I’m going to say this one time, right at the beginning, and then not repeat it. There was some outstanding music produced in the 1980s. With that disclaimer safely tucked away, let me further ...

The soundtrack to this John Travolta-Debra Winger film has gone triple platinum since it was released as a double album in 1980. It produced three No. 1 songs on the Billboard Country Singles ...

Later, Desert Songs was another contender ... In the UK, it was the ninth best-selling album of the 1980s, beaten by several records - including Michael Jackson's Bad and Phil Collins' No Jacket ...

Here is how Bono from U2 accidentally met the singer behind a classic rock from the 1960s song he deeply loved.

He became one of the most successful soul/R&B artists of the 1980s. Very few people even realized Billy Ocean had been recording for nearly a decade before massive crossover smashes like "Suddenly" ...