Madonna – Like A Virgin
The music of the 80s, we know, had a king, a queen, a prince and so many other people. The queen of the 80s is undoubtedly Madonna, whose career, moreover, never saw any interruption since then, but continued through a constant change that has always been a peculiarity of her life.
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Posted in 1982, 1982 October, November, December, United States
Toto – Africa
At the end of October 1982 one of the most beautiful songs of the early 80s was released. Toto were at a fabulous moment in their great career; in April, they had released one of their best albums, “Toto IV”, with the overwhelming success of “
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Billy Idol – Rebel Yell
October 24, 1983, a Monday, was one of those magical days when two or more songs that would make history came out at the same time (but in a completely unrelated way). One of them was “Relax,”
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Posted in 1983, 1983 October, November, December, United Kingdom
Frankie Goes To Hollywood – Relax
October 24, 1983 was one of those absolutely magical days for 80s music. One of those days when two songs came out, in completely different situations, that would absolutely make the music history of the decade. And so, that day, if you walked into a record store,
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Posted in 1984, 1984 October, November, December, United Kingdom
Eurythmics – Sexcrime (1984)
We are, of course, in 1984. In October, exactly in the year that gives the title to the novel, the movie inspired by George Orwell’s masterpiece is about to be released. The title of the movie will simply be “1984”, and the production is working on the soundtrack.
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Swing Out Sister – Breakout
In October 1986, a beautiful song by a very original band entered the charts. The group gave a sensation of fun and serenity, but actually they had been quite under pressure! In fact, they had a contract for only two songs, sort of a trial period,
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Posted in 1989, 1989 October, November, December, United Kingdom
Lisa Stansfield – All Around the World
If you ask me who was the last star born in the 80s, I probably say Lisa Stansfield. She was actually quite experienced, but se had never reached the great fame with the groups she had been a member of.
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Posted in 1988, 1988 October, November, December, Europe - other countries
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Enya – Orinoco flow
No doubt “Orinoco flow” is one of the most famous songs of the late 80s. Many dinosaurs like us remember perfectly the face of the girl who sang it in October 1988. And we remember even her name, Enya. Before releasing this song she was not so famous outside of her Ireland.
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Krisma – Many Kisses (Tirana Love Lunch)
One of the most fantastic memories of my childhood related to 80s music involves my grandfather. In his Milanese dialect he used to tell me that in a street not far from home lived a weird guy.
He was such a good boy,
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