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805 relations: A Flock of Seagulls, A Love Bizarre, A Quiet Storm, A-ha, ABC (band), ABC-Clio, Abracadabra (Steve Miller Band song), AC/DC, Academy of Country Music, Addicted to Love (song), Aerosmith, African Americans, Air Supply, Al Jarreau, Alabama (band), Alan Tam, Alice Cooper, All Night Long (All Night), All Through the Night (Jules Shear song), AllMusic, Alphaville (band), Alternative rock, America (Neil Diamond song), Aneka, Anita Baker, Anita Mui, Anne Murray, Annie Lennox, Anri, Anthrax (American band), Apollonia 6, Arbitrage, Arena rock, Art of Noise, Associated Television, Aztec Camera, Back in Black, Bad (album), Bad Brains, Ballad, Baltimora, Bananarama, Barão Vermelho, Bass guitar, Bauhaus (band), Beastie Boys, Beatboxing, Bee Gees, Bela Lugosi's Dead, Belinda Carlisle, ... Expand index (755 more) »
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A Flock of Seagulls
A Flock of Seagulls are an English new wave band formed in Liverpool in 1979.
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A Love Bizarre
"A Love Bizarre" is a song recorded by Sheila E., and written by Prince and Sheila E. The song is a duet between both singers and it appears on Sheila E.'s 1985 album Romance 1600.
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A Quiet Storm
A Quiet Storm is the 1975 third solo album by American soul singer, songwriter, and producer Smokey Robinson.
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A-ha
A-ha (often stylised as a-ha) is a Norwegian synth-pop band formed in Oslo in 1982.
ABC (band)
ABC is an English pop band that originated in Sheffield in 1980, evolving from the earlier ensemble Vice Versa.
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ABC-Clio
ABC-Clio, LLC (stylized ABC-CLIO) is an American publishing company for academic reference works and periodicals primarily on topics such as history and social sciences for educational and public library settings.
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Abracadabra (Steve Miller Band song)
"Abracadabra" is a song by American rock group the Steve Miller Band, written by Steve Miller.
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AC/DC
AC/DC are an Australian rock band formed in 1973.
Academy of Country Music
The Academy of Country Music (ACM) was founded in 1964 in Los Angeles, California as the Country & Western Music Academy.
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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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Aerosmith
Aerosmith is an American rock band formed in Boston in 1970.
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African Americans
African Americans, also known as Black Americans or Afro-Americans, are an ethnic group consisting of Americans with partial or total ancestry from any of the Black racial groups of Africa.
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Air Supply
Air Supply is a soft rock duo formed in Melbourne, Australia, in 1975, consisting of Englishman Graham Russell (vocals, guitar) and Australian Russell Hitchcock (vocals).
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Al Jarreau
Alwin Lopez Jarreau (March 12, 1940 – February 12, 2017) was an American singer and songwriter.
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Alabama (band)
Alabama is an American country music band formed in Fort Payne, Alabama, in 1969.
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Alan Tam
Alan Tam Wing-lun (born 23 August 1950) is a Hong Kong singer and actor.
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Alice Cooper
Alice Cooper (born Vincent Damon Furnier; February 4, 1948) is an American rock singer and songwriter whose career spans sixty years.
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All Night Long (All Night)
"All Night Long (All Night)" is a song by American singer and songwriter Lionel Richie from his second solo album, Can't Slow Down (1983).
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All Through the Night (Jules Shear song)
"All Through the Night" is a song written and recorded by Jules Shear for his 1983 album Watch Dog.
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AllMusic
AllMusic (previously known as All-Music Guide and AMG) is an American online music database.
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Alphaville (band)
Alphaville is a German synth-pop band formed in Münster in 1982.
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Alternative rock
Alternative rock (also known as alternative music, alt-rock or simply alternative) is a category of rock music that evolved from the independent music underground of the 1970s.
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America (Neil Diamond song)
"America" is a song written and originally recorded by Neil Diamond, released in 1980 on the soundtrack album of Diamond's film The Jazz Singer.
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Aneka
Mary Sandeman (born 20 November 1947), better known by her former stage name Aneka, is a retired Scottish traditional singer.
Anita Baker
Anita Denise Baker (born January 26, 1958) is an American singer-songwriter.
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Anita Mui
Anita Mui Yim-fong (10 October 1963 – 30 December 2003) was a Hong Kong singer and actress who made major contributions to the Cantopop music scene and received numerous awards and honours.
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Anne Murray
Morna Anne Murray (born June 20, 1945) is a Canadian singer of pop, country, and adult contemporary music, who has sold over 55 million album copies worldwide during her over 40-year career.
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Annie Lennox
Ann Lennox (born 25 December 1954) is a Scottish singer-songwriter, political activist and philanthropist.
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Anri
, better known as, is a Japanese singer-songwriter from Yamato, Kanagawa Prefecture.
Anthrax (American band)
Anthrax is an American thrash metal band from New York City, formed in 1981 by rhythm guitarist Scott Ian and bassist Dan Lilker.
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Apollonia 6
Apollonia 6 was a 1980s American female singing trio.
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Arbitrage
In economics and finance, arbitrage is the practice of taking advantage of a difference in prices in two or more marketsstriking a combination of matching deals to capitalize on the difference, the profit being the difference between the market prices at which the unit is traded.
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Arena rock
Arena rock (also known as AOR, melodic rock, pomp rock, stadium rock, corporate rock or dad rock) is a style of rock music that became mainstream in the 1970s.
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Art of Noise
Art of Noise (also The Art of Noise) were a British avant-garde synth-pop group formed in early 1983 by engineer/producer Gary Langan and programmer J. J. Jeczalik, along with keyboardist/arranger Anne Dudley, producer Trevor Horn, and music journalist Paul Morley.
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Associated Television
Associated Television was the original name of the British broadcaster ATV, part of the Independent Television (ITV) network.
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Aztec Camera
Aztec Camera were a Scottish pop/new wave band founded by Roddy Frame, the group's singer, songwriter and only consistent member.
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Back in Black
Back in Black is the seventh studio album by Australian rock band AC/DC, released on 25 July 1980, by Albert Productions and Atlantic Records.
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Bad (album)
Bad is the seventh studio album by the American singer-songwriter Michael Jackson.
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Bad Brains
Bad Brains are an American rock band formed in Washington, D.C., in 1976.
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Ballad
A ballad is a form of verse, often a narrative set to music.
Baltimora
Baltimora was an Italian music project from Milan, active from 1984 to 1987.
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Bananarama
Bananarama are an English pop group formed in London in 1980.
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Barão Vermelho
Barão Vermelho is a Brazilian rock band.
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Bass guitar
The bass guitar, electric bass or simply bass is the lowest-pitched member of the guitar family.
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Bauhaus (band)
Bauhaus were an English rock band formed in Northampton in 1978.
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Beastie Boys
Beastie Boys were an American hip hop/rap rock group from New York City, formed in 1981.
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Beatboxing
Beatboxing (also beat boxing) is a form of vocal percussion primarily involving the art of mimicking drum machines (typically a TR-808), using one's mouth, lips, tongue, and voice.
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Bee Gees
The Bee Gees --> were a musical group formed in 1958 by brothers Barry, Robin, and Maurice Gibb.
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Bela Lugosi's Dead
"Bela Lugosi's Dead" is the debut single by the English post-punk band Bauhaus, released on 6 August 1979 on the Small Wonder label.
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Belinda Carlisle
Belinda Jo Carlisle (born August 17, 1958) is an American singer and songwriter.
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Bell Biv DeVoe
Bell Biv DeVoe, also known as BBD, is an American music group from Boston, Massachusetts, formed from members of New Edition, consisting of Ricky Bell, Michael Bivins and Ronnie DeVoe.
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Belleville High School (Michigan)
Belleville High School is a public high school located in Belleville, Michigan and the only zoned high school in the Van Buren School District.
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Beyond (band)
Beyond was a Hong Kong rock band formed in 1983.
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Big Black
Big Black was an American punk rock band from Evanston, Illinois, active from 1981 to 1987.
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Big Daddy Kane
Antonio Hardy (born September 10, 1968), better known by his stage name Big Daddy Kane, is an American rapper, producer and actor who began his career in 1986 as a member of the Juice Crew.
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Bill Withers
William Harrison Withers Jr. (July 4, 1938 – March 30, 2020) was an American singer and songwriter.
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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 charts
The Billboard charts tabulate the relative weekly popularity of songs and albums in the United States and elsewhere.
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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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Billie Jean
"Billie Jean" is a song by the American singer Michael Jackson, released by Epic Records on January 3, 1983, as the second single from his sixth studio album, Thriller (1982).
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Billy Crystal
Billy Crystal (born March 14, 1948)On page 17 of his book 700 Sundays, Crystal displays his birth announcement, which gives his first two names as "William Edward", not "William Jacob" is an American comedian, actor, and filmmaker.
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Billy Joel
William Martin Joel (born May 9, 1949) is an American singer, songwriter and pianist.
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Billy Ocean
Leslie Sebastian Charles (born 21 January 1950), known professionally as Billy Ocean, is a Trinidadian-born British singer and songwriter.
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Billy Sheehan
William Sheehan (born March 19, 1953) is an American musician known for playing bass guitar with acts such as Talas, Steve Vai, David Lee Roth, Mr. Big, Niacin, and The Winery Dogs.
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Biz Markie
Marcel Theo Hall (April 8, 1964 – July 16, 2021), known professionally as Biz Markie, was an American rapper and singer.
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Black Cat (song)
"Black Cat" is a song by American singer Janet Jackson, released as the sixth single from her fourth studio album, Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814 (1989).
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Black Flag (band)
Black Flag is an American punk rock band formed in 1976 in Hermosa Beach, California.
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Black metal
Black metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal music.
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Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos
"Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos" is a song on the American hip hop group Public Enemy's 1988 album, It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back.
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Blitz (Brazilian band)
Blitz is a Brazilian rock band, formed in 1981 in Rio de Janeiro.
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Blitz Kids
The Blitz Kids were a group of people who frequented the Tuesday club-night at Blitz in Covent Garden, London in 1979–1980, and are credited with launching the New Romantic subcultural movement.
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Blondie (band)
Blondie is an American rock band formed in New York City in 1974 by singer Debbie Harry and guitarist Chris Stein.
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Blues rock
Blues rock is a fusion genre and form of rock music that relies on the chords/scales and instrumental improvisation of blues.
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Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan (legally Robert Dylan; born Robert Allen Zimmerman, May 24, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter.
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Bobby Brown
Robert Barisford Brown Sr. (born February 5, 1969) is an American singer and rapper.
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Bobby McFerrin
Robert Keith McFerrin Jr. (born March 11, 1950) is an American jazz singer, songwriter, and conductor.
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Bon Jovi
Bon Jovi is an American rock band formed in 1983 in Sayreville, New Jersey.
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Bon Scott
Ronald Belford "Bon" Scott (9 July 1946 – 19 February 1980) was an Australian singer and songwriter.
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Bonnie Tyler
Gaynor Sullivan (née Hopkins; born 8 June 1951), known professionally as Bonnie Tyler, is a Welsh singer who is known for her distinctive husky voice.
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Boogie Down Productions
Boogie Down Productions (BDP) was an American hip hop group originally composed of KRS-One, D-Nice, and DJ Scott La Rock.
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Boredoms
Boredoms (later known as V∞redoms) is a rock band from Osaka, Japan formed in 1986.
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Born in the U.S.A.
Born in the U.S.A. is the seventh studio album by the American singer-songwriter Bruce Springsteen, released on June 4, 1984, by Columbia Records.
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Boston (band)
Boston is an American rock band formed in 1975 by Tom Scholz in Boston, Massachusetts, that experienced significant commercial success during the 1970s and 1980s.
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Bow Wow Wow
Bow Wow Wow are an English new wave band, created by manager Malcolm McLaren in 1980.
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Brazilian rock
Brazilian rock refers to rock music produced in Brazil and usually sung in Portuguese.
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Bread (band)
Bread was an American soft rock band from Los Angeles, California.
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Brit Awards
The BRIT Awards (often simply called the BRITs) are the British Phonographic Industry's annual popular music awards.
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Bruce Springsteen
Bruce Frederick Joseph Springsteen (born September 23, 1949) is an American rock singer, songwriter, and guitarist.
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Bruce Willis
Walter Bruce Willis (born March 19, 1955) is a retired American actor.
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Bryan Adams
Bryan Guy Adams (born November 5, 1959) is a Canadian singer-songwriter, musician, record producer, and photographer.
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Buck-Tick
Buck-Tick (stylized as BUCK-TICK) is a Japanese rock band formed in Fujioka, Gunma in 1983.
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Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires, officially the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, is the capital and primate city of Argentina.
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Buenos Aires Hardcore
Buenos Aires Hardcore was the name of the scene that gathered the Hardcore bands that started to play in Buenos Aires in the late 1980s.
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Caifanes
Caifanes is a Mexican rock band formed in Mexico City in 1986.
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Camisa de Vênus
Camisa de Vênus (the old-fashioned Portuguese term for "condom") was a Brazilian rock group from Bahia whose peak of popularity was in the mid 1980s.
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Camouflage (band)
Camouflage is a German synth-pop trio consisting of lead singer Marcus Meyn (b. May 2, 1966), Heiko Maile and Oliver Kreyssig.
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Camper Van Beethoven
Camper Van Beethoven is an American rock band formed in Redlands, California in 1983, later based in Santa Cruz and San Francisco.
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Campus radio
Campus radio (also known as college radio, university radio or student radio) is a type of radio station that is run by the students of a college, university or other educational institution.
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Can't Slow Down (Lionel Richie album)
Can't Slow Down is the second solo studio album by American recording artist Lionel Richie.
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Capital (economics)
In economics, capital goods or capital are "those durable produced goods that are in turn used as productive inputs for further production" of goods and services.
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Capital Inicial
Capital Inicial is a Brazilian rock band from Brasília flourished in the 1980s, saw a resurgence in the late 1990s, and extended into the 2000s.
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Carl Carlton
Carl Carlton (born May 21, 1953) is an American R&B, soul, and funk singer-songwriter, best known for his hits "Everlasting Love" and "She's a Bad Mama Jama (She's Built, She's Stacked)".
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Celtic music
Celtic music is a broad grouping of music genres that evolved out of the folk music traditions of the Celtic people of Northwestern Europe (the modern Celtic nations).
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Chaka Khan
Yvette Marie Stevens (born March 23, 1953), better known by her stage name Chaka Khan, is an American singer.
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Change of Heart (Cyndi Lauper song)
"Change of Heart" is a song by American singer and songwriter Cyndi Lauper, released on November 11, 1986 as the second single from her second album, True Colors (1986).
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Charlie Daniels
Charles Edward Daniels (October 28, 1936 – July 6, 2020) was an American singer, musician, and songwriter.
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Charly García
Carlos Alberto García Moreno (born October 23, 1951), better known by his stage name Charly García, is an Argentine singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, composer and record producer, considered one of the most important and avant-garde figures of Argentine and Latin American music.
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Chayanne
Elmer Figueroa Arce, better known under the stage name Chayanne, (born June 28, 1968) is a Puerto Rican Latin pop singer and actor.
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Cheryl Lynn
Cheryl Lynn (born Lynda Cheryl Smith; March 11, 1957) is an American singer and songwriter.
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Cheryl Wheeler
Cheryl Wheeler (born July 10, 1951) is a Massachusetts-based singer-songwriter of contemporary folk music.
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Chet Atkins
Chester Burton Atkins (June 20, 1924 – June 30, 2001), also known as "Mister Guitar" and "the Country Gentleman", was an American musician who, along with Owen Bradley and Bob Ferguson, helped create the Nashville sound, the country music style which expanded its appeal to adult pop music fans.
