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During the 1980s the chart was based collectively on each single's weekly physical sales figures and airplay on American radio stations. George Michael was the only artist to achieve two year-end Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles in the 1980s. He achieved this with his songs "Faith" and "Careless Whisper".
With the rising interest in the then so-called world music in the 1980s old recordings of long established artists were re-discovered for a global audience and distributed worldwide; well known in their home country – sometimes stars with legendary status – like Arabic singers Umm Kulthum, Asmahan, and Fairuz, the Algerian raï singer ...
Women have made significant contributions to punk rock music and its subculture since its inception in the 1970s. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] In contrast to the rock music and heavy metal scenes of the 1970s, which were dominated by men, the anarchic , counter-cultural mindset of the punk scene in mid-and-late 1970s encouraged women to participate.
Arguably one of the best decades of music, the 1970s saw the rise of disco, long shaggy hair, the continuation of the free love movement, and, of course, Rock and Roll at its height of fame.
Suzi Quatro is a singer, bassist and bandleader. When she launched her career in 1973, she was one of the few prominent women instrumentalists and bandleaders. Women in rock describes the role of women singers, instrumentalists, record producers and other music professionals in rock music and popular music and the many subgenres and hybrid genres that have emerged from these genres.
Nancy Shanks (Vixen; early 1970s) Sarah Shannon (Velocity Girl) Kim Shattuck (The Muffs, The Pandoras) Ringo Sheena (Tokyo Jihen) Davetta Sherwood; Shery; Madigan Shive (Tattle Tale, Bonfire Madigan) Ana da Silva (The Raincoats) Jane Siberry (AKA Issa) Jenny Simmons (Addison Road) Simone Simons; Juliet Simms (Automatic Loveletter) Carly Simon ...
The Bee Gees scored the most number-one hits (9 songs) and had the longest cumulative run atop the Billboard Hot 100 chart (27 weeks) during the 1970s. Rod Stewart remained at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart for 17 weeks during the 1970s. Elton John amassed the second-most number-one hits on the Hot 100 chart during the 1970s (6 songs). #
Bing Crosby is one of the most iconic singers and actors his time. It's impossible to hear the song 'White Christmas' without thinking of the his trademark bass-baritone voice, which made him one ...