The Top 100 Thessaloniki radio hit songs

The 100 most popular songs that became hits either only or for the first time in Thessaloniki, Macedonia (the list will remain under constant re-evaluation).

These songs never reached a major selling single chart anywhere in the world before making it big in Hellenic radio air-play charts of stations based primarily in Thessalonki, Macedonia, Hellas but also in Central Macedonian cities such as Serres, Katerini, Kilkis, Veroia etc.

Τραγούδια που δεν είχαν γνωρίσει καμία επιτυχία σε κάποιο σημαντικό κατάλογο πωλήσεων δίσκων στον πλανήτη, πριν γίνουν μικρές ή μεγαλύτερες επιτυχίες στο ραδιόφωνο της Θεσσαλονίκης

I present, ''The Thessaloniki hits'':

01. 28 A L'ombre - JEAN FRANCOIS MAURICE (single, 1978)

02. All Behind Us Now - PATTI AUSTIN (LP Patti Austin, 1984)

03. Alone In Paris - LES OMBRES (single, LP, both of unkown origin)
Original version by Alphons Mouzon (LP Early Spring, 1988)

04. Bad News - MOON MARTIN (LP Street Fever, 1980)

05. Bleeding Heart - THE JOHNNYS  (LP Highlights Of A Dangerous Life, 1986)
Their single ''Injun Joe'' made it to #32 in the Australian chart.

06. Bow Down - THE HOUSEMARTINS (LP The People Who Grinned Themselves To Death, 1987)

07. Busy Line - PETER SKELLERN (LP A String Of Pearls, 1982)

08. Captured - SOUTHSIDE JOHNNY & THE JUKES (LP In The Heat, 1984)

09. Casablanca - BERTIE HIGGINS (LP Juat Another Day In Paradise, 1982)

10. Cellophane City - STEVE FORBERT (LP Little Stevie Orbit, 1980)

11. Cry - JAMES STEEN (single, 1982)
Original version by Ruth Casey (1951) and biggest hit by Johnnie Ray & The Four Lads (1951, #1 in the USA)

12. Darling - STORIES (LP About Us, 1973)

13. Do I Love You - PAUL ANKA (LP Paul Anka, 1971)

14. Don't Let Me Change The Way You Are - GLORIA LORING (LP Gloria Loring, 1986)

15. Down In The Bunker - STEVE GIBBONS BAND (LP Down In The Bunker, 1978)

16. The Drowning Man - THE HOLLLOW MEN (LP The Man Who Would Be King, 1988)

17. Echoes In The Night - GARY BROOKER (LP Echoes In The Night, 1985)

18. Every Time I See Your Picture I Cry - LUBA (single, 1982 / LP Secrets & Sins, 1984)

19. Final Love Song - P.S. & THE FOOTNOTES (single, 1983)

20. First Be A Woman - LEONORE O'MALLEY (LP First Be A Woman, 1979)
The singer providing the actual vocals is Catherine Russell.

21. For You - TRIUMVIRAT (LP A La Carte, 1978)
Band from Köln, Germany.

22. 400 Dragons - ADRIAN JOHN LOVERIDGE (LP Square One, 1981)
Original version by The Thieves (1979)

23. Footsteps -THE MOTELS (LP Little Robbers, 1983)

24. Game Of Love - JIM CAPALDI (LP The Contender, 1978)

25. Givin' Herself Away - GAIL DAVIES (LP Givin' Herself Away, 1982)
Original version by Roger McGuinn & Chris Hillman feat. Gene Clark (LP City, 1980)

26. Go Rosa - SANDY ROGERS (OST Fool For Love, 1985)

27. Going Back To My Roots - RITCHIE HAVENS (LP Connections, 1980)
Original version by Lamont Dozier (1977). Biggest hit by Odyssey (1981)

