"Together We Are Beautiful ""Together We Are Beautiful"" is a popular single by Fern Kinney. Written by Ken Leray and produced by Carson Whitsett, Wolf Stephenson and Tommy Couch, ""Together We Are Beautiful"" was originally recorded Ken Leray in 1977, while a 1979 version by Steve Allan peaked at number 67 in the UK Singles Chart. Kinney's version was originally a B-side to ""Baby, Let Me Kiss You"", but the song was flipped after DJs picked up on it. The song made number one on the UK Singles Chart for one week in March 1980. The song was played in"
"version of ""Groove Me"", but changed the rhythm on the song to turn it into a disco dance track. The song reached number 6 on the ""Billboard"" dance chart. Her next single ""Together We Are Beautiful"", released in 1980 was another disco song, but with a slower and more sultry beat. It had been recorded by the British vocalist, Steve Allan, eighteen months earlier. Kinney's effort failed to chart in the United States, but reached number one in the UK Singles Chart. Kinney's subsequent releases attempted to continue in the disco style, however by this time the disco fad had"
"We're in This Love Together ""We're in This Love Together"" is a 1981 hit song by Al Jarreau. It was the first of three single releases from his fifth studio album, ""Breakin' Away"". The song was his first and biggest chart hit. In the US, the song spent 24 weeks on the pop charts, reaching number 15 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 and number 13 on the ""Cash Box"" Top 100.<ref name=""Cash Box Top 100 10/31/81"">Cash Box Top 100 Singles, November 31, 1981</ref> It was a bigger Adult Contemporary hit, reaching number six in the US and number one in"
"number one in the United States with Exile's ""Kiss You All Over"", and Suzi Quatro and Chris Norman reached number four in the same year with their duet ""Stumblin' In"". In 1982 ""Mickey"" by Toni Basil gave the two their second American number one, and in the mid 1980s they had top ten hits with Tina Turner's ""Better Be Good To Me"", and Huey Lewis's ""Heart and Soul"". Chinn and Chapman gradually separated during the early 1980s, finally splitting up in 1983. Chinn's twelve-year stint with Chapman had made him co-writer of over fifty Top 40 hits. In 1983 he"
"keyboardist, David C. Lewis, as well as an additional singer Royce Jones. In April 1980 Warner Bros. released ""One Eighty"", which produced two of the year's biggest hits. The first, ""Biggest Part of Me"", reached number three for three weeks on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 and crossed over to the soul chart, where it peaked at number thirty-five. The second, another blue-eyed soul hit, ""You're the Only Woman (You & I)"", reached No. 13 on the Billboard Hot 100. ""One Eighty"" earned the band three Grammy nominations, including Best Pop Vocal Group. A headlining world tour followed. For the Japanese"
"the result of Debbie Harry's collaboration with the Italian songwriter and producer Giorgio Moroder, who had been responsible for Donna Summer's biggest hits. The track was recorded as the title theme of the Richard Gere film ""American Gigolo"". Released in February 1980 in the US, ""Call Me"" spent six consecutive weeks at No. 1 in the US and Canada, reached No. 1 in the U.K. (where it was released in April 1980) and became a hit throughout the world. The single was also No. 1 on ""Billboard"" magazine's 1980 year-end chart. In the summer of 1980, the band appeared in"
"1978 and youngest sister Coleen, who had previously made occasional appearances (including appearing in the I'm In the Mood for Dancing video), became a full-time member in 1980, replacing Anne. Between 1979 and 1982, the group had seven UK top 20 hits, including ""Gotta Pull Myself Together"" (1980) ""Who's Gonna Rock You"" (1980), ""Attention to Me"" (1981) and ""Chemistry"" (1981). They were particularly successful in Japan and won the 1981 Tokyo Music Festival with the song ""Sexy Music"". Anne returned to the group in 1982, before Linda left in 1983. The group won a Japanese Grammy (Tokubetsu Kikaku Shō) in"
