The thing about the early '80s—and it sounds kind of ludicrously obvious—is that it was very close to the late '70s, so there was still a big element of punk, not necessarily musically, but certainly ...

When MTV debuted in 1981, it ushered in a golden era of music videos. The network’s launch was groundbreaking for artists everywhere. Suddenly, music was no longer a purely audible medium. Visuals ...

Over his remarkable four-decade career, George Michael sold more than 115 million albums. He first gained fame as a member of Wham! in the early ’80s before embarking on a solo career in 1987 with the ...