28. Hard To Say It's Over - SHEENA EASTON (LP A Private Heaven, 1984)

29. Heartache No 9, Darling I Think About You - DELEGATION (LP Eau De Vie, 1979)

30. High Hopes - THE HAVALINAS (LP The Havalinas, 1990)

31. How Many Ways - MURRAY HEAD (LP Between Us, 1979)

32. I Believe In You - PANARAMA (LP Can This Be Paradise, 1982)

33. I Can Only Give You Everything - GERARD JOLING (LP Love Is In Your Eyes, 1985)

34. I Can't Escape Myself - THE SOUND (LP Jeopardy, 1980)

35. I Can't Hear You No More, The Last Time - RUSS BALLARD (LP Russ Ballard, 1984)

36. I Can't Live Without You - NORWOOD (LP I Can't Let You Go, 1987)

37. I Didn't Mean To Make You Cry - DEAN FRIEDMAN (single, 1985)

38. I Don't Wanna Lose You - ELEPHANT (single, 1983)
Band from Hamburg, Germany.

39. I Don't Want To Lose Your Love - RICKY ANDERSON (single, 1983)

40. I Got Loaded - LOS LOBOS (LP How Will The Wolf Survive, 1984)

41. I Wanna Hear It From Your Lips - ERIC CARMEN (LP Eric Carmen, 1984)

42. I'm Gonna Love You Forever - JIMMY RUFFIN & JACKSON MOORE (single, 1984)

43. I'm Missing You - SARAH JANE MORRIS (1991 / LP Heaven, 1992)

44. I'll Give You Everything - TOPPER HEADON feat. JIMMY HELMS (LP Waking Up, 1986)

45. In Jeopardy / Lovers In The Wind / Only Because Of You - ROGER HODGSON (LP In The Eye Of The Storm. 1984)

46. Inspector Mills - AMERICA (LP View From The Ground, 1982)

47. If I Never Sing Another Song - DONNA LYNTON (LP Donna Lynton, 1986)
Original version by Alexandra, titled 'Illusionen' (1968)

48. If You're Not Here (By My Side) - MENUDO (LP Reaching Out, 1984)
Watch Potuguese version, Watch Spanish version

49. If You Go Away - OSCAR BENTON (LP If You Go Away, 1984)

50. Let The Night Take The Blame - LORRAINE McKANE (single, 1984 / OST Parole De Flic, 1985)

51. Looking For A Girl With A Washing Machine - BIG SLEEP (LP Everything Fall Into Place, 1991)

52. Love Me More - TONY PACINO (b side on single Scusami, 1983)

53. Lovers - FRANK DANA (LP Lovers, 1982)

54. Love's Theme - LOVE UNLIMITED (LP In Heat, 1974)

55. Mercy, With You Or Without You - STEVE JONES (OST Miami Vice II, 1986 / LP Mercy, 1987)

56. Miracle - ROBERT FORMAN (LP Cat Juggling, 1985)

57. Mover - KEIKO MATSUI feat. GREG WALKER (LP No Borders, 1990)

58. My Mistake (Was To Love You) - DIANA ROSS & MARVIN GAYE (LP Diana & Marvin, 1973)

59. Never Never - STEVE KEKANA (LP Raisining My Family, 1981)

60. Never Never Comes - CLASSIX NOUVEAX (LP Secret, 1983)

61. New York Hold Her Tight - DOWNES & PRICE (LP Downes & Price, 1986)
Original version by Van Stephenson (LP China Girl, 1981)

