IN OUR ROUND-UP OF NOVEMBER 1985’S BIGGEST MOMENTS IN MUSIC, THE STARS
COME OUT FOR FASHION AID AND FEARGAL SHARKEY’S SOLO DEBUT HITS NO.1...
JOHNNY BLACK01
The Power Of Love by Jennifer
Rush is awarded a platinum
single by the BPI.12
Norman Cook, later to fi nd fame as Fatboy Slim,
replaces bass player Ted Key in The Housemartins, loved
by UK fans as ‘the fourth-best band in Hull’.16
Feargal
Sharkey, former
vocalist of The
Undertones, reaches
No.1 in the UK singles
chart with his solo debut,
A Good Heart.09
After the UK Top 10 success of Johnny Come
Home, Fine Young Cannibals enter the charts
again with the anti-Margaret Thatcher song
Blue, which will peak at a disappointing No.41.22
Lloyd Cole And The Commotions
release their second album, Easy Pieces,
on Polydor Records.07
King are treated to a press
reception in London by their
record company, CBS, to
celebrate the release of their new LP,
Bitter Sweet. Celebrities attending the
event include DJ Mike Read, actress
Fiona Fullerton and TV weather
presenter Wincey Willis.THIS MONTH IN
N OV E M B E R 19 85
02
Stevie Wonder
reaches No.1
in the Billboard
Top 40 singles chart with
Part-Time Lover, making
it the fi rst song ever to
top America’s pop, R&B,
adult contemporary and
dance/disco charts.23
The single Sun City
by Artists United
Against Apartheid
enters the singles chart
where it will peak at No.21
during an eight-week run.
Largely the brainchild of
Little Steven Van Zandt,
artists involved include
U2, Peter Gabriel, Joey
Ramone, Simple Minds
and Bob Dylan.15
Prince makes an uncomfortable appearance,
speaking quietly and hesitantly, on his fi rst television
interview, the MTV special MTV Presents Prince.26
When Doctor And The Medics play at The Bierkeller,
Bristol, the show is broadcast live by BBC2 music
show The Old Grey Whistle Test.27
Having
completed
their third
album, The Queen Is
Dead, The Smiths are
plunged again into
disputes with Rough
Trade Records
about when it will
be released.