tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88427682011-11-28T01:31:34.055+01:00Ever heard: "That was better before..." Ever wonder what singers from the eighties became? Do you remember Kajagoogoo, Culture Club, Tears for Fears, ABC, Spandau Ballet, Nick Kershaw, Howard Jones, Duran Duran, Human League, Madness, New Order ??? Well, this blog will bring you back in the eighties, but will also try to find the follow-up of those (not so ancient) times. ;-)A.Bricteuxnoreply@blogger.comBlogger401100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8842768.post-16537480330910256662007-04-02T16:13:00.000+02:002007-04-22T16:28:56.114+02:00

In U.K, at the end of march 1987, it were the nice looking sisters Mel and Kim that got us dancing with their hit "Respectable".But behind their success it's mainly their producers' success: Stock, Aitken and Waterman who marked the end of the eighties with several hits easily recognisable... They are the ones that will produce in 1988 the first hits from Kylie Minogue, Jason Donovan, Rick Astley

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In the U.S., the last 2 weeks of march 1987, we discovered "Lean on Me" of Club Nouveau... This band made such a "career" that I was unable to find back their video... Though, I've found some "home-made" video on youTube using that song as sounddtrack... Don't ask me, who thos people are, I don't know but "thanks to them" we're now able to listen to that song again... and I'm quite sure, you'll

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On 14th march 1987 in the U.S., it's Huey Lewis & the News who reached the first place with "Jacobs Ladder". Well, ok, I know I'm too late to publish that post... but 20 years later, 1 week too late doesn't matter anymore, does it? Well, then quickly watch the video:This californian band is probably much more successfull there in the U.S. than on this side of the ocean, and to be honest I don't

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On 10th march 1987 in U.K. Ben E.King finally left his first place to the advantage of Boy George and his song "Everything I Own".Well, when I say HIS song... actually it's a cover. The original version of the song was written by David Gates who sang it with his band Bread in 1972... This song already reached the 5th place on the famous American Billboard Hit100.Since then, this song was sung

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I'm sorry for letting you without news for several days, but february 1987 was not a very active month regarding number ones in the U.K. and U.S. music charts... In U.K., Ben E. King stayed 3 weeks number one and in the U.S. it's even "worst" as Bon Jovi stayed 4 weeks at first place!So, today I decided to let you know what was number one hit in... France! Why? First, because I'm a

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In the United-States, only a week after having reached the top, Madonna has to leave her place to Bon Jovi and their hit "Livin on a Prayer". Don't laugh when you'll watch the video, at that time it was very "rock'n roll" to have long hair with "permanent wave"! Remember, the same kind of look was also the one used by Europe and their "Final Countdown"... :-))"Permanent waves" or not, this song

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It's no surprise that on Valentine's Day's week, it's a great love song that reached the top of the U.K. music charts! What might be a bit more amazing, is that it's not a new song but a pretty old one as its original release dates from 1961 or more than 25 years sooner! This song is Ben E. King's "Stand by Me".So, how this song that already reached the U.S. top 10 in 1961, did to reach the top

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First week of february in 1987, in the U.S., it's Madonna that reached the top of the charts with her song "Open Your Heart" that entered the charts end of '86. This song is the third realeased as a single from her album "True Blue" right after "Papa don't preach" and "True Blue". The video, filmed by the famous french director Jean-Baptiste Mondino, was nominated 3 times at the MTV Video Music

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What's happening when a popstar sings a duet with a soul music living legend? Well, that produces a legendary hit for sure! That's what happened in UK first week of february 1987 with Aretha Franklin and George Michael's "I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)" .Though Aretha Franklin seems to be a bigger music legend than George Michael (everyone probably knows her biggest hit "Respect"), this duet

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In 1987, number 1 this week in the US charts was Billy Vera and the Beaters with the song "At this Moment". Don't ask me what it was, I have no clue! But here is a live version of it:YouTube was forced by MTV to remove its video, so the only video I found is one sung by Tom Jones and actually that's at least as good! Click the following link to watch it:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=

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Last week in januray '87 and first week in february '87, Steve "Silk" Hurley was number one in UK charts... Who? Steve "Silk" Hurley and his hit "Jack Your Body". The best is probably to watch the sample below to see if it's remind you something...Even if this song might appear insignificant, that was quite a "revolution" as it was the first "house" song to reach the top of the charts and this

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YouTube is really amazing! It really looks like all the greatest hits from the eighties can be found there... I've updated all my old posts to add the videos I was talking about. I've added around 15 of them and I've really had a good time watching and listen to those! I hope you'll enjoy the ride too... and from now on, I'm looking forward to help you remember number ones from 1987!

