Thirty Years Ago, January 1st, 1980, the weekly 1050 Chum top 30 chart is clogged with pop rock tunes with the one-off new wave tune making it in by mistake. It's just under 2 years from new wave/pop hits pushing out the classic rock from the charts. The city is Toronto. There is no internet. Computers are called Pets. The concept of an import record is rare. Vinyl and Cassette tapes are the medium. Radio dominates what we listen too. For us, illegal downloading is taping songs off the radio onto maxell cassette tapes. I'm nine years old and haven't even discovered what music is. It won't be until about 1981 that a punk rock chick named Joan Jett belts out I Love Rock and Roll on a friends portable cassette player as we play ball hockey on the street. This will be the beginning of me being sucked into pop music culture and discovering the historic 1050 Chum chart. Which then led to trips to Sam the Record Man, A&As, and Music World to track down the latest 7 Inch record or the full length cassette tape. The chart has been around for years but for me this is about the eighties. Follow along as we see the likes of the Thompson Twins, Frankie Goes To Hollywood, Culture Club, Naked Eyes, OMD, Men At Work, Howard Jones, Michael Jackson, Men Without Hats, Duran Duran, Wham, Split Enz and Madonna dominate the charts. This is the 80s.

Tuesday, October 30, 2012

1050 Chum Chart Oct 30, 1982 Thirty Years Later

Kenny Loggins couldn't fight his way to the top as Men At Work held onto the top spot for the third week in a row. ABC, Joe Jackson, and Peter Gabriel are all up there also challenging for the top spot.

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Monday, October 29, 2012

Phil Collins - You Can't Hurry Love Sat Oct 30, 1982 Entry 4/4

4th of 4 songs to enter the 1050 chum charts on Saturday October 30, 1982. Phil Collins with You Can't Hurry Love. Taken from the album Hello, I Must Be Going. Pop cover of the Supremes.

Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3TesujRfpY


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Spoons - Arias And Symphonies Sat Oct 30, 1982 Entry 3/4

3rd of 4 songs to enter the 1050 chum charts on Saturday October 30, 1982. The Spoons with Arias And Symphonies. Taken from the album Arias And Symphonies. New Wave goodness. The Spoons will be celebrating the 30th Anniversary of the album with a concert at Revival in Toronto on Nov 30th, 2012.

Video:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJvlNjy6U-M


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Sunday, October 28, 2012

John Cougar - Hand To Hold On To Sat Oct 30, 1982 Entry 2/4

2nd of 4 songs to enter the 1050 chum charts on Saturday October 30, 1982. John Cougar with Hand To Hold On To. Third single to be taken from the album American Fool. American Rock and Roll.

Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0LyUCy3eOvs
 

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Pat Benatar - Shadows Of The Night Sat Oct 30, 1982 Entry 1/4

First of 4 songs to enter the 1050 chum charts on Saturday October 30, 1982. Pat Benatar with Shadows Of The Night. Taken from the album Get Nervous. Epic emotional rock. 

Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZInRE-KryGA


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1050 Chum Chart October 23, 1982 Thirty Years Later

 

 


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Saturday, October 27, 2012

1050 Chum Chart goes Blogging

If you are just joining us I've moved this from Facebook as they deleted a number of my posts for no reason that had links to the actual Chum Charts without any notice. Hopefully this doesn't happen here. Please note that the Blog started with the October 23, 1982 chart. However I have linked the blog to Facebook so all posts here will float over to the Facebook Page. Enjoy

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