Song of the Day

Waiting! For You!
Waiting! For You!
Waiting! For You!
1987. Where were you?  Both Aretha Franklin and George Michael were riding high, Franklin on a huge comeback wave and Michael was operating at the very peak of his run as the king of eighties Stubble Pop. So, why not cut a song together? Of course, it was huge. Let's have a look.
Sly Fox Goes 'All The Way!"
Sly Fox Goes 'All The Way!"
Sly Fox Goes 'All The Way!"
Oh, one hit wonders. You come out of nowhere. You tear up the charts like a gas-jacked mega mower and then you vanish. Their names you won't remember. Their faces are blurs. The songs, however, move into your brain and never really leave. And that's where we find...Sly Fox.
Listen To Your Heart
Listen To Your Heart
Listen To Your Heart
Those folks in the Netherlands, they have a bizarrely sharp pop acumen, it's almost insidious. Don't bore us, get to the chorus.  And, in the late eighties, none were sharper than the toothy, spikey haired duo of Roxette.
Celebrate Teena Marie!
Celebrate Teena Marie!
Celebrate Teena Marie!
Back to 1985 for this one. met somebody once thought this was Prince...or Shelia E. Wrong lady on both counts, fella. She came from the camp of that other R and B freakazoid. She was Teena Marie. Yes, she was.
Billy Ocean Washes Ashore!
Billy Ocean Washes Ashore!
Billy Ocean Washes Ashore!
Things you've never read, "Skull Found In Ditch Outside Billy Ocean Concert" "Billy Ocean Starts Bar Fight" or "Bus Full Of Nuns Driven Into Canyon, Confused Billy Ocean Taken Into Custody." That Billy, he's just a nice guy making some nice music...

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