Star Time #269: Piece of the Rock
I don't do this show for chart success -- I do it for vanity and fun-sized candy -- but you might be interested in knowing this episode is, to my knowledge, the first to enjoy a top-100 position on one of Mixcloud's curiously-calibrated "charts." Specifically, I was alerted that Episode #269 reached #85 on Mixcloud's "global 1970s chart." Peculiar, since the show is half '70s and half '80s material, but no less welcome. Anyway, if chart placement is your barometer for success, then this is, I suppose, the most successful Star Time episode in show history. Kinda amazing, since there's not a single song about kung fu on the playlist.
Artist | Song | Year | Label |
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Set 1 | |||
Graham Central Station | My Radio Sure Sounds Good to Me | 1978 | Warner Bros. |
High Fashion | Have You Heard the News | 1982 | Capitol |
Diana Ross | I Ain't Been Licked | 1979 | Motown |
Bernard Wright | Bread Sandwiches | 1981 | GRP |
D Train | You're the One for Me | 1982 | Prelude |
O.V. Wright | I Don't Do Windows | 1978 | Hi |
Set 2 | |||
Sharon Redd | Beat the Street | 1982 | Prelude |
Imagination | Just an Illusion | 1982 | MCA |
Prince | When You Were Mine | 1980 | Warner Bros. |
Eddie Hinton | Concept World | 1978 | Capricorn |
Phyllis Hyman | So Strange | 1978 | Arista |
DeBarge | I Like It | 1982 | Gordy |
Set 3 | |||
Don Blackman | Yabba Dabba Doo | 1982 | Arista |
Chaka Khan | Fate | 1981 | Warner Bros. |
Light of the World | London Town | 1981 | Ensign |
The Isley Brothers | Coolin' Me Out | 1978 | T-Neck |
Melba Moore | Piece of the Rock | 1981 | EMI America |
Heatwave | Mind Blowing Decisions | 1978 | Epic |
Set 4/Outro | |||
The Strikers | Strike It Up | 1981 | Prelude |
Rick James | Cop 'N' Blow | 1979 | Gordy |
Logg | Lay It On the Line | 1981 | Salsoul |
Teena Marie | First Class Love | 1980 | Motown |
Angela Bofill | The Only Thing I Could Wish For | 1978 | GRP |
Debra Laws | Very Special | 1981 | Elektra |
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