"form of popular music in America."" During the early 1980s, country artists continued to see their records perform well on the pop charts. Willie Nelson and Juice Newton each had two songs in the top 5 of the Billboard Hot 100 in the early eighties: Nelson charted ""Always on My Mind"" (No. 5, 1982) and ""To All the Girls I've Loved Before"" (No. 5, 1984, a duet with Julio Iglesias), and Newton achieved success with ""Queen of Hearts"" (No. 2, 1981) and ""Angel of the Morning"" (No. 4, 1981). Four country songs topped the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 in the 1980s:"
"US. In September 1980, the band released their second collaborative album with Deodato, ""Celebrate!"". It became a bigger commercial success than ""Ladies' Night""; the lead single ""Celebration"" remains the band's only single to reach No. 1 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 singles chart. The song originated from the lyric ""Come on, let's all celebrate"" from ""Ladies' Night"" which inspired Robert Bell to write a song that he described as ""an international anthem"". The band developed the song on a tour bus after attending the American Music Awards. The song was used in national media coverage for the 1980 World Series,"
"was by Charlie Rich, which went to number 22 in 1976. A second, by Mickey Newbury, peaked at number 82 in 1980. An all-star version of ""America the Beautiful"" performed by country singers Trace Adkins, Sherrié Austin, Billy Dean, Vince Gill, Carolyn Dawn Johnson, Toby Keith, Brenda Lee, Lonestar, Lyle Lovett, Lila McCann, Lorrie Morgan, Jamie O'Neal, The Oak Ridge Boys, Collin Raye, Kenny Rogers, Keith Urban and Phil Vassar reached number 58 in July 2001. The song re-entered the chart following the September 11 attacks. A punk rock adaptation of the song was recorded in 1976 by New York"
"reached its peak and Kinney was unable to repeat her success. By 1983, she had returned to her earlier career as a backing vocalist. In 1994, Music Club released an album (MCCD 167) of Kinney's records called ""Chemistry The Best Of"" under the licence from Malaco Records, which contained 17 tracks. ""Together We Are Beautiful"" was a major hit in Australia and hugely popular at roller discos. Fern Kinney Fern Kinney (born Fern Kinney-Lewis), is an American R&B and disco singer, who is best remembered for her releases, ""Groove Me"" and ""Together We Are Beautiful"". Born in Jackson, Mississippi, United"
"Alex Sadkin. In 1982, at the behest of producer Stewart Levine, Cocker recorded the duet ""Up Where We Belong"" with Jennifer Warnes for the soundtrack of the 1982 film ""An Officer and a Gentleman"". The song was an international hit, reaching number 1 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100, and winning a Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance by a Duo. The duet also won an Academy Award for Best Original Song, and Cocker and Warnes performed the song at the awards ceremony. Several days later, he was invited to perform ""You Are So Beautiful"" with Ray Charles in a television"
"to Me"", appeared again on her 1989 album, ""Through the Storm"". Aretha (1980 album) Aretha is the twenty-sixth studio album by American singer Aretha Franklin. It was released on September 30, 1980 by Arista Records. This was the second album with this title to be released by the artist, and her first ever for Arista after a 12-year tenure with Atlantic Records Franklin's first Arista single release, ""United Together"", reached number 3 on the Soul chart and crossed over to number 56 on ""Billboard""s Hot 100. The album itself peaked at number 47 and spent 30 weeks on the ""Billboard"""
"Billy Steinberg William Endfield ""Billy"" Steinberg (born February 26, 1950) is an American songwriter. He achieved his greatest success in the 1980s with songwriting partner Tom Kelly; together the two wrote or co-wrote the No. 1 hits ""Like a Virgin"" by Madonna (1984), ""True Colors"" by Cyndi Lauper (1986), ""Eternal Flame"" by the Bangles (1989), ""So Emotional"" by Whitney Houston (1987) and ""Alone"" (covered by Heart in 1987). They also wrote or co-wrote the hit songs ""I Drove All Night"" (recorded by various artists, 1987), ""I Touch Myself"" by Divinyls (1990), and ""I'll Stand By You"" by The Pretenders (1994)."
