Beloved '80s New Wave Band Performs Hit and Fans Swear They Still Sound 'Just Like the Record'

New Wave music kicked off in the '80s with an unstoppable force. Born of the '70s era punk, the genre really flourished in ...
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Half of hitmaking 80s duo dies weeks after performing in wheelchair

Soft Cell's second single, “Tainted Love” topped the charts in the U.K. and 17 countries around the world and was certified ...

‘80s hitmaker dead at 66, weeks after playing concert in wheelchair

A musician behind one of the biggest hits of the 1980s is dead at age 66. Dave Ball, one-half of the synth-pop duo Soft Cell, died Wednesday, according to bandmate Marc Almond. The BBC reports Ball ...
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3 One-Hit Wonders From the Year 1980 That I’m Almost Positive You’ve Never Heard Of

Music fans know hundreds, even thousands, of songs. Yet, these are three one-hit wonders from 1980 we're sure you've never heard of.
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On This Day in 1977, Tragedy Would Change the Face of Lynyrd Skynyrd (And Southern Rock Forever)

On October 20, 1977, a chartered plane carrying Lynyrd Skynyrd from one show to the next went down in a tree-filled swamp in ...