Songs from the 1980s that have appeared on this blog (those marked with a * are known to have a broken YouTube link):
- 1980
- 1980: Patrice Rushen: Haven’t You Heard
- 1980: Irene Cara: Fame
- 1980: Bonnie Pointer: I Can’t Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch)
- 1980: Peter Gabriel: Biko
- 1980: Olivia Newton-John ft ELO: Xanadu
- 1980: The Police: Don’t Stand So Close to Me
- 1980: Lipps Inc: Funkytown
- 1980: Pat Benatar: We Live for Love
- 1980: Dan Fogelberg: Same Old Lang Syne
- 1981
- 1981: Deniece Williams: Silly
- 1981: Stacy Lattisaw: Love On a Two Way Street
- 1981: Rick Springfield: Jessie’s Girl
- 1981: Teena Marie: Portuguese Love
- 1981: Rick James ft Teena Marie: Fire & Desire
- 1981: Neil Diamond: America
- 1981: The Police: Invisible Sun
- 1981: Rick James: Super Freak
- 1981: Champaign: How ‘Bout Us
- 1982
- 1983
- 1983: Rick James, Smokey Robinson: Ebony Eyes
- 1983: Bow Wow Wow: Do You Wanna Hold Me?
- 1983: The Human League: (Keep Feeling) Fascination
- 1983: Grandmaster & Melle Mel: White Lines (Don’t Do It)
- 1983: Oliver Cheatham: Get Down Saturday Night
- 1983: David Bowie: China Girl
- 1983: Michael Jackson: Billie Jean
- 1983: Michael Jackson: Thriller
- 1983: Irene Cara: Flashdance … What a Feeling
- 1984
- 1984: Marcia Griffiths: Children of Israel
- 1984: Special AKA: Free Nelson Mandela
- 1984: Patti LaBelle: If Only You Knew
- 1984: Deniece Williams: Black Butterfly
- 1984: Dennis Edwards & Siedah Garrett: Don’t Look Any Further
- 1984: Sade: Why Can’t We Live Together
- 1984: Sade: Your Love is King
- 1984: Sade: Smooth Operator
- 1984: Prince: Purple Rain
- 1984: Shannon: Let the Music Play
- 1984: Whodini: Five Minutes of Funk
- 1984: Bruce Springsteen: Born in the U.S.A.
- 1984: Pointer Sisters: Automatic
- 1985
- 1985: Boogie Boys: A Fly Girl
- 1985: Amazulu: Excitable
- 1985: Amazulu: Don’t You Just Know It
- 1985: Judy Mowatt: Mother Africa
- 1985: Judy Mowatt: Let’s Dance
- 1985: Judy Mowatt: King’s Highway
- 1985: Princess: Say I’m Your Number One
- 1985: Teena Marie: Out on a Limb
- 1985: Sheila E: Love Bizarre
- 1985: Kurtis Blow: If I Ruled the World
- 1985: Kurtis Blow: America
- 1985: Starpoint: Object of my Desire
- 1985: Starpoint: Restless
- 1985: Vikki Love With Nuance: Sing, Dance, Rap, Romance
- 1985: Tears for Fears: Head over Heels
- 1985: Whitney Houston: Saving All My Love for You
- 1986
- 1986: Gregory Abbott: Shake You Down
- 1986: Sade: Is it a Crime
- 1986: Shirley Murdock: As We Lay
- 1986: Oran “Juice” Jones: The Rain
- 1986: Cherrelle & Alexander O’Neal: Saturday Love
- 1986: Atlantic Starr: If Your Heart Isn’t in It
- 1986: Force MDs: Here I Go Again
- 1986: Meli’sa Morgan: Fool’s Paradise
- 1986: R.J.’s Latest Arrival: Hold On
- 1986: Loose Ends: Slow Down
- 1986: The Jets: Crush on You
- 1986: Nu Shooz: Point of No Return
- 1986: Bobby Brown: Girlfriend
- 1986: Madonna: True Blue
- 1986: The Bangles: Manic Monday
- 1986: Joan Armatrading: Killing Time
- 1986: Carly Simon: Coming Around Again
- 1986: Nocera: Summertime, Summertime
- 1986: The Communards: Don’t Leave Me This Way
- 1986: Eurythmics: Missionary Man
- 1987
- 1987: U2: Where the Streets Have No Name
- 1987: Herb Alpert, Lisa Keith & Janet Jackson: Making Love in the Rain
- 1987: Nona Hendryx: Why Should I Cry?
- 1987: Madame X: Just That Type of Girl
- 1987: Anita Baker: Same Ole Love
- 1987: Zapp & Roger: I Want to be Your Man
- 1987: Lauryn Hill at age 13 at the Apollo
- 1987: Gipsy Kings: Bamboléo
- 1987: Suzanne Vega: Luka
- 1987: Atlantic Starr: Always
- 1987: Regina Belle: So Many Tears
- 1987: Club Nouveau: Why You Treat Me So Bad
- 1987: Johnny Clegg: Asimbonanga
- 1987: Salt ‘N Pepa: Tramp *
- 1987: Donna Summer: Dinner with Gershwin
- 1988
- 1988: Jody Watley: Some Kind of Lover
- 1988: Tracy Chapman: Baby Can I Hold You
- 1988: L’Trimm: Cars That Go Boom
- 1988: Sade: Paradise
- 1988: Vanessa Williams: Dreamin’
- 1988: Neneh Cherry: Buffalo Stance
- 1988: Public Enemy: Night of the Living Baseheads
- 1988: Prince: I Wish U Heaven
- 1988: Busy Bee: Express
- 1988: S’Express: Theme from S-Express
- 1989
- 1989: Prince: Scandalous *
- 1989: Stephanie Mills: Home
- 1989: Karyn White: Secret Rendezvous
- 1989: Jody Watley: Everything
- 1989: Black Box: Ride On Time
- 1989: New Edition: Can You Stand the Rain
- 1989: Soul II Soul: Back to Life (However Do You Want Me)
- 1989: Bobby Brown: On Our Own
- 1989: Kashtin: Tshinanu (Our People)
- 1989: Jodi Benson: Part of Your World
- 1989: Donna Summer: This Time I Know It’s For Real
- 1989: Biz Markie: Just a Friend
– Abagond, 2016, 2020.
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The late eighties (and early nineties) for me were mostly influenced by Latin Freestyle, House, New Jack Swing and New Wave.
You have a diverse list.
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Great list of music but I find it fairly limited. What about Michael Jackson? The man pretty much dominated the music industry in the 1980s. And what about Rock musicians like Guns n Roses, Def Leppard, Van Halen, Queen, David Bowie, U2, The Police, Talking Heads, Hall and Oates? Again, I do like the choices of music listed here especially Prince and Sade(I love them).
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