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Post by smokeyb on May 14, 2019 22:28:12 GMT 1
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Jam - Eton Rifles
Their final song of the decade took them to #3 with this one, in 1979.
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Post by smokeyb on May 14, 2019 22:29:22 GMT 1
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Supertramp - The Logical Song
From the album "Breakfast In America", this was one of my favourite songs of the year, it peaked at #7 in 1979.
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Post by smokeyb on May 14, 2019 22:30:40 GMT 1
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Chic - I Want Your Love
I was a big fan of their music at the time, great dance song, still sounds good to me today. Got to #4 in 1979.
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Post by smokeyb on May 14, 2019 22:31:56 GMT 1
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Justin Hayward - Forever Autumn
Moody Blues vocalist recorded this track for the musical version of "War Of The Worlds", got to #5 in 1978.
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Post by smokeyb on May 14, 2019 22:33:08 GMT 1
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Chic - Good Times
Nile Rodgers again, this one reached #5 in 1979.
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Post by smokeyb on May 14, 2019 22:34:18 GMT 1
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Supertramp - Breakfast In America
Title track from their smash album, it reached #9 in 1979.
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Post by smokeyb on May 17, 2019 22:31:22 GMT 1
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Elton John - Benny And The Jets
This only got to #37 in 1976, but it's my favourite track by him.
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Post by smokeyb on May 17, 2019 22:32:42 GMT 1
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Electric Light Orchestra - Sweet Talkin' Woman
From the double album "Out of the Blue" this one got played a lot in my house, it made #6 in 1978.
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Post by smokeyb on May 17, 2019 22:34:13 GMT 1
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Chic - Le Freak
Surely one of the best dance tracks ever made, this reached #7 in 1978 at the hight of disco.
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Post by smokeyb on May 17, 2019 22:35:27 GMT 1
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Police - Message In A Bottle
Their first number 1 from 1979, I was a huge fan of them at this period.
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Post by smokeyb on May 17, 2019 22:36:37 GMT 1
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Squeeze - Cool For Cats
This was such a great sound from 1979, loved it, reached #2 in 1979, kept of the top by Art Garfunkel.
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Post by smokeyb on May 17, 2019 22:38:00 GMT 1
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Blondie - Denis
The breakthrough hit for Blondie, peaked at #2 in 1978, kept of the top by Kate Bush.
They could do no wrong for me as I just had to own their albums.
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Post by smokeyb on May 17, 2019 22:39:10 GMT 1
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Squeeze - Up The junction
The only song that could beat "Cool for Cats", such an unusual song, with the title right at the end.
It got to #2 in 1979, this was kept of the top by The Tubeway Army.
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Post by smokeyb on May 17, 2019 22:40:31 GMT 1
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Blondie - Dreaming
Yet another #2 hit from 1979, stopped by the Police, from reaching the top.
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Post by smokeyb on May 17, 2019 22:41:50 GMT 1
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Fleetwood Mac - Sarah
Such a great song, shame it only reached #37 in 1979 from one of my all time favourite artists.
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Post by smokeyb on May 20, 2019 22:05:34 GMT 1
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Nick Lowe - Cruel To Be Kind
His final top 20 hit, this reached #12 in 1979, I am huge fan of his as a singer and a producer.
On most of his songs is Dave Edmunds, another favourite of mine.
Just love the video of the wedding, as I got married when this song was in the charts.
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Post by smokeyb on May 20, 2019 22:06:56 GMT 1
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Police - Can't Stand Losing You
Yet another hit from 1979,great year for music this song reached #2, what a first hit, I had high hopes
for them when I heard this, I wasn't disappointed. Kept of the top by the Boomtown Rats.
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Post by smokeyb on May 20, 2019 22:08:13 GMT 1
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Peter Gabriel - Solsbury Hill
His first solo record after leaving Genesis, wow, what a song, in a year of punk and disco, this just stood out as
a classic, it still is to me. It reached #13 in 1977.
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Post by smokeyb on May 20, 2019 22:09:28 GMT 1
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Police - Walking On The Moon
Another one from 1979, the Police again with this #1 hit. Another great song.
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Post by smokeyb on May 20, 2019 22:10:48 GMT 1
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Electric Light Orchestra - Shine A Little Love
By now you can guess how big a fan I was of this band, they could do no wrong for me, still love them today.
This one peaked at #6 in 1979.
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