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Great songs that were Top 40 hits that you never hear on the radio

On a Seperate note but its just my opinion THANK GOD FOR YOUTUBE.....I can watch so much stuff I haven't seen in years or have never seen at all.I just watched The Carpenters live in London and I don't mind admitting I just boo-hooed
like a 4th grade schoolgirl.Karen's voice....Richard's arrangments.... The Band...
Lots of great female singers but Karen was simply a gift from God. I'm done now.Gotta wipe the tears and snot off my keyboard....

Allen
 
I agree with Allen. Just look at the cost of the satellite services. First you HAVE to by the hardware, now that's anywhere from $60 to $300 if not more this is all before you can even GET anything on it. Then there's the monthly charge, $10 to $13 a month x 12 months that's $156 a year not to mention any fees that maybe there that they never tell you about just to listen to these great songs I don't think so when I could get it on my Walkman I've had for who knows how long and for FREE. And the merger of the two satellite services is a bad idea, because invariably the cost WILL go up despite what their propoganda tells you. Give me free radio with this great playlist of songs and yes, even the same tired ones too becuse some of those I like too and I will be a happy camper.

I should have patented my idea about satellite radio when I was a kid, I wouldn't have to worry about the money now. ;D
 
You can get Sirius or XM units for as low as 28 bucks, can install them in less than 30 minutes , and you get what you pay for. Personally I don't mind paying 40cents a day for over 130 choices of programming, which includes commericial free music ones. Yes, I agree you shouldnt have to pay for good radio, but alas, terrestrial radio for the most part is no longer very good. The formats are limited, the playlists condensed, and the ads are up to 20 minutes out of every hour. You do pay for what you get..... keep free radio and you get junk usually. If you think paying 40 cents a day for XM or Sirius is too much, give up those greasy fries at McDonalds, or your cup of coffee, or your smokes or booze, its very easy to do and better for you and easily saves you the spare change. . Anyone who cannot afford 40 cents a day probably should stick with wonderful terrestrial. ;)
 
AZJoe said:
The funny thing is that the vast majority (over 95%) of the songs everyone lists are available on Sirius and XM on their channels. I don't have to hope to drive thru a city and pick up for 15 minutes some old, seldom played former Top 40 hits, I can listen to them anytime, anywhere I want to.
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Channels? You mean you'd have to flip around all over the dish to find even just some of them? Sirius & XM are getting just as mainstream as regular radio & I REALLY find it hard to believe 95% of those tunes are on dish. It's not all that, plus it craps out all the time. Find me one satellite channel that plays GETCHA BACK BY THE BEACH BOYS & I'll pick up a transponder...more lists to come!!! :)
 
AZJoe said:
Anyone who cannot afford 40 cents a day probably should stick with wonderful terrestrial. ;)
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Remember most of us here WORK in terrestrial radio so 40 cents a day is somewhat of a rare commodity. At least in my house it is.
 
AZJoe said:
You can get Sirius or XM units for as low as 28 bucks, can install them in less than 30 minutes , and you get what you pay for. Personally I don't mind paying 40cents a day for over 130 choices of programming, which includes commericial free music ones. Yes, I agree you shouldnt have to pay for good radio, but alas, terrestrial radio for the most part is no longer very good. The formats are limited, the playlists condensed, and the ads are up to 20 minutes out of every hour. You do pay for what you get..... keep free radio and you get junk usually. If you think paying 40 cents a day for XM or Sirius is too much, give up those greasy fries at McDonalds, or your cup of coffee, or your smokes or booze, its very easy to do and better for you and easily saves you the spare change. . Anyone who cannot afford 40 cents a day probably should stick with wonderful terrestrial. ;)
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Had Sirius for awhile and then switched to XM. I'll grant that the sheer variety is there--and formats usually not available in most markets: Bluegrass, hardcore jazz, Folk, Starbucks-brand Triple A (a real mish-mash) & TV feeds from CNN, CSPAN, et al. And the MLB & NCAA feeds. So over the weekend I caught the last few innings of the Bosox rookie's no-hitter and the last quarter of a Pac 10 game that I otherwise wouldn't have heard on the East Coast--pretty cool.

But what I don't hear on satellite radio is great radio. The best-programmed music channel is Nashville's Big 98/WSIX, the only terrestrial FM carried on XM.

The posters in this thread mighth want to check out "Seventies on 7"--the playlist does go deeper than anything on regular radio--but the presentation isn't anything an average small-market terrestrial station couldn't do. In fact, that goes for just about all the music stations. Very basic stuff. Nothing to write home to mom about.
 
Pardon me if some have been listed before. I will make a database of all songs that have been posted thus far.

How about..

