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WE
DON'T TALK ANYMORE - CLIFF RICHARD (No 1 last week
in our show from 1959 and 20 years later he was there
again!) |
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I
Don't Like Mondays - Boomtown Rats (The year before
they had the first punk No 1 with Rat Trap - Mondays was
a great song based on a true, tragic event in the US and
illustrated hw gun crime was on the increase) |
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Bang
Bang - BA Robertson (Very clever writer who drew on
history to have this excitingly weird hit) |
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Reasons
To Be Cheerful Part 3 - Ian Dury and the Blockheads
(One of the best modern poets Essex has produced. One
of Upminster's favourite sons) |
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After
The Love Has Gone - Earth Wind And Fire (There were
lots of them including a fine brass section and they performed
dance and slow numbers with equal skill and melody) |
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Duke
Of Earl - Darts (They were a revival rock and roll
group who had big success in the late 70s - this was originally
done by whom for 10 JJBIT points?) |
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Hersham
Boys - Sham 69 (Raucous and high spirited but harmless
- their other big hit was Hurry Up Harry. Why? Because
they were going down the pub!) |
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Voulez
Vous - Abba (OTHER SIDE) |
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Angel
Eyes / Voulez Vous - Abba (How do you have a hit when
you may be on the wane? Tap into the latest popular craze
- disco, and release a double A side!) |
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The
Diary Of Horace Wimp - Electric Light Orchestra (Probably
the most creative, melodic and best produced group of
the 70s - they were the favourite group of radio DJ Kenny
Everett) |
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Ooh What A
Life - Gibson Brothers (They had a handful of hits
which were a delight on the dance floor - the tunes were
bright, cheerful and good raw music) |
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Angel
Eyes - Roxy Music (We have one of those chart coincidences
this week where there's another song with the same name
also in the charts - can you guess which one and who by
for 20 JJBIT points?) |
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Is
She Really Going Out With Him - Joe Jackson (He was
pretty sore - describing a rival going out with the girl
he fancies as a gorilla!) |
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Beat
The Clock - Sparks (The odd couple of pop in the 70s
- they persisted in sticking around even though the town
wasn't big enough for both of them) |
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Sweet
Little Rock N Roller - Showaddywaddy (Was this their
forgotten hit? They were finding it harder to make the
charts as the decade ended) |
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Wanted
- The Dooleys (Good clean pop group who you'd play to
your grandparents in 1979) |
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Morning
Dance - Spyro Gyra (Their only British hit but what
a tune. It makes you want to dance and has summer written
all over it) |
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Money
- The Flying Lizards (The legend goes that they recorded
it in a back room of a London house - the legend was probably
right!) |
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I
Can't Stand Losing You - The Police (Originally released
in 1978 and only made No 42, it was re-released after
Roxanne turned on the chart red light, and it sold) |
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Stay
With Me Till Dawn - Judie Tzuke (Remember that gorgeous
hair, and that toothy smile, and those big jumpers she
wore. We all wanted to stay with Judie till dawn in 1979!)
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