AH Gold Chart - 80s Number Ones

 

I LOVE the 80s, and often over the years several tracks from that decade have re-appeared in my chart. So, (a completely pointless exercise) if my chart had existed in 1980 (or if I'd even been alive!) these are the singles which would have topped my chart:

 

1980

 

5/1/80 Sheila B Devotion - Spacer (3 wks)

26/1/1980 The Pretenders - Brass In Pocket (2 wks)

9/2/1980 The Specials - The Special AKA Live EP (Too Much Too Young) (2 wks)

23/2/1980 The Whispers - And The Beat Goes on (2 wks)

8/3/1980 Blondie - Atomic (1 wk)

15/3/1980 Fern Kinney - Together We Are Beautiful (2 wks)

29/3/1980 The Jam - Going Underground/Dreams Of Children (3 wks)

19/4/1980 Blondie - Call Me (6 wks)

31/5/1980 Johnny Logan - What's Another Year (1 wk)

7/6/1980 Lipps Inc - Funkytown (3 wks)

28/6/1980 Olivia Newton John & Electric Light Orchestra - Xanadu (2 wks)

12/7/1980 Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart (3 wks)

2/8/1980 Change - The Glow Of Love (1 wk)

9/8/1980 Diana Ross - Upside Down (1 wk)

16/8/1980 George Benson - Give Me The Night (1 wk)

23/8/1980 Abba - The Winner Takes It All (1 wk)

30/8/1980 David Bowie - Ashes To Ashes (3 wks)

20/9/1980 Queen - Another One Bites The Dust (3 wks)

11/10/1980 Diana Ross - My Old Piano (3 wks)

1/11/1980 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Enola Gay (2 wks)

15/11/1980 Blondie - The Tide Is High (3 wks)

6/12/1980 Abba - Super Trouper (3 wks)

27/12/1980 Adam & The Ants - Antmusic (2 wks)

Edited November 14, 201311 yr by AH Gold

1981

 

10/1/1981 Visage - Fade To Grey (7 wks)

21/2/1981 Blondie - Rapture (2 wks)

7/3/1981 Roxy Music - Jealous Guy (2 wks)

21/3/1981 Teardrop Explodes - Reward (2 wks)

4/4/1981 Bucks Fizz - Making Your Mind Up (5 wks)

9/5/1981 Adam & The Ants - Stand & Deliver (4 wks)

6/6/1981 Tenpole Tudor - Swords Of A Thousand Men (1 wk)

13/6/1981 Smokey Robinson - Being With You (2 wks)

27/6/1981 Michael Jackson - One Day In Your Life (3 wks)

18/7/1981 Starsound - Stars On 45 Vol. 2 (1 wk)

25/7/1981 Spandau Ballet - Chant No.1 (I Don't Need This Pressure On) (3 wks)

15/8/1981 Human League - Love Action (I Believe In Love) (2 wks)

29/8/1981 Aneka - Japanese Boy (1 wk)

5/9/1981 Soft Cell - Tainted Love (3 wks)

26/9/1981 Dollar - Hand Held In Black & White (3 wks)

17/10/1981 Toyah - Thunder In The Mountains (3 wks)

7/11/1981 Olivia Newton John - Physical (3 wks)

28/11/1981 Queen & David Bowie - Under Pressure (2 wks)

12/12/1981 Human League - Don't You Want Me (7 wks)

1982

 

30/1/1982 Abba - One Of Us (1 wk)

6/2/1982 Dollar - Mirror Mirror (Mon Amour) (1 wk)

13/2/1982 Bucks Fizz - Land Of Make Believe (1 wk)

20/2/1982 The Jam - Town Called Malice/Precious (2 wks)

6/3/1982 Soft Cell - Say Hello Wave Goodbye (1 wk)

13/3/1982 Bow Wow Wow - Go Wild In The Country (2 wks)

27/3/1982 Imagination - Just An Illusion (2 wks)

