Change - A Lover's HolidaySharon Redd - Never Give You UpSharon Redd - Beat the StreetMichael McDonald - I Keep Forgettin'Womack & Womack - A.P.B.Gwen Guthrie - Peanut ButterSade - Love Is Stronger Than Pride
― Gavin, Leeds, Tuesday, 18 April 2017 15:30 (seven years ago) link
Exposé - Point of No Return
― kornrulez6969, Tuesday, 18 April 2017 15:32 (seven years ago) link
Aurra – Such A FeelingGeorge Benson – Inside LoveThe Limit – She's So DivineThe Whispers – This Kind of Lovin'The Whispers – Keep On Lovin' Me
― bought 2 raris, went to chili's (crüt), Tuesday, 18 April 2017 15:36 (seven years ago) link
Morris Day & The Time - Jungle LoveMorris Day & The Time - The BirdSheila E. - The Glamorous LifeSade - Smooth OperatorSade - ParadiseSade - Is It A Crime?Sade - Your Love is KingSade - Never As Good As The First TimeTina Turner - What's Love Got to Do With ItTina Turner - Private DancerPrince - The Ballad of Dorothy ParkerPrince - Strange RelationshipPrince - Condition of the HeartPrince - Private Joy
― human music...I like it! (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 18 April 2017 15:38 (seven years ago) link
Chaka Khan - I Feel For YouChaka Khan - Through The Fire
― human music...I like it! (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 18 April 2017 15:40 (seven years ago) link
Chic - Rebels Are WeFunkadelic - Electro-Cuties
― kornrulez6969, Tuesday, 18 April 2017 15:45 (seven years ago) link
Ray Parker Jr. - GhostbustersChic - You Can't Do It Alone
― gospodin simmel, Tuesday, 18 April 2017 15:55 (seven years ago) link
Artists United Against Apartheid - Sun City
― kornrulez6969, Tuesday, 18 April 2017 15:58 (seven years ago) link
Gayle Adams - Love FeverPatrice Rushen - Feels So Real (Won't Let Go)Chemise - She Can't Love YouRainbow Brown - Till You SurrenderFonda Rae - Over Like A Fat RatInner Life - Ain't No Mountain High Enough
― Choco Blavatsky (seandalai), Tuesday, 18 April 2017 16:06 (seven years ago) link
Sheena Easton - Sugar WallsNeville Brothers - Brother John/Iko Iko
― kornrulez6969, Tuesday, 18 April 2017 16:12 (seven years ago) link
Ray Parker Jr. - Ghostbusters
Thank you for this
― human music...I like it! (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 18 April 2017 16:14 (seven years ago) link
"Beat It" is not an R&B song imo
it went #1 on the r&b charts (tho yes, it scaled the pop charts first). charting at all on the r&b side is more than some other nominees, like exposé's "point of no return" (even tho freestyle is def part of the r&b realm sonically), can say.
in any case i feel like if the fit seems questionable to people voting, even if they really like the song, it won't tend to get enough votes to place. so there's probably no reason to revoke nominations except for release date.
― dyl, Tuesday, 18 April 2017 16:21 (seven years ago) link
not that charting history means that much anyways. mj's "human nature" also didn't chart r&b at all but today it would certainly be considered more r&b than "beat it" (and is also most likely to be played on r&b stations today).
― dyl, Tuesday, 18 April 2017 16:25 (seven years ago) link
anyways really excited for this, lemme throw some noms together :)
I'm barely keeping myself from nominating Holiday, which is probably my favorite disco ever but the world decided dance-pop isn't r'n'b at some point so whatever. Same with ABC.
