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This Is Music: 1985

Live Aid and New Coke! Here's the music of 1985.

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Radio's top hits when you had your first (and maybe last) sip of "New Coke"

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The year's biggest hits from the Bangles, Starship, Bon Jovi, Wang Chung, Tiffany... and Rick Ast...

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1988's hits like "Sweet Child of Mine," "Faith," "Heaven Is a Place on Earth," and "Don't Worry, ...

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Top hits by Blondie, Queen, Olivia Newton-John, and "that guy who sings 'Piña Colada'"

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Top '80s Christian artists like Sandi Patti, the Imperials, Twila Paris, Dallas Holm, and Amy Gra...

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