In the crowd

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<i>Barry Manilow (twice)</i>

Lessee, you're not a woman so... what IS your excuse?

<i>Tom Jones</i>

The thing about Tom Jones is that he's one of the coolest guys that's ever lived, and remains cool to today. He goes on talk shows, it's like this aura of cool comes in, out-cools everyone around him, and shimmers out with him when he leaves.

<i>Fishbone</i>

That MUST have been nuts!

My list is just as "late 80s" as yours is "late 90s".

Three Dog Night (I was 9)
Asia (twice) (no excuse)
The Cars
Chris DeBurgh ("Don't Pay the Ferryman")
Yes
Yo La Tengo
Devo
China Crisis
Innocence Mission (15 times)
Chris Isaak (twice) (only man cooler than T. Jones)
Dire Straits
A Flock of Seagulls
Modern English
Earthworks featuring Bill Bruford
Book of Love
Squeeze
Rush
The Church (four times)
Lloyd Cole (twice)
Jill Sobule
REM
Bryan Ferry
Simple Minds
Shriekback
BoDeans (twice)
Thomas Dolby
The The
Robyn Hitchcock
Adrian Belew (twice)
The dBs
Let's Active
Don Dixon and Marti Jones
Julian Cope
The Mighty Lemon Drops
The Smithereens
Jerry Harrison
10,000 Maniacs
They Might Be Giants