The NoteWorthy band offers a wide range of live band 1980s music.
The band is often asked to perform live music from the 1980s (see list below)
Click Here to view the band performing “Any way you want it” by Journey (released 1981)
Click Here to view the band performing “Don’t stop believin” by Journey (released 1981)
Click Here to view the band performing “Love Shack” by the B-52s (released 1989)
Common requested songs:
ADDICTED TO LOVE, robert palmer
AFRICA-TOTO
A LITTLE RESPECT, erasure
AMERICAN WOMAN, lenny kravitz
ANGEL IN THE CENTERFOLD, against all authority
ANTS MARCHING, Dave Mathew’s band
BACK IN BLACK, AC/DC
BACK IN THE USSR, beatles
BEAT IT, michael jackson
BILLY JEAN michaels jackson
BLUE SUEDE SHOES elvis
BORDERLINE madonna
BROWN EYED GIRL van morrison
BROWN SUGAR rolling stones
BURNING DOWN THE HOUSE
CAN’T BUY ME LOVE beatles
CENTERFOLD against all authority
CHINA CAT SUNFLOWER-G. DEAD
COME ON EILEEN dexys midnight runners
CRAZY-seal
DANCE TO THE MUSIC sly and the family stone
DANCIN IN THE DARK- BRUCE SPRINGSTEIN
DANCIN QUEEN abba
DADDY’S HOME cliff richard
DEVIL WITH A BLUE DRESS mitch ryder and the detroit wheels
DON’T YOU FORGET ABOUT ME simple minds
DO YOU LOVE ME chuck berry
DON’T YOU WANT ME BABY soulwax
EVERYBODY WANTS TO RULE THE WORLD tears for fears
EVERYTHING-M.BUBLE’
FAITH george michaels
FAITHFULLY-JOURNEY
FREE FALLIN tom petty
GET AWAY lenny kravitz
GET INTO THE GROOVE madonna
GOOD LOVIN the rascals
GIMME SOME LOVIN blues brothers
GREAT BALLS OF FIRE jerry lee lewis
HAPPY TOGETHER turtles
HARD DAYS NIGHT beatles
HELP beatles
HIT ME WITH YOUR BEST SHOT pat benetar
HOLIDAY madonna
HONKY TONK WOMAN rolling stones
HOUND DOG elvis
HUNGRY LIKE THE WOLF duran duran
I CAME FROM A LAND DOWN UNDER men at work
I KNOW THIS MUCH IS TRUE spandel balet
I’M A BELIEVER monkeys
I NEED YOU TONIGHT
I SAW HER STANDING THERE beatles
I SHOT THE SHERIFF bob marley
I WANNA BE SEDATED the ramones
I WANNA DANCE WITH SOMEBODY-WHITNEY HOUSTON
JAILHOUSE ROCK elvis
JESSI’S GIRL-RICK SPRINGFIELD
JOHNNY BE GOOD chuck berry
JUMPIN JACK FLASH rolling stones
KNOCK ON WOOD amii stewart
LA BAMBA los lobos
LET’S DANCE david bowie
LIKE A PRAYER madonna
LIVING ON A PRAYER bon jovie
LOVE THE ONE YOU’RE WITH crosby stills nash young
LONG TRAIN RUNNING doobie brothers
ME AND JULIO paul simon
MONY MONY tommy james and the shondells
MOVIN OUT billy joel
MUSTANG SALLY the rascals
NEW SENSATION inxs
OLD TIME ROCK AND ROLL bob seeger
ONE WAY OR ANOTHER blondie
PLAY THAT FUNKY MUSIC wild cherry
PRETTY WOMAN roy orbison
PROUD MARY tina turner
PYT michael jackson
RED RED WINE ub40
RUN AROUND SUE dion and the belmonts
ZEPPELIN/ROCK N ROLL
SATISFACTION rolling stones
SHOULD I STAY OR SHOULD I GO NOW the clash
STILL ROCK AND ROLL TO ME billy joel
START ME UP rolling stones
STIR IT UP bob marley
SWEET CAROLINE neil diamond
SWEET HOME ALABAMA lynyrd skynyrd
TAINTED LOVE soft cell
TAKE ON ME- A-HA
THE TWIST chubby checker
TWIST AND SHOUT beatles
WALKIN IN MEMPHIS marc cohen
WALKIN ON SUNSHINE katrina and the wavers
WHAT HAVE YOU DONE FOR ME LATELY janet jackson
WHAT I LIKE ABOUT YOU the romantics
WHEN I’M 64 beatles
WHO CAN IT BE NOW men at work
YOU’RE MY BEST FRIEND-QUEEN
YOU SHOOK ME ALL NIGHT LONG ac/dc
1999 prince
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MTV was launched on 300 U.S. cable TV systems in 1981.
By 1983 MTV was available on 2,000 cable systems.
VH1 was launched in 1984 with a more classic rock format.
1980’s Top 50 Best Selling Albums Worldwide:
1 Michael Jackson – Thriller – 1982
2 Dire Straits – Brothers In Arms – 1985
3 U2 – The Joshua Tree – 1987
4 Bruce Springsteen – Born In The USA – 1984
5 Michael Jackson – Bad – 1987
6 Prince – Purple Rain – 1984
7 The Police – Synchronicity – 1983
8 Paul Simon – Graceland – 1986
9 Whitney Houston – Whitney Houston – 1986
10 Phil Collins – No Jacket Required – 1985
11 Guns n’ Roses – Appetite For Destruction – 1987
12 Lionel Richie – Can’t Slow Down – 1983
13 George Michael – Faith – 1987
14 Bon Jovi – Slippery When Wet – 1986
15 Original Soundtrack – Dirty Dancing – 1987
16 Tracy Chapman – Tracy Chapman – 1988
17 Def Leppard – Hysteria – 1987
18 AC/DC – Back In Black – 1980
19 Madonna – True Blue – 1986
20 U2 – Rattle & Hum – 1988
21 Whitney Houston – Whitney – 1987
22 John Lennon – Double Fantasy – 1980
23 Madonna – Like A Prayer – 1989
24 Original Soundtrack – Flashdance – 1983
25 Phil Collins – … But Seriously – 1989
26 Madonna – Like A Virgin – 1984
27 Prince – Sign ‘O’ The Times – 1987
28 Culture Club – Colour By Numbers – 1983
29 Tears For Fears – Songs From The Big Chair – 1985
30 The Rolling Stones – Tattoo You – 1981
31 Bryan Adams – Reckless – 1985
32 Peter Gabriel – So – 1986
33 Barbra Streisand – Guilty – 1980
34 Bruce Springsteen – The River – 1980
35 Men At Work – Business As Usual – 1982
36 Paul McCartney – Tug Of War – 1982
37 The Police – Ghost In The Machine – 1981
38 Bob Marley – Legend, The Best Of Bob Marley – 1984
39 Bruce Springsteen – Tunnel Of Love – 1987
40 The Beastie Boys – Licensed To Ill – 1986
41 Phil Collins – Face Value – 1981
42 Sting – The Dream Of The Blue Turtles – 1985
43 Original Soundtrack – Footloose – 1984
44 Sting – …Nothing Like The Sun – 1987
45 U2 – The Unforgettable Fire – 1984
46 Toto – Toto IV – 1982
47 David Bowie – Let’s Dance – 1983
48 Wham! – Make It Big – 1984
49 Fine Young Cannibals – The Raw & The Cooked – 1989
50 Roxy Music – Avalon – 1982
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