This Week In The 80s

Yappin' about all the songs that peaked in popularity on the American pop music charts in "This Week In The 80s" - Labor Day Weekend! "Video Killed The Radio Star" by the Buggles was the 1st video played on MTV, but... what was the 2nd??? Remembrances of when I toured my first radio station.. at age 6! My Dad's $h!tbox truck. The ZZ Top stiff that gets played more nowadays than ANY of their actual hits. Lame white yuppie soul! The song that ended Whitney Houston's incredible streak of seven consecutive #1 hits. The weakest of all the Hall & Oates hits. The real reason Keith Sweat sounded so WHINY. The 1st rap "feature" to hit the pop top 10. The project that c-blocked a Beastie Boys masterpiece. PLUS- I will finally tell my own "MTV Story" - the one I've been referring to since the series started... 12 months ago! Warning: It not for the faint of heart! By the end of this episode, I'll have talked about EVERY song to hit the American pop music charts in the 1980s. All 4,166 songs!!!! The 1st time this has even been done in podcast form. There's more to come... After I take a nap! Meantime... Go re-live the magic and re-listen to Episodes #1-#51. I dare ya! Thank you all for listening. This has been fun! #TWIT80s.You Tube Playlist: https://bit.ly/2YEa8U8

All the songs that peaked in popularity "This Week In The 80s"- the 4th week of August. The biggest 80s version of a song that was a hit in the 60s, 70s, 80s and 90s. The Go-Go's get drunk and go water skiing. Let's rank the Beatles! Stevie Nicks gets... married??? Lionel Richie goes country. The worst Elvis Costello album ever? A song so good Prince wrote a letter to the artist to say how impressed he was. Lame soccer mom VH-1 music takes over 1988. And the #1 song from the greatest movie EVER MADE!!!! It's our 2nd to last episode. When it's all over, we'll have talked about EVERY song to ever hit the American pop music charts in the 1980s. Thanks for listening! #TWIT80sYouTube Playlist: https://bit.ly/2E9xWZa

"This Week In The 80's", Episode #50. All NINETY FIVE songs that peaked in popularity the 3rd week of August, "This Week In The 80s". The "Genesis" of "In The Air Tonight". The Greatest American TV Theme Song Of The 1980s. My Grandparents get cruise control (and an FM radio!). The greatest Hall & Oates stiff of the 1980s! Van Halen gets their final top 40 hit with Dave Lee Roth. Andrew Ridgeley gets his final top 40 w/ George Michael. An overheard conversation inspires a #1 Madonna hit. The most forgettable song that Journey ever put into the top 20. John Spinks of The Outfield: Unsung Hero Of Mainstream Power Pop Songwriting! Richard Marx: Barry Manilow with a mullet. PLUS - And what DOES "Gunter Glieber Glauten Globen" mean anyway??? Only TWO more episodes to go... and we'll have talked about EVERY song to ever hit the American pop music charts in the 1980s- Over 2,000 songs! Thanks for listening. Tell a friend and spread the word! #TWIT80sYouTube Playlist: https://bit.ly/2Y64xWv

It's "This Week In The 80s", Episode #49- all the songs that peaked in popularity - the 2nd week of August! Is "Star Wars" the most overrated movie franchise of all-time. Yes. Yes it is! Why were Duran Duran jealous of....Kajagoogoo? The 2 biggest hits from both "Ghostbusters" movies. Elton John hawks designer jeans. My first rap record. Was Freddie Jackson... a racist??? Belinda Carlisle just says "YES". Why did Rod Stewart hate one of his biggest 80s hits? U2's love/hate relationship with America. George Michael gets BANNED from radio! Two early 60s dance hits get another shot in 1988. PLUS - was THIS the strangest song to hit #1, perhaps... EVER??? All that and more. Over 2 hours of incessant babbling about 80 pop music. The series is almost done. Share, subscribe and tell a friend. I'm getting my ass kicked in the podcast wars! Thanks for listening! #TWIT80sYouTube Playlist: https://bit.ly/3f6uvib

It's August...and we're talking about all the songs that peaked in popularity on the American pop music charts, "This Week In The 80s". Including two of John Lennon's favorite radio hits from the summer of 1980. Things start to happen for Rick Springfield. John Cougar goes with his gut. We'll take a quick diversion from the music and run down the top 5 movies of 1983. Mick Jagger's Michael Jackson obsession. Which was better "Breakin'" or "Beat Street?" The Duran Duran solo hit that rips off... the Bellamy Brothers??? A #1 song so lame even Glenn Frey (RIP) turned it down. Added bonus: My critically acclaimed Jeff Goldbum impression. It's uncanny! Only 4 more episodes left??? Is that right??? Whoa! Thanks for listening! #TWIT80s.YouTube Playlist: https://bit.ly/2ZQiIjV

