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My Favourite 45s of the Year: 1980 popular trivia quiz

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In 1980 I was living in Belfast, nominally doing post-Doctoral work at Queen's and also working with the Tearjerkers. 1980 was a really good year for music; this quiz is about my ten favourite single releases of that year.

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My Favourite 45s of the Year: 1981 great trivia quiz

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1981 was an eventful year for me as I got my Ph.D. and went to the US for the first time (Minneapolis for a month and a weekend in New York); if somebody had offered me a job there I would have stayed! These are my top ten singles of the year.

Average, 10 Qns, Southendboy, Nov 09 23

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Nov 09 23
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My Favourite 45s of the Year: 1982 great trivia quiz

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1982 was in many ways a bad year - I was jobless and flat broke, and the Tearjerkers had folded. But there was some great music around: these are my top ten singles of the year.

Easier, 10 Qns, Southendboy, Dec 18 23

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Dec 18 23
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My Favourite 45s of the Year: 1983 great trivia quiz

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1983 was as bad for me as 1982 had been, but I managed to find a job that I enjoyed doing - data management on three-dimensional databases, very advanced for 1983 - and things were looking on the up. And it proved to be an extra-special year for music!

Easier, 10 Qns, Southendboy, Dec 13 23

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Dec 13 23
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My Favourite 45s of the Year: 1984 popular trivia quiz

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This was a better year, involved in a job I was enjoying and starting to get a bit of travel in as well. And the music was great!

Easier, 10 Qns, Southendboy, Dec 18 23

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Dec 18 23
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My Favourite 45s of the Year: 1985 popular trivia quiz

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1985 was an eventful year for me as I got my first-ever permanent job!! So - settling down, saving for a deposit on a house - but still into music in a big way!

Easier, 10 Qns, Southendboy, Jan 09 24

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Jan 09 24
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My Favourite 45s of the Year: 1986 great trivia quiz

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1986 was a great year - at last I had a steady income and was able to buy myself a little terrace house and as many records as I wanted! And there was a lot of music around...

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Jan 09 24
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My Favourite 45s of the Year: 1987

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1987 was a good year - I was in a job I really liked, I was starting to travel a bit and things were looking good. And there was a lot of music around - although not all of it was to my taste.

Average, 10 Qns, Southendboy, Jan 20 24

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Jan 20 24
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My Favourite 45s of the Year: 1988

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1988 was an odd year - I turned 40! Sadly, as things got better for me the music scene got worse - Stock, Aitken and Waterman everywhere, Kylie, Tiffany, pop heavy metal - hardly anything I really liked.

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Mar 26 24
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My Favourite 45s of the Year: 1989 popular trivia quiz

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1989 was peak Stock, Aitken and Waterman, with Jive Bunny thrown in for good measure! However there were also a few real gems!

Average, 10 Qns, Southendboy, Feb 09 24

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Feb 09 24
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My Favourite 45s of the Year: 1990 great trivia quiz

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1990 was more Stock, Aitken and Waterman, with New Kids on the Block and Jive Bunny thrown in. There was very little in the charts I really liked, but here are my Top Ten favourite records.

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Feb 24 24
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