70's, 80's 'Feel Good' Music

postnew · Dec 18, 2009

"Boogie Wonderland" is a 1979 hit single by Earth, Wind & Fire featuring The Emotions. Boogie Wonderland was written by Allee Willis and Jon Lind, and included on the album I Am. It is regarded as a classic of the disco age.

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Boogie Wonderland" was Grammy nominated for Best Disco Recording and the instrumental version of the song won a Grammy for Best R&B Instrumental Performance

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Wayne Piew · Dec 18, 2009

Vienna is a song by the British new wave band Ultravox.
1981

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postnew · Dec 18, 2009

"Eternal Flame" is a song by The Bangles which became a hit single in 1989, peaking at number one in the charts in six countries, including Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States. It was written by popular songwriters Billy Steinberg and Tom Kelly and the Bangles' own Susanna Hoffs.

It was a ballad, unlike the rest of the garage-band pop songs on their album Everything. Co-writer Billy Steinberg describes it as "The Beatles meet The Byrds".

The song was inspired by two eternal flames: one for Elvis Presley that Michael Steele saw when the band was at Graceland, and one at a local synagogue in Palm Springs which Steinberg attended as a child. Steinberg recalled to Songfacts: "Susanna was talking about The Bangles having visited Graceland, and she said there was some type of shrine to Elvis that included some kind of eternal flame. As soon as those words were mentioned, I immediately thought of the synagogue in the town of Palm Springs, California where I grew up. I remember during our Sunday school class they would walk us through the sanctuary. There was one little red light and they told us it was called the eternal flame

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A cover version by Atomic Kitten was released as a single and reached number one for two weeks on the UK charts in 2001. Susanna Hoffs liked the cover version and subsequently teamed up with Atomic Kitten and once again with Eternal Flame writers Billy Steinberg and Tom Kelly and wrote "Love Doesn't Have to Hurt" for their next album Feels So Good.

postnew · Dec 18, 2009

"When I See You Smile" is a power ballad for the American supergroup Bad English from their self-titled debut album and was written and recorded by Diane Warren on May 27, 1988 in California.

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Cover in 1998 by Uncle Sam on his debut CD

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2006, Clay Aiken

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postnew · Dec 20, 2009

"I Don't Want to Talk About It" is the name of a song written by Danny Whitten. Whitten's band, Crazy Horse released it as a track on their 1971 eponymous album.

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In 1975, Rod Stewart recorded the song at Muscle Shoals Sound Studio in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, for his album Atlantic Crossing. This became successful when it was released as a single. In the United States, it became a top fifty hit on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1979. In the United Kingdom, it topped the UK Singles Chart as a double A-side with "The First Cut Is the Deepest" in 1977.

Rod Stewart sang this song as a duet with Amy Belle during his 2004 tour and is included in his concert DVD

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Wayne Piew · Dec 21, 2009

Merry Christmas Everyone is a popular song by Shakin' Stevens.
It was UK's Christmas number one in 1985.

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lauhumku · Dec 22, 2009

Nice............

Wayne Piew · Dec 23, 2009

Pipes of Peace--- Paul McCartney
1983.

A video was shot for "Pipes of Peace", depicting the famous 1914 Christmas truce between British and German troops. It portrays a British and a German soldier, both played by McCartney, who meet up in No Man's Land and exchange photos of their loved ones while other soldiers fraternise and play football. When a shell blast forces the two armies to retreat to their own trenches both men realise that they still have each-other's pictures.

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postnew · Dec 23, 2009

"Together We Are Beautiful" was a popular single by Fern Kinney.
Written by Ken Leray and produced by Caron Whitsett, Wolf Stephenson and Tommy Couch "Together We Are Beautiful" was the first and only #1 single in the UK for Fern Kinney. Originally a b-side to "Baby, Let Me Kiss You" the song was flipped after DJs picked up on it. The song reached #1 on the UK singles chart for a single week in March 1980.

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postnew · Dec 24, 2009

Hold On" is a song by Latin Rock Band Santana, from their 1982 album, Shangó. It is the second track on the album and was released as its only single.
The song reached #15 on the U.S. Billboard Charts, making it Santana's 9th most successful song.

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postnew · Dec 24, 2009

"How Do I Live" is a 1997 song, written by Diane Warren. It was released originally by LeAnn Rimes and shortly afterward by Trisha Yearwood.
The song was originally intended for release as a single for the 1997 action blockbuster Con Air soundtrack. Warren wrote the song for Rimes to sing. The film producers felt that Rimes' version had too much of a pop feeling to it, and requested that she re-record it to fit their standards. She refused, and the producers chose Trisha Yearwood to record the song. Her more country-style version was released on May 27, 1997 and appeared in the film. When Rimes heard of the release, she quickly released her version.

