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In
March 1970, Mike Nesmith quits The Monkees
leaving only Davy Jones
& Micky Dolenz to record the album 'Changes'. It
doesn't chart
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During the same month John
Mayall reaches UK no.9 (USA no.33) with
the LP 'Empty Rooms' |
In May 1970, The Bee Gees
(without Robin Gibb), release their seventh album, 'Cucumber
Castle' which includes the earlier hit 'Don't Forget
to Remember' & songs from their TV special. It fails
to chart resulting in Barry and Maurice Gibb also quitting
the band. |
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Graham
Nash |
Deja
Vu |
Neil
Young joins Crosby,
Stills & Nash and the new line-up
enjoy a USA no.1 album (UK no.5) in May. It produces
the hit singles 'Teach Your Children' (USA no.6)
and 'Our House' (USA no.30)', both written by
Graham Nash,
as well as the singles 'Woodstock' (USA no.11)
and 'Ohio' (USA no.14) [video] |
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Barclay James
Harvest |
Barclay
James Harvest |
In June, Barclay James
Harvest release their debut LP. It
includes the single 'Taking Some Time On', which
like the earlier singles 'Early Morning' and 'Brother
Thrush', fails to chart. The Saddleworth band
mix folk, rock, progressive, and classical influences |
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Hotlegs |
Neanderthal
Man |
In July, two Jewish school friends from Prestwich,
Kevin Godley
and Lol Creme,
join up with Eric Stewart and
writter Graham Gouldman to record
the no.2 (US no.22) hit 'Neanderthal Man' at Strawberry
Studios. It sells over 2 million copies worldwide.
The LP 'Thinks: School Stinks' and further singles
all fail to chart and the band split [video] |
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In November The Hollies
reach UK no.30 with their 'Confessions Of The Mind'
LP |
John Mayall
also reaches no.22 in the USA (only UK no.50) with the
'USA Union' LP
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Hughie
Flint |
McGuinness
Flint |
former John Mayall
drummer Hughie
Flint joins Manfred Manc guitarist
Tom McGuinness
to form McGuinness
Flint. They reach UK no.2 (US no.47)
with their debut single 'When I'm Dead And Gone'
in November, followed shortly after by the no.5
hit 'Malt & Barley Blues'. Both are included
on their self-titled album, which reaches UK.9. |
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The
Bee Gees |
Lonely
Days |
After
both their solo singles fail to chart, Maurice
and Barry Gibb reunite. Robin Gibb also agrees
to rejoin and the The
Bee Gees enjoy a top 3 US hit (UK
no.33) with 'Lonely Days'. The album '2 Years
On' flops in the UK (no.32 in the USA). [video] |
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1971 |
The Hollies
reach number 1 in Australia and New Zealand with 'Too
Young To Be Married' [video]
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The Twisted Wheel
nightclub is closed down on 15th February 1971 by Manchester
city council after its famous Northern
Soul all-nighters failed to obey to the then
2am licensing law |
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Phil
Lynott |
Thin
Lizzy |
In
April, Thin Lizzy
release their self-titled debut LP
which includes the track 'Clifton Grange Hotel',
written about the Manchester hotel owned by Phil
Lynott's mother. Interestingly, the
band were named after a character from The Dandy
as guitarist Eric Bell, seeing Eric Clapton reading
it's sister publication, The Beano, on the front
cover of the John
Mayall 'Bluesbreakers' album, buys
a copy. |
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In
April, Davy Jones
& Micky Dolenz lose the rights to record as The
Monkees although continue to tour and record
without chart success throughout the 70's |
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Peter
Noone |
Oh,
You Pretty Things |
In
May 1971, Peter Noone, leaves Herman's
Hermits and reaches UK no.12 with this
David Bowie penned song. Bowie plays piano on the
track and later records it himself. It's Peter Noone's
only solo chart success |
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In May, Graham Nash
releases the solo LP 'Songs for Beginners' which reaches
no.13 in the UK (USA no.15) and spawns the singles 'Chicago'
(USA no.35) and 'Military Madness' (USA no.73) |
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Graham
Nash |
