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Post by bestmusicexpert on Apr 14, 2013 12:26:22 GMT -5
1979 music package? In what way?
As for Paul Davis, I wish ALL his top 40 hits were still played but all that ever gets airplay is Cool Night & I Go Crazy...
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Post by mellongraig on Apr 14, 2013 12:48:21 GMT -5
1979 music package? In what way? The bumper jingles, that is.
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Post by bestmusicexpert on Apr 14, 2013 13:04:57 GMT -5
Ah, I see. I know the EOH and open to hours 2-4/closing theme remained until January 1984 so I got confused.
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Post by freakyflybry on Apr 14, 2013 18:59:04 GMT -5
Loverboy formed in Calgary though three of their members are from Vancouver and are based out of Vancouver.
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Post by SFGuy on Apr 15, 2013 0:12:11 GMT -5
Yeah, methinks that mellongraig took a few looks at my critique as he was doing his, LOL! Either that or our minds are working alike. And yeah, we're over 20 years apart (almost 22, to be (sort of) exact) When I first read mellongraig's critigue, I thought I was re-reading yours until I saw who posted it.
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Post by mrjukebox on Apr 16, 2013 5:53:44 GMT -5
This weekend,Premiere is giving us another two-fer:4/17/71 & 4/21/79-My critique will be on the latter show: #40-"I Don't Know Know If It's Right"-Evelyn "Champagne" King-Great follow up to her debut release "Shame". #39-"Sweet Lui-Louise"-Ironhorse-The only chart entry for this Canadian band that was formed by Randy Bachman (Guess Who & Bachman-Turner Overdrive)-Great song that should've been a bigger hit. #38-"Just When I Needed You Most"-Randy Vanwarmer-The only top 40 hit for this native of Indian Hills,CO-An undisputed classic that featured an autoharp solo by John Sebastian. #37-"Love You Inside Out"-Bee Gees-The third & final release from the album "Spirits Having Flown"-Great song that was headed for #1. #36-"Roller"-April Wine-The second top 40 hit for this Canadian band-Great song that should've been a bigger hit. #35-"Happiness"-Pointer Sisters-Great follow up to "Fire". #34-"Roxanne"-The Police-The breakthrough smash for this New Wave trio that featured Andy Summers,Stewart Copeland,& Sting (ne:Gordon Sumner)-Great song. #33-"Crazy Love"-Allman Brothers Band-Great song that should've been a much bigger hit. "AT 40 Archives"-"We're An American Band"-Grand Funk-The first #1 hit for this band that was based in Flint,MI-Great song that still receives recurrent airplay. #32-"Rock & Roll Fantasy"-Bad Company-Great song that still receives recurrent airplay. #31-"What You Won't Do For Love"-Bobby Caldwell-Great song that never receives recurrent airplay. #30-"Heaven Knows"-Donna Summer featuring Brooklyn Dreams-Great song. #29-"Renegade"-Styx-The second release from their album "Pieces Of Eight"-Great song. #28-"Disco Nights"-GQ-The first of two top forty hits for this R&B group formed in The Bronx,NY-I'll give this one five mirror balls. #27-"Do You Think I'm Sexy"-Rod Stewart-An undisputed classic. #26-"Superman"-Herbie Mann-When this song debuted on 3/17/79,Casey mentioned it was a minor hit in 1977 for an artist named Celi Bee-I'm thinking that Mann's version was in the top forty because of the popularity of the Christopher Reeve-Margot Kidder movie of the same name-Great dance tune. #25-"Love Takes Time"-Orleans-Their final top forty hit-Great song. #24-"Shake Your Groove Thing"-Peaches & Herb-This one rates five mirror balls. #23-"I Got My Mind Made Up"-Instant Funk-The only top forty hit for this