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*** 1980's One Hit Wonders . . .​​​​ #1 - LIPPS, INC. - Funkytown *** (1 Viewer)

#9 - GREGORY ABBOTT - Shake You Down (#1 - 1/17/1987 - 22 Weeks - 1 Week at #1)
Abbott was born in Harlem, earned a Master's degree from Stanford University, and became an English professor. He recorded a duet with Whitney Houston in 1985, which got him some attention in the music biz. He had written over 30 songs when he went looking for a record label. He was picked up by Atlantic and cut his debut album entitled Shake You Down in 1986 (which he produced himself). Abbott also wrote all the lyrics and music, and the album went platinum. The single was a Top 20 hit in a dozen countries and thrust Abbott to the top of the charts in the U.S.

While he had one or two other R&B hits, it was mostly downhill from there. Abbott has recorded 8 more albums in the proceeding 32 years, but he has been unable to match the success of Shake You Down. He released 25 other singles that failed to crack the Top 40. Shake You Down ended up as Billboard's #3 song for all of 1987.

Up next, a British band conquers the U.S. in 1982 with their tale of poor old Johnny Ray from their album Too-Rye-Ay.

 
#8 - DEXYS MIDNIGHT RUNNERS - Come On Eileen (#1 - 4/23/1983 - 23 Weeks - 1 Week at #1)
A song I still hear regularly on the radio, at the doctor's, at the mall, on shuffle play on my computer, etc. And a song that clearly benefitted from massive airplay on MTV. It came off their second album, and not many people will know, care, or remember that their first album from 1980 was actually extremely popular in England. Their first album hit #6 on the UK album chart. Geno topped the British singles chart and There, There My Dear reached #7. Stateside, the band seemed to come out of nowhere during the British Invasion of videos and new wave artists. For folks that remember the band Banarama, Eileen in the video is the sister of Siobhan Fahey.

Come On Eileen somehow managed to top the charts in America, sandwiched between two chart topping Michael Jackson songs . . . 7 weeks of Billie Jean followed by 3 weeks of Beat It at the #1 slot. The song cracked the Top 10 in 13 countries. The follow up to Come On Eileen was a cover of Van Morrison's Jackie Wilson Said, which hit the Top 5 in the UK but did nothing in the U.S.

The band was formed in 1978 and called it quits in 1986 . . . until they reformed again and toured in 2003. They shortened their name to just Dexys and have been active ever since (releasing new albums in 2012 and 2016). The current version of the band still includes lead vocalist and primary writer Kevin Rowland to go along with 6 other musicians. All the other original band members have moved on. Over the years, there have been 55 people that are attributed to having been in the band at one point or another. Dexys have played a lot of the bigger music festivals of late.

I remember the song being played constantly in high school. Unfortunately, I had a sweet and attractive classmate named Eileen who withstood non-stop crude comments from boys at the school. The fact that the song stayed popular for months didn't help her any. Guys would actually squirt packets of mayonnaise on her in the cafeteria  thinking they were being funny. She was glad that eventually the song eventually dipped in popularity.

Coming up, another 80's classic that has stood the test of time from a cheerleader turned singer who just this year choreographed the film Once Upon A Time In Hollywood for Quentin Tarantino.

 
Anarchy99 said:
#8 - DEXYS MIDNIGHT RUNNERS - Come On Eileen (#1 - 4/23/1983 - 23 Weeks - 1 Week at #1)
A song I still hear regularly on the radio, at the doctor's, at the mall, on shuffle play on my computer, etc. And a song that clearly benefitted from massive airplay on MTV. It came off their second album, and not many people will know, care, or remember that their first album from 1980 was actually extremely popular in England. Their first album hit #6 on the UK album chart. Geno topped the British singles chart and There, There My Dear reached #7. Stateside, the band seemed to come out of nowhere during the British Invasion of videos and new wave artists.
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When Netflix started streaming the British sitcom Cuckoo, I remember a scene from the first season with Andy Samberg and British comedian Greg Davies.

I forget the details, but Samberg plays the layabout American boyfriend (nicknamed Cuckoo) of middle-aged solicitor Ken's (Davies) daughter. Anyway, there was a scene where Cuckoo was trying to convince Ken that Ken could be a club DJ. So they went to look at Ken's old records, and he whipped out a record in an unmarked sleeve.

