10/20/73
China Grove - Doobie Brothers
Just You and Me - Chicago
Loves Me Like a Rock - Paul Simon
Higher Ground - Stevie Wonder
Photograph - Ringo Starr
I Got a Name - Jim Croce
Knockin' on Heaven's Door - Bob Dylan
Rocky Mountain Way - Joe Walsh
Summer (The First Time) - Bobby Goldsboro
Let's Get It On - Marvin Gaye
We May Never Pass This Way Again - Seals & Crofts
That Lady - Isley Brothers
Ramblin' Man - Allman Brothers Band
Free Ride - The Edgar Winter Group
We're an American Band - Grand Funk
Angie - Rolling Stones
Top of the World - Carpenters
Midnight Train to Georgia - Gladys Knight and the Pips
Delta Dawn - Helen Reddy
Half-Breed - Cher
Yes We Can Can - Pointer Sisters
10/20/79
Don't Bring Me Down - Electric Light Orchestra
Tusk - Fleetwood Mac
Lovin', Touchin', Squeezin' - Journey
Dirty White Boy - Foreigner
Rainbow Connection - Kermit (Jim Henson)
Fins - Jimmy Buffett
You're Only Lonely - J.D. Souther
Don't Stop Til You Get Enough - Michael Jackson
Sad Eyes - Robert John
Rise - Herb Alpert
Heartache Tonight - Eagles
Babe - Styx
Lonesome Loser - Little River Band
Please Don't Go - K.C. & the Sunshine Band
After the Love Has Gone - Earth, Wind & Fire
Sail On - Commodores
I'll Never Love This Way Again - Dionne Warwick
Dim All the Lights - Donna Summer
Heaven Must Have Sent You - Bonnie Pointer
Broken Hearted Me - Anne Murray
10/17/81
Hold on Tight - E L O
The previous year, David Bowie had released his "Ashes to Ashes" music video which was considered as the most innovative to date at that time. But Electric Light Orchestra were largely regarded to have surpassed that with their music video for "Hold On Tight". At the time it was the most expensive ever made at around £40,000 - Source: UK Midlands Central TV News, August, 1981, thanks Ade.
After hearing "Hold On Tight" on Casey Kasem's American Top 40 Mighty 690 AM Radio Show back in Summer 1981 while with family around Ventura, California, a U.S. Route 101 road trip to Santa Barbara's Mission when I was just 8 years old, Dad then bought me my very first Electric Light Orchestra album from Tower Records, an audio cassette of Time by ELO, thus started the fandom 39 years ago!
Say Goodbye to Hollywood - Billy Joel
Who's Crying Now - Journey
Urgent - Foreigner
Waiting for a Girl Like You - Foreigner
Stop Draggin' My Heart Around - Stevie Nicks w/Tom Petty
Start Me Up - Rolling Stones
Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic - The Police
The Voice - The Moody Blues
Burnin' for You - Blue Oyster Cult
Lady (You Bring Me Up) - The Commodores
Oh No - The Commodores
The Night Owls - The Little River Band
Here I Am - Air Supply
The Beach Boys Medley - The Beach Boys
Private Eyes - Hall & Oates
Step by Step - Eddie Rabbitt
Arthur's Theme - Christopher Cross
Tryin' to Live My Life Without You - Bob Seger
Hard to Say - Dan Fogelberg
Super Freak - Rick James
The Theme from "Hill Street Blues" - Mike Post
Queen of Hearts - Juice Newton
For Your Eyes Only - Sheena Easton
Physical - Olivia Newton-John
10/17/87
Little Lies - Fleetwood Mac
Here I Go Again - Whitesnake
Come on, Let's Go - Los Lobos
Wipeout - The Fat Boys and the Beach Boys
Mony Mony - Billy Idol
Breakout - Swing Out Sister
I Heard a Rumour - Bananarama
I Think We're Alone Now - Tiffany