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“Be Near Me’’. The Thompson and her late 1984 release, “Smooth Also making a a very successful
Twins appeared on the scene al­ Operator”, caused many people to comeback, The Queen of Soul,
most the same time as ABC, maybe sit up and take notice. People im­ Aretha Franklin zoomed us all with
a little earlier. Although not an im­ mediately took to her soothing voice her 1985 smash “Freeway of
mediate sucess, many Americans and exquisite looks. Sade’s 1985 Love”. She followed up with the
watched them climb to their level of album “Promise" went to number single “Who’s Zoomin’ Who?"
popularity, in sort of a cult following. one after only several weeks of which sent her album to the top of
Their two albums “Into the Gap’’ release, and her single “Sweetest both the soul and pop charts.
and “Here’s to Future Days" have Taboo"charted high not only on the Bands from the 70’s rock era,
no longer made them only a cult fol­ pop charts, but also on the R&B Heart and Jefferson Airplane-now
lowing but one of American teens charts and adult contemporary known as Starship- had possibly
most favorite bands. Wham!, for­ charts. one of the biggest hits of the year
merly known as Wham! U.K., finally Finally on the homefront, Bruce with “We Built This City on Rock
received their long awaited welcome Springsteen kicked off the American and Roll" and Heart scored with
here. George Michael and Andrew onslaught of music. Although “What About Love?". Both groups
) OH' Ridgely released the Ip “Fantastic” Springsteen has been around since guitar-oriented rock gave way to
i ’f in 1983 but not with much airplay, the mid-70’s, he acheived an all- their 80’s mellow, techno-pop sound
the most coming from dance clubs. time level of popularity with his in their ballad hits, "Sara” for Star-
But in 1985, the wait paid off for “Born in the U.S.A" album. Teens,
in i. ship and “These Dreams” for
13(1} r them when they released “Wake adults, and the U.S. in general went Heart.
1 OH" me up Before You Go-Go", which crazy over him and his ’patriotic’ An old favorite, Stevie Wonder,
(1 I started a national onslaught of music. “Dancing in the Dark” continued to make hit records.
iff! Whamlmania’. They continued to broke the ground for Springsteen in Wonder was riding high with such
win over many teens with other 1985. huge singles as “Go Home” and
tunds
asl|! singles such as “Careless Also capturing American spirit in “Overjoyed”. We also saw Wonder
i t Whisper”, “Everything She his music, was John Cougar Mel- giving his time to charity, recording
Wants", and “Freedom". lencamp. With his 1983 release of with USA for Africa and Dionne
The latest compilation by the duo "Hurts So Good” he made himself Warwick, whose song “That’s What
is "I'm your Man” which went top a name. The first release from his Friends Are For", contributed mil­
10 the first week it was released. 1985 “Scarecrow” album was lions for AIDS research.
The movie “The Breakfast Club” “Lonely Ol’ Night” which set a clear Perhaps the biggest all-around
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brought Simple Minds their much path for his following singles, includ­ success story of 1985 was Gordon
Hef over due attention. “Don’t You ing such other American oriented Matthew Sumner (aka Sting). Sting,
is: (Forget About Me)” was not written songs as “R.O.C.K. in the U.S.A." former bassist for the reggae/rock
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by any of the band members and and “Smalltown” . band the Police, went solo and
: f was said not to be the band’s ’usual Rock idols from past decades gained the superstar status that
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sound’. “Once Upon a Time”, the reappeared with full force in 1985. eluded him from the Police. His al­
Mind’s latest Ip produced the singles Leading the pack was Tina Turner. bum ‘The Dream Of The Blue
“Alive and Kicking" and“Sanctify Early success with Ike Turner in the Turtles” spawned such top 40 hits
jtS: Yourself”. late 60’s caused the American youth as "If You Love Someone, Set
Sr U2 and Sade also received happy of that era to take notice. After dis­ Them Free”, “Fortress", and
ii: welcomes from the American public. appearing from the music scene for “Russians” . Sting also made his

if- U2 became a favorite for both teens years, she came back, burning up debut on the silver screen. He ap­
(if and adults. Long before their single the charts with such huge hits as peared in four feature films this
"Pride" was released, they gained “Private Dancer”, “What’s Love year, “Dune”, ‘The Bride”, “Plenty”,
I much attention with their unique Got to do With It?” , and songs and a rock documentary “Bring on
sound and meaningful lyrics. Sade from her first major motion picture, the Night”. With all these activities,
i “Mad Max III—Beyond Thunder- Sting still found time to tour.
dome”.