Four-Way
Street |
In
May, Crosby, Stills,
Nash & Young, who by this time
had split up, release a 4 disc live album, reaching
no.1 in the USA (UK no.5). It includes the Graham
Nash tracks 'Teach Your Children',
'Chicago', 'Right Between the Eyes', and 'Pre Road
Downs'. The CD released in later years also includes
The Hollies
hit 'King Midas in Reverse' |
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The
Bee Gees |
How
Can You Mend a Broken Heart? |
The
Bee Gees enjoy their first number 1
hit in the USA. Like the album it is taken from,
'Trafalgar' (US no.34), it doesn't chart in the
UK. It is later to be recorded by both Al Green
and Michael Buble. [video] |
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In June, John Mayall
reaches UK no.31 (USA no.52) with his 'Back To The Roots'
LP |
In
June, Davy Jones
also reaches US no.52 with solo single 'Rainy Jane', his
only chart success |
In the Autumn, frontman Allan
Clarke leaves The
Hollies to persue a solo career. He is replaced
by Swedish vocalist Mikael Rickfors who tours and records
the 'Romany' LP with the band (USA no.84) |
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1972 |
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Mike Harding |
A
Lancashire Lad |
Crumpsall comedian & folk musician Mike
Harding releases his debut LP, 'A Lancashire
Lad'. It does not chart but includes many songs
about Manchester including 'The Hattersley Lament',
a new housing project at the time. |
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The Hollies |
Long
Cool Woman in a Black Dress |
The
Hollies have their biggest US hit,
reaching no.2 (UK no.32) in February, with the million
selling single which had been recorded in 1971 prior
to Allan Clarke's
departure. [video] |
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Lancashire folk group, The
Fivepenny Piece reach no.38 in the UK album
charts wth their second LP, 'Making Tracks' |
In May, Graham Nash
teams up with David Crosby to release
the LP, 'Graham Nash David Crosby' which peaks at no.5
in the USA (no.13 in UK), producing the single 'Immigration
Man' (US no.36) |
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10cc |
Donna
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In September, Hotlegs
reform as 10cc
with songwriter Graham Gouldman
joining Kevin
Godley, Lol
Creme and Eric Stewart
as a musician. They reach number 2 with the hit
'Donna'. Their self-titled debut album later reaches
no.36 and also includes the singles 'Rubber Bullets'
(no.1), 'Johnny Don't Do It', 'The Dean and I' and
'Headline Hustler' (no.10) [video] |
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Peter
Skellern |
You're
A Lady |
Bury
singer-songwriter, Peter
Skellern reaches no.3 (USA no.50) with
his debut single 'You're A Lady'. 3 years later
scores the hit 'Hold On To Love' (UK no.14) [video] |
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The 9th Marquess of Londonderry divorces his wife Lady
Londonderry (Nicolette Powell) after tests prove their
third child, James (Viscount Castlereagh), is actually
the bioligical son of Georgie
Fame. The two later marry. |
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1973 |
Not long after her performance in Peter Pan at the Palace
Theatre, Lulu and
Maurice Gibb divorce |
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10cc |
Rubber
Bullets |
In
May, 'Rubber Bullets', the second single from 10cc's
debut LP, a tongue in cheek homage to 'Jailhouse
Rock' spends a week at no.1 in the UK. [video] |
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Allan Clarke
rejoins The Hollies
after enjoying no solo success. He replaces vocalist Mikael
Rickfors |
At 2am in the morning on September 23rd, Wigan
Casino nightclub opens inside the 2,000 capacity
Wigan Empress Ballroom, continuing the famous Northern
Soul all-nighters of The
Twisted Wheel |
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1974 |
In January, Graham Nash
reaches no.34 in the USA with his solo LP 'Wild Tales'
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The Hollies |
The
Air That I Breathe |
The
Hollies reach UK no.2 (USA no.6) in
Feb with a cover of Albert Hammond's 'The Air That
I Breathe', selling over 250,000 copies. It's included
on their USA no.28 (UK no.38) self-titled LP
[video] |
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Roy Harper
reaches UK number 27 with his seventh album 'Valentine'.
