Act Members Notable 1980’s Songs Notable Facts
Fleetwood Mac Lindsey Buckingham, Mick
Fleetwood, John McVie,
Christine McVie, Stevie
Nicks, Billy Burnette, Rick
Vito
“Everywhere,” “Hold Me,”
“Little Lies”Fleetwood Mac’s “Don’t Stop”
was used as the theme of Bill
Clinton’s 1992 presidential
campaign.Foreigner Lou Gramm, Dennis Elliott,
Mick Jones, Rick Wills
“I Want to Know What Love
Is,” “Urgent,” “Waiting for a
Girl like You”Two of Foreigner’s biggest hits
feature contributions from the
saxophonist Junior Walker
and the New Jersey Mass
Choir,“Urgent” and “I Want to
Know What Love Is,”
respectively.Samantha Fox “I Wanna Have Some Fun,”
“Naughty Girls (Need Love
Too),” “Touch Me (I Want
Your Body)”
Fox first came to fame as a
topless model in England.Aretha Franklin “Freeway of Love,” “I Knew
You Were Waiting (for Me),”
“Sisters Are Doin’ It for
Themselves”
During the 1980’s, Franklin
recorded hit duets with the
Eurythmics, George Michael,
and Elton John.Glenn Frey “The Heat Is On,”
“Smuggler’s Blues,” “You
Belong to the City”
A member of the Eagles, Frey
appeared as the owner of a
professional football team in
the 1996 filmJerry Maguire.Peter Gabriel “Big Time,” “Shock the
Monkey,” “Sledgehammer”
The original lead singer of
Genesis, Gabriel’s first three
solo albums were each titled
simplyPeter Gabriel.The J. Geils Band Peter Wolf, Jerome Geils,
Stephen Jo Bladd, Seth
Justman, Danny Klein, Magic
Dick Salwitz
“Centerfold,” “Freeze-
Frame,” “Love Stinks”Lead singer Wolf was married
to actress Faye Dunaway from
1974 to 1979.Genesis Tony Banks, Phil Collins,
Mike Rutherford
“That’s All,” “Tonight,
Tonight, Tonight,” “Invisible
Touch”Rutherford also scored several
1980’s hits as the leader of
Mike + the Mechanics.Debbie Gibson “Foolish Beat,” “Lost in Your
Eyes,” “Only in My Dreams”
Gibson won $1,000 in a
songwriting contest with a
song that she had written at
age twelve,“I Come from
America.”The Go-Go’s* Belinda Carlisle, Charlotte
Caffey, Gina Schock, Kathy
Valentine, Jane Wiedlin
“Our Lips Are Sealed,”
“Vacation,” “We Got the
Beat”The Go-Go’s portrayed an all-
male dance band in their 1984
“Turn to You” video.1122 Music: Popular Musicians The Eighties in America