After completing a degree in history at the Polytechnic of North London, Neil takes a job at Marvel Comics, anglicizing spellings and indicating where over-risque woman needed to be redrawn decently. While there he interviews comic fan Marc Bolan, who politely points out that his tape recorder wasn’t working. In 1977 he works at Macdonald Educational Publishing, later moving to ITV Books. In June 1982, he joins Smash Hits.
Tina Turner’s Wildest Dreams, featuring the PSB-written track ‘Confidential,’ hits U.K. #4.
20th Century Blues, a Noël Coward tribute album produced by Neil, debuts.
‘West End Girls’ briefly airs on The Simpsons.
Starting today and continuing for most of the week, Chris and Neil are guests on the BBC Radio 2 feature Tracks of My Years, picking some of their all-time favorite records.
Neil attends Rufus Wainwright’s concert at Sadler’s Wells Theatre in London. The first half of the show is devoted to songs from his new album All Days Are Nights: Songs for Lulu, performed solo by Rufus on the piano.
Former A‑ha lead vocalist Morten Harket’s fifth solo studio album Out of My Hands, containing the Tennant-Lowe composition ‘Listening,’ is released in his native Norway.