The Manchester-born folkster was raised in Blackpool following
his mother's death, during his birth in Rusholme |
10cc reach no.9
in June with their second album 'Sheet Music', which includes
the hits 'Wall Street Shuffle' (no.10) and 'Silly Love'
(no.24) |
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Graham
Nash |
So
Far |
In
August, Crosby,
Stills, Nash & Young score their
third USA no.1 in a row (UK no.25) with a greatest
hits album. Consisting of 11 tracks compiled from
only 22 recorded by the band, Graham
Nash describes it as "absurd"'.
It includes his tracks 'Teach Your Children' and
'Our House'. |
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In
September, Crosby, Stills,
Nash & Young play a concert in front
of 72,000 fans at Wembley |
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Sweet
Sensation |
Sad
Sweet Dreamer |
After
winning the New Faces TV talent show, Manchester
soul group Sweet
Sensation reach number 1 (no.14 in
the US) with the single 'Sad Sweet Dreamer', selling
over a million copies. Of their 5 follow up singles,
only 'Purely by Coincidence' charts (UK no.11) and
they soon disband [video] |
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Elkie Brooks goes
solo after the split of Vinegar
Joe, following a lack of chart success |
In
Dec, Barclay James Harvest
reach the Uk top 40 with live LP 'Barclay James Harvest
Live'
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1975 |
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Wigan's
Chosen Few |
Footsee
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'Footsee'
reaches UK no.9 in January. The
instrumental single released by Wigan's
Chosen Few was actually the b-side
of an obscure Canadian surf record, remixed by a
DJ at Wigan Casino
and was hated by Northern
Soul purists for popularising the genre
with its Top Of The Pops appearance |
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Wigan's
Ovation |
Skiing
In The Snow |
Much
to the annoyance of it's original fanbase, Northern
Soul's now mainstream popularity sees
Wigan Casino
resident live act Wigan's
Ovation enjoy a no.12 hit with a cover
of The Invitations 'Skiing In The Snow' in March,
followed by 'Per-So-Nal-Ly' (no.38) and Superlove
(no.41) [video] |
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Wigan Casino stops
accepting new members as the sudden mainstream recognition
of Northern Soul
sees it's numbers reach 100,000. |
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10cc |
I'm
Not In Love |
In
May 10cc
enjoy their second UK no.1 (USA no.2)
with the dreamy single from the no.4 album 'The
Original Soundtrack', which also spawns 'Life Is
A Minestrone' (no.7) [video] |
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Bee
Gees |
Jive Talkin' |
The
Bee Gees enjoy their second number
1 hit in the USA in May (UK no.5) with the disco
track 'Jive Talkin', although, like their previous
7 albums, the 'Main Course' LP fails to chart in
the UK (USA no.14). The album also features the
singles 'Nights on Broadway' and 'Fanny (Be Tender)'
which showcase Barry Gibb's new found falsetto voice
(he had unsuccessfully tried falsetto on the 'Melody
Fair' track in 1971).
