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Post by kchkwong on Dec 19, 2013 21:21:05 GMT -5
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Post by 1finemrg on Dec 23, 2013 6:46:58 GMT -5
Since there's no AT40, the 80s show this week, we'll post a lost classic from the Shadoe era. He's won 2 Oscars, 3 Emmys, and 6 Grammy awards. As a songwriter he reached #1 when Three Dog Night covered his "Mama Told Me (Not To Come)". Later in the 70s, his "Short People" made it to #2. From the December 24, 1988 charts, this single would eventually peak at #60 during a 12 week chart run. It features the guitar work of Dire Straits Mark Knopfler, and was produces by ELO's Jeff Lynne. It's Money That Matters - Randy Newman |
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Post by 1finemrg on Dec 31, 2013 0:35:40 GMT -5
Bob Seger's fourth single from his only #1 album "Against The Wind" is a great rocker. It not only featured the Silver Bullet Band and the Muscle Shoals Horns, but also some great keyboard work from Malcolm Rebennack. Who is Malcolm Rebennack? He is well known for being in the "Right Place" at the "Wrong Time"...  This one would peak at #42 during a 12 week chart run. Horizontal Bop - Bob Seger |
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Post by rayshae3 on Jan 6, 2014 2:03:39 GMT -5
A modern -even a futuristic- update of “It’s My Party” by the duo of Dave Stewart (not to be confused with that of the Eurythmics) and Barbara Gaskin on vocals; a great arrangement and blend of early New Romantic feel with a touch of Psychedelia, partly sung and at times spoken, and different tempos all thru the single. Good video from the early age of MTV. #84 for weekending Jan. 16, 1982 on its way to the high of #72. It’s My Party-Dave Stewart & Barbara Gaskin |
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Post by pgfromwp on Jan 6, 2014 14:31:57 GMT -5
Offering a lost classic from 1/16/82, which failed to crack Billboard's top 40. It's the b-side of the 1978 hit "Still the Same":
"Feel Like a Number" - Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band
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Post by mga707 on Jan 6, 2014 15:43:57 GMT -5
Bob Seger's fourth single from his only #1 album "Against The Wind" is a great rocker. It not only featured the Silver Bullet Band and the Muscle Shoals Horns, but also some great keyboard work from Malcolm Rebennack. Who is Malcolm Rebennack? He is well known for being in the "Right Place" at the "Wrong Time"... This one would peak at #42 during a 12 week chart run. Horizontal Bop - Bob SegerLove this song! Bob includes a shout-out to his many Detroit-area fans: "The ponycars are cruisin' down Woodward Avenue..." |
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Post by 1finemrg on Jan 8, 2014 12:08:26 GMT -5
He was the lead singer of Orleans and also a member of the House of Representatives for 4 years. On January 16, 1982, this lost classic was at #67 on its way to peaking at #42 during an 11 week chart run. Crazy (Keep On Falling) - John Hall Band |
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Post by Ponderous Man on Jan 10, 2014 7:21:52 GMT -5
I think we should also do lost '80s classics from the time Casey Kasem didn't host AT40 (August 13, 1988-1989). Let's start with the 1/7/1989 countdown. This song was at #80 on its way to peaking at #66. It's by the group that would hit the top 40 a couple of years later as the KLF. It's an homage to a TV show that debuted in the UK 1 day after the JFK assassination. It samples a top 40 hit from 1972 that's now become an arena anthem. BTW, the last word in the title of the song refers to the time machine on that show. Run away from the Daleks, call up Tom Baker, & hide the kids from Gary Glitter because here is one of the best tributes to Doctor Who. My 1989 lost classic of the week: "Doctorin' The Tardis" by the Timelords www.youtube.com/watch?v=PwKMH2HXQ80 |
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Post by Ponderous Man on Jan 10, 2014 8:12:45 GMT -5
I'm going to go with a twofer for 1/16/1982. The first song debuted this week on the Hot 100 at #79. It would go on to peak at #59, but it should've been a top 40 hit. I first heard this song back in 1999 on the final days of an adult standards station. It was an interesting duet between an opera singer who would go on to be one of the Three Tenors along with Luciano Pavarotti & Jose Carreras & probably the biggest AC act of the 1970s. My first lost '80s classic of the week: "Perhaps Love" by Placido Domingo & John Denver www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YnfCH7LNcMMy 2nd lost classic this week involves a different genre. This song was released as a single, but it never hit the Hot 100. It didn't even bubble under. However, it was at #40 on the 1/16/1982 Top Tracks (now Mainstream Rock) chart. It would go on to reach #6. Who would've thought that this artist's first solo single was a rocker & that he would later duet with Amy Grant? With a little help from Toto guitarist Steve Lukather, here's the guy who would go to #1 later in the year singing lead on Chicago's "Hard To Say I'm Sorry" & would go to #1 solo twice 4 years later with "Glory Of Love" & "The Next Time I Fall" (his duet with Amy Grant). My second lost '80s classic of the week: "Livin' In The Limelight" by Peter Cetera www.youtube.com/watch?v=RaF84F_KwCk |
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Post by pgfromwp on Jan 10, 2014 20:44:03 GMT -5
This year, I suggest including lost oldies from chart darts presented by SXM 80's on 8. Accordingly, I offer a lost classic from 1/11/86 that failed to crack Billboard's top 40. It's a nice yet underrated hit by the group with its distinctive sound:
"Secret" - Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
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Post by saltrek on Jan 11, 2014 14:46:32 GMT -5
Offering a lost classic from 1/16/82. This song peaked at #48 the previous week, and falls to #61 this week.
Greg Lake - Let Me Love you Once
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Post by vto66 on Jan 11, 2014 16:45:55 GMT -5
This year, I suggest including lost oldies from chart darts presented by SXM 80's on 8. Accordingly, I offer a lost classic from 1/11/86 that failed to crack Billboard's top 40. It's a nice yet underrated hit by the group with its distinctive sound: "Secret" - Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark I LOVE this song!! Definitely deserved to be a bigger hit, and probably would have if not for "If You Leave". |
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Post by rayshae3 on Jan 13, 2014 3:27:55 GMT -5
Multi-formatted follow-up to their Top 30 “What About Love” written and sung by Aimee Mann, and produced by the art/progressive rock master and engineer Rhett Davis. (bulleted #88 for week ending January 17, 1987 on its way to the high of #59) Coming Up Close-‘Til Tuesday |
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Post by 1finemrg on Jan 13, 2014 6:26:22 GMT -5
Since rayshae3 used the "B" side of this single as his lost classic, I'm going with the "A" side from January 17, 1987. Of course, winning a Grammy in 1988 for "Record of the Year" would hardly qualify as a lost classic. But it was the lowest charting song internationally at that point to win record of the year. Underappreciated at the time, it peaked at #81 during a 7 week chart run. He's also the answer to my lost 60s classic for this week. Graceland - Paul Simon |
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Post by seminolefan on Jan 13, 2014 13:12:03 GMT -5
My pick for this week's lost classic is the first charted solo single by Bobby Brown: Girlfriend |
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