The 1987 WNEW-FM Top 1027 Songs of All Time Listener's Poll

-- #438 - LONG TRAIN RUNNING
-- #635 - TAKIN' IT TO THE STREETS
-- #658 - IT KEEPS YOU RUNNING
-- #857 - CHINA GROVE
DOORS
-- #10 - LIGHT MY FIRE
-- #28 - L.A. WOMAN
-- #173 - THE END
-- #210 - TOUCH ME
-- #226 - RIDERS ON THE STORM
-- #242 - WHEN THE MUSIC'S OVER
-- #792 - WHO DO YOU LOVE
-- #847 - FIVE TO ONE
-- #1010 - LAND HO
DURAN DURAN
-- #63 - THE REFLEX
-- #374 - UNION OF THE SNAKE
-- #409 - HUNGRY LIKE THE WOLF
-- #585 - GIRLS ON FILM
DWIGHT TWILLEY
-- #891 - I'M ON FIRE
EAGLES
-- #44 - HOTEL CALIFORNIA
-- #119 - TAKE IT EASY
-- #439 - LIFE IN THE FAST LANE
-- #538 - ONE OF THESE NIGHTS
-- #605 - PEACEFUL EASY FEELING
-- #899 - VICTIM OF LOVE
EASYBEATS
-- #806 - FRIDAY ON MY MIND
EDDIE COCHRAN
-- #264 - SUMMERTIME BLUES
EDDIE MONEY
-- #509 - THINK I'M IN LOVE
-- #832 - TWO TICKETS TO PARADISE
-- #887 - BABY HOLD ON
EDDY GRANT
-- #962 - ELECTRIC AVENUE
EDGAR WINTER
-- #961 - FRANKENSTEIN
ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA
-- #822 - DO YA
-- #926 - EVIL WOMAN
ELTON JOHN
-- #37 - FUNERAL FOR A FRIEND
-- #158 - SOMEONE SAVED MY LIFE TONIGHT
-- #298 - GOODBYE YELLOW BRICK ROAD
-- #386 - MADMAN ACROSS THE WATER
-- #427 - CANDLE IN THE WIND
-- #449 - I GUESS THAT'S WHY THEY CALL IT THE BLUES
-- #485 - PHILADELPHIA FREEDOM
-- #495 - SATURDAY NIGHT'S ALRIGHT FOR FIGHTING
-- #575 - BENNIE & THE JETS
-- #625 - DANIEL
-- #660 - ISLAND GIRL
ELVIN BISHOP
-- #904 - FOOLED AROUND AND FELL IN LOVE
ELVIS COSTELLO
-- #90 - ALISON
-- #175 - PUMP IT UP
-- #268 - WATCHING THE DETECTIVES
-- #302 - ANGELS WANT TO WEAR MY RED SHOES
-- #351 - OLIVER'S ARMY
-- #387 - WHAT'S SO FUNNY ABOUT PEACE LOVE & UNDERSTANDING
-- #424 - MY AIM IS TRUE
-- #583 - WHISPER TO A SCREAM
-- #956 - EVERY DAY I WRITE THE BOOK
ELVIS PRESLEY
-- #87 - JAILHOUSE ROCK
-- #256 - LOVE ME TENDER
-- #281 - HEARTBREAK HOTEL
-- #347 - HOUND DOG
-- #770 - DON'T BE CRUEL
EMERSON LAKE & PALMER
-- #149 - LUCKY MAN
-- #-- #9
-- #362 - FROM THE BEGINNING
ERIC CLAPTON
-- #52 - COCAINE
-- #254 - LET IT RAIN
-- #470 - HAVE YOU EVER LOVED A WOMAN
-- #643 - BLUES POWER
-- #928 - LAY DOWN SALLY
EURYTHMICS
-- #606 - HERE COMES THE RAIN AGAIN
FATS DOMINO
-- #729 - AIN'T THAT A SHAME
FIXX
-- #432 - ONE THING LEADS TO ANOTHER
-- #896 - RED SKIES AT NIGHT
FLEETWOOD MAC
-- #157 - RHIANNON
-- #207 - DREAMS
-- #270 - SARA
-- #369 - GO YOUR OWN WAY
-- #420 - THE CHAIN
-- #588 - SAY YOU LOVE ME
-- #767 - OVER MY HEAD
FLOCK OF SEAGULLS
-- #882 - I RAN

