80s Music Archives : The Retro Network

Whatever Happened To the Fat Boys?

The Fat Boys helped bring hip‑hop into the mainstream with humor, beatboxing, and crossover hits, but changing trends and personal tragedy turned their meteoric rise into a bittersweet chapter of rap history.

Top Songs of the ’80s with a Question as the Title

OldSchool80s

The French philosopher Voltaire said the following back in the 1700’s, “Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers.” How about songs that ask questions with their titles over 200 years later? Elvis

My Favorite One-Hit Wonders of The 80’s

Eric Vardeman

Wikipedia defines a One-hit Wonder as this: “…any entity that achieves mainstream popularity, often for only one piece of work, and becomes known among the general public solely for that momentary success. The term is most

Top Songs of the ’80s with ‘SUMMER’ in the Title

OldSchool80s

Some of my favorite memories growing up were created during the Summer months. As Bob Marley once sang, “Sun is shining. Weather is sweet. Make you wanna move your dancing feet.” There are certain songs that

Nena’s ’99 Luftballons’ German and English Translations

OldSchool80s

Way back in 1983, a German band released their debut album which contained a single that would eventually take the world by storm. The band Nena took its name from the nickname and stage name of their female