It was an era of flashy styles and fun songs. Artists like Madonna had incredible success throughout the decade. In the '80s, she released seven of her 12 Billboard Hot 100 number-one songs.
Last month, we started looking at essential Missouri albums by decade. Here are six great '80s records that rose up from ...
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Folk music and its revival in the 80s
The 1980s marked a fascinating period for folk music, witnessing a revival that brought it back into the limelight. This ...
He became one of the most successful soul/R&B artists of the 1980s. Very few people even realized Billy Ocean had been recording for nearly a decade before massive crossover smashes like "Suddenly" ...
The 80s has always been a "significant music period" but the decade's influence ... "peter out over the next year or so". "When you have artists as big as The Weeknd and Dua Lipa doing it ...
No matter the style, the music world has long been bookended by rising young artists and seasoned veterans ... Jagger and Richards both entered their 80s this year. (Photo by David Crane, Los ...
When the mainstream popularity of rap music elevated in the late 1980s, it often did so with the help of inventive sampling. While many samples came from the R&B funk world, clever hip-hop artists and ...
David Chiu is a freelance music writer based in New York ... lovingly spoofing popular ‘70s and ‘80s artists — such as Steely Dan, the Doobie Brothers’ Michael McDonald, Kenny Loggins ...