“Caravan Of Love” — The Housemartins

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For reasons lost in the mists of time, the 1980s was an unusually busy time for a cappella hit records.

A cappella is the musical term for a performance which doesn’t use any instruments. The singers’ voices are all you hear, strictly speaking, although for pop records a few hand claps or finger clicks are also generally permitted.