firepoint525
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Trying to determine if any AOR stations played the 12" dance mixes of some of the big "rock" hits back when they were hits. One that immediately comes to mind is "Miss You" by the Rolling Stones. I remember that the old 104 in Jackson, TN (back when they were a rocker) played that one back when it was a hit. Of course, this was considered the Stones' foray into "disco," but not so much that rock stations couldn't play it.
But it seems to me that there were more rock dance mixes in the '80s that rock stations probably could have played if they had wanted to. The first one that comes into my mind is the blaster mix of "Dancing in the Dark" by Bruce Springsteen. That would have been a great one for a few spins on rock radio, but I cannot specifically recall any stations that played it. Did any AOR stations play it, and did they play any other rock-oriented "dance" mixes that were out there at the time? Granted, most "dance" mixes would not have been appropriate for "rock" airplay, so the rock-oriented "dance" mixes would have been an extremely small subgenre. Still, it seems like there were a small handful of them out there that rock radio could have played, if they had wanted to.
Did any stations play them back then? And do any rock stations out there still play them now?
But it seems to me that there were more rock dance mixes in the '80s that rock stations probably could have played if they had wanted to. The first one that comes into my mind is the blaster mix of "Dancing in the Dark" by Bruce Springsteen. That would have been a great one for a few spins on rock radio, but I cannot specifically recall any stations that played it. Did any AOR stations play it, and did they play any other rock-oriented "dance" mixes that were out there at the time? Granted, most "dance" mixes would not have been appropriate for "rock" airplay, so the rock-oriented "dance" mixes would have been an extremely small subgenre. Still, it seems like there were a small handful of them out there that rock radio could have played, if they had wanted to.
Did any stations play them back then? And do any rock stations out there still play them now?