Eagles
split. When asked if they would every get back
together? "When Hell freezes over."
Some say the 1980 hit film, Urban
Cowboy was one of the worst things
to ever happen to country music. It made $53.3 million
at the box office.
In 1980, Wynton
Marsalis hit the road with
Art Blakey.
12:01 a.m. Eastern Time, Saturday,
August 1, 1981, Video
Killed The Radio Star with the new cable
channel, they called MTV.
Ragtime,
directed by Miloš Forman was released on
November 20, 1981.
Muddy
Waters & The Rolling Stones at Checkerboard
Lounge, Chicago.
In
1981, Alabama
was named Top Vocal Group of the Year by the Country
Music Association.
Lionel
Richie leaves the Commodores
for a solo career.
The
Producers from Atlanta,
Georgia perform live at the 1983 MTV New
Year's Eve Ball.
In
1983, Stevie Ray Vaughan
released Texas
Flood.
The
Great Muddy Waters passed away.
Live
from New York, It's Saturday Night with Eddie
Murphy/James Brown.
Cyndi Lauper
recorded Tom
Gray's Money Changes Everything.
January
6 – February 23, 1983, R.E.M. recorded Murmur,
their debut album.
March
7, 1983, The Nashville Network (TNN) went on the air
at 8:00 PM EST with live remotes from New York,
Dallas, Denver, Chicago, and Los Angeles.
On
The Other Hand was Randy Travis'
first single.
ZZ Top shift gears with
Eliminator (1983)
and Afterburner
(1985).
Tina
Turner topped the charts with What's Love
Got to Do with It.
In
1985, Gloria Estefan
and The Miami Sound Machine released Primitive
Love.
Robert Cray released his fourth album Strong
Persuader and won a Grammy
Award for the single Smoking
Gun.
FOUND:
"Never
been seen footage" of Bill Monroe.
Word
Up! by Cameo was
released in 1986.
1986
- Guitars
and Cadillacs and hillbilly music were the
only things that kept Dwight Yoakam
hanging on.
L.
A. Reid and Babyface formed LaFace Records in Atlanta.
Widespread
Panic release Space Wrangler in 1988.
Harry
Connick Jr. recorded 20
when he was 20 years old. On June 6, 12 & 19,
1989 he recorded the soundtrack to the 1989
Rob Reiner film When
Harry Met Sally.
In
1989, The Indigo
Girls' self-titled debut won the Grammy Award
for Best Contemporary Folk Album.