― gospodin simmel, Tuesday, 18 April 2017 16:29 (seven years ago) link
Maybe the Holiday Rap? Best of both worlds :)
― ArchCarrier, Tuesday, 18 April 2017 16:30 (seven years ago) link
Gonna wait til this settles down and the spreadsheet is up and running before nominating but this is already impossible
― ewar woowar (or something), Tuesday, 18 April 2017 17:03 (seven years ago) link
1980s soulA Taste of Honey - Rescue MeAretha Franklin - Sweet Bitter Love Aretha Franklin - Jump To ItBobby Womack - Tell Me Why C-Bank - One More Shot Cameo - Single Life Chaka Khan - I Know You, I Live You Coati Mundi - Que Pasa/Me No Pop IThe Crusaders w/ Bill Withers - Soul Shadows Dazz Band - Let It Whip Dennis Edwards -Don’t Look Any FurtherDefunkt - Thermonuclear SweatDefunkt - Avoid The Funk Deniece Williams - It’s Gonna Take A Miracle Donna Summer - State of IndependenceESG -You’re No GoodFrankie Smith - Double Dutch BusGil Scott-Heron - B-MovieGrace Jones - My Jamaican GuyGrover Washington Jr. - Just The Two of UsInner City - Big FunJames Brown - Don’t Stop The FunkJames Brown - Rapp Payback James Brown- Bring It OnJunie - Rappin About Rappin Kid Creole and the Coconuts - Annie, I’m Not Your Daddy Linx - You’re LyingManhattans - Shining StarMarvin Gaye - Turn On Some Music Material/Nona Hendryx - Bustin Out Material - MemoriesMFSB - Mysteries Of The WorldNeville Brothers - Sister RosaParliament - Trombipulation Peech Boys - Life Is Something SpecialPrince - How Come You Don’t Call Me Anymore?Professor Longhair - Cry To MeQuincy Jones - Just OnceRoger - So Ruff So TuffShalamar - I Can Make You Feel Good Sister Sledge - Got To Love SomebodySkipworth and Turner - Thinking About Your LoveSmokey Robinson - Let Me Be The ClockSyl Johnson - Ms. Fine Brown Frame Teena Marie - Lovergirl Tom Browne - Funkin’ For JamaicaTramaine Hawkins - Fall Down Spirit of Love Whitney Houston - You Give Good Love Yarborough and Peoples - Don’t Stop The MusicZapp - More Bounce To The Ounce
A Taste of Honey - Rescue MeAretha Franklin - Sweet Bitter Love Aretha Franklin - Jump To ItBobby Womack - Tell Me Why C-Bank - One More Shot Cameo - Single Life Chaka Khan - I Know You, I Live You Coati Mundi - Que Pasa/Me No Pop IThe Crusaders w/ Bill Withers - Soul Shadows Dazz Band - Let It Whip Dennis Edwards -Don’t Look Any FurtherDefunkt - Thermonuclear SweatDefunkt - Avoid The Funk Deniece Williams - It’s Gonna Take A Miracle Donna Summer - State of IndependenceESG -You’re No GoodFrankie Smith - Double Dutch BusGil Scott-Heron - B-MovieGrace Jones - My Jamaican GuyGrover Washington Jr. - Just The Two of UsInner City - Big FunJames Brown - Don’t Stop The FunkJames Brown - Rapp Payback James Brown- Bring It OnJunie - Rappin About Rappin Kid Creole and the Coconuts - Annie, I’m Not Your Daddy Linx - You’re LyingManhattans - Shining StarMarvin Gaye - Turn On Some Music Material/Nona Hendryx - Bustin Out Material - MemoriesMFSB - Mysteries Of The WorldNeville Brothers - Sister RosaParliament - Trombipulation Peech Boys - Life Is Something SpecialPrince - How Come You Don’t Call Me Anymore?Professor Longhair - Cry To MeQuincy Jones - Just OnceRoger - So Ruff So TuffShalamar - I Can Make You Feel Good Sister Sledge - Got To Love SomebodySkipworth and Turner - Thinking About Your LoveSmokey Robinson - Let Me Be The ClockSyl Johnson - Ms. Fine Brown Frame Teena Marie - Lovergirl Tom Browne - Funkin’ For JamaicaTramaine Hawkins - Fall Down Spirit of Love Whitney Houston - You Give Good Love Yarborough and Peoples - Don’t Stop The MusicZapp - More Bounce To The Ounce
― Ρεμπετολογια, Tuesday, 18 April 2017 17:10 (seven years ago) link
Whoops sorry about that
― Ρεμπετολογια, Tuesday, 18 April 2017 17:11 (seven years ago) link
Please use ctrl f people. There were some issues with double nominations and small spelling differences in the last poll.
