Warren Beach

Dancer, actor, and singer Fred Astaire worked steadily in various entertainment media during nine decades of the 20th century. The most celebrated dancer in the history of film, with appearances in 31 movie musicals between 1933 and 1968 (and a special Academy Award in recognition of his accomplishments in them), Astaire also danced on-stage and on television (garnering two Emmy Awards in the process), and he even treated listening audiences to his accomplished tap dancing on records and on his own radio series. He appeared in another eight non-musical feature films and on numerous television programs, resulting in an Academy Award nomination and a third Emmy Award as an actor. His light tenor voice and smooth, conversational phrasing made him an ideal interpreter for the major songwriters of his era, and he introduced dozens of pop standards, many of them written expressly for him, by such composers as Harold Arlen, Irving Berlin, George Gershwin, Jerome Kern, Burton Lane, Frank Loesser, Johnny Mercer, Cole Porter, Arthur Schwartz, Harry Warren, and Vincent Youmans.

The Top 100 '80s Rock Albums span a series of genres as startling and varied as the era's neon-flecked fashions.No one was immune to the early-decade emergence of new wave, from up-and-coming acts to legacy groups – many of whom began incorporating the then-new sound into their bedrock approach.Meanwhile, classic rock and subsequently metal began a transformation into mass acceptance when the edges were smoothed out to form arena rock and hair metal, respectively. The arrival of roots, thrash, and world music influences kept things interesting, along the way. All of it made selecting the period's best releases both intriguing and deeply challenging.Check out the list below, as Ultimate Classic Rock takes a chronological look at the Top 100 '80s Rock Albums.

Ministry of Sound’s gonna take 'em back! And, if you can kick it, we've got the ultimate hazy-lazy summer day soundtrack to give you that laid back, Venice Beach, car-cruising feeling with this brand new 2CD compilation of the very best Chilled Hip Hop. Get ready to feed the mind & soul with a curated, laidback selection of the Hip-Hop classics that you know and love. Featuring 40 of the biggest rhymers in rap, enjoy pure escapism as we kick it with the O.Gs of the scene Wu-Tang Clan, Cypress Hill, A Tribe Called Quest, and Eric B & Rakim - followed up by the next generation of urban legends including Jay Z, Outkast, LL Cool J and Ludacris. And not to be missed, the current cool kids of hip hop are covered with Childish Gambino, Joey Bada$$ & The Weeknd all reppin’ a downtempo beat. So… Throw your hands in the air, if you’s a true playa… With Chilled Hip Hop, from Ministry of Sound..