2 hours of non-stop chatter about all the songs that peaked in popularity on the American pop music charts the final week of July... "This Week In The 80s". We'll connect the dots from Michael Jackson to neil of "The Young Ones". The #1 American classic that almost got c-blocked thanks to Sylvester Stallone. The insane behind-the-scenes drama on the set of a Fleetwood Mac video. A Prince stiff gets re-released...and rightfully becomes a hit. Rod Stewart plays... Sun City?!? Not one, but two big landmarks for Whitney Houston. We'll check our mandatory Hall & Oates box with an obscure album track that becomes a big #1 hit remake. All of the artists that turned DOWN "Danger Zone" before Kenny Loggins. Barry Manilow goes clubbin' in the 80s. The song that kept "Pour Some Sugar On Me" from hitting #1. And... Oh yeah... and that time Don Henley got arrested all because of a 16 year old prostitute that OD'd at his house. All that and yes... MORE! Another fun-filled, trivia packed edition of "This Week In The 80s". Thank you for listening! #TWIT80s. YouTube Playlist: https://bit.ly/2Ov2bv6

"This Week In The 80s"- Episode #46. All the songs that peaked during the 3rd week of July. Do you remember "Who Shot Jr?" Cuz I sure don't! The singer who claims she was blacklisted... because of Bill Cosby! The top 20 Journey hit you won't get on their "Greatest" compilation. This pop-metal classic is as good as anything Def Leppard did! The WEIRDEST (musical) thing Michael Jackson ever did. PLUS- the 1984 top 10 hit that many radio played UNCENSORED! Ah, the good ol' days. Lots of Dorky Dad Rock (and some Dorky Dad Funk too!). PLUS - "Tainted Love" strikes America! "Wikki Wikki Wikki". It's "This Week In The 80's". Fillin' your rim to the brim with more 80s music trivia per episode than any other podcast in the history of podcasts EVER!* YouTube Playlist: YouTube Playlist: https://bit.ly/2CvvYBl*We don't really know if that's true.

It's "This Week In The 80s", Episode #45. Is this 1981 stiff the rarest 45 to hit the charts in ANY decade? We'll discuss the most played song in the history of radio! Elton John gets sloppy with Duran Duran. Duran Duran gets sloppy with a soundtrack. Cyndi Lauper gets pissy. Bob Seger beats a dead horse. Peter Gabriel comes back for seconds. And... We will celebrate the Summer of... Kenny G! PLUS - some truly great songs from Stevie Wonder, Berlin, Simply Red and the Bangles. All that and a good ol' fashioned R&B electro soul circle jerk!"Why you looka-so sad???" It's "This Week In The 80s". Thanks for listening! #TWIT80sYouTube Playlist: https://bit.ly/2Zn1NUy

All the songs that peaked on the pop chart, "This Week In The 80s", the first week of July. New Wave Alice Cooper. Anne Murray covers the Beatles. Chrissie Hynde covers her future Baby Daddy. George Harrison gets opportunistic. The Hall & Oates song your kids know. We'll try & do justice to the "other greatest song of the 80s". Why doesn't "Who's Johnny?" get any airplay anymore? Is this the crappiest Michael Jackson #1 since "Ben?" The song that helped Mariah Carey get a record deal... and major market pop radio shuns one of Tom Petty's most iconic songs. All that plus.... Dirt on Chris Deburgh! Thanks for listening! #TWIT80sYouTube Playlist: https://bit.ly/3fNPBmi

It's the last week of June. Let's discuss all the songs that peaked in popularity, "This Week In The 80s". Dork pop from John Denver & Neil Diamond. What do "The Exorcist" and Hall & Oates have in common? The closest Bruce Springsteen ever got to a #1 single. Another Michael Jackson Motown "money grab". Which polarizing pop vocalist was considered to replace Steve Perry??? The answer kinda makes sense! PLUS - the Madonna song that we never even should've brought up on this podcast! Here we go. Thanks for listening! #TWIT80sYouTube Playlist: https://bit.ly/2Ya4Jog

