(Finished January 2nd, 2026) Part 5 of the Best of 1973

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Happy New Year's!! Let's hope this year doesn't suck as much as 2025! Last year was a brutal year.

What were some of the biggest hits of 50 years ago, 1973? Also a couple of days ago I discovered the British version of "Life on Mars", part of which is based in 1973. That got me thinking I could post a blog about the best songs of 1973, then I realized that was also 50 years ago. 

I've watched the first couple episodes of "Life On Mars" and so far so good. It's a bit of a formula in that there's a case a week. But there's also the fish out of water aspect of Sam Tyler coming from 2006 to 1973. Or at least that's what his reality appears to be. In the second episode Sam says he wishes he could have been put in 1988. I agree with him on that. The only reason I would want to go to 1973 over 1988 is to be able to see Led Zeppelin in their full glory. 

The song that inspired the title of the show was released in 1973. There is a second show in this series. It's also named after a David Bowie song "Ashes to Ashes". 

I have worked hard to limit the duplicates in these next songs. If I'm not successful in that then enjoy them twice.

69) Vicki Lawrence "The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia":

70) The Four Tops "Ain't No Woman Like I Got":

71) Tanya Tucker "Blood Red And Goin' Down":

72) The Temptations "Papa Was A Rolling Stone":

73) Elton John "Candle In The Wind":

74) Wings "Jet":

75) Here Comes Rhymin' Simon" Paul Simon "Kodachrome":

76) Bob Marley and The Wailers "Get Up Stand Up":

77) ZZ Top "La Grange":

78) Bob Marley and The Wailers "Kinky Reggae":

79) Pink Floyd "Time":

80) Led Zeppelin "Dancing Days":

81) The Doobie Brothers "Long Train Running":

82) Led Zeppelin "D'yer Maker":

83) Olivia Newton-John "Let Me Be There":

84) Jeanne Pruett "Satin Sheets":

85) Tom T. Hall "I Love":

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(Finished December 28th, 2025) Part 6 of The Best of 1980: All Genres

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These are all the best songs of 1980, all genres included. I can't guarantee all of these songs are actually from 1980. I'm taking all the websites that I have stumbled across at what they say. In other words I believe that the song was released or was a hit in 1980.

86) The Oak Ridge Boys "Trying To Love Two Women":

87) Foreigner "Urgent":

88) Ronnie Milsap "My Heart":

89) Split Enz "I Got You":

90) "The Bellamy Brothers "Dancin' Cowboys":

91) The Alan Parsons Project "Games People Play":

92) T.G. Shepherd "I'll Be Coming Back For More":

93) Anne Murray "Broken Hearted Me":

94) Donna Summer "On The Radio":

95) Billy Joel "Don't Ask Me Why":

96) John Anderson "She Just Started Liking Cheatin' Songs":

97) Eddie Rabbitt "Gone Too Far":

98) The Spinners "Working My Way Back To You":

99) Merle Haggard and Clint Eastwood "Bar Room Buddies":

"Glass Houses" is one of my favorite Billy Joel CDs, nearly every song on that CD is great. This is one of the more obscure, but still great, songs. 100) Billy Joel "All For Leyna":

101) Blondie "The Tide Is High":

102) Queen "Play The Game":

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(Finished December 27th, 2025) Part 2 of Multiple Versions of The Same Song

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I started working on this blog exactly three years ago- to the day. It's about time I finished it.

Since this is part two of this blog series that means there's a part one, right? At least there should just be a part two, however I can't find it. Maybe I'll figure it out where it is someday, but for now I will just keep on working on this and future parts of this blog series. This essentially is part 1 of this blog series so all songs that have multiple versions can be included here without worrying about any duplication.

All versions included here have to be good to be included.

18) The Jackson Five "I'll Be There":

19) Mariah Carey featuring Trey Lorenz "I'll Be There":

20) Gwen McCrae "You Were Always On My Mind":

21) Brenda Lee "Always On My Mind":

22) Elvis Presley "Always On My Mind":

I'm not the biggest Willie Nelson fan ever, but this version is jaw droppingly brilliant. 23) Willie Nelson "Always On My Mind":

24) Pet Shop Boys "Always On my Mind":

I don't know who this it, but wow wow wow!! 25) I guess her name is or she calls herself Leire. "Always On My Mind":

Bonus song: Leire "Wicked Game":

26) Lynn Anderson "Rose Garden":

27) Kon Kan "I Beg Your Pardon":

28) Martina McBride "I Never Promised You A Rose Garden":

29) Fleetwood Mac "The Chain":

30) The Highwomen "The Chain":

31) Jackson Browne and Bonnie Raitt  "Poor Poor Pitiful Me":

31) Linda Ronstadt "Poor Poor Pitiful Me":

32) Terri Clark "Poor Poor Pitiful Me":

33) The Beatles "Across The Universe":

This song wasn't even on my radar until I started researching this blog that's when I discovered amazing version of this song. 34) Fiona Apple "Across The Universe":

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(Finished December 25th, 2025) Part 2 of The 80s: A Few of the Best Songs From Each Year

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Let's go back to the 80s, a few of the best songs from each year of the 80s. In my opinion this was by far the best decade of music. If I had to rank the decades in terms of music quality 1) The 80s 2) The 70s and 3) The 90s 4) The 60s. 

