Your favorite songs from this weekend's 70s/80s shows

[80sat40fan]

While I really like or love 26 songs on the 10/7/78 countdown, these 6 are my absolute faves:
Boogie Oogie Oogie, Three Times A Lady, Right Down The Line, Double Vision, Josie*, Hot Blooded

While I really like or love 23 songs on the 10/4/86 countdown, these 5 are my absolute faves:
Typical Male, Missionary Man, Sweet Love, Point Of No Return*, Take Me Home Tonight

Steely Dan and Nu Shooz take This Week's "Shooda Dun Betr" Picks. It's interesting that "Point Of No Return" didn't make Radio & Records Top 40 chart yet peaked at #28 on Billboard. Meanwhile, "Josie" spent three weeks at #20 on Radio & Records but only achieved a #26 peak on Billboard. Both of these super catchy tunes should have peaked higher on the charts. Here you go:

[trekkielo]

10/2/1971

Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey - Paul & Linda McCartney
Won't Get Fooled Again - Who
Smiling Faces Sometimes - Undisputed Truth
Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get - Dramatics
I Just Want to Celebrate - Rare Earth
Sweet City Woman - The Stampeders
How Can You Mend a Broken Heart? - Bee Gees
The Story in Your Eyes - Moody Blues
Rain Dance - Guess Who
Birds of a Feather - Raiders
Do You Know What I Mean - Lee Michaels
Go Away Little Girl - Donny Osmond
Maggie May - Rod Stewart
If You Really Love Me - Stevie Wonder
Ain't No Sunshine - Bill Withers
Tired of Being Alone - Al Green
Wedding Song (There Is Love) - Paul Stookey
Superstar - Carpenters
Yo-Yo - Osmonds
I Woke Up in Love This Morning - Partridge Family
The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down - Joan Baez
So Far Away - Carole King
Spanish Harlem - Aretha Franklin
Gypsies, Tramps, & Thieves - Cher

10/7/1978

She's Always a Woman - Billy Joel
Double Vision - Foreigner
Hot Blooded - Foreigner
Who Are You - The Who
Josie - Steely Dan
Beast of Burden - Rolling Stones
How Much I Feel - Ambrosia
Reminiscing - Little River Band
Kiss You All Over - Exile
Three Times a Lady - Commodores
Don't Look Back - Boston
5-7-0-5 - City Boy
Come Together - Aerosmith
Right Down the Line - Gerry Rafferty
Hot Child in the City - Nick Gilder
Hollywood Nights - Bob Seger
Sweet Life - Paul Davis
Ready to Take a Chance Again - Barry Manilow
An Everlasting Love - Andy Gibb
Love Is in the Air - John Paul Young
Whenever I Call You Friend - Kenny Loggins
Summer Nights - John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John
Hopelessly Devoted to You - Olivia Newton-John
You Needed Me - Anne Murray
I Love the Night Life - Alicia Bridges
MacArthur Park - Donna Summer
Back in the USA - Linda Ronstadt
Boogie Oogie Oogie - A Taste of Honey

10/4/1986

Throwing It All Away - Genesis


A Matter of Trust - Billy Joel


Money$ Too Tight to Mention - Simply Red


Twist and Shout - Beatles
I'll Be Over You - Toto
Don't Forget Me (When I'm Gone) - Glass Tiger
Human - Human League
Amanda - Boston
Heaven in Your Eyes - Loverboy
The Captain of Her Heart - Double
Word Up - Cameo
Walk This Way - Run-D.M.C.
Love Walks In - Van Halen
Paranoimia - The Art of Noise with Max Headroom
Stuck with You - Huey Lewis & the News
In Your Eyes - Peter Gabriel
Sweet Freedom (theme from "Running Scared") - Michael McDonald
Dancing on the Ceiling - Lionel Richie
Dreamtime - Daryl Hall
Higher Love - Steve Winwood
I Didn't Mean to Turn You On - Robert Palmer
Take Me Home Tonight - Eddie Money
Venus - Bananarama
Take My Breath Away (Love Theme from "Top Gun") - Berlin
Words Get in the Way - Miami Sound Machine
Friends and Lovers - Gloria Loring & Carl Anderson
True Colors - Cyndi Lauper
When I Think of You - Janet Jackson
Typical Male - Tina Turner
Sweet Love - Anita Baker
Baby Love - Regina