disco band that was based in Philadelphia-This one rates four mirror balls. #22-"Blow Away"-George Harrison-One of my favorite solo hits from this former Beatle. "AT40 Archives"-"Half Breed"-Cher-One of my favorites from her. #21-"Precious Love"-Bob Welch-Great song. #20-"Love Ballad"-George Benson-Great rendition of a song that was originally a hit three years earlier for the R&B group L.T.D. #19-"I Just Fall In Love Again"-Anne Murray-Great song. #18-"Love Is The Answer"-England Dan & John Ford Coley-Their final top forty hit-Great song that was written by Todd Rundgren. #17-"Lady"-Little River Band-Fantastic song. #16-"Shake Your Body Down To The Ground"-The Jacksons-I'll give this one five mirror balls. #15-"Living It Up"-Bell & James-Great example of old school R&B. #14-"Take Me Home"-Cher-This became her first top ten hit since "Dark Lady" went to #1 five years earlier-Great song. #13-"He's The Greatest Dancer"-Sister Sledge-Their breakthrough smash-Great song that was written & produced by Nile Rodgers & Bernard Edwards of Chic. #12-"In The Navy"-Village People-Their third & final top forty hit-This one rates five mirror balls. "AT40 Archives"-"Angie"-Rolling Stones-The initial release from the album "Goat's Head Soup"-Great song that featured the late Ian Stewart on piano. #11-"Goodnight Tonight"-Paul Mc Cartney & Wings-One of Sir Paul's best post Beatles solo hits. #10-"Sultans Of Swing"-Dire Straits-Their breakthrough smash & an undisputed classic. #9-"I Want Your Love"-Chic-Great song. #8-"Tragedy"-Bee Gees-A former #1 hit & a great song. #7-"Stumblin In"-Suzi Quatro & Chris Norman-Great one-off duet. #6-"Reunited"-Peaches & Herb-Their biggest hit overall & another undisputed classic. #5-"What A Fool Believes"-Doobie Brothers-Their biggest hit overall-Great song that was written by group member Michael Mc Donald & Kenny Loggins. #4-"Music Box Dancer"-Frank Mills-Pretty instrumental. #3-"Heart Of Glass"-Blondie-Another undisputed classic. #2-"I Will Survive"-Gloria Gaynor-See above critique of "Heart Of Glass". #1-"Knock On Wood"-Amii Stewart-OK,but I prefer the original version by Eddie Floyd which was a pop & R&B hit in 1966.
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Post by Hervard on Apr 20, 2013 20:53:50 GMT -5
American Top 40: The 80s - April 20, 2013
This week's presentation - April 26, 1986
A LITTLE BIT OF LOVE (IS ALL IT TAKES) - NEW EDITION (38) - I've heard this song a few times and seem to recall it wasn't anything exceptional. THIS COULD BE THE NIGHT - LOVERBOY (34) - Great song! Shame that it fell off, but at least we heard it on the last 1986 show! NIKITA - ELTON JOHN (34) - Good song, but far from being his best.
LW#1: KISS - PRINCE & THE REVOLUTION 40: TOMORROW DOESN'T MATTER TONIGHT - STARSHIP (debut) - Great song! A classic example of "Third Single Syndrome", as, after two number one hits in a row, this song never even hit the Top 20. Such a shame, as it's my favorite of the three Knee Deep In The Hoopla singles. 39: FOR AMERICA - JACKSON BROWNE (30) - Good song, but definitely not his best. 38: FEEL IT AGAIN - HONEYMOON SUITE (debut) - Good song - too bad this was their only Top 40 hit. 37: STICK AROUND - JULIAN LENNON (debut) - Great song - quite underrated compared to his previous hits from the year before. 36: THESE DREAMS - HEART (23) - Great song! One of their best - glad it got to #1! 35: OVERJOYED - STEVIE WONDER (24) - Great song! Shame that it didn't hit the Top Ten. 34: BE GOOD TO YOURSELF - JOURNEY (39) - Good song, but my least favorite of the four Top 40 hits from Raised On Radio. 33: MOVE AWAY - CULTURE CLUB (40) - Great song! Too bad it was their last big hit (though Boy George himself had a few solo hits after this). 