Popular Songs Of 1988, Vol. 3

Hope you aren't tired of the most Popular Songs Of 1988 yet...because here's another set of 'em! (And there'll be another set after that. And one more.) No filler songs here, all good stuff from almost every conceivable genre. I hope you will...enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Bobby Brown  ~  “Don’t Be Cruel”

2)  Taylor Dayne  ~  “I’ll Always Love You”

3)  Cinderella  ~  “Don’t Know What You Got (Till It's Gone)”

4)  Richard Marx  ~  “Endless Summer Nights”

5)  The Jets  ~  “Make It Real”

6)  George Strait  ~  “Famous Last Words Of A Fool”

7)  Breathe  ~  “Hands To Heaven”

8)  Joan Jett & The Blackhearts  ~  “I Hate Myself For Loving You”

9)  Ray Boltz  ~  “Thank You”

10)  Living Colour  ~  “Cult Of Personality”

11)  Jody Watley  ~  “Don’t You Want Me”

12)  Peter Cetera  ~  “One Good Woman”

13)  Paul Carrack  ~  “Don’t Shed A Tear”

14)  Natalie Cole  ~  “Pink Cadillac”

15)  Steve Winwood  ~  “Valerie”

16)  R.E.M.  ~  “Orange Crush”

17)  Debbie Gibson  ~  “Out Of The Blue”

18)  Michael Jackson  ~  “Dirty Diana”

19)  Ronnie Milsap ft. Mike Reid  ~  “Old Folks”

20)  Anita Baker  ~  “Giving You The Best That I Got”

21)  George Michael  ~  “Faith”

22)  Guns N’ Roses  ~  “Welcome To The Jungle”

23)  Whitney Houston  ~  “Where Do Broken Hearts Go”

24)  Cheap Trick  ~  “Don’t Be Cruel”  (Unsurprisingly, this is NOT the same song as Bobby Brown's at the beginning of this list.)

25)  Keith Whitley  ~  “When You Say Nothing At All”

26)  Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine  ~  “Anything For You”

All The “Feels”, Vol. 2

More "Feels" coming your way in five, four, three, two, one...or whenever you click on the link that leads you here. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Elvis Presley  ~  “It Feels So Right”

2)  BANKS  ~  “This Is What It Feels Like”

3)  Vince Gill  ~  “Feels Like Love”

4)  Sabrina Carpenter  ~  “Feels Like Loneliness”

5)  Survivor  ~  “Feels Like Love”

6)  Patti LaBelle ft. Big Daddy Kane  ~  “Feels Like Another One”

7)  Matt Wertz  ~  “Feels So Right”

8)  Melanie B  ~  “Feels So Good”

9)  Foreigner  ~  “Feels Like The First Time”

10)  Lacey Sturm  ~  “Feels Like Forever”

11)  Randy Houser  ~  “How Country Feels”

12)  Tennis  ~  “It All Feels The Same”

13)  Van Halen  ~  “Feels So Good”

14)  Whitney Houston  ~  “Feels So Good”

15)  Jim Croce  ~  “Operator (That’s Not The Way It Feels)”

16)  LeAnn Rimes  ~  “And It Feels Like”

17)  Mikky Ekko  ~  “Feels Like The End”

18)  Lake Street Dive  ~  “How Good It Feels”

19)  Easton Corbin  ~  “This Feels A Lot Like Love”

20)  Armin van Buuren ft. Nadia Ali  ~  “Feels So Good”

21)  Jimmie Van Zant  ~  “Feels Like Freedom”

22)  Peter Cetera & Chaka Khan  ~  “Feels Like Heaven”

23)  We Are The Ocean  ~  “What It Feels Like”

24)  Camera Obscura  ~  “This Is Love (Feels Alright)”

25)  Rascal Flatts  ~  “Feels Like Today”

Popular Songs Of 1987, Vol. 2

And the hits keep rolling on! Popular Songs of 1987, Vol. 2 begins....NOW! Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Fleetwood Mac  ~  “Little Lies”

2)  Los Lobos  ~  “La Bamba”

3)  Heart  ~  “Who Will You Run To?”

