I recall listening to American Top 40 and watching Solid Gold (as Marilyn McCoo was a TV crush of mine back then) up through 1984 but a lot of stuff from 1985 onward I really did not like. Therefore, my favourite time was years like 1981 to about 1984 (even then “Wake Me Up” sucked in addition to being overplayed).
“Its SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuul Train!”
The smooth baritone of Don Cornelius.