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A Flock of Seagulls
A Flock of Seagulls are an English new wave and synth-pop band originally formed in 1980 in Liverpool by Michael "Mike" Score (keyboards, vocals) and his brother Alister "Ali" James Score (drums), with their most famous line-up consisting of the Score brothers along with Francis Lee "Frank" Maudsley (bass) and Paul Reynolds (guitar).
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ABC (band)
ABC are an English pop band that formed in Sheffield in 1980.
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Addicted to Love (song)
"Addicted to Love" is a song by English rock singer Robert Palmer released in 1986.
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Album-oriented rock
Album-oriented rock (abbreviated AOR) is an American FM radio format focusing on album tracks by rock artists.
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AllMusic
AllMusic (previously known as All Music Guide or AMG) is an online music guide.
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Alternative rock
Alternative rock (also called alternative music, alt-rock or simply alternative) is a style of rock music that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1980s and became widely popular in the 1990s.
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American Top 40
American Top 40 (commonly abbreviated to AT40) is an internationally syndicated, independent song countdown radio program created by Casey Kasem, Don Bustany, Tom Rounds and Ron Jacobs.
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Androgyny
Androgyny is the combination of masculine and feminine characteristics.
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Anglophile
An Anglophile is a person who admires England, its people, and its culture.
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Annie Lennox
Ann "Annie" Lennox, OBE (born 25 December 1954) is a Scottish singer, songwriter, political activist and philanthropist.
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Backlash (sociology)
A "backlash" is an adverse reaction to something which has gained popularity, prominence, or influence.
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Bananarama
Bananarama are a British female pop music vocal group formed in London in 1981 by friends Sara Dallin, Siobhan Fahey and Keren Woodward.
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Beatlemania
Beatlemania is the term given to the intense fan frenzy directed towards the English rock band the Beatles in the 1960s.
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Big Boys
The Big Boys were a pioneering punk rock band who are credited with helping introduce the new style of hardcore punk that became popular in the 1980s.
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Big Country
Big Country are a Scottish rock band formed in Dunfermline, Fife, in 1981.
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Billboard 200
The Billboard 200 is a record chart ranking the 200 most popular music albums and EPs in the United States.
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Billboard Hot 100
The Billboard Hot 100 is the music industry standard record chart in the United States for songs, published weekly by Billboard magazine.
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Billy Idol
William Michael Albert Broad (born 30 November 1955), known professionally as Billy Idol, is an English musician, singer, songwriter, and actor.
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Black Flag (band)
Black Flag was an American punk rock band formed in 1976 in Hermosa Beach, California.
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Bon Jovi
Bon Jovi is an American rock band from Sayreville, New Jersey.
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Bonnie Tyler
Bonnie Tyler (born Gaynor Hopkins; 8 June 1951) is a Welsh singer, known for her distinctive husky voice.
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Boy George
Boy George (born George Alan O'Dowd; 14 June 1961) is an English singer, songwriter, DJ and fashion designer.
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British Invasion
The British Invasion was a cultural phenomenon of the mid-1960s when rock and pop music acts from the United Kingdom and other aspects of British culture, became popular in the United States and significant to rising "counterculture" on both sides of the Atlantic.
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British soul
British soul, Brit soul, or (in a US context) the British soul invasion, is soul music performed by British artists.
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Britpop
Britpop is a UK based music and culture movement in the mid 1990s which emphasised "Britishness", and produced brighter, catchier alternative rock, partly in reaction to the popularity of the darker lyrical themes of the US-led grunge music, an alternative rock genre, and to the UK's own shoegazing music scene.
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Casey Kasem
Kemal Amin "Casey" Kasem (April 27, 1932 – June 15, 2014) was an American disc jockey, music historian, radio personality, voice actor, and actor, known for being the host of several music radio countdown programs, most notably American Top 40, from 1970 until his retirement in 2009, and for providing the voice of Norville "Shaggy" Rogers in the Scooby-Doo franchise from 1969 to 1997, and again from 2002 until 2009.
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Come Dancing (song)
"Come Dancing" is a 1982 song written by Ray Davies and performed by British rock group the Kinks on their 1983 album State of Confusion.
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Commonwealth of Nations
The Commonwealth of Nations, often known as simply the Commonwealth, is an intergovernmental organisation of 53 member states that are mostly former territories of the British Empire.
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Country music
Country music, also known as country and western or simply country, is a genre of popular music that originated in the southern United States in the early 1920s.
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Country pop
Country pop is a fusion genre of country music and pop music that was developed by members of the country genre out of a desire to reach a larger, mainstream audience.
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Cruel Summer (song)
"Cruel Summer" is a song by the English girl group Bananarama.
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Culture Club
Culture Club are an English new wave band that formed in London in 1981.