32: NEVER AS GOOD AS THE FIRST TIME - SADE (37) - Great song! Oleta Adams used (or seems to have, anyway) some of the same synth riffs from this song for her song "Rhythm Of Life", which was an AC hit in the early 1990s. 31: ROUGH BOY - ZZ TOP (36) - Great song! One of my favorite songs by them! OPTIONAL EXTRA: I WANNA BE A COWBOY - BOYS DON'T CRY - Not a bad song, but I liked it a lot better back in the day. 30: SECRET LOVERS - ATLANTIC STARR (19) - Great song! Not sure which of their two Top Five '80s hits I prefer. 29: I CAN'T WAIT - STEVIE NICKS (16) - Great song! By far my favorite of the two songs by this title on the chart. 28: IS IT LOVE - MR. MISTER (33) - Good song. My favorite song from them, however, is their song from the following year, "Something Real". 27: R.O.C.K. IN THE U.S.A. - JOHN COUGAR MELLANCAMP (11) - Great song! Interesting story about Frankie Lymon, one of the rock & roll greats mentioned in this song, 26: SATURDAY LOVE - CHERELLE WITH ALEXANDER O'NEAL (26) - Good song. I like this about the same as their other duet, from two years later. 25: ALL I NEED IS A MIRACLE - MIKE & THE MECHANICS (29) - Great song! I prefer this over "Silent Running", but it doesn't hold a candle to "Taken In". 24: LIVE TO TELL - MADONNA (35) - Great song! This one was indeed on its way to #1. 23: I DO WHAT I DO - JOHN TAYLOR (25) - Great song! This song has a very catchy chorus! 22: I CAN'T WAIT - NU SHOOZ (28) - Not a fan of this one at all. 21: ON MY OWN - PATTI LaBELLE & MICHAEL McDONALD (31) - I wasn't a fan of this one either, back in the day, but now I think it's a great one! LDD: CARRY ON WAYWARD SON - KANSAS - Great song! Fitting for the dedication as well! OPTIONAL EXTRA: TUFF ENUFF - FABULOUS THUNDERBIRDS - Good song, even though I'm not a huge fan of southern rock. 20: SOMETHING ABOUT YOU - LEVEL 42 (27) - Great song! I slightly prefer this one over their other big hit, "Lessons In Love", from the following year. 19: SO FAR AWAY - DIRE STRAITS (21) - Great song! My favorite song from Brothers In Arms. 18: IF YOU LEAVE - ORCHESTRAL MANOEUVRES IN THE DARK (20) - It's not bad, but very overplayed. 17: TENDER LOVE - FORCE MD'S (10) - Great song! I always thought it sounded like a music box at the end. 16: I THINK IT'S LOVE - JERMAINE JACKSON (17) - Great song! One of my favorite songs from him! 15: LET'S GO ALL THE WAY - SLY FOX (7) - Good song - an 80s mix show essentian 14: AMERICAN STORM - BOB SEGER & THE SILVER BULLET BAND (15) - Great song! Sounded a little like his 1983 hit "Even Now". I also see a resemblence to Springsteen's "Born To Run" (in fact, Seger was sometimes compared to Springsteen by music critics). 13: BAD BOY - MIAMI SOUND MACHINE (18) - Great song! I liked this one much better than "Conga". 12: GREATEST LOVE OF ALL - WHITNEY HOUSTON (22) - Great song! One of her best songs. I was very delighted that this song made it to the top. 11: WHAT YOU NEED - INXS (6) - I'm not a huge INXS fan, but this one was actually pretty good. OPTIONAL EXTRA: RAIN ON THE SCARECROW - JOHN COUGAR MELLENCAMP - Good song, though not quite his best. 10: TAKE ME HOME - PHIL COLLINS (14) - Great song! His finale song for most of his concerts. 9: YOUR LOVE - THE OUTFIELD (13) - Good song, though I preferred their next two chart entries. 8: WHAT HAVE YOU DONE FOR ME LATELY - JANET JACKSON (12) - Meh, I wasn't a huge fan of this song. 7: ROCK ME AMADEUS - FALCO (4) - This song, of course, depends on which version they play. This week, they went with the one with the chronology of Mozart's life near the beginning and, as we all know, that was my least favorite one (and I believe it was the one that AT40 usually played). 