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  1. "On My Own" is a duet by American singers #PattiLaBelle and #MichaelMcDonald. It was written and produced by #BurtBacharach and his then-wife #CaroleBayerSager and originally recorded by singer #DionneWarwick for inclusion on her album #Friends (1985). The song was eventually recorded by LaBelle and McDonald for her eighth studio album, #WinnerInYou (1986). It was released as the album's lead single on March 22, 1986, by #MCARecords. Lyrically.
    youtube.com/watch?v=a-SQRJbtMqs

  2. "On My Own" is a duet by American singers #PattiLaBelle and #MichaelMcDonald. It was written and produced by #BurtBacharach and his then-wife #CaroleBayerSager and originally recorded by singer #DionneWarwick for inclusion on her album #Friends (1985). The song was eventually recorded by LaBelle and McDonald for her eighth studio album, #WinnerInYou (1986). It was released as the album's lead single on March 22, 1986, by #MCARecords. Lyrically.
    youtube.com/watch?v=a-SQRJbtMqs

  3. "On My Own" is a duet by American singers #PattiLaBelle and #MichaelMcDonald. It was written and produced by #BurtBacharach and his then-wife #CaroleBayerSager and originally recorded by singer #DionneWarwick for inclusion on her album #Friends (1985). The song was eventually recorded by LaBelle and McDonald for her eighth studio album, #WinnerInYou (1986). It was released as the album's lead single on March 22, 1986, by #MCARecords. Lyrically.
    youtube.com/watch?v=a-SQRJbtMqs

  4. "On My Own" is a duet by American singers #PattiLaBelle and #MichaelMcDonald. It was written and produced by #BurtBacharach and his then-wife #CaroleBayerSager and originally recorded by singer #DionneWarwick for inclusion on her album #Friends (1985). The song was eventually recorded by LaBelle and McDonald for her eighth studio album, #WinnerInYou (1986). It was released as the album's lead single on March 22, 1986, by #MCARecords. Lyrically.
    youtube.com/watch?v=a-SQRJbtMqs

  5. "On My Own" is a duet by American singers #PattiLaBelle and #MichaelMcDonald. It was written and produced by #BurtBacharach and his then-wife #CaroleBayerSager and originally recorded by singer #DionneWarwick for inclusion on her album #Friends (1985). The song was eventually recorded by LaBelle and McDonald for her eighth studio album, #WinnerInYou (1986). It was released as the album's lead single on March 22, 1986, by #MCARecords. Lyrically.
    youtube.com/watch?v=a-SQRJbtMqs

  6. "One Thing Leads to Another" is a song by English #newWave band #theFixx, released by #MCARecords in the US on 18 August 1983, followed by a UK release on 23 September 1983. It was the second of three singles taken from the group's second studio album, #ReachTheBeach, and is one of their most successful singles, reaching number four on the US #Billboard Hot 100 in November 1983. It also peaked at number two on the Billboard #RockTopTracks chart.
    youtube.com/watch?v=JHYIGy1dyd8

  7. "Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves" is a song recorded by American singer and actress #Cher from her 1971 seventh studio album #Chér (eventually reissued under the title #GypsysTrampsAndThieves). #KappRecords, a division of #MCARecords, released it as the album's #leadSingle on September 1, 1971. The song was written by Bob Stone, and produced by #SnuffGarrett. Since #SonnyBono's first attempts at reviving Cher's recording career had been unsuccessful.
    youtube.com/watch?v=TOSZwEwl_1Q

  8. "Every Little Step" is a song by American singer #BobbyBrown, written by #LAReid and #KennethBabyfaceEdmonds and released by #MCARecords. Released as the fourth single on his second album #DontBeCruel it reached number three on the US #Billboard Hot 100, number two on the Cash Box Top 100 chart, number one on the Billboard #HotBlackSingles chart, and number six on the #UKSinglesChart. The song also appears on Brown's remix album Dance!... Ya Know It!.
    youtube.com/watch?v=T9OzE2o5gnk

