The 80s

For you younger guys...Music of the 1980's



Asia
Paula Abdul
A-Ha
Adam Ant
Aerosmith
Air Supply
Atlantic Starr
Bryan Adams
ABC
ABBA
Pat Benatar
The Beastie Boys
Blondie
The Bangles
The B-52's
David Bowie
Bananarama
Jackson Browne
Big Country
Bon Jovi
Toni Basil
Bow Wow Wow
Edie Brickell & New Bohemians
Laura Branigan
Culture Club
The Clash
The Cars
Phil Collins
Christopher Cross
Irene Cara
Belinda Carlisle
The Cure
Elvis Costello
Charlene
Tracy Chapman
Devo
Duran Duran
Chris DeBurgh
Thomas Dolby
Depeche Mode
Dexy's Midnight Runners
Def Leppard
Damn Yankees
Dire Straits
DeBarge
Terence Trent D'Arby
Taylor Dayne
Dead Or Alive
New Kids On The Block
Stevie Nicks
Gary Numan
New Order
Naked Eyes
New Edition
Nena
Night Ranger
Olivia Newton-John
Oingo Boingo
Ozzy Osbourne
Billy Ocean
Alan Parsons Project
Prince
The Pretenders
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
Ray Parker Jr.
The Police
The Pointer Sisters
The Pet Shop Boys
Poison
Robert Palmer
The Plasmatics
Duran Duran
Queen
Quiet Riot
Quarterflash
The Eurythmics
Sheena Easton
Europe
Sheena Easton
Foreigner
A Flock Of Seagulls
Dan Fogelberg
The Fixx
Aretha Franklin
Fine Young Cannibals
Falco
The Go Go's
Debbie Gibson
J. Geils Band
Genesis
Guns N' Roses
Marvin Gaye
Eddie Grant
Peter Gabriel
Great White
Lionel Richie
The Romantics
R.E.M.
REO Speedwagon
Run DMC
David Lee Roth
Rush
Squeeze
The Stray Cats
Styx
Spandau Ballet
Simply Red
Starship
Bruce Springsteen
Soft Cell
Simple Minds
Rick Springfield
Sade
Paul Simon
Survivor
Patty Smythe & Scandal
Sting
Bob Seger & Silver Bullet Band
Talking Heads
Toto
Tina Turner
Tiffany
Bonnie Tyler
Tears For Fears
Twisted Sister
The Thompson Twins
Taco
Tommy Tutone
The Traveling Wilburys
Whitney Houston
Heart
The Human League
Bruce Hornsby & The Range
Don Henley
Hall & Oates
Billy Idol
INXS
Chris Isaak
Journey
Judas Priest
Billy Joel
Joan Jett & The Blackhearts
Michael Jackson
Grace Jones
Joe Jackson
Janet Jackson
Rick James
The Jets
U2
Suzanne Vega
Van Halen
Stevie Wonder
Wham!
Kim Wilde
Wang Chung
John Waite
Chaka Khan
Kool & The Gang
The Kinks
Cyndi Lauper
Huey Lewis & The News
Loverboy
Kenny Loggins
Julian Lennon
Madonna
Madness
Men Without Hats
Men At Work
Menudo
The Motels
The Mary Jane Girls
Melissa Manchester
Bobby McFerrin
John (Cougar) Mellencamp
Milli Vanilli
Metallica
Motley Crue
Eddie Money
Miami Sound Machine
Mike & The Mechanics
George Michael
The Moody Blues
Yes
ZZ Top

Movies of the 1980's



1980
The Blues Brothers
Caddyshack
Private Benjamin
Fame
The Blue Lagoon
Urban Cowboy
Airplane!
Nine To Five
The Empire Strikes Back
Friday The 13th
Stir Crazy
Coal Miner's Daughter
Xanadu
Somewhere In Time

1981
Raiders Of The Lost Ark
Heavy Metal
Arthur
The Fox & The Hound
Stripes
On Golden Pond
Porky's
For Your Eyes Only
Dragonslayer
Chariots Of Fire
Raging Bull

1982
Tron
E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial
Fast Times At Ridgemont High
Creepshow
Tootsie
Poltergeist
Rocky III
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
The Dark Crystal
An Officer & A Gentleman
Star Trek II: The Wrath Of Khan
Victor/Victoria
The Pirate Movie
The Last Unicorn

1983
Flashdance
Risky Business
WarGames
Terms of Endearment
Mr. Mom
Octopussy
Return of the Jedi
Trading Places
National Lampoon's Vacation
First Blood (Rambo)
A Christmas Story
Yentl

1984
Ghostbusters
Sixteen Candles
Gremlins
The Karate Kid
Nightmare On Elm Street
The Big Chill
Footloose
Splash
Johnny Dangerously
Beverly Hills Cop
Electric Dreams
This Is Spinal Tap
Star Trek III: The Search For Spock
Dune
The Neverending Story

