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"

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"

"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"

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"