Madonna - Live To Tell 12''

Madonna

Live To Tell 12''

1986

Pop

USA

Tracklist:


"Live to Tell" (LP Version) – 5:49
"Live to Tell" (Edit) – 4:37
"Live to Tell" (Instrumental) – 5:49


     "Live to Tell" is a pop ballad by American singer-songwriter Madonna. Originally written by Patrick Leonard for the soundtrack of the film Fire with Fire, the song was shown to Madonna, who decided to use it for then-husband Sean Penn's film At Close Range. It was produced by Leonard and Madonna for her third studio album True Blue, released in mid-1986, later appearing as a remix on the 1990 compilation album The Immaculate Collection, in its original form on the 1995 ballads compilation album Something to Remember, and most recently on her third compilation album Celebration (again in its original form), released in September 2009.
     The song includes instrumentation from guitars, keyboards, drums and a synthesizer, and its lyrics deals with deceit, mistrust and childhood scars. It is also about being strong, which Madonna recalled in an interview that she thought about her relationship with her parents, while writing the lyrics. The music video, directed by James Foley, shows Madonna's first image makeover, featuring her with a cleaner look, shoulder-length wavy golden blond hair, conservative wardrobe and subtle make-up. This toned down blond appearance was again inspired by Marilyn Monroe.
     Released as the album's first single in March 1986, the song was a commercial success. It became Madonna's third number-one single on the Billboard Hot 100, and her first number-one on the Adult Contemporary chart. It was generally well-received by music critics, who frequently referred to it as the best ballad of her career. The song faced controversy when Madonna performed it on her 2006 Confessions Tour wearing a crown of Thorns while hanging on a giant mirrored cross. The performance at Rome's Olympic Stadium was condemned as an act of hostility toward the Roman Catholic Church by religious leaders.

The Communards - So Cold The Night 12''

The Communards

So Cold The Night 12''

1986

Pop Dancepop

England

Tracklist:

So Cold The Night 9:12
When The Walls Come Tumbling Down 4:22
Never No More 2:58


     The Communards were a British pop duo active from 1985 to 1988. They are most famous for their cover of Thelma Houston's song, "Don't Leave Me This Way" as well as "Never Can Say Goodbye".
     The Communards formed in 1985 after singer Jimmy Somerville left his earlier band Bronski Beat to team up with classically-trained musician Richard Coles. Though mainly a pianist, Coles played a number of instruments and had been seen previously performing the clarinet solos on the Bronski Beat hit "It Ain't Necessarily So". They were joined by bass player Dave Renwick who had also played with Bronski Beat. Somerville was well-known for his falsetto singing style, and that he was openly gay during a period of increasing socio-political debate and conflict in the UK regarding homosexuality.
     The band had their first UK Top 30 hit in 1985 with the piano-based #30 single "You Are My World". The following year they had their biggest hit with an energetic cover version of Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes' soul classic "Don't Leave Me This Way" (in a version inspired by Thelma Houston's cover) which spent four weeks at number one and became the UK's biggest selling single of 1986. It also made the US Top 40. It featured Sarah Jane Morris as co-vocalist, taking advantage of the contrast between Morris' deep and rounded contralto and Somerville's soaring falsetto. Morris performed both backing and co-lead vocals on many of the Communards' other recordings, and appeared in group photos as an unofficial third member.
     Later that year The Communards had another UK Top 10 hit with the single "So Cold the Night," which reached number 8. In 1987, they released an album titled Red, which was partly produced by Stephen Hague. Red featured a cover version of the Jackson 5's hit "Never Can Say Goodbye" (in a version inspired by Gloria Gaynor's cover), which the Communards took to Number 4. Their last released single was "There's More to Love" in 1988, which reached Number 20 and was, consequently, their final Top 20 hit.
     They split in 1988 and Somerville began a solo career. Coles followed his Christian leanings and, after periods as a journalist for the Times Literary Supplement and Catholic Herald, he was ordained in the Church of England, spending time as the curate of St Botolph's (The Stump) in Boston, Lincolnshire. He is now the assistant priest at St Paul's Knightsbridge and Chaplain to the Royal College of Music.

