This Week In The 80s

#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! #TWIT80s

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#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!

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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! #TWIT80s

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#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! #TWIT80s

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#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). #TWIT80s

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#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

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#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! #TWIT80s

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#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! #TWIT80s

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#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!
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#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! #TWIT80s

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