Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Tears For Fears, 1985 (Credit: Brian Rasic/Getty Images) Ally Sheedy and Molly Ringwald in a scene from the 1985 film The ...

Well, as we discussed in our history of prog metal in 21 albums feature, it wasn’t until the mid-1980s that artists such as ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In what’s now become a yearly tradition every December, I’m back ranking #1 hits from topical anniversary dates. This winter we’ll ...

Few songs from the 1980s have managed to hold onto their cultural power quite like Tears for Fears' hit track "Shout." The rock classic song not only dominated charts in 1985 but has since evolved ...

It’s hard to believe 1985 was 40 years ago. In 1985, some of the best songs in country music came out, including these four songs, which will always be country music classics. The Judds had a No. 1 ...

ZZ Top dominated the music scene from the late ‘70s through the ‘80s with their head-turning stage presence, gritty blues-rock sound and playful lyrics. At the height of their popularity, one of their ...

You’d probably be surprised to learn just how many smash songs from the 80s were low-key cover versions. In most cases, the songs didn’t do much the first time ...

Ally Sheedy and Molly Ringwald in a scene from the 1985 film The Breakfast Club (Credit: Universal Pictures / Getty Images). Musically, it was a year defined by two major global fundraising events for ...

In what’s now become a yearly tradition every December, I’m back ranking #1 hits from topical anniversary dates. This winter we’ll be doing 1975, 1985, 1995, 2005, and 2015, and I’ll be ranking every ...