Originally Posted by Revering4Blue
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58. This one goes out in remembrance of a fine musician who passed away, just three weeks ago. He charted 32 Top 75 singles in the UK , 14 of which reached the Top 40. His breakthrough hit , however, occurred in 1978, when he peaked at #12 on the Billboard Hot 100 with a song he wrote for his teen sister , who was going through her first romantic breakup at the time.(It's a damn good song!) The singer/songwriter sold 40 million records worldwide. RIP .....
Who's the singer and what was his 1978 breakthrough hit?
You'll remember English musician , Chris Rea , for his '78 hit "Fool(If You Think It's Over)" and also for his 1986 festive holiday song "Driving Home For Christmas." Chris passed away after short illness, ironically, three days before Christmas. He was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in the early 2000's and had a stroke in 2016. Great song in 1978. His breakthrough song was written for his little sister, who had broken up with her boyfriend. RIP Chris Rea.
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" He wants to dream like a young man, with the wisdom of an old man. " ---Bob Seger
" I did something ten times better than watching this overpaid cabal of maladroit baseball practitioners bumble and stumble their way to yet another predictable L. I don’t even remember what I did, but it was better than watching this dreck. " ---TBL
59.
Would it surprise you to learn that Sir Elton John didn't have a single solo #1 hit in the UK spanning the entire decades of the 70's and 80's? That's right, Elton didn't have a solo #1 chart topper in his home country in either the 70's or the 80's. That's pretty wild , since Elton pretty much owned the 70's here in America. Can you even think about seventies music here in the US without thinking of Elton John? He had several chart-toppers here but no solo #1's in Britain in those decades.
With all that said, can you name Elton's first solo #1 in the UK?
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" He wants to dream like a young man, with the wisdom of an old man. " ---Bob Seger
" I did something ten times better than watching this overpaid cabal of maladroit baseball practitioners bumble and stumble their way to yet another predictable L. I don’t even remember what I did, but it was better than watching this dreck. " ---TBL
#59 Would that be the Diana based remake of "Candle in the Wind?"
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Sad news indeed. It’s also notable that Chris experienced a comeback as a flat-out rocker a decade later. He had two huge Rock Radio (but not pop ) hits - one in 1989 and 1990. Anyone remember Working On It and The Road To Hell?
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I remember The Road to Hell. Fool If You Think It’s Over is a great song too. I had an English friend who was a big Chris Rea fan.
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Ky Fried Redleg (01-13-2026),Revering4Blue (01-13-2026)
Close. He actually had a #1 seven years prior to that one. CITW(1997) was his SECOND solo #1 in the UK.
" He wants to dream like a young man, with the wisdom of an old man. " ---Bob Seger
" I did something ten times better than watching this overpaid cabal of maladroit baseball practitioners bumble and stumble their way to yet another predictable L. I don’t even remember what I did, but it was better than watching this dreck. " ---TBL
"Working on It" is pretty cool ,too. Rea could sing the tender love song or a harder rock song. I like gravelly or raspy-voiced singers, both men and women ( Rea, Rod Stewart, Joplin, Bonnie Tyler, Kim Carnes, etc...)
" He wants to dream like a young man, with the wisdom of an old man. " ---Bob Seger
" I did something ten times better than watching this overpaid cabal of maladroit baseball practitioners bumble and stumble their way to yet another predictable L. I don’t even remember what I did, but it was better than watching this dreck. " ---TBL
Revering4Blue (01-13-2026)
60. Who's "The Man With the Golden Voice" that sang lead on big hits for "Ace," "Squeeze," and "Mike + the Mechanics" ?
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" I did something ten times better than watching this overpaid cabal of maladroit baseball practitioners bumble and stumble their way to yet another predictable L. I don’t even remember what I did, but it was better than watching this dreck. " ---TBL
Mr. Paul Carrack.
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I saw Squeeze in concert in ‘93 or ‘94 during their Some Fantastic Place tour, featuring Paul Carrack who had briefly returned to the band. That was a great show (and album).
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Revering4Blue (01-13-2026)
Paul in the early 70's :
Paul in the early 80's :
Paul in the late 80's :
" He wants to dream like a young man, with the wisdom of an old man. " ---Bob Seger
" I did something ten times better than watching this overpaid cabal of maladroit baseball practitioners bumble and stumble their way to yet another predictable L. I don’t even remember what I did, but it was better than watching this dreck. " ---TBL
Revering4Blue (01-13-2026)
Loving You Tonight from the aforementioned Some Fantastic Place album, featuring Carrack.
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- Tom Robbins
Revering4Blue (01-13-2026)
Saw Carrack when he was with Ace in Indianapolis. They were the opener for Yes who I was there to see. 1975-1976-ish? I was pretty stoned (as was the usual) but I thought Carrack had a good voice.
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Revering4Blue (01-13-2026)
61.
Were you folks music video watchers back in the early days of MTV? I had them on all the time while I was piddling around the house back in the early 80's. One that I remember being on heavy rotation back in those early days of music videos featured a glam metal band, whose roots date all the way back to Hollywood in 1973 and a band called Firedome. The band's signature song stormed up the charts in 1984, in large part, due to the band's cheeky and humorous video, which featured legendary comedian, Milton Berle. I bet I saw this video five or six times a day when this song came out.
How did "Uncle Milty" end up playing a cross-dressing husband and wife in a glam metal band's video? Well, he really was being a good Uncle Milty. He was the uncle of the band's manager, Marshall Berle. Milton did the video as a favor to his nephew. It was weird, at first, seeing Milton Berle in a hard rock video, but the more I thought about it, it made perfect sense and made the video very memorable.
Berle was a hoot. He was up for anything he thought would be funny. I think he was the first man I ever saw on TV dressed like a woman. Despite being an older comedian, he always seemed to be very hip , which younger audiences appreciated. I doubt if this band would be remembered by very many people had it not been for this video and this massive hit song.
Can you name the band and their signature song that Uncle Milty and the video helped send up the Billboard charts, peaking at #12 on the Billboard Hot 100.
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" I did something ten times better than watching this overpaid cabal of maladroit baseball practitioners bumble and stumble their way to yet another predictable L. I don’t even remember what I did, but it was better than watching this dreck. " ---TBL
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