"What's Another Year ""What's Another Year"" was Johnny Logan's first Eurovision Song Contest winner, achieving success in the 1980 edition of the Contest. This was Ireland's second Contest victory. Composed by Shay Healy, the song reached number one in the UK Singles Chart for two weeks in May. The song is often misinterpreted as a power ballad, sung from the point of view of a man who has been waiting for the girl of his dreams to fall in love with him. On some level, he seems to recognise that she will never share his feelings, but he still holds"
"Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1980 Ireland entered the Eurovision Song Contest 1980, sending Johnny Logan to the contest with the song ""What's Another Year"", written by Shay Healy. The Irish national final to select the Irish representative for the Eurovision Song Contest 1980, was held on 9 March 1980 at the RTÉ Studios in Dublin and was hosted by Larry Gogan. It was organised by the Irish broadcaster of the contest Radio Telefís Éireann (RTÉ). Eight songs were performed live to the Irish viewers and listeners, with the winning song being decided by 10 regional juries across the"
"in 1980, she would have two number one singles, and eight top ten hits in the decade. Tina Turner would top the charts with ""What's Love Got to Do With It"", she scored a total of six top ten singles. Donna Summer's She Works Hard for the Money was a continuation of the feminist movement started in the 70s, and a rally cry for those who worked hard and wanted to be treated fairly. She would have five top ten singles in the decade. Bruce Springsteen's ""Born In the USA"", AC/DC's ""Back in Black"", Def Leppard's ""Hysteria"", and Bon Jovi's"
"1980, the year of the 1980 Moscow Olympics. Australia's Channel 7 used the song as the theme to their television coverage of the Moscow Olympics, and the single was issued locally in a die-cut Channel 7 paper sleeve. The song became a massive hit in Australia, staying at #1 for six weeks. The song also achieved enormous underground popularity in the Soviet Union. A 15-second clip of the song's performance was shown as a part of the New Year holiday lineup on the state-run TV, leading to the immediate dismissal of the network's director. In 2006, the song made its"
"1980 in British music This is a summary of 1980 in music in the United Kingdom, including the official charts from that year. The 1980s got off to an odd start with a very varied list of artists reaching No. 1 in the singles chart. Kenny Rogers, The Jam and Odyssey were among those vying for the top position. The ""Guinness Book of British Hit Singles & Albums"" stated that the year had a very dated appearance, because of a number of songs reaching No. 1 which had been recorded years previously, such as the ""Theme from M*A*S*H*"" and Don"
"Irish, whereas the song was performed in English. Eurovision Song Contest 1980 The Eurovision Song Contest 1980 was the 25th Eurovision Song Contest and was held on 19 April 1980 in The Hague. The presenter was Marlous Fluitsma, although each song was introduced by a presenter from the participating nation. In some cases, this was the same person providing the commentary. The contest was won by Johnny Logan, representing Ireland with a song called ""What's Another Year"". Israel, winners in 1979, declined to host the 1980 show for the second time in a row, as the IBA could not fund"
"the 1960s. Later he wrote comedy songs for Billy Connolly, including ""The Orient Express-a tale of intrigue and cross dressing"", ""The Shitkickers Waltz"", and ""The Country & Western Supersong"". Healy achieved his greatest success as a songwriter with ""What's Another Year"", which won the 1980 Eurovision Song Contest. Over the course of the next fifteen years, the song earned him a total of £250,000. In 1983 his song, ""Edge Of The Universe"", sung by Linda Martin, was the overall winner of the Castlebar Song Contest. Under the name of Crack, he and Dave Pennefather released a parody song called ""Silly"
"radio DJ Daniël Dekker, singer and actress Tatjana Simić, singer George Baker, and three time Irish Eurovision winner Johnny Logan. Johnny Logan also performed his Eurovision Song Contest 1980 winning song ""What's Another Year?"". After the performances both Sieneke and Loekz had tied for first place, each receiving two votes from the four jury members - Sieneke by Daniël Dekker and George Baker and Loekz by Tatjana Simić and Johnny Logan, while the audience vote went to Vinzzent. In the case of a tie Kartner had to select the winner from the two participants. He first attempted to select the"
