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#1169 ROCKMAKER Toto
David Paich, keyboardist and vocalist for the group Toto, wrote this track from the group's 1978 self-titled debut album. Often criticized for the very reason they proved popular: Toto's craftsmanship was masterful and precise; the result of years working as session musicians.

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#1170 ME AND MRS JONES Billy Paul
One of the greatest examples of the lush and gorgeous Philly Sound that thrived in the early 70s, was Billy Paul's rendition of the song penned by Kenny Gamble, Cary Gilbert and Leon Huff. Released in 1972, it deals with marital infidelity with a strong sense of maturity and guilt. At the time of this recording, the vocalist was about to turn 38 and this was to be his first national hit in the USA, where it went on to reach #1.

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#1171 TELEPHONE LINE Electric Light Orchestra
1976 saw E.L.O. release their best album thus far: 'A New World Record'. All of that album's tracks were written by lead vocalist Jeff Lynne. On paper, this song ought to have been a low point in their repertoire; excessive and cheesy. But, full credit to Lynne for making "Telephone Line" a highlight among the group's output. His vocals, the falsettos in the chorus and the lush arrangements all come together seamlessly, complemented by the re-creation of a call going down the phone line.

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#1172 SMOOTH CRIMINAL Michael Jackson
Taking on his most objectionable musical persona, Jackson offered up "Smooth Criminal" in 1987; one of the singles lifted off his 'Bad' album. He wrote the song himself, co-producing it with Quincy Jones. Musically, it is an engaging song, from its tense intro to its integral beat which meshes so effectively with his vocal.

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#1173 ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT Cyndi Lauper
Often overlooked due to the higher profile tracks "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" and "Time After Time", this underrated track was lifted as a later single from Lauper's 1983 'She's So Unusual' album. This was one of the 2 songs Jules Shear penned for her breakthrough solo LP. 

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#1174 THE TIDE IS HIGH Blondie
Blondie dared to create their own take on a variety of styles with various tracks: disco, punk, rap and, on "The Tide is High", soca (soul calypso) - Trinidad's style of reggae. A rare cover version for the group, the track was written by John Bolt (who recorded it earlier) with Howard Barrett and Tyrone Evans. Blondie's take was featured on their 1980 'Autoamerican' album.

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#1175 LOWDOWN Boz Scaggs
Blue -eyed soul and jazz performer Scaggs created a comfortable groove with Toto's David Paich. "Lowdown" was recorded in 1975 and released the following year as one of the singles off his biggest selling album, 'Silk Degrees'.

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#1176 TOO HIGH Stevie Wonder
Motown genius Stevie Wonder tackles the drugs issue on this funky track, one of the highlights from his impressive 'Innervisions' album, released in 1973. He penned each track on this masterwork himself.

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The Caffe` Latte` Top 10 Tracks this week:

1 Fine China CHRIS BROWN ftg. PITBULL  [Remix]     2wks                                       1 3 

2 I Keep Them on the Floor Beside My Bed [album track] AGNETHA FALTSKOG          2 5 

3 Ooo La La ROBIN THICKE                                                                            7 2

4 That Girl [Disco Sucks Mix] JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE                                                   5 3

5 Take Back the Night JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE                                                        8 2

6 Dear Darlin' OLLY MURS                                              NEW

7 Home Again ELTON JOHN                                                     3 3 

8 Wake Me Up AVICII                                              NEW

9 True Love PINK ftg. LILY ALLEN                                              NEW

10 Blurred Lines ROBIN THICKE ftg. T.I. & PHARRELL WILLIAMS [Liam Keegan & Anton Powers Edit]                                 4 3

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#1177 CLUBBED TO DEATH Rob Dougan
Australian born producer/ remixer relocated to the UK where he created some exciting work in the dance / electronica genres. "Clubbed to Death, composed by Dougan, was initially issued in 1995, but gained greater exposure from its inclusion in the hit movie 'The Matrix' four years later.

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#1178 WHAT DOES IT TAKE (TO WIN YOUR LOVE)? Junior Walker & The All-Stars
Motown musician Junior Walker scored some great hit singles for the label, most of them instrumentals. This beautiful track features Walker on sax up front of his band the All- Stars. The song was written by Motown alumni Johnny Bristol, Harvey Fuqua and Vernon Bullock. Walker died in 1995.

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#1179 HARLEM SHUFFLE The Rolling Stones
The Stones' take on this 1963 hit written & recorded by Bob & Earl (Reif & Nelson respectively) was a fun rendition featured on their 1986 album 'Dirty Work'.