[video] |
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10cc reach no.9
with the rather early compilation 'Greatest Hits Of 10cc'
in June |
In
August, comedy folk star Mike
Harding reaches no.24 with his second album
'Mrs. 'Ardin's Kid'. It contains the tracks 'The Strangeways
Hotel', 'Uncle Joe's Mint Balls' and the no.22 single
'Rochdale Cowboy', a name which he is later dubbed |
In
September, Crosby &
Nash reach no.6 in the USA album charts with
'Wind on the Water' |
Barclay
James Harvest reach no.32 in Oct with the
'Time Honoured Ghost' LP, which includes the 7" single,
'Titles' |
Hughie Flint disbands
McGuiness Flint to later join The Blues Band |
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In January, 10cc
reach no.5 with the album 'How Dare You?', which includes
the hits 'Art For Art's Sake' (no.5) and 'I'm Mandy Fly
Me' (no.6) [video] |
In
May, Thin Lizzy reach
no.6 (USA no.12) with the hit single 'The Boys Are Back
In Town', a track written by Phil
Lynott about the band's visits to Manchester
[video] |
On the 4th
June, an estimated 35 people attend a Sex Pistols concert
at the Lesser Free Trade Hall. Those present are believed
to include Tony Wilson,
The Buzzcocks,
Morrissey,
Joy Division,
Mark E Smith,
Martin Hannett and Paul Morley. The gig is credited with
igniting the Manchester punk music scene. A follow up
concert a few weeks later is also attended by a young
Mick Hucknall. [buy
the book] |
In
June, Crosby & Nash
reach no.26 in the USA album charts with 'Whistling Down
the Wire'
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Bee
Gees |
You Should Be Dancing |
Sticking
to their new disco sound, The
Bee Gees score their third USA no.1
in June (UK no.5). 'Children of The World' (US no.8)
is drenched in Barry's newfound falsetto, becomes
their eighth album in a row to miss out on the UK
Top 40
[video] |
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Fivepenny Piece
incredibly reach no.9 in the UK album charts in July with
their sixth LP, 'King Cotton', an album of Lancashire
folk tunes with a comedic and brass band influence |
Fellow folk act Mike
Harding reaches no.19 with his fourth LP,
'One Man Show', in July. which mixes stand-up comedy with
live folk songs. It includes the tracks 'Irwell Delta
Blues', 'The Crumpsall Cream Cracker', 'King Cotton' and
'Napoleon's Retreat From Wigan' amongst other locally
influenced songs |
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Bee
Gees |
Love So Right |
In September, The Bee
Gees have a no.3 single in the USA
'Love So Right', which is also included on the flop
'Children of The World' album (US no.8).
[video] |
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In Sep, Kevin Godley
& Lol Creme
leave 10cc,
after arguments about the band's musical direction |
In
October, Barclay James Harvest
reach no.19 with the 'Octoberon' LP, which includes 'Rock
'N' Roll Star' |
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1977 |
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Buzzcocks |
Spiral
Scratch EP |
Bolton Tech students, Pete Shelley
and Howard De Voto form punk band,
Buzzcocks
after seeing The Sex Pistols. They release their
debut EP which includes the track 'Boredom' on their
own label, the first punk band to do so. It's also
the first record produced by Martin Hannett
(then known as Martin Zero). It sells 16,000 copies |
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Howard De Voto leaves The
Buzzcocks to return to his studies |
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Sad Cafe |
Fanx
Ta-Ra |
The brilliantly pure Manc-titled 'Fanx Ta Ra' debut
album from Sad Cafe,
boasting Wythenshaw vocalist Paul Young (not the
same Paul Young that scored the '80s hit 'Every
Time You Go Away'), fails to chart but gives fans
a taster of what's to come. |
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The Hollies
reach UK no.4 in March with their 'Hollies Live Hits'
LP recorded in New Zealand |
Elkie Brooks has
her first taste of chart success with the number 8 single,
