abstract: The following lists the number one singles on the Australian Singles Chart, along with other substantial hits, during the 1980s. The source for this decade is the Kent Music Report, and the ARIA Charts.

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# List of number-one singles in Australia during the 1980s

The following lists the number one singles on the Australian Singles Chart, along with other substantial hits, during the 1980s. The source for this decade is the Kent Music Report (retitled as Australian Music Report in 1987), and the ARIA Charts.

## 1980s Australian charts

Two sets of charts ran in Australia in the late 1980s. The Kent Music Report began publication in 1974 as Australia's official national charts. From mid-1983, the Australian Recording Industry Association (or ARIA) licensed the Kent Music Report (which was renamed the 'Australian Music Report' in 1987). ARIA commenced compiling its own charts in-house from the week ending 26 June 1988 (a Sunday). These charts ran concurrent to what was by then known as the Australian Music Report. The Australian Music Report charts ceased commercial publishing in 1999.

Both the Kent Music Report / Australian Music Report chart data (1980–1989) and the ARIA chart data (starting from their commencement in mid-1983) are listed below. The Kent Music Report / Australian Music Report chart data is taken from the "Australian Chart Book 1970–92", published by David Kent, while the ARIA chart data is taken from australia-charts.com.

The dates given for the Kent Music Report / Australian Music Report are Mondays.

## Kent/Australian Music Report

Key
| The yellow background indicates the #1 song on the KMR/AMR End of Year Chart |
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| The light blue background indicates the #1 song on the KMR/AMR End of Decade Chart |

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### 1980 (Kent Music Report)

| Date | Artist | Single | Weeks at number one |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 7 January | The Buggles | "Video Killed the Radio Star" | 7 weeks (5 weeks in Dec. 1979) |
| 14 January | | | |
| 21 January | Michael Jackson | "Don't Stop 'til You Get Enough" | 3 weeks |
| 28 January | | | |
| 4 February | | | |
| 11 February | KC and the Sunshine Band | "Please Don't Go" | 2 weeks |
| 18 February | | | |
| 25 February | Queen | "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" | 7 weeks |
| 3 March | | | |
| 10 March | | | |
| 17 March | | | |
| 24 March | | | |
| 31 March | | | |
| 7 April | | | |
| 14 April | Split Enz | "I Got You" | 8 weeks |
| 21 April | | | |
| 28 April | | | |
| 5 May | | | |
| 12 May | | | |
| 19 May | | | |
| 26 May | | | |
| 2 June | | | |
| 9 June | Rocky Burnette | "Tired of Toein' the Line" | 2 weeks |
| 16 June | | | |
| 23 June | The Vapors | "Turning Japanese" | 2 weeks |
| 30 June | | | |
| 7 July | Village People | "Can't Stop the Music" | 4 weeks |
| 14 July | | | |
| 21 July | | | |
| 28 July | | | |
| 4 August | Lipps Inc. | "Funkytown" | 2 weeks |
| 11 August | | | |
| 18 August | Genghis Khan | "Moscow" | 6 weeks |
| 25 August | | | |
| 1 September | | | |
| 8 September | | | |
| 15 September | | | |
| 22 September | | | |
| 29 September | Diana Ross | "Upside Down" | 4 weeks |
| 6 October | | | |
| 13 October | | | |
| 20 October | | | |
| 27 October | Leo Sayer | "More Than I Can Say" | 2 weeks |
| 3 November | | | |
| 10 November | Barbra Streisand | "Woman in Love" | 2 weeks |
| 17 November | | | |
| 24 November | Joe Dolce Music Theatre | "Shaddap You Face" | 8 weeks |
| 1 December | | | |
| 8 December | | | |
| 15 December | | | |
| 22 December | | | |
| 29 December | | | |

**Other hits**
Songs peaking at number two included "Dreaming My Dreams with You" by Colleen Hewett, "Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2)" by Pink Floyd, "Brass in Pocket" by The Pretenders, "Coming Up" by Paul McCartney, "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" by Long John Baldry and Kathi McDonald, "What I Like About You" by The Romantics, "Xanadu" by Olivia Newton-John and Electric Light Orchestra, "Babooshka" by Kate Bush, and "Master Blaster (Jammin')" by Stevie Wonder.

Other hits (with their peak positions noted) were "Space Invaders" (3) by Player One, "Ashes to Ashes" (3) by David Bowie, "Do That to Me One More Time" (3) by Captain & Tennille, "Fame" (3) by Irene Cara, "He's My Number One" (4) by Christie Allen, "Call Me" (4) and "The Tide Is High" (4) by Blondie, "Blame It on the Boogie" (4) by The Jacksons, and "Shandi" (5) by KISS.

Hits by Australasian artists included "Magic" by Olivia Newton-John, "People" by Mi-Sex, "No Secrets" by The Angels, "You Shook Me All Night Long" by AC/DC and "Can't Help Myself" and "We Can Get Together" by Flowers.

### 1981 (Kent Music Report)

| Date | Artist | Single | Weeks at number one |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 5 January | Joe Dolce Music Theatre | "Shaddap You Face" | 8 weeks |
| 12 January | | | |
| 19 January | John Lennon | "(Just Like) Starting Over" | 4 weeks |
| 26 January | | | |
| 2 February | | | |
| 9 February | | | |
| 16 February | Slim Dusty | "Duncan" | 2 weeks |
| 23 February | | | |
| 2 March | The Swingers | "Counting the Beat" | 3 weeks |
| 9 March | | | |
| 16 March | | | |
| 23 March | Adam and the Ants | "Antmusic" | 5 weeks |
| 30 March | | | |
| 6 April | | | |
| 13 April | | | |
| 20 April | | | |
| 27 April | Sheena Easton | "9 to 5 (Morning Train)" | 2 weeks |
| 4 May | | | |
| 11 May | Roxy Music | "Jealous Guy" | 4 weeks |
| 18 May | | | |
| 25 May | | | |
| 1 June | | | |
| 8 June | Shakin' Stevens | "This Ole House" | 1 week |
| 15 June | Kim Carnes | "Bette Davis Eyes" | 5 weeks |
| 22 June | | | |
| 29 June | | | |
| 6 July | | | |
| 13 July | | | |
| 20 July | Stars on 45 | "Stars on 45 Medley" | 4 weeks |
| 27 July | | | |
| 3 August | | | |
| 10 August | | | |
| 17 August | Devo | *DEV-O Live* (EP) | 3 weeks |
| 24 August | | | |
| 31 August | Rick Springfield | "Jessie's Girl" | 1 week |
| 7 September | Devo | *DEV-O Live* (EP) | 3 weeks |
| 14 September | Shakin' Stevens | "You Drive Me Crazy" | 3 weeks |
| 21 September | | | |
| 28 September | | | |
| 5 October | Diana Ross and Lionel Richie | "Endless Love" | 4 weeks |
| 12 October | | | |
| 19 October | | | |
| 26 October | | | |
| 2 November | Billy Field | "You Weren't in Love with Me" | 1 week |
| 9 November | The Rolling Stones | "Start Me Up" | 1 week |
| 16 November | Olivia Newton-John | "Physical" | 5 weeks |
| 23 November | | | |
| 30 November | | | |
| 7 December | | | |
| 14 December | | | |
| 21 December | Men at Work | "Down Under" | 6 weeks |
| 28 December | | | |

**Other hits**
Songs peaking at number two included "Stop the Cavalry" and "Louise (We Get It Right)" by Jona Lewie, "Angel of the Morning" by Juice Newton, "Who Can It Be Now?" by Men at Work, "Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic" by The Police, and "Wired for Sound" by Cliff Richard.

"Turn Me Loose" by Loverboy, "Girls Can Get It" by Dr. Hook, "Keep On Loving You" by REO Speedwagon, "Gotta Pull Myself Together" by The Nolans and "In the Air Tonight" by Phil Collins all peaked at number 3. Other major hits (with their peak positions) were "Jesse" by Carly Simon (4), "Kids in America" by Kim Wilde (5) and "Precious to Me" by Phil Seymour (6).

Hits by Australasian artists included "If I Were a Carpenter" by Swanee, "Bad Habits" by Billy Field, "Boys in Town" by Divinyls and "State of the Heart" by Mondo Rock.

