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Which Artist Sang 'Stayin' Alive' In 1977?
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Who Had A Hit With 'Girls Just Want To Have Fun'?
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Who Sang 'Le Freak' In 1978?
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Who Sang 'Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go'?
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Which Disco Artist Recorded 'Hot Stuff' And Topped The Billboard Hot 100 In 1979?
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Who Sang 'Physical' And Topped Charts In 1981?
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Which Group Sang 'YMCA' In 1978?
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Who Sang 'Tainted Love' In 1981?
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Who Had A Disco Hit With 'I Will Survive' In 1978?
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Who Sang 'Take On Me' And Became 80s Icons?
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Who Sang 'Boogie Wonderland' In 1979?
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Who Recorded The Smash Hit 'Jump' In 1984?
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Who Sang 'Come On Eileen' And Topped Charts In 1982?
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Which Artist Sang 'Ring My Bell' In 1979?
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Who Sang 'Sweet Child O Mine' And Rocked The 80s?
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Who Had A Huge Disco Hit With 'Shame' In 1977?
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Who Sang 'Like A Virgin' And Shocked Audiences In 1984?
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Which Group Sang 'We Are Family' In 1979?
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Who Sang 'Don't You Want Me' And Topped Charts In 1981?
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Who Sang 'Upside Down' And Topped Charts In 1980?
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Who Had A Massive 80s Hit With 'Sweet Dreams Are Made Of This'?
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Which Artist Sang 'Car Wash' And Made It A 1976 Disco Anthem?
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Who Sang 'Walking On Sunshine' And Brightened Up 1985?
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Who Had A Disco Smash With 'That's The Way I Like It' In 1975?
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Who Sang 'Jessie's Girl' And Became An 80s Heartthrob?
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Which Group Sang 'Funkytown' And Ruled Dancefloors In 1980?
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Who Sang 'Total Eclipse Of The Heart' And Stunned Everyone In 1983?
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Which Artist Had A Disco Hit With 'Native New Yorker' In 1977?
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Who Sang 'Africa' And Made It An Unforgettable 80s Anthem?
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Which Artist Had A 1977 Disco Hit With 'I Feel Love' That Revolutionised Electronic Dance Music?
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Who Sang 'Karma Chameleon' And Topped Charts In 1983?
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Which Artist Sang 'Got To Be Real' In 1978?
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Who Sang 'True' And Melted Hearts In 1983?
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Who Sang 'Don't Leave Me This Way' And Owned 1977?
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Who Had A Massive 80s Hit With 'Footloose' In 1984?
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Which Artist Recorded 'Relight My Fire' On The Disco Scene In 1979?
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Who Sang 'Girls On Film' And Became 80s Heartthrobs?
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Which Artist Sang 'Turn The Beat Around' In 1976?
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Who Sang 'Don't Stop Believin'' And Became 80s Rock Legends?
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Who Sang 'Billie Jean' And Moonwalked Into History?
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Who Had A Disco Smash With 'Knock On Wood' In 1979?
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Which Band Recorded 'Every Breath You Take' And Topped Charts In 1983?
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Who Sang 'Jump To The Beat' In 1980?
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Who Sang 'Whip It' And Became 80s New Wave Icons?
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Which Artist Sang 'Heart Of Glass' And Ruled 1979?
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Who Sang 'Let's Dance' And Topped Charts In 1983?
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Who Sang 'Celebration' And Got The Party Started In 1980?
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Who Sang 'Push It' And Made It A 1987 Dancefloor Anthem?
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Who Sang 'I Love Rock N Roll' And Rocked 1982?
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Which Group Sang 'The Hustle' And Ruled Dancefloors In 1975?
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Who Sang 'Mickey' And Became A 1982 Pop Sensation?
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Which Artist Sang 'Flashdance What A Feeling' In 1983?
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Who Sang 'Livin' On A Prayer' And Ruled Rock Radio In 1986?
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Which Artist Sang 'Young Hearts Run Free' In 1976?
