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Wednesday, March 11, 2020

Popular Songs Of 1980, Vol. 4


Last but not least. Popular Songs of 1980, Vol. 4. Ready... set... disGO! Enjoy!  ~  JH



1)  Kool & The Gang  ~  "Too Hot"




2)  Alabama  ~  "My Home's In Alabama"




3)  AC/DC  ~  "You Shook Me All Night Long"




4)  Michael Jackson  ~  "She's Out Of My Life"




5)  Christopher Cross  ~  "Ride Like The Wind"




6)  Kenny Rogers  ~  "You Decorated My Life"




7)  The Manhattans  ~  "Shining Star"




8)  Conway Twitty  ~  "I'd Love To Lay You Down"




9)  Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers  ~  "Don't Do Me Like That"




10)  Jermaine Jackson  ~  "Let's Get Serious"




11)  Pure Prairie League  ~  "Let Me Love You Tonight"  (Why, that's a baby-faced Vince Gill singing! I had no idea he went back THAT far! My right ear enjoyed this immensely!)




12)  Elton John  ~  "Little Jeannie"




13)  Pete Townshend  ~  "Let My Love Open The Door"




14)  Air Supply  ~  "Lost In Love"




15)  The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band  ~  "American Dream"




16)  Genesis  ~  "Misunderstanding"




17)  Ozzy Osbourne  ~  "Crazy Train"




18)  Jackson Browne  ~  "Boulevard"




19)  AC/DC  ~  "Hell's Bells"




20)  Boz Scaggs  ~  "Breakdown Dead Ahead"




21)  Steve Forbert  ~  "Romeo's Tune"




22)  Donnie Iris  ~  "Ah Leah!"




23)  Electric Light Orchestra  ~  "All Over The World"




24)  Joe Walsh  ~  "All Night Long"




25)  Michael Jackson  ~  "Off The Wall"


Tuesday, March 10, 2020

Popular Songs Of 1980, Vol. 3


I'm getting ahead of myself. But honestly, who cares? Popular Songs of 1980, Vol. 3. You're welcome!  ~  JH



1)  Don Williams  ~  "I Believe In You"





2)  Bruce Springsteen  ~  "Hungry Heart"




3)  Prince  ~  "I Wanna Be Your Lover"




4)  Charly McClain  ~  "Men"




5)  Waylon Jennings  ~  "Theme From The Dukes Of Hazzard (Good Ol' Boys)"




6)  Smokey Robinson  ~  "Cruisin'"





7)  Billy Joel  ~  "You May Be Right"




8)  The Buggles  ~  "Video Killed The Radio Star"




9)  Alabama  ~  "Why Lady Why"




10)  Kool & The Gang  ~  "Celebration"




11)  Loverboy  ~  "Turn Me Loose"




12)  Shalamar  ~  "The Second Time Around"




13)  Mac Davis  ~  "It's Hard To Be Humble"




14)  Gary Numan  ~  "Cars"




15)  Eddie Rabbitt  ~  "Drivin' My Life Away"




16)  Kurtis Blow  ~  "The Breaks"




17)  Judas Priest  ~  "Breaking The Law"




18)  The Brothers Johnson  ~  "Stomp!"




19)  Willie Nelson  ~  "On The Road Again"




20)  Kenny Loggins  ~  "This Is It"




21)  Commodores  ~  "Still"




22)  Robbie Dupree  ~  "Steal Away"




23)  Ray, Goodman, & Brown  ~  "Special Lady"




24)  Fleetwood Mac  ~  "Sara"




25)  Oak Ridge Boys  ~  "Leavin' Louisiana In The Broad Daylight"


Thursday, February 27, 2020

"Jukebox" Songs


I had a ton of fun compiling this post and the one that follows. Turns out there have been quite a few great songs about jukeboxes. Many of them are country songs, but plenty of other genres are represented here as well. Enjoy!  ~  JH