62. Nightmare - McAULEY SCHENKER GROUP (single, 1991 / LP MSG, 1992)

63. Oh Jenny - BILLY MONTANA & THE LONG SHOTS (single, 1988)

64. Off - KATHY BARNES (LP Body Talkin', 1978)
Original version by Hodges, James & Smith (LP What's On Your Mind, 1977)

65. One Kiss Away - THE DOOLEYS (LP The Chosen Few, 1979)
Original version by Billy Ocean (LP Billy Ocean, 1976)

66. Palm Of My Hand - THE PALE FOUNTAINS (single, 1983)

67. Papa - PAUL ANKA (b side on single You're Having My Baby, 1974 / LP Anka, 1974)

68. Please Don't Leave Me - PRETTY MAIDS (LP Sin-Decade, 1991)
Original version by John Sykes feat. Phil Lynot (1982)

69. Rock Sugar - ROB GRILL feat. ANNIE McLOONE (LP Uprooted, 1979)

70. Route 66 (Beatmasters Mix) - DEPECHE MODE (b side on single ''Behind The Wheel'', 1987)

71. Sadness In Your Eyes - KIRKA (single, 1990 / LP Sadness In Your Eyes, 1993)

72. Seeing You Again - DAN FOGELBERG (LP Exiles, 1987)

73. Serenade - STEVE MILLER BAND (LP Fly Like An Eagle, 1976)

74. Seven Days - JOE COCKER (LP Sheffield Steel, 1982)

75. Seventeen - ADRIAN GURVITZ (LP Il Assassino, 1980)

76. She's Out With A Gun - VAN ZANT (LP Van Zant, 1985)

77. Silence / I Met Her In Paris / Love - JIMMY JIMMY (LP Here In The Light, 1986)

78. Sleep With Me - ERIC CARMEN (LP Tonight You're Mine, 1980)

79. Slide Away - J.J. (LP Intro, 1990)

80. Smile - CHRIS REA (b side on single Love's Strange Ways, 1983)

81. Stay - BARRY MANILOW (LP Here Comes The Night / I Wanna Do It With You, 1982)

82. Stay Loose - GORDON LIGHTFOOT (LP East Of Midnight, 1986)

83. Stop Me From Starting This Feeling - LOU RAWLS (LP Love All Your Blues Away, 1986)

84. Sun In My Eyes - SALLY OLDFIELD (LP Easy, 1979)

85. Sweet Cherrie - MOVING PICTURES (LP Days Of Innocence, 1981)

86. This House Is A House Of Trouble - SALLY TIMS & THE DRIFTING COWBOYS feat. MARC ALMOND (single, 1987)

87. Tonight Is What It Means To be Young - FIRE INC / Nowhere Fast - FIRE INC / Never Be You - MARIA McKEE / Sorcerer - MARILYN MARTIN (OST Streets Of Fire, 1984)

88. Total Eclipse (live) - KLAUS NOMI (LP Encore, 1983)

89. We'll Make The Same Mistake Again - GOLDIE (single, 1979)

90. What Does It Take - SANTANA (single, 1982 / LP Shango, 1981)
Original version by Jr. Walker & The All Stars (1969)

91. When You Hold Me - AXIS (single, 1980)

92. Why'd I Have To Fall In Love With You - MATTHEW FISHER (LP Matthew Fisher, 1980)

93. Why Me - PLANET P PROJECT (LP Planet P, 1983)

94. Why Won't You Stay (Come In, Come Out Of The Rain) - MELVIN JAMES (LP The Passenger, 1987)

95. You & I - MADLEEN KANE (single, 1979 / LP Cheri, 1979)

96. You Could Be Forgiven, The Speed Of The Beat Of My Heart - HORSE (LP The Same Sky, 1990)

97. You Know What To Do - CARLY SIMON (LP Hello Big Man, 1983)

98. You Left Your Mark On Me - MARTY BALIN (LP Balin, 1981)

99. You Make Me Feel - BONFIRE (LP Don't Touch The Light, 1985)

100. You're My Everything - SANTA ESMERALDA (LP Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood, 1977)



Just around the corner...

All Around The World - LISA STANSFIELD & BARRY WHITE  (b side on ''Time To Make You Mine'', 1992)
All I Really Need Is You - BLUE MAGIC (LP Welcome Back, 1981)
All Of The Good Ones Are Taken - IAN HUNTER (LP All Of The Good Ones Are Taken, 1983)
Black Butterfly - DENIECE WILLIAMS (LP Let's Hear It For The Boy, 1984)
Bobby Jean - BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN (LP Born In The USA, 1984)
Bonny - PREFAB SPROUT (LP Steve McQueen, 1985)
Break Them Down - GRAHAM PARKER & THE SHOT (LP Steady Nerves, 1985)
But Love Me - JANIE FRICKE (single, 1979)
Can You Hear Me - WILLIE & THE POOR BOYS (LP Willie & The Poor Boys, 1985)
Can't Get To Sleep Without You - SARAH JANE MORRIS (LP Sarah Jane Morris, 1988)
Caroline - ROBIN TROWER (LP Passion, 1986)

