THEME = recreation: featuring Janie Fricke & Air Supply
2 songs from the 10p-10:30p timeframe of my 04/21/2006 radio show….
#1
Janie Fricke is a native of S Whitley IN, which is just “down the road” from N Manchester IN, where I attended Manchester College in the mid 1990s. This song hit the airwaves 05/18/1985, spent 22 weeks on the charts & peaked at #2. Her late 1977 to late 1989 career included 9 chart toppers & 10 more Top 10 tunes. Familiar favorites include 1980-1’s “Down To My Last Broken Heart” (#2), 1983’s “He’s A Heartache” (#1) & 1984’s “Your Heart’s Not In It” (#1).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOXFK2mDXfA
#2
Written by Graham Russell & Clive Davis, this pop ballad was released February 1980 from Air Supply’s album ‘Lost In Love’. It reached #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 & #5 on the Adult Contemporary charts, while notching at #11 in England. Since, it has been covered by many artists & featured in several TV shows (“Glee”, “South Park”, “The Office”, “The Americans”, “United States Of Tara” & “Supernatural”).