This month ... it's all about the top 30 jukebox memories (see rules below) -- relevant because it was *our* class who got a jukebox installed in the cafeteria (along with Coke machines and one of those electronic message boards).
The countdown continues with a 1988 hit from none other than Leslie Wunderman -- or Les Lee as she was known on Long Island -- or Taylor Dayne as she was called when she went big back when we were in high school. I have a feeling quite a few songs of hers were on the jukebox -- but I'm choosing to feature 'I'll Always Love You' -- which shouldn't be confused with the non-contracted 'I *Will* Always Love You' that came along a few years after we graduated when Whitney redid Dolly's classic. Bottom line, as Billy Joel and Bruce Springsteen and Taylor Dayne all know, you just can't beat a sax solo mid-song.
RULES FOR THIS TOP 30 LIST: Songs are as remembered from when they were being played loudly in the cafeteria, making us all raise our voices at mealtimes in order to hear each other. All memories are believed to be accurate and will be fact checked on the interwebs to make sure that featured songs were actually released prior to June of 1989 (but since these memories are thirty years old, there is not a guarantee of 100% accuracy.) Also note that an appearance on this list is not necessarily an endorsement of the song or the artist. And if anyone out there wants to make a mixtape that we can all make copies of at the reunion, now is the time to start working on that task.
JUKEBOX MEMORY TRACK #21:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bGdnMnq40s
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