March 1981 List
1. Styx (No change)
2. Journey (No change)
3. Neil Young (No change)
4. Pat Benetar (No change)
5. Boston (+1)
6. Cars (-1)
7. Led Zeppelin (No change)
8. Fleetwood Mac (+1)
9. Toto (-1)
10. Eagles (+1)
11. Dictators (+1)
12. Tom Petty (-2)
13. Kansas (+4)
14. Off Broadway (No change)
15. Rush (No change)
16. Emerson Lake and Palmer (+2)
17. The Who (-4)
18. Kinks (-2)
19. REO Speedwagon (New)20. Queen (No change)
REO Speedwagon- If you are a classic rock fan, I'd bet there is a pretty good probability that you have the 1980 Hi-Infidelity. Album incredibly charted 3 Top 25 and one No. 1. But to facts, REO actually went back to the early '70's. Pretty much almost their 1st decade of existence, they were infamously the 2nd or 3rd act in concerts throughout the country. They basically ran their career on one really good tune "Riding the Storm Out", along with a couple of middle rocking bluesey tunes. But their epitah is lined with the "Journey Effect". Get drunk on some short term pop-rock success. After their moment in the sun in the early to mid '80's they rightfully fell out of view.
In spite my own disliking of giving overplayed hyped samples..... Here is their signature tune that did hit No.1. Leave it to these guys to over cheese it. (sorry)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJzNZ1c5C9c