SATURDAY'S SINGLES : TONY BASIL and BRUCE HORNSBY AND THE RANGE

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Good morning gang and welcome back to Saturday's Singles, a Number Ones edition. First up under our needle is the #1 song on this day in 1982. "Mickey" by Philadelphia born  singer, choreographer, dancer, actress, and director, Tony Basil was released in 1982 on the Chrysalis label, written by Mike Chapman and Nicky Chinn and then produced by Greg Mathieson and Trevor Veitch. Hailing from her debut album, Word of Mouth, the tune topped the Australian, Canadian and the Hot 100 charts as well as reaching #69 in West Germany, #39 in Belgium and the Netherlands, #3 in Ireland, South Africa, and on the Dance Club Songs chart, and #2 in New Zealand, the UK, and on the Cash Box. It is b/w the song, "Thief On The Loose", also from the Word Of Mouth album.

Toni Basil – vocals

Rick Parnell, Alan Myers, Ed Greene, Mike Baird – drums

Doug Lunn, Gerald Casale (credited as Jerry Casale) – bass

Mike Chapman – synthesizer and keyboards on "Mickey"

Dorsey High Cheerleaders, classes of 1980–81 – stomping and chanting on "Mickey"

Greg Mathieson, Michael Boddicker, Mark Mothersbaugh, Paul Delph – synthesizer

Bob Mothersbaugh, John Goodsall, Bob Casale, Richie Zito, Trevor Veitch, David Storrs – guitar

Allee Willis, Bruce Roberts, Bob Esty – additional vocals

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Our second Number One comes to us via Williamsburg, Virginia singer-songwriter and pianist, Bruce Hornsby. "The Way It Is" was released  September 1986 on the RCA label and was written by Hornsby and then he produced it along with  Elliot Scheiner. It is the title track to Bruce Hornsby And The Range's debut album and peaked at #23 in New Zealand, #16 in West Germany, #15 in Switzerland and the UK, #13 in Europe and South Africa, #12 in Australia, #8 in Ireland, #6 in Spain, #3 in Belgium, and #1 in Canada, the Netherlands, the Adult Contemporary charts and Billboard's Hot 100. It's B-side is "The Wild Frontier", from the same LP.

Bruce Hornsby – vocals, grand piano, synthesizer, hammered dulcimer, accordion

David Mansfield – guitar, mandolin, violin

George Marinelli – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, backing vocals

Joe Puerta – bass, backing vocals

John Molo – drums, percussion

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