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    3 One-Hit Wonders With Music Videos That Are So 1980s

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    On This Day in 1987, This Iconic Outlaw Country Legend Released His Last Ever No. 1—Titled After a Famous Lullaby

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    On This Day in 1981, Olivia Newton-John Went No. 1 With a Song She Begged to Scrap: “I Freaked Out”

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