[seminolefan]

My faves from 10/04/1986:

Stuck With You - Huey Lewis & The News
When I Think Of You - Janet Jackson
Don't Forget Me (When I'm Gone) - Glass Tiger
Dreamtime - Daryl Hall
Throwing It All Away - Genesis
Walk This Way - Run-DMC (feat. Aerosmith)
Typical Male - Tina Turner
Dancing On The Ceiling - Lionel Richie
Love Zone - Billy Ocean
All Cried Out - Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam w/Full Force
True Colors - Cyndi Lauper
Words Get In The Way - The Miami Sound Machine
Take My Breath Away - Berlin
I Didn't Mean To Turn You On - Robert Palmer
A Matter Of Trust - Billy Joel
Sweet Love - Anita Baker
Baby Love - Regina
Venus - Bananarama
Twist And Shout - The Beatles
Higher Love - Steve Winwood
Money's Too Tight To Mention - Simply Red
Human - The Human League
Point Of No Return - Nu Shooz
The Captain Of Her Heart - Double
Take Me Home Tonight - Eddie Money
In Your Eyes - Peter Gabriel
Sweet Freedom - Michael McDonald
I'll Be Over You - Toto
Word Up - Cameo


10/07/1978:

Kiss You All Over - Exile
Boogie Oogie Oogie - A Taste Of Honey
Hot Child In The City - Nick Gilder
Summer Nights - John Travolta, Olivia Newton-John & The Cast Of Grease
Hopelessly Devoted To You - Olivia Newton-John
How Much I Feel - Ambrosia
Get Off - Foxy
You've Never Done It Like That - The Captain & Tennille
MacArthur Park - Donna Summer
Who Are You - The Who
I Love The Nightlife (Disco 'Round) - Alicia Bridges
Double Vision - Foreigner
You And I - Rick James
Hot Blooded - Foreigner
Dance (Disco Heat) - Sylvester

[listenerwants2know]

10/4/86:

Art Of Noise With Max Headroom - Paranoimia
Carl Anderson & Gloria Loring - Friends And Lovers
Glass Tiger - Don´t Forget Me (When I´m Gone)
Nu Shooz - Point Of No Return
Van Halen - Love Walks In

100 years of radio in Austria

Happy Birthday, Radio ! On 10/1/1924, RAVAG, Radio-Verkehrs-AG, began broadcasting - a milestone that marked the birth of radio in Austria.

"Hello, hello, this is Radio Wien on wave 530" could be heard over the detector receivers at the beginning of RAVAG´s regular three-and-a-half-hour daily broadcast on 10/1/1924. The success with the public was sensational: the number of registered subscribers rose from 11,000 to over 100,000 in Vienna within just four months. Headphones were a big hit in the 1924 Christmas season and became an expensive scarce commodity.

100 years in which the medium has constantly changed and reinvented itself - from pioneering innovation on the media market to ubiquitous daily companion, from propaganda medium to democratic identity creator, from entertainment machine to information medium that broadcasts to the furthest corners of the country. More than six million people in Austria listen to the radio every day, on average more than three hours a day on a wide variety of receivers: from kitchen radios to constantly available mobile devices. The unbroken importance and vitality of radio as a medium is a promise for the future.

The three national and nine regional ORF radio stations - which reach around 4.5 million people in Austria every day with around 2,000 hours of programming per week - are an important part of Austrian radio history and the creation of pioneering new radio formats with their constantly innovative offerings.

ORF Radio Director Ingrid Thurnher:
"In 100 years, radio has always managed to remain a young, innovative and lively medium. Always in tune with the times, close to the people and more trustworthy than any other medium. 100 years of radio in Austria: a reason to celebrate, a reason to look back at the history it has written and the stories it has told us. But also a reason to look ahead and ask what stories this medium will continue to write for us all."

And here´s my "greatest hits on radio" edition:

10/4/86:

Berlin - Take My Breath Away
Madonna - True Blue
The Beatles - Twist And Shout
The Human League - Human
Tina Turner - Typical Male

Time for an extra: a-ha

"Hunting High And Low" was the last single to be released from a-ha´s eponymous debut album "Hunting High And Low" in June 1986. The song was written by Paul Waaktaar-Savoy, then still known as Pal Waaktaar.
The song title is derived from a story by the Norwegian writer Alf Proysen. In the English translation of Proysen´s story Teskjekjerringa, Paul found the phrase "the husband was searching high and low".

