What was happening 30 years ago

Updated June 16 2017 - 11:37am, first published 9:31am

MUSIC

NEW Zealander Dave Dobbyn had the number one song on the Warrnambool music charts on June 19, 1987. Dobbyn’s song Slice of Heaven, from the Footrot Flats: The Dog's Tail Tale soundtrack, was number one on the local charts and number two nationally. The number one song in Australia was Whitney Houston’s I Wanna Dance With Somebody. Other songs featured in the national top 10 included Hymn to Her (The Pretenders), Respectable (Mel and Kim) and Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now (Starship).

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