Daily Eighties Flashback: Moving Pictures “Never”
Exactly 40 years ago today, the sountrack to the 1984 film Footloose was released. It would become one of the most popular soundtracks of the 1980s, with six songs off the album hitting the...
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Music to Help Us Get Through Everything Together: Kenny Loggins “Footloose”
Today’s song to help us get through everything together is Kenny Loggins‘ “Footloose.”
Birthday of the Week: Deniece Williams
This week’s Birthday of the Week is Deniece Williams, who turns 70 on Wednesday (June 3). To commemorate her milestone, let us know your favorite Deniece Williams’ song. While “Let’s Hear It for the...
DEF: Deniece Williams “Let’s Hear It for the Boy”
Among her nine appearances on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart, Gary, Indiana-born musician Deniece Williams’ biggest hits are her two number one hits. Exactly 35 years ago, the second of that pair of hits, “Let’s Hear...
DEF: Bonnie Tyler “Holding Out for a Hero”
From the list of songs you might have thought performed better on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart than they actually did comes Bonnie Tyler‘s “Holding Out for a Hero,” which was originally featured in the 1984...
DEF: Kenny Loggins “Footloose”
In his solo career, Kenny Loggins has made twenty-two appearances on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart, with fourteen of those songs reaching the Top 40 and five hitting the Top 10. Loggins’ biggest hit came with...
DEF: Karla Bonoff “Somebody’s Eyes”
Los Angeles-born musician Karla Bonoff‘s last appearance on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart came in 1982, though a couple years later, she came close to charting again. This time, her contribution to the 1984 film Footloose, “Somebody’s...
DEF: Mike Reno and Ann Wilson “Almost Paradise … Love Theme from Footloose”
For the 1984 film Footloose, Mike Reno of Loverboy and Ann Wilson of Heart teamed up for the song “Almost Paradise … Love Theme from Footloose.” The song was released as a single, charted on Billboard‘s Hot...
DEF: Shalamar “Dancing in the Sheets”
Los Angeles-based group Shalamar hit the Top 40 on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart four times, most successfully in 1980 with their only Top 10 hit, “The Second Time Around.” The last of Shalamar’s four Top...
DEF: Kenny Loggins “I’m Free (Heaven Helps The Man)”
Kenny Loggins scored the biggest hit of his career when his title track to the film Footloose spent three weeks at number one on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart in 1984. While Loggins’ other single from the...