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Who Sang 'Islands In The Stream' With Dolly Parton In 1983?
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Who Sang 'Love Is In The Air' And Made 1978 Feel Magical?
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Who Sang 'Electric Avenue' And Brought Reggae Pop To 1982?
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Which Artist Sang 'You Make Me Feel Mighty Real' In 1978?
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Who Sang 'Never Gonna Give You Up' And Ruled 1987?
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Which Group Sang 'More More More' And Owned Dancefloors In 1976?
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Who Sang 'What's Love Got To Do With It' And Stunned Everyone In 1984?
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Who Sang 'Super Freak' And Shocked Everyone In 1981?
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Who Sang 'It's Raining Men' And Ruled Dancefloors In 1982?
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Who Sang 'Endless Love' With Diana Ross In 1981?
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Who Sang 'Wake Up Everybody' And Brought Soul To The Disco Era In 1975?
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Which Group Sang 'Don't You Forget About Me' In 1985?
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Who Sang 'A Fifth Of Beethoven' And Made Disco History In 1976?
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Who Sang 'Jump For My Love' And Topped Charts In 1984?
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Which Artist Sang 'Shake Your Groove Thing' In 1979?
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Who Sang 'Maniac' And Lit Up Flashdance In 1983?
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Who Sang 'Dancing Queen' And Ruled Dancefloors In 1976?
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Who Had An 80s Hit With 'Manic Monday' In 1986?
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Which Artist Sang 'Disco Inferno' And Owned 1976?
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Which Group Sang 'Boogie Oogie Oogie' And Ruled 1978?
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Who Sang 'Take My Breath Away' And Topped Charts In 1986?
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KC And The Sunshine Band
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Bee Gees
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Donna Summer
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Village People
Doctors actually use Stayin' Alive's 103 beats per minute to teach the correct CPR chest compression rhythm.
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Blondie
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Cyndi Lauper
3
Pat Benatar
4
Madonna
Cyndi Lauper's 1983 debut single became an anthem reaching number two on the Billboard Hot 100.
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Earth Wind And Fire
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The Commodores
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Chic
4
Kool And The Gang
Nile Rodgers wrote Le Freak after being turned away at Studio 54 on New Year's Eve.
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Wham!
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A Flock Of Seagulls
3
Culture Club
4
Duran Duran
George Michael wrote this song after Andrew Ridgeley left a note saying 'wake me up up' by mistake.
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Donna Summer
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Gloria Gaynor
3
Thelma Houston
4
Diana Ross
Hot Stuff made Donna Summer the first artist to win a Grammy in both rock and pop categories.
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Olivia Newton-John
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Kim Carnes
3
Juice Newton
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Sheena Easton
Physical stayed at number one for ten weeks in 1981 making it one of the longest-running chart toppers of the decade.
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Chic
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Village People
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The Trammps
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Heatwave
Village People creator Jacques Morali spotted the original lead singer Felipe Rose dancing in a Native American costume at a New York club.
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Soft Cell
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Depeche Mode
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The Human League
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Tears For Fears
Tainted Love was originally recorded by soul singer Gloria Jones in 1964 long before Soft Cell made it a synth-pop classic.
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Donna Summer
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Diana Ross
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Gloria Gaynor
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Thelma Houston
Gloria Gaynor recorded I Will Survive while wearing a back brace after spinal surgery making it a real-life anthem of resilience.
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Wham!
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Duran Duran
3
A-ha
4
The Human League
The pencil-sketch music video for Take On Me took 16 weeks and over 3000 frames to animate by hand.
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Earth Wind And Fire
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Kool And The Gang
3
Sister Sledge
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The Commodores
Earth Wind And Fire recorded 'Boogie Wonderland' with a female vocal group called The Emotions adding extra sparkle.
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Van Halen
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Bon Jovi
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Foreigner
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Def Leppard
David Lee Roth almost passed on 'Jump' because he thought the synth sound was too soft for Van Halen.
