Mix CD

This week on Mix CD, host Mike Hilty kicks off a brand new series — the ultimate deep dive into one hit wonders! In Part 1, Mike defines exactly what makes a one hit wonder, lays out his criteria, and then spotlights the best one hit wonders of the 1980s (1980-1982) — songs made popular by thanks to The Wedding Singer soundtrack, the last gasp of disco, and the mainstream introduction to Rap

🎵 This Episode:

• What is a one hit wonder? — Mike defines the criteria and settles the debate once and for all
• Best one hit wonders of the 1980s — iconic hits from 1980-1982, with catchy bops and weird classics
• Part 5 of Mike's ongoing one hit wonders through the decades series

🎧 Listen along with Mike's 80s One Hit Wonders (1980-1982) playlist on Apple Music

Mike Hilty — TV, film & music enthusiast and SPDM Crew podcaster:

• 📸 Instagram | 📺 Serializd | 🎥 Letterboxd | ✍️ SiftPop

Also hosts Family Movie Night, Sportsball, SPDM TV, and Geek Speak Louder Than Nerds on the SPDM Crew network.

Want to be a guest on Mix CD or join the SPDM Crew? Email [email protected]

📲 Follow SPDM Crew: Facebook | X | Instagram | Threads | YouTube | LinkedIn | Bluesky 🌐 www.spdmcrew.com

🎵 Theme music by Kristofer Twadell | Logo by Jason Wilbur @ HiFlyer Creative

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This week on Mix CD, host Mike Hilty kicks off a brand new series — the ultimate deep dive into one hit wonders! In Part 1, Mike defines exactly what makes a one hit wonder, lays out his criteria, and then spotlights the best one hit wonders of the 1970s (1976-1979) — songs made popular by the advent of disco, movies, and the start of the music video age

🎵 This Episode:

• What is a one hit wonder? — Mike defines the criteria and settles the debate once and for all
• Best one hit wonders of the 1970s — iconic hits from 1976-1979, dominated by rock and disco
• Part 3 of Mike's ongoing one hit wonders through the decades series

🎧 Listen along with Mike's 70s One Hit Wonders (1976-1979) playlist on Apple Music

Mike Hilty — TV, film & music enthusiast and SPDM Crew podcaster:

• 📸 Instagram | 📺 Serializd | 🎥 Letterboxd | ✍️ SiftPop

Also hosts Family Movie Night, Sportsball, SPDM TV, and Geek Speak Louder Than Nerds on the SPDM Crew network.

Want to be a guest on Mix CD or join the SPDM Crew? Email [email protected]

📲 Follow SPDM Crew: Facebook | X | Instagram | Threads | YouTube | LinkedIn | Bluesky 🌐 www.spdmcrew.com

🎵 Theme music by Kristofer Twadell | Logo by Jason Wilbur @ HiFlyer Creative

This week on Mix CD, host Mike Hilty kicks off a brand new series — the ultimate deep dive into one hit wonders! In Part 1, Mike defines exactly what makes a one hit wonder, lays out his criteria, and then spotlights the best one hit wonders of the 1970s — songs made popular by movies, TV, and oldies radio

🎵 This Episode:

• What is a one hit wonder? — Mike defines the criteria and settles the debate once and for all
• Best one hit wonders of the 1970s — iconic hits from 1970-1976, spanning TV theme songs, stadium anthems, "Guitar Hero" and "Rock Band" songs, and a good chunk of the Guardians of the Galaxy soundtrack
• Part 3 of Mike's ongoing one hit wonders through the decades series

🎧 Listen along with Mike's 70s One Hit Wonders (1970-1976) playlist on Apple Music

Mike Hilty — TV, film & music enthusiast and SPDM Crew podcaster:

• 📸 Instagram | 📺 Serializd | 🎥 Letterboxd | ✍️ SiftPop

Also hosts Family Movie Night, Sportsball, SPDM TV, and Geek Speak Louder Than Nerds on the SPDM Crew network.

