(Finished December 27th, 2017) 1978: Some of The Best Songs of All Genres

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This is a mix of some of the obscure and very well known songs of 1978. Sometimes a song can be represented by two years.

According to Wikipedia.org this song is the best selling song of 1978. I hadn't ever heard or heard of this song. How could suck an allegedly popular song remain so obscure?

 Boney M "Rivers of Babylon":

Another song I hadn't heard of, but I'm trying to expand my music appreciation. 

The Motors "Airport ":

Now here's a stone cold classic, without a doubt. Gerry Rafferty "Baker Street":

Rachel Sweet "B-A-B-Y":

Cliff Richard "Can't Take The Hurt Anymore":

One of my favorite songs from the entire 70s, even Barry jumped into the Disco craze. Barry Manilow "Copacabanca (At The Copa)":

One of the best 70's ballads, Miss Warwick is uber talented. Dionne Warwick "Deja Vu":

Sniff 'n' The Tears "Driver's Seat":

Chic "Everybody Dance":

Chris Rea "Fool (If You Think It's Over)":

Earth Wind and Fire "Got To Get You Into My Life" (Live):

"Got To Get You Into My Life" (Studio):

Blondie "Hanging on The Telephone":

I had to listen to a bit of this song before I remembered it's a well known song. Gino Vannelli "I Just Wanna Stop":

Leif Garrett "I Was Made For Dancing":

Bonnie Tyler "It's A Heartache":

Donna Summer "Last Dance":

Walter Egan "Magnet & Steel":

Evelyn King "Shame":

David Gilmour "There's No Way":

Jay Ferguson "Thunder Island":



Nick Lowe "I Love The Sound of Breaking Glass":

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(Finished December 25th, 2017) themusicaddict's Top 106 Greatest 80's Era Band #25 Janet Jackson Part 2, #18-#11

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When I post Miss Jackson's Top Ten songs, I'll also be posting a brief bio for her.

18) "Start Anew":

17) "What I'll Do":

16) "That's The Way Love Goes":

15) "The Knowledge":

14) "Control":

13) "Pleasure Principle":

12) "If":

11) "Scream":

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(Finished December 25th, 2017) 1977: The Best Songs of All Genres Songs That Start With Y & 1/2 of W Songs

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If I don't get a chance to say it, Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. May the politics get more logical and less divisive in 2018.

As the year rapidly comes to an end I want to publish the last blog of the great songs of 1977, while we're still in it's 40th anniversary year. These are the final 12 songs that I'lll be posting. Half of the songs start with the letter W, I'm going to split those between over the final two blogs. This blog will feature the songs that start with the letter Y and half of the songs that start with the letter W.

I discovered a couple of other good 1977 songs that start with Y than I had originally planned on.

Bob Marley and the Wailers "Waiting In Vain":

Elvis Costello "Watching The Detectives":

Rita Coolige "We're All Alone":

Dave Mason "We Just Disagree":

Al Stewart "Year of The Cat":

Debby Boone "You Light Up My Life":

Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis Jr. "You Don't Have To Be A Star":

The Oak Ridge Boys "You're The One (In A Million)":

Fleetwood Mac "You Make Loving Fun":

James Taylor "Your Smiling Face":



Carly Simon "You Belong To Me":



Meat Loaf "You Took The Words Right Out of My Mouth":



Neil Diamond and Barbra Streisand "You Don't Bring Me Flowers":

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(Finished December 23rd, 2017) 1977: The Best Songs of All Genres T & 1/2 of W

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If I don't get a chance to say it, Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. May the politics get more logical and less divisive in 2018.

As the year rapidly comes to an end I want to publish the last two blogs for the great songs of 1977 while still in it's 40th anniversary year. There are 24 more songs that I have yet to post. Half of the songs start with the letter W, I'm going to split those between over the final two blogs. This blog will feature the songs that start with the letter T and half of the songs that start with the letter W. The last 1977 anniversary blog will feature the other half of the songs that start with W and all the songs that start with Y.

Rod Stewart "Tonight's The Night":

Meat Loaf "Two Out of Three Ain't Bad":

Eddie Money "Two Tickets To Paradise":

Mary MacGregor "Torn Between Two Lovers":

Johnny Paycheck "Take This Job and Shove It":

10cc "The Things We Do For Love":

A double play by Electric Light Orchestra:

"Telephone Line":

"Turn To Stone":

Elvis Presley "Way Down":



Barry Manilow "Weekend In New England":



Aerosmith "Walk This Way":



Queen "We Will Rock You":

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(Finished December 25th, 2017) themusicaddict's Top 106 Greatest 80's Era Band #25 Janet Jackson Part 1, #26-#19

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This is one of the two songs from Ms. Jackson's first ever two CDs. Those first two CDs are pretty terrible. I know it's not all because of her, but her third CD "Control" was a major step up in quality and skill. 26) "If It Takes All Night":

This is the other song from her first two not very good CDs. 25) "Don't Mess Up This Good Thing":

24) "Throb":

23) "Come Back To Me":

22) "Alive":



21) "He Doesn't Even Know That I'm Alive":



20) This song goes on about 75 seconds too long. "You Can Be Mine":



One of the many amazing songs from "Rhythm Nation".

19) "Living In A World They Didn't Make":

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(Finished December 19th, 2017) themusicaddict's Top 106 Greatest 80's Era Band #26 Elton John Part 6: #10-#1

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Now for the creme dela creme of Elton John's 80's era output.

10) "Kiss The Bride":



This version isn't quite as good as the original. 9) "Your Song" (Live In Australia):



8) "Nikita":



7) "Blue Eyes":



6) "Sad Songs (Say So Much)":



5) "Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me" (featuring George Michael):



I would have never predicted I would be putting this song this high. This is why I go through and listen to each song again before organizing the songs into countdown blogs. 4) "Take Me To The Pilot" (Live In Australia)":



3) "I'm Still Standing":



2) "Candle In The Wind" (Live In Australia):



1) "I Guess That's Why They Call It The Blues";

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(Finished December 17th, 2017) themusicaddict's Top 106 Greatest 80's Era Band #26 Part 5: Elton John #19-#11

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19) "Sacrifice":



18) "The One":

"Empty Garden" is about the death of John Lennon, former Beatles singer. I was reading somewhere the other day that it's been 37 years since he was shot and killed. It's hard to believe it has been long. And as many football fans first heard the news was from Howard Cosell on Monday Night Football. Cosell sharing the death of a famous rock musician is still a very surreal moment. 

17) "Empty Garden (Hey Hey Johnny)":

16) "I Don't Wanna Go On With You Like That":

15) "Heartache All Over The World":

14) "Spiteful Child":



13) "Little Jeannie":



12) "Dear John":



This was originally recorded in 1974, but it wasn't included as a non-album track until 1980. 11) "I Saw Her Standing There" (featuring John Lennon)

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