While the 1980s may have been a time of social stuffiness, these three women were part of timeless songs from the decade.
The 1980s delivered a unique, vibrant, and often extravagant musical landscape that defined an entire generation.
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The Most Skipped Song on Every Journey Album

The most-streamed track from 2008's Revelation rose to No. 9 on Billboard's adult contemporary chart during a 23-week run. The top song from 2001's Arrival spent 13 weeks on the adult contemporary ...
Classic rock was a standout genre of the 80s, and bands like The Rolling Stones, Aerosmith, and Led Zeppelin had no shortage of hits.
Excluding the brief classical music opener "Fanfare," the most-skipped song on Music From 'The Elder' is actually one of the ...
In the summer of 1975, a soft rock ballad dominated the charts in both the United States and the U.K. The song was 10cc’s “I’m Not in Love,” written by former Neil Sedaka backup band members Eric ...
Since 2013, Jenny Hollingsworth has been one half of the adventurous, emotive UK duo Let’s Eat Grandma, along with her childhood friend Rosa Walton. The most recent Let’s Eat Grandma album was the ...
Approaching his 80th birthday, singer Howard Carpendale talks about no longer wanting to sing songs about physical love at ...
The new wave group — who have spawned such '80s hits as "Boys Don't Cry," "Lovesong," "In Between Days" and more — dropped ...
For the past 30 years, local musician Ed Douglas has written and recorded Halloween-inspired music with the Cleveland-based ...
Fini Tribe was born into the cash-poor but culturally-wealthy environs of post-punk Edinburgh in the very early 80s – 1980 to ...
The Who's farewell tour hit the Hollywood Bowl and gave fans something to cry about, as the band that was once rock's ...