July 20, 200619 yr Author #81 HOWARD JONES 151 Pts [flash=450,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-7j99t6npY.swf WHAT IS LOVE video (1983) High Wycombe's Howard Jones has beaten his (then) media rival Nik Kershaw to make the Top100 countdown. Debut 1983 (Best Year 1984 = 58 Pts)
July 20, 200619 yr Author #80 TIFFANY 151 Pts [flash=450,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7oaORWqGbCg.swf COULD'VE BEEN video (1988) As I Think We're Alone Now has become such a School Disco classic & you see it on VH1 Classic, etc all the time I thought it would be good to include her other US #1/UK Top5 Hit that you never here/see. Tiffany is certainly not the last 1980s Pop Princess on this countdown.
July 20, 200619 yr Author #79 STARSHIP 155 Pts [flash=450,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHxPX6IU-sQ.swf NOTHING'S GONNA STOP US NOW video Starship will mostly be remembered for the Diane Warren song from the movie Mannequin but they had two other US#1s We Built This City & Sara. 1980s Chart Debut 1980 (Best Year 1987 = 79 Pts)
July 20, 200619 yr Author #78 STATUS QUO 155 Pts [flash=450,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8L9mTuN2FE.swf IN THE ARMY NOW video (1986) Veteran British Rock band (First hit was in 1968) continued their success throughout the 1980s within the UK. 1980s Chart Debut 1980 (Best Year 1984 & 1986 = 34 Pts each)
July 20, 200619 yr Author #77 NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK 156 Pts [flash=450,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rHutLy7hpRs.swf THE RIGHT STUFF video (1989) This manufactured Boston based boyband kicked off the revival in the manufactured Boy-band phenomena. So they are (indirectly) responsible for Take That, Boyzone, Backstreet Boys, N'Sync & Westlife. This track has not aged well IMHO. Chart debut 1988 (Best Year 1989 = 154 Pts)
July 20, 200619 yr Author #76 ROLLING STONES 156 Pts [flash=450,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nIVOWDDt_40.swf START ME UP video (1981) The Greatest Rock'n'Roll Band in the World carried on going in the 1980s like a Duracell bunny. Unlike their 1970s rivals Led Zeppelin & The Who who fell by the wayside in the 1980s. They are still touring somewhere in the World charging a fortune to see them play their mighty back catalogue & two/three tracks from their latest album that no one could give a toss about. 1980s debut 1980 (Best Year 1981 = 58 Pts)
July 20, 200619 yr Are we allowed to comment? :lol: Don't know many of these but Starship were fabness <3 Shocked Erasure are not higher - I know their entire back catalogue :(
July 21, 200619 yr Author Are we allowed to comment? :lol: Don't know many of these but Starship were fabness <3 Shocked Erasure are not higher - I know their entire back catalogue :( Yes Graham, Please comment on any of the acts/videos included. With this poll I am only including the artists success between Jan 1980 & Dec 1989, therefore Erasure will be missing quite a few of their early 1990s hits such as Blue Savannah, Love To Hate You, the Abba-Esque EP & Always.
July 21, 200619 yr Author #75 CHRISTOPHER CROSS 157 Pts [flash=450,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAg1KdNvsss.swf ARTHUR'S THEME (BEST THAT YOU CAN DO) (1981) Christopher Cross was an AOR singer songwriter who was huge in the USA in the early 1980s. Debut 1980 (Best Year 1980 = 73 Pts)
July 21, 200619 yr Author #74 DONNA SUMMER 157 Pts [flash=450,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7-qMrJ0Kn8.swf ON THE RADIO video (1980) The Queen of Disco scored her last US chart-topper with her first single of the decade (later covered by Martine McCutcheon). 1980s Debut = 1980 (Best Year 1980 = 52 Pts)
July 21, 200619 yr Author #73 RICK SPRINGFIELD 161 Pts [flash=450,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFAmUv3Ix98.swf JESSIE'S GIRL video (1981) This Australian actor/singer became successful on the back of appearing in the early 1980s US soap "General Hospital", in the 1970s he had been a failed PopStar so he had the profile to revive his career in the USA including his only US #1 Jessie's Girl. Debut 1981 (Best Year 1981 = 72 Pts)
July 21, 200619 yr Author #72 PAULA ABDUL 161 Pts [flash=450,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-isnW0rV1w.swf STRAIGHT UP video (1989) Former choreographer of many 1980s Pop videos including Janet Jackson, The Jacksons, ZZ Top, Duran Duran, Debbie Gibson, etc. She became a major Popstar in 1989 despite possessing one of the worst voices in Pop History. No wonder that qualifies her to be a judge on American Idol. Debut 1989 (Best Year 1989 = 161 Pts)
July 21, 200619 yr Author #71 BOB SEGER (& The SILVER BULLET BAND) 162 Pts [flash=450,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4SxQ5BSJPc.swf WE'VE GOT TONIGHT video (1980) Bob Seger was part of the early 1980s AOR scene that was responsible for a lot of US acts that did not travel well over to "this side of the Pond". We've Got Tonight remains his most well known song thanks to cover duets by Kenny Loggins/Sheena Easton & Ronan Keating/Lulu. 1980s Debut 1980 (Best Year 1980 = 50 Pts)
July 21, 200619 yr Author #70 PAUL YOUNG 166 Pts [flash=450,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Q4SksYCOBY.swf EVERYTIME YOU GO AWAY video (1985) British soul singer Paul Young hit the big time in 1983 with his "No Parlez" album< But his only US chart-topper came with this cover of a Hall & Oates album track. Debut 1983 (Best Year 1985 = 72 Pts)
July 21, 200619 yr Author #69 KIM WILDE 167 Pts [flash=450,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNyRU0fKHAY.swf YOU KEEP ME HANGING ON video (1986) Pop Princess Kim was daughter of 1950s Pop Star Marty Wilde & scored a string of hit singles after her debut Kids In America until the early 1990s. She never topped the UK singles chart but she topped the US singles chart with this cover of an old Supreme classic. Debut 1981 (Best Year 1981 = 61 Pts)
July 21, 200619 yr Author #68 FLEETWOOD MAC 169 Pts [flash=450,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJg8H85RYOc.swf BIG LOVE video (1987) Fleetwood Mac carried on where they left off from the late 1970s, at least until Lindsay Buckingham left the band in 1988. The band were fairly unique as they had three different lead singers (Lindsay Buckingham, Christine McVie & Stevie Nicks). 1980s debut 1980 (Best Year 1987 = 68 Pts)
July 21, 200619 yr Author #67 SPANDAU BALLET 171 Pts [flash=450,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AALnkd_q-Jg.swf TRUE video (1983) These London New Romantics quickly moved into more soulful music before their success declined in the late 1980s. Debut 1980 (Best Year 1983 = 83 Pts)
July 21, 200619 yr Author #66 THOMPSON TWINS 172 Pts [flash=450,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmfRoDKixwE.swf HOLD ME NOW video (1983) British based synth-pop trio - Tom Bailey, Alannah Currie & Joe Leeway were very successful between 1983 & 1985. In fact Madonna supported them on their 1985 US Tour! Debut 1983 (Best Year 1984 = 103 Pts)
July 21, 200619 yr Author #65 MILLI VANILLI 176 Pts [flash=450,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSqV3rWM4iQ.swf GIRL YOU KNOW IT'S TRUE video (1988) Dancers Rob & Fab fronted the most notorious act of the 1980s produced by former Boney-M mastermind Frank Farian. The music has aged really badly as well IMHO. Debut 1988 (Best Year 1989 = 160 Pts)
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