Borderline is the ninth album by Ry Cooder and was released in 1980 by the Warner Bros. Tracks 1 634-5789 (Eddie Floyd; Steve Cropper) 3:01 2 Speedo (Esther Navarro) 3:23 3 Why Don’t You Try Me (Billy Young) 4:58 4 Down In The Boondocks (Joe South) 3:24 5 Johnny Porter (Bill Cuomo; Bobby Ray Appleberry) […]
Endangered Species is the fourth and penultimate album by the Canadian progressive rock band Klaatu, released in mid-1980. The music on the album was a stark contrast from any other Klaatu album, as it featured only standard, radio-friendly pop rock songs, as opposed to the usual unconventional, ambitious progressive and psychedelic rock sound they were […]
New York Exile is the third album by pianist LaMont Johnson, released in 1980 Tracks 1 Sugar Hill Melody (Lamont Johnson) 5:08 2 Old Broadway (Lamont Johnson) 5:59 3 Slugs In The Far East (Lamont Johnson) 4:04 4 Sydenham Square (Lamont Johnson) 6:19 5 Mount Morris Park (Lamont Johnson) 7:16 6 Misty Highbridge Dawn (Lamont […]
“Starting Over Again” is a song recorded by American entertainer Dolly Parton. The song was written by Donna Summer and her husband Bruce Sudano. Parton’s recording was performed as a slow tempo ballad, gradually building to a dramatic crescendo. It was released in March 1980 as the first single from her album Dolly, Dolly, Dolly. […]
“Let My Love Open the Door” is a song written and performed by Pete Townshend from his 1980 album Empty Glass. It reached the top ten in the United States in that same year, reaching number nine. It reached number five in Canada. Although Townshend is a devotee to the religious guru Meher Baba, he […]
Black Rose is the lone album by the rock band Black Rose, whose lead singer was American singer-actress Cher. The album was released on August 21, 1980 by Casablanca Records. Unlike Cher’s previous solo records (such as Take Me Home) the album was a commercial failure. It failed to chart and has sold only 400,000 […]
“Rock with You” is a song recorded by American singer Michael Jackson. It was written by Rod Temperton and produced by Quincy Jones. It was first offered to Karen Carpenter, while she was working on her first solo album, but she turned it down. It was released on November 3, 1979, by Epic Records as […]
“Magic” is a 1980 song performed by Olivia Newton-John, from the soundtrack to the film Xanadu. The song was number 1 on the US Billboard Hot 100 for four weeks beginning on August 2, 1980. On August 30, it was displaced from the top by “Sailing” by Christopher Cross. It was Newton-John’s 25th American chart […]
24 Carrots is the ninth studio album by Al Stewart, released in 1980. This was Stewart’s first album with his new band Shot in the Dark. Tracks 1-4 are co-written with Peter White. The single “Midnight Rocks” reached the top 30 on the Billboard charts in 1980, reaching #24. Two other singles were released from […]
Masterless Samurai is an album by Osamu Kitajima, recorded in 1979 and released in 1980 on Alfa Records. Osamu Kitajima, also known by the pseudonym Justin Heathcliff, is a Japanese musician, producer, composer, and multi‑instrumentalist. Tracks 1 Golden Mean (Osamu Kitajima) 5:28 2 Wild Monk (Osamu Kitajima) 3:53 3 Sei…Essence (Osamu Kitajima) 3:33 4 […]