6: THE HARLEM SHUFFLE - THE ROLLING STONES (8) - Meh, mediocre at best. Not their best by any means. LDD: YOU'VE GOT A FRIEND - JAMES TAYLOR - This song's OK, but I prefer Carole King's version. It was very appropriate for the dedication, nevertheless. 5: WHY CAN'T THIS BE LOVE - VAN HALEN (9) - Good song - I definitely liked the Van Hagar era the best. 4: MANIC MONDAY - THE BANGLES (2) - Great song! One of their best - in fact it is my second favorite song from Different Light behind "If She Knew What She Wants". 3: WEST END GIRLS - PET SHOP BOYS (5) - Good song, though I preferred "Opportunities (Let's Make Lots Of Money)" OPTIONAL EXTRA: NOTHIN' AT ALL - HEART - Good song, but I prefer many others by them. 2: ADDICTED TO LOVE - ROBERT PALMER (3) - This song isn't bad, but it is one of the most overplayed songs of the 1980s. On the corresponding R&R chart, this was actually #1. 1: KISS - PRINCE & THE REVOLUTION (1) - Meh, this one would have been a lot better had Prince not sung it in falsetto.
Predictions for next week: Well, we know what show it was - it was actually one of my predictions for next week. My other prediction was April 30, 1983. Looks like they're going to skimp on that year again (but that's OK; they tend to overplay it at times).
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Post by Hervard on Apr 20, 2013 23:05:30 GMT -5
American Top 40: The 70s - April 20, 2013
This week's presentation - April 21, 1979
Dropped: RUBBER BISCUIT - BLUES BROTHERS (37) - Meh, no big loss. I find this song somewhat annoying. BUSTIN' LOOSE - CHUCK BROWN & THE SOUL SEARCHERS (34) - No big loss here either, as I'm not a big fan of roof-raising R&B, as we know all too well! MAYBE I'M A FOOL - EDDIE MONEY (31) - Great song! One of his best, IMO. Shame that it fell off, but at least we heard this one on the last 1979 show.
LW#3: KNOCK ON WOOD - AMY STEWART LW#2: I WILL SURVIVE - GLORIA GAYNOR LW#1: WHAT A FOOL BELIEVES - DOOBIE BROTHERS 40: I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S RIGHT - EVELYN "CHAMPAGNE" KING (30) - This song is pretty good, but I prefer "Love Come Down". 39: SWEET LUI-LOUISE - IRONHORSE (debut) - Good song - you could definitely hear the BTO resemblance here, since Randy Bachman was the one that headed up the band. 38: JUST WHEN I NEEDED YOU MOST - RANDY VAN WARMER (debut) - Good song, although very depressing. LDD: PIANO MAN - BILLY JOEL - Good song - not sure how appropriate it was for the dedication, as I didn't get to hear the first hour. 37: LOVE YOU INSIDE OUT - BEE GEES (debut) - Good song, though I preferred their other hit on the countdown this week. 36: ROLLER - APRIL WINE (38) - This was OK, but not as good as "Just Between You And Me". 35: HAPPINESS - POINTER SISTERS (39)- Good song, but I preferred their previous chart entry. 34: ROXANNE - THE POLICE (36) - Meh, I wasn't a fan of their earlier hits at all. 33: CRAZY LOVE - THE ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND (35) - This song was pretty good, but I preferred "Ramblin' Man" and "Straight From The Heart"/ ARCHIVE: WE'RE AN AMERICAN BAND - GRAND FUNK OPTIONAL EXTRA: HONESTY - BILLY JOEL - Good song. This one sure hit a brick wall, though! 32: ROCK AND ROLL FANTASY - BAD COMPANY (40) - Great song! One of their best! 31: WHAT YOU WON'T DO FOR LOVE - BOBBY CALDWELL (29) - Interesting; this song, on its way down, took an unusually small drop for so far down the chart. Perhaps it was a slow week. Anyway, this was a great song - Go West did a decent cover of it 14 years later. 30: HEAVEN KNOWS - DONNA SUMMER w/BROOKLYN DREAMS (26) - Another somewhat slow dropper. Anyway, this was a good song. A station on which I used to listen to American Top 40: The 80s (I forget which one) would often play this as a "filler" extra, when they were running a little ahead of time. 29: RENEGADE - STYX (33) - Good song, but not one of their best, by any means. 