SCORPIONS-- #417 - ROCK YOU LIKE A HURRICANE-- #957 - NO ONE LIKE YOUSEX PISTOLS-- #131 - ANARCHY IN THE U.K.-- #393 - GOD SAVE THE QUEEN-- #754 - PRETTY VACANTSIMON & GARFUNKEL-- #57 - BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER-- #247 - SCARBOROUGH FAIR-- #475 - AMERICA-- #738 - MRS. ROBINSONSLADE-- #318 - RUN RUNAWAYSLY & THE FAMILY STONE-- #618 - THANK YOU FALETTIN ME BE MICE ELF AGAIN-- #675 - DANCE TO THE MUSIC-- #946 - HOT FUN IN THE SUMMERTIMESMALL FACES-- #534 - STAY WITH ME-- #688 - ITCHYCOO PARK-- #875 - TIN SOLDIERSMOKEY ROBINSON & THE MIRACLES-- #1024 - TEARS OF A CLOWNSOFT CELL-- #208 - TAINTED LOVESOUTHSIDE JOHNNY & THE ASBURY JUKES-- #646 - HEARTS OF STONE-- #669 - HAVING A PARTY-- #741 - FEVER-- #845 - TALK TO MESPENCER 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 BEATSTANDELLS-- #974 - DIRTY WATERSTEELY 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 RIDESTEVE MILLER BAND-- #544 - ROCK’N ME-- #831 - ABRACADABRA-- #905 - LIVIN' IN THE U.S.A.STEVE PERRY-- #151 - OH SHERRIESTEVE WINWOOD-- #300 - STILL IN THE GAME-- #599 - ARC OF A DIVER-- #651 - VALERIESTEVIE NICKS-- #354 - EDGE OF SEVENTEEN-- #376 - STOP DRAGGIN' MY HEART AROUND-- #543 - STAND BACKSTEVIE RAY VAUGHN-- #938 - PRIDE & JOYSTEVIE WONDER-- #848 - SUPERSTITION-- #1008 - MASTER BLASTER (JAMMIN’)STRAWBERRY ALARM CLOCK-- #290 - INCENSE & PEPPERMINTSSTRAY CATS-- #949 - ROCK THIS TOWNSTYX-- #221 - COME SAIL AWAY-- #702 - LADY-- #725 - BEST OF TIMESSUGARLOAF-- #986 - GREEN EYED LADYSUPERTRAMP-- #285 - GIVE A LITTLE BIT-- #517 - LOGICAL SONGSURVIVOR-- #856 - EYE OF THE TIGERSWEET-- #981 - BALLROOM BLITZSYNDICATE OF SOUND-- #819 - LITTLE GIRLT. REX-- #185 - BANG A GONG-- #531 - JEEPSTERTALKING HEADS-- #125 - TAKE ME TO THE RIVER-- #174 - LIFE DURING WARTIME-- #260 - BURNING DOWN THE HOUSE
― Hideous Lump, Sunday, 19 February 2012 06:11 (twelve years ago) link
-- #503 - ONCE IN A LIFETIME-- #638 - PSYCHO KILLER-- #942 - CITIESTEMPTATIONS-- #639 - CLOUD 9-- #1017 - I CAN'T GET NEXT TO YOUTEN YEARS AFTER-- #395 - I'D LOVE TO CHANGE THE WORLD-- #783 - LOVE LIKE A MANTHEM-- #650 - GLORIATHIN LIZZY-- #943 - BOYS ARE BACK IN TOWNTHOMAS DOLBY-- #661 - SHE BLINDED ME WITH SCIENCETHOMPSON TWINS-- #159 - HOLD ME NOW-- #532 - DOCTOR DOCTOR-- #698 - LIESTODD RUNDGREN-- #595 - HELLO IT'S ME-- #665 - BANG THE DRUM ALL DAY-- #889 - COULDN’T I JUST TELL YOUTOM 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 HEARTTOMMY JAMES & THE SHONDELLS-- #997 - I THINK WE'RE ALONE NOWTOMMY TUTONE-- #958 - 867-5309 (JENNY)TOTO-- #765 - AFRICA-- #948 - ROSANNATRAFFIC-- #105 - LOW SPARK OF HIGH-HEELED BOYS-- #319 - FREEDOM RIDER-- #520 - FEELIN' ALRIGHT-- #571 - EMPTY PAGES-- #699 - MR. FANTASY-- #717 - PAPER SUNTUBES-- #816 - SHE'S A BEAUTYTURTLES-- #608 - HAPPY TOGETHER-- #653 - IT AIN'T ME BABEU2-- #121 - NEW YEAR'S DAY-- #137 - SUNDAY BLOODY SUNDAY-- #154 - I WILL FOLLOW-- #320 - GLORIA-- #623 - TWO HEARTS BEAT AS ONEUTOPIA-- #541 - ROCK LOVE-- #968 - SET ME FREEVAN 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 WOMANVAN MORRISON-- #162 - MOONDANCE-- #342 - BROWN EYED GIRL-- #437 - WAVELENGTH-- #551 - WILD NIGHTS-- #901 - JACKIE WILSON SAIDVANILLA FUDGE-- #782 - YOU KEEP ME HANGIN' ONVELVET UNDERGROUND-- #673 - SWEET JANEWAR-- #1009 - SPILL THE WINEWARREN ZEVON-- #178 - WEREWOLVES OF LONDON-- #855 - EXCITABLE BOY-- #1002 - A CERTAIN GIRLWEIRD AL YANKOVIC-- #790 - KING OF SUEDEWHO-- #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
― Hideous Lump, Sunday, 19 February 2012 06:12 (twelve years ago) link
-- #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 - ATHENAXTC-- #1016 - MAKING PLANS FOR NIGELYARDBIRDS-- #366 - HEART FULL OF SOUL-- #394 - OVER UNDER SIDEWAYS DOWN-- #504 - SHAPES OF THINGS-- #897 - I'M A MAN-- #995 - FOR YOUR LOVEYES-- #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 HAPPENYOUNG RASCALS-- #161 - GROOVIN'-- #555 - GOOD LOVIN'YOUNGBLOODS-- #795 - DARKNESS DARKNESSZOMBIES-- #230 - TIME OF THE SEASON-- #521 - SHE'S NOT THEREZZ TOP-- #182 - LEGS-- #334 - GIMME ALL YOUR LOVIN'-- #619 - LA GRANGE-- #972 - JESUS JUST LEFT CHICAGO/THE BUS