The band Coldplay occasionally plays this song at their concerts. It is an indirect way of thanking a-ha for inspiring their own music.




from my musical category "daydreamer"
My motto: "Not always the often heard hits."

[80sat40fan]

While I really like or love 30 songs from the 10/13/84 countdown, these 8 are my absolute faves:
The Glamorous Life, She Bop, Some Guys Have All The Luck, Blue Jean, Who Wears These Shoes, Better Be Good To Me*, I Feel For You, Strut

While I really like or love 20 songs from the 10/10/70 countdown (10/17/70 chart), these 8 are my absolute faves:
Green-Eyed Lady, Lookin' Out My Back Door, Lola, Express Yourself, It's A Shame, El Condor Pasa, Groovy Situation, Super Bad*

Opposites attract as Tina Turner and James Brown receive This Week's Pick Hits status. It's "Better Be Good To Me" versus "Super Bad". Yep, that's all I have today . But seriously... Tina's tune just has this beat and groove that really brings me in... captured! James' jig has great horns and some cool guitars.. gimme! Here you go (full-length version of BBGTM and all 3 parts of SB):

[seminolefan]

My faves from 10/13/1984:

Let's Go Crazy - Prince & The Revolution
Drive - The Cars
Hard Habit To Break - Chicago
Lucky Star - Madonna
Caribbean Queen (No More Love On The Run) - Billy Ocean
Missing You - John Waite
Cover Me - Bruce Springsteen
The Glamorous Life - Sheila E.
She Bop - Cyndi Lauper
The Warrior - Scandal feat. Patty Smyth
On The Dark Side - John Cafferty & The Beaver Brown Band
I'm So Excited - The Pointer Sisters
Cruel Summer - Bananarama
What's Love Got To Do With It - Tina Turner
Some Guys Have All The Luck - Rod Stewart
Purple Rain - Prince & The Revolution
If This Is It - Huey Lewis & The News
Blue Jean - David Bowie
Swept Away - Diana Ross
Better Be Good To Me - Tina Turner
I Feel For You - Chaka Khan
Strut - Sheena Easton
Out Of Touch - Hall & Oates
Torture - The Jacksons
All Through The Night - Cyndi Lauper
Penny Lover - Lionel Richie


10/17/1970:

I'll Be There - The Jackson 5
All Right Now - Free
We've Only Just Begun - The Carpenters
Ain't No Mountain High Enough - Diana Ross
Fire And Rain - James Taylor
Express Yourself - Charles Wright & The Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band
It's a Shame - The Spinners
War - Edwin Starr
Super Bad - James Brown

[trekkielo]

10/10/1970-10/17/1970

Lucretia Mac Evil - Blood, Sweat & Tears
It's a Shame - Spinners
See Me, Feel Me - Who
Lookin' Out My Back Door - Creedence Clearwater Revival
Closer to Home - Grand Funk Railroad
Lola - Kinks
All Right Now - Free
Green-Eyed Lady - Sugarloaf
Express Yourself - Charles Wright & the Watts 103rd St Bnd
Our House - Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
El Condor Pasa - Simon & Garfunkel
War - Edwin Starr
Fire and Rain - James Taylor
Indiana Wants Me - R. Dean Taylor
Montego Bay - Bobby Bloom
Cracklin' Rosie - Neil Diamond
Look What They've Done to My Song Ma - New Seekers
Candida - Dawn
We've Only Just Begun - Carpenters
Snowbird - Anne Murray
Long Long Time - Linda Ronstadt
Ain't No Mountain High Enough - Diana Ross