1983 (cont.):

18) The Tubes "She's A Beauty":

19) Sammy Hagar "Your Love Is Driving Me Crazy":

20) Def Leppard "Photograph": 

21) Men At Work "Overkill":

22) Michael Jackson "Human Nature":

Mike Reno still sounds pretty good, but he's got very chunky. (And that's coming from a very chunky person.) 23) Loverboy "Hot Girls In Love":

This is from 1986, they sounded so much better.

24) Naked Eyes "Always Something To Remind Me":

25) Taco "Puttin' On The Ritz":

26) Golden Earring "Twilight Zone":

1984:

27) "What's Love Got To Do With It":

28) Duran Duran "The Reflex":

29) Michael McDonald and James Ingram "Yah Mo B There":

30) The Police "Wrapped Around Your Finger":

31) John Mellencamp "Pink Houses":

32) The Pointer Sisters "I'm So Excited":

1985:

33) Paul Young "Everytime You Go Away":

34) Chaka Khan featuring Grandmaster Melle Mel "I Feel For You":

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(Finished December 21st, 2025) Part 4 of The Super S's of the Seventies

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Rock legends from the 70s with names start with S- either last name or band name. Originally I was going to include musicians whose first name starts with s on this list. That's why Stevie Wonder is here. However once you put the great Stevie Wonder on a list you- or at least I- don't take him off. Enjoy some memories- for those of you old enough- and some nostalgia.

52) Sammi Smith "Help Me Make It Through The Night":

53) Steely Dan "Deacon Blues":

54) Sweet "Little Willy":

55) Donna Summer "Could It Be Magic":

56) Paul Simon "Still Crazy After All These Years":

57) Bob Seger "Mainstreet":

58) Shirley and Company "Shame, Shame Shame":

59) Paul Simon "Kodachrome":

60) "Donna Summer "Macarthur Park":

61) Styx "Lights Up":

62) Starz "Cherry Baby":

63) Seals and Crofts "Summer Breeze":

64) Carly Simon "You Belong To Me":

65) Samantha Sang "Emotion":

66) Styx "Crystal Ball":

67) The Statler Brothers "The Class of '57":

68) The Spinners "Rubberband Man":

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(Finished December 19th, 2025) Part 1 of The 80s: A Few of the Best Songs From Each Year

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Let's go back to the 80s, a few of the best songs from each year of the 80s. In my opinion this was by far the best decade of music. If I had to rank the decades in terms of music quality 1) The 80s 2) The 70s and 3) The 90s 4) The 60s. 

1980: 

1) Robbie Dupree "Hot Rod Hearts":

2) Lipps Inc. "Funky Town":

3) Billy Joel "It's Still Rock and Roll To Me":

4) Boz Scaggs "Breakdown Dead Ahead":

5) Benny Mardones "Into The Night":

1981:

6) Kim Carnes "Bette Davis Eyes":

7) John Lennon "(Just Like) Starting Over":

8) A Taste of Honey "Sukiyaki":

9) Stars On 45 "Stars On 45 Medley":

10) Journey "Who's Crying Now":

1982:

11) The Human League "Don't You Want Me":

12) Steve Miller Band "Abracadabra":

13) Bertie Higgins "Key Largo":

14) Kim Wilde "Kids In America":

15) Crosby, Stills and Nash "Wasted On The Way":

1983:

16) Dexy's Midnight Runners "Come On Eileen":

17) Men At Work "Overkill":

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(Finished December 18th, 2025) Part 4 of The Best Songs About or Mention Time

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The best songs about time, mention time or what happens after the passing of time.

I looked at many lists of songs about time and this was on several of them so I'm including it. 544 Million views can't be wrong. 52) Sinead O'Connor "Nothing Compares 2 U":

53) Tiffany "All This Time":

54) Tim McGraw "Angry All The Time":

55) Guns N' Roses "November Rain":

56) No Doubt "Sunday Morning":

57) Whitney Houston "One Moment In Time":

58) The Scorpions "Loving You Sunday Morning":

59) Neil Diamond "September Morn":

60) Old 97s "Happy Hour":

61) Alan Jackson "Someday":

62) Black Stone Cherry "Maybe Someday":

63) Stephen Kellogg "4th of July":

An update of the Shenadoah classic. 64) Shenandoah, Jason Aldean and Luke "Sunday In The South":

65) Mariah Carey "Someday":

66) The Doobie Brothers "What A Fool Believes":

67) Maroon 5 "Sunday Morning":

68) "The Pink Spiders Saturday Nite Riot":

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