Flip Side 45 #45

This week's Flip Side 45 was written in 1966 and was originally a Top 20 hit for Simon And Garfunkel. In 1987 a harder edge version of "Hazy Shade Of Winter" was recorded by The Bangles for the film "Less Than Zero". This version went to #2.

The flip side is also from the movie. Performing the song "She's Lost You" it's "Joan Jett and The Blackhearts".

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The actor that portrayed the FBI agent Bill Maxwell in the 80s show "The Greatest American Hero" has died. Culp died Wednesday after a fall outside of his Los Angeles home. He was 79.

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Flip Side 45 #44

Jermaine Stewart release his album Frantic Romantic in 1986. The first single from the album was the number 5 smash We Don't Have To Take Our Clothes Off. The flip side, "Give Your Love To Me".

Sadly Jermaine passed away March 17, 1997 from AIDS-related liver cancer. He was 39.

Flip Side 45 #43

In 1982, The Go-Go's released their second album, "Vacation". The record had three singles released from it but the first, the title track was by far the biggest, going to #8 on the charts. The flip side, Beatnik Beach.

Flip Side 45 #42

This weeks Flip Side 45 comes to us via Minneapolis. A band of brothers and sisters collectively called, The Jets.

In 1985, they released their first studio album, simply called, The Jets. The album spawned four hits. One of those hits became their most successful single, "Crush On You", and the flip side, "Right Before My Eyes".