1980s - Music - Article Index

Encyclopedia - 1980s: Encyclopedia - 1980s
1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 The 1980s decade refers to the years from 1980 to 1989, inclusive. Informally, it can a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1980 In Music: Encyclopedia Ii - 1980 In Music - Albums Released
1980 in music - A-C. Super Trouper - ABBA Back in Black - AC/DC I'm a Rebel - Accept Greatest Hits - Aerosmith Crimes Of Passion - Pat...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Music Of Jamaica: Encyclopedia Ii - Music Of Jamaica - Ska
By 1964, a distinctive Jamaican music had sprung up based around the sound systems called ska, which was fast and danceable. Perhaps the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - African American Music: Encyclopedia Ii - African American Music - Mid 20th Century
By the 1940s, cover versions of African American songs were commonplace, and frequently topped the charts, while the original musicians f...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1991 In Music: Encyclopedia Ii - 1991 In Music - Events
1991 was the year that grunge music made its popular breakthrough. Nirvana's Nevermind, led by the surprise hit single "Smells Like Teen ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - American Classical Music: Encyclopedia - American Classical Music
American classical music is music written in the United States but in the European classical music tradition. In many cases, beginning in...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1986 In Music: Encyclopedia Ii - 1986 In Music - Awards
1986 in music - Grammy Awards. Grammy Awards of 1986 1986 in music - Country Music Association Awards. 1986 in music - Eurovision ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tangerine Dream: Encyclopedia Ii - Tangerine Dream - History
Edgar Froese arrived in West Berlin in the mid-1960s to study art. He worked as a sculptor and studied under Salvador Dalí, among others...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Talking Heads: Encyclopedia Ii - Talking Heads - History
Talking Heads married punk rock sensibilities with poppy sounds, clipped funk, art school intellectualism, and later, world music. In Dav...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Grunge Music: Encyclopedia Ii - Grunge Music - Mainstream Popularity
Prior to its popularity, grunge was listened to mostly by those who played the music. Bands would play at clubs with very few people in a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 2000s: Encyclopedia Ii - 2000s - Trends And Fashion
2000s - United States. Fashion slowly becomes less grungy and more excessive as the wearing of flannel by people under 30 declines and...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Axl Rose: Encyclopedia Ii - Axl Rose - Living On The Edge
Although famous first for its music, the band soon gained notoriety for a wild lifestyle fueled by heavy use of recreational drugs. Insta...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Wynton Marsalis: Encyclopedia Ii - Wynton Marsalis - Music
The music of Marsalis was part of a movement during the early 1990s countering the perceived excesses of free jazz and fusion. During thi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Music Of Brazil: Encyclopedia Ii - Music Of Brazil - Afro Brazilian Music
Music of Brazil - Samba. Main article: Samba By the beginning of the 20th century, samba had begun to evolve out of choro in Rio de Jan...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nigel John Taylor: Encyclopedia Ii - Nigel John Taylor - History
Taylor was born in Birmingham, England. He was a shy boy who attended Catholic school, wore glasses (due to a severe myopia over -10 diop...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Duran Duran: Encyclopedia Ii - Duran Duran - Influence
Although they began their career as an interesting New Wave art-school band in the tradition of Roxy Music, the band's quick rise to star...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - D-flame: Encyclopedia Ii - D-flame - Biography
D-Flame grew up in Frankfurt where he encountered racism at an early age, often witnessing how his mother was insulted in spiteful fashio...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chumbawamba: Encyclopedia Ii - Chumbawamba - Band History
Originally called The Mirror Boys, Chumbawamba were formed in 1982 from two other bands based in Yorkshire in the North of England, The P...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Music Of Brazil: Encyclopedia Ii - Music Of Brazil - Brazilian Music History
Music of Brazil - Colonial music. The earliest known descriptions of music in Brazil date from 1578, when Jean De Léry, a French Calvi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Music: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Music - Prehistoric Music
