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Pocket Rockers was a brand of personal stereo produced by Fisher-Price in the late 1980s, aimed at elementary school-age children. [1] They played a proprietary variety of miniature cassette (appearing to be a smaller version of the 8-track tape) which was released only by Fisher-Price themselves. Designed to be as much of a fashion accessory ...
Once a staple in home computing, especially in the late ’80s and early ’90s, the clunky Commodore 64 — also known as the C64 — remains popular among retro tech enthusiasts.
“This little gem from the ’80s,” Paddock said, “which made music portable for everyone, can still find a new home for a solid $500 to $2,500 if it’s in good shape.” Vintage Rotary Phones
The original Speak & Spell was the first of a three-part talking educational toy series that also included Speak & Read and Speak & Math.This series was a subset of TI's Learning Center product group and the Speak & Spell was released simultaneously with the Spelling B (a non-speech product designed to help children learn to spell), and the First Watch (designed to teach children to read ...
The Box, originally named the Video Jukebox Network, was an American broadcast, cable and satellite television channel that operated from 1985 to 2001. The network focused on music videos, which through a change in format in the early 1990s, were selected by viewer request via telephone; as such, unlike competing networks (such as MTV and VH1), the videos were not broadcast on a set rotation.
Olivia Newton-John's song "Physical" was the Billboard Hot 100's longest running number one of the decade.. Reflecting on changes in the music industry during the 1980s, Robert Christgau later wrote in Christgau's Record Guide: The '80s (1990):
Apr. 16—Monday was not a typical day at Tahlequah High School, as students and staff rocked out at a fundraiser featuring an '80s rock 'n' roll band, The Velcro Pygmies. Before guitar riffs and ...
As the decade progressed, a growing trend in the music industry was to promote songs to radio without the release of a commercially available singles in an attempt by record companies to boost albums sales. Because such a release was required to chart on the Hot 100, many popular songs that were hits on top 40 radio never made it onto the chart.