This week, Johnny Mars took us to 1982. The year The Late Show with David Letterman debuted, Commodore 64 launched (it would go on to earn a place in the Guinness Book of Records as the greatest selling single computer of all time), and box office smashes included E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, Raiders of the Lost Ark, and Rocky III.
9AM
After The Fire- “Der Kommissar”
XTC- “Senses Working Overtime”
Golden Earring- “Twilight Zone”
Bob Seger- “Roll Me Away”
Bow Wow Wow- “I Want Candy”
Fleetwood Mac- “Hold Me”
Peter Gabriel- “Kiss Of Life”
Joe Jackson- “Steppin’ Out”
Cheap Trick- “If You Want My Love”
Haircut One Hundred- “Favourite Shirts”
10AM
Dire Straits- “Industrial Disease”
Dexy’s Midnight Runners- “Come On Eileen”
Monroes- “What Do All The People Know”
Crosby, Stills & Nash- “Wasted On The Way”
Adam Ant- “Goody Two Shoes”
John Mellencamp- “Hand To Hold On To”
Marshall Crenshaw- “Someday Someway”
Bruce Springsteen- “Open All Night”
Fixx- “Stand Or Fall”
Missing Persons- “Words”
Don Henley- “Dirty Laundry”
Steve Winwood- “Valerie
11AM
The Jam- “Town Called Malice”
Asia- “Heat Of The Moment”
The Clash- “Know Your Rights”
The Kind- “Total Insanity”
Billy Idol- “Hot In The City”
Bad Company- “Electricland”
INXS- “Don’t Change”
Gang Of Four- “I Love A Man In Uniform”
English Beat- “I Confess”
Squeeze- “Annie Get Your Gun”
Sparks- “I Predict”
Motels- “Only The Lonely”
Next week, Johnny Mars takes us to 1972. The year that Chicago’s Finest Rock radio station 93XRT debuted, The Godfather gave us an offer we couldn’t refuse & the video game was born with PONG.