10/15/1977

Telephone Line - Electric Light Orchestra


Baby, What a Big Surprise - Chicago
Don't Stop - Fleetwood Mac
Cold as Ice - Foreigner
Star Wars Theme/Cantina Band - Meco
Just Remember I Love You - Firefall
Boogie Nights - Heatwave
Brick House - Commodores
Help Is on Its Way - Little River Band
Jungle Love - Steve Miller Band
Keep It Comin' Love - K.C. & The Sunshine Band
Strawberry Letter 23 - Brothers Johnson
How Deep Is Your Love - Bee Gees
I Just Want to Be Your Everything - Andy Gibb
On and On - Stephen Bishop
Swayin' to the Music - Johnny Rivers
Cat Scratch Fever - Ted Nugent
Way Down - Elvis Presley
We Just Disagree - Dave Mason
It Was Almost Like a Song - Ronnie Milsap
Blue Bayou - Linda Ronstadt
Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue - Crystal Gayle
Nobody Does It Better - Carly Simon
We're All Alone - Rita Coolidge
Send in the Clowns - Judy Collins
You Light Up My Life - Debby Boone
I Feel Love - Donna Summer
Best of My Love - Emotions

10/13/1984

Drive - The Cars


I Just Called to Say I Love You - Stevie Wonder
If This Is It - Huey Lewis and the News
On the Dark Side - John Cafferty and the Beaver Brown Band
Let's Go Crazy - Prince and the Revo
Purple Rain - Prince and the Revolution
Go Insane - Lindsey Buckingham
Cover Me - Bruce Springsteen
Some Guys Have All the Luck - Rod Stewart
Missing You - John Waite
Caribbean Queen (No More Love on the Run) - Billy Ocean
Penny Lover - Lionel Richie
Out of Touch - Daryl Hall and John Oates
Hard Habit to Break - Chicago
Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go - Wham
Cruel Summer - Bananarama
I'm So Excited - The Pointer Sisters
The Warrior - Scandal featuring Patty Smyth
Strut - Sheena Easton
All Through the Night - Cyndi Lauper
I Feel for You - Chaka Khan
What's Love Got to Do with It - Tina Turner
There Goes My Baby - Donna Summer
The Glamorous Life - Sheila E.
Lucky Star - Madonna

[listenerwants2know]

10/13/84:

Daryl Hall & John Oates - Out Of Touch
Elton John - Who Wears These Shoes ?
Joyce Kennedy & Jeffrey Osborne - The Last Time I Made Love
Night Ranger - When You Close Your Eyes
The Cars - Drive

Game City

Austria´s biggest gaming event, Game City at Vienna City Hall, has opened. Until Sunday, there will be presentations of new products from the gaming world as well as e-sports competitions and cosplay performances.
The highlight of the event is the Gaming Room inside City Hall. A wide variety of gaming providers will be represented on almost 130 square meters and will present VR headsets, new consoles and racing game simulators in addition to new games.
Well-known streamers will also be demonstrating their skills here over the course of the weekend. Visitors to Game City can, for example, challenge and compete against Austrian YouTuber Rafael "Veni" Eisler as part of "Beat the Pro".

Over 100 exhibitors offer a program for all age groups on a total of 15,000 square meters. In addition to the gaming events, there will also be a children´s zone where games recommended for children will be presented and experts will be on hand to provide advice on addiction prevention and health. There will be digital coaching sessions for children and young people aged seven to 14. The health checks will cover topics such as nutrition, exercise, cognitive learning and mental health.

The highlight of Game City is a cosplay parade. Cosplay originated in Japan, the term is a combination of the English terms "costume" and "play". People dress up and portray characters from video games, films, comics, manga or anime. The manga and anime boom in the 1990s also made cosplay popular in Europe and America.

Rathausplatz will once again be part of the event area: in addition to food stalls, there will also be a scooter course. Electric models can be tested there over an area of 650 square meters. However, according to the organizers, the focus of the festival is on playing games together and exchanging ideas with like-minded people.

And here is my "games"-edition:

10/13/84:

Lindsey Buckingham - Go Insane
Prince & The Revolution - Let's Go Crazy
Scandal Feat. Patty Smyth -The Warrior
Sheena Easton - Strut
The Pointer Sisters - I´m So Excited

Time for an extra: Savage Progress

The success of Savage Progress was a consequence of two bands: The Thompson Twins and Roxy Music.

Savage Progress were to be a multicultural band. The Brit Rik Kenton looked for a colorful troupe for his new band Savage Progress at the beginning of 1982. He had been kicked out of Roxy Music after a very short membership. There he had replaced Graham Simpson on bass and worked on the song "Virginia Plain". John Porter took over after less than a year. Rik Kenton now put together a band. The Zimbabwean-born singer Glynnis Thomas gave up the unsuccessful reggae band with her sister for Savage Progress. Ned Morant with roots in India and the Jew Carol Isaacs completed the picture. Drummer Andrew Edge had previously been a member of the Thompson Twins.

