This week Johnny Mars took us to 1982. The Late Show with David Letterman debuted (Bill Murray and Don "Mr. Wizard" Herbert were guests, Billy Joel was musical guest), 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. Here's everything Johnny played:
English Beat - "I Confess"
Peter Gabriel - "Shock The Monkey"
Flock Of Seagulls - "Space Age Love Song"
Bow Wow Wow - "I Want Candy"
Eddie Money - "Think I'm In Love"
Fixx - "Red Skies"
Clash - "Should I Stay Or Should I Go"
Marshall Crenshaw - "Someday Someway"
Bob Seger - "Roll Me Away"
King Crimson - "Heartbeat"
Haircut One Hundred - "Love Plus One"
Stray Cats - "Rock This Town"
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - "Deliver Me"
XTC - "Senses Working Overtime"
Talk Talk - "Talk Talk"
Billy Idol - "White Wedding"
INXS - "Don't Change"
Roxy Music - "Avalon"
Missing Persons - "Words"
Golden Earring - "Twilight Zone"
Dexys Midnight Runners - "Come On, Eileen"
Gregory Isaacs - "Night Nurse"
John Mellencamp - "Jack & Diane"
Pete Townshend - "Face Dances Part II"
Jam - "Town Called Malice"
Go Go's - "Vacation"
Don Henley - "Dirty Laundry"
Monroes - "What Do All The People Know"
Prince - "Little Red Corvette"
Joe Jackson - "Real Men"
Psychedelic Furs - "Love My Way"
Yaz - "Don't Go"
Fleetwood Mac - "Gypsy"
Next week, travel to 1975 with Frank E. Lee. Jaws and One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest were box office smashes, mood rings, Pet Rocks, and Magic 8-Balls were all the rage, and Bruce Springsteen made the covers of both Time and Newsweek magazines the same week.
