7/30/2021 THE FIRST SONGS PLAYED ON MTV

THE FIRST 25 SONGS PLAYED ON MTV ON 8/1/81

AT 5PM ON TODAY'S SHOW

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3PM--

Generation Landslide - Alice Cooper

Man On The Silver Mountain - Rainbow

Questions - Buffalo Springfield

Tender Is The Night - Jackson Browne

Innocence - Harlequin

Out of Control - Eagles

Vengeance  - Carly Simon

Gimme Shelter - Rolling Stones

Can't Get Through - Tearaways

Annie Get Your Gun - Squeeze

What You Got - Duke & The Drivers

Mean To Me - Crowded House

Anyway The Wind Blows - JJ Cale

Havin' A Party - Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes

4PM--

THE 4X4: FRIENDSHIP DAY

Remember Me (My Friend) - Justin Hayward & John Lodge

Brand New Friend - Lloyd Cole & The Commotions

You've Got A Friend In Me - Randy Newman

Are 'Friends' Electric - Gary Numan

I Do the Rock - Tim Curry

Wuthering Heights - Kate Bush

Space Age Love Song - A Flock Of Seagulls

Toiler On the Sea - Stranglers

She Controls Me - Strange Advance

Crush With Eyeliner - R.E.M.

Streaker's Ball - Leon Russell

Mystery Train - Bob Welch

Lonesome Day - Bruce Springsteen

Time Will Crawl - David Bowie

5PM--

40 YEARS OF MTV - SONGS FROM DAY 1

1 Video Killed the Radio Star - Buggles

2 You Better Run - Pat Benatar 

3 She Won't Dance With Me - Rod Stewart

4 (You Better You Bet - Who)

5 Little Suzi's on the Up - Ph.D.

 

6  (We Don’t Talk Anymore - Cliff Richard)

7 Brass In Pocket (I'm Special) - Pretenders

8 Time Heals - Todd Rundgren

9 Take It On the Run - REO Speedwagon

10 A.D. 1928/Rockin' The Paradise - Styx

11- When Things Go Wrong - Robin Lane & the Chartbusters

12 - History Never Repeats - Split Enz

13  (Hold on Loosely - 38 Special)

14- Just Between You And Me - April Wine

15 -Sailing - Rod Stewart

16 -Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden

17  (Keep on Loving You - REO Speedwagon)

18  (Bluer Than Blue - Michael Johnson)

19  (Message of Love - Pretenders)

20 - Mr. Briefcase - Lee Ritenour

21 - Double Life - Cars

22  (In the Air Tonight - Phil Collins)

23  Lookin' For Clues - Robert Palmer

24  (Too Late - Shoes)

25  (Stop Draggin' My Heart Around - Stevie Nicks & Tom Petty)

Tia Juana - Mel Blanc

(Songs in parenthesis were not played on the Orphanage and are listed here to show the first  25 songs played on MTV on 8/1/81)

7/23/2021

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3PM--

Hangin' 'Round - Lou Reed

1984 - David Bowie

Ibiza Bar - Pink Floyd

Love Is Alive - Gary Wright

I Believe - R.E.M.

Too Much - Cheap Trick

The Slider (Tony Visconti mix) - T Rex

Watch The Moon Come Down - Graham Parker & The Rumour

Surrender The Moon - Wille Nile

Rip This Joint - Rolling Stones

Run Runaway - Slade

One Great Thing - Big Country

Running To the Light - Runrig

Out In The Fields - Gary Moore

4PM--

THE 4X4: LUMBERJACK DAY!

Lumberjack Song - Monty Python

Big Log - Robert Plant

Tree Trunk - Doors

Knock On Wood - Eddie Floyd

Full Moon - Kinks

Cannonball - Supertramp

Power Failure - Procol Harum

Tightrope - Electric Light Orchestra/ ELO

Poison - Alice Cooper

Lake Marie (LIVE)  - John Prine

Since You Been Gone - Rainbow

We Used to Know - Jethro Tull

She Don't Love Nobody - Nick Lowe

Ramrod - Bruce Springsteen

5PM--

THE 6 AT 5: 1985

You Look Marvelous - Billy Crystal

Eighties - Killing Joke

Trail Of Tears - Guadalcanal Diary

When Your Heart Is Weak - Cock Robin

Sex As A Weapon - Pat Benatar

Oh Yeah - Yello

Looking For A Kiss - New York Dolls

Stuck in a Hole - Caravan

Revolution Blues - Neil Young

Travelin' Band - Creedence Clearwater Revival CCR

Love Somebody - Rick Springfield

Working Class Man - Jimmy Barnes

Little Wild One (No. 5) - Marshall Crenshaw

Power - Planet P Project

Open Your Eyes - Asia

Dick the DJ - Meri Wilson

 

7/16/2021

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3PM--

She's So Modern - Boomtown Rats

M'Lady - Sly & the Family Stone

Agnes - Donnie Iris

A Passion Play (edit 8) - Jethro Tull

Me Myself I - Joan Armatrading

Story of a Life - Harry Chapin

Sniper - Harry Chapin

Taxi - Sequel - Harry Chapin

Maybe - Janis Joplin

Live Now Pay Later - Foghat

Stranger - 999

5:01AM (The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking, Part 10) - Roger Waters

