Thursday, January 25, 2018

Popular Songs Of 1988, Vol. 4

If you haven't seen/heard your favorite song from 1988 thus fair, do not despair – it might be in this post. Or the final one tomorrow. If neither, I apologize – and please let me know what gem I might have missed. Regardless... Enjoy!  ~  JH



1)  Terence Trent D’Arby  ~  “Wishing Well”




2)  George Michael  ~  “Kissing A Fool”




3)  Belinda Carlisle  ~  “Heaven Is A Place On Earth”




4)  Poison  ~  “Nothin’ But A Good Time”




5)  Conway Twitty  ~  “That’s My Job”




6)  Neneh Cherry  ~  “Buffalo Stance”




7)  Foreigner  ~  “I Don’t Want To Live Without You”




8)  John Mellencamp  ~  “Cherry Bomb”




9)  Cher  ~  “I Found Someone”




10)  Dokken  ~  “Walk Away”




11)  Rich Mullins  ~  “Awesome God”




12)  Sheena Easton  ~  “The Lover In Me”




13)  White Lion  ~  “Wait”




14)  INXS  ~  “Never Tear Us Apart”




15)  Tanya Tucker  ~  “If It Don’t Come Easy”




16)  Milli Vanilli  ~  “Girl, You Know It’s True”




17)  Eric Carmen  ~  “Hungry Eyes”




18)  Highway 101  ~  “Cry, Cry, Cry”




19)  New Edition  ~  “If It Isn’t Love”




20)  David Lee Roth  ~  “Just Like Paradise”




21)  Pretty Poison  ~  “Catch Me (I’m Falling)”




22)  Daryl Hall & John Oates  ~  “Everything Your Heart Desires”




23)  Al B. Sure!  ~  “Nite And Day”




24)  Gloria Estefan  ~  “Can’t Stay Away From You”




25)  Van Halen  ~  “Finish What Ya Started”




26)  U2  ~  “Desire”


Wednesday, January 24, 2018

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”


Tuesday, January 23, 2018

Popular Songs Of 1988, Vol. 2

And the hits just keep on coming! Popular Songs Of 1988, Vol. 2 is ready for your ears. Enjoy!  ~  JH



1)  Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine  ~  “1-2-3”




2)  INXS  ~  “New Sensation”




3)  Merle Haggard  ~  “Twinkle, Twinkle, Lucky Star”




4)  Edie Brickell & New Bohemians  ~  “What I Am”




5)  Billy Ocean  ~  “Get Outta My Dreams, Get Into My Car”




6)  Van Halen  ~  “When It’s Love”




7)  The Judds  ~  “Give A Little Love”




8)  DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince  ~  “Parents Just Don’t Understand”




9)  Def Leppard  ~  “Pour Some Sugar On Me”




10)  Enya  ~  “Orinoco Flow”




11)  Bruce Hornsby & The Range  ~  “Valley Road”




12)  Icehouse  ~  “Electric Blue”




13)  Brenda K. Starr  ~  “I Still Believe”




14)  Robert Palmer  ~  “Simply Irresistible”




15)  AC/DC  ~  “Heatseeker”





16)  Vern Gosdin  ~  “Set ‘Em Up, Joe”




17)  Phil Collins  ~  “A Groovy Kind Of Love”




18)  Europe  ~  "Superstitious”





19)  Information Society  ~  “What's On Your Mind (Pure Energy)”




20)  Metallica  ~  “One”




21)  Huey Lewis & The News  ~  “Perfect World”




22)  Pebbles  ~  “Girlfriend”




23)  The Beach Boys  ~  “Kokomo”




24)  Foreigner  ~  “Say You Will”




25)  Tracy Chapman  ~  “Fast Car”




26)  Whitesnake  ~  “Is This Love”


Monday, January 22, 2018

Popular Songs Of 1988, Vol. 1

And now the one you've all been waiting for! Well, at least those of you "of a certain age." (I certainly qualify.) The '80s posts are always my wife's favorites as well. Popular Songs of 1988 starts...NOW! Enjoy!  ~  JH



1)  George Michael  ~  “One More Try”




2)  Michael Jackson  ~  “Man In The Mirror”




3)  Taylor Dayne  ~  “Tell It To My Heart”




4)  Guns N’ Roses  ~  “Sweet Child O’ Mine”




5)  Richard Marx  ~  “Hold On To The Nights”




6)  Whitney Houston  ~  “So Emotional”




7)  Elton John  ~  “Candle In The Wind”




8)  Steve Winwood  ~  “Don’t You Know What The Night Can Do?”




9)  Tanya Tucker, Paul Overstreet, & Paul Davis  ~  “I Won’t Take Less Than Your Love”




10)  Rob Base & DJ EZ Rock  ~  “It Takes Two”




11)  Johnny Hates Jazz  ~  “Shattered Dreams”




12)  The Bangles  ~  “Hazy Shade Of Winter"




13)  Bon Jovi  ~  “Bad Medicine”




14)  Rick Astley  ~  “Together Forever”




15)  Kylie Minogue  ~  “The Loco-Motion”




16)  Keith Whitley  ~  “Don’t Close Your Eyes”




17)  Cheap Trick  ~  “The Flame”




18)  Debbie Gibson  ~  “Foolish Beat”




19)  Aerosmith  ~  “Angel”




20)  The Jets  ~  “Rocket 2 U”




21)  Kathy Mattea  ~  “Eighteen Wheels And A Dozen Roses”




22)  George Harrison  ~  “Got My Mind Set On You”




23)  UB40  ~  “Red, Red Wine”




24)  Tiffany  ~  “Could’ve Been”




25)  The Escape Club  ~  “Wild, Wild West”




26)  Ricky Van Shelton  ~  “I’ll Leave This World Loving You”