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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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- Births
- 1951 Queen's John Deacon born in Oadby, Leicestershire.
- 1963 Europe singer Joey Tempest born in Stockholm.
- Number 1s
- 1980 Ashes To Ashes by David Bowie reaches number 1.
- 1980 Roxy Music's Flesh + Blood reaches number 1 in the album chart for a second time.
- 1986 I Want To Wake Up With You by Boris Gardiner reaches number 1.
- Other
- 1981 Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe meet in a London electronics shop. They go on to form the Pet Shop Boys, the most successful duo in UK chart history.
- TV & Radio
- 1986 Hear Steve and Julian dissect today's hits on Off The Chart!
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This week's edition of #OffTheChart is now available on #Mixcloud at mixcloud.com/SOTC80s/off-th… - or back us on #MixcloudSelect and get the deluxe edition with bonus tracks and 12" mixes! mixcloud.com/SOTC80s/off-th… pic.twitter.com/NFhX900bER

4:08 pm · 15 August 2019

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Phew Wow! I've had For You by The Farmer's Boys as an earworm since last night's #OffTheChart... @sotc80s

10:24 am · 15 August 2019 ·
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That's it for this week! Join us again next Tuesday at 9pm for the #OffTheChart Summer Roadshow, when we'll be on the beach for some reason, looking at the hits of 1989. Don't miss it, it's sure to be... something. Thanks for listening! soundofthecrowd.org.uk/music/… pic.twitter.com/xSUT7jZybN

10:59 pm · 13 August 2019

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KC & The Sunshine Band had 11 top 40 hits between 1974-79, and then nothing at all until "Give It Up" gave them their only #1 hit, 3½ years after their last UK hit single. This week in 1983 was its first of 3 weeks at #1. #OffTheChart soundofthecrowd.org.uk/music/… pic.twitter.com/thPpztPEId

10:55 pm · 13 August 2019

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Also down a place after keeping Freeez off #1 for three weeks, "Wherever I Lay My Hat (That's My Home)" was former Q-Tips and Streetband singer Paul Young's first of 14 solo top 40 hits, a song originally recorded by Marvin Gaye in 1962. #OffTheChart soundofthecrowd.org.uk/music/… pic.twitter.com/JoWVKDZoFc

10:51 pm · 13 August 2019

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Written and produced by Arthur Baker and mixed by John "Jellybean" Benitez, "IOU" was Freeez's biggest hit. It spent three weeks at #2 and was down to #3 this week in 1983. It was a hit again in remixed form in 1987. #OffTheChart soundofthecrowd.org.uk/music/… pic.twitter.com/aQoar3n9m0

10:45 pm · 13 August 2019

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Down a place to #4 this week in 1983, "Double Dutch" was Malcolm McLaren's biggest hit as a performer. It features the New York Double Dutch skipping troupe The Ebonettes. #OffTheChart soundofthecrowd.org.uk/music/… pic.twitter.com/hVa1XyfEyR

10:42 pm · 13 August 2019

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Top five time! Climbing to #5 this week in 1983 and going on to reach #4, "Club Tropicana" was a satirical song about Club 18-30 style holidays. It was Wham!'s third of eight top 5 hits and the 39th best selling single of 1983. #OffTheChart soundofthecrowd.org.uk/music/… pic.twitter.com/TyBPZd53CF

10:37 pm · 13 August 2019

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We're going Downtown with Jackson Browne! And maybe we'll drag Petula Clark along as well. This track comes from Browne's seventh album "Lawyers in Love" - new at #42 this week in 1983, it peaked at #37. The album reached #8 in the US. #OffTheChart soundofthecrowd.org.uk/music/… pic.twitter.com/F9Pr8WaT7w

10:33 pm · 13 August 2019

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It’s a bit of a long shot, but you never know. #OffTheChart twitter.com/sbuma1/status/…

10:25 pm · 13 August 2019
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