Stacker scoured Billboard charts from the '80s and chose 25 of the top bands whose music became the soundtrack of the decade.

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It also peaked at No. 4 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart. Dire Straits debuted in 1978 with the hit single “Sultans of Swing.” Mark Knopfler’s guitar solo earned critical acclaim; Guitar World ranked ...

Dire Straits is known as the biggest British rock band of the '80s, and for good reason. Bursting onto the music scene in 1977, the group was founded by lead vocalist and guitarist Mark Knopfler, ...

In 1978, a song about a little-known pub band quietly transformed Dire Straits into international stars. "Sultans of Swing" became the band's breakthrough hit and eventually one of the defining rock ...

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