Various Artists- If You Gotta Go-Go Go-Go Now (Various Artists)

The groundbreaking album, Beauty and the Beat was released in 1980... Every track is a treasure, a mini teen drama immediately appealing, relatable and memorable... From the very start they were instantly identifiable and maybe a little out of step... They indeed had a unique vision... It wouldn't be long till they would charm the pants off the entire world... They had everything... THE GO-GO'S seemed to be more talented than most of their peers and they were always a few steps ahead... In 1982 they claimed the number one spot on the Billboard chart and stayed there for 6 weeks and of course it eventually went double platinum... THE GO-GO'S were the first all female band that wrote their own songs and played their own instruments to achieve that massive distinction... They soon proved to be a blueprint and an undeniable inspiration for like-minded girls and they spearheaded a deluge of hopeful girl bands... Pretty much any successful female artist of the past 40 years will swiftly site