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ASHES
TO ASHES - DAVID BOWIE (We found out then what had
happened to Major Tom - he was on all time high!) |
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Start
- Jam (A very similar opening riff to the Beatles' Taxman.
I'm surprised the Fab Four didn't investigate!) |
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9
to 5 - Sheena Easton (Played incessantly on the radio
at the time but it made her a big star) |
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The
Winner Takes It All - Abba (One no 1 to go - Super
Trouper later in the year ... giving them a total of nine) |
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Feels
Like I'm In Love - Kelly Marie (Jacqueline McKinnon
had one hit wonder with this - she would make No 1) |
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Tom
Hark - Piranhas (Boring Bob Grover was the group's
leader who borrowed this Elias and His Zig Zag Jive Flutes
tune and re-popularised it) |
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Upside
Down - Diana Ross (Diana went disco by getting Chic's
Nile Rogers and Bernard Edwards to help out) |
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I
Die You Die - Gary Numan (Not the happiest of tunes
but a big seller among a spate of peculiar songs which
included Comples, We Are Glass and She's Got Claws!) |
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9
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Oops
Upside Your Head - Gap Band (On the floor then for
some rowing - we could practise for the Olympics) |
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Sunshine
Of Your Smile - Mike Berry (First hit for 17 years
- mind you he'd changed labels from HMV Pop to Polydor)
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Oh Yeah
- Roxy Music (For many pop's coolest guy - and their number
one was yet to come - for 10 JJBIT points what was it?) |
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Give
Me The Night - George Benson (Talented guitarist
who turned his hand to disco and enjoyed some big successes) |
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Eighth
- Hazel O'Connor (Remember the blonde hair and the strutting
around, Hazel was in the Toyah mould of pop) |
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Dreamin'
- Cliff Richard (He was in his fourth decade of hits with
another biggie) |
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All
Over The World - Electric Light Orchestra (They'd
just enjoyed sharing the No 1 spot with Olivia Newton
John with Xandau) |
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Funkin'
For Jamaica - Tom Browne (He would follow this up
with a song called Thighs Up) |
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More
Than I Can Say - Leo Sayer (Buddy Holly's song had
been taken into the UK charts twice already - by the Crickets
and Bobby Vee) |
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Modern
Girl - Sheena Easton (This had just been released
but there was a song from Sheena which was already doing
rather well) |
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Can't
Stop The Music - Village People (Not their most famous
song by any means but third biggest hit after YMCA and
In The Navy) |
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It's
Still Rock And Roll to Me - Billy Joel (A US No 1
- but here it made 14) |
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