On August 1, 1981, an '80s icon soared to the top of the Billboard charts with a scandalous hit. At the time, he was also starring on a popular daytime soap, quickly becoming a heartthrob to millions.

Chaka Khan has been dominating the music scene for decades, but her early releases are still timeless classics, resonating with fans even after all these years. On Friday, Dec. 5, the funk icon's ...

A lot of one-hit wonders throughout the 1980s made it big with one major hit before slowly fading away from the charts. Some obscure musicians from the 80s, however, disappeared from mainstream charts ...

Topping the 80s charts with their mega-hits, 'Come On Eileen' and 'Geno', the Dexys Midnight Runners became a household name and captured the hearts and souls of not only the Great British public, but ...

Ah, the ‘80s. Those of us who lived through it can regale you with tales of artists and bands coming out of nowhere with massive hits, and then just as quickly disappearing into relative anonymity.

Speaker B: Welcome to Hit Parade, a podcast of pop chart history from Slate magazine about the hits from coast to coast. I’m Chris Melanfi, chart analyst, pop critic and writer of Slate’s why Is this ...

Rick Astley released “Never Gonna Give You Up” in 1987. Almost 40 years later, it’s now hit 1 billion streams on Spotify. The song topped charts around the world when it came out, and it saw a ...

Chaka Khan has been dominating the music scene for decades, but her early releases are still timeless classics, resonating with fans even after all these years. "Released in 1974 on ABC Records, it ...