They jump cut to scene of the two guys dancing in the living room to "Geno". Cuckoo asked Ken who the group was, saying it sounded great. Ken replied that it was Dexy's Midnight Runners. Cuckoo expressed surprise that Dexy's had any songs like that in their catalog -- he figured it was all mopey Irish folk stuff. :D   

 
Hate that song with the fury of a 1000 suns, but for some reason I always remember the Pop Up Video version. The video was called a "celebration of armpits" because everyone in the band was wearing overalls and nothing else and they were constantly lifting their arms dancing around. Something about the lead wanted everybody in the band to go sans underwear for the video shoot "just like they did in the '50's!" and to rub dirt on themselves for the video to be more authentic. The drummer refused and was fired during the video shoot! I think there's even a scene at the end of the video with everyone playing on the street and no drummer to be found.

No wonder they've had 50 some odd band members over the years.

 
Buckna said:
Hate that song with the fury of a 1000 suns, but for some reason I always remember the Pop Up Video version. The video was called a "celebration of armpits" because everyone in the band was wearing overalls and nothing else and they were constantly lifting their arms dancing around. Something about the lead wanted everybody in the band to go sans underwear for the video shoot "just like they did in the '50's!" and to rub dirt on themselves for the video to be more authentic. The drummer refused and was fired during the video shoot! I think there's even a scene at the end of the video with everyone playing on the street and no drummer to be found.

No wonder they've had 50 some odd band members over the years.
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Hate the song as well.  

 
#7 - TONI BASIL - Mickey (#1 - 12/22/1982 - 27 Weeks - 1 Week at #1)
Basil started her career as a dancer in the 60's and was on the oldish side by the time she had her one mega hit (she was almost 39). She worked as a choreographer in the 60's on several TV shows and movies. In the 70's and 80's, she worked with some popular performers including David Bowie, the Talking Heads, Tina Turner, and Bette Midler.

She released a single in 1966 but nothing else for 15 years and somehow managed to get gigs singing without an album or other singles. She got picked to sing a jazz number on an episode of Saturday Night Live during its debut season in 1975. She was popular enough to sing in front of sold out theaters. I still am a little confused how she got enough recognition and backing to record an album in 1981.

Mickey was a variation of the song Kitty by the band Racey from 1979 (but without the you're so fine, you blow my mind section of the chorus). Mickey was released in the UK in May 1981 and didn't gain any traction. It was re-released in January 1982 and reached #2 on the UK singles chart. Then it was released in Australia and hit #1 down under. Finally, 15 months after its initial release, the song was released in the U.S.

Rumors circulated that her version was a tribute to Mickey Dolenz of the band The Monkees, who she worked with in the 60's and people asserted she had a crush on. Basil denies that and said she barely knew him. The song was written by Mike Chapman and Nicky Chinn, who also penned or produced Love Is A Battlefield for Pat Benatar, Little Willy and Ballroom Blitz for Sweet, almost all of Blondie's hits, My Sharona for The Knack, Kiss You All Over by Exile, Heart & Soul by Huey Lewis, and Better Be Good To Me by Tina Turner.

Basil produced, directed, and choreographed the video entirely on her own (the first artist to do so), before MTV had launched. She was the Cheer Captain at Las Vegas High School and wanted to make a cheerleading related video.  Weird Al Yankovic created a parody version called Ricky about Lucille Ball. Of all people, Olivia Newton-John recorded a dance / club version of the song in 2012.

VH1 ranked Mickey as the #5 One Hit Wonder of all time. Basil recorded and released a second album the following year (and none thereafter). She had two singles crack the Hot 100 but both fell well short of the Top 40.

Up next, another song from 1982 . . . an instrumental from a film that took home Academy Awards for Best Picture and Best Original Screenplay.

 
#6 - VANGELIS - Chariots Of Fire Theme (#1 - 5/8/1982 - 28 Weeks - 1 Week at #1)
Chariots of Fire won multiple Oscars and was a surprise hit. The film focused on British runners from the 1920's. Personally, I thought the film was good but not great. I also don't quite get why the theme song was so popular, but to each his own. The star featured actors that by now aren't exactly household names (Ben Cross, Ian Charleson, Nicholas Ferrell, and Nigel Havers). The film was directed by Hugh Hudson, who hasn't directed anything near as well received or as popular since. For fans of the James Bond franchise, Hudson is married to Maryam d'Abo, who played the cello player in The Living Daylights.