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Culture of the United Kingdom
The culture of the United Kingdom is influenced by the UK's history as a developed state, a liberal democracy and a great power; its predominantly Christian religious life; and its composition of four countries—England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland—each of which has distinct customs, cultures and symbolism.
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D.O.A. (band)
D.O.A. is a Canadian punk rock band from Vancouver, British Columbia.
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Dance music
Dance music is music composed specifically to facilitate or accompany dancing.
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David Bowie
David Robert Jones (8 January 1947 – 10 January 2016), known professionally as David Bowie, was an English singer-songwriter and actor.
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Def Leppard
Def Leppard are an English rock band formed in 1977 in Sheffield as part of the new wave of British heavy metal movement.
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Dire Straits
Dire Straits were a British rock band formed in London in 1977 by Mark Knopfler (lead vocals and lead guitar), David Knopfler (rhythm guitar and backing vocals), John Illsley (bass guitar and backing vocals), and Pick Withers (drums and percussion).
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Disco
Disco is a musical style that emerged in the mid 1960s and early 1970s from America's urban nightlife scene, where it originated in house parties and makeshift discothèques, reaching its peak popularity between the mid-1970s and early 1980s.
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Don't You (Forget About Me)
"Don't You (Forget About Me)" is a 1985 pop song performed by Scottish rock band Simple Minds.
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Don't You Want Me
"Don't You Want Me" is a single by British synthpop group The Human League, released on 27 November 1981 as the fourth single from their third studio album Dare (1981).
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Duran Duran
Duran Duran are an English new wave and synthpop band formed in Birmingham in 1978.
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E. W. Scripps Company
The E. W. Scripps Company is an American broadcasting company founded in 1878 as a chain of daily newspapers by Edward Willis "E. W." Scripps.
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Eddy Grant
Edmond Montague "Eddy" Grant (born 5 March 1948) is a Guyanese-British musician.
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Elton John
Sir Elton Hercules John (born Reginald Kenneth Dwight; 25 March 1947) is an English singer, pianist, and composer.
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Elvis Costello
Declan Patrick MacManus (born 25 August 1954), better known by his stage name Elvis Costello, is an English musician, singer, songwriter, composer, record producer, author, television presenter, and occasional actor.
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Eurythmics
Eurythmics were a British music duo consisting of members Annie Lennox and David A. Stewart.
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Every Breath You Take
"Every Breath You Take" is a song by English rock band The Police from their 1983 album Synchronicity.
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Eyes Without a Face (song)
"Eyes Without a Face" is a song by English rock musician Billy Idol, from his second album Rebel Yell (1983).
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Gary Numan
Gary Anthony James Webb (born 8 March 1958), known professionally as Gary Numan, is an English singer, songwriter, composer, musician and record producer.
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Genesis (band)
Genesis were an English rock band formed at Charterhouse School, Godalming, Surrey in 1967.
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George Harrison
George Harrison (25 February 1943 – 29 November 2001) was an English guitarist, singer-songwriter, and producer who achieved international fame as the lead guitarist of the Beatles.
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George Michael
Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou (25 June 1963 – 25 December 2016), known professionally as George Michael, was an English singer, songwriter, record producer, and philanthropist who rose to fame as a member of the music duo Wham! He was widely known for his work in the 1980s and 1990s, including hit singles such as "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go" and "Last Christmas", and albums such as Faith (1987) and Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1 (1990).
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Glam metal
Glam metal (also known as hair metal and often used synonymously with pop metal) is a subgenre of heavy metal, which features pop-influenced hooks and guitar riffs, and borrows from the fashion of 1970s glam rock.
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Heavy metal music
Heavy metal (or simply metal) is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the United Kingdom.
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Human (The Human League song)
"Human" is a song recorded by British synthpop band The Human League, and released as the first single from their 1986 album Crash.
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I Ran (So Far Away)
"I Ran (So Far Away)", also released as "I Ran", is a song by English new wave band A Flock of Seagulls.
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John Parr
John Parr (born 18 November 1952) is a Grammy nominated English musician, who had two number one hits, best known for his 1985 US number one hit single "St. Elmo's Fire (Man in Motion)" and for his 1984 single "Naughty Naughty".
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John Waite
John Charles Waite (born 4 July 1952) is an English musician.
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KROQ-FM
KROQ-FM (106.7 FM, 106.7 KROQ) is a radio station licensed to Pasadena, California serving the Greater Los Angeles Area.
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Lee Abrams
Lee Abrams (born 1952) is an American media executive who has held a number of posts for large and influential companies, and is generally credited with developing the Album Oriented Rock format employed by hundreds of radio stations across the country, as well as co-founding XM Satellite Radio.
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List of Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles of 1988
These are the Billboard magazine Hot 100 number one hits of 1988.
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List of Billboard Hot 100 number-ones by British artists
This is a list of number-one hits by British artists in the United States on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 (existent since August 3, 1958).
