Electrifying 80s Top 100 tracks of the 1980s
Richard Searling on Solar Radio
May to July 2023
https://www.mixcloud.com/spurs1961/
1 Keni Burke – Rising to the Top - 1982
2 The Controllers - Secret Fantasy - 1987
3 Howard Johnson - Keeping Love New - 1982
4 Luther Vandross – Never Too Much - 1981
5 Teddy Pendergrass – Is It Still good to Ya - 1980
6 Johnnie Taylor - Just Aint Good Enough - 1982
7 Magic Lady - Hold Tight - 1982
8 Chapter 8 – How Can I Get Next to You - 1985
9 Norman Connors feat Beau Williams – She’s Gone – 1981
10 Gladys Knight – You’re Number One - 1983
11 Walter Jackson - Touching in The Dark - 1983
12 The Dells - I Touched
a Dream - 1980
13 Stanley Clark feat Howard Hewett - Heaven Sent You - 1984
14 Anita Baker – Will You Be Mine - 1983
15 Paris Holley – I Choose You - 1983
16 Glenn Jones - Meet Me Halfway There - 1984
17 LTD - Love Magic - 1981
18 Pieces of A Dream – Warm Weather - 1981
19 Keni Burke – Got to Find a Way - 1981
20 Gerald Mallory – Lay It Down on Me – 1982
21 Ullanda McCullough – Bad Company – 1981
22 Arthur Adams – You got The Floor - 1981
23 Sunfire – Step into The Light – 1982
24 Norman Connors – Take It to the Limit - 1980
25 Crosswind – Fire Is Getting Hot – 1987
26 Atlantic Star - Circles - 1982
27 Ron Banks – Let Love Flow
- 1983
28 Shirley Brown – This Love - 1984
29 Jerry Bell – Tell me you will stay - 1981
** GC Cameron - If I love you - 1981
30 Sherree Brown – Got to Get Away - 1982
31 By All Means - You Decided to Go – 1989
32 Donald Byrd – I Feel Like Loving You Today – 1981
33 LJ Reynolds – Call Me - 1982
34 Alexander O’Neal – A Broken Heart Can Mend - 1985
35 Alfonzo Surrett – Give Me Your Love – 1980
36 Perri – Upside Down – 1988
37 David Ruffin – I Wanna Be With You – 1980
38 Dee Dee Sharp – I Love You Anyway – 1980
39 The Skool Boyz – Never Need Another love - 1985
40 Revelation – Feel It - 1980
41 Rufus And Chaka Khan – Any Love - 1980
42 Change – The Very Best in You – 1982-
43 The O’Jays – Summer Fling – 1984
44 Vanesse Thomas – Love in your Eyes - 1987
45 Drayton- Promise me - 1983
46 Take One - Your
Love / Heaven on Earth -
47 Teena Marie – I Need Your Lovin – 1980
48 Johnny Baker – Everything all you need – Love is My
Speciality
49 Atlantic Star – Silver Shadow -
50 Jeffrey Osborne - I really don’t need no light - 1982
51 Gene Dunlap - Before you break my heart - 1981
52 Quincy Jones - ??
not played
53 Arnie’s Love – I’m Out Of Your Life - 1983
54 Johnny Bristol – Love No Longer Has A Hold On Me – 1980
55 Quincy Jones / Patti Austin - Betcha You Wouldn’t Hurt Me - 1981
56 Sherick – Just Call - 1987
57 The Spinners – It’s Got to be Love - 1981
58 Cut Glass – Rising Cost of Love - 1980
59 Tata Vega - Reachin All around my love - 1981
60 Lou Rawls – Stop me from starting this feeling - 1986
61 Gary Taylor – This Time -1983
62 Bobby Thurston - Love you to the very last drop - 1981
63 Tommy Tate - We Don’t - 1981
64 Johnnie Taylor – Shoot for the Stars - 1984
65 James King – Memory - 1985
66 Glenn Jones – I Am Somebody -1983
67 The Chiilites – Try My side of love - 1981
68 Luther Vandross – Other Side of the World - 1985
69 Leon Ware -
Why I came to California - 1982
70 Esther Williams – Ready For Love – 1981
71 The Whispers – Just gets better with Time - 1987
72 Grover Washington Jr feat Phylis Hyman – Sacred Kind of
Love - 1985
73 The Winans – If I Ever I Fall - 1983
74 Kazu Matsui Project feat Phil Perry – Don’t You Know That
- 1984
75 Bobby Womack – If you Think you are lonely - 1981
76 Michael Wycoff – Looking up to you - 1982
77 Gift of
Dreams - Better Day - 1982
78 Chas - For your love - 1986
79 Eramus Hall - Just
Me And You - 1980
80 Leon Bryant – Finders Keepers - 1984
81 Glenn Jones – Keep on Doin’ - 1983
82 Sterling Harrison – You’ve Got That Thing - 1981
83 Patti Austin – Only a breath away - 1985
84 Lenny White – Didn’t know about Love (till I Found You) -
1983
85 Tony Fox – Love, Let Love and Be Loved - 1981
86 GC Cameron – Live for Love - 1980
87 Willie Clayton – Your Sweetness - 1987
88 Marc Sadane – One minute from Love – 1982
89 Bloodstone – My Love Gets Stronger - 1982
90 Kashif – Help Yourself to My Love - 1983
91 Phyllis Hyman - Aint You had Enough Love - 1986
92 Jimmy Cobb - So Nobody else can hear - 1983
93 Karin Jones – Ready, Ready Love - 1982
94 Johnnie Taylor – What About My Love - 1982
95 Magic Lady – Give It Up - 1982
96 Khemistry - Can you feel My Love - 1982
97 Ndugu and the Chocolate Jam Co -Take Some Time - 1980
98 Valentine Brothers - This Kind of Love So Special - 1982
99 Anita Baker – Caught Up in the Rapture - 1986
100 James Ingram - Whatever We Imagine - 1983
Part 1 https://www.mixcloud.com/spurs1961/rare-well-done-234-electrifying-80s/
Tracks 100 to 90
23 April 2023
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Tracks 89 to 80
30 April 2023
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Tracks 79 to 69
7 May 2023
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Tracks 68 to 58
14 May 2023
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Tracks 57 to 46
21 May 2023
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Tracks 45 to 35
28 May 2023
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Tracks 34 to 26
4 June 2023
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Tracks 25 to 15
11 June 2023
Part 9 https://www.mixcloud.com/spurs1961/rare-well-done-1862023-the-80s-pt9/
18 June 2023
Tracks 14 to 4
Part 10 https://www.mixcloud.com/spurs1961/rare-well-done-2562023-80s-pt-10/
Tracks 3 to 1
25 June 2023
Plus bubbling under tracks
LJ Reynolds – Southern Pearl – 1981
Bobby Womack - Where Do Go From Here – 1984
Michael White feat Phil Perry – So far away – 1989
Booker T – I Came to Love You – 1981
Dee Dee Sharp Gamble – Easy Money – 1980
Luther Vandross – Better Love – 1982
Al Johnson – I’m Back for More – 1980
Rockie Robbins – Time To Think - 1981
Aretha Franklin – (Its Just) Your Love - 1982
