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News This Week
1982 – Michael Jackson’s second solo album, Thriller is released worldwide. It will become the best-selling record album in history.
The album was one of the first to use music videos as successful promotional tools—the videos for “Thriller”, “Billie Jean”, and “Beat It” all received regular rotation on MTV.
1984 – NASA conducts the Controlled Impact Demonstration, where an airliner is deliberately crashed in order to test technologies and gather data to help improve survivability of crashes.
1988 – Benazir Bhutto is sworn in as Prime Minister of Pakistan, becoming the first woman to head the government of an Islam-dominated state.
SONGS PLAYED
Style Council – Shout to the Top
Hue & Cry – Looking For Linda
Cher – If I Could Turn Back Time
Living in a Box – Blow The House Down
Michael Jackson – Thriller
O.M.D – Locomotion
UB40 – Sing Our Own Song
De La Soul – Say No Go
S’Express – Hey Music Lover
The Vapors – Turning Japanese
The Specials – Do Nothing
Janet Jackson – What Have You Done For Me Lately
Cameo – Word Up
The Beautiful South – Song For Whoever
Feargal Sharkey – You Little Thief
A-Ha – Take On Me
Simple Minds – Alive and Kicking
Soft Cell – Tainted Love
Peter Gabriel – Sledgehammer
Eurythmics – Who’s That Girl?
Men at Work – Down Under
Abba – Super Trouper
Billy Joel – Uptown Girl
Wham – I’m Your Man
Bananarama – Venus
Human League – Human
Duran Duran – Is There Something I Should Know