1980s Music

The singer and songwriter behind Naked Eyes' 1980s hits 'Always Something There to Remind Me' and 'Promises, Promises' has died in Los Angeles at 74.

Cyndi Lauper has gone back to an unfinished song from the True Colors sessions, completing The River Cried for the album's 40th anniversary edition after Patty Smyth recorded the song in 1987.

Midge Ure will revisit the music of his 1980s career with a new collection featuring fresh mixes, new studio recordings of two defining songs from his past and remixes from musicians who helped shape that era.

Cyndi Lauper's second album followed the extraordinary success of She's So Unusual with a more measured collection that produced one of her defining songs and reached No. 1 in Australia.

Ric Ocasek's second solo album arrived in 1986 with a cast that connected The Cars to Tears for Fears, Television, King Crimson, Billy Idol and Saturday Night Live.

Paul McCartney's 1986 album Press To Play reaches its 40th anniversary with a legacy shaped as much by experimentation and ambitious production as by its uneven commercial reception.

Gary “Gazza” Johnson, the bassist who helped define China Crisis during the Liverpool band's most successful 1980s period, has died peacefully at the age of 61.