This Week in 80’s History!

It’s time to take a look back at Christmas week in the 80’s! It was this week in:

1984 – “Like a Virgin” by Madonna would take over the #1 spot on the Billboard charts 

1987 – Good Morning Vietnam premiered in theaters. Starring Robin Williams to film would become the highest grossing movie of 87, bringing in $123.9 million at the box office!

​​1988 – Young and the Restless Passed General Hospital as the #1 Daytime Soap. A spot the show still claims to this day! 

1988 – “Every Rose Has Its Thorn” by Poison would become your number 1 song on the Billboard charts and would hold onto that spot for 3 weeks. 

Hairball Video of the Week

This week being Christmas, I wanted to give you guys a special treat and not go with a traditional music video put together by some tv producer. Instead I am giving you the gift of live music with a live performance of that song from their DVD Live from the Mirror Ball! Here’s your Hairball Video of the Week, Def Leppard with “Rock Rock (Till You Drop)”!

Tom Petty took back song written for Stevie Nicks

We all know and love the Tom Petty and Stevie Nicks classic, “Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around.” But what I didn’t know, is that song only came to be because Tom felt “terrible guilt” after promising Stevie a different song he wrote for her, then decided to keep for himself. Read the full story below.

*photo credit Getty Images.

Fail of the Week

Throwing a “Dirty Santa” holiday party complete with elf strippers seems like a fun idea…just maybe not for your highschool students. It’s time for your Fail of the Week.