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The Specials
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Dexys Midnight Runners
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Madness
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The Pretenders
'Come On Eileen' was the best-selling single in the UK for all of 1982 beating out Michael Jackson.
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Chaka Khan
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Anita Ward
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Evelyn Champagne King
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Candi Staton
'Ring My Bell' was originally written for a 12-year-old singer but Anita Ward turned it into a disco anthem.
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Aerosmith
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Whitesnake
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Motley Crue
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Guns N Roses
Slash wrote the famous guitar riff for 'Sweet Child O Mine' as a warm-up exercise never intending it as a real song.
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Evelyn Champagne King
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Thelma Houston
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Candi Staton
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Gloria Gaynor
Evelyn was just 17 years old when she recorded 'Shame' after being discovered cleaning a recording studio.
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Sheena Easton
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Madonna
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Cyndi Lauper
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Pat Benatar
Madonna performed 'Like A Virgin' at the first-ever MTV Video Music Awards in a wedding dress shocking everyone.
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Sister Sledge
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The Emotions
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LaBelle
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The Pointer Sisters
The Pittsburgh Pirates adopted 'We Are Family' as their theme song during their 1979 World Series championship run.
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Spandau Ballet
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Culture Club
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Human League
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Duran Duran
Human League's lead singer Phil Oakey recruited two backing singers from a Sheffield nightclub just months before recording this hit.
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Diana Ross
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Donna Summer
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Chaka Khan
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Gloria Gaynor
Diana Ross recorded 'Upside Down' with Nile Rodgers producing and it hit number one for four weeks.
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Bananarama
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Blondie
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The Pretenders
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Eurythmics
Annie Lennox and Dave Stewart wrote 'Sweet Dreams' in just one night on a borrowed keyboard.
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Kool And The Gang
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Ohio Players
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The Commodores
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Rose Royce
Rose Royce recorded 'Car Wash' for the film soundtrack and it became their only major hit.
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Belinda Carlisle
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Katrina And The Waves
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Cyndi Lauper
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The Go-Gos
Kimberley Rew wrote 'Walking On Sunshine' and the song has appeared in over 20 films since.
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KC And The Sunshine Band
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Heatwave
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Earth Wind And Fire
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The O'Jays
KC And The Sunshine Band scored five number one hits in just two years during the disco era.
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Rick Springfield
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Billy Joel
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John Mellencamp
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Rick James
Rick Springfield wrote 'Jessie's Girl' about a real friend named Gary who had a girlfriend he admired.
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Sister Sledge
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Chic
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Lipps Inc
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Delegation
Lipps Inc was basically just two people and 'Funkytown' became a number one hit in 28 countries.
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Sheena Easton
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Pat Benatar
3
Kim Carnes
4
Bonnie Tyler
Jim Steinman originally wrote 'Total Eclipse Of The Heart' for a Dracula musical he was developing.
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Gloria Gaynor
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Odyssey
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Evelyn Champagne King
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Anita Ward
Odyssey was a trio led by Lillian Lopez and 'Native New Yorker' became a beloved disco classic.
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Foreigner
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Toto
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Journey
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REO Speedwagon
Toto's David Paich wrote 'Africa' after watching a documentary and none of the band had ever visited Africa.
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Gloria Gaynor
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Evelyn Champagne King
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Candi Staton
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Donna Summer
Giorgio Moroder produced 'I Feel Love' using entirely synthesized beats shocking the music world in 1977.
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Spandau Ballet
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Simple Minds
3
Duran Duran
4
Culture Club
Boy George wore his signature braids and hat in the 'Karma Chameleon' video that became iconic 80s television.
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Cheryl Lynn
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Anita Ward
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Thelma Houston
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Evelyn Champagne King
Cheryl Lynn recorded 'Got To Be Real' after winning a talent competition on The Gong Show in 1977.
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Duran Duran
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Wham!
3
Culture Club
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Spandau Ballet
Spandau Ballet wrote 'True' as a love letter to soul music and it spent four weeks at number one in the UK.