The Chariots of Fire soundtrack topped the Billboard 200 and was the top selling album for 4 weeks. The theme song stayed on the Australian charts for an insane 64 weeks. It was the best selling single of 1982 in Japan and finished the year as the #12 song for the year in the U.S. I chuckled at watching the video again, as Vangelis is smoking a butt while he plays the piano part.

Vangelis had been recording his style of electronic and ambient music for almost 20 years before coming out of nowhere with Chariots of Fire. His career started in 1963, but he released his first album on his own in 1972. He has released 19 studio albums (and 4 others under a pseudonym), 15 soundtrack albums (including Blade Runner), 19 film scores, 17 collaboration albums, and 23 singles. I have no way of knowing, but I would place the odds at 50/50% that all those works collectively may not have sold as much as the Chariots of Fire theme and the soundtrack album.

Up next, a power ballad that was recorded in 1982 that went on to top the charts . . . in 1989.

 
Most people have only heard of Chariot's of Fire but Vangelis is hugely influential in electronic, ambient, and space music genre's. The kind of stuff that eventually morphed into or heavily influenced synth-pop, new wave, new age, and eventually techno, EDM, etc.

 
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#5 - SHERIFF - When I'm With You (#1 - 2/4/1989 - 28 Weeks - 1 Week at #1)
Sheriff was a Canadian band that was formed in Toronto in 1979 featuring vocalist Freddy Curci, guitarist Steve DeMarchi, and keyboardist Arnold Lanni. They released a grand total of one album (in 1982). When I'm With You was the last song recorded on the album and was written by Lanni, who was reluctant to even present it to the band for fear of it being too wimpy.

Their first single was called You Remind Me, which hit #28 in Canada but did not chart in the States. When I'm With You fared better, climbing to #8 on the Candian charts and limping to #61 in the U.S. Even though When I'm With You was released in the MTV era, the band did not release a video. Curci sings the final note for 19.3 seconds, making it the longest-held note for a male pop singer (allegedly).

The band officially stuck around until 1985 and then disbanded. And that was it for Sheriff, game over, go home. Literally. They never did anything together again as a band after that. No more singles, albums, recordings, concert performances, etc.

Clearly there is more to the story, or they wouldn't be on this list. The song somehow started getting airplay again in 1988. Some say it was a station in Las Vegas. Others say it was a station in Minnesota . . . or Milwaukee. The band was long gone and I am unsure how or why the song ended up getting played in heavy rotation. But the song had a renascence and a second life better than its first, as the song charted in the U.S. for almost 6 months.

Even with a top selling single, the band could not agree to reform and get back together. Curci and DeMarchi were working as couriers and reunited to form a band called Alias with 3 members of Heart. They hit #2 on the Billboard singles chart with More Than Words Can Say in 1990. The band recorded a second album in 1992 but the sound of popular music had changed. The album finally came out in 2009. A reconstituted version of Alias has performed some shows since then..

Lanni and Sheriff bassist Wolf Hassel had formed a band called Frozen Ghost, who had a minor hit with Should I See. Frozen Ghost stuck around for 8 years and 3 albums. Lanni moved on to producing and has worked with a number of bands including Finger Eleven, Simple Plan, Our Lady Peace, Hello Operator, Thousand Foot Krutch, Echo Jet, The Waking Eyes, Rev, The Gufs, and King's X. DeMarchi went onto play guitar for The Cranberries.

And we get closer to the top . . . another song from a movie soundtrack, this one asking folks to be happy.

 
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Anarchy99 said:
#5 - SHERIFF - When I'm With You (#1 - 2/4/1989 - 28 Weeks - 1 Week at #1)
Sheriff was a Canadian band that was formed in Toronto in 1979 featuring vocalist Freddy Curci, guitarist Steve DeMarchi, and keyboardist Arnold Lanni. They released a grand total of one album (in 1982). When I'm With You was the last song recorded on the album and was written by Lanni, who was reluctant to even present it to the band for fear of it being too wimpy.

Their first single was called You Remind Me, which hit #28 in Canada but did not chart in the States. When I'm With You fared better, climbing to #8 on the Candian charts and limping to #61 in the U.S. Even though When I'm With You was released in the MTV era, the band did not release a video. Curci sings the final note for 19.3 seconds, making it the longest-held note for a male pop singer (allegedly).

