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Subject: 1980s All Female Singers Thread
Written By: whistledog on 11/15/23 at 6:47 pm
Best songs of the 1980s sung by females. I still really like this one by the late great Natalie Cole. Such a beautiful song!
Natalie Cole - Miss You Like Crazy (1989)
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Subject: Re: 1980s All Female Singers Thread
Written By: whistledog on 11/15/23 at 6:58 pm
Here is a duo called DoubleDare. They only released one album, a self-titled release in 1986 that produced two hits in Canada. The name of the vocalist is Wendy Lands and this song is called Can't Hold On. This only peaked at #73 in Canada, but it was on the radio a lot and vocally, this is one of my favourite songs of the decade. Also, this song features a saxophone, which would have been a selling point for me regardless!
DoubleDare - Can't Hold On (1986)
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Subject: Re: 1980s All Female Singers Thread
Written By: Voiceofthe70s on 11/15/23 at 7:18 pm
"Dreams"
Grace Slick
1980
Title cut of her Grammy nominated album.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bv98M7iZwAI
Subject: Re: 1980s All Female Singers Thread
Written By: Voiceofthe70s on 11/15/23 at 7:28 pm
Joan Armatrading
"Drop The Pilot"
1983
Reached #11 in the UK.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifARMmcqhD8
Subject: Re: 1980s All Female Singers Thread
Written By: whistledog on 11/15/23 at 7:37 pm
Joan Armatrading
"Drop The Pilot"
1983
Reached #11 in the UK.
Drop The Pilot is such a good song. It should have been a bigger hit in North America.
Subject: Re: 1980s All Female Singers Thread
Written By: Howard on 11/22/23 at 1:37 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=laXBKJhzZjk
Stacy Lattisaw - Million Dollar Babe (1983)
Subject: Re: 1980s All Female Singers Thread
Written By: nally on 03/17/24 at 4:50 pm
Cyndi Lauper has to be mentioned on this thread. Sure, “Girls Just Want To Have Fun” and “Time After Time” were big hits for her in 1984.. but so was this catchy one:
“She Bop”
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Subject: Re: 1980s All Female Singers Thread
Written By: Voiceofthe70s on 03/17/24 at 10:46 pm
Cyndi Lauper has to be mentioned on this thread. Sure, “Girls Just Want To Have Fun” and “Time After Time” were big hits for her in 1984.. but so was this catchy one:
“She Bop”
There's quite a bit of history behind that song:
The song was considered controversial, as it dealt with masturbation. It was included on the Parents Music Resource Center's "Filthy Fifteen" list, due to its sexual lyrics; this led to the creation of the Parental Advisory sticker. Lauper told The Howard Stern Show she recorded the vocals while nude. She has stated that finding a copy of gay men's magazine Blueboy lying around in the recording studio provided the impetus for writing "She Bop". The magazine is mentioned in the first verse. The single has been released in over 32 variations across the world, the most common being a two-track 7" single (with varying covers) and a two-track 12" vinyl single (also with varying covers).
-Wikipedia
Subject: Re: 1980s All Female Singers Thread
Written By: Howard on 03/18/24 at 2:36 am
There's quite a bit of history behind that song:
The song was considered controversial, as it dealt with masturbation. It was included on the Parents Music Resource Center's "Filthy Fifteen" list, due to its sexual lyrics; this led to the creation of the Parental Advisory sticker. Lauper told The Howard Stern Show she recorded the vocals while nude. She has stated that finding a copy of gay men's magazine Blueboy lying around in the recording studio provided the impetus for writing "She Bop". The magazine is mentioned in the first verse. The single has been released in over 32 variations across the world, the most common being a two-track 7" single (with varying covers) and a two-track 12" vinyl single (also with varying covers).
-Wikipedia
Wow, I didn't know that, thanks for the information. O0
Subject: Re: 1980s All Female Singers Thread
Written By: whistledog on 03/31/24 at 8:13 pm
Sass Jordan is a British-born Canadian who has long since hit legendary status in Canada. Her 1988 debut album Tell Somebody spawned several hits in Canada, here are two, both which peaked in 1989...
