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Post by smokeyb on Feb 18, 2019 21:59:16 GMT 1
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Electric Light Orchestra - Do Yah
Not released as a single in the UK, but it made #24 in 1977.
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Post by smokeyb on Feb 19, 2019 22:56:33 GMT 1
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Slade - Merry Christmas Everybody
Probably the best Christmas record of all time, reached #1 in 1973, and appears in the
charts almost every December.
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Post by smokeyb on Feb 19, 2019 22:57:57 GMT 1
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America - I Need You
The follow up to their biggest hit " A Horse With No Name" this peaked at #9 in the USA in 1972.
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Post by smokeyb on Feb 19, 2019 22:59:58 GMT 1
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Clash - Clash City Rockers
This one got to #35 in 1978.
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Post by smokeyb on Feb 19, 2019 23:01:45 GMT 1
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Clash - Clash City Rockers
This one got to #35 in 1978.
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Post by smokeyb on Feb 19, 2019 23:03:01 GMT 1
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B52's - Rock Lobster
This was a #37 hit from 1979.
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Post by smokeyb on Feb 19, 2019 23:04:10 GMT 1
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John Miles - Music
This was a #3 hit from 1976.
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Post by smokeyb on Feb 19, 2019 23:06:49 GMT 1
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Gerry Rafferty - Baker Street
Another song which reached #3 in 1978 from the former member of Stealers Wheel.
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Post by smokeyb on Feb 19, 2019 23:08:03 GMT 1
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Bachman Turner Overdrive - You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet
The first chart hit for them in 1974, reaching #2.
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Post by smokeyb on Feb 19, 2019 23:09:14 GMT 1
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Knack - My Sharona
Their first hit reaching #6 in 1979.
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Post by smokeyb on Feb 19, 2019 23:10:26 GMT 1
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Squeeze - Take Me I'm Yours
Debut hit from 1978, reaching #19 in 1978.
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Post by smokeyb on Feb 19, 2019 23:11:44 GMT 1
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Stealers Wheel - Stuck in the Middle With You
Gerry Rafferty again with his biggest hit famously played in the film Reservoir Dogs.
Reached #8 in 1973.
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Post by smokeyb on Feb 19, 2019 23:13:21 GMT 1
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Gerry Rafferty - Get It Right Next Time
Gerry again, looks like all his songs are rated the same by me, this one reached #30 in 1979.
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Post by smokeyb on Feb 26, 2019 21:55:30 GMT 1
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Greg Lake - I Believe In Father Christmas
I was really knocked out the first time I heard this in late 1975, felt it was the best Christmas song ever at the time.
It reached #2, held of the top by Bohemian Rhapsody.
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Post by smokeyb on Feb 26, 2019 21:57:11 GMT 1
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Electric Light Orchestra - It's Over
This was a #75 hit in the USA in 1978.
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Post by smokeyb on Feb 26, 2019 21:58:25 GMT 1
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Peter Frampton - Show Me The Way
From the long hot summer of 1976, this one reached #10.
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Post by smokeyb on Feb 26, 2019 22:00:00 GMT 1
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Christie - Yellow River
This one was a #1 hit from 1970.
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Post by smokeyb on Feb 26, 2019 22:01:17 GMT 1
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Kraftwerk - Trans Europe Express
Not released in the UK, this got to #67 in the USA in 1978. I loved electronic music in the late 70's early 80's
doesn't get much better than Kraftwerk.
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Post by smokeyb on Feb 26, 2019 22:02:30 GMT 1
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Slade - Coz I Luv You
Their second hit single and first #1 in late 1971. This song made a huge impression on me at the time, liked them ever since.
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Post by smokeyb on Feb 26, 2019 22:03:37 GMT 1
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Motors - Dancing The Night Away
Debut single for them reaching #42 in 1977.
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