1980s Music

  

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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