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flipSide 02/29/2016

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1982
"Key Largo" is a popular song recorded by Bertie Higgins in 1981. Released as a single in September 1981, the song became Higgins' only Top 40 hit in the United States in early 1982, when it peaked at #8 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. The song spent 17 weeks in the Top 40 and was certified Gold by the RIAA.

1983
"Straight from the Heart" is a song by Canadian rock musician BRYAN ADAMS. It was released in February 1983 as the lead single from his third studio album, Cuts Like a Knife. It was his breakthrough song in the U.S., the first to make the top 40, reaching number 10. It also peaked at #32 on the Adult contemporary chart, the first Bryan Adams single to appear on that chart.

1981
"Sukiyaki," a term with no relevance to the song's lyrics. The song reached the top of the Billboard Hot 100 charts in the United States in 1963, and remains to date the only Japanese-language song ever to have done so. In addition, it was and still is one of the few non-indo-European languages' songs to have reached the top of the US charts.

The cover version by the group "A Taste of Honey" reached number three on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1981. 

1981
"Slow Hand" is a ballad written by John Bettis and Michael Clark and recorded by The Pointer Sisters. It was first released in the spring of 1981 as the advance single for Black & White. "Slow Hand" also afforded the Pointer Sisters international success, including the first appearance by the group in the UK top 10.

The track was ranked in the top 25 best singles of the year by The Village Voice Pazz & Jop poll.

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flipSide 02/22/2016

2/22/2016

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Welcome to the "flipSide's" all new format. We'll be spinning discs from 1964 all the way to 1984 . . . that's 21 years of music. It's not that we dislike music on the Turntable . . . It's just that we'd like to move on! Well . . . here we are . . .
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1964
"Oh, Pretty Woman" is a song recorded by Roy Orbison, written by Orbison and Bill Dees. It was released as a single in August 1964 on Monument Records and spent three weeks at number one on the Billboard Hot 100.

1968
"Hey Jude" tied the "all-time" record, at the time, for the longest run at the top of the US charts. The single has sold approximately eight million copies and is frequently included on professional critics' lists of the greatest songs of all time. In 2013, Billboard named it the 10th biggest song of all time.

1972
"American Pie" is a song by American folk rock singer and songwriter Don McLean. Recorded and released on the American Pie album in 1971, the single was a number-one US hit for four weeks in 1972. In the UK, the single reached No. 2 on its original 1972 release and a reissue in 1991 reached No. 12. The song was listed as the No. 5 song on the RIAA project Songs of the Century

1976
"Don't Go Breaking My Heart" was the first No. 1 single in the UK for both John and Kiki Dee, topping the chart for six weeks in mid 1976. John would not enjoy a solo British chart-topper until "Sacrifice" in 1990. It also became his sixth No. 1 single in the US, topping the Billboard Hot 100 for four weeks and spent one week on the Easy Listening chart.

1980
"It's Still Rock and Roll to Me" is a hit 1980 song performed byBilly Joel,from the hit album Glass Houses. The song was #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 charts for two weeks, from July 19 through August 1, 1980. The song spent 11 weeks in the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100 and was the 7th biggest hit of 1980 according to American Top 40.

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flipSide 02/15/2016

2/15/2016

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Eddie Rabbitt

Edward Thomas "Eddie" Rabbitt (November 27, 1941 – May 7, 1998) was an American singer and songwriter. His career began as a songwriter in the late 1960s, springboarding to a recording career after composing hits such as "Kentucky Rain" for Elvis Presley in 1970 and "Pure Love" for Ronnie Milsap in 1974. Later in the 1970s, Rabbitt helped to develop the crossover-influenced sound of country music prevalent in the 1980s with such hits as "Suspicions" and "Every Which Way but Loose." His duets "Both to Each Other (Friends and Lovers)" and "You and I" with Juice Newton and Crystal Gayle respectively, later appeared on the soap operas Days of Our Lives and All My Children.

"I Love a Rainy Night" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Eddie Rabbitt. It was released in November 1980 as the second single from his album Horizon. It reached number one on the Hot Country Singles, Billboard Hot 100, and Adult Contemporary Singles. charts in 1981. The song succeeded Dolly Parton's song "9 to 5" at the number 1 position on the Billboard Hot 100 pop singles chart - the last time, to date, that the pop chart featured back-to-back country singles in the number one position. It was written by Rabbitt, Even Stevens and David Malloy.

Rocky Mountain Music was the second studio album of Country music artist Eddie Rabbitt. It was released in 1976 under the Elektra Records label. The album produced three singles: "Drinkin' My Baby (Off My Mind)", which became Rabbitt's first number one hit on the Country charts; the title track, which peaked at number 5 and "Two Dollars in the Jukebox", which reached number 3. The song "I Don't Wanna Make Love (With Anyone But You)" was re-recorded for the album Loveline.

"Hearts on Fire" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Eddie Rabbitt. It was released in February 1978 as the first single from the album Variations. The song reached number 2 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart. It was written by Rabbitt, Dan Tyler and Even Stevens.

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The flipSide 02/08/2016

2/8/2016

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Earth, Wind & Fire

Maurice White was an American singer-songwriter, musician, record producer, arranger and bandleader. He was the founder of the band Earth, Wind & Fire.
Born: December 19, 1941, Memphis, Tennessee
Died: February 3, 2016, Los Angeles, CA

Earth, Wind & Fire (EWF) is an American band that has spanned the musical genres of R&B, soul, funk, jazz, disco, pop, rock, Latin and African. They are one of the most successful bands of the 20th century. Rolling Stone Magazine described them as "innovative, precise yet sensual, calculated yet galvanizing" and declared that the band "changed the sound of black pop".

The band was founded in Chicago by Maurice White in 1969.

Maurice White died on February 4, 2016, after a suffering for some years with Parkinson's disease. He was survived by his wife, his two sons, and his brothers Verdine and Fred.

Maurice . . . it's a fact! You were a gift to the music world. We'll miss you!

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flipSide 02/01/2016

2/1/2016

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Jim Croce

James Joseph "Jim" Croce (January 10, 1943 – September 20, 1973) was an American folk and popular rock singer of the late 1960s and early 1970s. Between 1966 and 1973, Croce released five studio albums and 11 singles. His singles "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown" and "Time in a Bottle" both reached No. 1 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart.

Time in a Bottle: Jim Croce's Greatest Love Songs is a greatest hits album by singer-songwriter Jim Croce. It was released after his 1973 death and features sentimental songs compiled from his studio albums. The album peaked at #170 on the Billboard 200 during 1977. Since its original release, it has also been reissued on cassette and compact disc.

"Workin' at the Car Wash Blues" is a 1974 single written and recorded by Jim Croce. It was the third single released from his album I Got a Name.

"Roller Derby Queen" As Croce explained on his album The Final Tour, this is a song about a woman Jim met doing a gig at a local country and western bar. As they sat and drank together, he came to find out she used to be in the roller derby and that her husband was a state trooper. He described her as being about 400 pounds, saying, "Every time I watched her clap, I could see the fat on her arm jiggling back and forth. It was a beautiful sight." He also pointed out her penchant for hair spray, and how he would see her toting cans of Spray Net back from the supermarket. Croce also claimed that he wouldn't play the song locally, as her husband could "really mess up a nice day."

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