Sunday 31 May 2020

January 7 1984

Chart Number; 1386 This Week ~ Last Week ~ Artist ~ Song ~ Label ~ Weeks On ~ Cancon ~ Fastest Riser

ABC ~ "THAT WAS THEN THIS IS NOW";


1 ~ 2 ~ Duran Duran ~ Union Of The Snake ~ EMI ~ 10

2 ~ 3 ~ The Rolling Stones ~ Undercover Of The Night ~ WEA ~ 8

3 ~ 5 ~ Yes ~ Owner Of A Lonely Heart ~ WEA ~ 8

4 ~ 1 ~ Paul McCartney & Micheal Jackson ~ Say Say Say ~ CBS ~ 12

5 ~ 9 ~ Olivia Newton John ~ Twist Of Fate ~ MCA ~ 6

6 ~ 10 ~ Peter Schilling ~ Major Tom (Coming Home) ~ WEA ~ 7

7 ~ 8 ~ Pat Benatar ~ Love Is A Battlefield ~ MCA ~ 9

8 ~ 4 ~ John Cougar Mellencamp ~ Cumblin Down ~ Polygram ~ 13

9 ~ 14 ~ Genesis ~ That's All ~ WEA ~ 5

10 ~ 11 ~ Hall & Oates ~ Say It Isn't So ~ RCA ~ 10

11 ~ 6 ~ Culture Club ~ Church Of The Poison Mind ~ Polygram ~ 11

12 ~ 19 ~ Culture Club ~ Karma Chameleon ~ Polygram ~ 4 ~ !

13 ~ 7 ~ Lionel Richie ~ All Night Long ~ Quality ~ 16

14 ~ 18 ~ Spandau Ballet ~ Gold ~ MCA ~ 6

15 ~ 17 ~ The Police ~ Synchronicity 2 ~ A&M ~ 7

16 ~ 21 ~ Elton John ~ I Guess That's Why they Call It The Blues ~ WEA ~ 5

17 ~ 12 ~ Quiet Riot ~ Cum On Feel The Noize ~ CBS ~ 10

18 ~ 22 ~ Lionel Richie ~ Running With The Night ~ Quality ~ 4

19 ~ 13 ~ Huey Lewis & The News ~ Heart & Soul ~ MCA ~ 9

20 ~ 23 ~ Juluka ~ Scatterings Of Africa ~ WEA ~ 5

21 ~ 15 ~ The Stray Cats ~ I Won't Stand In Your Way ~ EMI ~ 8

22 ~ 24 ~ UB40 ~ Red Red Wine ~ WEA ~ 3

23 ~ 26 ~ The Romantics ~ Talking In Your Sleep ~ CBS ~ 3

24 ~ 16 ~ The Spoons ~ Old Emotions ~ A&M ~ 10

25 ~ 28 ~ Barry Manilow ~ Read Em & Weep ~ Polygram ~ 3

26 ~ 29 ~ ABC ~ That Was Then This Is Now ~ Polygram ~ 2

27 ~ n.a ~ The Police ~ Wrapped Around Your Finger ~ A&M ~ 1

28 ~ n.a ~ John Cougar Mellencamp ~ Pink Houses ~ Polygram ~ 1

29 ~ n.a ~ Paul McCartney ~ So Bad ~ CBS ~ 1

30 ~ n.a ~ Jeffery Osbourne ~ Stay With Me Tonight ~ A&M ~ 1

EURYTHMICS ~ "THERE MUST BE AN ANGEL";


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The CHUM FM Top 30 Albums;
Chart No.241

This Week ~ Last Week ~ Artist ~ Album ~ Label ~ Weeks On Chart ~ Canadian ~ Fastest Riser

1 ~ 1 ~ The Rolling Stones ~ Undercover ~ WEA ~ 9

2 ~ 2 ~ Yes ~ 90125 ~ WEA ~ 8

3 ~ 3 ~ Genesis ~ Genesis ~ WEA ~ 13

4 ~ 4 ~ Culture Club ~ Colour By Numbers ~ Polygram ~ 12

5 ~ 5 ~ Duran Duran ~ Seven & The Ragged Tiger ~ EMI ~ 7

6 ~ 6 ~ The Police ~ Synchronicity ~ A&M ~ 31

7 ~ 8 ~ Billy Idol ~ Rebel Yell ~ MCA ~ 8

8 ~ 7 ~ David Bowie ~ Let's Dance ~ EMI ~ 40

9 ~ 10 ~ Ozzy Osbourne ~ Bark At The Moon ~ CBS ~ 6

10 ~ 9 ~ Big Country ~ The Crossing ~ Polygram ~ 16

11 ~ 11 ~ Def Leppard ~ Pyromania ~ Polygram ~ 45

12 ~ 12 ~ John Cougar Mellencamp ~ Uh-Huh ~ Polygram ~ 12

13 ~ 15 ~ U2 ~ Under A Blood Red Sky ~ MCA ~ 5

14 ~ 14 ~ Bob Dylan ~ Infidels ~ CBS ~ 7

15 ~ 13 ~ Hall & Oates ~ Rock & Soul Pt.1 ~ RCA ~ 9

16 ~ 20 ~ Quiet Riot ~ Metal Health ~ CBS ~ 3 ~ !

17 ~ 18 ~ ABC ~ Beauty Stab ~ Polygram ~ 5

18 ~ 16 ~ Saga ~ Heads Or Tails ~ A&M ~ 14 ~ cc

19 ~ 17 ~ The Spoons ~ Talkback ~ A&M ~ 10 ~ cc

20 ~ 19 ~ Eurythmics ~ Sweet Dreams ~ RCA ~ 23

21 ~ 25 ~ Huey Lewis & The News ~ Sports ~ MCA ~ 3

22 ~ 26 ~ The Romantics ~ In Heat ~ CBS ~ 5

23 ~ 22 ~ Talking Heads ~ Speaking In Tongues ~ WEA ~ 30

24 ~ 23 ~ Rough Trade ~ Weapons ~ CBS ~ 13 ~ cc

25 ~ 24 ~ The Parachute Club ~ The Parachute Club ~ RCA ~ 28

26 ~ 21 ~ The Doors ~ Alive She Cried ~ WEA ~ 11

27 ~ n.a ~ Peter Schilling ~ Error In The System ~ WEA ~ 1

28 ~ n.a ~ UB40 ~ Labour Of Love ~ WEA ~ 1

29 ~ n.a ~ Eurythmics ~ Touch ~ RCA ~ 1

30 ~ 28 ~ The Fixx ~ Reach The Beach ~ MCA ~ 30

PETER SCHILLING ~ "MAJOR TOM";


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Playing that week were Youth Youth Youth at the Beverly and Certain General at the Embassy in London

Movies showing that week; "The Road Warrior", "48 Hours", "The Terry Fox Story", "National Lampoon's Vacation", "Breathless", "Deal Of the Century", "Black Emanuelle" "The Story Of Juanna"
Plays showing that week; "Pumpboys & Dinettes" at the Variety Dinner Theater

CERTAIN GENERAL ~ "VOODOO TAXI";


YOUTH YOUTH YOUTH ~ "MADE IN ENGLAND";


Saturday 30 May 2020

January 14 1984

Chart Number; 1387 This Week ~ Last Week ~ Artist ~ Song ~ Label ~ Weeks On ~ Cancon ~ Fastest Riser

THE POLICE ~ "WRAPPED AROUND YOUR FINGER";


1 ~ 1 ~ Duran Duran ~ Union Of The Snake ~ EMI ~ 11

2 ~ 2 ~ The Rolling Stones ~ Undercover Of The Night ~ WEA ~ 9

3 ~ 3 ~ Yes ~ Owner Of A Lonely Heart ~ WEA ~ 9

4 ~ 5 ~ Olivia Newton John ~ Twist Of Fate ~ MCA ~ 7

5 ~ 6 ~ Peter Schilling ~ Major Tom (Coming Home) ~ WEA ~ 8

6 ~ 7 ~ Pat Benatar ~ Love Is A Battlefield ~ MCA ~ 10

7 ~ 4 ~ Paul McCartney & Micheal Jackson ~ Say Say Say ~ CBS ~ 13

8 ~ 9 ~ Genesis ~ That's All ~ WEA ~ 6

9 ~ 12 ~ Culture Club ~ Karma Chameleon ~ Polygram ~ 5

10 ~ 10 ~ Hall & Oates ~ Say It Isn't So ~ RCA ~ 11

11 ~ 14 ~ Spandau Ballet ~ Gold ~ MCA ~ 7

12 ~ 8 ~ John Cougar Mellencamp ~ Cumblin Down ~ Polygram ~ 12

13 ~ 16 ~ Elton John ~ I Guess That's Why they Call It The Blues ~ WEA ~ 6

14 ~ 18 ~ Lionel Richie ~ Running With The Night ~ Quality ~ 5

15 ~ 23 ~ The Romantics ~ Talking In Your Sleep ~ CBS ~ 4 ~ !

16 ~ 11 ~ Culture Club ~ Church Of The Poison Mind ~ Polygram ~ 12

17 ~ 22 ~ UB40 ~ Red Red Wine ~ WEA ~ 4

18 ~ 20 ~ Juluka ~ Scatterings Of Africa ~ WEA ~ 6

19 ~ 13 ~ Lionel Richie ~ All Night Long ~ Quality ~ 17

20 ~ 25 ~ Barry Manilow ~ Read Em & Weep ~ Polygram ~ 4

21 ~ 15 ~ The Police ~ Synchronicity 2 ~ A&M ~ 8

22 ~ 26 ~ ABC ~ That Was Then This Is Now ~ Polygram ~ 3

23 ~ 17 ~ Quiet Riot ~ Cum On Feel The Noize ~ CBS ~ 11

24 ~ 28 ~ John Cougar Mellencamp ~ Pink Houses ~ Polygram ~ 2

25 ~ 27 ~ The Police ~ Wrapped Around Your Finger ~ A&M ~ 2

26 ~ 29 ~ Paul McCartney ~ So Bad ~ CBS ~ 2

27 ~ 30 ~ Jeffery Osbourne ~ Stay With Me Tonight ~ A&M ~ 2

28 ~ n.a ~ Van Halen ~ Jump ~ WEA ~ 3

29 ~ n.a ~ Toronto ~ Ready To Make Up ~ A&M ~ 1 ~ cc

30 ~ n.a ~ Boys Brigade ~ Melody ~ EMI ~ 1 ~ cc

JOHN COUGAR MELLANCAMP ~ "PINK HOUSES";


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The CHUM FM Top 30 Albums;
Chart No.242

This Week ~ Last Week ~ Artist ~ Album ~ Label ~ Weeks On Chart ~ Canadian ~ Fastest Riser

1 ~ 2 ~ Yes ~ 90125 ~ WEA ~ 9

2 ~ 1 ~ The Rolling Stones ~ Undercover ~ WEA ~ 10

3 ~ 3 ~ Genesis ~ Genesis ~ WEA ~ 14

4 ~ 4 ~ Culture Club ~ Colour By Numbers ~ Polygram ~ 13

5 ~ 5 ~ Duran Duran ~ Seven & The Ragged Tiger ~ EMI ~ 8

6 ~ 7 ~ Billy Idol ~ Rebel Yell ~ MCA ~ 9

7 ~ 6 ~ The Police ~ Synchronicity ~ A&M ~ 32

8 ~ 8 ~ David Bowie ~ Let's Dance ~ EMI ~ 41

9 ~ 9 ~ Ozzy Osbourne ~ Bark At The Moon ~ CBS ~ 7

10 ~ 13 ~ U2 ~ Under A Blood Red Sky ~ MCA ~ 6

11 ~ 11 ~ Def Leppard ~ Pyromania ~ Polygram ~ 46

12 ~ 12 ~ John Cougar Mellencamp ~ Uh-Huh ~ Polygram ~ 13

13 ~ 10 ~ Big Country ~ The Crossing ~ Polygram ~ 17

14 ~ 16 ~ Quiet Riot ~ Metal Health ~ CBS ~ 4

15 ~ 15 ~ Hall & Oates ~ Rock & Soul Pt.1 ~ RCA ~ 10

16 ~ 17 ~ ABC ~ Beauty Stab ~ Polygram ~ 6

17 ~ 14 ~ Bob Dylan ~ Infidels ~ CBS ~ 8

18 ~ 22 ~ The Romantics ~ In Heat ~ CBS ~ 6

19 ~ 21 ~ Huey Lewis & The News ~ Sports ~ MCA ~ 4

20 ~ 18 ~ Saga ~ Heads Or Tails ~ A&M ~ 15 ~ cc

21 ~ 19 ~ The Spoons ~ Talkback ~ A&M ~ 11 ~ cc

22 ~ 20 ~ Eurythmics ~ Sweet Dreams ~ RCA ~ 24

23 ~ 28 ~ UB40 ~ Labour Of Love ~ WEA ~ 2 ~ !

24 ~ 27 ~ Peter Schilling ~ Error In The System ~ WEA ~ 2

25 ~ 23 ~ Talking Heads ~ Speaking In Tongues ~ WEA ~ 31

26 ~ 24 ~ Rough Trade ~ Weapons ~ CBS ~ 14 ~ cc

28 ~ 25 ~ Eurythmics ~ Touch ~ RCA ~ 2

29 ~ n.a ~ Van Halen ~ 1984 ~ WEA ~ 1

30 ~ 30 ~ The Fixx ~ Phantoms ~ MCA ~ 31

VAN HALEN ~ "PANAMA";


On the reverse was an article about the all-ages New Wave dance club Start Dancing,also play that week was Rebel Angel at Larry's ====================================

Thursday 28 May 2020

January 21 1984

Chart Number; 1388 This Week ~ Last Week ~ Artist ~ Song ~ Label ~ Weeks On ~ Cancon ~ Fastest Riser

BOYS BRIGADE ~ "MELODY";


1 ~ 2 ~ The Rolling Stones ~ Undercover Of The Night ~ WEA ~ 10

2 ~ 3 ~ Yes ~ Owner Of A Lonely Heart ~ WEA ~ 10

3 ~ 1 ~ Duran Duran ~ Union Of The Snake ~ EMI ~ 12

4 ~ 4 ~ Olivia Newton John ~ Twist Of Fate ~ MCA ~ 8

5 ~ 5 ~ Peter Schilling ~ Major Tom (Coming Home) ~ WEA ~ 9

6 ~ 6 ~ Pat Benatar ~ Love Is A Battlefield ~ MCA ~ 11

7 ~ 9 ~ Culture Club ~ Karma Chameleon ~ Polygram ~ 6

8 ~ 8 ~ Genesis ~ That's All ~ WEA ~ 7

9 ~ 15 ~ The Romantics ~ Talking In Your Sleep ~ CBS ~ 5 ~ !

