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This Week In 1993: February 21, 1993
A cappella singles don't come around that often, but when they do, they tend to have mixed fortunes on the Australian chart. For every "Caravan Of Love" or "Don't Worry Be Happy" , there was a single like The Flying Pickets' remake of Yazoo's "Only You" , which reached number 1 in the UK but flopped here. Shai weren't shy about showing off their vocal prowess This week in 1993, a brand new vocal harmony group landed themselves a big hit with a song that, in its best version
Feb 21, 20185 min read
This Week In 1993: February 14, 1993
Yep, here I go again. This week's ARIA top 50 from 1993 allows me to once again talk about my favourite chart topic: one-hit wonders. Both of the new entries on the chart are the second hits by acts frequently considered to have only been successful once. The singles that prevented Billy Ray Cyrus and Sonia Dada from becoming one-hit wonders In one case, I'll concede it's fair enough to disregard the relatively minor follow-up to 1992's highest-selling single , but in the oth
Feb 14, 20184 min read
This Week In 1993: February 7, 1993
What do "High" by The Cure, "Metropolis" by The Church and Duran Duran's "The Wild Boys" have in common? They're all, somewhat...
Feb 7, 20183 min read
This Week In 1993: January 31, 1993
It seemed like the perfect recipe for TV success — pretty twentysomethings + angsty pop/rock + primetime drama = ratings gold. But for...
Jan 31, 20184 min read
This Week In 1993: January 24, 1993
Having seen what New Kids On The Block had achieved around the world as the '80s became the '90s, British record companies wanted in on...
Jan 24, 20185 min read
This Week In 1993: January 17, 1993
By this point in 1993, American R&B hits were more readily snapped up by Australian music fans than they had been just a few years...
Jan 17, 20183 min read
