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1
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MARY'S
BOY CHILD - BONEY M (Mixed it with Oh My Lord. Harry Belafonte
had taken Mary's Boy Child to No.1 in the 50's) |
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2
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YMCA
- Village People (There isn't one person listening who
hasn't danced to this - surely!) |
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3
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Do
Ya Think I'm Sexy - Rod Stewart (No but some women still
do) |
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4
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A
Taste Of Aggro - The Barron Knights (Very popular comic
act - still performing but not charting) |
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5
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Too
Much Heaven - The Bee Gees (Soft, gentle and loving -
the Bee Gees in the late seventies) |
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6
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I
lost My Heart To A Starship Trooper - Sarah Brightman
and Hot Gossip (She became hot stuff and would show her
versatility at singing all types of music. Hot Gossip
were Top of the Pops' dance outfit) |
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7
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Le
Freak - Chic (Bernard Edwards and Nile Rodgers were the
brains behind this group - and went on to produce other
artistes) |
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8
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You
Don't Bring Me Flowers- Barbra Streisand and Neil Diamond
(It became a huge song both in the charts and incessantly
played on radio) |
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9
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Always
And Forever / Mind Blowing Decisions - Heatwave (One of
the leading disco dance acts of the period - double a
side)
Mind Blowing Decisions (other side) |
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10
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Hanging
On The Telephone - Blondie (Just appeared in the last
few weeks at the Cliff Pavilion and we tried to interview
them but were told NO!) |
| 11 |
Lay
Your Love On Me - Racey (They were on that Chinn Chapman
RAK label) |
| 12 |
Don't
Cry Out Loud - Elkie Brooks (One of our leading female
singers in the seventies ) |
| 13 |
Rat
Trap - The Boomtown Rats (On its way dwon from Number
One, powerful, well written and produced - it was protest
punk) |
| 14 |
Pretty
Little Angel Eyes - Showaddywaddy (They were one of the
decade's biggest sellers, doing versions of old rock and
roll hits) |
| 15 |
Part
Time Love - Elton John (Song For Guy was just about enter
the chart and would make the Top 10. This and Ego were
his other hits in 78) |
| 16 |
In
The Bush - Musique (Somewhat repetitive but it was the
beat that counted on the dancefloor) |
| 17 |
Greased
Lightning - John Travolta (Is this car automatic?) |
| 18 |
Don't
Let It Fade Away - Darts (Followed three Top 10 hit in
78 - Come Back My Love, It's Raining and The Boy From
New York City) |
| 19 |
Shooting
Star - Dollar (She wore skin tight trousers and his hair
was perfect in every way - they were two beautiful people!) |
| 20 |
Tommy
Gun - Clash (Very influential punk and new wave band with
their fifth release and biggest hit yet) |
THE US HITS
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2
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I
Just Wanna Stop - Gino Vanelli (No1 Le Freak - Chic)
(Filed to chart at all in the UK) |
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4
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Sharing
The Night Together - Dr Hook (No3 You Don't Bring Me
Flowers - Barbra Streisand & Neil Diamond) (A great
record which only made No.43 here) |
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6
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I
Love The Nightlife - Alicia Bridges (No5 Too Much Heaven
- Bee Gees) (Would scrape into the Top 40 here) |
NEWS
HEADLINES
It was December 1978 and the leader of the Liberal Party
was told he would be appearing at the Old bailey charged
with conspiring to murder former male model Norman Scott.
He was charged with three other men and also faced the charge
of incitement to murder. Thorpe was given the news by magistrates
in Devon and told reporters afterwards that he would be
pleading not guilty. He was freed on £5,000 bail.
The
death was announced of the former Israeli leader Golda Meir.
She
had become the first female Prime Minister of Israel and
was described by colleague Shimon Peres as a stalwart lioness
and one of the great women of the Jewish world. She
was 80-years-old and had suffered from leukaemia for twelve
years.
It was December 1978 and two thousand police mingled with
shoppers in London's West End following threats of bombs
from the IRA. All leave in the Metropolitan Police had been
cancelled and Heathrow Airport was patrolled by troops with
guns.
Operation
Santa as it was called followed explosions in several British
cities including Southampton, Manchester, Bristol, Liverpool
and Coventry. There
were some terrorist explosions at a swimming baths in Holborn
and outside a London YMCA building - but there were no injuries.
From
terrorism to peace and the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded
to two men - on either side of the Arab Israeli conflict.
President Anwar Sadat of Egypt and Monachem Begin - the
Israeli Prime Minister were presented with the award - for
their efforts to bring peace to the Middle East. The
award came as the peace process the two had set up was going
through some problems. It
meant that President Sadat couldn't be at the award ceremony
- as he was meeting the US Secretary of State Cyrus Vance.
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