in the tabloid press 59
meets Shirlie Holliman 37
motor racing 93
moves to France 93
Son Of Albert solo album 119–120, 223
Ridgeley, Jennifer 27–8, 44
Ridgeley, Paul 34, 44, 48
Ritchie, Lionel 162
Robinson, Smokey 85–6, 101
Rock In Rio 128
Ross, Jonathan 104–5
‘Rude Boy’ 34, 36
Saturday Night Fever 31
Scargill, Arthur 72, 76
Seal 128, 132, 139
Sealy, Diane 49, 52, 57, 58, 59, 227
Shields, Brooke 87–8
‘Shoot The Dog’ 167, 169, 171, 187
Simon, Carly 22
Sinatra, Frank 122–3, 165
Soft Cell 46
‘Somebody To Love’ 135
Songs From The Last Century 165–6, 176
Sony 84, 121, 125–6, 128, 129, 133, 134, 136–142, 145, 146, 175, 193
South Bank Show 123, 127, 189, 222
Spandau Ballet 42, 53, 74, 76, 225
Specials, The 35, 178
‘Spinning The Wheel’ 149, 150, 151
Spong, Paul 81
Springsteen, Bruce 2, 73, 98, 103, 122, 136
Stansfield, Lisa 132, 135
‘Star People’ 152, 155
Status Quo 76
‘Strangest Thing’ 150
Stephens, Andy 85, 145
Stewart, Rod 158, 165
Stipe, Michael 113
Strange, Steve 42
Style Council, The 59, 227
Summers, Jazz 87, 98–9, 227
Tennant, Neil 49
‘The Edge Of Heaven’ 3, 6, 86, 92, 93, 174
‘These Are The Days Of Our Lives’ 135
‘Too Funky’ 132–3, 144, 164, 188
Top of the Pops 51, 52, 53, 55, 56, 69, 71, 73, 77, 91, 92, 93, 150, 174, 185
Travolta, John 31
U2 2, 107, 108, 132
Ure, Midge 3, 75
Virgin Records 45, 146, 155, 175
‘Waiting For That Day’ 126, 138, 152
‘Wake Me Up Before You Go Go’ 6, 66, 67, 68, 69, 73
Washburn, Amanda 47, 49
Weller, Paul 59, 76, 227
Wexler, Jerry 60–1, 71, 227
Wham!
sign first contract 46
debut single 48–9
in China 80–5
split up 87
‘Wham Rap!’ 6, 43, 44, 48, 49–50, 53, 56
‘Where Did Your Heart Go?’ 93
Wonder, Stevie 86, 101, 110, 112, 124, 164
Woodward, Karen 226
Yardbirds, The 60
Yates, Paula 100
‘You Have Been Loved’ 134, 150, 155, 156
‘Young Guns’ 6, 47, 50, 51, 52–3, 56
Young, Paul 76
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