Category: 1980s Flashback
Likely on the list of songs you thought performed better on Billboard‘s Hot 100 than they actually did, Alphaville‘s “Forever Young” made two appearances on the chart in the 1980s, but it didn’t reach...
Heart hit the Top 40 on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart ten times during the 1980s. On this date in 1980, the first of those ten hits, “Even It Up,” rose to a peak position...
Three songs from Survivor‘s 1986 When Seconds Count album made appearances on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart. On this date in 1987, the second of those three songs, “How Much Love,” rose to a peak position...
One of the most watched television miniseries ever, The Thorn Birds began its four-episode run exactly 40 years ago today. The theme was composed by Henry Mancini.
Culture Club hit the Top 40 with all ten songs they placed on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart. Their run of success began with “Do You Really Want to Hurt Me,” which exactly 40 years...
Exactly 40 years ago today, the television series Mississippi began its two-season run on CBS. The theme music was composed by Lee Holdridge.
As a solo artist, Tina Turner has made seventeen appearances on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart, with fourteen of those songs reaching the Top 40. Both of those runs began with her version of Al...
For the 1985 film The Falcon and the Snowman, the Pat Metheny Group and David Bowie teamed up for the song “This Is Not America.” Released as a single, on this date that year,...
Linda Ronstadt hit the Top 10 four times on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart during the 1980s. On this date in 1980, the first of those four songs, “How Do I Make You,” rose to...
Three songs by John Lennon from his 1980 album Double Fantasy, co-released with Yoko Ono, hit the Top 10 on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart. On this date in 1981, the second of that trio of...