CALL ME - BLONDIE - 1980

NEWS

• The Iran -- Iraq War started.

• President Jimmy Carter O.K’d a bailout of Chrysler Corporation

• Mount St. Helen’s in Washington State erupted.

• Ronald Regan would become the 40th President of the United States

• The “Miracle on Ice” took place during the Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York.

• CNN becomes the first 24hrs News Station

 

FADS and ENTERTAINMENT

• MOVIES: “9 To 5” “Empire Strikes Back” “Stir Crazy” & “Airplane”

• T.V.:  “M*A*S*H”,“The Love Boat, ” and “The Dukes of Hazzard” 

• Millions of viewers tune to the TV soap opera Dallas to learn who shot lead character J.R. Ewing.

• Just about everybody displayed a Yellow Ribbon in support of the hostages in Iran.

• Led Zeppelin announced they couldn’t go on after drummer John Bonham’s death.

• Former Beatle John Lennon is shot and killed by  "fan", Mark David Chapman outside his New York apartment.

• The Rubiks Cube and Magna doodle were the popular kids toys. 

• Some were reading The Official Preppy Handbook to stay in with the latest trends

 

DEAD

• John Lennon: Oct 9, 1940 Dec 8,1980

• John Bonham: May 31, 1948 Sep 24, 1980

• Steve McQueen: Mar 24,1930 Nov 7, 1980

• Jimmy Durante: Feb10, 1893 Jan20, 1980

• Alfred Hitchcock: Aug 13, 1899 April 29,1980

 

#1@1

• The song was the main theme song of the film American Gigolo.

• Originally Stevie Nicks from Fleetwood Mac was asked to help compose and perform this song for the soundtrack, but she declined.

• This is the band’s second #1 song and their biggest selling single. 

• It is ranked at #283 on the list of Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.

• And lists at #44 on Billboard's All Time Top 100.

• Here’s Blondie with Call Me, Your #1 @ 1 from April of 1980.