10/4/1982 Bucks Fizz - My Camera Never Lies (3 wks)

1/5/1982 Dollar - Give Me Back My Heart (1 wk)

8/5/1982 Bardo - One Step Further (2 wks)

22/5/1982 Adam Ant - Goody Two Shoes (2 wks)

5/6/1982 ABC - The Look Of Love (3 wks)

26/6/1982 The Belle Stars - Iko Iko (1 wk)

3/7/1982 Bow Wow Wow - I Want Candy (1 wk)

10/7/1982 Dollar - Videotheque (2 wks)

24/7/1982 Irene Cara - Fame (3 wks)

14/8/1982 Dexy's Midnight Runners - Come On Eileen (1 wk)

21/8/1982 Survivor - Eye Of The Tiger (6 wks)

2/10/1982 Carly Simon - Why (2 wks)

16/10/1982 Evelyn 'Champagne' King - Love Come Down (1 wk)

23/10/1982 Culture Club - Do You Really Want To Hurt Me (5 wks)

27/11/1982 Eddy Grant - I Don't Wanna Dance (2 wks)

11/12/1982 Abba - The Day Before You Came (1 wk)

18/12/1982 A Flock Of Seagulls - Wishing (If I Had A Photograph Of You) (1 wk)

25/12/1982 Culture Club - Time (Clock Of The Heart) (4 wks)

 

AH Gold Chart - 80s Number Ones

 

I LOVE the 80s, and often over the years several tracks from that decade have re-appeared in my chart. So, (a completely pointless exercise) if my chart had existed in 1980 (or if I'd even been alive!) these are the singles which would have topped my chart:

 

1980

 

5/1/80 Sheila B Devotion - Spacer (3 wks)

26/1/1980 The Pretenders - Brass In Pocket (2 wks)

9/2/1980 The Specials - The Special AKA Live EP (Too Much Too Young) (2 wks)

23/2/1980 The Whispers - And The Beat Goes on (2 wks)

8/3/1980 Blondie - Atomic (1 wk)

15/3/1980 Fern Kinney - Together We Are Beautiful (2 wks)

29/3/1980 The Jam - Going Underground/Dreams Of Children (3 wks)

19/4/1980 Blondie - Call Me (6 wks)

31/5/1980 Johnny Logan - What's Another Year (1 wk)

7/6/1980 Lipps Inc - Funkytown (3 wks)

28/6/1980 Olivia Newton John & Electric Light Orchestra - Xanadu (2 wks)

12/7/1980 Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart (3 wks)

2/8/1980 Change - The Glow Of Love (1 wk)

9/8/1980 Diana Ross - Upside Down (1 wk)

16/8/1980 George Benson - Give Me The Night (1 wk)

23/8/1980 Abba - The Winner Takes It All (1 wk)

30/8/1980 David Bowie - Ashes To Ashes (3 wks)

20/9/1980 Queen - Another One Bites The Dust (3 wks)

11/10/1980 Diana Ross - My Old Piano (3 wks)

1/11/1980 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Enola Gay (2 wks)

15/11/1980 Blondie - The Tide Is High (3 wks)

6/12/1980 Abba - Super Trouper (3 wks)

27/12/1980 Adam & The Ants - Antmusic (2 wks)

 

fab taste! 7 made my actual chart Number One and several more just missed... B-)

1981

 

10/1/1981 Visage - Fade To Grey (7 wks)

21/2/1981 Blondie - Rapture (2 wks)

7/3/1981 Roxy Music - Jealous Guy (2 wks)

21/3/1981 Teardrop Explodes - Reward (2 wks)

4/4/1981 Bucks Fizz - Making Your Mind Up (5 wks)

9/5/1981 Adam & The Ants - Stand & Deliver (4 wks)

6/6/1981 Tenpole Tudor - Swords Of A Thousand Men (1 wk)

