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80’s NEWS THIS WEEK
1983 – Richard Attenborough’s film Gandhi won eight Academy Awards including Best Picture. Richard Attenborough won for Best Director, and Ben Kingsley won for Best Actor. The film covers Gandhi’s life from a defining moment in 1893, as he is thrown off a South African train for being in a whites-only compartment, and concludes with his assassination and funeral in 1948.
Over 300,000 extras were used in the funeral scene, the most for any film according to Guinness World Records
1987 – Arsenal won the Football League Cup for the first time in their history with a 2-1 win over Liverpool, earning them their first major trophy since 1979. Charlie Nicholas scores both of Arsenal’s goals.
Liverpool are the most successful club in the history of the tournament with a total of eight wins.
SONGS PLAYED
Stevie Wonder – Part Time Lover
Journey – Don’t Stop Believin’
UB40 – Food for Thought
Madonna – Papa Don’t Preach
Jim Diamond – I Should Have Known Better
Shalamar – Over & Over
Debbie Harry – French Kissin’ in the USA
New Kids on the Block – You Got It (The Right Stuff)
Cameo – Word Up
Paula Abdul – Opposites Attract
It’s Immaterial – Driving Away From Home
Billy Idol – White Wedding
Eurythmics – Thorn in my Side
Everything But The Girl – I Don’t Want to Talk About It
David Bowie – Let’s Dance
Pet Shop Boys – Heart
Duran Duran – Notorious
Lionel Richie – Dancing on the Ceiling
a-ha – I’ve Been Losing You
Lisa Stansfield – All Around the World
Propaganda – Duel
Hot Chocolate – No Doubt About It
Boy Meets Girl – Waiting for a Star to Fall
Culture Club – Do You Really Want to Hurt Me
Talk Talk – Life’s What You Make It
Gary Numan – We Are Glass
Nik Kershaw – Wouldn’t It Be Good
Michael Jackson – Dirty Diana