Black - Wonderful Life 12'' (85) / Wonderful Life 12'' (87)

Black

Wonderful Life 12''

1985

Pop

England

Tracklist:

A Wonderful Life 4:50
B1 Birthday Night 5:10
B2 Everything's Coming Up Roses 4:04

Black

Wonderful Life 12''

1987

Pop

England

Tracklist:

A1 Wonderful Life     4:49
A2 Life Calls       4:47
B1 Had Enough 3:51
B2 All We Need Is The Money 4:23

     "Wonderful Life" is a song by British band Black from their 1987 album of the same name. Written by lead singer Colin Vearncombe, the song was released twice as a single and was successful the second time, becoming a top ten hit in Switzerland, Germany, UK, France, Austria and Italy.
     First released in 1985 by Ugly Man Records, it initially peaked at #72 on the UK Singles Chart. The band then decided to re-release the song with a new record company, A&M Records after the success of "Sweetest Smile". The single then reached a higher peak of #8 on the UK Singles Chart in August 1987.
     Black is a British pop band that is primarily a musical vehicle for British singer-songwriter Colin Vearncombe (born 26 May 1962, Liverpool, England).
     Black's first release was "Human Features" on Rox Records in 1981. This was followed by another independent release in 1982 "More than the Sun", after which Black were signed by WEA Records.
     In 1982, Black played with the Thompson Twins on their "Quick Step and Side Kick" tour. The live sound of synth/percussion/guitar and the use of reel-to-reel tapes got them noticed.
The first release for WEA was "Hey Presto" (1984), which got the band noticed outside the UK: the video for this song featured on the satellite music channel Music Box, and the single was released in Australia. The second WEA single was a re-recording of "More than the Sun". After this, Black were dropped from the record label. During this period, the band also included producer Dave Dix.
     1985 was a gloomy year for Vearncombe, causing him to write the ironically entitled minor key song "Wonderful Life". Released independently at first, this track got Black noticed by A&M Records who signed Vearncombe and launched his international career. At first, the singles "Everything's Coming Up Roses" and "Sweetest Smile" were moderately successful in the UK alone, but the third single, a re-release of "Wonderful Life", was a massive hit worldwide. The album of the same name, released in 1987, had similar success, reaping commercial and critical acclaim.
     Black then went on to sell over two million records worldwide with Comedy (1988) and Black (1991). In the meantime, Vearncombe's personal life took a turn for the better when he married Swedish singer Camilla Griehsel, formerly from the band One 2 Many. Disillusioned with having to deal with a big record company, Vearncombe founded the independent label Nero Schwarz (which is the word "black" in Italian and German, respectively), and released one album Are We Having Fun Yet? (1993).
     After a prolonged hiatus, Vearncombe returned in 1999 to release a string of critically acclaimed recordings under his own name.
     Vearncombe returned to the band format and the name "Black" to release a new recording entitled Between Two Churches in November 2005. On this album he included a song mocking the success of his hit "Wonderful life", where he poignantly re-asked the question, "Are you having a wonderful life?".
     2009 saw two album releases. The Given was issued on 4 July, initially available as a free download under Vearncombe's name; and Water On Stone on 17 November, the first Black studio album in four years.

Billy Ocean - Caribbean Queen 12''

Billy Ocean

Caribbean Queen 12''

1984

Rhythm and Blues Soul Pop

Trinidad and Tobago

Tracklist:


A Caribbean Queen (No More Love On The Run) (New Extended Mix)      8:20
B1 African Queen (No More Love On The Run) (New Extended Mix)     8:20
B2 Dance Floor (Extended Mix)      6:37

 
     Billy Ocean (born Leslie Sebastian Charles, 21 January 1950) is a Trinidad-born English Grammy Award winning popular music performer who had a string of rhythm and blues international pop hits in the 1970s and 1980s. He was the most popular British-based R&B singer / songwriter of the early to mid-1980s.
     He was born in Trinidad and Tobago to Grenadian parents, and moved to Romford, London, England with his family at the age of eight. Ocean's musical influence came at an early age of his life, as his father was a musician, and realised he was in line to follow those ambitions as he was growing up. During his teenage years, he sang regularly in London clubs while also working as a tailor in London's Savile Row. He released his first single in 1972 on Spark Records as Les Charles.
     He took his stage name from the Ocean Estate, Stepney, where he was living at the time.

Big Audio Dynamite - E=MC2 12''

Big Audio Dynamite

E=MC2 12''

1986

Post Punk Alternative Pop Rock 

England

Tracklist:


A E=MC2 (Extended Remix)
B This Is Big Audio Dynamite


     Big Audio Dynamite (later known as Big Audio Dynamite II and Big Audio, and often abbreviated BAD) are a British musical group formed in 1984 by the ex-guitarist and singer of The Clash, Mick Jones. The group is noted for their effective mixture of varied musical styles, incorporating elements of punk rock, dance music, hip hop, reggae, and funk. BAD's one constant throughout frequent shifts in membership and musical direction are the vocals provided by Mick Jones. After releasing a number of well-received albums and touring extensively throughout the 1980s and 1990s, Big Audio Dynamite disbanded in 1997, but have announced a reunion as of January 2011.
     "E=MC2" is a song written by Mick Jones, the guitarist and singer of The Clash and performed by his post-Clash band Big Audio Dynamite. It was included as the third track on their 1985 debut album This Is Big Audio Dynamite.
     The track is considered to be the first song to make use of highly defined sampling technologies. E=MC2 missed out on becoming a top ten hit in the UK, where it peaked at #11 and #37 in the U.S. dance chart becoming the band's most well-known song.