13/6/1981 Smokey Robinson - Being With You (2 wks)

27/6/1981 Michael Jackson - One Day In Your Life (3 wks)

18/7/1981 Starsound - Stars On 45 Vol. 2 (1 wk)

25/7/1981 Spandau Ballet - Chant No.1 (I Don't Need This Pressure On) (3 wks)

15/8/1981 Human League - Love Action (I Believe In Love) (2 wks)

29/8/1981 Aneka - Japanese Boy (1 wk)

5/9/1981 Soft Cell - Tainted Love (3 wks)

26/9/1981 Dollar - Hand Held In Black & White (3 wks)

17/10/1981 Toyah - Thunder In The Mountains (3 wks)

7/11/1981 Olivia Newton John - Physical (3 wks)

28/11/1981 Queen & David Bowie - Under Pressure (2 wks)

12/12/1981 Human League - Don't You Want Me (7 wks)

 

even fabber taste, 9 number ones in mine and several near misses!

1982

 

30/1/1982 Abba - One Of Us (1 wk)

6/2/1982 Dollar - Mirror Mirror (Mon Amour) (1 wk)

13/2/1982 Bucks Fizz - Land Of Make Believe (1 wk)

20/2/1982 The Jam - Town Called Malice/Precious (2 wks)

6/3/1982 Soft Cell - Say Hello Wave Goodbye (1 wk)

13/3/1982 Bow Wow Wow - Go Wild In The Country (2 wks)

27/3/1982 Imagination - Just An Illusion (2 wks)

10/4/1982 Bucks Fizz - My Camera Never Lies (3 wks)

1/5/1982 Dollar - Give Me Back My Heart (1 wk)

8/5/1982 Bardo - One Step Further (2 wks)

22/5/1982 Adam Ant - Goody Two Shoes (2 wks)

5/6/1982 ABC - The Look Of Love (3 wks)

26/6/1982 The Belle Stars - Iko Iko (1 wk)

3/7/1982 Bow Wow Wow - I Want Candy (1 wk)

10/7/1982 Dollar - Videotheque (2 wks)

24/7/1982 Irene Cara - Fame (3 wks)

14/8/1982 Dexy's Midnight Runners - Come On Eileen (1 wk)

21/8/1982 Survivor - Eye Of The Tiger (6 wks)

2/10/1982 Carly Simon - Why (2 wks)

16/10/1982 Evelyn 'Champagne' King - Love Come Down (1 wk)

23/10/1982 Culture Club - Do You Really Want To Hurt Me (5 wks)

27/11/1982 Eddy Grant - I Don't Wanna Dance (2 wks)

11/12/1982 Abba - The Day Before You Came (1 wk)

18/12/1982 A Flock Of Seagulls - Wishing (If I Had A Photograph Of You) (1 wk)

25/12/1982 Culture Club - Time (Clock Of The Heart) (4 wks)

 

...and another 9 number ones in mine and several near-misses. Great stuff AH! B-)

They'd of loved you in the Independant shops. Lot of great indie stuff there, that Record Business Magazine would of been proud of. Arhh, the great legendary Barry Lazell. I wish he was still with us.

...and another 9 number ones in mine and several near-misses. Great stuff AH! B-)

 

 

Thanks John. Out of curiousity, which 23 (if I've counted the total correctly) reached the top in your chart? :D

1983

 

22/1/1983 Wah! - The Story Of The Blues (2 wks)

5/2/1983 Belle Stars - Sign Of The Times (4 wks)

5/3/1983 Bonnie Tyler - Total Eclipse Of The Heart (2 wks)

19/3/1983 Forrest - Rock The Boat (3 wks)

9/4/1983 Orange Juice - Rip It Up (1 wk)

16/4/1983 Altered Images - Don't Talk To Me About Love (1 wk)

23/4/1983 Michael Jackson - Beat It (6 wks)

4/6/1983 Booker Newberry III - Love Town (1 wk)