28: DISCO NIGHTS - GQ (32) - This wasn't bad, but, as you all know, I'm not a big disco fan. And this was one of sixteen disco songs on the countdown, which at the time was a record. Who knew that disco would be all but dead by year's end? 27: DA YA THINK I'M SEXY - ROD STEWART (19) - And here's another one. This one wasn't bad - its saving grace was the fact that it was sung by one of my favorite singers, but he has indeed had many better songs. 26: SUPERMAN - HERBIE MANN (27) - It's okies, but nothing special. 25: LOVE TAKES TIME - ORLEANS (28) - Great song! My favorite of their three Top 40 hits, and definitely the most obscure! 24: SHAKE YOUR GROOVE THING - PEACHES AND HERB (18) - It's okies, but I prefer their other song on the chart this week. 23: I GOT MY MIND MADE UP - INSTANT FUNK (25) - Meh, not a big fan of this one at all. 22: BLOW AWAY - GEORGE HARRISON (24) - Great song! One of his best solo hits! ARCHIVE: HALF-BREED - CHER - Good song, but not her best by any means. OPTIONAL EXTRA: THE LOGICAL SONG - SUPERTRAMP - Great song! My favorite song in the world back in the summer of 1979! 21: PRECIOUS LOVE - BOB WELCH (23) - Good song, but I preferred his other two Top 20 hits. 20: LOVE BALLAD - GEORGE BENSON (22) - Good song, but not quite as good as "Breezin'" and "I Just Want To Hang Around You". 19: I JUST FALL IN LOVE AGAIN - ANN MURRAY (12) - Great song! Definitely one of her best! 18: LOVE IS THE ANSWER - ENGLAND DAN & JOHN FORD COLEY (21) - Great song! One of my favorites from them! 17: LADY - LITTLE RIVER BAND (10) - Great song! Possibly my favorite song by them! And they played the album version. On last year's April, 1979 show, that version was worked in via a Premiere edit, but I could tell that this was originally in the show, since I could hear the guitar part at the beginning as Casey was intro-ing the song. 16: SHAKE YOUR BODY - THE JACKSONS (20) - This song's OK, but I preferred their early-70s music. 15: LIVIN' IT UP - BELL AND JAMES (16) - This was OK, but nothing I'd go out of my way to listen to. LDD: COLOR MY WORLD - CHICAGO - Good song and indeed fitting for the dedication. 14: TAKE ME HOME - CHER (17) - Good song - remind me a little of "Last Dance" by Donna Summer. 13: HE'S THE GREATEST DANCER - SISTER SLEDGE (15) - This song was OK, but Will Smith must have really liked it! 12: IN THE NAVY - VILLAGE PEOPLE (14) - Great song! Much bettre than Y.M.C.A! ARCHIVE: ANGIE - THE ROLLING STONES - No. Just no. OPTIONAL EXTRA: HOT STUFF - DONNA SUMMER - Hot stuff indeed! One of the biggest hits of her career! 11: GOODNIGHT TONIGHT - PAUL McCARTNEY & WINGS (13) - Good song, but I prefer several others by them. 10: SULTANS OF SWING - DIRE STRAITS (4) - Great song! I remember listening to the Dire Straits album all the time back in the day! 9: I WANT YOUR LOVE - CHIC (11) - Even though I'm not a big R&B/disco fan, this one was actually pretty good. 8: TRAGEDY - THE BEE GEES (6) - Great song! Definitely one of their best! 7: STUMBLIN' IN - SUZY QUATRO AND CHRIS NORMAN (9) - Good song, though nothing exceptional. 6: REUNITED - PEACHES AND HERB (7) - Great song! Easily my favorite of their two songs on the chart, as stated earlier. 5: WHAT A FOOL BELIEVES - DOOBIE BROTHERS (1) - Great song! Possibly my favorite song from them of all time! EXTRA: CLOSE THE DOOR - TEDDY PENDERGRASS - Good song - your typical late-70s slow jam. 4: MUSIC BOX DANCER - FRANK MILLS (5) - Great song! One I remember quite well, though I never knew what the song was until many years later. 