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August 1983

Neil is sent to New York by Smash Hits to interview The Police. By this time the Pet Shop Boys are obsessed by a stream of hi energy records made by New York producer Bobby Orlando, known as Bobby O’. “I thought well, if I’ve got to go and see The Police play then I’m also going to have lunch with Bobby O’ ”. Neil and Bobby O share a cheeseburger and carrot cake at a restaurant called The Apple Jack on August 19th (two years to the day since Neil and Chris met) and Bobby O’, flatered by Neil’s compliments, suggests making a record with the Pet Shop Boys.

History

On this day

1996

Tina Turner’s Wildest Dreams, featuring the PSB-written track ‘Confidential,’ hits U.K. #4.

1998

20th Century Blues, a Noël Coward tribute album produced by Neil, debuts.

2003

‘West End Girls’ briefly airs on The Simpsons.

2009

Starting today and continuing for most of the week, Chris and Neil are guests on the BBC Radio 2 feature Tracks of My Years, picking some of their all-time favorite records.

2010

Neil attends Rufus Wainwright’s concert at Sadler’s Wells Theatre in London. The first half of the show is devoted to songs from his new album All Days Are Nights: Songs for Lulu, performed solo by Rufus on the piano.

2012

Former A‑ha lead vocalist Morten Harket’s fifth solo studio album Out of My Hands, containing the Tennant-Lowe composition ‘Listening,’ is released in his native Norway.