Can’t Give You Anything (But My Love) was a UK #1 single in August 1975 for three weeks by The Stylistics. During the early ’70s, the band had 12 straight Top Ten hits, including “You Are Everything,” “Betcha by Golly, Wow,” “I’m Stone in Love With You,” “Break Up to Make Up,” and “You Make Me Feel Brand New.”

After splitting from producer Thom Bell in 1974 writer/producers Hugo Creatore, Luigi Perreti and George David Weiss took over with arrangements by Van McCoy. Although the split with Bell proved disastrous in the US, The Stylistics continued to be popular in the UK and this was their first and only UK #1 single.

In 2006, their hit single “I Can’t Give You Anything (But My Love)” was used as the base for a Japanese advertisement campaign by Gatsby to launch their new male hair styling product “Moving Rubber”. The campaign was highly successful due in no small part to the catchy nature of the tune and that the commercial featured one of Japan’s most popular celebrities Takuya Kimura of the pop group SMAP.

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“Fame” is a pop song written by Michael Gore (music) and Dean Pitchford (lyrics) that was released in 1980 and achieved chart success as the theme song to the Fame movie and TV series. The song was performed by Irene Cara, who played the role of Coco Hernandez in the original movie. It won the Academy Award for Best Original Song and the Golden Globe Award for the same.

“Fame” rose to #4 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the summer of 1980. It also rose to #1 on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart for one week, and also topped the ARC Weekly Top 40 chart. The song was not released in the United Kingdom until 1982, so it would coincide with the UK premiere of the Fame television series. It hit #1 for three weeks.

“Livin’ la Vida Loca” or “Living the Crazy Life” for English is a song by Puerto Rican singer Ricky Martin. It was released in 1999 from Martin’s self-titled debut English album. The song was composed by Desmond Child and Ricky Martin which topped the charts in 1999 this week. It received various Grammy nominations and helped Ricky Martin obtain enormous success inside the United States and worldwide.

The single was Ricky Martin’s first and only number-one hit to date, it stayed at number one in the U.S. for five weeks and peaked at number 10 on the year-end charts of 1999. The video received six nominations at the 1999 MTV Video Music Awards and two extra awards for Viewers Choice internationally.

Martin was honored as the 2006 Latin Recording Academy Person of the Year by The Latin Recording Academy on November 1, 2006. He was chosen for his accomplishments as a world renowned entertainer, consummate performer and passionate humanitarian. A portion of the proceeds from the evening’s tribute dinner was used benefit Ricky Martin’s charitable efforts.

“Papa Don’t Preach” is the second single by American singer-songwriter Madonna from her 3rd studio album True Blue and was released on June 11 (UK) & 23 June (US) back in 1986. The song peaked the charts this week in 1986 and was an international #1 hit and caused huge controversy with its music video depicting a pregnant young teenage mother.

The song also earned Madonna her first praise from former critics from across the political spectrum. Tipper Gore, who just a year earlier had denounced Madonna and her single “Dress You Up” as “vulgar” and had led a campaign against vulgar music, commended Madonna for speaking candidly about such a relevant and important social issue.

The single was one of the first video singles ever to be released on the CD Video format. The song won Best Female Video honors at the 1987 MTV Video Music Awards. Madonna also performed “Papa Don’t Preach” on her 2004 Re-Invention Tour, and danced around in a long Scottish kilt that made her look like a schoolgirl.

“One Day in Your Life” is a song recorded by Michael Jackson for his 1975 album, Forever, Michael, and re-released in 1981 due to the strong buzz that generated from the sales of Jackson’s hit album, 1979’s Off the Wall. Though not an official solo release, was issued as a “lost” solo album from Michael Jackson upon its release by Motown Records in 1981.

Others call it a compilation of Jackson’s mid-1970s recordings when he was between the ages of 15 and 17. The title track became a worldwide hit, especially in the United Kingdom. While a modest U.S. hit, it was a bigger hit in the UK, where it became Jackson’s first solo recording to hit #1 on the UK Singles Chart.

The Real Thing emerged in 1976 with ‘You To Me Are Everything‘, which reached number 1 in the UK. The song was a minor hit in the USA where it peaked at #64 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart and #28 on the Billboard Black Music chart.

Their next release, ‘Can’t Get By Without You’ continued their brand of commercial sweet-soul, but later singles were less successful until a more forthright performance in 1979 with the Star Wars-influenced ‘Can You Feel The Force’, took the group back into the Top 5, establishing their popularity with the British disco audience.

The same song would be re-released as ‘The Decade Remix’ in 1986 and achieve an even higher UK chart position of #3, being remixed by Froggy, Simon Harris and KC. The group, with three of the founder members still on board, continue to perform and record to this day

“Back to Life (However Do You Want Me)” peaked at number four on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming one of Soul II Soul’s most successful singles in the U.S. (and the only one to enter in the top 10). In the UK it performed even better, reaching number one in the UK Singles Chart for four weeks this day in June 1989.

Soul II Soul is a 2-time Grammy winning act that emerged at the end of the 1980s from London. Founded by Jazzie B and featuring a changing roster of other musicians - notably Nellee Hooper and Caron Wheeler - Soul II Soul’s experiments in music-making of their own resulted in the dub plate “Fairplay,” which secured them a deal with Virgin Records

“Back to Life” was one of two songs on the album featuring British R&B singer Caron Wheeler and gained success in both the UK and in the USA. It appeared on their debut album Club Classics Vol. I, (Keep On Movin’ in the USA) and was released as its second single.

“Together Forever” is a song recorded by English singer, songwriter, musician, and internet phenomenon Rick Astley, which ascended to number one atop the Billboard Hot 100 this week in June 1988. The single was already a hit in the UK following the success of his first solo hit single.

His first single was the little-known “When You Gonna,” released as a collaboration with Lisa Carter but his first solo offering was “Never Gonna Give You Up,” released in 1987 (UK) / 1988 (US) which became an immediate success. His second U.S. single “Together Forever” was Astley’s final US chart-topper.

Based on various music charts in the UK, US and Canada, Astley has charted a grand total of 14 (different) hit singles and 6 (different) hit albums, as of March 2006. In April of 2008, the album “The Ultimate Collection: Rick Astley” was released by Sony BMG and by early May it had reached #17 on the UK Top 40 Albums Chart.

In 1991 the RIAA certified that two million copies of Whenever You Need Somebody had been sold. Total world sales of Astley’s records (including singles, albums and compilation inclusions) have since reached 39.9 million. Check out this great megamix video with the great sound of the 80s.

“I Love Rock ‘n’ Roll” is written in 1975 by Alan Merrill and Jake Hooker of The Arrows, which went on to be a hit for Joan Jett in 1981. She first recorded it in 1979 with two of the Sex Pistols: Steve Jones and Paul Cook. This first version was not a hit.

In 1982, Jett re-recorded the song, this time with her band, the Blackhearts, and this recording became a U.S. Billboard Hot 100 number-one single for seven weeks, effectively launching Jett’s solo career. Its success propelled Jett’s I Love Rock ‘n’ Roll album to number two in the U.S and numer 8 on the UK charts.

“I Love Rock ‘n’ Roll“’s gritty, black-and-white music video received heavy play from the then-young MTV network. In it Jett and the Blackhearts travel to a small, dingy bar and proceed to excite the drunken crowd by performing the song and yelling out its famous chorus.