FOREIGNER
-- #456 - JUKEBOX HERO
-- #705 - WAITING FOR A GIRL LIKE YOU
-- #830 - URGENT
-- #978 - DOUBLE VISION
FOUR TOPS
-- #833 - IT’S THE SAME OLD SONG
FRANK ZAPPA
-- #527 - DANCIN' FOOL
-- #952 - VALLEY GIRL
FREE
-- #455 - ALL RIGHT NOW
GARY U.S. BONDS
-- #898 - OUT OF WORK
-- #977 - QUARTER TO THREE
GENE VINCENT
-- #191 - BE BOP A LULA
GENESIS
-- #72 - FOLLOW YOU FOLLOW ME
-- #106 - TURN IT ON AGAIN
-- #122 - NO REPLY AT ALL
-- #249 - LAMB LIES DOWN ON BROADWAY
-- #312 - SQUONK
-- #330 - ABACAB
-- #375 - BEHIND THE LINES
-- #389 - DANCE ON A VOLCANO
-- #465 - JUST A JOB TO DO
-- #481 - MISUNDERSTANDING
GEORGE THOROGOOD
-- #129 - BAD TO THE BONE
-- #672 - ONE BOURBON ONE SCOTCH ONE BEER
-- #1006 - MOVE IT ON OVER
GERRY RAFFERTY
-- #849 - BAKER STREET
GO-GO'S
-- #192 - HEAD OVER HEELS
-- #275 - OUR LIPS ARE SEALED
GOLDEN EARRING
-- #463 - RADAR LOVE
-- #912 - TWILIGHT ZONE
GRAHAM PARKER
-- #812 - ENDLESS NIGHT
GRAND FUNK RAILROAD
-- #999 - I'M YOUR CAPTAIN
GRASS ROOTS
-- #540 - MIDNIGHT CONFESSIONS
GRATEFUL DEAD
-- #120 - U.S. BLUES
-- #170 - RIPPLE
-- #188 - TRUCKIN'
-- #200 - ST. STEPHEN
-- #326 - CASEY JONES
-- #349 - UNCLE JOHN'S BAND
-- #411 - SUGAR MAGNOLIA
-- #441 - DIRE WOLF
-- #483 - SHIP OF FOOLS
-- #694 - EYES OF THE WORLD
-- #722 - NEW SPEEDWAY BOOGIE
-- #758 - GOING DOWN THE ROAD
-- #811 - ALABAMA GETAWAY
GREG KIHN BAND
-- #511 - BREAK-UP SONG
-- #1000 - JEOPARDY
HALL & OATES
-- #563 - PRIVATE EYES
-- #663 - HOW DOES IT FEEL TO BE BACK
-- #840 - MANEATER
-- #980 - YOU MAKE MY DREAMS
HOLLIES
-- #371 - LONG COOL WOMAN IN A BLACK DRESS
-- #450 - CARRIE ANN
HOT TUNA
-- #1023 - KEEP ON TRUCKIN'
HOWARD JONES
-- #764 - NEW SONG
HUEY LEWIS & THE NEWS
-- #82 - I WANT A NEW DRUG
-- #666 - WORKIN' FOR A LIVIN'
-- #939 - HEART OF ROCK & ROLL
HUMAN BEINZ
-- #841 - NOBODY BUT ME
-- #1021 - NOBODY BUT ME
HUMBLE PIE
-- #562 - I DON'T NEED NO DOCTOR
IAN DURY & THE BLOCKHEADS
-- #804 - REASONS TO BE CHEERFUL PT. 3
-- #1018 - SEX & DRUGS & ROCK & ROLL
IAN HUNTER
-- #462 - JUST ANOTHER NIGHT
IKE & TINA TURNER
-- #271 - RIVER DEEP MOUNTAIN HIGH
INXS
-- #872 - THE ONE THING
IRON BUTTERFLY
-- #100 - IN-A-GADDA-DA-VIDA
IT'S A BEAUTIFUL DAY
-- #353 - WHITE BIRD
J. GEILS BAND
-- #102 - CENTERFOLD
-- #479 - FLAMETHROWER

-- #513 - I DO
-- #561 - LOVE STINKS
-- #610 - TIL THE WALLS COME TUMBLIN' DOWN
-- #677 - HOUSE PARTY
-- #774 - FREEZE FRAME
-- #807 - MUSTA GOT LOST
-- #862 - ONE LAST KISS
-- #906 - NIGHTTIME
JACKIE WILSON
-- #656 - HIGHER & HIGHER
JACKSON BROWNE
-- #66 - PRETENDER
-- #169 - RUNNING ON EMPTY
-- #241 - LOAD OUT/STAY
-- #301 - FOR A DANCER
-- #498 - FOR EVERYMAN
-- #579 - THE ROAD
-- #749 - LATE FOR THE SKY
-- #885 - BOULEVARD
JAM
-- #138 - A TOWN CALLED MALICE
-- #233 - BITTEREST PILL
-- #445 - BEAT SURRENDER
JAMES GANG
-- #852 - WALK AWAY
-- #975 - FUNK 49
JANIS JOPLIN
-- #244 - PIECE OF MY HEART
-- #372 - TRY
-- #473 - CRY BABY
-- #686 - ME & BOBBY MCGEE
-- #708 - GET IT WHILE YOU CAN
-- #766 - SUMMERTIME
JEFF BECK
-- #430 - MORNING DEW
-- #480 - AIRBLOWER
-- #573 - FREEWAY JAM
JEFFERSON AIRPLANE
-- #83 - WHITE RABBIT
-- #360 - SOMEBODY TO LOVE
-- #743 - 3/5 OF A MILE IN 10 SECONDS
-- #574 - RIDE THE TIGER
-- #971 - MIRACLES
JERRY GARCIA
-- #451 - SUGAREE
JERRY LEE LEWIS
-- #277 - WHOLE LOTTA SHAKIN' GOIN’ ON
-- #403 - GREAT BALLS OF FIRE
JETHRO TULL
-- #58 - AQUALUNG
-- #107 - LOCOMOTIVE BREATH
-- #390 - NOTHING IS EASY
-- #471 - CRY YOU A SONG
-- #524 - CROSS-EYED MARY
JIM CROCE
-- #960 - BAD BAD LEROY BROWN
JIMI HENDRIX
-- #43 - PURPLE HAZE
-- #78 - FOXY LADY
-- #84 - ALL ALONG THE WATCHTOWER
-- #177 - VOODOO CHILE
-- #486 - CHANGES
-- #603 - WIND CRIES MARY
-- #648 - LITTLE WING
-- #709 - FIRE
-- #721 - MACHINE GUN
-- #740 - RED HOUSE
-- #750 - CASTLES MADE OF SAND
-- #883 - PURPLE HAZE
JIMMY BUFFET
-- #794 - MARGARITAVILLE
JOAN JETT
-- #101 - I LOVE ROCK 'N ROLL
-- #549 - CRIMSON & CLOVER
-- #582 - FAKE FRIENDS
-- #629 - BAD REPUTATION
-- #745 - DO YA WANNA TOUCH ME
JOE COCKER
-- #846 - THE LETTER
JOE JACKSON
-- #444 - LOOK SHARP
-- #613 - FOOLS IN LOVE
-- #655 - STEPPIN' OUT
-- #707 - PRETTY GIRLS
JOE WALSH
-- #581 - LIFE'S BEEN GOOD
-- #796 - ROCKY MOUNTAIN WAY
-- #996 - I CAN PLAY THAT ROCK & ROLL
JOHN COUGAR
-- #96 - HURT SO GOOD
-- #377 - I NEED A LOVER
-- #536 - THIS TIME (I THINK I'M IN LOVE)
JOHN COUGAR MELLENCAMP
-- #127 - AUTHORITY SONG
-- #139 - PINK HOUSES
JOHN LENNON
-- #17 - IMAGINE
-- #109 - INSTANT KARMA
-- #355 - WATCHING THE WHEELS
-- #392 - GIVE PEACE A CHANCE