In the summer of 1984, Savage Progress had their first (and only) hit: "My Soul Unwraps Tonight". At the same time, Savage Progress went on tour with the Thompson Twins. Even the enormous success of the Thompson Twins´ "Into the Gap" tour did not bring Savage Progress any attention in their home country. After the tour, singer Glynnis Thomas left to work in the field of traditional African medicine under the name Urtema Dolphin. When the first booking requests for the 1985 summer festivals came in, Rik Kenton decided not to line up with a new singer and to disband the band instead.




from my musical category "daydreamer"
My motto: "Not always the often heard hits."

[trekkielo]

10/20/1973

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
My Maria - B.W. Stevenson
Space Race - Billy Preston
All I Know - Art Garfunkel
The Love I Lost - Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes
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
Brother Louie - Stories
Say, Has Anybody Seen My Sweet Gypsy Rose - Dawn
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

10/20/1979

Don't Bring Me Down - Electric Light Orchestra


Tusk - Fleetwood Mac
Heartache Tonight - Eagles
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
You Decorated My Life - Kenny Rogers
Cruel to Be Kind - Nick Lowe
Pop Musik - 'M'
My Sharona - The Knack
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
Still - 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

10/17/1987

Little Lies - Fleetwood Mac


Here I Go Again - Whitesnake
I've Been in Love Before - Cutting Crew
The One I Love - R.E.M.
Carrie - Europe
La Bamba - Los Lobos
Come on, Let's Go - Los Lobos
Wipeout - The Fat Boys and the Beach Boys
Bad - Michael Jackson
I Just Can't Stop Loving You - Michael Jackson
Mony Mony - Billy Idol
Paper in Fire - John Cougar Mellencamp
One Heartbeat - Smokey Robinson
U Got the Look - Prince
Casanova - Levert
Can't We Try - Dan Hill with Vonda Shepard
(I've Had) The Time of My Life - Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes
Breakout - Swing Out Sister
I Heard a Rumour - Bananarama
I Think We're Alone Now - Tiffany
Heaven Is a Place on Earth - Belinda Carlisle

[80sat40fan]

While I really like or love 26 songs from the 10/20/73 countdown, these 10 are my absolute faves:
Half-Breed, That Lady, Higher Ground, Loves Me Lik A Rock, Knockin' On Heaven's Door, I Got A Name, Rocky Mountain Way*, Just You'n'Me, Photograph, Brother Louie

While I really like or love 26 songs from the 10/17/87 countdown, these 8 are my absolute faves:
Lost In Emotion, U Got The Look, Who Will You Run To, Little Lies, Breakout, Holiday*, When Smokey Sings, Hourglass

* Joe Walsh and The Other Ones (which sounds like a great name for one band ) receive This Week's Shoda Dun Betr Picks. "Rocky Mountain Way" is a great rocker... and with my Cleveland Guardians in the American League Championship Series, it's appropriate to feature a tune with baseball imagery in it ("bases are loaded and Casey's at bat..."). Meanwhile, "Holiday" is just a fun tune. The refrain starting, "Distant lands are not so far away..." sends me to another planet for a few seconds. Here you go:

[listenerwants2know]

10/17/87:

Europe - Carrie
REO Speedwagon - In My Dreams
Squeeze - Hourglass
The Cars - You Are The Girl
Tiffany - I Think We´re Alone Now

Classic Expo

Classic cars make the hearts of many fans beat faster. Exhibits costing millions and rarities on four wheels can now be admired at the Classic Expo in Salzburg. Since Friday, the Salzburg Exhibition Center has been a European hub for all those who love old cars.

To mark the 20th anniversary of this event, there are also many suitable parts on offer for hobby car mechanics until Sunday. Around 350 exhibitors from many European countries have come. This cannot be taken for granted in difficult economic times, says organizer and founder Hermann Schwarz: "Trade fairs are generally on the decline. We are lucky here that we are small and personal."

A special feature is the market for leisure mechanics, where spare parts can be purchased at auction. One of the attractions is the most expensive piece in the exhibition center, costing six million euros - the restored prototype of the BMW 507. Elvis Presley also drove a car from this series, says exhibitor Christian Nell: "We have been restoring cars for 20 years. Our principle is: everything from a single source."