### 1982 (Kent Music Report)

| Date | Artist | Single | Weeks at number one |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 4 January | Men at Work | "Down Under" | 6 weeks |
| 11 January | | | |
| 18 January | | | |
| 24 January | | | |
| 1 February | Lindsey Buckingham | "Trouble" | 3 weeks |
| 8 February | | | |
| 15 February | | | |
| 22 February | Soft Cell | "Tainted Love" | 3 weeks |
| 1 March | | | |
| 8 March | | | |
| 15 March | The J. Geils Band | "Centerfold" | 1 week |
| 22 March | Moving Pictures | "What About Me" | 6 weeks |
| 29 March | | | |
| 5 April | | | |
| 12 April | | | |
| 19 April | | | |
| 26 April | | | |
| 3 May | Joan Jett and the Blackhearts | "I Love Rock 'n' Roll" | 5 weeks |
| 10 May | | | |
| 17 May | | | |
| 24 May | | | |
| 31 May | | | |
| 7 June | Toni Basil | "Mickey" | 2 weeks |
| 14 June | | | |
| 21 June | Charlene | "I've Never Been to Me" | 6 weeks |
| 28 June | | | |
| 5 July | | | |
| 12 July | | | |
| 19 July | | | |
| 26 July | | | |
| 2 August | A Flock of Seagulls | "I Ran (So Far Away)" | 2 weeks |
| 9 August | | | |
| 16 August | Adam Ant | "Goody Two Shoes" | 2 weeks |
| 23 August | | | |
| 30 August | Ray Parker Jr. | "The Other Woman" | 1 week |
| 6 September | Steve Miller Band | "Abracadabra" | 2 weeks |
| 13 September | | | |
| 20 September | Survivor | "Eye of the Tiger" | 6 weeks |
| 27 September | | | |
| 4 October | | | |
| 11 October | | | |
| 18 October | | | |
| 25 October | | | |
| 1 November | Dexys Midnight Runners | "Come On Eileen" | 5 weeks |
| 8 November | | | |
| 15 November | | | |
| 22 November | | | |
| 29 November | | | |
| 6 December | Musical Youth | "Pass the Dutchie" | 3 weeks |
| 13 December | | | |
| 20 December | | | |
| 27 December | Culture Club | "Do You Really Want to Hurt Me" | 6 weeks |
|

**Other hits**
Songs peaking at number two included "Our Lips Are Sealed" by The Go-Go's, "Theme from *The Greatest American Hero* (Believe It or Not)" by Joey Scarbury, "Ebony and Ivory" by Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder, "Key Largo" by Bertie Higgins, "Six Months in a Leaky Boat" by Split Enz, "If You Want My Love" by Cheap Trick, and "Shy Boy" by Bananarama.

Other hits (with peak positions shown) included "Waiting for a Girl Like You" (3) by Foreigner, "Young Turks" (3) by Rod Stewart, "Hard to Say I'm Sorry" (4) by Chicago, "You Should Hear How She Talks About You" (4) by Melissa Manchester, "Da Da Da" (4) by Trio, "Poison Arrow" (4) by ABC, "Homosapien" (4) by Pete Shelley, "Hurts So Good" (5) by John "Cougar" Mellencamp, "Hungry Like the Wolf" (5) by Duran Duran and "Cambodia" (7) by Kim Wilde.

Hits by Australasian artists included "Forever Now" by Cold Chisel, "Body and Soul" by Jo Kennedy, "Solid Rock" by Goanna, "Great Southern Land" by Icehouse, "Dirty Creature" by Split Enz, "Down on the Border" by Little River Band and "Lady, What's Your Name" by Swanee.

### 1983 (Kent Music Report/ARIA Charts)

| Date | Artist | Single | Weeks at number one |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 3 January | Culture Club | "Do You Really Want to Hurt Me" | 6 weeks |
| 10 January | | | |
| 17 January | | | |
| 23 January | | | |
| 31 January | | | |
| 7 February | Laura Branigan | "Gloria" | 7 weeks |
| 14 February | | | |
| 21 February | | | |
| 28 February | | | |
| 7 March | | | |
| 14 March | | | |
| 21 March | | | |
| 28 March | Joe Cocker and Jennifer Warnes | "Up Where We Belong" | 2 weeks |
| 4 April | | | |
| 11 April | Michael Jackson | "Billie Jean" | 5 weeks |
| 18 April | | | |
| 25 April | | | |
| 2 May | | | |
| 9 May | | | |
| 16 May | Redgum | "I Was Only 19 (A Walk in the Light Green)" | 2 weeks |
| 23 May | | | |
| 30 May | Bonnie Tyler | "Total Eclipse of the Heart" | 6 weeks |
| 6 June | | | |
| 13 June | | | |
| 20 June | | | |
| 27 June | | | |
| 4 July | | | |
| 11 July | Irene Cara | "Flashdance... What a Feeling" | 7 weeks |
| 18 July | | | |
| 25 July | | | |
| 1 August | | | |
| 8 August | | | |
| 15 August | Austen Tayshus | "Australiana" | 8 weeks |
| 22 August | Irene Cara | "Flashdance... What a Feeling" | 7 weeks |
| 29 August | | | |
| 5 September | Austen Tayshus | "Australiana" | 8 weeks |
| 12 September | | | |
| 19 September | | | |
| 26 September | | | |
| 3 October | | | |
| 10 October | | | |
| 17 October | | | |
| 24 October | Culture Club | "Karma Chameleon" | 5 weeks |
| 31 October | | | |
| 7 November | | | |
| 14 November | | | |
| 21 November | | | |
| 28 November | Australian Crawl | "Reckless (Don't Be So)" | 1 week |
| 5 December | Billy Joel | "Uptown Girl" | 1 week |
| 12 December | Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton | "Islands in the Stream" | 1 week |
| 19 December | Lionel Richie | "All Night Long (All Night)" | 6 weeks |
| 26 December | | | |
|

**Other hits**
Songs peaking at number two included "Heartbreaker" by Dionne Warwick, "Twisting by the Pool" (EP) by Dire Straits, "Let's Dance" by David Bowie, "1999" by Prince, "Beat It" by Michael Jackson, "Every Breath You Take" by The Police, "Electric Avenue" by Eddy Grant, "Maniac" by Michael Sembello, "Rain" by Dragon, "Bop Girl" by Pat Wilson, and "Red Red Wine" by UB40.

Other major hits (with peak positions noted) included "Save Your Love" (3) by Renee and Renato, "Give It Up" (3) by KC and the Sunshine Band, "I'm Still Standing" (3) by Elton John, "You Can't Hurry Love" (3) by Phil Collins, "I.O.U." (3) by Freeez, "I Eat Cannibals" (4) by Toto Coelo, "Young Guns" (4) by Wham!, "The Safety Dance" (5) by Men Without Hats, "Africa" (5) by Toto, and "Drop the Pilot" (6) by Joan Armatrading.

Hits by Australasian artists also included "Send Me an Angel" by Real Life, "Fraction Too Much Friction" by Tim Finn, "Shoop Shoop Diddy Wop Cumma Cumma Wang Dang" by Monte Video and the Cassettes, "Overkill" and "Dr. Heckyll & Mr. Jive" by Men at Work, and "Power and the Passion" by Midnight Oil.

### 1984 (Kent Music Report/ARIA Charts)

| Date | Artist | Single | Weeks at number one |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2 January | Lionel Richie | "All Night Long (All Night)" | 6 weeks |
| 9 January | | | |
| 16 January | | | |
| 23 January | | | |
| 30 January | INXS | "Original Sin" | 2 weeks |
| 6 February | | | |
| 13 February | Pat Benatar | "Love Is a Battlefield" | 5 weeks |
| 20 February | | | |
| 27 February | | | |
| 5 March | | | |
| 12 March | | | |
| 19 March | Cyndi Lauper | "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" | 2 weeks |
| 26 March | | | |
| 2 April | Nena | "99 Luftballons" | 5 weeks |
| 9 April | | | |
| 16 April | | | |
| 23 April | | | |
| 30 April | | | |
| 7 May | "Weird Al" Yankovic | "Eat It" | 1 week |
| 14 May | Kenny Loggins | "Footloose" | 3 weeks |
| 21 May | | | |
| 28 May | | | |
| 4 June | Lionel Richie | "Hello" | 3 weeks |
| 11 June | | | |
| 18 June | | | |
| 25 June | The Twelfth Man | "It's Just Not Cricket" | 3 weeks |
| 2 July | | | |
| 9 July | | | |
| 16 July | Wham! | "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go" | 7 weeks |
| 23 July | | | |
| 30 July | | | |
| 6 August | | | |
| 13 August | | | |
| 20 August | Prince | "When Doves Cry" | 1 week |
| 27 August | Wham! | "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go" | 7 weeks |
| 3 September | | | |
| 10 September | Tina Turner | "What's Love Got to Do with It" | 1 week |
| 17 September | George Michael | "Careless Whisper" | 4 weeks |
| 24 September | | | |
| 1 October | | | |
| 8 October | | | |
| 15 October | Stevie Wonder | "I Just Called to Say I Love You" | 8 weeks |
| 22 October | | | |
| 29 October | | | |
| 5 November | | | |
| 12 November | | | |
| 19 November | | | |
| 26 November | | | |
| 3 December | | | |
| 10 December | Madonna | "Like a Virgin" | 5 weeks |
| 17 December | | | |
| 24 December | | | |
| 31 December | | | |

**Other hits**
The year's best charting single was Bruce Springsteen's "Dancing in the Dark". Despite having only reached number 5 on the singles chart, it remained on the charts for 40 weeks.

Songs peaking at number two included "Come Said the Boy" by Mondo Rock, "Radio Ga Ga" by Queen, "Jump" by Van Halen, "Heaven (Must Be There)" by Eurogliders, "Ghostbusters" by Ray Parker Jr., "The War Song" by Culture Club, and "Caribbean Queen (No More Love on the Run)" by Billy Ocean.

Other major hits (with peak position noted) included "Calling Your Name" (3) by Marilyn, "Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)" (3) by Phil Collins, "I Can Dream About You" (3) by Dan Hartman, "Hold Me Now" (3) by Thompson Twins, "Thriller" (4) by Michael Jackson, "Pride (In the Name of Love)" (4) by U2, "Sad Songs (Say So Much)" (4) by Elton John, and "Relax" (5) and "Two Tribes" (4) by Frankie Goes to Hollywood.

Hits by Australasian artists also included "Listening" and "A Beat for You" both by Pseudo Echo, "I Send a Message" and "Burn for You" by INXS, "Twist of Fate" by Olivia Newton-John, "Soul Kind of Feeling" by Dynamic Hepnotics and "Catch Me I'm Falling" by Real Life.

