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7 unusual facts about '80s


80s

:Note: Sometimes '80s is used as shorthand for the 1980s, the 1880s, or other such decades in different centuries – see List of decades.

Democratic Convergence of Catalonia

During the decade of the late 70s and 80s it claimed a social-democratic strand within its ranks, namely personified in militants such as Ramon Trias Fargas or Miquel Sellarès.

Il Popolo del Blues

The radio program was founded after the never ending requests by the listeners of Rai Stereonotte, the most important Italian radio show dedicated to high quality music during the 80s and the 90s.

KRPM

KRPM sign on as KULU on 5/22/2000 than changed call letters to KZRV on 10/20/2000 as 80s 107-5 The River later switching to the Adult Contemporary format.

Modesto Agosto Alicea

Agosto worked as Senior Project Engineer for Telecom Engineering Consultants and Bemac Technical Services during the 70s and 80s.

Wait for Night

Stylistically, the album represented a move away from his early 70s light rock sound to the trademark arena-ready power pop/pop rock sound that Springfield would later find success with over the 80s.

Without Without Title

The author of this work is Slobodan Peladić, known in Serbian art (as well as in that of the former Yugoslavia art) of the late 80s as one of the protagonists of the New Informel, of the painting of "controlled gesture", as it was called after one of the exhibitions at which it was presented at the time.


32d Intelligence Squadron

It re-equipped with the Republic RF-84F Thunderflash in 1955, as the RF-80s were deemed not mission-capable against the Soviet Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15.

Adnan Dirjal

His most successful club spell came at Al-Rasheed, the club owned by Saddam Hussein's eldest son Uday, where he captained the club to three Iraqi league titles, two cups and a record three Arab Club Championships during the mid to late 80s.

Allison Fisher

Fisher was nicknamed "the Duchess of Doom" and gained a reputation similar to that of the fifteen-time darts world champion Phil Taylor and snooker players Joe Davis, Steve Davis and Stephen Hendry in the 1930s and 80s–90s, respectively.

Barris Industries

Yet another prominent employee was comedian Chris Bearde, who co-created and co-produced The Gong Show in both '70s and '80s versions.

Bintangor, Sarawak

There were express boat services connecting between Bintangor, Sarikei and Sibu town in the 70s and 80s.

Björn J:son Lindh

He played on many of Ralph Lundsten's albums, especially in the 1970s and 80s, and he played with guitarist Janne Schaffer as well as classical pianist Staffan Scheja.

Bob Bell

Bob Bell (insurance), British insurance magnate, campaigner of the Maxi yachts Condor and Condor of Bermuda in the 1970s & 80s

Breakestra

The style in which the breakestra plays in the live setting & on record is much influenced by late 60s and early 70s funk & soul-jazz music and the respective samples that were used in late 80s/early 90s hip hop as The Live Mix, Part 1 and The Live Mix, Part 2 show.

Can-Am

The series peaked in the early 80s but as the CART Indycar series and IMSA's GTP championship grew in stature it faded.

Century Radio

The station may be remembered for its variety of main stream hits from the 70s and 80s along with slick production and its punchy jingles from JAM Creative Productions in Dallas.

Combs College of Music

A partial list of notable faculty during the 1970s and 80s also included the duo-piano team of Toni and Rosi Grunschlag, performers and pedagogues Jacob Neupauer, Michael Guerra, Donald Reinhardt, Anthony Weigand, Romeo Cascarino, Dolores Ferraro, Frank Versaci, Joseph Primavera, Keith Chapman, Morton Berger, Howard Haines, William Fabrizio and John McIntyre.

Corbett Monica

In the 1970s and 80s he appeared mostly in night clubs and show rooms across the country, including Las Vegas, opening for headliners like Paul Anka, Nat King Cole, Sammy Davis Jr., Lena Horne, Dean Martin, Liza Minnelli and Jerry Vale.

Dan Stuart

Daniel Gordon "Dan" Stuart (born March 5, 1961, Los Angeles) is an American musician best known as the leader/singer/songwriter of 80s post punk, alt-country rock band, Green On Red (other members included Chuck Prophet, Chris Cacavas and Jack Waterson), and for his teaming with Steve Wynn as Danny & Dusty

David Herron

:For the rugby league footballer of the 1970s, '80s and '90s for Great Britain, Yorkshire, Leeds, Bradford Northern, and Batley, see David "Dave" Heron

Dayal Bahadure

But the Namdev Dhasal, Raja Dhale and Arun Kamble were the original leaders of Dalit Panther, which saw its heyday in 1970s and through the 80s.

Double Dragon Neon

The game's dialogue and graphical style is heavily 80s-inspired, and features a soundtrack composed by Jake Kaufman, inspired by the original Double Dragon as well as 80's pop music and arcade game soundtracks.

Elvin Bale

He would headline the Blue Unit in the 70s and early 80s, and his single trapeze act won him the Circus Oscar at the 1973 Circus World Festival in Madrid, Spain, as well as the 1976 Gold Clown, given out by the International Circus Festival of Monte-Carlo for the best circus performance of the year.

Gary Carlson

Gary self-published and created the black and white superhero anthology Megaton back in the early '80s, which introduced many new comic book talents including artists Erik Larsen, Rob Liefeld and Angel Medina (to name a few) as well as featuring the work of Butch Guice, Mike Gustovitch, Sam Grainger, Sam DeLaRosa and the late Gene Day.

Heart Solent

Dan Mills (All 80s... All Night on Saturday – Sunday overnights)

Jerry Blair

In the mid to late '80s, Blair headed the West Coast office of Chrysalis Records, where he worked with artists Huey Lewis, Pat Benetar, Billy Idol, Jethro Tull, and Blondie.

