1101 Don't Give in to Him Gary Puckett and the Union Gap
1102 The One I Love REM
1103 A Horse with No Name America
1104 Psychedelic Shack Temptations
1105 Candida Tony Orlando and Dawn
1106 Tonight She Comes Cars
1107 Kiss a Girl Keith Urban
1108 Stacy's Mom Fountains of Wayne
1109 Never Loved a Man Aretha Franklin
1110 She's a Bad Mama Jama Carl Carlton
1111 One Less Bell to Answer Fifth Dimension
1112 American Boy Estelle featuring Kante West
1113 Catch Us if You Can Dave Clark Five
1114 I Think We're Alone Now Tommy James and the Shondells
1115 Proud Mary Ike and Tina Turner
1116 Sealed with a Kiss Brian Hyland
1117 Up On Cripple Creek The Band
1118 Get a Job Silhouettes
1119 Don't You Care Buckinghams
1120 Don't You Get So Mad About It Jeffrey Osborne
1121 Our House Madness
1122 More More More Andrea True Connection
1123 Toes Zac Brown Band
1124 I'll Be There Michael Jackson
1125 Tipsy J Kwan
The Temptations were my favotite group in High School and I'll never forget going into MSG and seeing them in 1970 and getting right up front and watching Eddie Kendricks sing Its Just My Imagination. Alas, Eddie, David Ruffin, Melvyn Franklin and Paul Williams died young and althouigh Dennis Edwards and Otis Williams soldier on with competing versions of the Temptations it is nowhere near the same. This is the first of 11 songs by the Temptations.
The Cars were one of my favorite 80s bands and I think Just What I Needed was one of the highlights of Live Aid. This is the first of 7 songs by the Cars.
Gary Puckett still keeps it real on tour(sans the Union Gap) and this is the groups first of 5 sngs on my list.
One Hit Wonders is a phrase misused in my opinion as many bands on various countdowns had more than one. Quarterflash who had 3 huge hits was ranked in the one hit wonders by VH1? Despite my thought that Madness and the Andrea True Connection were one hit wonders, they each hit the top 40 with two songs during their run. In fact, the former actress in X-rated movies, Andrea True, hit the Top 100 4 different times in her career.
Wow!!! Now this is quite the collection of 25 songs. Was expecting to see J. Kwan's "Tipsy" on there as its catchy tone makes it one of your favorite songs to sing around the house. Also glad I introduced you to "American Boy"-- Kanye may be cocky, but he makes any song he's involved in better.
ReplyDeleteStill surprised to see country artists like Keith Urban and Zac Brown Band on the list, then I remember how mainstream these artists have become. Love that the video of "Toes" was shot on our near and dear Lake Lanier!
Also glad to see "Our House" made the list.. Long live the 80s!!!! You're hip Dad, you're hip.
What makes you even cooler, though, is having "Up On Cripple Creek" by the Band... you'd fit right in with all the Frat boys at Richmond!! Rock on!
Stacy's Mom-- didn't know you liked that one? ha ha.