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The 1980s produced chart-topping hits in pop, hip-hop, rock, and R&B. Here's a list of the best songs from the time, ranging from Toto to Michael Jackson.
Their music blended disco beats with rhythms from genres including calypso, rhumba, cha-cha-chá, and compas. The Browders, who were both multiracial, wrote songs embracing multiculturalism over stories about tragic mulattoes. [3] A smaller lineup known as Dr. Buzzard's Savannah Band (omitting the word "original") also released a fourth album ...
Production was handled by Carlos Bess, who used samples from "Greedy G" by Brentford All Stars and the 1976 song "Cherchez La Femme" by Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band. [1] The single peaked at number 98 on the Billboard Hot 100, marking the rapper's first entry to the chart as a solo artist. An accompanying music video was directed by ...
Michael Jackson had the highest number of top hits at the Billboard Hot 100 chart during the 1980s (9 songs). In addition, Jackson remained the longest at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart during the 1980s (27 weeks). Madonna ranked as the most successful female artist of the 1980s, with 7 songs and 15 weeks atop the chart.
A cinema marquee advertises for the movie Alice’s Restaurant in Washington, Massachusetts, the hometown of Arlo Guthrie. October 1969. (Credit: Jonathan Blair/Corbis via Getty Images)
This is a partial list of songs that originated in movies that charted (Top 40) in either the United States or the United Kingdom, though frequently the version that charted is not the one found in the film. Songs are all sourced from, [1] [2] and,. [3] For information concerning music from James Bond films see
Can't Stop the Music: Associated Film Distribution / EMI Films: Nancy Walker (director); Allan Carr, Bronte Woodard (screenplay); Steve Guttenberg, Valerie Perrine, Bruce Jenner, Paul Sand, Tammy Grimes, Village People, June Havoc, Barbara Rush, Altovise Davis, Marilyn Sokol, Russell Nype, Jack Weston, Leigh Taylor-Young, Dick Patterson 25
Now That's What I Call the 80s Volume 2 is a special edition compilation album from the (U.S.) Now! series released on June 30, 2009. [2] The album is the series' second compilation of pop music hits of the 1980s. It debuted on the Billboard 200 album chart at number 37. Most of the tracks on the album are from the latter half of the 1980s.