― Hideous Lump, Sunday, 19 February 2012 06:13 (twelve years ago) link
HUMAN BEINZ-- #841 - NOBODY BUT ME-- #1021 - NOBODY BUT ME
― billstevejim, Sunday, 19 February 2012 08:15 (twelve years ago) link
nono
― plee help i am lookin for (crüt), Sunday, 19 February 2012 08:42 (twelve years ago) link
that michael jackson song was pretty good, did he have any other hits?
― I Want to Edit My Profile... (Hunt3r), Sunday, 19 February 2012 09:13 (twelve years ago) link
oh come on, it's a rock station.
― plee help i am lookin for (crüt), Sunday, 19 February 2012 09:17 (twelve years ago) link
Bad probably hadn't even come out yet!
― plee help i am lookin for (crüt), Sunday, 19 February 2012 09:19 (twelve years ago) link
it was a rock station true
was that when mj went rock i forget
― I Want to Edit My Profile... (Hunt3r), Sunday, 19 February 2012 09:24 (twelve years ago) link
youre right tho the absence of michael is not the silliest part of that list. is it?
― I Want to Edit My Profile... (Hunt3r), Sunday, 19 February 2012 09:25 (twelve years ago) link
WAS a rock station, it's long gone. Whatever has replaced it is no doubt playing a lot more Michael now.
― Dalai Mixture (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 19 February 2012 12:42 (twelve years ago) link
"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."
― plee help i am lookin for (crüt), Sunday, 19 February 2012 12:46 (twelve years ago) link
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
― plee help i am lookin for (crüt), Sunday, 19 February 2012 12:48 (twelve years ago) link
Not at all. "Beat It" was heard regularly on Chicago FM rock stations in 1983-85, literally sandwiched between Grand Funk and Springsteen.
― Let A Man Come In And Do The Cop Porn (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Sunday, 19 February 2012 20:45 (twelve years ago) link
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.
― Fonz Hour (Eazy), Sunday, 19 February 2012 20:53 (twelve years ago) link
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 and67. 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.
― Josefa, Monday, 20 February 2012 00:32 (twelve years ago) link
This is more accurately said about "Dirty Diana" (which got actual AOR play).
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 20 February 2012 00:33 (twelve years ago) link
(following up my last)...and WHY it was decided that certain bands don't make the cut. Like what were the criteria?
― Josefa, Monday, 20 February 2012 00:35 (twelve years ago) link
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"
― Dalai Mixture (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 20 February 2012 00:44 (twelve years ago) link
Actually David Johansen guest DJed one Sunday there as well. A few people called up to request The Speedies, whom he proceeded to play.
― Dalai Mixture (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 20 February 2012 00:51 (twelve years ago) link
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
― calstars, Monday, 20 February 2012 01:14 (twelve years ago) link
Note: this is not the playlist, this is a listener's poll.
― Dalai Mixture (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 20 February 2012 01:17 (twelve years ago) link
http://rocketfuel.typepad.com/.a/6a00e550a9c7c088340115713ccece970c-pi
― buzza, Monday, 20 February 2012 01:25 (twelve years ago) link
scottso lol
― billstevejim, Monday, 20 February 2012 05:36 (twelve years ago) link
Because it looks nothing like him?
― Dalai Mixture (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 20 February 2012 05:38 (twelve years ago) link
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.
― billstevejim, Monday, 20 February 2012 05:39 (twelve years ago) link
I miss the days of good radio.
― billstevejim, Monday, 20 February 2012 05:40 (twelve years ago) link
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.
