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Eurythmics (lead singer Annie Lennox pictured in 2008) had two top 10 hits in 1985, including their only UK number-one single, "There Must Be an Angel (Playing with My Heart)". Earth, Wind & Fire vocalist Philip Bailey teamed up with Phil Collins to record " Easy Lover ", which spent four weeks at number-one.
The biggest British musical event of 1985 was the Live Aid concert in London's Wembley Stadium on 13 July. Held to follow up the previous year's charity record "Do They Know It's Christmas?", the biggest-selling single ever at the time, popular acts such as The Who, U2 and Queen performed in front of an estimated audience of 1.9 billion viewers.
29 June 1985: 4 553 Eurythmics "There Must Be an Angel (Playing with My Heart)" RCA: 27 July 1985: 1 554 Madonna "Into the Groove" Sire: 3 August 1985: 4 555 UB40 and Chrissie Hynde "I Got You Babe" DEP International: 31 August 1985: 1 556 David Bowie and Mick Jagger "Dancing in the Street" EMI America: 7 September 1985: 4 557 Midge Ure "If I ...
1985: UK 1 – Jul 1985, Netherlands 1 – Aug 1985, Republic of Ireland 1 – Aug 1985, New Zealand 1 for 6 weeks Aug 1985, Australia 1 for 4 weeks Mar 1986, Sweden 2 – Aug 1985, Switzerland 2 – Aug 1985, Australia 2 of 1985, Italy 2 of 1985, Sweden (alt) 3 – Aug 1985, Germany 3 – Aug 1985, Norway 4 – Aug 1985, US BB 7 of 1985 ...
Elvis Presley performed the best-selling song in three years (1958, 1960, 1961). This is a list of the best-selling singles on the UK Singles Chart for each year. Note that the Number sold section denotes the number sold within the year, not in total, as very often the single continues to sell more in later years (and sometimes other singles released within a particular year will go on to ...
They were first revealed on BBC Radio 1 on 1 January 1990, with the "Top 80 of the 80s" counted down and played between 12:35 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. by DJs Alan Freeman and Mark Goodier. [2] The top eighty best-selling singles of the decade were also printed in the music magazine Record Mirror in the issue dated 6 January 1990. [1]
Pages in category "1985 in British music" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total. ... List of UK top-ten albums in 1985;
Wham! (pictured) had four songs on the Year-End Hot 100, including the year's biggest hit, Careless Whisper.Madonna (pictured) had five songs on the Year-End Hot 100, the most of any artist in 1985.