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- Mar 15, 2021
- 4 min
This Week In 1981: March 15, 1981
As I write this, massive Women's March 4 Justice protests are occuring around Australia demanding "an end to the issues of sexism,...

- Mar 8, 2021
- 4 min
This Week In 1981: March 8, 1981
Last week, we saw dandy highwayman Adam Ant make his Australian top 50 debut, and this week in 1981, there were new entries from another...

- Mar 1, 2021
- 4 min
This Week In 1981: March 1, 1981
The new decade might have started in 1980, but it took a while for music to move beyond the sounds that had defined the late '70s,...

- Feb 22, 2021
- 4 min
This Week In 1981: February 22, 1981
French musicians haven't ventured towards the top of the Australian singles chart that often. And over the years, those that have been...

- Feb 15, 2021
- 3 min
This Week In 1981: February 15, 1981
Mi-Sex had done it in 1979 as had Split Enz in 1980, and in 1981, another band from New Zealand made it a hat-trick by going all the way...

- Feb 8, 2021
- 4 min
This Week In 1981: February 8, 1981
From "Do Wah Diddy Diddy" to "Blue (Da Ba Dee)", and "Scatman (Ski-Ba-Bop-Ba-Dop-Bop)" to "La La La", music history is littered with...

- Feb 1, 2021
- 4 min
This Week In 1981: February 1, 1981
Anyone who grew up with an older sibling will no doubt have had their taste in music influenced by them to some extent. That was...

- Jan 25, 2021
- 4 min
This Week In 1981: January 25, 1981
There's a big difference between a covers band (think The Beatnix, Björn Again) and a band that has its biggest hits with remakes...

- Jan 18, 2021
- 4 min
This Week In 1981: January 18, 1981
I'm sure I've mentioned this before — I'm nearing 700 posts, so it's likely — but I have many best of CDs in my collection that I bought...

- Jan 11, 2021
- 4 min
This Week In 1981: January 11, 1981
How many bands from Tasmania can you name? Serious question, because I could only think of two: The Innocents, who we saw miss the top 50...