### 1985 (Kent Music Report/ARIA Charts)

| Date | Artist | Single | Weeks at number one |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 7 January | Madonna | "Like a Virgin" | 5 weeks |
| 14 January | Band Aid | "Do They Know It's Christmas?" | 4 weeks |
| 21 January | | | |
| 28 January | | | |
| 4 February | | | |
| 11 February | Foreigner | "I Want to Know What Love Is" | 5 weeks |
| 18 February | | | |
| 25 February | | | |
| 4 March | | | |
| 11 March | | | |
| 18 March | Murray Head | "One Night in Bangkok" | 1 week |
| 25 March | Tears for Fears | "Shout" | 1 week |
| 1 April | Jim Diamond | "I Should Have Known Better" | 1 week |
| 8 April | USA for Africa | "We Are the World" | 9 weeks |
| 15 April | | | |
| 22 April | | | |
| 29 April | | | |
| 6 May | | | |
| 13 May | | | |
| 20 May | | | |
| 27 May | | | |
| 3 June | | | |
| 10 June | Eurythmics | "Would I Lie to You?" | 2 weeks |
| 17 June | | | |
| 24 June | Madonna | "Angel" / "Into the Groove" | 4 weeks |
| 1 July | | | |
| 8 July | | | |
| 15 July | | | |
| 22 July | | "Crazy for You" | 4 weeks |
| 29 July | | |
| 5 August | | |
| 12 August | | |
| 19 August | Tina Turner | "We Don't Need Another Hero (Thunderdome)" | 3 weeks |
| 26 August | | | |
| 2 September | | | |
| 9 September | Models | "Out of Mind, Out of Sight" | 2 weeks |
| 16 September | | | |
| 23 September | Huey Lewis and the News | "The Power of Love" | 2 weeks |
| 30 September | | | |
| 7 October | Mick Jagger and David Bowie | "Dancing in the Street" | 2 weeks |
| 14 October | | | |
| 21 October | UB40 with Chrissie Hynde | "I Got You Babe" | 3 weeks |
| 28 October | | | |
| 4 November | | | |
| 11 November | a-ha | "Take On Me" | 2 weeks |
| 18 November | | | |
| 25 November | Jennifer Rush | "The Power of Love" | 2 weeks |
| 2 December | Midnight Oil | *Species Deceases* (EP) | 6 weeks |
| 9 December | Jennifer Rush | "The Power of Love" | 2 weeks |
| 16 December | Midnight Oil | *Species Deceases* (EP) | 6 weeks |
| 23 December | | | |
| 30 December | | | |
|

**Other hits**
Songs peaking at number two included "Born in the U.S.A." by Bruce Springsteen, "Ti Amo" by Laura Branigan, "Barbados" by Models, "The Heat Is On" by Glenn Frey, "One More Night" by Phil Collins, "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" by Tears for Fears, "Can't Fight This Feeling" by REO Speedwagon, "Live It Up" by Mental As Anything, and "What You Need" by INXS.

Other major hits (with peak positions noted) included "You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)" (3) by Dead or Alive, "Part-Time Lover" (3) by Stevie Wonder, "Last Christmas" (3) by Wham!, "Money for Nothing" (4) by Dire Straits, "Neutron Dance" (4) by Pointer Sisters, and "Walking on Sunshine" (4) by Katrina and the Waves.

Hits by Australasian artists also included "I'd Die to Be with You Tonight" by Jimmy Barnes, "50 Years" by Uncanny X-Men, "Too Young for Promises" by Koo De Tah, "Man Overboard" by Do-Ré-Mi, "Don't Go" by Pseudo Echo, "We Will Together" by Eurogliders, and "Pleasure and Pain" by Divinyls.

### 1986 (Kent Music Report/ARIA Charts)

| Date | Artist | Single | Weeks at number one |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 6 January | Midnight Oil | *Species Deceases* (EP) | 6 weeks |
| 13 January | | | |
| 20 January | Starship | "We Built This City" | 4 weeks |
| 27 January | | | |
| 3 February | | | |
| 10 February | | | |
| 17 February | Feargal Sharkey | "A Good Heart" | 2 weeks |
| 24 February | | | |
| 3 March | Dionne Warwick with Gladys Knight, <br>Elton John & Stevie Wonder | "That's What Friends Are For" | 1 week |
| 10 March | Billy Ocean | "When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going" | 6 weeks |
| 17 March | | | |
| 24 March | | | |
| 31 March | | | |
| 7 April | | | |
| 14 April | | | |
| 21 April | Diana Ross | "Chain Reaction" | 3 weeks |
| 28 April | | | |
| 5 May | | | |
| 12 May | Cliff Richard and The Young Ones | "Living Doll" | 6 weeks |
| 19 May | | | |
| 26 May | | | |
| 2 June | | | |
| 9 June | | | |
| 16 June | | | |
| 23 June | Robert Palmer | "Addicted to Love" | 2 weeks |
| 30 June | | | |
| 7 July | Samantha Fox | "Touch Me (I Want Your Body)" | 3 weeks |
| 14 July | Whitney Houston | "Greatest Love of All" | 1 week |
| 21 July | Samantha Fox | "Touch Me (I Want Your Body)" | 3 weeks |
| 28 July | | | |
| 4 August | Madonna | "Papa Don't Preach" | 6 weeks |
| 11 August | | | |
| 18 August | | | |
| 25 August | | | |
| 1 September | | | |
| 8 September | | | |
| 15 September | Bananarama | "Venus" | 7 weeks |
| 22 September | | | |
| 29 September | | | |
| 6 October | | | |
| 13 October | | | |
| 20 October | | | |
| 27 October | | | |
| 3 November | John Farnham | "You're the Voice" | 7 weeks |
| 10 November | | | |
| 17 November | | | |
| 24 November | | | |
| 1 December | | | |
| 8 December | | | |
| 15 December | | | |
| 22 December | Pseudo Echo | "Funkytown" | 7 weeks |
| 29 December | | | |
|

**Other hits**
Songs peaking at number two included "Concrete and Clay" by Martin Plaza, "How Will I Know" by Whitney Houston, "Kiss" by Prince and The Revolution, "Stimulation" by Wa Wa Nee, "The Edge of Heaven" by Wham!, "Dancing on the Ceiling" by Lionel Richie, "Take My Breath Away" by Berlin, "Stuck with You" by Huey Lewis and the News, "You Can Call Me Al" by Paul Simon, "Don't Leave Me This Way" by The Communards, and "The Lady in Red" by Chris de Burgh.

Other major hits included "Manic Monday" (3) by The Bangles, "A Matter of Trust" (3) by Billy Joel, "True Colors" (3) by Cyndi Lauper, "Hit That Perfect Beat" (3) by Bronski Beat, "I'm Your Man" (3) by Wham!, "Invisible Touch" (3) by Genesis, "I Wanna Be a Cowboy" (4) by Boys Don't Cry, and "West End Girls" (5) by Pet Shop Boys.

Hits by Australasian artists also included "The Dead Heart" by Midnight Oil, "Who Made Who" by AC/DC, "Great Wall" by Boom Crash Opera, "I Could Make You Love Me" by Wa Wa Nee, "Love an Adventure" by Pseudo Echo, and "Do You Wanna Be?" by I'm Talking.

### 1987 (Australian Music Report/ARIA Charts)

| Date | Artist | Single | Weeks at number one |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 5 January | Pseudo Echo | "Funkytown" | 7 weeks |
| 12 January | | | |
| 19 January | | | |
| 26 January | | | |
| 2 February | | | |
| 9 February | The Bangles | "Walk Like an Egyptian" | 2 weeks |
| 16 February | Kim Wilde | "You Keep Me Hangin' On" | 2 weeks |
| 23 February | The Bangles | "Walk Like an Egyptian" | 2 weeks |
| 2 March | Kim Wilde | "You Keep Me Hangin' On" | 2 weeks |
| 9 March | Boris Gardiner | "I Wanna Wake Up with You" | 1 week |
| 16 March | George Michael and Aretha Franklin | "I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)" | 4 weeks |
| 23 March | | | |
| 30 March | | | |
| 6 April | | | |
| 13 April | Paul Lekakis | "Boom Boom (Let's Go Back to My Room)" | 5 weeks |
| 20 April | | | |
| 27 April | | | |
| 4 May | | | |
| 11 May | | | |
| 18 May | Dave Dobbyn with Herbs | "Slice of Heaven" | 4 weeks |
| 25 May | | | |
| 1 June | | | |
| 8 June | | | |
| 15 June | Whitney Houston | "I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)" | 5 weeks |
| 22 June | | | |
| 29 June | | | |
| 6 July | | | |
| 13 July | | | |
| 20 July | Mel and Kim | "Respectable" | 1 week |
| 27 July | The Party Boys | "He's Gonna Step on You Again" | 2 weeks |
| 3 August | | | |
| 10 August | Kylie Minogue | "Locomotion" | 7 weeks |
| 17 August | | | |
| 24 August | | | |
| 31 August | | | |
| 7 September | | | |
| 14 September | | | |
| 21 September | | | |
| 28 September | Los Lobos | "La Bamba" | 7 weeks |
| 5 October | | | |
| 12 October | | | |
| 19 October | | | |
| 26 October | | | |
| 2 November | | | |
| 9 November | | | |
| 16 November | Icehouse | "Electric Blue" | 1 week |
| 23 November | Jimmy Barnes | "Too Much Ain't Enough Love" | 1 week |
| 30 November | Rick Astley | "Never Gonna Give You Up" | 7 weeks |
| 7 December | | | |
| 14 December | | | |
| 21 December | | | |
| 28 December | | | |

**Other hits**
Songs peaking at number two included "Good Times" by Jimmy Barnes and INXS, "The Final Countdown" by Europe, "I Want Your Sex" by George Michael, and "Suddenly" by Angry Anderson.

