Wham! – Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go
The release of this song was really a sign that the 80s were entering their most intense, most joyful and characteristic days. We were in mid-May 1984, and it was a time of beautiful songs, just take a look at the playlist from that period if you don’t believe it.
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Falco – Rock Me Amadeus
On May 15, 1985, a song was released that would really mark the 80s. Soon after Forman’s eight-time Oscar winner film, Mozart’s spirit is brought back to life by one of the most original and brilliant characters of the 80s, Falco. In several European countries Falco was already superfamous because in 1982 he had a resounding success with “
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Posted in 1984, 1984 April, May, June, United Kingdom
Chris De Burgh – High On Emotion
That’s what happened to Chris De Burgh’s career in May 1984. His father was a British diplomat with interests in agriculture in various parts of the world, so Chris grew up in places like Malta, Nigeria and Zaire. His mother is the daughter of a career Irish soldier,
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Posted in 1984, 1984 April, May, June, United States
Industry – State of the Nation
Industry were perhaps the most striking example of how in the 80s, with the right song, you could really get everywhere. They had a few years of work behind them, experiences in other groups, but they were on their debut as a group.
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Posted in 1984, 1984 January, February, March, ItaloDisco, Italy
Albert One – Turbo Diesel
Turbo Diesel, of course. The name Alberto Carpani will probably tell not much to many of you, at least because at the time of his greatest success he used the nickname Albert One, which roughly translates – without the space –
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Posted in 1982, 1982 April, May, June, United Kingdom
Duran Duran – Hungry like the Wolf
May 10, 1982 is a date that 80s lovers cannot forget. On that day, Duran Duran released an album that would change the pop history in Europe. With their first album Duran Duran certainly made themselves known and appreciated,
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Kim Carnes – Bette Davis Eyes
When I think of the song Bette Davis Eyes I always come up with a question: who really opened the 80s, turning the keys in the lock of future and music?
Maybe the first was Kim Carnes, steamy haired American singer with a good career behind her,
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Posted in 1983, 1983 April, May, June, United Kingdom
Yazoo – Nobody’s Diary
History is made up of dates. Those dates on any given day in the 80s, when two or three songs were coming out to make history. We write dates in diaries, to stop the time of an emotion, an unexpected joy, a love or affection gesture,
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Mike Oldfield ft. Maggie Reilly – Moonlight Shadow
Until early May 1983, Mike Oldfield was known as an instrumentalist and composer. Certainly a pioneer of electronics and experimentation, ten years earlier he had found great notoriety thanks to the album “Tubular Bells”. That music would sound at least alternative today,
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