This week, Johnny Mars took us to 1978. The year that brought us National Lampoon’s Animal House on big screens, NASA’s first group of women astronauts and The Garfield comic strip to newspapers. Join Johnny Mars Saturday from 9am to noon at 93.1 FM, at 93XRT.COM and nationwide on the free Audacy App.
9AM
Cheap Trick- “California Man”
Bruce Springsteen- “Promised Land”
Blondie- “Hanging On The Telephone”
Bob Seger- “Hollywood Nights”
Blues Brothers- “Soul Man”
Heart- “Straight On”
Buzzcocks- “What Do I Get”
Cars- “Moving In Stereo”
Eric Clapton- “Promises”
Dire Straits- “Wild West End”
Grateful Dead- “Shakedown Street”
10AM
George Thorogood- “Move It On Over”
Elvis Costello- “The Beat”
Van Morrison- “Wavelength”
Ian Dury & The Blockheads- “Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll”
Peter Gabriel- “D.I.Y.”
Kinks- “Rock ‘n’ Roll Fantasy”
Police- “Next To You”
Koko Taylor- “Wang Dang Doodle”
Robert Palmer- “Every Kinda People”
Santana- “Well Alright”
Steely Dan- “FM”
11AM
The Who- “Who Are You”
Rolling Stones- “Respectable”
Ramones- “Needles and Pins”
Talking Heads- “Artists Only”
Warren Zevon- “Lawyers, Guns and Money”
Ten CC- “Dreadlock Holiday”
Queen- “Don’t Stop Me Now”
Todd Rundgren- “Can We Still Be Friends”
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers- “Listen To Her Heart"
Neil Young- “Lotta Love”
DEVO- “Satisfaction”
Jow Walsh- “At The Station”
Next week, Johnny Mars takes us to 1991. The year Silence Of The Lambs premiered in movie theaters, The Ren and Stimpy Show premiered on Nickelodeon and the Chicago Bulls became NBA Champions for the second year in a row when they defeated the Portland Trail Blazers.