On This Day: '80s Band’s Debut Album Hits No. 1—Then Stayed on the Charts for Nearly Two Years originally appeared on Parade. The 1980s saw a wave of new music stars burst onto the scene.

The playlist (or mixtape, if you will) contains 23 hits of the 1980s, by my account, mostly pop by one-hit wonders but with a few gentle nods toward New Wave. Most haven’t shown up in jukebox ...