10 ~ 7 ~ Paul McCartney & Micheal Jackson ~ Say Say Say ~ CBS ~ 14

11 ~ 11 ~ Spandau Ballet ~ Gold ~ MCA ~ 8

12 ~ 13 ~ Elton John ~ I Guess That's Why they Call It The Blues ~ WEA ~ 7

13 ~ 14 ~ Lionel Richie ~ Running With The Night ~ Quality ~ 6

14 ~ 17 ~ UB40 ~ Red Red Wine ~ WEA ~ 5

15 ~ 10 ~ Hall & Oates ~ Say It Isn't So ~ RCA ~ 12

16 ~ 20 ~ Barry Manilow ~ Read Em & Weep ~ Polygram ~ 5

17 ~ 18 ~ Juluka ~ Scatterings Of Africa ~ WEA ~ 7

18 ~ 12 ~ John Cougar Mellencamp ~ Cumblin Down ~ Polygram ~ 13

19 ~ 22 ~ ABC ~ That Was Then This Is Now ~ Polygram ~ 4

20 ~ 24 ~ John Cougar Mellencamp ~ Pink Houses ~ Polygram ~ 3

21 ~ 25 ~ The Police ~ Wrapped Around Your Finger ~ A&M ~ 3

22 ~ 16 ~ Culture Club ~ Church Of The Poison Mind ~ Polygram ~ 13

23 ~ 26 ~ Paul McCartney ~ So Bad ~ CBS ~ 3

24 ~ 28 ~ Van Halen ~ Jump ~ WEA ~ 4

25 ~ 19 ~ Lionel Richie ~ All Night Long ~ Quality ~ 18

26 ~ 27 ~ Jeffery Osbourne ~ Stay With Me Tonight ~ A&M ~ 3

27 ~ 29 ~ Toronto ~ Ready To Make Up ~ A&M ~ 2 ~ cc

28 ~ 30 ~ Boys Brigade ~ Melody ~ EMI ~ 2 ~ cc

29 ~ n.a ~ John Lennon ~ Nobody Told Me ~ Polygram ~ 1

30 ~ n.a ~ Billy Joel ~ An Innocent Man ~ CBS ~ 1

TORONTO ~ "READY TO MAKE UP";


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The CHUM FM Top 30 Albums;

Chart No.243

This Week ~ Last Week ~ Artist ~ Album ~ Label ~ Weeks On Chart ~ Canadian ~ Fastest Riser

1 ~ 1 ~ Yes ~ 90125 ~ WEA ~ 10

2 ~ 4 ~ Culture Club ~ Colour By Numbers ~ Polygram ~ 14

3 ~ 5 ~ Duran Duran ~ Seven & The Ragged Tiger ~ EMI ~ 9

4 ~ 3 ~ Genesis ~ Genesis ~ WEA ~ 15

5 ~ 2 ~ The Rolling Stones ~ Undercover ~ WEA ~ 11

6 ~ 6 ~ Billy Idol ~ Rebel Yell ~ MCA ~ 10

7 ~ 7 ~ The Police ~ Synchronicity ~ A&M ~ 33

8 ~ 8 ~ David Bowie ~ Let's Dance ~ EMI ~ 42

9 ~ 10 ~ U2 ~ Under A Blood Red Sky ~ MCA ~ 7

10 ~ 14 ~ Quiet Riot ~ Metal Health ~ CBS ~ 5

11 ~ 11 ~ Def Leppard ~ Pyromania ~ Polygram ~ 47

12 ~ 12 ~ John Cougar Mellencamp ~ Uh-Huh ~ Polygram ~ 14

13 ~ 13 ~ Big Country ~ The Crossing ~ Polygram ~ 18

14 ~ 9 ~ Ozzy Osbourne ~ Bark At The Moon ~ CBS ~ 8

15 ~ 16 ~ ABC ~ Beauty Stab ~ Polygram ~ 7

16 ~ 18 ~ The Romantics ~ In Heat ~ CBS ~ 7

17 ~ 15 ~ Hall & Oates ~ Rock & Soul Pt.1 ~ RCA ~ 11

18 ~ 19 ~ Huey Lewis & The News ~ Sports ~ MCA ~ 5

19 ~ 23 ~ UB40 ~ Labour Of Love ~ WEA ~ 3

20 ~ 29 ~ Van Halen ~ 1984 ~ WEA ~ 2 ~ !

21 ~ 24 ~ Peter Schilling ~ Error In The System ~ WEA ~ 3

22 ~ 17 ~ Bob Dylan ~ Infidels ~ CBS ~ 9

23 ~ 28 ~ Eurythmics ~ Touch ~ RCA ~ 3

24 ~ n.a ~ John Lennon & Yoko Ono ~ Milk & Honey ~ Polygram ~ 1

25 ~ n.a ~ The Pretenders ~ Learning to Crawl ~ WEA ~ 1

26 ~ 20 ~ Saga ~ Heads Or Tails ~ A&M ~ 16 ~ cc

27 ~ n.a ~ ZZ Top ~ Eliminator ~ WEA ~ 1

28 ~ 21 ~ The Spoons ~ Talkback ~ A&M ~ 12 ~ cc

29 ~ 22 ~ Eurythmics ~ Sweet Dreams ~ RCA ~ 25

30 ~ 25 ~ Talking Heads ~ Speaking In Tongues ~ WEA ~ 32

ZZ ~ "TOP LEGS";


Playing that week; CH3 with Youth Youth Youth and Microedge at the Upper Lip. Plays showing that week; "Annie" at the Eglington Theater and "Come" at Club 21 Cabaret

CH3 ~ "I GOT A GUN";


CH3 ~ "CATHOLIC BOY";


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Wednesday 27 May 2020

January 28 1984

Chart Number; 1389 This Week ~ Last Week ~ Artist ~ Song ~ Label ~ Weeks On ~ Cancon ~ Fastest Riser

DURAN DURAN ~ "NEW MOON ON MONDAY";


1 ~ 7 ~ Culture Club ~ Karma Chameleon ~ Polygram ~ 7

2 ~ 2 ~ Yes ~ Owner Of A Lonely Heart ~ WEA ~ 11

3 ~ 1 ~ The Rolling Stones ~ Undercover Of The Night ~ WEA ~ 11

4 ~ 5 ~ Peter Schilling ~ Major Tom (Coming Home) ~ WEA ~ 10

5 ~ 9 ~ The Romantics ~ Talking In Your Sleep ~ CBS ~ 6

6 ~ 3 ~ Duran Duran ~ Union Of The Snake ~ EMI ~ 13

7 ~ 4 ~ Olivia Newton John ~ Twist Of Fate ~ MCA ~ 9

8 ~ 8 ~ Genesis ~ That's All ~ WEA ~ 8

9 ~ 14 ~ UB40 ~ Red Red Wine ~ WEA ~ 6

10 ~ 6 ~ Pat Benatar ~ Love Is A Battlefield ~ MCA ~ 12

11 ~ 11 ~ Spandau Ballet ~ Gold ~ MCA ~ 9

12 ~ 13 ~ Lionel Richie ~ Running With The Night ~ Quality ~ 7

13 ~ 21 ~ The Police ~ Wrapped Around Your Finger ~ A&M ~ 4

14 ~ 24 ~ Van Halen ~ Jump ~ WEA ~ 5 ~ !

15 ~ 16 ~ Barry Manilow ~ Read Em & Weep ~ Polygram ~ 6

16 ~ 20 ~ John Cougar Mellencamp ~ Pink Houses ~ Polygram ~ 4

17 ~ 17 ~ Juluka ~ Scatterings Of Africa ~ WEA ~ 8

18 ~ 19 ~ ABC ~ That Was Then This Is Now ~ Polygram ~ 5

19 ~ 12 ~ Elton John ~ I Guess That's Why they Call It The Blues ~ WEA ~ 8

20 ~ 23 ~ Paul McCartney ~ So Bad ~ CBS ~ 4

21 ~ 10 ~ Paul McCartney & Micheal Jackson ~ Say Say Say ~ CBS ~ 15

22 ~ 29 ~ John Lennon ~ Nobody Told Me ~ Polygram ~ 2

23 ~ 15 ~ Hall & Oates ~ Say It Isn't So ~ RCA ~ 13

24 ~ 26 ~ Jeffery Osbourne ~ Stay With Me Tonight ~ A&M ~ 4

25 ~ 28 ~ Boys Brigade ~ Melody ~ EMI ~ 3 ~ cc

26 ~ 27 ~ Toronto ~ Ready To Make Up ~ A&M ~ 3 ~ cc

27 ~ 30 ~ Billy Joel ~ An Innocent Man ~ CBS ~ 2

28 ~ n.a ~ Duran Duran ~ New Moon On Monday ~ EMI ~ 1

29 ~ n.a ~ Platinum Blonde ~ Doesn't Really Matter ~ CBS ~ 1 ~ cc

30 ~ 22 ~ Culture Club ~ Church Of The Poison Mind ~ Polygram ~ 14

PLATINUM BLONDE ~ "IT DOESN'T REALLY MATTER";


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Chart No.244

This Week ~ Last Week ~ Artist ~ Album ~ Label ~ Weeks On Chart ~ Canadian ~ Fastest Riser

1 ~ 1 ~ Yes ~ 90125 ~ WEA ~ 11

2 ~ 2 ~ Culture Club ~ Colour By Numbers ~ Polygram ~ 15

3 ~ 3 ~ Duran Duran ~ Seven & The Ragged Tiger ~ EMI ~ 10

4 ~ 4 ~ Genesis ~ Genesis ~ WEA ~ 16

5 ~ 6 ~ Billy Idol ~ Rebel Yell ~ MCA ~ 11

6 ~ 5 ~ The Rolling Stones ~ Undercover ~ WEA ~ 12

7 ~ 9 ~ U2 ~ Under A Blood Red Sky ~ MCA ~ 8

8 ~ 7 ~ The Police ~ Synchronicity ~ A&M ~ 34

9 ~ 10 ~ Quiet Riot ~ Metal Health ~ CBS ~ 6

10 ~ 20 ~ Van Halen ~ 1984 ~ WEA ~ 3 ~ !

11 ~ 8 ~ David Bowie ~ Let's Dance ~ EMI ~ 43

12 ~ 16 ~ The Romantics ~ In Heat ~ CBS ~ 8

13 ~ 19 ~ UB40 ~ Labour Of Love ~ WEA ~ 4

14 ~ 24 ~ John Lennon & Yoko Ono ~ Milk & Honey ~ Polygram ~ 2

15 ~ 11 ~ Def Leppard ~ Pyromania ~ Polygram ~ 48

16 ~ 12 ~ John Cougar Mellencamp ~ Uh-Huh ~ Polygram ~ 15

17 ~ 13 ~ Big Country ~ The Crossing ~ Polygram ~ 19

18 ~ 23 ~ Eurythmics ~ Touch ~ RCA ~ 4

19 ~ 14 ~ Ozzy Osbourne ~ Bark At The Moon ~ CBS ~ 9

20 ~ 15 ~ ABC ~ Beauty Stab ~ Polygram ~ 8

21 ~ 21 ~ Peter Schilling ~ Error In The System ~ WEA ~ 4

22 ~ 25 ~ The Pretenders ~ Learning to Crawl ~ WEA ~ 2

23 ~ 18 ~ Huey Lewis & The News ~ Sports ~ MCA ~ 6

24 ~ 27 ~ ZZ Top ~ Eliminator ~ WEA ~ 2

25 ~ 17 ~ Hall & Oates ~ Rock & Soul Pt.1 ~ RCA ~ 12

26 ~ n.a ~ Judas Priest ~ Defenders Of The Faith ~ CBS ~ 1

27 ~ n.a ~ Motley Crue ~ Shout At The Devil ~ WEA ~ 1

28 ~ n.a ~ Re/Flex ~ The Politics Of Dancing ~ EMI ~ 1

29 ~ 22 ~ Bob Dylan ~ Infidels ~ CBS ~ 10

30 ~ 26 ~ Saga ~ Heads Or Tails ~ A&M ~ 17 ~ cc

MOTLEY CRUE ~ "SHOUT AT THE DEVIL";


Playing that week; Arson, Anemics, Johnny Angel at The Turning Point

JOHNNY ANGEL ~ "ON THE RUN AGAIN";


Plays showing that week; "The Merry Widow" opera at the O'Keefe Center, "The Noh-Kyogen Theatre Of Japan" and the Ryerson Theater and Harold Pinter's "The Homecoming" w/Nicholas Campbell at Center Stage Company

Tuesday 26 May 2020

February 4 1984

Chart Number; 1390

This Week ~ Last Week ~ Artist ~ Song ~ Label ~ Weeks On ~ Cancon ~ Fastest Riser

EURYTHMICS ~ "HERE COMES THE RAIN AGAIN";


1 ~ 1 ~ Culture Club ~ Karma Chameleon ~ Polygram ~ 8

2 ~ 2 ~ Yes ~ Owner Of A Lonely Heart ~ WEA ~ 12

3 ~ 5 ~ The Romantics ~ Talking In Your Sleep ~ CBS ~ 7

4 ~ 4 ~ Peter Schilling ~ Major Tom (Coming Home) ~ WEA ~ 11

5 ~ 9 ~ UB40 ~ Red Red Wine ~ WEA ~ 7

6 ~ 14 ~ Van Halen ~ Jump ~ WEA ~ 6

7 ~ 3 ~ The Rolling Stones ~ Undercover Of The Night ~ WEA ~ 12

8 ~ 6 ~ Duran Duran ~ Union Of The Snake ~ EMI ~ 14

9 ~ 12 ~ Lionel Richie ~ Running With The Night ~ Quality ~ 8

10 ~ 13 ~ The Police ~ Wrapped Around Your Finger ~ A&M ~ 5

11 ~ 22 ~ John Lennon ~ Nobody Told Me ~ Polygram ~ 3 ~ !