4)  U2  ~  “I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For”

5)  Atlantic Starr  ~  “Always”

6)  Michael Jackson  ~  “The Way You Make Me Feel”

7)  Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt, & Emmylou Harris  ~  “To Know Him Is To Love Him”

8)  Bryan Adams  ~  “Heat Of The Night”

9)  The Jets  ~  “You Got It All”

10)  Midnight Oil  ~  “Beds Are Burning”

11)  Suzanne Vega  ~  “Luka”

12)  Glenn Medeiros  ~  “Nothing’s Gonna Change My Love For You”

13)  ’Til Tuesday  ~  “Coming Up Close”

14)  Bon Jovi  ~  “Wanted Dead Or Alive”

15)  Survivor  ~  “Is This Love”

16)  Whitney Houston  ~  “I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)”

17)  Michael Martin Murphey  ~  “Long Line Of Love”

18)  Pet Shop Boys ft. Dusty Springfield  ~  “What Have I Done To Deserve This?”

19)  Peter Cetera & Amy Grant  ~  “The Next Time I Fall”

20)  Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine  ~  “Rhythm Is Gonna Get You”

21)   Steve Winwood  ~  “The Finer Things”

22)  Genesis  ~  “In Too Deep”

23)  Highway 101  ~  “The Bed You Made For Me”

24)  Kenny Rogers & Ronnie Milsap  ~  “Make No Mistake, She’s Mine”

25)  Exposé  ~  “Seasons Change”

Popular Songs Of 1986, Vol. 1

Let me take you back in time to 30 years ago. The year was 1986. The music was awesome. Whether it was pop, rock, R&B, or country, there were plenty of good songs to suit all tastes. I can only hope that I have represented this mammoth year in music well with this post and its three follow-ups. If I've missed anything significant, I'm sure you'll tell me about it. But wait till you've seen all 4 installments, just in case your favorite made one of the later editions. Oh, yeah...please...enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Dionne Warwick ft. Elton John, Gladys Knight, & Stevie Wonder  ~  “That’s What Friends Are For”

2)  Mr. Mister  ~  “Broken Wings”

3)  Lionel Richie  ~  “Say You, Say Me”

4)  Survivor  ~  “Burning Heart”

5)  Klymaxx  ~  “I Miss You”

6)  Robert Palmer  ~  “Addicted To Love”

7)  Whitney Houston  ~  “How Will I Know”

8)  The Judds  ~  “Have Mercy”

9)  Patti LaBelle ft. Michael McDonald  ~  “On My Own”

10)  Gloria Loring & Carl Anderson  ~  “Friends & Lovers”

11)  Billy Ocean  ~  “There’ll Be Sad Songs (To Make You Cry)”

12)  Peter Cetera  ~  “The Glory Of Love”

13)  Janet Jackson  ~  “What Have You Done For Me Lately”

14)  Randy Travis  ~  “On The Other Hand”

15)  Berlin  ~  “Take My Breath Away”

16)  Simply Red  ~  “Holding Back The Years”

17)  George Strait  ~  “Nobody In His Right Mind Would’ve Left Her”

18)  Madonna  ~  “Papa Don’t Preach”

19)  Bon Jovi  ~  “You Give Love A Bad Name”

20)  The Human League  ~  “Human”

“Young” & “Restless” Songs

Here's a good grouping of songs with either the word "Young" or "Restless" in their titles (and one with both). Lots of songs I could have picked for these, but I tried to limit it to the very best ones. So, in other words, you will probably...enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Elvis Presley  ~  “Young And Beautiful”

2)  Switchfoot  ~  “Restless”

3)  Rod Stewart  ~  “Forever Young”

4)  Audrey Assad  ~  “Restless”

5)  The Coasters  ~  “Young Blood”

6)  Within Temptation  ~  “Restless”

7)  Michael Bublé  ~  “You Make Me Feel So Young”

8)  Alison Krauss & Union Station  ~  “Restless”

9)  Frank Sinatra  ~  “Young At Heart”

10)  New Order  ~  “Restless”

11)  Gary Puckett & The Union Gap  ~  “Young Girl”

12)  Elton John  ~  “Restless”

13)  Shirley Bassey  ~  “The Ballad Of The Sad Young Men”

14)  Passenger  ~  “Restless Wind”

15)  Marcus Mumford  ~  “I Was Young When I Left Home”

16)  Gordon Lightfoot  ~  “Restless”

17)  Adele  ~  “When We Were Young”

18)  Bob Dylan  ~  “Restless Farewell”

19)  The Corrs  ~  “So Young”

20)  Peter Cetera  ~  “Restless Heart”

21)  Lesley Gore  ~  “Young Love”

22)  Kakkmaddafakka  ~  “Restless”

23)  Andy Mineo ft. KB  ~  “Young”

24)  Green Day  ~  “Restless Heart Syndrome”

25)  Lyric Dubee  ~  “Young & Restless”