Smorgasbord Blog Magazine – The Breakfast Show with William Price King and Sally Cronin – Chart Hits 1989 Part One – Simply Red, Janet Jackson, The Bangles, Cher

Welcome to our show and we are excited to share decades of music with you in 2022.

Here is my first selection of top 1989 hits which I hope you will enjoy.

Simply Red – If you don’t know me by now

“If you don’t know me by now” was written by Gamble and Huff for the singing group Labelle (a trio led by Patti LaBelle), but they never recorded it so they gave it to Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes who had a big hit with it in 1972. Simply Red’s version was a major commercial success in 1989, giving the band their second US #1 (also topping the Adult Contemporary chart), and peaking at #38 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. This version won the Grammy Award for the “Best R&B Song” of 1989. The track was also a #1 hit in Australia and New Zealand; in the latter country, it was the best-selling single of 1989. It reached #2 in the UK, becoming the band’s second top-10 hit there.

January 30th 16th American Music Awards: Randy Travis and George Michael win

Janet Jackson – Miss you much

“Miss you much” is from Jackson’s fourth studio album “Janet Jackson’s Rhythm Nation,” penned by Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis. It topped the US Billboard Hot 100 singles chart, becoming the second number one hit of Jackson’s career and was the longest running number one single of 1989. It also topped several Billboard composite charts, including the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and Dance Club Songs charts. Internationally, the single became a top 40 hit around the globe. “Miss You Much” received Grammy Award nominations for “Best Female R&B Vocal Performance,” and “Best Rhythm and Blues Song.” It won the Billboard Award for the “Top Hot 100 Single of the Year” and the American Music Award for “Favorite Dance Single” and “Favorite R&B Single.”

March 2nd Madonna’s “Like a Prayer” premieres on worldwide Pepsi commercial 

Here are my first picks from 1989

The Bangles – Eternal Flame

“Eternal Flame” is a song recorded by American pop rock group the Bangles for their 1988 album Everything. The song was written by group member Susanna Hoffs with the established hit songwriting team of Billy Steinberg and Tom Kelly. Upon its 1989 single release, “Eternal Flame” became a number-one hit in nine countries, including Australia, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and the United States. TheBanglesMusic

April 10th 24th Academy of Country Music Awards: Hank Williams Jr, George Strait, and K.T. Oslin win

Cher – If I could Turn Back Time

“If I Could Turn Back Time” is a song recorded by American singer and actress Cher for her nineteenth studio album Heart of Stone (1989). It was released on July 1, 1989, by Geffen Records as the album’s lead single. Highly successful around the globe, “If I Could Turn Back Time” was seen as a major comeback for Cher in the late 1980s. It charted at number one in Australia as well as reaching number three in the United States and number six in the United Kingdom. Cher

May 8th Paul McCartney releases remake of “Ferry Cross the Mersey” in aid of those affected by the Hillsborough disaster, which claimed the lives of 96 Liverpool football fans

Additional sources: On This Day – Music – Hits of the 80s: Playback FM – Wikipedia

Your Hosts for The Breakfast Show

William Price King is an American jazz singer, crooner, and composer.

His interest in music began at an early age when he studied piano and clarinet in high school. At Morehouse College in Atlanta where he grew up, he sang in the Glee Club and studied classical music. After graduation he went off to the Yale School of Music where he earned a Masters degree. From there he journeyed to New York where he created a jazz trio ‘Au Naturel’ which performed in some of the hottest venues in Manhattan including gigs on Broadway and the famous ‘Rainbow Room.’ These gigs opened doors for performances in Montreal and a European tour.

While touring Europe he met a lovely French lady, Jeanne Maïstre, who, a year later became his wife. King left the group ‘Au Naturel’ and settled in the south of France where he started a new life on the French Riviera, opening his own music school – the “Price King Ecole Internationale de Chant.” He has had the pleasure over the years of seeing many of his students excel as singers on a professional level, and some going on to become national celebrities. He continues to coach young singers today, in his spare time.

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Regular Venue – Cave Wilson

Sally Cronin is an author, blogger and broadcaster who enjoyed four years as part of the team on Onda Cero International’s English speaking morning show in Marbella and then for two years as a presenter on Expressfm the local radio station in Portsmouth. She co-presented two ‘Drive Time’ shows a week with Adrian Knight, hosted the live Thursday Afternoon Show and The Sunday Morning Show guests including musicians and authors. Following this she became Station Director for a local internet television station for two years, producing and presenting the daily news segment, outside broadcasts and co-presenting the Adrian and Sally chat show live on Friday evenings.

She and her husband David have now returned to Ireland where they live on the Wexford Coast where she blogs and continues to write books.

Books :Amazon US – And: Amazon UK – More reviews: Goodreads – blog: Smorgasbord Blog Magazine Twitter: @sgc58 – Facebook: Sally Cronin – LinkedIn: Sally Cronin

Next week 1989 Part Two – We hope you will tune in.. as always we love to hear from you.. thanks William and Sally.