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Year:1980
Date:11/5/1980
Show no:239
Summary:THIS SHOW HOSTED BY BOB GELDOF FROM THE BOOMTOWN RATS, MOLLY HOSTED HUMDRUM, CHERRY RIPE INTERVIEWED ROCKY BURNETTE OF 'TIRED OF TOEIN' THE LINE' FAME FROM LONDON RE HIS FATHER (WHO WAS A 'ROCKER' FROM THE 1950'S AND DID PERFORM IN AUSTRALIA), UPBRINGING, MUSIC STYLE, TREND IN AMERICA (ROCK N' ROLL) AND COMING TO AUSTRALIA. LOCAL ARTISTS:
JIMMY AND THE BOYS 'PRODUCTS OF YOUR MIND (LIVE)
COLD CHISEL 'CHEAP WINE' (CLIP)
SPORTS 'PERHAPS' (LIVE)
KIM HART 'LOVE AT FIRST NIGHT' (LIVE)
LITTLE RIVER BAND 'RED SHOES' (LIVE)
OVERSEAS TALENT:
BOOMTOWN RATS 'SOMEONE'S LOOKING AT YOU' (LIVE)
THE VETERANS 'AIN'T NO AGE FOR ROCK AND ROLL'
PAUL MCCARTNEY 'COMING UP'
DON MCLEAN 'CRYING' (DEDICATION TO ROY ORBISON OF THE 1980'S)
DAVE EDMUNDS 'SINGING THE BLUES'
HUMDRUM ITEMS:
(OVERSEAS)
GARY NUMAN 'WE ARE GLASS'
PETE TOWNSHEND (FROM THE WHO) 'ROUGH BOYS'
(LOCAL)
STARS 'THE MIGHTY ROCK'
OVERSEAS CHARTBUSTERS:
BILLY PRESTON & SYREETA 'WITH YOU I'M BORN AGAIN'
ISAAC HAYES 'DON'T LET GO'
J. GEILS BAND 'COME BACK'
ROCKY BURNETTE 'TIRED OF TOEIN' THE LINE'
NATIONAL TOP TEN:
DARRYL COTTON 'SAME OLD GIRL' (10)
MICHAEL JACKSON 'ROCK WITH YOU' (9)
QUEEN 'CRAZY LITTLE THING CALLED LOVE' (8)
THE MOTELS 'TOTAL CONTROL' (7)
ROCKY BURNETTE 'TIRED OF TOEIN' THE LINE' (6)
JANIS IAN 'FLY TO HIGH' (5)
THE B52'S 'ROCK LOBSTER' (4)
PINK FLOYD 'ANOTHER BRICK IN THE WALL' (3)
PLAYER 1 'SPACE INVADERS' (3)
THE PRETENDERS 'BRASS IN POCKET' (2)
SPLIT ENZ 'I GOT YOU' (1)

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