Who Remembers The Trapper Keeper?

Author Rachel Pitts

August 25th, 2020 10:00 AM

It’s back to school time and it got a bunch of us talking about our favorite school items. Hands-down the one mentioned the most was the almighty Trapper Keeper!

It was the cool version of our parent’s portfolios in the 80s and 90s. Oh, and the sound when everyone in the class would open their Trapper Keeper. It was like you could hear velcro for miles!

Leigh Jones on twitter says, “Literally…the greatest school supply…ever. GOAT”

There were so many designs for Trapper Keepers, too. I remember having a bunch of Lisa Frank ones. I also remember my mom saying I better take care of the one I got at the beginning of every school year because I wouldn’t get one until back to school shopping the next year.

Dia Rizmani hit the nail on the head with this tweet, it was like your own little office in a binder! Who doesn’t love being organized at 8 years old?!

If you are looking to kick it old school with a Trapper Keeper for yourself or maybe introduce your kids to the wonder of one, you can find them for sale on ebay or on Amazon. The answer is yes. I did just purchase one for myself on Amazon. Can’t wait to get a whiff of that new Trapper Keeper smell!

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10 Q105 Songs from the ’80s You Might Not Know Were Cover Songs

We love our ’80s Party Weekends on Q105. But some of those sings you so closely identify with Joan Jett, Cyndi Lauper, Heart and Whitney Houston – aren’t even theirs!

• “The Tide Is High”

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  Blondie had a big hit with it in 1980, but The Paragons did it first back in the '60s!

• “Saving All My Love For You”

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  Two of Whitney's biggest hits were covers. It's widely known that "I Will Always Love You" wasn't Whitney's. But you might not have known "Saving All My Love For You" was released in the '70s by Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis.

• “Mickey”

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  Toni Basil's one big hit... wasn't even hers! The song was actually originally known as "Kitty." It was a late '70s song by Racey.
• “I Love Rock n’ Roll”

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  This is the one that surprises most. The song is so closely identified with Joan Jett, but the song was actually done in the 70s by a band called Arrows.

• “Girls Just Wanna Have Fun”

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  The song that is known as Cyndi Lauper's... isn't Cyndi's. And get this... it was done by a GUY! Robert Hazard released it in 1979.

• “Obsession”

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  It's one of our most popular requests on the Q105 Saturday Night Dance Party. But Animotion's version wasn't the original! '80s Hulk Hogan era WWF pro wrestling fans will remember it as the theme song of Saturday Night's Main Event on NBC. But the original was by Holly Knight and Michael Des Barres.
• “I Want Candy”

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  Ask someone under 40 and they think it's an Aaron Carter song. Ask anyone over 40 and they know it was done by Bow Wow Wow. But the song was first a big hit for Strangeloves in 1965! It's one of the few on this list that was actually a hit. It almost broke the Top 10!

• “Betty Davis Eyes”

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  You know the Kim Carnes version that was a big hit in 1981. But Donna Weiss and Jackie DeShannon did it in 1974.

• “Tainted Love”

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  Soft Cell's mega hit from 1981... was actually a '60s song by Gloria Jones
• “Alone”

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  This one even stumped me! Heart was not the first one to do it. i-Ten did this one back in 1983.

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Author Rachel Pitts

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