The 80's

These songs were No1 on the 1st January 1980 in US, UK, etc

Pink Floyd

Another Brick In The Wall

This became Pink Floyd's only number-one hit in the UK and the US. The single, as well as the album The Wall, were banned in South Africa in 1980 after the song was adopted by supporters of a nationwide school boycott protesting racial inequities in education under the apartheid regime.



KC & The Sunshine Band

Please Don't Go

Shortly after the song's one-week run at number one, the group broke up. They later had the comeback hit ‘Give It Up’ in 1983.




Buggles

Video Killed The Radio Star

It was first recorded by Bruce Woolley and The Camera Club. The song's music video for The Buggles version was written, directed, and edited by Russell Mulcahy, and is well-remembered as the first music video shown on MTV in the United States at 12:01 a.m. on 1 August 1981.


Styx

Babe

The song was Styx's first, and only, US number one single the song was written by member Dennis DeYoung as a birthday present for his wife Suzanne.



Thom Pace

Maybe

The American singer-songwriter, is best known for the song "Maybe", which became the theme of The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams.
 
Bonnie Tyler
Linda Ronstadt
Emmy Lou Harris
Bonnie Raitt
Heart
Suzi Quattro
Allannah Myles
Eurythmics
Melissa Etheridge
Fleetwood Mac
Clout
Billy Joel
Joe Cocker
Judas Priest
Jethro Tull
Kate Bush
Joan Armatrading
Joan Baez
Ricky Lee Jones
Elton John
Rod Stewart
Eric Clapton
Juice Newton
Sandra's
ABBA
Jennifer Rush
Olivia Newton John
Aretha Franklin
Ella Fitzgerald
Boston
Chicago
Wham
Survivor
Credence Clearwater Revival
Lynyrd Skynyrd
Leonard Cohen
Thelma Houston
David Benoit
AC/DC
Van Halen
Meat Loaf

Just to name a few of the top of my head

There where so many ... , an awesome time for truly excellent music.
 
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