Kim Carnes’ Bette Davis Eyes ruled 1981, holding the No. 1 spot for nine consecutive weeks and becoming one of the most ...

With the decade’s incessant use of neon, pastel suits too bright for the human eye, unattractive mullets, as well as the release of tacky, over-the-top films like “Top Gun” and “Pretty in Pink,” the ...

Type "New York" into a Spotify search, and you’ll get a list of hundreds and hundreds of titles (and those are just the ones ...

Road trips are a quintessential part of the American experience and hitting the highway with the perfect soundtrack is the stuff of legend. Here are 15 era-defining songs that would 100% be on a ...

Jimmy Cliff’s passing brings new attention to his timeless music. Discover 10 classic Jimmy Cliff songs and why they still ...

From synth-pop to stadium rock, post-punk to art pop, here are the defining albums that shaped each unforgettable year of the ...

Music is a common mnemonic device, which may explain why you remember 1980s song lyrics but not a lick of what you’ve studied ...

E very generation gets a song that feels like a battle cry, even when it was never meant to be one. In the mid‑1980s, three ...

The 1980s: a decade famous for its catchy tunes, massive shoulder pads, and lyrics that just haven't aged well. It's one thing to throw on your legwarmers and pump out those aerobic jams, but have you ...

Director Jeff McDaniel oversees rehearsal of Crystal Blakeney and Jai Robinson leading the cast of “That Totally Awesome 80s Concert” at ShenanArts. Photos by Rebecca J. Barnabi. Grab your boombox, ...

1960s music was almost as popular in the 1980s as it was in the 1960s. During the Reagan years, 1960s songs like The Beatles’ “I Saw Her Standing There” and Petula Clark’s “Downtown” came back with a ...

The 1980s were a decade of tremendous growth and monumental societal change. The rise of the Reagan right, the AIDS epidemic, the Cold War's conclusion and famine in Africa brought on a new form of ...