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Chicago
Chicago is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Illinois and in the Midwestern United States.
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Chicago (band)
Chicago is an American rock band formed in Chicago in 1967.
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Christopher Cross
Christopher Cross (born Christopher Charles Geppert; May 3, 1951) is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist from San Antonio, Texas.
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Cinderella (band)
Cinderella was an American rock band formed in the suburbs of Philadelphia in 1983.
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Classic country
Classic country is a music radio format that specializes in playing mainstream country and western music hits from past decades.
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Classix Nouveaux
Classix Nouveaux is an English new wave band.
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Cliff Burton
Clifford Lee Burton (February 10, 1962 – September 27, 1986) was an American musician who served as the bassist for the heavy metal band Metallica from 1982 until his death in 1986.
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Clint Black
Clint Patrick Black (born February 4, 1962) is an American country music singer, songwriter, musician, actor, and record producer.
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Club Nouveau
Club Nouveau is an American R&B group formed by record producer/performer Jay King in 1986 in Sacramento, California, following the breakup of the Timex Social Club.
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Coal Miner's Daughter (film)
Coal Miner's Daughter is a 1980 American biographical musical film directed by Michael Apted from a screenplay written by Tom Rickman.
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Coconut Rough
Coconut Rough were a short-lived New Zealand pop/new wave band formed in 1982.
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Computer Games (song)
"Computer Games" is a song by New Zealand band Mi-Sex, released in September 1979 in Australia and New Zealand as the second single from their debut studio album, Graffiti Crimes (1979).
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Conga (song)
"Conga" is a song by American band Miami Sound Machine, led by Gloria Estefan, released as the first single from their second English-language album, Primitive Love.
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Contemporary R&B
Contemporary R&B (or simply R&B) is a popular music genre that combines rhythm and blues with elements of pop, soul, funk, hip hop, and electronic music.
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Control (Janet Jackson album)
Control is the third studio album by American singer Janet Jackson, released on February 4, 1986, by A&M Records.
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Conway Twitty
Harold Lloyd Jenkins (September 1, 1933 – June 5, 1993), better known by his stage name Conway Twitty, was an American singer and songwriter.
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Corey Hart (singer)
Corey Mitchell Hart (born May 31, 1962) is a Canadian singer, musician and songwriter known for his hit singles "Sunglasses at Night", "Never Surrender" and "It Ain't Enough".
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Corporatization
Corporatization is the process of transforming and restructuring state assets, government agencies, public organizations, or municipal organizations into corporations.
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Country pop
Country pop (also known as urban cowboy) 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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Country rock
Country rock is a music genre that fuses rock and country.
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Crossover music
Crossover is a term applied to musical works or performers who appeal to different types of audiences.
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Crowded House
Crowded House are a rock band, formed in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, in 1985.
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Crystal Gayle
Brenda Gail Webb, known professionally as Crystal Gayle (b. January 9, 1951) is an American country music singer widely known for her 1977 hit "Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue".
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Cuba
Cuba, officially the Republic of Cuba, is an island country, comprising the island of Cuba, Isla de la Juventud, archipelagos, 4,195 islands and cays surrounding the main island.
Culture Club
Culture Club are an English new wave band formed in London in 1981.
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Cumbia
Cumbia refers to a number of musical rhythms and folk dance traditions of Latin America, generally involving musical and cultural elements from American Indigenous peoples, Europeans and enslaved Africans during colonial times.
Cyndi Lauper
Cynthia Ann Stephanie Lauper (born June 22, 1953) is an American singer, songwriter, actress, and activist.
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D.O.A. (band)
D.O.A. is a Canadian punk rock band from Vancouver.
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Dance music
Dance music is music composed specifically to facilitate or accompany dancing.
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Dance-pop
Dance-pop is a subgenre of pop music that originated in the late 1970s to early 1980s.
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Dancing on the Ceiling
Dancing on the Ceiling is the third solo studio album by American singer Lionel Richie, released on August 5, 1986.
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Danny Chan
Danny Chan Pak-Keung (7 September 1958 – 25 October 1993) was a Hong Kong singer, songwriter and actor.
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David Bowie
David Robert Jones (8 January 194710 January 2016), known professionally as David Bowie, was an English singer, songwriter, musician, and actor.
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David Lee Roth
David Lee Roth (born October 10, 1954) is an American rock singer.
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Dead Kennedys
Dead Kennedys are an American punk rock band that formed in San Francisco, California, in 1978.
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Dead or Alive (band)
Dead or Alive were an English pop band who released seven studio albums from 1984 to 2000.
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Death metal
Death metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal music.
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DeBarge
DeBarge was an American musical recording group composed of several members of the DeBarge family.
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Debbie Gibson
Deborah Ann Gibson (born August 31, 1970) is an American singer, songwriter, and actress.
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Debra Winger
Debra Lynn Winger (born May 16, 1955) is an American actress.
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Def Leppard
Def Leppard are an English rock band formed in 1976 in Sheffield.
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Deniece Williams
June Deniece Williams (née Chandler; born June 3, 1950) is an American singer.
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Depeche Mode
Depeche Mode are an English electronic music band formed in Basildon, Essex in 1980.
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Derrick May (musician)
Derrick May (born April 6, 1963), also known as Mayday and Is, is an American electronic musician from Belleville, Michigan, United States.
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Destruction (band)
Destruction is a German thrash metal band formed in 1982.
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Detroit
Detroit is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Michigan.
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Devil Inside (INXS song)
"Devil Inside" is a song by Australian rock band INXS.
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Devo
Devo (originally), often stylized as DEVO, is an American new wave band from Akron, Ohio, formed in 1973.
Diana Ross
Diana Ross (born March 26, 1944) is an American singer and actress.
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Digital recording
In digital recording, an audio or video signal is converted into a stream of discrete numbers representing the changes over time in air pressure for audio, or chroma and luminance values for video.
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Dinosaur Jr.
Dinosaur Jr. is an American rock band formed in Amherst, Massachusetts, in 1984.
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Dio (band)
Dio was an American heavy metal band formed in 1982 and led by vocalist Ronnie James Dio.
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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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Dischord Records
Dischord Records is a Washington, D.C.-based independent record label specializing in punk rock.
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Disco
Disco is a genre of dance music and a subculture that emerged in the late 1960s from the United States' urban nightlife scene.
Do Me, Baby
"Do Me, Baby" is a 1981 ballad performed by Prince, from his fourth album, Controversy.
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Do You Really Want to Hurt Me
"Do You Really Want to Hurt Me" is a song written and performed by English new wave band Culture Club.
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Dokken
Dokken is an American heavy metal band formed in Los Angeles in 1978.
Dolly Parton
Dolly Rebecca Parton (born January 19, 1946) is an American singer-songwriter, actress, and philanthropist, known primarily for her decades-long career in country music.
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Don Johnson
Don Wayne Johnson (born December 15, 1949) is an American actor.
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Don't Dream It's Over
"Don't Dream It's Over" is a song by rock band Crowded House, recorded for their 1986 self-titled debut studio album.
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Don't You Want Me
"Don't You Want Me" is a song by British synth-pop group the Human League (credited on the cover as the Human League 100).
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Donna Summer
Donna Adrian Gaines (December 31, 1948May 17, 2012), known professionally as Donna Summer, was an American singer and songwriter.
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Doom metal
Doom metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal music that typically uses slower tempos, low-tuned guitars and a much "thicker" or "heavier" sound than other heavy metal genres.
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Doug E. Fresh
Douglas Davis, known professionally as Doug E. Fresh, (born September 17, 1966) is a Barbados-born American rapper, record producer, and beatboxer, also known as the "Human Beat Box".
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Dunedin sound
The Dunedin sound was a musical and cultural movement in Dunedin, Otago, in the early 1980s.
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Duran Duran
Duran Duran are an English pop rock band formed in Birmingham in 1978 by singer Stephen Duffy, keyboardist Nick Rhodes and guitarist/bassist John Taylor.
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Dwight Yoakam
Dwight David Yoakam (born October 23, 1956) is an American country singer-songwriter, actor, and filmmaker.
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Eagles (band)
The Eagles are an American rock band formed in Los Angeles in 1971.
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Earth, Wind & Fire
Earth, Wind & Fire (EW&F or EWF) is an American band whose music spans the genres of jazz, R&B, soul, funk, disco, pop, Latin, and Afro-pop.
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Echo & the Bunnymen
Echo & the Bunnymen are an English rock band formed in Liverpool in 1978.
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Eddie Money
Edward Joseph Money (Mahoney; March 21, 1949September 13, 2019) was an American singer and songwriter who, in the 1970s and 1980s, had eleven Top 40 songs, including "Baby Hold On", "Two Tickets to Paradise", "Think I'm in Love", "Shakin'", "Take Me Home Tonight", "I Wanna Go Back", "Endless Nights", "Walk on Water", and "The Love in Your Eyes".
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Eddie Murphy
Edward Regan Murphy (born April 3, 1961) is an American comedian, actor, and singer.
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Eddie Rabbitt
Edward Thomas Rabbitt (November 27, 1941 – May 7, 1998) was an American country music singer and songwriter.
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Eddie Santiago
Eddie Santiago (born Eduardo Santiago Rodríguez, August 18, 1955) is a salsa singer from Puerto Rico.
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Eddy Arnold
Richard Edward Arnold (May 15, 1918 – May 8, 2008) was an American country music singer.
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Eddy Grant
Edmond Montague Grant (born 5 March 1948) is a Guyanese-British singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, known for his genre-blending sound and socially-conscious lyrics; his music has blended elements of pop, British rock, soul, funk, reggae, electronic music, African polyrhythms, and Latin music genres such as samba, among many others.
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El País
() is a Spanish-language daily newspaper in Spain.
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El Tri (band)
El Tri is a Mexican rock band from Mexico City fronted by Alex Lora.
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Electro (music)
Electro (or electro-funk).
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Electronic dance music
Electronic dance music (EDM), also referred to as club music, is a broad range of percussive electronic music genres originally made for nightclubs, raves, and festivals.
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Electronic music
Electronic music broadly is a group of music genres that employ electronic musical instruments, circuitry-based music technology and software, or general-purpose electronics (such as personal computers) in its creation. 1980s in music and electronic music are 20th century in music.
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Electronic musical instrument
An electronic musical instrument or electrophone is a musical instrument that produces sound using electronic circuitry.
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Elton John
Sir Elton Hercules John (born Reginald Kenneth Dwight; 25 March 1947) is a British singer, songwriter and pianist.
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Elvis Costello
Declan Patrick MacManus (born 25 August 1954), known professionally as Elvis Costello, is an English singer, songwriter, record producer, author and television presenter.
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Eminence Front
"Eminence Front" is a song by the Who, written and sung by lead guitarist Pete Townshend.
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Emmylou Harris
Emmylou Harris (born April 2, 1947) is an American singer, songwriter, musician, bandleader, and activist.
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Endless Love (song)
"Endless Love" is a song written by Lionel Richie and originally recorded as a duet between Richie and singer/actress Diana Ross.
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Engenheiros do Hawaii
Engenheiros do Hawaii ("Engineers from Hawaii" in English) was a Brazilian rock band formed in Porto Alegre in 1983 that achieved great popularity with their ironic, critically charged songs with heavily semantic lyrics often relying on wordplays.
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Enya
Eithne Pádraigín Ní Bhraonáin (born 17 May 1961) known mononymously as Enya, is an Irish composer and singer-songwriter.
EPMD
EPMD is an American hip hop duo from Brentwood, New York.
Erasure (duo)
Erasure is an English synth-pop duo formed in London in 1984, consisting of lead vocalist and songwriter Andy Bell with songwriter, producer and keyboardist Vince Clarke, previously co-founder of the band Depeche Mode and a member of synth-pop duo Yazoo.
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Eric B. & Rakim
Eric B. & Rakim were an American hip hop duo formed on Long Island, New York, in 1986, composed of DJ Eric B. and rapper Rakim.
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Ernest Tubb
Ernest Dale Tubb (February 9, 1914 – September 6, 1984), nicknamed the Texas Troubadour, was an American singer and songwriter and one of the pioneers of country music.
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Escapade (song)
"Escapade" is a song by American singer Janet Jackson from her fourth studio album, Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814 (1989).
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Eurodance
Eurodance (sometimes referred to as Euro-NRG, Euro-electronica or Euro) is a genre of electronic dance music that originated in the late 1980s in Europe.
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Eurodisco
Eurodisco (also spelled as Euro disco) is the variety of European forms of electronic dance music that evolved from disco in the middle 1970s, incorporating elements of pop and rock into a disco-like continuous dance atmosphere.
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Europe (band)
Europe is a Swedish rock band formed in Upplands Väsby in 1979, by lead vocalist Joey Tempest, guitarist John Norum, bassist Peter Olsson, and drummer Tony Reno.
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Eurythmics
Eurythmics were a British pop duo formed in 1980, consisting of Scottish vocalist Annie Lennox and English musician and producer Dave Stewart.
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Evelyn "Champagne" King
Evelyn "Champagne" King (born July 1, 1960) is an American singer, songwriter, and record producer.
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Everything I Own
"Everything I Own" is a song written by American singer-songwriter David Gates.
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Exile (American band)
Exile, formerly The Exiles, is an American band founded in Richmond, Kentucky, in 1963.
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Exodus (band)
Exodus is an American thrash metal band formed in 1979 in Richmond, California.
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Exposé (group)
Exposé is an American freestyle vocal group formed in 1984 in Miami, Florida.
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Faith (George Michael album)
Faith is the debut solo studio album by the English singer George Michael, released on 30 October 1987 by Columbia Records and Epic Records.
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Fania All-Stars
The Fania All-Stars is a musical group formed in 1968 as a showcase for the musicians on Fania Records, the leading salsa music record label of the time.
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Fanzine
A fanzine (blend of fan and magazine or -zine) is a non-professional and non-official publication produced by enthusiasts of a particular cultural phenomenon (such as a literary or musical genre) for the pleasure of others who share their interest.
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Farm team
In sports, a farm team, farm system, feeder team, feeder club, or nursery club is generally a team or club whose role is to provide experience and training for young players, with an agreement that any successful players can move on to a higher level at a given point, usually in an association with a major-level parent team.
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Fernando Villalona
Ramón Fernando Villalona Évora (born May 7, 1955), known professionally as Fernando Villalona, is a Dominican merengue singer.
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Fields of the Nephilim
Fields of the Nephilim are an English gothic rock band formed in Stevenage, Hertfordshire, in 1984.
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Fine Young Cannibals
Fine Young Cannibals (FYC) were an English pop rock band formed in Birmingham, England, in 1984 by former The Beat band bassist David Steele and guitarist Andy Cox with singer Roland Gift (formerly of the Akrylykz).
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Fito Páez
Rodolfo Páez, popularly known as Fito Páez (born 13 March 1963), is an Argentine popular rock and roll musician and filmmaker.
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Flans
Flans are an all-female Mexican music group, which enjoyed popularity from the mid-1980s to the early 1990s.
Flashdance... What a Feeling
"Flashdance...
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Folk music
Folk music is a music genre that includes traditional folk music and the contemporary genre that evolved from the former during the 20th-century folk revival.
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Fop
Fop became a pejorative term for a man excessively concerned with his appearance and clothes in 17th-century England.
Foreigner (band)
Foreigner is a British-American rock band formed in New York City in 1976 by guitarist Mick Jones, vocalist Lou Gramm, drummer Dennis Elliott, keyboardist Al Greenwood, bassist Ed Gagliardi and multi-instrumentalist Ian McDonald, the last of whom was also a founding member of King Crimson.
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Forever Your Girl
Forever Your Girl is the debut studio album by American singer Paula Abdul.
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Fort Payne, Alabama
Fort Payne is a city in and county seat of DeKalb County, in northeastern Alabama, United States.