12 ~ 16 ~ John Cougar Mellencamp ~ Pink Houses ~ Polygram ~ 5

13 ~ 7 ~ Olivia Newton John ~ Twist Of Fate ~ MCA ~ 10

14 ~ 15 ~ Barry Manilow ~ Read Em & Weep ~ Polygram ~ 7

15 ~ 8 ~ Genesis ~ That's All ~ WEA ~ 9

16 ~ 18 ~ ABC ~ That Was Then This Is Now ~ Polygram ~ 6

17 ~ 20 ~ Paul McCartney ~ So Bad ~ CBS ~ 5

18 ~ 10 ~ Pat Benatar ~ Love Is A Battlefield ~ MCA ~ 13

19 ~ 28 ~ Duran Duran ~ New Moon On Monday ~ EMI ~ 2

20 ~ 11 ~ Spandau Ballet ~ Gold ~ MCA ~ 10

21 ~ 17 ~ Juluka ~ Scatterings Of Africa ~ WEA ~ 9

22 ~ 25 ~ Boys Brigade ~ Melody ~ EMI ~ 4 ~ cc

23 ~ 27 ~ Billy Joel ~ An Innocent Man ~ CBS ~ 3

24 ~ n.a ~ Billy Idol ~ Rebel Yell ~ MCA ~ 1

25 ~ 26 ~ Toronto ~ Ready To Make Up ~ A&M ~ 4 ~ cc

26 ~ 29 ~ Platinum Blonde ~ Doesn't Really Matter ~ CBS ~ 2 ~ cc

27 ~ n.a ~ Eurythmics ~ Here Comes The Rain ~ RCA ~ 1

28 ~ n.a ~ The Pretenders ~ Middle Of The Road ~ Sire ~ 1

29 ~ 19 ~ Elton John ~ I Guess That's Why they Call It The Blues ~ WEA ~ 9

30 ~ n.a ~ Re-Flex ~ The Politics Of Dancing ~ EMI ~ 1

THE PRETENDERS ~ "MIDDLE OF THE ROAD";


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The CHUM FM Top 30 Albums;
Chart No.245

This Week ~ Last Week ~ Artist ~ Album ~ Label ~ Weeks On Chart ~ Canadian ~ Fastest Riser

1 ~ 2 ~ Culture Club ~ Colour By Numbers ~ Polygram ~ 16

2 ~ 1 ~ Yes ~ 90125 ~ WEA ~ 12

3 ~ 3 ~ Duran Duran ~ Seven & The Ragged Tiger ~ EMI ~ 11

4 ~ 10 ~ Van Halen ~ 1984 ~ WEA ~ 4 ~ !

5 ~ 4 ~ Genesis ~ Genesis ~ WEA ~ 17

6 ~ 5 ~ Billy Idol ~ Rebel Yell ~ MCA ~ 12

7 ~ 7 ~ U2 ~ Under A Blood Red Sky ~ MCA ~ 9

8 ~ 13 ~ UB40 ~ Labour Of Love ~ WEA ~ 5

9 ~ 9 ~ Quiet Riot ~ Metal Health ~ CBS ~ 7

10 ~ 12 ~ The Romantics ~ In Heat ~ CBS ~ 9

11 ~ 14 ~ John Lennon & Yoko Ono ~ Milk & Honey ~ Polygram ~ 3

12 ~ 6 ~ The Rolling Stones ~ Undercover ~ WEA ~ 13

13 ~ 18 ~ Eurythmics ~ Touch ~ RCA ~ 5

14 ~ 8 ~ The Police ~ Synchronicity ~ A&M ~ 35

15 ~ 11 ~ David Bowie ~ Let's Dance ~ EMI ~ 44

16 ~ 22 ~ The Pretenders ~ Learning to Crawl ~ WEA ~ 3

17 ~ 15 ~ Def Leppard ~ Pyromania ~ Polygram ~ 49

18 ~ 16 ~ John Cougar Mellencamp ~ Uh-Huh ~ Polygram ~ 16

19 ~ 17 ~ Big Country ~ The Crossing ~ Polygram ~ 20

20 ~ 24 ~ ZZ Top ~ Eliminator ~ WEA ~ 3

21 ~ 20 ~ ABC ~ Beauty Stab ~ Polygram ~ 9

22 ~ 26 ~ Judas Priest ~ Defenders Of The Faith ~ CBS ~ 2

23 ~ 27 ~ Motley Crue ~ Shout At The Devil ~ WEA ~ 2

24 ~ 19 ~ Ozzy Osbourne ~ Bark At The Moon ~ CBS ~ 10

25 ~ 21 ~ Peter Schilling ~ Error In The System ~ WEA ~ 5

26 ~ 23 ~ Huey Lewis & The News ~ Sports ~ MCA ~ 7

27 ~ 28 ~ Re/Flex ~ The Politics Of Dancing ~ EMI ~ 2

28 ~ n.a ~ Platinum Blonde ~ Standing In The Dark ~ CBS ~ 1 ~ cc

29 ~ 25 ~ Hall & Oates ~ Rock & Soul Pt.1 ~ RCA ~ 13

30 ~ 30 ~ Saga ~ Heads Or Tails ~ A&M ~ 18

PLATINUM BLONDE ~ "STANDING IN THE DARK";


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Playing that week; Quarantine, BFG's, Hinkleys, Burning Ring, Civilian Dead at Upper Lip

THE BUNCHOFUCKINGOOFS ~ "TOTAL BREAKDOWN";


Movies playing that week; "War Games", "Strange Invader", "La Balance", "Peaches & Cream", "Eve"

Monday 25 May 2020

February 11 1984

Chart Number; 1391

NENA ~ "99 LUFT BALLOONS"


This Week ~ Last Week ~ Artist ~ Song ~ Label ~ Weeks On ~ Cancon ~ Fastest Riser

1 ~ n.a ~ Micheal Jackson ~ Thriller ~ CBS ~ 1 ~ !

2 ~ 3 ~ The Romantics ~ Talking In Your Sleep ~ CBS ~ 8

3 ~ 1 ~ Culture Club ~ Karma Chameleon ~ Polygram ~ 9

4 ~ 5 ~ UB40 ~ Red Red Wine ~ WEA ~ 8

5 ~ 6 ~ Van Halen ~ Jump ~ WEA ~ 7

6 ~ 2 ~ Yes ~ Owner Of A Lonely Heart ~ WEA ~ 13

7 ~ 11 ~ John Lennon ~ Nobody Told Me ~ Polygram ~ 4

8 ~ 10 ~ The Police ~ Wrapped Around Your Finger ~ A&M ~ 6

9 ~ 9 ~ Lionel Richie ~ Running With The Night ~ Quality ~ 9

10 ~ 19 ~ Duran Duran ~ New Moon On Monday ~ EMI ~ 3

11 ~ 12 ~ John Cougar Mellencamp ~ Pink Houses ~ Polygram ~ 6

12 ~ 4 ~ Peter Schilling ~ Major Tom (Coming Home) ~ WEA ~ 12

13 ~ 17 ~ Paul McCartney ~ So Bad ~ CBS ~ 6

14 ~ 16 ~ ABC ~ That Was Then This Is Now ~ Polygram ~ 5

15 ~ 24 ~ Billy Idol ~ Rebel Yell ~ MCA ~ 2

16 ~ 8 ~ Duran Duran ~ Union Of The Snake ~ EMI ~ 15

17 ~ 27 ~ Eurythmics ~ Here Comes The Rain ~ RCA ~ 2

18 ~ 7 ~ The Rolling Stones ~ Undercover Of The Night ~ WEA ~ 13

19 ~ 22 ~ Boys Brigade ~ Melody ~ EMI ~ 5 ~ cc

20 ~ 28 ~ The Pretenders ~ Middle Of The Road ~ Sire ~ 2

21 ~ 23 ~ Billy Joel ~ An Innocent Man ~ CBS ~ 4

22 ~ 13 ~ Olivia Newton John ~ Twist Of Fate ~ MCA ~ 11

23 ~ 26 ~ Platinum Blonde ~ Doesn't Really Matter ~ CBS ~ 3 ~ cc

24 ~ 25 ~ Toronto ~ Ready To Make Up ~ A&M ~ 5 ~ cc

25 ~ 30 ~ Re-Flex ~ The Politics Of Dancing ~ EMI ~ 2

26 ~ 14 ~ Barry Manilow ~ Read Em & Weep ~ Polygram ~ 8

27 ~ 15 ~ Genesis ~ That's All ~ WEA ~ 10

28 ~ n.a ~ Nena ~ 99 Luft Balloons ~ CBS ~ 1

29 ~ n.a ~ Kool & The Gang ~ Joanna ~ Polygram ~ 1

30 ~ n.a ~ Huey Lewis & The News ~ I Want A New Drug ~ MCA ~ 1

KOOL & THE GANG ~ "JOANNA";


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Feb 11 1984;
Chart No.246

This Week ~ Last Week ~ Artist ~ Album ~ Label ~ Weeks On Chart ~ Canadian ~ Fastest Riser

1 ~ 1 ~ Culture Club ~ Colour By Numbers ~ Polygram ~ 17

2 ~ 4 ~ Van Halen ~ 1984 ~ WEA ~ 5

3 ~ 3 ~ Duran Duran ~ Seven & The Ragged Tiger ~ EMI ~ 12

4 ~ 2 ~ Yes ~ 90125 ~ WEA ~ 13

5 ~ 8 ~ UB40 ~ Labour Of Love ~ WEA ~ 6

6 ~ 5 ~ Genesis ~ Genesis ~ WEA ~ 18

7 ~ 13 ~ Eurythmics ~ Touch ~ RCA ~ 6 ~ !

8 ~ 10 ~ The Romantics ~ In Heat ~ CBS ~ 10

9 ~ 11 ~ John Lennon & Yoko Ono ~ Milk & Honey ~ Polygram ~ 4

10 ~ 6 ~ Billy Idol ~ Rebel Yell ~ MCA ~ 13

11 ~ 7 ~ U2 ~ Under A Blood Red Sky ~ MCA ~ 10

12 ~ 9 ~ Quiet Riot ~ Metal Health ~ CBS ~ 8

13 ~ 16 ~ The Pretenders ~ Learning to Crawl ~ WEA ~ 4

14 ~ 12 ~ The Rolling Stones ~ Undercover ~ WEA ~ 14

15 ~ 14 ~ The Police ~ Synchronicity ~ A&M ~ 36

16 ~ 15 ~ David Bowie ~ Let's Dance ~ EMI ~ 45

17 ~ 20 ~ ZZ Top ~ Eliminator ~ WEA ~ 4

18 ~ 18 ~ John Cougar Mellencamp ~ Uh-Huh ~ Polygram ~ 17

19 ~ 22 ~ Judas Priest ~ Defenders Of The Faith ~ CBS ~ 3

20 ~ 23 ~ Motley Crue ~ Shout At The Devil ~ WEA ~ 3

21 ~ 17 ~ Def Leppard ~ Pyromania ~ Polygram ~ 50

22 ~ 19 ~ Big Country ~ The Crossing ~ Polygram ~ 21

23 ~ 21 ~ ABC ~ Beauty Stab ~ Polygram ~ 10

24 ~ 24 ~ Re-Flex ~ The Politics Of Dancing ~ EMI ~ 3

25 ~ 28 ~ Platinum Blonde ~ Standing In The Dark ~ CBS ~ 2 ~ cc

26 ~ 26 ~ Huey Lewis & The News ~ Sports ~ MCA ~ 8

27 ~ 24 ~ Ozzy Osbourne ~ Bark At The Moon ~ CBS ~ 11

28 ~ 25 ~ Peter Schilling ~ Error In The System ~ WEA ~ 6

29 ~ n.a ~ The The ~ Soul Mining ~ CBS ~ 1

30 ~ 30 ~ Saga ~ Heads Or Tails ~ A&M ~ 19

THE THE ~ "I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR TOMORROW ALL MY LIFE";


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Playing that week; Jolly Tambourine Man at the Upper Lip

JOLLY TAMBOURINE MAN ~ "DASH FOR CASH";


Movies playing that week; "Trading Places", "Sudden Impact", "Reuben Reuben" =================================================

Friday 22 May 2020

February 18 1984

Chart Number; 1392

HUEY LEWIS & THE NEWS ~ "I WANT A NEW DRUG";


This Week ~ Last Week ~ Artist ~ Song ~ Label ~ Weeks On ~ Cancon ~ Fastest Riser

1 ~ 1 ~ Micheal Jackson ~ Thriller ~ CBS ~ 2

2 ~ 2 ~ The Romantics ~ Talking In Your Sleep ~ CBS ~ 9

3 ~ 4 ~ UB40 ~ Red Red Wine ~ WEA ~ 9

4 ~ 5 ~ Van Halen ~ Jump ~ WEA ~ 8

5 ~ 3 ~ Culture Club ~ Karma Chameleon ~ Polygram ~ 10

6 ~ 7 ~ John Lennon ~ Nobody Told Me ~ Polygram ~ 5

7 ~ 10 ~ Duran Duran ~ New Moon On Monday ~ EMI ~ 4

8 ~ 8 ~ The Police ~ Wrapped Around Your Finger ~ A&M ~ 7

9 ~ 15 ~ Billy Idol ~ Rebel Yell ~ MCA ~ 3

10 ~ 13 ~ Paul McCartney ~ So Bad ~ CBS ~ 7

11 ~ 11 ~ John Cougar Mellencamp ~ Pink Houses ~ Polygram ~ 7

12 ~ 17 ~ Eurythmics ~ Here Comes The Rain ~ RCA ~ 3

13 ~ 6 ~ Yes ~ Owner Of A Lonely Heart ~ WEA ~ 14

14 ~ 20 ~ The Pretenders ~ Middle Of The Road ~ Sire ~ 3

15 ~ 28 ~ Nena ~ 99 Luft Balloons ~ CBS ~ 2 ~ !