'Pearl's A Singer' in April. It's included on the album
'Two Days Away' (UK no.16), which also spawns the Top
10 single 'Sunshine After The Rain' [video] |
In May, the revised 10cc
line-up of Graham Gouldman &
Eric Stewart with Mancunian drummer Paul
Burgess, bounce back with the no.3 LP 'Deceptive
Bends', which includes the hits 'The Things We Do For
Love' (UK no.6 / US no.5), 'Good Morning Judge' (no.5)
& 'People In Love' (US no.40) |
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Godley
& Creme |
Consequences
|
Whilst 10cc
enjoyed great success since their departure, Kevin
Godley and Lol
Creme produced the concept album 'Consequences',
which heavily featured their new Gizmotron instrument,
an electric guitar effect, together with characters
voiced by comedian Peter Cook and singing by Sarah
Vaughan. It fails to chart. |
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Andy Gibb, spends 4 weeks at the top
of the US charts (UK no.26) in June with the single, 'I
Just Want To Be Your Everything', written by his elder
brother, Barry. The Gibb family emigrated from Manchester
to Australia six months after Andy's birth although the
8 year age gap to his twin brothers, Robin and Maurice,
prevented him from joining his siblings in The
Bee Gees. His debut album 'Flowing Rivers'
reaches no,19 in the USA |
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Graham
Nash |
CSN
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In
June, Crosby,
Stills & Nash re-unite, reaching
USA no.2 (UK no.23), held off the top spot by Fleetwood
Mac's 'Rumours', and produces the Graham
Nash single 'Just A Song Before I Go'
(US #7) together with 'Fair Game' (USA #43). Other
Nash compositions include 'Carried Away', 'Cathedral'
and 'Cold Rain' |
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Mike Harding
reaches no.31 with his fifth LP, 'Old Four Eyes Is Back',
in June. Again mixing comedy stories with folk songs,
it's to be his final chart success (although his recording
career continues to this day) and he becomes a popular
playwright, novelist, travel writer, journalist and BBC
Radio DJ |
In
October, Barclay James Harvest
reach no.30 with the 'Gone To Earth' LP. It includes the
singles 'Friend Of Mine', 'Hymn' and it's wonderfully
Mancunian titled b-side 'Our Kid's Kid' |
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Bee Gees |
Saturday
Night Fever |
The
Bee Gees new found disco sound shapes
the soundtrack to the Saturday Night Fever movie.
'How Deep Is Your Love', 'Stayin Alive' and 'Night
Fever' are joined by existing tracks 'Jive Talkin'
and 'You Should Be Dancing'. The album tops the
charts both sides of the Atlantic in November and
later becomes the biggest selling soundtrack of
all time, shifting over 40 million copies. They
also write the tracks 'If I Can't Have You', performed
by Yvonne Elliman (US no.1 / UK no.4) and 'More
Than a Woman', performed by Tavares (UK no.7). By
now, The Bee Gees
sound is inescapable. They spend a
record 25 of 32 consecutive weeks at the top of
the US charts and Barry Gibb breaks all US chart
records by writing 4 consecutive no.1 hits |
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Gees |
How Deep is Your Love? |
The
Bee Gees score their fourth USA no.1
in October (UK no.3) with the first track especially
written for the soundtrack of 'Saturday Night Fever
It stays in the US Top 10 for a record 17 weeks
and is later covered by fellow Mancunians Take
That.
[video] |
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In
November, Crosby &
Nash reach no.52 in USA charts with the live
LP, 'Crosby Nash Live' |
The 10cc live
album 'Live and Let Live' reaches number 14 in December
and features their new band members, including guitarist
Rick Fenn |
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The Bee Gees
are knocked off the top spot in the USA by their younger
brother, Andy Gibb, with '(Love Is) Thicker
Than Water', a track actually written by Barry Gibb. It's
Andy's second US chart-topper where it stays for 2 weeks.