The band officially stuck around until 1985 and then disbanded. And that was it for Sheriff, game over, go home. Literally. They never did anything together again as a band after that. No more singles, albums, recordings, concert performances, etc.

Clearly there is more to the story, or they wouldn't be on this list. The song somehow started getting airplay again in 1988. Some say it was a station in Las Vegas. Others say it was a station in Minnesota . . . or Milwaukee. The band was long gone and I am unsure how or why the song ended up getting played in heavy rotation. But the song had a renascence and a second life better than its first, as the song charted in the U.S. for almost 6 months.

Even with a top selling single, the band could not agree to reform and get back together. Curci and DeMarchi were working as couriers and reunited to form a band called Alias with 3 members of Heart. They hit #2 on the Billboard singles chart with More Than Words Can Say in 1990. The band recorded a second album in 1992 but the sound of popular music had changed. The album finally came out in 2009. A reconstituted version of Alias has performed some shows since then..

Lanni and Sheriff bassist Wolf Hassel had formed a band called Frozen Ghost, who had a minor hit with Should I See. Frozen Ghost stuck around for 8 years and 3 albums. Lanni moved on to producing and has worked with a number of bands including Finger Eleven, Simple Plan, Our Lady Peace, Hello Operator, Thousand Foot Krutch, Echo Jet, The Waking Eyes, Rev, The Gufs, and King's X.

And we get closer to the top . . . another song from a movie soundtrack, this one asking folks to be happy.
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Great memories of this song. I graduated high school in 1989 and this song seemed to put my coed companions, well 1 companion,  in a generous mood. 

 
#4 - BOBBY MCFERRIN - Don't Worry, Be Happy (#1 - 9/24/1988 - 26 Weeks - 2 Weeks at #1)
Our first song that was #1 for more than a single week. And a song I never really cared for. I never have figured out why it was such a huge hit. It was first released on the Cocktail soundtrack, a film that "won" the Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Picture of 1988. Even though the film was universally panned (earning a quality 5% score on Rotten Tomatoes), the movie was quite popular (banking over $170 million globally), as was the soundtrack (climbing to #2 on the album chart and ending the year as the 74th best selling album in 1988). The song was also included on McFerrin's album Simple Pleasures (which went triple platinum, ending the year as the 58th best selling album). Don't Worry, Be Happy went on to win Grammy Awards for Song of the Year, Record of the Year, and Best Pop Vocal. McFerrin earned a total of 10 Grammy Awards over his career (most of the others in jazz categories).

McFerrin released 18 albums on his own from 1982-2013 and appeared / collaborated on 24 others. Don't Worry, Be Happy was the first a cappella song to top the Billboard Hot 100 chart. The song became the campaign song for George Bush's 1988 campaign (used without permission). McFerrin (a democrat) was angered by the move and even stopped performing the song rather than appear to be endorsing Bush (at which point the campaign stopped using the song).

We can finally see the light at the end of the tunnel . . . and up next, a love ballad and duet that qualifies as a OHW based on one of the singers not having any other Top 40 songs.

 
#3 - PATTI AUSTIN WITH JAMES INGRAM - Baby, Come To Me (#1 - 2/19/1983 - 32 Weeks - 2 Weeks at #1)
Another soulful love song / ballad. It was written by Rod Temperton, who also wrote several other standout hits of the 80's including Michael Jackson's Thriller, Off The Wall, and Rock With You, as well as George Benson's Give Me The Night.

The song was initially released on Austin's fourth album, Every Home Should Have One, in 1981. It was released as a single in the spring of 1982 and stalled at #73 on the singles chart. But the song found new life after it was featured in the daytime soap General Hospital and was re-released to much greater success.

Austin wasn't exactly a big star or a household name. She had released several singles starting in 1965 and her first album dropped in 1976. At the start of his career, Ingram was a keyboard player for Ray Charles. He wasn't really that established at the time either, as his debut album would come out after Baby, Come To Me was released.

The song involved some notable people from the music business. It was produced by Quincy Jones, who also worked extensively with Michael Jackson. Michael McDonald (solo, Steely Dan, Doobie Brothers) provided back up vocals. Session musician John Robinson played drums (Michael Jackson, Eric Clapton, John Fogerty, Madonna, Lionel Richie, Steve Winwood). Steve Lukather (Toto) played guitar. Greg Phillinganes provided keyboards (Stevie Wonder, Eric Clapton, David Gilmour, Mick Jagger, Paul Simon, Stevie Nicks). David Foster (writer and producer for a ton of artists and 16-time Grammy winner) played synthesizer. Michael Boddicker also played synthesizer (Neil Diamond, Michael Jackson, Chicago, Whitney Houston, Olivia Newton-John, and many others). Long time session musician Paulinho da Costa added percussion (Bob Dylan, the Bee Gees, Elton John, Miles Davis, B.B. King. Madonna, etc.).

