| Year: | 1980 | Date: | 30/11/1980 | Show no: | 268 | Summary: | MOLLY AND BETTE MIDLER CO-HOST THIS SHOW BASED AROUND THE 'COUNTDOWN '80' BOOK. BETTE MIDLER PROMOTES HER BOOK 'A VIEW FROM A BROAD' AND MOVIE 'THE ROSE'. GEORGE BENSON IS INTERVIEWED BY MOLLY RE NUMBERS OF FANS IN AUSTRALIA, SECTIONS OF HIS CAREER AND HIS LATEST ALBUM 'GIVE ME THE NIGHT'. THERE IS A 'WEATHER REPORT' CLIP OF MOLLY BEING DOUSED IN PIES AND WATER. LOCAL ARTISTS: JO JO ZEP & THE FALCONS 'I WILL RETURN' MI-SEX 'COMPUTER GAMES' (AWARDED 'MOST POPULAR SONG FOR 1979') COLD CHISEL 'CHEAP WINE' AUSTRALIAN CRAWL 'INDISPOSED' ANGELS 'FACE THE DAY' FLOWERS 'WE CAN GET TOGETHER' OVERSEAS ARTISTS: BETTE MIDLER 'BOOGIE WOOGIE BUGLE BOY' BETTE MIDLER 'CHAPEL OF LOVE' LEO SAYER 'ONCE IN A WHILE' GEORGE BENSON 'LOVE TIMES LOVE' BLONDIE (DEBORAH HARRY) 'THE TIDE IS HIGH' VILLAGE PEOPLE 'CAN'T STOP THE MUSIC' OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN 'XANADU' SHARON O'NEIL 'HOW DO YOU TALK TO BOYS' KISS 'TALK TO ME' ELTON JOHN 'SARTORIAL ELOQUENCE' NATIONAL TOP TEN: KATE BUSH 'BABOOSHKA' (NO. 10) JOHN LENNON 'STARTING OVER' (NO.9) POINTER SISTERS 'HE'S SO SHY' (NO.8) QUEEN 'ANOTHER ONE BITES THE DUST' (NO.7) DONNA SUMMER 'THE WANDERER' (NO.6) CLIFF RICHARD 'DREAMIN' (NO.5) POLICE 'DON'T STAND SO CLOSE TO ME' (NO.4) BARBRA STREISAND 'WOMAN IN LOVE' (NO.3) STEVIE WONDER 'MASTER BLASTER' (NO.2) JO DULCE 'SHUDDAP YOU FACE' (NO.1) |
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