On This Day: '80s Icon Tops Charts With This Scandalous Hit About Forbidden Love originally appeared on Parade. On August 1, 1981, an '80s icon soared to the top of the Billboard charts with a ...

A lot of one-hit wonders throughout the 1980s made it big with one major hit before slowly fading away from the charts. Some obscure musicians from the 80s, however, disappeared from mainstream charts ...

Topping the 80s charts with their mega-hits, 'Come On Eileen' and 'Geno', the Dexys Midnight Runners became a household name and captured the hearts and souls of not only the Great British public, but ...

Ah, the ‘80s. Those of us who lived through it can regale you with tales of artists and bands coming out of nowhere with massive hits, and then just as quickly disappearing into relative anonymity.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. More than four decades after its original release, “Should I Stay or Should I Go” by The Clash has returned to the Billboard ...

Chaka Khan has been dominating the music scene for decades, but her early releases are still timeless classics, resonating with fans even after all these years. On Friday, Dec. 5, the funk icon's ...

From vibrant pop hits like “I Wanna Dance With Somebody” by Whitney Houston to electric hair metal anthems such as “Cherry Pie” by Warrant, that ‘80s energy shines through all the biggest songs. There ...