The '80s were an excellent time for hip-hop and R&B. Disco was dead, paving the way for more dance-infused rhythm and blues, while rap music was getting its sea legs. Sure, the '80s were an ...

Top ‘80s songs include entries from across the musical spectrum. Throughout 1980s there was a renaissance occurring within music, one which stretched throughout all genres be it pop, rock, country, ...

The 12th and final track rushed onto Def Leppard's already-way-behind-schedule album 'Hysteria,' 'Pour Some Sugar on Me' rocketed the English hard rockers to crossover superstardom in 1987. The ...

Disco Demolition Night, which happened 40 years ago today, is the day two genres were marked for death. Disco itself was one of them, of course: Chicago radio DJ Steve Dahl, infuriated that his ...

The music of the 1980s remains as enduring as ever, beloved by those who lived through the decade as well as by younger fans who tend to look back at the period’s garish excesses with some degree of ...

Ah, the 80s, it put Miami on the map with Miami Vice. It was the decade known for largess and wealth. Tom Wolfe dubbed it the "splurge generation" -- it was at least until the Savings & Loan crisis ...

It’s summer music week at Metro Weekly! And to complement our 4th Annual Summer Music Issue, we’re counting down the 50 Greatest Pop Songs of the ’80s, 10 per day, with new installments daily at noon ...