Every Saturday Phil counts down 9 classic tracks from a mystery year. With the help of a few hints of coarse, can you guess the year?
It was the year Bob Geldof formed the Supergroup Band-Aid (sorry, we know it's only July!!)
In at #9 on this week’s Classic 9 at 11 is Chaka Khan
Sinn Fein MP Gerry Adams is shot in the neck, shoulder and arm after a gunman fired 20 shots into his car.
Break My Stride at #8
BBC Radio 1 DJ Mike Read announces on air that he will not play the single “Relax” by Frankie Goes to Hollywood because of its suggestive lyrics. The BBC later places a total ban on the record.
What a song, Smooth Operator at #7
In this year, the United States President Ronald Reagan, while running for re-election, was preparing to make his weekly Saturday address on National Public Radio. At a sound check prior to the address, Reagan made the following joke to the radio technicians
Freedom has the #6 spot
The Department of Posts and Telegraphs splits into An Post and Telecom Éireann.
Queen rocking #5
Michael Jackson’s scalp is burned during the filming of a Pepsi commercial and is admitted to hospital.
What a legend, Bob Marley with One Love at #4
It was the year Eddie Murphy starred as Axel Foley in Beverly Hills Cop
One for the girls, Cyndi Lauper is at #3
Britain’s coal industry grinds to a halt as miners fight cutbacks and closures.
Bronksi Beat take the #2 spot with this cracker
Have you guessed the year?
Frankie Goes To Hollywood nabs the #1 spot on this weeks Classic 9 at 11 with Two Tribes
Yep, you’ve guessed it! The year was 1984.
See you next week for more classic hits and great prizes on the Classic 9 at 11.
