Flashback- 25 Years Ago Today: The Top 20 on March 20, 1982
1. Joan Jett & The Blackhearts : I Love Rock ‘N Roll
2. Journey : Open Arms
3. Stevie Wonder : That Girl
4. The Go-Go’s : We Got The Beat
5. Diana Ross : Mirror, Mirror
6. Olivia Newton-John : Make A Move On Me
7. The Police : Spirits In The Material World
8. J. Geils Band : Centerfold
9. Buckner & Garcia : Pac-Man Fever
10. Air Supply : Sweet Dreams
11. Bertie Higgins : Key Largo
12. Vangelis : Chariots Of Fire
13. Pointer Sisters : Should I Do It
14. Oak Ridge Boys : Bobbie Sue
15. Rod Stewart : Tonight I’m Yours (Don’t Hurt Me)
16. The Cars : Shake It Up
17. Huey Lewis & The News : Do You Believe In Love
18. Bob & Doug McKenzie : Take Off
19. J. Geils Band : Freeze-Frame
20. Stevie Nicks : Edge Of Seventeen
March 19th, 2007 at 6:59 pm
and one of those artists played at the stadium during the heart of illinois fair about a year or two later (maybe 3-4 years later), to about maybe 400 people, including me.
March 19th, 2007 at 7:19 pm
Air Supply?
March 19th, 2007 at 11:14 pm
nope
March 20th, 2007 at 9:31 am
Peoria musical trivia. My guess is Joan Jett.
Anybody remember, or is it just my imagination, that she was supposed to play the Glen Oak Amplitheater, it got rained out and there was no “secondary” indoor venue “just in case”?
March 20th, 2007 at 10:59 am
Back when I was in grade school — oh, it must have been around sixth grade maybe — we had to do calisthenics in the morning in the classroom. This was in addition to gym class. Anyway, they would let some students pick music to play for our jumping jacks and whatnot, and two girls in my class always — always — every day — would play “I Love Rock and Roll.” Of course, this was back in the days of 45 rpm singles played on a Bell & Howell industrial record player with the tiny mono speaker. Oh, how I grew to hate — hate — that song.
Ironically, I had a 45 of “Pac Man Fever.” And, I myself had Pac Man fever. Back then I used to go to the arcade and push quarters into the Ms. Pacman machine. There used to be an arcade in Westlake shopping center, across from the Westlake cinemas that played first-run movies — none of which exists anymore.
I’ve never felt so old. Thanks for the trip down memory lane.
March 20th, 2007 at 12:03 pm
Fond memories…. my good friend Chad was so into Joan Jett. Also, my best friend Marysue and her husband went on their first date at that Westlake theatre (”Weekend at Bernies”).
The Peoria area has changed so much in the last 20 years. I remember when there was nothing much north of Northwoods mall; if you knew where War Memorial Drive was and it’s few main offshoots (Prospect, Knoxville, Sheridan and University) you could get almost anywhere.
I like to tell my kids “horror stories” about growing up with no Taco Bell, no Panera, no Subway or Quiznos.
March 20th, 2007 at 6:40 pm
Jennifer, that’s funny that you mention Taco Bell because the other night I was driving by and remembered when the one opened on the corner of Sterling and Forrest Hill. Not long after I stayed overnight with a friend and her mom took us there for lunch on Saturday — that was such a huge deal for me at the time as my family almost never ate out.
The song I would most like to hear from that list: the MacKenzies’ “Take Off.” Seriously.
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March 21st, 2007 at 12:34 pm
Give up?
It was Huey Lewis and the News.
It was a great show, probably the best I’d ever seen at the fair (which isn’t saying much). The crowd was embarrassingly small.
Just remembered:
Three Dog Night played at the fair, in a small tent not far from the main gate. This was when they were still a big deal. It also was a great show, with maybe a couple hundred people watching.