friday flashback

Every Friday we flashback to the eighties and early nineties for a solid hour.  Pop, rock and dance, we cover them all.  Today in music history, 1986, the late Whitney Houston scored a number one hit on Billboard's U.S. single chart with "How Will I Know"...

Every Friday at 9am we flashback to the eighties and today we're spotlighting Stacy Q.  Probably best known for her 1986 single, "Two Of Hearts", this Los Angeles native, peaked at number three on Billboard's U.S. single chart.  She could sing, she could dance, she could even act and she still performs today...

On December 21, 1985, Heart went to number one on the U.S. album charts with their self titled record.  Sisters Ann and Nancy Wilson had been proving that women could rock for about a decade before scoring a number one album which produced hits like 'What About Love', 'Never', 'These Dreams', and 'Nothin' At All'.

Twenty seven years ago today, Dire Straits scored their first U.S. number single with "Money for Nothing".  This song had a major push behind it, MTV.  Heavy exposure of the video contributed to the success of this single in 1985.  Computer graphics were some different then but at the time it was truly high tech...

Two major women in eighties music share something in common.  Their birthdays!  Debbie Gibson is 42 today and Gina Shock, drummer with the Go-Go's, is 55.  Gibson became an instant eighties pop star with the release of her debut single "Only In My Dreams" in 1987 with many hits to follow.  "Shake You Love", Out Of The Blue", "Foolish Beat", "Lost In Your Eye

You can't always be born with a super cool name like Taylor Dayne.  Sometimes you need to make some alterations.  Born Leslie Wundermann, March 7, 1963, Taylor Dayne hails from Long Island, New York.  From 1987 to 1989, Taylor scored five top ten hits including "Tell It To My Heart", "Prove Your Love", "I'll Always Love You"," Don't Rush Me" (my favorite), a

Each Friday at 9am we flashback to the 1980's on the Mix 103.9FM.  This week we feature Bruce Hornsby and the Range.  Born in Virginia in 1954, Bruce moved to Los Angeles in 1980 and landed a cool gig in 1983 as Sheena Easton's tour band's backing pianist...