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Every 80s Billboard Hot 100, Bubbling Under or Single Pick + Cash Box/Record World chart singles and picks. Playlist at https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5PC0rpT8Hh8uH4FV69tZCo
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April/May 1996 First Avenue & 7th Street Entry calendar from the Minnesota Music Archive.

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Spooky stuff from Steve & Willie who I like to imagine go out for apps on Wednesdays

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Before becoming a legendary new wave station, LIR was playlisting...import Steve Hackett singles (Record World, August 2, 1980)

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Lipps, Inc. - Rock It Billboard debut at #83 on August 2, 1980 / Peaked at #64 / Dance #25 / R&B #85 / CB #69 / RW #66 7/10🎧 Their debut single, reissued after Funkytown

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Billy Joel - Don't Ask Me Why Billboard debut at #71 on August 2, 1980 / Peaked at #19 / AC #1 / CB #21 / RW #17 / Canada #4 6/10🎧 MId-tier Joel, don't ask me why

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Carly Simon - Jesse Billboard Debut at #70 on August 2, 1980 / Peaked at #11 / AC #6 / CB #9 / RW #6 / Canada #12 / Australia #4 8/10🎧 One of her best. James and Sally Taylor on backing vocals

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The poor sales for Eddie Money's 1980 LP Playing for Keeps led to a reevaluation of his new "brooding Cousin Itt" image

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The next fashion core for summer 2025 will be George Harrison on the cover of Cloud Nine core

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Electric Light Orchestra - All Over The World Billboard Debut at #61 on August 2, 1980 / Peaked at #13 / Cash Box #14 / Record World #8 / BB AC #46 / UK #11 6/10🎧 A hit all over the world, and one of Jeff Lynne's favorite ELO tunes, but the tune doesn't quite meet the relentless cheer it's selling

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Billboard Top Box Office, Auditoriums, August 2, 1980

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TTF - (Baby) I Can't Get Over Losing You Record World Debut at #131 on July 16, 1980 / Peaked at #118 / Billboard R&B #21 7/10🎧

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Starpoint - I Just Wanna Dance With You Record World Debut at #129 on July 26, 1980 / Peaked at #102 / Billboard R&B #19, Dance #26 6/10🎧

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Ray Parker Jr. & Raydio - For Those Who Like To Groove Record World Debut and Peak at #101 on July 26, 1980 / Billboard R&B #14, Dance #23 7/10🎧

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Charlene - Hungry Record World Single Pick on July 26, 1980 / Cash Box Feature Pick on August 9, 1980 / Did Not Chart 6/10🎧

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That band Wang Chung having their biggest hit involve the line “everybody Wang Chung tonight” was pretty clever. Imagine if we had grown up with songs like ”It’s Time to Hoobastank!”

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Weeden, Finkle & Fay - Part of the Problem (The Inflation Song) Record World Front Page Sleeper Pick on July 26, 1980 7/10🎧 Troma mainstay Bill Weeden, with David Finkle and Sally Fay, have a goof, Lehrer-style

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I know everyone has a podcast….but I am feeling strongly about launching a podcast where I interview musicians. I have a list of fascinating people I’ve wanted to talk to — and am always getting pitched things — but placing print interviews is difficult these days. Just need to put together a plan.

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If you're lost, you can look, and you will find me

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I’m very excited to announce that I’ve signed a contract with @uncpress.bsky.social to write a book about Memphis music. Tentatively titled Memphis in the Meantime: 50 More Years of Bluff City Pop, Punk, Blues, Hip-Hop & Roots Music, it’ll start in the late 70s and end roughly in the present.

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The Records - Hearts In Her Eyes Record World Front Page Sleeper Pick on July 26, 1980 / Did Not Chart 7/10🎧 It's no Starry Eyes, but scratches the power pop itch well enough. Written by The Records' Birch and Wicks, though the Searchers' version came first (and also failed to chart)

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Jason Calvin - Hold On (Song For The Hostages) Cash Box Single to Watch on July 26, 1980 / Did Not Chart ??/10🎧 Is this the diamond in the rough of 1980 hostage songs? With no recordings online, and no 7"s for sale (in fact, none ever sold on Discogs), we may never know

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Late to read this, but glad to see it gives proper due to his two catchy as fuck 80s records

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Carl Carlton - This Feeling's Rated X-Tra Cash Box Single to Watch on July 26, 1980 / Billboard R&B #57 6/10🎧 Slow jam written and produced by Leon Haywood, who recorded it for his 1975 LP Come and Get Yourself Some, but didn't release it as a single

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Maureen McGovern - Bottom Line Billboard Recommended Single Pick on July 26, 1980 / Did Not Chart 7/10🎧 Everything about this non-LP single screams Olivia Newton-John, and the song is even decent! Didn't get Maureen back on the charts, though

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What if the grocery store had a special hour where the PA blasted inspirational 80s anthems Just 60 minutes of You’re the Best from Karate Kid for those who need a little push

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Every single time I encounter a cassingle in the wild I think of this twenty-four-year-old Onion article

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Janis Ian - The Other Side Of The Sun Cash Box Single to Watch on July 26, 1980 / Record World #146 / Billboard AC #47 / UK #44 / Australia #44 6/10🎧

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Post some of your favorite albums that aren’t on streaming

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Post some of your favorite albums that aren’t on streaming

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A few years ago, a person who was not fond of my political songs, kept posting dumb stuff - and called me “a commie dyke Jew”. I know you shouldn’t feed the trolls, but I wrote him a song and sent it. He responded with a four 👍 up. So…here’s to politeness or something like that.

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Hoping Michael McDonald's response vocals on the Ride Like the Wind demo are even more intense

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The average American has three discos (Record World, July 26, 1980)

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The average American has three dads.

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McFadden & Whitehead - I Heard It In A Love Song Cash Box Singles Feature Pick on July 26, 1980 / Billboard R&B #23, Dance #74 7/10🎧 Their second-biggest hit after Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now isn't quite as catchy but still bursting with good vibes

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Snitch line to report the head shop that keeps Dead bootleg LPs behind the counter (Cash Box, July 26, 1980)

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