-- #435 - MIND GAMES
-- #586 - JUST LIKE STARTING OVER
-- #893 - STAND BY ME
JOHN MILES
-- #1027 - MUSIC
JOHNNY WINTER
-- #805 - ROCK N' ROLL HOOTCHIE KOO
JONATHAN RICHMAN
-- #633 - ROADRUNNER
JONI MITCHELL
-- #636 - RAISED ON ROBBERY
JOURNEY
-- #361 - LIGHTS
-- #391 - DON'T STOP BELIEVIN'
-- #414 - FAITHFULLY
-- #448 - STONE IN LOVE
-- #469 - OPEN ARMS
-- #789 - JUST THE SAME WAY
-- #932 - WHO'S CRYIN NOW
JUDAS PRIEST
-- #235 - YOU'VE GOT ANOTHER THING COMIN'
-- #280 - LIVING AFTER MIDNIGHT
-- #744 - LOVE BITES
KANSAS
-- #314 - CARRY ON
-- #428 - DUST IN THE WIND
-- #600 - POINT OF NO RETURN
KENNY LOGGINS
-- #88 - FOOTLOOSE
-- #621 - HEARTLIGHT
KIM WILDE
-- #615 - KIDS IN AMERICA
KING CRIMSON
-- #289 - COURT OF THE CRIMSON KING
KINGSMEN
-- #217 - LOUIE LOUIE
KINKS
-- #20 - LOLA
-- #257 - CELLULOID HEROES
-- #340 - YOU REALLY GOT ME
-- #352 - SHANGRI LA
-- #447 - TILL THE END OF THE DAY
-- #472 - DON'T FORGET TO DANCE
-- #526 - LOW BUDGET
-- #590 - YOU REALLY GOT ME
-- #632 - SUNNY AFTERNOON
-- #693 - APE MAN
-- #886 - COME DANCING
-- #913 - SUPERMAN
KISS
-- #446 - ROCK 'N ROLL ALL NIGHT
KNACK
-- #1014 - MY SHARONA
KNICKERBOCKERS
-- #858 - LIES
LED ZEPPELIN
-- #1 - STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN
-- #11 - WHOLE LOTTA LOVE
-- #12 - KASHMIR
-- #21 - DAZED & CONFUSED
-- #29 - IMMIGRANT SONG
-- #31 - OVER THE HILLS & FAR AWAY
-- #36 - GOOD TIMES BAD TIMES
-- #49 - COMMUNICATION BREAKDOWN
-- #69 - FOOL IN THE RAIN
-- #76 - ROCK 'N ROLL
-- #79 - BLACK DOG
-- #148 - THANK YOU
-- #168 - GOING TO CALIFORNIA
-- #189 - MISTY MOUNTAIN HOP
-- #205 - ALL OF MY LOVE
-- #227 - WHAT IS AND WHAT SHOULD NEVER BE
-- #293 - THE OCEAN
-- #327 - THE ROVER
-- #337 - TRAMPLED UNDER FOOT
-- #601 - SOUTHBOUND SUAREZ
-- #611 - RAMBLE ON
-- #691 - NOBODY'S FAULT BUT MINE
-- #715 - OUT ON THE TILES
-- #742 - IN MY TIME OF DYING
-- #760 - IN THE LIGHT
-- #874 - NIGHT FLIGHT
LEFT BANKE
-- #622 - WALK AWAY RENE
LINDSEY BUCKINGHAM
-- #934 - TROUBLE
LITTLE EVA
-- #988 - LOCOMOTION
LITTLE FEAT
-- #190 - DIXIE CHICKEN
-- #728 - EASY TO SLIP
-- #989 - DIXIE CHICKEN
LITTLE STEPHEN
-- #594 - FOREVER
LOGGINS & MESSINA
-- #917 - VAHAVELA
LOS BRAVOS
-- #827 - BLACK IS BLACK
LOU REED
-- #297 - WALK ON THE WILD SIDE