     Personnel

Big Audio Dynamite (1984–1990, 2011–present)
     Mick Jones – vocals and guitar
     Don Letts – sound effects and vocals
     Dan Donovan – keyboards
     Leo Williams – bass
     Greg Roberts – drums and background vocals
Big Audio Dynamite II (1990–1993)
     Mick Jones – vocals and guitar
     Nick Hawkins – guitar and background vocals
     Gary Stonadge – bass and background vocals
     Chris Kavanagh – drums and background vocals
Big Audio (1994–1995)
     Mick Jones – vocals and guitar
     Nick Hawkins – guitar and background vocals
     Gary Stonadge – bass and background vocals
     Chris Kavanagh – drums and background vocals
     Andre Shapps – keyboards
     Michael 'Zonka' Custance – DJ, percussion and background vocals
Big Audio Dynamite (1996–1998)
     Mick Jones – vocals and guitar
     Nick Hawkins – guitar
     Andre Shapps – keyboards
     Michael 'Zonka' Custance – Dj
     Darryl Fulstow – bass
     Bob Wond – drums
     Joe Attard – Mc vocals
     Ranking Roger – vocals

Johnny Warman - From the Jungle to the New Horizons

Johnny Warman

From the Jungle to the New Horizons

1982

New Wave Pop

England

Tracklist:


From the Jungles to the New Horizons
Spirit in the Sky
Looking Back (to See If Someone's Looking Back at Me)
China's Moving (West)
I Love My Planet
(United) The State of America
Flying out of Windows
Dream, Dream, Dream



     Johnny Warman (born John Robert Waughman 1951 in Bethnal Green, London) is an English singer-songwriter best known for his 1981 album Walking Into Mirrors and the hit single "Screaming Jets".
     In the early 1970s Warman joined the group Bearded Lady (originally named Elmo's Fire) as a vocalist/rhythm guitarist with fellow members Freddy Sheriff on guitar, Chris Peel on bass, Mickey Irvine (Later replaced by Paul 'The Mouse' Martin and then Clive 'Short Bar' Brooks and finally Bryson Graham) on drums and Kim Jury and Theresa O'Neil as backing singers. Warman and Sheriff had been in school and The Duke of Edinburgh's Award Scheme together and were brought together musically by a mutual friend named Yvonne. The group's first gig was at the Morpeth Castle, during which the only member of the audience walked out after the first song. Being managed by John Hunt and Barry Sullivan's Hunsul Enterprises very much a "Pub Rock" group, they performed at many London (as well as many other towns) venues including, The Hope And Anchor, The Brecknock, The Kensington, The Cock At Kilburn And The Lord Nelson, even being a support act for Humphrey Littleton in Fishguard. The group focused their efforts on their live act and had a solid following built up over four years, including Mickie Most who unsuccessfully tried to sign them to RAK Records three times. Chuck Berry also came to see the band. During the period in which Warman was in Bearded Lady he was often to be found frequenting the clubs of London where he was in contact with many other "scene" people including David Bowie, who referred to Warman by name, which was a true accolade for an aspiring rock star.
     The band took out on a tour of West Germany (Zoom in Frankfurt and P.N. Club in Munich) to support a German release of the single on Bellaphon/Youngblood International which was as close as the group would ever get to a world tour. Warman worked a day job to support his wife and young family (Daughters Zowie born 1973 and Tammy) but still insisted the band commit to at least four nights of rehearsals a week. One day whilst Warman was waiting for the band to pick him up in their van the other band members had decided to sell all their equipment and the van and with that the group ceased to exist. The last performance by Bearded Lady was at the Marquee Club supported by The Jam. After the collapse of Bearded Lady, Warman set out with demos in hand to get a solo deal. It was around this time that he started spelling his surname "Warman" rather than "Waughman", as both "Johnny" and "Warman" have six letters.  

