NEW CHART ENTRIES : May 1981

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Singles that entered the UK charts in May 1981 (in the order of chart entry / highest position)...

(highest UK chart position in brackets)

01 Shakin' Stevens - You Drive Me Crazy (2)
02 Sheena Easton - When He Shines (12)
03 Thin Lizzy - KILLERS LIVE EP Are You Ready / Dear Miss Lonely Hearts / Bad Reputation (19)
04 Human League - Sound Of The Crowd (12)
05 Teardrop Explodes - Treason (It's Just A Story) (18)
06 Undertones - It's Going To Happen (18)
07 Shadows - Third Man (44)
08 Psychedelic Furs - Dumb Waiters (59)
09 Juice Newton - Angel Of The Morning (43)
10 Adam & The Ants - Stand And Deliver (1)
11 Kim WIlde - Chequered Love (4)
12 Tottenham Hotspur with Chas 'n' Dave - Ossie's Dream (Spurs Are On Their Way To Wembley) (5)
13 Kim Carnes - Bette Davis Eyes (10)
14 Who - Don't Let Go The Coat (47)
15 Vangelis - Chariots Of Fire (12)
16 Smokey Robinson - Being With You (1)
17 Talking Heads - Houses In Motion (50)
18 T Rex - RETURN OF THE ELECTRIC WARRIOR EP Sing Me A Song (50)
19 Kraftwerk - Pocket Calculator (39)
20 Champaign - How 'Bout Us (5)
21 Japan - The Art Of Parties (48)
22 Toyah - I Want To Be Free (8)
23 Duran Duran - Careless Memories (37)
24 Squeeze - Is That Love (35)
25 Krokus - INDUSTRIAL STRENGTH EP Bedside Radio (62)
26 Imagination - Body Talk (4)
27 Paul Shane - Hi De Hi (36)
28 Marvin The Paranoid Android - Marvin (53)
29 999 - Obsessed (71)
30 Polecats - Rockabilly Guy (35)
31 Grover Washington Jr - Just The Two Of Us (34)
32 Classix Nouveaux - Tokyo (67)
33 Enigma - Ain't No Stoppin' (11)
34 UB40 - Don't Slow Down / Don't Let It Pass You By (16)
35 Michael Jackson - One Day In Your Life (1)
36 Hazel O'Connor - Will You (8)
37 Killing Joke - Follow the Leaders (55)
38 Elton John - Nobody Wins (42)
39 George Harrison - All Those Years Ago (13)
40 Split Enz - History Never Repeats (63)
41 Coast To Coast - Let's Jump The Broomstick (28)
42 Landscape - Norman Bates (40)
43 Stephanie Mills with Teddy Pendergrass - Two Hearts (49)
44 Kiki Dee - Perfect Timing (66)
44 Simple Minds - American (59)
45 Kate Robbins - More Than In Love (2)
46 Siouxsie & The Banshees - Spellbound (22)
47 Odyssey - Going Back To My Roots (4)
48 Kool & The Gang - Take It To The Top (15)
49 Phil Collins - If Leaving Me Is Easy (17)
50 Kelly Marie - Love Trial (51)
51 Dead Kennedys - Too Drunk To Fuck (36)
52 Randy Crawford - You Might Need Somebody (11)
53 Jermaine Jackson - You Like Me Don't You (41)
54 Hot Chocolate - You'll Never Be So Wrong (52)
55 Gary 'US' Bonds - This Little Girl (43)
56 Stiff Little Fingers - Silver Lining (68)