"became a huge hit in the UK in mid-1979. In March 1980, the band — which had not yet hit the singles charts — was namechecked in a UK hit song by The Undertones. The track ""My Perfect Cousin"", which would peak at #9 on the UK charts in May, contained a dig at the perceived ""arty"" Human League in the lyric: In April 1980, the band was able to release an EP entitled ""Holiday '80,"" containing the principal track ""Marianne"" and a cover of ""Nightclubbing"" (written by Bowie and Iggy Pop). The seven-inch version of ""Holiday '80"" did well"
"in the UK and was the first of seven top twenty hits. The others, with Bernie Nolan usually singing lead vocals, were ""Don't Make Waves"", (1980) ""Gotta Pull Myself Together"" (1980), ""Who's Gonna Rock You"" (1980), ""Attention to Me"" (1981), ""Chemistry"" (1981) and ""Don't Love Me Too Hard"" (1982). The Nolans sold millions of recordings worldwide, particularly in Japan where they sold over nine million albums and won the 1981 Tokyo Music Festival with the song ""Sexy Music"". Bernie also composed songs during this time, when she wrote two tracks for their 1982 album ""Portrait"". In 1991, they won of"
"the Hot 100. Billboard Top Hits: 1981 Billboard Top Hits: 1981 is a compilation album released by Rhino Records in 1992, featuring 10 hit recordings from 1981. The track lineup includes eight songs that reached the top of the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 chart, including the No. 1 song of 1981, ""Bette Davis Eyes"" by Kim Carnes. Also included is the No. 1 song of 1982, ""Physical"" by Olivia Newton-John; the song began a 10-week run at No. 1 in November, after ""Billboard"" magazine's 1982 chart year had started. The remaining two songs (Queen of Hearts and Being with You) reached"
"Song"" by John Denver, ""You Are the Sunshine of My Life"" by Stevie Wonder, ""I Honestly Love You"" and ""Have You Never Been Mellow"" by Olivia Newton-John, ""Love Will Keep Us Together"" by Captain & Tennille, and ""You Light Up My Life"" by Debby Boone. On August 21, 1982, the Adult Contemporary chart began ranking only airplay. Some of the artists who achieved success on the adult contemporary chart in the 1980s were already established names, such as Elton John, Chicago, Barbra Streisand, Dan Fogelberg, Sheena Easton, Kenny Rogers, and Dionne Warwick, while newer acts such as Whitney Houston, Madonna,"
"1982 and later with RCA Records. In 1984 and 1985, he charted five singles on the country charts with the biggest of these being the Top 20 country hit, ""I Still Do,"" which also crossed over to the adult contemporary charts and later became a cult hit with the Carolina Beach/Shag dance club circuit. One of Medley's minor entries, ""All I Need to Know"" was later recorded as ""Don't Know Much"" by Grammy-winning duet Linda Ronstadt and Aaron Neville was a long running No. 2 Hot 100 and No. 1 Adult Contemporary in 1989-90. In 1987 his duet with Jennifer"
"was recorded circa 1965. The group did have a brief resurgence at the dawning of the new decade, scoring two big hits in 1980 with Michael Zager medleys of ""Working My Way Back to You""/""Forgive Me, Girl"" (number two in March–April, number one UK) and ""Cupid""/""I've Loved You for a Long Time"" (number four in July–August, number four UK). However, success once again waned in the years that followed. The group's last Hot 100 hit was a remake of Willie Nelson's ""Funny How Time Slips Away"", which peaked at number 67 in 1983. In 1984, the group had their last"
"Records and Warner Brothers during 1970–79. Stevens' biggest hit in the U.S. was his gospel-inflected single ""Everything Is Beautiful"" (1970). The single won a Grammy Award, was the theme song for his summer 1970 TV show, hit number one on both the pop and Adult-Contemporary charts, and marked his first time in the Top 40 on the country charts, peaking at number 39. It sold over one million copies, and was awarded a gold disc. His other 1970 singles were ""America, Communicate With Me"" and ""Sunset Strip,"" both of which reached the Top 20 on the Adult-Contemporary lists. His novelty"
"We Belong Together (Robert & Johnny song) ""We Belong Together"" was a 1958 American rhythm and blues hit written and recorded by Robert & Johnny, with a co-writing credit to Hy Weiss. It reached #12 on the R&B charts and #32 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 chart. The song was later recorded by several others. The Fleetwoods released a version on their 1959 album, ""Mr. Blue."" A rendition by Ritchie Valens was released in 1959 on the Del-Fi record label and can be found on several of his albums. It's also featured in a scene from the 1987 hit film"
"he continued to make hit songs such as ""Blind In Love"" and ""Lying Time Again"", both hits in 1979. Until 1981, Tillis remained on top of his game as one of country music's most successful vocalists of the era. ""Your Body Is an Outlaw"" went to No. 3 in 1980, followed by another Top 10 hit, ""Steppin' Out"". ""Southern Rains"" in 1981 was his last No. 1 hit. That same year, he released an album of duets with Nancy Sinatra which spawned two hit singles, the Top 30 hit ""Texas Cowboy Night"" and the double A-side, ""Play Me or Trade"