     With Warman's success with the Walking Into Mirrors he took to the road including live and television performances in Sweden, West Germany, Belgium, France, Spain (Music Express), Portugal (Fiesta Fiesta), Great Britain, performing second on the bill to Ian Hunter at the New Pop Festival in Rotterdam in 1982. Rocket encouraged Warman to start work on a second Rocket album which he took to at The Manor Studios in Oxford. Warman invited back Jerry Marrota and Tony Levin as well as inviting Chris Payne of Dramatis (who at that time were Gary Numan's backing band) and Andy Clark who had just returned from backing David Bowie on tour. Warman's concept for the From The Jungle To The New Horizons album was the process from Apeman to Spaceman. The album would be a more musically complicated production than the previous Walking Into Mirrors album. Kiki Dee was invited to contribute backing vocals to (United) The State Of America and Looking Back (To See If Someone's Looking Back At Me). Although Kiki was only scheduled to work in the studio for one day she (as all the other musicians) enjoyed herself so much she stayed for three days. "Dream Dream Dream" was the lead and only single from the album being released on Rocket a month before the release on the album. Neither the single nor the album managed to make any impact in the charts and once again with the downsizing of Rocket Records Warman found himself without a record label even with all the successes of 1981/2 under his belt.

Joe Dolce Music Theatre - Shaddap You Face 7''

Joe Dolce Music Theatre

Shaddap You Face 7''

1980

Novelty Pop

USA (In Australia since 1978)

Tracklist:

01. Shaddap You Face



     Joseph "Joe" Dolce, born 1947 in Painesville, Ohio, is an American-born, Australian singer/songwriter who achieved fame with his multi-million-selling song, "Shaddap You Face", released under the name of his one-man show, Joe Dolce Music Theatre, in 1980. The single reached number one in 15 countries, it has sold more than 350,000 copies in Australia, remaining the most successful Australian produced single in music history for thirty-one years and selling an estimated six million worldwide. It reached No. 1 on the Australian Kent Music Report Singles Chart for eight weeks from November 1980. The track kept Ultravox's "Vienna" off the number one singles spot in the United Kingdom.
     Dolce was born in 1947 in Painesville, Ohio and formed various bands including Headstone Circus. with Jonathan Edwards (musician) who subsequently went on as a solo artists to have a charting hit song in the US 'Sunshine'. Dolce relocated to Melbourne, Australia in 1978 and his first single there was "Boat People"-a protest song on the poor treatment of Vietnamese refugees-which he donated to the fledgling Vietnamese community starting to form in Melbourne. His one-man show, Joe Dolce Music Theatre, performed in cabarets and pubs with various line-ups including Lin Van Hek as singer/performance artist.
     In July 1980 he recorded the self-penned "Shaddap You Face", for Full Moon Records label at Mike Brady's new studios in West Melbourne. When in Ohio, Dolce would sometimes visit his Italian grandparents-they supplied the inspiration with "What's the matter, you?" and "Eh, shaddap". He wrote the song about Italians living in Australia and first performed it at Marijuana House, Brunswick Street, Fitzroy in 1979. Dolce paid A$500 for the recording and spent $1000 on the music video clip, which was created by Melbourne filmmaker, Chris Lofven. It became a multi-million-selling hit, peaking at No. 1 on the Australian Kent Music Report Singles Chart for eight weeks from November 1980, in UK from February 1981 for three weeks, also No. 1 in Austria, New Zealand and Switzerland. Dolce received the Advance Australia Award in 1981.
     Follow up single, "If You Want to Be Happy" charted in Austria (No. 7) and New Zealand (top 40) but not in Australia. Dolce's subsequent singles included "Pizza Pizza", "Christmas in Australia" and "You Toucha My Car I Breaka You Face" and he released two albums during this period, 'Shaddap You Face' and 'The Christmas Album'. With Lin Van Hek, he formed various performance groups including Skin the Wig, La Somnambule (1984) and the ongoing Difficult Women (1993). Van Hek and Dolce co-wrote "Intimacy", for the 1984 film, The Terminator's soundtrack. He has continued to perform solo shows and with his longtime partner, Van Hek, as part of their music-literary cabaret Difficult Women. Over the last two years Dolce has begun achieving recognition as a serious poet, winning the 25th Launceston Poetry Cup in Tasmania and having sixteen poems and lyrics selected by Les Murray for Quadrant Magazine as well as being published in Meanjin, Island, Cordite, and Divan. His first book of poetry Hatbox was released in 2010.

