Johnny Mars gave a spin to music released in 1989 - the year Michael Jackson is named King Of Pop, NASA launches Galileo to explore Jupiter (it took the craft six years to reach Jupiter's outer rings), ground breaks on New Comiskey Park, the Exxon Valdez runs aground in Alaska spilling 240,000 barrels of oil into Prince William Sound, and Nintendo releases the Game Boy for $89.99 (approximately $225 in 2024) with Super Mario Land, Alleyway, Baseball, Tetris, and Tennis games costing around $25 (approximately $63 in 2024) each. Here's everything Johnny played:
The Call - “Let The Day Begin”
Love And Rockets - “So Alive”
Neville Brothers - “Yellow Moon”
Roy Orbison - “You Got It”
Jesus & Mary Chain - “Head On”
Elvis Costello - “Veronica”
Pixies - “Here Comes Your Man”
Ten Thousand Maniacs - “Eat For Two”
Smithereens - “A Girl Like You”
Tears For Fears - “Sowing The Seeds Of Love”
Don Henley - “The End Of The Innocence”
Fine Young Canibals - “Good Thing”
Big Audio Dynamite - “Contact”
Tom Petty - “Love Is A Long Road”
Stone Roses - “I Wanna Be Adored”
Rolling Stones - “Rock And A Hard Place”
Replacements - “Achin’ To Be”
Indigo Girls - “Closer To Fine”
Paul McCartney - “My Brave Face”
XTC - “Mayor Of Simpleton”
Lenny Kravitz - “Let Love Rule”
Camper Van Beethoven - “Pictures Of Matchstick Men”
Chris Isaak - “Don’t Make Me Dream About You”
Bob Mould - “See A Little Light”
Red Hot Chili Peppers - “Higher Ground”
Lyle Lovett - “Here I Am”
Indio - “Hard Sun”
Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble - “Tightrope”
B-52’s - “Channel Z”
John Mellencamp - “Pop Singer”
Nirvana - “Love Buzz”
Hoodoo Gurus - “Come Anytime”
Alana Myles - “Black Velvet”
Eric Clapton - “No Alibis”
Tune into Frank E. Lee next week and revisit 1977 - the year Jimmy Carter was sworn in as the 39th president of the United States, Star Wars debuted in movie theaters, Apple released its new Apple II computer, and Elvis Presley played his final performance before he passed away two months later...or did he?