Austin is still actively performing and released her 22nd album in 2016. She has released a total of 27 singles, and Baby, Come To Me is the only one to chart. She was supposed to have flown on one of the ill-fated 9/11 flights but her mother had taken ill the day before, so she cancelled the flight at the last minute. Ingram passed away earlier this year from brain cancer.

We are down to just two remaining songs, and for the next one, you will have to check your ego at the door.

 
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Anarchy99 said:
#3 - PATTI AUSTIN WITH JAMES INGRAM - Baby, Come To Me (#1 - 2/19/1983 - 32 Weeks - 2 Weeks at #1)
Another soulful love song / ballad. It was written by Rod Temperton, who also wrote several other standout hits of the 80's including Michael Jackson's Thriller, Off The Wall, and Rock With You, as well as Robbie Benson's Give Me The Night.

The song was initially released on Austin's fourth album, Every Home Should Have One, in 1981. It was released as a single in the spring of 1982 and stalled at #73 on the singles chart. But the song found new life after it was featured in the daytime soap General Hospital and was re-released to much greater success.

Austin wasn't exactly a big star or a household name. She had released several singles starting in 1965 and her first album dropped in 1976. At the start of his career, Ingram was a keyboard player for Ray Charles. He wasn't really that established at the time either, as his debut album would come out after Baby, Come To Me was released.

The song involved some notable people from the music business. It was produced by Quincy Jones, who also worked extensively with Michael Jackson. Michael McDonald (solo, Steely Dan, Doobie Brothers) provided back up vocals. Session musician John Robinson played drums (Michael Jackson, Eric Clapton, John Fogerty, Madonna, Lionel Richie, Steve Winwood). Steve Lukather (Toto) played guitar. Greg Phillinganes provided keyboards (Stevie Wonder, Eric Clapton, David Gilmour, Mick Jagger, Paul Simon, Stevie Nicks). David Foster (writer and producer for a ton of artists and 16-time Grammy winner) played synthesizer. Michael Boddicker also played synthesizer (Neil Diamond, Michael Jackson, Chicago, Whitney Houston, Olivia Newton-John, and many others). Long time session musician Paulinho da Costa added percussion (Bob Dylan, the Bee Gees, Elton John, Miles Davis, B.B. King. Madonna, etc.).

Austin is still actively performing and released her 22nd album in 2016. She has released a total of 27 singles, and Baby, Come To Me is the only one to chart. She was supposed to have flown on one of the ill-fated 9/11 flights but her mother had taken ill the day before, so she cancelled the flight at the last minute. Ingram passed away earlier this year from brain cancer.

We are down to just two remaining songs, and for the next one, you will have to check your ego at the door.
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Have you been watching Ice Castles recently?

I thought the one coming up next would be #1.

 
Uruk-Hai said:
Have you been watching Ice Castles recently?

I thought the one coming up next would be #1.
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The next song was the biggest selling OHW song of the 80's . . . but that's not how the list is ranked. Both the #1 and #2 songs topped the charts for 4 weeks. But the tiebreaker is most total weeks on the chart, and the #1 song charted for 23 weeks while the #2 song only charted for 18 weeks.

I have never seen Ice Castles, so you will have to clue me in as to why you referenced it here.

 
Anarchy99 said:
The next song was the biggest selling OHW song of the 80's . . . but that's not how the list is ranked. Both the #1 and #2 songs topped the charts for 4 weeks. But the tiebreaker is most total weeks on the chart, and the #1 song charted for 23 weeks while the #2 song only charted for 18 weeks.

I have never seen Ice Castles, so you will have to clue me in as to why you referenced it here.
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Yeah, I was just talking about my initial guess for #1 when you started, without looking up chart durations. I'm sure I'll smack my own forehead when #1 is listed, but I have no idea what it could be.

I think you meant George Benson's "Give Me The Night", not Robbie Benson. 

