Tim Sheehan

Historian, Writer

Old-Time Rock ‘n’ Roll: How The 1980s Embraced 1950s and 1960s Oldies Music


Table of Contents

Introduction - Page 1

Table of Contents - page 2

Queen Salutes the King - Page 3

The Stray Cats - Page 4

The Piano Man’s An Innocent Man - Page 5

The Honeydrippers - Page 6

R.O.C.K. in the U.S.A. - Page 7

Oldies Covers - Page 8

The Oldies go Reggae - Page 9

Oldies acts continued to impact 1980s music - Page 10

The Beach Boys - Page 11

John Lennon - Page 12

Paul McCartney - Page 13

Motown Records and Its Alumni - Page 14

Motown Celebrates 25 Years - Page 15

Live at the Apollo - Page 16

Violins Play When He Sings - Page 17

Respect Reclaimed in the 1980s: Aretha Franklin - Page 18

James Brown - Page 19

Rap/Hip Hop Emerges Using Pieces of the Past - Page 20

Roy Orbison, George Harrison, Bob Dylan, and the Other Wilbury Brothers - Page 21

Ray - Page 22

Elvis - Page 23

Radio Still Alive in the Eighties - Page 24

Madison Avenue Embraces Nostalgia - Page 25

Sweatin’ to the Oldies - Page 26

1980s Biopics of Rock ’ Roll icons - Page 27

The Fictional Biopic of Eddie and the Cruisers - Page 28

Huey Lewis and The News go Back to the Future - Page 29

The Big Chill - Page 30

Other 1980s Movies with Oldies Soundtracks - Page 31

Still Like That Old Time Rock and Roll - Page 32

Back to the Beach -Page 33

Dreamgirls - Page 34

Dirty Dancing - Page 35

John Hughes - Page 36

A Dose of Oldies added to the Hayes-Addison Romance - Page 37

Rock ’ Roll History is Preserved at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame - Page 38

Conclusion - Page 39

Endnotes

©2021 Tim Sheehan