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List of first music videos aired on MTV
This is a list of the first music videos broadcast on MTV's first day, August 1, 1981.
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List of Second British Invasion artists
The following is a list of groups and artists associated with the Second British Invasion music phenomenon, that occurred during the early and middle 1980s and was associated with MTV, including new wave music.
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Madonna (entertainer)
Madonna Louise Ciccone (born August 16, 1958) is an American singer, songwriter, actress, and businesswoman.
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Martin Fry
Martin David Fry (born 9 March 1958) is an English singer, songwriter, composer, musician and record producer.
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Michael Jackson
Michael Joseph Jackson (August 29, 1958 – June 25, 2009) was an American singer, songwriter, and dancer.
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Minutemen (band)
Minutemen were an American punk rock band formed in San Pedro, California in 1980.
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Missing You (John Waite song)
"Missing You" is a song co-written and recorded by English musician John Waite.
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Money for Nothing (song)
"Money for Nothing" is a single by British rock band Dire Straits, taken from their 1985 studio album Brothers in Arms.
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MTV
MTV (originally an initialism of Music Television) is an American cable and satellite television channel owned by Viacom Media Networks (a division of Viacom) and headquartered in New York City.
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MTV News
MTV News is the news production division of MTV.
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Music Row
Music Row is a historical district located to the southwest of downtown Nashville, Tennessee that is home to numerous businesses related to music, predominantly the country music, gospel music, and contemporary christian music industries.
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Nelson George
Nelson George (born September 1, 1957) is an African-American author, columnist, music and culture critic, journalist, and filmmaker.
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Neotraditional country
Neotraditional country, also known as new traditional country, is a country music style that emphasizes the instrumental background and a "traditional" country vocal style.
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New Pop
New Pop was a British-centric pop music movement consisting of ambitious, DIY-minded artists who achieved commercial success in the early 1980s through sources such as MTV.
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New Romantic
The New Romantic movement was a pop culture movement that originated in the United Kingdom in the early 1980s.
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New wave music
New wave is a genre of rock music popular in the late 1970s and the 1980s with ties to mid-1970s punk rock.
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New York Rocker
New York Rocker was a punk rock new wave magazine founded by Alan Betrock in 1976.
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Newsweek
Newsweek is an American weekly magazine founded in 1933.
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Nina Blackwood
Nina Blackwood (born September 12, 1955) is an American disc jockey and music journalist, who was the first of the original five MTV VJs.
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Oasis (band)
Oasis were an English rock band formed in Manchester in 1991.
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Orange Juice (band)
Orange Juice was a Scottish post-punk band founded in the Glasgow suburb of Bearsden as the Nu-Sonics in 1976.
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Owner of a Lonely Heart
"Owner of a Lonely Heart" is a song by the English progressive rock band Yes.
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Paul McCartney
Sir James Paul McCartney (born 18 June 1942) is an English singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and composer.
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Paul Young
Paul Antony Young (born 17 January 1956) is an English singer, songwriter and musician.
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Phil Collins
Philip David Charles Collins (born 30 January 1951) is an English drummer, singer-songwriter, record producer and actor.
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Pretty in Pink (song)
"Pretty in Pink" is a song by the English rock band the Psychedelic Furs, originally released in 1981 as a single from the band's second album, Talk Talk Talk.
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Prince (musician)
Prince Rogers Nelson (June 7, 1958 – April 21, 2016) was an American singer, songwriter, musician, record producer and filmmaker.
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Punk rock
Punk rock (or "punk") is a rock music genre that developed in the mid-1970s in the United States, United Kingdom, and Australia.
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Queen (band)
Queen are a British rock band that formed in London in 1970.
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R.E.M.
R.E.M. was an American rock band from Athens, Georgia, that was formed in 1980 by drummer Bill Berry, guitarist Peter Buck, bassist/backing vocalist Mike Mills, and lead vocalist Michael Stipe.
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Rebel Yell (album)
Rebel Yell is the second studio album by English rock musician Billy Idol.
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Robbie Williams
Robert Peter Williams (born 13 February 1974) is an English singer, songwriter and actor.
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Robert Palmer (singer)
Robert Allen Palmer (19 January 1949 – 26 September 2003) was an English singer-songwriter, musician, and record producer.
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Rod Stewart
Sir Roderick David Stewart, (born 10 January 1945) is a British rock singer and songwriter.
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Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone is an American monthly magazine that focuses on popular culture.
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Roxanne (song)
"Roxanne" is a song by English rock band The Police.
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S-Curve Records
S-Curve Records was founded in 2000 by former Mercury Records executive Steve Greenberg.
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Shout (Tears for Fears song)
"Shout" is a song by British band Tears for Fears, written by Roland Orzabal and Ian Stanley and sung by Orzabal (with Curt Smith duetting on the chorus).
