Lost '80s Pop Classic Week: "Hanging On A Heart Attack" Device (1986)

AWESOME lost one hit wonder....and some of the biggest '80s hair of any non-glam metal band you'll ever see!!

Device was a band formed by Holly Knight. She was the writer of some of the biggest hit songs of the '80s, including "Love Is A Battlefield" (Pat Benatar), "Better Be Good To Me" (Tina Turner) and "Obsession" (Animotion). Plus many others too numerous to count.....

This was Device's only hit.

Lost '80s Pop Classic Week: "More Than Just The Two Of Us" Sneaker (1981)

For this morning's Lost '80s Pop Classic Week Moments of Mush selection, I really cranked up the AC (as in "Adult Contemporary".)

If you REALLY want to get a woman in her '40s excited and asking "WHO SINGS THAT?" and "MY GOD, I HAVEN'T HEARD THIS SONG IN AGES!", whip this one out.

Sneaker was a one-hit wonder band of West Coast session musicians from the '70s and early '80s (the "If Toto Can Do It, We Can Too!" school.) They played on recording sessions for Steely Dan (and The Dan thanked them by writing them a tune, "Don't Let Me In" on their self titled debut album, where this tune comes from as well.)

Their name was inspired from a Steely Dan song, "Bad Sneakers".

Swatches

RIP Andy Williams (1927-2012)

Legendary pop singer Andy Williams has passed away today after a long battle with cancer

His hits included "Moon River", "Can't Get Used To Losing You" and the holiday classic "It's The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year".

One of the CRAZIEST records I own is "Get Together with Andy Williams". Where Andy Williams takes on '60s rock music. Here's his rendition of "Aquarius/Let The Sunshine In" with help from his proteges, The Osmonds

                                

Farewell Andy....You will be missed......

Lost '80s Pop Classic Week: "Don't Shut Me Out" Kevin Paige (1989)

Here's a two-hit wonder from 1989, Kevin Paige was poised to become "the next George Michael" (along with COUNTLESS other male pop acts that year, including Donny Osmond, - of all people - because he also had a similar George Michael-y sounding pop comeback hit himself that year.)

Who knew being "the next George Michael" would be a compliment that has it's boot on entirely another foot today?

After "Don't Shut Me Out" (and it's follow-up "Anything I Want", also Top 20) Kevin Paige completely vanished from the pop scene as quickly as he came. He became a house songwriter for Zomba Records before taking that always lucrative detour of faded pop stars - Contemporary Christian music.

Here's Kevin Paige's BIZARRE conservative Christian reworking of John Lennon's "Imagine"

Wow......Just.....WOW.......