Song of the Day: 'That's What Love Can Do' by Boy Krazy

This Stock Aitken & Waterman confection (released in 1991 in the U.K. and 1993 in the U.S.) is audio proof that the '80s didn't end in 1989.

Song of the Day: 'I'd Rather Jack' by the Reynolds Girls

Rumored to be the beginning of the end for Stock Aitken and Waterman, I just heard this 1989 single for the first time -- at Grey Dog! -- and thought it was Bananarama outtake. With a title like that, it must have been huge at Club G-A-Y!

'Hit' Men

With thanks to my BFF Mark, who pointed me to this riveting documentary about Stock Aitken and Waterman, the legendary '80s music producers whose Hit Factory was responsible for some of the most memorable songs of the era, and turning a bit player Aussie soap star named Kylie Minogue into an international superstar. (Their Hi-NRG production was as recognizable as Phil Spector's Wall of Sound.) While I was familiar with their biggest successes -- Rick Astley's "Never Gonna Give You Up,," Dead or Alive;s "You Spin Me," Bananarama's "Venus" and Donna Summer's "This Time I Know It's for Real" -- it was still fascinating to learn about the sequence of events that led to their scoring more than 100 Top 40 hits and 13 No. 1 singles  in the UK. For instance, did you know their dance hit "You Think You're a Man" by Divine was their first success or that Mel of Mel and Kim (of "Respectable" fame) died of cancer at the height of their fame? I'll always be grateful to SAW for their better-than-the-LP remixes of Bananarama's "More Than Physical" and Debbie Harry's "In Love With Love," which put my girls on dance charts at No. 5 and No. 1 respectively. Have a look, you'll even get to see a very young (and much fitter) Simon Cowell!