Pocket Rockers
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| Type | Portable audio player |
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| Company | Fisher-Price |
| Country | United States |
| Availability | 1988–1991 |
Pocket Rockers was a brand of personal stereo produced by Fisher-Price in the late 1980s, aimed at elementary school-age children.[1] It played a proprietary variety of miniature cassette (appearing to be a smaller version of the 8-track tape) which was released only by Fisher-Price themselves. Each tape had two songs. Tapes were available from several pop stars, including Bon Jovi, Whitney Houston, The Bangles, Tiffany, and Debbie Gibson. They were designed to be as much a fashion accessory as a music player, and for a brief period they were enough of a youth craze to be banned in some schools.
The advertisements featured a song in the tune of Creedence Clearwater Revival's "Down on the Corner".
The Pocket Rockers line was discontinued in 1991, following a sharp decline in sales. Today, the player and cassettes are sought after by collectors.
List of featured artists and songs
- Breakfast Club
- "Right on Track" / "Kiss and Tell"
- Cutting Crew
- "(I Just) Died In Your Arms" / "I've Been In Love Before"
- The Fat Boys
- "Wipe Out" / "Rock Ruling"
- Whitney Houston
- "How Will I Know" / "The Greatest Love of All"
- "I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)" / "So Emotional"
- The Jets
- "Cross My Broken Heart" / "You Got It All"
- "Make It Real" / "I Do You"
- Huey Lewis and the News
- "Doing It All for My Baby" / "The Power of Love"
- "Hip to Be Square" / "The Heart of Rock & Roll"
- Madonna"
- "Who's That Girl?" / "Material Girl"
- Mike + The Mechanics"
- "All I Need Is a Miracle" / " You Are The One"
- Tiffany
- "All This Time" / "Radio Romance"
- "I Saw Him Standing There" / "Feelings of Forever"
- "I Think We're Alone Now" / "Could've Been"
