The #1 R&B song on October 17, 1980

Funkin’ For Jamaica By Tom Browne

Other #1 songs on October 17, 1980

#1 Hit Song

Another One Bites the Dust
Queen

UK #1 Song

Don't Stand So Close to Me
The Police

#1 Country Song

I Believe in You
Don Williams

#1 Dance Track

Can't Fake the Feeling
Geraldine Hunt

Notable October 17 birthdays in the 1980s

Chris Lowell

Born October 17, 1984

Mitch Talbot

Born October 17, 1983

Holly Holm

Born October 17, 1981