4PM--

THE 4X4: WORLD SNAKE DAY

Tube Snake Boogie - ZZ Top

Snake Eyes - Alan Parsons Project

Rattlesnake Roll - Roy Wood & Wizzard

Snakes On The Run - Jay Ferguson

You Wear It Well / Interludings - Rod Stewart

Mr. Spaceman - Byrds

Vahevala - Loggins & Messina

So Lonely -  Police

The Envoy - Warren Zevon

Keep on Running - Spencer Davis Group

Burn - Deep Purple

Man In the Wilderness - Styx

Action - Sweet

Ghost Rider - Suicide

Summer in the City - Tim Curry

5PM--

THE 6@5: 1969

Green Light - Hickory

Everything’s Alright - Aerovons

Streets Of London - Ralph McTell

I'm Free - Who

Give A Damn - Spanky & Our Gang

Two Hangmen - Mason Proffit

Whip - Fred Schneider

Watching The Detectives - Elvis Costello

Down Under - Colin Hay

Low Life In High Heels - Cheap Trick

Drivin' Sister - Mott The Hoople

Tell All the People - Doors

Everywhere At Once - Plimsouls

Charity Ball - Fanny

When It Hits - Shoes

Shake It and Dance - Hilly Michaels

Solid Gold Easy Action - T Rex

Internet Man - Meri Wilson

7/9/2021

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3PM--

Head On - Jesus & Mary Chain

Open Your Eyes - Lords of the New Church

Honky Tonk Woman (early mix) - Rolling Stones

Girls Talk - Elvis Costello & The Attractions

A Little Bit Me A Little Bit You - Monkees

Last of the Rock Stars - Elliott Murphy

That's Just the Way It Is Baby - Rembrandts

You Bowed Down - Roger McGuinn

Promise You Anything - Steve Earle

Peace Frog & Blue Sunday (special mix) - Doors

Just Another Suicide - UFO

Days Like These - Asia

All The Things She Said - Simple Minds

New York City - T Rex

Can't Happen Here - Rainbow

4PM--

THE 4X4: National Motorcycle Day

The Motorcycle Song - Arlo Guthrie

Motorbike Beat - Revillos

Motorcycle Rider - Icicle Works

Motor Bikin’ - Chris Spedding

Can't Stop Hurting Myself - Greg Kihn Band

What Do You Want? - Yardbirds

Girl Of My Dreams - Bram Tchaikovsky

Give Me Love Give Me Life - Roger Hodgson

Rock and Roll Soul - Grand Funk Railroad

In Between Days - Cure

American Bandstand - Benny Mardones

C Moon - Paul McCartney & Wings

You Drive Me Wild - Runaways

Don't Look Back - Remains

High School History - Cindy Bullens

Ça Plane Pour Moi (This Life's For Me) - Plastic Bertrand (Roger François Jouret)

5PM--

THE SIX AT FIVE: 1979

La De La - Ian McLagan

Waiting For an Alibi - Thin Lizzy

I Want You Back (Alive) - Graham Parker

Dance This Mess Around - B-52's

Run For Home - Lindisfarne

Echo Beach - Martha & the Muffins

After All These Years - Ringo Starr

What's Next To The Moon - AC/DC

Wonderworld - Elf

Lay It On The Line  -Triumph

Great King Rat - Queen

At My Front Door - Harry Nilsson

National Health - Kinks

I'm Not In Love - Talking Heads

Peter The Meter Reader - Meri Wilson

7/2/2021

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3PM--

Let It Roll - Brownsville Station

Lets Work Together - Canned Heat

Hit Single - Joe Jackson

Theme for an Imaginary Western - Mountain

The La La Song - Zebra

Sherry Darling - Bruce Springsteen

Goodbye's All We've Got Left - Steve Earle

Touch The Night - Neil Young

19th Nervous Breakdown - Jason & the Scorchers

Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me) - Rolling Stones

Me and the Boys - Dave Edmunds

Vanilla Queen - Golden Earring

Gudbuy T' Jane - Slade

4PM--

THE 4X4: JIM MORRISON

Desperado - Alice Cooper

The Lizard - Robyn Hitchcock

I Wake Up Screaming - Ray Manzarek

The Passenger - Iggy Pop

I Looked At You - Doors

Dreaming - Blondie

Starman - Milky Edwards

I Don't Wanna Go On With You Like That (Just Elton And His Piano Mix) - Elton John

If You've Got The Time - Babys

Girl U Want - Devo

Pyjamarama - Roxy Music

Golden Slumbers - Carry That Weight - The End - Paul McCartney

John Lennon's Guitar - Barclay James Harvest

Doing All Right - Queen

Burn Baby Burn - Hudson-Ford

5PM--

THE SIX@FIVE 1976

Don't Touch Me There - Tubes

Ships In the Night - Be Bop Deluxe

Mystery Song - Status Quo

We Want Mine - Crack the Sky

All American Alien Boy - Ian Hunter

Rockaria! - Electric Light Orchestra/ ELO

Desperados Under the Eaves - Warren Zevon

Sir James The Rose - Steeleye Span

4th of July Asbury Park (Sandy) - Hollies

4th of July (Ani Difranco) Ani Difranco

Cherry Bomb - Runaways

Boom Boom - Trio

Boom Boom (out go the lights) - Pat Travers

The Thing - Phil Harris