11/6/1983 Altered Images - Bring Me Closer (2 wks)

25/6/1983 Bucks Fizz - When We Were Young (4 wks)

23/7/1983 Rod Stewart - Baby Jane (1 wk)

30/7/1983 Paul Young - Wherever I Lay My Hat (That's My Home) (2 wks)

13/8/1983 KC & The Sunshine Band - Give It Up (3 wks)

3/9/1983 Madness - Wings of A Dove (2 wks)

17/9/1983 Elton John - I'm Still Standing (1 wk)

24/9/1983 Culture Club - Karma Chameleon (1 wk)

1/10/1983 New Order - Blue Monday (1 wk)

8/10/1983 Public Image Ltd - This Is Not A Love Song (5 wks)

12/11/1983 Rocksteady Crew - Hey You (The Rocksteady Crew) (2 wks)

26/11/1983 Billy Joel - Uptown Girl (2 wks)

10/12/1983 Flying Pickets - Only You (2 wks)

24/12/1983 George Benson - In Your Eyes (3 wks)

 

1984

 

14/1/1984 Bucks Fizz - Rules Of The Game (2 wks)

28/1/1984 Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Relax (3 wks)

18/2/1984 Thomas Dolby - Hyperactive! (1 wk)

25/2/1984 Nik Kershaw - Wouldn't It Be Good (1 wk)

3/3/1984 Madonna - Holiday (4 wks)

31/3/1984 Nena - 99 Red Balloons (1 wk)

7/4/1984 Rufus & Chaka Khan - Ain't Nobody (7 wks)

26/5/1984 Jocelyn Brown - Somebody Else's Guy (2 wks)

9/6/1984 The Smiths - Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now (1 wk)

16/6/1984 Bronski Beat - Smalltown Boy (2 wks)

30/6/1984 Frankie Goes to Hollywood - Two Tribes (3 wks)

21/7/1984 Divine - You Think You're A Man (4 wks)

18/8/1984 Hazell Dean - Whatever I Do (Wherever I Go) (4 wks)

15/9/1984 Malcolm McLaren - Madam Butterfly (4 wks)

13/10/1984 Giorgio Moroder & Philip Oakey - Together In Electric Dreams (2 wks)

27/10/1984 Style Council - Shout To The Top (2 wks)

10/11/1984 Eugene Wilde - Gotta Get You Home Tonight (2 wks)

24/11/1984 Limahl - Never Ending Story (3 wks)

15/12/1984 Frankie Goes To Hollywood - The Power Of Love (2 wks)

29/12/1984 Band Aid - Do They Know It's Christmas (4 wks)

 

1985

 

26/1/1985 Strawberry Switchblade - Since Yesterday (1 wk)

2/2/1985 Elaine Paige & Barbra Dickson - I Know Him So Well (2 wks)

16/2/1985 Dead Or Alive - You Spin Me Round (Like A Record) (8 wks)

13/4/1985 Tears For Fears - Everybody Wants To Rule The World (2 wks)

27/4/1985 Phyllis Nelson - Move Closer (5 wks)

25/5/1985 Paul Hardcastle - 19 (4 wks)

22/6/1985 Sister Sledge - Frankie (3 wks)

13/7/1985 Eurythmics - There Must Be An Angel (Playing With My Heart) (2 wks)

27/7/1985 Madonna - Into The Groove (4 wks)

24/8/1985 Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God) (2 wks)

7/9/1985 Princess - Say I'm Your Number One (2 wks)

21/9/1985 Midge Ure - If I Was (3 wks)

12/10/1985 Maria Vidal - Body Rock (3 wks)

2/11/1985 A-ha - Take On Me (2 wks)

16/11/1985 Feargal Sharkey - A Good Heart (2 wks)

30/11/1985 Talking Heads - Road To Nowhere (2 wks)

14/12/1985 Prefab Sprout - When Love Breaks Down (1 wk)

21/12/1985 Whitney Houston - Saving All My Love For You (4 wks)

 

And onto the year I became a pop fanatic, at the age of five years old. Loads of number ones including a couple of questionable novelty singles :banghead: As I said, I was just five at the time.