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Soooooooooooo I'm finally back to this blog more than a year after my last post!What happened during that year... well, lot of things of course, but there are 2 things that make me coming back to this blog:- The new and improved Blogger version.- The ability to post YouTube videos on this blog.Those 2 things should greatly improved this blog, our memory might forget some songs or videos but it

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Though the biggest hit from A-Ha is probably "Take on me" and its incredible video (I'm sure you remember this mix of drawnings and real images...), "The Sun Always Shines On TV" is certainly almost as well known by all people tha thad ears during the 80's! :-)This song reached the first place in UK charts in January 1986 and reached the #20 in US charts, which is quite good for a norwegian band!!

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Please accept my apologies for having not posted more updates lately... I have several excuses, but who cares? We're not here to talk about me are we?!? ;-)During the elapsed time, I've missed to talk about the following hits :Whitney Houston's "Saving All My Love for You" #1 in UK on 8th december '85Shakin's Stevens' "Merry Christmas Everyone" #1 in UK on 22d december '85Pet Shop Boys' "West End

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I want to wish you all and your loved onesAll the best things for 2006!!!May this year be a great year That we'll still remember in 20 years from now! ;-) Note that starting today, those of you that would like to post a comment will have to use a password. I've had no other choice than to use that tool to stop the automatically generated comments that was regularly posted on my blogs... I hope

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In the United-States, december 1985 started with a new number one on the top of their music charts... It was Mr.Mister with their song "Broken Wings".They stayed number one only 1 week and they did not produce a lot of hits during the band 5 years long existence. During that short career they edited 3 albums... The first one was "I Wear the Face" and contained no real success..."Broken Wings" was

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"Seperate lives" from Phil Collins ?!? Was that a n°1 hit? Yes, 20 years ago it was n°1 in the United-States! I guess that for once, Belgium was really too far away from the States, because I can hardly remember that song ever reached Europe! :-)I'm almost sorry to have to talk about that song for the first time that I'm talking about Phil Collins on this blog! Though I'm not a real Phil Collins'

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Today, back to London where Feargal is not the charts' leader anymore, but they needed to be two to replace him... They? I'm talking about Wham! that reached n°1 in the UK charts with their hit single "I'm your man".Wham! it's of course (are you an eighties music fan or not?!?) George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley. I've already talked about them in that post, so just click if you don't remember! ;-

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Ok, let's see for once what was n°1 in the US charts...while Feargal Sharkey was entertaining the UK...In November 1985...yes that's 20 years ago! ;-)... the number one song was "We Built This City" by Jefferson Starship, also known as Starship alone... Starship is a band formed by Paul Kantner who previously built the band Jefferson Airplane. So for his second band, he kept the name Jefferson,

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On 10th November 1985 (yes, 20 years ago...) Feargal Sharkey reached the first place in UK charts with his song called "Good Heart". Too bad for Feargal, that song will be his first but also almost his lonely hit ever...So, how come that a new singer with a new song made such a success? Well, actually Feargal Sharkey had already had some success with the irish punk-pop band The Undertones. But

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Ok, back to work! ;-)Twenty years ago the N°1 in UK hits was "The Power of Love" performed by Jennifer Rush.This is for sure the biggest hit of Jennifer Rush. It stayed number one in the UK charts for more than 1 month long! This was the first single by a female soloist to sell a million copies in the UK, and is among the UK's best-selling singles of all-time!Too bad for Jennifer, she didn't hit

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Ok, I'm deeply sorry, there are still no news on this blog!And this lasts since ?... Months already!!! :-(I know you're visiting my blog and I'm feeling guilty for not offering you better information about the music that we all like: 80's music ! As explained in my previous post, I'm now building a website to talk about what your favourite singers or bands from the 80's are doing nowadays! What

