The most popular bands of the 80s with the letter B were a mix of bands with different styles, such as pop, rock, punk, new wave. Bananarama, The Bangles, Blondie all had a bit of a punk/rock feel to them. And what about Bon Jovi also a rock legend who had many hits in the 80s. The pop/new wave style fitted The B-52's and the look of the band was also characteristic with the ladies wearing wigs. But there were more terrific bands like Bee Gees and Bronski Beat.
Have fun listening to this musiclist!

Bananarama, a girl group founded in England in 1980, produced many hits in the 80s. Singers Keren Woodward, Sara Dallin and Siobhan Fahey were first allowed to join as backing singers for Fun Boy's song It Aint' What You Do and that song became such a success in Europe that the girls became famous and even became the most famous girl group in the Guiness Book of Records. We know many of their songs, including Cruel Summer, Venus (a hit by Shocking Blue), More Than Physical, I Heard A Rumour. In the first period they had a punk style which later changed to a pop style.

• Bananarama - Aie a Mwana ( 1981 )
  
• Bananarama - It Ain't What You Do ( It's The Way That You Do It ) ( 1981 )
• Bananarama ft. Fun Boy Three - Really Sayin Something ( 1982 )
• Bananarama - Shy Boy ( 1982 )
• Bananarama - Cheers Then ( 1983 )
• Bananarama - He's Got Tact ( 1983 )
• Bananarama - Cruel Summer ( 1983 )
• Bananarama - Na Na Hey Hey ( Kiss Him Goodbye ) ( 1983 )
• Bananarama - Robert De Niro's Waiting ( 1984 )
• Bananarama - Rough Justice ( 1984 )
• Bananarama - King of the Jungle ( 1984 )
• Bananarama - Hot Line To Heaven ( 1984 )
• Bananarama - The Wild Life ( 1984 )
• Bananarama - Do Not Disturb ( 1986 )
• Bananarama - Venus ( 1986 )
• Bananarama - More Than Physical ( 1986 )
• Bananarama - A Trick Of The Night ( 1986 )
• Bananarama - Set on You ( 1986 )
• Bananarama - I Heard A Rumour ( 1987 )
• Bananarama - Love In The First Degree ( 1987 )
• Bananarama - I Can't Help It ( 1988 )
• Bananarama - I Want You Back ( 1988 )
• Bananarama - Love, Truth & Honesty ( 1988 )
• Bananarama - Nathan Jones (1989 )
• Bananarama - Help! ( 1989 )

In 1981, the band The Bangles was formed. Sisters Vicky and Debiie Peterson founded the band and two girls Susanna Hofs and Annette Zilinskas joined them. The band name changed twice. First the band was called The Colors, then The Bangs, but finally became The Bangles. In 1984 they had their breakthrough with the song Manic Monday produced by Prince. It was followed by the single Walk Like an Egyptian, which was also a top hit. In 1988, the single Eternal Flame was released and the relationship between the girls deteriorated, so they stopped working together in 1989.

• The Bangles - Getting Out of Hand ( 1981 )
  
• The Bangles - The Real World ( 1982 )
• The Bangles - Hero Takes A Fall ( 1984 )
• The Bangles - Going Down to Liverpool ( 1984 )
• The Bangles - I Got Nothing ( 1985 )
• The Bangles - If She Knew What She Wants ( 1985 )
• The Bangles - Manic Monday ( 1986 )
• The Bangles - Walk Like an Egyptian ( 1986 )
• The Bangles - Walking Down The Street (1986 )
• The Bangles - Following ( 1987 )
• The Bangles - Hazy Shade of Winter ( 1987 )
• The Bangles - In Your Room ( 1988 )
• The Bangles - I'll Set You Free ( 1989 )
• The Bangles - Eternal Flame ( 1989 )
• The Bangles - Be With You ( 1989 )

Three brothers, Robin Gibb, Maurice Gibb and Barry Gibb, who together formed the Bee Gees, were especially popular in the 70s with the disco style music. Think of Saturday Night Fever in 1977 with hits like Stayin Alive. Characteristic of the Bee Gees' music are the high-pitched voices of the men. They not only made their own music, but also produced music for Barbara Streisand, Dionne Warwick and Diana Ross, among others. In the early years, the Bee Gees became less and less popular and it was quiet around them, only to return in 1987 with the hit You Win Again.