Other major hits (with peak positions noted) included "Old Time Rock and Roll" (3) by Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band, "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now" (3) by Starship, "Livin' on a Prayer" (3) by Bon Jovi, "Star Trekkin'" (3) by The Firm, "Bad" (4) by Michael Jackson, "What's My Scene?" (3) by Hoodoo Gurus, "Pressure Down" (4) by John Farnham, "Crazy" (4) by Icehouse and "Beds Are Burning" (6) by Midnight Oil.

### 1988 (Australian Music Report/ARIA Charts)

| Date | Artist | Single | Weeks at number one |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 4 January | Rick Astley | "Never Gonna Give You Up" | 7 weeks |
| 11 January | | | |
| 18 January | George Michael | "Faith" | 1 week |
| 25 January | George Harrison | "Got My Mind Set on You" | 1 week |
| 1 February | Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes | "(I've Had) The Time of My Life" | 6 weeks |
| 8 February | | | |
| 15 February | | | |
| 22 February | | | |
| 29 February | | | |
| 7 March | | | |
| 14 March | Kylie Minogue | "I Should Be So Lucky" | 6 weeks |
| 21 March | | | |
| 28 March | | | |
| 4 April | | | |
| 11 April | | | |
| 18 April | | | |
| 25 April | Billy Ocean | "Get Outta My Dreams, Get into My Car" | 5 weeks |
| 2 May | | | |
| 9 May | | | |
| 16 May | | | |
| 23 May | | | |
| 30 May | Cheap Trick | "The Flame" | 3 weeks |
| 6 June | | | |
| 13 June | | | |
| 20 June | Louis Armstrong | "What a Wonderful World" | 2 weeks |
| 27 June | | | |
| 4 July | Kylie Minogue | "Got to Be Certain" | 4 weeks |
| 11 July | | | |
| 18 July | | | |
| 25 July | | | |
| 1 August | John Farnham | "Age of Reason" | 3 weeks |
| 8 August | | | |
| 15 August | | | |
| 22 August | Fairground Attraction | "Perfect" | 4 weeks |
| 29 August | | | |
| 5 September | | | |
| 12 September | | | |
| 19 September | Robert Palmer | "Simply Irresistible" | 5 weeks |
| 26 September | | | |
| 3 October | | | |
| 10 October | | | |
| 17 October | | | |
| 24 October | U2 | "Desire" | 2 weeks |
| 31 October | | | |
| 7 November | Phil Collins | "A Groovy Kind of Love" | 1 week |
| 14 November | Bobby McFerrin | "Don't Worry, Be Happy" | 6 weeks |
| 21 November | | | |
| 28 November | | | |
| 5 December | | | |
| 12 December | | | |
| 19 December | | | |
| 26 December | The Beach Boys | "Kokomo" | 7 weeks |
|

**Other hits**
Songs peaking at number two included "Heaven Is a Place on Earth" by Belinda Carlisle, "Stutter Rap (No Sleep Til Bedtime)" by Morris Minor and the Majors, "Better Be Home Soon" by Crowded House, "Doctorin' the Tardis" by The Timelords, The Only Way Is Up by Yazz, and "If I Could" by 1927.

### 1989 (Australian Music Report)

| Date | Artist | Single | Weeks at number one |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2 January | The Beach Boys | "Kokomo" | 7 weeks |
| 9 January | | | |
| 16 January | | | |
| 23 January | | | |
| 30 January | | | |
| 6 February | | | |
| 13 February | Womack & Womack | "Teardrops" | 1 week |
| 20 February | The Proclaimers | "I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)" | 4 weeks |
| 27 February | | | |
| 6 March | | | |
| 13 March | | | |
| 20 March | Ian Moss | "Tucker's Daughter" | 1 week |
| 27 March | Fine Young Cannibals | "She Drives Me Crazy" | 5 weeks |
| 3 April | | | |
| 10 April | | | |
| 17 April | Madonna | "Like a Prayer" | 4 weeks |
| 24 April | Fine Young Cannibals | "She Drives Me Crazy" | 5 weeks |
| 1 May | | | |
| 8 May | Mike + The Mechanics | "The Living Years" | 1 week |
| 15 May | Madonna | "Like a Prayer" | 4 weeks |
| 22 May | | | |
| 29 May | | | |
| 5 June | Julian Lennon | "Now You're in Heaven" | 1 week |
| 12 June | The Bangles | "Eternal Flame" | 1 week |
| 19 June | Bette Midler | "Wind Beneath My Wings" | 3 weeks |
| 26 June | | | |
| 3 July | | | |
| 10 July | Roxette | "The Look" | 5 weeks |
| 17 July | | | |
| 24 July | | | |
| 31 July | | | |
| 7 August | | | |
| 14 August | New Kids on the Block | "You Got It (The Right Stuff)" | 1 week |
| 21 August | Simply Red | "If You Don't Know Me by Now" | 3 weeks |
| 28 August | | | |
| 4 September | | | |
| 11 September | Richard Marx | "Right Here Waiting" | 6 weeks |
| 18 September | | | |
| 25 September | | | |
| 2 October | | | |
| 9 October | | | |
| 16 October | | | |
| 23 October | Jive Bunny and the Mastermixers | "Swing the Mood" | 3 weeks |
| 30 October | | | |
| 6 November | | | |
| 13 November | Cher | "If I Could Turn Back Time" | 6 weeks |
| 20 November | | | |
| 27 November | | | |
| 4 December | | | |
| 11 December | | | |
| 18 December | | | |
| 25 December | The B-52's | "Love Shack" | 8 weeks (7 weeks in 1990) |
|

**Other hits**
Songs peaking at number two included "Especially for You" by Kylie Minogue and Jason Donovan, "Bedroom Eyes" by Kate Ceberano, "Batdance" by Prince, "I'll Be Loving You (Forever)" by New Kids on the Block, and "All I Want Is You" by U2.

## ARIA Charts

ARIA licensed the top 50 portion of the Kent Music Report (re-branded the Australian Music Report in 1987) chart between June 1983 and early June 1988. ARIA conducted its own chart survey, for the first time, on 6 June 1988, producing a top 50 chart as a test-run. The following week's survey, 13 June 1988, became the first ARIA-produced chart published, although it was dated week-ending 26 June 1988 on the printed top 50 chart available in record stores, in keeping with the Australian Music Report's method of dating their charts. The ARIA-produced chart ran concurrently with the Australian Music Report, until the latter ceased publication in 1999. The dates given for ARIA Charts below are Mondays, reflecting the date the chart survey was conducted.

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### 1988 (ARIA Charts)

| Date | Artist | Single | Weeks at number one |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 13 June | Cheap Trick | "The Flame" | 1 week |
| 20 June | Louis Armstrong | "What a Wonderful World" | 1 week |
| 27 June | Kylie Minogue | "Got to Be Certain" | 3 weeks |
| 4 July | | | |
| 11 July | | | |
| 18 July | John Farnham | "Age of Reason" | 4 weeks |
| 25 July | | | |
| 1 August | | | |
| 8 August | | | |
| 15 August | Fairground Attraction | "Perfect" | 3 weeks |
| 22 August | | | |
| 29 August | | | |
| 5 September | Robert Palmer | "Simply Irresistible" | 5 weeks |
| 12 September | | | |
| 19 September | | | |
| 26 September | | | |
| 3 October | | | |
| 10 October | U2 | "Desire" | 3 weeks |
| 17 October | | | |
| 24 October | | | |
| 31 October | Bobby McFerrin | "Don't Worry, Be Happy" | 7 weeks |
| 7 November | | | |
| 14 November | | | |
| 21 November | | | |
| 28 November | | | |
| 5 December | | | |
| 12 December | | | |
| 19 December | The Beach Boys | "Kokomo" | 8 weeks |
| 26 December | | | |

**Other hits**
Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes' hit "(I've Had) The Time of My Life" was the best-charting single of the year according to ARIA (whereas the Australian Music Report lists this as the 2nd best-charting single of the year.)

Songs peaking at number two songs included "Better Be Home Soon" by Crowded House, "Doctorin' the Tardis" by The Timelords, "All Fired Up" by Pat Benatar, "The Only Way Is Up" by Yazz and the Plastic Population, and "A Groovy Kind of Love" by Phil Collins.

Other major hits (with peak positions noted) included "Don't Be Cruel" (4) by Cheap Trick, "Love in the First Degree" (5) and "I Want You Back" (3) by Bananarama, "When Will I Be Famous?" (10) and "I Owe You Nothing" (6) by Bros, "I Want Your Love" (7) by Transvision Vamp and "Fat" (12) by "Weird Al Yankovic".

Hits by Australasian artists (with peak positions noted) also included "When a Man Loves a Woman" (3) by Jimmy Barnes, "Nothing Can Divide Us" (3) by Jason Donovan, "That's When I Think of You" (6) and "If I Could" (4) by 1927, "Love Is a Bridge" (11) by Little River Band, "So Excellent"/"I Go, I Go" (8) by Kylie Mole, and "I Still Love You (Je Ne Sais Pas Pourquoi)" (11) by Kylie Minogue.