LOVERBOY
-- #674 - WORKIN' FOR THE WEEKEND
-- #867 - WHEN IT'S OVER
-- #894 - THE KID IS HOT TONIGHT
LOVIN' SPOONFUL
-- #510 - SUMMER IN TME CITY
-- #732 - YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO BE SO NICE
LYNYRD SKYNYRD
-- #8 - FREEBIRD
-- #379 - WHAT'S YOUR NAME
MADNESS
-- #466 - OUR HOUSE
-- #1022 - ONE STEP BEYOND
MAMAS & THE PAPAS
-- #204 - CALIFORNIA DREAMIN'
-- #813 - I SAW HER AGAIN
MANFRED MANN
-- #552 - YOU ANGEL YOU
-- #637 - DO WAH DIDDY
MARIANNE FAITHFULL
-- #506 - BROKEN ENGLISH
MARSHALL CRENSHAW
-- #269 - SOMEDAY SOMEWAY
-- #620 - BRAND NEW LOVER
-- #809 - CYNICAL GIRL
MARTHA AND THE VANDELLAS
-- #209 - HEATWAVE
MARTIN BRILEY
-- #826 - SALT IN MY TEARS
MARVIN GAYE
-- #198 - I HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE
-- #539 - WHAT'S GOIN' ON
MARVIN GAYE & TAMMI TERRELL
-- #701 - AIN'T NO MOUNTAIN HIGH ENOUGH
MEATLOAF
-- #853 - YOU TOOK THE WORDS RIGHT OUT OF MY MOUTH
-- #1005 - PARADISE BY THE DASHBOARD LIGHT
MEN AT WORK
-- #558 - OVERKILL
-- #829 - BE GOOD JOHNNY
-- #866 - DOWN UNDER
-- #953 - IT'S A MISTAKE
MICHAEL JACKSON
-- #243 - BEAT IT
MICHAEL STANLEY BAND
-- #915 - MY TOWN
MITCH RYDER
-- #630 - DEVIL WITH THE BLUE DRESS
MODERN ENGLISH
-- #825 - I MELT WITH YOU
MONKEES
-- #628 - LAST TRAIN TO CLARKSVILLE
-- #910 - THEME FROM THE MONKEES
MONROES
-- #930 - WHAT DO ALL THE PEOPLE KNOW
MOODY BLUES
-- #14 - NIGHTS IN WHITE SATIN
-- #203 - TUESDAY AFTERNOON
-- #436 - STORY IN YOUR EYES
-- #727 - RIDE MY SEE SAW
-- #878 - I’M JUST A SINGER IN A ROCK N' ROLL BAND
-- #914 - SITTING AT THE WHEEL
MOTELS
-- #800 - SUDDENLY LAST SUMMER
MOTLEY CRUE
-- #95 - LOOKS THAT KILL
-- #404 - SHOUT AT THE DEVIL
MOTT THE HOOPLE
-- #258 - ALL THE YOUNG DUDES
-- #879 - ALL THE WAY FROM MEMPHIS
MOUNTAIN
-- #136 - THEME FROM AN IMAGINERY WESTERN
-- #457 - MISSISSIPPI QUEEN
NAKED EYES
-- #970 - ALWAYS SOMETHING THERE TO REMIND ME
NAZARETH
-- #919 - HOLIDAY
NAZZ
-- #565 - OPEN MY EYES
NEIL YOUNG
-- #223 - SOUTHERN MAN
-- #283 - HEART OF GOLD
-- #308 - SUGAR MOUNTAIN
-- #345 - CINNAMON GIRL
-- #418 - LIKE A HURRICANE
-- #716 - DON'T LET IT BRING YOU DOWN
NICK GILDER
-- #990 - HOT CHILD IN THE CITY
NICK LOWE
-- #553 - CRUEL TO BE KIND
-- #627 - THEY CALL IT ROCK
-- #843 - SO IT GOES
NIGHT RANGER
-- #53 - SISTER CHRISTIAN
NILS LOFGREN
-- #442 - BACK IT UP
-- #751 - CRY TOUGH
-- #776 - WHITE LIES
OTIS REDDING
-- #399 - SITTIN' ON THE DOCK OF THE BAY

OUTLAWS
-- #415 - GREEN GRASS & HIGH TIDES
OYSTER CULT
-- #464 - CAREER OF EVIL BLUE
OZZY OSBOURNE
-- #59 - CRAZY TRAIN
PAT BENATAR
-- #429 - PROMISES IN THE DARK
-- #810 - I NEED A LOVER
PATTI SMITH
-- #113 - BECAUSE THE NIGHT
-- #818 - SO YOU WANNA BE A ROCK N' ROLL STAR
-- #925 - FREDERICK
PAUL MCCARTNEY & WINGS
-- #877 - BAND ON THE RUN
PAUL REVERE & THE RAIDERS
-- #920 - KICKS
PETE TOWNSHEND
-- #519 - LET MY LOVE OPEN THE DOOR
-- #969 - ROUGH BOYS
PETE TOWNSHEND & RONNIE LANE
-- #676 - MY BABY GIVES IT AWAY
PETER FRAMPTON
-- #908 - SHOW ME THE WAY (LIVE)
PETER GABRIEL
-- #202 - SOLSBURY HILL
-- #490 - GAMES WITHOUT FRONTIERS
-- #657 - MODERN LOVE
-- #801 - D.I.Y.
-- #839 - SHOCK THE MONKEY
-- #964 - I DON'T REMEMBER
PETER SCHILLING
-- #983 - MAJOR TOM
PETER TOSH
-- #1003 - WALK AND DON'T LOOK BACK
PHIL COLLINS
-- #808 - I MISSED AGAIN
PINK FLOYD
-- #30 - ANOTHER BRICK IN THE WALL, PT. 2
-- #35 - MONEY
-- #51 - COMFORTABLY NUMB
-- #54 - WISH YOU WERE HERE
-- #92 - US AND THEM
-- #110 - WELCOME TO THE MACHINE
-- #253 - BREATHE
-- #310 - TIME
-- #407 - BRAIN DAMAGE
-- #598 - IS THERE ANYBODY OUT THERE
-- #753 - HAVE A CIGAR
POCO
-- #1013 - COME ON
POLICE
-- #9 - EVERY BREATH YOU TAKE
-- #15 - ROXANNE
-- #117 - EVERY LITTLE THING SHE DOES IS MAGIC
-- #292 - INVISIBLE SUN
-- #305 - KING OF PAIN
-- #373 - SYNCHRONICITY II
-- #397 - WRAPPED AROUND YOUR FINGER
-- #522 - DRIVEN TO TEARS
-- #547 - MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE
-- #569 - VOICES INSIDE MY HEAD
-- #597 - CAN'T STAND LOSING YOU
-- #641 - DE DO DO DO DE DA DA DA
-- #697 - BED'S TOO BIG WITHOUT YOU
-- #713 - MURDER BY NUMBERS
-- #739 - DON'T STAND SO CLOSE TO ME
-- #752 - SPIRITS IN THE MATERIAL WORLD
-- #791 - CANARY IN A COALMINE
PRETENDERS
-- #130 - MIDDLE OF THE ROAD
-- #296 - BACK ON THE CHAIN GANG
-- #357 - BRASS IN POCKET
-- #405 - TATTOOED LOVE BOYS
-- #560 - TIME THE AVENGER
-- #617 - MYSTERY ACHIEVEMENT
-- #757 - CUBAN SLIDE
-- #814 - MESSAGE OF LOVE
-- #1001 - THUMBELINA
PROCUL HAREM
-- #587 - CONQUISTADOR
-- #150 - WHITER SHADE OF PALE
-- #460 - WHISKEY TRAIN
PSYCHEDELIC FURS
-- #911 - LOVE MY WAY
QUEEN
-- #152 - BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY
-- #224 - WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS
-- #596 - CRAZY LITTLE THING CALLED LOVE
-- #704 - YOU'RE MY BEST FRIEND
-- #726 - KEEP YOURSELF ALIVE
-- #834 - UNDER PRESSURE
-- #923 - LIAR
QUIET RIOT
-- #338 - CUM ON FEEL THE NOIZE
-- #402 - METAL HEALTH
R.E.M.
-- #649 - RADIO FREE EUROPE
RAINBOW
-- #817 - STONE COLD

