Eighties Pop Singer-Songwriters

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In the 1980s, the crossover ideal – not just between black and white music, but between rock and pop, and adults and kids – ruled the airwaves. Even the previously personal and introspective singer-songwriters were forced to adjust, and to dilute their piano-based romantic ballads with uptempo, full-band, dance-friendly songs. The brassy soul-pop nostalgia of New Yorker Billy Joel’s 1983 hits, such as ‘Uptown Girl’ and ‘Tell Her About It’, were ...

Source: The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Music, general editor Paul Du Noyer
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