The development of music among humans occurred against the backdrop of natural sounds. It was, in all probability, influenced by birdsong...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vh1: Encyclopedia Ii - Vh1 - Overview
VH-1's popularity and clearance (number of cable systems carrying the channel) was minimal until the fledgling network was acquired by Vi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Radio Luxembourg: Encyclopedia Ii - Radio Luxembourg - Trivia
For many years, due to British advertising restrictions, Radio Luxembourg was the only station available in the UK that could advertise t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Music Of Slovenia: Encyclopedia Ii - Music Of Slovenia - History
The history of modern Slovenian music can be traced back to the 5th century, when Christianity spread in the Duchy of Carantania. Liturgi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Electric Guitar: Encyclopedia Ii - Electric Guitar - Uses
The electric guitar can be played either solo or with other instruments. It has been used in numerous genres of popular music, as well as...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Vietnam: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Vietnam - 1980s
Vietnam's third constitution, based on that of the USSR, was written in 1980. Through the 1980s, Vietnam received nearly $3 billion a yea...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Black Metal: Encyclopedia Ii - Black Metal - History
In the late 1980's and early 1990's, one of the most prominent figures of the Norwegian scene was Øystein Aarseth, better known as Euron...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Smurfs: Encyclopedia Ii - The Smurfs - Rumors
The Smurfs - Satanic rumors. During 1983, rumors of the Smurfs' Satanic activities spread across Puerto Rico. Those who believed the th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hip Hop Music: Encyclopedia Ii - Hip Hop Music - Characteristics
Hip hop is a cultural movement, of which music is a part (as are graffiti and breakdancing). The music is itself composed of two parts, r...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Doctor Who: Encyclopedia Ii - Doctor Who - Viewership
Doctor Who has always appeared on the BBC's mainstream BBC One channel, drawing audiences of many millions of viewers. It was most popula...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hall & Oates: Encyclopedia Ii - Hall & Oates - Later Work
The duo's occasional songwriting collaborator, Janna Allen (sister of Sara), died of leukemia in 1993. Hall and Oates released the Marigo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bucharest: Encyclopedia Ii - Bucharest - Culture
Bucharest's has a diverse and growing cultural scene, with cultural life exhibited in a number of various fields, including the visual ar...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 2step: Encyclopedia - 2step
2Step (also known as 2 step, two step or 2 step garage) is a typically British style of modern dance music, and one of the two major sub-...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Billy Connolly: Encyclopedia Ii - Billy Connolly - Career
Billy Connolly - Folk music. Together with Tam Harvey he started a group called the Humblebums, which later included Gerry Rafferty. Co...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Steve Reich: Encyclopedia Ii - Steve Reich - The 1970s
Four Organs (1970) deals specifically with augmentation, and was based on a piece written in 1967, Slow Motion Sound, which was more of a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pointer Sisters: Encyclopedia Ii - Pointer Sisters - The Height Of Their Success
Over the next few years they achieved their greatest commercial success and continued to demonstrate their versatility. In 1980 the mediu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bell Labs: Encyclopedia Ii - Bell Labs - History
In 1925, Walter Gifford, then president of AT&T, established Bell Telephone Laboratories Inc as a separate entity which took over wor...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ireland: Encyclopedia Ii - Ireland - Culture
Ireland - Literature and the arts. Main articles: Irish literature, and Irish art, and [[]], and [[]]   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 2000s: Encyclopedia Ii - 2000s - Trends And Fashion
2000s - United States. Fashion slowly becomes less grungy and more excessive as the wearing of flannel by people under 30 declines and...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Radio Luxembourg: Encyclopedia Ii - Radio Luxembourg - History
Luxembourg was special, because while radio stations all over Europe were exclusively government-owned and operated well into the 1980s, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Björk: Encyclopedia Ii - Björk - Personal Life
Björk and her contemporary media artist boyfriend Matthew Barney have a daughter, Isadora, born October 3, 2002. Björk also has a son, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jello Biafra: Encyclopedia Ii - Jello Biafra - Political Beliefs