### 1989 (ARIA Charts)

| Date | Artist | Single | Weeks at number one |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2 January | The Beach Boys | "Kokomo" | 8 weeks |
| 9 January | | | |
| 16 January | | | |
| 23 January | | | |
| 30 January | | | |
| 6 February | | | |
| 13 February | The Proclaimers | "I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)" | 5 weeks |
| 20 February | | | |
| 27 February | | | |
| 6 March | | | |
| 13 March | | | |
| 20 March | Madonna | "Like a Prayer" | 5 weeks |
| 27 March | Fine Young Cannibals | "She Drives Me Crazy" | 3 weeks |
| 3 April | | | |
| 10 April | Madonna | "Like a Prayer" | 5 weeks |
| 17 April | Fine Young Cannibals | "She Drives Me Crazy" | 3 weeks |
| 24 April | Madonna | "Like a Prayer" | 5 weeks |
| 1 May | | | |
| 8 May | Mike + The Mechanics | "The Living Years" | 1 week |
| 15 May | Madonna | "Like a Prayer" | 5 weeks |
| 22 May | The Bangles | "Eternal Flame" | 3 weeks |
| 29 May | Bette Midler | "Wind Beneath My Wings" | 2 weeks |
| 5 June | The Bangles | "Eternal Flame" | 3 weeks |
| 12 June | Bette Midler | "Wind Beneath My Wings" | 2 weeks |
| 19 June | The Bangles | "Eternal Flame" | 3 weeks |
| 26 June | Roxette | "The Look" | 6 weeks |
| 3 July | | | |
| 10 July | | | |
| 17 July | | | |
| 24 July | | | |
| 31 July | | | |
| 7 August | New Kids on the Block | "You Got It (The Right Stuff)" | 3 weeks |
| 14 August | | | |
| 21 August | | | |
| 28 August | Simply Red | "If You Don't Know Me by Now" | 1 week |
| 4 September | Richard Marx | "Right Here Waiting" | 5 weeks |
| 11 September | | | |
| 18 September | | | |
| 25 September | | | |
| 2 October | | | |
| 9 October | Cher | "If I Could Turn Back Time" | 7 weeks |
| 16 October | Jive Bunny and the Mastermixers | "Swing the Mood" | 3 weeks |
| 23 October | | | |
| 30 October | | | |
| 6 November | Cher | "If I Could Turn Back Time" | 7 weeks |
| 13 November | | | |
| 20 November | | | |
| 27 November | | | |
| 4 December | | | |
| 11 December | | | |
| 18 December | The B-52's | "Love Shack" | 8 weeks |
| 25 December | | | |

**Other hits**
The biggest chart hit, Madonna's "Like a Prayer", was ranked the 2nd best-charting single of the year by the Australian Music Report.

Songs peaking at number two included "Especially for You" by Kylie Minogue and Jason Donovan, "Teardrops" by Womack & Womack, "Tucker's Daughter" by Ian Moss, "Bedroom Eyes" by Kate Ceberano, "Batdance" by Prince, "All I Want Is You" by U2, and "We Didn't Start the Fire" by Billy Joel.

Other major hits (with peak positions noted) included "Baby I Don't Care" (3) by Transvision Vamp, "Poison" (3) by Alice Cooper, "Stop!" (4) by Sam Brown, "Talk It Over" (4) by Grayson Hugh, "Dressed for Success" (3) by Roxette, "You Got It" (3) by Roy Orbison, "The Best" (4) by Tina Turner, and "I Don't Want a Lover" (4) by Texas.

Hits by Australasian artists also included "Ring My Bell" (5) by Collette, "She Has to Be Loved" (5) by Jenny Morris, "Rock and Roll Music" (5) by Mental As Anything, "One Summer" (8) by Daryl Braithwaite, "Say Goodbye" (6) by Indecent Obsession, "Chained to the Wheel" (9) by The Black Sorrows, and "Hand on Your Heart" (4), "Wouldn't Change a Thing" (6), "Never Too Late" (14) all by Kylie Minogue.

Specific 1. "This Week In... 1983". Australian Recording Industry Association. 21 November 2017. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
2. Scott, Gavin. "30 Years Ago This Week: June 26, 1988". chartbeats.com.au. Retrieved 18 January 2020.

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| Triple J Hottest 100 | |
| 1989 | |
| Australian top 25 singles | |
| 1980     1981     1982     1983     1984<br>1985     1986     1987     1988     1989 | |
| Australian top 25 albums | |
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| Australian top 40 charts | |
| singles | |
| albums | |


abstract: Mauritius competed at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships in Shanghai, China between July 16 and 31, 2011.

text:
# Mauritius at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships

**Mauritius** competed at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships in Shanghai, China between July 16 and 31, 2011.

## Swimming

Mauritius qualified three swimmers.

Men

| Athlete | Event | Heats | | Semifinals | | Final | |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| | | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Mathieu Marquet | Men's 200m Freestyle | 2:02.41 | 57 | did not advance | | | |

Women

| Athlete | Event | Heats | | Semifinals | | Final | |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| | | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Heather Arseth | Women's 200m Freestyle | 2:10.93 | 43 | did not advance | | | |
| Olivia de Maroussem | Women's 200m Freestyle | 2:12.28 | 44 | did not advance | | | |

## InfoBox

| Mauritius at the<br>2011 World Aquatics Championships | |
| --- | --- |
| Flag of Mauritius | |
| FINA code | MRI |
| National federation | Mauritius Swimming Federation |
| in Shanghai, China | |
| Competitors | **3** in **1** sports |
| Medals | Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0 |
| World Aquatics Championships appearances | |
|  | |


title: Up First

abstract: Up First is a daily news podcast by the American media organization NPR, which releases an episode every weekday at 6 a.m. ET, and Saturdays and Sundays by 8 a.m ET. Up First gives a brief overview of each news item in its weekday and Saturday episodes, unlike some of NPR's other popular news podcasts which provide a deep exploration of each story. The Sunday edition of the podcast varies between originally produced content for the feed and showcasing previously published episodes for NPR's various long-form journalism podcasts. The podcast was launched on April 5, 2017, in order to showcase the most prominent stories of the day in a digestible format, and giving hosts the opportunity to discuss current news items with experts. The podcast's weekday edition is hosted by Morning Edition hosts A Martínez, Steve Inskeep, Leila Fadel, and Michel Martin. The podcast expanded to a Saturday edition on November 9, 2019, and is hosted by Weekend Edition Saturday host Scott Simon alongside Weekend Edition Sunday host Ayesha Rascoe. Beginning on January 9, 2022, the podcast expanded to a Sunday edition hosted by Rachel Martin, offering extended content in each episode to provide context behind current headlines.

text:
# Up First

***Up First*** is a daily news podcast by the American media organization NPR, which releases an episode every weekday at 6 a.m. ET, and Saturdays and Sundays by 8 a.m ET. *Up First* gives a brief overview of each news item in its weekday and Saturday episodes, unlike some of NPR's other popular news podcasts which provide a deep exploration of each story. The Sunday edition of the podcast varies between originally produced content for the feed and showcasing previously published episodes for NPR's various long-form journalism podcasts.

The podcast was launched on April 5, 2017, in order to showcase the most prominent stories of the day in a digestible format, and giving hosts the opportunity to discuss current news items with experts. The podcast's weekday edition is hosted by *Morning Edition* hosts A Martínez, Steve Inskeep, Leila Fadel, and Michel Martin. The podcast expanded to a Saturday edition on November 9, 2019, and is hosted by *Weekend Edition* Saturday host Scott Simon alongside *Weekend Edition* Sunday host Ayesha Rascoe. Beginning on January 9, 2022, the podcast expanded to a Sunday edition hosted by Rachel Martin, offering extended content in each episode to provide context behind current headlines.

## Format

When *Up First* launched, it was intended to be a spin off of the popular NPR show *Morning Edition,* a morning news show that runs for several hours each weekday on NPR. For many people, *Morning Edition* was inaccessible due to its length or the time in which it aired. For this reason, *Up First* was introduced to cater to the "more than three-fourths of NPR podcast listeners \[who\] say they are “definitely” interested in short, daily audio news updates."

*Up First* was NPR's solution to delivering the most broad overview of the show for the day, as many fans of *Morning Edition* didn't have the hours to dedicate to listening to the long show. After *Morning Edition* first goes live at 5 am ET, NPR takes its first 10 minutes or so with its hosts, and edits that into the show that many know best as *Up First*. When the *Morning Edition* broadcast picks up again at 7 am ET, the first ten minutes of the broadcast are replaced with something new to keep the information fresh and not repetitive.

## Competition with *The Daily*

Though *Up First* is often compared to *The New York Times'* daily news podcast *The Daily,* the two podcasts have differences in how they are formatted. *The Daily,* a 20-25 minute podcast, favors an in-depth look at a single story. Meanwhile, NPR's *Up First* clocks in closer to 15 minutes each day trying to make the day's biggest news stories as accessible and digestible as possible, typically over three to four segments in each episode. That being said, polls and critics have been shown to favor *The Daily* over *Up First.*

*Up First* is available to listen to on the NPR website, NPR One, and anywhere else NPR podcasts are posted.

