February 7, 2011

Top pop hits in the first half of 1981

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1981 is seen by some as the best year for British pop ever so what did the NME think were the pop hits of the first half of 1981?

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1981 is often heralded as one of the greatest years for British pop music but how good is your knowledge of that year?

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In the early 1980s, the King’s Road in Chelsea was still a magnet for hipsters and partygoers before it lost its cool

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Siouxsie Sioux of the Banshees declared in 1982 that pop was over in terms of its excitement and daring compared to the 1960s

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Tony McMahon never quite got Toyah and among punk female singers preferred X Ray Spex and Siouxsie Sioux but she was successful

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What did people think of the wedding of Charles and Diana in 1981?