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1982 Rock The Casbah by The Clash released
It was the 2nd single off Combat Rock (their 5th album)
It was their only Top Ten in the USA (No8) but it only reached No30 in the UK (but a re-release in 1991 went to No15)
The lyrics are in English,Arabic,Hebrew,Turkish and Sanskrit
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1973 A little touch of Schmilsson in the night by Harry Nilsson was released
Nilsson’s 9th album and was reworkings of 20th century standards
The album was recorded at Wembley studios in London and was dedicated to Frank Wills (the security guard who discovered the Watergate break in)
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1983 Chop Chop by Killing Joke released
The single was off their 3rd album Revelations
It was the last album with the original line up
They played the song on Top of the Pops without the lead singer Jaz Coleman (he had fled to Iceland fearing a nuclear holocaust)
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1981 Pretty in Pink by The Psychedelic Furs released
The single was taken from their 2nd album Talk Talk Talk
The original only made it to No43 on the UK charts but in 1986 it was used in the John Hughes “Brat Pack” movie that used its song title (and the re-release went to No18)
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1981 Ghost Town by The Specials released
The song about urban decay and inner city violence came out just as riots were taking place across Britain
It was the final single with all 7 original members on it and it went to No1 in the UK and stayed there for 3 weeks
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2024 Francoise Hardy died
The French singer was a pioneer of ye-ye music
She married her fellow musician Jacques Dutronc in 1981 but they had been a couple since 1967
Although she was born in Paris she represented Monaco in 1963 and came 5th
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2021 Give me more love : The orchestral greatest hits by Al Green released
The album uses the original vocals from his Hi records recording with FAMES Macedonian Symphony Orchestra
The pink vinyl variant was released as a Record Store Day exclusive on 2021
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1983 Zungguzungguguzungguzeng by Yellowman released
Winston Foster went by the name of Yellowman due to his albanism that changed the colour of his skin due to a pigment deficiency
He was a pioneer of Jamaican dancehall and has been samples 100s of times
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1990 Red Hot Organization was founded
The charity organisation was formed in response to the Aids epidemic
Since its inception 21 compilation albums have been released for charity (all including different musicians) and has raised over $10 million for HIV/Aids awareness
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1983 Oil On Canvas by Japan released
The live album by the South London Art Pop band was recorded at Hammersmith Odeon
By the time the album was released the band had already been broke up 6 months
Even though billed as a “Live” album a lot of the music was recorded in a studio