Discography & Books

     Albums
Shaddap You Face (Full Moon, 1981)
Christmas in Australia (Hammard, 1981)
Memoirs of a Mouth Organ (1997)
Difficult Women (1998)
Steal Away Home (1999)
FreeLoveDays (2000)
Flower (2001)
The Wind Cries Mary (2007)
     Singles
"Boat People" (1979)
"Shaddap You Face" (Full Moon, 1980)
"If You Want to Be Happy" (Full Moon, May 1981) AUT No. 7,[8] NZL No. 33[9]
"Reggae Matilda" (1981)
"Christmas in Australia" (November 1981)
"You Toucha My Car I Breaka You Face" (June 1982)
"Pizza Pizza" (Fable, 1984)
"Vaffanculo Polka" (February 1989)
     Books
"Hatbox (poetry)" (2010)

The Jeremy Days - The Jeremy Days

The Jeremy Days

The Jeremy Days

1988

Pop

Germany

Tracklist:


01.Julie Thru The Blinds
02.Are You Inventive
03.Brand New Toy
04.That's What I Call Love
05.Rome Wasn't Built In A Day
06.Fantastic Friend
07.Food And Coffee
08.This World
09.Starting To Pretend
10.Raintree Country
11.The End

     The Jeremy Days, was a German pop band from Hamburg, which was founded in 1987. The band was innitially called "The Real McCoys" but their name has been changed to "The Jeremy Days" in 1988. The band originally consisted of Dirk Darmstaedter (vocals, guitar), Christoph Kaiser (bass, vocals), Louis C. Oberlander (keyboards), Stefan Rager (drums) and Jörn-Christof halibut (guitar). 

     In 1988  The Jeremy Days debut album was produced by the British producer-team of Clive Langer and Alan Winstanley. The record sold about 150,000 copies and the single Brand New Toy came up to the 11th position in the German charts.

Dschinghis Khan - Helden, Schurken Und Der Dudelmoser

Dschinghis Khan

Helden, Schurken Und Der Dudelmoser 

1982

Pop

Germany

Tracklist:


01 - Der Dudelmoser
02 - Rocky Marciano
03 - Ivanhoe
04 - Pablo Picasso
05 - Billy The Kid
06 - James Bond
07 - Klabautermann
08 - Robinson
09 - Mata Hari
10 - Rubezahl
11 - Tut Ench Amun
12 - Helden Und Schurken
13 - Himalaya
14 - Mexico


     Dschinghis Khan was a West German pop band, created in 1979 to compete in the Eurovision Song Contest. The name of the band was chosen to fit the song of the same name, written and produced by Ralph Siegel with lyrics by Bernd Meinunger.
     The band's song "Moscow" was a big hit in Australia in 1980, staying at number 1 for five weeks. The song was used as the theme music for the Channel 7 coverage of the Olympic games held in Moscow the same year.
     The original members of the group were Louis Hendrik Potgieter, Steve Bender, Leslie Mándoki, Edina Pop and the husband and wife pair Wolfgang and Henriette Heichel.

Discography

     Longplay
Dschinghis Khan (1979)
Rom (1980) (Rome)
Viva (1980) (Re-release of Rom without bonus tracks)
Wir sitzen alle im selben Boot (1981) (We're all sitting in the same boat)
Helden, Schurken & der Dudelmoser (1982) (Heroes, Rogues & the Dudelmoser)
Corrida (1983) (The Bullfight)
Huh Hah Dschinghis Khan - Ihre Grössten Erfolge (1993)
Die Großen Erfolge (1999)
Jubilee (2004)
7 Leben (2007) (7 Lives)

     Singles(only German releases)
"Dschinghis Khan" (1979)
"Moskau" (1979) (Moscow) (AUS: #1)
"Hadschi Halef Omar" (1979) (Hadschi Halef Omar)
"Rocking Son Of Dschinghis Khan" (1979)
"Rom" (1980)
"Samurai" (1980)
"Machu Picchu" (1980)
"Pistolero" (1981)
"Loreley" (1981) (Lorelei)
"Wir sitzen alle im selben Boot" (1981)
"Klabautermann" (1982)
"Der Dudelmoser" (1982)
"Mata Hari" (1982)
"Himalaja" (1983) (Himalaya)
"Rose Four María Magdalena" (1983)
"Olé Olé" (1984)

Go West - Go West

Go West

Go West

1985

Pop

England

Tracklist:



     Side one
"We Close Our Eyes" – 3:50
"Don't Look Down" – 3:55
"Call Me" – 4:11
"Eye to Eye" – 5:11
"Haunted" – 3:18
     Side two
"S.O.S." – 4:01
"Goodbye Girl" – 5:08
"Innocence" – 4:10
"Missing Persons" – 5:25



     Go West is an English pop duo, formed in 1982 by lead vocalist and drummer Peter Cox (born 17 November 1955, Kingston, Surrey, England); and guitarist and vocalist Richard Drummie (born 20 March 1959, Twickenham, Middlesex, England). While they have had many successful singles in their native United Kingdom, they are generally best known in the United States for their hits "King of Wishful Thinking" and "Faithful".
     Go West is the debut album by the English pop duo Go West, released in 1985. The album brought Go West into the limelight, scoring them a string of top 20 hits in the UK and New Zealand. "We Close Our Eyes" was the most successful single, reaching #1 in New Zealand and #5 in the UK.
     Go West had been writing songs for the album since 1982, when they were formed in London by Peter Cox and Richard Drummie. Two songs featured on the album, "We Close Our Eyes" and "Call Me", helped Go West land a record deal with Chrysalis Records.
     The album featured more Top 10 UK/NZ hits than any of their other albums and helped them to be voted the "Best Newcomers" at the 1986 Brit Awards.