16 ~ 9 ~ Lionel Richie ~ Running With The Night ~ Quality ~ 10

17 ~ 19 ~ Boys Brigade ~ Melody ~ EMI ~ 6 ~ cc

18 ~ 14 ~ ABC ~ That Was Then This Is Now ~ Polygram ~ 6

19 ~ 21 ~ Billy Joel ~ An Innocent Man ~ CBS ~ 5

20 ~ 25 ~ Re-Flex ~ The Politics Of Dancing ~ EMI ~ 3

21 ~ 23 ~ Platinum Blonde ~ Doesn't Really Matter ~ CBS ~ 4 ~ cc

22 ~ 29 ~ Kool & The Gang ~ Joanna ~ Polygram ~ 2

23 ~ 24 ~ Toronto ~ Ready To Make Up ~ A&M ~ 6 ~ cc

24 ~ 12 ~ Peter Schilling ~ Major Tom (Coming Home) ~ WEA ~ 13

25 ~ 30 ~ Huey Lewis & The News ~ I Want A New Drug ~ MCA ~ 2

26 ~ 16 ~ Duran Duran ~ Union Of The Snake ~ EMI ~ 16

27 ~ n.a ~ Queen ~ Radio Ga-Ga ~ EMI ~ 1

28 ~ n.a ~ Saga ~ Scratching The Surface ~ A&M ~ 1 ~ cc

29 ~ n.a ~ Thomas Dolby ~ Hyperactive ~ EMI ~ 1

30 ~ n.a ~ Corey Hart ~ Sunglasses At Night ~ EMI ~ 1 ~ cc

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The CHUM FM Top 30 Albums;

Chart No.247

SIMPLE MINDS ~ "WATERFRONT";


This Week ~ Last Week ~ Artist ~ Album ~ Label ~ Weeks On Chart ~ Canadian ~ Fastest Riser

1 ~ 1 ~ Culture Club ~ Colour By Numbers ~ Polygram ~ 18

2 ~ 2 ~ Van Halen ~ 1984 ~ WEA ~ 6

3 ~ 3 ~ Duran Duran ~ Seven & The Ragged Tiger ~ EMI ~ 13

4 ~ 5 ~ UB40 ~ Labour Of Love ~ WEA ~ 7

5 ~ 7 ~ Eurythmics ~ Touch ~ RCA ~ 7

6 ~ 4 ~ Yes ~ 90125 ~ WEA ~ 14

7 ~ 13 ~ The Pretenders ~ Learning to Crawl ~ WEA ~ 5 ~ !

8 ~ 8 ~ The Romantics ~ In Heat ~ CBS ~ 11

9 ~ 9 ~ John Lennon & Yoko Ono ~ Milk & Honey ~ Polygram ~ 5

10 ~ 6 ~ Genesis ~ Genesis ~ WEA ~ 19

11 ~ 10 ~ Billy Idol ~ Rebel Yell ~ MCA ~ 14

12 ~ 11 ~ U2 ~ Under A Blood Red Sky ~ MCA ~ 11

13 ~ 12 ~ Quiet Riot ~ Metal Health ~ CBS ~ 9

14 ~ 17 ~ ZZ Top ~ Eliminator ~ WEA ~ 5

15 ~ 14 ~ The Rolling Stones ~ Undercover ~ WEA ~ 15

16 ~ 19 ~ Judas Priest ~ Defenders Of The Faith ~ CBS ~ 4

17 ~ 18 ~ John Cougar Mellencamp ~ Uh-Huh ~ Polygram ~ 18

18 ~ 15 ~ The Police ~ Synchronicity ~ A&M ~ 37

19 ~ 20 ~ Motley Crue ~ Shout At The Devil ~ WEA ~ 4

20 ~ 24 ~ Re-Flex ~ The Politics Of Dancing ~ EMI ~ 4

21 ~ 16 ~ David Bowie ~ Let's Dance ~ EMI ~ 46

22 ~ 21 ~ Def Leppard ~ Pyromania ~ Polygram ~ 51

23 ~ 22 ~ Big Country ~ The Crossing ~ Polygram ~ 22

24 ~ 25 ~ Platinum Blonde ~ Standing In The Dark ~ CBS ~ 3 ~ cc

25 ~ 23 ~ ABC ~ Beauty Stab ~ Polygram ~ 11

26 ~ 26 ~ Huey Lewis & The News ~ Sports ~ MCA ~ 9

27 ~ 29 ~ The The ~ Soul Mining ~ CBS ~ 2

28 ~ n.a ~ Simple Minds ~ Sparkle In The Rain ~ Polygram ~ 1

29 ~ n.a ~ Accept ~ Balls To The Wall ~ CBS ~ 1

30 ~ 30 ~ Saga ~ Heads Or Tails ~ A&M ~ 20

MOTLEY CRUE ~ "LOOKS THAT KILL";


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Playing that week; Alien Sex Fiend at Larry's Hideaway, DOA and Creative Zero at the Upper Lip, Breeding Ground at Larry's Hideaway

ALIEN SEX FIEND ~ "NOW I'M FEELING ZOMBIFIED";


DOA ~ "WORLD WAR III";


Movies playing that week; "Footloose"

February 25 1984

Chart Number; 1393 This Week ~ Last Week ~ Artist ~ Song ~ Label ~ Weeks On ~ Cancon ~ Fastest Riser

CYNDI LAUPER ~ "GIRLS JUST WANNA HAVE FUN";


1 ~ 1 ~ Micheal Jackson ~ Thriller ~ CBS ~ 3

2 ~ 3 ~ UB40 ~ Red Red Wine ~ WEA ~ 10

3 ~ 4 ~ Van Halen ~ Jump ~ WEA ~ 7

4 ~ 2 ~ The Romantics ~ Talking In Your Sleep ~ CBS ~ 10

5 ~ 6 ~ John Lennon ~ Nobody Told Me ~ Polygram ~ 6

6 ~ 7 ~ Duran Duran ~ New Moon On Monday ~ EMI ~ 5

7 ~ 9 ~ Billy Idol ~ Rebel Yell ~ MCA ~ 4

8 ~ 15 ~ Nena ~ 99 Luft Balloons ~ CBS ~ 3

9 ~ 12 ~ Eurythmics ~ Here Comes The Rain ~ RCA ~ 4

10 ~ 10 ~ Paul McCartney ~ So Bad ~ CBS ~ 8

11 ~ 5 ~ Culture Club ~ Karma Chameleon ~ Polygram ~ 11

12 ~ 14 ~ The Pretenders ~ Middle Of The Road ~ Sire ~ 4

13 ~ 8 ~ The Police ~ Wrapped Around Your Finger ~ A&M ~ 8

14 ~ 20 ~ Re-Flex ~ The Politics Of Dancing ~ EMI ~ 4

15 ~ 17 ~ Boys Brigade ~ Melody ~ EMI ~ 7 ~ cc

16 ~ 27 ~ Queen ~ Radio Ga-Ga ~ EMI ~ 2 ~ !

17 ~ 19 ~ Billy Joel ~ An Innocent Man ~ CBS ~ 6

18 ~ 22 ~ Kool & The Gang ~ Joanna ~ Polygram ~ 3

19 ~ 21 ~ Platinum Blonde ~ Doesn't Really Matter ~ CBS ~ 5 ~ cc

20 ~ 25 ~ Huey Lewis & The News ~ I Want A New Drug ~ MCA ~ 3

21 ~ 13 ~ Yes ~ Owner Of A Lonely Heart ~ WEA ~ 15

22 ~ 11 ~ John Cougar Mellencamp ~ Pink Houses ~ Polygram ~ 8

23 ~ 23 ~ Toronto ~ Ready To Make Up ~ A&M ~ 7 ~ cc

24 ~ 29 ~ Thomas Dolby ~ Hyperactive ~ EMI ~ 2

25 ~ 28 ~ Saga ~ Scratching The Surface ~ A&M ~ 2 ~ cc

26 ~ 16 ~ Lionel Richie ~ Running With The Night ~ Quality ~ 11

27 ~ 30 ~ Corey Hart ~ Sunglasses At Night ~ EMI ~ 2 ~ cc

28 ~ n.a ~ Cyndi Lauper ~ Girls Just Wanna Have Fun ~ CBS ~ 1

29 ~ n.a ~ Shannon ~ Let The Music Play ~ CBS ~ 1

30 ~ n.a ~ Sherry Kean ~ I Want You Back ~ EMI ~ 1 ~ cc

======================================= The CHUM FM Top 30 Albums; Feb 25 1984;
Chart No.248

This Week ~ Last Week ~ Artist ~ Album ~ Label ~ Weeks On Chart ~ Canadian ~ Fastest Riser

1 ~ 1 ~ Culture Club ~ Colour By Numbers ~ Polygram ~ 19

2 ~ 2 ~ Van Halen ~ 1984 ~ WEA ~ 7

3 ~ 5 ~ Eurythmics ~ Touch ~ RCA ~ 8

4 ~ 4 ~ UB40 ~ Labour Of Love ~ WEA ~ 8

5 ~ 3 ~ Duran Duran ~ Seven & The Ragged Tiger ~ EMI ~ 14

6 ~ 7 ~ The Pretenders ~ Learning to Crawl ~ WEA ~ 6

7 ~ 6 ~ Yes ~ 90125 ~ WEA ~ 15

8 ~ 8 ~ The Romantics ~ In Heat ~ CBS ~ 12

9 ~ 9 ~ John Lennon & Yoko Ono ~ Milk & Honey ~ Polygram ~ 6

10 ~ 10 ~ Genesis ~ Genesis ~ WEA ~ 20

11 ~ 14 ~ ZZ Top ~ Eliminator ~ WEA ~ 6

12 ~ 11 ~ Billy Idol ~ Rebel Yell ~ MCA ~ 15

13 ~ 17 ~ John Cougar Mellencamp ~ Uh-Huh ~ Polygram ~ 19

14 ~ 16 ~ Judas Priest ~ Defenders Of The Faith ~ CBS ~ 5

15 ~ 13 ~ Quiet Riot ~ Metal Health ~ CBS ~ 10

16 ~ 15 ~ The Rolling Stones ~ Undercover ~ WEA ~ 16

17 ~ 12 ~ U2 ~ Under A Blood Red Sky ~ MCA ~ 12

18 ~ 19 ~ Motley Crue ~ Shout At The Devil ~ WEA ~ 5

19 ~ 20 ~ Re-Flex ~ The Politics Of Dancing ~ EMI ~ 5

20 ~ 18 ~ The Police ~ Synchronicity ~ A&M ~ 38

21 ~ 24 ~ Platinum Blonde ~ Standing In The Dark ~ CBS ~ 4 ~ cc

22 ~ 21 ~ David Bowie ~ Let's Dance ~ EMI ~ 47

23 ~ 28 ~ Simple Minds ~ Sparkle In The Rain ~ Polygram ~ 2 ~ !

24 ~ 22 ~ Def Leppard ~ Pyromania ~ Polygram ~ 52

25 ~ 26 ~ Huey Lewis & The News ~ Sports ~ MCA ~ 10

26 ~ 27 ~ The The ~ Soul Mining ~ CBS ~ 3

27 ~ 23 ~ Big Country ~ The Crossing ~ Polygram ~ 23

28 ~ 29 ~ Accept ~ Balls To The Wall ~ CBS ~ 2

29 ~ n.a ~ Thomas Dolby ~ The Flat Earth ~ EMI ~ 1

30 ~ n.a ~ Wang Chung ~ Points On The Curve ~ WEA ~ 1

WANG CHUNG ~ "TO LIVE & DIE IN L.A.";


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Playing that week at Larry's Hideaway: Direct Action, Chronic Submission, Quarantine, Creative Zero, APB, Youth Youth Youth and on another night, Harlott

QUARANTINE ~ "YOU CAN GET KILLED IN REGENT PARK";


Movies playing that week; "Footloose"

Tuesday 19 May 2020

March 3 1984

Chart Number; 1394

SAGA ~ "SCRATCHING THE SURFACE";


This Week ~ Last Week ~ Artist ~ Song ~ Label ~ Weeks On ~ Cancon ~ Fastest Riser

1 ~ 1 ~ Micheal Jackson ~ Thriller ~ CBS ~ 4

2 ~ 3 ~ Van Halen ~ Jump ~ WEA ~ 8

3 ~ 8 ~ Nena ~ 99 Luft Balloons ~ CBS ~ 4

4 ~ 6 ~ Duran Duran ~ New Moon On Monday ~ EMI ~ 6

5 ~ 5 ~ John Lennon ~ Nobody Told Me ~ Polygram ~ 7

6 ~ 7 ~ Billy Idol ~ Rebel Yell ~ MCA ~ 5

7 ~ 9 ~ Eurythmics ~ Here Comes The Rain ~ RCA ~ 5

8 ~ 2 ~ UB40 ~ Red Red Wine ~ WEA ~ 11

9 ~ 4 ~ The Romantics ~ Talking In Your Sleep ~ CBS ~ 11

10 ~ 16 ~ Queen ~ Radio Ga-Ga ~ EMI ~ 3

11 ~ 14 ~ Re-Flex ~ The Politics Of Dancing ~ EMI ~ 5

12 ~ 12 ~ The Pretenders ~ Middle Of The Road ~ Sire ~ 5

13 ~ 18 ~ Kool & The Gang ~ Joanna ~ Polygram ~ 4

14 ~ 20 ~ Huey Lewis & The News ~ I Want A New Drug ~ MCA ~ 4

15 ~ 15 ~ Boys Brigade ~ Melody ~ EMI ~ 8 ~ cc

16 ~ 19 ~ Platinum Blonde ~ Doesn't Really Matter ~ CBS ~ 6 ~ cc

17 ~ 17 ~ Billy Joel ~ An Innocent Man ~ CBS ~ 7

18 ~ 28 ~ Cyndi Lauper ~ Girls Just Wanna Have Fun ~ CBS ~ 2 ~ !

