80's sax solos

1978 Gerry Rafferty - Baker Street (THE FORMULA!) 1980 Billy Joel - It's Still Rock & Roll to Me Hazel O'Connor - Will You? Lipps Inc. - Funkytown Elton John - Little Jeannie Michael Stanley Band - He Can't Love You Roxy Music - Same Old Scene 1981 Quarterflash - Harden my Heart Hall & Oates - I Can't Go For That (No Can Do) Foreigner - Urgent Rick James - Super Freak Phil Collins - If Leaving Me is Easy Haircut 100 - Boy Meets Girl Rolling Stones - Waiting on a Friend Michael Stanley Band - Lover Christopher Cross - Arthur's Theme (Best that You Can Do) Grover Washington Jr. - Just the Two of Us Smokey Robinson - Being with you Carpenters - Touch Me When We're Dancing Champaign - How 'Bout Us Moving Pictures - What About Me 1982 George Thorogood - Bad to the Bone Duran Duran - Rio Men at Work - Who Can it Be Now? Hall & Oates - Maneater Donald Fagen - Maxine Patrice Rushen - Forget Me Nots Romeo Void - Never Say Never Roxy Music - Avalon The Waitresses - I Know What Boys Like Fear - New York's Alright if You Like Saxophones Ray Parker Jr. - The Other Woman Gary U.S. Bonds - Out of Work The Oak Ridge Boys - Bobbie Sue 1983 Spandau Ballet - True Donna Summer - She Works Hard For the Money Madness - It Must Be Love Oingo Boingo - Little Guns David Bowie - Modern Love Quarterflash - Take Me to Heart Pink Floyd - The Gunner's Dream Rick Springfield - Human Touch 1984 Sheila E - The Glamorous Life Billy Ocean - Caribbean Queen Huey Lewis & the News - The Heart of Rock & Roll Wham! - Careless Whisper Sade - Smooth Operator Wang Chung - Dance Hall Days Spandau Ballet - With the Pride Bruce Springsteen - Dancing in the Dark Alan Parsons Project - Don't Answer Me Icehouse - Don't Believe Anymore Sade - When am I Going to Make a Living Phil Collins - One More Night 1985 Corey Hart - Never Surrender Huey Lewis & the News - Back in Time INXS - What You Need Sting - Fortress Around Your Heart Chicago Bears - Super Bowl Shuffle Dire Straits - Your Latest Trick James Brown - Living in America Clarence Clemons & Jackson Browne - You're a Friend of Mine The Cure - A Night Like This Glenn Frey - You Belong to the City Tina Turner - We Don't Need Another Hero Tina Turner - One of the Living Double - The Captain of Her Heart Bryan Ferry - Don't Stop the Dance Tears for Fears - The Working Hour Billy Ocean - When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going Aretha Franklin - Freeway of Love 1986 OMD - If You Leave Cameo - Candy Eddie Money - I Wanna Go Back The Rammers - Ram it Kenny Loggins - Danger Zone Eddie Money - Take Me Home Tonight Huey Lewis & the News - Hip to be Square Queen - One Year of Love 1987 Breathe - Hands to Heaven Debbie Gibson - Only in My Dreams Eric Carmen - Hungry Eyes George Harrison - Got My Mind Set on You INXS - Never Tear Us Apart INXS - New Sensation Lisa Lisa & the Cult Jam - Lost in Emotion Sting - Englishman in New York Tim Capello - I Still Believe Icehouse - Electric Blue The Sisters of Mercy - Dominion/Mother Russia Pink Floyd - The Dogs of War T'Pau - China in Your Hand Dan Fogelberg - Lonely in Love Glenn Medeiros - Nothing's Gonna Change My Love for You Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes - (I've had) The Time of My Life Paul Anka and Julia Migenes - No Way Out 1988 Paula Abdul - Forever Your Girl Billy Ocean - Get Outta My Dreams, Get Into My Car Boy Meets Girl - Waiting for a Star to Fall Beach Boys - Kokomo Alf - Season 3 and 4 Theme W.G. Snuffy Walden - Roseanne Theme Steve Winwood - Roll With It LL Cool J - Going Back to Cali Richard Marx - Endless Summer Nights Rick Astley - She Wants to Dance With Me 1989 Gloria Estefan - Get on Your Feet Tina Turner - Simply the Best The Jets - Chip 'n' Dale Rescue Rangers

This is a compilation of sax solos in 80s pop music. In the 70s saxophone solos were perfectly acceptable in pop music, but in the 80s it got a little twisted, showing up in some surprising and ridiculous places. Before long it was a staple of pop music. Obviously this didn't last much past the 80s. I have attempted to grade mainly based on the inclusion of the solo rather than the quality of the playing and what I think of each song as a whole (I still really like pretty much of these songs, even the ones with low grades).

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