Tuesday, July 31, 2018

An Old Man Abroad: UKT40 July 16, 1988 Part One

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July 1988.  Rising star Paul Gascoigne transfers from Newcastle to Tottenham Hotspur for a record £2.2 million.  And these forty singles wer...
Thursday, July 26, 2018

An Old Man Abroad: UKT40 July 7, 1979 Part Two

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The rest. 20 - “Maybe,” Thom Pace Idaho singer Pace had his one shining moment with this theme to the The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams...
Thursday, July 19, 2018

An Old Man Abroad: UKT40 July 7, 1979

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July 1979. Britain grants independence to the Gilbert Islands in Micronesia, which then become the Republic of Kiribati.  None of the new na...
Sunday, July 15, 2018

...And as Years Go By: CT50 July 14, 1984

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The summer of 1984. In Canada, it contained the entire Prime Ministerial reign of John Turner before  his humbling by Brian Mulroney in Sept...
Tuesday, July 3, 2018

The Old Man’s Ultimate 70s Uneasy Rider Tournament: Round 1, Part Five

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The fifth set of first round matchups for our playoff of oddness.  Mostly children and animals. THE BEEF CHOW MEIN AND RED ROSES BOWL “We...
Tuesday, June 26, 2018

An Old Man Abroad: UKT40 June 9, 1984 Part Two

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Second half. 20 - “Break Dance Party,” Break Machine This was the second Top Ten from Village People producer Jacques Morali’s effort to ...
Wednesday, June 20, 2018

An Old Man Abroad: UKT40 June 9,1984 Part One

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June 1984.  A record number of Britons are unemployed, over 3.2 million.  And I’m not sure if that number included the thousands of coal min...