Ronald Reagan was president. The Nintendo Entertainment System was released in the U.S., along with the Sony Walkman. The ...

From Prince to Joni Mitchell and Macca to the Bee Gees, the stars who were in such a creative purple patch that they had classics going spare and shopped them elsewhere.

But it’s possible nowhere in the entertainment industry was quite as exciting as the world of music in the mid-1980s. Here’s a round-up of some of 1985’s greatest hits which are turning 40 this year..

In celebration of the songs that have stood the test of time (for better or worse), we give you our best and worst songs of 1985 ... of the LP’s three Top 10 hits. Yet it was, probably ...

Here's a breakdown of the 15 hottest tours of 1985, including video whenever possible: ...

Many were hits to start with. Mr Brightside by The Killers (2004) is a fixture, while Kate Bush's Running Up That Hill (1985) ...

Along with the still-relevant big names found in the below list of the Top 40 Songs of 1975, which were chosen by the UCR ...

Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble fittingly score a pair of hits on Billboard's Blues Albums chart, including Texas Flood ...

From Pete Seeger to Billie Holiday to Rage Against the Machine to Kendrick Lamar, musicians of all genres have spoken truth to power ...

The Los Angeles fire benefit concert proved Hollywood can and will come together in hard times. Jan. 30 marked a big moment ...

"The Power Of Love" was written for the 1985 hit movie Back to the Future, starring Michael J. Fox and featuring a cameo by ...