(Finished January 26th, 2026) Part 8 of The Turbulent, Multiple Genre Era of 1979-1983

Hello,

This five year span had multiple genres take their places in America and the world. Disco peaked in 1979 and basically died by 1981. New Wave was huge from about 1982-1986. Also hair metal got it’s first significant band, Quiet Riot, in 1983. Also Hip Hop was just making it’s sound known. Country music in the 80s was one of the best ever eras of country music. We’ll sneak in some Blues songs as well. This was an explosive five year era of music and here are some of the best music from those amazing five years. As always I try to ensure the correct years of the songs listed.

While I’m working on this series of blogs I thought I would give each genre a spotlight blog. Tonight I’ll be doing a disco/ dance blog.

140) Sister Sledge “We Are Family”:

141) The B-52’s “Party Out Of Bounds”:

142) The B-52’s “Rock Lobster”:

143) The B-52’s “Strobe Light”:

144) Irene Cara “Flashdance (What A Feeling)”:

145) Earth, Wind and Fire “Let’s Groove”:

146) Donna Summer “Hot Stuff”:

147) The Commodores “Lady (You Bring Me Up)”:

148) Rick James “Super Freak”:

149) Abba “Super Trouper”:

150) Michael Jackson “Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough”:

151) Donna Summer “Bad Girls (12″ Version)”:

152) Village People “Go West”:

153) Andy Gibb “Time To Time”:

154) Herb Alpert “Rise”:

155) Donna Summer and Barbra Streisand “No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)”:

156) Village People “In The Navy”:

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