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  • Sylvia Kirby

    3 Country Artists From the 1980s Who Disappeared After One Hit

    December 28, 2025, 5:23 pm

  • Lou Gramm on the Deluxe Reissue of Foreigner’s Classic 1981 Album ‘4,’ Featuring “a Lot of Stuff … No One’s Heard Before” (Exclusive)

    4 Power Ballads From 1981 That Still Hit Me in the Gut Today

    December 28, 2025, 2:35 pm

  • 4 of the Boldest Country Songs Released in the 1980s

    4 of the Boldest Country Songs From the 1980s

  • Timbuk 3 At The Petrillo Bandshell

    3 Rock Artists From the 1980s Who Disappeared After One Hit

    December 27, 2025, 11:59 am

  • On This Day in 1986, Hank Williams Jr. (And a Star-Studded Lineup) Reached No. 1 With a Classic Remake of His Dad’s 1940s Hit

    December 27, 2025, 10:05 am

  • On This Day in 1989, Ronnie Milsap Was at No. 1 With His 40th and Final No. 1 Hit—a Song That Initially Raised Red Flags for One of the Songwriters

    December 27, 2025, 8:39 am

  • 3 Classic Rock Album Cuts That Were Better Than the Singles Bands Released

    3 Classic Rock Bands With No. 1 LPs in 1982 That We Still Stan

    December 27, 2025, 8:30 am

  • AC/DC

    On This Day in 1981, AC/DC Scored Their First American No. 1 With an Album Inspired by Bon Scott and Roman Gladiators

    December 26, 2025, 3:26 pm

  • 4 Power Ballads From 1982 That Still Hit Me in the Gut Today

  • Watch This Phenomenal Performance by Stevie Ray Vaughan in Honor of the Anniversary of the Blues Guitar Master’s Death

    3 Face-Melting Guitar Solos From the 1980s That Aren’t by Eddie Van Halen or Mark Knopfler

    December 26, 2025, 1:00 pm

  • 3 Female Pop Stars Who Hit No. 1 in 1989 That We Can’t Get Enough Of

    December 25, 2025, 7:30 am

  • 3 Rock B-Sides That Became More Popular Than the A-Side

    4 Underrated Rolling Stones Songs From Their 80s Era

    December 25, 2025, 7:15 am

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