Celebrating Pancake Day, and Shrove Tuesday, and Mardi Gras – what are the chances of them all falling on the same day? – this week’s Off The Chart is absolutely stuffed full of obscure, forgotten and neglected hits from this week in 1980. But we can still just about make room for three of the week’s new albums, a look at the day’s events, a hit from the Japanese chart and the top five in full.
- Who went from being a rock drummer to a top soul producer and songwriter, and then back again?
- Who was the first act to top the US chart with three consecutive double albums?
- And how did a Shakespearean actor, a sitcom writer and a feathered do-gooder score a top five hit?
Tune in and find out!
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