3: HEART OF GLASS - BLONDIE (8) - Good song, but I preferred her song that hit #1 exactly a year later. OPTIONAL EXTRA: WHEN YOU'RE IN LOVE WITH A BEAUTIFUL WOMAN - DR. HOOK - Good song, although it's no "Better Love Next Time". 2: I WILL SURVIVE - GLORIA GAYNOR (2) - Great song! This one sure had staying power, as two songs that had hit #1 after it were already well below this song. 1: KNOCK ON WOOD - AMIE STEWART (3) - It's okies, but nothing I'd go out of my way to hear. Interesting that it was the 13th remake to hit #1 of the 70s (and it would stay that way, as no more remakes topped the chart for the remainder of 1979).
Predictions for next week: Well, we know what's coming up next week, based on a good hint we were given. So far, there's only one show that's been repeated four times. Next week's show is from the same month as that show.
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Post by freakyflybry on Apr 21, 2013 6:08:42 GMT -5
Atlantic Starr actually had three top 5's - they also had "Masterpiece" in 1992.
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Post by mellongraig on Apr 23, 2013 17:21:53 GMT -5
I know you're not a roof-raising R&B fan, but are there any roof-raising R&B songs you actually liked? It's hard to imagine there would be a few out there...
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Post by mellongraig on Apr 23, 2013 17:25:42 GMT -5
ARCHIVE: ANGIE - THE ROLLING STONES - No. Just no. Meh, I don't quite agree with that. It's not bad for me, but quite overplayed.
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Post by Hervard on Apr 23, 2013 17:35:12 GMT -5
I know you're not a roof-raising R&B fan, but are there any roof-raising R&B songs you actually liked? It's hard to imagine there would be a few out there... Would "Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now" by McFadden & Whitehead be considered roof-raising R&B? If so, then that would be an example of such a song that I like. Regardless, for the most part, I do not like roof-raising R&B Meh, I don't quite agree with that. It's not bad for me, but quite overplayed. I just don't think that Mick Jagger does very good with ballads. Plus, the way he sings, "Ein-jeh" gives me the creeps.
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Post by mga707 on Apr 23, 2013 19:16:57 GMT -5
I just don't think that Mick Jagger does very good with ballads. Plus, the way he sings, "Ein-jeh" gives me the creeps. ...imagine how Angela Bowie felt! ;D
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Post by mrjukebox on Apr 23, 2013 20:56:28 GMT -5
Here is my critique of the countdown from 4/29/78 which Premiere is airing this weekend: #40-"Two Out Of Three Ain't Bad"-Meatloaf-The breakthrough smash for this native of Dallas,TX whose full name is Marvin Lee Aday-An undisputed classic that was produced by Todd Rundgren. #39-"Thank You For Being A Friend"-Andrew Gold-The second of his two top forty hits-Great song that was later used as the theme for TV's "The Golden Girls" which ran from 1985-1992. #38-"Let's All Chant"-Michael Zager Band-The only top forty hit for this record producer & composer from Passaic,NJ-I'll give this one four mirror balls. #37-"Ego"-Elton John-This song took only three weeks to make the top forty-However,it wasn't that big a hit & ended up peaking at #34-That's a shame because it's a great song. #36-"Do You Believe In Magic"-Shaun Cassidy-His final top forty hit-Decent rendition of a song that was a top ten hit in 1965 for The Lovin S****ful. #35-"Ebony Eyes"-Bob Welch-Great song. #34-"Emotion"-Samantha Sang-This one has undisputed classic written all over it. #33-"More Than A Woman"-Tavares-Decent rendition of a Bee