― kornrulez6969, Monday, 20 February 2012 05:48 (twelve years ago) link
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.
― Dalai Mixture (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 20 February 2012 06:05 (twelve years ago) link
Here is something about Scottso I found and posted to The Who Sell Out poll the other day.
― Dalai Mixture (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 20 February 2012 06:07 (twelve years ago) link
"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.
― plee help i am lookin for (crüt), Monday, 20 February 2012 07:20 (twelve years ago) link
also "Funeral for a Friend" is dope
― plee help i am lookin for (crüt), Monday, 20 February 2012 07:21 (twelve years ago) link
Here's the link I meant to post: http://www.areuonsomething.com/features_muni.html
― Can You Please POLL Out Your Window? (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 20 February 2012 13:15 (twelve years ago) link
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.
― Three Word Username, Monday, 20 February 2012 13:28 (twelve years ago) link
Feel like I knew who they were but didn't really start hearing them a lot until the earlier 80s, with Back in Black.
― Can You Please POLL Out Your Window? (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 20 February 2012 14:13 (twelve years ago) link
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.
― Let A Man Come In And Do The Cop Porn (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Monday, 20 February 2012 15:45 (twelve years ago) link
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.
― Can You Please POLL Out Your Window? (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 20 February 2012 17:48 (twelve years ago) link
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).
― Jake Brown, Tuesday, 21 February 2012 05:26 (twelve years ago) link
did you forget Marvin and Michael
― Big Mr. Guess U.S.A. Champion (crüt), Tuesday, 21 February 2012 05:27 (twelve years ago) link
and Otis
― Big Mr. Guess U.S.A. Champion (crüt), Tuesday, 21 February 2012 05:28 (twelve years ago) link
In the top 100 I said.
― Jake Brown, Tuesday, 21 February 2012 05:29 (twelve years ago) link
ooh my bad.
― Big Mr. Guess U.S.A. Champion (crüt), Tuesday, 21 February 2012 05:30 (twelve years ago) link
weird that fleetwood mac weren't considered a big enough deal for the top 100
― billstevejim, Tuesday, 21 February 2012 08:40 (twelve years ago) link
"American Pie" can still go die in a fire
― Big Mr. Guess U.S.A. Champion (crüt), Tuesday, 21 February 2012 09:56 (twelve years ago) link
Here is a link to a PDF of this list: https://www.nyradioarchive.com/images/radioscans/WNEWFM_1987_Top1027.pdf
― Time Will Show Leo Weiser (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 13 August 2020 13:55 (three years ago) link
One oddity that jumps out at me is there's absolutely nothing by Heart on that list. Every AOR station I listened to in the '80s (not in the NYC area) played tons of Heart, so that's really weird.
― Josefa, Thursday, 13 August 2020 14:15 (three years ago) link
i remember hendrix being more popular than that. maybe they were a k-rock thing. i also don't remember springsteen being _that_ popular but that's probably mostly out of a self-preservation instinct.
― Kate (rushomancy), Thursday, 13 August 2020 14:22 (three years ago) link
on the other hand i distinctly remember billy joel, steely dan, and dire straits being very popular...
― Kate (rushomancy), Thursday, 13 August 2020 14:23 (three years ago) link
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?
― magnet of the elk park (Sund4r), Thursday, 13 August 2020 14:23 (three years ago) link
#285 would be extremely low for Supertramp up here.
― magnet of the elk park (Sund4r), Thursday, 13 August 2020 14:39 (three years ago) link
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.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Thursday, 13 August 2020 15:01 (three years ago) link
There's a lot of Elvis Costello! How many would be on such a list now? Zero?
― Boring, Maryland, Thursday, 13 August 2020 16:09 (three years ago) link
― Boring, Maryland
or less
― Kate (rushomancy), Thursday, 13 August 2020 17:39 (three years ago) link
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"
― Kate (rushomancy), Thursday, 13 August 2020 17:44 (three years ago) link
I'm not a boomer and I like Hey Jude (yes I am basic)
― Boring, Maryland, Thursday, 13 August 2020 17:53 (three years ago) link
man, i love the beatles!
. . .but i fucken hate hey jude. yuck.
― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Thursday, 13 August 2020 17:56 (three years ago) link
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.
― clemenza, Thursday, 13 August 2020 22:04 (three years ago) link
I certaiinly heard those first three tunes quite a bit, couldn't tell you if it was on WNEW though.
― Time Will Show Leo Weiser (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 13 August 2020 22:20 (three years ago) link
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, Marylandor less
― Boring, Maryland, Thursday, 13 August 2020 23:49 (three years ago) link
Ah getting used to Zing.
― Boring, Maryland, Thursday, 13 August 2020 23:50 (three years ago) link
Hey, check this out, haven't listened yet: https://www.mixcloud.com/rob-frankel/wnew-fm-1978-12-06-dennis-elsas-alison-steele/
― Next Time Might Be Hammer Time (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 9 January 2021 20:47 (three years ago) link