"Music awarded the song Single of the Year and Song of the Year in 1980. It also became the Country Music Association's Song of the Year in both 1980 and 1981. Since 1975, the singer had scored only one top ten LP (1976's ""Alone Again"") so Epic and Sherrill were quick to capitalize on the success of the single in 1980 by getting Jones in the studio to record some brand new songs. As he had done in the early days of Jones's marriage to Tammy Wynette (and during the dark days following their divorce), the veteran producer cherry picked"
"at the Eurovision Song Contest 1981 by British band Bucks Fizz and the song ""Making Your Mind Up"". It was succeeded as Irish representative at the 1981 Contest by Sheeba with ""Horoscopes"". Johnny Logan released a German-language and Spanish-language version of ""What's Another Year"". Side A: ""What's Another Year"" Side B: ""One Night Stand"" Side A: ""Por un Año Más"" - 3:08 Side B: ""One Night Stand"" - 3:52 Side A: ""Was Ist Schon Ein Jahr"" - 3:08 Side B: ""One Night Stand"" - 3:52 What's Another Year ""What's Another Year"" was Johnny Logan's first Eurovision Song Contest winner, achieving"
"as the top selling act. ""Brass in Pocket"" by The Pretenders became the first number 1 single of the 80s (not counting ""Another Brick in the Wall"" by Pink Floyd"" which was a holdover from 1979). The tables below include sales between 31 December 1979 and 31 December 1980: the year-end charts reproduced in the issue of ""Music Week"" dated 27 December 1980 and played on Radio 1 on 4 January 1981 only include sales figures up until 6 December 1980. 1980 in British music This is a summary of 1980 in music in the United Kingdom, including the official"
"1980 (song) ""1980"" is the debut solo single by British singer-songwriter Estelle and the first taken from her debut album ""The 18th Day"". In ""1980"", Estelle talks about her childhood; she titled the song ""1980"" for the year she was born. The single reached number 14 on the UK Singles Chart and was the highest charting single from her debut album. The song samples Tony Orlando and Dawn's ""Lazy Susan"". It remains one of Estelle's most well-known hits in the UK. The single is also one of her biggest hits in Australia, where ""1980"" peaked inside the top 40 at"
"country. The winner went on to win the Eurovision Song Contest in The Hague, which gave Ireland its second victory, ten years after its first. A=Longford, B=Kenmare, C=Claremorris, D=Cork, E=Sligo, F=Wexford, G=Donegal, H=Limerick, I=Dublin, J=Thurles The Eurovision Song Contest 1980 was held at the Congresgebouw in The Hague, Netherlands. Ireland performed 17th on the night of the contest, following France and preceding Spain. Logan received 143 points for his performance, winning the contest for Ireland. Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1980 Ireland entered the Eurovision Song Contest 1980, sending Johnny Logan to the contest with the song ""What's Another"
"Who's Cheatin' Who ""Who's Cheatin' Who"" is the title of a country music song written by Jerry Hayes and initially recorded by Charly McClain. It was the title track of her 1980 album for Epic Records, released in November 1980 as a single with ""Love Scenes"" on the B-side, and in early 1981, was her first Number One hit on the ""Billboard"" country charts. 17 years later, Alan Jackson had chart success with the song as well, with his cover version reaching Top Five on the country charts. In 1997, Alan Jackson covered the song on his album ""Everything I"
"three children, Adam, Fionn and Jack. And he has a daughter, Robyn (born in 1988) with Turkish dancer and actress Burçin Orhon. He rarely gives media interviews due to what he claims have been frequent misquotes. Johnny Logan (singer) Johnny Logan (born 13 May 1954) is an Australian-born Irish singer and composer. He is known as being the only performer to have won the Eurovision Song Contest twice, in 1980 and 1987. He also composed the winning song in 1992. Logan first won the Eurovision Song Contest in 1980, with the song ""What's Another Year"" written by Shay Healy. In"
"and ""Take Me Back."" In 1979 McClain released ""Alone Too Long"" (1979), which included the Top-20 hits ""When A Love Ain't Right"" and ""You're a Part of Me"". The ""Women Get Lonely"" album followed in 1980, featuring the Top 10 hit ""Men"", which peaked at No. 7 in 1980, and the Top-20 duet with Johnny Rodriguez, ""I Hate the Way I Love It."" However, breakthrough success still eluded McClain. McClain hit No. 1 on the Country charts in 1981 with ""Who's Cheatin' Who"". This brought McClain breakthrough success for the 1980s. In 1981, McClain scored three Top-10 hits off her"
"keyboardist, David C. Lewis, as well as an additional singer Royce Jones. In April 1980 Warner Bros. released ""One Eighty"", which produced two of the year's biggest hits. The first, ""Biggest Part of Me"", reached number three for three weeks on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 and crossed over to the soul chart, where it peaked at number thirty-five. The second, another blue-eyed soul hit, ""You're the Only Woman (You & I)"", reached No. 13 on the Billboard Hot 100. ""One Eighty"" earned the band three Grammy nominations, including Best Pop Vocal Group. A headlining world tour followed. For the Japanese"