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The less I can say is: time flies! Maybe you thought I found a Time Travel Machine and went back to the eighties? :-)Well, too bad I did not find it yet! I'm still alive and I still love music from the eighties. 80's songs are still amongst the one I prefer and I know I'm not the only one to think that way... I've seen that despite my lack of update, this blog was still receiving several visits

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George who? Hehe, just kidding... ;-)If you did not spent your last 20 years in a bunker without radio and television, I guess I don't need to tell you who George Michael is! Just a quick note on him today to let you know that on 10th februray 1985, George Michael's hit "Careless Whisper" finally crossed the ocean and hit the number one position in US charts... In UK, this song hit the first

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Today, I want to talk about Kenny Rogers. I think that anybody in the US knows who he is. Kenny Rogers is a monument in US music's history! He's also well known all over the world, but probably far less, because the country music is, for instance, not so popular in Europe (where I'm from)... I have to say to be honest that I do know his name and I even know his face, but I could hardly sing one

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On 3rd February 1985, Elaine Paige and Barbara Dickson reached the first place in the UK charts with the song "'I know him so well'"... That's a fact, but to be honest, when I read that I thought "I know them so few" !!! ;-)But maybe I should be ashamed for not knowing them, because this song is even in the Guinness Book of Records as the biggest-selling record by a female duo! Impressive, isn't

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22d January 1985 (ooops sorry, I'm a week late!) is a great day for UK's charts... Why? Because at last, the Band Aid is not number one anymore!!! ;-)So, who managed to take the place of a band of 20 top pop-rock musicians? Well, it took 6 musicians called Foreigner and their hit single: "I Want to Know What Love Is". This song is coming from their fifth album "Agent Provocateur" (let alone the

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Hi all bloggers around! I'm sure you'd like to receive more visitors on your blog, who wouldn't... Here is a brand new service offer to you: BlogAzoo This service works like usual traffic exchanges but this is exclusively for blogs.Note for those who don't know what a traffic exchange is:It's a program which allows you to earn real visitors to your blog by visiting others' blogs. This service

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Hey all! I can't believe I let you 20 days without any updates!!! "Shame on you!" should you say... Yeah, you're right! I have to admit I was a bit lazy during these holiday times, but believe it or not, back in 1985, nothing moved in the UK charts during this period! As I already told you, "Do They Know it's Christmas?" stayed number one for 4 months!!! I'm glad this year's cover is not going

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HAPPY NEW YEAR !!! I wish you all the best for the New Year. May 2005 bring you everything you need and everything you wish. Let's hope music in 2005 will be good enough to appear in my blog in 20 years from now... Come back here in several days to see who reached the first places in the 1985's charts, but for now let's celebrate the New Year!!!

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Ok, I told you than in UK charts nothing moved at the first place during 4 months... But, Americans were luckier as they welcomed on their charts' first place the one and only Luise Veronica Ciccone worlwide known as Madonna!Well, for this one I guess there is no need to tell you what she became since then... so, what I could do is maybe refresh your memory a bit...Madonna's debut LP, "Madonna"

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Sorry, I've been sooo long to update my blog, but you'll see why this is not so "urgent" to update it... Unless you are less than 20 years old, you can't have forgotten this hit from 1984: the Band Aid's "Do They Know It's Christmas?". This song was played so many times on radios during 4 months(!!!) and still is during each Christmas period that I'm sure all of you could sing it right away! What

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Yesterday, I told you who was on UK charts' first place... Today, I'm going to talk about the ones that reached the first place in US charts 20 years ago... It was Hall & Oates with the song "Out of Touch".Hall & Oates' duet was formed in the 70's already but their biggest hits songs are part of the 80's history. To be honest, before doing some searches on them, I did not clearly remember what

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Already a week has passed, and I gave you no information... I'm very sorry! :-(Here is the method I will use to know who I'm going to talk about: I'll check who was N°1 in the charts 20 years ago in the UK and the US.So, this week back in 1984, the number one in the UK was Frankie Goes to Hollywood with "The Power of Love". This song is probably one of their biggest hits just after their famous "

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Hi all, This is my first post and I want to welcome warmly all of you! ;-) I guess you found this blog because you like 80's music, so do I! When listening "old" good songs from the eighties, I'm often wondering: "What the hell happened to that singer/band? They used to be so popular?" Well, now I decided I would not just threw those questions in the air, but I will investigate to find out the

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