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Frankie Goes to Hollywood
Frankie Goes to Hollywood were an English pop band that formed in Liverpool in 1980.
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Frankie Ruiz
José Antonio Torresola Ruiz better known as Frankie Ruiz (March 10, 1958 – August 9, 1998) was a Puerto Rican singer.
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Frankie Smith
Franklyn Leon Smith (January 29, 1940 – March 8, 2019) was an American funk musician and R&B/soul songwriter.
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Freddie Jackson
Frederick Anthony Jackson (born October 2, 1956) is an American singer.
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Freestyle music
Freestyle, or Latin freestyleKlanten, Robert (1995).
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Fruko y sus Tesos
Fruko y sus Tesos is a salsa group from Colombia that is popular in both Latin America and the United States.
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Funk
Funk is a music genre that originated in African-American communities in the mid-1960s when musicians created a rhythmic, danceable new form of music through a mixture of various music genres that were popular among African-Americans in the mid-20th century.
G.I.S.M.
was a Japanese punk metal band formed in Tokyo in 1981.
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Garth Brooks
Troyal Garth Brooks (born February 7, 1962) is an American country singer and songwriter.
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Gary Numan
Gary Anthony James Webb (born 8 March 1958), known professionally as Gary Numan, is an English musician.
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Geddy Lee
Geddy Lee Weinrib (born Gary Lee Weinrib, July 29, 1953) is a Canadian musician, best known as the lead vocalist, bassist, and keyboardist for the rock group Rush.
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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 Benson
George Washington Benson (born March 22, 1943) is an American jazz fusion guitarist, singer, and songwriter.
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George Jones
George Glenn Jones (September 12, 1931 – April 26, 2013) was an American country musician, singer, and songwriter.
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George Lynch (musician)
George Lynch (born September 28, 1954) is an American guitarist, best known for his work with the hard rock/heavy metal band Dokken and his post-Dokken solo band Lynch Mob.
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George Michael
George Michael (born Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou; 25 June 1963 – 25 December 2016) was an English singer-songwriter, record producer and philanthropist.
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George Strait
George Harvey Strait Sr. (born May 18, 1952) is an American country music singer, songwriter, actor, and music producer.
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George Thorogood
George Lawrence Thorogood (born February 24, 1950) is an American musician, singer and songwriter from Wilmington, Delaware.
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Girls Just Want to Have Fun
"Girls Just Want to Have Fun" is a single by the American singer-songwriter Cyndi Lauper, written by Robert Hazard.
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Glam metal
Glam metal (also known as hair metal or pop metal) is a subgenre of heavy metal that features pop-influenced hooks and guitar riffs, upbeat rock anthems, and slow power ballads.
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Glam rock
Glam rock is a style of rock music that developed in the United Kingdom in the early 1970s and was performed by male musicians who wore flamboyant and feminine clothing, makeup, and hairstyles, particularly platform shoes and glitter, and female musicians who wore masculine clothing.
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Gloria Estefan
Gloria María Milagrosa Estefan (née Fajardo García; born 1 September 1957) is a Cuban-American singer, actress, and businesswoman.
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Golden age hip hop
Golden age hip hop refers to mainstream hip hop music created from the mid or mid-late 1980s to the early or early-mid 1990s, particularly by artists and musicians originating from the New York metropolitan area.
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Goth subculture
Goth is a music-based subculture that began in the United Kingdom during the early 1980s.
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Gothic fashion
Gothic fashion is a clothing style worn by members of the goth subculture.
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Gothic rock
Gothic rock (also called goth rock or simply goth) is a style of rock music that emerged from post-punk in the United Kingdom in the late 1970s.
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Grammy Award for Best Mexican/Mexican-American Album
The Grammy Award for Best Mexican/Mexican-American Album was an award presented to recording artists for quality albums in the Mexican music genre at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards.
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Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five
Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five were an American hip hop group formed in the South Bronx of New York City in 1978.
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Grateful Dead
The Grateful Dead was an American rock band formed in 1965 in Palo Alto, California, known for their eclectic style that fused elements of rock, blues, jazz, folk, country, bluegrass, rock and roll, gospel, reggae, and world music with psychedelia.
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Green Day
Green Day is an American rock band formed in Rodeo, California in 1987 by lead vocalist and guitarist Billie Joe Armstrong and bassist and backing vocalist Mike Dirnt, with drummer Tré Cool joining in 1990.
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Grover Washington Jr.
Grover Washington Jr. (December 12, 1943 – December 17, 1999) was an American jazz-funk and soul-jazz saxophonist and Grammy Award winner.
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Grunge
Grunge (sometimes referred to as the Seattle sound) is an alternative rock genre and subculture which emerged during the in the U.S. state of Washington, particularly in Seattle and nearby towns.
Guitar Wolf
Guitar Wolf (Japanese: ギ タ ー ウ ル フ) is a Japanese garage rock power trio founded in Tokyo in 1987.
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Guns N' Roses
Guns N' Roses is an American hard rock band from Los Angeles, California, formed in March 1985 when local bands Hollywood Rose and L.A. Guns merged.
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Guy (band)
Guy is an American hip hop, R&B and soul group founded in 1987 by Teddy Riley, Aaron Hall, and Timmy Gatling.
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Hall & Oates
Daryl Hall & John Oates, commonly known as Hall & Oates, were an American rock duo formed in Philadelphia in 1970.
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Hank Williams Jr.
Randall Hank Williams (born May 26, 1949), known professionally as Hank Williams Jr. or Bocephus, is an American singer-songwriter and musician.
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Hard rock
Hard rock or heavy rock is a heavier subgenre of rock music typified by aggressive vocals and distorted electric guitars.
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Hardcore punk
Hardcore punk (commonly abbreviated to hardcore or hXc) is a punk rock subgenre and subculture that originated in the late 1970s.
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Have You Ever Been Lonely?
"Have You Ever Been Lonely? (Have You Ever Been Blue?)" is a popular song with music by Peter De Rose and lyrics by Billy Hill (writing under the name of George Brown), published in 1932.
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Hüsker Dü
Hüsker Dü was an American punk rock band formed in Saint Paul, Minnesota in 1979.
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He Stopped Loving Her Today
"He Stopped Loving Her Today" is a song recorded by American country music artist George Jones.
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Heart (band)
Heart is an American/Canadian rock band formed in 1973 in Vancouver, British Columbia.
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Heaven 17
Heaven 17 are an English synth-pop band formed in Sheffield in 1980.
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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 and United States.
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Hello (Lionel Richie song)
"Hello" is a song by American singer and songwriter Lionel Richie.
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Here I Go Again
"Here I Go Again" is a song by the British rock band Whitesnake.
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Hey Nineteen
"Hey Nineteen" is a song by the band Steely Dan from their album Gaucho (1980).
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Holding Out for a Hero
"Holding Out for a Hero" is a song recorded by Welsh singer Bonnie Tyler for the soundtrack to the 1984 film Footloose.
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Holly Dunn
Holly Suzette Dunn (August 22, 1957 – November 14, 2016) was an American country music singer and songwriter.
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Hot Country Songs
Hot Country Songs is a chart published weekly by ''Billboard'' magazine in the United States.
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House music
House is a genre of electronic dance music characterized by a repetitive four-on-the-floor beat and a typical tempo of 115–130 beats per minute.
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Howard Jones (British musician)
John Howard Jones (born 23 February 1955) is a British musician, singer and songwriter.
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Huey Lewis and the News
Huey Lewis and the News is an American rock band based in San Francisco, California.
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Hysteria (Def Leppard album)
Hysteria is the fourth studio album by English rock band Def Leppard, released on 3 August 1987, by Phonogram Records.
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I Feel for You
"I Feel for You" is a song written by American musician Prince that originally appeared on his 1979 self-titled album.
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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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Ice-T
Tracy Lauren Marrow (born February 16, 1958), better known by his stage name Ice-T (or Ice T), is an American rapper and actor.
Imagination (band)
Imagination were an English trio, who came to prominence in the early 1980s.
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In re
In re, Latin for, is a term with several different, but related meanings.
Indie pop
Indie pop (also typeset as indie-pop or indiepop) is a music genre and subculture that combines <!--- Source states "guitar pop" not "indie pop" or "pop rock"---->guitar pop with DIY ethic in opposition to the style and tone of mainstream pop music.
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Industrial rock
Industrial rock is a fusion genre that fuses industrial music and rock music.
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Intellectual property
Intellectual property (IP) is a category of property that includes intangible creations of the human intellect.
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INXS
INXS (a phonetic play on "in excess") were an Australian rock band, formed as the Farriss Brothers in 1977 in Sydney.
Ira!
Ira! (Portuguese for Anger! or Rage!, although the name was inspired by the Irish Republican Army) is a Brazilian rock band that was founded in São Paulo in the early 1980s.
Irene Cara
Irene Cara Escalera (March 18, 1959 – November 25, 2022) was an American singer and actress who rose to prominence for her role as Coco Hernandez in the 1980 musical film Fame, and for recording the film's title song "Fame", which reached No.
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Iron Maiden
Iron Maiden are an English heavy metal band formed in Leyton, East London, in 1975 by bassist and primary songwriter Steve Harris.
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Is This Love (Whitesnake song)
"Is This Love" is a song by British rock band Whitesnake.
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It's Like That (Run-D.M.C. song)
"It's Like That" is the debut single of American hip hop group Run-D.M.C., released in 1983 by Profile Records.
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Italo disco
Italo disco (variously capitalized, and sometimes hyphenated as Italo-disco) is a music genre which originated in Italy in the late 1970s and was mainly produced in the 1980s.
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James Brown
James Joseph Brown (May 3, 1933 – December 25, 2006) was an American singer, dancer and musician.
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James Ingram
James Edward Ingram (February 16, 1952 – January 29, 2019) was an American singer, songwriter and record producer.
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Jane's Addiction
Jane's Addiction is an American rock band from Los Angeles, formed in 1985.
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Janet Jackson
Janet Damita Jo Jackson (born May 16, 1966) is an American singer, songwriter, actress, and dancer.
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Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814
Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814 (also simply known as Rhythm Nation 1814) is the fourth studio album by American singer Janet Jackson, released on September 19, 1989, by A&M Records.
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Japan (band)
Japan were an English new wave band formed in 1974 in Catford, South London by David Sylvian (vocals, guitar, keyboards), Steve Jansen (drums) and Mick Karn (bass guitar), joined the following year by Richard Barbieri (keyboards) and Rob Dean (lead guitar).
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Japanese hardcore
Japanese hardcore is the hardcore punk scene in Japan, which originated to protest the social and economic changes sweeping the country in the 1980s.
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Japanese idol
An is a type of entertainer marketed for image, attractiveness, and personality in Japanese pop culture.
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Jason Becker
Jason Eli Becker (born July 22, 1969) is an American composer and guitarist.
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Jean-Michel Jarre
Jean-Michel André Jarre (born 24 August 1948) is a French composer, performer and record producer.
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Jeffrey Osborne
Jeffrey Linton Osborne (born March 9, 1948) is an American singer-songwriter, musician and lyricist.
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Jermaine Jackson
Jermaine La Jaune Jackson (born December 11, 1954) is an American singer, songwriter and bassist.
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Jim Reeves
James Travis Reeves (August 20, 1923July 31, 1964) was an American country and popular music singer and songwriter.
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Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis
James Samuel "Jimmy Jam" Harris III (born June 6, 1959) and Terry Steven Lewis (born November 24, 1956) are an American R&B/pop songwriting and record production team.
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Joan Jett
Joan Jett (born Joan Marie Larkin; September 22, 1958) is an American rock singer, guitarist, songwriter, record producer, and actress.
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Jody Watley
Jody Vanessa Watley (born January 30, 1959) is an American singer, songwriter and producer whose music crosses genres including pop, R&B, jazz, dance and electronic soul.
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Joe Cocker
John Robert "Joe" Cocker (20 May 1944 – 22 December 2014) was an English singer known for his gritty, bluesy voice and dynamic stage performances that featured expressive body movements.
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Joe Satriani
Joseph Satriani (born July 15, 1956)Prato, Greg.
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John Bonham
John Henry Bonham (31 May 1948 – 25 September 1980) was an English musician who was the drummer of the rock band Led Zeppelin.
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John Lennon
John Winston Ono Lennon (born John Winston Lennon; 9 October 19408 December 1980) was an English singer, songwriter and musician.
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John Mellencamp
John J. Mellencamp (born October 7, 1951), previously known as Johnny Cougar, John Cougar, and John Cougar Mellencamp, is an American singer-songwriter.
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John Parr
John Stephen Parr (born 18 November 1952) is an English musician, singer, and songwriter, best known for his 1985 single "St. Elmo's Fire (Man in Motion)", charting at number one in the US and number six in the UK and for his 1984 US number six rock single "Naughty Naughty".
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John Travolta
John Joseph Travolta (born February 18, 1954) is an American actor.
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John Waite
John Charles Waite (born 4 July 1952) is a British rock singer and musician.
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Johnny Lee (singer)
Johnny Lee (born John Lee Ham; July 3, 1946) is an American country music singer.
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Johnny Ventura
Juan de Dios Ventura Soriano (8 March 1940 – 28 July 2021), better known as Johnny Ventura nicknamed El Caballo Mayor, was a Dominican singer and band leader of merengue and salsa.
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José Alberto "El Canario"
José Alberto Justiniano (born December 22, 1958, in Villa Consuelo, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic), better known by his stage name José Alberto "El Canario", is a salsa singer from the Dominican Republic.
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José José
José Rómulo Sosa Ortiz (17 February 1948 – 28 September 2019), known professionally as José José, was a Mexican singer.
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José Luis Rodríguez (singer)
José Luis Rodríguez González, nicknamed El Puma (Cougar) (January 14, 1943), is a Venezuelan singer and actor who is known for having recorded many international super hits and participated in a handful of telenovelas.
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Journey (band)
Journey is an American rock band formed in San Francisco in 1973 by former members of Santana, the Steve Miller Band, and Frumious Bandersnatch.
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Joy Division
Joy Division were an English rock band formed in Salford in 1976.
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Juan Atkins
Juan Atkins (born September 12, 1962), also known as Model 500 and Infiniti, is an American record producer and DJ from Detroit, Michigan.
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Juan Gabriel
Alberto Aguilera Valadez (7 January 1950 – 28 August 2016), known professionally as Juan Gabriel, was a Mexican singer-songwriter and actor.
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Juan Luis Guerra
Juan Luis Guerra Seijas (born 7 June 1957) is a Dominican musician, singer, composer, and record producer.
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Judas Priest
Judas Priest are an English heavy metal band formed in Birmingham in 1969.
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K.d. lang
Kathryn Dawn Lang (born November 2, 1961), known by her stage name k.d. lang, is a Canadian pop and country singer-songwriter and occasional actress.
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Kajagoogoo
Kajagoogoo were a British new wave band, best known for their 1983 hit single "Too Shy", which reached No. 1 on the UK Singles Chart, and the top 10 in numerous other countries.
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Kano (band)
Kano was an Italo disco music project formed in Milan, Italy in 1979 by producers/musicians Luciano Ninzatti, Stefano Pulga and Matteo Bonsanto.
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Karla Bonoff
Karla Bonoff (born December 27, 1951) is an American singer-songwriter.
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Karma Chameleon
"Karma Chameleon" is a song by English band Culture Club, featured on the group's 1983 album Colour by Numbers.
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Kate Bush
Catherine Bush (born 30 July 1958) is an English singer, songwriter, record producer and dancer.
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Kathy Mattea
Kathleen Alice Mattea (born June 21, 1959) is an American country music and bluegrass singer.
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KC and the Sunshine Band
KC and the Sunshine Band is an American disco and funk band that was founded in 1973 in Hialeah, Florida.