Tito! Get me a tissue. It's "This Week In The 80s" Episode #42. We shall speak on all the songs that peaked in popularity on the American pop music charts the 4th week of June every year in the 1980s! The story of "Stars On 45" - the international phenomenon that ushered in a year-long medley craze on American radio. PLUS - the 1st "dance mix" to go #1 pop? An 18 month old Bryan Adams soundtrack song finally gets its due. The song that inspired an entire episode of "Miami Vice". And... Some deep, dark confessions from 1986. All that & more. Are we done yet??? Are you still listening? Thank you! #TWIT80sYouTube Playlist: https://bit.ly/2MYv9CK

#TWIT80, Episode #41. Yappin' about all the songs that peaked in popularity on the American pop music charts "This Week In The 80s"-the 3rd week of June. "Old Blue Eyes" gets his final top 40 hit... in the 80s??? Journey inspires Bryan Adams. Christopher Cross falls victim to the dreaded "Sophomore Slump". Madonna gets her 1st top 10 hit and Daryl Hall & John Oates get their final top 10 hit. PLUS - "Up With People", Elvis Costello rip-off artists, Japanese R&B, the ONLY country crossover between 1985 and 1992 and how many versions of "Wind Beneath My Wings" did it take to finally "hit". We'll find out! All that and more on another exciting, fun-filled edition of "This Week In The 80s". Thanks for listening. Please share, subscribe and write a review. 41 episodes in- We're almost to the end of the series!YouTube Playlist: https://rb.gy/dehlla

#TWIT80s - Let's chat about all the songs that peaked in popularity "This Week In The 80s" - the 2nd week of June. "Yacht Rock" and "synth pop" co-mingles with Canadian folk and bar band power pop. Chipmunk dance funk from Montreal. Greg Ham: Unsung Hero of the Men At Work sound. Whatever happened to the "Sherrie" in "Oh Sherrie?" The story of "Everybody Wants To Rule The World". Madonna & Sean Penn: A love story?. Veruca Salt's Dad gets Power Rotation On MTV... and the classic Bon Jovi album track that was never a single. PLUS - A few example of Top 40 radio proving itself to be a major force in influencing pop culture as legendary radio programmer, Guy Zapoleon goes on a vacation and brings back a hit... and a passionate music director in NYC gives a 1970's a surprise 80s comeback! All that and a lot more. Thanks for listening! #TWIT80sYouTube Playlist: https://bit.ly/3ci4A5U

#TWIT80s. Episode #39. All the hits n' stiff that peaked on the charts "This Week In The 80s". From Frunkytown to the "Akron Sound". From Montreal with Gino Vannelli and Aldo Nova to a tribute to the rule-breakin' "Hit Radio, WLOL Minneapolis". PLUS - Did Japanese porn help Quincy Jones get some Grammy love? We'll revisit Tootie from "The Facts Of Life"'s Jermaine Jackson-inspired temper tantrum. My 2nd favorite Elton John song of all-time. The story of the short-lived 80s novelty, "My Toot Toot"... A whole lotta "Pretty In Pink", Frisco Jones quits his day job. Two superstar duets fail to impress and... What went wrong with George Michael? 2 hours of non-stop 80s music yappin'. And who DID invent "The Moonwalk?". A large piece of fruit may fall on your head. Holy crap. It's June! Thanks for listening! #TWIT80s.YouTube Playlist: https://bit.ly/2Wx0v9p

#TWIT80's. Yappin' about all the songs that peaked on the charts "This Week In The 80s" - the 4th week of May. Punk goes top 40. A legendary radio programmer turns a 1976 dud into a 1982 top 5 hit. Prince finally hits the pop top 10. Is this the greatest song to just miss the American top 40? I sure think so! The song that gave Kanye West his first hit. And it's true... John Oates ain't no Andrew Ridgeley! PLUS - prank calls, blank tape culture, cookie fights at the church retreat, 80s tv themes, late night Cinemax and my top 3 favorite gums of the 1980s. Exciting stuff, folks. Exciting stuff! Thanks for listening! #TWIT80sYouTube Playlist: rb.gy/g4pznw