## InfoBox

| *Up First* | |
| --- | --- |
|  | |
| Presentation | |
| Hosted by | Steve Inskeep, A Martínez, Leila Fadel, Michel Martin (weekdays); Scott Simon, Ayesha Rascoe (Saturdays); Rachel Martin (Sundays) |
| Genre | Monday-Saturday: News summary<br>Sunday: Long-form journalism |
| Language | English |
| Updates | Monday-Friday by 6 a.m. ET; Saturdays and Sundays by 8 a.m. ET |
| Length | avg. 10-15 minutes (Monday-Saturday) to 25 minutes (Sunday) |
| Publication | |
| Provider | *National Public Radio* |
| Related | |
| Website | npr.org/podcasts/510318/up-first |


title: Yuh Nung Jan

abstract: Yuh Nung Jan is a Taiwanese-American neuroscientist. He is the Jack and DeLoris Lange Professor of Molecular Physiology at the University of California, San Francisco, where he works together with his wife Lily Jan as co-PIs of the Jan Lab.

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# Yuh Nung Jan

**Yuh Nung Jan** (Chinese: 詹裕農; pinyin: *Zhān Yùnóng*; born January 11, 1947) is a Taiwanese-American neuroscientist. He is the Jack and DeLoris Lange Professor of Molecular Physiology at the University of California, San Francisco, where he works together with his wife Lily Jan as co-PIs of the Jan Lab.

## Biography

Jan was born in Shanghai, China to a family from Jiangxi. His birthday is officially listed as December 20, 1946, but that is according to the Chinese calendar and corresponds to January 11, 1947, of the Western calendar. In 1949, his family escaped to Xinpu, Hsinchu, Taiwan. Although Jan attended a prestigious public school like his future wife Lily Jan his talents in science remained undiscovered until he excelled in a nationwide college entrance exam placing in the top 10 out of 30,000 students.

Jan would go on to attend National Taiwan University (NTU) for his undergraduate studies where he earned his B.S. in physics in 1968. Jan fulfilled his military service as a communication and electronics officer in the Taiwanese Air Force. Jan has shared the year of his service he purchased a motorcycle so he could sneak off the base to visit Lily Jan who he had met earlier during a weeklong hiking trip in 1967. Lily Jan was a fellow student studying physics at National Taiwan University and would become his future wife. At the time, both of the Jans were interested in pursuing advanced studies in theoretical high-energy physics and applied to graduate school abroad. They were both accepted to the physics program at Caltech. They were the only two students to be accepted from NTU, a major academic achievement given how few foreign students were accepted to the program at the time and especially so from their university.

In line with his research interests as an undergraduate, Jan began his graduate studies at Caltech with the intention to study theoretical physics. However, research seminars at Caltech and a conversation with Max Delbrück, a winner of the 1969 Nobel Prize, inspired Yuh Nung to switch fields to biology. Max Delbrück would become his Ph.D. advisor which was particularly formative given that Delbrück was also a physicist who later switched fields to biological physics. Jan's Ph.D. studies were focused on studying the perception of sensory signals by a single-celled fungus. Although he was in the same thesis lab as Lily Jan, their research paths were distinct and they would in fact not begin their life-long scientific collaboration or publish together until after they graduated Caltech with their degrees.

As he approached graduation, Yuh Nung would come across a publication by the scientist Seymour Benzer detailing opportunities associated with correlating fly embryo morphology with functional behavior. Inspired by opportunities associated with such lines of research, Yuh Nung decided to pursue post-doctoral studies in the field. In preparation for this shift in research, he and Lily Jan spent a summer at Cold Spring Harbor learning techniques in experimental neuroscience. This would mark the start of their life-long collaboration in the experimental laboratory and later in their roles as independent investigators. Upon joining the Benzer laboratory as post-docs later that year, they would build their first experimental set-up together, an electrophysiology rig. Their early collaborative research in the Benzer group was focused on uncovering the basis for defects in synaptic transmission. A series of mutant flies, named Shaker, with uncontrolled muscle contractions proved crucial to these endeavors and set the stage for some of their most significant contributions in the field of neuroscience.

The Jans would later move to Harvard Medical School for a second postdoc with Steven Kuffler. Jan and his wife then joined the faculty at UCSF in 1979 where they are co-PIs of the Jan Lab and have won numerous awards together. Jan has been an Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator since 1984.

## Awards

* Vilcek Prize in Biomedical Science (2017)
* Gruber Prize in Neuroscience (2012)
* Wiley Prize in Biomedical Sciences
* Edward M. Scolnick Prize in Neuroscience, McGovern Institute for Brain Research at MIT
* Ralph W. Gerard Prize, Society for Neuroscience
* Distinguished Alumni Award, California Institute of Technology
* Faculty Research Award, UCSF
* Outstanding Faculty Mentorship Award, Postdoctoral Scholars Association of UCSF
* W. Alden Spencer Award, Columbia University
* Jacob Javits Neuroscience Investigator Award, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
* K.S. Cole Award, Biophysical Society
* SCBA Presidential Award, Society of Chinese Bioscientists in America

## Personal and family life

In 1967, Lily Jan traveled to Shitou, Taiwan for a hiking trip to celebrate her college graduation; this trip resulted in her meeting Yuh-Nung and the beginning of their relationship. In 1971, Lily and Yuh-Nung married with a simple ceremony in a Los Angeles courthouse followed by a celebration camping and hiking in Yosemite.

The Jans had their first child together a daughter, Emily Huan-Ching Jan, on August 6, 1977. Remarkably, Lily Jan was still involved in research leading up to her due date and went into early stages of labor in the midst of Seymour Benzer's group meeting. Just seven weeks later after celebrating the arrival of Emily, the Jans would move across the country to begin the next stages of their research careers at Harvard Medical School.

Just a few years later, the Jans had established their independent research group at UCSF. In 1984, they were named Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigators. That same year on November 7, 1984 the Jans welcomed their second child a son named Max Huang-Wen Jan after the Jans’ Ph.D. adviser, Max Delbruck.

The Jans have shared that before their children went to college they rarely attended scientific meetings together such that there was always one parent at home with their children. Outside of the lab, they have continued to enjoy their shared interest in exploration and hiking throughout their careers. And in 2011, after their visiting professorship at the Chinese Academy of the Sciences the Jans accomplished one of their lifelong goals together, seeing Mt. Everest from the base camp in Tibet.

## InfoBox

| Yuh Nung Jan | |
| --- | --- |
| 詹裕農 | |
| Born | (1947-01-11) January 11, 1947
Shanghai, China |
| Alma mater | National Taiwan University (BS)
California Institute of Technology (PhD) |
| Known for | Developmental neuroscience |
| Spouse | Lily Jan |
| Awards |  |
| **Scientific career** | |
| Fields | Neuroscience |
| Institutions | University of California, San Francisco |
| Doctoral advisor | Max Delbrück |
|  | |


title: Matt & Jane

abstract: Matt & Jane was an Australian breakfast radio show with Matt Tilley and Jane Hall with anchor Simon Baggs. The show aired weekdays between 6am and 9am on KIIS 101.1 in Melbourne. The show commenced on 19 January 2015 and finished on 4 December 2015. News, sport, weather and traffic updates were presented by Krystal Keller, and Tommy Jackett was announced as the show's Digital Content Producer.

text:
# Matt & Jane

***Matt & Jane*** was an Australian breakfast radio show with Matt Tilley and Jane Hall with anchor Simon Baggs. The show aired weekdays between 6am and 9am on KIIS 101.1 in Melbourne. The show commenced on 19 January 2015 and finished on 4 December 2015. News, sport, weather and traffic updates were presented by Krystal Keller, and Tommy Jackett was announced as the show's Digital Content Producer.

## History

In November 2014, Australian Radio Network announced that Mix 101.1 would be rebranded as KIIS 101.1 on 19 January 2015 with a new breakfast show including Matt Tilley and Jane Hall. The new breakfast show replaced *Chrissie & Jane* which featured Chrissie Swan and Jane Hall. Matt Tilley had previously hosted *The Matt & Jo Show* on Fox FM and *The One Percenters* on Triple M.

In October 2015, Jane Hall announced that she would be leaving the station at the end of the year to return to acting. Meshel Laurie was announced as Hall's replacement, with the show renamed *Matt & Meshel*.

## InfoBox

Matt & Jane
| Other names | Matt Tilley & Jane Hall for Breakfast |
| --- | --- |
| Genre | Radio show |
| Running time | 180 minutes |
| Country of origin | Australia |
| Language(s) | English |
| Home station | KIIS 101.1 Melbourne |
| Hosted by | Matt Tilley
Jane Hall
Simon Baggs |
| Produced by | Alex Day |
| Executive producer(s) | Alisson Longhurst |
| Original release | 19 January
4 December 2015 |
| Audio format | Stereo |
| Website | KIIS 101.1 |


title: Mary Drelincourt

abstract: Mary Drelincourt was a Welsh benefactor, and wife of Peter Drelincourt, Dean of Armagh.

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# Mary Drelincourt

**Mary Drelincourt** (*c.* 1678 – 1755) was a Welsh benefactor, and wife of Peter Drelincourt, Dean of Armagh.

## Life

Mary Drelincourt was born Mary Morris around 1678 near Wrexham, north Wales. Her parents were Peter and Margaret Morris. In 1690, her father was briefly the Dean of Derry. She had three brothers and one sister. One brother, Edward (Maurice), became the Bishop of Ossory from 1754 to 1756).

