Ladies of the '80s: Part One

Chrissie Hynde. Deborah Harry. Patti Smith. Siouxsie Sioux. These women have played a major role in shaping the '80s sound. But have you heard of ESG? Gina X Performance? The Belle Stars? Tune in and learn up! This is the WRC's special look into women's contributions to new wave, no wave, dub, post-punk, dance, experimental and more.

Here's the playlist from part one, if you missed the show click here to listen.

1. The Cocteau Twins (Elizabeth Fraser) - "Blood Bitch"
Garlands (4AD, 1982)






2. The Raincoats - "Fairytale in the Supermarket"
Fairytale in the Supermarket single (Rough Trade, 1979)





3. The Waitresses (Patti Donahue) - "I Know What Boys Like"
Wasn't Tomorrow Wonderful? (ZE Records, 1982)





4. Rough Trade (Carole Pope) - "High School Confidential"
Avoid Freud (True North Records, 1980)






5. New Age Steppers (Ari Up, Nenah Cherry) - "Observe Life"
Action Battlefield (On-U Sound, 1981)






6. Laurie Anderson - "O Superman (For Massenet)"
Big Science (Warner Bros., 1982)






7. Cristina - "When You Were Mine"
Sleep It Off (ZE Records, 1984)






8. Lizzy Mercier Descloux - "Hard-Boiled Babe"
Press Colour (ZE Records, 1980)







9. Bow Wow Wow (Annabella Lwin) - "C30, C60, C90 Go"
C30, C60, C90 Go Single (EMI, 1980)






10. The Plasmatics (Wendy O. Williams) - "Living Dead"
New Hope for the Wretched (Stiff Records, 1980)





11. Maximum Joy (Janine Rainforth) - "Mouse 'An Me"
Station MXJY (Y Records, 1982)






Don't forget to tune in to hear part deux of "Ladies of the '80s" with your host Cassandra Caverhill, next Monday January 11 from 5 to 6 PM - only on CJAM 99.1 FM!