The year 1984 was full of iconic pop music moments, from the release of 'Footloose', to Madonna's takeover. Here are some ...

After the first wave of punk crested in 1977, this vein of underground rock consolidated into something faster, leaner, louder, and meaner.

To define rock, one needs to determine what it is first. The spirit of the genre encompasses everything from rebellion to freedom and love. It's a gamut of sensations that prove there's nothing quite ...

In a way, nostalgia is the lifeblood of popular music. It’s why the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame exists. And the reason feuding brothers finally reunited after 15 years apart. For many, music is like a ...

The Pointer Sisters, Minutemen and more sounds from a landmark year in pop music. By Lindsay Zoladz If you’re halfway decent at math, you know that it is currently the 40-year anniversary of 1984 — ...

There's one 1980s song that hits the ground running every single time, and that's the 1984 power pop hit "Holding Out for a Hero" by Welsh artist Bonnie Tyler. Right out the gate, the song delivers ...

One of the most recognizable pieces of music today, "Hallelujah" by Leonard Cohen did not start receiving recognition until well after Cohen's original 1984 release. Cohen wrote the song and claims to ...

More than four decades after it first climbed the charts, the 1984 dance-pop song “Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go” is still decidedly one of music’s feel-good anthems. The uplifting earworm by the ...

The year 1984 dominated pop music history like no other year before or since. Prince, Madonna, Bruce Springsteen, and Cyndi Lauper filled radio airwaves while MTV broadcast groundbreaking music videos ...