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Bill Lovelady’s 1979 Hit Reggae for It Now shined in its Iconic Top of the Pops Performance
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July 14, 2024 Comments Off on Engelbert Humperdinck’s Quando Quando Quando: Timeless Hit and Advertising Icon
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August 16, 2024 Comments Off on Gonzalez’s I Haven’t Stopped Dancing Yet fueled disco floors and the cult film The Bitch
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August 17, 2024 Comments Off on Disco hit Casanova by Coffee: The song’s success, meaning, and legacy from the 1980s
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July 31, 2024 Comments Off on Stevie Wonder’s Sir Duke: A Global Hit and Tribute to Jazz Legend Duke Ellington
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Frankie Goes to Hollywood’s Relax: Banned Hit that defined 80s Rebellion and Sexual Freedom
August 18, 2024 Comments Off on Frankie Goes to Hollywood’s Relax: Banned Hit that defined 80s Rebellion and Sexual FreedomFrankie Goes to Hollywood’s debut single “Relax” became one of the most controversial and successful hits of the 1980s. Released in 1983, it was banned by the BBC and stirred considerable public debate, yet it [...] -
July 7, 2024 Comments Off on Huey Lewis and the News: Hip to Be Square – A Snapshot of 1980s America
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July 9, 2024 Comments Off on Dire Straits’ 1985 Hit Money for Nothing: A Landmark in Music and Video
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July 9, 2024 Comments Off on Wham!’s Club Tropicana: A Rebuff to Margaret Thatcher’s Britain and Escapist 1980s Anthem
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July 11, 2024 Comments Off on A Party All over the World: The hit, the legacy and glory of the Electric Light Orchestra (ELO)