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Keith Moon
Keith John Moon (23 August 1946 – 7 September 1978) was an English musician who was the drummer for the rock band the Who.
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Keith Sweat
Keith Douglas Sweat (born July 22, 1961) is an American singer and songwriter.
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Keith Whitley
Jackie Keith Whitley (July 1, 1954 – May 9, 1989) was an American country music singer and songwriter.
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Kenny Loggins
Kenneth Clark Loggins (born January 7, 1948) is an American singer, guitarist and songwriter.
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Kenny Rogers
Kenny Rogers (August 21, 1938 – March 20, 2020) was an American singer and songwriter.
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Kent Music Report
The Kent Music Report was a weekly record chart of Australian music singles and albums which was compiled by music historian David Kent from May 1974 through to January 1999.
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Kevin Saunderson
Kevin Maurice Saunderson (born September 5, 1964) is an American electronic dance music DJ and record producer.
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Kick (INXS album)
Kick is the sixth studio album by Australian rock band INXS, released on 19 October 1987 through WEA in Australia, Mercury Records in Europe, and Atlantic Records in the United States and Canada.
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Kid 'n Play
Kid 'n Play is an American hip-hop duo from New York City who were most popular in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
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Kid Abelha
Kid Abelha was a pop rock band from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, formed by Paula Toller (lead vocals), George Israel (sax, guitar and vocals) and Bruno Fortunato (acoustic and electric guitar).
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Kim Carnes
Kim Carnes (born July 20, 1945) is an American singer and songwriter born and raised in Los Angeles.
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Kim Wilde
Kim Wilde (born Kim Smith, 18 November 1960) is an English pop singer.
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Kiss (band)
Kiss (often styled as KISS) was an American rock band formed in New York City in 1973 by Paul Stanley (vocals, rhythm guitar), Gene Simmons (vocals, bass guitar), Ace Frehley (lead guitar, vocals) and Peter Criss (drums, vocals).
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Kiss (Prince song)
"Kiss" is a song composed, written, and produced by American musician Prince.
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Kiss You All Over
"Kiss You All Over" is a 1978 song performed by American group Exile, written by Mike Chapman and Nicky Chinn.
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Kokomo (song)
"Kokomo" is a song by the American rock band the Beach Boys from the 1988 film Cocktail and album Still Cruisin'.
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Kool & the Gang
Kool & the Gang is an American R&B, soul, and funk group formed in Jersey City, New Jersey in 1964.
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Kool Moe Dee
Mohandas Dewese (born August 8, 1962), better known by his stage name Kool Moe Dee, is an American rapper, songwriter and actor.
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Kraftwerk
Kraftwerk ("power plant") are a German electronic band formed in Düsseldorf in 1970 by Ralf Hütter and Florian Schneider.
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Kreator
Kreator is a German thrash metal band from Essen, formed in 1982.
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Kurtis Blow
Kurtis Walker (born August 9, 1959), professionally known by his stage name Kurtis Blow, is an American rapper, songwriter and record producer.
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Kylie Minogue
Kylie Ann Minogue (born 28 May 1968) is an Australian singer and actress.
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La Década Perdida
"La Década Perdida" ("The Lost Decade") of Latin America is a Spanish term used to describe the economic crisis suffered in Latin America during the 1980s, which continued for some countries into the 1990s.
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La India
Linda Bell Viera Caballero (born March 9, 1969), better known as La India, is a Puerto Rican singer and songwriter of salsa, house music and Latin pop.
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La Isla Bonita
"La Isla Bonita" (Spanish for "The Beautiful Island") is a song by American singer Madonna from her third studio album True Blue (1986).
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La Ley (band)
paren) were a Chilean rock band formed by Andrés Bobe, Rodrigo Aboitiz, Luciano Rojas and Mauricio Claveria with Beto Cuevas. The band has won one Grammy Award, two Latin Grammy Awards, three Lo Nuestro Awards and three Premios MTV Latinoamérica. La Ley has released eight studio albums, sixteen compilation albums, two EPs, thirty-one music videos, four video albums, one live album, one double format album, one soundtrack and thirty single albums.
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La Movida Madrileña
La Movida Madrileña (The Madrilenian Scene), also known as La Movida, was a countercultural movement that took place mainly in Madrid during the Spanish transition to democracy after the death of dictator Francisco Franco in 1975.
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Landscape (band)
Landscape were an English synth-pop band, best known for the 1981 hits "Einstein a Go-Go" and "Norman Bates".
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Laura Branigan
Laura Ann Branigan (July 3, 1952 – August 26, 2004) was an American singer.
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Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin were an English rock band formed in London in 1968.
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Legião Urbana
Legião Urbana (Portuguese for Urban Legion) was a Brazilian pop rock band formed in 1982 in Brasília, Distrito Federal.
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Les Claypool
Leslie Edward Claypool (born September 29, 1963) is an American rock musician, best known as the founder, lead singer, bassist, and primary songwriter of the band Primus since its formation in 1984.
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Leslie Cheung
Leslie Cheung Kwok-wing (12 September 1956 – 1 April 2003), born Cheung Fat-chung, was a Hong Kong singer and actor.
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Let's Dance (David Bowie song)
"Let's Dance" is a song by the English singer-songwriter David Bowie, originally included as the title track of his 1983 album of the same name.
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Lew DeWitt
Lewis Calvin DeWitt Jr. (March 12, 1938 – August 15, 1990) was an American country music singer, guitarist, and composer.
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Like a Prayer (album)
Like a Prayer is the fourth studio album by American singer-songwriter Madonna, released on March 21, 1989, by Sire Records.
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Like a Prayer (song)
"Like a Prayer" is a song by American singer Madonna from her 1989 fourth studio album of the same name.
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Like a Virgin (album)
Like a Virgin is the second studio album by American singer and songwriter Madonna, released on November 12, 1984, by Sire Records.
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Like a Virgin (song)
"Like a Virgin" is a song recorded by American singer Madonna from her second album of the same name.
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Lil Louis
Marvin Burns (born May 13, 1962), known by his stage name Li'l Louis (sometimes expanded to Li'l Louis & the World and Li'l Louis & the Party), is a Chicago-born house-music producer and DJ.
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Linda Clifford
Linda Clifford (born June 14, 1948) is an American R&B, disco and house music singer who scored hits from the 1970s to the 1980s, most notably "If My Friends Could See Me Now", "Bridge over Troubled Water", "Runaway Love" and "Red Light".
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Linda Ronstadt
Linda Maria Ronstadt (born July 15, 1946) is an American singer who performed and recorded in diverse genres including rock, country, light opera, the Great American Songbook, and Latin music.
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Lionel Richie
Lionel Brockman Richie Jr. (born June 20, 1949) is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, and television personality.
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Lionel Richie (album)
Lionel Richie is the debut solo studio album by American singer Lionel Richie, released on October 6, 1982, on Motown Records.
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Lipps Inc.
Lipps Inc. (a pun on the phrase "lip sync") was an American disco and funk group from Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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List of best-selling albums
This is a list of the world's best-selling albums of recorded music in physical mediums, such as vinyl, audio cassettes or compact discs.
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Listen Like Thieves
Listen Like Thieves is the fifth studio album by Australian rock band INXS.
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Lita Ford
Lita Rossana Ford (born September 19, 1958) is an American guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter.
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Live Aid
Live Aid was a multi-venue benefit concert and music-based fundraising initiative held on Saturday, 13 July 1985.
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LL Cool J
James Todd Smith (born January 14, 1968), known professionally as LL Cool J (short for Ladies Love Cool James), is an American rapper and actor.
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Lobão (musician)
João Luiz Woerdenbag Filho (born October 11, 1957), popularly known as Lobão ("Big Wolf", in reference to the Disney depiction of the Big Bad Wolf character), is a Brazilian singer-songwriter, composer, multi-instrumentalist, writer, publisher, television host and media personality.
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London Boys
London Boys were a British dance-pop duo based in Germany whose members were Edem Ephraim (1 July 1959, London, UK – 21 January 1996) and Dennis Fuller (19 June 1959, Jamaica – 21 January 1996).
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Loretta Lynn
Loretta Lynn (April 14, 1932 – October 4, 2022) was an American country music singer and songwriter.
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Lorrie Morgan
Loretta Lynn Morgan (born June 27, 1959) is an American country music singer and actress.
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Los Angeles
Los Angeles, often referred to by its initials L.A., is the most populous city in the U.S. state of California.
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Los Bukis
Los Bukis (English: the Bukis; buki meaning "kid" in the Yaqui language) are a Mexican grupero band.
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Los Chicos de Puerto Rico
Los Chicos (also known as Los Chicos de Puerto Rico) were a Puerto Rican boy band that was popular in Puerto Rico, South America and in Central America during the early to mid 1980s, which was created to rival Menudo's success.
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Los Jaivas
Los Jaivas is a Chilean musical group who perform in folk, rock, psychedelic, and progressive rock styles formed in 1963 in Viña Del Mar, Chile.
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Los Prisioneros
Los Prisioneros ("The Prisoners") were a Chilean rock band formed in San Miguel, Santiago, in 1982.
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Los Temerarios
Los Temerarios are a Mexican Grupera band from Fresnillo, Zacatecas, started in 1977 by brothers Adolfo Angel and Gustavo Angel and their cousin Fernando Angel.
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Los Tres
Los Tres also known as The Tr3s or The 3, is a Chilean rock band.
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Los Violadores
Los Violadores are a rock band from Argentina, pioneers of the punk rock genre in Latin America.
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Love and Rockets (band)
Love and Rockets are an English rock band formed in 1985 by former Bauhaus members Daniel Ash (vocals, guitar and saxophone), David J (bass guitar and vocals) and Kevin Haskins (drums and synthesisers) after that group split in 1983.
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Love Will Never Do (Without You)
"Love Will Never Do (Without You)" is a song by American singer Janet Jackson and was composed by songwriters and record producers Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis.
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Lucinda Williams
Lucinda Gayl Williams (born January 26, 1953) is an American singer-songwriter and a solo guitarist.
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Luis Alberto Spinetta
Luis Alberto Spinetta (23 January 1950 – 8 February 2012), nicknamed "El Flaco" (Spanish for "skinny"), was an Argentine singer, guitarist, composer, writer and poet.
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Luis Miguel
Luis Miguel Gallego Basteri (born 19 April 1970) is a Mexican singer and record producer.
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Lulu Santos
Lulu Santos, stage name of Luiz Maurício Pragana dos Santos (born May 4, 1953), is a Brazilian singer and guitarist.
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Luther Vandross
Luther Ronzoni Vandross Jr. (April 20, 1951 – July 1, 2005) was an American soul and R&B singer, songwriter, and record producer.
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Lynyrd Skynyrd
Lynyrd Skynyrd is an American Southern rock band formed in Jacksonville, Florida.
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Madness (band)
Madness are an English ska and pop band from Camden Town, north west London, who formed in 1976.
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Madonna
Madonna Louise Ciccone (born August 16, 1958) is an American singer, songwriter, and actress.
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Maldita Vecindad
La Maldita Vecindad y los Hijos del Quinto Patio (usually called only "La Maldita") is a band formed in Mexico City in 1985.
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Maná
Maná is a Mexican pop rock band formed in 1981.
Manic Monday
"Manic Monday" is a song by the American pop rock band the Bangles, which was the first single released from their second studio album, Different Light (1986).
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Maracanã Stadium
Maracanã Stadium (Estádio do Maracanã), officially named Jornalist Mário Filho Stadium (Portuguese: Estádio Jornalista Mario Filho), is an association football stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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Marina Lima
Marina Correia Lima (born September 17, 1955) is a Brazilian singer and songwriter.
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Mark Heard
John Mark Heard III (December 16, 1951 – August 16, 1992) was an American record producer, folk rock singer and songwriter from Macon, Georgia.
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Marty Robbins
Martin David Robinson (September 26, 1925 – December 8, 1982), known professionally as Marty Robbins, was an American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and NASCAR racing driver.
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Marvin Gaye
Marvin Pentz Gaye Jr. (April 2, 1939 – April 1, 1984) was an American soul and R&B singer, songwriter, and musician.
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Mary Chapin Carpenter
Mary Chapin Carpenter (born February 21, 1958) is an American country and folk music singer-songwriter.
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Matthew Wilder
Matthew Wilder (Weiner; January 24, 1953) is an American musician, singer, songwriter and record producer.
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Mötley Crüe
Mötley Crüe is an American heavy metal band formed in Hollywood, California, in 1981 by bassist Nikki Sixx and drummer Tommy Lee, with guitarist Mick Mars and lead vocalist Vince Neil joining right after.
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MC Hammer
Stanley Kirk Burrell (born March 30, 1962), better known by his stage name MC Hammer (or simply Hammer), is an American rapper, dancer, record producer and entrepreneur; known for hit songs such as "U Can't Touch This", "2 Legit 2 Quit" and "Pumps and a Bump", flashy dance movements, extravagant choreography and his eponymous Hammer pants.
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MC Lyte
Lana Michele Moorer (born October 11, 1970), better known by her stage name MC Lyte, is an American rapper.
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Megadeth
Megadeth is an American thrash metal band formed in Los Angeles in 1983 by vocalist/guitarist Dave Mustaine.
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Mel and Kim
Mel and Kim (stylized as MӗL & KIM) were an English pop duo, consisting of sisters Melanie and Kim Appleby.
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Melle Mel
Melvin Glover (born May 15, 1961), better known by his stage name Grandmaster Melle Mel or simply Melle Mel, is an American rapper who was the lead vocalist and songwriter of Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five.
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Melt-Banana
Melt-Banana is a Japanese noise rock band that is known for playing extremely fast noise rock and hardcore punk mixed with experimental, electronica and pop-based song structures.
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Men at Work
Men at Work are an Australian rock band formed in Melbourne in 1978 and best known for breakthrough hits such as "Down Under", "Who Can It Be Now?", "Be Good Johnny", "Overkill", and "It's a Mistake".
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Men Without Hats
Men Without Hats are a Canadian new wave and synth-pop band, originally from Montreal, Quebec.
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Menudo (group)
Menudo is a Puerto Rican boy band formed by producer Edgardo Díaz.
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Merengue music
Merengue is a type of music and dance originating in present day Dominican Republic which has become a very popular genre throughout Latin America, and also in several major cities in the United States with Latino communities.
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Merle Haggard
Merle Ronald Haggard (April 6, 1937 – April 6, 2016) was an American country music singer, songwriter, guitarist, and fiddler.
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Merle Travis
Merle Robert Travis (November 29, 1917 – October 20, 1983) was an American country and western singer, songwriter, and guitarist born in Rosewood, Kentucky, United States.
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Metallica
Metallica is an American heavy metal band.
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Mi-Sex
Mi-Sex (also styled as MiSex) is a New Zealand new wave band originally active from 1978 to 1986, and led for much of its existence by Steve Gilpin as vocalist, Kevin Stanton as guitarist and songwriter, Murray Burns as keyboardist and songwriter, and Don Martin as bassist.
Miami Sound Machine
Miami Sound Machine was an American Latin pop band of Latin-influenced music that featured the vocals of Cuban-born recording artist Gloria Estefan (née Fajardo).
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Michael McDonald (musician)
Michael H. McDonald (born February 12, 1952) is an American singer, keyboardist and songwriter known for his distinctive, soulful voice and as a member of Steely Dan (1973–1974), and the Doobie Brothers (1975–1982, 1987, 2019–present).
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Michael Sembello
Michael Andrew Sembello (born April 17, 1954) is an American singer, guitarist, keyboardist, songwriter, composer and producer from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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Michigan
Michigan is a state in the Great Lakes region of the Upper Midwest region of the United States.
