(Started October 22nd, 2024) Part 1 of October Birthdays for Musicians

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I'm not sure how accurate this is, but according to Wikipedia all of these people were born on October 2nd. I looked for other musicians with birthdays in October, but these were the five best musicians.

Sting was born on October 2nd, 1951 1) The Police "Message In A Bottle":

2) The Police "Bring On The Night":

3) The Police "Spirits In The Material World":

4) The Police "King of Pain":

5) Sting "Fields Of Gold":

6) Sting "All This Time":

7) Sting "We'll Be Together":

8) Sting "If I Ever Lose My Faith In You":

9) Sting "If You Love Somebody Set Them Free":

Human League's Phillip Oakley was born on October 2nd, 1955. These next eight songs are by The Human League. 10) "Don't You Want Me":

11) "Together In Electric Dreams":

12) "Tell Me When":

13) "Love Action (I Believe In Love)":

14) "Mirror Man":

15) "Human":

16) "(Keep Feeling) Fascination":

17) "The Lebanon":

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(Finished October 20th, 2024) Part 1 of The Best of Chicago

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Chicago was formed in 1967, originally calling themselves Chicago Transit Authority. They've released several great songs since their beginning with their last big hit coming in November 1989's "What Kind of Man Would I Be?" Their last CD was 2022's "Born For This Moment". In order to have enough songs for two blogs I've thrown in several Peter Cetera songs. Cetera left Chicago in 1985.

1) Chicago "Along Comes A Woman":

2) Chicago "Hard To Say I'm Sorry/ Get Away":

3) Chicago "Look Away":

4) Chicago "Stay The Night":

5) Peter Cetera and Amy Grant "Next Time I Fall":

6) Chicago "Love Me Tomorrow":

7) "What Kind of Man Would I Be":

8) Chicago "You're The Inspiration":

9) Chicago "I Don't Wanna Live Without Your Love":

10) Peter Cetera and Cher "After All":

11) Chicago "Baby What A Big Surprise":

12) Chicago "No Tell Lover":

13) Chicago "Alive Again":

14) Peter Cetera "Save Me":

15) Chicago "Questions 67 and 68":

16) Chicago "If She Would Have Been Faithful":

17) Chicago "Make Me Smile":

18) Chicago "25 or 6 to 4":

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(Finished October 19th, 2024) Part 11 of The Best, No Matter How Obscure, Videos of The Beginning Days of Music Videos Through 1989

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In honor of the 43rd anniversary of MTV, these are the who knows how many best videos from MTV's early days. I am also including videos from pre-MTV days. This blog has expanded from my original intent. From only 51 songs to who knows how many songs? From videos from the late 70s to 1989 now from any notable video since music videos were made. 

I'm changing these blogs to the best, no matter how obscure videos of The Beginning Days Of Music Videos Through 1989.  I also just might post all the great songs from that era.

171) Elton John "Nikita":

172) Big Country "In A Big Country":

173) Indigo Girls "Closer To Fine":

174) Pat Benatar "Invincible":

175) The Alan Parsons Project "Don't Answer Me":

176) Toto "Rosanna":

177) The Moody Blues "Your Wildest Dreams":

178) Steve Winwood "Higher Love":

179) Boy Meets Girls "Waiting For A Star To Fall":

180) Jermaine Stewart "We Don't Have To Take Our Clothes Off":

181) Lisa Stansfield "All Around The World":

182) Sade "Smooth Operator":

183) Rick James "Super Freak":

184) Madonna "Express Yourself":

One of the more iconic videos of the 80s. 185) Twisted Sister "We're Not Gonna Take It":

186) Human League "Don't You Want Me":

187) The Talking Heads "Once In A Lifetime":

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(Finished October 14th, 2024) Part 1 of The Glorious Years of 1987-1989 For Black Musicians

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Black musicians such as Salt-N-Pepa, Terence Trent D'arby, Prince, Michael and Janet Jackson, Living Colour, Public Enemy, Anita Baker, Vanessa Williams, Tina Turner had many big hits between 1987 and 1989. Also there were many others and a few one or two hit wonders that joined the hit parade. All that adds up to a great 3 year run for all of music, specifically black musicians.

1987 to 1989 was an amazing three year period for black musicians, here are most of those classic songs. Get ready to listen to some classic jams you haven't heard for awhile.

