Rick Andrews

This week's Top 10 in Amarillo for 1983 features three artist's that broke off from their groups to do some solo work, the former 'Queen' of Disco' and two groups that hadn't cracked the top 10 in over a decade.

Find out which song started the whole 'pop music in films' phenomenon, the one that was a cleverly disgui

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I was going through some old video tapes recently and discovered a biography that aired on the Bio Channel. I had taped this back in 1999 and it was produced by the BBC. Since growing up in Maine, Bangor to be exact, I always enjoy watching things about the writer or anything else that pertains to Maine. In a way it kind of takes me back home but, never did I realize that I would SEE MY HOME on TV.

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When companies begin to work on a logo for their product they put in lots of hours and money to find the right design to reflect their brand. This committee usually consists of; board members, designers, consultants, ad agencies and then is presented to a focus group to get their take on it. But it goes even deeper than that.

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I was talking to my Dad the other day and he brought up a road trip he has always wanted to take. He mentions it from time-to-time, but it's so cool to hear the passion in his voice every time he mentions it.

Dad has always wanted to jump in his 1957 Austin Healey and just enjoy a nice ride on the Mother Road, from start to finish. We even talked about how he would pick me up in Amarillo and we would finish out the trip together. Not a bad father-son bonding experience, if you ask me.

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Summertime! That special time of the year when the days are longer, the nights are shorter and the weather is perfect. Well, unless you are one of the unlucky ones who catches the Summer cold.

I know with the drastic weather conditions lately, 100 one day and then a chilly, rainy day the next, it's very easy for your body to catch a summer bug. Believe me, my throat starting getting that familiar scratchy feeling over the weekend. Your head begins to hurt, you get the aches and pains in your body, your head's congested and you just have that blah feeling. 

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July 18, 1992 fell on a Saturday and some of the things that were happening on that day included; Bobby Brown getting hitched to Whitney Houston, film critic Roger Ebert also got married and Sharon Belden, of Florida, was crowned Miss World USA. One of the biggest movies was 'A League of Their Own', directed by Penny Marshall and starring; Tom Hanks, Gina Davis, Rosie O'Donnell and Madonna.You may have a had a copy of one of these best sellers on your shelf; Danielle Steel's 'Mixed Blessings,' Stephen Kings' 'Gerald's Game' or John Grisham's The Pelican Brief.' Tim 'The Tool Man' Taylor (Allen) was on the cover of Entertainment Weekly, which included a survey of 'What America Thinks.'

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On Sunday one of the TV channels was running a Batman Movie Marathon. I wasn't paying close attention to it, but had it on as more of background noise. But, it did get me thinking about who was the best 'big bad' from the film franchise? Although it's tough to out Joker Jack Nicholson's prince of pranks, I gotta give it to Heath Ledger. He brought in an award winning performance. Where Nicholson took it 'over the top,' which is the way director Tim Burton played the whole movie, Ledger's version made the character more dark and threatening. There truly was a layer of fear underneath the latter's version.

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It's one thing for a singer/songwriter to come up with a song that they love and then have to play it day in and day out on the road, but what happens when they write a song that they hate from the beginning.

Believe it or not, there are some famous singers who have written songs that they will forever be tied to and cringe every time they play or hear their song on the radio.

Here's a look at four iconic songs that the performers feel that way about. You may be surprised by at least three of them.

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Hill Valley, California. Home to Marty McFly, Doc Brown, the DeLorean and the famous downtown Clock Tower. It was exactly 10:04pm in 1955 that a lightning bolt of 1.21 jigowatts hit the clock tower, channeled to the time machine, and sent Marty 'Back to the Future'.

Sadly, none of us can visit the fine folks of Hill Valley, but we can go the spot of the clock tower which is located on the back lot of Universal Studios in Hollywood, California.

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Over the weekend I ended up watching The Eagle's concert DVD, 'Farewell 1 Tour.' to be honest, I watched it then immediately started it over and watched it again. There's no denying the catalog of music they gave us from 1972 to 1980. They played all the hits, including a couple, at that time, new tracks from their 'Hell Freezes Over' and 'Long Road Out of Eden' albums. The four part harmonies never sounded sweeter.

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This album currently is in the top five of 'best selling albums' of all-time. Since it's debut in 1977, it has sold over 40 million copies.

Below are some hints to help you guess.

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Some of the major events that were happening this week in 1980 included;

A major heatwave continued in the Southwest, Pres. Jimmy Carter signed a bill to set aside a space on The Mall for a Vietnam vets memorial, American hostages in Iran begin nine months of captivity, the Wimbledon finals begins, severe thunderstorms and tornadoes ravage the Midwest, USA's Shawn Weatherly was crowned the 29th Miss Universe and the Olympic flame arrives in the Ukraine.

(Here is a complete list of events that happened during the week)

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