Today in Billboard Chart History - July 2

[Dawn]

kathyb said:

She's a Beauty--Not a bad song. Freaky video.

Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'--Kinda repetitive. I'll probably be singing the title over and over again in my head now--whether I want to or not. LOL!

Family Man--Never cared for this one too much. Hall & Oates had better.

Too Shy--Don't like it at all.

Don't Let it End--Please let it end. LOL!

Never Gonna Let You Go--Don't like this one much, either.

Time (Clock of the Heart)--There ya go! Always liked Culture Club. Thought Boy George had an awesome voice. Probably my favorite from the list today.

Every Breath You Take--Kinda tired of it.

Electric Avenue--For the longest time, I thought that one line in the song was "And then we'll take your tires", when in fact it was, "And then we'll take you higher". LOL!

Flashdance--My second favorite from this list. I have the soundtrack on vinyl, and it's one my all time faves.

LOL about 'Wanna Be Startin' Somethin''! That song does have a way of getting stuck in your head - it's going through mine again and again as I type this!

I've always liked Culture Club also - just about all of their singles are great. 'Time' is my favorite.

[Dawn]

KenFrank said:

Family Man - Yeah I remember my brother had the 45 - At the time I thought it was really good ,a girl by the name of Maggie Reilly sang lead vocals.


The Tubes - The album is called Outside ,Inside and it's very good . Other great songs included are No , Not Again , Fantastic Dellusion , Out of The Business and they even do a cover of The Monkey Time with Martha Davis from The Motels.

I found a clip of 'Family Man' on the mymusic site. Mike's version is great! I can't understand why it wasn't a bigger hit.

I'll have to check out that album sometime!

[Dawn]

55dodger said:

Favorites here would be Family Man, Don't Let it End (unfortunately it did), Every Breath you Take, & Electric Avenue.

Flashdance was ok the 300 times I heard it, and I got the soundtrack, just got really tired of it.

She's a Beauty by the Tubes I don't recognize the song although I've heard the Tubes before.

The rest, didn't like them.

I agree with you about 'Family Man' - what a terrific song that is! The Mike Oldfield version that Ken mentioned is really good also.

Here's a link to a clip of 'She's A Beauty': www.mymusic.com/product.asp?curr=0&myptr=addany&muzenbr=152449. Great 80's rock sound!

[Dawn]

Railyn said:

Not a bad year.

10) Good song. I agree, the video is weird.
9) This one is tolerable, but this was the point I stopped liking him.
8) Love Hall and Oates, and this is a good song.
7) I liked this one, but I grew tired of it.
6) This one was ok, but not one of my favorites.
5) I could take or leave this one.
4) Love this one. As I mentioned once before, it got a little weird when I found out he was singing it to their drummer.
3) I never get sick of this one. Love the whole sound of it.
2) This one was ok. I agree it was better than Romancing The Stone.
1) I got tired of this one, and am still pretty much tired of it.

I've never seen the video to 'She's a Beauty' - sounds interesting! I'll have to see if I can catch it on VH-1 Classic sometime.

Hall & Oates' material is so great, especially up until their Big Bam Boom album. I hope they release a good box set of their work one of these days.

[Ken]

Dawn said:

I found a clip of 'Family Man' on the mymusic site. Mike's version is great! I can't understand why it wasn't a bigger hit.

I'll have to check out that album sometime!

Family Man - Oh I know! I heard it quite often so I just thought it had been a huge hit for him . I was very suprised not to see it listed in Joel Whitburn's Top 40 hits.

[55dodger]

Dawn said:

I agree with you about 'Family Man' - what a terrific song that is! The Mike Oldfield version that Ken mentioned is really good also.

Here's a link to a clip of 'She's A Beauty': www.mymusic.com/product.asp?curr=0&myptr=addany&muzenbr=152449. Great 80's rock sound!

Thanks for the clip. Now that I've part of She's a Beauty, I can remember hearing that song a few times on the radio. It was a good song.

[Dawn]

55dodger said:

Thanks for the clip. Now that I've part of She's a Beauty, I can remember hearing that song a few times on the radio. It was a good song.

You're very welcome! I remember it used to get quite a bit of airplay back in 1983 and 84, but isn't heard that often these days, unfortunately.