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Midnight Oil
Midnight Oil (known informally as "The Oils") are an Australian rock band composed of Peter Garrett (vocals, harmonica), Rob Hirst (drums), Jim Moginie (guitar, keyboard) and Martin Rotsey (guitar).
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Midnight Star (band)
Midnight Star is an American musical group that had a string of hit records in the 1980s.
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Mike and the Mechanics
Mike and the Mechanics (stylised as Mike + The Mechanics) are an English rock supergroup formed in Dover in 1985 by Mike Rutherford, initially as a side project during a hiatus period for his other group Genesis.
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Mike Rutherford
Michael John Cloete Crawford Rutherford (born 2 October 1950) is an English guitarist, bassist and songwriter, best known as co-founder and lead guitarist/bassist of the rock band Genesis.
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Military dictatorship
A military dictatorship, or a military regime, is a type of dictatorship in which power is held by one or more military officers.
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Military dictatorship in Brazil
The military dictatorship in Brazil (ditadura militar), occasionally referred to as the Fifth Brazilian Republic, was established on 1 April 1964, after a coup d'état by the Brazilian Armed Forces, with support from the United States government, against president João Goulart.
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Ministry (band)
Ministry is an American industrial metal band founded in Chicago, Illinois, in 1981 by producer, singer, and instrumentalist Al Jourgensen.
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Minor Threat
Minor Threat was an American hardcore punk band, formed in 1980 in Washington, D.C., by vocalist Ian MacKaye and drummer Jeff Nelson.
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Miss You Much
"Miss You Much" is a song by American singer Janet Jackson.
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Modern Talking
Modern Talking was a German pop duo consisting of arranger, songwriter and producer Dieter Bohlen and singer Thomas Anders.
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Money for Nothing (song)
"Money for Nothing" is a song by British rock band Dire Straits, being the second track on their fifth studio album, Brothers in Arms (1985).
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Moral panic
A moral panic is a widespread feeling of fear that some evil person or thing threatens the values, interests, or well-being of a community or society.
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Morris Day
Morris E. Day (born December 13, 1957) is an American musician and songwriter.
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Motörhead
Motörhead were an English rock band formed in London in 1975 by bassist and lead vocalist Lemmy Kilmister, guitarist Larry Wallis and drummer Lucas Fox.
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MTV
MTV (originally an initialism of Music Television) is an American cable television channel.
Mudhoney
Mudhoney is an American rock band formed in Seattle, Washington, on January 1, 1988, following the demise of Green River.
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Murmur (album)
Murmur is the debut studio album by American alternative rock band R.E.M., released on April 12, 1983, by I.R.S. Records.
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Music Choice
Music Choice (abbreviated as MC) is an American television music service that digitally broadcasts audio-based music channels and video-related content to cable television providers in the United States.
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Music industry
The music industry refers to the individuals and organizations that earn money by writing songs and musical compositions, creating and selling recorded music and sheet music, presenting concerts, as well as the organizations that aid, train, represent and supply music creators.
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Music of Minnesota
The music of Minnesota began with the native rhythms and songs of Indigenous peoples, the first inhabitants of the lands which later became the U.S. state of Minnesota.
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Music recording certification
Music recording certification is a system of certifying that a music recording has shipped, sold, or streamed a certain number of units.
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Music video
A music video is a video that integrates a song or an album with imagery that is produced for promotional or musical artistic purposes.
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Musical Youth
Musical Youth are a British reggae band formed in 1979 in Birmingham, England.
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N.W.A
N.W.A (an abbreviation for Niggaz Wit Attitudes, eye dialect for Niggas With Attitudes) was an American hip hop group formed in Compton, California.
Nanci Griffith
Nanci Caroline Griffith (July 6, 1953 – August 13, 2021) was an American singer, guitarist, and songwriter.
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Narrative hook
A narrative hook (or just hook) is a literary technique in the opening of a story that "hooks" the reader's attention so that they will keep on reading.
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Need You Tonight
"Need You Tonight" is a song by the Australian rock band INXS, released as the first single from their 1987 album, Kick, as well as the fourth song on the album.
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Neil Diamond
Neil Leslie Diamond (born January 24, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter.
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Neil Finn
Neil Mullane Finn (born 27 May 1958) is a New Zealand singer-songwriter and musician.
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Neil Young
Neil Percival Young (born November 12, 1945) is a Canadian and American singer and songwriter.
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New Edition
New Edition is an American R&B/pop group from the Roxbury neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, formed in 1978 by singer/rapper Bobby Brown with Ralph Tresvant serving as the group's lead singer for over 40 years.
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New jack swing
New jack swing, new jack, or swingbeat is a fusion genre of the rhythms and production techniques of hip hop and dance-pop, and the urban contemporary sound of R&B.
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New Kids on the Block
New Kids on the Block (also initialized as NKOTB) is an American boy band from Dorchester, Massachusetts.
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New Order (band)
New Order are an English rock band formed in 1980 by vocalist and guitarist Bernard Sumner, bassist Peter Hook, and drummer Stephen Morris.
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New Romantic
New Romantic was an underground subculture movement that originated in the United Kingdom in the late 1970s.
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New Sensation
"New Sensation" is a song by Australian rock group INXS.
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New wave music
New wave is a music genre that encompasses pop-oriented styles from the 1970s through the 1980s.
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New wave of British heavy metal
The new wave of British heavy metal (commonly abbreviated as NWOBHM) was a nationwide musical movement that started in England in the mid-1970s and achieved international attention by the early 1980s.
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New York City
New York, often called New York City (to distinguish it from New York State) or NYC, is the most populous city in the United States.
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New York hardcore
New York hardcore (also known as NYHC) is both the hardcore punk music created in New York City and the subculture and lifestyle associated with that music.
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New-age music
New-age is a genre of music intended to create artistic inspiration, relaxation, and optimism.
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Newsweek
Newsweek is a weekly news magazine.
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Nine Inch Nails
Nine Inch Nails, commonly abbreviated as NIN, stylized as NIИ, is an American industrial rock band formed in Cleveland in 1988.
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Nirvana (band)
Nirvana was an American rock band formed in Aberdeen, Washington, in 1987.
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No Sleep 'til Hammersmith
No Sleep 'til Hammersmith is the first live album by English rock band Motörhead, released in June 1981 by Bronze Records.
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Noise rock
Noise rock (sometimes called noise punk) is a noise-oriented style of experimental rock that spun off from punk rock in the 1980s.
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Norteño (music)
Norteño or Norteña (northern), also música norteña, is a subgenre of regional Mexican music.
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Nothing Compares 2 U
"Nothing Compares 2 U" is a song written by the American musician Prince for his band the Family.
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Nueva canción
(European,; 'new song') is a left-wing social movement and musical genre in Latin America and the Iberian peninsula, characterized by folk-inspired styles and socially committed lyrics.
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Oakland Coliseum
Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum is a multi-purpose stadium in Oakland, California, United States.
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Olivia Newton-John
Dame Olivia Newton-John (26 September 1948 – 8 August 2022) was a British and Australian singer and actress.
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Operation Ivy (band)
Operation Ivy was an American punk rock band from Berkeley, California, formed in May 1987.
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Opus (Austrian band)
Opus was an Austrian pop-rock group formed in 1973 in Graz.
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Orange Juice (band)
Orange Juice were a Scottish jangle pop band founded in the Glasgow suburb of Bearsden as the Nu-Sonics in 1976.
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Orchestra
An orchestra is a large instrumental ensemble typical of classical music, which combines instruments from different families.
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Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (OMD) are an English electronic band formed in the Wirral, Merseyside, in 1978.
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Orquesta de la Luz
is a Japanese salsa band that was formed in 1984, and began performing and recording in 1989.
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Os Mutantes
Os Mutantes (The Mutants) are an influential Brazilian rock band that were linked with the Tropicália movement, a dissident musical movement during the Brazilian dictatorship of the late 1960s.
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Os Paralamas do Sucesso
Os Paralamas do Sucesso (also known simply as Paralamas) is a Brazilian rock band, formed in Seropédica, Rio de Janeiro, in the late 1970s.
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Overkill (band)
Overkill is an American thrash metal band, formed in 1980 in New Jersey.
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Ozzy Osbourne
John Michael "Ozzy" Osbourne (born 3 December 1948) is an English musician and media personality.
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Pablo Neruda
Pablo Neruda (born Ricardo Eliécer Neftalí Reyes Basoalto; 12 July 190423 September 1973) was a Chilean poet-diplomat and politician who won the 1971 Nobel Prize in Literature.
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Pagan Altar
Pagan Altar is an English doom metal band formed by Terry Jones and his son Alan in 1978 in the borough of Brockley in London.
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Paisley Underground
Paisley Underground is a musical genre that originated in California.
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Papa Don't Preach
"Papa Don't Preach" is a song by American singer Madonna from her third studio album, True Blue (1986).
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Pat Benatar
Patricia Mae Giraldo (Andrzejewski; formerly Benatar; born January 10, 1953) is an American singer and songwriter.
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Patrice Rushen
Patrice Louise Rushen (born September 30, 1954) is an American jazz pianist, R&B singer, record producer, multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, and music director.
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Patsy Cline
Patsy Cline (born Virginia Patterson Hensley; September 8, 1932 – March 5, 1963) was an American singer from the state of Virginia.
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Patti Smith
Patricia Lee Smith (born December 30, 1946) is an American singer, songwriter, poet, painter, author and photographer whose 1975 debut album Horses made her an influential member of the New York City-based punk rock movement.
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Paul Westerberg
Paul Harold Westerberg (born December 31, 1959) is an American musician, best known as the lead singer, guitarist, and songwriter for The Replacements.
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Paul Young
Paul Antony Young (born 17 January 1956) is an English musician, singer and songwriter.
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Paula Abdul
Paula Julie Abdul (born June 19, 1962) is an American singer, dancer, choreographer, actress, and television personality.
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Peabo Bryson
Robert Peapo "Peabo" Bryson (born April 13, 1951) is an American singer and songwriter.
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Peru
Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South America. It is bordered in the north by Ecuador and Colombia, in the east by Brazil, in the southeast by Bolivia, in the south by Chile, and in the south and west by the Pacific Ocean. Peru is a megadiverse country with habitats ranging from the arid plains of the Pacific coastal region in the west to the peaks of the Andes mountains extending from the north to the southeast of the country to the tropical Amazon basin rainforest in the east with the Amazon River.
Pet Shop Boys
Pet Shop Boys are an English synth-pop duo formed in London in 1981.
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Pete Burns
Peter Jozzeppi Burns (5 August 1959 – 23 October 2016) was an English singer, songwriter and television personality who formed the band Dead or Alive in 1980 during the new wave era and acted as the band's lead vocalist and principal songwriter.
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Peter Case
Peter Case (born April 5, 1954) is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist.
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Peter Gabriel
Peter Brian Gabriel (born 13 February 1950) is an English singer, songwriter and human rights activist.
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Phil Collins
Philip David Charles Collins (born 30 January 1951) is an English musician, singer, songwriter, record producer and actor.
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Physical (Olivia Newton-John song)
"Physical" is a song recorded by British-Australian singer Olivia Newton-John for her 1981 eleventh studio album of the same name.
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Pixies (band)
The Pixies are an American alternative rock band from Boston, Massachusetts formed in 1986 by Black Francis (vocals, rhythm guitar, songwriter), Joey Santiago (lead guitar), Kim Deal (bass, vocals) and David Lovering (drums).
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Poison (band)
Poison is an American glam metal band formed in 1983 in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania.
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Pop music
Pop music is a genre of popular music that originated in its modern form during the mid-1950s in the United States and the United Kingdom.
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Power metal
Power metal is a subgenre of heavy metal combining characteristics of traditional heavy metal with speed metal, often within a symphonic context.
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Primus (band)
Primus is an American rock band formed in El Sobrante, California in 1984.
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Prince (musician)
Prince Rogers Nelson (June 7, 1958April 21, 2016) was an American singer, multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, record producer, and actor.
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Public Enemy
Public Enemy is an American hip hop group formed by Chuck D and Flavor Flav on Long Island, New York, in 1985.
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Punk rock
Punk rock (also known as simply punk) is a music genre that emerged in the mid-1970s.
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Purple Rain (album)
Purple Rain is the sixth studio album by the American singer, songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist Prince.
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Purple Rain (song)
"Purple Rain" is a song by the American musician Prince and his backing band the Revolution.
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Puttin' On the Ritz
"Puttin' On the Ritz" is a song written by Irving Berlin.
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Queen (band)
Queen are a British rock band formed in London in 1970 by Freddie Mercury (lead vocals, piano), Brian May (guitar, vocals), and Roger Taylor (drums, vocals), later joined by John Deacon (bass).
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Quiet Riot
Quiet Riot is an American heavy metal band founded in Los Angeles in 1973 by guitarist Randy Rhoads and bassist Kelly Garni.
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Quiet storm
Quiet storm is a radio format and genre of R&B, performed in a smooth, romantic, jazz-influenced style.
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Rain Parade
The Rain Parade is a band that was originally active in the Paisley Underground scene in Los Angeles in the 1980s, and that reunited and resumed touring in 2012.
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Randy Rhoads
Randall William Rhoads (December 6, 1956 – March 19, 1982) was an American guitarist.
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Randy Travis
Randy Bruce Traywick (born May 4, 1959), known professionally as Randy Travis, is an American country music and gospel music singer and songwriter, as well as a film and television actor.
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Rapping
Rapping (also rhyming, flowing, spitting, emceeing or MCing) is an artistic form of vocal delivery and emotive expression that incorporates "rhyme, rhythmic speech, and street vernacular".
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Raul Seixas
Raul Santos Seixas (28 June 1945 – 21 August 1989) was a Brazilian rock musician foundational to the genre.
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Rave
A rave (from the verb: to rave) is a dance party at a warehouse, club, or other public or private venue, typically featuring performances by DJs playing electronic dance music.
Ray Parker Jr.
Ray Erskine Parker Jr. (born May 1, 1954) is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer.
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Ray Price (singer)
Noble Ray Price (January 12, 1926 – December 16, 2013) was an American country music singer, songwriter, and guitarist.
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Rádio Táxi
Rádio Táxi is a pop rock band from São Paulo, Brazil, who had a string of hit singles in the early/mid 80s.
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Real Life (band)
Real Life are an Australian new wave and synth-pop band that achieved international chart success with their 1983 singles "Send Me an Angel" and "Catch Me I'm Falling", both of which were taken from their debut studio album, Heartland (1983).
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Reba McEntire
Reba Nell McEntire (born March 28, 1955), or simply Reba, is an American country singer and actress.
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Record label
"Big Three" music labels A record label or record company is a brand or trademark of music recordings and music videos, or the company that owns it.
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Red Sovine
Woodrow Wilson "Red" Sovine (July 7, 1917 – April 4, 1980) was an American country music singer and songwriter associated with truck-driving country songs, particularly those recited as narratives but set to music.
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René & Angela
René & Angela were an American R&B duo consisting of musical artists and producers René Moore and Angela Winbush.
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REO Speedwagon
REO Speedwagon (originally stylized as R.E.O. Speedwagon), or simply REO, is an American rock band from Champaign, Illinois.
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Restless Heart
Restless Heart was an American country music band from Nashville, Tennessee.
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Rhythm and blues
Rhythm and blues, frequently abbreviated as R&B or R'n'B, is a genre of popular music that originated within African-American communities in the 1940s.
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Rhythm Nation
"Rhythm Nation" is a song by American singer Janet Jackson, released as the second single from her fourth studio album, Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814 (1989).
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Ricardo Montaner
Héctor Eduardo Reglero Montaner (born 8 September 1957), better known as Ricardo Montaner, is an Argentine-born Venezuelan singer.
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Rick Astley
Richard Paul Astley (born 6 February 1966) is an English singer.
