1981
Rod Stewart: Passion
Rod Stewart’s 1981 hit Passion from his Foolish Behaviour album. The song hit #5 in the US. Here’s a live version from the …
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Barbra Streisand & Barry Gibb: Guilty
Guilty is the title track from the album Barry Gibb wrote for Barbra Streisand. She released the song in 1981 as a duet with …
Foreigner: Urgent
Foreigner’s hard rocking 1981 hit “Urgent” topped the charts for 4 weeks during the late summer of that year. The song was produced by …
Grover Washington, Jr.: Just the Two of Us
Grover Washington, Jr. is considered to be one of the forefathers of the smooth jazz movement. He hit it big in 1981 with his …
Stevie Nicks: Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around
Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around was a duet Stevie did with Tom Petty for her Bella Donna album. The song reached number 3 on …
Blondie: Rapture
Rapture by Blondie was one of the first hit singles to involve rap music and top the charts. The song appears on Blondie’s Autoamerican …
John Lennon: Woman
John Lennon’s ode to his wife Yoko Ono, “Woman”. The song appears on his Double Fantasy album. Woman was the first single released …
Pointer Sisters: Slow Hand
The Pointer Sisters had a hit in 1981 with Slow Hand, a country style ballad. The song was also a hit the following year …
The Rolling Stones: Start Me Up
The Rolling Stones video for Start Me Up featured a tank-topped Mick Jagger doing aerobic dance type moves while the rest of the band plays …
Joey Scarbury: Theme from Greatest American Hero (Believe It or Not)
Joey Scarbury wrote the Theme from Greatest American Hero… more commonly known as Believe It or Not in 1981. The song was from the …
REO Speedwagon: Keep On Loving You
Keep on Loving You was the 17th video played by MTV on their first day of operation in 1981. The REO Speedwagon hit appears on …
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