My Top 20 Lists that I compiled as a kid 1973-1990

[Catfish]

November 1986 List
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1. Foreigner (No change)
2. Neil Young (No change)
3. Bryan Adams (No change)
4. Boston (+4)
5. Toto (-1)
6. Bob Seger (+1)
7. Honeymoon Suite (-2)
8. Styx (-2)
9. Cars (No change)
10. Eagles (+1)
11. INXS (+1)
12. Huey Lewis (-2)
13. Fleetwood Mac (No change)
14. Jackson Browne (+2)
15. Pat Benetar (+2)
16. Dire Straits (-2)
17. Journey (-2)
18. Rush (No change)
19. Led Zeppelin (No change)
20. Police (No change)

 

[Catfish]

December 1986 List
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1. Foreigner (No change)
2. Neil Young (No change)
3. Bryan Adams (No change)
4. INXS (+7)
5. Toto (No change)
6. Boston (-2)
7. Bob Seger (-1)
8. Cars (+1)
9. Styx (-1)
10. Honeymoon Suite (-3)
11. Eagles (-1)
12. Pat Benetar (+3)
13. Fleetwood Mac (No change)
14. Huey Lewis (-2)
15. Jackson Browne (-1)
16. Dire Straits (No change)
17. Rush (+1)
18. Journey (-1)
19. Led Zeppelin (No change)
20. Police (No change)

 

[Catfish]

January 1987 List
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1. Foreigner (No change)
2. Neil Young (No change)
3. Bryan Adams (No change)
4. Boston (+2)
5. Toto (No change)
6. INXS (-2)
7. Cars (+1)
8. Styx (+1)
9. Pat Benetar (+3)
10. Bob Seger (-3)
11. Eagles (No change)
12. Fleetwood Mac (+1)
13. Honeymoon Suite (-3)
14. Huey Lewis (No change)
15. Dire Straits (+1)
16. Jackson Browne (-1)
17. Journey (+1)
18. Rush (-1)
19. Led Zeppelin (No change)
20. Police (No change)

 

[Catfish]

February 1987 List
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1. Foreigner (No change)
2. Neil Young (No change)
3. Bryan Adams (No change)
4. Boston (No change)
5. Toto (No change)
6. Cars (+1)
7. Styx (+1)
8. INXS (No change)
9. Pat Benetar (No change)
10. Bob Seger (No change)
11. Bruce Hornsby and the Range (New)
12. Eagles (-1)
13. Fleetwood Mac (-1)
14. Huey Lewis (No change)
15. Honeymoon Suite (-2)
16. Dire Straits (-1)
17. Jackson Browne (-1)
18. Journey (-1)
19. Police (+1)
20. Rush (-1)

Bruce Hornsby and the Range-. Pleasant soft rocking crooner of the late '80's. Brief successful career with a number of hits in the late '80's. Fired his band, after 3 Albums, and solo career tanked. Tried with another band (Noisemakers -lol), and that fell short. Most of his work in the past 25 years has been collaborations with C & W stars. (Yawn). But in the beginning he had a couple of nice soft rockers, that were worth a listen.

 

[Catfish]

March and April 1987 List
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1. Foreigner (No change)
2. Bryan Adams (+1)
3. Neil Young (-1)
4. Boston (No change)
5. Toto (No change)
6. Styx (+1)
7. Pat Benetar (+2)
8. Cars (-2)
9. INXS (-1)
10. Bob Seger (No change)
11. Bruce Hornsby (No change)
12. Eagles (No change)
13. Fleetwood Mac (No change)
14. Dire Straits (+2)
15. Huey Lewis (-1)
16. Jackson Browne (+1)
17. Honeymoon Suite (-2)
18. Journey (No change)
19. Police (No change)
20. Rush (No change)

A few posts ago, we had Bruce Dickinson lamenting about needing more cowbell. Well, when you are a 10 year old boy and you are living through the the mid to late '60's. There was only prescription for TV, and that prescription was More Go-Go Girls.....