― gospodin simmel, Tuesday, 18 April 2017 17:14 (seven years ago) link
In My House - Mary Jane Girls
― Darin, Tuesday, 18 April 2017 18:57 (seven years ago) link
so uh are we excluding rap titles from consideration here
like i want to nominate e.g. newcleus - jam on it
i know there's a tendency to separate r&b and rap based on their vocals but considering the two have basically coevolved thruout the latter's entire existence i feel it would be a ridiculous omission esp. since rap titles tended to percolate thru the same spaces (radio/venues/retailers etc.) commercially. the commercial format of r&b, which did include rap, is more easily pinned down than nebulous genre definitions of r&b anyhow.
― dyl, Tuesday, 18 April 2017 19:28 (seven years ago) link
(pretty much all of the rap songs i want to nominate were hits on the r&b charts btw)
― dyl, Tuesday, 18 April 2017 19:30 (seven years ago) link
This will become a significantly less interesting poll if we include rap (whereas it would become even more interesting if we include dance pop but that's just me).
― gospodin simmel, Tuesday, 18 April 2017 19:32 (seven years ago) link
Stevie Wonder - All I DoPatrice Rushen - Remind MeDebarge - Time Will RevealDebarge - A DreamIsley Brothers - Between the SheetsKeni Burke - Risin' To The Top (Give It All You Got)Stevie Wonder - OverjoyedLoose Ends - Hangin' on a StringChic - Flash BackOdyssey - Native New YorkerOtis Clay - The Only Way Is UpEdnah Holt - Serious, Sirius Space Party
― Ari (whenuweremine), Tuesday, 18 April 2017 19:33 (seven years ago) link
Well, "Rapper's Delight" made the '70s poll so ... ?
― insidious assymetrical weapons (Eric H.), Tuesday, 18 April 2017 19:34 (seven years ago) link
"Jam On It" reads as much electro R&B as it does rap, tho.
― insidious assymetrical weapons (Eric H.), Tuesday, 18 April 2017 19:35 (seven years ago) link
Native New Yorker is from 1977.
― gospodin simmel, Tuesday, 18 April 2017 19:36 (seven years ago) link
"jam on it" deserves to be nominated yes absolutely
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Tuesday, 18 April 2017 19:40 (seven years ago) link
this is what i mean by nebulous genre definitions (even tho i agree w/ the statement!). like where is the line drawn between electro r&b w/ largely rapped vocals (or no vocals) and actual rap? is it whodini's "friends"? j.j. fad's "supersonic"?
― dyl, Tuesday, 18 April 2017 19:55 (seven years ago) link
I'm the wrong one to ask, I think dance music is always at a disadvantage on ILM and if I can stack the deck in boogie's favor somehow, I'm likely to do it.
― insidious assymetrical weapons (Eric H.), Tuesday, 18 April 2017 19:59 (seven years ago) link
Rene & Angela - Your SmilePasadenas - Tribute (Right On)Whispers - Rock SteadyGavin Christopher - One Step Closer To YouZZ Hill - Cheating In The Next RoomMichael McDonald - I Keep Forgettin'
― jetfan, Wednesday, 19 April 2017 00:38 (seven years ago) link
I've had "Jam On It" on every list of the '80s I car eto name.
