Omar Pemberton

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Thank you @matthewjrudd.bsky.social and everyone for tonight’s programme. Have a great week. #forgotten80s

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Fleetwood Mac with “Hold Me”. This was Top 5 in America and illustrated the band’s widely-varying successes with singles across the Atlantic. #forgotten80s

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Gladys Knight and “Licence To Kill”. Bond goes soulful! I know Patti LaBelle’s “If You Asked Me To”, also on the soundtrack, better. #forgotten80s

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UB40 and “Don’t Slow Down”. A proper lost hit. #forgotten80s

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Rick Astley with “Whenever You Need Somebody”. Somehow Rick-rolling never goes beyond that other song in spite of his having many hits (and indeed a 2nd American champion in “Together Forever”). #forgotten80s

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Malcolm McLaren with “Double Dutch”, a frequent subject on #popmaster #forgotten80s

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Swing Out Sister with “Twilight World”. This became their 2nd US top 40 hit. #forgotten80s

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Next up, a true deep cut from the Human League, “Being Boiled”. #forgotten80s

Kurtis Blow and “If I Ruled The World”. It’s chorus is easily remembered as that used by Nas in his 1996 hit “If I Ruled The World (Imagine That)”. #forgotten80s

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Good evening crew as we get started on tonight’s programme with “Boxerbeat” by Joe Boxers. This isn’t one I’ve ever heard before. #forgotten80s

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Thank you @matthewjrudd.bsky.social and everyone for tonight’s episode which ended on an absolute high with Nik Kershaw. Have a great week. #forgotten80s

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The 2nd hour gets going with Tears For Fears with “Change”, one of their early major U.K. hits. It would set things in motion for major subsequent success. #forgotten80s

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The Bangles and “Walking Down Your Street”, a song that narrowly missed the US Top 10. #forgotten80s

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And now a 🇬🇧 Chart Champion! The Jam with “Dreams Of Children”, the buddy to “Going Underground” and thus part of their 1st of 4 UK title holders. #forgotten80s

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Tina Turner and “I Don’t Wanna Lose You”. It was a major hit in the U.K. and Europe but failed to chart in America. #forgotten80s

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Billy Joel with “It’s Still Rock And Roll To Me”. I regularly hear this song so cannot say it’s forgotten. The Piano Man scored his 1st of 3 American chart champions with it. 🇺🇸 #forgotten80s

Kashif and “I Just Gotta Have You”. This was very popular on Trinidadian radio back in the day - I have not heard it in decades. #forgotten80s

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Mr Mister with “Kyrie”. The traditional prayer was turned into their 2nd American #1 in 1986. 🇺🇸 #forgotten80s

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Good evening crew as Mari Wilson gets us going tonight with “Just What I Always Wanted”. #forgotten80s

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Thank you @matthewjrudd.bsky.social and everyone for tonight’s programme. Have a great week. #forgotten80s

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Kool and the Gang with “Big Fun”, a bigger hit in the U.K. than the USA. #forgotten80s

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LL Cool J with “I Need Love”, a pioneering rap single which hit Top 20 in America. He has since had a long and productive career with one Number One hit in each of the U.K. and USA (different songs). #forgotten80s

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ZZ Top with their last American Top 10 hit to date, “Sleeping Bag”. #forgotten80s

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Whitney Houston’s 6th American #1 (and 3rd of 4 from the Whitney album) gets the 2nd hour going. “So Emotional”. #forgotten80s

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The unmistakable voice of David Bowie on a song I don’t recall, “Wild Is The Wind”. #forgotten80s

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Prince & Sheena Easton on “The Arms of Orion” from the Batman movie soundtrack. In contrast with several songs in which they both appeared, Sheena is credited. #forgotten80s

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Bryan Ferry and “Slave To Love”. It is hard to call this forgotten given how often I hear it to the present. #forgotten80s

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Falco and “Vienna Calling”. Certainly he was not a 1-hit wonder as this hit Top 10 in the U.K. and Top 20 in the USA. RIP. 🇦🇹#forgotten80s

Tight Fit and “Fantasy Island”. This song has come up on #popmaster quite a few times. #forgotten80s

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Good evening crew as we get started on the first of the longer nights with “Intuition” by Linx. #forgotten80s