  9. "FM (No Static at All)" is a song by American #jazzrock band #SteelyDan and the title theme for the 1978 film FM. It made the US #Top40 the year of its release as a single. A jazz-rock composition of bass, guitar and piano, its lyrics criticize the album-oriented rock format of many FM radio stations at that time, in contrast to the film's celebration of the medium. "FM" was the first single Steely Dan released on #MCARecords (which had released the #soundtrack).
    youtube.com/watch?v=wdoCQn_Tjac

  10. "Learning to Fly" is a song by American rock band #TomPettyAndTheHeartbreakers. It was written in 1991 by Tom Petty and his writing partner #JeffLynne for the band's eighth studio album, #IntoTheGreatWideOpen (1991). The entire song is based on four simple #chords, (F, C, A minor, and G). Released in June 1991 by #MCARecords, it became a hit for Petty and the Heartbreakers, topping the US #Billboard Album Rock Tracks chart.
    youtube.com/watch?v=s5BJXwNeKsQ

  11. "If You Asked Me To" is a song written by American songwriter #DianeWarren and produced by #StewartLevine and #AaronZigman. It was originally recorded by American singer #PattiLaBelle for her ninth studio album, #BeYourself (1989), and also for the #soundtrack to the #JamesBond film #LicenceToKill. The song was released as the soundtrack's second #single on June 12, 1989, by #MCARecords.
    youtube.com/watch?v=pNcg609M70I

  12. "Maybe Baby" is a rock-and-roll song written by #BuddyHolly and the producer #NormanPetty, and recorded by Holly and the #Crickets in 1957. The single, released in January 1958 and credited to the Crickets, was a Top 40 hit in the U.S., the UK, and Canada. The song appeared in the 1973 #GeorgeLucas film American Graffiti and was on the #MCARecords soundtrack album #41OriginalHitsFromTheSoundtrackOfAmericanGraffiti.
    youtube.com/watch?v=IxNIjryNTFE

  13. "Every Little Step" is a song by American singer #BobbyBrown, written by #LAReid and #KennethBabyfaceEdmonds and released by #MCARecords. Released as the fourth single on his second album #DontBeCruel it reached number three on the US #Billboard Hot 100, number two on the Cash Box Top 100 chart, number one on the Billboard #HotBlackSingles chart, and number six on the #UKSinglesChart. The song also appears on Brown's remix album Dance!... Ya Know It!.
    youtube.com/watch?v=IF6bjrkJ10M

  14. "FM (No Static at All)" is a song by American #jazzrock band #SteelyDan and the title theme for the 1978 film FM. It made the US #Top40 the year of its release as a single. A jazz-rock composition of bass, guitar and piano, its lyrics criticize the album-oriented rock format of many FM radio stations at that time, in contrast to the film's celebration of the medium. "FM" was the first single Steely Dan released on #MCARecords (which had released the #soundtrack).
    youtube.com/watch?v=wdoCQn_Tjac

  15. "Learning to Fly" is a song by American rock band #TomPettyAndTheHeartbreakers. It was written in 1991 by Tom Petty and his writing partner #JeffLynne for the band's eighth studio album, #IntoTheGreatWideOpen (1991). The entire song is based on four simple #chords, (F, C, A minor, and G). Released in June 1991 by #MCARecords, it became a hit for Petty and the Heartbreakers, topping the US #Billboard Album Rock Tracks chart.
    youtube.com/watch?v=v-LsnQPwHzI

  16. "Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves" is a song recorded by American singer and actress #Cher from her 1971 seventh studio album #Chér (eventually reissued under the title #GypsysTrampsAndThieves). #KappRecords, a division of #MCARecords, released it as the album's #leadSingle on September 1, 1971. The song was written by Bob Stone, and produced by #SnuffGarrett. Since #SonnyBono's first attempts at reviving Cher's recording career had been unsuccessful.
    youtube.com/watch?v=uuA_gCMiw0E