Biafra claims to be an anarchist in his personal dealings with people, though does not advocate the replacement of current governments wi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Steve Reich: Encyclopedia Ii - Steve Reich - New Directions
In 1993, Reich collaborated with his wife, the video artist Beryl Korot, on an opera, The Cave, which explores the roots of Judaism, Chri...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kate Bush: Encyclopedia Ii - Kate Bush - Video Projects
Kate Bush appeared in many innovative music videos, designed to accompany her singles releases. Among the best known are those for "Cloud...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Queen Band: Encyclopedia Ii - Queen Band - The Digital Realm
Under the supervision of Brian May and Roger Taylor, numerous restoration projects have been underway involving Queen's lengthy audio and...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Curtis Mayfield: Encyclopedia - Curtis Mayfield
Curtis Mayfield (June 3, 1942 – December 26, 1999) was an African American soul, funk and R&B singer, songwriter and guitarist prob...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - California Baptist University: Encyclopedia Ii - California Baptist University - History
California Baptist University - 1950s. Founded in 1950 as California Baptist College in El Monte, California, the new college enrolled ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Jackson 5: Encyclopedia Ii - The Jackson 5 - Discography
For a full listing of albums and singles, see Jackson 5 discography. The Jackson 5 - Top Ten US and UK singles. The following singles r...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dumbo: Encyclopedia Ii - Dumbo - History
Dumbo - Production. The film was designed as a economical feature, to help generate income for the Disney studio after the financial fa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Beck: Encyclopedia Ii - Beck - Biography
Beck Hansen was born in Los Angeles, California, to David Campbell (a musician, Scientologist and son of a Presbyterian minister) and Bib...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Paul Mccartney: Encyclopedia Ii - Paul Mccartney - 1990s
Following the release of the album Off the Ground, the similarly-scaled New World Tour took place in 1993. The live album capturing this ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Carl Perkins: Encyclopedia - Carl Perkins
Carl Lee Perkins (April 9, 1932 – January 19, 1998) was an American pioneer of rockabilly music, a mix of rhythm and blues and country ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hungary: Encyclopedia Ii - Hungary - Culture
Main article: Culture of Hungary Hungarian culture is diverse and varied. The music of Hungary consists mainly of traditional Hungarian f...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Arts In Seattle: Encyclopedia Ii - Arts In Seattle - Seattle In The Early 20th Century
Although Seattle in the early 20th century was more of a center for variety shows and vaudeville than for the high arts, the Seattle Symp...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Menudo: Encyclopedia Ii - Menudo - History
Menudo - Beginning. Started in 1977 by Edgardo Diaz, it initially included two sets of brothers: Diaz's cousins Ricky Melendez, Carlos ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 2000s: Encyclopedia Ii - 2000s - Events And Trends
2000s - Technology. A huge jump in broadband internet usage, from 6% of U.S. internet users in June, 2000 to what one study predicts w...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Soap Opera: Encyclopedia Ii - Soap Opera - Soap Opera Characteristics
Soap opera - Plots and storylines. Most soaps follow the lives of a group of characters who live or work in a particular place. The sto...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Absolute Pitch: Encyclopedia - Absolute Pitch
Absolute pitch, widely referred to as perfect pitch, refers to the ability to identify a note by name without the benefit of a reference ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bee Gees: Encyclopedia Ii - Bee Gees - Awards And Success
The Bee Gees have been incredibly successful, selling in excess of 180 million records and singles worldwide. Their songs have been cover...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gary Numan: Encyclopedia Ii - Gary Numan - Career
Numan rose to prominence at the tail end of the 1970s, initially recording under the band name Tubeway Army. After recording an album's w...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Disco: Encyclopedia Ii - Disco - Origins
As with all such musical genres, defining a single point of disco's development is difficult, as many elements of disco music appear on e...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - R.e.m. Band: Encyclopedia Ii - R.e.m. Band - Discography