(Whoops: OYSTER CULT -- #464 - CAREER OF EVIL BLUE)

RAY CHARLES
-- #1011 - HIT THE ROAD JACK
RECORDS
-- #993 - STARRY EYES
RED RYDER
-- #985 - LUNATIC FRINGE
REO SPEEDWAGON
-- #213 - KEEP ON LOVIN' YOU
RICK DERRINGER
-- #921 - SOMETHING WARM
RICK SPRINGFIELD
-- #144 - LOVE SOMEBODY
-- #979 - JESSIE'S GIRL
RINGO STARR
-- #998 - PHOTOGRAPH
ROBERT GORDON
-- #642 - FIRE
ROBERT PALMER
-- #668 - BAD CASE OF LOVING YOU
-- #916 - EVERY KINDA PEOPLE
-- #1019 - SNEAKIN' SALLY THROUGH THE ALLEY
ROBERT PLANT
-- #459 - BIG LOG
-- #535 - IN THE MOOD
-- #951 - BURNING DOWN ONE SIDE
ROCKPILE
-- #967 - TEACHER TEACHER
ROCKPILE AND ROBERT PLANT
-- #933 - LITTLE SISTER (LIVE)
ROD STEWART
-- #118 - MAGGIE MAY
-- #346 - EVERY PICTURE TELLS A STORY
-- #502 - PASSION
-- #703 - MANDOLIN WIND
-- #735 - HOT LEGS
-- #772 - BLONDES HAVE MORE FUN
-- #786 - YOUNG TURKS
-- #954 - TONIGHT I'M YOURS
-- #984 - I'M LOSING YOU
-- #992 - DO YA THINK I'M SEXY
ROLLING STONES
-- #5 - SATISFACTION
-- #25 - UNDER MY THUMB
-- #32 - SYMPATHY FOR THE DEVIL
-- #40 - BROWN SUGAR
-- #47 - YOU CAN'T ALWAYS GET WHAT YOU WANT
-- #75 - JUMPIN' JACK FLASH
-- #81 - IT 'S ONLY ROCK 'N ROLL
-- #98 - START ME UP
-- #103 - MIDNIGHT RAMBLER
-- #111 - GIMME SHELTER
-- #140 - HONKY TONK WOMAN
-- #193 - LET'S SPEND THE NIGHT TOGETHER
-- #218 - BEAST OF BURDEN
-- #229 - WAITING ON A FRIEND
-- #287 - MISS YOU
-- #336 - LITTLE T & A
-- #343 - TUMBLIN' DICE
-- #398 - RUBY TUESDAY
-- #412 - OUT OF TIME
-- #492 - DEAD FLOWERS
-- #546 - BITCH
-- #568 - PAINT IT BLACK
-- #576 - SHE'S SO COLD
-- #667 - SHE WAS HOT
-- #689 - SHE'S A RAINBOW
-- #719 - HAND OF FATE
-- #779 - LET IT BLEED
-- #820 - CAN'T YOU HEAR ME KNOCKING
-- #821 - HEARTBREAKER
-- #851 - HAPPY
ROMANTICS
-- #654 - WHAT I LIKE ABOUT YOU
-- #737 - TALKING IN YOUR SLEEP
-- #871 - ONE IN A MILLION
RONETTES
-- #382 - BE MY BABY
ROXY MUSIC
-- #114 - AVALON
-- #518 - LOVE IS THE DRUG
-- #773 - VIRGINIA PLAIN
ROY ORBISON
-- #359 - PRETTY WOMAN
RUSH
-- #135 - TOM SAWYER
-- #311 - SPIRIT OF RADIO
-- #364 - VILLA STRANGIATO
-- #835 - NEW WORLD MAN
-- #890 - SUBDIVISIONS
SAM & DAVE
-- #936 - HOLD ON I'M COMING
SANTANA
-- #160 - BLACK MAGIC WOMAN
-- #201 - WINNING
-- #828 - SHE'S NOT THERE
-- #931 - OYE COMO VA
SAVOY BROWN
-- #976 - TELL MAMA
SCANDAL
-- #844 - GOODBYE TO YOU

