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  • On This Day 37 Years Ago, We Said a Premature Goodbye to One of Nashville’s Fastest Rising Stars

    On This Day 37 Years Ago, We Said a Premature Goodbye to the Rising Star Waylon Jennings Deemed “The Greatest Country Singer Ever”

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  • Curt Smith (left) and Roland Orzabal of pop duo Tears For Fears, London, April 1985. (Photo by Michael Putland/Getty Images)

    3 Overlooked but Equally Dramatic Synth-Pop Songs From the 1980s

  • Willie Nelson

    44 Years Ago, Willie Nelson Topped the Chart With the Definitive Version of a Song Previously Recorded by Elvis Presley and Brenda Lee

    May 8, 2026, 12:15 pm

  • View of British Pop, Rock, & World musician Peter Gabriel during an interview on MTV at Teletronic Studios, New York, New York, September 23, 1982. (Photo by Gary Gershoff/Getty Images)

    4 Incredible 1982 Albums Whose Stature Has Grown With Time

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  • UNITED KINGDOM - JUNE 01: Photo of Andy SUMMERS and Stewart COPELAND and POLICE and STING; L-R: Andy Summers, Stewart Copeland, Sting - posed, group shot (Photo by John Rodgers/Redferns)

    3 Forgotten Classic Rock Songs From the Early 1980s You Need To Hear

    May 8, 2026, 7:30 am

  • Mickey Gilley

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    May 7, 2026, 2:18 pm

  • Mike Score from A Flock of Seagulls, 80s one-hit wonder

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    6 One-Hit Wonders From the 80s That Show You Only Need One Good Song to Define a Decade

    May 7, 2026, 2:05 pm

  • Portrait of English Pop musicians Curt Smith (left) and Roland Orzabal, of the group Tears For Fears, Los Angeles, California, 1985. (Photo by John Kisch Archive/Getty Images)

    3 Songs From the 80s With Lyrics That Were Ahead of Their Time

  • 4 No. 2 Hits That Prove How Hard It Was To Hit the No. 1 Spot in 1984

    May 7, 2026, 8:30 am

  • David Byrne of Talking Heads performs on stage, Groenoordhallen, Leiden, Netherlands, 1st July 1982. (Photo by Rob Verhorst/Redferns)

    3 Classic Rock Songs From the 1980s That Were Insanely Ahead of Their Time

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  • British new wave group Ultravox, UK, August 1980. Left to right: drummer Warren Cann, singer and guitarist Midge Ure, bassist Chris Cross and keyboard player Billy Currie. (Photo by Michael Putland/Getty Images)

    3 Synth-Pop Classics From the 1980s When You Want to Dial up the Nostalgia

    May 6, 2026, 6:00 am

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