Week ending24 november 1979

The accessibility, affordability and portability of synthesizers in the late 70s had a profound effect on popular music, particularly in the UK, where the likes of Ultravox!, Gary Numan and OMD reshap

05 Billy Joel tops the UK Singles Chart with Uptown Girl, a song written about his relationship with then-girlfriend, supermodel Elle Macpherson. His future wife Christie Brinkley starred in its music

A few years ago, Charlie Burchill and Jim Kerr were interviewed for a BBC documentary about music’s messiest break-ups. Which may seem like an odd booking, given the pair’s famously adamantine bond. B

PRINCE CHARMING ADAM & THE ANTS (CBS) Formed in 1977, it took four years for Adam And The Ants to reach No.1, proving they were far better pop stars than they were punk rockers. Mere months after thei

SINCE MAKING ITS debut on October 11, 1975, NBC’s Saturday Night Live has been a pop-culture juggernaut like no other. But before becoming a weekend staple for generations of late-night viewers, creat

D uring the first half of the 80s, OMD were a regular presence in the upper reaches of the UK charts. Enola Gay, Souvenir, Joan Of Arc and Maid Of Orleans (The Waltz Joan Of Arc) made the Top 10, whil