His colleague Wolfgang Sieber emphasizes that his company is exhibiting two of the oldest cars at the entire trade fair: "We really enjoy having an electric car from 1906 and one from 1897 here."

Around 25,000 people are expected to attend the fair. Many fans started this love affair at an early age, like Martin Schranz from Innsbruck, the capital of Tyrol: "It started when I was 18 with my driver´s license."
Hans Fadler comes from Traunstein (Bavaria): "From an early age. My father had a Goggomobil and it went on and on." And Margit Tanzer from Innsbruck says: "I got infected by the beautiful cars we already have at home. I have to be careful that we don´t have one more car when we drive from Salzburg to Innsbruck."

An edition with declarations of love - to a car or ...:

10/17/87:

Belinda Carlisle - Heaven Is A Place On Earth

Expose - Let Me Be The One
Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam - Lost In Emotion

Poison - I Won´t Forget You
R.E.M. - The One I Love

Time for an extra: Johnny Hates Jazz

"I Don´t Wanna Be A Hero" was written by the band´s lead singer and main songwriter, Clark Datchler. It has a strong anti-war sentiment and is written from the perspective of a soldier who is questioning their participation in what they consider an unjust war. The band´s American record company were reluctant to release the single in the U.S. because of its anti-war stance.
In a 1987 interview with Record Mirror, Datchler said, "It´s a very profound song but I´m not about to preach to anyone. All my songs are observations and the nice thing about ´I Don´t Wanna Be A Hero' is that you´ve got a serious subject and putting it with quite a poppy musical backing. I don´t think people get involved enough with lyrics in the pop field."




from my musical category "daydreamer"
My motto: "Not always the often heard hits."

[seminolefan]

My faves from 10/17/1987:

Lost In Emotion - Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam
U Got The Look - Prince (feat. Sheena Easton)
Bad - Michael Jackson
Here I Go Again - Whitesnake
Who Will You Run To - Heart
Casanova - LeVert
I Heard a Rumour - Bananarama
I Think We're Alone Now - Tiffany
Let Me Be The One - Expose
Little Lies - Fleetwood Mac
Mony Mony - Billy Idol
Breakout - Swing Out Sister
Jump Start - Natalie Cole
It's a Sin - The Pet Shop Boys
Where The Streets Have No Name - U2
One Heartbeat - Smokey Robinson
Don't Make Me Wait For Love - Kenny G (feat. Lenny Williams)
(I've Had) The Time Of My Life - Bill Medley & Jennifer Warnes
I've Been In Love Before - Cutting Crew
Heaven Is a Place On Earth - Belinda Carlisle
Should've Known Better - Richard Marx
The One I Love - R.E.M.
When Smokey Sings - ABC
La Bamba - Los Lobos
Can't We Try - Dan Hill & Vonda Shepard


10/20/1973:

Half-Breed - Cher
Ramblin' Man - The Allman Brothers Band
Let's Get It On - Marvin Gaye
Midnight Train To Georgia - Gladys Knight & The Pips
That Lady - The Isley Brothers
Keep On Truckin' - Eddie Kendricks (Live performance from The Midnight Special)
Higher Ground - Stevie Wonder
Yes We Can Can - The Pointer Sisters
Basketball Jones - Cheech & Chong
Free Ride - The Edgar Winter Group
Space Race - Billy Preston
Hurts So Good - Millie Jackson
You're a Special Part Of Me - Diana Ross & Marvin Gaye
Top Of The World - The Carpenters
Funky Stuff - Kool & The Gang
Get It Together - The Jackson 5
The Love I Lost - Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes
Brother Louie - The Stories
Touch Me In The Morning - Diana Ross

[Jessica]

