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Post by 1finemrg on Jul 21, 2014 22:25:30 GMT -5
Their only top 40 hit reached the lowest rung of the top 10, and the follow up was a great Sam & Dave cover. I liked their third Hot 100 single. This 80s lost classic from July 25, 1987 spent 5 weeks in the Hot 100 and peaked at #76. Stand Back - Fabulous Thunderbirds
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Post by matt on Jul 23, 2014 11:09:06 GMT -5
For the week of July 25, 1987...I wasn't a big Cure fan at the time, but eventually grew to really like them. This is one of their best songs IMHO:
From the album Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me, from which "Just Like Heaven" would appear on the Top 40 a few months later.
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Post by pgfromwp on Jul 28, 2014 6:58:54 GMT -5
Offering a lost classic from 8/04/84, which failed to crack Billboard's top 40. From the album "Bon Jovi":
"She Don't Know Me" - Bon Jovi
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Post by 1finemrg on Jul 28, 2014 21:46:40 GMT -5
From 8/4/84, this 80s lost classic was the third single from 90125, a highly successful comeback album of sorts from Yes. Peaked at #51 during a 7 week chart run. It Can Happen - Yes
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Post by rayshae3 on Aug 2, 2014 2:06:55 GMT -5
One of only two Hot 100 entries from the Style Council, great band formed by Paul Weller (ex-member of “The Jam”) and Mick Talbot (formerly w/ Dexy’s Midnight Runners). Unlike their first entry, this one “You’re the Best Thing”, failed to make the top 40 and stuck at #76, its position for week ending August 4, 1984. It’s from one of the greatest albums of the entire decade of the 80s, Café Bleu (US title: ‘My Ever Changing Moods’). The US pressing has the trimmed down version of this track. You’re the Best Thing-The Style Council
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Post by pgfromwp on Aug 2, 2014 12:38:15 GMT -5
Offering a lost classic from 8/01/81 (SXM), which failed to crack Billboard's top 40. From the album "Modern Times":
"Stranger" - Jefferson Starship
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Post by pgfromwp on Aug 4, 2014 6:52:34 GMT -5
Offering a lost classic from 8/07/82, which failed to crack Billboard's top 40. From the album "Combat Rock":
"Should I Stay or Should I Go" - Clash
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Post by 1finemrg on Aug 8, 2014 22:54:15 GMT -5
Going with a great band from Detroit for this 80s lost classic from August 7, 1982. The last of two Hot 100 singles, lead singer Kevin Chalfant would eventually reach the top 40 as lead vocalist for The Storm in 1991. This one peaked at #62 during a 6 week stay on the charts. Hopefully, mga707 likes this one. Mega Force - 707
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Post by rayshae3 on Aug 10, 2014 3:32:17 GMT -5
Carly Simon never jumped on the disco bandwagon in the late 70s, unlike a lot of her more-established contemporaries. But again after the genre was not hot anymore, then came Bernard Edwards and Nile Rodgers of Chic to collaborate with her for this Disco-ish sound with a bit of a reggae fusion. This single came out during a less productive phase of her career (1980-1986) and only made the peak of #74, its position for week ending August 7, 1982. From the movie ‘Soup for One’, Why-Carly Simon
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Post by pgfromwp on Aug 11, 2014 8:39:14 GMT -5
Offering a lost classic from 8/16/86, which failed to crack Billboard's top 40. It's a rocking cover of the former top 10 hit by Norman Greenbaum from spring 1970:
"Spirit in the Sky" - Doctor and the Medics
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Post by 1finemrg on Aug 13, 2014 5:32:22 GMT -5
Their only top 40 hit reached the lowest rung of the top 10, and the follow up was a great Sam & Dave cover. I liked their third Hot 100 single. This 80s lost classic from July 25, 1987 spent 5 weeks in the Hot 100 and peaked at #76. Stand Back - Fabulous ThunderbirdsSpeaking of the follow up to "Tuff Enough", the original was the "B" side to Sam & Dave's Top 10 "I Thank You". Written by Isaac Hayes and David Porter, on August 16, 1986 the cover version was in its second week on the chart at #72. It would peak at #50 during a 10 week chart run. Wrap It Up - Fabulous Thunderbirds
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Post by pgfromwp on Aug 16, 2014 7:11:26 GMT -5
Offering a lost classic from 8/23/86 (SXM), which failed to crack Billboard's top 40. From the album "Like a Rock":
"It's You" - Bob Seger
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Post by rayshae3 on Aug 17, 2014 12:37:12 GMT -5
Followup to Level 42’s first and their biggest hit, “Something About You”, by this British multi-formatted sophisti-pop outfit from Isle of Weight, that first got buzzed in the US via the clubs. From the album ‘World Machine’ (US version), although the song was a couple of years old and originally was part of their “True Colours” set. But this single ended up being their least successful song on the Hot 100. Spending its 4th and last week @#94 for week ending 8/16/86 from the peak of #87 for the previous two weeks. Hot Water-Level 42
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Post by pgfromwp on Aug 19, 2014 10:59:40 GMT -5
Offering a lost classic from 8/22/81, which failed to crack Billboard's top 40. From the album "Icehouse":
"We Can Get Together" - Icehouse
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Post by 1finemrg on Aug 19, 2014 22:09:39 GMT -5
There are three or four great selections within the Hot 100 for the lost 80s classic from 8/22/81, but the one that caught my eye bubbled under for 4 weeks peaking at #107. Brian is the genius, and Dennis was the surfer. However, Carl had the voice that made songs like "Good Vibrations", "God Only Knows", "Darlin'" and their version of "I Can Hear Music" the classics that they are. It was on full display with this single from his first solo effort. Heaven - Carl Wilson
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