It was the year of the Falklands conflict, the Pope visited Glasgow and Laker airlines went bust. Do any of our archive photographs take you back to 1982?
and Survivor, Irene Cara and Tight Fit were all in the charts.lost a legend – and gained a bunch of bright new things who burst on to the charts in style in this year.Alex Harvey died in 1982, after a career which spanned more than three decades. Born in Kinning Park in 1935, he had a range of jobs, including carpenter and tombstone carver, before he settled on music.
Also in 1982, a pop outfit from Clydebank was starting up, after Tommy Cunningham and Graeme Clark met on the school bus. Originally called Vortex Motion, they invited Neil Mitchell and trainee decorator Mark McLachlan to join, Graeme Duffin followed, they changed their name to Wet Wet Wet and Mark changed his name to Marti Pellow. A string of hits followed, including Wishing I Was Lucky, Sweet Little Mystery and Angel Eyes.
Elswehere in 1982, the fresh-faced young player looking a little abashed by the attention is Paul McStay who, 40 years ago, was named Scottish International Player of the Year after captaining the national side to victory in the UEFA European Under-18 Championship.
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