10-17-1987

“I Just Can’t Stop Loving You” by Michael Jackson, “Wipeout” by The Fat Boys and the Beach Boys, “Can’t We Try” by Dan Hill and Vonda Sheppard, “La Bamba” by Los Lobos, “Come On Let’s Go” by Los Lobos, “When Smokey Sings” by ABC, “I Won’t Forget You” by Poison, “The One I Love” by R.EM, “Holiday” by The Other Ones, “Heaven Is A Place On Earth” by Belinda Carlisle, “I’ve Been In Love Before” by Cutting Crew, “(I’ve Had) The Time Of My Life” by Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes, “One Heartbeat” by Smokey Robinson, “Where The Streets Have No Name” by U2, “Brilliant Disguise” by Bruce Springsteen, “It’s A Sin” by The Pet Shops Boys, “Breakout” by Swing Out Sister, “Didn’t We Almost Have It All” by Whitney Houston, “Mony Mony” by Billy Idol, “Little Lies” by Fleetwood Mac, “Let Me Be The One” by Expose, “I Think We’re Alone Now” by Tiffany, “I Heard A Rumour” by Bananarma, “Who Will You Run To” by Heart, “Here I Go Again” by Whitesnake, “Causing A Commotion” by Madonna, “Bad” by Michael Jackson, “U Got The Look” by Prince and Sheena Easton, “Lost In Emotion” by Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam

10-22-1988

“The Promise” by When In Rome, “Walk On Water” by Eddie Money, ‘It Takes Two” by Rob Base and EZ Rock, “Giving You The Best That I Got” by Anita Baker, “Sweet Child O’ Mine” by Guns N Roses, “If It Isn’t Love” by New Edition, “ Waiting For A Star To Fall” by Boy Meets Girl, “Fallen Angel” by Poison, “A Word In Spanish” by Elton John, “Dance Little Sister” by Terrence Trent D’Arby, “Look Away” by Chicago, “Kissing A Fool” by George Michael, “Baby, I Love Your Way/Freebird” by Will To Power, “ One Good Woman” by Peter Cetera, “How Can I Fall” by Breathe, “I Hate Myself For Loving You” by Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, “Another Lover” by Giant Steps, “I’ll Always Love You” by Taylor Dayne, “Desire” by U2, “Chains Of Love” by Erasure, “Bad Medicine” Bon Jovi, “True Love” by Glenn Frey, “Forever Young” by Rod Stewart, “One Moment In Time” by Whitney Houston, “Never Tear Us Apart” by INXS, “The Loco-Motion” by Kylie Minogue, “Don’t Be Cruel” by Bobby Brown”, “Don’t Be Cruel” by Cheap Trick, “Don’t You Know What The Night Can Do” by Steve Winwood, “Wild Wild West” by The Escape Club, “Love Bites” by Def Leppard, “What’s On Your Mind (Pure Energy)” by Information Society, “Red Red Wine” by UB40, “Groovy Kind Of Love” by Phil Collins

10-20-1973

”Touch Me In The Morning” by Diana Ross, “Top Of The World” by The Carpenters, “Delta Dawn” by Hellen Reddy, “ Rocky Mountain Way” by Joe Walsh, “China Grove” by The Doobie Brothers, “Free Ride” by The Edgar Winter Group, “Knockin’ On Heavens Door” by Bob Dylan, “Loves Me Like A Rock” by Paul Simon, “We’re An American Band” by Grand Funk, “Yes We Can Can” by the Pointer Sisters, “Paper Roses” by Marie Osmond”, “Higher Ground” by Stevie Wonder, “Keep On Truckin’ by Eddie Kendrick’s, “That Lady” by The Isley Brothers, “Midnight Train To Georgia” by Gladys Knight and the Pips, “Lets Get It On” by Marvin Gaye, “Ramblin’ Man” by The Allman Brothers Band, “Half Breed” by Cher, “Angie” by The Rolling Stone 

[trekkielo]

10/23/1976

Don't Go Breaking My Heart - Elton John & Kiki Dee


If You Leave Me Now - Chicago
Say You Love Me - Fleetwood Mac
The Rubberband Man - Spinners
Nadia's Theme (The Young and the Restless) - Barry DeVorzon & Perry Botkin Jr
Don't Fear The Reaper - Blue Oyster Cult
Play That Funky Music - Wild Cherry
More Than a Feeling - Boston
You Are the Woman - Firefall
Still the One - Orleans
Wham Bam - Silver
Beth - Kiss
A Little Bit More - Dr. Hook
I Only Want to Be with You - Bay City Rollers
She's Gone - Daryl Hall & John Oates
I'd Really Love to See You Tonight - England Dan & John Ford Coley
A Fifth of Beethoven - Walter Murphy Orchestra
Shake Your Booty - K.C. & The Sunshine Band
Rock 'n Me - Steve Miller
Lowdown - Boz Scaggs
The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald - Gordon Lightfoot
Do You Feel Like We Do - Peter Frampton
Devil Woman - Cliff Richard
Tonight's the Night - Rod Stewart
Rick Dees - Disco Duck
You Are My Starship - Norman Connors
You Don't Have to Be a Star - Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis
Muskrat Love - Captain & Tennille
Fernando by Abba
With Your Love - Jefferson Starship
Magic Man - Heart
The Best Disco in Town - Ritchie Family
That'll Be the Day - Linda Ronstadt