 

1986

 

18/1/1986 Pet Shop Boys - West End Girls (3 wks)

8/2/1986 A-ha - The Sun Always Shines On TV (3 wks)

1/3/1986 Diana Ross - Chain Reaction (1 wk)

8/3/1986 Bangles - Manic Monday (1 wk)

15/3/1986 Jim Diamond - Hi Ho Silver (1 wk)

22/3/1986 Prince & The Revolution - Kiss (2 wks)

5/4/1986 Falco - Rock Me Amadeus (3 wks)

26/4/1986 Princess - I'll Keep On Loving You (1 wk)

3/5/1986 Erasure - Oh L'Amour (1 wk)

10/5/1986 Spitting Image - The Chicken Song (2 wks)

24/5/1986 Doctor & The Medics - Spirit In The Sky (5 wks)

28/6/1986 Pet Shop Boys - Opportunities (Let's Make Lots Of Money) (1 wk)

5/7/1986 Wham! - The Edge Of Heaven (2 wks)

19/7/1986 Nu Shooz - I Can't Wait (1 wk)

26/7/1986 Bananarama - Venus (2 wks)

9/8/1986 Sinitta - So Macho/Cruising (2 wks)

23/8/1986 The Smiths - Panic (1 wk)

30/8/1986 Gwen Guthrie - Ain't Nothin' Goin' On But The Rent (2 wks)

13/9/1986 Human League - Human (1 wk)

20/9/1986 MC Miker G & Deejyay Sven - Holiday Rap (1 wk)

27/9/1986 Farley Jackmaster Funk - Love Can't Turn Around (3 wks)

18/10/1986 Status Quo - In The Army Now (1 wk)

25/10/1986 Five Star - Rain Or Shine (1 wk)

1/11/1986 Bangles - Walk Like An Egyptian (1 wk)

8/11/1986 Berlin - Take My Breath Away (2 wks)

22/11/1986 Kim Wilde - You Keep Me Hangin' On (2 wks)

6/12/1986 Mel & Kim - Showing Out (Get Fresh At The Weekend) (2 wks)

20/12/1986 Erasure - Sometimes (1 wk)

27/12/1986 Jackie Wilson - Reet Petite (3 wks)

 

Many great pop songs here.

 

I have many the same # 1s with your chart in 1980-1982 period:

Blondie - Call Me

Olivia Newton-John - Xanadu

Abba - The Winner Takes It All

Bucks Fizz - Making Your Mind Up

Aneka - Japanese Boy

Abba - One Of Us

Bucks Fizz - Land Of Make Believe (Only 1 week on the top :( . This song is my favourite UK # 1 and # 2 from full 80s decade)

Bucks Fizz - My Camera Never Lies

Bardo - One Step Further (Really like to see this single as your # 1)

Abba - The Day Before You Came

 

Also like :

Pretenders - Brass In Pocket

Blondie - Atomic

Johnny Logan - What's Another Year (Maybe my favourite ESC song from male singers)

Blondie - The Tide Is High

Abba - Super Trouper

Olivia Newton-John - Physical

Dollar - Videotheque

Edited September 30, 201311 yr by AlexRange

Thanks John. Out of curiousity, which 23 (if I've counted the total correctly) reached the top in your chart? :D

 

Hi AH OK Official John Number 1's:

 

Brass In Pocket, Atomic, Ashes To Ashes, Winner Takes It All, Super Trouper, Going Underground, Xanadu

 

Fade To Grey, rapture, Jealous Guy, Stand & Deliver, Being With You, One Day In Your Life, Tainted Love, Under Pressure, Dont You Want Me

 

