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Lots of requests this week for Gr8 80’s tunes! Michael Jackson, Bros, Adam and the Ants and Kim Wilde were favourites.

Top Ten best selling singles of the 80’s
10.”Come on Eileen” – Dexys Midnight Runners – 1,201,000 sales
9.”The Power of Love” – Jennifer Rush – 1,321,500 sales
8.”Careless Whisper” – George Michael – 1,366,000 sales
7.”Karma Chameleon” – Culture Club – 1,405,000 sales
6.”Last Christmas / Everything She Wants” – Wham! – 1,420,000 sales
5.”Don’t You Want Me” – The Human League – 1,430,000 sales
4.”Two Tribes” – Frankie Goes to Hollywood – 1,510,000 sales
3.”I Just Called to Say I Love You” – Stevie Wonder – 1,775,000 sales
2.”Relax” – Frankie Goes to Hollywood – 1,910,000 sales
1.”Do They Know It’s Christmas?” – Band Aid – 3,550,000 sales

News This week
1980 – Pope John Paul II shakes hands with the Dalai Lama during a private audience in Vatican City.
1981 – Abolition of capital punishment in France.
1986 – The musical The Phantom of the Opera has its first performance at Her Majesty’s Theatre in London.
1987 – The Great Storm of 1987 hits France and England.
Forests, parks, roads and railways were strewn with fallen trees, and the British National Grid suffered heavy damage, leaving thousands without power. At least 22 people were killed in England and France and a gust of 122 mph was recorded in Norfolk.

Best selling cars of the 80’s
3: Vauxhall Cavalier – 1,007,866 registered
Vauxhall and Ford have gone head-to-head at the top of the sales charts for longer than most people care to mention – but the 1980s is where this rivalry really took off. The most popular Vauxhall of the ’80s was the Cavalier,

2: Ford Fiesta – 1,273,689 registered
The British public took to the Ford Fiesta – introduced in 1976 – and since its first generation it’s been a regular fixture on the top ten sales chart.

1: Ford Escort – 1,607,999 registered
The Ford Escort may have been introduced in 1969 but it wasn’t until the 1980s that it took the number one sales spot. The ’80s saw two generations of Escort – the front-wheel drive Mk3 in 1980, followed by its face-lifted replacement, the Mk4 in 1986 – along with plenty of desirable models like the RS1600i to ensure desirability

SONGS PLAYED
Diana Ross – Chain Reaction
Kajagoogoo – Too Shy
Falco – Rock Me Amadeus
Kim Wilde – 1-2-3
Inner City – Big Fun
Neneh Cherry – Buffalo Stance
Dexy’s Midnight Runners – Come On Eileen
Frankie Goes To Hollywood – Two Tribes
John Farnham – You’re the Voice
David Bowie – Ashes to Ashes
Prefab Sprout – The King of Rock ‘N’ Roll
Rock Steady Crew – (Hey You) The Rock Steady Crew
The Beat – The Tears of a Clown
Skua – Whole New Place
Ian Dury – Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick
Adam and the Ants – Antmusic
Michael Jackson – Man In The Mirror
Bros – I Owe You Nothing
Duran Duran – Wild Boys
Rolling Stones – Harlem Shuffle
The Style Council – Shout to the Top
Kim Wilde – Kids in America
The Proclaimers – Letter From America
Dire Straits – Money For Nothing
Bronski Beat – Why
Queen – Another One Bites The Dust
Chaka Khan – I Feel For You

See you next week!