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- Jan 5, 2016
- 6 min
This Week In 1991: January 6, 1991
Are we up to 1991 already? When I began this blog in 2012, looking back at the ARIA charts from July 1987, I never anticipated there'd be...
- Dec 21, 2015
- 9 min
This Week In 1985: December 22, 1985
Regular readers will be aware of my obsession with one-hit wonders and that extends to two-hit wonders as well — those acts that score...
- Dec 15, 2015
- 7 min
This Week In 1990: December 16, 1990
It's that time of year again — when the ARIA charts got ready to close down for the festive period. This week in 1990, the final top 50...
- Dec 14, 2015
- 2 min
This Week In 1985: December 15, 1985
It's hard enough to catch lightning in a bottle once, but to repeat the feat is nigh on impossible, as a pair of singers discovered this...
- Dec 8, 2015
- 5 min
This Week In 1990: December 9, 1990
What do Pseudo Echo, Wa Wa Nee, Midnight Oil and The Church all have in common? Despite a run of hits in Australia, they all only had one...
- Dec 7, 2015
- 5 min
This Week In 1985: December 8, 1985
This week in 1985, something happened on the Australian singles chart that had never happened before: a new release debuted at number 1....