Sass Jordan - Stranger Than Paradise
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Sass Jordan - So Hard
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Subject: Re: 1980s All Female Singers Thread
Written By: nally on 03/31/24 at 8:17 pm
Wow, I didn't know that, thanks for the information. O0
Yeah, I did read about that on Wiki a while back.
Subject: Re: 1980s All Female Singers Thread
Written By: nally on 04/16/24 at 11:04 pm
Kim Wilde
“Kids In America”
1981
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Subject: Re: 1980s All Female Singers Thread
Written By: whistledog on 04/21/24 at 9:08 pm
It's No Secret is a song from the 1988 debut album Kylie by Kylie Minogue. While not released as a single in Europe, it was in North America and in early 1989, it peaked at #37 in the US and #74 in Canada. This would be her last chart single in the US and Canadian Hot/Top 100 chart until 2001 when she returned with Can't Get You Out of My Head
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Subject: Re: 1980s All Female Singers Thread
Written By: nally on 04/21/24 at 9:13 pm
^ O0
I remember that she scored an international hit c 1988 with her cover of “The Locomotion”.
Subject: Re: 1980s All Female Singers Thread
Written By: Howard on 04/22/24 at 6:29 am
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=erIaoQnBhjc
Cynthia Johnson from Lipps Inc.- Designer Music (1981)
Subject: Re: 1980s All Female Singers Thread
Written By: Howard on 04/27/24 at 2:15 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_3vZYOYNYU
Happy Birthday to Sheena Easton, she turns 65. :)
Subject: Re: 1980s All Female Singers Thread
Written By: whistledog on 05/02/24 at 7:23 pm
Here is a 1982 single titled Holdin' On by American singer Tané Cain. At the time, she was the wife of Journey songwriter/keyboardist Jonathan Cain, and the song peaked at #37 in the US. She is technically not a one hit wonder, though it was her only entry in the US Hot 100. I really enjoy this one!
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Subject: Re: 1980s All Female Singers Thread
Written By: whistledog on 05/02/24 at 7:37 pm
Irene Cara was an American pop singer best known for the 1980 hit Fame and the 1983 hit Flashdance... What A Feeling!, but what's not often discussed is the 5 other US Top 40 hits she had. This one from 1983 called Why Me? peaked at #13 in the US, #23 in Canada and #86 in the UK
Irene Cara - Why Me? (1983)
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Subject: Re: 1980s All Female Singers Thread
Written By: whistledog on 05/02/24 at 7:46 pm
In the 1970s, Ann and Nancy Wilson helped pave the way for women in rock music with their band Heart. In the early 80s, their popularity started to decline, then in 1985, they were handed a song called What About Love which became their comeback hit. The song was originally written for the Canadian group Toronto, who recorded it but decided not to release it on an album or as a single. Foolish move if you ask me!
Heart - What About Love (1985)
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Just for a comparison, here's the original Toronto version...
Toronto - What About Love (1983)
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Subject: Re: 1980s All Female Singers Thread
Written By: nally on 05/02/24 at 7:47 pm
^ Wow, I had not realized that Heart’s recording of that song was a cover! Thanks for sharing; I just learned something new today!
Subject: Re: 1980s All Female Singers Thread
Written By: whistledog on 05/02/24 at 8:31 pm
^ Wow, I had not realized that Heart’s recording of that song was a cover! Thanks for sharing; I just learned something new today!
The rejection for single or album release actually caused a pseudo break-up of Toronto. The two members who co-wrote it saw hit potential, and after being outvoted, they exited the band and shopped the song around and it worked out extremely well for them. The Heart version gave them the international hit they never had with Toronto
Something else not many know about the Heart version is the background vocals are performed by Mickey Thomas and Grace Slick of Starship, also famed songwriter Holly Knight plays keyboards
Subject: Re: 1980s All Female Singers Thread
Written By: nally on 06/19/24 at 11:00 pm
Happy Birthday to Sheena Easton, she turns 65. :)
O0
She had some other great hits as well, such as this one (also 1981):
For Your Eyes Only
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