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Whitney Houston scored seven consecutive number-one singles during the 1980s, becoming the only artist in the chart's history to achieve this feat. 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 ...
A short snippet of "Eighties" was the opening theme to the 2002 sitcom That '80s Show. It was used for a party scene in the 1985 movie Weird Science. It is also used as the theme song for the Investigation Discovery series The 1980s: The Deadliest Decade. It was also used as the music at the closing credits of Season 1, Episode 6, "Bent", of ...
Stevie Wonder. 3. November 10. "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go". Wham! 4. December 8. "Out of Touch". Daryl Hall and John Oates.
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 ...
The Gap Band singles chronology. "Yearning for Your Love". (1981) " Early in the Morning ". (1982) "You Dropped a Bomb on Me". (1982) " Early in the Morning " is a song originally performed by The Gap Band, and written by member Charlie Wilson and producers Lonnie Simmons and Rudy Taylor.
Mainstream Rock number-one songs of the 1980s. When introduced by Billboard in March 1981, the Mainstream Rock chart was entitled Top Tracks and designed to measure the airplay of songs being played on album-oriented rock radio stations. The chart has undergone several name changes over the years, first to Top Rock Tracks in September 1984 and ...
Billboard. Hot 100 top-ten singles in 1980. This is a list of singles that have peaked in the Top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100 during 1980. The longest running top-ten single of the year was "Another One Bites the Dust" by Queen with 15 weeks. Kenny Rogers, Air Supply, and Michael Jackson each had three top-ten hits in 1980, tying them for the ...
"Funkytown"/"All Night Dancing" Lipps Inc April 5 April 12 "Stomp!" The Brothers Johnson: April 19 April 26 May 3 "A Lover's Holiday"/"The Glow of Love"/"Searching" Change: May 10 May 17 May 24 May 31 June 7 June 14 June 21 June 28 July 5 "Take Your Time (Do It Right)" The SOS Band: July 12 July 19 "Dynamite!"/"Jump to the Beat" Stacy Lattisaw ...