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Sunday, April 3, 2016

♫Totally Tubular♫

The sound of the 80s - totally tubular! The 80s' hits defined the MTV generation with pop classic songs that are still considered 'tubular' after over 30 years on the airways. If you don't recall the term 'tubular', it was used mostly in the 80's, or by people mocking the 80's, to describe something 'awesome' or 'excellent'.

Welcome into the Spotlight...



Leslie Sebastian Charlesaka Billy Ocean: The biggest black recording star Britain has ever produced

Billy Ocean is a Trinidadian-born English recording artist. He was the most popular British R&B singer-songwriter of the early to mid-1980s. Selling over 30 million records in his lifetime, Billy Ocean has hit the No.1 spot with hits across the USA, Australia, Germany, Holland, and of course, the UK. His success spans both as a recording artist and a songwriter.



Reaching No.1 on this day in the US, remaining in the top spot for 2 weeks...

1988  Billy Ocean - Get Outta My Dreams and Into My Car


In 2016 Billy announced double CD 'Here You Are: The Best Of Billy Ocean', featuring new tracks and along with a selection of his greatest hits, to be released 29th April 2016.




http://www.bobborst.com/popculture/number-one-songs-by-year/?y=1946&chart=usNo.1 hit singles on this day...
[Click the image at left and select the year you want to visit for U.S. No. 1 hits. Click on the year highlighted below for the songs that hit number one on the charts in the U.S. during that particular year.]



Yes, it actually happened...


1956  Elvis Presley appeared on ABC-TV's 'The Milton Berle Show' live from the flight deck of the USS Hancock in San Diego, California. He performed 'Heartbreak Hotel', 'Shake Rattle And Roll' and 'Blue Suede Shoes.' It was estimated that one out of every four Americans saw the show.



And the music goes on beating to the rhythm of the changing times...
  





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