 

[BeatleMatt]

January 1986 List
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1. Neil Young (No change)
2. Foreigner (No change)
3. Bryan Adams (No change)
4. Dire Straits (+1)
5. The Cars (-1)
6. Bob Seger (No change)
7. Styx (No change)
8. Huey Lewis (No change)
9. Fleetwood Mac (No change)
10. Survivor (+1)
11. Journey (-1)
12. Jackson Browne (No change)
13. Toto (No change)
14. The Hooters (New)
15. Eagles (-1)
16. ZZ Top (+1)
17, Police (-2)
18. Led Zeppelin (-12)
19. Rush (-1)
20. Loverboy (-1)

The Hooters- Long before a Breastaurant and a Fox sitcom highjacked the name in the venacular, The Hooters were a band that took their name from the nickname of a keyboard harmonica. They were short lived, and honestly only produced four albums in the tradional sense of release. Their true debut was very very good. And after you hear the ones that got airplay, I'll venture you remember them too. But alas, too much... too soon, subesquent albums were much weaker.... and they quickly faded.

And I am sure you know but others may not, members of The Hooters also collaborated with Cyndi Lauper on her She's So Unusual album. They signed their record deal the next year. You can clearly hear Rob singing backing vocals on "Time After Time"
Nervous Night was a good album. I cannot remember if I have One Way Home but "Satellite" did get respectable air play for a short time as I recall.

 

[Catfish]

May 1987 List
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1. Foreigner (No change)
2. Bryan Adams (No change)
3. Neil Young (No change)
4. Boston (No change)
5. Styx (+1)
6. Toto (-1)
7. Cars (+1)
8. Pat Benetar (-1)
9. Bob Seger (+1)
10. INXS (-1)
11. Eagles (+1)
12. Bruce Hornby (-1)
13. Fleetwood Mac (No change)
14. Dire Straits (No change)
15. Huey Lewis (No change)
16. Jackson Browne (No change)
17. Journey (+1)
18. Honeymoon Suite (-1)
19. Police (No change)
20. Rush (No change)

 

[Catfish]

June 1987 List-
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1. Bryan Adams (+1)
2. Foreigner (-1)
3. Neil Young (No change)
4. Boston (No change)
5. Styx (No change)
6. Cars (+1)
7. Toto (-1)
8. Bob Seger (+1)
9. Eagles (+2)
10. Bruce Hornsby (+2)
11. Pat Benetar (No change)
12. INXS (-2)
13. Huey Lewis (+2)
14. Dire Straits (No change)
15. Fleetwood Mac (-2)
16. Jackson Browne (No change)
17. Journey (No change)
18. Police (+1)
19. Honeymoon Suite (-1)
20. Rush (No change)

 

[Catfish]

July 1987 List-
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1. Bryan Adams (No change)
2. Foreigner (No change)
3. Neil Young (No change)
4. Boston (No change)
5. Styx (No change)
6. Cars (No change)
7. Eagles (+2)
8. Bob Seger (No change)
9. Toto (-2)
10. Huey Lewis (+3)
11. INXS (+1)
12. Bruce Hornsby (-2)
13. Pat Benetar (-2)
14. Fleetwood Mac (+1)
15. Journey (-1)
16. Dire Straits (-2)
17. Jackson Browne (-1)
18. Police (No change)
19. Rush (+1)
20. Tom Petty (New)

 

[Catfish]

August 1987 list-
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1. Bryan Adams- (No change)
2. Foreigner (No change)
3. Neil Young (No change)
4. Boston (No change)
5. Styx (No change)
6. Cars (No change)
7. Bob Seger (+1)
8. Toto (+1)
9. Fleetwood Mac (+5)
10. Eagles (-3)
11. Huey Lewis (-2)
12. INXS (-2)
13. Bruce Hornsby (-2)
14. Dire Straits (+2)
15. Pat Benetar (-2)
16. Journey (-1)
17. Jackson Browne (No change)
18. Rush (+1)
19. Tom Petty (+1)
20. Police (-2)