  17. "Every Little Step" is a 1989 single by American singer #BobbyBrown, written by #LAReid and #KennethBabyfaceEdmonds and released by #MCARecords. Released as the fourth single on his second album #DontBeCruel it reached number three on the #Billboard Hot 100, number 2 on the Cash Box Top 100, number one on the #HotBlackSingles chart, and number six on the #UKSinglesChart in 1989. The song also appears on Brown's remix album Dance!... Ya Know It!.
    youtube.com/watch?v=P0FKzPfsxA4

  18. "Every Little Step" is a 1989 single by American singer #BobbyBrown, written by #LAReid and #KennethBabyfaceEdmonds and released by #MCARecords. Released as the fourth single on his second album #DontBeCruel it reached number three on the #Billboard Hot 100, number 2 on the Cash Box Top 100, number one on the #HotBlackSingles chart, and number six on the #UKSinglesChart in 1989. The song also appears on Brown's remix album Dance!... Ya Know It!.
    youtube.com/watch?v=P0FKzPfsxA4

  19. Various Artists, The Best of Chess Blues, 1987 on Chess / MCA

    Great 2xLP 80s compilation of the post-war blues that made Chess such a critical label, issued by MCA who acquired the rights to the Chess catalog in the mid-eighties.

    • Muddy Waters– Rollin’ Stone
    • Robert Nighthawk– Black Angel Blues (Sweet Black Angel)
    • Eddie Boyd & The Chess Men– 24 Hours
    • Willie Mabon– Seventh Son
    • Lowell Fulson–Reconsider Baby
    • Muddy Waters– (I’m Your) Hoochie Coochie Man
    • Howlin’ Wolf– Smokestack Lightnin’
    • Little Walter & His Night Cats– Juke
    • J.B. Lenoir– Eisenhower Blues
    • Jimmy Rogers– Walking By Myself
    • Howlin’ Wolf– Back Door Man
    • Elmore James– Madison Blues
    • Sonny Boy Williamson– Your Funeral My Trial
    • Otis Rush– So Many Roads, So Many Trains
    • Buddy Guy– My Time After Awhile
    • Sonny Boy Williamson– Bring It On Home
    • John Lee Hooker– One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer
    • Etta James– Baby What You Want Me To Do
    • Little Milton– Stormy Monday
    • Koko Taylor– Wang Dang Doodle

    My copy—via Mel’s Record Shop in Amesbury MA—is a 1987 pressing by MCA Records’ plant in Gloversville, NY.

    #1980s #1987 #AmesburyMA #Blues #BuddyGuy #ChessRecords #Collection #EddieBoydTheChessMen #elmoreJames #HowlinWolf #JBLenoir #JimmyRogers #JohnLeeHooker #KokoTaylor #LittleMilton #LittleWalter #LowellFulson #MCARecords #MelSRecordShop #MuddyWaters #OriginalChessMasters #OtisRush #Reissue #RobertNighthawk #SonnyBoyWilliamson #vinyl #vinylcollection #vinylfinds #WillieMabon

  20. "Somewhere Out There" is a song released by #MCARecords and recorded by American singers #LindaRonstadt and #JamesIngram for the #soundtrack of the animated feature film #AnAmericanTail (1986). The song was written by #JamesHorner, #BarryMann, and #CynthiaWeil, and produced by #PeterAsher and #SteveTyrell. It reached number eight in the United Kingdom, number six in Ireland, and number two in both the United States and Canada.
    youtube.com/watch?v=Smc5FHbZtG4

  21. Steely Dan, Katy Lied, 1975 on ABC Records

    Walter Becker and Donald Fagen on the fourth full length studio album from Steely Dan. This was the first album after the departure of Skunk Baxter and Jim Hodder and the shift into studio albums with session musicians. (One of the session musicians here is Michael MacDonald providing backing vocals.)

    Apparently Becker and Fagen were unhappy with the sound for some technical reasons but it […]

    #1970s #1975 #1980 #ABCRecords #DonaldFagen #LowellMA #MCARecords #MichaelMacDonald #SteelyDan #vinyl #VinylDestination #vinylcollection #vinylfinds #WalterBecker

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