Joyce Hyser

Joyce Hyser was featured prominently in the music video for "I Can Dream About You" by Dan Hartman receiving much airtime on MTV in the mid '80s.

KPLV

However, the station continues to lean rhythmic, even with '80s staples still on the station's playlist.

Natural user interface

In the 1970s, '80s and '90s Steve Mann developed a number of user-interface strategies using natural interaction with the real world as an alternative to a command-line interface (CLI) or graphical user interface (GUI).

Nick Skitz

Since 2006, Skitz has released 2 rock compilations called SkitzMetal and SkitzRocks featuring 80s and 90s rock originals like Quiet Riot's "Cum On Feel The Noize" and Scorpion's "Wind Of Change" and some dance remakes of glam rock hits.

One Two Three and Away

One, Two, Three and Away (ISBN 0003142183) was a series of books for children written by Sheila K. McCullagh, illustrated by Ferelith Eccles Williams and published by Collins in the 1960s–80s.

Orion Electric

For the North American market, Orion used to manufacture many televisions and VCRs for Emerson Radio during the 80s and 90s for 10 years, but Emerson Radio went bankrupt, and it was brought up by Funai in 2000, which Funai still owns today.

Oyster buy-boat

A few of them were adapted for use in the Chesapeake Bay Menhaden fishery during the 1970s and 80s but have since been retired, and some were used to haul seed oysters to replenish oyster reefs in Virginia and Maryland into the early 2000s.

Penobscot Building

For approximately 20 years ending in 2009, the building was home to radio station WJLB and its well-known 80s DJ, The Electrifying Mojo, who broadcast his nightly visits over Detroit from his 'Mothership.

Perivaldo Dantas

In the late 80s, after living three years in South Korea, he relocated to Portugal in hopes of finding a new club, but eventual poor choices and several misfortunes ended up with him as an homeless person having to resort to street vending in Lisbon.

Peter Andrew Jones

He has also produced images for film publicity, creating the movie posters for The Sword and The Sorceror and Alligator, contributed during the early 1980s to television shows including BBC comedy The Two Ronnies Show and the BBC's '80s sci-fi adaptation of The Tripods, and has produced cover illustrations for video game publishers such as US Gold, Psygnosis and Virgin Interactive.

Peter Coffield

Coffield guest starred on several TV shows throughout the '70s and early '80s, including The Love Boat, Hart to Hart, Eight Is Enough, Wide World Mystery, Family, and Love, Sidney, and he acted in TV movies such as Washington: Behind Closed Doors, and The Man Without a Country.

Radiojazzgruppen

During the 1970s and 80s the band worked with guest musicians and composers such as Carla Bley, Anthony Braxton, Don Cherry, Gil Evans, Thad Jones, George Russell and Aage Tanggaard.

Rugby union in Papua New Guinea

Due to its close relationship with Queensland in Australia, rugby league is very strong in the country, and the other code also tried aggressive expansion there in the 80s and 90s.

Steve Strange

In 2002, Strange took part in the Here and Now Tour, which featured a revival of various 80s pop acts.

Tatyana Vedeneyeva

She became well known amongst the Soviet children of 70s and 80s for her leading role in children programs Good Night, Little Ones!, and Visiting a Fairy Land (V gostiakh u skazki) as "Aunt Tania".

The Lost 45s

"The Lost 45s" with "Barry Scott" is an American Classic Hits retro music radio program playing Top 40 hits from the 70s and 80s that you don't often hear anymore.

TV Scoreboard

The TV Scoreboard is a Pong-like game console manufactured from 1976 through the early '80s and made by Tandy. Distribution was handled exclusively by Radio Shack. The machines were constructed in Hong Kong. The TV Scoreboard consisted of a left and right player, with dials or paddles on the hand held piece, and had multiple Pong era games.

U.S. Snowboarding

Through the late 60s, 70s and early 80s snowboard designs with the help of snowboard innovators Jake Burton, Tom Sims, Mike Olson, Dimitrije Milovich and others.

Vungwi Primary School

It is along the road between Cha Cha Cha Township or, Donga Town Ship and Tongogara High School in Shurugwi Rural Areas under the chieftainship of Chief Nhema.The school was known for its academic excellency during the late 80s and early 90s when it was used to attain a pass rate of 100% on the national grade 7 examinations set by the Ministry of Education, Zimbabwe.

WABX

107.5 WABX plays classic rock from the late 60s, the 70s, the 80s selected rock of the 90s and today, featuring artists like: Led Zeppelin, Def Leppard, Aerosmith, Rush, Van Halen, Lynyrd Skynyrd, AC/DC, Boston, ZZ Top, Bad Company, Ozzy Osbourne, Styx, Pink Floyd, and more.

Washington, D.C. hardcore

Hardcore in D.C also has grown a large following in the late '80s and the '90s: Swiz, Device, World's Collide, Fury, Battery, Ashes, Gauge, Smart Went Crazy, and Damnation A.D., with a majority of these bands releasing albums on Jade Tree Records, THD, Art Monk Construction, Lovvitt Records, and Sammich.

WFIV-FM

In February 2000 the station adopted an 80s format with the call sign WKLV-FM; the station would switch from talk back to 80s music many times up until November 1, 2005.

WKXW

Philadelphia radio Hall of Famer Hy Lit and his son Sam Lit, who anchored the air staff in the early 80s

World Burns to Death

As well, World Burns to Death's music reflects the tradition of 80s purist American hardcore (Negative Approach and Minor Threat), European bands influenced by, and including, Discharge, and Japanese hardcore punk (Burning Spirits).


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