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Last week I concentrated on the early 80’s, so this week I just played songs from 1985-1989.
The biggest British musical event of 1985 was the Live Aid concert in London’s Wembley Stadium on 13 July. Held to follow-up the previous year’s charity record “Do They Know It’s Christmas?”, the biggest selling single ever at the time, popular acts such as The Who, U2 and Queen performed in front of an estimated audience of 1.9 billion viewers.
The first number 1 single of 1986 was the breakthrough hit for London synthpop duo the Pet Shop Boys. Their song “West End Girls” had climbed the charts during late 1985 and reached number 1 for two weeks in January.
The teen-sensations of 1988, Bros, lost momentum and a band member in 1989, so a new boyband took their title and from the USA came New Kids on the Block and they soon became the latest pop sensations in Britain.
SONGS PLAYED
Peter Gabriel – Sledgehammer
T’Pau – Heart and Soul
Terence Trent D’arby – Dance Little Sister
Sister Sledge – Frankie
Starship – We Built This City
Aretha Franklin – Who’s Zoomin’ Who
Pet Shop Boys – West End Girls
Janet Jackson – What Have You Done For Me Lately
Eurythmics – Missionary Man
Roachford – Cuddly Toy
Transvission Vamp – I Want Your Love
Bananarama – Love In the First Degree
The Blow Monkeys – It Doesn’t Have to be this Way
Guns n Roses – Sweet Child O’ Mine
New Kids on the Block – Hangin Tough
Sydney Youngblood – If Only I Could
Bon Jovi – Lay Your Hands On Me
Gloria Estefan – 1-2-3
Erasure – Ship of Fools
Sting – Englishman In New York
INXS – Never Tear Us Apart
Jimmy Nail – Love Don’t Live Here Anymore
ABC – When Smokey Sings
Michael Jackson – Bad
Texas – Everyday Now
Fine Young Cannibals – She Drives Me Crazy
Adeva – Warning!
