I had the good fortune to interview Tina Turner in February 1984 when her remake of Al Green’s “Let’s Stay Together” was climbing the top 40 on the Billboard Hot 100. The interview ran in the Feb. 25, ...

“Seeing Purple Rain makes it clear that the man from Minneapolis is certainly going to give anybody else making music this year a real hard time,” according to a movie preview in the July 28, 1984, ...

For anyone old enough to remember the summer of 1984, there’s one song that probably comes to mind. “When Doves Cry” notably managed to keep Bruce Springsteen’s “Dancing in the Dark” from dancing its ...

Michael Jackson's "Thriller" hits a streaming-era top 10 peak on the Hot 100 this Halloween season, despite having fewer streams than its 2024 peak.

“If you’re lost, you can look and you will find me / Time after time / If you fall, I will catch you, I’ll be waiting / Time after time.” Lauper had actually come very close to topping the chart ...