CKOC/OLDIES 1150 BIG 500 POSTERS WANTED

For those who may be referred to this blog from a web search, etc, I am still seeking four CKOC Big 500 pop posters to complete my collection. These are not the small charts that were free in record stores but larger posters (some are 11x17, others are about 20x30--see photo above).

I am looking for the 1971 edition, 1972 edition, 1987 edition as well as an Oldies 1150 edition that is probably undated but came out in 1996 and has #500 as Gladys Knight's "I Heard It Through The Grapevine", #499 is The Animals "It's My Life", etc.

WILL PAY UP TO $50 EACH DEPENDING ON CONDITION.

If you have any of the above, contact me please!

FINAL THOUGHTS

Well, it has taken me nearly a year to upload all the CKOC ALL HIT 40 charts that were not available as "take-home" charts from the record stores. They were transcribed from my notebooks and I had the same experience presenting them in this blog as I did listening to them back in the '80s and early '90s. The experience became less fun and more of a chore as the years wore on. This is probably due to the fact that the music that CKOC was playing near the end (1990-91) was for the most part terrible.

Contrast some of the junk that was charting during CKOC's final years to some of the songs that didn't even crack the Top 20 ten years earlier in 1980-81. Songs like "Things Gotta Change" by Cruiser, "Somebody's Knockin'" by Terri Gibbs or "Try Walkin' Away" by Murray McLaughlan may not be well-remembered by the average listener today, but even though they never became as big as "Rock Lobster" or "Physical", they were still well-written songs you could sing along with. Not so with tripe from the early '90s such as "Temptation" by Corina or "Power Windows" by Billy Falcon.

I'd like to end with my Top Ten most underrated songs from the period this blog spanned, August 1985-February 1992. None of these songs cracked the Top 30 on CKOC yet deserve another listen all these years later. Most of the videos for them can be found in previous posts. Note that half of my list are from 1989.

#1. TANGO by Dalbello, #34 in April 1989
#2. I KNOW YOU'RE OUT THERE SOMEWHERE by The Moody Blues, #33 in August 1988
#3. I DROVE ALL NIGHT by Cyndi Lauper, #31 in July 1989
#4. HANGIN' ON A HEART ATTACK by Device, #35 in August 1986
#5. TELL IT TO MY HEART by Taylor Dayne, #35 in January 1988
#6. AMERICA IS SEXY by Paul Hyde, #32 in November 1989
#7. I FEEL THE EARTH MOVE by Martika, #31 in October 1989
#8. CUDDLY TOY (FEEL FOR ME) by Roachford, #37 in June 1989
#9. HERE I AM (COME AND TAKE ME) by UB40, #34 in July 1991
#10. SENZA UNA DONNA by Zucchero & Paul Young, #34 in January 1992

CKOC ALL HIT 40, February 12, 1992

( 2) 1. I'm Too Sexy - Right Said Fred
( 4) 2. Smells Like Teen Spirit - Nirvana
( 3) 3. No Regrets - Tom Cochrane
( 5) 4. Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me - George Michael & Elton John
( 1) 5. There Will Never Be Another Tonight - Bryan Adams
( 8) 6. Go Back To Your Woods - Robbie Robertson
( 9) 7. Celebrate - The Infidels
(10) 8. Diamonds and Pearls - Prince
(13) 9. Tears In Heaven - Eric Clapton
(15) 10. Live and Let Die - Guns 'n Roses
( 6) 11. Mysterious Ways - U2
(12) 12. Hearts Don't Think (They Feel) - Natural Selection
(18) 13. Remember The Time - Michael Jackson
( 7) 14. Finally - CeCe Peniston
(28) 15. Be My Yoko Ono - Barenaked Ladies
(16) 16. The Way I Feel About You - Karyn White
(20) 17. Stars - Simply Red
(11) 18. Rescued (By The Arms of Love) - Glass Tiger
(22) 19. I'll Get By - Eddie Money
(14) 20. Martika's Kitchen - Martika
(21) 21. International Bright Young Thing - Jesus Jones
(25) 22. Good For Me - Amy Grant
(27) 23. To Be With You - Mr. Big
(17) 24. Heavy Fuel - Dire Straits
(29) 25. Love Me All Up - Stacy Earl
(19) 26. Can't Let Go - Mariah Carey
(32) 27. I Can't Dance - Genesis
(33) 28. Vibeology - Paula Abdul
(36) 29. Hazard - Richard Marx
(38) 30. Make You a Believer - Sass Jordan
(31) 31. I Want You - Jody Watley
(37) 32. Piece Of Mind (Love Goes On) - One to One
(---) 33. Again Tonight - John Mellencamp
(34) 34. Everybody Move - Cathy Dennis
(---) 35. King of the Heap - The Odds
(40) 36. Power To The People - Debbie Johnson
(---) 37. Levon - Jon Bon Jovi
(---) 38. Too Much Passion - The Smithereens
(---) 39. Give It All Up - Darby Mills
(---) 40. I Can't Make You Love Me - Bonnie Raitt



The video I chose for this final CKOC All Hit 40 was likely on its way to becoming the #1 hit of 1992 had the station continued in its contemporary format and not switched to Oldies two days after this originally aired.