Do You Want Me - EL CHICANO (single, 1983)
Endless - TOTO (LP Isolation, 1984)
Endlessly - JOE LYNN TURNER (LP Rescue You, 1985)
Fine Fine Day, First Day Of Summer - TONY CAREY (LP Some Tough City, 1984)
Foreign Affair - MIKE OLDFIELD feat. MAGGIE REILLY (LP Crises, 1983)
Gabrielle - PAUL ROLAND (LP Danse Macabre, 1987)
Hello Detroit - SAMMY DAVIS Jr. (single, 1984)

How Can You Say That It's Over - THE TEMPTATIONS (LP Truly For You, 1984)
I Like The Rhythm - CARRIE LUCAS (OST Lambada, 1990)
I'm In Love With You - ATLANTIC STARR (LP We're Movin' Up, 1989)

If You Don't Understand - SHIRLEY BASSSEY (single, 1984)

In Dreams - PETE BARDENS feat. NEIL LOCKWOOD (LP Seen One Earth, 1987)

Jukebox Babe - ALAN VEGA (LP Alan Vega, 1980)
Knife - ROCKWELL (LP Somebody's Watching Me, 1984)
Like A Fool - ROBIN GIBB (LP Walls Have Eyes, 1985)
Let Me Out - GREG ROLIE (LP Gregg Rolie, 1985)
Love In Common - FABULOUS THUNDERBIRDS (LP Hot Number, 1987)
Love Is For Suckers - TWISTED SISTER  (LP Love Is For Suckers, 1987)
Main Attraction - SUZI QUATRO (LP Main Attraction, 1982)
Melancholy Man - THE MOODY BLUES (LP A Question Of Balance, 1970)
Number One Friend - THE SILENCERS (LP So Be It, 1995)
Numbers With Wings - THE BONGOS (LP Numbers With Wings, 1983)

Outside Looking In - DREAM SEQUENCE (single, 1982)
Path With The Heart - SALLY OLDFIELD (LP Strange Day In Berlin, 1983)
Runnin' - MASON RUFFNER (LP Gypsy Blood, 1987)
Save Me - HELEN REDDY (LP Play Me Out, 1981)
Shooting For The Moon - AMY HOLLAND (OST Teen Wolf, 1985)
Stay Awake - RONNIE LAWS (LP Solid Ground, 1981)
Sting Of The Gin - CHRIS SIMPSON (single, 1982)

Stranger - STEPHEN STILLS (LP Right By You, 1984)
Summer Of '42 Theme - MICHEL LEGRAND (OST Summer Of '42, 1971)
Takin' A Chance On Love - SHARON REDD (LP Redd Hott, 1982)
Time For Laughter - LITTLE EDEN (LP Back To... Little Eden, 1987)
Tonight (Dancing With The Desperate) - NORMA LEWIS (single, 1985)
Tonight You're Mine - JIM CAPALDI (LP Fierce Heart, 1983)

Valentine - JOHN HUNTER (LP Famous At Night, 1984)
Where Have You Been All My Life - FOTOMAKER (LP Fotomaker, 1978)
White Fury - WINTER'S REIGN (LP The Beginning, 1987)

Whispers - MOON MARTIN (LP Street Fever, 1980)
Why Is It A Crime - SLIDE (LP Down So Long, 1989)

Without Love - SOUTHSIDE JOHNNY & THE ASBURY JUKES (LP This Time It's For Real, 1977)
Wish We Were Heroes - MELISSA MANCHESTER & DAVID GATES (LP Hey Ricky, 1982)

Woman Of The Rings - ERIC BURDON (LP Survivor, 1977)
Work For Love - MINISTRY (LP With Sympathy, 1983)

You - MARTI CAINE (LP Behind The Smile, 1978)
You're Going Out Of My Mind - T.G. SHEPPARD (LP TG, 1985)


Special exceptions::
In Dreams - PETE BARDENS feat. NEIL LOCKWOOD (LP Seen One Earth, 1987) 

DE # 32
No Money At All - BRENDAN CROKER & THE 5 O'CLOCK SHADOWS (LP Brendan Crocker & The 5 O'Clock Shadows, 1989)
The song fearures Mark Knopfler  on guitar. (NL # 46)