SCORPIONS
-- #417 - ROCK YOU LIKE A HURRICANE
-- #957 - NO ONE LIKE YOU
SEX PISTOLS
-- #131 - ANARCHY IN THE U.K.
-- #393 - GOD SAVE THE QUEEN
-- #754 - PRETTY VACANT
SIMON & GARFUNKEL
-- #57 - BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER
-- #247 - SCARBOROUGH FAIR
-- #475 - AMERICA
-- #738 - MRS. ROBINSON
SLADE
-- #318 - RUN RUNAWAY
SLY & THE FAMILY STONE
-- #618 - THANK YOU FALETTIN ME BE MICE ELF AGAIN
-- #675 - DANCE TO THE MUSIC
-- #946 - HOT FUN IN THE SUMMERTIME
SMALL FACES
-- #534 - STAY WITH ME
-- #688 - ITCHYCOO PARK
-- #875 - TIN SOLDIER
SMOKEY ROBINSON & THE MIRACLES
-- #1024 - TEARS OF A CLOWN
SOFT CELL
-- #208 - TAINTED LOVE
SOUTHSIDE JOHNNY & THE ASBURY JUKES
-- #646 - HEARTS OF STONE
-- #669 - HAVING A PARTY
-- #741 - FEVER
-- #845 - TALK TO ME
SPENCER DAVIS GROUP
-- #74 - GIMME SOME LOVIN'
SQUEEZE
-- #45 - TEMPTED
-- #331 - PULLING MUSSELS FROM A SHELL
-- #564 - ANNIE GET YOUR GUN
-- #607 - IF I DIDN'T LOVE YOU
-- #652 - UP THE JUNCTION
-- #682 - FARFISA BEAT
STANDELLS
-- #974 - DIRTY WATER
STEELY DAN
-- #286 - REELIN' IN THE YEARS
-- #295 - DR. WU
-- #307 - MY OLD SCHOOL
-- #396 - AJA
-- #566 - DO IT AGAIN
-- #647 - BLACK COW
-- #748 - BLACK FRIDAY
-- #771 - DIRTY WORK
-- #945 - FM (NO STATIC AT ALL)
STEPPENWOLF
-- #236 - BORN TO BE WILD
-- #291 - MAGIC CARPET RIDE
STEVE MILLER BAND
-- #544 - ROCK’N ME
-- #831 - ABRACADABRA
-- #905 - LIVIN' IN THE U.S.A.
STEVE PERRY
-- #151 - OH SHERRIE
STEVE WINWOOD
-- #300 - STILL IN THE GAME
-- #599 - ARC OF A DIVER
-- #651 - VALERIE
STEVIE NICKS
-- #354 - EDGE OF SEVENTEEN
-- #376 - STOP DRAGGIN' MY HEART AROUND
-- #543 - STAND BACK
STEVIE RAY VAUGHN
-- #938 - PRIDE & JOY
STEVIE WONDER
-- #848 - SUPERSTITION
-- #1008 - MASTER BLASTER (JAMMIN’)
STRAWBERRY ALARM CLOCK
-- #290 - INCENSE & PEPPERMINTS
STRAY CATS
-- #949 - ROCK THIS TOWN
STYX
-- #221 - COME SAIL AWAY
-- #702 - LADY
-- #725 - BEST OF TIMES
SUGARLOAF
-- #986 - GREEN EYED LADY
SUPERTRAMP
-- #285 - GIVE A LITTLE BIT
-- #517 - LOGICAL SONG
SURVIVOR
-- #856 - EYE OF THE TIGER
SWEET
-- #981 - BALLROOM BLITZ
SYNDICATE OF SOUND
-- #819 - LITTLE GIRL
T. REX
-- #185 - BANG A GONG
-- #531 - JEEPSTER
TALKING HEADS
-- #125 - TAKE ME TO THE RIVER
-- #174 - LIFE DURING WARTIME
-- #260 - BURNING DOWN THE HOUSE

-- #503 - ONCE IN A LIFETIME
-- #638 - PSYCHO KILLER
-- #942 - CITIES
TEMPTATIONS
-- #639 - CLOUD 9
-- #1017 - I CAN'T GET NEXT TO YOU
TEN YEARS AFTER
-- #395 - I'D LOVE TO CHANGE THE WORLD
-- #783 - LOVE LIKE A MAN
THEM
-- #650 - GLORIA
THIN LIZZY
-- #943 - BOYS ARE BACK IN TOWN
THOMAS DOLBY
-- #661 - SHE BLINDED ME WITH SCIENCE
THOMPSON TWINS
-- #159 - HOLD ME NOW
-- #532 - DOCTOR DOCTOR
-- #698 - LIES
TODD RUNDGREN
-- #595 - HELLO IT'S ME
-- #665 - BANG THE DRUM ALL DAY
-- #889 - COULDN’T I JUST TELL YOU
TOM PETTY & THE HEARTBREAKERS
-- #232 - REFUGEE
-- #321 - BREAKDOWN
-- #358 - AMERICAN GIRL
-- #385 - THE WAITING
-- #458 - HERE COMES MY GIRL
-- #559 - DON'T DO ME LIKE THAT
-- #859 - EVEN THE LOSERS
-- #881 - LISTEN TO HER HEART
TOMMY JAMES & THE SHONDELLS
-- #997 - I THINK WE'RE ALONE NOW
TOMMY TUTONE
-- #958 - 867-5309 (JENNY)
TOTO
-- #765 - AFRICA
-- #948 - ROSANNA
TRAFFIC
-- #105 - LOW SPARK OF HIGH-HEELED BOYS
-- #319 - FREEDOM RIDER
-- #520 - FEELIN' ALRIGHT
-- #571 - EMPTY PAGES
-- #699 - MR. FANTASY
-- #717 - PAPER SUN
TUBES
-- #816 - SHE'S A BEAUTY
TURTLES
-- #608 - HAPPY TOGETHER
-- #653 - IT AIN'T ME BABE
U2
-- #121 - NEW YEAR'S DAY
-- #137 - SUNDAY BLOODY SUNDAY
-- #154 - I WILL FOLLOW
-- #320 - GLORIA
-- #623 - TWO HEARTS BEAT AS ONE
UTOPIA
-- #541 - ROCK LOVE
-- #968 - SET ME FREE
VAN HALEN
-- #24 - JUMP
-- #94 - RUNNING WITH THE DEVIL
-- #99 - PANAMA
-- #104 - AIN'T TALKIN' BOUT LOVE
-- #143 - YOU REALLY GOT ME
-- #155 - I'LL WAIT
-- #240 - DANCING IN THE STREETS
-- #333 - DANCE THE NIGHT AWAY
-- #542 - UNCHAINED
-- #679 - AND THE CRADLE WILL ROCK
-- #690 - JAMIE'S CRYIN’
-- #712 - MEAN STREETS
-- #892 - INTRUDER/PRETTY WOMAN
VAN MORRISON
-- #162 - MOONDANCE
-- #342 - BROWN EYED GIRL
-- #437 - WAVELENGTH
-- #551 - WILD NIGHTS
-- #901 - JACKIE WILSON SAID
VANILLA FUDGE
-- #782 - YOU KEEP ME HANGIN' ON
VELVET UNDERGROUND
-- #673 - SWEET JANE
WAR
-- #1009 - SPILL THE WINE
WARREN ZEVON
-- #178 - WEREWOLVES OF LONDON
-- #855 - EXCITABLE BOY
-- #1002 - A CERTAIN GIRL
WEIRD AL YANKOVIC
-- #790 - KING OF SUEDE
WHO
-- #4 - BABA O'RILEY
-- #6 - WON'T GET FOOLED AGAIN
-- #34 - MY GENERATION
-- #38 - LOVE REIGN O'ER ME
-- #39 - WHO ARE YOU
-- #91 - BEHIND BLUE EYES
-- #133 - THE KIDS ARE ALRIGHT

