Music Virgins No More

Send us Fan Mail The season finale is here! On today's show, co-hosts John and Jason discuss the importance of December 1980! Highlights: Roger Daltrey's "With Your Love" single, and Blondie's popular (but for what reason) album, "Autoamerican." The recent Amazon #1 music book and the podcast's companion book, "Music Virgin No More" by co-host John...

Send us Fan Mail Today, co-hosts John and Jason review two weeks, starting with Chart #15 for November 29, 1980 . . . which may be the most important chart of all 106 charts made, as Bruce Springsteen makes his first appearance. "Finally," you say! Show highlights: a new #1 Single and #1 Album, plus, one song is hit by the curse of only reaching #2 - denied the top spot by two different...

Send us Fan Mail On today’s show, John and Jason will review three weeks, starting with Chart #12 for November 8, 1980. Over this period, a new #1 Single is crowned, and a new debut chart album will one week in the future also hit #1! Highlighted Artist: Cliff Richard Highlighted Singles: "(Just Like) Starting Over" by John Lennon/Yoko Ono, "Don’t Stand So Close To Me" by The P...

Send us Fan Mail On today’s show John and Jason will be looking back at Chart #11 for the week ending November 1, 1980, which features something that doesn’t occur very often. The recent Amazon #1 music book and the podcast's companion book, "Music Virgin No More" by co-host John Schlarbaum, is available now for only $15.00 on Amazon. Buy here: https://a.co/d/ci6SSN8 Check out all 1...

Send us Fan Mail Today John and Jason discuss three charts – or at least an overview of three charts – for the weeks of October 11th, 18th, and 25th, as not a lot of new music debuted during this time period. For those keeping track at home, on October 4, 1980, John’s #1 Single was Another One Bites The Dust by Queen, the #1 Album was The Game by Queen, and the #1 Group was . . . surprise, surpris...

Send us Fan Mail As much fun as it is to look back at John's charts that began the week ending August 23, 1980, it’s also interesting to see what music came BEFORE that first chart! On the year-end charts, 13 of the Top 20 Singles were released between January and August, and 9 of the Top 11 Singles were from earlier in the year. Also, 8 of the Top 10 year-end ALBUMS were released before the...

Send us Fan Mail On today’s episode, John and Jason recap a very special chart - #7 - for the week ending October 4, 1980, which debuts a new chart: The Top 10 Albums rankings! The recent Amazon #1 music book and the podcast's companion book, "Music Virgin No More" by co-host John Schlarbaum, is available now for only $15.00 on Amazon. Buy here: https://a.co/d/ci6SSN8 Check out all...

Send us Fan Mail Co-hosts John and Jason discuss not one, not two, but three charts this week from September 1980! They will highlight Cheap Trick's latest single, profile the group The Monks and their classic faux-punk album, "Bad Habits", and discuss their first concert experiences!  ********************************************** The recent Amazon #1 music book and the podcast&apo...

Send us Fan Mail On today’s episode, co-hosts John and Jason delve into Chart #3 for the week of September 6, 1980. For those keeping track, last week’s #1 Single was Queen’s “PLAY THE GAME” for a second straight week, and John’s #1 group remained Paul McCartney & Wings.  Also, there was one new debut this week that has caused Jason great mental strife and had him momentarily thinking that he...

Send us Fan Mail Co-hosts John and Jason dive deep into all the action on Chart #2 (August 30, 1980), highlighting songs by Air Supply, The Kingbees, Gary Numan, and Robbie Dupree. A new weekly feature debuts when Jason gets to ask the question, "What were you thinking, John?" Listen to Chart #2's Top 15 Singles on YouTube here: https://shorturl.at/6p3qB The recent Amazon #1 music b...

Send us Fan Mail The first episode introduces co-hosts John and Jason and explains how their love of music, as well as music history, formed the basis of the podcast. John will describe how, as a pre-teen, he began creating his own weekly Singles, Albums, and Groups charts (for his eyes only) for an impressive 106 weeks from August 1980 to August 1982! Watch Chart 1's Top 15 Singles on YouTub...