1984 was a lot of things for music. "The '80s" as we remember them were in full swing by mid-decade. MTV arguably had its greatest influence and effect on the pop charts. And many of the decade's, if ...

If you look at the Billboard Hot 100 charts in the 1960s and 1970s, you see a lot of men on the list. It’s not a bad thing necessarily—bands like The Beatles and Led Zeppelin are incredible. But in ...

Summertime, and the listening is easy, songs are rockin’ and the volume is high. Which is to say, it’s time to talk about songs of summers past. Songs of the summer anchor us in a time and place. You ...

There was no avoiding this one. Is there a more iconic power ballad of the mid-1980s? That’s up to your personal opinion. Still, one can’t deny that “I Want To Know What Love Is” by Foreigner has ...