Every Saturday Phil counts down 9 classic tracks from a mystery year. With the help of a few hints of course, can you guess the year? And considering it's Decemeber, we thought a slightly Christmassy Classic 9 was in order!
It was the year Dennis Taylor came back from 8-0 down to beat Steve Davis and become the Snooker World Champion
Go West
After the death of Konstantin Chernenko, Mikhail Gorbachev becomes Party leader. His policy of ‘glasnost’ (openness) brings change to the Soviet Union.
Take On Me (in a day or twwwwooooooo)
Barry McGuigan becomes the World Featherweight champion as Monaghan cheers on the ‘Clones Cyclone’
Katrina And The Waves
The whereabouts of a missing resident of the Square is revealed, Arthur and Pauline have a secret that they can’t keep for long and there is trouble in the Queen Vic as the first episode of Eastenders is broadcast in February of this year
Dream Academy
MTV launches a new channel VH1 to play music videos targeted at an old audience. The first video played is Marvin Gaye’s rendition of The Star Spangled Banner”
Dan Hartman
Schoolchildren claim to have seen a 'moving' statue in Asdee, Co. Kerry. Other reports come from Ballinspittle, Co. Cork. The faithful claim a miraculous event but sceptics say it is an optical illusion.
Ni(nininin)neteen
It was the year of Live Aid the "global jukebox", the event was held simultaneously at Wembley Stadium in London, and John F. Kennedy Stadium in Philadelphia. On the same day, concerts inspired by the initiative happened in other countries, such as Australia and Germany. It was one of the largest-scale satellite link-ups and television broadcasts of all time: an estimated global audience of 1.9 billion, across 150 nations, watched the live broadcast
The Boss
The European Cup Final is a disaster as dozens of soccer supporters are crushed to death when Liverpool fans riot at Heysel Stadium in Brussels.
And what better way to end a December Classic 9 at 11 than with Merry Christmas Everyone!
Doesn't it just make you feel all warm and fuzzy inside?! The year was 1985!
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