RnB Soul 80s

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RnB Soul 80s

JOURNEY THROUGH 800 RnB SOUL SONGS

RnB SOUL  ∙  1920-40s  ∙  50s  ∙  60s  ∙  70s  ∙  80s  ∙  90s  ∙  NEO SOUL 2000s-2010s  ∙

RnB SOUL 80s

 

RnB Soul 80s

RnB Soul 1980s: Grace Jones (born 1948)  ∙  Prince (1958-2016)  ∙  Whitney Houston (1963-2012)  ∙  

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SOUL POP

 
∙  1980  ∙  Just the two of us (Grover Washington Jr. & Bill Withers)  ∙  Love T.K.O. (Teddy Pendergrass)  ∙  Never give it up (Al Jarreau)  ∙  1981  ∙  You might need somebody / Rio de Janeiro blue (Randy Crawford)  ∙  Sitting here in limbo (ver 1991) (The Neville Brothers)  ∙  1982  ∙  Sexual healing (Marvin Gaye)  ∙  Looking up to you (Michael Wycoff)  ∙  Love come down (Evelyn King)  ∙  1983  ∙  All night long (All night) (Lionel Richie)  ∙  1984  ∙  What's love got to do with it (Tina Turner)  ∙

∙  1985  ∙  Walking on the Chinese wall (Philip Bailey)  ∙  We don’t need another hero (Tina Turner)  ∙  Ms Celie's blues/Sister (Táta Vega)  ∙  1986  ∙  Shake you down (Gregory Abbott)  ∙  1987  ∙  Better days (Dianne Reeves)  ∙  I wanna dance with somebody (Whitney Houston)  ∙  1988  ∙  Talkin' bout a revolution (Tracy Chapman)  ∙  1989  ∙  All I want is forever (J.T. Taylor & Regina Belle)  ∙

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PROGRESSIVE RnB

 
∙  1982  ∙  Billie Jean / Thriller / Human nature (Michael Jackson)  ∙  Buttercup (Stevie Wonder & Carl Anderson)  ∙  1983  ∙  Ain't nobody (Rufus & Chaka Kan)  ∙  It's raining men (The Weather Girls)  ∙  1984  ∙  When doves cry / Purple rain (Prince)  ∙  Ghostbusters (Ray Parker Jr)  ∙  1985  ∙  Nightshift (The Commodores)  ∙  Slave to the rythm (Grace Jones)  ∙  1987  ∙  Sign o'the times (1987)  (Prince)  ∙  Sign your name (Terence Trent D'Arby)  ∙  Bad (Michael Jackson)  ∙  Saturday love  (Alexander O'Neal & Sherelle) 

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FUNK & DISCO

 
∙  1980  ∙  Sexy eyes (Dr. Hook & the Medecine Show)  ∙  Mestizo (Joe Bataan)  ∙  Fantastic voyage (Lakeside)  ∙  Stomp! (The Brothers Johnson)  ∙  The groove (Rodney Franklin)  ∙  Funkin' for Jamaica (N.Y.) (Tom Browne)  ∙  1981  ∙  Use my body (Mavis John)  ∙ She's a bad Mama Jama (Carl Carlton)  ∙  Never too much (Luther Vandross)  ∙  Get down on it (Kool & the Gang)  ∙  1982  ∙  Let it whip (The Dazz Band)  ∙  Forget me nots (Patrice Rushen)  ∙  Last night a DJ saved my life (Indeep)  ∙  Outstanding (The Gap band)  ∙

∙  1983  ∙  All night long (Mary Jane Girls)  ∙  Get down Saturday night (Oliver Cheatham)  ∙  1985  ∙  The rythm of the night (Debarge)  ∙  Object of my desire (Starpoint)  ∙  1986  ∙  What have you done for me lately (Janet Jackson)  ∙  1988  ∙  Teardrops (Womack & Womack)  ∙  1989  ∙  Papa oom mow mow (The Rivingtons, orig. 1962) 

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RAP / HIP HOP

 
As of 1979, starting with the song 'Rapper's delight' by The Sugarhill Gang, rap became a popular subsegment of the RnB scene (e.g. LL Cool J, I need love 1987, ..more cf. page 'American rap').

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RnB Soul 80s

JOURNEY THROUGH 800 RnB SOUL SONGS

RnB SOUL  ∙  1920-40s  ∙  50s  ∙  60s  ∙  70s  ∙  80s  ∙  90s  ∙  NEO SOUL 2000s-2010s  ∙