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Aug 4, 20164 min read
This Week In 1991: August 4, 1991
A few weeks back, we saw on my 1986 recap how Kids In The Kitchen struggled with their second album. This week in 1991, another...
Jul 28, 20166 min read
This Week In 1991: July 28, 1991
There have been a number of musical collaborations between parents and children over the years. Frank and Nancy Sinatra on "Somethin'...
Jul 21, 20165 min read
This Week In 1991: July 21, 1991
Soundtrack hits were a chart staple during the 1980s, with many of the decade's biggest and best songs coming from movies. The 1990s saw...
Jul 14, 20166 min read
This Week In 1991: July 14, 1991
Last week, we saw that the key to continued success for a rock band in 1991 was to look forwards and not backwards — trying something new...
Jul 7, 20165 min read
This Week In 1991: July 7, 1991
New jack swing. Hip house. Grunge. Techno. With all the new genres infiltrating the top 50, how was an old fashioned pop/rock band...
Jun 30, 20163 min read
This Week In 1991: June 30, 1991
It's the oldest trick in the book — giving a song already readily available on an album a sprucing up for single release. Occasionally, a...
Jun 23, 20164 min read
This Week In 1991: June 23, 1991
If we're to take a lesson away from the new entries on the ARIA chart this week in 1991 it's this: if you leave a successful band for a...
Jun 16, 20164 min read
This Week In 1991: June 16, 1991
After the deluge of new entries over the previous two weeks — 16 in total! — it was inevitable that the ARIA top 50 singles chart would...
Jun 9, 20166 min read
This Week In 1991: June 9, 1991
Having observed the success that cast members from Neighbours and Home And Away had enjoyed on the ARIA singles chart over the past few...
Jun 2, 20166 min read
This Week In 1991: June 2, 1991
Sometimes I struggle to find a topic that neatly sums up what was happening on the ARIA chart in the late '80s or early '90s. Then, there...
May 26, 20164 min read
This Week In 1991: May 26, 1991
Ray Parker Jr vs Huey Lewis & The News. Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams vs Marvin Gaye's estate. Vanilla Ice vs Queen and David Bowie....
May 19, 20164 min read
This Week In 1991: May 19, 1991
It was a great week for rock bands with female singers this week in 1991, with three new entries on the ARIA singles chart coming from...
May 12, 20165 min read
This Week In 1991: May 12, 1991
When would it end? This week in 1991, the megamix craze that had resulted in a string of chart hits since the late '80s produced its...
May 5, 20165 min read
This Week In 1991: May 5, 1991
It might be stating the obvious, but a lot can change in a couple of decades. In 1991, one of the artists making their top 50 debut on...
Apr 28, 20164 min read
This Week In 1991: April 28, 1991
Having back-to-back number 1 hits is not unusual — plenty of acts have done it over the years. An artist having two consecutive number 1...
Apr 21, 20164 min read
This Week In 1991: April 21, 1991
Some artists make a huge splash with their debut single (and then sometimes struggle to live up to it), while others take a while to...
Apr 14, 20165 min read
This Week In 1991: April 14, 1991
As great as it was that Australia was so readily embracing dance music by 1991, it was often disappointing to me which club tracks made...
Apr 7, 20164 min read
This Week In 1991: April 7, 1991
There's a British quiz show called Pointless, which is kind of like the anti-Family Feud. Instead of contestants coming up with the most...
Mar 31, 20164 min read
This Week In 1991: March 31, 1991
Sometimes a band is just bubbling along, minding its own business, when one of their songs explodes and changes everything for them. That...
Mar 24, 20165 min read
This Week In 1991: March 24, 1991
Nearly every lead singer of a group thinks they've got what it takes to be a solo star — and many that try it have great success on their...
