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Madonna made music videos a marketing tool and was among the first to make them an art form. Her songs topped several charts, such as: "Like a Virgin", "Papa Don't Preach", "La Isla Bonita" and "Like a Prayer". Madonna was named artist of the decade by several magazines and awards. Whitney Houston was the best-selling female R&B artist of the ...
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.
House music was strongly influenced by elements of soul- and funk-infused varieties of disco. Club play from pioneering DJs like Ron Hardy and Lil Louis, local dance music record shops, and the popular Hot Mix 5 shows on radio station WBMX-FM helped popularize house music in Chicago and among visiting DJs & producers from Detroit. Trax Records ...
Friday Night Videos is an American music video/variety program that aired from July 29, 1983, to May 24, 2002, on NBC.Originally developed as an attempt by the network to capitalize on the emerging popularity of music videos, which had been brought into the mainstream by MTV during the early 1980s, [1] the program shifted over to a general music focus in 1990, mixing in live music performances ...
Can't Stop the Music: Village People: Soundtrack The Correct Use of Soap: Magazine: Bad Reputation: Joan Jett: Self-titled album released in 1980. Re-released as Bad Reputation in Jan 1981 New Clear Days: The Vapors: Music Man: Waylon Jennings: Quicksand Shoes: Streetheart: Songs the Lord Taught Us: The Cramps: Space Race: Mi-Sex: Sportscar ...
The song hit number six in the United States, and number five in the United Kingdom in June 1985, helped by a distinctive video that MTV played frequently. "Obsession" also hit the top 40 on the US dance chart, twice: once in 1984 (the single reached No. 35 the week ending November 24); [ 4 ] then in 1986, as a double-sided hit, along with the ...
Night Tracks is an American music video television program that aired on TBS in late night on Fridays and Saturdays [1] from June 3, 1983 to May 30, 1992. Created and produced by Thomas W. Lynch and Gary Biller through Night Tracks, Inc. (a production label of Lynch/Biller Productions until 1991, and successor Lynch Entertainment thereafter) and distributed by Turner Program Services, the ...
The videos include the Tacoma Dome under construction, the old Hi-Ho Shopping Center in Puyallup and South Hill before it was choked with sprawl. | A Matt Driscoll column