This Week In The 80’s: Ground Control To Major Tom. It’s 1984. Michael Jackson and Paul McCartney sat near the top of the charts (#2) at the beginning of 1983 and now they sit at CONTINUE READING…
This Week In The 80’s: Toni Basil Sues ‘Em All! It’s 1983. It’s 1983. Men At Work supplant Daryl Hall & John Oates’ “Maneater” in the #1 spot (which has been there for the past CONTINUE READING…
This Week In The 80’s: Olivia Newton-John Gets “Physical”. It’s 1982. MTV had only been around for a short five months and was only available in a few markets because conservative cable operators refused to CONTINUE READING…
When I interviewed the late Deon Estus (former Wham! bassist), I asked him about 1984’s holiday single “Last Christmas.” His response was, “Every artist has to do a Christmas song. It is one of my favorites to this CONTINUE READING…
“The Twelve Days of Christmas” has always been a favorite Christmas carol for me ever since I heard the Ray Conniff Singers version (originally from 1962) on my parents’ record player as a child. Then John CONTINUE READING…
Back in 1987, a charity album was released titled A Very Special Christmas. The album featured renditions of Christmas classics by some of the biggest names in music at that time and the proceeds went to Special Olympics. CONTINUE READING…
One of my favorite youth group events at our church was the annual family sock hop. The sock hop was in our recreational building, which we affectionately referred to as “The Tin Tent”. It had CONTINUE READING…
Music videos have been a part of my life since I was a very young child. The first time I ever saw MTV was at my grandparents’ house in Chicago. I don’t remember watching cable CONTINUE READING…
TRN Time Machine is away this week but we are opening the VIP Vault once again to replay episodes from the old TRN Podcast. On the heels of MTV’s 40th anniversary, listen to our MTV CONTINUE READING…
“Ladies and Gentlemen, rock and roll.” Those were the first words spoken by creator John Lack as Music Television aka MTV launched on Saturday, August 1, 1981, at 12:01 a.m. eastern time. The first images were CONTINUE READING…
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