19 ~ 10 ~ Paul McCartney ~ So Bad ~ CBS ~ 9

20 ~ 24 ~ Thomas Dolby ~ Hyperactive ~ EMI ~ 3

21 ~ 11 ~ Culture Club ~ Karma Chameleon ~ Polygram ~ 12

22 ~ 29 ~ Shannon ~ Let The Music Play ~ CBS ~ 2

23 ~ 25 ~ Saga ~ Scratching The Surface ~ A&M ~ 3 ~ cc

24 ~ 13 ~ The Police ~ Wrapped Around Your Finger ~ A&M ~ 9

25 ~ 27 ~ Corey Hart ~ Sunglasses At Night ~ EMI ~ 3 ~ cc

26 ~ 30 ~ Sherry Kean ~ I Want You Back ~ EMI ~ 2 ~ cc

27 ~ n.a ~ The Flying Pickets ~ Only You ~ Polygram ~ 1

28 ~ n.a ~ Rockwell ~ Somebody's Watching Me ~ Quality ~ 1

29 ~ n.a ~ Phil Collins ~ Against All Odds (Take A Look At Me Now) ~ WEA ~ 1

30 ~ n.a ~ Howard Jones ~ New Song ~ WEA ~ 1

ALDO NOVA ~ "FANTASY";


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The CHUM FM Top 30 Albums;
Chart No.249

This Week ~ Last Week ~ Artist ~ Album ~ Label ~ Weeks On Chart ~ Canadian ~ Fastest Riser

1 ~ 1 ~ Culture Club ~ Colour By Numbers ~ Polygram ~ 20

2 ~ 2 ~ Van Halen ~ 1984 ~ WEA ~ 8

3 ~ 3 ~ Eurythmics ~ Touch ~ RCA ~ 9

4 ~ 6 ~ The Pretenders ~ Learning to Crawl ~ WEA ~ 7

5 ~ 4 ~ UB40 ~ Labour Of Love ~ WEA ~ 9

6 ~ 5 ~ Duran Duran ~ Seven & The Ragged Tiger ~ EMI ~ 15

7 ~ 7 ~ Yes ~ 90125 ~ WEA ~ 16

8 ~ 8 ~ The Romantics ~ In Heat ~ CBS ~ 13

9 ~ 11 ~ ZZ Top ~ Eliminator ~ WEA ~ 7

10 ~ 9 ~ John Lennon & Yoko Ono ~ Milk & Honey ~ Polygram ~ 7

11 ~ 13 ~ John Cougar Mellencamp ~ Uh-Huh ~ Polygram ~ 20

12 ~ 10 ~ Genesis ~ Genesis ~ WEA ~ 21

13 ~ 12 ~ Billy Idol ~ Rebel Yell ~ MCA ~ 16

14 ~ 14 ~ Judas Priest ~ Defenders Of The Faith ~ CBS ~ 6

15 ~ 23 ~ Simple Minds ~ Sparkle In The Rain ~ Polygram ~ 3 ~ !

16 ~ 19 ~ Re-Flex ~ The Politics Of Dancing ~ EMI ~ 6

17 ~ 15 ~ Quiet Riot ~ Metal Health ~ CBS ~ 11

18 ~ 18 ~ Motley Crue ~ Shout At The Devil ~ WEA ~ 6

19 ~ 16 ~ The Rolling Stones ~ Undercover ~ WEA ~ 17

20 ~ 21 ~ Platinum Blonde ~ Standing In The Dark ~ CBS ~ 5 ~ cc

21 ~ 17 ~ U2 ~ Under A Blood Red Sky ~ MCA ~ 13

22 ~ 25 ~ Huey Lewis & The News ~ Sports ~ MCA ~ 11

23 ~ 20 ~ The Police ~ Synchronicity ~ A&M ~ 39

24 ~ 26 ~ The The ~ Soul Mining ~ CBS ~ 4

25 ~ n.a ~ Queen ~ The Works ~ EMI ~ 1

26 ~ 22 ~ David Bowie ~ Let's Dance ~ EMI ~ 48

27 ~ 28 ~ Accept ~ Balls To The Wall ~ CBS ~ 3

28 ~ 29 ~ Thomas Dolby ~ The Flat Earth ~ EMI ~ 2

29 ~ 30 ~ Wang Chung ~ Points On The Curve ~ WEA ~ 2

30 ~ 24 ~ Def Leppard ~ Pyromania ~ Polygram ~ 53

DURAN DURAN ~ "THE REFLEX";


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Playing that week; Mar.2 - Samhain, Scream Dove at RPM, Mar.2 - Saga & Aldo Nova at MLG, Mar.4,5,6 - Duran Duran (also video shoot for "The Reflex") & the Payolas at MLG, Mar 5 - Sturm Group, Vital Sines, Jolly Tambourine Man, Dae Von at Larry's

SAMHAIN ~ "ARCHANGEL";

Movies playing; The Dresser

Monday 18 May 2020

March 10 1984

Chart Number; 1395

ROCKWELL ~ "SOMEBODY'S WATCHING ME";


This Week ~ Last Week ~ Artist ~ Song ~ Label ~ Weeks On ~ Cancon ~ Fastest Riser

1 ~ 1 ~ Micheal Jackson ~ Thriller ~ CBS ~ 5

2 ~ 2 ~ Van Halen ~ Jump ~ WEA ~ 9

3 ~ 3 ~ Nena ~ 99 Luft Balloons ~ CBS ~ 5

4 ~ 4 ~ Duran Duran ~ New Moon On Monday ~ EMI ~ 7

5 ~ 6 ~ Billy Idol ~ Rebel Yell ~ MCA ~ 6

6 ~ 7 ~ Eurythmics ~ Here Comes The Rain ~ RCA ~ 6

7 ~ 10 ~ Queen ~ Radio Ga-Ga ~ EMI ~ 4

8 ~ 14 ~ Huey Lewis & The News ~ I Want A New Drug ~ MCA ~ 5

9 ~ 11 ~ Re-Flex ~ The Politics Of Dancing ~ EMI ~ 6

10 ~ 5 ~ John Lennon ~ Nobody Told Me ~ Polygram ~ 8

11 ~ 13 ~ Kool & The Gang ~ Joanna ~ Polygram ~ 5

12 ~ 12 ~ The Pretenders ~ Middle Of The Road ~ Sire ~ 6

13 ~ 18 ~ Cyndi Lauper ~ Girls Just Wanna Have Fun ~ CBS ~ 3

14 ~ 8 ~ UB40 ~ Red Red Wine ~ WEA ~ 12

15 ~ 16 ~ Platinum Blonde ~ Doesn't Really Matter ~ CBS ~ 7 ~ cc

16 ~ 20 ~ Thomas Dolby ~ Hyperactive ~ EMI ~ 4

17 ~ 9 ~ The Romantics ~ Talking In Your Sleep ~ CBS ~ 12

18 ~ 22 ~ Shannon ~ Let The Music Play ~ CBS ~ 3

19 ~ 23 ~ Saga ~ Scratching The Surface ~ A&M ~ 4 ~ cc

20 ~ 27 ~ The Flying Pickets ~ Only You ~ Polygram ~ 2

21 ~ 29 ~ Phil Collins ~ Against All Odds (Take A Look At Me Now) ~ WEA ~ 2

22 ~ 25 ~ Corey Hart ~ Sunglasses At Night ~ EMI ~ 4 ~ cc

23 ~ 15 ~ Boys Brigade ~ Melody ~ EMI ~ 9 ~ cc

24 ~ 26 ~ Sherry Kean ~ I Want You Back ~ EMI ~ 3 ~ cc

25 ~ 28 ~ Rockwell ~ Somebody's Watching Me ~ Quality ~ 2

26 ~ 17 ~ Billy Joel ~ An Innocent Man ~ CBS ~ 8

27 ~ 30 ~ Howard Jones ~ New Song ~ WEA ~ 2

28 ~ 19 ~ Paul McCartney ~ So Bad ~ CBS ~ 10

29 ~ 21 ~ Culture Club ~ Karma Chameleon ~ Polygram ~ 13

30 ~ n.a ~ Madonna ~ Holiday ~ WEA ~ 1

SHANNON ~ "LET THE MUSIC PLAY";


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The CHUM FM Top 30 Albums;
Chart No.250

This Week ~ Last Week ~ Artist ~ Album ~ Label ~ Weeks On Chart ~ Canadian ~ Fastest Riser

1 ~ 1 ~ Culture Club ~ Colour By Numbers ~ Polygram ~ 21

2 ~ 2 ~ Van Halen ~ 1984 ~ WEA ~ 9

3 ~ 3 ~ Eurythmics ~ Touch ~ RCA ~ 10

4 ~ 4 ~ The Pretenders ~ Learning to Crawl ~ WEA ~ 8

5 ~ 5 ~ UB40 ~ Labour Of Love ~ WEA ~ 10

6 ~ 6 ~ Duran Duran ~ Seven & The Ragged Tiger ~ EMI ~ 16

7 ~ 7 ~ Yes ~ 90125 ~ WEA ~ 17

8 ~ 8 ~ The Romantics ~ In Heat ~ CBS ~ 14

9 ~ 15 ~ Simple Minds ~ Sparkle In The Rain ~ Polygram ~ 4 ~ !

10 ~ 9 ~ ZZ Top ~ Eliminator ~ WEA ~ 8

11 ~ 11 ~ John Cougar Mellencamp ~ Uh-Huh ~ Polygram ~ 21

12 ~ 10 ~ John Lennon & Yoko Ono ~ Milk & Honey ~ Polygram ~ 8

13 ~ 12 ~ Genesis ~ Genesis ~ WEA ~ 22

14 ~ 13 ~ Billy Idol ~ Rebel Yell ~ MCA ~ 17

15 ~ 14 ~ Judas Priest ~ Defenders Of The Faith ~ CBS ~ 7

16 ~ 16 ~ Re-Flex ~ The Politics Of Dancing ~ EMI ~ 7

17 ~ 22 ~ Huey Lewis & The News ~ Sports ~ MCA ~ 2

18 ~ 17 ~ Quiet Riot ~ Metal Health ~ CBS ~ 12

19 ~ 20 ~ Platinum Blonde ~ Standing In The Dark ~ CBS ~ 6 ~ cc

20 ~ 25 ~ Queen ~ The Works ~ EMI ~ 2

21 ~ 18 ~ Motley Crue ~ Shout At The Devil ~ WEA ~ 7

22 ~ 19 ~ The Rolling Stones ~ Undercover ~ WEA ~ 18

23 ~ 24 ~ The The ~ Soul Mining ~ CBS ~ 5

24 ~ 28 ~ Thomas Dolby ~ The Flat Earth ~ EMI ~ 3

25 ~ 29 ~ Wang Chung ~ Points On The Curve ~ WEA ~ 3

26 ~ 27 ~ Accept ~ Balls To The Wall ~ CBS ~ 4

27 ~ 21 ~ U2 ~ Under A Blood Red Sky ~ MCA ~ 14

28 ~ n.a ~ The Alan Parsons Project ~ Amonia Ave ~ Polygram ~ 1

29 ~ 23 ~ The Police ~ Synchronicity ~ A&M ~ 40

30 ~ 26 ~ David Bowie ~ Let's Dance ~ EMI ~ 49

ACCEPT ~ "BALLS TO THE WALL";


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Playing that week; March 9 Vital Sines & Sturm Group at German Canadian Club in London
Movies playing; "Tank"

Saturday 16 May 2020

March 17 1984

Chart Number; 1398

THE FLYING PICKETS ~ "ONLY YOU";


This Week ~ Last Week ~ Artist ~ Song ~ Label ~ Weeks On ~ Cancon ~ Fastest Riser

1 ~ 2 ~ Van Halen ~ Jump ~ WEA ~ 10

2 ~ 3 ~ Nena ~ 99 Luft Balloons ~ CBS ~ 6

3 ~ 1 ~ Micheal Jackson ~ Thriller ~ CBS ~ 6

4 ~ 7 ~ Queen ~ Radio Ga-Ga ~ EMI ~ 5

5 ~ 6 ~ Eurythmics ~ Here Comes The Rain ~ RCA ~ 7

6 ~ 13 ~ Cyndi Lauper ~ Girls Just Wanna Have Fun ~ CBS ~ 4

7 ~ 4 ~ Duran Duran ~ New Moon On Monday ~ EMI ~ 8

8 ~ 8 ~ Huey Lewis & The News ~ I Want A New Drug ~ MCA ~ 6

9 ~ 9 ~ Re-Flex ~ The Politics Of Dancing ~ EMI ~ 7

10 ~ 5 ~ Billy Idol ~ Rebel Yell ~ MCA ~ 7

11 ~ 11 ~ Kool & The Gang ~ Joanna ~ Polygram ~ 6

12 ~ 16 ~ Thomas Dolby ~ Hyperactive ~ EMI ~ 5

13 ~ 18 ~ Shannon ~ Let The Music Play ~ CBS ~ 4

14 ~ 21 ~ Phil Collins ~ Against All Odds (Take A Look At Me Now) ~ WEA ~ 3

15 ~ 20 ~ The Flying Pickets ~ Only You ~ Polygram ~ 3

16 ~ 25 ~ Rockwell ~ Somebody's Watching Me ~ Quality ~ 3 ~ !

17 ~ 19 ~ Saga ~ Scratching The Surface ~ A&M ~ 5 ~ cc

18 ~ 10 ~ John Lennon ~ Nobody Told Me ~ Polygram ~ 9

19 ~ 15 ~ Platinum Blonde ~ Doesn't Really Matter ~ CBS ~ 8 ~ cc

20 ~ 22 ~ Corey Hart ~ Sunglasses At Night ~ EMI ~ 5 ~ cc

21 ~ 12 ~ The Pretenders ~ Middle Of The Road ~ Sire ~ 7

22 ~ 24 ~ Sherry Kean ~ I Want You Back ~ EMI ~ 4 ~ cc

23 ~ 30 ~ Madonna ~ Holiday ~ WEA ~ 2

24 ~ 27 ~ Howard Jones ~ New Song ~ WEA ~ 3

25 ~ 14 ~ UB40 ~ Red Red Wine ~ WEA ~ 13

26 ~ 17 ~ The Romantics ~ Talking In Your Sleep ~ CBS ~ 13

27 ~ n.a ~ Kenny Loggins ~ Footloose ~ CBS ~ 1

28 ~ n.a ~ Thompson Twins ~ Hold Me Now ~ Polygram ~ 1

29 ~ n.a ~ Culture Club ~ Miss Me Blind ~ Polygram ~ 1

30 ~ n.a ~ Santers ~ All Right Now ~ A&M ~ 1 ~ cc

======================================================= The CHUM FM Top 30 Albums; March 17 1984;
Chart No.251

This Week ~ Last Week ~ Artist ~ Album ~ Label ~ Weeks On Chart ~ Canadian ~ Fastest Riser

1 ~ 4 ~ The Pretenders ~ Learning to Crawl ~ WEA ~ 9

2 ~ 3 ~ Eurythmics ~ Touch ~ RCA ~ 11

3 ~ 1 ~ Culture Club ~ Colour By Numbers ~ Polygram ~ 22

4 ~ 2 ~ Van Halen ~ 1984 ~ WEA ~ 10

5 ~ 5 ~ UB40 ~ Labour Of Love ~ WEA ~ 11

6 ~ 6 ~ Duran Duran ~ Seven & The Ragged Tiger ~ EMI ~ 17

7 ~ 9 ~ Simple Minds ~ Sparkle In The Rain ~ Polygram ~ 5

8 ~ 7 ~ Yes ~ 90125 ~ WEA ~ 18

9 ~ 8 ~ The Romantics ~ In Heat ~ CBS ~ 13

10 ~ 10 ~ ZZ Top ~ Eliminator ~ WEA ~ 9

11 ~ 17 ~ Huey Lewis & The News ~ Sports ~ MCA ~ 3

12 ~ 11 ~ John Cougar Mellencamp ~ Uh-Huh ~ Polygram ~ 22

13 ~ 20 ~ Queen ~ The Works ~ EMI ~ 3 ~ !

