LOST HITS OF THE EARLY 80's

HERC favorite YouTuber user BillboardTopHits1980 brought us those wonderful countdowns of every song to make the Top 40 in both 1982 and 1983.  From 2011 through 2013, our man Brandon posted a series of twelve videos he calls Lost Hits Of The Early 80s.  One of the things HERC likes most about these videos, besides the music, of course, is the inclusion of many performance clips from Solid Gold featuring the Solid Gold Dancers.  

Although it looks like the ever-vigilant copyright police have forced the takedown of Vols. 2 and 3, links to the other ten videos are below along with fully legal Spotify links, if available, so you can listen to the full songs.

Volume One

• "Words" - Missing Persons
• "Goodbye To You" - Scandal
• "Night Shift" - Quarterflash
• "Don't Let Him Know" - Prism
• "I Know What Boys Like" - The Waitresses
• "What About Me" - Moving Pictures
• "Take The L" - The Motels
• "Whirly Girl" - OXO
• "Mister Sandman" - Emmylou Harris
• "Talk Talk" - Talk Talk
• "Island Of Lost Souls" - Blondie
• "More Than Just The Two Of Us" - Sneaker
• "Forget Me Nots" - Patrice Rushen
• "Somewhere Down The Road" - Barry Manilow
• "Never Say Never" - Romeo Void
• "If Looks Could Kill" - Player
• "You Do It" - Sheena Easton
• "Make A Little Magic" - Dirt Band
• "Girl In The 80's" - France Joli
• "I Eat Cannibals" - Toto Coelo
• "Love Plus One" - Haircut 100
• "I'm Gonna Follow You" - Pat Benatar
• "Space Age Love Song" - A Flock Of Seagulls
• "No Night So Long" - Dionne Warwick

Volume Four

• "Give A Little Bit More" - Cliff Richard
• "How Do I Survive" - Amy Holland
• "You're Driving Me Out Of My Mind" - Little River Band
• "He's A Heartache (Looking For A Place To Happen)" - Janie Fricke
• "How Can You Love Me" - Ambrosia
• "Look Out For Number One" - Tommy Faragher
• "Sausalito Summernight" - Diesel 
• "In The Groove" - Ronnie Laws
• "Hidin' From Love" - Lisa Hartman
• "What Do All The People Know" - The Monroes
• "Johnny Are You Queer" - Josie Cotton
• "Hold On" - Badfinger
• "Potential New Boyfriend" - Dolly Parton
• "Ah! Leah!" - Donnie Iris
• "I Need Your Lovin' " - Teena Marie
• "Salt In My Tears" - Martin Briley
• "Night Time Lover" - LaToya Jackson
• "If You Should Sail" - Nielsen/Pearson
• "I Need You" - Paul Carrack
• "If I Could Get You (Into My Life)" - Gene Cotton

Volume Five

• "Gold" - Spandau Ballet
• "Nice Girls" - Eye To Eye
• "Atlanta Lady" - Marty Balin
• "The Sound Of Goodbye" - Crystal Gayle
• "Bi-Coastal" - Peter Allen
• "Valerie" - Quarterflash
• "Don't Forget To Dance" - The Kinks
• "Like Nothing Ever Happened" - Sylvia
• "Hey There Lonely Girl" - Robert John
• "Heart Of The Night" - Juice Newton
• "Stranger In My House" - Ronnie Milsap
• "Another Sleepless Night" - Anne Murray
• "I Only Wanna Be With You" - Nicolette Larson
• "Step By Step" - Eddie Rabbitt
• "You're The Reason God Made Oklahoma" - David Frizzell & Shelly West

Volume Six

• "Clones (We're All)" - Alice Cooper
• "Hidin' From Love" - Bryan Adams
• "Slipstream" - Allan Clarke
• "Lovin' You Feelin' Again" - Emmylou Harris & Roy Orbison
• "Say Goodbye To Little Jo" - Steve Forbert
• "Midnight Rendezvous" - The Babys
• "Stay In Time" - Off Broadway
• "Starting Over Again" - Dolly Parton
• "Dancing With The Mountains" - John Denver
• "Midnight Rain" - Poco
• "Staying With It" - Firefall
• "Some Changes Are For Good" - Dionne Warwick
• "Gone Too Far" - Eddie Rabbitt
• "Turn It On Again" - Genesis
• "Baby, Don't Go" - Karla Bonoff
• "Runaway Rita" - Leif Garrett
• "Set Me Free" - Utopia

Volume Seven

• "It's Alright, It's O.K." - The Hawks
• "Just So Lonely" - Get Wet
• "She Looks A Lot Like You" - Clocks
• "My Guy" - Sister Sledge
• "On The Loose" - Saga
• "I Couldn't Say No" - Robert Ellis Orrall and Carlene Carter
• "You Could Take My Heart Away Tonight" - Silver Condor
• "Remember The Nights" - The Motels
• "Echo Beach" - Martha & The Muffins
• "Wasn't That A Party" - The Rovers
• "Genus Of Love" - Tom Tom Club
• "Hold On" - Triumph
• "She Wants You" - The Breaks
• "I Get Excited" - Rick Springfield
• "The Jam Was Moving" - Debbie Harry
• "Take My Love" - Melba Moore
• "Love On A Two Way Street" - Stacy Lattisaw
• "Kids In America" - Kim Wilde
• "Jump To It" - Aretha Franklin
• "If You Could Read My Mind" - Viola Wills
• "More To Love" - Jim Photoglo
• "I Don't Like Mondays" - Boomtown Rats
• "Still Right Here In My Heart" - Pure Prairie League
• "Don't Give It Up" - Robbie Patton