"Johnny Logan (singer) Johnny Logan (born 13 May 1954) is an Australian-born Irish singer and composer. He is known as being the only performer to have won the Eurovision Song Contest twice, in 1980 and 1987. He also composed the winning song in 1992. Logan first won the Eurovision Song Contest in 1980, with the song ""What's Another Year"" written by Shay Healy. In 1984, Logan composed the song ""Terminal 3"" which placed second at Eurovision, performed by Linda Martin. He won the contest for a second time in 1987 with ""Hold Me Now"", which he also wrote himself. His"
"US. In September 1980, the band released their second collaborative album with Deodato, ""Celebrate!"". It became a bigger commercial success than ""Ladies' Night""; the lead single ""Celebration"" remains the band's only single to reach No. 1 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 singles chart. The song originated from the lyric ""Come on, let's all celebrate"" from ""Ladies' Night"" which inspired Robert Bell to write a song that he described as ""an international anthem"". The band developed the song on a tour bus after attending the American Music Awards. The song was used in national media coverage for the 1980 World Series,"
"published. Healy was married to Dymphna Errity from September 1967 up to her death on 10 July 2017. They have two sons, Oisin and Fionain. In 2004, Healy was diagnosed with the degenerative disorder, Parkinson's disease. Shay Healy Shay Healy (born March 1943) is an Irish songwriter, broadcaster and journalist. He is best known for his role as host of ""Nighthawks"", a RTÉ Television chat show of the late 1980s and early 1990s, and for composing ""What's Another Year"", Ireland's winning entry in the 1980 Eurovision Song Contest. Shay Healy was raised along with his five siblings in Sandymount in"
"one #1 Billboard Hot 100 hit with ""Strangers in the Night"" in 1966. Frankie Valli (who was portrayed in the play Jersey Boys) had 7 #1 Hot 100 hits in the 1960s and 1970s, including ""December 1963 (Oh, What a Night)"". Kool & the Gang had a #1 Hot 100 hit with ""Celebration"" in 1981. Bon Jovi had 4 #1 Hot 100 hits, including ""Living on a Prayer"" in 1987. Whitney Houston (d. 2012) had 11 #1 Hot 100 hits in the 1980s and 1990s, including ""I Will Always Love You"" in 1992. P.M. Dawn had one #1 hit with"
"the Hot 100. Billboard Top Hits: 1981 Billboard Top Hits: 1981 is a compilation album released by Rhino Records in 1992, featuring 10 hit recordings from 1981. The track lineup includes eight songs that reached the top of the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 chart, including the No. 1 song of 1981, ""Bette Davis Eyes"" by Kim Carnes. Also included is the No. 1 song of 1982, ""Physical"" by Olivia Newton-John; the song began a 10-week run at No. 1 in November, after ""Billboard"" magazine's 1982 chart year had started. The remaining two songs (Queen of Hearts and Being with You) reached"
"John Travolta, Erik Estrada and Greg Evigan PSA of 1980: Give a Kid a Book PSA Mr. & Ms. 1980: Ronald Reagan & Daisy Duke Born in 1980: Christina Aguilera, Post-it notes, ethnic Barbie dolls and Macaulay Culkin End Credit Video is Devo's ""Whip It"" Makeout songs of 1981: REO Speedwagon - ""Keep on Loving You"", Foreigner - ""Waiting For a Girl Like You"", Lionel Richie & Diana Ross - ""Endless Love"" Babes of 1981: Olivia Newton-John, Donna Dixon, Valerie Bertinelli, Kathleen Turner and Sandra Day O'Connor Hunks of 1981: Patrick Duffy, Burt Reynolds, Harrison Ford, Mick Jagger and Richard"
"single of 1980, behind only ""Call Me"" by Blondie and ""Another Brick in the Wall, Part II"" by Pink Floyd. In Canada, the song spent two weeks at number one. It also reached number 4 in Australia and number 32 in the UK. The song became Newton-John's biggest Adult Contemporary hit to date, spending five weeks at the top of the American chart, and also topped the Canadian AC chart for a week. John Lennon named ""Magic"" and ""All Over the World"" as two recent songs he liked in a ""Newsweek"" interview in September 1980, shortly before his death. The"
"their participation after Israel withdrew. Monaco withdrew as well, and would not return until 2004. Australian-born Johnny Logan representing Ireland was the winner of this Eurovision with the song, ""What's Another Year"". This was Ireland's second time winning the competition, having won in 1970 with ""All Kinds of Everything"", which was also held on Dutch soil. Germany were runners-up this year. They would finish in second place again the following year, finally winning in 1982. Germany would go on to finish second again in 1985 and 1987, making the 1980s their most successful Eurovision Song Contest decade. United Kingdom returned"
