MUSIC GENRE ∙ Folk ∙ Rock ∙ RnB SOUL ∙ Rap ∙ Pop Hits ∙ World music ∙
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 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) ∙
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) ∙ Promised land (Joe Smooth) ∙
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) ∙ Push it (Salt-n-Pepa) ∙ 1988 ∙ Teardrops (Womack & Womack) ∙ 1989 ∙ Papa oom mow mow (The Rivingtons, orig. 1962) ∙
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').
