#8991, aired 2023-12-11 | THE MUSIC OF CANADA $800: This Ontario rocker ruled the '80s with hits like "Cuts Like A Knife" Bryan Adams |
#18, aired 2023-10-25 | OLD POP MUSIC HAD SOME VOWELS: E-I-E-I-O $1200: Her 80s hits include "Only in My Dreams" & "Electric Youth"
_ E _ _ I E / _ I _ _ O _ Debbie Gibson |
#11, aired 2023-05-16 | MOVIE MUSIC WITH HANS ZIMMER $600: (Hans Zimmer reads.) For Denis Villeneuve's sequel to "Blade Runner", we used the same model synth, a Yamaha CS-80, that this Greek genius had used to create the moody sci-fi soundscape for the original film Vangelis |
#12, aired 2023-01-26 | POP MUSIC $300: In the '80s we were "Head Over Heels" for this all-female group; they did, in fact, have the beat The Go-Go's |
#8777, aired 2023-01-03 | POP MUSIC-POURRI $1600: To tweak an '80s lyric from this band, lovin' would be easy if your colors were those on Ghana's flag, red, gold & green Culture Club |
#8735, aired 2022-11-04 | MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS $2000: Big in '80s music videos, this portmanteau word means a synthesizer worn with a strap over the shoulder the keytar |
#8541, aired 2021-12-27 | MUSICAL 3‑INITIALers $400: ELO for short, they lit up music charts in the '70s & '80s Electric Light Orchestra |
#8423, aired 2021-06-16 | POP MUSIC $1600: Madonna sang in this hit, "I know you're going to be upset, 'cause I was always your little girl" "Papa Don't Preach" |
#8335, aired 2021-02-12 | IN CONCERT $2000: (Sarah of the Clue Crew presents from Zeppelin Field in Nuremberg, Germany.) The field where the Nazis once rallied became a sports & music venue; when this Jewish-American performer played here in 1978, he was told, "80,000 Germans turned their back to Hitler & their faces to you" Bob Dylan |
#7719, aired 2018-03-15 | '80s MUSIC $400: On "The Simpsons", the "Planet of the Apes" musical had a song about Dr. Zaius a la Falco's "Rock Me" him Amadeus |
#7719, aired 2018-03-15 | '80s MUSIC $1200: Oh, "Come On"! She's the title gal in the first & subsequently last Top 40 hit by Dexys Midnight Runners Eileen |
#7719, aired 2018-03-15 | '80s MUSIC $1600: 2 songs held the No. 1 spot the longest--6 weeks--in 1980: "Lady" by Kenny Rogers & "Call Me" by this group Blondie |
#7719, aired 2018-03-15 | '80s MUSIC $2000: “Paid in Full” was the 1987 platinum debut album of Eric B. & this MC seen here Rakim |
#7719, aired 2018-03-15 | '80s MUSIC $2,800 (Daily Double): Him: "Well, I knew I was in trouble now
my hope of winning sank 'cause I got the Daily Double now & then my mind went blank" Weird Al |
#7647, aired 2017-12-05 | "U" LOVE MUSIC $1000: This '80s reggae group took their name from a British unemployment form & now you got them, babe UB40 |
#7486, aired 2017-03-13 | MONEY MUSIC $1200: This '80s hit also offered "chicks for free" "Money For Nothing" |
#7393, aired 2016-11-02 | WE LOVE '80s MUSIC $200: This album earned Michael Jackson 7 Grammys in 1984, including album of the year Thriller |
#7393, aired 2016-11-02 | WE LOVE '80s MUSIC $400: This Culture Club singer said, "America, you've got taste, style and you know a good drag queen when you see one" Boy George |
#7393, aired 2016-11-02 | WE LOVE '80s MUSIC $600: In 1983 she had the aptly titled album "She's So Unusual" Cyndi Lauper |
#7393, aired 2016-11-02 | WE LOVE '80s MUSIC $800: In a Duran Duran hit, Simon Le Bon sang, "I smell like I sound, I'm lost and I'm found, and I'm" this title "Hungry Like The Wolf" |
#7393, aired 2016-11-02 | WE LOVE '80s MUSIC $1000: "Who can it be now?" perhaps this Colin Hay group, from the land "Down Under" Men at Work |
