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Monday, May 29, 2017

GATW: UKT40 June 1, 1980

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Late spring 1980. Britain enters a recession, but the bands, as always, play on.  And these were the hits. 40 - "Body Language,"...
Thursday, May 18, 2017

GATW: UKT40 May 2, 1987 Part Two

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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 ...
Saturday, May 6, 2017

GATW: UKT40 May 2, 1987

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40 - "Shattered Dreams," Johnny Hates Jazz Transatlantic Top Five for these Londoners.  Didn't hit #1, unlike singer Clark D...
Thursday, April 20, 2017

GATW: UKT40 April 7, 1979

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Completion, 20 - "Just What I Needed," The Cars The Boston New Wavers' first single scored across the pond as well as at h...
Thursday, April 13, 2017

GATW: UKT40 April 7, 1979

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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...
Saturday, March 25, 2017

GATW - UKT40 March 19, 1994 Part One

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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...

GATW: UKT40 March 19, 1994 Part Two

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