8 of the 80s: 11/8/12...

Hey gang, it's time for another flashback to the 80s, and this time I'm back to 1985, the year the FDA approved the blood test for AIDS...

Alexander O'Neal - "Innocent"
from the album Alexander O'Neal (1985)
Billboard peak: #101

My favorite soul singer from the late 80s before his classic Hearsay album. 

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George Benson - "I Just Want To Hang Around You"
from the album 20/20 (1984)
Billboard peak: #102

Smooth jazz musician at his slickest.


The Gap Band - "Beep A Freak"
from the album Gap Band VI (1984)
Billboard peak: #103

You'll have to explain to the kiddies what a "beeper" was.


Skipworth & Turner - "Thinking About Your Love"
from the album Skipworth & Turner (1985)
Billboard peak: #104

The prototype of "house music" that would blossom to full form in the late 80s.


Klymaxx - "The Men All Pause"
from the album Meeting In The Ladies Room (1984)
Billboard peak: #105

This was their first big hit on R&B and in the clubs, but completely missed the big pop chart. Cray.


The Whispers - "Some Kinda Lover"
from the album So Good (1984)
Billboard peak: #106

The twins and their band with one of their forgotten nuggets.


Run-DMC - "You Talk Too Much"
from the album King Of Rock (1985)
Billboard peak: #107

One of the trio's more spooky backdrops for a comic rap track.


Roxanne Shante' - "Roxanne's Revenge"
Billboard peak: #109

Nicki Minaj has nothin'  on the original dis'-track pioneer.