Search
- Dec 28, 2020
- 7 min
This Week In 1980: December 28, 1980
There are few music acts that can legitimately claim to have the word "mania" tacked onto the end of the name. The Beatles are one. And...
- Dec 21, 2020
- 4 min
This Week In 1980: December 21, 1980
In 1990, Tina Arena and Dannii Minogue both reached the top 5 of the ARIA singles chart, but (unless I'm forgetting someone) you have to...
- Dec 14, 2020
- 3 min
This Week In 1980: December 14, 1980
Sometimes all it takes is a little patience. Twenty-two years' worth of patience. That's the amount of time between number 1 hits for the...
- Dec 7, 2020
- 4 min
This Week In 1980: December 7, 1980
We've reached the final month of my look back at the Australian singles chart from 1980. I'll be announcing my plans to cover 1981 (and...
- Nov 30, 2020
- 4 min
This Week In 1980: November 30, 1980
It was a major source of frustration for me how behind the times Australia was in the 1980s, with it routinely taking ages for overseas...
- Nov 23, 2020
- 4 min
This Week In 1980: November 23, 1980
As we've seen in our trips back to 1980, the first year of the decade was notable for many musical milestones and events. Then, in the...