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Genres & History
3/22/2011
Hey, it's crowded on that '80s dance floor. Look over there - it's old-school rap girls Salt-n-Pepa urging the surging masses to go right on ahead and "Push It," while Danish dance-floor duo Laid Back …
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Genres & History
3/22/2011
If we were given to bold statements, we might say it was the decade for great club hits. After all, it was the Go-Go '80s, and everybody from future superstars (Madonna, "Into the Groove") to one-hit-w …
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Artist Essentials
3/22/2011
Who'd have thought that a country singer-turned-skater-punk from Napanee, Ontario would become the youngest female solo artist to hit #1 on the album charts - with her debut, Let Go? Avril Lavig …
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Artist Essentials
3/22/2011
Naturally, more than 20 years spent making music means one-offs and more than one milestone. We've sorted out the best of Dinosaur Jr.'s two-plus decades to bring you everything from mid-'80s beginning …
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Artist Essentials
3/22/2011
J. Mascis was a college-town kid in mid-'80s Amherst, Mass., when Dinosaur Jr. - his band with on-and-off bassist Lou Barlow - rose up to stalk the land, bringing smart-mouthed lyrics, loads of slacker …
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Artist Essentials
3/22/2011
If Bobbie Gentry broke the mold of what a female country star should be, writing much of her own material and flavoring her down-home tones with pop and R&B, it only made her better suited to tackling …
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Artist Essentials
3/22/2011
By the time Bobbie Gentry stepped away from public life in the late '70s, she'd recorded a wealth of material that redefined country crossover stardom and marked the Mississippi-born beauty as a one-of …
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My Groove
3/22/2011
It's tough to pin down one defining sound of the '80s - to choose between, say, the skinny-tie synth of Kim Wilde's new wave classic "Kids in America," the playful punk-pop of Bow Wow Wow's "I Want Can …
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My Groove
3/22/2011
Whether you were there to witness it all, or need a little help collecting the sonic touchstones from a time before your own, our '80s Memories Essentials gather together the musical milestones …
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