1)  Alan Jackson  ~  "Don't Rock The Jukebox"




2)  Foreigner  ~  "Juke Box Hero"




3)  Joshua Hedley  ~  "Mr. Jukebox"




4)  Gene Watson  ~  "The Jukebox Played Along"




5)  Joe Diffie  ~  "Prop Me Up Beside The Jukebox (If I Die)"




6)  Carl Perkins  ~  "Let The Jukebox Keep Playing"




7)  Mark Chesnutt  ~  "Brother Jukebox"




8)  Mickey Gilley  ~  "Jukebox Argument"




9)  The Honeycutters  ~  "Jukebox"




10)  Perry Como  ~  "Juke Box Baby"




11)  Alabama  ~  "Jukebox In My Mind"




12)  Johnny Paycheck  ~  "Jukebox Charlie"




13)  Ken Mellons  ~  "Jukebox Junkie"




14)  Hank Williams, Jr.  ~  "Lyin' Jukebox"




15)  Reese Witherspoon  ~  "Juke Box Blues"




16)  Jerry Lee Lewis  ~  "Jukebox Junky"




17)  Doug Stone  ~  "A Jukebox And A Country Song"




18)  Charley Pride  ~  "The Happiest Song On The Jukebox"




19)  Eddie Rabbitt  ~  "Two Dollars In The Jukebox"




20)  Rory Gallagher  ~  "Juke Box Annie"




21)  Wynonna & The Big Noise  ~  "Jesus And A Jukebox"




22)  The Jackson 5  ~  "Joyful Jukebox Music"




23)  Buck Owens  ~  "Put A Quarter In The Jukebox"




24)  Mark Chesnutt  ~  "Numbers On The Jukebox"  (Inexplicably, this guy has recorded three – at least! – songs with the word "Jukebox" in the title. This one, #7 above, and another in the follow-up to this post.)




25)  The Kinks  ~  "Juke Box Music"


Friday, February 7, 2020

Popular Songs Of 1990, Vol. 3


Another day, another post of the most Popular Songs of 1990. (Maybe two posts. We'll see.) The deeper I get into this series, I'm still not skimping on quality for the sake of quantity. If anything, I'm weeding out a fair number of good songs in favor of great ones. Or, at least, more popular ones. A little of both, probably. Enjoy!  ~  JH



1)  New Kids On The Block  ~  "Tonight"




2)  A Tribe Called Quest  ~  "I Left My Wallet In El Segundo"




3)  Taylor Dayne  ~  "Love Will Lead You Back"





4)  Alabama  ~  "Pass It On Down"




5)  Depeche Mode  ~  "Enjoy The Silence"




6)  Will To Power  ~  "I'm Not In Love"  (So...the video and audio aren't synced at all here. But it's still a great song!)




7)  Elton  John  ~  "Club At The End Of The Street"




8)  Johnny Gill  ~  "My, My, My"




9)  The Judds  ~  "Love Can Build A Bridge"




10)  Adamski & Seal  ~  "Killer"




11)  George Michael  ~  "Freedom! '90"




12)  Holly Dunn  ~  "You Really Had Me Going"




13)  Tommy Page  ~  "I'll Be Your Everything"




14)  James  Ingram  ~  "I Don't Have The Heart"




15)  Iggy Pop ft. Kate Pierson  ~  "Candy"




16)  Poison  ~  "Unskinny Bop"




17)  Exile  ~  "Nobody's Talking"




18)  Gloria Estefan  ~  "Here We Are"




19)  Midnight Oil  ~  "Blue Sky Mine"




20)  Mötley Crüe  ~  "Without You"




21)  Roxette  ~  "Dangerous"




22)  Clint  Black  ~  "Walkin' Away"




23)  Firehouse  ~  "Love Of A Lifetime"




24)  Janet Jackson  ~  "Alright"




25)  Waylon Jennings  ~  "Wrong"