Section 2: The Top 40

4 Non Blondes hit #14 with the often hated ”What’s Up.”

4 P.M. (For Positive Music) hit #8 with their cover of A Taste of Honey’s ”Sukiyaki.”

The Four Seasons hit #14 with the dance release of ”December, 1963 (Oh, What A Night)”

Aretha Franklin was still getting top 40 hits all the way to 1998. In the 90s she hit #26 with both ”Willing To Forgive” and ”A Rose Is Still A Rose.”

Freak Nasty hit #15 with ”Da Dip”

Nicki French spent a week at #2 in 1995 with her cover of ”Total Eclipse of the Heart.”

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Dave Steed is all about music; 80's and metal to be exact. His iPod will shuffle from Culture Club to Slayer and he won't blink an eye. He's never heard Astral Weeks but thinks "Dazzey Duks" by Duice is the bomb. It's an odd little corner of the world he lives in.

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