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

Musically, it was a year defined by two major global fundraising events for famine relief, the Live Aid concert, as well as the release of ‘We Are the World,” sung by that ragtag group of ...

What were best rock songs of 1985? What better way to share that with you than taking you back in time and using the method in which we often shared what music we loved with others - through a ...

Ronald Reagan was president. The Nintendo Entertainment System was released in the U.S., along with the Sony Walkman. The Titanic wreckage was discovered. The ill-fated New Coke made its debut.

Forty years ago, the 1980s reached its middle period. Musicians were settled into evolving studio technology as drum machines, samplers, and synthesizers became ubiquitous. If you think of songs as ...