"Don't Cry" is the first hit single from #progressiveRock band #Asia's second album #Alpha. "Don't Cry" reached number 10 on the #Billboard Hot 100 and number 9 in #CashBox magazine. It was the band's second top ten hit on the Billboard Hot 100 and returned them to number 1 on Billboard's Top Album Rock Tracks chart.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=odrH8ShNi0A

"Still" is a 1979 song by the #soulMusic group the #Commodores. It was released as a #single on #MotownRecords with "Such a Woman" as the #Bside. The song appears on their 1979 hit album #MidnightMagic. This was their last No. 1 hit in the United States. #CashBox said it was a "tender, lilting #ballad" with "a soft, building piano figure" and "expressive, plaintive lead vocal." #Billboard praised the " poignant lyric and slow.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCjXXvb0AKk

"Walk On By" is a song written by #BurtBacharach and #HalDavid for singer #DionneWarwick in 1963. Warwick's recording of the song peaked at number six on the US #Billboard #Hot100 and number one on the #CashBox Rhythm and Blues Chart In June 1964 and was nominated for a 1965 Grammy Award for the Best Rhythm and Blues Recording. #IsaacHayes recorded the song five years later, in 1969, and his version reached number 30 on the Hot 100 chart.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vsGsCvJWEo8

"Can't You Hear My Heartbeat" is a song written by #JohnCarter and #KenLewis, produced by #MickieMost, and performed by #HermansHermits. It reached No. 2 on the #Billboard #Hot100, and no. 1 in the #Cashbox charts, in 1965. In the United Kingdom it was released as the B-Side of "#Silhouettes". The song was featured on their 1965 album, Their Second Album! Herman's Hermits on Tour. Billboard magazine's Top Hot 100 songs of 1965 ranked it No.8.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYVMhfwak7o

"Beginnings" is a song written by #RobertLamm for the rock band #ChicagoTransitAuthority and recorded for its debut album Chicago Transit Authority, released in 1969. The song is the band's second single (after "#Questions67And68"), had peaked at position #8 by means of the WNHC hit parade, but did not reach either the #Billboard or the #CashBox hit parade on its initial release. After the band's success with subsequent singles.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pizRRft3_8Y

"I Can't Hold Back" is a 1984 song recorded by the rock band #Survivor. It was the first hit #single from album #VitalSigns (their first album with vocalist #JimiJamison). The song reached No. 13 on the Billboard Hot 100 and No. 14 on the #CashBox Top 100. It also returned the band to No. 1 for three weeks on the Billboard #TopRockTracks chart.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GaMcsKtBDwE

"Good Lovin' Gone Bad" is a song by the British rock band #BadCompany. Released in 1975, it reached the Top 40 in both the United States and the UK. The song was written by the band's guitarist #MickRalphs and appears on their second album, #StraightShooter. #Billboard described it as a "raucous, smashing assault" and praised the vocal performance and the guitar playing. #CashBox called it a "solid, quality rocker".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCdQUGaKkPI

"It's All Right" is a 1963 song recorded by #TheImpressions and written by the group's lead singer, #CurtisMayfield. The single was the most successful chart entry of the group's career. "It's All Right" was one of two top-ten singles for the group on the Billboard Hot 100, and the first of six number ones on the Billboard #RAndB chart. It also reached No.1 on the #CashBox R&B chart.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1LLwC7N1h8

"Peace of Mind" is a song by American #rock band #Boston, written by #TomScholz. It was on their 1976 debut album Boston, and was released the next year as the third and final #single from the album. It peaked at number 38 on the U.S. #Billboard Hot 100 in 1977, as well as number 33 on the #CashBox Top 100. It received substantial radio airplay, both upon the initial release of the Boston album and subsequently, and has been described as a "rock-radio staple".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UIsSNR6LfAI

"Thank You for Being a Friend" is a song written and recorded by #American singer #AndrewGold. It appears on Gold's third album #AllThisAndHeavenToo. The song reached number 25 on the US #Billboard #Hot100 chart in 1978. On the #CashBox chart, "Thank You for Being a Friend" spent two weeks at number 11. A cover by #CynthiaFee was the theme song for the #NBC sitcom #TheGoldenGirls.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swu0DCXHYzA