14 ~ 12 ~ John Lennon & Yoko Ono ~ Milk & Honey ~ Polygram ~ 9

15 ~ 13 ~ Genesis ~ Genesis ~ WEA ~ 23

16 ~ 19 ~ Platinum Blonde ~ Standing In The Dark ~ CBS ~ 7 ~ cc

17 ~ 14 ~ Billy Idol ~ Rebel Yell ~ MCA ~ 18

18 ~ 15 ~ Judas Priest ~ Defenders Of The Faith ~ CBS ~ 8

19 ~ 16 ~ Re-Flex ~ The Politics Of Dancing ~ EMI ~ 8

20 ~ 24 ~ Thomas Dolby ~ The Flat Earth ~ EMI ~ 4

21 ~ 18 ~ Quiet Riot ~ Metal Health ~ CBS ~ 13

22 ~ 25 ~ Wang Chung ~ Points On The Curve ~ WEA ~ 4

23 ~ 23 ~ The The ~ Soul Mining ~ CBS ~ 6

24 ~ 21 ~ Motley Crue ~ Shout At The Devil ~ WEA ~ 8

25 ~ n.a ~ Howard Jones ~ Human's Lib ~ WEA ~ 1

26 ~ 26 ~ Accept ~ Balls To The Wall ~ CBS ~ 5

27 ~ 28 ~ The Alan Parsons Project ~ Amonia Ave ~ Polygram ~ 2

28 ~ n.a ~ The Scorpions ~ Love At First Sting ~ Polygram ~ 1

29 ~ n.a ~ The Thompson Twins ~ Into The Gap ~ Polygram ~ 1

30 ~ n.a ~ China Crisis ~ Working With Fire & Steel ~ Polygram ~ 1

CHINA CRISIS ~ "WORKING WITH FIRE & STEEL";


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Playing that week; March 22 - CKLN benefit with Sturm Group, Fifth Column, Vital Sines, Jolly Tambourine Man, Ministry Of Love, Dave Howard Singers, dub poets Devon Haughton & Poet Jones, Mar.14 Hall & Oates at Maple Leaf Gardens, Mar. 15 - Kiss & Accept at Maple Leaf Gardens, Yehuda Menuhin at O'Keefe Center

Movies playing; "Never Cry Wolf", "Ipu's Death"

DAVE HOWARD SINGERS ~ "ROCK ON";


JOLLY TAMBOURINE MAN ~ "APPLE STREUDEL MAN";


YEHUDI MENUHIN & GLENN GOULD PLAY BACH;


March 24 1984

Chart Number; 1397

March 24 1984;

KENNY LOGGINS ~ "FOOTLOOSE";


This Week ~ Last Week ~ Artist ~ Song ~ Label ~ Weeks On ~ Cancon ~ Fastest Riser

1 ~ 2 ~ Nena ~ 99 Luft Balloons ~ CBS ~ 7

2 ~ 1 ~ Van Halen ~ Jump ~ WEA ~ 11

3 ~ 4 ~ Queen ~ Radio Ga-Ga ~ EMI ~ 6

4 ~ 5 ~ Eurythmics ~ Here Comes The Rain ~ RCA ~ 8

5 ~ 6 ~ Cyndi Lauper ~ Girls Just Wanna Have Fun ~ CBS ~ 5

6 ~ 14 ~ Phil Collins ~ Against All Odds (Take A Look At Me Now) ~ WEA ~ 4

7 ~ 3 ~ Micheal Jackson ~ Thriller ~ CBS ~ 7

8 ~ 16 ~ Rockwell ~ Somebody's Watching Me ~ Quality ~ 4

9 ~ 13 ~ Shannon ~ Let The Music Play ~ CBS ~ 5

10 ~ 15 ~ The Flying Pickets ~ Only You ~ Polygram ~ 4

11 ~ 12 ~ Thomas Dolby ~ Hyperactive ~ EMI ~ 6

12 ~ 8 ~ Huey Lewis & The News ~ I Want A New Drug ~ MCA ~ 7

13 ~ 7 ~ Duran Duran ~ New Moon On Monday ~ EMI ~ 9

14 ~ 17 ~ Saga ~ Scratching The Surface ~ A&M ~ 6 ~ cc

15 ~ 9 ~ Re-Flex ~ The Politics Of Dancing ~ EMI ~ 8

16 ~ 10 ~ Billy Idol ~ Rebel Yell ~ MCA ~ 8

17 ~ 27 ~ Kenny Loggins ~ Footloose ~ CBS ~ 2 ~ !

18 ~ 20 ~ Corey Hart ~ Sunglasses At Night ~ EMI ~ 6 ~ cc

19 ~ 23 ~ Madonna ~ Holiday ~ WEA ~ 3

20 ~ 22 ~ Sherry Kean ~ I Want You Back ~ EMI ~ 5 ~ cc

21 ~ 11 ~ Kool & The Gang ~ Joanna ~ Polygram ~ 7

22 ~ 24 ~ Howard Jones ~ New Song ~ WEA ~ 4

23 ~ 29 ~ Culture Club ~ Miss Me Blind ~ Polygram ~ 2

24 ~ 28 ~ Thompson Twins ~ Hold Me Now ~ Polygram ~ 2

25 ~ 18 ~ John Lennon ~ Nobody Told Me ~ Polygram ~ 10

26 ~ 30 ~ Santers ~ All Right Now ~ A&M ~ 2 ~ cc

27 ~ 19 ~ Platinum Blonde ~ Doesn't Really Matter ~ CBS ~ 9 ~ cc

28 ~ n.a ~ Hall & Oates ~ Adult Education ~ RCA ~ 1

29 ~ n.a ~ Wang Chung ~ Don't Let Go ~ WEA ~ 1

30 ~ n.a ~ The Cars ~ You Might Think ~ WEA ~ 1

HALL & OATES ~ "ADULT EDUCATION";


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The CHUM FM Top 30 Albums;
Chart No.253

This Week ~ Last Week ~ Artist ~ Album ~ Label ~ Weeks On Chart ~ Canadian ~ Fastest Riser

1 ~ 2 ~ Eurythmics ~ Touch ~ RCA ~ 12

2 ~ 4 ~ Van Halen ~ 1984 ~ WEA ~ 11

3 ~ 1 ~ The Pretenders ~ Learning to Crawl ~ WEA ~ 10

4 ~ 3 ~ Culture Club ~ Colour By Numbers ~ Polygram ~ 23

5 ~ 7 ~ Simple Minds ~ Sparkle In The Rain ~ Polygram ~ 6

6 ~ 6 ~ Duran Duran ~ Seven & The Ragged Tiger ~ EMI ~ 18

7 ~ 5 ~ UB40 ~ Labour Of Love ~ WEA ~ 12

8 ~ 11 ~ Huey Lewis & The News ~ Sports ~ MCA ~ 4

9 ~ 13 ~ Queen ~ The Works ~ EMI ~ 4

10 ~ 10 ~ ZZ Top ~ Eliminator ~ WEA ~ 10

11 ~ 8 ~ Yes ~ 90125 ~ WEA ~ 19

12 ~ 9 ~ The Romantics ~ In Heat ~ CBS ~ 14

13 ~ 16 ~ Platinum Blonde ~ Standing In The Dark ~ CBS ~ 8 ~ cc

14 ~ 20 ~ Thomas Dolby ~ The Flat Earth ~ EMI ~ 5

15 ~ 22 ~ Wang Chung ~ Points On The Curve ~ WEA ~ 5 ~ !

16 ~ 12 ~ John Cougar Mellencamp ~ Uh-Huh ~ Polygram ~ 23

17 ~ 14 ~ John Lennon & Yoko Ono ~ Milk & Honey ~ Polygram ~ 10

18 ~ 15 ~ Genesis ~ Genesis ~ WEA ~ 24

19 ~ 17 ~ Billy Idol ~ Rebel Yell ~ MCA ~ 19

20 ~ 25 ~ Howard Jones ~ Human's Lib ~ WEA ~ 2

21 ~ 18 ~ Judas Priest ~ Defenders Of The Faith ~ CBS ~ 9

22 ~ 19 ~ Re-Flex ~ The Politics Of Dancing ~ EMI ~ 9

23 ~ 30 ~ China Crisis ~ Working With Fire & Steel ~ Polygram ~ 2

24 ~ 24 ~ Motley Crue ~ Shout At The Devil ~ WEA ~ 9

25 ~ 27 ~ The Alan Parsons Project ~ Amonia Ave ~ Polygram ~ 3

26 ~ 28 ~ The Scorpions ~ Love At First Sting ~ Polygram ~ 2

27 ~ 29 ~ The Thompson Twins ~ Into The Gap ~ Polygram ~ 2

28 ~ 26 ~ Accept ~ Balls To The Wall ~ CBS ~ 6

29 ~ 23 ~ The The ~ Soul Mining ~ CBS ~ 7

30 ~ n.a ~ The Cars ~ Heartbeat City ~ WEA ~ 1

SAM & DAVE ~ "HOLD ON I'M COMING";


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Playing that week; Sam & Dave at Durango's, Mark Hains & The Zippers at Durango's, The Woods Are Full Of Cuckoos at the Cabana Room,The Hype at Club 650 in Buffalo (cancelled as band barred from USA)

THE WOODS ARE FULL OF CUCKOOS;


Plays showing that week; Starlight Revue with Fiona Reid, RH Thompson, Geraint Wyn Davies, Benedict Campbell at Bayview Playhouse. Guys & Dolls at Cambridge Hotel Showplace, Cat On A Hot Tin Roof at Harbour Front with Frances Fisher,

Friday 15 May 2020

March 31 1984

Chart Number; 1398 This Week ~ Last Week ~ Artist ~ Song ~ Label ~ Weeks On ~ Cancon ~ Fastest Riser

YES ~ "LEAVE IT";


1 ~ 1 ~ Nena ~ 99 Luft Balloons ~ CBS ~ 8

2 ~ 2 ~ Van Halen ~ Jump ~ WEA ~ 12

3 ~ 3 ~ Queen ~ Radio Ga-Ga ~ EMI ~ 7

4 ~ 5 ~ Cyndi Lauper ~ Girls Just Wanna Have Fun ~ CBS ~ 6

5 ~ 6 ~ Phil Collins ~ Against All Odds (Take A Look At Me Now) ~ WEA ~ 5

6 ~ 8 ~ Rockwell ~ Somebody's Watching Me ~ Quality ~ 5

7 ~ 4 ~ Eurythmics ~ Here Comes The Rain ~ RCA ~ 9

8 ~ 10 ~ The Flying Pickets ~ Only You ~ Polygram ~ 5

9 ~ 9 ~ Shannon ~ Let The Music Play ~ CBS ~ 6

10 ~ 11 ~ Thomas Dolby ~ Hyperactive ~ EMI ~ 7

11 ~ 17 ~ Kenny Loggins ~ Footloose ~ CBS ~ 3

12 ~ 12 ~ Huey Lewis & The News ~ I Want A New Drug ~ MCA ~ 8

13 ~ 14 ~ Saga ~ Scratching The Surface ~ A&M ~ 7 ~ cc

14 ~ 7 ~ Micheal Jackson ~ Thriller ~ CBS ~ 8

15 ~ 24 ~ Thompson Twins ~ Hold Me Now ~ Polygram ~ 3 ~ !

16 ~ 23 ~ Culture Club ~ Miss Me Blind ~ Polygram ~ 3

17 ~ 18 ~ Corey Hart ~ Sunglasses At Night ~ EMI ~ 7 ~ cc

18 ~ 22 ~ Howard Jones ~ New Song ~ WEA ~ 5

19 ~ 19 ~ Madonna ~ Holiday ~ WEA ~ 4

20 ~ 20 ~ Sherry Kean ~ I Want You Back ~ EMI ~ 6 ~ cc

21 ~ 13 ~ Duran Duran ~ New Moon On Monday ~ EMI ~ 10

22 ~ 15 ~ Re-Flex ~ The Politics Of Dancing ~ EMI ~ 9

23 ~ 28 ~ Hall & Oates ~ Adult Education ~ RCA ~ 2

24 ~ 26 ~ Santers ~ All Right Now ~ A&M ~ 3 ~ cc

25 ~ 30 ~ The Cars ~ You Might Think ~ WEA ~ 2

26 ~ 16 ~ Billy Idol ~ Rebel Yell ~ MCA ~ 9

27 ~ 29 ~ Wang Chung ~ Don't Let Go ~ WEA ~ 2

28 ~ n.a ~ Yes ~ Leave It ~ WEA ~ 1

29 ~ n.a ~ Rick Springfield ~ Love Somebody ~ RCA ~ 1

30 ~ n.a ~ Martha & The Muffins ~ Black Stations/White Stations ~ RCA ~ 1 ~ cc

WANG CHUNG ~ "DON'T LET GO";


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The CHUM FM Top 30 Albums;

Chart No.253

This Week ~ Last Week ~ Artist ~ Album ~ Label ~ Weeks On Chart ~ Canadian ~ Fastest Riser

1 ~ 2 ~ Van Halen ~ 1984 ~ WEA ~ 12

2 ~ 1 ~ Eurythmics ~ Touch ~ RCA ~ 13

3 ~ 3 ~ The Pretenders ~ Learning to Crawl ~ WEA ~ 11

4 ~ 5 ~ Simple Minds ~ Sparkle In The Rain ~ Polygram ~ 7

5 ~ 4 ~ Culture Club ~ Colour By Numbers ~ Polygram ~ 24

6 ~ 6 ~ Duran Duran ~ Seven & The Ragged Tiger ~ EMI ~ 19

7 ~ 8 ~ Huey Lewis & The News ~ Sports ~ MCA ~ 5

8 ~ 9 ~ Queen ~ The Works ~ EMI ~ 5

9 ~ 7 ~ UB40 ~ Labour Of Love ~ WEA ~ 13

10 ~ 10 ~ ZZ Top ~ Eliminator ~ WEA ~ 11

11 ~ 14 ~ Thomas Dolby ~ The Flat Earth ~ EMI ~ 6

12 ~ 15 ~ Wang Chung ~ Points On The Curve ~ WEA ~ 6

13 ~ 13 ~ Platinum Blonde ~ Standing In The Dark ~ CBS ~ 9 ~ cc

14 ~ 11 ~ Yes ~ 90125 ~ WEA ~ 20

15 ~ 12 ~ The Romantics ~ In Heat ~ CBS ~ 15

16 ~ 20 ~ Howard Jones ~ Human's Lib ~ WEA ~ 3

17 ~ 26 ~ The Scorpions ~ Love At First Sting ~ Polygram ~ 3 ~ !

