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This Week In 1986: December 28, 1986
Before Big Day Out, there was Australian Made. This week in 1986, some of the biggest homegrown acts were making their way around the...
Dec 28, 20167 min read
This Week In 1986: December 21, 1986
It didn't happen often — especially compared to the UK chart — but when a former hit song was re-released and returned to the Australian...
Dec 21, 20163 min read
This Week In 1986: December 14, 1986
It's funny how so often the songs that are basically afterthoughts end up defining an artist's music career. A song that's dashed off in 10 minutes becomes a monster hit, a cover version eclipses any of the act's original songs or a last-minute addition to an album turns out to be the best-selling single lifted from it. "Walk Like An Egyptian" would turn out to be a double-edged sword for The Bangles This week in 1986, two singles debuted on the ARIA top 50 that would be amon
Dec 14, 20166 min read
This Week In 1986: December 7, 1986
A few months earlier, Bananarama had taken a former number 1 hit, "Venus" by Shocking Blue, back to the top of the chart for seven weeks....
Dec 7, 20165 min read
This Week In 1986: November 30, 1986
When a band takes a break, those that actually end up making a comeback are invariably changed when they return. That was never more the...
Nov 30, 20165 min read
This Week In 1986: November 23, 1986
As great as it is when artists move with the times and develop their sound and/or image, it's sometimes nice to be able to rely on those...
Nov 23, 20165 min read
