Black artists rocking in the 80s

Back It Up - PHILIP BAILEY feat. PHIL COLLINS on drums (LP Inside Out, 1986)

Beat It - MICHAEL JACKSON (LP Thriller, 1982)

Better Be Good To Me - TINA TURNER (LP Private Dancer, 1984)

Boys In The Street - EDDY GRANT (LP Going For Broke, 1984)

Cuddly Toy - ROACHFORD (LP Roachford, 1988)

Dance Little Sister - TERENCE TRENT D'ARBY (LP Introducing The Hardline According to T.T.D'A, 1987)

Dirty Diana - MICHAEL JACKSON (LP Bad, 1987)

Don't Be Afraid Of The Dark - THE ROBERT CRAY BAND (LP Don't Be Afraid Of The Dark, 1988)

Don't Look Any Further - DENNIS EDWARDS & SIEDAH GARRETT (single, 1984)

Easy Lover - PHILIP BAILEY feat. PHIL COLLINS (LP Chinese Wall, 1984)

Fame - IRENE CARA (OST Fame, 1980)

Fast Car - TRACY CHAPMAN (LP Tracy Chapman, 1988)

Feel The Heat - JEAN BEAUVOIR (OST Cobra, 1986)

Glamour Boys - LIVING COLOR (LP Vivid, 1988)

Great Gosh A'Mighty - LITTLE RICHARD (OST Down & Out In Beverly Hills, 1986)

I'll Give You Everything - TOPPER HEADON feat. JIMMY HELMS

Jumpin' Jack Flash - ARETHA FRANKLIN feat. KEITH RICHARDS

King's Call - PHIL LYNOTT feat. MARK KNOPFLER

Let's Go Crazy - PRINCE & THE REVOLUTION

Love Is The Drug - GRACE JONES

Loverboy - BILLY OCEAN

Mr. Cab Driver - LENNY KRAVITZ (LP Let Love Rule, 1989)

Misled - KOOL & THE GANG

Own The Night - CHAKA KHAN

Protection - DONNA SUMMER

Running With The Night - LIONEL RICHIE

State Of Shock - THE JACKSONS feat. MICK JAGGER

Steamy Windows - TINA TURNER

The Other Woman - RAY PARKER Jr.

Torture - THE JACKSONS 

Walk This Way - RUN-DMC feat. STEVEN & JOE

Where Did Tomorrow Go - ELLIS, BEGGS & HOWARD 

You're A Friend Of Mine - CLARENCE CLEMONS feat. JACKSON BROWNE

Also:

Just Got Lucky - JOBOXERS

80s New Jack Swing

Baby Come To Me - REGINA BELLE (LP Stay With Me, 1989)

Casanova - LEVERT (LP The Big Throwdown, 1987)

Come Into My Life - JOYCE SIMS (LP Come Into My Life, 1987)

Control - JANET JACKSON (LP Control, 1986)

Divine Emotions - NARADA MICHAEL WALDEN (LP Divine Emotion, 1988)

Don't Be Cruel - BOBBY BROWN (LP Don't Be Cruel, 1988)

Girl You Know It's True - MILLI VANILLI (LP All Or Nothing, 1988)

Girlfriend - PEBBLES (LP Pebbles, 1987)

I'm Real - JAMES BROWN with FULL FORCE (LP I'm Real, 1988)

I'm Your Baby Tonight - WHITNEY HOUSTON  (LP I'm Your Baby Tonight, 1990)

I Want Her - KEITH SWEAT (LP Make It Last Forever, 1987)

I Want To Be Your Man - ROGER (LP Unlimited! 1987)

Joy - TEDDY PENDERGRASS (LP Joy, 1988)

Joy & Pain - DONNA ALLEN (LP Heaven On Earth, 1988)

Just Got Paid - JOHNNY KEMP (LP Secrets Of Flying, 1988)

Lean On Me - CLUB NOUVEAU (LP Life, Love & Pain, 1986)

Nite & Day - AL B. SURE! (LP In Effect Mode, 1988)

Partyman - PRINCE (OST Batman, 1989)

Ready Or Not - AFTER 7 (LP After 7, 1989)

Roses Are Red - THE MAC BAND feat. THE McCAMPBELL BROTHERS (single, 1988)

Rumours - TIMEX SOCIAL CLUB (single, 1986)

Secret Rendezvous - KARYN WHITE (LP Karyn White, 1988)

Straight Up - PAULA ABDUL (LP Forever Your Girl, 1988)

The Lover In Me - SHEENA EASTON (LP The Lover In Me, 1988)

The Rain - ORAN "JUICE" JONES (single, 1986)

The Right Stuff - VANESSA WILLIAMS (LP The Right Stuff, 1988)

You Got It (The Right Stuff) - NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK (LP Hangin' Tough, 1988)

You're Gonna Get Rocked - LA TOYA JACKSON (single, 1988)