Wanna Be POLLIN' Somethin' ~~~ It's the ILM 80's R&B TRACKS POLL! ~~~

Jermaine Jackson - Let's Get Serious
Hall and Oates - Out of Touch
Hall and Oates - I Can't Go For That
David Bowie - Let's Dance
Bobby Brown - Every Little Step
Chaka Khan - What Cha' Gonna Do For Me
Billy Ocean - Caribbean Queen

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/

Mtume – You Can't Wait For Love
High Fashion – Feelin' Lucky Lately
Starpoint – Satisfy Me Lover
Shalamar – I Owe You One
Imagination – Changes
D-Train – Keep On

George Benson - Turn Your Love Around
George Benson - Give Me The Night
Grover Washington - Just The Two Of Us

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

Womack & Womack - Baby I'm Scared of You
Bernard Wright - Who Do You Love
Jody Watley - Real Love
Rick James - Cold Blooded
Evelyn "Champagne" King - "I'm In Love"
Zapp - Computer Love
Zapp - Dance Floor
Fonda Rae - Touch Me (All Night Long)
Leon Ware - Rockin You Eternally
Sylvia Striplin - You Can't Turn Me Away
Sylvia Striplin - Give Me Your Love
Alicia Myers - I Want To Thank You

ok here are what i hope will be minimally objectionable noms (including "jam on it" since y'all seemed in favor)

The Deele - Two Occasions
Anita Baker - Giving You The Best That I Got
Anita Baker - Just Because
Prince - Hot Thing
Prince - It
Prince - The Beautiful Ones
Force M.D.'s - Love Is A House
Force M.D.'s - Tender Love
Nocera - Summertime, Summertime
Brenda Russell Featuring Joe Esposito - Piano In The Dark
Bobby Brown - My Prerogative
Bobby Brown - Roni
Freddie Jackson - Jam Tonight
New Edition - Can You Stand The Rain
Vanity 6 - Drive Me Wild
The Art Of Noise - Beat Box
The Art Of Noise - Moments In Love
Midnight Star - Slow Jam
Lipps, Inc. - Funkytown
Al Jarreau - Mornin'
Al Jarreau - We're In This Love Together
Madonna - Like A Prayer
Jennifer Holliday - And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going
The Time - 777-9311
The Weather Girls - It's Raining Men
Rockwell - Somebody's Watching Me
The Nick Straker Band - A Little Bit Of Jazz
Luther Vandross - A House Is Not A Home
Luther Vandross - Here And Now
Luther Vandross - If Only For One Night
Luther Vandross - Superstar/Until You Come Back To Me (That's What I'm Gonna Do)
Jody Watley - Looking For A New Love
Mary Jane Girls - All Night Long
George Michael - Careless Whisper
George Michael - Father Figure
George Michael - One More Try
The System - Don't Disturb This Groove
Terence Trent D'Arby - Wishing Well
The S.O.S. Band - Tell Me If You Still Care
Maze Featuring Frankie Beverly - Can't Get Over You
Maze Featuring Frankie Beverly - Joy And Pain
M/A/R/R/S - Pump Up The Volume
Bobby Womack - If You Think You're Lonely Now
Malcolm McLaren - Madam Butterfly
The Pointer Sisters - Slow Hand
Cheryl Lynn - Encore
Change - Searching
Herbie Hancock - Rockit
Shirley Murdock - As We Lay
Alexander O'Neal - Sunshine
Irene Cara - Flashdance... What A Feeling
James Ingram & Michael McDonald - Yah Mo B There
Phil Collins - Sussudio
Narada Michael Walden - I Shoulda Loved Ya
Levert - Casanova
Newcleus - Jam On It
Sybil - Don't Make Me Over
Surface - Happy
Janet Jackson - Funny How Time Flies (When You're Having Fun)
Quincy Jones - Ai No Corrida
Betty Wright - No Pain, (No Gain)
Deniece Williams - Silly
Mtume - You, Me And He
Laid Back - White Horse
Donna Summer - She Works Hard For The Money
Shalamar - The Second Time Around
Klymaxx - The Men All Pause
Stevie Wonder - Master Blaster (Jammin')

