I was chilling on YouTube today when I stumbled across a Prince concert, which always makes me think of how great of a musician, singer, performer, songwriter etc he was. (Let's be honest, he wasn't a very good actor.) I wanted to write a blog about the Top Ten musicians of the 80s. But I wanted to rely on someone else's Top Ten, so I Googled my way around the internet. One list had The Beastie Boys as #1, another list had Kenny Rogers as #1- um, no and no. Don't get me wrong I love both of those artists, but neither are even close to #1. I came across a udiscovermusic.com blog about The Top Ten Superstars of the 80s. I may have a few quibbles with their Top Ten, but overall it's a pretty good list.
Other musicians that should be considered for any Top Ten 80s musicians include RUN-D.M.C., Def Leppard, U2, George Michael, R.E.M., Duran Duran (or as the kids called them back in the day Duran squared), Journey, Tina Turner, Van Halen, Ozzy, The Boss and so many others.
Here in no particular order is udiscovermusic.com's Top 10 80s artists. You could probably guess who are the ones I like the most.
For Stevie Wonder I've dug deep so that there would be more than only 12 songs on his blog. I've included songs where he played harmonica or the synthesizer and also have some included some of his amazing 60s and 70s hits.
His 80s classics:
1) "Master Blaster (Jammin')":
2) "I Ain't Gonna Stand For It":
I love how funky Stevie's songs are. 3) "That Girl":
4) "Do I Do":
5) "I Just Called To Say I Love You":
6) "Love Light In Flight":
7) "Part Time Lover":
With Dionne Warwick, Elton John and Gladys Knight. 8) "That's What Friends Are For":
9) "Overjoyed":
With Paul McCartney 10) "Ebony and Ivory":
11) USA for Africa "We Are The World":
12) "Go Home":
13) "Whereabouts":
Stevie playing on harmonica:
14) The Eurythmics "There Must Be An Angel (Playing With My Heart)":
15) Elton John "I Guess That's Why They Call It The Blues":
Stevie playing on the synthesizer:
"Just Good Friends":
Some of Stevie's best 60 ands 70s hits:
16) "For Once In My Life":
16) "For Once In My Life":
17) "My Cherie Amour":
18) "Yesterday, Yester
19) "Superstition":
20) "Boogie on Reggae Woman":
21) "Sir Duke":
22) "Uptight":
23) "Sunshine":
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