* Morons from Outer Space ( 1985 )-Bernard ; also co-wrote the script with Griff Rhys Jones

In 1985, Brown co-wrote " Material Girl ", which became one of Madonna's biggest hits and signature song.

He also co-wrote " The Show ", the theme song to the 1985 ITV drama series Connie, which became a top 30 hit for vocalist Rebecca Storm.

* Connie ( TV series, co-wrote theme tune " The Show " 1985 )

She later co-wrote the book Cats of Shambala ( 1985 ) about the experience.

Other features quickly followed and, in 1981, he co-wrote ( with Michael Bakewell ) BBC Radio 4's adaptation of Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, and has also adapted C. S. Lewis's The Chronicles of Narnia and Mervyn Peake's Titus Groan and Gormenghast for Radio 4, for which he received a Sony Radio Award in 1985.

Between 1985 and 1987, he co-wrote what is perhaps his best-known song, " Fairytale of New York ", which he performed with Kirsty MacColl.

He wrote and produced a 1985 cabaret show for Whiting which featured Mercer's music, and in 1996 co-wrote and produced Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil: The Jazz Concert ( inspired by the Mercer music used in the film, Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil ).

Ten years earlier, Rolf Løvland also co-wrote the song " La det swinge " ( Let it swing ) that secured Norway its first Eurovision Song Contest victory in 1985.

Into 1984, his various talents were employed on recordings as diverse as James Young's ( Styx ) first solo album, City Slicker for which he co-wrote and produced ; John Abercrombie's Night ; Mick Jagger's first solo album, She's the Boss ; and Jeff Beck's Flash which included Hammer's song " Escape ", winner of the 1985 Grammy award for " Best Rock Instrumental Performance ".

) In 1985 he directed his one film, Return to Oz, which he co-wrote with Gill Dennis.

In 1985 he co-wrote ( along with Scott Van Duyne ) and published the workbook Preliminary Studies in the Virtual Pitch Continuum.

His first professional theatre production was a musical version of Charles Dicken ’ s Hard Times which he co-wrote and directed at the Belgrade Theatre Coventry, since then occasional theatre work includes in 1985 The Seagull ( also co-translator ) with Vanessa Redgrave, Natasha Richardson and Jonathan Pryce and Samuel Beckett's Endgame ( 2006 ) with Kenneth Cranham and Peter Dinklage which opened at the Gate Theatre, Dublin on Samuel Beckett's 100th birthday and later transferred to the Barbican.

In the fallow period of the late seventies / early eighties as the various Beach Boys diverted talents to other projects, Jardine's voice remained central in their irregular shared work and he can be heard prominently on songs like 1979's " It's a Beautiful Day ," which he co-wrote with Mike Love and which later appeared on 1981's " Ten Years of Harmony " compilation assembled by James William Guercio for Caribou CBS, and one-off movie-featured songs like "" Happy Endings "" ( 1985 ) and " Problem Child " ( 1990 ).

* George Perdikis ( 1985 – 1987, 1989 – 1990 ) Left the band before their first album, but co-wrote most of the songs on it.

To Live and Die in L. A. is a 1985 American thriller film directed by William Friedkin and based on the novel by former U. S. Secret Service agent Gerald Petievich, who co-wrote the screenplay with Friedkin.

In 1985, Holder co-wrote, and sang backing vocals on, the single " Citizen Kane " which Lea released under his own name.

After a jam session in 1985, Michaeli and Tempest co-wrote the ballad " Carrie ".

In 1985, Yronwode and cartoonist Trina Robbins co-wrote the Eclipse book Women and the Comics, on the history of female comic-strip and comic-book creators.

Terry Glaze co-wrote " Down Below ", with an earlier recording of the song appearing on Pantera's third album I Am the Night ( 1985 ).

He co-wrote most of the songs for the band, which achieved two of its biggest hits with the ballads " Waiting for a Girl Like You ", which spent ten weeks at # 2 on the 1981-82 American Hot 100, and " I Want to Know What Love Is ", which was a # 1 hit internationally ( US & UK ) in 1985.

He joined the band in 1985, two years after their formation, and co-wrote their number one album, Spartacus.

