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Billy Idol
Along with Duran Duran, Billy Idol was one of the first young pop/rock artists to…
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Billy Ocean
Billy Ocean is the biggest black recording star Britain has ever produced, one who has…
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Blondie
Embracing a broad range of pop music that encompassed British Invasion rock, garage rock, disco,…
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Bon Jovi
Bon Jovi could never catch a break with critics. When the band first showed up…
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Bow Wow Wow
Formed in 1980 by the former Sex Pistols’ manager Malcolm McLaren.Mclaren fronted the group with…
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Boy George
George Alan O’Dowd, known professionally as Boy George, is an English singer, songwriter, DJ and…
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Breathe
Breathe was an English pop band formed in London in 1984. The band enjoyed chart…
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Bronski Beat
Bronski Beat were a British synthpop trio which achieved success in the mid-1980s, particularly with…
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Bros
Bros are an English band formed in 1986 in Camberley, Surrey. The band originally consisted…
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Bruce Hornsby
Bruce Randall Hornsby (born November 23, 1954) is an American singer-songwriter and pianist. He draws…
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Bruce Springsteen
The release of Nebraska, a stripped-down and disturbing solo album that, while a major left…
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Bryan Adams
Adams is one of the most exciting live musicians in the world and his energetic…
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Bucks Fizz
Bucks Fizz is a British pop group that achieved success in the 1980s, most notably…
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Cameo
Cameo topped the R&B charts for more than a decade, sold more than 17 million…
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China Crisis
China Crisis are an English new wave and synth-pop band. They were formed in 1979…
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Chris Rea
Christopher Anton Rea born 4 March 1951) is an English rock and blues singer-songwriter and…
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Cliff Richard
Sir Cliff Richard OBE (born Harry Rodger Webb; 14 October 1940) is a British singer,…
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Cock Robin
Cock Robin is an American pop rock band, mostly popular in the 1980s, particularly in…
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Crowded House
After a long hiatus, Australian band Crowded House return. Having sold over 10 million albums…
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Cyndi Lauper
Cyndi Lauper is a groundbreaking Grammy, Emmy, and Tony Award-winning songwriter and performing artist with…
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David Bowie
The 80s Scary Monsters… and Super Creeps was released that same September. Produced by Bowie…
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Elvis Costello
Declan Patrick MacManus, OBE, known professionally as Elvis Costello, is an English post-punk singer-songwriter. He…
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Julian Cope
Julian David Cope (born 21 October 1957) is an English musician, author, antiquarian, musicologist, poet…
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Kate Bush
Kate Bush (born Catherine Bush on 30 July 1958 in Bexleyheath, Kent, England, now part…
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