Saturday, December 15, 2012

The Retroscope: 15 December

1984: “Do They Know It’s Christmas” by Band Aid entered the UK Chart at #1 and stayed there for five weeks. Bob Geldof’s creation became the biggest selling UK single of all time with sales over 3 and a half million!

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