A white button featuring orange and blue text. the "O" in "POP" has a globe in the center with text underneath.

White background with a black and white photograph of The Who and black text along the top edge.

"The Kids Are Alright" is a song written by Pete Townshend of The Who. It appeared as the seventh track on the group's first album My Generation in 1965. It was not released as a single until more than six months after it first appeared on the LP, first in the United States, and in the UK the following month. While not a huge hit at the time, the song, along with the album's title track, became anthems for the group and the Mod subculture of England in the 1960s. It later became the name of the documentary for the band in 1979.

Photograph of Andy Taylor of Duran Duran in a black coat and a red scarf in front of a beige background with yellow text over the bottom of the button.

Andy Taylor was born in Cullercoats, Tyne & Wear, England on February 16, 1961. He was the guitar player for the English pop group Duran Duran. The group was widely popular in the early 1980s and was considered the "Second English Invasion." Their most notable singles were "Hungry Like the Wolf," "Rio," and "Save a Prayer."

This button was from the bands third studio album, Seven and the Ragged Tiger released in November 1983.

Photograph of Rick James with a guitar leaning against a post.

Rick James (1948-2004) was an American musician and composer.  During his lifetime he released 12 studio albums and also produced several records for Motown stars such as the Temptations and Smokey Robinson.  His best known single was 1981’s Super Freak which was sampled in MC Hammer’s U Can’t Touch This in 1990.  He also produced and wrote Eddie Murphy’s Party All The Time.  Before his death, he regained popularity due to a skit on the Chappelle Show.

A black button with an American eagle in the background featuring white and pink/red text.

Image of a dragon sitting in trees with a blue background and blue, red and pink text over the image.

"Us and Them" is the second single from Pink Floyd 's 1973 album "The Dark Side of the Moon." The single was number 101 on the Billboard Hot 100 for three weeks.

Pink Floyd is an English progressive rock band that formed in 1965. The band originally consisted of Syd Barrett, Roger Waters,  Richard Wright, and Nick Mason. The members were students who came from academic backgrounds. They gained popularity by performing in London's underground music scene. David Gilmour later joined the group, and Barrett left the band due to mental health issues. Pink Floyd is distinguished by their philosophical lyrics, progressive and psychedelic melodies. They are one of the most commercially successful bands of all times, and Rolling Stone magazine ranked them at number 51 on their list of "The 100 Greatest Artists of All Times." Pink Floyd's music influenced numerous artists such as David Bowie, Queen, Nine Inch Nails, Smashing Pumpkins, among many others.

Image of the PiL logo: the black capital letters, P & L, are on a white background, while the white lower case letter, i, is on a black background.  The image is bordered by black.

After the breakup of the British punk rock band, Sex Pistols, singer John Lydon (aka Johnny Rotten) formed the avant-garde rock band Public Image Ltd in 1978.  Known for fusing multiple musical styles and influencing a generation of musicians; its original lineup was John Lydon, Keith Levene, Jah Wobble and Jim Walker.  John Lydon named the band after Muriel Spark’s novel, The Public Image.  Famed photographer Dennis Morris designed the PiL (aspirin) logo.  In 2013, Lydon received the BMI Icon Award for Songwriting.

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.

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.

White tex bordered by rainbow outlines over black background. 

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."   

A green button with white and black text on top of a red triangle with a yellow rectangle at the bottom.