1984 Rock Classic Hit No. 1 41 Years Ago Today

The song "Can't Fight This Feeling" by American rock band REO Speedwagon was originally released in December 1984 as a single from the album Wheels Are Turnin', and by March of the next year, it was a ...
Classical Music

One-hit wonders: 25 bands who left us just one unforgettable song

From jangling indie to late-’90s pop, these bands left their mark with a single unforgettable hit that defined then forever more ...
Men's Journal

1981 No. 1 Hit Song Got Banned for Its Suggestive Lyrics

In 1981, a song reached the top slot on the Billboard chart on November 21, and remained there for a staggering 10 weeks in a row. That run allowed it to become the song that held the number one spot ...
Express & Star

1970s hit-making bass guitar used on The Specials’ Ghost Town could fetch £20,000 at auction

The electric bass guitar featured on Ghost Town, The Specials’ 1981 hit credited with summing up the depressed mood of Britain at the time, is to go under the hammer. The 1971 blue Fender Precision is ...
Billboard

Songwriter Billy Steinberg’s Biggest Billboard Hot 100 Hits: ‘Like a Virgin’ & More

Steinberg crafted classics for Madonna, the Bangles, Heart, Whitney Houston, JoJo, Cyndi Lauper, Demi Lovato and others. By Gary Trust “The idea for that song came from personal experience,” Billy ...
AllHipHop

Vanilla Ice Giddy As 1990 Hit Returns To Charts Over ICE Politics – Updated

Vanilla Ice’s “Ice Ice Baby” climbed to number three on Billboard’s rap chart as both ICE supporters and opponents used it in viral videos. ‌lVanilla Ice is pumped that his 1990 hit “Ice Ice Baby” ...
collider

10 Movies From 1981 That Are Now Considered Classics

Luc Haasbroek is a writer and videographer from Durban, South Africa. He has been writing professionally about pop culture for eight years. Luc's areas of interest are broad: he's just as passionate ...
American Songwriter

Midge Ure Still “Amazed” by Ultravox’s Greatest Hits Compilation ‘The Collection,’ 40 Years Later

The Collection featured 14 singles from Ultravox’s run of Chrysalis Records releases—Vienna (1980), Rage in Eden (1981), the George Martin-produced Quartet (1982), and Lament (1984)—and sold more than ...
KUOW

In 1981, Stephen Sondheim's 'Merrily' was a flop -- now it's a hit

A filmed version of the live production of Merrily We Roll Along will open in theaters on Dec. 5. We listen back to a '24 interview with revival director Maria Friedman and actor Jonathan Groff. KUOW ...
Capital Public Radio

In 1981, Stephen Sondheim's 'Merrily' was a flop -- now it's a hit

A filmed version of the live production of Merrily We Roll Along will open in theaters on Dec. 5. We listen back to a '24 interview with revival director Maria ...
New York Post

Soft Cell’s Dave Ball dead at 66, bandmate reveals: ‘Been ill for a long while’

Dave Ball, who served as half of the English duo Soft Cell and perhaps best known for the 1981 hit “Tainted Love,” has died. He was 66. Marc Almond, Ball’s music partner and the other half of the ...