Pat Boone Sugar Moon

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Text on Button "SUGAR MOON" BY PAT BOONE
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The top two thirds of the button has a yellow crescent moon, white stars and white text on blue background, and the button third of the button has black text on white background.

Curl Text GREEN DUCK CO CHICAGO B-3238714 ©1958 CO(illegible)
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Charles Eugene "Pat" Boone, born June 1, 1934, is an American singer, actor, and writer. He was a successful pop singer in the United States during the 1950s and early 1960s. He sold over 45 million albums, had 38 Top 40 hits and appeared in more than 12 Hollywood movies. According to Billboard, Boone was the second biggest charting artist of the late 1950s, behind only Elvis Presley but ahead of Ricky Nelson and The Platters, and was ranked at No. 9—behind The Rolling Stones and Paul McCartney but ahead of artists such as Aretha Franklin and The Beach Boys—in its listing of the Top 100 Top 40 Artists 1955–1995. Boone still holds the Billboard record for spending 220 consecutive weeks on the charts with one or more songs each week.

Catalog ID MU0204

Pat Benatar

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Text on Button PAT BENATAR
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White tex bordered by rainbow outlines over black background. 

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The rainbow design around the button was to imitate the logo for KLOS 95.5 FM, a classic rock radio station in Los Angeles, California. In the late 1980s, a company produced and sold buttons using this logo with the names of various popular musicians in the middle. The rainbow logo was very recognizable in the Los Angeles area. The buttons were made and distributed without the authorization of KLOS. The station was co-owned by KABC, the Los Angeles affiliate of  American Broadcasting Company. The legal department of KLOS/ABC Radio shut the company down and confiscated all inventory. 

Pat Benatar is an accomplished American female rock star. She has won multiple Grammy awards sold millions of records. Incredibly popular in the 1980s, Pat Benatar still has a huge fan base. Known for her bold, edgy, fierce, and glamorous image, Pat Benatar is a trail-blazer. Her most recognizable songs are "We Belong," "Hit Me With Your Best Shot," "Love is a Battlefield," and "Heartbreaker."   

Catalog ID MU0218

Ozzy Ozbourne Blizzard

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Text on Button OZZY OSBOURNE BLIZZARD OF OZZ
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A green button with white and black text on top of a red triangle with a yellow rectangle at the bottom.

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Ozzy Osbourne is British born heavy metal musician who is best remembered as the vocalist for Black Sabbath. After leaving Black Sabbath in 1979, Osbourne began a solo career which garnered great success. This button is a promotional button for his debut album, "Blizzard of Ozz". It was released in September of 1980 and achieved commercial success going 4x Platinum in the United States. As a whole the album features metal standards such as "I Don't Know", "Crazy Train", "Suicide Solution" and "Mr.Crowley". 
 
The album is only one of two studio albums to feature legendary guitarist Randy Rhodes before his death. His solo on Crazy Train was rated the 9th greatest solo of all time by Guitar World Magazine. 
Catalog ID MU0177

Oak Ridge Boys Together

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Text on Button Together The Oak Ridge Boys
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A picture of the Oak Ridge Boys standing in front of a background with horizontal stripes. There is blue text in the upper left corner and the name of the band in blue and yellow text in the upper right corner.

Curl Text ORB PRODUCTIONS
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The 1980 Oak Ridge Boys album "Together" features the song "Trying to Love Two Women" and was highly successful in the country music charts breaking into the top ten. 

The Oak Ridge Boys are a group of American born country artists. Most well known for their hit song "Elvira," the Oak Ridge Boys have been active since the late 1940s. As of 2024, the band continues to tour and release albums. As a group, the Oak Ridge Boys have been inducted into the Vocal Group Hall of Fame and the Gospel Music Hall of Fame. With over 30 studio albums and 17 number 1 hits, they are one of the most successful gospel crossover artists of all time. 

Sources

Discogs. (n.d.). The Oak Ridge Boys— Together. https://www.discogs.com/release/11889753-The-Oak-Ridge-Boys-Together 

The Oak Ridge Boys. (2024, November 21). In Wikipedia. Retrieved November 22, 2024 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Oak_Ridge_Boys 

Catalog ID MU0076

Mucca Pazza

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Text on Button MUCCA PAZZA
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Black text over white background. 

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Mucca Pazza is a Chicago based music ensemble. Mucca Pazza means “mad cow” in Italian. Their music is a combination of marching band traditions and street theater with rock band influences. The group consists of thirty members and is widely popular in the Chicago underground music scene. Mucca Pazza is known for their original, theatrical, eccentric, and avant garde performances. They are critically acclaimed and performed at various music festivals. The group is gaining national attention and has performed at the Kentucky Derby appeared on Late Night with Conan O’Brien.