18 ~ 27 ~ The Thompson Twins ~ Into The Gap ~ Polygram ~ 3

19 ~ 23 ~ China Crisis ~ Working With Fire & Steel ~ Polygram ~ 3

20 ~ 19 ~ Billy Idol ~ Rebel Yell ~ MCA ~ 20

21 ~ 25 ~ The Alan Parsons Project ~ Amonia Ave ~ Polygram ~ 4

22 ~ 24 ~ Motley Crue ~ Shout At The Devil ~ WEA ~ 10

23 ~ 18 ~ Genesis ~ Genesis ~ WEA ~ 25

24 ~ 16 ~ John Cougar Mellencamp ~ Uh-Huh ~ Polygram ~ 24

25 ~ 17 ~ John Lennon & Yoko Ono ~ Milk & Honey ~ Polygram ~ 11

26 ~ 21 ~ Judas Priest ~ Defenders Of The Faith ~ CBS ~ 10

27 ~ 22 ~ Re-Flex ~ The Politics Of Dancing ~ EMI ~ 10

28 ~ 30 ~ The Cars ~ Heartbeat City ~ WEA ~ 2

29 ~ n.a ~ Joe Jackson ~ Body & Soul ~ A&M ~ 1

30 ~ n.a ~ The Alarm ~ Declaration ~ A&M ~ 1

THE CARS ~ "YOU MIGHT THINK";


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Movies playing that week;"Terms Of Endearment", "Flashdance", "Never Cry Wolf", "Broadway Danny Rose"

Wednesday 13 May 2020

April 7 1984

Chart Number; 1399 April 7 1984;

BONNIE TYLER ~ "HOLDING OUT FOR A HERO"


This Week ~ Last Week ~ Artist ~ Song ~ Label ~ Weeks On ~ Cancon ~ Fastest Riser

1 ~ 5 ~ Phil Collins ~ Against All Odds (Take A Look At Me Now) ~ WEA ~ 6

2 ~ 1 ~ Nena ~ 99 Luft Balloons ~ CBS ~ 9

3 ~ 4 ~ Cyndi Lauper ~ Girls Just Wanna Have Fun ~ CBS ~ 7

4 ~ 2 ~ Van Halen ~ Jump ~ WEA ~ 13

5 ~ 6 ~ Rockwell ~ Somebody's Watching Me ~ Quality ~ 6

6 ~ 3 ~ Queen ~ Radio Ga-Ga ~ EMI ~ 8

7 ~ 8 ~ The Flying Pickets ~ Only You ~ Polygram ~ 6

8 ~ 11 ~ Kenny Loggins ~ Footloose ~ CBS ~ 4

9 ~ 10 ~ Thomas Dolby ~ Hyperactive ~ EMI ~ 8

10 ~ 15 ~ Thompson Twins ~ Hold Me Now ~ Polygram ~ 4

11 ~ 16 ~ Culture Club ~ Miss Me Blind ~ Polygram ~ 4

12 ~ 7 ~ Eurythmics ~ Here Comes The Rain ~ RCA ~ 10

13 ~ 13 ~ Saga ~ Scratching The Surface ~ A&M ~ 8 ~ cc

14 ~ 18 ~ Howard Jones ~ New Song ~ WEA ~ 6

15 ~ 17 ~ Corey Hart ~ Sunglasses At Night ~ EMI ~ 8 ~ cc

16 ~ 9 ~ Shannon ~ Let The Music Play ~ CBS ~ 7

17 ~ 12 ~ Huey Lewis & The News ~ I Want A New Drug ~ MCA ~ 9

18 ~ 20 ~ Sherry Kean ~ I Want You Back ~ EMI ~ 7 ~ cc

19 ~ 25 ~ The Cars ~ You Might Think ~ WEA ~ 3 ~ !

20 ~ 23 ~ Hall & Oates ~ Adult Education ~ RCA ~ 3

21 ~ 24 ~ Santers ~ All Right Now ~ A&M ~ 4 ~ cc

22 ~ 14 ~ Micheal Jackson ~ Thriller ~ CBS ~ 9

23 ~ 28 ~ Yes ~ Leave It ~ WEA ~ 2

24 ~ 29 ~ Rick Springfield ~ Love Somebody ~ RCA ~ 2

25 ~ 27 ~ Wang Chung ~ Don't Let Go ~ WEA ~ 3

26 ~ 19 ~ Madonna ~ Holiday ~ WEA ~ 5

27 ~ 30 ~ Martha & The Muffins ~ Black Stations/White Stations ~ RCA ~ 2 ~ cc

28 ~ 21 ~ Duran Duran ~ New Moon On Monday ~ EMI ~ 11

29 ~ n.a ~ Genesis ~ Illegal Alien ~ WEA ~ 1

30 ~ n.a ~ Bonnie Tyler ~ Holding Out For A Hero ~ CBS ~ 1

GENESIS ~ "ILLEGAL ALIEN";


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The CHUM FM Top 30 Albums; April 7 1984;
Chart No.254

This Week ~ Last Week ~ Artist ~ Album ~ Label ~ Weeks On Chart ~ Canadian ~ Fastest Riser

1 ~ 1 ~ Van Halen ~ 1984 ~ WEA ~ 13

2 ~ 2 ~ Eurythmics ~ Touch ~ RCA ~ 14

3 ~ 3 ~ The Pretenders ~ Learning to Crawl ~ WEA ~ 12

4 ~ 4 ~ Simple Minds ~ Sparkle In The Rain ~ Polygram ~ 8

5 ~ 5 ~ Culture Club ~ Colour By Numbers ~ Polygram ~ 25

6 ~ 7 ~ Huey Lewis & The News ~ Sports ~ MCA ~ 6

7 ~ 6 ~ Duran Duran ~ Seven & The Ragged Tiger ~ EMI ~ 20

8 ~ 8 ~ Queen ~ The Works ~ EMI ~ 6

9 ~ 18 ~ The Thompson Twins ~ Into The Gap ~ Polygram ~ 4 ~ !

10 ~ 11 ~ Thomas Dolby ~ The Flat Earth ~ EMI ~ 7

11 ~ 10 ~ ZZ Top ~ Eliminator ~ WEA ~ 12

12 ~ 12 ~ Wang Chung ~ Points On The Curve ~ WEA ~ 7

13 ~ 13 ~ Platinum Blonde ~ Standing In The Dark ~ CBS ~ 10 ~ cc

14 ~ 9 ~ UB40 ~ Labour Of Love ~ WEA ~ 14

15 ~ 16 ~ Howard Jones ~ Human's Lib ~ WEA ~ 4

16 ~ 17 ~ The Scorpions ~ Love At First Sting ~ Polygram ~ 4

17 ~ 19 ~ China Crisis ~ Working With Fire & Steel ~ Polygram ~ 4

18 ~ 14 ~ Yes ~ 90125 ~ WEA ~ 21

19 ~ 15 ~ The Romantics ~ In Heat ~ CBS ~ 16

20 ~ 21 ~ The Alan Parsons Project ~ Amonia Ave ~ Polygram ~ 5

21 ~ 20 ~ Billy Idol ~ Rebel Yell ~ MCA ~ 21

22 ~ 22 ~ Motley Crue ~ Shout At The Devil ~ WEA ~ 11

23 ~ 29 ~ Joe Jackson ~ Body & Soul ~ A&M ~ 2

24 ~ 28 ~ The Cars ~ Heartbeat City ~ WEA ~ 3

25 ~ n.a. ~ Various Artists ~ Against All Odds Soundtrack ~ WEA ~ 1

26 ~ n.a ~ David Gilmour ~ About Face ~ CBS ~ 1

27 ~ 30 ~ The Alarm ~ Declaration ~ A&M ~ 2

28 ~ 23 ~ Genesis ~ Genesis ~ WEA ~ 26

29 ~ 26 ~ Judas Priest ~ Defenders Of The Faith ~ CBS ~ 11

30 ~ 27 ~ Re-Flex ~ The Politics Of Dancing ~ EMI ~ 11

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Playing that week; Judas Priest and Great White at MLG, Suicidal Tendencies, Sudden Impact, Terminal Rage at Larry's

GREAT WHITE ~ "ONCE BITTEN TWICE SHY";


JUDAS PRIEST ~ "ELECTRIC EYE";


SUICIDAL TENDENCIES ~ "INSTITUTIONALIZED";


TERMINAL RAGE ~ "EXTERMINATOR";


Monday 11 May 2020

April 14 1984

Chart Number; 1400

THE PUKKA ORCHESTRA ~ "LISTEN TO THE RADIO";


This Week ~ Last Week ~ Artist ~ Song ~ Label ~ Weeks On ~ Cancon ~ Fastest Riser

1 ~ 1 ~ Phil Collins ~ Against All Odds (Take A Look At Me Now) ~ WEA ~ 7

2 ~ 3 ~ Nena ~ 99 Luft Balloons ~ CBS ~ 10

3 ~ 2 ~ Cyndi Lauper ~ Girls Just Wanna Have Fun ~ CBS ~ 8

4 ~ 8 ~ Kenny Loggins ~ Footloose ~ CBS ~ 5

5 ~ 5 ~ Rockwell ~ Somebody's Watching Me ~ Quality ~ 7

6 ~ 10 ~ Thompson Twins ~ Hold Me Now ~ Polygram ~ 5

7 ~ 4 ~ Van Halen ~ Jump ~ WEA ~ 14

8 ~ 11 ~ Culture Club ~ Miss Me Blind ~ Polygram ~ 5

9 ~ 9 ~ Thomas Dolby ~ Hyperactive ~ EMI ~ 9

10 ~ 19 ~ The Cars ~ You Might Think ~ WEA ~ 4 ~ !

11 ~ 6 ~ Queen ~ Radio Ga-Ga ~ EMI ~ 9

12 ~ 7 ~ The Flying Pickets ~ Only You ~ Polygram ~ 7

13 ~ 15 ~ Corey Hart ~ Sunglasses At Night ~ EMI ~ 9 ~ cc

14 ~ 14 ~ Howard Jones ~ New Song ~ WEA ~ 7

15 ~ 20 ~ Hall & Oates ~ Adult Education ~ RCA ~ 4

16 ~ 13 ~ Saga ~ Scratching The Surface ~ A&M ~ 9 ~ cc

17 ~ 18 ~ Sherry Kean ~ I Want You Back ~ EMI ~ 8 ~ cc

18 ~ 23 ~ Yes ~ Leave It ~ WEA ~ 3

19 ~ 21 ~ Santers ~ All Right Now ~ A&M ~ 5 ~ cc

20 ~ 24 ~ Rick Springfield ~ Love Somebody ~ RCA ~ 3

21 ~ 12 ~ Eurythmics ~ Here Comes The Rain ~ RCA ~ 11

22 ~ 29 ~ Genesis ~ Illegal Alien ~ WEA ~ 2

23 ~ 17 ~ Huey Lewis & The News ~ I Want A New Drug ~ MCA ~ 10

24 ~ 27 ~ Martha & The Muffins ~ Black Stations/White Stations ~ RCA ~ 3 ~ cc

25 ~ 30 ~ Bonnie Tyler ~ Holding Out For A Hero ~ CBS ~ 2

26 ~ 16 ~ Shannon ~ Let The Music Play ~ CBS ~ 8

27 ~ n.a ~ Nik Kershaw ~ Wouldn't It Be Good ~ MCA ~ 1

28 ~ n.a ~ Tracy Ullman ~ They Don't Know ~ MCA ~ 1

29 ~ n.a ~ The Alan Parsons Project ~ Don't Answer Me ~ Polygram ~ 1

30 ~ n.a ~ The Pukka Orchestra ~ Listen To The Radio ~ CBS ~ 1 ~ cc

NIK KERSHAW ~ "WOULDN'T IT BE GOOD";


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The CHUM FM Top 30 Albums; April 14 1984;
Chart No.255

This Week ~ Last Week ~ Artist ~ Album ~ Label ~ Weeks On Chart ~ Canadian ~ Fastest Riser

1 ~ 1 ~ Van Halen ~ 1984 ~ WEA ~ 14

2 ~ 2 ~ Eurythmics ~ Touch ~ RCA ~ 15

3 ~ 9 ~ The Thompson Twins ~ Into The Gap ~ Polygram ~ 5 ~ !

