CHART BEATS: A JOURNEY
THROUGH POP

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Oct 5, 20203 min read

This Week In 1980: October 5, 1980

Girl groups (as opposed to girl bands) were thin on the ground in the early '80s — after having been a major part of music in the '60s...

Oct 1, 20205 min read

This Week In 1995: October 1, 1995

You've got to love a chart battle. Record company marketing teams certainly do. But I must say I've been swept up in the past when two...

Sep 28, 20204 min read

This Week In 1980: September 28, 1980

I tend to favour female singers over male singers, especially in more recent decades. But there were a number of great male performers in...

Sep 24, 20204 min read

This Week In 1995: September 24, 1995

As if to prove my point last week that pretty much any song was fair game for a dance cover in the mid-'90s, this week in 1995, two new...

Sep 21, 20205 min read

This Week In 1980: September 21, 1980

The year had already seen some big musical movies in the form of Can't Stop The Musi c and Xanadu , and this week in 1980, another film...

Sep 17, 20204 min read

This Week In 1995: September 17, 1995

In the mid-'90s, pretty much any song or artist was fair game for a cheesy Eurodance cover. Often, faceless studio acts would take a big...

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A Journey Through Aussie Pop is shining a light on classic Australian pop artists and releases from the 1980s, '90s and 2000s.

A Journey Through Stock Aitken Waterman is working its way through every single produced by Mike Stock, Matt Aitken and Pete Waterman in chronological order.

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