Record Mirror Boystown Disco Hi-NRG Chart 13th August 1983
A scan of the original printed Record Mirror Boystown Disco Chart from 13th August 1983
Radio Stad Den Haag Chart 13th August 1983
These charts are published by kind permission from Radio Stad Den Haag
Record Mirror Boystown Disco Hi-NRG Chart 20th August 1983
Radio Stad Den Haag Chart 20th August 1983
These charts are published by kind permission from Radio Stad Den Haag
Billboard Hot Dance Chart 20th August 1983
It’s quite interesting to compare the Billboard Hot Dance Chart with the UK and European Hi-NRG and Italo Charts. The Billboard Dance chart would often have a very good showing of San Francisco Boystown and Hi-NRG, as well as Synth Pop tracks, unlike the British mainstream dance clubs, which focussed their music policy mainly on soul and black music. In this Billboard chart, there are tracks from Miquel Brown, Lime and Sylvester that firstly made their mark in gay club DJ sets and then remained firmly in the gay clubs in the UK, mostly failing to get any mainstream interest or play at all. Some of the rock and synth pop tracks, like Yazoo’s ‘State Farm’ and ‘Nobody’s Diary’ and Eurythmics’ ‘Sweet Dreams’ from this chart, would also find their way into Boystown Disco D J sets, especially in the larger American gay clubs.
80s Hi - NRG & Eurobeat 
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