Samantha Fox - I Wanna Have Some Fun

Samantha Fox

I Wanna Have Some Fun

1988

Pop Dance Music

England

Tracklist:


I Wanna Have Some Fun
Love House
Your House or My House
Next to Me
Ready for This Love
Confession
I Only Wanna Be with You
You Started Something
One in a Million
Walking on Air
Hot for You
Out of Our Hands


     Samantha Karen "Sam" Fox (born 15 April 1966) is an English dance-pop singer, actress, and former glamour model. In 1983, at the age of 16, she began her topless modeling career on Page Three of The Sun, and went on to become an enormously popular pin-up girl. In 1986 she launched her pop music career with her debut single "Touch Me (I Want Your Body)," which became a Number 1 hit in five countries. She has since sold over 30 million albums worldwide. Fox has also appeared in a number of films and reality television shows, and has occasionally worked as a television presenter.
     Interested in music from an early age, she formed her first band, with Richard Smart on guitar, Edward Gallagher on triangle and Bob Day on tambourine, at the age of 14. Her first record deal came a year later, with Lamborghini Records. However, both her theatre and music careers went on hold when her modelling career took off.

     I Wanna Have Some Fun is the third album by Samantha Fox, released in November 1988 by Jive Records. The album is a funky mixture of dance pop, R&B and bubblegum, replete with drum machines and bass beats.
     The album was produced by various producers covering the Euro-pop sound. Two tracks, "Next To Me" and the title track, reunited her with Full Force, while in another reunion with Stock Aitken Waterman (SAW) she recorded a cover of Dusty Springfield's "I Only Want to Be With You", retitled "I Only Wanna Be with You", and the SAW original "You Started Something". The first single released from the album was "Love House".
     The second single released in the UK, "I Only Wanna Be with You", was her biggest hit in over a year, peaking in the Top Twenty at #16. The first single release in the US fared even better. The title selection, "I Wanna Have Some Fun", produced by Full-Force, reache #8 in the US Top Ten, though when released as the third single in the UK, it only managed #63. The American release, as the follow-up, of "I Only Wanna Be With You" peaked inside the US Billboard Top 40 at #31. No further singles were released from the album.

T'Pau - Bridge Of Spies

T'Pau

Bridge Of Spies

1987

Pop

England

Tracklist:


Heart and Soul – 4:15
I Will Be With You – 4:06
China in Your Hand – 5:06
Friends Like These – 3:45
Sex Talk – 4:07
Bridge of Spies – 5:23
Monkey House – 4:24
Valentine – 3:53
Thank You for Goodbye – 3:54
You Give Up – 4.39
China in Your Hand (reprise) – 0:45


     T'Pau is a late 1980s pop group led by singer Carol Decker. They have had a string of Top 40 hits in the UK, and several hits in the United States and Europe. Decker still performs under the name T'Pau at solo shows and 1980s nostalgia concerts.
     The band T'Pau formed in 1986 in Shropshire, taking their name from a Vulcan priestess by the same name in the Star Trek Original Series. Prior to deciding on this name, they were called Talking America on early demos sent to record and publishing companies.
     In 2007, marking the 20th anniversary of T'Pau's initial success, Ron Rogers and Carol Decker released the new single, "Just Dream", exclusively as an internet download. In 2008, as part of the "Here and Now" 80s tour, Decker performed at her home town of Shrewsbury for the first time since the 1980s in front of a crowd of over 9,000.

     The album was produced by Roy Thomas Baker. It spent one week at #1 in the UK Albums Chart and also spawned five hit singles - "Heart and Soul" (also a Top 5 in the US), the best-selling Number One hit "China in Your Hand" (re-recorded especially for single release), "Valentine," a live version of "Sex Talk" (previously released in its original form as "Intimate Strangers") and "I Will Be With You."
     For its US release, Virgin renamed Bridge of Spies to simply T'Pau.
     A further release, the title track "Bridge of Spies" was also released in the US and Germany.
     The artwork for the release included the name "T'Pau" rearranged to form a face (similar to the Moai stone heads found on Easter Island). This practice was replicated with the titles of the bands follow up albums Rage & The Promise.