R.E.M. band - Studio Albums. Murmur (12 April 1983) #36 US US: Gold Reckoning (14 April 1984) #27 US; #91 UK US: Gold Fables of the Re...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nme: Encyclopedia Ii - Nme - Nme.com
In 1996 under the stewardship of NME editor Steve Sutherland and then NME publisher Robert Tame, the NME started its website in what were...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Elvis Presley: Encyclopedia Ii - Elvis Presley - Lasting Legacy
By 1957 Elvis Presley was the most famous entertainer in the world. After pioneer band leader Bill Haley spawned interest in rock and rol...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Piano: Encyclopedia Ii - Piano - Role Of The Piano
The piano is a crucial instrument in Western classical music, jazz, film, television and electronic game music, and most other complex we...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Queen Band: Encyclopedia Ii - Queen Band - Historical Success
In 2005, with the release of their live album with Paul Rodgers, Queen moved into third place of the acts with the most aggregate time sp...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Electronic Organ: Encyclopedia Ii - Electronic Organ - The 1950s And 1960s
Electronic organ - The spinet organ. Following World War II, most electronic home organs were built in a configuration usually called a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hip Hop Rivalries: Encyclopedia Ii - Hip Hop Rivalries - Ll Cool J Vs. Kool Moe Dee
Kool Moe Dee was a member of one of the earliest hip hop crews, the Treacherous Three, and claimed that LL Cool J stole his style, thus c...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Đorđe Balašević: Encyclopedia Ii - Đorđe Balašević - Politics
Since one of his first songs "Računajte na nas" (1978), Balašević has been politically involved. Together with another early single "T...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Queen Band: Encyclopedia Ii - Queen Band - Queen In Musical Theatre
In 2002, a musical or "rock theatrical" based on the songs of Queen, entitled We Will Rock You, opened at the Dominion Theatre on London'...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cantopop: Encyclopedia - Cantopop
Cantopop is a colloquial abbreviation for "Cantonese pop music", a form of popular music that is a subgenre of C-pop. It is also known as...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cornwall: Encyclopedia Ii - Cornwall - Demographics
Cornwall's population is 513,527, and population density 144 people per square kilometre, ranking it 40th and 41st respectively compared ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Madchester: Encyclopedia Ii - Madchester - Madchester Begins
In the autumn of 1988, a series of record releases came together as the first rumblings of a serious new music scene in Manchester. In Oc...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bee Gees: Encyclopedia Ii - Bee Gees - 1960s In England
Very soon after their arrival in January 1967, the Bee Gees were signed by Robert Stigwood, and added Australian musicians Vince Melouney...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Islam In Egypt: Encyclopedia Ii - Islam In Egypt - Islam In Egyptian Society
As of 1990, Egyptian Islam was a complex and diverse religion. Although Muslims agreed on the faith's basic tenets, the country's various...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Concept Album: Encyclopedia - Concept Album
Usually, in popular music, an artist or group releases an album consisting of a number of unconnected songs that the members of the grou...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Led Zeppelin: Encyclopedia Ii - Led Zeppelin - Members
The band has often cited influential manager Peter Grant as a "fifth member" ... See also:Led Zeppelin, Led Zeppelin - Their History, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Blues: Encyclopedia Ii - Blues - Characteristics
Blues - Origins. There are few characteristics common to all blues, because the genre takes its shape from the peculiarities of individ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ghoulardi: Encyclopedia Ii - Ghoulardi - Biography
Ernie Anderson was a big band and jazz enthusiast, and WWII U.S. Navy veteran born in Lynn, Massachusetts on November 22, 1923. This irre...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Abba: Encyclopedia Ii - Abba - Fashion And Videos
ABBA was widely noted as an epitome of 1970s fashion for the colourful costumes its members wore. The videos which accompanied some of th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anime: Encyclopedia Ii - Anime - Characteristics
Anime features a wide variety of artistic styles which vary from artist to artist. Anime also features a large number of genres as well--...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kamma: Encyclopedia Ii - Kamma - History And Origins
Kammas are mostly land-owning community who grew stronger with the continuous changes that were affecting the economic landscape of rural...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Đorđe Balašević: Encyclopedia Ii - Đorđe Balašević - Music
