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- Oct 11, 2021
- 4 min
This Week In 1981: October 11, 1981
Recap of the Australian top 50 for the week ending October 11, 1981, including new entries from Royal Philharmonic Ochestra, Tubes and more.
- Jan 30, 2018
- 4 min
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 17, 2017
- 5 min
This Week In 1987: January 18, 1987
Welcome back to 1987. When I started this blog in mid-2012, I wrote my first posts about the ARIA charts from July 1987. Why? Well, it...
- Jul 14, 2015
- 4 min
This Week In 1985: July 14, 1985
This week in 1985, the global music industry united in an unprecedented show of force. The event: Live Aid, which I looked back at in a...
- Jul 13, 2015
- 7 min
Today In 1985: The Best of Live Aid
On Saturday July 13, 1985, the charity movement that had started with "Do They Know It's Christmas?" and "We Are The World" (which both...
- Nov 4, 2014
- 6 min
This Week In 1989: November 5, 1989
Originally posted as 25 Years Ago This Week in 2014. Updated in 2019. It was a good week for cover versions this week in 1989, with three...