"Can't Get Enough" is a song by English guitarist #MickRalphs. It was recorded by rock #supergroup #BadCompany, of which Ralphs was a member, for their 1974 self-titled debut album, and was issued as their debut single. It reached No. 5 on the #Billboard Hot 100 singles chart and No. 1 on #Cashbox magazine's Top 100 Singles chart. "Can't Get Enough" is Bad Company's biggest hit and is considered their most popular song.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7p9mzYB--uI

"Hit Me with Your Best Shot" is a song recorded by American #rock singer #PatBenatar and written by #EddieSchwartz. In 1980, it was released as the second single from her second album #CrimesOfPassion, which became her biggest-selling album. It hit No. 7 in #CashBox, and reached No. 9 on the #Billboard #Hot100, becoming her first Top 10 hit in the US. It was particularly popular on album-rock radio stations, peaking at number 1 on the US Tunecaster Rock Tracks chart.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WpvLjPhCP1Y

"Bad Sneakers" is a song by #jazz #rock band #SteelyDan. It was released as the second single and track on their 1975 album #KatyLied. #Producer #GaryKatz later regretted not releasing the song as the first single. #CashBox noted that "a razored guitar bridge highlights and counterbalances some laidback vocals with the overall sound layered.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kfkFXaeHZM

"Like Nothing Ever Happened", Sylvia's follow-up to her cross-over smash hit, "Nobody" peaked at #2 for two weeks in Billboard's Hot Country Singles chart.

However, it did make it all the way to #1 in Cashbox Magazine on this day, 43 years ago, January 22, 1983.

#vinylcommunity #music #1980s #classic #vinyl #sylvia #sings #countrymusic #recording #cashbox #songs #musicislife 

"Radar Love" is a song by the Dutch #rock band #GoldenEarring from their ninth studio album #Moontan. The single version of "Radar Love" became their first international hit, reaching No. 9 on the #RecordWorld chart, No. 10 on #CashBox, and No. 13 on the #Billboard #Hot100 in the United States. It hit the top 10 in many countries, including the #UnitedKingdomSinglesChart, Canada, Australia, Germany, and Spain.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckM51xoTC2U

"We May Never Pass This Way (Again)" is a song by American #softRock duo #SealsAndCrofts, released as a #single in 1973. It was the second single from their fifth studio album, #DiamondGirl. The song reached No. 21 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and spent two weeks at number 18 on the #CashBox Top 100. The song was a significantly greater hit on the #AdultContemporary chart, where it reached number two on both the American and Canadian charts.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qlNoF0C_h4

"Typical Male" is a song recorded by American singer #TinaTurner. It was written by #TerryBritten and #GrahamLyle and produced by the former for Turner's studio album #BreakEveryRule (1986). The song reached number one in #CashBox magazine and just missed becoming her second number-one hit on the US #Billboard Hot 100 chart, peaking at number two for three consecutive weeks (behind "#WhenIThinkOfYou" by #JanetJackson and "#TrueColors" by #CyndiLauper).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2IO-61KbzI

"19th Nervous Breakdown" is a song recorded by the English rock band #theRollingStones. Written by #MickJagger and #KeithRichards, it was recorded in late 1965 and released as a single in February 1966. It reached number 2 on US #Billboard Hot 100 and Britain's #RecordRetailer chart (subsequently the #UKSinglesChart), while topping the charts compiled by US #CashBox and both UK #NME and #MelodyMaker.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DEseb6-hssc

"Breakdown Dead Ahead" is a 1980 song recorded by #BozScaggs, and composed by Scaggs and #DavidFoster. It was the lead single of two released from Scaggs's album #MiddleMan. During May, the song reached number 15 on the US #Billboard #Hot100 and number 12 on the #CashBox Top 100. The song was a bigger hit in Canada, where it spent two weeks at number eight on the Pop chart.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0m_0M_20EiM

"Oh Babe, What Would You Say" is a #song by UK #recordProducer #HurricaneSmith, written by his wife Eileen Sylvia Smith, and released in the UK by EMI on its Columbia label in March 1972 and in the US by #CapitolRecords, also in March 1972. It was a transatlantic hit, becoming a US No. 1 #CashBox and a #Billboard Pop No. 3 hit, No. 3 in the Canadian #RPMMagazine chart, and No. 4 in the #UKSinglesChart.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KuccqN63I4I