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Post by smokeyb on Jun 10, 2018 16:51:36 GMT 1
947.
Jethro Tull - Witch's Promise
Jethro Tull were more of an album band than a singles band with more than 20 top 40 albums.
This was their final top 10 single reaching #4 in 1970.
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Post by smokeyb on Jun 10, 2018 16:53:32 GMT 1
946.
Freda Payne - Band of Gold
This song reached #1 in autumn 1970 keeping Desmond Dekker of top spot (see 949), this was her most
successful song in the UK, as both follow ups failed to reach the top 30.
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Post by smokeyb on Jun 10, 2018 16:55:52 GMT 1
945.
Sweet - Hellraiser
This reached #2 at the height of their fame in 1973, the follow up to #1 song Blockbuster.
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Post by smokeyb on Jun 10, 2018 16:57:26 GMT 1
944.
Junior Campbell - Hallelujah Freedom
Formerly with "Marmalade" he wrote some of their biggest hits, this was his was his first of 2 solo hits
reaching #10 in 1972.
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Post by smokeyb on Jun 10, 2018 16:59:03 GMT 1
943.
War - Why Can't We Be Friends
A song that was never a hit in the UK but reached #6 in the US in 1975.
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Post by smokeyb on Jun 10, 2018 17:00:44 GMT 1
942.
Dave Edmunds - Born to Be With You
Dave Edmunds had a number 1 hit in 1970, this song reached #5 in 1973, he was usually associated with
Nick Lowe, they took turns playing guitar on each others songs.
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Post by smokeyb on Jun 10, 2018 17:02:20 GMT 1
941.
Bellamy Brothers - Let Your Love Flow
This song was continuously played on radio in the long hot summer of 1976. This was their debut single
reaching #7 in the UK, it got to number 1 in the USA.
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Post by rubcale on Jun 11, 2018 11:00:30 GMT 1
Unless they were big hits and subsequently aired on Pick Of The Pops a lot of the early/mid 70s songs I don't know.
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Post by smokeyb on Jun 11, 2018 19:44:01 GMT 1
940.
Suzi Quatro - 48 Crash
Follow up to the number one song "Can the Can", this song reached #3 in 1973.
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Post by smokeyb on Jun 11, 2018 19:45:58 GMT 1
939.
Olivia Newton John - What Is Life
This George Harrison song reached #16 in 1972.
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Post by smokeyb on Jun 11, 2018 19:47:45 GMT 1
938.
10CC - The Dean And I
This was the follow up single to number one "Rubber Bullets", it reached #10 in 1973.
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Post by smokeyb on Jun 11, 2018 19:49:45 GMT 1
937.
T Rex - Groover
This was T Rex's 10th release and reached #4 in 1973, surprisingly the lowest charting song of his 10
releases so far. It was also his final top 10 hit.
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Post by smokeyb on Jun 11, 2018 19:51:46 GMT 1
936.
Paul McCartney & Wings - My Love
This song was released in 1973 and reached #9.
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Post by smokeyb on Jun 11, 2018 19:53:43 GMT 1
935.
Doors - Riders on The Storm
The Doors didn't have many hit singles in the UK, this one was their last charting hit reaching #22
in 1971.
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Post by smokeyb on Jun 11, 2018 19:55:44 GMT 1
934.
Devo - (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction
This was their first single to chart in the UK, reaching #41 it was the highest chart position with
their unusual take on this Rolling Stones classic track.
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Post by smokeyb on Jun 11, 2018 19:57:43 GMT 1
933.
Gordon Giltrap - Heartsong
This instrumental track reached #21 in 1978, one of only 2 charting singles.
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Post by smokeyb on Jun 11, 2018 19:59:31 GMT 1
932.
Steeleye Span - Gaudete
Another act that only had 2 charting singles, this one reached #16 in 1973, I wonder if this is the only
top 30 song in latin?
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Post by smokeyb on Jun 11, 2018 20:01:11 GMT 1
931.
Gilbert O'Sullivan - Get Down
A second #1 song for Gilbert O'Sullivan, this one hit the top spot in 1973.
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Post by raliverpool on Jun 11, 2018 21:27:16 GMT 1
931. Gilbert O'Sullivan - Get Down
A second #1 song for Gilbert O'Sullivan, this one hit the top spot in 1973.
And responsible for the most (in)famous Pan's People TOTP performance:
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Post by rubcale on Jun 11, 2018 21:39:43 GMT 1
Good version of the Gerge Harrison song from ONJ.
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