The Jheri Curl Chronicles podcast is back after a 6 week siesta! Join Mike Joseph (me) and Thomas Inskeep as they chat about every single to hit #1 on Billboard’s R&B charts in the 1980s.
This episode contains a double dose of Prince, as we discuss his first two chart-toppers of the decade, “When Doves Cry” and “Let’s Go Crazy”. Of course, both songs come from the Academy Award-winning soundtrack to the film “Purple Rain”, and as appropriate for Oscar season, we go deep on the 1985 ceremony.
The 1985 Oscars nominated an additional THREE songs featured in this podcast, including Deniece Williams’ “Let’s Hear It For The Boy”, Ray Parker Jr.’s “Ghostbusters”, and the eventual winner, Stevie Wonder’s “I Just Called To Say I Love You”. The other two #1s featured in this podcast-that have no movie tie-ins whatsoever-are O’Bryan’s “Lovelite” and Billy Ocean’s “Caribbean Queen (No More Love On The Run)”
Also, you guys totally need to see this.
Ray Parker Jr. performs Ghostbusters at the… by DwightBranden
As is common with the JCC podcast, sidebars abound. Among the other topics covered: Thomas’s love for Foreigner’s “Waiting For A Girl Like You”, the defense of Stevie Wonder’s post-“Woman In Red” work, Don Cornelius’s considerable influence in the music industry, the awesome 2-CD hits package on Deniece Williams that BBR Records recently released, and so much more.
Check the show out in the player below. You can also access the show by streaming it on Liberated Syndication, you can download the show to your device, or you can subscribe on iTunes (and let us know what you think by leaving a comment!)
2 comments
John says:
Feb 26, 2017
Great podcast guys. I’m glad you were able to focus after a quick Jodeci derailing.
– I’m very excited for the Purple Rain box, primarily to see the concert filmed in my hometown that I didn’t get to go to. I’m still bitter…
– I wore the heck out of the Suddenly cassette, and I actually enjoy the title track. However, “Mystery Lady” is a jam.
– My grandmother had the Woman In Red soundtrack and we would play that back-to-back w/Wham!’s Make It Big. With the exception of “Love Light In Flight,” my preference was clearly with Wham!.
MJ says:
Mar 4, 2017
No argument there-“Make It Big” is a MUCH better album. “Woman In Red” is kind of a throwaway minus “Love Light In Flight” and “Weakness”.
Billy Ocean is one of those guys where you’re like “eh, bleh…” and then you put on a hits compilation and realize that he has 20 songs you absolutely love. “Suddenly” (the song) is tolerable, but the other singles were so much better.