Your Daily Shot Of Pop Culture
As most of the 1970’s Hard Rock bands, Heart made a transition into the 1980’s adopting all kinds of synthesizers, and with “Alone” they scored the biggest hit of their career
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In 1987, the young 17 year old Portuguese-American singer Glenn Medeiros topped the charts in several countries, including the UK
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John Farnham is mostly remembered around the world for his 1986 hit “You’re The Voice”, but the Australian singer had already an established career before that and after in Australia. Today he turns 70
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In the 1950’s detective Harry Angel is a New York private detective that is hired by a mysterious wealthy man. This is the starting point for one of the chilliest movies of the 1980’s, an Alan Parker cult classic, “Angel’s Heart”, starring Mickey Rourke and Robert De Niro
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George Michael’s solo debut “Faith”, released on October 30th, 1987, it’s the album that established him as an acclaimed solo entity and separated him drastically from the Wham! bubblegum 80’s pop
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By the 1980’s, several once popular artists from the 1960’s had either vanished, died or simply lost their popularity for good, but that wasn’t the case for Grace Slick who got another No.1 in 1987 with “Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now”
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With his unique combination of 1960’s Soul and 1980’s Pop, Terence Trent D’Arby was the next big thing between 1987 and 1988
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The British band Cutting Crew had their first and only US No.1 with the memorable 1986 power ballad “(I Just) Died in Your Arms”. Learn some interesting facts about the song.
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“I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)” by George Michael and Aretha Franklin, it’s one of the 1980’s most memorable songs and duets
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Kamen first got noticed during the mid 1980’s for his performance in Levi’s “Launderette” television commercial, later scoring a hit with Madonna’s song “Each Time You Break My Heart”
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In 1987 freshly departed from Culture Club, Boy George scores his only No.1 with a cover of the 1972 Bread song “Everything I Own”
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Written and produced by 80’s hitmakers Stock Aitken Waterman, “Never Gonna Give You Up” by Rick Astley was first released on July 27, 1987
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Taylor Dayne scored her first major hit when her 1987 debut single “Tell It to My Heart” that became a worldwide hit. Today, the singer turns 56
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Considered by many as Bon Jovi’s signature song, “Livin’ On A Prayer”, the song reached No.1 on the Hot 100 on this day in 1987. Check some interesting facts about the song background
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One of Madonna’s most popular songs, “Open Your Heart” was not originally written for the singer. Find out who rejected the song that became another No.1 hit for Madonna
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On February 7, 1987, the song gave Aretha Franklin her first and only U.K No.1 and was the 3rd for George Michael after “Careless Whisper” and A Different Corner”
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Rick Astley became popular during the late 1980’s with songs such as “Never Gonna Give You Up” produced by the famous team Stock Aitken Waterman. Though in recent years he’s more famous for the “rickrolling”, his career has been much more than that
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Featuring very special guests, “Heaven Is A Place On Earth” became Belinda Carlisle’s signature song, it peaked to No.1 on the Hot 100 in 1987
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R.E.M. gained a significant cult following on the indie music circuit during the 1980’s, but despite a eight year old career and having already released five albums it wasn’t until 1987 that they got their first big hit with “The One I Love”
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“(I’ve Had) The Time Of My Life” by Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes, was released in 1987 as the theme song of the “Dirty Dancing” movie soundtrack and had such a huge success worldwide that today is still one of the most frequently played songs on radio
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Billy Idol peaked to No. 1 on the U.S Hot 100 on November 1987 with a Tommy James song “Mony Mony”, knocking teen Pop sensation Tiffany of the top of the charts with another Tommy James song “I Think We’re Alone Now”
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British band T’Pau had a strong impact on Pop music during the late 1980’s that didn’t lasted long enough, however they were able to produce some of the 1980’s most popular songs
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Originally a 1967 US hit for James and the Shondells, “I Think We’re Alone Now” got re-popularized when 17 year old Tiffany covered the song for her debut studio album, “Tiffany” in 1987
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The song is one of the many hits Jackson scored from his album “Bad”, 5 years after “Thriller”, Michael Jackson was able to put out an album with the same amount of hit singles although with a different songwriting formula and edgier than the 1982 groundbreaking album. Find out what was the song about
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During the mid 1980’s Sinitta scored several hit songs, and became a Pop sensation mainly in Europe, produced by the famous hit and pop star makers Stock, Aitken and Waterman. We look back at her life and career
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Once the kings of the 1970’s Disco sound, the Bee Gees saw a backlash to their music during most of the 1980’s decade but got a last taste of success with their hit “You Win Again” in 1987
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The song had been originally recorded and released on Whitesnake’s 1982 album “Saints & Sinners but it was with the 1987 version released on their album “Whitesnake” that turned out to be the most famous and popular one
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On October 6, Spanish operatic soprano Montserrat Caballé passed away at age 85, we’ll remember her for the impressive operatic
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Check these awesome autographed postcard pin ups published during the 1980’s on German Pop magazine BRAVO. featuring pop icons like Madonna, A-ha, Wham!, David Bowie, Michael Jackson and more
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“C’est La Vie”, released in 1986 peaked to #2 on the Hot 100, but contrary to what many people think, Robbie Nevil still keeps to this day an important and busy career in music
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If you spent any time in an American mall in the late 1980’s, then you were fully aware of the Teen Pop sensation Tiffany, but even if you were not in America at the time you know her from her worldwide smash hit where “I Think We’re Alone Now” that made her a 1980’s pop references around the globe. Tiffany turns 47 today
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As a good fairy tale should, “The Princess Bride” teaches but never preaches. It’s a lively, fun-loving, but nevertheless epic look at the nature of true love
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The distinctive voice of The Righteous Brothers is noted for his bass-baritone voice in songs such as “You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin'”, “Unchained Melody” and 80’s classic “(I’ve Had) The Time of My Life”
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Former Genesis member Peter Gabriel made history at the MTV Video Music Awards on September 11th, 1987 with his influential video “Sledgehammer”
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As part of a Michael Jackson special to celebrate his 58th birthday, we take a quick overview at his top 3 most successful albums.
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“Who’s That Girl” was featured in the soundtrack of the movie “Who’s That Girl”, starring the singer
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Belinda Carlisle scored huge worldwide hits with songs such as “Heaven Is a Place on Earth” during the 1980’s. The former lead singer of the Go-Go’s turns 60 today, leaving behind a well hiden life of excess in exchange of spiritual peace
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The influential and outstanding, Guns N’s Roses debut “Appetite For Destruction” released in 1987, marked a new era for Rock music, featuring a collection of outstanding and enduring Rock hits
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The surprising synthpop version of the Country music classic “Always On My Mind”, popularized by Elvis Presley, gave Pet Shop Boys a worldwide hit, they peaked to No.1 on this day in 1987
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The song “Faith” gave George Michael his third No.1 single in the U.S Hot 100 as a solo artist and reinforced the former Wham! reputation as one of the greatest contemporary Pop and Rock songwriters. The song peaked to No.1 on the Hot 100 on this day in 1987
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As a good fairy tale should, “The Princess Bride” teaches but never preaches. It’s a lively, fun-loving, but nevertheless epic look at the nature of true love
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