1) Salt-N-Pepa "Shake Your Thang":

2) Salt-N-Pepa "Push It":

These next four songs are all by Terence Trent D'arby (Now known as Sananda Maitreya). 3) "If You Let Me Stay":

4) "Dance Little Sister":

5) "Wishing Well":

6) "Sign Your Name":

7) George Michael and Aretha Franklin "I Knew You Were Waiting For Me":

This was a much different time in the music business. In the late 80s most musicians released a CD every year. From 1984 to 1992 Prince released a new CD every year. That includes to him releasing the double CD "Sign O' The Times" in 1987, "Lovesexy" in 1988 and The "Batman" soundtrack in 1989. 8) Prince "Sign of the Times":

9) Prince featuring Sheena Easton "U Got The Look":

10) Prince "Alphabet St.":

11) Prince "The Future/1999"":

12) Prince featuring Sheena Easton "The Arms of Orion":

13) Prince "Partyman":

14) Prince "Vicki Waiting":

15) Prince "Trust":

16) Prince "Batdance":

17) RUN-D.M.C. "Mary Mary":

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(Finished October 13th, 2024) Part 10 of The Best, No Matter How Obscure, Videos of The Beginning Days of Music Videos Through 1989

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In honor of the 43rd anniversary of MTV, these are the who knows how many best videos from MTV's early days. I am also including videos from pre-MTV days. This blog has expanded from my original intent. From only 51 songs to who knows how many songs? From videos from the late 70s to 1989 now from any notable video since music videos were made. 

I'm changing these blogs to the best, no matter how obscure videos of The Beginning Days Of Music Videos Through 1989.  I also just might post all the great songs from that era.

154) Devo "Working In A Coal Mine":

155) The Clocks "She Looks A Lot Like You":

156) Huey Lewis and the News "Workin For A Livin":

157) Kate Bush "Running Up THat Hill":

158) Laura Branigan "Self-Control":

159) Survivor "Eye Of The Tiger":

160) The Lightning Seeds "Life of Riley":

161) Bow Wow Wow "Do You Wanna Hold Me":

162) INXS "Disappear":

163) Cinderella "Don't Know What You've Got (Til It's Gone)":

164) Dead or Alive "You Spin Me Round (Like A Record)":

165) Jackson Browne "Somebody's Baby":

166) Journey "Only The Young":

167) .38 Special "If I'd Been The One":

168) Enya "Orinoco Flow":

169) Edie Brickell and the New Bohemians "What I Am":

170) Shannon "Let The Music Play":

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(Finished October 12th, 2024) Let's Go Back To The 80s!!

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Thirteen years ago I wrote this on Facebook: "Cure for a bad day, 80's music. I'm rocking out to "One Night In Bangkok" right now on Spotify. If you don't have Spotify yet you need to get it asap." I love this comment I haven't even used Spotify for ten or eleven years. When I listen to music I listen to my iTunes, YouTube and YouTube music.

1a) Murray Head "One Night In Bangkok":

1b) A "One Night In Bangkok" remix:

2) Starship "We Built This City":

Oh man how much do I love this song. 3) Glenn Frey "The One You Love":

This song comes from "Raised On Radio", a CD that Rolling Stone calls one of the 50 Most Disappointing Albums of All-Time. The other 49 CDs on that list I agree with, but "Raised on Radio" is a pretty great CD. 4) Journey "Girl Can't Help It":

5) Madonna "Crazy For You":

6) Ozzy Osbourne "The Ultimate Sin":

7) April Wine "Sign of the Gypsy Queen":

Thanks to Strangelove The Depeche Mode Experience for reminding me of this great song. I had forgotten about this song for probably over 30 years. When I went and saw the tribute band in concert I was reminded of this amazing song. 8) Depeche Mode "But Not Tonight":

9) Madonna "Express Yourself":

10) MARRS "Pump Up The Volume":

11) Olivia Newton-John "Twist of Fate":

12) Milli Vanilli "Blame It On The Rain":

13) Quarterflash "Find Another Fool":

14) Little River Band "Take It Easy On Me":

15) Christopher Cross "Arthur's Theme (The Best That I Can Do)":

16) Grandmaster Flash "White Lines":

17) Paul McCartney "Spies Like Us":

18) Billy Joel "An Innocent Man":

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(Finished October 10th, 2024) Part 6 of The Best of Tearjerker Songs

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Great sad songs, songs that are poignant and songs that are tearjerkers.

85) Olivia Newton-John "Hopelessly Devoted To You":

86) Waylon Jenning "Amanda":

87) Lorrie Morgan "Something In Red":

88) George Jones "Window Up Above":

89) Simon and Garfunkel "Parsley Sage Rosemary and Thyme":

90) Jake Owen "The One Who Got Away":

91) Lin Manuel Miranda and Renee Elise Goldsberry "It's Quiet Uptown":

92) Stevie Wonder "I Just Called To Say I Love You":

93) Tony Orlando and Dawn "Tie A Yellow Ribbon Around The Old Oak Tree":

94) Keith Whitley "When You Say Nothing At All":

These next three songs are from Linda Ronstadt's amazing CD "Cry Like A Rainstorm, Howl Like The Wind". 95) Linda Ronstadt featuring Aaron Neville  "All My Life":

96) Linda Ronstadt featuring Aaron Neville "Don't Know Much":

97) Linda Ronstadt "Cry Like A Rainstorm":

98) Echo and the Bunnymen "The Killing Moon":

99) Don McLean "American Pie":

100) Anna Nalick "Breathe (2 AM)":

101) Whitney Houston "Run To You":

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