American Pop by Ralph Bakshi (1981)

Though Chris Rea has been around for nearly 25 years now, it's good to go back to his beginnings as a songwriter and guitarist who carved out a niche for himself with a late-night brand of very British formalist rock & roll that owes as much to J.J. Cale as it does to Dire Straits. But it's the late-night sound that is his trademark and it was in evidence on this, his very first outing. He has help from drummer Dave Mattacks, keyboardist Pete Wingfield, percussionist Ray Cooper, bassist Dave Paton, and a host of other dignitaries.

Formed in 1969 as Silent Eruption, their members hailed from Ghana, Curaçao, Guyana, and Jamaica. Precious Wilson, who joined Eruption in 1974, would add an element to the band's sound that would take them to dizzying heights of success all over the world. After winning a contest held by the label, the band recorded 'Let Me Take You Back In Time' for RCA UK in 1975, but without success. While on tour in Germany, Eruption was discovered by the talent scout of producer Frank Farian who had just achieved his major international breakthrough with Boney M. Eruption signed a contract with the German-based label Hansa.

Firmly established as a national icon in Spain, due to her singing talent and recording career as well as her famed bloodline, Rosario took the time with her seventh album, Parte de Mí, to pay tribute to some of her greatest musical influences. Collaborating once again with producer Fernando Illán, a fruitful working relationship that goes all the way back to her debut album, De Ley (1992), Rosario handpicked 11 of her all-time favorite songs for Parte de Mí, an understated album on which contemporary pop flourishes are thankfully left alone.

Love Songs was a compilation album of ballads by Cliff Richard released by EMI in 1981. The album spent five weeks at the top of the UK album charts in 1981 and two weeks at the top of the Australian album charts in 1982. The compilation spans a 20-year period, from "Theme for a Dream" (1960) through to "A Little in Love" (1980).