In 1985 he produced three songs on Jennifer Holliday's album " Say you love me ", the biggest hit being " No frills love ", a song he co-wrote, co-produced, arranged and remixed.

In documentary television, in 2010 Murray co-wrote and presented the BBC Two documentary Davis v Taylor: The ' 85 Black Ball Final, commemorating the 25th anniversary of the 1985 World Snooker Championship final.

The Original Chip Set ( OCS ) appeared with the launch of the A1000 in 1985.

Glass cockpits started to come into being with the Gulfstream G ‑ IV private jet in 1985.

Cruijff returned in 1985 as the new manager and Ajax ended the season with 120 goals, of which 37 were from van Basten.

The HARM missile was approved for full production in March 1983, and then deployed in late 1985 with VA-72 and VA-46 aboard the aircraft carrier USS America.

On July 12, 1985, in conjunction with a credit card fraud investigation, the Middlesex County, NJ Sheriff's department raided and seized The Private Sector BBS, which was the official BBS for grey hat hacker quarterly 2600 Magazine at the time.

Brunei recognised Bangladesh quickly with other Southeast Asian countries and Bangladesh established residential Diplomatic mission in 1985, although it was closed down from 1988 to 1997 due to financial constraints.

In 1985, Andersson produced and released an album with brother and sister Anders and Karin Glenmark, featuring new songs by Andersson / Ulvaeus.

In 1985, the trio joined up with Marc Almond to record a version of Donna Summer's " I Feel Love ".

In 1985, the U. S. began its growing trade deficit with China.

After a period of experimentation with the publication of various supplements, the Book of Alternative Services was published in 1985.

In 1985, he was honoured with his image on a postage stamp of the United Kingdom, and in 1994 he appeared on a United States postage stamp designed by caricaturist Al Hirschfeld.

2 ( 1999 ): ISBN 0-521-27721-3 ( Cambridge ) softcover and 0-933346-38-7 ( Sky ) softcover-reprint of 1985 edition ( blue lettering with Hans Vehrenberg astrophoto ).

STS-51-F's first launch attempt on 12 July 1985 was halted with the countdown at T-3 seconds after main engine ignition, when a malfunction of the number two Space Shuttle Main Engine ( SSME ) coolant valve caused the shutdown of all three main engines.

Challenger launched successfully on its second attempt at 29 July 1985, 17: 00 EDT, after a delay of one hour and 37 minutes due to a problem with the table maintenance block update uplink.

In 1985 Habré briefly reconciled with some of his opponents, including the Democratic Front of Chad ( FDT ) and the Coordinating Action Committee of the Democratic Revolutionary Council.

Beginning with a Nintendo Entertainment System port of 1942 published in December 1985, the company started to venture into the market of home console video games, which became its main business segment a few years later.

In 1985 the CRMN was dissolved, and Kolingba named a new cabinet with increased civilian participation, signaling the start of a return to civilian rule.

) Where the irony with which Reefer Madness was adopted as a midnight favorite had its roots in a countercultural sensibility, in the latter's place there is now the paradoxical element of nostalgia: the leading revivals currently on the circuit ironically include clearly non-cult films like John Hughes oeuvre — The Breakfast Club ( 1985 ), Pretty in Pink ( 1986 ), and Ferris Bueller's Day Off ( 1986 ), which were major studio productions and popular and financially successful during their original releases, and the teen adventure film The Goonies ( 1985 ).

The first negotiated cease-fire with the M-19 ended when the guerrillas resumed fighting in 1985, claiming that the cease-fire had not been fully respected by official security forces, saying that several of its members had suffered threats and assaults, and also questioning the government's real willingness to implement any accords.

Between 1985 an 1987 the relationship of the PG with the local Comorians became worse.

The first artist to sell a million copies on CD was Dire Straits, with its 1985 album Brothers in Arms.

The first major artist to have his entire catalogue converted to CD was David Bowie, whose 15 studio albums were made available by RCA Records in February 1985, along with four Greatest Hits albums.

Currently, WBBM ( 780 AM / 105. 9 FM ) airs the Bears games with Jeff Joniak doing the play-by-play, along with color commentator Tom Thayer, who played for the Bears from 1985 – 1992, and sideline reporter Zach Zaidman.