#TWIT80s. Talkin' about all the songs that peaked in popularity on the American pop music charts "This Week In The 80s", the 3rd week of May. I rank my favorite 80's K-Tel albums. The unsung heroes of "Bette Davis Eyes". Two different superstar duets that "haven't dated well". The theme to my 6th grade graduation. The debut of Van HAGAR! Janet Jackson goes top 10 for the 1st time. The colossal flop that was... "Hands Across America". U2 gets their hit. The 1st "hair metal" top 10? The New Jack Knockoff who got life in prison for arson! PLUS - the story of "Don't You (Forget About Me" - one of the most enduring classics of the 1980s. All that and so much more. Over 2 hours of incessant babbling about the 80s. Thanks for listening! Listen to my older episodes too. The goal is to talk about ALL the songs that ever hit the charts in the 80s. Spread the word! #TWIT80s YouTube Playlist: rb.gy/oohbko

#TWIT80s. All the songs that peaked in popularity on the American pop music charts, the 2nd week of May... "This Week In The 80s". The sleazy, shocking underbelly of John Cougar's backing band. A signature Stevie Wonder ballad flops at both pop & R&B. One of the decade's biggest instrumentals hits #1. An electro/breakdance classic straight out of... Denmark? Madonna Mania hits its stride in the spring of '85. Cyndi Lauper goes top 20 with a somewhat pointless cover. One of latin freestyle's very best. PLUS - Terence Trent "Bigger Than The Beatles" D'Arby! "Hello... Is it useless music trivia you're looking for?". Thanks for listening! #TWIT80sYouTube Playlist: https://rb.gy/geykpr

#TWIT80s, Episode #35. We're back! All the songs that peaked in popularity on the American pop music charts "This Week In The 80s" - the 1st week of May. The first single from the best (in my opinion) Billy Joel album. The 2nd single I ever bought. Eric Clapton's only top 10 hit of the 80s. What band who nearly shut down Rochester NY in 1982. Michael Jackson almost succeeds himself at #1. Barry Manilow rocks out (and fails). What do Jim Henson and a 1984 guitar solo have in common? Memories of Rodney Dangerfield's "Young Comedians" special. David Gilmour and Roger Waters have a d*** swinging contest. Who wins??? Daryl Hall John Oates get moody. The most OVERRATED music video of all time. The song that luckily stiffed... for Bon Jovi's sake... and the short-lived U2 cover band I was in. Crammed full of more useless 80s music trivia per episode than all the other shows combined. Well.... maybe. Thank you for listening! #TWIT80sYouTube Playlist: https://bit.ly/34MkAuC

#TWIT80s. All the songs that were peaking in popularity on the American pop music charts "This Week In The 80s" - the 4th week of April. Radio and record label politics kills a Loverboy classic. Frank Zappa's all-time favorite music video was a top 5 R&B/club banger from '82. Any guesses? Phil Collins goes soft and Genesis gets "problematic" - in the same week!. Bon Jovi's 1st top 40 hit. Chicago brings the tempo (for a change). Talkin' hip-hop in early '85. And yes.... If you don't like "Come On Eileen"... do you even really like pop music? ADDED BONUS: My impression of "Jackee" from "227". Reminder - All the songs we talk about are in the playlist. Check out the link below. "Some restrictions apply. See store for details!" Hope everyone is holding up okay. Thanks for listening! #TWIT80sYouTube Playlist > https://bit.ly/2VfStQd

#TWIT80s; Episode #33. It's the 3rd week of April... in the 80s! "Check your egos at the door" - We're talkin' "We Are The World". Also- Weird Al's first top 40 hit, a whole lotta Prince and mini-rants about Steve Winwood, "political rock" and VH-1 darling Carly Simon. PLUS - the #1 superstar duet that radio forgot. This may be the "pissiest" episode yet- In more ways than one! Thanks for listening. Please subscribe, share and leave comments/review. Hope you are well! #TWIT80sYouTube Playlist: https://bit.ly/2y17AFd

#TWIT80s. The legendary Sean Ross (Radio & Records, Billboard, Ross On Radio) joins me to talk pop in the spring of '81. PLUS - my first 45, childhood memories that scarred me for life (kinda). An appreciation of 98 WCAU-FM/Philadelphia. Not one, but THREE "Daryl Hall John Oates" bangers! A semi-rant on alternative music snobbery. Metallica goes pop... and obscure 80s hair products! Lady GaGa completists will want to download this one. Thanks for listening! #TWIT80sYouTube: https://bit.ly/3buNy4FSean Ross: www.twitter.com/rossonradio

