Monday’s Nostalgic News – May 15

• 1982 – Asia went to No.1 on the US album chart with their self-titled album.
• 1982 – Stevie Wonder and Paul McCartney started a seven week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with ‘Ebony And Ivory’. The song gave McCartney his 24th US No.1 as a songwriter. The title was inspired by McCartney hearing Spike Milligan say “black notes, white notes, and you need to play the two to make harmony folks!”. It was later named as the tenth worst song of all time by Blender magazine.

• 1984 – Nils Lofgren replaced “Miami” Steve Van Zant in Bruce Springsteen’s E Street Band.
• 1985 – Prince released the single “Raspberry Beret.”
• 1993 – Janet Jackson started a eight week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with ‘That’s The Way Love Goes’, her sixth US No.1, a No.2 hit in the UK.

• 1994 – Blur scored their first UK No.1 album with ‘Parklife’, which went on to spend over two years on the chart.
• 1995 – Supergrass released their debut studio album ‘I Should Coco’. The album which peaked at No.1 on the UK chart featured their No.2 hit single ‘Alright’.
• 1997 – Oasis became one of the first artists to attempt to exert censorship over the Internet. The group were working with Sony to put an end to unofficial websites carrying lyrics, sound files and photographs of the band.

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