Gees song that appeared on the soundtrack of the movie "Saturday Night Fever". #32-"Fantasy"-Earth,Wind & Fire-Great song that should've been a much bigger hit. #31-"It's A Heartache"-Bonnie Taylor-The breakthrough smash for this Welsh singer-Great song that still receives recurrent airplay. #30-"Baby Hold On"-Eddie Money-The debut release for this native of NYC whose real name is Eddie Mahoney-Another great song that still receives recurrent airplay. #29-"Movin Out (Anthony's Song)"-Billy Joel-The second release from his album "The Stranger"-Great song. #28-"Love Is Like Oxygen"-Sweet-Their final top forty hit-Great song. #27-"Love Is Thicker Than Water"-Andy Gibb-A former #1 hit & a great song. #26-"Werewolves Of London"-Warren Zevon-The only top forty hit for this Los Angeles based singer-songwriter (1947-2003)-A bonafide classic that still receives airplay every Halloween. #25-"On Broadway"-George Benson-Great rendition of a Drifters classic. #24-"We'll Never Have To Say Goodbye Again"-England Dan & John Ford Coley-Great song that radio has chosen to ignore. #23-"Two Doors Down"-Dolly Parton-Great follow up to "Here You Come Again". #22-"Shadow Dancing"-Andy Gibb-This wound up being his biggest hit overall spending seven weeks at #1-A bonafide guilty pleasure. #21-"Goodbye Girl"-David Gates-An undisputed classic that was featured in the Richard Dreyfuss-Marsha Mason movie of the same name. #20-"This Time,I'm In It For Love"-Player-Great follow up to "Baby Come Back". #19-"Disco Inferno"-The Trammps-Their biggest hit overall-A certifiable dance floor classic that was featured on the "Saturday Night Fever" soundtrack. #18-"Our Love"-Natalie Cole-One of her best songs. #17-"Sweet Talking Woman"-Electric Light Orchestra-The second release from their album "Out Of The Blue"-Great song. #16-"Flashlight"-Parliament-Great example of old school R&B. #15-"Feels So Good"-Chuck Mangione-The first of two top forty hits for this flugelhorn player from Rochester,NY-Classic instrumental. #14-"Imaginary Lover"-Atlanta Rhythm Section-Great song. #13-"Stayin Alive"-Bee Gees-Another certifiable dance floor classic-I'll give this one five mirror balls. #12-"Count On Me"-Jefferson Starship-Great song that featured Marty Balin on lead vocals. #11-"Runnin On Empty"-Jackson Browne-Great song that was recorded live in 1977. #10-"Too Much,Too Little,Too Late"-Johnny Mathis & Deniece Williams-An undisputed classic that was headed for #1-A few years later,Mathis & Williams teamed up again to record the song "Without Us" that became the theme from the hit TV series "Family Ties". #9-"You're The One That I Want"-John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John-The initial release from the "Grease" soundtrack-An undisputed classic. #8-"Jack & Jill"-Raydio-Great song. #7-"Dust In The Wind"-Kansas-Their biggest hit overall & another undisputed classic. #6-"Lay Down Sally"-Eric Clapton-The initial release from his album "Slowhand"-Great song. #5-"With A Little Luck"-Wings-The initial release from the album "London Town"-Great song. #4-"The Closer I Get To You"-Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway-Their third & final top forty duet-Another undisputed classic. #3-"Can't Smile Without You"-Barry Manilow-One of my favorites from him. #2-"If I Can't Have You"-Yvonne Elliman-This became the biggest hit overall for this Hawaiian singer & actress-A bonafide classic. #1-"Night Fever"-Bee Gees-Another undisputed classic that spent eight weeks at #1.
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Post by mrjukebox on Apr 23, 2013 21:00:19 GMT -5
Correction:It was Bonnie Tyler who recorded "It's A Heartache".
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