Wednesday, October 24, 2018

...And as Years Go By: CT50 October 6, 1990

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Fall 1990 in Canada.  Prime Minister Brian Mulroney pushed through the unpopular Goods and Services Tax (GST).  This may have been the first...
Saturday, October 13, 2018

An Old Man Abroad: UKT40 October 1. 1983 Part Two

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Concluding. 20 - “What am I Gonna Do (I’m So in Love with You)” Rod Stewart  Rod’s fifteenth Top Five was this pop-rocker on which he com...
Sunday, October 7, 2018

An Old Man Abroad: UKT40 October 1, 1983 Part One

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October 1983.  Britain’s Labour Party select a new leader, Neil Kinnock, in the hopes that he can lead them to victory over the Tories.  Fou...
Thursday, October 4, 2018

An Old Man Abroad: UKT40 September 17, 1994 Part Two

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Endgame. 20 - “Parklife,” Blur The Britpop leading lights scored their third, and possibly defining, Top Ten, with this jangly pop-rocker...
Friday, September 28, 2018

An Old Man Abroad: UKT40 September 17, 1994 Part One

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September 1994.  In Britain...um...three London Underground stations were about to close.  That’s something.  Is the chart more interesting?...
Sunday, September 23, 2018

The Old Man’s Ultimate 70s Uneasy Rider Tournament: Round One, Part 7

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Our penultimate group has a lot of songs about music and the record biz, plus some topical-at-the-time hits. THE HELL OF A BAND BOWL “Roc...
Sunday, September 16, 2018

An Old Man Abroad: UKT40 September 1, 1979 Part Two

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The rest of it. 20 - “Cars,” Gary Numan Two months after topping the charts with Tubeway Army, Numan was on his own and on the way to the...