10/24/1981

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 US 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 43 years ago.

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.



Hold on Tight - E L O


Say Goodbye to Hollywood - Billy Joel
Who's Crying Now - Journey
Urgent - Foreigner
Waiting for a Girl Like You - Foreigner
Start Me Up - Rolling Stones
Hard to Say - Dan Fogelberg
Trying to Live My Life Without You - Bob Seger
I've Done Everything for You - Rick Springfield
Step by Step - Eddie Rabbitt
Arthur's Theme - Christopher Cross
The Old Songs - Barry Manilow
We're in This Love Together - Al Jarreau
Super Freak - Rick James
She's a Bad Mama Jama - Carl Carlton
Theme from 'Hill Street Blues' - Mike Post
Just Once - Quincy Jones w/James Ingram
Private Eyes - Hall & Oates
Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic - Police
The Voice - The Moody Blues
The Night Owls - The Little River Band
Oh No - The Commodores
The Beach Boys Medley - The Beach Boys
When She Was My Girl - The Four Tops
Here I Am - Air Supply
Stop Draggin' My Heart Around - Stevie Nicks w/Tom Petty
Queen of Hearts - Juice Newton
For Your Eyes Only - Sheena Easton
Physical - Olivia Newton-John
Our Lips Are Sealed - The Go-Go's

10/29/1983

Tell Her About It - Billy Joel


Uptown Girl - Billy Joel
Say Say Say - Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson
Send Her My Love - Journey
Burning Down the House - Talking Heads
Modern Love - David Bowie
Crumblin' Down - John Cougar Mellencamp
Tender Is the Night - Jackson Browne
Delirious - Prince
P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing) - Michael Jackson
All Night Long (All Night) - Lionel Richie
Say It Isn't So - Daryl Hall & John Oates
Heart and Soul - Huey Lewis & the News
King of Pain - The Police
The Safety Dance - Men Without Hats
Promises, Promises - Naked Eyes
One Thing Leads to Another - The Fixx
Cum on Feel the Noize - Quiet Riot
Church of the Poison Mind - Culture Club
True - Spandau Ballet
Suddenly Last Summer - The Motels
Making Love Out of Nothing at All - Air Supply
Tonight I Celebrate My Love - Peabo Bryson/Roberta Flack
Total Eclipse of the Heart - Bonnie Tyler
Love Is a Battlefield - Pat Benatar
Telefone (Long Distance Love Affair) - Sheena Easton
How Am I Supposed to Live Without You - Laura Branigan

PS-I've edited the following songs into my favorites from...

10/17/1987 at40fg.proboards.com/post/227429/thread

La Bamba - Los Lobos
(I've Had) The Time of My Life - Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes

[80sat40fan]

While I really like or love 33 songs from the 10/23/76 countdown, these 10 are my absolute faves:
Disco Duck, Lowdown, Play That Funky Music, Shake Your Booty, Magic Man, Devil Woman, The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald, (Don't Fear) The Reaper*, The Rubberband Man, Getaway

While I really like or love 20 songs from the 10/24/81 countdown, these 7 are my absolute faves:
Private Eyes, The Night Owls, Super Freak, Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic, Sausalito Summernight*, In The Dark, The Voice

Blue Oyster Cult and Diesel receive This Week's Shooda Dun Betr Picks. "Don't Fear The Reaper" has to be one of the most famous singles to peak at #14 thanks in part to a Saturday Night Live's takeoff on Blue Oyster Cult on "VH1's Behind The Music". "Sausalito Summernight" should have peaked higher than #25 on the American charts but this song topped the Canadian charts in 1981. Both songs are wonderful power pop/rock nuggets.  Here you go: