Old Man Yells at Music

Late spring 1980. Britain enters a recession, but the bands, as always, play on.  And these were the hits. 40 - "Body Language,"...

Finishing off our trip to Spring of '87 in the U.K.  A time when Everton won what was then known as the First Division of football, and ...

40 - "Shattered Dreams," Johnny Hates Jazz Transatlantic Top Five for these Londoners.  Didn't hit #1, unlike singer Clark D...

Completion, 20 - "Just What I Needed," The Cars The Boston New Wavers' first single scored across the pond as well as at h...

April 1979.  The Kingdom was in the midst of the election campaign that would bring Margaret Thatcher to power.  Though I don't feel tha...

And now, 1994.  On the date of this chart, Europe's first invert roller coaster, Nemesis, opened at the Alton Towers theme park in Staff...

Here's the other part. 20 - "Things Can Only Get Better," D:Ream The second and most successful of three chart runs for thi...