Summer Songs of the 1980s

Songs of the Summer – 1980sThe eighties brought Summer Songs to us via movies (Kokomo, Axel F, Flashdance, and Eye of The Tiger), Michael Jackson’s songs, and more ‘sunshine’, ‘hot’, and summer-ready songs. If a song’s title or primary lyrics are about Summer, that usually bumps it in nostalgia value on our Summer Music lists.This… Read More

1988 Top Ten Music Charts

1988’s Biggest Artists and SongsJody Watley (1987 Best New Artist Grammy Winner, presented in 1988)U2 (Grammy for Album of the Year)Graceland – Paul Simon (Grammy for Record of the Year)New Artists in the Pop Charts Included: 10,000 Maniacs, Ice-T (solo), Traveling Wilburys, Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers, Vanessa Williams, Guns N Roses, Paula Abdul,… Read More

1984 Top Ten Music Charts

1984’s Biggest Artists and SongsCulture Club (1983 Best New Artist Grammy Winner, presented in 1984) Michael Jackson (Grammy for Album of the Year)Beat It – Michael Jackson (Grammy for Record of the Year)New Artists in the Pop Charts Included: Frankie Goes To Hollywood, Motley Crue, Wang Chung, UB40, Cameo,Tina Turner (solo), Madonna, Twisted Sister, John… Read More

Top 100 Disco Hits

Top 100 Disco Dance Hits1. Y.M.C.A. – Village People2. I Will Survive – Gloria Gaynor3. Brick House – Commodores4. Don’t Stop Till You Get Enough – Michael Jackson5. It’s Raining Men – The Weather Girls6. Play That Funky Music – Wild Cherry7. Super Freak – Rick James8. Last Dance – Donna Summer9. Disco Inferno –… Read More

Advice Songs of the 1980s

 1980s Advice SongsGiving and accepting advice is one part of life that helps us through the trials and tribulations we face. The problem with advice is that we often don’t take it, especially if it means doing or admitting something we’d rather not. Sometimes advice brings up an option you didn’t think of before or… Read More

1983 Top Ten Music Charts

1983’s Biggest Artists and SongsMen At Work (1982 Best New Artist Grammy Winner, presented in 1983)Toto (Grammy for Album of the Year)Rosanna – Toto (Grammy for Record of the Year)New Artists in the Pop Charts Included: ABC, INXS, REM, U2, Wham!, Mtume, Duran Duran, Culture Club, Thompson Twins, Adam Ant, Kajagoogoo, Bananarama, Chris DeBurgh, DeBarge,… Read More

The Top 100 Comedy Films

Top 100 Movie Comedies1.Airplane! (Directed by Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, and Jerry Zucker, 1980)2.Some Like It Hot (Directed by Billy Wilder, 1959)3.Groundhog Day (Directed by Harold Ramis, 1993)4.This Is Spinal Tap (Directed by Rob Reiner, 1984)5.Monty Python and the Holy Grail (Directed by Terry Gilliam and Terry Jones, 1975)6.Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (Directed… Read More

1989 Number One Hits

1989 Billboard Number One Hits:December 24, 1988- January 13, 1989:Every Rose Has Its Thorn – PoisonJanuary 14 – January 20:My Prerogative- Bobby BrownJanuary 21 – February 3:Two Hearts – Phil CollinsFebruary 4 – February 10:When I’m With You – SheriffFebruary 11 – March 3:Straight Up – Paula AbdulMarch 4 – March 24:Lost In Your Eyes… Read More

1989 Trivia, Fun Facts and History

 1989 Trivia, Fun Facts and  HistoryQuick Facts from 1989:World Changing Events: The Berlin Wall between East and West Germany fell, representing the beginning of the end of the Soviet Union on November 9th.China’s Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 included the death of hundreds, possibly thousands of pro-democracy students by the Chinese government.The Top Song was Another… Read More

Popular and Best-selling Books From The 1980s

Popular and Best-selling Books From 1980: A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole The Bourne Identity by Robert Ludlum Cosmos by Carl Sagan The Covenant by James A. Michener The Devil’s Alternative by Frederick Forsyth Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card The Fifth Horseman by Larry Collins and Dominique Lapierre Firestarter by Stephen King God Emperor of Dune by Frank Herbert Jailbird – Kuty… Read More