45 Years Ago - 1980 Van Halen released their third album Women and Children First. "And the Cradle Will Rock..." was the only single...

40 Years Ago - 1985 Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers released their sixth album Southern Accents. "Don't Come Around Here No More" was...

40 Years Ago - 1985 Paul Young released his second album The Secret of Association. "I'm Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down" is a cover of a...

40 Years Ago - 1985 The Power Station released their self titled debut album. A supergroup formed by Robert Palmer, Tony Thompson (of...

35 Years Ago - 1990 Heart released their tenth album Brigade. "All I Wanna Do Is Make Love to You" written by Robert John "Mutt" Lange...

35 Years Ago - 1990 Digital Underground released their debut album Sex Packets. "Doowutchyalike" made #29 R&B/Hip Hop, #19 Rap, #20...

40 Years Ago - 1985 Katrina and the Waves released their third self-titled album. Their first on a major label and the majority was...

35 Years Ago - 1990 Bell Biv DeVoe released their debut album Poison . There’s nothing like good New Jack Swing!!!!! "Poison" started as...

35 Years Ago - 1990 Depeche Mode released their seventh album Violator. "Personal Jesus" was released a full 7 months before the album...

35 Years Ago - 1990 Salt-N-Pepa released their third album Blacks' Magic. "Expression" made #26, #8 R&B, #1 Rap, #32 Club "Independent"...

35 Years Ago - 1990 Jude Cole released his second album A View from 3rd Street. "Baby It's Tonight" was his biggest hit, peaking at #16...

45 Years Ago - 1980 Jermaine Jackson released his sixth album Let's Get Serious. The title track was the first single. it was co-written...

35 Years Ago - 1990 Real McCoy released their third album Another Night. Their first American release. "Another Night" peaked at #3, #1...

30 Years Ago - 1995 Duran Duran released their eighth album Thank You. It is a covers album, and critics hated it. It also didn't sell...

35 Years Ago - 1990 The Pretty Woman Soundtrack was released. The album featured songs from Roy Orbison, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Peter...

35 Years Ago - 1990 Sinead O'Connor released her second album I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got. "Nothing Compares 2 U" of course written...

45 Years Ago - 1980 Billy Joel released his seventh album Glass Houses. He won a Grammy Award for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance....

40 Years Ago - 1985 Howard Jones released his second album Dream into Action. "Things Can Only Get Better" peaked at #5, #10 Club, #54...

30 Years Ago - 1995 The Presidents of the United States of America released their self-titled debut album. The album shipped over three...

30 Years Ago - 1995 Stevie Wonder released his twenty-second album Conversation Peace. "For Your Love" won two Grammy awards for Best R&B...