In my previous post, I listened to some singles in alphabetical order by title. As I was mentally putting together another such list, I was stumped as I got to the letter K. So I consulted my reference materials and found that there's not many Top 40 singles during 1976-85 that start with that letter:
| Title | Artist | Year |
| Karma Chameleon | Culture Club | 1984 |
| (Keep Feeling) Fascination | Human League | 1983 |
| Keep It Comin' Live | KC & The Sunshine Band | 1977 |
| Keep Me Cryin' | Al Green | 1977 |
| Keep On Loving You | REO Speedwagon | 1981 |
| Keep the Fire | Kenny Loggins | 1980 |
| Keep the Fire Burnin' | REO Speedwagon | 1982 |
| Keeping the Faith | Billy Joel | 1985 |
| Key Largo | Bertie Higgins | 1982 |
| Kid's American | Matthew Wilder | 1984 |
| Kids in America | Kim Wilde | 1982 |
| Killin' Time | Fred Knoblock & Susan Anton | 1981 |
| Killing of Georgie | Rod Stewart | 1977 |
| King is Gone | Ronnie McDowell | 1977 |
| King of Pain | The Police | 1983 |
| King of the Hill | Rick Pinette & Oak | 1980 |
| King Tut | Steve Martin | 1978 |
| Kiss and Say Goodbye | The Manhattans | 1976 |
| Kiss in the Dark | Pink Lady | 1979 |
| Kiss Me in the Rain | Barbra Streisand | 1980 |
| Kiss On My List | Daryl Hall & John Oates | 1981 |
| Kiss the Bride | Elton John | 1983 |
| Kiss You All Over | Exile | 1978 |
| Knock On Wood | Amii Stewart | 1979 |
| Knowing Me, Knowing You | Abba | 1977 |
| Kyrie | Mr. Mister | 1985 |
That's it. 1% of the 2235 Top 40 hits during that time period. Rank my top 5? Sure!
5. Knowing Me, Knowing You
4. Kids in America
3. Kiss On My List
2. (Keep Feeling) Fascination
1. Kiss and Say Goodbye
Put me down for Kids In America, Keep On Loving You, Kiss You All Over, King Tut, Key Largo, King Of Pain and Kiss And Say Goodbye.
ReplyDeleteThat's five, right?
(Prince's Kiss would make the list too if YFD included 1986.)
No sooner did I click Publish then those drums heralded the arrival of Amii Stewart and her thunder and lightning rework of Knock On Wood on my Burnt Ends playlist. Put me down for that one, too, please.
DeleteHerc, that's actually seven. ;)
DeleteSome good stuff here. My top five of this group (in no particular order): Karma Chameleon, Key Largo, Kids In America, Kiss On My List, and Knock On Wood.
ReplyDeleteWe all gotta' do a Top 5 now? O-"K" then, here's Dirk's list (for today, anyway):
ReplyDelete5) Kyrie (Whoops, that peaked in '86, now didn't it? Oh well, I'm keeping it on the list)
4) Key Largo
3) Keep It Comin' Love
2) Knock On Wood
1) (Keep Feeling) Fascination