Dire Straits was launched with Dire Straits' "Money for Nothing". After the "Brothers in Arms" tour ended Mark Knopfler took a break from Dire Straits and during 1987 he concentrated on solo projects and film soundtracks. Dire Straits regrouped in 1988 for the Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute concert staged on 11 June 1988 at Wembley Stadium, in which they were the headline act. They were joined for their set by Eric Clapton who performed his hit "Wonderful Tonight" with the group and played rhythm guitar on the other songs performed by the band, while guitarist Jack Sonni was absent. Soon afterwards,
Song on the Radio Song on the Radio "Song on the Radio" is a song written and performed by Al Stewart. The song reached No. 29 on the "Billboard" Hot 100, No. 27 on the "Cash Box" Top 100 and No. 29 on the Canadian pop singles chart in the spring of 1979. The song was a considerably larger Adult Contemporary hit, reaching number 10 on the U.S. AC chart, and spent three weeks at number three on the Canadian AC chart. "Song on the Radio" appeared on his 1978 album, "Time Passages". It was produced by Alan Parsons. <br> <br> <br> <br> <br>