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  • The Replacements’ Classic 1984 Album ‘Let It Be’ Getting Deluxe Reissue Treatment; Check Out Alternate Version of “Androgynous”

    3 Underrated Rock Bands From the 1980s That Didn’t Have Big Hair or Use Drum Machines 

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  • 3 Country Songs That Defined Every Mom’s Kitchen Radio in the ’80s

    3 Nostalgic Country Songs That Defined Every Mom’s Kitchen Radio in the 1980s

    November 5, 2025, 2:05 pm

  • Billy Joel performing

    On This Day in 1983, Billy Joel Accomplished a Career First (And Only) With a “Joke” Song That Helped Vindicate This 1960s Doo-Wop Group

    November 5, 2025, 10:58 am

  • These 4 Country Songs From 1985 Still Sound Great, 40 Years After They Were Released

    These 4 Country Songs From 1985 Still Sound Great, 40 Years After They Were Released

    November 5, 2025, 7:00 am

  • Ann and Nancy Wilson of Heart

    4 Forgotten and Lost Songs from 1985 I Bet You Don’t Remember

    November 5, 2025, 6:45 am

  • New ZZ Top Box Set, ‘From the Top: 1979-1990,’ Features High-Quality Vinyl Editions of Five of the Band’s Most Popular Albums

    3 Southern Rock Songs From the 1980s We’ll Love Forever

  • George Strait

    On This Day in 1989, George Strait Topped the Country Chart with a Single That Ended a Long String of Chart-Toppers

    November 4, 2025, 2:32 pm

  • Wham!, band behind controversial songs from the 1980s

    4 Controversial Songs From the 1980s That I Refuse to Stop Listening To

    November 4, 2025, 11:17 am

  • No Matter How Many Years Pass, These 3 Songs From the 1980s Will Never Be Forgotten

    November 4, 2025, 6:30 am

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