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Rick James
James Ambrose Johnson Jr. (February 1, 1948 – August 6, 2004), better known by his stage name Rick James, was an American singer, songwriter and record producer.
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Rick Springfield
Richard Lewis Springthorpe (born 23 August 1949), known professionally as Rick Springfield, is an Australian-American musician and actor.
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Rickie Lee Jones
Rickie Lee Jones (born November 8, 1954) is an American singer, musician, and songwriter.
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Ricky Van Shelton
Ricky Van Shelton (born January 12, 1952) is an American retired country music singer.
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Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro, or simply Rio, is the capital of the state of Rio de Janeiro.
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Robert Christgau
Robert Thomas Christgau (born April 18, 1942) is an American music journalist and essayist.
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Robert Palmer
Robert Allen Palmer (19 January 1949 – 26 September 2003) was an English singer and songwriter.
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Rock en español
Spanish-language rock is a term used to refer to any kind of rock music featuring Spanish vocals.
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Rock in Rio
Rock in Rio is a biennial Brazilian multi-day music festival held at City of Rock in Rio de Janeiro.
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Rock music
Rock is a broad genre of popular music that originated as "rock and roll" in the United States in the late 1940s and early 1950s, developing into a range of different styles from the mid-1960s, particularly in the United States and the United Kingdom.
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Rockwell (musician)
Kennedy William Gordy (born March 15, 1964), better known by his stage name Rockwell, is an American singer.
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Rod Stewart
Sir Roderick David Stewart (born 10 January 1945) is a British rock and pop singer and songwriter.
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Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone is an American monthly magazine that focuses on music, politics, and popular culture.
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Romanticism
Romanticism (also known as the Romantic movement or Romantic era) was an artistic and intellectual movement that originated in Europe towards the end of the 18th century.
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Ron Hardy
Ron Hardy (May 8, 1958 – March 2, 1992) was an American, Chicago, Illinois-based DJ and record producer of early house music.
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Ronnie Milsap
Ronnie Lee Milsap (born Ronald Lee Millsaps; January 16, 1943) is an American country music singer and pianist.
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Rosario
Rosario is the largest city in the central Argentine province of Santa Fe.
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Roxanne (The Police song)
"Roxanne" is a song by British rock band the Police.
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Roxy Music
Roxy Music are an English rock band formed in 1970 by lead vocalist and principal songwriter Bryan Ferry and bassist Graham Simpson.
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Roy Orbison
Roy Kelton Orbison (April 23, 1936 – December 6, 1988) was an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist known for his distinctive and powerful voice, complex song structures, and dark, emotional ballads.
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RPM (band)
RPM ("Revoluções por Minuto", "Revolutions per Minute", in Brazilian Portuguese) is a Brazilian pop rock band.
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Rupert Holmes
Rupert Holmes (born David Goldstein; February 24, 1947) is a British-American composer, singer-songwriter, dramatist and author.
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Rush (band)
Rush was a Canadian rock band formed in Toronto in 1968 that primarily comprised Geddy Lee (vocals, bass guitar, keyboards), Alex Lifeson (guitar) and Neil Peart (drums, percussion).
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Sade (band)
Sade are an English band, formed in London in 1982 and named after their lead singer, Sade Adu.
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Sade (singer)
Helen Folasade Adu (Fọláṣadé Adú; born 16 January 1959), known professionally as Sade Adu or simply Sade, is a Nigerian-born British singer, known as the lead vocalist of her band Sade.
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Salsa music
Salsa music is a style of Caribbean music, combining elements of Cuban, Puerto Rican, and American influences.
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Salsa romántica
Salsa Romántica is a soft form of salsa music that emerged between the mid-1980s and early 1990s in New York City, Puerto Rico, and the Dominican Republic.
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Salt-N-Pepa
Salt-N-Pepa (sometimes stylized as Salt 'N' Pepa) is an American hip hop group formed in New York City in 1985, that comprised Salt (Cheryl James), Pepa (Sandra Denton), and DJ Spinderella (Deidra Roper).
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Sammy Hagar
Sam Roy Hagar (born October 13, 1947), also known as the Red Rocker, is an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist.
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Sasha Sokol
Sasha Sökol Cuillery (Mexico City, June 17, 1970), known during her childhood and adolescence as Sasha and, from 1997 onwards, as Sasha Sökol, is a Mexican singer, actress, songwriter and television presenter.
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Saving All My Love for You
"Saving All My Love for You" is a song written by Michael Masser and Gerry Goffin, originally recorded by Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis Jr. for their album Marilyn & Billy (1978).
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Saxon (band)
Saxon are an English heavy metal band formed in Barnsley in 1975.
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Schoolly D
Jesse Bonds Weaver Jr. (born June 22, 1962), better known by the stage name Schoolly D, is an American rapper from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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Scorpions (band)
Scorpions are a German hard rock band formed in Hanover in 1965 by guitarist Rudolf Schenker.
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Sepultura
Sepultura ("grave")Barcinski & Gomes 1999, page 17.
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Sergio George
Sergio George (born May 23, 1961) is an American pianist, arranger, and record producer, known for working with many famous performers of salsa music, although he has worked in other genres of the music industry as well.
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She Bop
"She Bop" is a song by American singer-songwriter Cyndi Lauper, released as the third single from her debut studio album, She's So Unusual (1983).
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She Works Hard for the Money
"She Works Hard for the Money" is a song by American singer Donna Summer and the title track from her eleventh studio album of the same name (1983).
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She's So Unusual
She's So Unusual is the debut studio album by American singer and songwriter Cyndi Lauper, released on October 14, 1983, by Portrait Records.
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Sheena Easton
Sheena Shirley Easton (born 27 April 1959) is a Scottish singer and actress who achieved recognition in an episode of the reality television series The Big Time: Pop Singer, which recorded her attempts to gain a record deal and her eventual signing with the EMI label.
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Sheila E.
Sheila Cecilia Escovedo (born December 12, 1957), known under the stage name Sheila E., is an American singer and drummer.
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Shonen Knife
Shonen Knife is a Japanese pop-punk band formed in Osaka in 1981.
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Shred guitar
Shred guitar is a virtuosic style of electric guitar performance.
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Sign o' the Times
Sign o' the Times (often stylized as Sign "☮︎" the Times) is the ninth studio album by the American singer, songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist Prince.
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Simon Reynolds
Simon Reynolds (born 19 June 1963) is an English music journalist and author who began his career at Melody Maker in the mid-1980s.
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Simple Minds
Simple Minds are a Scottish rock band formed in Glasgow in 1977.
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Simplemente Mujer
Simplemente Mujer: is a 1984 album by Vikki Carr that won a Grammy Award for Best Mexican-American Recording.
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Simply Irresistible (song)
"Simply Irresistible" is the first single released by English rock singer Robert Palmer from the 1988 studio album ''Heavy Nova''.
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Sinéad O'Connor
Shuhada' Sadaqat (born Sinéad Marie Bernadette O'Connor; 8 December 1966 – 26 July 2023) was an Irish singer, songwriter, and activist.
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Siouxsie and the Banshees
Siouxsie and the Banshees were a British rock band formed in London in 1976 by vocalist Siouxsie Sioux and bass guitarist Steven Severin.
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Sissy Spacek
Mary Elizabeth "Sissy" Spacek (born December 25, 1949) is an American actress.
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Slayer
Slayer is an American thrash metal band from Huntington Park, California, formed in 1981 by guitarists Kerry King and Jeff Hanneman, drummer Dave Lombardo and bassist/vocalist Tom Araya.
Slick Rick
Richard Martin Lloyd Walters (born January 14, 1965), better known as Slick Rick, is an English-American rapper and record producer.
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Slippery When Wet
Slippery When Wet is the third studio album by American rock band Bon Jovi, released on August 18, 1986, by Mercury Records in North America and Vertigo Records internationally.
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Smokey Robinson
William "Smokey" Robinson Jr. (born February 19, 1940) is an American R&B and soul singer, songwriter, record producer, and former record executive.
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Smooth jazz
Smooth jazz is a term used to describe commercially oriented crossover jazz music.
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Soda Stereo
Soda Stereo was an Argentine rock band formed in Buenos Aires in 1982.
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Sodom (band)
Sodom is a German thrash metal band from Gelsenkirchen, formed in 1981.
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Soft Cell
Soft Cell are an English synth-pop duo who came to prominence in the early 1980s.
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Soft rock
Soft rock (also known as light rock) is a form of rock music that originated in the late 1960s in Southern California and the United Kingdom which smoothed over the edges of singer-songwriter and pop rock, relying on simple, melodic songs with big, lush productions.
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Sonic Youth
Sonic Youth was an American rock band based in New York City and formed in 1981.
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Soul music
Soul music is a popular music genre that originated in the African-American community throughout the United States in the late 1950s and early 1960s.
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Soundtrack album
A soundtrack album is any album that incorporates music directly recorded from the soundtrack of a particular feature film or television show.
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Southern rock
Southern rock is a subgenre of rock music and a genre of Americana.
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Spandau Ballet
Spandau Ballet were an English pop band formed in Islington, London, in 1979.
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Speed metal
Speed metal is a subgenre of heavy metal music that originated in the late 1970s from new wave of British heavy metal (NWOBHM) roots.
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Split Enz
Split Enz were a New Zealand band formed in 1972.
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SST Records
SST Records is an American independent record label formed in 1978 in Long Beach, California by musician Greg Ginn.
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St Ives, New South Wales
St Ives is a suburb on the Upper North Shore of Sydney in the state of New South Wales, Australia 18 kilometres north of the Sydney Central Business District in the local government area of Ku-ring-gai Council.
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Stacey Q
Stacey Lynn Swain (born November 30, 1958), known by her stage name Stacey Q, is an American pop singer, songwriter, dancer and actress.
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Starship (band)
Starship is an American rock band from San Francisco, California.
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Steely Dan
Steely Dan is an American rock band formed in Annandale-on-Hudson, New York in 1971 by Walter Becker (guitars, bass, backing vocals) and Donald Fagen (keyboards, lead vocals).
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Stephanie Mills
Stephanie Mills (born March 22, 1957) is an American singer and songwriter.
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Steve Harris (musician)
Stephen Percy Harris (born 12 March 1956) is an English musician, best known as the bassist, keyboardist, backing vocalist, primary songwriter and founder/leader of heavy metal band Iron Maiden.
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Steve Miller Band
The Steve Miller Band is an American rock band formed in San Francisco, California in 1966.
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Steve Perry
Stephen Ray Perry (born January 22, 1949) is an American singer and songwriter.
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Steve Vai
Steven Siro Vai (born June 6, 1960) is an American guitarist, songwriter, and producer.
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Steve Wariner
Steven Noel Wariner (born December 25, 1954) is an American country music singer, songwriter, and guitarist.
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Steve Winwood
Stephen Lawrence Winwood (born 12 May 1948) is an English musician and songwriter whose genres include blue-eyed soul, rhythm and blues, blues rock and pop rock.
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Stevie Nicks
Stephanie Lynn Nicks (born May 26, 1948) is an American singer-songwriter known for her work with the band Fleetwood Mac and as a solo artist.
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Stevie Ray Vaughan
Stephen Ray Vaughan (also known as SRV; October 3, 1954 – August 27, 1990) was an American musician, best known as the guitarist and frontman of the blues rock trio Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble.
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Stevie Wonder
Stevland Hardaway Morris (Judkins; born May 13, 1950), known professionally as Stevie Wonder, is an American singer-songwriter, musician, and record producer.
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Sting (musician)
Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner (born 2 October 1951), known professionally as Sting, is an English musician, activist and actor.
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Styx (band)
Styx is an American rock band formed in Chicago, Illinois, in 1972.
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Subculture
A subculture is a group of people within a cultural society that differentiates itself from the conservative and standard values to which it belongs, often maintaining some of its founding principles.
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Sugar Walls
"Sugar Walls" is the second single from Sheena Easton's 1984 album A Private Heaven.
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Suicidal Tendencies
Suicidal Tendencies is an American crossover thrash band formed in 1980 in Venice, California, by vocalist Mike Muir.
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Suzanne Vega
Suzanne Nadine Vega (Peck; born July 11, 1959) is an American singer-songwriter of folk-inspired music.
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Swans (band)
Swans are an American experimental rock band formed in 1982 by singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Michael Gira.
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Synth-pop
Synth-pop (short for synthesizer pop; also called techno-pop) is a music genre that first became prominent in the late 1970s and features the synthesizer as the dominant musical instrument.
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Synthesizer
A synthesizer (also synthesiser, or simply synth) is an electronic musical instrument that generates audio signals.
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T. G. Sheppard
William Neal Browder (born July 20, 1944) is an American country music singer-songwriter, known professionally as T. G. Sheppard.
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Taco (musician)
Taco Ockerse (born 21 July 1955), known mononymously as Taco, is an Indonesian-born Dutch musician and entertainer who started his career in Germany.
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Talk Talk
Talk Talk were an English band formed in 1981, led by Mark Hollis (vocals, guitar, piano), Lee Harris (drums), and Paul Webb (bass).
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Tammy Wynette
Tammy Wynette (born Virginia Wynette Pugh; May 5, 1942 – April 6, 1998) was an American country music singer and songwriter, considered among the genre's most influential and successful artists.
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Tangerine Dream
Tangerine Dream is a German electronic music band founded in 1967 by Edgar Froese.
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Tankard (band)
Tankard is a German thrash metal band from Frankfurt, founded in 1982.
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Tatsuro Yamashita
, occasionally referred to as Tatsu Yamashita or Tats Yamashita, is a Japanese singer-songwriter and record producer, who is known for pioneering the city pop style of music.
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Taylor Dayne
Taylor Dayne (born Leslie Wunderman; March 7, 1962) is an American singer.
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Tears for Fears
Tears for Fears are an English pop rock band formed in Bath in 1981 by Curt Smith and Roland Orzabal.
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Teddy Pendergrass
Theodore DeReese Pendergrass (March 26, 1950 – January 13, 2010) was an American soul and R&B singer-songwriter.
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Teddy Riley
Edward Theodore Riley (born October 8, 1967) is an American record producer, singer, and songwriter credited with the creation of the R&B and hip hop fusion genre new jack swing.
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Teen pop
Teen pop is a subgenre of pop music that is created, marketed and oriented towards preteens and teenagers. 1980s in music and teen pop are 20th century in music.
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Tejano music
Tejano music (música tejana), also known as Tex-Mex music, is a popular music style fusing Mexican and US influences.
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Telex (band)
Telex was a Belgian synth-pop group formed in 1978 by Marc Moulin, Dan Lacksman and Michel Moers, with the intention of "making something really European, different from rock, without guitar—and the idea was electronic music".
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Temple of Low Men
Temple of Low Men is the second studio album by New Zealand-Australian rock band Crowded House, released by Capitol Records on 5 July 1988.
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Terence Trent D'Arby
Sananda Francesco Maitreya (born Terence Trent Howard; March 15, 1962), who started his career with the stage name Terence Trent D'Arby, is an American singer and songwriter who came to fame with his debut studio album, Introducing the Hardline According to Terence Trent D'Arby (1987).
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Testament (band)
Testament is an American heavy metal band from Berkeley, California.
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Tex Williams
Sollie Paul "Tex" Williams (August 23, 1917 – October 11, 1985) was an American Western swing musician.
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The B-52s
The B-52s, originally presented as the B-52's (with an apostrophe; used until 2008), are an American new wave band formed in Athens, Georgia, in 1976.
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The Bangles
The Bangles are an American all-female pop rock band formed in Los Angeles, California, in 1981.
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The Beach Boys
The Beach Boys are an American rock band formed in Hawthorne, California, in 1961.
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The Bellamy Brothers
The Bellamy Brothers are an American pop and country music duo consisting of brothers David Milton Bellamy (born September 16, 1950) and Homer Howard Bellamy (born February 2, 1946), from Dade City, Florida.
