It’s time for another edition of Mr. Romance’s Top 10 Countdown Show, a look back at the 10 most popular songs on the Adult Contemporary chart for the week of August 28, 1982. Click here if you missed last week’s show featuring 1993.
Get ready for pop culture, trivia and all your lite hits that might just bring back some memories or maybe you’ll discover some new soft rock favorites.
Top 10 Countdown Show Pop Culture
The year was 1982:
The Commodore 64 home computer was released.
Diet Coke joined the market, quickly outselling and eventually replacing the brand’s first diet cola, TAB.
And Sony put out their first commercially available compact disc to electronic stores.
At the movies, you were watching
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
Tootsie
Rocky 3
On television:
Magnum P.I.
Falcon Crest
Three’s Company
And on February 1, 1982, Late Night with David Letterman debuted on NBC.
Top 10 Countdown Show Trivia Question
In October of that year, a new theme park opened that was dedicated to the celebration of human achievement, namely technological innovation, and international culture, and is often referred to as a “permanent world’s fair.” Can you guess this theme park which opened its door in 1982? Take a listen to the show below for the answer.
Song Spotlight
Fast Times at Ridgemont High is the 1982 coming-of-age film from a screenplay by Cameron Crowe based on his 1981 book as he went undercover at Clairemont High School in San Diego and wrote about his experiences. The soundtrack from the movie reads like a who’s who in the music industry including Don Henley, The Go-Go’s, Donna Summer and Jackson Browne who co-wrote our #30 song specifically for the movie: Somebody’s Baby.
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Sit back, relax and enjoy your favorite love songs from the week of August 28, 1982.
An avid record collector, lover of all desserts and sometimes seen wearing multiple Swatch watches, Dave has been lending his voice for over 20 years heard on such prominent brands as Intel, RCA, Eddie Bauer, Kellogg‘s, Pizza Hut, Lexus, and infomercial giants Guthy-Renker and Beachbody. His narration projects include Japan’s preeminent automobile series Best Motoring International and Hot Version, along with GTChannel, QVC, Universal Music Enterprises, and ViSalus Sciences.