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It was a year of coming together and pulling apart. The 'super group' USA For Africa recorded "We Are The World" and Willie Dixon sued Led Zeppelin over "Whole Lotta Love". VH-1 launched on New Year's Day and in September Michael Jackson outbid Paul McCartney for most of the Beatles music catalog.
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This Is Music: 1985
2020 is the 35th anniversary of Live Aid and New Coke! Here's the music of 1985.
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Classic Alternative 1985
Before grunge, THIS was Alternative Rock: R.E.M., the Smiths, New Order, and Kate Bush
R&B Jams: 1985
There were few smoother than Luther and Sade at the mid point of the decade. Hot tracks from Mor...
This Is Country: 1985
What a year for Earl Thomas Conley, Exile, the Judds, the Oak Ridge Boys, and Alabama!