[video] |
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& Michael |
Matchstalk
Men And Matchstalk Cats And Dogs |
In
Feb, duo Michael Coleman and Kevin Parrott spend
3 weeks at UK no.1 with their tribute to Salford
artist LS Lowry,
who died 2 years previously. They later release
the single 'Evensong', and the LP 'The Matchstalk
Men', followed by an album, 'I Can Count My Friends
on One Hand'. The song is knocked off no.1 by The
Bee Gees [video] |
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Gees |
Night Fever |
Remarkably,
The Bee Gees
regain the number 1 spot in the USA in March, replacing
brother Andy with the third track written for Saturday
Night Fever. It spends 8 weeks at the top of the
American charts and also gives the group their third
number 1 hit back in the UK
[video] |
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Also in March, The Buzzcocks
reach UK no.15 with their debut LP, 'Another
Magic In A Different Kitchen' which includes singles 'What
Do I Get?' (no.37), 'I Don't Mind' (no.55) and 'Orgasm
Addict' |
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John Cooper Clarke |
Où
Est la Maison de Fromage? |
The punk poet nicknamed the 'Salford bard' appears
on the scene, supporting many local punk acts. His
debut album, produced by Martin Hannett,
doesn't chart. It features the track 'Gimmix' which
is later re-worked and becomes his only ever Top
40 hit (no.39) |
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In May, The Bee Gees are
finally knocked off the top spot in the USA, incredibly
once again by a song written by themselves. This time
the track 'If I Can't Have You' (also from Saturday Night
Fever) is performed by Yvonne Elliman (UK no.4). The Bee
Gees, later perform the song themselves on
th b-side of the 'Stayin' Alive' single |
Elkie Brooks reaches
no.20 with the album 'Shooting Star' in May |
The Bee Gees
reach the top spot once more in the USA, this time with
the track 'Shadow Dancing', performed by their younger
brother, Andy Gibb. He becomes the first
male artist to enjoy 3 consecutive chart toppers in the
States, where the single stays for 7 weeks. included on
the 'Shadow Dancing' album (US no.7 / UK no.10), which
also boasts the hits 'An Everlasting Love' (US no.5 /
UK no.10), '(Our Love) Don't Throw It All Away' (US no.9
/ UK no.32)
[video] |
Gracie Fields
opens the Gracie Fields Theatre in Rochdale, next to Oulder
Hill Community School |
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Joy Division |
An
Ideal For Living |
Having
changed their name from Warsaw,
Manchester punk band Joy
Division release their first record
in June. The 'Ideal For Living' EP fails to chart
but includes the tracks 'Warsaw',
'No Love Lost', 'Leaders Of Men' and 'Failures'.
They sign to Tony Wilson's new Factory Records label
and release their debut LP 'Unknown Pleasures',
which also fails to chart |
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Magazine |
Real
Life |
ex-Buzzcocks
member Howard De Voto forms the
first post-punk band, Magazine,
They reach a respectable UK no.29 with their debut
album 'Real Life' in June, which includes the single
'Shot from Both Sides' (UK no.41) |
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Magazine are
supported on tour by Mancunian punk act The
Nosebleeds, who boast a new frontman called
Stephen Patrick Morrissey
(replacement for Ed 'Banger' Garrity)
and a new lead guitarist called Billy
Duffy (who in turn replaced Vini
Reilly). When the group splts up shortly
afterwards, both temporarily join Slaughter
& The Dogs |
Mike
Harding & Fivepenny
Piece are given their own TV series, 'MH
& 5P,' by the BBC in June |
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The Hollies |
20
Great Golden Greats |
The
Hollies spend 4 weeks at UK no.2 in
July with their second greatest hits compilation,
'20 Golden Greats', with it's brilliant subtitle,
'20 Great Sounds That Grew Out of the North'. It
includes all their Top 10 hits |
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In August, Frankie Valli reaches no.1 in the USA (UK no,3)
with the The Bee Gees
written theme from 'Grease'. The brothers Gibb boast 5
of their songs in the US Top 10 at the same time! |
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10cc |
Dreadlock
Holiday |
10cc
score a third UK no.1 (USA no.44),
the first since the split with Godley
& Creme, with pop reggae track,
'Dreadlock Holiday'. It also appears on their no.3
LP 'Bloody Tourists' in Sep, which includes the
