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from the album Escape. " Don't Stop Believin' " is a song by American rock band Journey. It was released in October 1981 as the second single from the group's seventh studio album, Escape (1981), released through Columbia Records. "Don't Stop Believin ' " shares writing credits between the band's vocalist Steve Perry, guitarist Neal Schon, and ...
Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1981. " Bette Davis Eyes " by Kim Carnes was the number one song of 1981. Three songs by John Lennon appear on the Year-End Hot 100, charting posthumously after his murder in late 1980. This is a list of Billboard magazine's Top Hot 100 songs of 1981. [ 1 ][ 2 ] The Top 100, as revealed in the year-end ...
Hot 100 top-ten singles in 1981. This is a list of singles that have peaked in the Top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100 during 1981. Overall, a total of 87 songs hit the top 10, including 17 number-one songs and 10 songs that peaked at number-two. Hall & Oates scored four top ten hits during the year with "Kiss on My List", "You Make My Dreams ...
These are the Billboard Hot 100 number-one hits of 1981. The longest running number-one single of 1981 is " Physical " by Olivia Newton-John which stayed at the top of the chart for six weeks in 1981 and then for four additional weeks in 1982, with a total of 10 weeks at number-one. This also makes "Physical" the longest running number-one ...
Whitney Houston scored seven consecutive number-one singles during the 1980s, becoming the only artist in the chart's history to achieve this feat. During the 1980s, George Michael scored four number-one singles as a solo artist, three with Wham! and one as a duet with Aretha Franklin. Olivia Newton-John 's "Physical" remained the longest at ...
Grease: The Original Soundtrack from the Motion Picture is the original motion picture soundtrack for the 1978 film Grease. It was originally released by RSO Records and subsequently re-issued by Polydor Records between 1984 and 1991. It has sold over 30 million copies worldwide, making it one of the best-selling albums of all time, also ...
Take On Me. " Take On Me " is a song by the Norwegian synth-pop band a-ha. The original version, recorded in 1984 and released in October of that same year, was produced by Tony Mansfield and remixed by John Ratcliff. The 1985 international hit version was produced by Alan Tarney for the group's debut studio album, Hunting High and Low (1985).
February 9 – Bill Haley, rock and roll pioneer, 55 (heart attack) February 15. Mike Bloomfield, blues guitarist, 37 (accidental drug overdose) Karl Richter, German organist and conductor, 54. February 19 – Olive Gilbert, actress and singer, 82. February 21 – Ron Grainer, electronic music pioneer and composer, 58.