As featured on Now 10
Tag: "1987"
As featured on Now 10
Now That's What I Call Music 10
Released 5th December 1987
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Classic 80s music
As featured on Now 9
As featured on Now 9
Now That's What I Call Music 9
Released 4th April 1987
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A list of the No1 singles from this week in The 80s
1980
ABBA- Super Trouper
1981
Julio Iglesias- Begine The Beguine (Volver A Empezar)
1982
Jam- Beat Surrender
1983
Billy Joel- Uptown Girl
1984
Jim Diamond- I Should Have Known Better
1985
Wham!- 'm Your Man
1986
Europe- The Final Countdown
1987
T'Pau- China In Your Hand
1988
Robin Beck- First Time
1989
New Kids On The Block- You got It (The Right Stuff)
Moonlighting (1985-1989)
Moonlighting is an American comedy-drama television series that aired on ABC from March 3, 1985, to May 14, 1989. The network aired a total of 66 episodes (67 in syndication as the pilot is split into two episodes). Starring Cybill Shepherd and Bruce Willis as private detectives, the show was a mixture of drama, comedy, mystery, and romance, and was considered to be one of the first successful and influential examples of comedy-drama, or "dramedy", emerging as a distinct television genre.
The show's theme song was co-written and performed by jazz singer Al Jarreau and became a hit. The show is also credited with making Willis a star, while re-launching the career of Shepherd after a string of lackluster projects. In 1997, the episode "The Dream Sequence Always Rings Twice" was ranked #34 on (the 1997) TV Guide's 100 Greatest Episodes of All Time. In 2007, the series was listed as one of Time magazine's "100 Best TV Shows of All-Time". The relationship between David and Maddie was included in TV Guide's list of the best TV couples of all time.
Absolutely loved this show, funny and dramatic, Bruce Willis was amazing in this show. 8/10
Main cast
Cybill Shepherd
Bruce Willis
Allyce Beasley
Curtis Armstrong
Jack Blessing
Bridge of Spies- T'Pau (1987)
Bridge of Spies is the debut album by British pop group T'Pau, released in September 1987. For its US release, Virgin Records renamed Bridge of Spies to simply T'Pau.
The album was produced by Roy Thomas Baker. It spawned five hit singles – "Heart and Soul" (also a Top 5 in the US), the best-selling number one hit "China in Your Hand" (re-recorded especially for single release), "Valentine," a live version of "Sex Talk" (previously released in its original form as "Intimate Strangers") was issued in the UK, and "I Will Be with You". A further release, a remix of the title track "Bridge of Spies", was also released in the US, Canada, Australia and Germany.
The artwork for the release included the name "T'Pau" rearranged to form a face (similar to the Moai stone heads found on Easter Island). This practice was replicated with the titles of the band's follow-up albums Rage & The Promise.
The album spent one week at number one on the UK Albums Chart and was certified Gold on 14 October 1987 and Platinum on 18 November 1987. It was eventually certified 4x Platinum in September 1988.
A extended and digitally remastered version of Bridge of Spies was released in the UK and Europe in 2017. It includes remixes, b-sides and live versions of the album tracks. A companion album called The Virgin Anthology was released shortly afterwards, and this triple CD and DVD contains the radio edits and remixes of all the singles released from Bridge of Spies and digitally remastered versions of the follow up albums Rage and The Promise.
What an album to launch your chart career, superb vocals and arrangements on every song, Carol Decker arrived in style. 9/10
Track listing
All songs written by Carol Decker and Ron Rogers. (Copyright Virgin Music)
Side One
"Heart and Soul" – 4:15
"I Will Be with You" – 4:06
"China in Your Hand" – 5:06
"Friends Like These" – 3:45
"Sex Talk" – 4:07
Side Two
"Bridge of Spies" – 5:23
"Monkey House" – 4:24
"Valentine" – 3:53
"Thank You for Goodbye" – 3:54
"You Give Up" – 4.39
"China in Your Hand" (reprise) – 0:45
A list of the No1 singles of this week in The 80s
1980
ABBA- Super Trooper
1981
Julio Iglesias- Begine The Beguine (Volver A Empezar)
1982
Eddy Grant- I Don't Wanna Dance
1983
Billy Joel- Uptown Girl
1984
Chaka Khan- I Feel For You
1985
Wham!- I'm Your Man
1986
Berlin- Take My Breath Away
1987
T'Pau- China In Your Hand
1988
Robin Beck- First Time
1989
New Kids On The Block- You got It (The Right Stuff)