-- #206 - THE REAL ME
-- #215 - MAGIC BUS
-- #234 - EMINENCE FRONT
-- #245 - BARGAIN
-- #278 - I CAN'T EXPLAIN
-- #282 - HOW MANY FRIENDS
-- #294 - HAD ENOUGH
-- #306 - SLIP KID
-- #401 - 5:15
-- #406 - PINBALL WIZARD
-- #416 - GOIN' MOBILE
-- #505 - WE'RE NOT GONNA TAKE IT
-- #580 - DON'T LET GO THE COAT
-- #664 - HOWEVER MUCH I BOOZE
-- #714 - SUMMERTIME BLUES
-- #761 - I'M FREE
-- #861 - SUBSTITUTE
-- #950 - ATHENA
XTC
-- #1016 - MAKING PLANS FOR NIGEL
YARDBIRDS
-- #366 - HEART FULL OF SOUL
-- #394 - OVER UNDER SIDEWAYS DOWN
-- #504 - SHAPES OF THINGS
-- #897 - I'M A MAN
-- #995 - FOR YOUR LOVE
YES
-- #23 - ROUNDABOUT
-- #55 - AND YOU AND I
-- #163 - OWNER OF A LONELY HEART
-- #222 - I’VE SEEN ALL GOOD PEOPLE
-- #365 - DOES IT REALLY HAPPEN
-- #408 - STARSHIP TROOPER
-- #614 - AMERICA
-- #692 - TEMPUS FUGIT
-- #763 - IT CAN HAPPEN
YOUNG RASCALS
-- #161 - GROOVIN'
-- #555 - GOOD LOVIN'
YOUNGBLOODS
-- #795 - DARKNESS DARKNESS
ZOMBIES
-- #230 - TIME OF THE SEASON
-- #521 - SHE'S NOT THERE
ZZ TOP
-- #182 - LEGS
-- #334 - GIMME ALL YOUR LOVIN'
-- #619 - LA GRANGE
-- #972 - JESUS JUST LEFT CHICAGO/THE BUS

HUMAN BEINZ
-- #841 - NOBODY BUT ME
-- #1021 - NOBODY BUT ME

nono

that michael jackson song was pretty good, did he have any other hits?

oh come on, it's a rock station.

Bad probably hadn't even come out yet!

it was a rock station true

was that when mj went rock i forget

youre right tho the absence of michael is not the silliest part of that list. is it?

WAS a rock station, it's long gone. Whatever has replaced it is no doubt playing a lot more Michael now.

"Beat It" was a self-professed attempt at writing a rock song and got played on rock stations while no other track from Thriller did, so yeah, you could call it when Michael Jackson went "rock."

I mean, am I wrong here?

like idk why you are acting like Michael Jackson being absent from this list would be "silly" in the first place

I mean, am I wrong here?

Not at all. "Beat It" was heard regularly on Chicago FM rock stations in 1983-85, literally sandwiched between Grand Funk and Springsteen.

An Eddie Van Halen solo is an Eddie Van Halen solo.

In this vein, I remember there being a rock mix of Animotion's "Obsession" for these stations, replacing the main synth line with guitars.

37. Funeral For a Friend - Elton John is the first one on the list that makes me draw a blank. Followed by:
55. And You and I - Yes and
67. In Memory of Elizabeth Reed - Allman Brothers, although an itunes sample of the latter jogs my memory

Always wondered who created these AOR playlists and how much they varied across markets. (And why they did or did not vary). And then who decided that major label bands like the NY Dolls and Stooges didn't belong there.

"Beat It" was a self-professed attempt at writing a rock song and got played on rock stations while no other track from Thriller did, so yeah, you could call it when Michael Jackson went "rock."

This is more accurately said about "Dirty Diana" (which got actual AOR play).

(following up my last)...and WHY it was decided that certain bands don't make the cut. Like what were the criteria?

Think they did play one Dolls song now and then, "Personality Crisis." Except when Xgau came and guest DJed on a Sunday night and played "Pills"

Actually David Johansen guest DJed one Sunday there as well. A few people called up to request The Speedies, whom he proceeded to play.

FOREIGNER
-- #456 - JUKEBOX HERO
-- #705 - WAITING FOR A GIRL LIKE YOU
-- #830 - URGENT
-- #978 - DOUBLE VISION

No 'Cold as Ice?' I seem to remember that getting airplay daily at around 3:45

Note: this is not the playlist, this is a listener's poll.

http://rocketfuel.typepad.com/.a/6a00e550a9c7c088340115713ccece970c-pi

scottso lol

Because it looks nothing like him?

A bizarre exchange occurred in 1975 when a hostage-holding bank robber called Muni on the air and engaged him in a long, often nonsensical conversation; the two peppered their post-hippie speech with discussions of Bob Dylan music and requests to hear the Grateful Dead.

