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Cher’s rise to fame almost didn’t happen — until this advice

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Remember the year every song made you want to dance?

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The songs you know, the story you don’t — Irene Cara remembered

What Ricky Martin needed most at his peak will surprise you

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The songs that closed out a decade and launched a new era

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The Hollywood favour that accidentally created a global hit

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If you went back to this moment in pop culture, here’s what you’d find

When success hides the problem: living with a bad record deal

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When did dancefloors and candlelight tributes share the same chart?

The truth behind that laugh at the start of “Roxanne”

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Before the new decade arrived, something shifted in the sound

Rob Thomas – The reluctant rock star who wrote his way to freedom

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