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The Brothers Johnson
The Brothers Johnson were an American funk and R&B band consisting of the American brothers George ("Lightnin' Licks") and Louis E. Johnson ("Thunder Thumbs").
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The Chills
The Chills are a New Zealand rock band that formed in Dunedin in 1980.
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The Church (band)
The Church are an Australian rock band formed in Sydney in 1980.
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The Clean
The Clean was a New Zealand indie rock band formed in Dunedin in 1978.
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The Crocodiles
The Crocodiles were a New Zealand pop/new wave band formed in 1979 with lead singer Jenny Morris, who went on to commercial success as a solo artist in Australia; and later included drummer Barton Price, who subsequently joined Sardine v and then Models.
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The Cure
The Cure are an English rock band formed in 1978 in Crawley, West Sussex.
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The Devil Went Down to Georgia
"The Devil Went Down to Georgia" is a song written and recorded by American music group Charlie Daniels Band and released on their 1979 album Million Mile Reflections.
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The Fall (band)
The Fall were an English post-punk group, formed in 1976 in Prestwich, Greater Manchester.
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The Fat Boys
The Fat Boys were an American hip hop trio from Brooklyn, New York, who emerged in the early 1980s.
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The Feelies
The Feelies are an American rock band from Haledon, New Jersey.
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The Fixx
The Fixx are a rock band from London, England, founded in 1979.
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The Gap Band
The Gap Band was an American R&B and funk band that rose to fame during the 1970s and 1980s.
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The Glamorous Life
"The Glamorous Life" is a song written by Prince, recorded by American percussionist Sheila E. and produced by both.
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The Go-Go's
The Go-Go's were an American all-female rock band formed in Los Angeles in 1978.
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The Goonies 'R' Good Enough
"The Goonies 'R' Good Enough" is a song by American pop singer Cyndi Lauper.
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The Human League
The Human League is an English synth-pop band formed in Sheffield in 1977.
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The Jesus and Mary Chain
The Jesus and Mary Chain are a Scottish alternative rock band formed in East Kilbride in 1983.
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The Jets (Minnesota band)
The Jets are a Tongan American family music group from Robbinsdale, a suburb of Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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The Judds
The Judds were an American country music duo composed of lead vocalist Wynonna Judd and her mother, Naomi Judd.
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The Kinks
The Kinks were an English rock band formed in London in 1963 by brothers Ray and Dave Davies.
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The Loco-Motion
"The Loco-Motion" (or "Locomotion") is a 1962 pop song written by American songwriters Gerry Goffin and Carole King.
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The Message (Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five song)
"The Message" is a song by Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five.
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The Miracle (album)
The Miracle is the thirteenth studio album by the British rock band Queen, released on 22 May 1989 by Parlophone Records and Capitol Records in both the United Kingdom and the U.S. respectively, where it was the band's third and final studio album to be released on latter label, and their first studio album on the former label.
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The Oak Ridge Boys
The Oak Ridge Boys are an American country and gospel vocal quartet originating in Oak Ridge, Tennessee.
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The Pointer Sisters
The Pointer Sisters are an American girl group from Oakland, California, who achieved mainstream success during the 1970s and 1980s.
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The Police
The Police were an English rock band formed in London in 1977.
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The Pop Group
The Pop Group are an English rock band formed in Bristol in 1977 by vocalist Mark Stewart, guitarist John Waddington, bassist Simon Underwood, guitarist/saxophonist Gareth Sager, and drummer Bruce Smith.
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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 Reflex
"The Reflex" is the eleventh single by English new wave band Duran Duran, released in 1984.
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The Replacements (band)
The Replacements were an American rock band formed in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in 1979.
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The Rolling Stones
The Rolling Stones are an English rock band formed in London in 1962.
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The Runaways
The Runaways were an American female rock band who recorded and performed from 1975 to 1979.
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The S.O.S. Band
The S.O.S. Band (sometimes written as S.O.S. Band; abbreviation for Sounds of Success) is an American R&B and electro-funk group who gained fame in the 1980s.
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The Sisters of Mercy
The Sisters of Mercy are an English rock band formed in Leeds in 1980.
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The Smiths
The Smiths were an English rock band formed in Manchester in 1982, composed of Morrissey (vocals), Johnny Marr (guitar), Andy Rourke (bass) and Mike Joyce (drums).
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The Stalin
were a Japanese punk rock band formed in June 1980, by leader and vocalist Michiro Endo.
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The Statler Brothers
The Statler Brothers (sometimes simply referred to as The Statlers) were an American country music, gospel, and vocal group from Staunton, Virginia.
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The Sugarhill Gang
The Sugarhill Gang is an American hip hop group formed in Englewood, New Jersey in 1979.
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The Swingers
The Swingers were a New Zealand rock band who were together from 1979 to 1982 and whose biggest single was the song "Counting the Beat".
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The Teardrop Explodes
The Teardrop Explodes were an English post-punk/neo-psychedelic band formed in Liverpool in 1978.
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The Time (band)
The Time, also known as Morris Day and the Time and The Original 7ven, is an American funk rock band founded in Minneapolis in 1981.
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The Triffids
The Triffids were an Australian alternative rock and pop band, formed in Perth in Western Australia in May 1978 with David McComb as singer-songwriter, guitarist, bass guitarist and keyboardist.
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The Weather Girls
The Weather Girls are an American female duo whose best-known line-up comprised Martha Wash and Izora Armstead.
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The Whispers
The Whispers are an American vocal group from Los Angeles, California.
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The Who
The Who are an English rock band formed in London in 1964.
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They Might Be Giants
They Might Be Giants, often abbreviated as TMBG, is an American alternative rock band formed in 1982 by John Flansburgh and John Linnell.
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Thomas Dolby
Thomas Morgan Robertson (born 14 October 1958), known by the stage name Thomas Dolby, is an English musician, producer, composer, entrepreneur and teacher.
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Thompson Twins
Thompson Twins were a British pop band, formed in 1977 in Sheffield.
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Thrash metal
Thrash metal (or simply thrash) is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal music characterized by its overall aggression and fast tempo.
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Thriller (album)
Thriller is the sixth studio album by the American singer and songwriter Michael Jackson, released on November 29, 1982, by Epic Records.
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Tiffany Darwish
Tiffany Renee Darwish (born October 2, 1971), known mononymously as Tiffany, is an American pop singer.
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Timbiriche
Timbiriche (also known for a brief time as La Banda Timbiriche) was a Mexican pop music group.
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Time After Time (Cyndi Lauper song)
"Time After Time" is a song by American singer Cyndi Lauper from her debut studio album, She's So Unusual (1983).
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Tina Turner
Tina Turner (born Anna Mae Bullock; November 26, 1939 – May 24, 2023) was a singer, songwriter, and actress.
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Titãs
Titãs are a Brazilian rock band from São Paulo.
Tito Nieves
Humberto "Tito" Nieves (born June 4, 1958; also known as "El Pavarotti de la Salsa") is a Puerto Rican musician who became one of the leading salsa singers of the 1980s and the early 1990s.
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Tom Jones (singer)
Sir Thomas Jones Woodward (born 7 June 1940), known professionally as Tom Jones, is a Welsh singer.
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Tom Petty
Thomas Earl Petty (October 20, 1950October 2, 2017) was an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist.
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Tonga
Tonga, officially the Kingdom of Tonga (Puleʻanga Fakatuʻi ʻo Tonga), is an island country in Polynesia, part of Oceania.
Tori Amos
Tori Amos (born Myra Ellen Amos; August 22, 1963) is an American singer-songwriter and pianist.
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Total Eclipse of the Heart
"Total Eclipse of the Heart" is the lead single by Welsh singer Bonnie Tyler from her fifth studio album, Faster Than the Speed of Night (1983) written and produced by Jim Steinman and recorded in 1982, released as a single by CBS/Columbia in 1983.
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Touch and Go Records
Touch and Go Records is an American independent record label based in Chicago, Illinois.
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Touch of Grey
"Touch of Grey" is a 1987 single by the Grateful Dead, and is from the album In the Dark.
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Tracy Chapman
Tracy Chapman (born March 30, 1964) is an American singer-songwriter, widely known for her hit singles "Fast Car" (1988) and "Give Me One Reason" (1995).
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Travis Tritt
James Travis Tritt (born February 9, 1963) is an American country singer.
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Trio (1987 album)
Trio is a collaborative album by American singers Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt, and Emmylou Harris.
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True Blue (Madonna album)
True Blue is the third studio album by American singer-songwriter Madonna, released on June 30, 1986, by Sire Records.
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True Colors (Cyndi Lauper album)
True Colors is the second studio album by American singer Cyndi Lauper, released on September 15, 1986, by Portrait Records.
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True Colors (Cyndi Lauper song)
"True Colors" is a number one hit song written by American songwriters Billy Steinberg and Tom Kelly.
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True Colours (Split Enz album)
True Colours is the sixth studio album released by New Zealand band Split Enz, and was their first major commercial success.
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Turntablism
Turntablism is the art of manipulating sounds and creating new music, sound effects, mixes and other creative sounds and beats, typically by using two or more turntables and a cross fader-equipped DJ mixer.
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Twin/Tone Records
Twin/Tone Records was an independent record label based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, which operated from 1977 until 1994.
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Twisted Sister
Twisted Sister was an American heavy metal band formed in 1972, originally from Ho-Ho-Kus, New Jersey, and later based on Long Island, New York.
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U Got the Look
"U Got the Look" is a song by American musician Prince.
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U2
U2 are an Irish rock band formed in Dublin in 1976.
UB40
UB40 are an English reggae and pop band, formed in December 1978 in Birmingham, England.
Ultravox
Ultravox (earlier styled as Ultravox!) were a British new wave band, formed in London in April 1974 as Tiger Lily.
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Unconditional Love (Donna Summer song)
"Unconditional Love" is the second single from Donna Summer's eleventh studio album, She Works Hard for the Money (1983).
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Underground music
Underground music is music with practices perceived as outside, or somehow opposed to, mainstream popular music culture.
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UNESCO Courier
UNESCO Courier is the main magazine published by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
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Upside Down (Diana Ross song)
"Upside Down" is a song written and produced by Chic members Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards.
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Urban contemporary music
Urban contemporary music, also known as urban music, hip hop, urban pop, or just simply urban, is a music radio format.
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Urban Cowboy
Urban Cowboy is a 1980 American romantic Western film directed by James Bridges.
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Val Young
Valaria Marie Young (born June 13, 1958) is an American recording artist from Detroit, Michigan, who achieved success during the 1980s.
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Van Halen
Van Halen was an American rock band formed in Pasadena, California, in 1973.
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Vanity 6
Vanity 6 was an American female vocal trio that gained popularity in the early 1980s.
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Venom (band)
Venom are an English heavy metal band formed in Newcastle upon Tyne in 1978.
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Vikki Carr
Florencia Vicenta de Casillas-Martínez Cardona (born July 19, 1940), known by her stage name Vikki Carr, is an American vocalist.
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Violent Femmes
Violent Femmes are an American folk punk band from Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
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Visage (band)
Visage were a British synth-pop band formed in London in 1978.
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Visual kei
, abbreviated, is a category of Japanese musicians that have a strong focus on extravagant stage costumes that originated in Japan during the early 1980s.
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Vocal percussion
Vocal percussion is the art of creating sounds with one's mouth that approximate, imitate, or otherwise serve the same purpose as a percussion instrument, whether in a group of singers, an instrumental ensemble, or solo.
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Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go
"Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go" is a song by English pop duo Wham!, first released as a single in the UK on 14 May 1984.
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Warren Zevon
Warren William Zevon (January 24, 1947 – September 7, 2003) was an American rock singer and songwriter.
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Watermark (Enya album)
Watermark is the second studio album by Irish singer, songwriter and musician Enya, released on 19 September 1988 by WEA.
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Waylon Jennings
Waylon Arnold Jennings (June 15, 1937 – February 13, 2002) was an American singer, songwriter, musician, and actor.
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Wembley Stadium (1923)
The original Wembley Stadium (originally known as the Empire Stadium) was a football stadium in Wembley, London, best known for hosting important football matches.
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Wendy & Lisa
Wendy & Lisa (briefly known as Girl Bros.) is a music duo consisting of Wendy Melvoin and Lisa Coleman.
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Wesleyan University Press
Wesleyan University Press is a university press that is part of Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut.
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Wham!
Wham! (briefly known in the US as Wham! UK) were an English pop duo formed in Bushey in 1981 consisting of George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley.
What's Love Got to Do with It (song)
"What's Love Got to Do with It" is a song written by Graham Lyle and Terry Britten, and recorded by Tina Turner for her fifth studio album, Private Dancer (1984).
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Where Do Broken Hearts Go
"Where Do Broken Hearts Go" is a song recorded by American singer Whitney Houston for her second studio album, Whitney (1987).
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Whitesnake
Whitesnake are an English hard rock band formed in London in 1978.
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Whitney (album)
Whitney is the second studio album by American singer Whitney Houston, released on June 2, 1987, by Arista Records as the follow-up to her debut album.
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Whitney Houston
Whitney Elizabeth Houston (August 9, 1963 – February 11, 2012) was an American singer, actress, film producer, and philanthropist.
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Whitney Houston (album)
Whitney Houston is the debut studio album by American singer Whitney Houston.
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Whodini
Whodini is an American hip hop group that was formed in 1982.
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Wilfrido Vargas
Wilfrido Radamés Vargas Martínez (born April 24, 1949, in Altamira, Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic) is a band leader, trumpeter, vocalist, arranger, composer and producer who was instrumental in making the merengue style a worldwide phenomenon.
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Willie Nelson
Willie Hugh Nelson (born April 29, 1933) is an American country singer, guitarist and songwriter.
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Witchfinder General (band)
Witchfinder General was an English heavy metal band from Stourbridge.
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World music
"World music" is an English phrase for styles of music from non-Western countries, including quasi-traditional, intercultural, and traditional music.
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Wreckx-n-Effect
Wreckx-n-Effect (originally Wrecks-n-Effect) is an American new jack swing group from Harlem, New York City most known for their No.
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WVAZ
WVAZ (102.7 FM, "V103") is an urban adult contemporary radio station serving the Chicago metropolitan area and Northwest Indiana.
Wynn Stewart
Winford Lindsey "Wynn" Stewart (June 7, 1934 – July 17, 1985) was an American country music singer and songwriter.
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X Japan
is a Japanese rock band from Chiba, formed in 1982 by drummer and pianist Yoshiki and lead vocalist Toshi.
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Yazoo (band)
Yazoo (known as Yaz in North America) were an English synth-pop duo from Basildon, Essex, consisting of former Depeche Mode member Vince Clarke (keyboards) and Alison Moyet (vocals).
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Yellow Magic Orchestra
Yellow Magic Orchestra (abbreviated to YMO) was a Japanese electronic music band formed in Tokyo in 1978 by Haruomi Hosono (bass, keyboards, vocals), Yukihiro Takahashi (drums, lead vocals, occasional keyboards) and Ryuichi Sakamoto (keyboards, vocals).
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Yngwie Malmsteen
Yngwie Johan Malmsteen (born Lars Johan Yngve Lannerbäck); born 30 June 1963) is a Swedish guitarist. He first became known in the 1980s for his neoclassical playing style in heavy metal, and has released 22 studio albums in a career spanning over 40 years. In August 2009, ''Time'' magazine named Malmsteen No.
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You Better You Bet
"You Better You Bet" is a song by British rock band The Who, appearing as the first track on their 1981 album Face Dances.
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You Win Again (Bee Gees song)
"You Win Again" is a song written by Barry, Robin and Maurice Gibb and performed by the Bee Gees.