track 'From Rochdale To Ocho Rios' [video] |
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In
the same month, Barclay James
Harvest reach no.31 with the 'Barclay James
Harvest XII' LP, their twelfth album in 12 years.. It
includes the single 'Loving Is Easy' |
In Oct, 'Love Bites' the second album from the
Buzzcocks takes them to the peak of their
career. Reaching no.13 it includes hit single 'Ever Fallen
In Love (With Someone You Shouldn't've)' (no.12) |
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Following
the release of their 'Outlandos d'Amour' LP, which included
the hits 'Roxanne', 'Can't Stand Losing You' and 'So Lonely',
The Police go on tour supporting Mancunian
spoof punk band Alberto
y Lost Trios Paranoias, who had previously
been supported by Blondie and The
Stranglers |
Wigan Casino is
named ahead of New York's Studio 54 as 'The Best Disco
in the World' by American Billboard magazine |
Having left Slaughter
& The Dogs, Stephen
Patrick Morrissey decides to concentrate
on writing |
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Bee Gees |
Spirits
Having Flown |
The
Bee Gees are now shaping pop music
and, in January, their 13th studio album tops the
chart in nearly every country in the world, selling
over 21 million copies, and spawning the singles
'Too Much Heaven', 'Tragedy', 'Love You Inside Out'
& 'Spirits (Having Flown)' (UK no.16) [video] |
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In February, Gracie
Fields is made a Dame Commander of the British
Empire |
In February, Sad Cafe,
reach no.71 in the USA with the single 'Run Home Girl'
from their second album 'Misplaced Ideals', which fails
to chart either side of the Atantic |
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Bee
Gees |
Tragedy |
The
Bee Gees enjoy their fourth UK no.1
hit single and their eighth in the USA, spending
2 weeks at the top of the charts in both countries.
[video] |
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The Fall |
Live
At The Witch Trials |
In March, Prestwich punk band The
Fall release their debut album 'Live
at the Witch Trials', which despite its title, is
not a live album. It does not chart but unleashes
cynical frontman, Mark
E Smith, onto the world. Bass player
Mark Riley, later goes on to become
a famous Radio 1 DJ |
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In April, Magazine
reach no.38 with their second LP 'Secondhand Daylight' |
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Bee
Gees |
Love You Inside Out |
The
Bee Gees score their ninth chart topper
in the USA and their sixth in a row. It spends a
week at the top of the charts but only reaches no.13
in the UK. Incredibly, the bubble is to burst and
it's to be their last major hit for more than 20
years
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Mike Harding
is given his own TV series by the BBC in May, followed
by Fivepenny Piece's
own Friday night TV show. |
In September, Sad Cafe,
enjoy their biggest ever hit 'Everyday Hurts' (UK no.3)
which is taken from their Strawberry Studios recorded
album, 'Facades' (no.8). The hits 'Strange Little Girl'
(no.32) and 'My Oh My' (no.14) are also on the LP
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On September 27th 1979, Gracie
Fields dies, aged 81, at her home in Capri.
She is buried at the non-Cathloic Cemetary there. |
Eric Stewart suffers severe injuries
following a car accident forcing 10cc
to take a year out. A compilation album '10cc
Greatest Hits 1972-1978' reaches no.5 in October |
In the same month the
Buzzcocks third album 'A Different Kind Of
Tension' reaches no.26 |
Another local punk band, formed after the Sex Pistols
visit to Manchester are the Frantic
Elevators. Their debut single (and all other
releases) fails to chart however it does introduce the
world to lead singer, Mick
Hucknall |
Elkie Brooks reaches
no.34 with the album 'Live and Learn' in October |
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Bee Gees |
Bee
Gees Greatest |
In
November The Bee Gees
enjoy their third US number 1 album
in a row (UK no.6) with this 4 disc compilation
album. Interestingly their ht 'Boogie Child' is
omitted in favour of their own versions of 'Love
Me', 'If I Can't Have You' and 'You Stepped Into
My Life', which were all hits for other artists. |
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In December,
Peter Skellern
reaches no.39 with his cover album 'Astaire' |
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