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1. In 1980 a legendary American singer scored the trifecta with her fifth number one single on the U.S.charts. This song was lifted off her best-ever selling album that was written and produced by Barry Gibb and the Bee Gees. Almost simultaneously it hit number one in the three countries for three weeks each in October of that year.
2. In late 1982, an English group with previous success in Australia and the U.K. hit the charts with a song that stayed top in these two for eight and four weeks respectively. It also gave the band it's only number one hit in the U.S., albeit for one week. The group had previously held top position in the U.K. charts for two weeks in 1980 with a song entitled "Geno".
3. A lot of hype surrounded a song put out by an American group, also in the latter half of 1982. The publicity it received sent it to the top for six weeks in both the U.S. and Australia, and for four weeks in the U.K. The reason being its use as the theme for a blockbuster movie.
4. In 1983 a group that started with two number ones on the American charts, which was the start of four consecutive top tens, struck the treble with the second release that went top for four weeks. It was previously on top in Australia for five weeks and was enjoying a three week stay there in the U.K. The song became a temporary national anthem for one of the featured three countries after the event which unfolded in Newport, Rhode Island on the 26th September 1983.
5. A huge hit from a super album developed in early 1983. The song in question topped the charts in America for seven weeks and for five in Australia. However it only scraped into the U.K.'s number one position for one week, though the album itself sold over 3.5 million copies there. This song is lifted off the album rated by the Guinness Book Of Records as the all-time best seller.
6. A British act caused a big impact when hitting the Billboard Top Ten eight times in as many attempts from 1984 to 1987, including four number ones. The debut song went top in America for three weeks. It had previously headed the U.K. charts for two weeks and Australia's for eight. Earlier on the band had projected songs with a politically- motivated theme in Britain without much success. However a change in image and music changed their fortunes no-end.
7. A singer who turned solo artist after fronting a very popular band for many years produced a song in 1984 that first hit the top of the U.K. charts for six weeks. It then followed onto Billboard for two and Australia for three weeks respectively. This hit was the singer's fourth number one, including one as a duo, since leaving the band where two hits went to the top.
8. Born Gaynor Hopkins and with only a few entries into the charts, this lady's hit from 1983 topped the U.S. and Australian Top 40's each for four weeks. Earlier it had gone top in the U.K. for two weeks. It was this artist's second Top Ten universally after another hit that went to number one in Australia for two weeks in 1978. It also went top in six European countries but peaked at number four in the U.K. and number three on Billboard.
9. A group featuring a flamboyant lead singer earned top place on the U.K. charts in August 1984 and then went on to the top position in Australia for four weeks and then the American charts for three. They first performed in a short-lived band called The Executive before signing with Innervision Records before CBS,Columbia and Epic.
10. A united collection of top artists joined together in January 1985 to record a song which would raise money and aid the plight of many less fortunate people. The song was written by Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie and 800,000 copies sold out on the weekend of it's release. It ultimately topped the Australian charts for ten weeks, for four in the U.S. and two weeks in the U.K.
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