"in April 1980, reached number 12 on the UK charts. In mid-1980, Anne left the group and Coleen became an official member of the group, and recorded the remainder of the songs with them for ""Making Waves"", including ""Gotta Pull Myself Together,"" which would later take the No.9 spot on the UK charts. The album was released in October 1980, and tracks ""Who's Gonna Rock You"" and ""Attention to Me"" went on to be released from the album, both of them becoming UK top 20 hits. The album was a similar success, peaking at No.11 and spending 33 weeks in"
"No. 7 hit single ""Tighter, Tighter"" for the group Alive N Kickin'. James launched a solo career in 1970 that yielded two notable hits over a 10-year span, ""Draggin' the Line"" (1971) and ""Three Times in Love"" (1980). During the 1980s, the group's songbook produced major hits for three other artists: Joan Jett & The Blackhearts' version of ""Crimson And Clover"" (No. 7 in 1982), Tiffany's ""I Think We're Alone Now"" and Billy Idol's ""Mony Mony"" (back-to-back No. 1 singles in November 1987). Other Shondells covers have been performed by acts as disparate as psychobilly ravers the Cramps, new wave"
"single of 1980, behind only ""Call Me"" by Blondie and ""Another Brick in the Wall, Part II"" by Pink Floyd. In Canada, the song spent two weeks at number one. It also reached number 4 in Australia and number 32 in the UK. The song became Newton-John's biggest Adult Contemporary hit to date, spending five weeks at the top of the American chart, and also topped the Canadian AC chart for a week. John Lennon named ""Magic"" and ""All Over the World"" as two recent songs he liked in a ""Newsweek"" interview in September 1980, shortly before his death. The"
"in 1980, she would have two number one singles, and eight top ten hits in the decade. Tina Turner would top the charts with ""What's Love Got to Do With It"", she scored a total of six top ten singles. Donna Summer's She Works Hard for the Money was a continuation of the feminist movement started in the 70s, and a rally cry for those who worked hard and wanted to be treated fairly. She would have five top ten singles in the decade. Bruce Springsteen's ""Born In the USA"", AC/DC's ""Back in Black"", Def Leppard's ""Hysteria"", and Bon Jovi's"
"lead. By 1980, singer Gallahad had been replaced by Ben Ellison. The group released two more singles written and produced by Greenaway; ""Don't You Know a Lady (When You See One)?"", featuring Nolan, and ""We Are United"", with Humphreys taking the lead. The single ""Don't You Know a Lady"" was also released by former Sweet lead singer, Brian Connolly. In the end, neither artist made much progress with it in the charts. During this time, the group continued to promote themselves with television appearances and radio interviews. The members appeared individually on the covers of ""Oh Boy!"" magazine. In 1980,"
"chart during the 1980s, with nine songs accomplishing that feat. Two were by Lionel Richie, ""You Are"" in 1983 and ""Hello"" in 1984, which also reached #1 on the Hot 100. Other songs reaching the summit on both the AC and pop charts were ""Time After Time"" by Cyndi Lauper, ""I Just Called to Say I Love You"" by Stevie Wonder, ""Live to Tell"" by Madonna, ""I Just Can't Stop Loving You"" by Michael Jackson (his only #1 on both charts), ""Seasons Change"" by Exposé, ""Look Away"" by Chicago, ""Tell Her About It"" by Billy Joel, and ""Right Here Waiting"""
"a neo-traditionalist whose national success began in the early 1980s, enjoyed success as both a radio artist (17 No. 1 songs) and as a movie star (1992's ""Pure Country""). Alabama, the most successful country band of the 1980s, continued their run of popularity with sell-out concerts and best-selling albums, while topping the country chart five times. Among older artists having big hits, Conway Twitty was one of the most successful, scoring two Top 3 hits with ""Crazy in Love"" and ""I Couldn't See You Leaving"", while Eddie Rabbitt had a No. 1 hit with ""On Second Thought."" Dolly Parton had"
"Music awarded the song Single of the Year and Song of the Year in 1980. It also became the Country Music Association's Song of the Year in both 1980 and 1981. Since 1975, the singer had scored only one top ten LP (1976's ""Alone Again"") so Epic and Sherrill were quick to capitalize on the success of the single in 1980 by getting Jones in the studio to record some brand new songs. As he had done in the early days of Jones's marriage to Tammy Wynette (and during the dark days following their divorce), the veteran producer cherry picked"
"the top twenty best-selling singles of the 1980s sold up seven million copies worldwide, with one of the most iconic images of Boy George on the cover shot by photographer David Levine. The album ""Colour by Numbers"" would spawn more hits including ""Miss Me Blind"" (#5 US), ""It's a Miracle"" (#4 UK, No. 13 US), and ""Victims"" (#3 UK), and sold four million copies in the US and another five million worldwide at its time of release. The album gave Culture Club the distinction of being the first group in music history to have an album certified diamond in Canada"
"with his Stock Aitken Waterman-produced hit ""Nothing Can Divide Us"" which reached number 5 and he would go on to outsell even Kylie the following year. Popular teenage acts other than Minogue to emerge this year included the American singer Tiffany who scored three Top 10 hits including the No.1 ""I Think We're Alone Now"" while fellow American teenage star Debbie Gibson also crossed over to the British Charts and had four Top 20 hits. Gibson's biggest hit was the 1980s-compilation staple ""Shake Your Love"" which reached number 7 in January. Meanwhile, from Italy came Sabrina whose infamous appearances in"