Hit Kings, or, Every Song a Smash

When Huey Lewis and the News prepped "Sports" they needed to sell records. It was to be the band's third release and without moving some product, the band might have had to dissolve and find something else to do. So, rather than write a killer album, the band chose to write killer songs, all aimed at radio with the hopes at least one would break through. Of course, five of them did and "Sports" is one of the biggest records of all time.

What other records share this ? That is what this episode of Well Disguised is about. (It's also about how pop stars today are all young but many of the hitmakers of the 80s were relatively middle-aged, but that part is less well developed.)

During the episode I reference a video where Terence Trent D'Arby fronted INXS. You can find that here:

https://youtu.be/SIbkTKJDiC0