His rich narratives are marked by nostalgia and saturated in gentle moods. He was influenced by poets such as his native Mika Antić and ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - World Anti-communist League: Encyclopedia - World Anti-communist League
The World Anti-Communist League (WACL) (now known as the World League for Freedom and Democracy) is an international right-wing political...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Prince Artist: Encyclopedia Ii - Prince Artist - Discography
For a detailed listing of albums, singles, and production/songwriting work Prince has done for other musicians, please see Prince discogr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1990s: Encyclopedia Ii - 1990s - Internet
1990s - Other significant events. The massive global human impact on the environment, which first garnered attention in the 60s, was w...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cantopop: Encyclopedia Ii - Cantopop - Early Development
Before the 1960s, the Cantonese music available in Hong Kong was limited largely to traditional Cantonese opera and comic renditions of W...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Britpop: Encyclopedia Ii - Britpop - History
Britpop - The Modfather and Modern Life is Rubbish 1991 – 1993. Weller in particular is praised as the founder and initiator of the m...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Synthesizer: Encyclopedia Ii - Synthesizer - Synthesizer Basics
There are two major kinds of synthesizers, analog and digital. There are also many different kinds of synthesis methods, each applicable ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Boat People: Encyclopedia Ii - Boat People - Indochinese Boat People
Events resulting from the Vietnam War led many people in Cambodia, Laos, and especially Vietnam to become refugees in the late 1970s and ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Calculator: Encyclopedia Ii - Calculator - History
Calculator - Origin: The Abacus. The first calculators were abacuses, and were often constructed as a wooden frame with beads sliding o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Iraq: Encyclopedia Ii - Iraq - Culture
Main article: Culture of Iraq In the most recent millennium, what is now Iraq has been made up of five cultural areas: Kurdish in the nor...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Willie Dixon: Encyclopedia - Willie Dixon
Willie Dixon (July 1, 1915 – January 29, 1992) was a well-known American blues bassist, singer, songwriter, and record producer. He was...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alice Cooper: Encyclopedia Ii - Alice Cooper - 1970s
In 1970, the band teamed up with fledgling producer Bob Ezrin on their album entitled Love It to Death. This was the first of more than 1...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Athens, Georgia: Encyclopedia Ii - Athens, Georgia - History
In the late 18th century, a trading settlement on the banks of the Oconee River called Cedar Shoals stood where Athens is located today. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1920s: Encyclopedia Ii - 1920s - Events And Trends
Since the closing of the 20th Century, the 1920s has drawn close associations with the 1990s,especially in the United States. This due to...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vienna: Encyclopedia Ii - Vienna - History
Main article: History of Vienna Founded around 500 BC Vienna was originally a Celtic settlement: "Uindobona" 'Fair Bottomland'. In 15 BC,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nelson Mandela: Encyclopedia Ii - Nelson Mandela - Arrest And Imprisonment
In 1961, he became the leader of the ANC's armed wing Umkhonto we Sizwe (translated as Spear of the Nation, also abbreviated MK), which h...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Crossroads Soap Opera: Encyclopedia - Crossroads Soap Opera
Crossroads was a British television soap opera set in a motel near Birmingham, England. It was first broadcast on ITV between 2 November ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gramophone Record: Encyclopedia Ii - Gramophone Record - History Of The Materials
Early disc records were originally made of various materials including hard rubber. From 1897 onwards, earlier materials were largely rep...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sweden: Encyclopedia Ii - Sweden - Culture
Swedish authors of worldwide recognition include Carolus Linnaeus, Emanuel Swedenborg, August Strindberg, Selma Lagerlöf, Vilhelm Moberg...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - American Wrestling Association: Encyclopedia Ii - American Wrestling Association - History
Until the 1980s, the AWA was considered one of the top wrestling companies in the world. Verne Gagne had been its biggest star even befor...   » Read the article