What do you get when you mix Wham with Bananarama? Keren Woodward and Andrew Rigley, her long time boyfriend is the other half of Wham, click past the jump and I can make it summer!
How important was Eddie Murphy to Saturday Night Live? he is credited for revitalizing SNL in the 80′s when the show was in a creative slump. Murphy’s talent may have even saved the show from being canceled. Beverly Hills Cop brought him from TV to the movies in 1984, and he had a hit song written by Rick James.
A big day for a comeback today in 1984: Tina Turner records “What’s Love Got to Do With It.” When the song came into the radio station every women I played it before loved it, the guys did not. Women’s intuition strikes again and Tina Turner was on her way to a comeback.
On April Fool’s Day it’s night for beautiful girls! The Fools one of the great local bands around Boston can take you back the early MTV days with this song.It’s a Night for Beautiful Girls!
We lost Marvin Gaye this week in 1984, he was shot and killed by his father, Marvin Gay, following an argument, one day short of the singer’s 45th birthday. “Sexual Healing” was his comeback in the 80′s.
On this day in ’78, one of the great bands of the 80′s/ever, wins a contest that sets them on their way. A group of four schoolboys from Dublin, wins 500 pounds in a talent contest sponsored by the Guinness brewery…It was the beginning of U2.Click here for ‘New Years Day’!
I’m hearing this band will be coming late this summer and they will be with Poison, no dates confirmed but save time for Def Leppard.
Blondie has the number 1 song today in 1981 with “Rapture.” It is considered to be the first number 1 song with a “rap” in it. Listen for the rap of when the man from mars is gonna eat some cars.Watch the video!
Michael Jackson has the number 1 song on this day in 1988 with “Man in the Mirror.” Many thought that this song was about the stranded relationship with his father, but it wasn’t. It was actually inspired by a taxi ride that song writer Seidah Garrett took. As she looked in the rear view mirror for the cab driver, the words came to her.See the result of the ride
Steven Tyler celebrates a birthday today! We know Aerosmith is rooted here, but did you know they played their first gig ever at Nipmunc regional high school in Mendon (now Nipmunc middle school). He has been on the cover of Rolling Stone in five different decades: the 70′s, 80′s, 90′s 2000′s and 2010′s.Click here for the Dude!
Back To The 80′s at CBS Scene With…
Back to the 80′s Friday night with Joe hit the open road and was broadcasting live from CBS Scene! Celebrate the music of the 80′s with great music, trivia and more! One lucky winner won their way in to the The Fools & The Stompers show courtesy of Showcase Live. Stay Tuned to 103.3 WODS to see where Back To the 80′s will be next!
At the Academy Awards on this night in 1985, check out these winners…Prince wins an Oscar for Best Original Song Score for Purple Rain. Stevie Wonder takes Best Original Song for “I Just Called to Say I Love You,” from The Woman in Red.Watch the video!
Billy Joel & Christie Brinkley got married this week in ’85. Their daughter Alexa Ray was named after Billy’s close friend Ray Charles.See Christie star in a Billy Joel video!

















































Plastic Surgery Gone Wrong…HORRIBLY Wrong





