WNSY is now a radio station in my area, 101.1 FM, license to Talking Rock, Georgia. The station in Newport News, 97.3, is currently WGH-FM, “97.3 The Eagle,” that plays country music. They had been WGH-FM, one of Virginia’s first FM stations, broadcasting a classical music format until September 1983, when they abruptly changed to WNSY, playing a soft rock format before switching to Top 40 as “Y-97.” Another year later, they changed to “97 Star” and the call lettters WRSR, keeping the Top 40 format. They then returned to WGH-FM and kept Top 40 until 1990 when, after a week of “All Elvis, All The Time,” they started playing country.
Confused yet?
Anyway, here is their Top Ten for the week starting August 23, 1985, 37 years ago today.
- Billy Ocean, “Mystery Lady”
- Phil Collins, “Don’t Lose My Number”
- Dire Straits, “Money For Nothing”
- Prince & The Revolution, “Pop Life”
- Kool & The Gang, “Cherish”
- Billy Joel, “You’re Only Human (Second Wind)”
- Corey Hart, “Never Surrender”
- Tina Turner, “We Don’t Need Another Hero”
- Huey Lewis & The News, “The Power Of Love”
- John Parr, “St. Elmo’s Fore (Man In Motion)”
And that’s Top Ten Tuesday for August 23, 2022.
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It’s interesting which of these feel familiar and which do not as I was listening to all of them (and Casey casem’s top 40) on the radio. I had forgotten about pop life even though I used to have that album (around the world), but raspberry beret was a much longer-lasting song! The album feels like a bit of an anomaly for Prince to me!
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I never really got into Prince, so none of his stuff feels familiar to e…
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I got nothin’ John. Well, “Money For Nothing” but that’s about it.
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I wasn’t familiar with a lot of these, either, and this survey was from the time that I would have been on the road and watching MTV…
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This is an excellent list and made me think about Tina Turner and how she is doing.
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I remember this one… there were some jazzy soul songs coming out around this time.
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How time flies! Great list!
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Glad you like it!
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Ah! Nothing like a stroll down memory lane! I remember all these songs very well. MTV was just a toddler then and I was a busy mom raising two young boys. Music is like that, you know; it’s a timeframe for life, nudging us along with memories of what we were doing on a certain day in a certain year when a certain song was #1. Thanks for these entertaining and thought-provoking posts, John.
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Glad you liked it!
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