PLAYLIST: 1979 Saturday Morning Flashback - July 25, 2026

Johnny Mars took us to 1979. Pink Floyd released The Wall, Sony released the first Walkman, Kramer vs. Kramer, Apocalypse Now and The Muppet Movie were at the movies, ESPN debuted SportsCenter and 21 inches of snow fell on Chicago and Northwest Indiana in less than two days. It was early March before the snow finally melted.
9AM

B52’s- “Rock Lobster”
AC/DC- “Girls Got Rhythm"
Cars- “Dangerous Type”
Supertramp- “Breakfast In America”
Pink Floyd- “Mother”
Robert Palmer- “Bad Case Of Loving You”
Graham Parker- “Passion Is No Ordinary Word”
Rickie Lee Jones- “Chuck E’s In Love”
Moon Martion- “Rolene”
Police- “The Bed’s Too Big Without You”
Led Zeppelin- “Hot Dog”
10AM
Fleetwood Mac- “Tusk”
Nick Lowe- “Cruel To Be Kind”
Neil Young- “My My Hey Hey (Out Of The Blue0”
Cheap Trick- “Ain’t That A Shame” (Live)
Patti Smith Group- “So You Want To Be (A Rock And Roll Star)”
Elvis Costello- “Accidents Will Happen”
Tarney Spencer Band- “No Time To Lose”
Talking Heads- “Cities”
Eagles- “In The City”
M- “Pop Muzik”
Mick Taylor- “Leather Jacket”
Joe Jackson- “On Your Radio”

11AM
Blondie- “Dreaming”
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers- “Here Comes My Girl”
ZZ Top- “I’m Bad, I’m Nationwide”
Lene Lovich- “Lucky Number”
The Knack- “My Sharona”
Van Halen- “Dance The Night Away”
Frank Zappa- “Dancin Fool”
Roxy Music- “Dance Away”
The Clash- “Lost In The Supermarket”
Bad Company- “Gone Gone Gone”
Ian Dury & The Blockheads- “Reasons To Be Cheerful…”
The Undertones- “Teenage Kicks”

Next week, Johnny Marstakes us to 1994. The year the eyes of the world were on Chicago as The World Cup opened with Chicago icon, Oprah Winfrey emceeing & Then President Bill Clinton greeting the crowd at Soldier Field. The Rolling Stones set up there for two days with their Voodoo Lounge Tour & Michael Jordan was playing baseball not basketball.

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