By the 80's the range of popular music was huge.Tina Turner,Diana Ross,Michael Jackson , Kenny rogers and Billy Joel etc .Hard Rock and Heavy Metal competed with Springsteen , Stevie Wonder, and Smokey Robinson.

There was an explosion of Country Music.

This period should supply us with rich pickings for our purposes.

Worldwise we saw Reagan take up the Presidency for 9 years. John Lennon and Ghandi were both assassinated. Bob Marley died and Charles and Diana got married.

Band Aid raised a fortune and The Berlin Wall came down