Wall of Voodoo

Marc Moreland died on March 13, 2002. In 2000 he played to his largest audience as a featured performer at the Closing Ceremonies of the 2000 Summer Olympics. Nanini died on December 4, 2000. He ceased recording new music and concentrated on a second career as a radio disc jockey until the film Strictly Ballroom was released in 1992. Featuring a new version of Love Is In The Air the film was a success throughout the world, and Young's single once again peaked at number 2 on the Australian charts, and was a minor hit in the UK. This lineup created the holiday classic "Shouldn't Have Given Him a Gun for Christmas.". He turned to a more contemporary rock style in the 1980s and had his final Top 10 hit in Australia in 1983 with the single Soldier of Fortune. Bassist Bruce Moreland left, and the remaining four members then recorded their best-known album, Call of the West, which includes "Mexican Radio." Singer Ridgway then also left and was replaced by Andy Prieboy, and drummer Nanini by Ned Leukhardt. Subsequent singles such as The Day That My Heart Caught Fire and Heaven Sent continued the disco style but did not find an audience.

After a self-titled EP that included a cover version of Johnny Cash's "Ring of Fire," the band released Dark Continent, an album concerned largely with workplace issues, as being experienced for the first time by the young male. Its successor, Love Is In The Air, became his only worldwide hit, peaking at #2 on the Australian charts, #7 in the US, and #5 in the UK. Gray (keyboards), and Joe Nanini (percussion). In 1978 he released a disco song titled Standing In The Rain which became a major hit throughout Europe. The band originally consisted of Stan Ridgway (vocals), Marc Moreland (guitar), Bruce Moreland (bass), Chas T. Yesterday's Hero also became a minor hit in the US. Wall of Voodoo was a New Wave group from Los Angeles best known for the 1982 hit "Mexican Radio.". In addition to his Australian success, he achieved hit singles in Europe, Asia and South Africa.

Louis, The Love Game, Here We Go, Keep On Smiling, Where The Action Is, I Hate The Music and I Wanna Do It With You. A string of hits followed in Australia including Pasadena (co-written by Young, Vanda and British actor David Hemming), Yesterday's Hero, St. When songwriters and record producers Harry Vanda and George Young returned to Australia, they took over as Young's producers and began writing and producing songs for him. After being signed to a contract with Albert Productions, (the company that had produced Australia's top Sixties group The Easybeats) he recorded a couple of unsuccessful singles produced by visiting producer-manager Simon Napier-Bell.