#TWIT80s - Episode #31. It's the 1st week of April... in the 80s! A deep dive detour into the 1980 Primetime TV Season. The last thing John Lennon ever played on was a stiff at pop, but a hit in the discos. The follow-up to the longest running #1 song of the 1980s. The Oak Ridge Boys get problematic. The best new-jack swing song ever. The 1967 stiff that finally went pop... 21 years later. The unfortunate story of Milli Vanilli - PLUS: Talkin' 1984 w/ *special guest* Matt Wardlaw at Ultimate Classic Rock & Cleveland Scene. Thanks for listening! YouTube Playlist: https://bit.ly/3dlu83UUltimate Classic Rock >https://ultimateclassicrock.com/www.clevelandscene.comwww.twitter.com/mwardlaw

Episode #30: Austria is in the house! PLUS - Pac-Man and Geddy Lee both go pop... in the same week. Was this REALLY the 1st "rap song" to go #1? Is THIS the best power-pop song of the entire decade? A TON of 1983 tidbits -Why did my Mom give me the haircut of an early 80s British pop-soul frontman? Hugh Padgham: Unsung Hero Of The Phil Collins Drum Sound! ....and... the 1st time I had Chicken McNuggets!!! (DUN-DUN-DUN!). Huey Lewis vs. "Ghostbusters". The top 25 hit inspired by "The Terry Fox Story." Why did I buy a Richard Marx record I didn't like? Reagen gets shot, Lloyd Lindsey Young memories and WAY too much Jimmy Buffet! Its "This Week In The 80s", the 4th week of March. Thanks for listening! #TWIT80sYouTube Playlist: https://bit.ly/2wDeK1W

#TWIT80s: Episode 29. Yappin' about all the songs that were peaking in popularity "This Week In The 80s" - the 3rd week of March. The #1 hit every pop radio station in Los Angeles ignored in 1980. My sister's first 45. Steve Perry cuts his hair. The confusing trajectory of Frankie Goes To Hollywood's success in America. The hip-hop classic that spawned a bevy of "answer records". More mid-80s R&B cheating songs. Who was DJ from "Full House"'s "all time favorite artist?" PLUS - Air Supply gets DARK! Bear with me... I have bad lighting, no headphones and the ink in the printer is very light. Thanks for listening! #TWIT80sYouTube Playlist: https://bit.ly/38s4GpA

#TWIT80s. It's the 2nd week of March, "This Week In The 80s" Japanese Kraftwerk. Why did my Dad break some of my records... on purpose?!? The corner store clerk I "bullied" in 1984. Clint Eastwood hits the chart with a country collab??? The 1st song Elvis Duran ever played *on a major-market radio station*. PLUS - Lisa Rinna of "Melrose Place", before all the plastic surgery. Tons o' Oprah Soul, hi-NRG dance music, songs that got so overplayed they *literally made me nauseous*. Memories of the Nashville Network, the #1 Huey Lewis hit that no one seems to remember. MORE New Kids Mania and, yes, my "thesis" on Rick Astley's much maligned/much-loved "Never Gonna Give You Up". Crammin' in more info and factoids per episode than any other 80s music podcast... EVER!!!! Well... maybe. I dunno. Thank YOU for listening! (Please share, subscribe and comment when you can). #TWIT80sYouTube Playlist: https://bit.ly/39evWJf

#TWIT80s. All the songs that peaked in popularity the 1st week of March, "This Week In The 80s!". Not one, but TWO pivotal songs that peaked (in different years) this week from the truly iconic (there's that word again!) album, "Thriller" by Michael Jackson. Also - a fair share of "Middle Of The Road" tracks from some "soft & easy" favorites. Stevie Wonder goes... country? In the 80s??? The R&B hit my Poppy dug. The Beastie Boys' ONLY top 10 pop hit in any decade. PLUS - Nena's hairy armpits and Bruce Willis too. Fun! We just passed the mid-way mark on our journey to talkin' 'bout EVERY song that every hit the American pop music charts in the 1980s. Thank you for listening. #TWIT80s YouTube Playlist: https://bit.ly/2VsaJrA

#TWIT80s. Episode #26. Yappin' about all the songs that peaked in popularity on the American pop music charts "This Week In The 80s", the 4th week of February. Journey's biggest hit, reggae on the radio in 1983. Spot the difference in Van Halen's "Jump" video. The top 5 hit that made Bruce Springsteen upset. PLUS - how do YOU pronounce "Sade?" All that and much more... It's "This Week In The 80s". Thanks for listening. Please share & subscribe! #TWIT80sYouTube Playlist: https://bit.ly/2HuTC03

