12.21.2024 Groovy Grooves - TIME MACHINE: December 20, 1980

GROOVY GROOVES with Ron Klutho

Airdate December 21, 2024

This episode: Hits on the charts December 20, 1980 (44 years ago)
and commercials and theme songs from December 1980

Saturday nights at 10pmCT on NewsTalkSTL
https://newstalkstl.com/groovy-grooves-with-ron-klutho/

Theme song: Working on a Groovy Thing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Yj8tx0PF04

SET ONE

COMMERCIAL
0:13 01-Lite Brite COMMERCIAL
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RplnUMU_Oyo

SONG 1
0:42 02-Switching to Glide-The Kings
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xAksTHF_bbY
Uptempo hit by Canadian power pop band

JOCK TALK

SONG 2
9:32 03-I Love a Rainy Night-Eddie Rabbitt
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFeEGYLkupE
Country crossover hit by Brooklyn-born (!) superstar

SONG 3
12:34 04-Hit Me With Your Best Shot-Pat Benatar
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXs9MXrHxVE
Hard rock hit by iconic, opera-trained singer

SONG 4
15:27 05-9 to 5-Dolly Parton
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UbxUSsFXYo4
Theme from movie of same name by country/pop queen

JOCK TALK

COMMERCIAL
19:57 06-Brim COMMERCIAL
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=le24rcx4SSc

SET TWO

COMMERCIAL
20:26 07-The Gap COMMERCIAL
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=le24rcx4SSc

SONG 1
20:53 08-The Tide is High-Blondie
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fAb8Q9X2xAc
Remake of 60s reggae song given new wave flavor

JOCK TALK

SONG 2
26:24 09-Whip It-Devo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3bXEHGUvVrA
Quirky hit by Ohio punk/new wave band

MOVIE PREVIEW
29:00 10-Coal Miner’s Daughter MOVIE PREVIEW
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNyuUPXz5Uw

SONG 3
29:28 11-He’s So Shy-Pointer Sisters
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2yY4zXLEnU
Radio-friendly pop hit by eclectic sister group

JOCK TALK

SONG 4
35:13 12-Upside Down-Diana Ross
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AI1CSySltfA
Chic-produced hit by Motown royalty

SET THREE

TV PREVIEW
35:52 13-Hart to Hart TV PREVIEW
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_kPvzylEP24

SONG 1
40:09 14-Breakfast in America-Supertramp
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YQb-0P320s
Title track from rock supergroup's 1979 album

JOCK TALK

SONG 2
44:32 15-Games People Play-Alan Parsons Project
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKtzP5a-yJ4
Uptempo hit by progressive rock band

SONG 3
47:58 16-Ah! Leah!-Donnie Iris
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rh5kuxnDUc8
Driving pop hit by former Jaggerz and Wild Cherry member

JOCK TALK

SONG 4
53:31 17-Starting Over-John Lennon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihrWK8rN2kc
Comeback hit for superstar released just prior to his tragic death

CLOSING CATCHPHRASE
57:22 18-This is Les Nessman saying good night, and may the good news be yours (WKRP) CLOSING CATCHPHRASE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSbvhKKf23Q