#1 Dance Song - 1981 - Celebration - Kool & The Gang

Happy New Year!!

New Year, New Anniversary Years. 1976  81, 86, 91, 96, 2001 etc.

My stats these years:

1976, I was in Sodus NY.. I was in the 7th & 8th grades. I would turn 13 in November. WKFM out of Syracuse and WHAM out of Rochester were what I was listening to. I'm not really sure if I was listening to WHFM or WMJQ from Rochester yet.

1981, I was in Sodus NY, listening to Rochester and Syracuse radio. I was a senior and would graduate from high school in June and start at Mount Union College in late August.

1986, WCLI/WZKZ Corning/Elmira

1991 WCLI/WZKZ

1996 94Rock WLVY Elmira

2011 Lite Rock in Ithaca

2016 Magic in Corning

45 Years Ago - Starting the year out in 1981, the #1 Dance song was "Celebration" by Kool & the Gang.

This was also the only song to go #1 on the Hot 100 for them.