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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.
Harvest Records was created by EMI in 1969 to market progressive rock music, [1] and to compete with Philips' Vertigo and Decca's Deram labels, and the independent Island label. Harvest was initially under the direction of Malcolm Jones, [1] and was distributed in North America by EMI's US affiliate, Capitol Records.
Greatest Hits (1981), Capitol Records; Grand Slam: The Best of Babe Ruth (1994), Harvest; First Base / Amar Caballero (1998), BGO Records (two albums remastered with a comprehensive article about the band and photos) Babe Ruth / Stealin' Home (2000), BGO Records (two albums remastered with a comprehensive article about the band and photos)
The Bee Gees scored the most number-one hits (9 songs) and had the longest cumulative run atop the Billboard Hot 100 chart (27 weeks) during the 1970s. Rod Stewart remained at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart for 17 weeks during the 1970s. Elton John amassed the second-most number-one hits on the Hot 100 chart during the 1970s (6 songs). #
Sounds of the Seventies was a 40-volume series issued by Time-Life during the late 1980s and early-to-mid 1990s, spotlighting pop music of the 1970s.. Much like Time-Life's other series chronicling popular music, volumes in the "Sounds of the Seventies" series covered a specific time period, including individual years in some volumes, and different parts of the decade (for instance, the early ...
EMI Records launched the Harvest label in 1969 to take advantage of the progressive rock market, and like many record labels at the time, they produced a budget-priced showcase album of their artists. Their roster of artists was large and interesting enough to support a double album retailing at 29s/11d (approximately £1.50).
UNCUT: The 500 Greatest Albums of The 1980s: #302 [10] Robert Dimery's 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die. [26] Classic Rock's 100 Greatest Albums Of The '80s: #76 [54] Wiener's 100 Best Records of the Century: #77 [80] September 1981 Deceit: This Heat: Experimental rock; post-punk; avant-prog; Rough Trade: Critical reception and legacy
A Collection of Great Dance Songs is a compilation album by the English rock band Pink Floyd. It was released on 23 November 1981 in the United Kingdom by Harvest Records and in the United States by Columbia Records .