The 1980s was a wonderful time for music because of the energy and hope for new subgenres fully forming. New Wave had begun in the late 1970s, for instance, but evolved in the early 1980s.

Steve Wright presents the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 13 March 1980 and featuring The Dooleys, The Police, The Detroit Spinners, Secret Affair, The Vapors, Siouxsie and The Banshees ...

Remember “Break My Stride” from 1983? Few songs from the 1980s have matched the positive, cozy feeling of that synth-reggae tune. Naturally, Matthew Wilder’s song climbed the charts and ...