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- Aug 9, 2020
- 4 min
This Week In 1980: August 10, 1980
The Olympic Games have always been a big deal in Australia, with the nation stopping for certain medal events and taking particular pride...
- Aug 2, 2020
- 3 min
This Week In 1980: August 3, 1980
Some artists are lucky to have a hit at all, while others visit the top 50 multiple times. And sometimes, a performer will be successful...
- Jul 26, 2020
- 4 min
This Week In 1980: July 27, 1980
Sometimes even the most floundering of careers can get right back on track with one hit single — all it takes is the right song at the...
- Jul 19, 2020
- 3 min
This Week In 1980: July 20, 1980
Sometimes a great soundtrack single can do wonders for an average film — especially in the '80s when movie songs were big business and...
- Jul 12, 2020
- 3 min
This Week In 1980: July 13, 1980
As much as I love pure pop, synthpop, R&B and dance music, I also have plenty of time for pop/rock groups. That was especially the case...
- Jul 5, 2020
- 5 min
This Week In 1980: July 6, 1980
Plenty of music acts gain a devoted following — in recent years, everyone from One Direction to Beyoncé has had a fanbase with a cute...
- Jun 28, 2020
- 2 min
This Week In 1980: June 29, 1980
We've reached the halfway point of our look back at the Australian singles chart of 1980. And to mark the occasion... a pretty dull chart...
- Jun 21, 2020
- 4 min
This Week In 1980: June 22, 1980
A couple of months earlier, disco seemed to be on its last legs, but it's not over until the fat lady sings. Or a group of six men in...
- Jun 14, 2020
- 4 min
This Week In 1980: June 15, 1980
Australia had plenty of successful rock bands in 1980, but with the rise of synthpop and new wave, a new breed of local groups started to...
- Jun 7, 2020
- 3 min
This Week In 1980: June 8, 1980
From Dragon and Mi-Sex to Sharon O'Neill and Jenny Morris, many bands and singers from New Zealand have made their way across the Tasman...
- May 31, 2020
- 3 min
This Week In 1980: June 1, 1980
There are some acts you wish would be more successful, and others where it's a blessing they haven't had more hits. This week in 1980,...
- May 24, 2020
- 2 min
This Week In 1980: May 25, 1980
It had to happen eventually. After weeks of seeing loads of classic tracks debut on the Australian singles top 50 from 1980, we've...
- May 17, 2020
- 4 min
This Week In 1980: May 18, 1980
So far in our trip back to the Australian singles chart of 1980, we've seen one-hit wonders Player [1] and Fiddler's Dram — two acts that...
- May 10, 2020
- 3 min
This Week In 1980: May 11, 1980
I recently posted a video of my favourite Australian bands of the 1980s on the Chart Beats Facebook page, and someone noted the absence...
- May 3, 2020
- 3 min
This Week In 1980: May 4, 1980
It's hard to think of a genre in music as divisive as disco. How many other types of music have had calls for it to be killed off? By...
- Apr 26, 2020
- 3 min
This Week In 1980: April 27, 1980
When is a one-hit wonder not a one-hit wonder? When they actually had a second huge hit that often gets forgetten about. This week in...
- Apr 19, 2020
- 4 min
This Week In 1980: April 20, 1980
As much as I've always tried to keep on top of what's going on in music, it wasn't easy in the 1980s, especially when I was very young....
- Apr 12, 2020
- 3 min
This Week In 1980: April 13, 1980
In my 1995 flashbacks, we recently saw that despite going on to become one of this country's defining musical moments, Christine Anu's...
- Apr 5, 2020
- 3 min
This Week In 1980: April 6, 1980
Unless you happen to perform with your significant other (Sonny & Cher, Captain & Tennille) or record songs with them (Kylie Minogue and...
- Mar 29, 2020
- 3 min
This Week In 1980: March 30, 1980
Every so often, a band comes along that is unlike any other. Like this week in 1980, when a new wave group from the US broke into the...