Irene Cara - Fame
David Bowie - Fame

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

I played Rhythm Nation 1814 about a thousand times in the fall of 1989, so for me it's definitely '89.

fair enough

Delegation - It's Your Turn (Extended version)
Zapp - Heartbreaker (Part I, Part II)
The Whispers - Tonight
Frederick & Janice Dowlen - Gentle (Calling your name)
Natalie Cole - Pink Cadillac
Kashif - Rumors
Change - Change of heart
Donna Allen - Serious (Extended Version)
Gwen Guthrie - Seventh Heaven (Larry Levan Remix)

Remove the extended versions/remix if it makes things simpler

David Bowie's Fame came out in 1976

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.

Prince - Erotic City
Prince - Bob George
Prince - 17 Days
Prince - Starfish and Coffee
Prince - Irresistible Bitch
Prince - Sometimes It Snows in April

Some of these are among my all-time favorite songs. So glad I had a chance to contribute (unlike the '70s poll that I completely slept on)!

After 7 - 'Heat of the Moment'
Al B. Sure! - 'Nite and Day'
Chaka Khan - 'Love of a Lifetime'
Chaka Khan - 'This Is My Night'
Chico DeBarge - 'Talk To Me'
DeBarge - 'Who's Holding Donna Now'
Deniece Williams - 'I Can't Wait'
Donna Summer - 'This Time I Know It's For Real'
Donna Summer - 'Dim All the Lights'
Donna Summer - 'Love Is In Control (Finger On The Trigger)'
The Family - 'Screams of Passion'
Ivan Neville - 'Not Just Another Girl'
Janet Jackson - 'Don't Stand Another Chance'
Janet Jackson - 'Pretty Boy'
Jenny Burton - 'Remember What You Like'
Jesse Johnson's Revue - 'Be Your Man'
Jody Watley - 'Still a Thrill'
Johnny Kemp - 'Birthday Suit'
K.C. & the Sunshine Band - 'Give It Up'
Kiara & Shanice Wilson - 'This Time'
Kool & the Gang - 'Joanna'
Kool & the Gang - 'Too Hot'
Kool & the Gang - 'Get Down On It'
Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam - 'Head To Toe'
Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam - 'All Cried Out'
Mary Jane Girls - 'Candy Man'
Mel & Kim - 'Showing Out (Get Fresh At the Weekend)'
Merry Clayton - 'Yes'
Midnight Star - 'No Parking on the Dance Floor'
Midnight Star - 'Operator'
Milli Vanilli - 'Girl You Know It's True'
Morris Day - 'Oak Tree'
Natalie Cole - 'Jump Start'
New Edition - 'Candy Girl'
New Edition - 'Cool It Now'
New Edition - 'Mr. Telephone Man'
New Kids on the Block - 'Please Don't Go Girl'
Nolan Thomas - 'Yo Little Brother'
Nu Shooz - 'I Can't Wait'
Nu Shooz - 'Point of No Return'
Ollie & Jerry - 'Breakin'...There's No Stopping Us'
Paula Abdul - 'Knocked Out'
Pebbles - 'Girlfriend'
Phil Collins & Phillip Bailey - 'Easy Lover'
The Pointer Sisters - 'If You Wanna Get Back Your Lady'
Rebbie Jackson - 'Centipede'
Shalamar - 'The Second Time Around'
Shalamar - 'Dancing in the Sheets'
Sharon Bryant - 'Let Go'
Slave - 'Snap Shot'
Starpoint - 'Object of My Desire'
Ta Mara & The Seen - 'Everybody Dance'
Taja Sevelle - 'Love Is Contagious'
Teena Marie - 'Ooh La La La'
Tiggi Clay - 'Flashes'
Tracie Spencer - 'Symptoms of True Love'
Twennynine - 'Peanut Butter'
Vanessa Williams - 'The Right Stuff'
Wa Wa Nee - 'Stimulation'
War - 'You Got The Power'
War - 'Outlaw'
Whistle - 'Right Next To Me'

David Bowie's Fame came out in 1976

So, with the removal of 'Fame' we're at exactly 500 nominations! (xp, not counting Old Lunch's new batch).

Juicy - Sugar Free

I'll have others later, but that one must be nominated asap and I'm all too happy to do it.

