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thepjtaylor.bsky.social
That's more like it! #totp #totp1981
September 18, 2026 at 7:35 PM
whenisbirths.bsky.social
Out on 2 Oct for all your 80s pop needs! #totp #totp81 #totp1981 #IntoTheGroove
whenisbirths.bsky.social Justin Lewis @whenisbirths.bsky.social · Aug 29
The first copy of #IntoTheGroove is here! I am so delighted with it. Thanks to my supportive, generous first readers: @quantick.bsky.social, @davidstubbs.bsky.social, @samiraahmeduk.bsky.social, @wadeywade.bsky.social and @juderogers.bsky.social.
Out in the UK on Thur 2 Oct. @eandtbooks.bsky.social
Front cover of INTO THE GROOVE: THE 1980S: The Ultimate Decade in Music History by Justin Lewis (me) Inside front cover: The eighties was one of the most innovative periods in the history of pop music - and even forty years on remains one of the best loved, championed by radio, television, advertisements, theatre and films, with many of the key acts still performing and recording. Into the Groove is a tale of pop and circumstance. It charts the global state of pop music month by month from January 1980 to December 1989, highlighting a wide variety of events and tracing the career paths of hundreds of noteworthy acts around the world, from Salt-N-Pepa to the Sugarcubes, Kate Bush to Kraftwerk, Run-DMC to INXS, and Neneh Cherry to Youssou N'Dour. It celebrates genres of all kinds - the enduring and the faddish, the mainstream and the underground, post-punk and acid house, heavy rock and electronic, hip hop and teen pop. And it showcases many of the decade's landmark recordings, figures and events, while also revealing plenty of intriguing lesser-known stories to create a wry and diverse musical tapestry. The perfect gift for any music lover or eighties aficionado, Into the Groove is an endlessly entertaining homage to the 1980s. £16.99 Jacket author bio for Into the Groove: JUSTIN LEWIS is a writer, researcher and editor, who grew up during the 1980s and even started writing and presenting for local radio before the decade ended. He has an encyclopaedic knowledge of popular music and a deep understanding of what makes it such a passion for so many people. He was been an editor, writer and contributor to various print and online music publications for more than thirty years, including The Guinness Book of Hit Singles and The Rough Guide to Rock. His most recent book is Don't Stop the Music: A year of Pop History, One Day at a Time. He lives in Swansea, in Wales. ELLIOTT & THOMPSON (publishers) Back cover reviews: TRAVEL BACK TO THE 1980S... and discover an epic collection of remarkable facts, notable events and fascinating anecdotes from the decade's diverse and inventive music scene. 'Justin Lewis tells pop's never-ending story brilliantly. Every day he writes the book, and the book is amazing.' DAVID QUANTICK, Emmy Award-winning writer and novelist 'Forensic, forthright and downright unputdownable, the perfect pop book for anyone who came of age (or indeed anybody else) during pop's giddiest and most experimental decade.' IAN WADE, author of 1984: THE YEAR POP WENT QUEER 'Like a treasure chest of pop riches... I loved this book!' SAMIRA AHMED, journalist and broadcaster Additional reviews: 'A brilliantly detailed topography of probably the greatest of all pop decades, the 1980s, whose music even those unborn back then still live with and love on a daily basis. Invaluable both for pop fans and pop historians.' DAVID STUBBS, music journalist 'A delightful, curious compendium, full of flipsides to pop’s glossiest decade' JUDE ROGERS, music journalist and broadcaster
September 5, 2025 at 9:24 PM
thepjtaylor.bsky.social
Hands Powell! #totp #totp1981
January 23, 2026 at 8:16 PM
harrymcnally.bsky.social
#totp1981 when the lads dressed like the ICF
April 11, 2025 at 8:09 PM
feeflefifski.bsky.social
This is *best* ABC and does not get played nearly enough #totp #totp1981
November 21, 2025 at 9:24 PM
thepjtaylor.bsky.social
"they're still wearing flared trousers" /Rik #totp #totp1981
September 18, 2026 at 7:04 PM
thepjtaylor.bsky.social
1981 was one of the greatest years in British pop. #totp not reflecting it #totp1981
September 18, 2026 at 7:21 PM
thepjtaylor.bsky.social
The Spands just look as if they have all run into a washing line or two #totp #totp1981
January 23, 2026 at 8:07 PM
thepjtaylor.bsky.social
In 1981 the two most famous ex-goalkeepers were Julio and the pope - trufax #totp #totp1981
November 21, 2025 at 9:17 PM
beardybill1.bsky.social
There hasn't been a single duff track yet #totp1981
November 22, 2025 at 10:33 PM
thepjtaylor.bsky.social
I don't remember this one. But I was only seven #totp #totp1981
April 3, 2026 at 7:02 PM
feeflefifski.bsky.social
The sartorial range on that stage is quite something #totp #totp1981
November 21, 2025 at 9:34 PM
feeflefifski.bsky.social
Bloody awful shoes! #totp #totp1981
January 23, 2026 at 8:15 PM
thepjtaylor.bsky.social
Oh no. Powell beyond parody #totp #totp1981
January 23, 2026 at 8:28 PM
richw27.bsky.social
#totp1981 the abomination that was Joe Dolce......
February 7, 2025 at 8:35 PM
thepjtaylor.bsky.social
All rise for the Queen - again @blondieband.bsky.social #totp #totp1981
January 23, 2026 at 8:03 PM
peterogers.bsky.social
Is that a young Craig Fairbrass hanging out on Top of the Pops? #TOTP #TOTP1981
December 20, 2024 at 8:22 PM
antmo66.bsky.social
#totp #totp1981
I just told my wife that the members of the 'Ants' were called

Stan,dan and oliver

And she almost believed me
June 6, 2025 at 6:57 PM
thepjtaylor.bsky.social
Osmonds redux #totp #totp1981
September 18, 2026 at 7:02 PM
viviennesoton.bsky.social
#totp1981 the Legs & Co interlude. Time to go and put the kettle on. Yawn…..
September 18, 2026 at 7:18 PM
archive.mhoulden.uk
OK, *5* medleys in the charts. Anyone want to explain themselves? #totp1981
January 10, 2026 at 10:24 PM
antmo66.bsky.social
#totp #totp1981

And best supporting actor goes to the paint pot, and what it signified
June 6, 2025 at 6:50 PM
emma-worthington.bsky.social
Very bold white zipped boiler suit from the Quo drummer, who didn’t get the denim memo. #totp1981
December 20, 2024 at 8:29 PM
buddieandhiscamera.bsky.social
It was maybe 10 years ago (when they first repeated this on BBC 4) that I learned Coast 2 Coast were no one hit wonders..

#totp #totp1981
May 29, 2026 at 7:20 PM