#45: Peter Gunn by Art of Noise

City: Hamilton, ON
Radio Station: CKOC
Peak Month: July 1986
Peak Position in Hamilton ~ #2
Peak position in Vancouver ~ #22
Peak Position on Billboard Hot 100 ~ #50
YouTube: “Peter Gunn”

Gary Michael Langan was born in 1956 in Surrey, England. When he turned 18, he began working as an assistant engineer at Sarm East Studios in London. He worked on Queen’s albums A Night At the Opera (1975), A Day At the Races (1976), and News of the World (1977), Yes’s album 90125 (1983), and ABC’s Beauty Stab (1982), and later 1234 for Propaganda. Some of the hit singles he engineered include “Bohemian Rhapsody”, “You’re My Best Friend” and “We Are The Champions” for Queen, “Video Killed The Radio Star” for The Buggles, “Poison Arrow” and “The Look of Love” for ABC, “Owner Of a Lonely Heart” for Yes, and “Double Dutch” for Malcolm McLaren. In 1983 he co-founded The Art of Noise.

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#51: Another Nail In My Heart by Squeeze

City: Hamilton, ON
Radio Station: CKOC
Peak Month: July 1980
Peak Position in Hamilton ~ #7
Peak position in Vancouver ~ #20
Peak Position on Billboard Hot 100 ~ did not chart
YouTube: “Another Nail In My Heart”
Lyrics: “Another Nail In My Heart”

Squeeze was a new wave-synth pop band from the UK. Christopher Henry Difford was born in South East London in 1954. Glenn Martin Tilbrook was born in London in 1957. Julian Miles “Jools” Holland was born in South East London in 1958. The trio formed Squeeze in 1974 in London. After a year Squeeze settled on Gilson Lavis as the bands drummer. David Leslie Gilson Lavis was born in 1951 and Bedford, England. Before he joined Squeeze in 1975 he toured with Chuck Berry, Jerry Lee Lewis, Skeeter Davis and Dolly Parton. In 1978 Squeeze released their debut self-titled album which included their UK Top 20 hit “Take Me I’m Yours”.

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