Busting A Move, Fame and Three's This Week On The 20 20
Monday - Best Ever! Movies & Covers!
I love countdowns about movies - and can't beat some of the covers countdowns... now, one of favourites featuring movie covers! You know, it's those songs that were covered for movie soundtracks. In most cases it was to set the movie theme - like "Mustang Sally" for the Commitments - "La Bamba" the title track from the movie about Richie Valens - or the movie Buster - when we were taken back to the 60's by Phil Collins with "Groovy Kind Of Love".... Then again, there's just songs that were just revived for movies and became big hits..... Then, at number 1 - a hit from the biggest selling movie soundtrack of all time!
Tuesday - The News Was In The Skies!
We're visiting this week in 1990 - when the deregulation of the Australian airline industry came into effect. We started to see new carriers, lower fares and airlines flying into new regions. While that was going on in the air - on the airwaves, we were listening to the New Zealander who moved across the ditch when fame back home became - in his words "scary"... and our number 1 comes from a rapper who says winning a grammy made his music more accessable! We'll also remember the movie "Quigly Down Under" as we play the top 20 from this week in 1990!
Wednesday - Fame - at the movies and on the charts!
Yep, it was the week when the hit movie "Fame" premiered at the cinema - and the hit song by Irene Cara was inside the top 5 - it's late October 1980. Also, Sydney and Melbourne residents were watching a new TV channel launched on United Nations Dayand Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser was settling back into the lodge after the Liberals defeated Bill Hayden's Labor Party. On the Charts - Diana Ross made a comeback reaching number 1 with her first hit in 5 years. She refelected on her career - calling herself an American success story. All that as we turn the 20 20 Retro Countdown clock back to this week in 1980!
Roseanne headlines our hits from late October 1988!
Yes, one of the most honest and raw tv sitcoms of all time, "Roseanne" started during this week in 1988. Also Michael Jackson was on the big screen, Expo was wrapping up in Brisbane and the Kangaroos won the Rugby League World Cup. We'll remember all of those special events as we feature the top 20 from late October in our bi-centenial year. And there were plenty of Aussie artists on the charts - but the number 1 was a hit featured earlier in the week during our "Movie Covers Countdown"
Friday - Remember the tv show? - here comes the 20 20!
Yes, it's the top 20 groups with three members - and there are heaps! Let's face it - 4 members has always been the standard - lead singer, guitarist, bass guitar and drums... but the groups in this 20 20 didn't want to share the attention with a 4th member - they did it with 3! Now, it's the amount of members while the groups were at their peak...How many can you name? So join me as we feature groups where "Three's Company"!