Drelincourt commissioned John Michael Rysbrack to create a monument to her husband in St Patrick's Cathedral, Armagh. In 1732 she founded the Drelincourt charity schools in Armagh, as well as the Berse-Drelincourt school on her estate at Berse, Wales. She also built a church in Caego, Berse in 1742. She established an endowment to support the poor of the conforming French church in Dublin. Her choice of charitable projects was influenced by her husband, who in his will had left £5,000 for their daughter on her marriage, if Drelincourt approved of the match. If she did not approve, the money was to be used for charitable works. Drelincourt died in 1755.

Her daughter, Ann (born 1709), went on to become a viscountess, Lady Primrose. She continued her parents' charitable work, bequeathing money to Armagh in 1775 which was used to install the first piped water supply to the city.

## InfoBox

| Mary Drelincourt | |
| --- | --- |
| Born | Mary Morris
*c.* 1678
near Wrexham, Wales |
| Died | 1755(1755-00-00) (aged 76–77) |


title: Marie-Christine Gasingirwa

abstract: Marie-Christine Gasingirwa is the Director General for Science, Technology and Research in the Ministry of Education in Rwanda.

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# Marie-Christine Gasingirwa

**Marie-Christine Gasingirwa** is the Director General for Science, Technology and Research in the Ministry of Education in Rwanda.

## Education

Gasingirwa earned a bachelor's degree in Zoology and Biochemistry, in followed by a master's degree in Agricultural Biotechnology, and a PhD in Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences.

## Career

In 2013, Gasingirwa was the Rector of the Kigali Institute of Science and Technology in Kigali, Rwanda.

In April 2013, Gasingirwa spoke at the Association of Commonwealth Universities one-day conference at the University of Nairobi on the subject of "Enhancing Gender Equity in the Leadership and Management of Higher Education".

In August 2016, Gasingirwa was a member of the local organizing committee of the fourth biennial African School of Fundamental Physics and Applications, ASP2016, held at the University of Rwanda's College of Sciences and Technology spoke about the role of "education as a key to limit poverty and discrimination", and as an example highlighted how grandmothers were sent to India in 2012 to train for six months to become fully qualified solar engineers.

## Other roles

Gasingirwa is the Vice President of the Commission Nationale Rwandaise pour l'UNESCO (CNRU) (National Commission for UNESCO) in Kigali.

## Personal life

Gasingirwa speaks Kinyarwanda, English, French and Kiswahili.


title: Phalangioidea

abstract: Phalangioidea is a superfamily of the harvestman suborder Eupnoi with five recognized families and more than 1,500 species. It is not to be confused with the similar spelled subfamily Phalangodoidea, which is also a harvestman superfamily, but within the suborder Laniatores.

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# Phalangioidea

**Phalangioidea** is a superfamily of the harvestman suborder Eupnoi with five recognized families and more than 1,500 species.

It is not to be confused with the similar spelled subfamily Phalangodoidea, which is also a harvestman superfamily, but within the suborder Laniatores.

## Families

## InfoBox

| Phalangioidea | |
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|  | |
| Male *Phalangium opilio* | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Opiliones |
| Suborder: | Eupnoi |
| Superfamily: | Phalangioidea |
|
| Families | |
| See text | |


title: Motor Music

abstract: Motor Music is an independent record label based in Berlin, Germany providing a wide range of music services including music publication, artists management, producing music for films and business and music advertising. Motor Music was founded in 1994 by Tim Renner as a subsidiary of the music group PolyGram. Within that period, Motor Music has discovered well-known European pioneering artists for instance Tocotronic, Rammstein, Sportfreunde Stiller, Farmer Boys, Element of Crime and Absolute Beginner. These artists have become a decisive driving force behind the European music scene and the success reflects the interactive correlation between rock music and national recognition in that particular period.

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# Motor Music

**Motor Music** is an independent record label based in Berlin, Germany providing a wide range of music services including music publication, artists management, producing music for films and business and music advertising. Motor Music was founded in 1994 by Tim Renner as a subsidiary of the music group PolyGram (later Universal Music). Within that period, Motor Music has discovered well-known European pioneering artists for instance Tocotronic, Rammstein, Sportfreunde Stiller, Farmer Boys, Element of Crime and Absolute Beginner. These artists have become a decisive driving force behind the European music scene and the success reflects the interactive correlation between rock music and national recognition in that particular period.

## History

### Refoundation

In 2005, 10 years after Motor Music was founded in 1994, the founder Tim Renner and Motor Music left Universal Music Group and re-founded Motor Entertainment. The Motor Music within the Motor Entertainment again operates as an independent label. After leaving Universal Music, Motor Entertainment continues in discovering new artists. The company also started to add other businesses into the music label including publication (e.g. Alice Phoebe Lou, L'aupaire, Sophia, Super700, PeterLicht), artists management (e.g. Max Raabe, Christoph Israel, Malakoff Kowalski, Fargo), and film and advertisement selection (e.g. 102 Boyz, BHZ, Jan Blomqvist, Teenage Mutants, Moonlight Breakfast).

### Motor FM

In February 2005, after leaving Universal Music, Motor Music founded the radio station Motor FM, which began regular broadcasting. The radio emphasized advertising and news-free program mainly regarding German-language music. Besides the broadcast, the radio can also be heard live via the Internet. The radio station is regarded as the new forms of music marketing. In September 2006, Motor TV started to broadcast, a television program was available on IPTV and DVB-T which also focused on German-language music . In 2011, Motor FM changed its name to Flux FM transmitter and currently, both Motor FM and Motor TV have now stopped the business.

## Artists and recordings

Publication
| Artist | Format | Title | Release date |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Rammstein | Albums | Herzeleid | 25 September 1995 |
|  |  | Sehnsucht | 22 August 1997 |
|  |  | Live aus Berlin | 31 August 1999 |
|  |  | Mutter | 2 April 2001 |
|  |  | Lichtspielhaus | 1 December 2003 |
|  | Singles | Du riechst so gut | 24 August 1995 |
|  |  | Seemann | 8 January 1996 |
|  |  | Engel | 1 April 1997 |
|  |  | Engel (Fan-Edition) | 23 May 1997 |
|  |  | Du hast | 19 July 1997 |
|  |  | Das Modell | 1997 |
|  |  | Stripped | 28 July 1998 |
|  |  | Asche zu Asche | 1995 |
|  |  | Sonne | 12 February 2001 |
|  |  | Links 2-3-4 | 14 May 2001 |
|  |  | Ich will | 10 September 2001 |
|  |  | Mutter | 2 April 2001 |
|  |  | Feuer frei! | 14 October 2002 |
| Feeling B | Albums | Grün & Blau | 9 November 2007 |
| Emigrate | Albums | Emigrate | August 31, 2007 |

### Artist management

* Max Raabe
* Christoph Israel
* Malakoff Kowalski
* Fargo

### Film and advertisement music selection

* 102 Boyz
* BHZ
* Jan Blomqvist
* Teenage Mutants
* Moonlight Breakfast
* Lex Lugner
* Sparkling
* Pauls Jets
* Tara Nome Doyle

## Sub labels

The sub labels of Motor Music includes Motor, Motor Music Promo, Motor Publishing.

May also appear as Motor Song on some internet music platforms.

## Rammstein

In early 1994, Rammstein began working with manager Emanuel Fialik who later introduced the band to Motor Music recording company in the same year. Motor Music signed the band on January 4, 1995, and it becomes the first label of Rammstein.

Motor Music was responsible for the release of Rammstein’s first three albums: Herzeleid, Sehnsucht and Mutter.

## Other artists recorded or published

### Rock music

| Artist | Title (format) | Year |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Marilyn Manson | Holywood (CD, Album, Promo) | 2000 |
|  | Disposable Teens (CD, Maxi, Promo) | 2000 |
| Farmer Boys | The World Is Ours (CD, Album, Promo) | 2000 |
| Thee Ultra Bimboos | No Return (CD, Single, Promo) | 2003 |
| Various | Motor Info CD 5/1-95 Popkomm Extra (CD, Comp, Promo) | 1995 |
| Element Of Crime | Die Schönen Rosen (CD, Album) | Unknown |
|  | An Einem Sonntag Im April (Album) | 1994 |
| Faith No More | Album Of The Year (CD, Album) | 1997 |
| Various | 18 Top Hits Aus Den Charts 2/97 (CD, Comp) | 1997 |
|  | Giga Hits 95 (CD, Enh + CD + Comp) | 1995 |
|  | Superploužáky 5 (CD, Comp) | 1997 |
|  | #09 SPEX-CD (CD, Comp, Enh) | 2001 |
| A | Number One (CD, Single, Enh, CD2) | 1998 |
| Phillip Boa & The Voodooclub | Boa-85-01 (Singles Collection 1985 - 2001) (DVD-V, PAL) | 2002 |
| Muse | Hullabaloo Soundtrack Part I (Cass, Album, Promo) | 2003 |
|  | Hullabaloo Soundtrack Part II (Cass, Album, Promo) | 2003 |
| Sparta | Wiretap Scars (LP, Album) | 2002 |
|  | Austere (12", EP) | 2002 |
| Counting Crows | This Desert Life (CD, Album, Promo, Sho) | 1999 |
| Voodoocult | Jesus Killing Machine (CD, Album) | 1994 |
|  | Voodoocult (CD, Album) | 1995 |
| Phillip Boa And The Voodooclub\* | Boaphenia (CD, Album, RE) | 1994 |
| The Jeremy Days | Punk By Numbers (CD, Album) | 1995 |
| M. Walking On The Water | Pluto (CD, Album) | 1995 |
| Paisley | Paisley (LP + CD + Album) | 2017 |
| Die Versenker | Trebüt (CD-ROM, Album) | 2017 |
| William's Orbit | Once (LP, Album) | 2016 |
| Sophia | California (CDr, Single, Promo) | 2016 |
| William's Orbit | Once (CD, Album) | 2016 |
| Selig | Die Besten (1994-2014) (2xCD, Comp, Ltd + Box, Boo) | 2014 |
| Smile And Burn | Action Action (Album) | 2014 |
| The Secluded | The Secluded (CD, Album) | 2013 |
| Sun Of Moon | Sun Of Moon (2xCD, Album) | 2013 |
| Herrenmagazin | 1000 Städte (CD, Single, Promo) | 2008 |
| Krieger | Heimat (Cass) | 2007 |
| Schrottgrenze | Schrottism (CD, Mixed, Promo, Car) | 2007 |
|  | Am Gleichen Meer (CD, Single, Promo, Car) | 2006 |