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 19 April 2017 00:40 (seven years ago) link
My go-to station on satellite radio is the Groove, which is basically this poll in real time. Random sample from earlier today:
Search results 1 to 50 of 711 total matches NextPageChannel Artist Title Date Time50 Chic Good Times 4/18/2017 8:42:34 PM50 Chuckii Booker Turned Away 4/18/2017 8:36:56 PM50 System Don't Disturb This Groove 4/18/2017 8:34:01 PM50 Kashif I Just Gotta Have You (Lover Turn M 4/18/2017 8:27:53 PM50 The Groove SiriusXM 4/18/2017 8:27:43 PM50 Maze featuring Frankie Beverly Back In Stride 4/18/2017 8:23:45 PM50 Jermaine & Michael Jackson Tell Me I'm Not Dreaming 4/18/2017 8:19:43 PM50 Evelyn "Champagne" King Shame 4/18/2017 8:13:23 PM50 Sade Paradise 4/18/2017 8:09:56 PM50 O'Jays Give The People What They Want 4/18/2017 8:05:54 PM50 Bobby Brown My Prerogative 4/18/2017 8:01:32 PM50 Sirius XM The Groove 4/18/2017 8:01:11 PM50 Jody Watley Real Love 4/18/2017 7:57:12 PM50 K.C. & The Sunshine Band Get Down Tonight (Long Version) 4/18/2017 7:52:03 PM50 D Train Keep Giving Me Love 4/18/2017 7:45:12 PM50 Stevie Wonder Don't You Worry 'Bout A Thing 4/18/2017 7:41:23 PM50 Gerald Levert Just Coolin' ` 4/18/2017 7:38:01 PM50 Gap Band You Dropped A Bomb On Me 4/18/2017 7:32:13 PM50 The Groove Old School R&B 4/18/2017 7:32:02 PM50 One Way Cutie Pie 4/18/2017 7:26:44 PM50 Chaka Khan I Feel For You 4/18/2017 7:21:01 PM50 Linda Clifford Runaway Love 4/18/2017 7:14:13 PM50 The Groove SiriusXM 4/18/2017 7:14:02 PM50 Commodores Sweet Love 4/18/2017 7:07:44 PM50 Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam Let The Beat Hit'em (91) 4/18/2017 7:04:02 PM50 Change Paradise 4/18/
And so on.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 19 April 2017 00:55 (seven years ago) link
Junior - Mama Used To SayCheri - Murphy's LawGap Band - You Dropped A Bomb On Me Al B Sure - Off on Your Own (Girl)
― enochroot, Wednesday, 19 April 2017 01:07 (seven years ago) link
Jermaine Jackson - Let's Get SeriousHall and Oates - Out of TouchHall and Oates - I Can't Go For ThatDavid Bowie - Let's DanceBobby Brown - Every Little StepChaka Khan - What Cha' Gonna Do For MeBilly Ocean - Caribbean Queen
― Vinnie, Wednesday, 19 April 2017 02:51 (seven years ago) link
I listed "Mama Used to Say" upthread: a huge hit in England, #2 on te black chart, but like so many R&B hits of the era a dud on the pop chart.
Here's where I recommend The Blerb Radio Podcast, in which Thomas Inskeep and Michael Heyliger discuss every #1 and #2 of the eighties R&B chart.
http://blerdradio.libsyn.com/
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 19 April 2017 02:57 (seven years ago) link
Mtume – You Can't Wait For LoveHigh Fashion – Feelin' Lucky LatelyStarpoint – Satisfy Me LoverShalamar – I Owe You OneImagination – ChangesD-Train – Keep On
― bought 2 raris, went to chili's (crüt), Wednesday, 19 April 2017 03:59 (seven years ago) link
George Benson - Turn Your Love AroundGeorge Benson - Give Me The Night Grover Washington - Just The Two Of Us
― Yoni Loves Chocha (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 19 April 2017 04:24 (seven years ago) link
Egyptian Lover should count, no?
