It’s a flashback to the 1980s. Put on your tie-dye T-shirt and your extra-long leggings, get your endurance up with some home workout tapes and let’s get ready to dance. Yes, the decade, known for ...
These two powerhouse vocalists were absolutely made to make music together. “Back Together Again” is a collaboration between soul-disco icons Donny Hathaway and Roberta Flack, released in 1980.
The 1980s had many twists and turns musically. We were still very much in classic rock territory. New Wave had taken us on from punk rock and added in more keyboards and electronics. Power ballads ...
One of the cool things about R&B is hearing how the sound seems to constantly change from the previous decade. The 1980s was no different. It was an era that was moving away from the disco sound of ...
Disco is a music genre and a subculture born out of a dance floor and pioneered by Black musicians, DJs and producers in the 1970s and early 1980s. The word disco comes from the Italian discoteca, ...
The hits we remember from the 1980s can be split into two categories: the ones we continue to love, and those we continue to hate. Sure, there was a lot of fluff produced in the decade (as is the case ...
Can you name these iconic 1980 hits from just one lyric? The year 1980 brought new wave energy, post-disco grooves, and unforgettable rock anthems to the airwaves. From Giorgio Moroder’s sleek ...
Disco music originated in the 1960s at underground venues popular with LGBTQ+, Black, and Latinx Americans. Still, it wasn’t long before the subculture spread from clubs in New York and Philadelphia ...
What were the biggest hit songs of the 1980s? The decade was dominated by dance songs, traditional ballads and pure rock hits. Tour our gallery below as we reveal the top 12 singles according to our ...