Frankie Goes to Hollywood started a five-week run at no. 1 on the UK singles chart with “Relax!”
Tag: New Wave
MANEATER
Hall and Oates’ “Maneater” reached no. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart on this date in 1982.
KIM WILDE: A CHEQUERED LOVE
Happy 61st birthday Kim Wilde!
ALL FEMALE VOCALISTS: YOU KEEP ME HANGIN’ ON
35 years ago today, pop history was made when the Top 5 UK singles were all by female vocalists. Kim Wilde was one of them.
GAHAN 59
The frontman of synth-pop juggernaut Depeche Mode, Dave Gahan, turned 59 today.
DEPECHE MODE – JUDAS
“Judas”, from Depeche Mode’s Songs of Faith and Devotion (1993), caught my attention a bit late. It took me a while to embrace it. But then once it got stuck on you, it kinda got stuck forever.
PETER WOLF: 74 YEARS HOWLING
Peter Wolf turned 74 today. He was pretty popular here in Indonesia back in the early 80s via “Centerfold”, “Freeze-Frame” and “Love Stinks” with the band he fronted, the J. Geils Band.
IT’S PERSONAL, JESUS: SONGS OF FAITH, DEVOTION, & POLICY OF TRUTH
A Spotify playlist of my own personal favourite Gahan & co. songs. From Speak & Spell to Songs of Faith and Devotion. Celebrating black and new life. This is music for the masses. Cheers to Basildon beat, nodisco, and can’t get enough Clarke.