"form of popular music in America."" During the early 1980s, country artists continued to see their records perform well on the pop charts. Willie Nelson and Juice Newton each had two songs in the top 5 of the Billboard Hot 100 in the early eighties: Nelson charted ""Always on My Mind"" (No. 5, 1982) and ""To All the Girls I've Loved Before"" (No. 5, 1984, a duet with Julio Iglesias), and Newton achieved success with ""Queen of Hearts"" (No. 2, 1981) and ""Angel of the Morning"" (No. 4, 1981). Four country songs topped the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 in the 1980s:"
"1978, Donna Summer's disco version of ""MacArthur Park"" became a multi-million selling vinyl single that was number one on the American pop music charts for three weeks. In 1980, Thelma Houston recorded ""Before There Could Be Me"", ""Breakwater Cat"", ""Gone"", ""Long Lasting Love"", and ""What Was that Song"" on her album ""Breakwater Cat"". Leah Kunkel recorded ""Never Gonna Lose My Dream of Love Again"" and ""Let's Begin"" for her album ""I Run with Trouble"". The latter was performed live in 1980 by the born-again Bob Dylan. Tanya Tucker recorded ""Tennessee Woman"" on her album ""Dreamlovers"". In 1981, Art Garfunkel recorded"
"St Winifred's School Choir St Winifred's School Choir, from St Winifred's Roman Catholic Primary School in Stockport, England, was a choir of children whose single in 1980 became that year's British Christmas number one single. Entitled ""There's No One Quite Like Grandma"", written for the 80th birthday of Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother in 1980 by Gordon Lorenz, it sold one million copies, most of them Christmas presents from grandchildren. It spent two weeks at number one, and 11 weeks in the UK Singles Chart in total. Dawn Ralph provided the lead vocal of the song composed by award-winning record"
"Billboard Top Hits: 1981 Billboard Top Hits: 1981 is a compilation album released by Rhino Records in 1992, featuring 10 hit recordings from 1981. The track lineup includes eight songs that reached the top of the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 chart, including the No. 1 song of 1981, ""Bette Davis Eyes"" by Kim Carnes. Also included is the No. 1 song of 1982, ""Physical"" by Olivia Newton-John; the song began a 10-week run at No. 1 in November, after ""Billboard"" magazine's 1982 chart year had started. The remaining two songs (Queen of Hearts and Being with You) reached No. 2 on"
"Life"" in the 1990s. The show focused on Sister Aquinas - the former headmistress of St Winifred's School who was honoured for her work. St Winifred's School Choir St Winifred's School Choir, from St Winifred's Roman Catholic Primary School in Stockport, England, was a choir of children whose single in 1980 became that year's British Christmas number one single. Entitled ""There's No One Quite Like Grandma"", written for the 80th birthday of Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother in 1980 by Gordon Lorenz, it sold one million copies, most of them Christmas presents from grandchildren. It spent two weeks at number"
"chart during the 1980s, with nine songs accomplishing that feat. Two were by Lionel Richie, ""You Are"" in 1983 and ""Hello"" in 1984, which also reached #1 on the Hot 100. Other songs reaching the summit on both the AC and pop charts were ""Time After Time"" by Cyndi Lauper, ""I Just Called to Say I Love You"" by Stevie Wonder, ""Live to Tell"" by Madonna, ""I Just Can't Stop Loving You"" by Michael Jackson (his only #1 on both charts), ""Seasons Change"" by Exposé, ""Look Away"" by Chicago, ""Tell Her About It"" by Billy Joel, and ""Right Here Waiting"""
"Sheena Easton, Amy Grant, Lionel Richie, Christopher Cross, Dan Hill, Leo Sayer, Billy Ocean, Julio Iglesias, Bertie Higgins, and Tommy Page. No song spent more than six weeks at #1 on this chart during the 1980s, with nine songs accomplishing that feat. Two of these were by Lionel Richie, ""You Are"" in 1983 and ""Hello"" in 1984, which also reached #1 on the Hot 100. In 1989, Linda Ronstadt released ""Cry Like a Rainstorm, Howl Like the Wind"", described by critics as ""the first true Adult Contemporary album of the decade"", featuring American soul singer Aaron Neville on several of"
"number one in the United States with Exile's ""Kiss You All Over"", and Suzi Quatro and Chris Norman reached number four in the same year with their duet ""Stumblin' In"". In 1982 ""Mickey"" by Toni Basil gave the two their second American number one, and in the mid 1980s they had top ten hits with Tina Turner's ""Better Be Good To Me"", and Huey Lewis's ""Heart and Soul"". Chinn and Chapman gradually separated during the early 1980s, finally splitting up in 1983. Chinn's twelve-year stint with Chapman had made him co-writer of over fifty Top 40 hits. In 1983 he"