(JUST LIKE) STARTING OVER - JOHN LENNON - 1980

(JUST LIKE) Starting Over – John Lennon

#1 December 27th, 1980

NEWS

• An attempt to liberate our hostages ended in tragedy in the desert 300 miles outside of Tehran, Iran.
• Improved relations with Cuba precipitated the Mariel boatlift that brought 10’s of thousands to freedom.
• President Carter signed a bill creating peacetime draft registration
• Gold peaks at $875 per ounce.
• Everybody displayed a Yellow Ribbon in support of the hostages in Iran.

FADS and ENTERTAINMENT

• MOVIES: “Mad Max” “Empire Strikes Back” “Caddyshack” & “Airplane”
• T.V.: “Dallas” (Who Shot JR) “That's Incredible!” “Solid Gold” (prasie to the Solid Gold dancers!) “Magnum, P.I.”
• The hot new arcade game was called Pac-Man
• The “Miracle on Ice” took place during the Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York.
• The Chicken McNugget is introduced.

#1@1

• From the Double Fantasy album the first new recording Lennon had released since 1975.
• John Lennon was gunned down outside the Dakota December 8^th in New York City.  
• We were still in mourning when John made his final trip to the top…
• “(Just Like) Starting Over” John Lennon. The #1 @ 1 from December 1980.