In 1988, the Traveling Wilburys released their debut album. Weeks later, they lost an irreplaceable singer
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The 1980 movie Clint Eastwood and Steven Spielberg both hated at first sight
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In 1998, Linda Ronstadt wrote off Madonna. 400,000,000 albums sales later, the world did not agree
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Who wrote the Cyndi Lauper 1986 number one ‘True Colours’?
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Who played the bass on the 1986 Paul Simon song ‘You Can Call Me Al’?
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A song about heroin cut U2’s big 1980s hit from Live Aid
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The 1988 anthem about Rod Stewart’s family that America adopted
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Frank Zappa wrote his most throwaway song in 1982 and scored a hit
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The four lyricists Paul Simon believed shaped an entire generation
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Robert Downey Jr could have been in one of the most iconic scenes in the 1980s, but he found it too “trite”
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In 1987, Kenneth Branagh auditioned for an iconic British movie role despite having “no chance”
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The 1988 guitar solo Traveling Wilburys were told to erase
Credit: Far Out / The Traveling Wilburys Fri 16 October 2026 20:30, UK The Traveling Wilburys were always…