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Simon Reynolds
Simon Reynolds (born 19 June 1963) is an English music journalist, critic, and author.
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Simple Minds
Simple Minds are a Scottish rock band.
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Sirius (instrumental)
"Sirius" is a 1982 song by the British rock band The Alan Parsons Project from the album ''Eye in the Sky''.
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Slippery When Wet
Slippery When Wet is the third studio album by American rock band Bon Jovi.
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Sniff 'n' the Tears
Sniff 'n' the Tears is a British rock band best known for their 1979 song "Driver's Seat", a hit in many countries (including No. 15 on the American ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart).
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Spice Girls
The Spice Girls are an English pop girl group formed in 1994.
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Squeeze (band)
Squeeze are a British rock band that came to prominence in the United Kingdom during the new wave period of the late 1970s, and continued recording successfully in the 1980s and 1990s.
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St. Elmo's Fire (Man in Motion)
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Steve Greenberg (record producer)
Steve Greenberg is an American record producer currently heading the S-Curve Records label.
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Stop! In the Name of Love
"Stop! In the Name of Love" is a 1965 song recorded by The Supremes for the Motown label.
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Sultans of Swing
"Sultans of Swing" is a song by British rock band Dire Straits from their eponymous debut album, which band frontman Mark Knopfler wrote and composed.
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Synth-pop
Synth-pop (short for synthesizer pop; also called techno-pop) is a subgenre of new wave music that first became prominent in the late 1970s and features the synthesizer as the dominant musical instrument.
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Tears for Fears
Tears for Fears are an English pop rock band formed in Bath in 1981 by Roland Orzabal and Curt Smith.
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The Alan Parsons Project
The Alan Parsons Project were an English rock band active between 1975 and 1990, whose rosters consisted of Alan Parsons and Eric Woolfson.
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The Buggles
The Buggles were an English new wave band formed in London, England in 1977 by singer and bassist Trevor Horn and keyboardist Geoffrey Downes.
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The Dead Milkmen
The Dead Milkmen are an American punk rock band formed in 1983 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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The Flesh Eaters
The Flesh Eaters are an American punk rock and Rockabilly band, formed in Los Angeles, California, in 1977.
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The Hollies
The Hollies are a British pop/rock group best known for their pioneering and distinctive three-part vocal harmony style.
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The Human League
The Human League are an English synth-pop band formed in Sheffield in 1977.
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The Kinks
The Kinks are an English rock band formed in Muswell Hill, North London, in 1964 by brothers Ray and Dave Davies.
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The Moody Blues
The Moody Blues are an English rock band formed in Birmingham in 1964.
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The Police
The Police were a British rock band formed in London in 1977.
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The Pretenders
The Pretenders are an English-American rock band formed in Hereford, England, in March 1978.
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The Psychedelic Furs
The Psychedelic Furs are an English rock band founded in London in February 1977.
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The Smiths
The Smiths were an English rock band formed in Manchester in 1982.
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The Village Voice
The Village Voice is an American news and culture paper, known for being the country's first alternative newsweekly.
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TiVo Corporation
TiVo Corporation (formerly Rovi Corporation and Macrovision Solutions Corporation) is an American technology company.
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Total Eclipse of the Heart
"Total Eclipse of the Heart" is a song recorded by Welsh singer Bonnie Tyler.
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Umbrella term
An umbrella term is a word or phrase that covers a wide range of concepts belonging to a common category.
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United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain,Usage is mixed with some organisations, including the and preferring to use Britain as shorthand for Great Britain is a sovereign country in western Europe.
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United States
The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.
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Venus (Shocking Blue song)
"Venus" is a 1969 song written by Dutch musician Robbie van Leeuwen.
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Video Killed the Radio Star
"Video Killed the Radio Star" is a song written by Trevor Horn, Geoff Downes and Bruce Woolley in 1978.
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VJ (media personality)
A video jockey (abbreviated VJ or sometimes veejay) is an announcer who introduces music videos and live performances on commercial music television stations such as VH1, MTV and Channel V.
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Wham!
Wham! were an English musical duo formed by members George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley in 1981.
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White Wedding (song)
"White Wedding" is a song by Billy Idol that appeared on his album Billy Idol in 1982.
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X (American band)
X is an American punk rock band, formed in Los Angeles in 1977, among the first wave of American punk.
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Yes (band)
Yes are an English progressive rock band formed in London in 1968 by singer Jon Anderson, bassist Chris Squire, guitarist Peter Banks, keyboardist Tony Kaye, and drummer Bill Bruford.
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You Give Love a Bad Name
"You Give Love a Bad Name" is a song by American rock band Bon Jovi, released as the first single from their 1986 album Slippery When Wet.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_British_Invasion
