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News & Sport & TV & Radio – 26 November 1987

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Hello again! A special little something for our valued subscribers here, the full unedited lunacy of the News & sport and TV & radio sections from this week’s Off The Chart. Hope you enjoy!

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Off The Chart: 19 February 1988

Come back to this day in 1988 for another two hours of forgotten and half remembered hits on this week’s Off The Chart! We’ve got the usual mix of tracks, three cuts from one of the week’s big albums, a … read more

Further Off The Chart 14

It’s the end of another dexy so that means our lovely Patreon backers are treated to another exclusive edition of Further Off The Chart, in which Steve and Julian from Off The Chart play some of the tracks that were … read more

Off The Chart: 12 February 1985

Crack open your beverage of choice and spread out some nibbles, it’s the 150th edition of Off The Chart! Join Steve and Julian for another two hours of hits, headlines and high jinks from this day in 1985, including a … read more
On This Day
- Births
- 1957 Falco born in Vienna.
- Deaths
- 1980 AC/DC singer Bon Scott dies aged 33 after a night of heavy drinking.
- Number 1s
- 1989 The Ballad Of The Streets EP by Simple Minds reaches number 1. In fact the 7" is not an EP, but includes the two tracks Belfast Child and Mandela Day.
- TV & Radio
- 1981 The Teardrop Explodes make their Top of the Pops début performing Reward.
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Two hours of indie hits from 1980 now on madwaspradio.com - highly recommended! twitter.com/MadWaspRadio/s…

9:03 pm · 18 February 2019

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Not saying this is the best reason to back us on #Patreon at patreon.com/sotc80s but it's certainly one of them. twitter.com/flyingsossidge…

12:13 pm · 18 February 2019

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It's the end of another dexy so that means our lovely Patreon backers are treated to another exclusive edition of Further #OffTheChart! Back us on #Patreon for exclusive access to this and a whole load more. soundofthecrowd.org.uk/music/…

11:54 am · 18 February 2019

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So just who did turn up to be part of #FerryAid as seen on #TOTP this week? Here's what our '80s discography book - available from soundofthecrowd.org.uk/book/ - has to say... pic.twitter.com/Y1B9jHXVAa

11:05 pm · 16 February 2019

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Episode 5 of #NowParlez is out now on Mixcloud! Steve and Julian from #OffTheChart revisit Now That's What I Call Music 5, discuss the album and play selected tracks from the original vinyl. mixcloud.com/SOTC80s/now-pa…

12:23 pm · 15 February 2019

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No #TOTP on BBC Four tonight so you've no excuse not to listen to this week's #OffTheChart on Mixcloud now: mixcloud.com/SOTC80s/off-th…

7:03 pm · 14 February 2019

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They had Paul Weller booked for 5-10 minutes tops. pic.twitter.com/0zd9ZzJUtf

3:37 pm · 14 February 2019 ·
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11:03 pm · 12 February 2019 ·
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So that's the end of another ten week period, or "dexy" (we'll get this word into common parlance yet). Same time next week? We'll be looking at the chart of 19 February 1988. Thanks for listening! #OffTheChart soundofthecrowd.org.uk/music/… pic.twitter.com/vbg62tAA4u

10:59 pm · 12 February 2019

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This week in 1985 was the second of four weeks at #1 for "I Know Him So Well" by Elaine Paige and Barbara Dickson, still the biggest selling single ever by a female duo in the UK. #OffTheChart soundofthecrowd.org.uk/music/… pic.twitter.com/Y9UGYliYaQ

10:55 pm · 12 February 2019
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