 
Uruk-Hai said:
Yeah, I was just talking about my initial guess for #1 when you started, without looking up chart durations. I'm sure I'll smack my own forehead when #1 is listed, but I have no idea what it could be.

I think you meant George Benson's "Give Me The Night", not Robbie Benson. 
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George and Robby look close enough alike to be brothers, but yeah, I meant George. I don't believe I have ever seen anything that Robby has been in. I don't know if that should be considered a good thing or a bad thing (or surprising or not surprising).

 
Anarchy99 said:
George and Robby look close enough alike to be brothers, but yeah, I meant George. I don't believe I have ever seen anything that Robby has been in. I don't know if that should be considered a good thing or a bad thing (or surprising or not surprising).
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He was in a bunch of cheesy '70s movies. You haven't missed anything

 
#2 - USA FOR AFRICA - We Are The World (#1 - 4/13/1985 - 18 Weeks) - 4 Weeks at #1
The United Support of Artists (USA) for Africa was a one off super group that recorded the song over the span of a few days, with most of the artists participating after the American Music Awards ceremony in Los Angeles. The song was written by Lionel Richie and Michael Jackson and went on to sell over 20 million copies and became the top selling song of the 1980's. By sales volume, it is the best selling OHW of the 1980's (but this ranking / list is not based on total sales). Prince, who was huge at the time in the Purple Rain era, was invited to participate and was expected to duet with Jackson on the song, but the purple one passed on the project.

Here is a list of the soloists . . . Lionel Richie, Stevie Wonder, Paul Simon, Kenny Rogers, James Ingram, Tina Turner, Billy Joel, Michael Jackson, Diana Ross, Dionne Warwick, Willie Nelson, Al Jarreau, Bruce Springsteen, Kenny Loggins, Steve Perry, Daryl Hall, Huey Lewis, Cyndi Lauper, Kim Carnes, Bob Dylan, and Ray Charles. The song topped the singles chart in 18 countries. The song became the first single since The Beatles Let It Be to enter Billboard's Top 5 within two weeks of release. It went on to earn 4 Grammy Awards. Many of the artists who participated performed the song live the following year at the 1986 American Music Awards.

Up next, the final song . . . which so far no one has posted what it is.

 
"We Are the World" goes on forever ... but Ray Charles' entrance is timeless. Everyone else in that studio must've been on pins & needles during his lines.

 
#1 - LIPPS, INC. - Funkytown (#1 - 5/31/1980 - 23 Weeks - 4 Weeks at #1)
Here it is . . . the top One Hit Wonder of the Eighties to close out the calendar year. And it's actually from their debut album Mouth to Mouth from 1979. It claims the top spot on the list based on: 1) it topped the charts in 1980 not 1979, and 2) it won the tiebreaker over We Are The World by charting for 23 total weeks vs. 16 weeks for USA For Africa. The song topped the singles chart in 28 countries and was Top 5 in many others. It is said to have sold 35 million copies worldwide. 

Lipps, Inc. came from Minneapolis and was active from 1979-1985. Their first single was Rock It (LOL at the dance moves), which hit #64 on the Billboard Hot 100. Then came Funkytown, and then no other Top 100 singles in 13 tries (although 9 of their singles hit the Top 40 on the Disco / Dance chart). The band was inducted into the Minnesota Music Hall of Fame.

Lead singer Cynthia Johnson moved on from Lipps. Inc. in 1981 and later joined Sounds of Blackness, who put out 11 albums over the years and won 3 Grammy Awards.

For those that were paying attention, Pseudo Echo's version of Funkytown was ranked #40 on this countdown of OHW's of the 80's, making it the only song to appear on this countdown twice.

That brings us to the end of the countdown. The thread seemed to have more interest and participation in the football offseason, but thanks to those that hung around throughout.

 
@Anarchy99:   Big thank you for finishing this thread and a crazy trip down memory lane from the 80's.........including the many zany personal stories that enhanced it!

 
Nemesis said:
@Anarchy99:   Big thank you for finishing this thread and a crazy trip down memory lane from the 80's.........including the many zany personal stories that enhanced it!
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Agree 100%. Was a fun read.

Time for a new OK boomer music thread to kick off the new decade.

 
Uruk-Hai said:
I've been toying with a Top 500 songs Of The '70s, but I'd piss off more folks than generate good conversation.
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I think you’d get more good input than you think - go for it.

Besides, I need more additions to my Apple library.

 
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