by AllanW | Sep 15, 2015 | 80's Music, REO Speedwagon
I woke up this morning to the news that Gary Richrath – the guitarist in REO Speedwagon had passed away. REO Speedwagon’s biggest hit here in Australia was Keep On Loving You. It made it to number 3 on the Australian charts but hit number 1 in the US,...
by AllanW | Jul 13, 2015 | Live Aid, Status Quo
Status Quo opened the UK Live Aid concert. The story goes that they had all but broken up, but Bob Geldof wanted them to commit to playing at Live Aid. In fact the problem that Bob had was getting most people to agree to play at Live Aid. He’d announced the Live...
by AllanW | Apr 7, 2015 | Michael Jackson, Quincy Jones, Toto
Back in 1984, Michael Jackson’s Thriller album was enjoying a long run at number one on the Billboard charts. It was top at the start of the year, and remained in the number one position until April 21 when it was displaced by the Footloose soundtrack. This...
by AllanW | Apr 2, 2015 | 80's Music, Phil Collins
This week back in 1985, One More Night by Phil Collins was the number 1 song on the Billboard charts. It knocked REO Speedwagon’s Can’t Fight This Feeling off the number one position and stayed there for two weeks until it was knocked off by We Are The...
by AllanW | Mar 31, 2015 | 80's Music, Uncanny X-Men
50 Years by The Uncanny X-Men was one of the big songs of 1986 here in Australia. Brian Mannix and the group had a few hits off the Cos Life Hurts album and inspired many Australian teenagers to bleach their hair and wear weird pants! If you were a teenager in the...