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Gloria Gaynor
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Thelma Houston
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Chaka Khan
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Cheryl Lynn
Thelma Houston won a Grammy for 'Don't Leave Me This Way' and the song was originally recorded by Harold Melvin.
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Kenny Loggins
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John Mellencamp
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Rick Springfield
4
Billy Joel
Kenny Loggins wrote 'Footloose' for the movie soundtrack and it stayed at number one for three weeks.
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Lipps Inc
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Rose Royce
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Dan Hartman
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Odyssey
Dan Hartman originally recorded 'Relight My Fire' as a disco anthem before Take That covered it in 1993.
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Simple Minds
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Culture Club
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Duran Duran
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Spandau Ballet
Duran Duran filmed their 'Girls On Film' video in 1981 and it was famously banned by the BBC.
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Thelma Houston
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Anita Ward
3
Vicki Sue Robinson
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Cheryl Lynn
Vicki Sue Robinson recorded 'Turn The Beat Around' and Gloria Estefan later covered it for the 1994 film The Specialist.
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REO Speedwagon
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Foreigner
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Journey
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Styx
Journey released 'Don't Stop Believin'' in 1981 and it became the best-selling digital catalog song in history.
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Rick James
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David Bowie
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Michael Jackson
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Prince
Michael Jackson debuted the moonwalk on TV in 1983 and the move became his signature forever.
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Donna Summer
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Gloria Gaynor
3
Amii Stewart
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Thelma Houston
Amii Stewart transformed Eddie Floyd's 1966 soul classic into a pulsing disco anthem overnight.
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Tears For Fears
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Duran Duran
3
The Police
4
Simple Minds
Sting wrote this surveillance-themed song in one morning at a Jamaican villa owned by Ian Fleming.
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Stacy Lattisaw
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Vicki Sue Robinson
3
Amii Stewart
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Deniece Williams
Stacy Lattisaw recorded 'Jump To The Beat' at just 14 years old making her a true teen sensation.
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Blondie
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Talking Heads
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Devo
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The Cars
Devo's matching yellow hazmat suits and red flowerpot hats made them one of MTV's most visual acts.
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The Cars
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Blondie
3
Talking Heads
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Devo
Debbie Harry almost quit Blondie before 'Heart Of Glass' became their first US number one hit.
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Michael Jackson
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Prince
3
David Bowie
4
Rick James
Nile Rodgers of Chic produced 'Let's Dance' and turned David Bowie into the biggest star of 1983.
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KC And The Sunshine Band
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Kool And The Gang
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Earth Wind And Fire
4
Sister Sledge
Kool And The Gang originally started as a jazz-funk band before conquering pop radio in the 80s.
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Exposé
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Vanity 6
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Salt-N-Pepa
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The Pointer Sisters
'Push It' was originally released as a B-side and accidentally became one of the biggest hits of 1987.
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Stevie Nicks
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Pat Benatar
3
Blondie
4
Joan Jett
Joan Jett recorded 'I Love Rock N Roll' after being rejected by 23 record labels who said no one would buy it.
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Lipps Inc
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Odyssey
3
Van McCoy
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Chic
Van McCoy reportedly wrote 'The Hustle' in just 20 minutes after watching people dance at a New York nightclub.
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Katrina And The Waves
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Toni Basil
3
Kim Wilde
4
Sheena Easton
Toni Basil was actually a professional choreographer and directed the cheerleader-themed music video herself.
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Olivia Newton-John
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Pat Benatar
3
Kim Carnes
4
Irene Cara
Irene Cara won both an Oscar and a Grammy for 'Flashdance What A Feeling' making her one of music's rare double winners.
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Journey
2
Bon Jovi
3
REO Speedwagon
4
Foreigner
Jon Bon Jovi almost cut 'Livin' On A Prayer' from the album because he thought it was not strong enough to release.
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Anita Ward
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Thelma Houston
3
Candi Staton
4
Gloria Gaynor
Candi Staton recorded 'Young Hearts Run Free' in one take and it became a disco anthem forever.