### Electronic

| Artist | Title (format) | Year |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Pitchtuner | And No One Saw This Coming (File, MP3, Single) | 2015 |
|  | Anniversary Song (File, AIFF, Single) | 2014 |
|  | Ready To Go (CD, Album) | 2014 |
| Parasite Single | The Hunt (Remixed) (2xFile, AAC, 256) | 2014 |
| The Bianca Story | Dancing People Are Never Wrong (Jan Blomqvist Remix) (File, AAC, 256) | 2012 |
| PeterLicht | Neue Idee (CD, Single, Promo) | 2011 |
| Herrenmagazin | vs. Audiolith (4xFile, EP) | 2010 |
| Nana | Nana (CD, Album, RE) | 2004 |
| Armand Van Helden Featuring Duane Harden | You Don't Know Me (CD, Single) | 1999 |
| Lucid | Crazy (CD, Single, CD1) | 1999 |
| Incognito | Nights Over Egypt (CD, Maxi) | 1999 |
| Various | The Matrix - Music From And Inspired By The Motion Picture (Comp) | 1999 |
| Armand Van Helden | 2Future4U (Album) | 1999 |
|  | Flowerz (Single) | 1999 |
| Salt N Pepa | Push It \[Again\] (CD, Maxi) | 1999 |
| The All Seeing I Featuring Tony Christie | Walk Like A Panther (CD, Single, Ltd) | 1999 |

### Hip Pop

| Artist | Title (format) | Year |
| --- | --- | --- |
| The Brand New Heavies | Sometimes (CD, Single, Ltd) | 1997 |
| Goldie Feat. KRS One | Digital (12", Single) | 1997 |
| Jeru The Damaja | Me Or The Papes (12") | 1997 |
| Salt 'n Pepa | R U Ready (CD, Single) | 1997 |
|  | Brand New (CD, Album) | 1997 |
|  | R U Ready (CD, Single) | 1997 |
| Various | Lords Of The Boards (2xCD, Comp) | 1997 |
|  | We Love The Bee Gees (CD, Comp) | 1997 |
| All Saints | All Saints (Album) | 1997 |
| The Brand New Heavies | Shelter (CD, Album) | 1997 |
| Armand Van Helden | Sampleslaya - Enter The Meatmarket (CD, Album) | 1997 |
| R'n'G | Rhythm Of My Heart (Tik Tak) (Maxi) | 1997 |
|  | Here Comes The Sun (CD, Maxi) | 1997 |
| Nana | Lonely (Maxi, Single) | 1997 |
|  | He's Comin' (CD, Single) | 1997 |
|  | Let It Rain (Maxi) | 1997 |
| Spax | Bianca Loves Cars & Spax (Fellatio Ist Mundpropaganda) (12", EP, Promo) | 1996 |
| Leila K. | Rude Boy (CD, Maxi) | 1996 |
| Antman | Spark It Up (CD, Maxi) | 1996 |

### Jazz

| Artist | Title (format) | Year |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Feline & Strange | Lies (CD, Album) | 2015 |
| Bugge Wesseltoft / Vinicius Cantuária | Verve Now (CD, Promo, Car) | 1999 |
| Volker Kriegel | Zoom (2xCD, Comp, RM) | 1999 |
| Clare Fischer | Latin Patterns (CD, Comp) | 1999 |
| Ernest Ranglin | Now Is The Time (CD, Comp) | 1999 |
| Till Brönner | Love (CD, Album, RP) | 1999 |
| Dieter Reith | Reith On! (CD, Comp) | 1999 |
| Various | Mojo Club Presents Dancefloor Jazz Volume Four (Light My Fire) (LP, Comp) | 1995 |
| Howard Johnson's Nubia | Arrival - A Pharoah Sanders Tribute (CD, Album) | 1995 |
| The Free Spirits (4) Featuring John McLaughlin | Tokyo Live (Cass, S/Sided, Promo, Smplr) | 1994 |
| Monty Alexander | Three Originals Love And Sunshine Estade Cobilimbo (2xCD, Comp) | 1994 |
| Oscar Peterson | Tracks (CD, Album, RE) | 1994 |
| Various | Barjazz (CD, Comp) | 1994 |
| United Future Organization | No Sound Is Too Taboo (2xLP, Album) | 1994 |
| The Kenny Clarke Francy Boland Big Band | Two Originals: All Blues/Sax No End (CD, Comp) | 1994 |
| George Shearing | Three Originals (2xCD, Comp + Box) | 1994 |
| The Singers Unlimited | Masterpieces (CD, Comp) | 1994 |
| The Hi-Lo's | Two Originals: Back Again. The Hi-Lo's Now (CD, Comp, RM) | 1994 |
| Oscar Peterson | Tracks (CD, Album, RE, RM) | 1994 |

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## InfoBox

| Motor Music | |
| --- | --- |
| Parent company | Universal Music Group (before 2005) |
| Founded | 1994, 2005 |
| Founder | Tim Renner |
| Genre | Rock |
| Official website | motormusic.de |


title: Urolaguna

abstract: Urolaguna is a genus of moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It contains the species Urolaguna heosa, which is found in China (Jiangxi).

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# Urolaguna

***Urolaguna*** is a genus of moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It contains the species ***Urolaguna heosa***, which is found in China (Jiangxi).

## InfoBox

| *Urolaguna* | |
| --- | --- |
|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Suborder: | Glossata |
| Infraorder: | Heteroneura |
| (unranked): | Ditrysia |
| Superfamily: | Gelechioidea |
| Family: | Lecithoceridae |
| Genus: | ***Urolaguna***
Wu, 1994 |
| Species: | ***U. heosa*** |
| Binomial name | |
| ***Urolaguna heosa***
Wu, 1994 | |
|


title: Matt Lenz

abstract: Matt Lenz is a New York City-based theatre director. His career encompasses work on Broadway, Off-Broadway, national tours, regional theater and international productions. He is a member of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society.

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# Matt Lenz

**Matt Lenz** (born March 11, 1964) is a New York City-based theatre director. His career encompasses work on Broadway, Off-Broadway, national tours, regional theater and international productions. He is a member of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society.

## Early life

Lenz was born in Rockford, Illinois, where he attended and graduated from Keith Country Day School. After graduating from Wagner College (Staten Island, NY) with a Bachelor of Arts in Speech and Theatre in 1986, Lenz worked as an actor in regional theatres, TV commercials and Off-Broadway for two years in Charles Busch's long-running hit comedy, *Vampire Lesbians of Sodom* (1989–91). From 1989–1994, Lenz worked part-time as a theatrical publicist with Shirley Herz Associates and The Pete Sanders Group.

## Career

Lenz began his Broadway career as Assistant Director on Disney's *Beauty and the Beast* (also on the 1st and 2nd National tours, the Los Angeles production and the Toronto production). He was the Associate Director to Tony Award-winning director Jack O'Brien on the 2002 Tony Award-winning Best Musical *Hairspray* (starring Harvey Fierstein, Dick Latessa, Marissa Jaret Winoker and Matthew Morrison). Lenz subsequently directed US tours and international productions in Toronto, Johannesburg, South Africa, Germany and the United Kingdom.

He was also Associate Director on the original Broadway productions of *Catch Me If You Can* (2011) starring Aaron Tveit, Norbert Leo Butz and Tom Wopat, *The Velocity of Autumn* (2014) starring Estelle Parsons and Stephen Spinella and *Charlie and the Chocolate Factory* (2017) starring Christian Borle.

Off-Broadway, Lenz directed the Drama Desk Award-nominated revival of the hit musical *Pageant* (2014), and the Martin Casella comedy, *The Irish Curse* at SoHo Playhouse in 2010. He won Best Director for the New York Musical Theatre Festival in 2008 for the original comedy musical, *Idaho!* which went on to have productions at The Forestburgh Playhouse and at the Smith Center for the Performing Arts in Las Vegas, both directed by Lenz.

He directed the national touring production of *A Christmas Story: The Musical* in 2014 and the production has continued to tour major US cities for six years at the Christmas holidays (2014-2019).

Lenz also conceived and directed the 2016 tour of *Cheers: Live Onstage* which premiered at the Shubert Theatre in Boston.

In 2018 he directed the acclaimed US premiere of *Grumpy Old Men: The Musical* (book by Dan Remmes, music by Neil Berg and lyrics Nick Meglin) at the historic Ogunquit Playhouse in Maine. The production starred Hal Linden, Mark Jacoby and Sally Struthers. In 2019, the production went on to make its West Coast premiere at La Mirada Theatre in California starring Cathy Rigby and Ken Page, with Jacoby and Linden reprising their roles.