#7204, aired 2015-12-31 | DANCE MUSIC $200: "Don't Stop The Music" by this singer from Barbados sampled the '80s hit "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'" Rihanna |
#7196, aired 2015-12-21 | REMEMBER THE '80s? $1200: He's seen here in a current photo, but he remembers the '80s when he was a TV & music heartthrob Rick Springfield |
#7078, aired 2015-05-27 | MUSIC MISHMASH $1600: This group that kept things in the family had '80s hits with "He's So Shy" & "I'm So Excited" the Pointer Sisters |
#6943, aired 2014-11-19 | ENTERTAINMENT $200: For over 80 years the Rockettes have starred in the Christmas Spectacular at this theatre Radio City Music Hall |
#6767, aired 2014-02-04 | SURREALISM $1600: Surrealism popped up in '80s music as this band's song "Debaser" took off from Bunuel's film "Un chien andalou" the Pixies |
#6112, aired 2011-03-22 | TASTY MUSICAL ACTS $1600: This "citrus" electronica band did music for 30 films in the '80s, including "Risky Business" & "Legend" Tangerine Dream |
#6082, aired 2011-02-08 | ...FAME IS NOT $1000: "Only In My Dreams" would this '80s teen queen of music play Emma in 2009's "Mega Shark vs. Giant Octopus" Deborah Gibson |
#6076, aired 2011-01-31 | THE MUSIC OF CANADA $800: This Ontario rocker ruled the '80s with hits like "Cuts Like A Knife" Bryan Adams |
#5951, aired 2010-06-28 | THE GREAT & POWERFUL WOZ $1000: Woz was the creator of this '80s event that brought music fans out to see an all-star lineup the US Festival |
#5829, aired 2010-01-07 | MUSIC MAKERS $2000: Known as a jazz Renaissance man, he screamed up the '80s charts with tunes like "Rockit" Herbie Hancock |
#5556, aired 2008-11-03 | DANCE TO THE MUSIC $600: That hair! That sneer! Man, it was the early '80s when this Brit was "Dancing With Myself" (Billy) Idol |
#5423, aired 2008-03-19 | H2O MUSIC $1600: Katrina Leskanich fronted this '80s band The Waves |
#5272, aired 2007-07-10 | NAMES IN POP MUSIC $2000: "Bela Lugosi's Dead" is an offering from this '80s group that's named for Walter Gropius' school of design Bauhaus |
#5223, aired 2007-05-02 | THE MOVIES $400: This actor really sings the faux '80s song "Pop! Goes My Heart" on the "Music and Lyrics" soundtrack Hugh Grant |
#5015, aired 2006-06-02 | '80s MUSIC $200: In a 1988 hit, he was looking at the "Man In The Mirror" Michael Jackson |
#5015, aired 2006-06-02 | '80s MUSIC $400: This band is so special, as heard here
"Oh, 'cause I /
Gonna make you see..." The Pretenders |
#5015, aired 2006-06-02 | '80s MUSIC $600: Hurry up & name this Canadian power-rock trio with the 1981 album "Moving Pictures" Rush |
#5015, aired 2006-06-02 | '80s MUSIC $800: Sting wrote this song that was a No. 3 hit for The Police "Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic" |
#5015, aired 2006-06-02 | '80s MUSIC $1000: In 1981 this group topped the charts singing, "Here I am, the one that you love, askin' for another day" Air Supply |
#4968, aired 2006-03-29 | MUSIC/TELEVISION $400: Phil Collins, Ted Nugent & The Fat Boys hit the Sunshine State on this '80s cop show Miami Vice |
#4647, aired 2004-11-16 | MUSIC ON MY iPOD $800: The song "Failure's Not Flattering", by this band, was originally dubbed "Belinda Carlisle" as an homage to its '80s sound New Found Glory |
#4602, aired 2004-09-14 | '80s SONGS $2000: A Belgian DJ created this studio group that had hits with "Pump Up The Jam" and "Move This" Technotronic |
#4568, aired 2004-06-16 | FOLK MUSIC $400: In 1961 The Highwaymen urged him to "row the boat ashore, hallelujah" Michael |