Catalog ID MU0225

Michael Jackson Photograph

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Portrait of Michael Jackson in a yellow and white suit in front of a white background.

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The image is from a promotion poster for the Michael Jackson's sixth album Thriller. This is one of Jackson's most successful albums that includes his biggest hits such as "Wanna be Startin' Somethin,'" the title track, "Beat It," "Billie Jean," "P.Y.T (Pretty Young Thing)." The album received numerous awards which included "Album of the Year" at the 1984 Grammy's.

Thriller was pioneering and revolutionary. The music videos for the singles "Beat It," "Thriller," and "Billie Jean" transformed the medium into a movie-like production with a storyline, special effects, and dance sequence. Thriller is ranked number 20 on Rolling Stone's "500 Greatest Album of All Times" and is also included in the Library of Congress' National Recording Registry for social and cultural significance.    

Catalog ID MU0197

Michael Jackson Billie Jean

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Text on Button MICHAEL JACKSON TM
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Photograph of Michael Jackson's feet on tiptoes onstage flanked by blue text with each letter on a square white background.

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(embossed) 

EMMO OFFICIAL LICENSEE N. HOLLYWO, CA. 910605

Curl Text 1984 Triumph Merchandising, Inc. EMMC, Official Licensee, No. Hollywood, CA
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The image is from the choreography of Michael Jackson's single "Billie Jean" from his sixth solo album Thriller. The music video depicts Jackson dancing along the sidewalk and tiles light up at his footstep. As he spins, Jackson jumps and the shot freeze frame as he land on his toes. During a live performance of "Billie Jean" at the Motown 25th Anniversary in 1983, Jackson premiered his iconic "moonwalk" sequence. "Billie Jean" topped music charts all over the world and spent seven weeks at number one on US Billboard Hot 100, and won the "Best R&B Song" and "Best R&B Male Vocal Performance" awards at the 1984 Grammy's.   

Catalog ID MU0186

Led Zeppelin Black

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Text on Button LED ZEPPELIN
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Red spotted blimp above blue spotted text over black background. 

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Led Zeppelin was an English rock band that formed in London in 1968, best known for their hit "Stairway to Heaven." The band consisted of guitarist Jimmy Page, singer Robert Plant, bassist and keyboardist John Paul Jones, and drummer John Bonham. Their early albums were rooted in heavy guitar-driven sounds but also influenced by the blues and folk music. Led Zeppelin represented the hippie-love, psychedelic mind-set of the 1960s and 1970s. They are recognized as one of the originators of heavy metal. Led Zeppelin has sold over 300 million albums world wide is widely considered one of the most successful, innovative and influential rock groups in history.

Led Zeppelin have influenced hard rock and heavy metal bands such as Black Sabbath, Queen, Megadeth, Smashing Pumpkins, Nirvana, Pearl Jam, and many others. 

Catalog ID MU0201

K.D. Lang

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Text on Button k.d. lang and the reclines
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Black and white illustration of a person with a guitar sideways under black text over white background.

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K.D. Lang, born Kathryn Dawn Lang, is a Canadian pop and country singer/song writer. She has won numerous Grammy Awards and Juno Awards (the Canadian counterpart of the Grammy). K.D. Lang has collaborate with numerous prominent musicians such as Elton John, Tony Bennett, Roy Orbison, among many others.

As a teenager in 1983, Lang was fascinated by the life of Patsy Cline and formed a tribute band called the Reclines. She eventually became a solo artist in the early 1990s. Although the image on the button is not associated with the tribute band, it is a caricature of Lang posing with a guitar when she was a solo artist. She was often photographed with a guitar in abstract positions in promotional photos.

Catalog ID MU0203

John Lennon Working Class Hero

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Text on Button a tribute to john lennon WORKING CLASS HERO Hollywood RECORDS
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A white button with black text and a picture of circular sun-glasses - the same style worn by John Lennon.

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This is a promotional button for an album of cover songs entitled "Working Class Hero, a tribute to John Lennon". The album was released in 1995 and features a number of popular artists including George Clinton, The Red Hot Chili Peppers, and Cheap Trick. Designed to be a fundraiser for charity, at least half of all net proceeds went to the Humane Society of the United States. 
John Lennon was a British born rock musician who was a member of the Beatles, a political activist, and a popular solo musician. He is generally associated with causes which promote peace, and subsequent cover albums of his music have been charity based. The name of the album comes from a popular John Lennon ballad of the same name. Lennon was a victim of assassination in 1980. 
 As a whole the album received poor reviews.
Catalog ID MU0178