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klutch00 said:If you're referring to Melissa Manchester's 1975 hit, yes, it's a bit over the 30 year limit. It's kind of hard to believe that song will be 40 years old in just a couple years, isn't it?
However, "Midnight Blue" by Louise Tucker, is not the same song. It's a synthesized classical piece adapted from Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 8. It did far better in other countries than it did here, but it does show up occasionally on EZ Listening stations. I hear it on KMGR in Richfield, Utah.
Getting back to Melissa Manchester, her last big hit was, in fact, exactly 30 years ago, wasn't it? "You Should Hear How She Talks About You." Definitely good MOR material, but I think that one's a little too contemporary for what would be considered MOR, say, 15 years earlier. My favorite by Melissa is "Better Days" from 1976, which you never hear anywhere, and I don't know why.
There are so many songs which have fallen by the wayside, which for whatever reasons 'don't test well'. Unfortunately, much of this has to do with 'familiarity'. A song like "Better Days" is likely not to test well as it is too obscure. Don't get me wrong, I think it's inexcusable! I for one think some of these stations should have playlists well into the thousands! They should be able to play music by artists that much of the target audience can relate. This includes some of the more obscure songs as well as the major hits. Melissa Manchester is a good example of this on a MOR.
I recently had "Better Days" pop up on the mp3 player in my car and one of my passengers asked who it was... said it sounded really nice. That's why I mentioned it here.