In 1998, for the first time in history, the Grammy Awards nominated two artists for the same song in the same category. Directly following LeAnn Rimes' performance of the song, Trisha Yearwood won the Grammy Award for Best Female Country Vocal Performance. Yearwood also performed the song at the Country Music Association for which she won the 1997 award for Female Vocalist of the Year Yearwood also won the 1997 ACM Award for Top Female Vocalist. The single was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song, but lost to "My Heart Will Go On". Yearwood performed the song at the ceremony.

LeAnn Rimes
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Trisha Yearwood.
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postnew · Dec 25, 2009

"You've Got a Friend" is a Grammy Award winning song from 1971. The song, written by Carole King, was included in her album Tapestry of 1971, but was made famous by James Taylor's cover version the same year. Taylor's rendition, released as a single from his own 1971 album m&d Slide Slim and the Blue Horizon, reached number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 4 on the UK Singles Chart, and won Grammy Awards both for Taylor (Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male) and King (Song of the Year).

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postnew · Dec 25, 2009

"First Time" is singer Robin Beck's first significant chart hit, released in 1988. It was originally recorded for a Coca-Cola commercial the same year and subsequently released as a single. The single was released in the UK in October 1988 and climbed to #1 and spent 3 weeks there in November/December 1988, spending 14 weeks in total in the UK Singles Chart.
In 2003, the song was covered by Unique who achieved a minor success in Switzerland.
In 2006, Sunblock, an electronic music group from Sweden recorded a cover of the song with Robin Beck for their second single and it became their second Top 10 hit, charting at #9 on the UK Singles Chart

postnew · Dec 25, 2009

The music video, directed by Stuart Orme, was filmed in London, and features Houston singing and recording with her married music producer, and falling in love with him along the way.
"Saving All My Love for You" is the second hit single from Whitney Houston's self-titled debut album. This jazzy ballad (released in August 1985) is about a love affair with a married man, and the singer is "saving all her love for him". She won her first Grammy award for 'Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female' for "Saving All My Love for You".
The song was written by Michael Masser and Gerry Goffin. The song was arranged by Gene Page. It was also a minor hit for Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis Jr. in 1978 on their album Marilyn & Billy (although Davis’ voice was not heard on their version).

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Marilyn McCoo original version from the "Marilyn & Billy" Columbia album.
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postnew · Dec 25, 2009

"How Will I Know" is the third hit single from Whitney Houston's self-titled first album. The single was released in November 1985 and was written by George Merrill and Shannon Rubicam of Boy Meets Girl fame, who wrote it for Janet Jackson. The song is an electric dance tune about the singer wondering if a guy she likes feels the same way about her. Houston became a staple on MTV with the release of this hit single.
On the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 singles chart, "How Will I Know" reached the #1 spot on February 15, 1986, becoming Houston's second number-one single and third top five single from the same album. The single displaced "That's What Friends Are For" by Houston's cousin Dionne Warwick, thus becoming just the third time (and first time by female artists) in history for relatives to replace each other at number one on the Hot 100

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Live at Jerudong Park Garden, Brunei, 1996
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Wayne Piew · Dec 26, 2009

Back on the Chain Gang --- The Pretenders
1982

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khunking · Dec 26, 2009

khunking · Dec 26, 2009

Queen Tribute

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postnew · Dec 26, 2009

Don't Get Me Wrong" is a song released by the pop-rock group The Pretenders.

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postnew · Dec 26, 2009

"I'm Not in Love" is a song written by Eric Stewart and Graham Gouldman of the English group 10cc, from the album The Original Soundtrack. The song revolves around the narrator or singer claiming numerous times, "I'm Not in Love," although by the end of the song he realizes he's fooling himself.

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One of the most covered songs in pop/rock history, "I'm Not In Love" has been recorded by Richie Havens, Dee Dee Sharp Gamble, Amy Grant, Grandaddy, Stanley Turrentine, Chris Standring, Johnny Logan, Richard Clayderman, Krisma, Will to Power (whose version peaked at #7 on the Billboard Hot 100 in January 1991), Deborah Blando, The Pretenders, Mike Francis,Brotherhood of Man, Red Red Meat, John O'Banion,Outrageous Cherry, Chyp-Notic, Fun Lovin' Criminals, Päivi Kautto-Niemi, The BB Band, Olive, Geb.el, Gloritone, Tori Amos, Unfinished Thought, Donny Osmond, Rick Springfield, Deni Hines, Queen Latifah, Lazlo Bane, Tex Perkins & His Ladyboyz, Rozz Williams (Accept The Gift Of Sin) and Japanese singer Ryohei. Former Supreme Scherrie Payne had a club hit with her version of the song in 1982 on Megatone Records.

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