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Post by dth1971 on Oct 6, 2024 20:07:40 GMT -5
For Halloween month - Here's a lost 1980's classic selected by me taken from the 1989 Ghostbusters 2 movie soundtrack, this is R&B singer Howard Huntsberry with his cover of Jackie Wilson's "Higher and Higher": www.youtube.com/watch?v=ieQeL6qlmJ8 |
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Post by jlthorpe on Oct 9, 2024 19:27:02 GMT -5
The band that would become New Order - Joy Division - were holding at #44 on the October 11, 1980 Disco Top 100 chart with their signature song "Love Will Tear Us Apart"; two weeks later it would peak at #42.
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Post by jlthorpe on Oct 13, 2024 9:57:36 GMT -5
Originally released on their 1984 album The Unforgettable Fire, a live version of U2's "Bad" from the EP Wide Awake in America was at #26 on the Top Rock Tracks chart for October 12, 1985, dropping from its peak of #19.
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Post by dth1971 on Oct 13, 2024 20:03:46 GMT -5
Here's a bonus Lost 80's Classic for Halloween month chosen by me - taken from the 1989 CD "Happy Anniversary, Charlie Brown", this is jazz musician Chick Corea with his cover of Vince Guaraldi's "The Great Pumpkin Waltz" (originally from the Peanuts animated TV specials): www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLp6QJRvUfw |
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Post by jlthorpe on Oct 16, 2024 20:07:46 GMT -5
Peaking at #25 the previous week, Iron Maiden's "2 Minutes to Midnight" was down to #28 on the Top Rock Tracks chart for October 20, 1984.
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Post by lasvegaskid on Oct 17, 2024 15:19:14 GMT -5
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Post by jlthorpe on Oct 20, 2024 9:50:30 GMT -5
Up from #46 to #40 (where it peaked) for the week ending October 24, 1987, Stevie B's "Party Your Body" would only spend a total of three weeks on the Hot Dance Music - Club Play chart but its success led to the release of his debut album (also called Party Your Body) the following year.
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Post by K.M. Richards on Oct 21, 2024 20:02:38 GMT -5
Holding at its peak of #7 on the Top Pop Albums chart this week in 1986 was The Bridge by Billy Joel. From that album comes a song that did not hit Billboard's single, rock, or adult contemporary charts at the time but has since become one of his better known tracks - "Big Man on Mulberry Street". It did, however, become the centerpiece of the episode of "Moonlighting" with the same title, marvelously choreographed.
Said episode aired on ABC the evening of November 18, 1986.
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Post by jlthorpe on Oct 23, 2024 18:34:02 GMT -5
Miquel Brown's "So Many Men, So Little Time", an influential song in the hi-NRG dance music genre, was holding at its #107 peak on the Bubbling Under chart for October 22, 1983. It went to #2 on Billboard's Dance/Disco Top 80 chart.
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Post by dth1971 on Oct 26, 2024 7:39:46 GMT -5
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Post by jlthorpe on Oct 26, 2024 15:17:10 GMT -5
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Post by jlthorpe on Oct 27, 2024 10:11:17 GMT -5
Climbing #6 to #4 on the Album Rock Tracks chart for October 28, 1989 was "Rockin' in the Free World" by Neil Young from the album Freedom; two weeks later it peaked at #2, becoming his highest ranking song on the chart.
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Post by mga707 on Oct 27, 2024 12:08:53 GMT -5
Climbing #6 to #4 on the Album Rock Tracks chart for October 28, 1989 was "Rockin' in the Free World" by Neil Young from the album Freedom; two weeks later it peaked at #2, becoming his highest ranking song on the chart. I well remember Young and band (Crazy Horse?) performing an absolutely scorching rendition of this song on the season opener of 'SNL' that fall (Sep. 30 '89--looked it up). One of the all-time best SNL musical moments. |
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Post by jlthorpe on Oct 30, 2024 18:38:14 GMT -5
Holding at #30 on the Top Tracks chart for October 31, 1981, "Stone in Love" by Journey achieved a #13 peak in late August. It was one of three Journey songs on the chart, along with "Don't Stop Believing" (#8) and "Who's Crying Now" (#25).
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Post by jlthorpe on Nov 3, 2024 10:45:36 GMT -5
A cover of a song by the band The Clique from 1969, R.E.M.'s version of "Superman" climbed #41 to #33 on the Album Rock Tracks chart this week in 1986, eventually reaching #17.
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