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May 1980

Number 1 single: Blondie - "Call Me"
Number 1 single: Dexy Midnight Runners - "Geno"
Number 1 single: Johnny Logan - "What's Another Year"
Number 1 album: Sky - "Sky 2"
Number 1 album: Boney M - "The Magic of Boney M"

 

NEWS... At least nine people dead after a massive eruption of Mount St Helens volcano in Washington State, USA...

On TV: ****

 

At the movies: ****

 

May 1981

Number 1 single: Bucks Fizz - "Making Your Mind Up"
Number 1 single: Adam & the Ants - "Stand and Deliver"
Don't let your indecision take you from behind...It's kind of tough to tell a scruff the big mistake he's making...
Number 1 album:  Star Sound - "Stars on 45"

stars on 45

NEWS... Hunger striker Bobby Sands dies in prison 66 days after first refusing to eat... Yorkshire Ripper Peter Sutcliffe is sentenced to life imprisonment at the Old Bailey...

On TV: Smuggler

 

At the movies: Monster Club

You don't want to be around when the Shadmock whistles...

 

May 1982

Number 1 single: Paul McCartney & Stevie Wonder - "Ebony & Ivory"
Number 1 single: Nicole - "A Little Peace"
Number 1 single: Madness - "House of Fun"
Number 1 album:  Barry Manilow - "Barry Live in Britain"
Number 1 album:  Paul McCartney - "Tug of War"
Number 1 album:  Madness - "Complete Madness"

 

NEWS...

On TV: ****

At the Movies: **

 

May 1983

Number 1 single: Spandau Ballet - "True"
Number 1 single: New Edition - "Candy Girl"
Number 1 album: David Bowie - "Let's Dance"
Number 1 album: Spandau Ballet - "True"
Number 1 album:  Michael Jackson - "Thriller"

lets dance  true  thriller 

NEWS...

On TV: Dear Heart...

 

At the Movies: Monty Python's The Meaning of Life

 

May 1984

Number 1 single: Duran Duran - "The Reflex"
Number 1 album:  Various Artists - "Now That's What I Call Music II"
Number 1 album: Bob Marley & the Wailers - "Legend - The Best of ..."

  Bob Marley - Legend

NEWS... Moscow pulls out of US Olympics...

On TV: Automan, The Young Ones

At the Movies: Kevin Bacon shakes his bootie down in "Footloose"

 

SVC Time Machine

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