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'80s R&B - School of Rock: '80s Pop

Artist Song
Marvin Gaye  Sexual Healing  
Anita Baker  Sweet Love  
Luther Vandross  Here and Now  
Teddy Pendergrass  Love T.K.O.  
Prince & The Revolution  Kiss  
Billy Ocean  Caribbean Queen (No More Love On the Run)  
Michael Jackson  The Way You Make Me Feel  
Whitney Houston  I Wanna Dance With Somebody  
Club Nouveau  Lean On Me  
Cameo  Word Up  
Stevie Wonder  I Just Called to Say I Love You  
Janet Jackson  Nasty  
Sade  The Sweetest Taboo  
Shannon  Let the Music Play  
Chaka Khan  Through the Fire  
Natalie Cole  Miss You Like Crazy  
The Pointer Sisters  Jump (For My Love)  
Dazz Band  Let It Whip  
Sheila E  The Glamorous Life (Club Edit)  
Aretha Franklin  Freeway of Love  
Rockwell  Somebody's Watching Me  
The Commodores  Nightshift  
Levert  Casanova  
Smokey Robinson  Being With You  
Ready for the World  Oh Sheila  
Teena Marie  Lovergirl  
Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam  Head to Toe  
Zapp  Computer Love  
New Edition  Cool It Now  
DeBarge  Rhythm of the Night  
Peabo Bryson  If Ever You're In My Arms Again  
Mary Jane Girls  In My House  
Terence Trent D'Arby  Sign Your Name  
Jeffrey Osborne  Stay With Me Tonight  
Exposé  Point of No Return  
James Brown  Living In America  
Quincy Jones  One Hundred Ways (Find 100 Ways)  
The Spinners  Cupid / I've Loved You for a Long Time  
Jody Watley  Don't You Want Me  
Ray Parker, Jr. & Raydio  A Woman Needs Love (Just Like You Do)  
Deniece Williams  It's Gonna Take a Miracle  
The Isley Brothers  Between the Sheets  
Atlantic Starr  Secret Lovers (Single Version)  
The Jets  Crush On You  

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In the '80s, R&B got its slick on, with synthesizers, talkboxes, and quiet storms igniting the sound's rebirth for a whole new generation — updated, tailored, and completely [i]modern[/i]. Start with the drumbeat that would rocket "She Drives Me Crazy" to the top of the charts, tack on a helium-trip warble from "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly," mix in Larry Blackmon's [i]nasty[/i] twang, and dress it all up in a red truss. The result? The biggest hit of Cameo's career — the [i]damn[/i] funky "Word Up!" While Billy Ocean would go on to international stardom and spin out hits like a one-man factory, he never sounded more stylishly chic than on his first #1 hit, "Caribbean Queen (No More Love On the Run)" — and the GRAMMY® voters agreed, presenting him the award for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance in 1985. And long before Zapp and Roger laid the foundation for G-funk, they were lighting up the charts with the smoothed-out talkbox tastiness of "Computer Love." From "Lean On Me" to "Baby Come to Me," from "Nasty" to "Thriller," we've got megabytes of megahits right at your fingertips.
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