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#1180 RISE Herb Alpert
The bandleader from the Tijuana Brass launched a solo career in the 1960s but totally reinvented his sound by 1979, with the release of this instrumental. With his trumpet in the spotlight, this funky jazzy groove even took the musician into clubs. Alpert went on to score some more pop hits in the early 1980s after this track reached #1 in the US. It was written by his nephew Randy Badazz with his friend Andy Armer.

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#1181 WHO'S LOVIN' YOU Jackson 5
This Smokey Robinson composition had been covered by his group the Miracles as well as other label mates, but the best interpretation -by far- was by the Jackson 5. Released on the flip side of their amazing first chart-topping single "I Want You Back", it has attracted increased admiration over the decades. The siblings' vocals are befitting its lyrics. But it is Michael who truly shines on this track. With a purity in his voice, he pours emotion and heartache into every syllable, with the understanding and empathy of an adult. Truly magical.

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#1182 STOP, LOOK, LISTEN (TO YOUR HEART) Diana Ross & Marvin Gaye
In 1973, Motown released a duet album by two of its major stars in that decade. The former Supreme was now enjoying a solo career and was teamed with Gaye just as he was changing attitudes towards albums and R&B not only at Motown, but everywhere. This is a track from that project. Written by Thom Bell with Linda Creed for the Stylistics, the 2 superstars on this recorded their parts separately. This version surpasses the original.

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#1183 (IT'S JUST) THE WAY THAT YOU LOVE ME Paula Abdul
Oliver Leiber, son of renowned Jewrry Leiber (of the Leiber & Stoller songwriting team), penned this (and other) songs for Abdul's 'Forever Your Girl' album from 1988. He has since collaborated with Adam Lambert, Foreigner, Rod Stewart, Vanessa Amorosi and The Corrs.

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#1184 BUT YOU DON'T CARE Misex
Members Kevin Stanton and Murray Burns wrote this breakthrough hit for the group (originally from New Zealand) in Australia in 1979. The follow-up, "Computer Games", became their biggest hit, reaching #1 in this country. Misex blended punk, new wave with a futuristic approach, similar to Ultravox and Gary Numan. Sadly, lead singer Steve Gilpin died in 1991.

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#1185 LIFE AT THE OUTPOST Skatt Brothers
Dismissed as a copy of the Village People, the Skatt Brothers was a group comprising musicians, formed by keyboardist Sean Delaney. They signed to Casablanca Records in their native USA. The following year, they reached the Top 10 in Australia with this song. And no, they weren't real brothers and none had the surname Skatt!

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#1186 ACCORDING TO MY HEART The Reels
Australian group The Reels released an EP in 1980 which featured this Jim Reeves country classic, penned by Gary Walker.

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#1187 SONG FOR THE DUMPED Ben Folds Five
Written by Folds, this song was released as a single in 1997. The American sums up the way so many guys feel after a break-up on this track.

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The Caffe` Latte` Top 10 Tracks this week:

1 Fine China CHRIS BROWN ftg. PITBULL  [Remix]     1wk                                       2 2

2 I Keep Them on the Floor Beside My Bed [album track] AGNETHA FALTSKOG          3 4

3 Home Again ELTON JOHN                                                     5 2

4 Blurred Lines ROBIN THICKE ftg. T.I. & PHARRELL WILLIAMS 

[Liam Keegan & Anton Powers Edit]                                 1 2

5 That Girl [Disco Sucks Mix] JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE                                                   6 2

6 Dance Your Pain Away AGNETHA FALTSKOG [Cahill Edit]                                    8 2

7 Ooo La La ROBIN THICKE                                                                            NEW

8 Take Back the Night JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE                                                        NEW

9 Holy Grail JAY-Z featuring JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE                                              NEW

10 Come With Me [Craig Welsh Bootleg Mix] RICKY MARTIN                                    NEW

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#1188 ROXY ROLLER Nick Gilder
Gilder was born in the UK but his pop success began in Canada as a member of Sweeney Todd. He then went solo and scored a US#1 with "Hot Child in the City" in 1978. The glam-flavoured "Roxy Roller" was penned by Gilder and charted the year before. It was later covered by Suzi Quatro.

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#1189 LAST TRAIN TO LONDON Electric Light Orchestra
E.L.O. was edging closer to disco on previous tracks, but the futuristic rock group added more dancey elements to their sound for their 1979 'Discovery' album, just as the genre was still enjoying its halcyon period. The song was written by lead singer Jeff Lynne. It resurfaced as part of Atomic Kitten's hit song "Be With You" in 2002.

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#1190 SIMPLE THINGS Minnie Riperton
Riperton is underrated as a performer. She recorded only a handful of original albums as a soloist. This track was penned by her with husband Richard Rudolph. Released in 1975 on the 'Adventures in Paradise' album; a year before being diagnosed with cancer. We lost her in 1979.