Want to be a guest on Mix CD or join the SPDM Crew? Email [email protected]

📲 Follow SPDM Crew: Facebook | X | Instagram | Threads | YouTube | LinkedIn | Bluesky 🌐 www.spdmcrew.com

🎵 Theme music by Kristofer Twadell | Logo by Jason Wilbur @ HiFlyer Creative

This week on Mix CD, host Mike Hilty kicks off a brand new series — the ultimate deep dive into one hit wonders! In Part 1, Mike defines exactly what makes a one hit wonder, lays out his criteria, and then spotlights the best one hit wonders of the 1950s — the songs that defined a moment and then vanished from the charts forever!

🎵 This Episode:

• What is a one hit wonder? — Mike defines the criteria and settles the debate once and for all
• Best one hit wonders of the 1960s — more songs that Mike recognizes and some of the most iconic songs from the decade
• Part 2 of Mike's ongoing one hit wonders through the decades series

🎧 Listen along with Mike's 60s One Hit Wonders playlist on Apple Music

Mike Hilty — TV, film & music enthusiast and SPDM Crew podcaster:

• 📸 Instagram | 📺 Serializd | 🎥 Letterboxd | ✍️ SiftPop

Also hosts Family Movie Night, Sportsball, SPDM TV, and Geek Speak Louder Than Nerds on the SPDM Crew network.

Want to be a guest on Mix CD or join the SPDM Crew? Email [email protected]

📲 Follow SPDM Crew: Facebook | X | Instagram | Threads | YouTube | LinkedIn | Bluesky 🌐 www.spdmcrew.com

🎵 Theme music by Kristofer Twadell | Logo by Jason Wilbur @ HiFlyer Creative

This week on Mix CD, host Mike Hilty kicks off a brand new series — the ultimate deep dive into one hit wonders! In Part 1, Mike defines exactly what makes a one hit wonder, lays out his criteria, and then spotlights the best one hit wonders of the 1950s — the songs that defined a moment and then vanished from the charts forever!

🎵 This Episode:

• What is a one hit wonder? — Mike defines the criteria and settles the debate once and for all
• Best one hit wonders of the 1950s — the forgotten classics, surprise smashes, and one-and-done chart toppers from the decade that launched rock and roll
• Part 1 of Mike's ongoing one hit wonders through the decades series

🎧 Listen along with Mike's 50s One Hit Wonders playlist on Apple Music

Mike Hilty — TV, film & music enthusiast and SPDM Crew podcaster:

• 📸 Instagram | 📺 Serializd | 🎥 Letterboxd | ✍️ SiftPop

Also hosts Family Movie Night, Sportsball, SPDM TV, and Geek Speak Louder Than Nerds on the SPDM Crew network.

Want to be a guest on Mix CD or join the SPDM Crew? Email [email protected]

📲 Follow SPDM Crew: Facebook | X | Instagram | Threads | YouTube | LinkedIn | Bluesky 🌐 www.spdmcrew.com

🎵 Theme music by Kristofer Twadell | Logo by Jason Wilbur @ HiFlyer Creative

This week on Mix CD, host Mike Hilty puts together a playlist of some of the greatest women's groups that music has to offer

🎵 This Episode:

• The best of female vocal groups (no fictional groups so no Huntrix on this list)

🎧 Listen along with the Girl Groups Mix on Apple Music

Mike Hilty — TV, film & music enthusiast and SPDM Crew podcaster:

• 📸 Instagram | 📺 Serializd | 🎥 Letterboxd | ✍️ SiftPop

Also hosts Family Movie Night, Sportsball, SPDM TV, and Geek Speak Louder Than Nerds on the SPDM Crew network.

Want to be a guest on Mix CD or join the SPDM Crew? Email [email protected]

📲 Follow SPDM Crew: Facebook | X | Instagram | Threads | YouTube | LinkedIn | Bluesky

🎵 Theme music by Kristofer Twadell | Logo by Jason Wilbur @ HiFlyer Creative

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This week on Mix CD, host Mike Hilty puts together a special playlist for baby number three's arrival while his wife was resting before labor starts

🎵 This Episode:

• A Special DOUBLE CD of push and labor songs, most of which his wife was not pleased about

🎧 Listen along with the Double Push Mix on Apple Music

Mike Hilty — TV, film & music enthusiast and SPDM Crew podcaster:

• 📸 Instagram | 📺 Serializd | 🎥 Letterboxd | ✍️ SiftPop

Also hosts Family Movie Night, Sportsball, SPDM TV, and Geek Speak Louder Than Nerds on the SPDM Crew network.

