On 1981, Dutch studio group Stars on 45 made music history when their self-titled novelty medley track reached No. 1 on the ...

The 1980s saw an influx of electronic instruments, elements of early hip-hop, and ultra-groovy blends of rock, soul, and R&B from the past thirty years that remain unmatched to this day. Of all the ...

Disco is a music genre and a subculture born out of a dance floor and pioneered by Black musicians, DJs and producers in the 1970s and early 1980s. The word disco comes from the Italian discoteca, ...

The Bee Gees' catalog is full of lesser-known songs that saw the group experimenting with a variety of genres both before and ...

Prince reached the top spot on Rolling Stone's best-of '80s list.

Disco music originated in the 1960s at underground venues popular with LGBTQ+, Black, and Latinx Americans. Still, it wasn’t long before the subculture spread from clubs in New York and Philadelphia ...

With the 1980s, there’s a bit of a sheen or polish to the decade’s music which might've once been looked down upon, but then naysayers seemed to come around to the decade again, 20 to 30 years later.

The '80s were a particularly unique time in music history. The decade gave birth to MTV and epic music videos that are iconic today. It was when hip-hop, synth pop, and techno got their legs while ...