80s Music

At the urging of Richard Marx and his manager, Poco re-emerged for their successful 1989 album Legacy that reunited five original members 20 years after their debut. The record spawned two hits. One that was co-written and produced by Richard

The 1983 self-titled album by Genesis was the group’s biggest commercial success at the time, becoming the band’s third straight record to reach #1 on the UK Albums Chart. It also reached #9 on the Billboard 200, where it sold

“Repeat Offender” was the second album by Richard Marx that would go on to sell over four million copies worldwide thanks to the first two singles, “Satisfied” and “Right Here Waiting,” both reaching #1, completing a string of three consecutive

Carlos Santana’s residency in Las Vegas is celebrating 10 years at the House of Blues in Mandalay Bay with concerts this May, September and November.” In 1983 at the Universal Amphitheatre in Los Angeles, he performed a Top 20 hit

Alan Parsons was the sound engineer on many notable albums including the Beatles’ “Abbey Road” and “Let It Be,” along with Pink Floyd’s “The Dark Side of the Moon.” Although his own group, The Alan Parsons Project would go on

When English musician Joe Jackson’s marriage broke-up, he moved to New York to record the 1982 album Night And Day. The title is from the Cole Porter song and the record was designed to have the feel of 24 hours

Paul Weller, the former singer of the English punk rock band The Jam, disbanded the group to take his music into a more soulful direction. So, he joined up with keyboardist Mick Talbot of Dexys Midnight Runners and backing singer for

From the movie “The Karate Kid Part II” and featured in 2019 during the second season of the Netflix TV series “Cobra Kai,” which is a sequel to the original “Karate Kid” films, Peter Cetera recorded this #1 hit shortly after

By the late 70s, Foreigner had established themselves as one of the top rock bands. However, they were still searching for that one album that would propel them to the very top. In 1981, they found that record in “4,”

Widely regarded as one of the most influential and successful albums in music history, Michael Jackson‘s Thriller has sold over 70 millions copies.  Beyond its commercial success, in 2008 Thriller was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame while the