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Willie Nelson
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Kenny Rogers
3
Barry Manilow
4
Glen Campbell
Barry Gibb of the Bee Gees wrote 'Islands In The Stream' and it sold over two million copies.
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David Soul
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Leo Sayer
3
John Paul Young
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Andy Gibb
Harry Vanda and George Young wrote 'Love Is In The Air' and also produced John Paul Young's career.
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Culture Club
2
Eddy Grant
3
Musical Youth
4
UB40
Electric Avenue in Brixton London was the first market street in Britain to be lit by electricity.
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Dan Hartman
2
Patrick Hernandez
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Sylvester
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Cerrone
Sylvester's powerful falsetto voice was so distinctive that producers initially thought he was a woman singing.
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Rick Astley
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George Michael
3
Howard Jones
4
Nick Heyward
Rick Astley was only 21 when he recorded 'Never Gonna Give You Up' and it hit number one in 25 countries.
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Gloria Gaynor
2
Andrea True Connection
3
Silver Convention
4
Boney M
Andrea True was actually a film actress who got stranded in Jamaica and recorded the song to pay her way home.
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Tina Turner
2
Aretha Franklin
3
Diana Ross
4
Patti LaBelle
Tina Turner was 44 years old when 'What's Love Got To Do With It' became her first ever solo number one hit.
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Marvin Gaye
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Lionel Richie
3
Rick James
4
Prince
Rick James wrote 'Super Freak' in just one day and MC Hammer later sampled it for 'U Can't Touch This'.
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Pointer Sisters
2
Weather Girls
3
Sister Sledge
4
En Vogue
The Weather Girls were originally called Two Tons O' Fun before recording their most famous disco anthem.
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Kenny Rogers
2
Luther Vandross
3
Marvin Gaye
4
Lionel Richie
Lionel Richie wrote 'Endless Love' in just three days for the 1981 film of the same name.
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Harold Melvin And The Blue Notes
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The O'Jays
3
Earth Wind And Fire
4
The Isley Brothers
Harold Melvin's group featured Teddy Pendergrass on lead vocals before his hugely successful solo career began.
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Spandau Ballet
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Human League
3
Simple Minds
4
Tears For Fears
Simple Minds almost turned down 'Don't You Forget About Me' before it became the iconic Breakfast Club anthem.
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Van McCoy
2
Walter Murphy
3
Giorgio Moroder
4
Harold Melvin
Walter Murphy turned Beethoven's Fifth Symphony into a disco hit that reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100.
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Weather Girls
2
Pointer Sisters
3
Klymaxx
4
Sister Sledge
The Pointer Sisters won a Grammy in 1975 for country music before becoming iconic 80s pop stars.
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Peaches And Herb
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Gloria Gaynor
3
Candi Staton
4
Anita Ward
Peaches And Herb had reunited after a five-year break before recording this joyful disco classic.
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Irene Cara
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Kenny Loggins
3
Michael Sembello
4
Giorgio Moroder
Michael Sembello originally wrote 'Maniac' about a serial killer before the lyrics were changed for the movie.
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Boney M
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ABBA
3
Amanda Lear
4
Silver Convention
King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden danced to 'Dancing Queen' at his own wedding celebration the very night ABBA debuted it live.
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The Bangles
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Belinda Carlisle
3
Cyndi Lauper
4
Go-Gos
'Manic Monday' was written by Prince who originally recorded a demo version under the name Christopher.
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Ohio Players
2
Trammps
3
Fatback Band
4
Heatwave
'Disco Inferno' became even more famous when it appeared on the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack two years after its original release.
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Chic
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Lipps Inc
3
A Taste Of Honey
4
Heatwave
A Taste Of Honey won the Grammy for Best New Artist in 1979 beating out Dire Straits and Elvis Costello.
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Naked Eyes
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Berlin
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Eurythmics
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Yazoo
'Take My Breath Away' won the Academy Award for Best Original Song after appearing in the blockbuster film Top Gun.
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