Skiffle song Seaside Shuffle gave Terry Dactyl & The Dinosaurs a novelty hit and Jonah Lewie his first taste of the singles charts.  (more…)

Big Youth – The Killer

28th September 1972 · 1970s, 1972, Music, Reggae

Big Youth was one of the earliest and most distinctive toasters. Here he is teaming up with Horace Andy on one of his earliest hits, The Killer. (more…)

T. Rex were going for their fifth number one with Children Of The Revolution but had to settle for their third No.2 instead. (more…)

Roxy Music – Virginia Plain

16th September 1972 · 1970s, 1972, Glam, Music
The first appearance of Roxy Music on Top of the Pops was as huge a moment as the first sightings of Bowie and T. Rex and Alice Cooper had been. 

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Lynsey De Paul – Sugar Me

16th September 1972 · 1970s, 1972, Music
Lynsey De Paul became only the first woman to write her own number one song when she sang her way into our hearts with Sugar Me.

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Another classic, and another of those songs that lifts my spirits the moment I hear that guitar riff. All The Young Dudes revived the fortunes of a journeyman group who were on the verge of splitting in 1972 after three years of failure… thanks to David Bowie.

Slade had their third of their six number one singles in less than a year when Mama Weer All Crazee Now topped the charts for three weeks in September 1972. (more…)

A bit of a retread of Maggie May, maybe – but none the worse for that. And all the better for gathering The Faces together again, even if it’s actually a solo Rod Stewart single. (more…)

The Electric Light Orchestra carried on where The Move left off – same personnel, same sound, with added ‘classical’ trimmings. Much more to my taste when Roy Wood was still there at the start.

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Eric Clapton returned to the chart with his new group Derek & The Domonos after the success of Cream and the short-lived Blind Faith.

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