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Zeni Geva
Zeni Geva is a Japanese noise rock band featuring singer and guitarist KK Null and drummer Tatsuya Yoshida.
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ZZ Top
ZZ Top is an American rock band formed in Houston, Texas, in 1969.
1980 in music
This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1980. 1980s in music and 1980 in music are 20th century in music.
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1981 in music
This is a list of notable events in music that took place in 1981. 1980s in music and 1981 in music are 20th century in music.
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1982 in music
This is a list of notable events in music from 1982, a year in which Madonna made her debut and Michael Jackson released Thriller, which holds the title for the world's best selling album. 1980s in music and 1982 in music are 20th century in music.
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1983 in music
This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1983. 1980s in music and 1983 in music are 20th century in music.
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1984 in music
This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1984. 1980s in music and 1984 in music are 20th century in music.
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1985 in music
This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1985. 1980s in music and 1985 in music are 20th century in music.
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1986 in music
This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1986. 1980s in music and 1986 in music are 20th century in music.
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1987 in music
This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1987. 1980s in music and 1987 in music are 20th century in music.
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1988 in music
This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1988. 1980s in music and 1988 in music are 20th century in music.
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1989 in music
This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1989. 1980s in music and 1989 in music are 20th century in music.
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1990s in music
Popular music in the 1990s saw the continuation of teen pop and dance-pop trends which had emerged in the 1970s and 1980s. 1980s in music and 1990s in music are 20th century in music.
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1999 (Prince album)
1999 is the fifth studio album by the American singer-songwriter and musician Prince, released on October 27, 1982, by Warner Bros. Records.
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See also
1980s decade overviews
- 1980s
- 1980s in Angola
- 1980s in Bangladesh
- 1980s in Bulgaria
- 1980s in Ghana
- 1980s in Hong Kong
- 1980s in Japan
- 1980s in anthropology
- 1980s in fashion
- 1980s in film
- 1980s in jazz
- 1980s in music
- 1980s in science and technology
- 1980s in sociology
- 1980s in video games
References
Also known as '80s pop, 1980s EDM, 1980s Latin pop, 1980s R&B, 1980s Rock, 1980s contemporary R&B, 1980s country, 1980s country music, 1980s dance, 1980s electronic dance music, 1980s electronic music, 1980s electronica, 1980s glam metal, 1980s goth rock, 1980s gothic rock, 1980s hair metal, 1980s in the music industry, 1980s merengue, 1980s merengue music, 1980s music, 1980s new wave, 1980s new wave music, 1980s pop, 1980s pop music, 1980s post-punk, 1980s rock en español, 1980s rock music, 1980s synth-pop, 1980s synthpop, 80's Music, 80's Pop, 80's rock, 80s in music, 80s metal, 80s music, 80s rock, Music in the 80s, Music of the 1980s, Rock music in the 1980s.
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(band), Dance music, Dance-pop, Dancing on the Ceiling, Danny Chan, David Bowie, David Lee Roth, Dead Kennedys, Dead or Alive (band), Death metal, DeBarge, Debbie Gibson, Debra Winger, Def Leppard, Deniece Williams, Depeche Mode, Derrick May (musician), Destruction (band), Detroit, Devil Inside (INXS song), Devo, Diana Ross, Digital recording, Dinosaur Jr., Dio (band), Dire Straits, Dischord Records, Disco, Do Me, Baby, Do You Really Want to Hurt Me, Dokken, Dolly Parton, Don Johnson, Don't Dream It's Over, Don't You Want Me, Donna Summer, Doom metal, Doug E. Fresh, Dunedin sound, Duran Duran, Dwight Yoakam, Eagles (band), Earth, Wind & Fire, Echo & the Bunnymen, Eddie Money, Eddie Murphy, Eddie Rabbitt, Eddie Santiago, Eddy Arnold, Eddy Grant, El País, El Tri (band), Electro (music), Electronic dance music, Electronic music, Electronic musical instrument, Elton John, Elvis Costello, Eminence Front, Emmylou Harris, Endless Love (song), Engenheiros do Hawaii, Enya, EPMD, Erasure (duo), Eric B. & Rakim, Ernest Tubb, Escapade (song), Eurodance, Eurodisco, Europe (band), Eurythmics, Evelyn "Champagne" King, Everything I Own, Exile (American band), Exodus (band), Exposé (group), Faith (George Michael album), Fania All-Stars, Fanzine, Farm team, Fernando Villalona, Fields of the Nephilim, Fine Young Cannibals, Fito Páez, Flans, Flashdance... What a Feeling, Folk music, Fop, Foreigner (band), Forever Your Girl, Fort Payne, Alabama, Frankie Goes to Hollywood, Frankie Ruiz, Frankie Smith, Freddie Jackson, Freestyle music, Fruko y sus Tesos, Funk, G.I.S.M., Garth Brooks, Gary Numan, Geddy Lee, Genesis (band), George Benson, George Jones, George Lynch (musician), George Michael, George Strait, George Thorogood, Girls Just Want to Have Fun, Glam metal, Glam rock, Gloria Estefan, Golden age hip hop, Goth subculture, Gothic fashion, Gothic rock, Grammy Award for Best Mexican/Mexican-American Album, Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, Grateful Dead, Green Day, Grover Washington Jr., Grunge, Guitar Wolf, Guns N' Roses, Guy (band), Hall & Oates, Hank Williams Jr., Hard rock, Hardcore punk, Have You Ever Been Lonely?, Hüsker Dü, He Stopped Loving Her Today, Heart (band), Heaven 17, Heavy metal music, Hello (Lionel Richie song), Here I Go Again, Hey Nineteen, Holding Out for a Hero, Holly Dunn, Hot Country Songs, House music, Howard Jones (British musician), Huey Lewis and the News, Hysteria (Def Leppard album), I Feel for You, I Ran (So Far Away), Ice-T, Imagination (band), In re, Indie pop, Industrial rock, Intellectual property, INXS, Ira!, Irene Cara, Iron Maiden, Is This Love (Whitesnake song), It's Like That (Run-D.M.C. song), Italo disco, James Brown, James Ingram, Jane's Addiction, Janet Jackson, Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814, Japan (band), Japanese hardcore, Japanese idol, Jason Becker, Jean-Michel Jarre, Jeffrey Osborne, Jermaine Jackson, Jim Reeves, Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, Joan Jett, Jody Watley, Joe Cocker, Joe Satriani, John Bonham, John Lennon, John Mellencamp, John Parr, John Travolta, John Waite, Johnny Lee (singer), Johnny Ventura, José Alberto "El Canario", José José, José Luis Rodríguez (singer), Journey (band), Joy Division, Juan Atkins, Juan Gabriel, Juan Luis Guerra, Judas Priest, K.d. lang, Kajagoogoo, Kano (band), Karla Bonoff, Karma Chameleon, Kate Bush, Kathy Mattea, KC and the Sunshine Band, Keith Moon, Keith Sweat, Keith Whitley, Kenny Loggins, Kenny Rogers, Kent Music Report, Kevin Saunderson, Kick (INXS album), Kid 'n Play, Kid Abelha, Kim Carnes, Kim Wilde, Kiss (band), Kiss (Prince song), Kiss You All Over, Kokomo (song), Kool & the Gang, Kool Moe Dee, Kraftwerk, Kreator, Kurtis Blow, Kylie Minogue, La Década Perdida, La India, La Isla Bonita, La Ley (band), La Movida Madrileña, Landscape (band), Laura Branigan, Led Zeppelin, Legião Urbana, Les Claypool, Leslie Cheung, Let's Dance (David Bowie song), Lew DeWitt, Like a Prayer (album), Like a Prayer (song), Like a Virgin (album), Like a Virgin (song), Lil Louis, Linda Clifford, Linda Ronstadt, Lionel Richie, Lionel Richie (album), Lipps Inc., List of best-selling albums, Listen Like Thieves, Lita Ford, Live Aid, LL Cool J, Lobão (musician), London Boys, Loretta Lynn, Lorrie Morgan, Los Angeles, Los Bukis, Los Chicos de Puerto Rico, Los Jaivas, Los Prisioneros, Los Temerarios, Los Tres, Los Violadores, Love and Rockets (band), Love Will Never Do (Without You), Lucinda Williams, Luis Alberto Spinetta, Luis Miguel, Lulu Santos, Luther Vandross, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Madness (band), Madonna, Maldita Vecindad, Maná, Manic Monday, Maracanã Stadium, Marina Lima, Mark Heard, Marty Robbins, Marvin Gaye, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Matthew Wilder, Mötley Crüe, MC Hammer, MC Lyte, Megadeth, Mel and Kim, Melle Mel, Melt-Banana, Men at Work, Men Without Hats, Menudo (group), Merengue music, Merle Haggard, Merle Travis, Metallica, Mi-Sex, Miami Sound Machine, Michael McDonald (musician), Michael Sembello, Michigan, Midnight Oil, Midnight Star (band), Mike and the Mechanics, Mike Rutherford, Military dictatorship, Military dictatorship in Brazil, Ministry (band), Minor Threat, Miss You Much, Modern Talking, Money for Nothing (song), Moral panic, Morris Day, Motörhead, MTV, Mudhoney, Murmur (album), Music Choice, Music industry, Music of Minnesota, Music recording certification, Music video, Musical Youth, N.W.A, Nanci Griffith, Narrative hook, Need You Tonight, Neil Diamond, Neil Finn, Neil Young, New Edition, New jack swing, New Kids on the Block, New Order (band), New Romantic, New Sensation, New wave music, New wave of British heavy metal, New York City, New York hardcore, New-age music, Newsweek, Nine Inch Nails, Nirvana (band), No Sleep 'til Hammersmith, Noise rock, Norteño (music), Nothing Compares 2 U, Nueva canción, Oakland Coliseum, Olivia Newton-John, Operation Ivy (band), Opus (Austrian band), Orange Juice (band), Orchestra, Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, Orquesta de la Luz, Os Mutantes, Os Paralamas do Sucesso, Overkill (band), Ozzy Osbourne, Pablo Neruda, Pagan Altar, Paisley Underground, Papa Don't Preach, Pat Benatar, Patrice Rushen, Patsy Cline, Patti Smith, Paul Westerberg, Paul Young, Paula Abdul, Peabo Bryson, Peru, Pet Shop Boys, Pete Burns, Peter Case, Peter Gabriel, Phil Collins, Physical (Olivia Newton-John song), Pixies (band), Poison (band), Pop music, Power metal, Primus (band), Prince (musician), Public Enemy, Punk rock, Purple Rain (album), Purple Rain (song), Puttin' On the Ritz, Queen (band), Quiet Riot, Quiet storm, Rain Parade, Randy Rhoads, Randy Travis, Rapping, Raul Seixas, Rave, Ray Parker Jr., Ray Price (singer), Rádio Táxi, Real Life (band), Reba McEntire, Record label, Red Sovine, René & Angela, REO Speedwagon, Restless Heart, Rhythm and blues, Rhythm Nation, Ricardo Montaner, Rick Astley, Rick James, Rick Springfield, Rickie Lee Jones, Ricky Van Shelton, Rio de Janeiro, Robert Christgau, Robert Palmer, Rock en español, Rock in Rio, Rock music, Rockwell (musician), Rod Stewart, Rolling Stone, Romanticism, Ron Hardy, Ronnie Milsap, Rosario, Roxanne (The Police song), Roxy Music, Roy Orbison, RPM (band), Rupert Holmes, Rush (band), Sade (band), Sade (singer), Salsa music, Salsa romántica, Salt-N-Pepa, Sammy Hagar, Sasha Sokol, Saving All My Love for You, Saxon (band), Schoolly D, Scorpions (band), Sepultura, Sergio George, She Bop, She Works Hard for the Money, She's So Unusual, Sheena Easton, Sheila E., Shonen Knife, Shred guitar, Sign o' the Times, Simon Reynolds, Simple Minds, Simplemente Mujer, Simply Irresistible (song), Sinéad O'Connor, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Sissy Spacek, Slayer, Slick Rick, Slippery When Wet, Smokey Robinson, Smooth jazz, Soda Stereo, Sodom (band), Soft Cell, Soft rock, Sonic Youth, Soul music, Soundtrack album, Southern rock, Spandau Ballet, Speed metal, Split Enz, SST Records, St Ives, New South Wales, Stacey Q, Starship (band), Steely Dan, Stephanie Mills, Steve Harris (musician), Steve Miller Band, Steve Perry, Steve Vai, Steve Wariner, Steve Winwood, Stevie Nicks, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Stevie Wonder, Sting (musician), Styx (band), Subculture, Sugar Walls, Suicidal Tendencies, Suzanne Vega, Swans (band), Synth-pop, Synthesizer, T. G. Sheppard, Taco (musician), Talk Talk, Tammy Wynette, Tangerine Dream, Tankard (band), Tatsuro Yamashita, Taylor Dayne, Tears for Fears, Teddy Pendergrass, Teddy Riley, Teen pop, Tejano music, Telex (band), Temple of Low Men, Terence Trent D'Arby, Testament (band), Tex Williams, The B-52s, The Bangles, The Beach Boys, The Bellamy Brothers, The Brothers Johnson, The Chills, The Church (band), The Clean, The Crocodiles, The Cure, The Devil Went Down to Georgia, The Fall (band), The Fat Boys, The Feelies, The Fixx, The Gap Band, The Glamorous Life, The Go-Go's, The Goonies 'R' Good Enough, The Human League, The Jesus and Mary Chain, The Jets (Minnesota band), The Judds, The Kinks, The Loco-Motion, The Message (Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five song), The Miracle (album), The Oak Ridge Boys, The Pointer Sisters, The Police, The Pop Group, The Psychedelic Furs, The Reflex, The Replacements (band), The Rolling Stones, The Runaways, The S.O.S. Band, The Sisters of Mercy, The Smiths, The Stalin, The Statler Brothers, The Sugarhill Gang, The Swingers, The Teardrop Explodes, The Time (band), The Triffids, The Weather Girls, The Whispers, The Who, They Might Be Giants, Thomas Dolby, Thompson Twins, Thrash metal, Thriller (album), Tiffany Darwish, Timbiriche, Time After Time (Cyndi Lauper song), Tina Turner, Titãs, Tito Nieves, Tom Jones (singer), Tom Petty, Tonga, Tori Amos, Total Eclipse of the Heart, Touch and Go Records, Touch of Grey, Tracy Chapman, Travis Tritt, Trio (1987 album), True Blue (Madonna album), True Colors (Cyndi Lauper album), True Colors (Cyndi Lauper song), True Colours (Split Enz album), Turntablism, Twin/Tone Records, Twisted Sister, U Got the Look, U2, UB40, Ultravox, Unconditional Love (Donna Summer song), Underground music, UNESCO Courier, Upside Down (Diana Ross song), Urban contemporary music, Urban Cowboy, Val Young, Van Halen, Vanity 6, Venom (band), Vikki Carr, Violent Femmes, Visage (band), Visual kei, Vocal percussion, Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go, Warren Zevon, Watermark (Enya album), Waylon Jennings, Wembley Stadium (1923), Wendy & Lisa, Wesleyan University Press, Wham!, What's Love Got to Do with It (song), Where Do Broken Hearts Go, Whitesnake, Whitney (album), Whitney Houston, Whitney Houston (album), Whodini, Wilfrido Vargas, Willie Nelson, Witchfinder General (band), World music, Wreckx-n-Effect, WVAZ, Wynn Stewart, X Japan, Yazoo (band), Yellow Magic Orchestra, Yngwie Malmsteen, You Better You Bet, You Win Again (Bee Gees song), Zeni Geva, ZZ Top, 1980 in music, 1981 in music, 1982 in music, 1983 in music, 1984 in music, 1985 in music, 1986 in music, 1987 in music, 1988 in music, 1989 in music, 1990s in music, 1999 (Prince album).