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Album By Album – Whitney Houston
Whitney’s powerful pipes and model looks saw her become a true music icon… Whitney Houston, 1985 When you consider that Whitney Houston’s discography contains some of the greatest love songs of all…
Prince – the revolution will be televised
Prince owned the airwaves when his 1985 Purple Rain tour was beamed out to millions around the world and its legendary Syracuse show is now being released on Blu-ray and…
Top 20 compilation albums
In this veritable best of the best Best Ofs, we select 20 of the finest pop artist compilation albums… By Barry Page As the high sales of compilation albums would…
Issue 77 of Classic Pop is on sale now!
The iconic Debbie Harry leads the way in our latest issue as she joins bandmates Chris Stein and Clem Burke to reveal all about Blondie’s much-anticipated imperial phase boxset, Against…
The B-52s interview: “We were this unique band, and we had no idea it was going to do what it did”
The B-52s announced in April 2022 that they would embark on a ‘farewell’ tour, contradicting their claims in 2019 that THAT tour would be their final goodbye. That year, we…
Gloria Estefan interview: “We stuck to our guns!”
In 2019, the musical On Your Feet!, about the life and career of Gloria Estefan, arrived in the UK. That year, we talked to the singer about how she became…
Can you believe your ears? Stars that weren’t what they seemed
For decades, pop has been littered with acts whose performances or recordings received a little help behind the scenes. From Boney M. to Milli Vanilli and Black Box to Technotronic,…
Nile Rodgers interview: The Nile Counsel
Few musicians have successfully navigated popular culture with the skill and bravado of Nile Rodgers. The guitarist’s pioneering band Chic first galloped onto the UK charts in 1977 with Dance,…
All Saints interview: “We don’t conform to the rules”
In 2018, All Saints talked to Classic Pop about their then-new album Testament as well as escaping life in the pop goldfish bowl and learning to deal with the pressures…
Top 20 80s sampling hits
Mining the past to make the music of the future, these singles used 80s sampling to fine effect From the prominence of the Fairlight CMI and the rise in turntablism…