A happy confluence of schedules left me home alone this morning, so I thought I'd spin some 45s much like I spun albums earlier this year. All songs played very loudly and, as always, pants optional. Here's what I listened to, in alphabetical order by song title, save F, Q, V, X & Z: like Meatloaf sez: "21 out of 26 ain't bad." I was never much of a singles guy (although I do love picture sleeves), but a very generous donation to the MFD archives led to the following playlist (A sides only):
| U.S. charts: | ||
| Africa | Hot 100 | 1 |
| R&B | ||
Toto
| Adult Contemporary | 5 |
1982
| Dance | |
| Rock |
| U.S. charts: | ||
| Born to be Alive | Hot 100 | 16 |
| R&B | ||
Patrick Hernandez
| Adult Contemporary | |
1979
| Dance | 1 |
| Rock |
| 1982 U.S. charts: | ||
| Change | Hot 100 | |
| R&B | ||
John Waite
| Adult Contemporary | |
1982
| Dance | |
| Rock | 16 |
| U.S. charts: | ||
| Don't You Want Me | Hot 100 | 1 |
| R&B | ||
Human League
| Adult Contemporary | |
1981
| Dance | 3 |
| Rock | 4 |
| U.S. charts: | ||
| Emotion | Hot 100 | 3 |
| R&B | ||
Samantha Sang
| Adult Contemporary | 5 |
1977
| Dance | |
| Rock |
| U.S. charts: | ||
| F | Hot 100 | |
| R&B | ||
| Adult Contemporary | ||
| Dance | ||
| Rock |
| U.S. charts: | ||
| Get Closer | Hot 100 | 29 |
| R&B | ||
Linda Ronstadt
| Adult Contemporary | |
1982
| Dance | |
| Rock | 34 |
| U.S. charts: | ||
| Hopelessly Devoted to You | Hot 100 | 3 |
| R&B | ||
Olivia Newton-John
| Adult Contemporary | 7 |
1978
| Dance | |
| Rock |
| U.S. charts: | ||
| I'm Alive | Hot 100 | 16 |
| R&B | ||
Electric Light Orchestra
| Adult Contemporary | 48 |
1980
| Dance | |
| Rock |
| U.S. charts: | ||
| Just Once | Hot 100 | 17 |
| R&B | 11 | |
Quincy Jones feat. James Ingram
| Adult Contemporary | 7 |
1981
| Dance | |
| Rock |
| U.S. charts: | ||
| Kyrie | Hot 100 | 1 |
| R&B | ||
Mr. Mister
| Adult Contemporary | 11 |
1985
| Dance | |
| Rock | 1 |
| U.S. charts: | ||
| Living Inside Myself | Hot 100 | 6 |
| R&B | ||
Gino Vannelli
| Adult Contemporary | 5 |
1981
| Dance | |
| Rock |
| U.S. charts: | ||
| Makin' It | Hot 100 | 5 |
| R&B | ||
David Naughton
| Adult Contemporary | 48 |
1978
| Dance | 11 |
| Rock |
| U.S. charts: | ||
| Never Gonna Let You Go | Hot 100 | 4 |
| R&B | 28 | |
Sergio Mendes
| Adult Contemporary | 1 |
1983
| Dance | |
| Rock |
| U.S. charts: | ||
| Our Lips are Sealed | Hot 100 | 20 |
| R&B | ||
The Go-Go's
| Adult Contemporary | |
1981
| Dance | 10 |
| Rock | 15 |
| U.S. charts: | ||
| Perfect Way | Hot 100 | 11 |
| R&B | ||
Scritti Politti
| Adult Contemporary | |
1985
| Dance | 6 |
| Rock |
| U.S. charts: | ||
| Q | Hot 100 | |
| R&B | ||
| Adult Contemporary | ||
| Dance | ||
| Rock |
| U.S. charts: | ||
| Rio | Hot 100 | 14 |
| R&B | ||
Duran Duran
| Adult Contemporary | |
1982
| Dance | |
| Rock | 5 |
| U.S. charts: | ||
| Safety Dance | Hot 100 | 3 |
| R&B | ||
Men Without Hats
| Adult Contemporary | |
1983
| Dance | 1 |
| Rock | 21 |
| U.S. charts: | ||
| Turn Your Love Around | Hot 100 | 5 |
| R&B | 1 | |
George Benson
| Adult Contemporary | 9 |
1981
| Dance | 32 |
| Rock |
| U.S. charts: | ||
| Undercover Angel | Hot 100 | 1 |
| R&B | ||
Alan O'Day
| Adult Contemporary | 31 |
1977
| Dance | |
| Rock |
| U.S. charts: | ||
| V | Hot 100 | |
| R&B | ||
| Adult Contemporary | ||
| Dance | ||
| Rock |
| U.S. charts: | ||
| We Don't Talk Anymore | Hot 100 | 7 |
| R&B | ||
Cliff Richard
| Adult Contemporary | 5 |
1979
| Dance | |
| Rock |
| U.S. charts: | ||
| X | Hot 100 | |
| R&B | ||
| Adult Contemporary | ||
| Dance | ||
| Rock |
| U.S. charts: | ||
| You Are | Hot 100 | 4 |
| R&B | 2 | |
Lionel Richie
| Adult Contemporary | 1 |
1982
| Dance | |
| Rock |
| U.S. charts: | ||
| Z | Hot 100 | |
| R&B | ||
| Adult Contemporary | ||
| Dance | ||
| Rock |
and 1 to grow on:
| U.S. charts: | ||
| 1999 | Hot 100 | 12 |
| R&B | 4 | |
Prince
| Adult Contemporary | |
1982
| Dance | 1 |
| Rock |












































Quite a nice little starter set you got yourself there.
ReplyDeleteLooking forward to future installments but next time leave out the placeholding emojis - they bring me down, man. Don't Bring Me Down.
I had quite a few 45's growing up - now my brother has them (those he did not sell on eBay). Glad to see David Naughton "Makin' It" to the list (sorry, I could not resist the pun - I LOVE that song!!!!).
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