If so:
Egyptian Lover - I Cry (Night After Night)Egyptian Lover - My House (On The Nile)Egyptian Lover - Egypt Egypt
― human music...I like it! (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 19 April 2017 04:29 (seven years ago) link
Womack & Womack - Baby I'm Scared of YouBernard Wright - Who Do You LoveJody Watley - Real LoveRick James - Cold BloodedEvelyn "Champagne" King - "I'm In Love"Zapp - Computer LoveZapp - Dance FloorFonda Rae - Touch Me (All Night Long)Leon Ware - Rockin You EternallySylvia Striplin - You Can't Turn Me AwaySylvia Striplin - Give Me Your LoveAlicia Myers - I Want To Thank You
― human music...I like it! (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 19 April 2017 04:56 (seven years ago) link
ok here are what i hope will be minimally objectionable noms (including "jam on it" since y'all seemed in favor)
The Deele - Two OccasionsAnita Baker - Giving You The Best That I GotAnita Baker - Just BecausePrince - Hot ThingPrince - ItPrince - The Beautiful OnesForce M.D.'s - Love Is A HouseForce M.D.'s - Tender LoveNocera - Summertime, SummertimeBrenda Russell Featuring Joe Esposito - Piano In The DarkBobby Brown - My PrerogativeBobby Brown - RoniFreddie Jackson - Jam TonightNew Edition - Can You Stand The RainVanity 6 - Drive Me WildThe Art Of Noise - Beat BoxThe Art Of Noise - Moments In LoveMidnight Star - Slow JamLipps, Inc. - FunkytownAl Jarreau - Mornin'Al Jarreau - We're In This Love TogetherMadonna - Like A PrayerJennifer Holliday - And I Am Telling You I'm Not GoingThe Time - 777-9311The Weather Girls - It's Raining MenRockwell - Somebody's Watching MeThe Nick Straker Band - A Little Bit Of JazzLuther Vandross - A House Is Not A HomeLuther Vandross - Here And NowLuther Vandross - If Only For One NightLuther Vandross - Superstar/Until You Come Back To Me (That's What I'm Gonna Do)Jody Watley - Looking For A New LoveMary Jane Girls - All Night LongGeorge Michael - Careless WhisperGeorge Michael - Father FigureGeorge Michael - One More TryThe System - Don't Disturb This GrooveTerence Trent D'Arby - Wishing WellThe S.O.S. Band - Tell Me If You Still CareMaze Featuring Frankie Beverly - Can't Get Over YouMaze Featuring Frankie Beverly - Joy And PainM/A/R/R/S - Pump Up The VolumeBobby Womack - If You Think You're Lonely NowMalcolm McLaren - Madam ButterflyThe Pointer Sisters - Slow HandCheryl Lynn - EncoreChange - SearchingHerbie Hancock - RockitShirley Murdock - As We LayAlexander O'Neal - SunshineIrene Cara - Flashdance... What A FeelingJames Ingram & Michael McDonald - Yah Mo B TherePhil Collins - SussudioNarada Michael Walden - I Shoulda Loved YaLevert - CasanovaNewcleus - Jam On ItSybil - Don't Make Me OverSurface - HappyJanet Jackson - Funny How Time Flies (When You're Having Fun)Quincy Jones - Ai No CorridaBetty Wright - No Pain, (No Gain)Deniece Williams - SillyMtume - You, Me And HeLaid Back - White HorseDonna Summer - She Works Hard For The MoneyShalamar - The Second Time AroundKlymaxx - The Men All PauseStevie Wonder - Master Blaster (Jammin')
― dyl, Wednesday, 19 April 2017 06:55 (seven years ago) link
Irene Cara - FameDavid Bowie - Fame
― ArchCarrier, Wednesday, 19 April 2017 07:01 (seven years ago) link
is "escapade" from the 80s? i guess the album's from 89 but it came out as a single in jan 1990 and got big after that
― dyl, Wednesday, 19 April 2017 07:24 (seven years ago) link
I played Rhythm Nation 1814 about a thousand times in the fall of 1989, so for me it's definitely '89.
― ArchCarrier, Wednesday, 19 April 2017 07:27 (seven years ago) link
fair enough
― dyl, Wednesday, 19 April 2017 08:05 (seven years ago) link
Delegation - It's Your Turn (Extended version)Zapp - Heartbreaker (Part I, Part II)The Whispers - TonightFrederick & Janice Dowlen - Gentle (Calling your name)Natalie Cole - Pink CadillacKashif - RumorsChange - Change of heartDonna Allen - Serious (Extended Version)Gwen Guthrie - Seventh Heaven (Larry Levan Remix)
Remove the extended versions/remix if it makes things simpler
― ogmor, Wednesday, 19 April 2017 12:22 (seven years ago) link
David Bowie's Fame came out in 1976
― human music...I like it! (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 19 April 2017 12:38 (seven years ago) link
or 75 idk
I am devastated to learn that Raydio/Ray Parker Jr's masterpiece, More Than One Way To Love a Woman came out in 79. It would have been in my top 10 for that poll.
