New Musik – Living by Numbers
Maybe their only hit, but I loved it (and no Steve Wright, it wasn't kak at all!)
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Pop
Joe Jackson – It’s Different For Girls
Joe Jackson's It's Different For Girls is a wonderfully atmospheric song, maybe not quite as good as Joe's Steppin' Out but still great!
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The Jam – The Eton Rifles
Along with The Who, The Jam were the leaders of the Mods. Back in the day, the Mods and Rockers used to fight in seaside towns up and down the UK on Bank Holidays!
The Eton Rifles has an interesting back story if you'd like to research it..
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Queen – Crazy Little Thing Called Love
The first time I saw Queen was signing Crazy Little Thing Called Love on TOTP. A great video of theirs!
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The Tourists – I Only Want To Be With You
Originally a hit for Dusty Springfield in the 60s and then The Bay City Rollers in the 70s, The Tourists had great success with I Only Want To Be With You in 79/80.
Yes, that is Annie Lennox before her Eurythmics fame (a band I was lucky enough to see Live ...
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Phil Collins – In The Air Tonight
Phil Collins' first breakthrough single, both in the UK and the USA was a smash hit. Watch out for it in a key scene in the 1983 movie Risky Business with Tom Cruise and Rebecca De Mornay!
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The Pretenders – Brass in Pocket
The first new number one of the 80s and what a great one. The Pretenders went on to have a number of fantastic hits in the first half of the decade, which we'll get to later on! This video is from BBC 1's Top of the Pops, which used to be on at 7:30 every Thur...
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