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Head back to the future this Christmastime and listen to the most bodacious '80s tunes from the likes of Whitney Houston, George Michael, and Annie Lenox.
We Wish You a Metal Xmas and a Headbanging New Year is an album of Christmas songs played by an all-star collection of hard rock and heavy metal artists released on October 14, 2008. Each track puts together a unique supergroup playing a traditional Christmas selection.
Youth Gone Wild: Heavy Metal Hits of the '80s is a series of compilation albums of heavy metal songs of the 1980s, the heyday of the genre. The title comes from the song by Skid Row , which does not appear in the series.
The first Monsters of Rock heavy metal festival is held at Donington Park in England. Rainbow headlines, and Judas Priest , Scorpions , April Wine , Saxon , Riot and Touch also perform. Several bands lose members in one day; bass player Jah Wobble leaves Public Image, Ltd. ; keyboard player Jools Holland leaves Squeeze ; and drummers Bill Ward ...
John Bonham, drummer for Led Zeppelin, dies at 32 on September 25, [3] after a binge of heavy drinking. His death was similar to Bon Scott's, and caused Led Zeppelin to disband. April: Brian Johnson joins AC/DC replacing Bon Scott as lead singer.
Olivia Newton-John's song "Physical" was the Billboard Hot 100's longest running number one of the decade.. Reflecting on changes in the music industry during the 1980s, Robert Christgau later wrote in Christgau's Record Guide: The '80s (1990):
[5] [6] In the 1930s and 1940s, as jazz and swing music were gaining popularity, it was the more commercially successful white artists Paul Whiteman and Benny Goodman who became known as "the King of Jazz" and "the King of Swing" respectively, despite there being more highly regarded contemporary African-American artists. [7]
28 – The 7th Vossajazz started in Voss, Norway (March 28 – 30). [1]Featured artists on Vossajazz was Cross Section, E`Olen, Elton Dean Quartet with Kenny Wheeler, Hariprasad Chaurasia Ensemble, Johnny Griffin Quartet, Kristian Bergheim / Andreas Skjold Sextet with Finn Otto Hansen, Kristiansen / Jørgensen Quintet, McCoy Tyner Sextett, Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen / Rune Gustafsson Duo ...