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On the last show of the month I always play DOUBLES! That’s two songs from each artist back-to-back.

NEWS THIS WEEK
1983: British drivers ordered to belt up. Drivers and front seat passengers must wear seatbelts under a new law which came into force at midnight. Figures showed 90% of front-seat passengers began routinely wearing seat belts after it became compulsory. In 1991 it became compulsory for adults to belt up in the back seat.

1984 – Pop singer Michael Jackson suffers second degree burns to his scalp during the filming of a Pepsi commercial in the Shrine Auditorium when the pyrotechnics accidentally set his hair on fire. Pepsi made a $1.5million compensation payment, which Jackson donated to a Californian medical centre, who later named a burns treatment wing in his honour.

SONGS PLAYED

Hall & Oates – Family Man. Maneater
The Housemartins – Happy Hour, Caravan of Love
The Smiths – Heaven Knows I’m Miserable Now, How Soon Is Now
Bryan Ferry – Is Your Love Strong Enough?, Slave To Love
Modern Romance – Best Years of Our Lives, High Life
Prince & the Revolution – Purple Rain, Raspberry Beret
Whitney Houston – Saving All My Love for You, Love Will Save the Day
Swing Out Sister – Breakout, Surrender
Squeeze – Another Nail In My Heart, Labelled With Love
A-Ha – The Sun Always Shines On TV, The Living Daylights
Michael Jackson – Beat It, Leave Me Alone
David Bowie – Loving The Alien, This Is Not America
John Lennon – (Just Like) Starting Over, Nobody Told Me
The Style Council – Have You Ever Had It Blue, Walls Come Tumbling Down
Ultravox – Dancing With Tears In My Eyes, We Came To Dance