Can't quite wrap my mind around Moments In Love as r'n'b. At that point we should include the Pet Shop Boys and Frankie Goes to Hollywood.

My list is composed almost exclusively of charting singles. I'm sure I'll have another long list to contribute once I dig into album tracks.

Not to mention freestyle tracks, which is a whole can of worms unto itself.

i included "moments in love" b/c (in the us) it charted only on the r&b charts (not highly but still) and b/c the only station i hear playing it nowadays is the classic r&b station (often but not always during quiet storm segments)

included nocera's "summertime summertime" despite being freestyle b/c it also charted r&b (#47 peak, compared to a #84 pop peak) which again is more than some other freestyle tracks nominated (like "point of no return") can say

should be noted that some of the michael jackson singles that were nominated without objection missed the r&b charts entirely

anyway i figure considerations of goodness of fit will inevitably creep into voters' decisions

Yeah, that's why I'm reluctant to genre-police. It's R&B if it gets a vote.

Bobby Womack - Love Has Finally Come At Last
Bonzo Goes To Washington - Five Minutes
Change - Paradise
Clark Sisters - You Brought The Sunshine
Earth Wind and Fire - Fall in Love With Me
Evelyn Champagne King - Betcha She Don't Love You
J. Walter Negro and the Loose Joints - Shoot The Pump
Jocelyn Brown - Somebody Else's Guy
Kool and The Gang - Fresh
Kool and The Gang - Misled
Linx - Together We Can Shine
Luther Vandross - She's A Super Lady
Manu Dibango - Abele Dance
Material - I'm The One
Maze - Back in Stride
Michel'le - No More Lies
Neville Brothers - With God On Our Side
One Way - Give Me One More Chance
Raw Sex Pure Energy - Stop The War
Raw Silk - Do It To The Music
Redds and The Boys - Movie' and Groovin'
Smokey Robinson - Just To See Her
Smokey Robinson - One Heartbeat
Steve Arrington - Feels So Real
Temptations - Treat Her Like A Lady
Trouble Funk - Domp The Bomb
Womack and Womack - Baby I'm Scared Of You
Yoko Ono - Walking On Thin Ice

Stevie Wonder - Ribbon In The Sky
Stevie Wonder - Front Line

Yoko Ono - Walking On Thin Ice

uh what

Shannon - Give Me Tonight

xp Yeah, I know...but on the other hand when I used to DJ at a club in the early 80s it was a floor filler.

Adele Bertei - Build Me a Bridge
Colourbox - The Moon is Blue
Cherelle and Alexander O'Neal - Saturday Love
Cherelle - I Didn't Mean To Turn You On
J. Blackfoot - Taxi
Marcel King - Reach For Love
Lonnie Hill - Galveston Bay
Isley, Jasper, Isley- Caravan of Love
George Michael - A Different Corner
Sheila E - The Glamorous Life
Nuance feat. Vikki Love - Loveride
Randy Crawford - Someday I'll Fly Away
Spandau Ballet - Chant No.1
View From The Hill - No Conversation

For starters.

Break Machine - Street Dance
Marsha Raven - Catch Me
Evelyn Thomas - High Energy (!!!)

Rose Royce - R.R. Express
Viola Wills - If You Could Read My Mind
The Brooklyn, Bronx & Queens Band - Starlette
K.I.D. - Don't Stop

Average White Band - Let's Go Round Again
Booker Newberry III - Love Town
Aretha Franklin - Who's Zoomin' Who?
Rockers Revenge feat Donnie Calvin - Walking on Sunshine
Luther Vandross - Give Me The Reason
June Montana - I Need Your Love
Julia and Company - Breakin' Down (Sugar Samba)
James Brown - I'm Real
Stacy Lattislaw - Jump To The Beat
Terri Wells - I'll Be Around

Grace Jones - Nipple to the Bottle
James Brown - Gravity

Swear I'm gonna vote this time!