One Of Us, Land Of Make Believe, My Camera Never Lies, The Look Of Love, Fame, Come On Eileen, Eye Of The Tiger, Do You Really Want To Hurt Me, The Day Before You Came

 

Story Of The Blues, Total Eclipse Of The Heart, When We Were Young, Wings Of A Dove, I'm Still Standing, Karma Chameleon,

 

Relax, Holiday, Two Tribes, Madame Butterfly, The Power Of Love, Do They Know Its Christmas

 

Since Yesterday, You Spin Me Round, Everybody Wants To Rule The World, 19, There Must Be An Angel, Running Up That Hill, If I Was, Take On Me, A Good Heart

 

West End Girls, The Sun Always Shines On TV, IOpportunities, Human, Take My Breath Away, Sometimes

 

phew!

 

loads of others hit number 2 though!

I have only 14 the same # 1s with you.

 

1980 : Call Me, Xanadu, The Winner Takes It All

1981 : Making Your Mind Up, Japanese Boy

1982 : One Of Us, The Land Of Make Believe, My Camera Never Lies, One Step Further, The Day Before You Came

1983 : Total Eclipse of the Heart

1984 : Rules Of The Game, Holiday

1985 : I Know Him So Well

1986 : -

 

Kim Wilde "You Keep Me Hangin' On" was # 2 in my chart (behind "True Colours")

1987

 

17/1/1987 Steve 'Silk' Hurley - Jack Your Body (2 wks)

31/1/1987 Mandy Smith - I Just Can't Wait (3 wks)

21/2/1987 Taffy - I Love My Radio (4 wks)

21/3/1987 Ben E King - Stand By Me (1 wk)

28/3/1987 Erasure - It Doesn't Have To Be (1 wk)

4/4/1987 Mel & Kim - Respectable (3 wks)

25/4/1987 Ferry Aid - Let It Be (1 wk)

2/5/1987 Starship - Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now (9 wks)

4/7/1987 Samantha Fox - Nothing's Gonna Stop Me Now (5 wks)

8/8/1987 Heart - Alone (2 wks)

22/8/1987 Rick Astley - Never Gonna Give You Up (2 wks)

5/9/1987 Pet Shop Boys with Dusty Springfield - What Have I Done To Deserve This (1 wk)

12/9/1987 M/A/R/R/S - Pump Up The Volume (5 wks)

17/10/1987 Bee Gees - You Win Again (2 wks)

31/10/1987 Scarlet Fantastic - No Memory (2 wks)

14/11/1987 Donna Summer - Dinner With Gershwin (1 wk)

21/11/1987 Eric Carmen - Hungry Eyes (2 wks)

5/12/1987 T'Pau - China In Your Hand (7 wks)

 

1988

 

23/1/1988 Pet Shop Boys - Always On My Mind (2 wks)

6/2/1988 Belinda Carlisle - Heaven Is A Place On Earth (2 wks)

20/2/1988 Pet Shop Boys - Always On My Mind (1 wk)

27/2/1988 Taylor Dayne - Tell It To My Heart (2 wks)

12/3/1988 Kylie Minogue - I Should Be So Lucky (2 wks)

26/3/1988 Eighth Wonder - I'm Not Scared (4 wks)

23/4/1988 Pet Shop Boys - Heart (1 wk)

30/4/1988 S Express - Theme From S Express (5 wks)

4/6/1988 Fairground Attraction - Perfect (1 wk)

11/6/1988 Timelords - Doctorin' The Tardis (1 wk)

18/6/1988 Sabrina - Boys (Summertime Love) (2 wks)

2/7/1988 Eurythmics - You Have Placed A Chill In My Heart (3 wks)

23/7/1988 Kim Wilde - You Came (5 wks)

27/8/1988 Yazz & The Plastic Population - The Only Way Is Up (2 wks)

10/9/1988 Brother Beyond - The Harder I Try (1 wk)