Want to be a guest on Mix CD or join the SPDM Crew? Email [email protected]

📲 Follow SPDM Crew: Facebook | X | Instagram | Threads | YouTube | LinkedIn | Bluesky

🎵 Theme music by Kristofer Twadell | Logo by Jason Wilbur @ HiFlyer Creative

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This week on Mix CD, host Mike Hilty celebrates the arrival of baby number three with the most fitting playlist possible — the best songs with "Baby" in the title! From classic rock to pop to R&B, Mike curates the ultimate baby songs playlist to welcome his newest little one to the world.

🎵 This Episode:

• A special celebration playlist in honor of Mike's third baby
• The best songs with "Baby" in the title across every genre and era
• From classic baby songs to modern bangers — every track has one thing in common

🎧 Listen along with the Baby Mine Mix CD playlist on Apple Music

Mike Hilty — TV, film & music enthusiast and SPDM Crew podcaster:

• 📸 Instagram | 📺 Serializd | 🎥 Letterboxd | ✍️ SiftPop

Also hosts Family Movie Night, Sportsball, SPDM TV, and Geek Speak Louder Than Nerds on the SPDM Crew network.

Want to be a guest on Mix CD or join the SPDM Crew? Email [email protected]

📲 Follow SPDM Crew: Facebook | X | Instagram | Threads | YouTube | LinkedIn | Bluesky

🎵 Theme music by Kristofer Twadell | Logo by Jason Wilbur @ HiFlyer Creative

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This week on Mix CD, host Mike Hilty returns for another round of the ultimate music debate — listening to two different versions of famous songs and deciding once and for all which one is better!

Whether it's an original vs. a cover, a live version vs. a studio recording, or two iconic takes on the same classic, Mix CD is the podcast for music lovers who love a good argument.

🎵 What is Mix CD? Each episode, Mike Hilty compares multiple versions of well-known songs — originals, covers, live recordings, remixes, and reimaginings — and picks his favorite.

🎧 Listen along with the Who Did It Better Volume 2 Mix CD playlist on Apple Music

Mike Hilty is a TV, film, and music enthusiast and fellow SPDM Crew podcaster. Find him here:

• 📸 Instagram
• 📺 Serializd
• 🎥 Letterboxd

Mike also hosts and co-hosts several podcasts in the SPDM Crew family — Family Movie Night, Sportsball, and SPDM TV — plus the pop culture podcast Geek Speak Louder Than Nerds.

Want to be a guest on Mix CD or join the SPDM Crew? Email us at [email protected]

📲 Follow SPDM Crew: Facebook | X | Instagram | Threads | YouTube | LinkedIn | Bluesky

🎵 Theme music by Kristofer Twadell | Logo by Jason Wilbur @ HiFlyer Creative

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This week on Mix CD, host Mike Hilty is joined by writer and SPDM collaborator Patrice Downing for the ultimate road trip playlist episode — swapping their favorite road trip songs and debating which tracks absolutely have to make the cut for the perfect driving playlist!

🎵 This Episode:

• The ultimate road trip playlist — Mike and Patrice's picks for the best driving songs of all timeplaylist

Patrice Downing — film & TV writer and SPDM collaborator:

• ✍️ SiftPop } 🐦 X | 🎥 Letterboxd | 📺 Serializd

Mike Hilty — TV, film & music enthusiast and SPDM Crew podcaster:

• 📸 Instagram | 📺 Serializd | 🎥 Letterboxd | ✍️ SiftPop

Want to be a guest on Mix CD or join the SPDM Crew? Email [email protected]

📲 Follow SPDM Crew: Facebook | X | Instagram | Threads | YouTube | LinkedIn | Bluesky 🌐 www.spdmcrew.com

🎵 Theme music by Kristofer Twadell | Logo by Jason Wilbur @ HiFlyer Creative

Leave a review and rate us ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ on your favorite podcast app!