1985
Back To The Future
The Breakfast Club
Ladyhawke
The Goonies
Pee Wee's Big Adventure
Desperately Seeking Susan
St. Elmo's Fire

1986
Pretty In Pink
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Top Gun
Short Circuit
Crocodile Dundee
Ruthless People
Platoon
Aliens
Howard The Duck
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
An American Tale
Maid To Order

1987
Dirty Dancing
The Lost Boys
Date With An Angel
Roxanne
Good Morning, Vietnam
The Princess Bride
Full Metal Jacket
Lethal Weapon
Spaceballs
RoboCop
Fatal Attraction
Three Men & A Baby
Mannequin
Project X
Moonstruck

1988
Earth Girls Are Easy
Scrooged
Rain Man
The Land Before Time
Cocktail
Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
Big
Die Hard
Coming To America
A Fish Called Wanda
Beetlejuice
Willow
Bull Durham
Hairspray
The Accused

1989
Heathers
Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure
Disney's "The Little Mermaid"
Field Of Dreams
Do The Right Thing
Weekend At Bernie's
Batman
When Harry Met Sally
Dead Poets Society
Glory
Driving Miss Daisy
Look Who's Talking
Honey, I Shrunk The Kids
Steel Magnolias
Say Anything

Television of the 1980's


The Facts Of Life
Head Of The Class
Joanie Loves Chachi
Square Pegs
A Different World

Growing Pains
The Cosby Show
Full House
Mr. Belvedere
Family Ties
Silver Spoons
Webster
Who's The Boss?
Kate & Allie
Too Close For Comfort
227
Gimme A Break
Charles In Charge
Diff'rent Strokes
My Two Dads
The Hogan Family
Just The Ten Of Us
Punky Brewster
Small Wonder

Mama's Family
Roseanne
Married With Children on the job
Alice
Cheers
Night Court
Newhart
Designing Women
Benson
Taxi
It's A Living
WKRP In Cincinnati
M*A*S*H

totally unique
Fridays
SCTV
ALF
It's Garry Shandling's Show
The Tracey Ullman Show
The Young Ones
The Dukes of Hazzard
Blackadder

Bosom Buddies
The Golden Girls
Perfect Strangers
Three's Company
My Sister Sam
Mork & Mindy

Airwolf
Riptide
The A-Team
Miami Vice
Hill Street Blues
Cagney & Lacey
Moonlighting
Remington Steele
Magnum P.I.
MacGyver
Simon & Simon
L.A. Law
Murder, She Wrote
Hart To Hart
Hardcastle & McCormick
The Scarecrow & Mrs. King
T.J. Hooker
Matt Houston

Tales From The Darkside
Max Headroom
Tales From The Crypt
Friday The 13th, The Series the rich & powerful
Dallas
Dynasty
Knot's Landing
Falcon Crest
Flamingo Road
The Colbys

Knight Rider
The Greatest American Hero
Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy
V: The Visitors
Doctor Who
Star Trek: The Next Generation
Blake's 7
Misfits Of Science
Amazing Stories

Highway To Heaven
St. Elsewhere
Fame
21 Jump Street
Beauty & The Beast
The Paper Chase

Dance Fever
American Bandstand
Solid Gold
Soul Train

MTV
Night Flight
VH-1
Friday Night Videos
Night Tracks
America's Top Ten
New York Hot Tracks
Video Jukebox
Radio 1990
MuchMusic

Puttin' On The Hits
Star Search

Barbara Mandrell & The Mandrell Sisters
Dolly
Saturday Night Live
Hee Haw

Classic Nickelodeon Homepage
Nickelodeon Nostalgia Site

Pee Wee's Playhouse
You Can't Do That On Television

Jem
He-Man
The Smurfs
The Adventures Of Teddy Ruxpin
Thundercats
Muppet Babies
Tiny Toon Adventures
Inspector Gadget
Alvin & The Chipmunks
The Care Bears

Fraggle Rock
Sesame Street
Zoobilee Zoo
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood

Faerie Tale Theatre
DeGrassi Junior High
The Great Space Coaster

Wheel of Fortune
Love Connection
Jeopardy!
Family Feud

The Tonight Show
Thicke Of The Night
The Joan Rivers Show
Late Night With David Letterman
The Oprah Winfrey Show
The Pat Sajak Show
Entertainment Tonight
Into The Night With Rick Dees
Morton Downey Jr. ----- reality, news, sports
Real People
That's Incredible
60 Minutes
NBC News Overnight With Linda Ellerbee
20/20
Monday Night Football
ABC Wide World Of Sports

special presentations
The Day After
North & South
The Thornbirds
The Brady Girls Get Married
A Very Brady Christmas
Miss America Pageant
Miss USA Pageant
Miss Universe Pageant
Cosmos
The Mystery Of Al Capone's Vault

I looked, but didn't see:
Judas Priest (my favorite band).
"Turbo Lover" was a big hit.

George

Judas Priest was a part of the 1980s music scene so I added the band to the list.