17/9/1988 Jane Wiedlin - Rush Hour (2 wks)

1/10/1988 Erasure - A Little Respect (2 wks)

15/10/1988 We Papa Girl Rappers - Wee Rule (2 wks)

29/10/1988 Enya - Orinco Flow (1 wk)

5/11/1988 Kylie Minogue - Je Ne Sais Pas Pourquoi (3 wks)

26/11/1988 Inxs - Need You Tonight (2 wks)

10/12/1988 Kylie Minogue & Jason Donovan - Especially For You (3 wks)

31/12/1988 Neneh Cherry - Buffalo Stance (3 wks)

 

1989

 

21/1/1989 Kim Wilde - Four Letter Word (1 wk)

28/1/1989 Will To Power - Baby I Love Your Way - Freebird (3 wks)

18/2/1989 Ten City - That's The Way Love Is (4 wks)

18/3/1989 Dusty Springfield - Nothing Has Been Proved (2 wks)

1/4/1989 Jason Donovan - Too Many Broken Hearts (1 wk)

8/4/1989 Donna Summer - This Time I Know It's For Real (4 wks)

6/5/1989 Kon Kan - I Beg Your Pardon (2 wks)

20/5/1989 Kylie Minogue - Hand On Your Heart (3 wks)

10/6/1989 Beautiful South - Song For Whoever (3 wks)

1/7/1989 We've Got A Fuzzbox And We're Gonna Use It - Pink Sunshine (1 wk)

8/7/1989 Soul II Soul - Back To Life (However Do You Want Me) (2 wks)

22/7/1989 Sonia - You'll Never Stop Me Loving You (2 wks)

5/8/1989 Lil Louis - French Kiss (2 wks)

19/8/1989 Liza Minnelli - Losing My Mind (3 wks)

9/9/1989 Starlight - Numero Uno (1 wk)

16/9/1989 Black Box - Ride On Time (6 wks)

28/10/1989 Belinda Carlisle - Leave A Light On (1 wk)

4/11/1989 Deborah Harry - I Want That Man (2 wks)

18/11/1989 Kaoma - Lambada (3 wks)

9/12/1989 Jeff Wayne - Eve Of The War (Ben Liebrand Remix) (1 wk)

16/12/1989 Stone Roses - Fools Gold (1 wk)

23/12/1989 Electronic - Getting Away With It (4 wks)

 

Hi AH,

 

great choices, and incredibly some classics which didnt quite top my charts like MARRS.

 

1987: Ben E King, PSB's/Dusty, Bee Gees hit my no.1

1988: PSB's, Taylor Dayne, PSB's again, S Express, Kim Wilde, hit my no.1 many hit 2

1989: Kim Wilde, Dusty, Donna, peaked at 1....

 

cheers!

john

1988

 

23/1/1988 Pet Shop Boys - Always On My Mind (2 wks)

27/2/1988 Taylor Dayne - Tell It To My Heart (2 wks)

26/3/1988 Eighth Wonder - I'm Not Scared (4 wks)

23/4/1988 Pet Shop Boys - Heart (1 wk)

30/4/1988 S Express - Theme From S Express (5 wks)

11/6/1988 Timelords - Doctorin' The Tardis (1 wk)

2/7/1988 Eurythmics - You Have Placed A Chill In My Heart (3 wks)

23/7/1988 Kim Wilde - You Came (5 wks)

27/8/1988 Yazz & The Plastic Population - The Only Way Is Up (2 wks)

10/9/1988 Brother Beyond - The Harder I Try (1 wk)

17/9/1988 Jane Wiedlin - Rush Hour (2 wks)

1/10/1988 Erasure - A Little Respect (2 wks)

29/10/1988 Enya - Orinco Flow (1 wk)

26/11/1988 Inxs - Need You Tonight (2 wks)

31/12/1988 Neneh Cherry - Buffalo Stance (3 wks)

 

What a great set of songs