#TWIT80s. Episode #25. All the songs that peaked in popularity the 3rd week of February, "This Week In The 80s". We'll talk about pop's connection to daytime soaps and I'll enlighten you on my first concert experience (at age 7!) PLUS - did U2 rip-off A-Ha's folllow-up to "Take On Me"? The 80s movie soundtrack stiff that inspired "Get Outta My Dreams, Get Into My Car" and I tell you about that time I won a box full of 45s from a nationally syndicated radio show! From the Captain & Tennille to Tone Loc and everything in-between! Thanks for listening! #TWIT80sYouTube Playlist: https://bit.ly/2SeYix7

#TWIT80s - Episode #24. All the songs that peaked in popularity the 2nd week of February... "This Week In The 80s". The beardiest and Ohio-est episode yet! Fans of Randy Newman & Toto please take caution - this may be a rough listen! All that and a garage full of Hawaiian Punch! Thanks for listening! YouTube Playlist:https://bit.ly/3b6L3WP

#TWIT80s. All the songs that peaked in popularity the 2nd week of February - "This Week In The 80s". What do Run-DMC, Cameo and the '85 Chicago Bears have in common? PLUS - THIS was Paul McCartney's final top 10 hit?!? What genre IS "Karma Chameleon?". The video that "aroused" my 7th grade mind... and a short, but sweet editorial comment (read: rant) on "music research". Thank you for listening. Please share, comment, review & subscribe! #TWIT80sYouTube Playlist: https://bit.ly/36V8cbo

#TWIT80s. Incessant babbling about all the songs that peaked in popularity "This Week In The 80s' - 4th week of January. Is this #1 pop, dance/disco, R&B hit the "Greatest Song Of The 80s?" Your host seems to think it may be! PLUS - Madonna's first, Marvin's last, Medley mania, vintage shampoos, Christian Metal and... Ray Parker Jr: Man Slut! This thing is SOPPING with David Foster. Thanks for listening! #TWIT80sYouTube Playlist:https://bit.ly/36c5pu5

#TWIT80S- Episode #21. Let's chat about every single song to peak on the American pop music charts "This Week In The 80s" - the 3rd week of January. Is Peter Cetera... GOTH??? Michael Jackson gets grey, PUNK goes pop, Billy Joel at the correct speed, singing raisins (Whaaat???)... and what do Bob Seger and yours truly have in common?!? Thanks for listening! #TWIT80sYouTube Playlist: https://bit.ly/2Ri0cfX

#TWIT80s - Episode #20! Let's get "granular" with all the songs that peaked in popularity on the American pop music charts, the 2nd week of January. Hip-hop starts to go pop thanks to two very different "novelty" records. Not one, but three different "soap stars" have chart entries we'll talk about. PLUS - what went wrong with Diana Ross in the 80s, some Men At Work bottlenecking and the Fleetwood Mac solo hit I think is better than anything Fleetwood Mac did as a group. It's a long one, so strap in and thanks for listening! #TWIT80sYouTube Playlist > https://bit.ly/2Qqc6DU

#TWIT80s Episode #19 - All the songs that peaked in popularity on the American pop music charts "This Week In The 80s" - the 1st week of January. Including the 1st #1 hit of the 1980s PLUS my rant against Andy Taylor (formerly) of Duran Duran. And a song so bad, cocaine MUST have been involved at least on some level. Happy New Year! Thanks for listening, sharing and subscribing. Please leave a review on iTunes to help spread the word! #TWIT80sYouTube Playlist: https://bit.ly/39jrIkd

#TWIT80s - The national music charts always took the last week of the year off, but not "My Top 10" - That's the chart I made each week between January 1985 (age 10) and October 1990 (age 16). In this episode, I'll review my top 10s "This Week In The 80s" between 1985 and 1989. Happy New Year!!!! New episodes every Monday. Thanks for listening! #TWIT80s

#TWIT80s. Episode #17. It's Christmas week in the 80s! We'll go thru all the songs that peaked in popularity Christmas week in the 80s- and I'll discuss some of my more memorable Christmas gifts in the 80s. From Mr. Microphone to the Casio Sk-1 Digital Sampling Keyboard to my 1st CD player. Whoaaaaa! Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays & thanks for listening! #TWIT80sYouTube Playlist: https://bit.ly/36Fg5SE

#TWIT80s - Ep. #16: All the songs that peaked in popularity the 3rd week of December, "This Week In The 80s". Pat Benatar's 1st top 10, Madonna's 1st "number one", Kiss' first chart hit without the make-up and the iconic 80's song that ONLY got as high... as #9??? All that & more on another fun-filled, exciting (debatable!) episode of "This Week In The 80s!". Thanks for listening. Please share, subscribe, leave a comment/write a review and help spread the word. Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays!