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#1191 RESPECT YOURSELF Kane Gang
In 1985, this trio from the UK updated the Staple Singers' funk/ R&B classic song about empowerment.

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#1192 TEACH ME TONIGHT Al Jarreau
Al Jarreau covered this standard for his 1981 'Breaking Away' album, at a time when many jazz artists were crossing over into the pop charts; in the wake of George Benson, Kenny G., Grover Washington Jr. and Chuck Mangione and the like.

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#1193 DESIREE` Neil Diamond
This 1977 chart hit for singer/ songwriter Diamond was the first song featured in the 'Long Distance Dedication' segment during Casey Kasem's "American Top 40" radio program.

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#1194 I ALONE Live
This song helped expand the audience for this post-grunge alternative rock group. It was the second single lifted off their 1994 'Throwing Copper' album.

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The Caffe` Latte` Top 10 Tracks this week:

1 Blurred Lines ROBIN THICKE ftg. T.I. & PHARRELL WILLIAMS 

[Liam Keegan & Anton Powers Edit]              1wk                   NEW

2 Fine China CHRIS BROWN ftg. PITBULL                                                         NEW

3 I Keep Them on the Floor Beside My Bed [album track] AGNETHA FALTSKOG          5 3

4 It Had Better Be Tonight (Meglio Stasera) MICHAEL BUBLE` [Zoned Out Mix]            1 7 

5 Home Again ELTON JOHN                                                     NEW

6 That Girl [Disco Sucks Mix] JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE                                                   NEW

7 Perfume in the Breeze AGNETHA FALTSKOG                                   3 6

8 Dance Your Pain Away AGNETHA FALTSKOG [Cahill Edit]                                    NEW

9 Get Lucky DAFT PUNK ftg. PHARRELL WILLIAMS & NILE RODGERS           4 12

10 Woman's World [Tracy Young Radio Edit] CHER                                               NEW

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#1195 IF YOU CAN'T GIVE ME LOVE Suzi Quatro
Rock chick Suzi Quatro scored a hit with this Chinn & Chapman song that showcases her softer side.

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#1196 GONNA MAKE YOU A STAR David Essex
British heart throb from the 70s wrote this- the most glam of his hits- himself. It was produced by Jeff Wayne who invited Essex to contribute to his musical adaptation og H. G. Wells' 'War of the Worlds' album in 1978.

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#1197 I WON'T LET YOU GO Agnetha Faltskog
The former singer from ABBA co-wrote this with Eric Stewart from 10CC who produced her English solo post-ABBA album, 'Eyes of a Woman'. Catchy Euro-pop from one of its leading exponents.

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#1198 WALK RIGHT BACK The Everly Brothers
Penned by Sonny Curtis from the Crickets, this song is brief, but one of the siblings' irresistible songs. Phil Everly passed away January 2014 of pulmonary disease. He was aged 74.

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#1199 YOU SEXY THING Hot Chocolate
Co-written by group members Errol Brown and Tony Wilson, this UK funky / disco number remains a favourite, especially among women.

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Some are older, some more recent, but these are either examples of great performances and production, while others are just lots of fun...
1200 songs- some obscure, some major hits, but all favourites of mine. Hope you discover some gems among them for yourself:
#1200 THE CRUNCH The Rah Band 
After working with the Beatles and James Taylor at Apple Records, Richard Hewson formed a side project deriving its name from his initials. This instrumental was the act's biggest hit.

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The Caffe` Latte` Top 10 Tracks this week:

1 It Had Better Be Tonight (Meglio Stasera) MICHAEL BUBLE` [Zoned Out Mix]    1 wk    2 6

2 Blurred Lines ROBIN THICKE ftg. T.I. & PHARRELL WILLIAMS                3 9

3 Perfume in the Breeze AGNETHA FALTSKOG                                   1 5

4 Get Lucky DAFT PUNK ftg. PHARRELL WILLIAMS & NILE RODGERS           4 11

5 I Keep Them on the Floor Beside My Bed [album track] AGNETHA FALTSKOG          8 2

6 Dance Your Pain Away AGNETHA FALTSKOG                                     5 12

7 Save Me (This is an S.O.S.) HELENA PAPARIZOU                                      6 6

8 I Was A Flower [album track] AGNETHA FALTSKOG                                      7 10

9 Love is the Drug [album track] BRYAN FERRY & BRYAN FERRY ORCHESTRA   NEW

10 Glorious MAGNUS CARLSSON                                      9 6

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#1176 TOO HIGH Stevie Wonder
Motown genius Stevie Wonder tackles the drugs issue on this funky track, one of the highlights from his impressive 'Innervisions' album, released in 1973. He penned each track on this masterwork himself.

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