Patty Smyth Greatest Hits Rar Movie And The

They released one album in 1986, with lead singer Paul Engemann, who would later go on to front Faux Animotion.

Songs that missed the top ten, or top twenty or top forty, and over the last five months I hope some of these forgotten gems may have rung a long dormant bell, or for younger readers, provided a pop music history lesson.

Thank you for taking this 80s road trip with me but its not over yet Ill be featuring a new Lost Hit once a week in the Wednesday Briefs, so the history lesson will continue.

Holly Knight Heart Dont Fail Me Now Holly is one of my 80s pop music icons.

She wrote or co-wrote some of the most memorable hits of the decade, including Love Is A Battlefield, Invincible, Better Be Good To Me, The Best, Never, and Obsession, She released her self-titled album in 1988, and it contained a killer version of Battlefield, as well as her own stab at solo pop stardom, Heart Dont Fail Me Now.

But she still has that legacy of songs, including my personal anthem, The Warrior.

Laura Branigan Spanish Eddie Ive mentioned before that Laura is my 2nd all-time favorite singer, and there are a couple of her songs on this list.

Spanish Eddie was the first single off her 1985 album Hold Me, and the album and song were a huge chart disappointment coming off the enormous success of 84s Self Control.

Spanish Eddie peaked at 40 in September of 85, but on the plus side, the album is now a collectors item (but Ill never sell mine).

Patty Smyth Greatest Hits Rar Movie And The

Cyndi Lauper Hole In My Heart (All The Way To China) National treasure Cyndi should have had a surefire hit with the single from Vibes, but both the movie and the song tanked, with Hole In My Heart peaking at an abysmal 54 in August 1988.

You cant even find it on most Cyndi Best Of albums, although it certainly qualifies.

Eurogliders Heaven (Must Be There) 73.

Sheila E. The Belle Of St.

Mark 72. Alisha Baby Talk 71.

Models Out Of Mind, Out Of Sight 68.

E.G. Daily Say It, Say It 67.

Coming Up Close missed the top forty, but What About Love managed to make it to 26 in November 1986.

Olivia Newton-John The Rumour The first of two songs from Olivia in the top 40, The Rumour should have been a huge comeback hit after being away for a couple of years, but inexplicably, it was one of the biggest flops of her career, peaking at 62 in September 1988.

Romeo Void A Girl In Trouble Theyre probably best known for Never Say Never, but they only had one chart hit, when Girl In Trouble reached 35 in October 1984.

They also had one of my favorite episodes of Bands Reunited, as faboo lead singer Debora Iyall recounted the struggles the band had with the record label over their image (Deboras looks), and their label finally dumping them just as they were beginning to find Top 40 success.

Bastards.

Frida Agnetha I Know Theres Something Going On and Cant Shake Loose.

Bonnie Tyler s Total Eclipse Of The heart was an enormous success, and Air Supply had one of the biggest hits of their career with Making Love Out Of Nothing At All, and Barry Manilow had his final Top 20 hit with Read Em and Weep.

In 1984, he was approached to contribute two songs to the soundtrack of Streets Of Fire, and he formed the impromptu band Fire, Inc., which featured Holly Sherwood on vocals.

The title track was a duet between Louise and Charlie, and its unique sound helped it to climb to 46 on the Billboard chart in August of 1983.

She was never able to achieve chart success, though, even though she offered up some faboo mid-80s poprock.

Like her first single Talk To Me, which should have announced her as the dynamo she was, but flopped on the chart, peaking at 64 in May 1985.