Smorgasbord Blog Magazine – Music Column – The Breakfast Show with William Price King and Sally Cronin – Chart Hits 1980 Part Two- Pink Floyd, Billy Preston and Syreeta Wright, Irene Cara, The Detroit Spinners
Each week William and I select two top hits from the charts in the US and UK starting with 1960 for two weeks followed by 1961 etc..through to 1985. We will also include some of the notable events in those years for the up and coming stars who were centre stage at the time. We are now in the 1980s.
Welcome to our show and we are excited to share decades of music with you in 2021. Here is my second selection of top 1980 hits which I hope you will enjoy.
News Event: June 9th 14th Music City News Country Awards: Statler Brothers & Loretta Lynn win
Pink Floyd – Another brick in the wall (Part 2)
“Another brick in the wall (Part II)” from the album “The Wall,” is a protest song written by bassist Roger Waters. The lyrics are a reflection on his life and how his schooling was part of that. The song won Waters the 1983 British Academy Award for Best Original Song for its appearance in the film, “The Wall.” Pink Floyd received two Juno Awards, one for the “International Single of the Year” and for the “International Album of the Year” as well as
