The Eighties in America - Salem Press (2009)

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Women in rock music The Eighties in America

Selected Women in Rock Music in the 1980’s

Artist/Group Notable 1980’s Songs

Paula Abdul “Forever Your Girl,” “Opposites Attract,” Straight Up”

Bananarama “Cruel Summer,” “I Heard a Rumor,” “Venus”

The Bangles “If She Knew What She Wants,” “Manic Monday,” “Walk Like an

Egyptian”

Pat Benatar “Hit Me with Your Best Shot,” “Love Is a Battlefield,” “We

Belong”

Laura Branigan “Gloria,” “Imagination,” “Self Control”

Edie Brickell and the New Bohemians “Little Miss S,” “What I Am”

Belinda Carlisle “Heaven Is a Place on Earth,” “I Get Weak,” “Mad About You"

Cher “If I Could Turn Back Time,” “Just Like Jesse James,” “We All

Sleep Alone”

Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine “Anything for You,” “1-2-3,” “Falling in Love (Uh-Oh)”

Aretha Franklin “Freeway of Love,” “I Knew You Were Waiting (for Me),” “Sisters

Are Doin’ It for Themselves”

Debbie Gibson “Foolish Beat,” “Lost in Your Eyes,” “Only in My Dreams”

The Go-Go’s “Our Lips Are Sealed,” “Vacation,” “We Got the Beat”

Heart “All I Wanna Do Is Make Love to You,” “Never,” “These Dreams”

Whitney Houston “How Will I Know,” “I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who

Loves Me),” “Saving All My Love for You”

Janet Jackson “Control,” “Miss You Much,” “Nasty”

Joan Jett and the Blackhearts “Crimson and Clover,” “I Hate Myself for Loving You,” “I Love

Rock ’n Roll”

Cyndi Lauper “Girls Just Want to Have Fun,” “Time After Time,” “True

Colors”

Madonna “Borderline,” “Everybody,” “Holiday,” “Into the Groove,” “Like a

Prayer,” “Live to Tell," “Papa Don’t Preach”

Olivia Newton-John “Heart Attack,” “Physical,” “Suddenly"

Stevie Nicks “Edge of Seventeen (Just Like a White Winged Dove),” “Leather

and Lace,” “Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around”

The Pointer Sisters “I‘m So Excited,” “Jump,” “Neutron Dance"

Sade “Never as Good as the First Time,” “Smooth Operator,” “The

Sweetest Taboo”

Siouxsie and the Banshees “Belladonna,” “Cities in the Dust,” “Dazzle”

Donna Summer “Cold Love,” “She Works Hard for the Money,” “The Wanderer”

Tiffany “Should’ve Been Me,” “I Think We’re Alone Now,” “Could’ve

Been”

Tina Turner “Break Every Rule,” “Private Dancer,” “What’s Love Got to Do

with It”