Back in the 80s, we had one main tv in the house that had cable.  It had the tan cable box, remember?  

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R&B

Alyson Williams
The Isley Brothers
Quincy Jones
Regina Belle
Shalamar
The Whispers
The Brothers Johnson
Jermaine Jackson
The S.O.S. Band
Larry Graham
Diana Ross
Ray, Goodman, & Brown
George Benson
Kool & The Gang
Stevie Wonder
Tom Browne
Lakeside
Gap Band
Yarbrough & Peoples
Smokey Robinson
A Taste Of Honey
Ray Parker Jr & Raydio
Chaka Khan
Rick James
Lionel Richie
Frankie Smith
Evelyn King
Melba Moore
Miki Howard
Stephanie Mills


Hip-Hop

Who had the best dis between MC Shan and Krs-One?

Interesting Facts From The 80's

• Michael Jackson's Thriller is the biggest selling album of all time.
• Bananarama's Karen Woodward is the longtime girlfriend of Wham! member Andrew Ridgeley.
• Richard Marx sang backup on Madonna's "White Heat" from her True Blue album.
• ZZ Top's "Velcro Fly" video was choreographed by Paula Abdul.
• The Cure's Robert Smith was once a member of Siouxie and the Banshees.
• Kylie Minogue had her first number one single in the UK in 1988 with "I Should Be So Lucky."
• The name UB40 is derived from the "Unemployment Benefit Form 40" in the UK.
• Duran Duran was named for a character in Jane Fonda's film Barbarella.
• Spandau Ballet members (and brothers) Gary and Martin Kemp went on to become actors.
• MTV went live on August 1, 1981. The first video was "Video Killed the Radio Star" by The Buggles.
• Prince wrote The Bangles' hit single "Manic Monday."
• Courteney Cox hopped up on stage in Bruce Springsteen's "Dancing in the Dark" video.
• Elijah Wood appears in Paula Abdul's "Forever Your Girl" video.
• Cyndi Lauper sang the theme song for Pee Wee's Playhouse.
• Jeff Russo, a member of rock band Tonic, appeared in Debbie Gibson's 1988 video for "Out of the Blue."
• Huey Lewis appears in Back to the Future as one of the school's talent show judges.
• Eddie Van Halen performs the guitar solo in Michael Jackson's "Beat It."
• Compact discs (CDs) were first introduced in 1983.
• "No Myth" singer Michael Penn is actor Sean Penn's brother.
• The Weather Girls singer Martha Wash was also the voice behind Black Box's "Everybody, Everybody" and C&C Music Factory's "Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)," among others.
• Charity single "We are the World" was performed by USA for Africa, a collection of major stars. The song sold four million copies.
• Wham! was the first pop group to perform in China.
• Frankie Goes to Hollywood's "Relax" was the biggest single in the UK of the '80s.
• It was in 1981 when cassette singles saw a major price hike - they went from $1.29 to $1.99, thanks to slumping sales.
• Blank cassette tapes were controversial because they "took away" from record sales.
• By 1983, MTV was airing as many as 300 music videos each day.

More of the 80s hip-hop names...

Tone Loc
Young MC
KRS-One
Kool Moe Dee
Special K
LA Sunshine
Treacherous Three
Busy Bee Starski
Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five
Doug E Fresh
Spoonie G
MC Shan
Grandmaster Caz
Ice T
Sir Mix-a-lot

Pop

​Billy Joel

Phil Collins
Michael Jackson
Bruce Springsteen
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