Various Artists - Billboard Top Hits: 1981

As this volume of Billboard's continuing series illustrates, Billboard Top Hits: 1981 covers a year of considerable flux in pop radio -- where hits like Kool & the Gang's "Celebration" rode in on the last remaining fumes of the disco era, Dolly Parton's "9 to 5" and Juice Newton's "Queen of Hearts" heralded country's increasing encroachment into the mainstream; even reggae found a place on the charts thanks to Blondie's classic cover of "The Tide Is High." Other notable hits: Kim Carnes' "Bette Davis Eyes," Rick Springfield's "Jessie's Girl" and Olivia Newton-John's "Physical." ~ Chuck Donkers, All Music Guide

Name Credits Air Supply Performer, ? Bill Inglot Digital Remastering Blondie Performer, ? Daryl Hall Performer David McLees Project Assistant Dolly Parton ?, Performer Gary Peterson Project Assistant Geoff Gans Art Direction Hall & Oates ?, Performer Joel Whitburn Compilation John Oates Performer Juice Newton ?, Performer Ken Perry Digital Remastering Kim Carnes Performer, ? Kool & the Gang ?, Performer Maria Berry Project Assistant Olivia Newton-John Performer, ? Rick Springfield ?, Performer Smokey Robinson Performer, ? Steve Bates Design