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Post by smokeyb on Apr 21, 2019 22:27:52 GMT 1
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Paul McCartney & Wings - Band on the Run
Title track of the hit album the single reached #3 in 1974.
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Post by smokeyb on Apr 21, 2019 22:29:08 GMT 1
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Joe Walsh - Life's Been Good
The Eagles guitarist had this solo hit in 1978, it got to #14. Love the lyrics in this song.
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Post by smokeyb on Apr 21, 2019 23:10:47 GMT 1
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Blondie - (I'm Always Touched By Your) Presence Dear
This was a #10 hit in 1978, from the album "Plastic Letters", which I bought in 1978.
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Post by smokeyb on Apr 21, 2019 23:12:23 GMT 1
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Tourists - I Only Want To Be With You
This song has been released 3 times and each time it reached #4, this one in 1979 for Annie Lennox & Dave Stewart.
The first version by Dusty Springfield in 1964 and the Bay City Rollers in 1976.
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Post by smokeyb on Apr 21, 2019 23:13:34 GMT 1
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Elton John - Your Song
Debut song for him reaching #7 in 1971, what a great first hit.
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Post by smokeyb on Apr 21, 2019 23:14:52 GMT 1
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Bruce Springsteen - Born To Run
This was a USA hit in 1975, where it peaked at #23.
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Post by smokeyb on Apr 21, 2019 23:16:02 GMT 1
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Specials - A Message To You Rudy
This cover of a Dandy Livingstone song got to #10 in 1979.
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Post by smokeyb on Apr 21, 2019 23:17:06 GMT 1
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M - Pop Muzik
Debut hit, it got to #2 in 1979, kept of the top spot by Art Garfunkel.
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Post by smokeyb on Apr 21, 2019 23:18:17 GMT 1
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Queen - Somebody To Love
Taken from the album "A Day At The Races" it reached #2 in 1976, Showaddywaddy kept it from the top.
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Post by smokeyb on Apr 21, 2019 23:19:24 GMT 1
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T Rex - Metal Guru
Marc Bolan's final #1 as T Rex, made the top spot in 1972.
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Post by smokeyb on Apr 21, 2019 23:20:30 GMT 1
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Simple Minds - Life In A Day
A huge band in the 80's, but this early release in 1979, reached #62 for their first chart hit.
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Post by smokeyb on Apr 21, 2019 23:21:36 GMT 1
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Joe Jackson - Is She Really Going Out With Him?
Another debut song which reached #13 in 1979, he would have more hits in the 80's.
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Post by smokeyb on Apr 30, 2019 21:52:26 GMT 1
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Queen - We Are The Champions
The go to song whenever any team wins something, the anthem song by Queen reached #2 in 1977.
Held of the top by Abba & Wings.
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Post by smokeyb on Apr 30, 2019 21:53:44 GMT 1
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Dave Edmunds - Girls Talk
This was a #4 hit from 1979,one of those songs I loved when it first came out.
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Post by smokeyb on Apr 30, 2019 21:55:02 GMT 1
78
Electric Light Orchestra - Last Train To London
This one got to #8 in 1979,taken from the album Discovery.
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Post by smokeyb on Apr 30, 2019 21:56:41 GMT 1
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The Skids - The Saints Are Coming
This original song only got to #48 in 1978, later versions of the song included U2 and Green Day.
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Post by smokeyb on Apr 30, 2019 21:58:28 GMT 1
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David Bowie - Fame
From the album "Young Americans" in 1975, this track reached #17. Written by Bowie & John Lennon.
The song reached #1 in the USA.
I was lucky enough to see him live on 19th June 1978 in Glasgow, when this was one of the set list songs.
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Post by smokeyb on Apr 30, 2019 22:04:49 GMT 1
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T Rex - Get It On
The second #1 for Marc Bolan in 1971, my favourite song by him. I often wonder how his career would have
gone if he hadn't died too soon in 1977, would he survived punk, how would he have dealt with the New Romantic era?
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Post by smokeyb on Apr 30, 2019 22:06:11 GMT 1
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Ian Dury And The Blockheads - Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick
A #1 song from 1978, this one made a huge impression on me when it was first released.
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Post by smokeyb on Apr 30, 2019 22:07:31 GMT 1
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David Bowie - Starman
There are some events that occur, when people remember where they were when it happened, this was one of them
for me, I was on holiday in Birmingham when Top of the Pops came on,and wow I was hooked from that instant on.
It got to #10 in 1972.
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