#TWIT80s - Episode 15/December Week 2. My apology to Billy Joel PLUS the song that George Michael ripped-off for "I Want Your Sex", my all time favorite Police song, the Motley Crue stiff inspired by... Jack Wagner??? And... an unfortunate Queen tidbit they left out of that revisionist "Bohemian Rhapsody" movie! Drink everytime I use the word "iconic". You'll be hammered by the time we get to '83! It's "This Week In The 80s" and I thank YOU for listening! #TWIT80s

#TWIT80s - Ep. 14/December Week 1. We may have found the worst song of the 80s! PLUS - Paul Shaffer keyboard solos, new wave Earth, Wind & Fire, hip-hop Hall & Oates, the mastermind behind both Alanis Morrissette & a mid-80s TV soap star, Barbara Streisand & Don Johnson cover.... Juice Newton AND a top 50 orgasm that would make even Donna Summer blush. It's the "Worst Episode Ever"... It's the 1st week of December... This Week In The 80s! Thanks for listening, sharing, subscribing, leaving reviews, commenting and enduring. :)YouTube playlist: https://bit.ly/2Q14cBn

#TWIT80s- Ep. #13 - All the songs that peaked in popularity the last week of November "This Week In The 80s". The longest running #2 hit of the 80s (or all-time?). Are we adding Barry Manilow to the "Jerk List?" PLUS - The unsung hero of the Lionel Richie sound. The only top 40 hit by my all-time favorite female artist.... and the moment Phil Collins "jumped the shark!". Plus MUCH more! Thanks for listening. Please share, subscribe, comment and help spread the word!YouTube playlist: https://bit.ly/2NQiGkU

#TWIT80s - Ep. #12/November Week 3: The longest running #1 song of the decade and 80 more songs that peaked in popularity "This Week In The 80s". It may be our "Yachtiest" and "hairiest" episode yet. Thanks for listening! Please share, comment & subscribe. #TWIT80sYouTube playlist > https://bit.ly/2NF4Qld

#TWIT 80s- Ep. #11 - 2nd week of November. Is a certain #1 song from this week in 1985 really the "Worst Song Ever?". PLUS - the "bright" side of Prince's death, the 1982 stiff by an A-lister that inspired a long-running toothpaste ad campaign. We'll tackle all that and 82 other hits & stiffs that peaked in popularity this week in the 80s. Thanks for listening. Please share, subscribe, review & leave comments. #TWIT80s. YouTube playlist: https://bit.ly/2Pnbb77

#TWIT80s - Ep. 10: What do AC/DC, Little River Band, Grandmaster Flash, Def Leppard, a "Star Search" vocal champ, New Kids On The Block and... "Burt Reynolds?!?!"... have in common? They all had songs that peaked in popularity "This Week In The 80s". PLUS - An Oscar winning #1 duet featuring a woman one of my elementary school teachers thought was (ahem) "unattractive", the song Michael Jackson DIDN'T rip-off from Donna Summer, (despite what Quincy Jones says!), the Debbie Harry solo flop that Jermaine Jackson DID (appear to) rip-off and... the final 80's chart entry for the greatest singles act (host/author's opinion) of the 1980s - Daryl Hall & John Oates . Thanks for listening! Please share, subscribe, write reviews and leave comments. #TWIT80s YouTube playlist: https://bit.ly/35IbjnHSpotify playlist:https://spoti.fi/2J4MvfE

#TWIT80s - Ep. 9/Halloween In The 80s: Egg throwing, Boy George costumes, Nerds candy! It must be Halloween in the 80s! PLUS - the October 1983 earthquake I slept thru (!!!) and *Special Guest* Corey Rotic - the world's BIGGEST Motley Crue fan - pops-in to discuss the band's 1st top 10 pop radio hit. Your plastic pumpkin will be overflowing with so much useless information and so many nostalgic anecdotal tidbits, you may spew baloney all over your punk, hippie and/or "bum" get-ups! Thanks for listening. Please share, subscribe & post a review! #TWIT80siHeartRadio Playlist: https://ihr.fm/2IFZ6WtYouTube Playlist: https://bit.ly/2onkj0LSpotify Playlist: https://spoti.fi/2IGt64K

