WCYC Year End Countdown...15 years ago...

[Harv Roman]

Earlier, Neostyle posted a note talking about how 15 years ago Information Society hit the Billboard charts with a sound that was "freestyle"...

This afternoon, my heater crapped out and I had to dig through some old boxes in order to get to my heater...

Guess what I found:

WCYC (90.5 FM) Chicago Top 40 Year End Dance Music Countdown (ratings determined by listener requests and resulting airplay accumulated between JHanuary 1st and October 31st, 1989)....15 years ago!

1-"Endless Nights"-Cynthia
2-"Give Me Back My Heart"-Corina
3-"Yo Yo Get Funky"-Fast Eddie
4-"Sincerely Yours"-Sweet Sensation
5-"Yo No Se"-Pajama Party
6-"Turn Up The Bass"-Tyree
7-"Listen To My Cries"-Body and Style
8-"Wondering"-Tonasia
9-"Change On Me"-Cynthia
10-"A Better Way"-Royal House
11-"I Never Loved You"-Soraya
12-"Thief of Heart"-Cynthia
13-"Round and Round"-New Order
14-"Electric Dance"-Jungle Crew
15-"When the Pieces Fall"-Yolanda Milla
16-"Keep It Moving"-White Knight
17-"You Are the One"-TKA
18-"I'll House You"-Jungle Brothers
19-"Bad of the Heart"-Loose Touch
20-"Let's Get Hyped"-Kool Rock Steady
21-"Don't Be Afraid"-TKA
22-"Good Life"-Inner City
23-"Hooked On You"-Sweet Sensation
24-"Let's Go"-Fast Eddie
25-"Love Story"-Judy Torres
26-"Love Is On Her Mind"-Sa-Fire
27-"I Wanna Be The One"-Stevie B
28-"Lovin You"-Solid
29-"Betrayal"-Spirit Matter
30-"Secrets of Love"-Babie and Keyes
31-"That's The Way Love Is"-Ten City
32-"Walking On Sunshine"-Fax Yourself
33-"Without You"-George Lamond
34-"Rock To The Beat"-Reese
35-"Rock This Party"-Maximum Strength featuring Bad Boy Bill
36-'What Yoiu Don't Know"-Expose
37-"Pump Up The Jam"-Technotronic
38-"Anything For Love"-Kiko
39-"in Your Eyes"-Stevie B.
40-"Gonna Make It"-Sa-Fire

By the end of 1989, Cynthia, George Lamond, Corina, Sweet Sensation, Body and Style, Tonasia, TKA, Sa-Fire, Babie and Keyes, and the listed Chicago artists had already come through Chicago and the WCYC studios.

I've salvaged other playlists, I'll post those every now and then.

A lot has happened in 15 years...
Harv Roman

 

[Neostyle]

Ok,im going to sound ancient but music back then was soooo much better.Back when freestyle and house where played in the same mixes on shows.It was all club music.Another thing about those days is that you still had local artists played on the radio.That all has disappeared thanx to corporate radio.

 

[Harv Roman]

Chicago based artists on this list include:
Fast Eddie, Tyree, Soraya, Jungle Crew, White Knight, Kool Rock Steady, Inner City (Paris Grey), Ten City, and Maximum Strength Featuring Bad Boy Bill (the original Bad Boy).

 

[Neostyle]

Chicago based artists on this list include:
Fast Eddie, Tyree, Soraya, Jungle Crew, White Knight, Kool Rock Steady, Inner City (Paris Grey), Ten City, and Maximum Strength Featuring Bad Boy Bill (the original Bad Boy).

I have a fast eddie cd that I bought not too long ago.Would love to get my hands on Inner city though.Some great house music came out of Chicago back in those days.Mr Lee being one of my favorites(get busy)!

 

[Vinss-T]

:read amazing blast from the past harv. thanks for sharing 😀