This Week In 1983: February 19th We have a new #1 song this week. Patti Austin and James Ingram move into the top spot with “Baby, Come To Me”. The top 20 remains largely unchanged CONTINUE READING…
This final mix tape entry is completely self serving. I built it for MY someone special. With one exception, all the songs are from the 80’s and 90’s. I have to admit it was hard CONTINUE READING…
By the time the mid 90’s hit, I was married, having kids, adulting fairly hard and not really making many mix tapes. Even though cassettes were still around, CD’s were quickly becoming the preferred source CONTINUE READING…
This Week In 1983: February 5th After slipping one spot to #2 last week, Men At Work reclaim the top spot with “Down Under”. This week’s biggest drop is by Don Henley and the song CONTINUE READING…
I had to make a choice for this playlist. With hair bands, you can go two different directions: sexy and suggestive or love and romance. I opted for the latter. It ballooned to 16 songs CONTINUE READING…
In junior high and high school, I was the mix tape king. I can’t tell you how many bricks of cassette tapes I went through making mix tapes. As you can probably guess, most of CONTINUE READING…
This Week In 1983: February 5th After three weeks in the top spot, Men At Work finally slip one notch making way for Toto and their only #1 hit “Africa”. The song was written by CONTINUE READING…
If there is one theme that seems to inspire more music than any other, it has to be “love“. Love is a very powerful word and it finds its way into the title of many songs. CONTINUE READING…
This Week In 1983: January 29th Men At Work are still holding down the top spot. After being in the top ten since November of 1982, “Mickey” by Toni Basil starts it’s quick descent back CONTINUE READING…
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