#4489, aired 2004-02-26 | WOMEN WITH 40-TUDE $800: This "Fast Car" singer has been on the music scene since the '80s & the life scene since March 1964 (Tracy) Chapman |
#4372, aired 2003-09-16 | '80s MUSIC $200: Prince's backing band on the "Purple Rain" soundtrack the Revolution |
#4372, aired 2003-09-16 | '80s MUSIC $400: "Brass Monkey" & "No Sleep Till Brooklyn" were songs on their hit 1986 debut album The Beastie Boys |
#4372, aired 2003-09-16 | '80s MUSIC $600: This Eagle had solo success in the '80s with hits like "The Heat Is On" Glenn Frey |
#4372, aired 2003-09-16 | '80s MUSIC $800: Bruce Springsteen sang on this 1985 anti-apartheid single, a project of his old pal Steve Van Zandt "Sun City" |
#4372, aired 2003-09-16 | '80s MUSIC $1000: George Strait sang, "You're in someone else's arms in Dallas, does" this city "ever cross your mind?" Fort Worth |
#4272, aired 2003-03-11 | COUNTRY MUSIC $800: In the '80s he hopped up the charts with songs like "Step by Step" & "I Love a Rainy Night" Eddie Rabbitt |
#4176, aired 2002-10-28 | '80s MUSIC $400: This group featuring sisters Ann & Nancy Wilson asked "What About Love?" in a 1985 hit Heart |
#4176, aired 2002-10-28 | '80s MUSIC $800: His 1986 No. 1 hit "Kiss" says, "Act your age, Mama, not your shoe size -- maybe we could do the twirl" Prince |
#4176, aired 2002-10-28 | '80s MUSIC $1200: He topped the R&B charts in 1981 with "Give It To Me Baby" Rick James |
#4176, aired 2002-10-28 | '80s MUSIC $1600: In 1982 this group hit the Top 10 with the song heard here
["Tainted Love"] Soft Cell |
#4176, aired 2002-10-28 | '80s MUSIC $2000: Raspy women singers of the '80s include Kim Carnes & this singer who gave us a "Total Eclipse of the Heart" Bonnie Tyler |
#4108, aired 2002-06-12 | MUSIC $800: In the '80s this band had hits like "A View to a Kill" & "The Wild Boys"; in the '90s, "Come Undone" & "Ordinary World" Duran Duran |
#4030, aired 2002-02-22 | MUSIC STYLES $200: The Random House word menu dates scratching, synthpop & new age back to this decade '80s |
#3829, aired 2001-04-05 | THE EXPERIENCE MUSIC PROJECT $1000: The historic items seen here were the tools of this '80s grandmaster of hip-hop Grandmaster Flash |
#3356, aired 1999-03-22 | POP MUSIC $300: The group that finished the '80s as Starship first took off in the '60s under this name Jefferson Airplane |
#3016, aired 1997-10-13 | "NEW" MUSIC $600: Her hits in the '80s included "Angel of the Morning" & "Queen of Hearts" Juice Newton |
#3010, aired 1997-10-03 | THE ENTERTAINMENT BUSINESS $100: Russell Simmons & Rick Rubin founded Def Jam, the '80s' premier record label for this type of music rap |
#2967, aired 1997-06-24 | LATE-NIGHT TV $400: After midnight on Fridays in the '80s, you could catch an NBC rock music show devoted to these music videos |
#2897, aired 1997-03-18 | 1980s ROCK MUSIC $500: 1 of 3 duet partners with whom Kenny Rogers reached the Top 10 on the pop charts in the '80s Kim Carnes, Sheena Easton or Dolly Parton |
#2821, aired 1996-12-02 | '80s LIT $800: "Music for Chameleons" is a collection of his writings Capote |
#1588, aired 1991-06-26 | SONGS OF THE '80s $500 (Daily Double): Singer who topped the pop charts with the following:
"Her hair is Harlow gold / Her lips a sweet surprise / Her hands are never cold / She's got Bette Davis eyes / She'll turn her music on you..." Kim Carnes |
#1437, aired 1990-11-27 | NMOɊ-ƎɊISԀ∩ $700 (Daily Double): In 1980 this singer had a No. 1 hit with the following:
"Upside down / Boy, you turn me / Inside out / And round and round / Upside down / Boy, you turn me / Inside out / And round and round..." Diana Ross |
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