Benjamin Orr was a bass guitarist and lead vocal of the Cars. He started his solo career shortly after the release of the group's Greatest Hits album. His debut album The Lace was quite a success with the help of top40 hit singles "Stay the Night". He never released another solo album again until he died from cancer in 2000.
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Artist
Andy Taylor
Year
1986
Song
Take It Easy
Chart
24
Andy Taylor was best known for his works with Duran Duran in the early 80s. In the mid 80s, he left Duran Duran for a solo career. With the help of ex-Sex Pistols' Steve Jones, his debut album was released in 1987. It contained the hit singles "Take It Easy", which was a soundtrack for the movie American Anthem. It was the only solo hit in Taylor's career.
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El DeBarge
Year
1986
Song
Who's Johnny
Chart
3
El DeBarge was best known as a lead singer for a popular R&B family group of the early 80s, DeBarge. In 1985, El left the group for his brief solo career. His first singles "Who's Johnny" became Top5 hit after it was featured in 1986 scifi comedy film 'Short Circuit'. El released a couple more albums afterward, but none of them could yield him another hit.
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Timothy B. Schmit
Year
1987
Song
Boys Night Out
Chart
25
As a member of the Eagles, and a songwriter of Eagles' top10 singles "I Can't Tell You Why", Timothy B. Schmit should have a success solo career after Eagles disbanded 1982. But in reality, Schmit's solo career was not a good one. All of his first 3 solo albums were not commercially successful, and produced only one hit with 1987's singles "Boys Night Out".
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Bill Medley & Jennifer Waynes
Year
1987
Song
(I've Had) The Time of My Life
Chart
1
Bill Medley was one-part of the famous duo act of the 1960s, the Righteous Brother. After the duo aparted in 1968, Medley continued as a solo artist and released several albums. He hit it big in 1987 when he teamed up with Jennifer Warnes to record a soundtrack for the movie 'Dirty Dancing'. "(I've Had) The Time of My Life" became no.1 smash hit of the year and Medley's only moment of fame.
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Artist
Morris Day
Year
1988
Song
Fishnet
Chart
23
The Time was a short live funk/dance group that actived during the first half of 1980s with a couple of chart hits. After the band broke up, the band vocalist, Morris Day, began his solo career with the debut album in 1985. But it was not until 1988 that he would have a hit again. "Fishnet" was Day's only top40 so far.
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Bryan Ferry
Year
1988
Song
Kiss and Tell
Chart
31
Bryan Ferry was the frontman of Roxy Music, one of the most avant-garde art rock group of the 70s and early 80s. Ferry dissolved the band in 1983 to concentrate on his solo career. His works were very successful in UK but he could not cracked into US, until his 1988's singles "Kiss and Tell" broke into Billboard top40 chart. It was his only solo success in US.
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Jane Wiedlin
Year
1988
Song
Rush Hour
Chart
9
Jane Wiedlin was best known as a member of the Go-Go's, the most popular female band of the new wave era. She was also the first to leave the band to pursue her solo career. But her solo career did not go as well as when she was with the band. Still, she managed to make one top10 hit in 1988 with "Rush Hour".
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Ann Wilson & Robin Zander
Year
1989
Song
Surrender to Me
Chart
6
An American musician, Robin Zander, is best known as the singer of Cheap Trick. In the late 80s, Zander began working outside the band by dueting with other artists. His recording with Heart's Ann Wilson "Surrender to Me" became a Top10 hit in 1989. However, he waited for another 5 years to start his own debut. So far, he still could not come up with another hit under his name.
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David A. Stewart & Candy Dulfer
Year
1991
Song
Lily Was Here
Chart
11
David A. Stewart was the core member of popular pop band Eurythmics. Stewart started his solo career after they disbanded in the late the 80s. His first effort was the duet with saxophonist Candy Dulfer for 1989 Dutch movie soundtrack. It became a hit song and became top20 hit in US the same year. Stewart still active, but he has yet not produced another solo hit.
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