If you took all the artists who had hits in the 1980s and lined them up alphabetically, who would be at the front of the list, and who would hold up the rear?
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| Agnetha, Benny, Bjorn, Anna-frid. Better known as ABBA. |
Sweden's ABBA would be up front, notching 5 hits in the decade of the 80s, including a Top 10 in 1980 with "The Winner Takes It All". ABBA's popularity was definitely on the decline when 1979 turned into 1980, but they still managed to keep folks like Gregory Abbott and ABC from the front of the line...
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| ZZ Top. The guy in the middle is named Frank Beard. Really. |
And at the rear, none other than ZZ Top. The ZZs had been a popular blues-rock band all through 1970s, but enjoyed their greatest commercial and chart success in the 80s, cracking the Top 10 twice, with "Legs" in 1984, and "Sleeping Bag" in 1985. So, sorry Zebra and Warren Zevon, the line ends with ZZ Top.
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