CKOC ALL HIT 40, February 5, 1992

( 3) 1. There Will Never Be Another Tonight - Bryan Adams
( 5) 2. I'm Too Sexy - Right Said Fred
( 4) 3. No Regrets - Tom Cochrane
( 6) 4. Smells Like Teen Spirit - Nirvana
( 7) 5. Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me - George Michael & Elton John
( 1) 6. Mysterious Ways - U2
( 2) 7. Finally - CeCe Peniston
(11) 8. Go Back To Your Woods - Robbie Robertson
(14) 9. Celebrate - The Infidels
(13) 10. Diamonds and Pearls - Prince
( 8) 11. Rescued (By The Arms of Love) - Glass Tiger
(16) 12. Hearts Don't Think (They Feel) - Natural Selection
(21) 13. Tears In Heaven - Eric Clapton
(15) 14. Martika's Kitchen - Martika
(23) 15. Live and Let Die - Guns 'n Roses
(18) 16. The Way I Feel About You - Karyn White
(10) 17. Heavy Fuel - Dire Straits
(28) 18. Remember The Time - Michael Jackson
( 9) 19. Can't Let Go - Mariah Carey
(26) 20. Stars - Simply Red
(24) 21. International Bright Young Thing - Jesus Jones
(29) 22. I'll Get By - Eddie Money
(20) 23. A Little Lack of Love - World on Edge
(17) 24. No Son Of Mine - Genesis
(31) 25. Good For Me - Amy Grant
(25) 26. Into The Fire - Alias
(33) 27. To Be With You - Mr. Big
(36) 28. Be My Yoko Ono - Barenaked Ladies
(34) 29. Love Me All Up - Stacy Earl
(30) 30. Love Reaction - Harum Scarum
(32) 31. I Want You - Jody Watley
(37) 32. I Can't Dance - Genesis
(---) 33. Vibeology - Paula Abdul
(38) 34. Everybody Move - Cathy Dennis
(35) 35. Get The Funk Out - Extreme
(---) 36. Hazard - Richard Marx
(---) 37. Piece of Mind (Love Goes On) - One to One
(---) 38. Make You a Believer - Sass Jordan
(40) 39. In My Dreams - The Party
(---) 40. Power To The People - Debbie Johnson

CKOC ALL HIT 40, January 29, 1992

( 1) 1. Mysterious Ways (2nd Week) - U2
( 2) 2. Finally - CeCe Peniston
( 3) 3. There Will Never Be Another Tonight - Bryan Adams
( 6) 4. No Regrets - Tom Cochrane
( 7) 5. I'm Too Sexy - Right Said Fred
(13) 6. Smells Like Teen Spirit - Nirvana
( 9) 7. Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me - George Michael & Elton John
( 8) 8. Rescued (By The Arms of Love) - Glass Tiger
( 4) 9. Can't Let Go - Mariah Carey
(10) 10. Heavy Fuel - Dire Straits
(19) 11. Go Back To Your Woods - Robbie Robertson
(12) 12. The Fire Inside - Bob Seger
(14) 13. Diamonds and Pearls - Prince
(27) 14. Celebrate - The Infidels
(15) 15. Martika's Kitchen - Martika
(17) 16. Hearts Don't Think (They Feel) - Natural Selection
( 5) 17. No Son Of Mine - Genesis
(23) 18. The Way I Feel About You - Karyn White
(11) 19. Keep Coming Back - Richard Marx
(20) 20. A Little Lack of Love - World on Edge
(30) 21. Tears In Heaven - Eric Clapton
(16) 22. All 4 Love - Color Me Badd
(29) 23. Live and Let Die - Guns 'n Roses
(26) 24. International Bright Young Thing - Jesus Jones
(25) 25. Into The Fire - Alias
(33) 26. Stars - Simply Red
(18) 27. Black or White - Michael Jackson
(---) 28. Remember The Time - Michael Jackson
(35) 29. I'll Get By - Eddie Money
(32) 30. Love Reaction - Harum Scarum
(---) 31. Good For Me - Amy Grant
(34) 32. I Want You - Jody Watley
(36) 33. To Be With You - Mr. Big
(38) 34. Love Me All Up - Stacy Earl
(37) 35. Get The Funk Out - Extreme
(---) 36. Be My Yoko Ono - Barenaked Ladies
(---) 37. I Can't Dance - Genesis
(39) 38. Everybody Move - Cathy Dennis
(40) 39. King's Highway - Tom Petty
(---) 40. In My Dreams - The Party