4 ~ 4 ~ Simple Minds ~ Sparkle In The Rain ~ Polygram ~ 9

5 ~ 5 ~ Culture Club ~ Colour By Numbers ~ Polygram ~ 26

6 ~ 6 ~ Huey Lewis & The News ~ Sports ~ MCA ~ 7

7 ~ 3 ~ The Pretenders ~ Learning to Crawl ~ WEA ~ 13

8 ~ 7 ~ Duran Duran ~ Seven & The Ragged Tiger ~ EMI ~ 21

9 ~ 8 ~ Queen ~ The Works ~ EMI ~ 7

10 ~ 10 ~ Thomas Dolby ~ The Flat Earth ~ EMI ~ 8

11 ~ 11 ~ ZZ Top ~ Eliminator ~ WEA ~ 13

12 ~ 12 ~ Wangchung ~ Points On The Curve ~ WEA ~ 8

13 ~ 13 ~ Platinum Blonde ~ Standing In The Dark ~ CBS ~ 11 ~ cc

14 ~ 15 ~ Howard Jones ~ Human's Lib ~ WEA ~ 5

15 ~ 16 ~ The Scorpions ~ Love At First Sting ~ Polygram ~ 5

16 ~ 17 ~ China Crisis ~ Working With Fire & Steel ~ Polygram ~ 5

17 ~ 14 ~ UB40 ~ Labour Of Love ~ WEA ~ 15

18 ~ 23 ~ Joe Jackson ~ Body & Soul ~ A&M ~ 3

19 ~ 20 ~ The Alan Parsons Project ~ Amonia Ave ~ Polygram ~ 6

20 ~ 25 ~ Various Artists ~ Against All Odds Soundtrack ~ WEA ~ 2

21 ~ 26 ~ David Gilmour ~ About Face ~ CBS ~ 2

22 ~ 21 ~ Billy Idol ~ Rebel Yell ~ MCA ~ 22

23 ~ 24 ~ The Cars ~ Heartbeat City ~ WEA ~ 4

24 ~ 22 ~ Motley Crue ~ Shout At The Devil ~ WEA ~ 12

25 ~ 18 ~ Yes ~ 90125 ~ WEA ~ 22

26 ~ 27 ~ The Alarm ~ Declaration ~ A&M ~ 2

27 ~ 19 ~ The Romantics ~ In Heat ~ CBS ~ 17

28 ~ n.a ~ Dire Straits ~ Alchemy ~ Polygram ~ 1

29 ~ n.a ~ The Style Council ~ My Ever Changing Moods ~ Polygram ~ 1

30 ~ 29 ~ Judas Priest ~ Defenders Of The Faith ~ CBS ~ 12

JUDAS PRIEST ~ "LOVE BITES";


========================================================= By comparison here are the top 4 from campus station CHRW in London

Artist/Album/Label/Cancon;

1. L'Etranger ~ Running Out Of Funtown ~ Sensible ~ cc

2. Big Country ~ Wonderland ~ Mercury

3. Rational Youth ~ I Want To See The Light ~ EMI ~ cc

4. Tribal Earth ~ Interaction/Reaction ~ indie ~ cc

BIG COUNTRY ~ "WONDERLAND";


RATIONAL YOUTH ~ "NO MORE & NO LESS";


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Playing that week were; Black Flag, The Meat Puppets & Nighiest at Party Central, Van Halen at MLG, Sturm Group at Barrymores in Ottawa

VAN HALEN ~ "UNCHAINED";


BLACK FLAG ~ "MY WAR";


THE MEAT PUPPETS ~ "SWIMMING GROUND" & "MAIDEN'S MILK";



Sunday 10 May 2020

April 28 1984

Chart Number; 1405

April 28 1984;

THOMAS DOLBY ~ "HYPERACTIVE";


This Week ~ Last Week ~ Artist ~ Song ~ Label ~ Weeks On ~ Cancon ~ Fastest Riser

1. ~ 2 ~ Kenny Loggins ~ Footloose ~ CBS ~ 7

2 ~ 1 ~ Phil Collins ~ Against All Odds (Take A Look At Me Now) ~ WEA ~ 9

3 ~ 4 ~ Thompson Twins ~ Hold Me Now ~ Polygram ~ 7

4 ~ 6 ~ The Cars ~ You Might Think ~ WEA ~ 6

5 ~ 5 ~ Culture Club ~ Miss Me Blind ~ Polygram ~ 7

6 ~ 11 ~ Rick Springfield ~ Love Somebody ~ RCA ~ 5

7 ~ 3 ~ Cyndi Lauper ~ Girls Just Wanna Have Fun ~ CBS ~ 10

8 ~ 10 ~ Hall & Oates ~ Adult Education ~ RCA ~ 6

9 ~ 16 ~ Genesis ~ Illegal Alien ~ WEA ~ 4

10 ~ 8 ~ Van Halen ~ Jump ~ WEA ~ 16

11 ~ 19 ~ Nik Kershaw ~ Wouldn't It Be Good ~ MCA ~ 3

12 ~ 14 ~ Yes ~ Leave It ~ WEA ~ 5

13 ~ 15 ~ Santers ~ All Right Now ~ A&M ~ 7

14 ~ 7 ~ Nena ~ 99 Luft Balloons ~ CBS ~ 12

15 ~ 20 ~ Bonnie Tyler ~ Holding Out For A Hero ~ CBS ~ 4

16 ~ 23 ~ Tracey Ulman ~ They Don't Know About Love ~ MCA ~ 3

17 ~ 9 ~ Rockwell ~ Somebody's Watching Me ~ Quality ~ 9

18 ~ 21 ~ Martha & The Muffins ~ Black Stations White Stations ~ RCA ~ 5 ~ cc

19 ~ 29 ~ Steve Perry ~ Oh Sherrie ~ CBS ~ 2 ~ !

20 ~ 28 ~ Slade ~ Run Run Away ~ CBS ~ 2

21 ~ 25 ~ The Alan Parsons Project ~ Don't Answer Me ~ Polygram ~ 3

22 ~ 12 ~ Hyperactive ~ Thomas Dolby ~ EMI ~ 11

23 ~ 27 ~ The Pukka Orchestra ~ Listen To The Radio ~ CBS ~ 3 ~ cc

24 ~ 13 ~ Corey Hart ~ Sunglasses At Night ~ EMI ~ 11 ~ cc

25 ~ 30 ~ Eddie Schwartz ~ Strike ~ WEA ~ 2

26 ~ 17 ~ Queen ~ Radio Ga-Ga ~ EMI ~ 11

27 ~ n.a ~ Relax ~ Frankie Goes To Hollywood ~ MCA ~ 1

28 ~ n.a ~ Cyndi Lauper ~ Time After Time ~ CBS ~ 1

29 ~ n.a ~ Irene Cara ~ Breakdance ~ WEA ~ 1

30 ~ n.a ~ Relax ~ Frankie Goes To Hollywood ~ MCA ~ 1

QUEEN ~ "RADIO GA-GA";


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The CHUM FM Top 30 Albums;
Chart No.257

This Week ~ Last Week ~ Artist ~ Album ~ Label ~ Weeks On Chart ~ Canadian ~ Fastest Riser

1 ~ 1 ~ The Thompson Twins ~ Into The Gap ~ Polygram ~ 7

2 ~ 2 ~ Van Halen ~ 1984 ~ WEA ~ 16

3 ~ 3 ~ Eurythmics ~ Touch ~ RCA ~ 17

4 ~ 4 ~ Simple Minds ~ Sparkle In The Rain ~ Polygram ~ 11

5 ~ 5 ~ Culture Club ~ Colour By Numbers ~ Polygram ~ 28

6 ~ 12 ~ Joe Jackson ~ Body & Soul ~ A&M ~ 5

7 ~ 6 ~ Huey Lewis & The News ~ Sports ~ MCA ~ 9

8 ~ 8 ~ Duran Duran ~ Seven & The Ragged Tiger ~ EMI ~ 23

9 ~ 16 ~ Various Artists ~ Against All Odds Soundtrack ~ WEA ~ 4

10 ~ 17 ~ David Gilmour ~ About Face ~ CBS ~ 4

11 ~ 7 ~ The Pretenders ~ Learning to Crawl ~ WEA ~ 15

12 ~ 24 ~ Rush ~ Grace Under Preasure ~ EMI ~ 2 ~ cc ~ !

13 ~ 13 ~ Howard Jones ~ Human's Lib ~ WEA ~ 7

14 ~ 14 ~ The Scorpions ~ Love At First Sting ~ Polygram ~ 7

15 ~ 15 ~ China Crisis ~ Working With Fire & Steel ~ Polygram ~ 7

16 ~ 9 ~ Queen ~ The Works ~ EMI ~ 9

17 ~ 10 ~ Thomas Dolby ~ The Flat Earth ~ EMI ~ 10

18 ~ 11 ~ ZZ Top ~ Eliminator ~ WEA ~ 15

19 ~ 18 ~ Platinum Blonde ~ Standing In The Dark ~ CBS ~ 13 ~ cc

20 ~ 23 ~ Dire Straits ~ Alchemy ~ Polygram ~ 3

21 ~ 19 ~ Wangchung ~ Points On The Curve ~ WEA ~ 10

22 ~ 22 ~ The Cars ~ Heartbeat City ~ WEA ~ 6

23 ~ 20 ~ The Alan Parsons Project ~ Amonia Ave ~ Polygram ~ 8

24 ~ 21 ~ UB40 ~ Labour Of Love ~ WEA ~ 17

25 ~ 25 ~ Billy Idol ~ Rebel Yell ~ MCA ~ 24

26 ~ 26 ~ The Alarm ~ Declaration ~ A&M ~ 4

27 ~ 28 ~ The Style Council ~ My Ever Changing Moods ~ Polygram ~ 3

28 ~ 30 ~ King Crimson ~ Three Of A Perfect Pair ~ WEA ~ 2

29 ~ n.a ~ The Icicle Works ~ The Icicle Works ~ Polygram ~ 1

30 ~ n.a ~ Slade ~ Keep Your Hands Of My Power Supply ~ CBS ~ 1

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Appearing in town that week; The Clash & Messenjah at MLG, Ozzy Osbourne, Ratt & Slade at CNE, Johnny Winter at MLG, Foghat at the El Mocambo

THE CLASH ~ "RADIO CLASH";


MESSENJAH ~ JAM SESSION";


Movies playing that week; "Tarzan, The Legend Of Greystoke",

Saturday 9 May 2020

May 9 1984

I don't have the CHUM charts for this week but here are the top 40 charts for Hamilton station CKOC;

May 9 1984;

BERLIN ~ "NO MORE WORDS";


TW LW Artist Song Cancon

1. ~ 2 ~ Thompson Twins ~ Hold Me Now

2 ~ 1 ~ Phil Collins ~ Against All Odds (Take A Look At Me Now)

3 ~ 6 ~ Julio Iglesas & Willie Nelson ~ To All The Girls I've Loved Before

4 ~ 5 ~ Lionel Richie ~ Hello

5 ~ 3 ~ Kenny Loggins ~ Footloose

6 ~ 4 ~ Cyndi Lauper ~ Girls Just Wanna Have Fun

7 ~ 8 ~ Herbie Hancock ~ Rockit

8 ~ 9 ~ Irene Cara ~ Breakdance

9 ~ 10 ~ Tracey Ullman ~ They Don't Know About Love

10 ~ 7 ~ Van Halen ~ Jump

11 ~ 26 ~ Duran Duran ~ The Reflex

12 ~ 12 ~ The Cars ~ You Might Think

13 ~ 14 ~ Nik Kershaw ~ Wouldn't It Be Good

14 ~ 18 ~ Cyndi Lauper ~ Time After Time

15 ~ 11 ~ Culture Club ~ Miss Me Blind

16 ~ 19 ~ Rick Springfield ~ Love Somebody

17 ~ 17 ~ The Alan Parsons Project ~ Don't Answer Me

18 ~ 20 ~ The Pukka Orchestra ~ Listen To The Radio ~ cc

19 ~ 15 ~ Santers ~ All Right Now ~ cc

20 ~ 13 ~ Wierd Al Yankovik ~ Eat It

21 ~ 16 ~ Nena ~ 99 Luftballons

22 ~ 24 ~ Van Halen ~ I'll Wait

23 ~ 25 ~ The Go-Go's ~ Head Over Heels

24 ~ 33 ~ Denice Williams ~ Let's Hear It For The Boy

25 ~ 27 ~ Billy Joel ~ The Longest Time

26 ~ 28 ~ John Cougar Mellencamp ~ Authority Song

27 ~ 22 ~ Bonnie Tyler ~ Holding Out For A Hero

28 ~ 32 ~ Berlin ~ No More Words

29 ~ 39 ~ Steve Perry ~ Oh Sherrie

30 ~ 23 ~ Huey Lewis & the News ~ I Want A New Drug

31 ~ 21 ~ Rockwell ~ Somebody's Watching Me

32 ~ 36 ~ Platinum Blonde ~ Standing In The Dark ~ cc

33 ~ n.a ~ Wang Chung ~ Dance Hall Days

34 ~ 30 ~ Sherri Kean ~ I Want You Back ~ cc

35 ~ 38 ~ Huey Lewis & The News ~ The Heart Of Rock & Roll

36 ~ n.a ~ Culture Club ~ It's A Miracle

37 ~ 40 ~ 38 Special ~ One For Old Times

38 ~ n.a ~ Martha & Muffins ~ Black Stations/White Stations ~ cc

39 ~ n.a ~ Eurythmics ~ Who's That Girl

40 ~ n.a ~ Luara Branigan ~ Self Control

SHERRY KEEN ~ "I WANT YOU BACK";


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Top 20 Albums

This Week ~ Last Week ~ Artist ~ Album ~ Weeks On ~ Cancon

1. ~ 2 ~ The Thompson Twins ~ Into The Gap ~ 8

2. ~ 1 ~ Micheal Jackson ~ Thriller ~ 61

3 ~ 3 ~ Van Halen ~ 1984 ~ 17

4 ~ 5 ~ Various Artists ~ Against All Odds Soundtrack ~

5 ~ 11 ~ Cyndi Lauper ~ She's So Unusual ~ 10

6 ~ 4 ~ Culture Club ~ Colour By Numbers ~ 28

7 ~ 7 ~ Various Artists ~ Footloose Soundtrack ~ 6

8 ~ 9 ~ Eurthymics ~ Touch ~ 16

9 ~ 6 ~ Rush ~ Grace Under Preasure ~ 3 ~ cc

10 ~ 15 ~ Lionel Richie ~ Can't Slow Down ~ 25

11 ~ 10 ~ Weird Al Yankovic ~ In 3D ~ 5

12 ~ 16 ~ Billy Idol ~ Rebel Yell ~ 15

13 ~ 8 ~ Huey Lewis & The News ~ Sports ~ 10

14 ~ 14 ~ Laid Back ~ Keep Smiling ~ 2

15 ~ 13 ~ Duran Duran ~ Seven & The Ragged Tiger ~ 22

16 ~ n.a ~ The Pretenders ~ Learning To Crawl ~ 14

17 ~ n.a ~ David Gilmour ~ About Face ~ 4

18 ~ n.a ~ Platinum Blonde ~ Standing In The Dark ~ 4 ~ cc

19 ~ 19 ~ Simple Minds ~ Sparkle In The Rain ~ 12

20 ~ 20 ~ ZZ Top ~ Eliminator ~ 11

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Playing that week; Gang Of Four & the Government at the Music Hall, TSOL, Subhumans, Direct Action, Wrath at 62 Claremont, Shadowy Men at Star Club

GANG OF FOUR ~ "I LOVE A MAN IN A UNIFORM";


GANG OF FOUR ~ "TO HELL WITH POVERTY";


TSOL ~ "DARKER MY LOVE" & "WASH AWAY";


TSOL ~ "SOUNDS OF LAUGHTER";