Pop Musik/M
Don't Let It End/Syyx
What Kind of Foll Am I/Rick Springfield
All the crossovers Kenny Rogers had
Take A Little Rythm/Ali Thompson
Stop In The Name of Love/Hollies
Only Time Will Tell/Asia
Don't Cry/Asia
The Smile Has Left Your Eyes/Asia
Vacation/Go-Gos
Minimum Love/Mac McAnally (wasn't Top 40, but was played on AC stations around here quite a bit)
Dare I say it - Convoy/C.W. McCall
Take Me To Heart/Quarterflash
Only In My Dreams/Debbie Gibson
Shake Your Love/Debbie Gibson
Out Of The Blue/Debbie Gibson
Foolish Beat/Debbie Gibson
Staying Together/Debbie Gibson
Lost In Your Eyes/Debbie Gibson
Electric Youth/Debbie Gibson
No More Rhyme/Debbie Gibson
Together/Tierra
I Think We're Alone Now/Tiffany
Could've Been/Tiffany
I saw Him Standing There/Tiffany
All This Time/Tiffany
Radio Romance/Tiffany
Do You Wanna Make Love?/Peter McCann
Miracles/Stacey Lattisaw
Falling/LeBlanc & Carr
All the Gordon Lightfoot songs that were on the Top 40 charts
I was Made For Loving You/Kiss
Calling Dr. Love/Kiss
Just When I Nedded You Most/Randy Vanwarmer
Where Were You When I was Falling in Love/Lobo
Change Of Heart/Eric Carmen

More to come....
 
BTW...40 cents a day is a pack & 1/2 of Ramen noodles = lunch on your's truly's budget! Here we go:

Shake you down-g
Gregory Abbott
Turn Your love around-George Benson
Stop to love-Luther Vandross
Superwoman-Karen White
Wishing(if i had a photograph of you)-Flock of Seagulls
Still right here in my heart-Pure Prairie League
Heart like a wheel-Steve Miller
You can call me al-Paul Simon
L.A is my lady-Frank Sinatra
I only wanna be with you-Samantha Foxx
Touch Me-Sam Fox
I wanna have some fun-Sam Fox
Birds Fly(whisper to a scream)-Icicle Works
Goodbye Girl-David Gates
I'm in you you're in me-Peter Frampton
Illegal alien-Genesis
Freedom overspill-Steve Winwood
Valley Road-Bruce Hornsby
Jamie-Ray Parker Jr.
That old song-ray Parker Jr.
You take my breath away-Rex Smith
All my love in the world-Outfield
Something got me started-Simply Red
Money's too tight to mention-Simply Red
If she knew what she wants-Bangles
Walking down your street-Bangles
Ready or Not-Lou Gramm
Don't wanna wait anymore-Tubes

...station personalized versions of songs: Eddie Money-I wanna go back:" I...was listenin' to 'MMS..." or Billy Idol's Hot in the City...instead of yelling "New York" he yells "Cleveland!"

Fool if you think it's over-Chris Rea
On the beach-Chris Rea
Fancy Pants(I can dance)-Leo Sayer
Politics of Dancing-Reflex :eek:
Call to the Heart-Geuffrea(a favorite of mine)
...and I leave you today with none other than...
DON'T PAY THE FERRY MAN-CHRIS DEBURGH ;D ;D ;D
 
Empty Garden-Elton John
Let's Work-Mick Jagger(funny video)
Biggest part of me-Ambrosia
Baby come back-Player
Goodnight tonight-Paul McCartney
The lover in me-Sheena Easton
Diamonds are a girl's best friend-Herb Alpert & Janet Jackson
Love you down-Ready for the World
Rocket to you-Jets
Crush on you-Jets
Make it real-Jets
Spies like us-Paul McCartney
At This Moment -Billy Vera & the Beaters
I can take care of myself-Billy & the Beaters
Rain in the summertime-Alarm
Boy from New York City-Manhatten Transfer...
Theme from Hill St. Blues-Mike Post
Theme from Rockford Files-Mike Post
You look Mahvelous- Billy Crystal(kinda pushin' it but oh well)
Ricky-Weird Al
Cupid/Straight to my lovers heart medley-Spinners
You won't matter anymore-Linda Ronstadt
Daylight Katie-Gordon Lightfoot
 
Well after weeding out the duplicates and if you factor in all the songs in listings like "all the songs from.." there has been well over 500 songs mentioned thus far on this thread. That is a great start for a station and if you factor in the regular 200 song playlist, that will give you in the neighborhood of about 800 songs. Not too bad!
 
Oh man, what a time trip. We used to play Ambrosia's "The Biggest Part of Me" at WGTM when I was there in 82. We got a lot of mileage out that title. ;D

We also had great fun when doing remotes from blood drives. We'd come out of songs like "Hearts" by Marty Balin, or "Heartbreaker" by Dionne Warwick, or maybe "Bad Blood" by Neil Sedaka and then say something brilliant like "speaking of blood, here's such & such broadcasting live....

Well, it seemed funny at the time!
 
You also need to know in this time period we are writing about we need to factor in the true AC station.Lots of songs were huge AC hits but didn't make much of a dent on top 40 radio.Example... Believe In Me-Dan Fogelberg,Looks Like Love Again-Dann Rogers(Kenny's nephew)Midnight Blue-Louise Tucker etc....I love the lists.Guys some radio management people are reading this... Most of them think we are idiots but if just one has the testicles.... you never know....

Allen
 
How about the time I heard a jock at WRQR play Bad Blood after a tampax ad on Mutual news... Now that's funny.. DO RUN DO RUN DITTY DITTY RUN RUN....
Baaaad........Blood.........

Allen
 
Java by Al Hirt

Used to be everywhere and then it was gone.
 
allenv said:
How about the time I heard a jock at WRQR play Bad Blood after a tampax ad on Mutual news... Now that's funny.. DO RUN DO RUN DITTY DITTY RUN RUN....
Baaaad........Blood.........

Allen
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Another funny one: "Damn, I Wish I Was Your Lover" (Sophie B. Hawkins) into a CHURCH SERVICE!!

Just about laughed myself right off the road....
 
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