Volume Eight

• "It's Like We Never Said Goodbye" - Crystal Gayle
• "The Border" - America
• "Holdin' On" - Tane Cain
• "Lady Love Me (One More Time)" - George Benson
• "Baby, I Lied" - Deborah Allen
• "Girl Of My Dreams" - Bram Tchaikovsky
• "Murphy's Law" - Cheri
• "Missing You" - Dan Fogelberg
• "Love Pains" - Yvonne Elliman
• "Savannah Nights" - Tom Johnston
• "Anybody Else's Heart But Mine" - Terri Gibbs
• "Stop! In The Name of Love" - The Hollies
• "When He Shines" - Sheena Easton
• "It's Inevitable" - Charlie
• "Does It Make You Remember" - Kim Carnes
• "Love Is Like A Rock" - Donnie Iris
• "That's Love" - Jim Capaldi
• "The Boy Get's Around" - Sylvia
• "Wishing (If I Had A Photograph Of You)" - A Flock Of Seagulls
• "Dreaming" - Blondie
• "Young Love" - Air Supply
• "Sweet Lui-Louise" - Ironhorse
• "Even It Up" - Heart

Volume Nine

• "He Can't Love You" - Michael Stanley Band
• "New Romance (It's A Mystery)" - Spider
• "Midnight Rocks" - Al Stewart
• "Take Me Back" - Bonnie Tyler
• "Such A Woman" - Tycoon
• "Jukebox (Don't Put Another Dime)" - The Flirts
• "Just Can't Win 'Em All" - Stevie Woods
• "Dreamin' Is Easy" - Steel Breeze
• "Angel Say No" - Tommy Tutone
• "When She Dances" - Joey Scarbury
• "Please Don't Leave" - Lauren Wood
• "The Clapping Song" - Pia Zodora
• "Get Used To It" - Roger Voudouris
• "Everlasting Love" - Rex Smith & Rachel Sweet
• "So Wrong" - Patrick Simmons
• "Say What" - Jesse Winchester
• "First Time Love" - Livingston Taylor
• "Don't Stop The Music" - Yarbrough & Peoples
• "Who Do You Think You're Foolin' " - Donna Summer
• "I Loved 'Em Every One" - TG Sheppard
• "Don't Want To Wait Anymore" - The Tubes

Volume Ten

• "I'm Almost Ready" - Pure Prairie League
• "Little Bit of Soap" - Nigel Olsson
• "Hearts On Fire" - Randy Meisner
• "Till You're Gone" - Barbara Mandrell
• "Turn Me Loose" - Loverboy
• "Love's Got A Line On You" - Scandal
• "Love You Like I Never Loved Before" - John O'Banion
• "Good Friend" - Mary MacGregor
• "Daddy's Home" - Cliff Richard
• "The Woman In Me" - Crystal Gayle
• "Let's Hang On" - Barry Manilow
• "Baby, I'm Burnin' "- Dolly Parton
• "Don't You Write Her Off" - McGuinn, Clark and Hillman
• "I Can't Let Go" - Linda Ronstadt
• "If You Want It" - Niteflyte
• "Pieces Of Ice" - Diana Ross
• "Whisper To A Scream (Birds Fly)" - Icicle Works
• "Say You Don't Know Me" - Kim Carnes
• "Fight Fire With Fire" - Kansas
• "Stone Cold" - Rainbow

Volume Eleven

• "Cool Places" - Sparks with Jane Wiedlin
• "Calling Dr. Howard" - Finders
• "You Can" - Madleen Kane
• "We're Gonna Rock" - The Look
• "Don't Want A Heartache" - Patty Weaver
• What Love Is - Marty Balin
• "Rock N Roll Gypsy" - Helen Schneider
• "This Time" - John Cougar
• "Amor" - Julio Iglesias
• "Listen To The Heartbeat" - D.L. Byron
• "A Little Love" - Juice Newton
• "Midnight Hauler" - Razzy Bailey
• "Bread And Butter" - Robert John
• "New Romeo" - Tim Goodman
• "Lois Lane" - The Toasters
• "Feel Right" - Tanya Tucker
• "The Look In Your Eye" - Hughes/Thrall
• "Manhunt" - Karen Kamon
• "He's A Dream" - Shandi

Volume Twelve

• "What's He Got" - The Producers
• "Message of Love" - Pretenders
• "I'll Drink To You" - Duke Jupiter 
• "She Won't Dance With Me" - Rod Stewart
• "Love Without Anger" - Devo
• "Young Hearts" - Little Heroes
• "Your Daddy Don't Know" - Toronto
• "You Sure Fooled Me" - John Hall Band
• "Heartbeat" - King Crimson
• "Pecos Promenade" - Tanya Tucker
• "I'm Happy That Love Has Found You" - Jimmy Hall
• "The Blue Side" - Crystal Gayle
• "I Wouldn't Beg For Water" - Sheena Easton
• "Lucky Me" - Anne Murray
• "Love In The First Degree" - Alabama ("This was actually a major Top 20 Hit...I just wanted to include it")
• "Cry Like A Baby" - Kim Carnes
• "Go To The Line" - Nitecaps
• "The Girl Most Likely" - The Greg Kihn Band
• "Blaze Of Glory" - Kenny Rogers