CKOC ALL HIT 40, January 22, 1992

( 2) 1. Mysterious Ways - U2
( 3) 2. Finally - CeCe Peniston
( 5) 3. There Will Never Be Another Tonight - Bryan Adams
( 4) 4. Can't Let Go - Mariah Carey
( 1) 5. No Son of Mine - Genesis
( 8) 6. No Regrets - Tom Cochrane
(14) 7. I'm Too Sexy - Right Said Fred
(11) 8. Rescued (By The Arms of Love) - Glass Tiger
(15) 9. Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me - George Michael & Elton John
(16) 10. Heavy Fuel - Dire Straits
( 6) 11. Keep Coming Back - Richard Marx
(17) 12. The Fire Inside - Bob Seger
(27) 13. Smells Like Teen Spirit - Nirvana
(18) 14. Diamonds and Pearls - Prince
(19) 15. Martika's Kitchen - Martika
( 7) 16. All 4 Love - Color Me Badd
(20) 17. Hearts Don't Think (They Feel) - Natural Selection
( 9) 18. Black or White - Michael Jackson
(22) 19. Go Back To Your Woods - Robbie Robertson
(---) 20. A Little Lack of Love - World on Edge
(10) 21. Walk Away - Alanis
(13) 22. You May Be Right - Grapes of Wrath
(24) 23. The Way I Feel About You - Karyn White
(12) 24. Change - Lisa Stansfield
(26) 25. Into The Fire - Alias
(29) 26. International Bright Young Thing - Jesus Jones
(31) 27. Celebrate - The Infidels
(28) 28. If That Was a Dream - Lorraine Scott
(36) 29. Live and Let Die - Guns 'n Roses
(38) 30. Tears In Heaven - Eric Clapton
(32) 31. It's Only Natural - Crowded House
(33) 32. Love Reaction - Harum Scarum
(37) 33. Stars - Simply Red
(35) 34. I Want You - Jody Watley
(39) 35. I'll Get By - Eddie Money
(---) 36. To Be With You - Mr. Big
(40) 37. Get The Funk Out - Extreme
(---) 38. Love Me All Up - Stacy Earl
(---) 39. Everybody Move - Cathy Dennis
(---) 40. King's Highway - Tom Petty

CKOC ALL HT 40, January 15, 1992

( 1) 1. No Son of Mine (2nd Week) - Genesis
( 3) 2. Mysterious Ways - U2
( 8) 3. Finally - CeCe Peniston
( 6) 4. Can't Let Go - Mariah Carey
(10) 5. There Will Never Be Another Tonight - Bryan Adams
( 2) 6. Keep Coming Back - Richard Marx
( 5) 7. All 4 Love - Color Me Badd
(13) 8. No Regrets - Tom Cochrane
( 4) 9. Black or White - Michael Jackson
(11) 10. Walk Away - Alanis
(12) 11. Rescued (By The Arms of Love) - Glass Tiger
( 7) 12. Change - Lisa Stansfield
( 9) 13. You May Be Right - Grapes of Wrath
(28) 14. I'm Too Sexy - Right Said Fred
(24) 15. Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me - George Michael & Elton John
(23) 16. Heavy Fuel - Dire Straits
(19) 17. The Fire Inside - Bob Seger
(22) 18. Diamonds and Pearls - Prince
(18) 19. Martika's Kitchen - Martika
(21) 20. Hearts Don't Think (They Feel) - Natural Selection
(14) 21. Say You'll Be Mine - West End Girls
(27) 22. Go Back To Your Woods - Robbie Robertson
(15) 23. Power Drive - Longfellow
(26) 24. The Way I Feel About You - Karyn White
(16) 25. Life Is a Highway - Tom Cochrane
(29) 26. Into The Fire - Alias
(32) 27. Smells Like Teen Spirit - Nirvana
(30) 28. If That Was a Dream - Lorraine Scott
(33) 29. International Bright Young Thing - Jesus Jones
(31) 30. Roll The Bones - Rush
(40) 31. Celebrate - The Infidels
(37) 32. It's Only Natural - Crowded House
(36) 33. Love Reaction - Harum Scarum
(35) 34. Senza Una Donna - Zucchero & Paul Young
(38) 35. I Want You - Jody Watley
(---) 36. Live and Let Die - Guns 'n Roses
(39) 37. Stars - Simply Red
(---) 38. Tears In Heaven - Eric Clapton
(---) 39. I'll Get By - Eddie Money
(---) 40. Get The Funk Out - Extreme