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During the 1980s, George Michael scored four number-one singles as a solo artist, three with Wham! and one as a duet with Aretha Franklin. Olivia Newton-John 's " Physical " remained the longest at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart during the 1980s (10 weeks). #. Reached number one. Artist (s)
The Dirt Band: 73 "One Fine Day" Carole King: 74 "Dim All the Lights" Donna Summer: 75 "You May Be Right" Billy Joel: 76 "Should've Never Let You Go" Neil & Dara Sedaka 77 "Pilot of the Airwaves" Charlie Dore: 78 "Hurt So Bad" Linda Ronstadt: 79 "Off the Wall" Michael Jackson: 80 "I Pledge My Love" Peaches & Herb: 81 "The Long Run" Eagles: 82 ...
The 1980s saw the emergence of electronic dance music and new wave, also known as Modern Rock. As disco fell out of fashion in the decade's early years, [ 1] genres such as post-disco, Italo disco, Euro disco, and dance-pop became more popular. Rock music continued to enjoy a wide audience. [ 2] Soft rock, [ 3] glam metal, thrash metal, shred ...
Schwartz, Missy (December 17, 2004), "Sioux City; New-wave goddess Siouxsie Sioux led the way for kick-ass frontwomen with bold style. And the Queen Banshee is still wailing", Entertainment Weekly, "Cities in Dust" (1985) was the first of a handful of alt-rock radio hits in the U.S.
The Motels. The Motels are an American new wave band from Berkeley, California, that is best known for the singles "Only the Lonely" and "Suddenly Last Summer", each of which peaked at No. 9 on the Billboard Hot 100, in 1982 and 1983, respectively. In 1980, The Motels song "Total Control" reached No. 7 on the Australian chart (for two weeks ...
v. t. e. Popular music of the United States in the 1980s saw heavy metal, country music, Top 40 hits, hip hop, MTV, CMJ [clarification needed], and new wave as mainstream. [1] Punk rock and hardcore punk was popular on CMJ. With the demise of punk rock, a new generation of punk-influenced genres arose, including Gothic rock, post-punk ...
You have one more chance, when the nostalgic musical tour through the decades wraps up on Saturday to the sounds of the 80s and 90s. The city-produced concert takes place at the Hancock Adams ...
80 "Always on My Mind" Pet Shop Boys: 81 "Piano in the Dark" Brenda Russell featuring Joe Esposito: 82 "When It's Love" Van Halen: 83 "Don't Shed a Tear" Paul Carrack: 84 "We'll Be Together" Sting: 85 "I Hate Myself for Loving You" Joan Jett and the Blackhearts: 86 "I Don't Want to Live Without You" Foreigner: 87 "Nite and Day" Al B. Sure! 88 ...