Question: Who is known for delivering the Wendy’s catchphrase, “Where’s the beef?”
Last Question: Name the coach of the USA hockey team that participated in the 1980 Olympics.
Answer: Herb Brooks
Great job J.V. (@JVfromOhio)!!!
Monthly Archives: February 2022
Remember That Song – 2/9/22
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Can you name the artist and song:
Fallin’ under the spell of the
Love you’re weavin’
It’s gonna get crazy baby if you don’t stop
Last Song: “Talking in Your Sleep” by The Romantics from In Heat (1984)
Great job sweetpurplejune and Adora (@Adora2000)!!!
You tell me that you want me
You tell me that you need me
You tell me that you love me
If you’d like to get the song from Amazon, you can click on the album cover below:
Song of the Day: “Like a Virgin” by Madonna
On this day in 1985, Madonna’s Like a Virgin album hit #1 on the US Billboard Charts
#1 album in America, and remained in that spot until March 1. In honor of this accomplishment, the title track will be the Song of the Day.
“Like a Virgin” was released on October 31, 1984 as the lead single from the Like a Virgin album. The song was written by Tom Kelly and Billy Steinberg. They also wrote some other songs you may have heard of – “Eternal Flame” by the Bangles, “So Emotional” by Whitney Houston, “True Colors” by Cyndi Lauper, and “Alone” by Heart. This song was Madonna’s first of 12 number-one hits on the Billboard Hot 100, and along with “Material Girl”, made her an icon. It hit hit top spot the week of December 22, 1984 and remained there for six weeks.
The music video, directed by Mary Lambert, who worked with Madonna in her video for “Borderline”, was also iconic, with Madonna on a gondola in Venice. In addition to the iconic video, Madonna’s performance of the song, at the first MTV Video Music Awards in 1984, was legendary. What’s more astonishing is that the song had not been released yet at the time of the performance.
Madonna is a true ’80s legend, and the Like a Virgin single and album are a big reason for this.
Return to the ’80s Trivia – 2/8/22
Question: Name the coach of the USA hockey team that participated in the 1980 Olympics.
Last Question: Name the 1980 film based on the life of John Merrick.
Answer: The Elephant Man
Remember That Song – 2/8/22
Can you name the artist and song:
You tell me that you want me
You tell me that you need me
You tell me that you love me
Last Song: “Seasons Change” by Exposé from Exposure (1988)
Great job Adora (@Adora2000)!!!
Forever seems so far away
There’s time for love and for play
You dream about today
Feeling slips away
If you’d like to get the song from Amazon, you can click on the album cover below:
Song of the Day: “I Want to Know What Love Is” by Foreigner
On this date in 1985, Foreigner hit #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 with “I Want to Know What Love Is”. The song was released on November 13, 1984 as the lead single from their fifth album, Agent Provocateur. It was Foreigner’s first and only pop chart topper in either country, although the band had four number one Mainstream Rock hits and a number one Adult Contemporary radio hit in the US. The song also reached #1 in the U.K. on January 15, 1985. Dreamgirls star Jennifer Holliday sang backup. She has also sung for Michael Jackson, Luther Vandross, and Barbra Streisand, among others. The song also featured keyboard work by Thompson Twins frontman Tom Bailey. The signature of the song is the choir. The New Jersey Mass Choir was brought in to sing the backing vocals, becoming the first gospel choir to appear on a #1 pop hit.
If you’d like to get this song on Amazon, click on the album cover below:
Return to the ’80s Trivia – 2/7/22
Question: Name the 1980 film based on the life of John Merrick.
Last Question: Which music video received three nominations at the 1987 MTV Video Music Awards, winning Best Choreography for a little-known choreographer by the name of Paula Abdul?
Bonus: Which album is the song from?
Answer: “Nasty” by Janet Jackson from the album Control
Remember That Song – 2/7/22
Can you name the artist and song:
Forever seems so far away
There’s time for love and for play
You dream about today
Feeling slips away
Last Song: “We’re Ready” by Boston from Third Stage (1987)
Great job David (@daviddwwalker)!!!
You and I
We’ll find a reason
To simplify a change of season
If you’d like to get the song from Amazon, you can click on the album cover below:
Song of the Day: “Celebration” by Kool & the Gang
What better way to start a new Return to the ’80s series than a little “Celebration”?! On this day, “Celebration” by Kool & the Gang became the #1 song in America. To this day, there cannot be a happy gathering without this song being played. Lead singer J.T. Taylor’s mother predicted that the song would be a smash hit. Taylor told Billboard: “My mother told me when she heard it, ‘You’re gonna play this song for the rest of your life – so get ready!” The song was released as the first single from their twelfth album, Celebrate!, and it was the band’s first and only single to reach No. 1 on the US Billboard Hot 100. On March 24, 2021, “Celebration” was added to the National Recording Registry for being “culturally historically or aesthetically significant”.
If you’d like to get this song on Amazon, click on the album cover below:
Return to the ’80s Trivia – 2/4/22
Question: Which music video received three nominations at the 1987 MTV Video Music Awards, winning Best Choreography for a little-known choreographer by the name of Paula Abdul?
Bonus: Which album is the song from?
Last Question: Who hosted the television show, That’s Incredible!?
Answer: John Davidson, Fran Tarkenton, and Cathy Lee Crosby
Great job Pauline (@Dopey62)!!!
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