New wave duo Buggles, with future producing legend Trevor Horn, on the back-page poster of Bravo of 13 December 1979. They were having their big hit with “Video Killed The Radio Star”.
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1979
Gary Cooper 1979
Acting legend Gary Cooper in a scene from 1952’s High Noon on a superposter in Bravo of 13 December 1979.
Saturday Night Fever 1979
The German poster for Saturday Night Fever (Nur Samstag Nacht) on as centrepread poster in Bravo of 13 December 1979, for no discernible reason nearly two years after the film played in the cinemas. Well, it is Saturday today…
Bravo charts December 1979
The readers’ charts in Bravo of 13 December 1979. I rather like the UK #1 (though on the official BBC charts it was only #3). ELO’s “Don’t Bring Me Down” is the killer track on the Bravo charts.
ABBA 1979
ABBA on an A2 superposter in Bravo of 13 December 1979. The were having a hit at the time with “I Have A Dream”.
ABBA had just finished second in the annual readers’ poll for favourite band. Here’s the Top 10:
- The Teens
- ABBA
- Smokie
- Dschingis Khan
- Kiss
- Racey
- Status Quo
- Blondie
- Bee Gees
- 10 Boney M.
Bravo 13 Dec 1979 (ABBA)
ABBA feature on the cover of Bravo of 13 December 1979. This week 39 years ago, Germany’s youth read about:
• Donna Summer: From Cinderella to Disco Queen
• ABBA’s Björn presents his new girlfriend
• Italian singer Alan Sorrenti
• Bravo remembers actor Gary Cooper
• The new Terence Hill & Bud Spencer (they’re in Africa now)
• Pop group Promises at home
• REO Speedwagon’s tour of Germany
• Footballer Karl-Heinz Rummenigge interviewed
Marc Bolan 1979
Marc Bolan on a centrespread poster in Bravo of 13 September 1979, to mark the second anniversary of his death on 16 September 1977 in as car crash. More Bolan tomorrow, on the actual anniversary.
Nastassja Kinski 1979
Nastassja Kinski on a centrespread poster in Bravo of 13 September 1979, and below a report on her newly-released film Tess. More Nastassja Kinski posters.
Boomtown Rats 1979
The Boomtown Rats on a centrespread poster in Bravo of 13 September 1979. They were having a hit with I Don’t Like Mondays.
Rocky Sharpe and the Replays 1979
’50s revival band Rocky Sharpe and the Replays on the back-page poster in Bravo of 13 September 1979. They were having a hit with their cover of “ Rama Lama Ding Dong“.
