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2005 The Magic Numbers by The Magic Numbers released
Their debut album was a UK Top10 and was nominated for a Mercury Music Award
In the UK the album spawned 3 Top20 singles and 1 at No25
They also toured as the backing band for Salford singer Ren Harvieu
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1981 Pretty in Pink by The Psychedelic Furs released
The single was taken from their 2nd album Talk Talk Talk
The original only made it to No43 on the UK charts but in 1986 it was used in the John Hughes “Brat Pack” movie that used its song title (and the re-release went to No18)
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1972 Zing went the strings of my Heart by The Trammps released
The Philadelphia soul band’s debut single was a cover of the 1935 original by James F. Hanley
The guitarist Dennis Harris played on lots of Philly records and was also a member of Mfsb and the Salsoul Orchestra
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1994 Pulp Fiction released at the Munich International Film Festival
A month after winning the Palm d’Or and 2 months before general release
It was Quentin Tarantino’s 2nd film he directed and is often voted as his highest rated movie (but is only No4 in his highest grossing films)
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2021 Give me more love : The orchestral greatest hits by Al Green released
The album uses the original vocals from his Hi records recording with FAMES Macedonian Symphony Orchestra
The pink vinyl variant was released as a Record Store Day exclusive on 2021
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1994 Numb by Portishead released
The lead single off their debut album Dummy
The single failed to chart in most countries (the highest it got was 213 in Australia)
The album did a lot better and was No2 in the UK (and made the top 20 in many European countries)
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1982 Rock The Casbah by The Clash released
It was the 2nd single off Combat Rock (their 5th album)
It was their only Top Ten in the USA (No8) but it only reached No30 in the UK (but a re-release in 1991 went to No15)
The lyrics are in English,Arabic,Hebrew,Turkish and Sanskrit
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1981 Ghost Town by The Specials released
The song about urban decay and inner city violence came out just as riots were taking place across Britain
It was the final single with all 7 original members on it and it went to No1 in the UK and stayed there for 3 weeks
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1986 London 0 Hull 4 by The Housemartins released
The self claimed “4th best band in Hull”
2 members of the band had hits as :-
Paul Heaton… Solo,with Jacqui Abbot and The Beautiful South
Norman Cook… Fatboy Slim,Beats international,The Mighty Dubcatz,Freakpower,Pizzaman
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1999 Race for the Prize by The Flaming Lips released
It was a release off the Soft Bulletin album and the single sneaked into the UK Top40 at No39
The lyrics tell the story of 2 competing scientists racing for the cure of all mankind (Wayne Coyne wrote it after his dad died of cancer)
