Fatback (Spring 3008)
5670  3
50DESIRE
    The Masqueraders (Bang 4806)
515667  6
51ALL NIGHT THING
    Invisible Man’s Band (Mango 103)
616978  6
52THE BEST LOVE I EVER HAD
    Jerry Butler (Philadelphia Int’l 3746)
626677  5
53RELEASE (The Tension)
    Patti LaBelle (Epic 50852)
536169  5
54CAN IT BE LOVE
    Teena Marie (Gordy 7180)
545766  6
55RIGHT IN THE SOCKET
    Shalamar (Solar 11929)
70  2
56HOLD ON TO MY LOVE
    Jimmy Ruffin (RSO 1021)
7281  3
57WHERE DID ALL THE LOVIN’ GO / IT’S YOU I LOVE
    Teddy Pendergrass (Philadelphia Int’l 3742)
606465 7 / 3
58REACH YOUR PEAK
    Sister Sledge (Cotillion 45013)
  1
59SUGAR
    Kenny Doss (Bearsville 49197)
677684  4
60CAN YOU FEEL IT
    Pressure (LAX 41179)
687882  5
61FUNKY LADY (Foxy Lady)
    Slave (Cotillion 45011)
657381  5
62EMOTION
    Merry Clayton (MCA 41195)
637175  5
63FUNKYTOWN
    Lipps, Inc. (Casablanca 2233)
7484  3
64STRUT YOUR STUFF
    Stone City Band (Gordy 7179)
769090  5
65TONIGHT I’M ALRIGHT
    Narada Michael Walden (Atlantic 3655)
82  2
66FOREVER
    Mass Production (Cotillion 45009)
77  2
67ROCK WITH YOU
    Michael Jackson (Epic 50797)
33271224
68HERE COMES THE SUN
    Fat Larry’s Band (Fantasy/WMOT 881)
47475011
69WHAT I WOULDN’T DO (For The Love Of You)
    Angela Bofill (Arista/GRP 2503)
49342717
70SWEET SENSATION
    Stephanie Mills (20th Century-Fox 2449)
  1
71DO YOU LOVE WHAT YOU FEEL
    Rufus & Chaka (MCA 41131)
42321926
72SINGING A SONG ABOUT YOU
    Triple “S” Connection (20th Century-Fox 2440)
525463  8
73JUST A TOUCH OF LOVE
    Slave (Cotillion 45005)
34311625
74INSIDE OF YOU
    Ray, Goodman & Brown (Polydor 2077)
84  2
75TONIGHT’S THE NIGHT
    Sharon Paige with Harold Melvin & Blue Notes (Source 41157)
757791  4
76WHERE IS YOUR LOVE?
    Emotions (ARC 11205)
8089  3
77THE GET-DOWN MELLOW SOUND
    Players Association (Vanguard 35214)
91  2
78THE REAL THING
    Pleasure (Fantasy 882)
7987  3
79HOLD ON (To Your Dreams)
    Wee Gee (Cotillion 45012)
87  2
80OUTSIDE MY WINDOW
    Stevie Wonder (Tamla 54308)
788088  4
81YOU GOT WHAT IT TAKES
    Bobby Thurston (Prelude 8009)
818689  4
82OVERNIGHT SENSATION
    Jerry Knight (A&M 2215)
  1
83NOW I’M FINE
    Grey & Hanks (RCA 11922)
8691  3
84OH, DARLIN’
    Brothers By Choice (ALA 108)
83636110
85LET THE MUSIC TAKE ME
    Patrice Rushen (Elektra 46604)
  1
86MUSIC
    One Way Featuring Al Hudson (MCA 41170)
57464112
87FROM 9:00 UNTIL
    Lakeside (Solar 11931)
  1
88YOU GAVE ME LOVE
    Crown Heights Affair (De-Lite 803)
  1
89AFTER YOU
    Dionne Warwick (Arista 0498)
  1
90PEANUT BUTTER
    Twennynine Featuring Lenny White (Elektra 46552)
69302224
91WINNERS
    Kleeer (Atlantic 3650)
  1
92I’LL BE THINKING OF YOU
    Andrae Crouch introducing Kristie Murden (Light 655)
93  2
93YOU AND ME
    Solaris (Dana 00131)
98  2
94TALK TO ME / EVERY BEAT OF MY HEART
    Dorothy Moore (Malaco 2062)
9495  3
95LOVE IS GOOD NEWS
    Ava Cherry (RSO/Curtom 1017)
666060  8
96FUNK YOU UP
    The Sequence with Sugarhill Gang Band (Sugar Hill 543)
71423816
97DO THAT TO ME ONE MORE TIME
    Captain & Tennille (Casablanca 2215)
885858  8
98I WANNA BE YOUR LOVER
    Prince (Warner Bros. 49050)
58433629
99WE DON’T
    Controllers (Juana 3426)
896556  9
100 WOP THAT WANDY
    Gangsters (Heat 2001)
9696  3
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