#TWIT80s - Ep. 8/October Week 4: A 1983 flop is brought back to life this week in 1984 all due to the Power Of HBO! PLUS - Was early MTV really "racist" or just.... rock? The nearly forgotten top 10 Bruce Springsteen hit that bumped "Pink Cadillac" off the "Born In The USA" album, the 1986 stiff referenced in the Dead Milkmen's MTV classic, "Punk Rock Girl". Your patience is appreciated as the host is 2 days away from root canal surgery. Plenty of cheese to go with his whine in this almost-as-hard-to-endure-AS-oral-surgery episode of "This Week In The 80s". Please share, like, subscribe & review. Thanks for listening! iHeartRadio playlist: https://ihr.fm/2IsmmHvYouTube playlist: https://bit.ly/2Ved1YWSpotify playlist: https://spoti.fi/2pGFs66

#TWIT80s - Ep. 7 October Week 3: Legendary radio programmer Guy Zapoleon talks about his part in bringing "Red Red Wine" by UB40 "back from the dead" and making it a #1 hit nearly 5 years after it "stiffed" in 1984! PLUS - Madonna's 1st top 5 hit, the 1982 dance classic that gave "Macarena" its "giggle", the only time a Zappa ever went top 10 and much more. Thanks for listening. Please share, comment & help spread the word! #TWIT80siHeartRadio Playlist > https://ihr.fm/2kKfVahYouTube Playlist > https://bit.ly/2m0ebKjSpotify Playlist > https://spoti.fi/2mthn

#TWIT80s - Ep. 6/October Week 2: ***Special guest star***: Corey Rotic from 100.7 WMMS/Cleveland stops by to discuss Poison, New Kids & the 1986 Monkees resurgence. PLUS - I'll break down Hall & Oates' relationship with the R&B audience, Stevie Wonder on "the Cosby Show", the dark side of.... Anne Murray??? And much MORE! You thought last week's episode was a long one? This is lengthier than 4 back-to-back episodes of "Too Close For Comfort"! Thanks for listening, please share & subscribe! #TWIT80siHeartRadio playlist: https://ihr.fm/2m89n5jYouTube playlist: https://bit.ly/2kN5wL2Spotify playlist: https://spoti.fi/2m8mxze

#TWIT80s - Ep. 5/October Week 1: Everyone around me during the 1982-1983 school year was PUKING! The legendary band with roots in my birthplace of Potsdam NY, the 1981 "stiff" that became a huge #1 hit six years later. Are we adding Johnny Cougar & Peter Cetera to the #TWIT80s "Jerk List?" PLUS - Daryl Hall Alert!, the Don Henley flop that may have gotten a reference in a Season 7 episode of "Three's Company", my 2nd favorite Madonna song of all-time and much more. This is a long one. Thanks for listening, please share & subscribe! #TWIT80siHeartRadio playlist > https://ihr.fm/2klCNg0YouTube playlist > https://bit.ly/2miIps0Spotify playlist > https://spoti.fi/2klCBxi  

#TWIT80s - Ep. 4/September Week 4: All the songs that peaked in popularity the last week of September every year in the 80s - PLUS - the 1st album I ever bought, the F-bomb laden b-side that blew my mind in the summer of '84, the only Wham! 45 I ever bought and did the Grateful Dead rip-off a short-lived (albeit AWESOME) NBC sitcom for its dopey "A Touch Of Grey" video? Thanks for listening!iHeartRadio playlist > https://ihr.fm/2miti1KYouTube playlist >https://bit.ly/2mfAFXDSpotify playlist > https://spoti.fi/2ki8FC5

#TWIT80s - Ep. 3/September Week 3: I reference the MTV story from when I was 7 that some would deem SCANDALOUS! Was John Denver really a jerk? Why are people so mean to Michael Bolton? Plus - How much is Huey Lewis really packing? Fat Boys album reviews and Rest in peace, Eddie Money (Show recorded: August 2019). Revi sionists be damned! #TWIT80siHeartRadio playlist > https://ihr.fm/2kx5vdLYouTube playlist > https://bit.ly/2lzSKzaSpotify playlist > https://spoti.fi/2m6h2kT

#TWIT80s - Ep. 2/September Week 2: Hall & Oates Alert!!! The R rated movie my parents let me watch... at age 6! Plus - Did the world really almost END in the fall of 1983? Revisionists be damned! #TWIT80siHeartRadio playlist > https://ihr.fm/2kx5vdLYouTube playlist > https://bit.ly/2lg3FhvSpotify playlist > https://spoti.fi/2lH3EDl