― kornrulez6969, Wednesday, 19 April 2017 12:40 (seven years ago) link
Alexander O'Neal - (What Can I Say) To Make You Love Me
― flopson, Sunday, 23 April 2017 22:46 (seven years ago) link
Stanning for the funk:
Tom Browne - Thighs High (Grip Your Hips and Move)Stone City Band - FreakyThe Bar-Kays - Freaky BehaviorKabbala - Ashewo AraZapp - Playin' Kinda RuffRonnie Hudson and the Street People - West Coast PoplockBar-Kays - Do It (Let Me See You Shake)Jermaine Jackson - Let Me Tickle Your FancyTara - Fresh FleshD Train - You're the One for Me (Labor of Love Mix)TZ - I Got the Hots For YouWestwood Cash - Psycho for your LoveD Train - MusicPrince Charles - Cash (Cash Money)Bar-Kays - She Talks to Me with her BodyCaprice - 100%Friction - Bar-B-QCircle City Band - Party Lights (Shake Your Body Get Loose)Cat Miller - Ready or Not (UK Remix)Val Young - SeductionAndre Cymone - The Dance ElectricMaceo and the Macks - Cross the Track (We Better Go Back)Deborah Allen - Telepathy (Club Mix)
― behavioral sink (Sanpaku), Sunday, 23 April 2017 22:49 (seven years ago) link
BTW, I refuse to vote for ballads. Radio Behavioral Sink is 100% boogie.
― behavioral sink (Sanpaku), Sunday, 23 April 2017 22:51 (seven years ago) link
Fuck it, 2 more from Victory:
Jacksons - WaitJacksons - Body
― Futuristic Bow Wow (thewufs), Sunday, 23 April 2017 23:04 (seven years ago) link
Herbie Hancock – Magic NumberHerbie Hancock – Gettin' To The Good PartBrothers Johnson – Light Up The NightFatback Band – Double Love AffairFantasy – You're Too LateAurra – Send Your LoveDeodato – Skatin'Johnny Gill – Super LoveEgyptian Lover – Freak-A-Holic
― bought 2 raris, went to chili's (crüt), Monday, 24 April 2017 00:04 (seven years ago) link
Alias - ShakeBen E King - Street ToughDebbie Deb - When I Hear MusicThe Jets - Make it RealSexual Harrassment - I Need a Freak
― Sushi and the Banchan (Spectrist), Monday, 24 April 2017 01:45 (seven years ago) link
Tom Browne - Thighs High (Grip Your Hips and Move)
OMG, thank you for nominating this!
― insidious assymetrical weapons (Eric H.), Monday, 24 April 2017 03:06 (seven years ago) link
Fatback Band - Is This the Future?Herbie Hancock - Lite Me UpKlymaxx - Man Size Love
― Tuomas, Monday, 24 April 2017 05:24 (seven years ago) link
Boris Midney - A Child Is BornErotic Drum Band - Horny
― Tuomas, Monday, 24 April 2017 05:29 (seven years ago) link
Slave - Stone JamFunkadelic - Funk Gets Stronger Part I
― Futuristic Bow Wow (thewufs), Monday, 24 April 2017 06:12 (seven years ago) link
Stacy Lattisaw - Let Me Be Your Angel
― Futuristic Bow Wow (thewufs), Monday, 24 April 2017 06:19 (seven years ago) link
Earth Wind & Fire - And Love Goes On
― Futuristic Bow Wow (thewufs), Monday, 24 April 2017 07:27 (seven years ago) link
--- NOMINATIONS ARE CLOSED ---
― ArchCarrier, Monday, 24 April 2017 09:13 (seven years ago) link
And here it is:
Let's Hear It for the POLL: It's the ~~~ 80's R&B TRACKS POLL ~~~ voting & campaigning thread
― ArchCarrier, Monday, 24 April 2017 09:39 (seven years ago) link