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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