Fun Boy Three - FB3

Fun Boy Three

FB3

1982

Ska Pop New Wave

England

Tracklist:



A1 Sanctuary
A2 Way On down
A3 The Lunatics Have Taken Over The Asylum
A4 Life In General (Lewe In Algemeen)
A5 Faith, Hope And Charity
A6 Funrama 2
B1 Best Of Luck Mate
B2 T'Aint What You Do (It's The Way That You Do It!)
     Featuring – Bananarama
B3 The Telephone Always Rings
B4 I Don't Believe It
B5 Alone



     Fun Boy Three were a short-lived but successful English New Wave Pop band which ran from 1981 to 1983 and was formed by singers Terry Hall, Neville Staple and Lynval Golding after they left The Specials.
     They dispensed with the darker, moody sound and demeanour which they and Jerry Dammers had crafted with great success in the ska revival of the late 1970s and went into a much brighter, poppier phase with this new band, though maintaining savagery and wit within the lyrics and Hall's wholly expressionless persona.
     Together, they set about making music which covered a variety of genres. The band enjoyed six UK Top 20 hits, including "The Lunatics (Have Taken Over the Asylum)" and "Tunnel of Love" and created two albums of which the eponymous Fun Boy Three was the most successful.
     The trio's last UK hit was "Our Lips Are Sealed" from the album Waiting, co-written by Terry Hall and Jane Wiedlin of The Go-Go's, who had scored a U.S. hit with the song a year earlier. They then toured the United States and split afterwards.
     They were also credited with helping launch the career in 1982 of Bananarama, whom Hall first saw in The Face magazine. The three women provided credited chorus vocals on the hit "T'ain't What You Do (It's the Way That You Do It)"; the Fun Boy Three later sang on the Bananarama song "Really Saying Something".

    Members
Terry Hall
Lynval Golding
Neville Staple

Bad Boys Blue - Hot Girls, Bad Boys

Bad Boys Blue

Hot Girls, Bad Boys

1985

Italo Disco Pop Eurodance

Germany

Tracklist:


1 You're A Woman
2 I Live
3 Pretty Young Girl
4 L.O.V.E. In My Car
5 Kiss You All Over, Baby
6 Hot Girls - Bad Boys
7 For Your Love
8 People Of The Night


     Bad Boys Blue are a multinational pop group that was formed in Cologne, Germany. The group performed many international hits including You're a Woman, Pretty Young Girl, I Wanna Hear Your Heartbeat and Come Back and Stay.
     Bad Boys Blue was formed in the summer of 1984 by German producer Tony Hendrik and his lyricist wife Karin van Haaren. The original trio was composed of British Trevor "Supa T" Taylor born in Birmingham, England; the original lead vocalist, British John McInerney; the lead singer since 1987, and American Andrew Thomas. The debut single L.O.V.E. In My Car failed to make an impression in the pop charts but the follow-up You're A Woman was a success, reaching the top 10 in many European countries.
     Trevor Taylor - the original lead singer of Bad Boys Blue - died of a heart attack in his home in Cologne on January 19 of 2008 at the age of 50.
     On July 21 2009 Andrew Thomas died in Cologne at the age of 63. John McInerney is now the only member alive from the original line-up of Bad Boys Blue.

Bad Boys Blue line-ups by year
   1984-1986
Trevor Taylor
John McInerney
Andrew Thomas
   1987-1988
John McInerney
Trevor Taylor
Andrew Thomas
   1989-1993
John McInerney
Andrew Thomas
Trevor Bannister
   1993-1994
John McInerney
Andrew Thomas
   1995-1999
John McInerney
Andrew Thomas
Mo Russel
   2000-2002
John McInerney
Andrew Thomas
Kevin McCoy
   2003-2004
John McInerney
Andrew Thomas
   2005
John McInerney with a live group and backing singers
or
Andrew Thomas
Kevin McCoy
Herbert McCoy
as The Real Bad Boys Blue
   2006-2008
John McInerney
Carlos Ferreira
or (unchanged)
Andrew Thomas
Kevin McCoy
Herbert McCoy
as The Real Bad Boys Blue
   2008-2009
John McInerney
Carlos Ferreira
or
Andrew Thomas
Kevin McCoy
Jeremy Cummins
as The Real Bad Boys Blue
   2009-Present
John McInerney
Carlos Ferreira

Robbie Nevil - Robbie Nevil

Robbie Nevil

Robbie Nevil

1986

Pop Funk

USA

Tracklist:


"Just A Little Closer" 3:58
"Dominoes" 4:46
"Limousines" 3:55
"Back To You" 4:07
"C'est La Vie" 4:29
"Wot's It To Ya" 3:47
"Walk Your Talk" 3:40
"Simple Life (Mambo Luv Thang)" 5:19
"Neighbors" 3:35
"Look Who's Alone Tonight" 4:18


