Too Many Broken Hearts
Jason Donovan
1989
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About Jason Donovan
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Jason Donovan began acting as a child in Australia and became widely known as Scott Robinson in Neighbours. His association with producers Stock, Aitken and Waterman led to the pop album Ten Good Reasons in 1989. Musical theater then became a major part of his career, including Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat at the London Palladium. Later stage roles and concert tours brought together his pop songs and theater repertoire.
Artist background sources
Jason Donovan - official biography
Australian acting/Neighbours background, Stock/Aitken/Waterman and 1989 debut, Joseph role and subsequent theater/concert work. Joseph and his later Pharaoh role are not conflated; sales, awards, ratings and future tour claims are omitted. | Retrieved 2026-10-18
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Retained annual-list context
Too Many Broken Hearts by Jason Donovan is included for 1989 on the basis of the cited chart-associated source. This establishes the annual connection, not the circumstances in which the song was written. No reliable song-specific account of its inspiration was established in this review.
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UK top-ten singles in 1989 (Wikipedia chart transcription)
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UK top-ten singles in 1989 (Wikipedia chart transcription)
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