SONG & HIT DETAILS Artist Name: THE BEE GEES Top Position (Australia): 34 Song Author: Barry, Robin and Maurice Gibb Year Recorded: 1981 Record Label: RSO Label Number: 2090 568 SONG PROFILE He’s A Liar A-side Vocal B-side Instrumental Released September 1981 Format 7″ Recorded 1981 “He’s a Liar” was the first single from The …
SONG & HIT DETAILS Artist Name: BARBRA STREISAND AND BARRY GIBB Top Position (Australia): 22 Song Author: Barry, Maurice and Robin Gibb Year Recorded: 1981 Record Label: CBS Label Number: BA 222766 SONG PROFILE “Guilty” Producer Barry Gibb, Albhy Galuten and Karl Richardson. “Guilty” is a vocal duet between Barbra Streisand and Barry Gibb, a …
SONG & HIT DETAILS Artist Name: AUSTRALIAN CRAWL Top Position (Australia): 19 Song Author: James Reyne, Guy McDonough Year Recorded: 1981 Record Label: EMI Label Number: EMI-530 SONG PROFILE Errol (song) The second single by rock band Australian Crawl taken from their 1981 album Sirocco. The song was written by James Reyne and Guy McDonough, …
SONG & HIT DETAILS Artist Name: DIANA ROSS & LIONEL RICHIE Hit Month (Australia): September 1981 Song Author: Lionel Richie Year Recorded: 1981 Record Label: Motown Label Number: M 1519 SONG PROFILE Endless Love (song) Single by Diana Ross and Lionel Richie from the album Endless Love: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Released August 1, 1981 …
Counting the Beat Released 2 March 1981 (Australia) Format 7″ Recorded August 1980 Genre New wave “Counting the Beat” is a single by New Zealand rock band The Swingers released in 1981 from their album Practical Jokers (released in the USA as Counting the Beat). The single was performed by The Swingers; the group’s frontman …
Bette Davis Eyes B-side “Miss You Tonight” Released March 10, 1981 Format 7-inch single 12-inch single extended mix Recorded January 1981 “Bette Davis Eyes” is a song written and composed by Donna Weiss and Jackie DeShannon, and made popular by American singer Kim Carnes. DeShannon recorded it in 1974; Carnes’s 1981 version spent nine weeks …
Who Can It Be Now? – 1981 “Who Can It Be Now?” is a song recorded by Australian band Men at Work. It was first released as a single in Australia in June 1981, prior to the recording of their 1981 debut album Business as Usual, on which the track was later included. “Who Can …
Bad to the Bone – 1981 The song’s roots can be traced back to rock and roll musician Bo Diddley’s song “I’m a Man”, which uses a similar guitar riff and vocal rhythm, and has a similar overall structure, as well as Willie Dixon’s “Hoochie Coochie Man”, Muddy Waters’s “Mannish Boy,” John Lee Hooker’s “I’m …
Key Largo – 1981 “Key Largo” is a popular song recorded by Bertie Higgins in 1981. Released as a single in September 1981, the song became Higgins’ only Top 40 hit in the United States in early 1982, when it peaked at #8 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. The song spent 17 weeks in …
Quasimodo’s Dream (song) – 1981 “Quasimodo’s Dream” is a song by Australian pop/new wave band The Reels and was released as the title single off their second album, Quasimodo’s Dream in May 1981. The album peaked at No. 27 on the Australian Kent Music Report Albums Chart but the single did not reach the Top …