     Robert S. "Robbie" Nevil (born October 2, 1958, Los Angeles, California) is an American pop singer, songwriter, producer and guitarist. He is best known for his 1986 Billboard Hot 100 #2 hit, "C'est La Vie".
     Robbie Nevil is Robbie Nevil's first album, released in 1986. It peaked at #37 on the Billboard 200, remaining on the chart for 46 weeks. The album produced three top-15 pop singles: "C'est La Vie" (#2), Dominoes (#14) and "Wot's It To Ya" (#10).
     Robbie Nevil: Vocals, Guitars, Keyboards on Track 4
     Tommy Faragher: Bass, Keyboards, Backing Vocals
     John Van Tongeren: Keyboards, Bass on Track 10
     Judd Lander: Harmonica solo on Track 6
     Boris Williams: Drums), Hi-hat
     Mike Nocito: Cymbal
     Frank Ricotti: Percussion
     Alex Sadkin: Environmental Percussion on Track 4
     Ian Ritchie: Saxophone on Track 5
     Elaine Griffiths, Fiona Griffiths, Carol Kenyon, Chris Thompson, Miriam Stockley, Stevie Lange: Backing Vocals

Pia Zadora - When The Lights Go Out

Pia Zadora

When The Lights Go Out

1988

Pop Funk

USA

Tracklist:



1 I Don't Wanna Love
2 Still Remembered
3 Dance Out Of My Head
4 Laughin' At You
5 When The Lights Go Out
6 Pia's Interlude
7 I Really Like You (Not Him)
8 Silence
9 Since I've Been Lovin' You
10 Pia's Theme
11 It's Always The Same


     Pia Zadora (born May 4, 1954) is an American actress and singer. After working as a child actress on Broadway, in regional theater, and in the film Santa Claus Conquers the Martians (1964), she came to national attention in 1981 when, following her starring role in the highly criticized  Butterfly, she won a Golden Globe Award as New Star of the Year.
     When her film career failed to take off, she became a singer of popular standards and made several successful albums backed by a symphonic orchestra; as a singer she earned a measure of respect from critics who had previously written her off as an actress.
     She attained success in Europe as a singer, and had several hit singles throughout the world. In 1984, she received a nomination for a Grammy Award for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance for the song "Rock It Out". Her cover of the Shirley Ellis hit "The Clapping Song", reached the U.S. Top 40 in 1983, and she had a hit duet with Jermaine Jackson titled "When the Rain Begins to Fall" in 1984 from the movie Voyage of the Rock Aliens. A minor hit in the US, the song reached #1 in some European countries. She released Pia & Phil, an album of standards with the London Philharmonic Orchestra in 1985, and recorded a follow up entitled I Am What I Am shortly after.
     In 1988, she worked with producers Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis on an album entitled When the Lights Go Out. The single "Dance Out of My Head" wasn't a hit despite the top producers and club remixes by Shep Pettibone and Ben Liebrand. The album was only released in Europe.

Modern Romance - Burn It!

Modern Romance

Burn It!

1985

Pop

England

Tracklist:


Burn It!
That's What Friends Are For
Keep A Candle Burning
That's Entertainment
I'll Always Remember You
Move On
Wasting Away
(Blame My) Jealousy
Take Another Look
Burn It! (Reprise)

     Modern Romance were a British pop music band that found popularity in the early 1980s. Formed in 1980 by previous members of an earlier Punk rock band, The Leyton Buzzards, the band enjoyed a string of UK chart hits before they broke up in 1985. They are probably best known for their hit single, Best Years of Our Lives (1982 song), which made the UK Top 10 and later featured in the movie Shrek (2001) and its subsequent soundtrack.
     Geoffrey Deane and David Jaymes formed Modern Romance in 1980, having previously been the mainstays of the punk parody band the Leyton Buzzards. Following hot on the heels of their début UK chart success Everybody Salsa in 1981, Modern Romance reached the Top Ten of the UK Singles Chart with Ay Ay Ay Ay Moosey - an eponymous chorus chanting salsa linked lyrics. After this, they scored a #2 hit on the Billboard Dance chart with the single "Can You Dance", backed with a 'clubland mix' of the same track and another song, called Bring On the Funkateers. After covering the 1955 hit Cherry Pink And Apple Blossom White, Deane departed the band to pursue solo projects.


     Members
Andy Kyriacou
Peter J. Pinto
Kevin Sutherland
Chris Webb
Matt Earnshaw
Martin Shaw
Nicola Poustie
     Past members
Geoff Deane
David Jaymes
Robbie Jaymes
Paul Gendler
John Du Prez
Michael J. Mullins