Funkadelic - The Electric Spanking of War Babies
Funkadelic - Icka Prick
Zapp - Doo Wa Ditty (Blow That Thing)
Bootsy - Mug Push
P Funk Allstars - Hydraulic Pump (12" version)
The Jacksons - Wondering Who
Change - Miracles
Change - Paradise
Earth, Wind and Fire - Lady Sun
Shalamar - Sweeter as the Days Go By
Shalamar - Go For It
Shalamar - Make That Move
Marvin Gaye - Praise
Marvin Gaye - Heavy Love Affair
Stevie Wonder - Lately
Stevie Wonder - Part-Time Lover
Jacksons - Torture
George Clinton - Man's Best Friend/Loopzilla
P-Funk Allstars - Copy Cat
Steve Arrington's Hall of Fame - Weak at the Knees

Parliament - Agony of Defeet
Parliament - Crush It
Parliament - Let's Play House
DeBarge - All This Love
Lakeside - Fantastic Voyage
War - Cinco de Mayo

"We Are the World" fits this poll, doesn't it? Basically a gospel song, produced by Quincy Jones, written by Lionel Richie and Michael Jackson, standout vocal solos by Ray Charles and Stevie Wonder, etc.

can we bring non-usa stuff into this ?

Sure, go ahead! But make sure to promote your picks in the campaigning thread next week, otherwise they might not get noticed.

Gwen Guthrie - It Should Have Been You (Larry Levan remix)
Central Line - Walking into Sunshine (Larry Levan remix)
The S.O.S. Band - Weekend Girl
Sheila & B. Devotion - Your Love Is Good
Ron Rogers - Naughty Boy
Regina - Baby Love
Lio - Sage Comme Une Image
Kid Creole & The Coconuts - Endicott
Sister Sledge - Easy Street
Sister Sledge - Reach Your Peak
Debbie Harry - Backfired
Chic - Chip Off the Old Block

Can't ctrl-f on my phone but gone through the thread twice and can't see any if these

Amii Stewart - friends
Princess - say I'm your number one
Vanity - romantic voyage
Missing Persons - surrender your heart
Thelma Houston - you used to hold me
Will Downing - a love supreme
Imagination - so good so right
Pointer Sisters - dare me
Mr Fingers - what about this love

After 7 - 'Ready or Not'
Anita Baker - 'Caught Up In The Rapture'
Anita Baker - 'Same Ole Love'
Apollonia 6 - 'Ooo She She Wa Wa'
Atlantic Starr - 'Always'
Bobby Brown - 'On Our Own'
Carl Carlton - 'She's a Bad Mama Jama She's Built She's Stacked'
Cheryl Lynn - 'Shake It Up Tonight'
Debbie Jacobs - 'High On Your Love'
Five Star - 'Can't Wait Another Minute'
Five Star - 'If I Say Yes'
Five Star - 'All Fall Down'

René & Angela – I Love You More
Marvin Gaye – My Love Is Waiting

Universal Togetherness Band - Ain't Gonna Cry

We're at 682 nominations now. I'll leave this thread open until Monday morning, then you can start campaigning for your favorite deep cuts.

Herb Alpert - 'Diamonds'
Jackson 5 - 'Can You Feel It'
Jackson 5 - 'Lovely One'
Jackson 5 - 'Walk Right Now'
Jane Child - 'Don't Want To Fall In Love'
Janet Jackson - 'Come Back to Me'
Janet Jackson - 'You Can Be Mine'
Janet Jackson - 'The Pleasure Principle'
Janet Jackson - 'Dream Street'
Janet Jackson - 'Alright'
Janet Jackson - 'Black Cat'
The Jets - 'Cross My Broken Heart'
Klymaxx - 'Meeting in the Ladies Room'
Klymaxx - 'I Miss You'
Lisa Stansfield - 'All Around the World'
Lisa Stansfield - 'You Can't Deny It'
Phyllis Nelson - 'I Like You'
Stevie Wonder - 'Master Blaster (Jammin')'
Stevie Wonder - 'I Ain't Gonna Stand for It'
Stevie Wonder - 'I Just Called to Say I Love You'
Stevie Wonder - 'Overjoyed'
Stevie Wonder - 'Go Home'
Stevie Wonder - 'You Will Know'
Taylor Dayne - 'I'll Always Love You'

Five Star - The Slightest Touch
Labi Siffre - (Something Inside) So Strong