Can you name this song that Alexander O’Neal covered in 1988?
Every Christmas Eve
I could never get to bed
‘Cause from the clouds above
I hear sounds of jingle bells
Last Song: “Hard Candy Christmas” by Dolly Parton from The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas Soundtrack (1982)
Great job Craig (@cdennis0130)!!!
Hey, maybe I’ll dye my hair
Maybe I’ll move somewhere
Maybe I’ll get a car
Maybe I’ll drive so far they’ll all lose track
Me, I’ll bounce right back
Can you name the artist and song:
If the way that you need
Is too much like greed
Decide if you are rich or you’re poor
Last Song: “Islands in the Stream” by Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton from the album Eyes That See in the Dark (1983)
Great job Craig (@cdennis0130), Adora (@Adora2000), and Lisa (@gabbyg89)!!!
You do something to me that I can’t explain
Hold me closer and I feel no pain
Every beat of my heart
We got something going on
The film was Dolly’s acting debut, and also starred Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin, and Dabney Coleman. The film was a huge success, grossing over $103.9 million. Although Dolly was already a successful singer, musician and songwriter, this movie and song launched her permanently into mainstream popular culture.
Dolly wrote the song while on the movie set. She didn’t have her guitar with her, so she came up with the rhythm by rubbing her fingernails together.
On this episode of Return to the ’80s, Robert and Paul welcome Ty Ray, from the Beats and Eats podcast, to the show. The guys Return to 1981, and count down the year’s top songs, movies, and television shows. Also, find out what the biggest selling toys were in 1981, and reminisce on the big news stories of the year.
As this current decade comes to a close, come join us to Return to the greatest decade ever, and check out the awesome year of 1981!
10. “Keep On Loving You” by REO Speedwagon
10. Time Bandits
5. Stripes
4. Arthur
3. Superman II
8. “I Love a Rainy Night” by Eddie Rabbit
7. “Kiss On My List” by Hall & Oates
Hall & Oates March Madness
10. One Day At a Time
9. M*A*S*H
8. ABC Monday Night Movie
7/6 tie Too Close for Comfort and The Dukes of Hazzard
5. Alice
4. Three’s Company
3. The Jeffersons
2. 60 Minutes
1. Dallas
6. “Celebration” by Kool & the Gang
5. “Jessie’s Girl” by Rick Springfield
4. “(Just Like) Starting Over” by John Lennon
NFL
Oakland Raiders beat the Philadelphia Eagles 27-10 – January 25, 1981 at the Louisiana Superdome
NBA
Boston Celtics beat the Houston Rockets 4-2
NHL
New York Islanders defeat the Minnesota North Stars 4-1
MLB
LA Dodgers beat the New York Yankees 4-1
January 20 52 Americans held hostage in Iran for 444 days freed
March 6 Walter Cronkite signs off of CBS Evening News
March 30 Reagan Assassination attempt
April 18 The Longest Game – Pawtucket Red Sox tie Rochester Red Wings 2-2 in 32 innings (game resumed 23rd June)
May 11 Cats premieres in London
May 13 Assassination attempt on Pope John Paul II
Jun 2 Barbara Walters asks Katharine Hepburn what kind of tree she would be
Jun 5 AIDS Epidemic officially begins when US Centers for Disease Control reports on pneumonia affecting five homosexual men in Los Angeles
Jun 12 Baseball players begin a 50 day strike, their 3rd strike
July 29 Royal Wedding
Aug 1 MTV premieres at 12:01 AM
Aug 3 13,000 Air Traffic Controllers (PATCO) begin their strike; US President Ronald Reagan offers an ultimatum to workers: ‘if they do not report for work within 48 hours, they have forfeited their jobs and will be terminated’
Sep 12 “The Smurfs” animated cartoon series by Hanna-Barbera first broadcasts in North America
Sep 25 Sandra Day O’Connor sworn in as 1st female supreme court justice
Dec 11 Muhammad Ali’s 61st & last fight, losing to Trevor Berbick
Dec 28 1st American test-tube baby, Elizabeth Jordan Carr is born in Norfolk, Virginia
Dec 31 CNN Headline News debuts
2. “Endless Love” by Diana Ross and Lionel Richie
1. “Bette Davis Eyes” by Kim Carnes
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Can you name the artist and song:
Don’t think me unkind
Words are hard to find
They’re only cheques I’ve left unsigned
From the banks of chaos in my mind
Last Song: “Islands in the Stream” by Kenny Rogers & Dolly Parton from Eyes That See in the Dark (1983)
Great job Robert (@roberte46763910)!!!
Tender love is blind
It requires a dedication
All this love we feel
Needs no conversation
If you’d like to get this song from Amazon, you can click on the album cover below
Can you name the artist and song:
There’s an army on the dance floor
It’s a fashion with a gun my love
In a room without a door
A kiss is not enough in
Last Song: “9 to 5” by Dolly Parton from the 9 to 5 Soundtrack and Odd Jobs (1980)
Great job, Jenny!!!
Yeah they got you where they want you
There’s a better life, and you dream about it, don’t you?
If you’d like to get this song from Amazon, you can click on the album cover below
Can you name the artist and song:
Clock strikes upon the hour
And the sun begins to fade
Still enough time to figure out
How to chase my blues away
Last Song: “Islands in the Stream” by Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton from Kenny Rogers’ album Eyes That See in the Dark (1983) and written by The Bee Gees
Great job Jim and @RetroGuava!!
You do something to me that I can’t explain
Hold me closer and I feel no pain
Here is the Bee Gees performing the song:
Follow @returntothe80sCan you name the artist and song:
Easy love is an easy ride
Just wakin’ up from what we had
Could stop good love from going bad
Last song: “9 to 5” by Dolly Parton
You’re just a step
On the boss man’s ladder
But you got dreams He’ll Never Take Away
Can you name the artist and song:
This was meant to be and I’m oh so glad I found you
Need you ev’ry day, gotta have your love around me
Last Song: “9 to 5” by Dolly Parton:
You’re just a step
On the boss man’s ladder
But you got dreams he’ll never take away
Return the lyrics and song from this artist who just had a guest spot this past Monday on the hit TV show “Hawaii Five-O”:
And she’s watching him with those eyes
And she’s lovin’ him with that body,
I just know it
Yeah ‘n’ he’s holding her
in his arms late,
late at night
You know, I wish ____ _ ___ ______ ____
Here is yesterday’s “Islands in the Stream” lyrics
Tender love is blind it requires a dedication
All this love we feel needs no conversation
We ride it together, uh huh
Makin’ love with each other, uh huh
Islands in the stream that is what we are
No one In Between, How Can We Be Wrong
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