I miss the days of good radio.

Good free radio. Sirius XMU is pretty great. Most of the 1987 WNEW DJs are there including a bunch from the above poster.

RIP Scottso.

Some are on WFUV too.

Not sure whether I am confusing the WNEW-FM Sunday night show with the WPIX-FM Sunday night show "Radio Radio" upthread.

Here is something about Scottso I found and posted to The Who Sell Out poll the other day.

This is more accurately said about "Dirty Diana" (which got actual AOR play).

"Beat It" got played more AFAIK. Also, as I said, "Dirty Diana" either wasn't around or had just been released when this list was made.

also "Funeral for a Friend" is dope

Here's the link I meant to post: http://www.areuonsomething.com/features_muni.html

Surprising thing on that list for me: Almost all the AC/DC is Brian Johnson stuff. Were they a (mid-Atlantic) regional thing in the States when Bon Scott was alive? 'cause DC 101 or 98 Rock would have almost certainly had more Bon Scott stuff on their lists in '87.

Feel like I knew who they were but didn't really start hearing them a lot until the earlier 80s, with Back in Black.

In fact, it may go down in history as the single worst interview in WNEW-FM's 30 year history.

In all fairness, Entwistle was deaf as a post -- and in denial about it -- from about 1975 on.

Man, you really seem to know everything there is to know about The Who.

Today remembered years of getting up in the AM listening to Dave Herman saying "Good just barely morning" over and over again which, like a lot of schtick, annoyed at first but eventually grew to be reassuring.

The reason "Beat It" was on rock radio at all in the '80s was due to the Eddie Van Halen guitar solo. Epic marketed it to programmers deliberately. That's pretty much why that MJ song and no others are on the list.

In related news, the only African Americans in the top 100 are Hendrix (43, 84) and the only women are Grace Slick (83) and Cyndi Lauper (86).

did you forget Marvin and Michael

and Otis

In the top 100 I said.

ooh my bad.

The prominence of Springsteen there has to be a "local hero" kind of thing? Moody Blues and Yes over Pink Floyd is interesting. They didn't like Supertramp in NYC, eh?

Well WNEW was New York, so surely plenty of Bruce bias.

yeah br00ce was omnipresent where i grew up. maybe that's why i don't remember him. it'd be like remembering trees. of course there were trees!

i have no recollection at all of supertramp.

Ha, "The Logical Song" was #7 when Ottawa's CHEZ106 last did an all-time countdown in 2015, according to the closest thing to a source I could find. Might be another instance of a band being weirdly bigger in Canada.

The prominence of Springsteen there has to be a "local hero" kind of thing? Moody Blues and Yes over Pink Floyd is interesting. They didn't like Supertramp in NYC, eh?

283. HEART OF GOLD - NEIL YOUNG
284. DEAR PRUDENCE - BEATLES
285. GIVE A LITTLE BIT - SUPERTRAMP
286. REELIN' IN THE YEARS - STEELY DAN
287. MISS YOU - ROLLING STONES

!:

Their highest sales levels were in Canada, where they had two diamond-certified (ten-times platinum) albums (Crime of the Century and Breakfast in America).

“Canada has always been a special place for me. Canada discovered Supertramp before America did, actually. The history of my relationship with Canada spans from the Crime of the Century album [released in 1974] and goes right through beyond Breakfast In America [1979] and into my solo career. It’s incredible the support that the music has received from Canada. And I don’t know if you know, but I have a couple of Diamond Awards back home which means that one million Canadians owned Crime of the Century and one million Canadians owned Breakfast in America. At the time I think the population was somewhere around 20 million so that means one in 20 Canadians owned those albums, which is a pretty amazing statistic,” said Hodgson, taking a break from rehearsals just outside Milwaukee.

“It was an amazing relationship from the outset. I remember it very clearly when one day we were in Louisville, Kentucky on tour with Supertramp and the whole band was out in the street giving away tickets to try and get an audience for the night. The next day we flew to Montreal and played the sold-out Forum. So it was pretty mind blowing at the time just how much Canadian fans took to our music.

http://www.musiclifemagazine.net/roger-hodgson-rekindles-his-canadian-love-affair-with-november-tour/

#285 would be extremely low for Supertramp up here.

Found the WLS (Chicago) lists:
http://www.wlshistory.com/RHOF/

Since WLS was an AM top 40 station that also played some FM rock, it's a pretty interesting, and occasionally batshit, mix. Each list also reflects whatever was getting heavy airplay that year, hence the high placings of Styx, REO Speedwagon, and "You Better You Bet" (over all other Who songs) on the 1981 list.

There's a lot of Elvis Costello! How many would be on such a list now? Zero?

There's a lot of Elvis Costello! How many would be on such a list now? Zero?

― Boring, Maryland

or less

i think the thing that confuses me most about boomers is their inexhaustible love for "hey jude"

let's be honest here the song is no "all star"

I'm not a boomer and I like Hey Jude (yes I am basic)

man, i love the beatles!

. . .but i fucken hate hey jude. yuck.

Maybe I shouldn't be, but I'm surprised by no Guess Who. They were always one of the five or ten most played bands on Canadian classic-rock stations because of Cancon regulations, but I still would have thought at least "American Woman" on an American station, maybe "These Eyes" or "No Sugar Tonight" or "Hand Me Down World," too.

I certaiinly heard those first three tunes quite a bit, couldn't tell you if it was on WNEW though.

like the only way this makes sense is because he's gonna dispute the result b/c of the post office clusterfuck that he created & honestly I can't see that argument holding in any court even with all the chud judges he's installed

There's a lot of Elvis Costello! How many would be on such a list now? Zero?

― Boring, Maryland

or less

Ah getting used to Zing.

Hey, check this out, haven't listened yet: https://www.mixcloud.com/rob-frankel/wnew-fm-1978-12-06-dennis-elsas-alison-steele/