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"Silver Lady" is a pop single by #DavidSoul. It was written by #TonyMacaulay and #GeoffStephens and produced by Macaulay. It was released in 1977 and reached number one in the #UKSinglesChart.
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"Silver Lady" is a pop single by #DavidSoul. It was written by #TonyMacaulay and #GeoffStephens and produced by Macaulay. It was released in 1977 and reached number one in the #UKSinglesChart.
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"Silver Lady" is a pop single by #DavidSoul. It was written by #TonyMacaulay and #GeoffStephens and produced by Macaulay. It was released in 1977 and reached number one in the #UKSinglesChart.
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"Silver Lady" is a pop single by #DavidSoul. It was written by #TonyMacaulay and #GeoffStephens and produced by Macaulay. It was released in 1977 and reached number one in the #UKSinglesChart.
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"Silver Lady" is a pop single by #DavidSoul. It was written by #TonyMacaulay and #GeoffStephens and produced by Macaulay. It was released in 1977 and reached number one in the #UKSinglesChart.
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"Summertime Blues" is a song co-written and recorded by the American rock artist #EddieCochran. It was written by Cochran and his manager #JerryCapehart. Originally a single B-side, it was released in August 1958 and peaked at number 8 on the Billboard Hot 100 on September 29, 1958, and number 18 on the #UKSinglesChart. It has been covered by many artists, including being a number-one hit for #countryMusic artist #AlanJackson.
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"Summertime Blues" is a song co-written and recorded by the American rock artist #EddieCochran. It was written by Cochran and his manager #JerryCapehart. Originally a single B-side, it was released in August 1958 and peaked at number 8 on the Billboard Hot 100 on September 29, 1958, and number 18 on the #UKSinglesChart. It has been covered by many artists, including being a number-one hit for #countryMusic artist #AlanJackson.
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"Summertime Blues" is a song co-written and recorded by the American rock artist #EddieCochran. It was written by Cochran and his manager #JerryCapehart. Originally a single B-side, it was released in August 1958 and peaked at number 8 on the Billboard Hot 100 on September 29, 1958, and number 18 on the #UKSinglesChart. It has been covered by many artists, including being a number-one hit for #countryMusic artist #AlanJackson.
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"Summertime Blues" is a song co-written and recorded by the American rock artist #EddieCochran. It was written by Cochran and his manager #JerryCapehart. Originally a single B-side, it was released in August 1958 and peaked at number 8 on the Billboard Hot 100 on September 29, 1958, and number 18 on the #UKSinglesChart. It has been covered by many artists, including being a number-one hit for #countryMusic artist #AlanJackson.
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"Summertime Blues" is a song co-written and recorded by the American rock artist #EddieCochran. It was written by Cochran and his manager #JerryCapehart. Originally a single B-side, it was released in August 1958 and peaked at number 8 on the Billboard Hot 100 on September 29, 1958, and number 18 on the #UKSinglesChart. It has been covered by many artists, including being a number-one hit for #countryMusic artist #AlanJackson.
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"Baby, I Love You" is a song originally recorded by #theRonettes in 1963 and released on their debut album #PresentingTheFabulousRonettes (1964). The song was written by #JeffBarry, #EllieGreenwich, and #PhilSpector, and #produced by Spector. Released in November 1963, the single reached number 24 on both the US #Billboard #Hot100 and Cashbox Top 100 charts, and peaked at number 11 on the #UKSinglesChart.
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"You've Got a Friend" is a 1971 song and single by American singer-songwriter #CaroleKing. It was first recorded by King and included on her second studio album, #Tapestry (1971). Another notable version, by #JamesTaylor, appears on his album #MudSlideSlimAndTheBlueHorizon (1971). His version, which features backing vocals by #JoniMitchell, was released as a single in 1971, reaching number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and number four on the #UKSinglesChart.
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"Nights in White Satin" is a song by English #rock band #theMoodyBlues, written by #JustinHayward. It was first featured as the segment "The Night" on the album #DaysOfFuturePassed. When first released as a single in 1967, it reached number 19 on the #UKSinglesChart and number 103 in the United States in 1968. It was the first significant chart entry by the band since "Go Now" and its recent line-up change, in which #DennyLaine and #ClintWarwick had resigned.
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"Lazy Sunday" is a song by the English band #SmallFaces, which reached number two on the #UKSinglesChart, number one in #theNetherlands, number five in #Australia and number 42 in #Canada. It was written by the Small Faces songwriting duo #SteveMarriott and #RonnieLane, and appeared on the band's 1968 concept album #OgdensNutGoneFlake. Against the band's wishes, it preceded the album as a single release.
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"Emma" is a 1974 song by the British #soul band #HotChocolate. Written by band members #ErrolBrown (vocals) and #TonyWilson (music), the song addresses themes of suicide, early death and lost childhood. Brown's lyrics celebrate his then recently deceased mother. Its rawness was developed after producer #MickieMost asked him for further "depth and darkness". "Emma" reached number 3 on the #UKSinglesChart and number 8 on the US Billboard Hot 100 #chart.
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"Angel of Mine" is a song by British #RAndB girl group #Eternal from their first compilation album, #GreatestHits (1997). It was written by #RhettLawrence and #TravonPotts, produced by Lawrence, and released on 29 September 1997. The song became Eternal's 12th and final top-10 hit on the #UKSinglesChart, peaking at number four. "Angel of Mine" was the ensemble's final single as a three-piece, as after its release, #KélléBryan left the group. In June 2019.
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"Midnight at the Oasis" is a song by the American singer #MariaMuldaur from her 1973 debut album, #MariaMuldaur. Written by #DavidNichtern, it is her best-known recording. The song peaked at number six on the US Billboard Hot 100 and number 21 on the #UKSinglesChart in 1974. Billboard ranked it as the No. 13 song for 1974. It was also nominated for both #RecordOfTheYear and #SongOfTheYear at the #17thAnnualGrammyAwards, held in 1975. In Canada.
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"Angel of Mine" is a song by British #RAndB girl group #Eternal from their first compilation album, #GreatestHits (1997). It was written by #RhettLawrence and #TravonPotts, produced by Lawrence, and released on 29 September 1997. The song became Eternal's 12th and final top-10 hit on the #UKSinglesChart, peaking at number four. "Angel of Mine" was the ensemble's final single as a three-piece, as after its release, #KélléBryan left the group. In June 2019.
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"Couldn't Get It Right" is a song by the #ClimaxBluesBand. The song was written after the band's label told them that their 1976 album #GoldPlated lacked a standout track and asked them to "try and write a hit". They then wrote it, in the words of its bassist #DerekHolt, "from absolutely nowhere", and it hit number 10 on the #UKSinglesChart. The song was covered by American band #FunLovinCriminals for their 1999 album #Mimosa.
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"You Sexy Thing" is a song by the British #soul band #HotChocolate. It was written by lead singer #ErrolBrown and bass guitarist #TonyWilson and was produced by #MickieMost. The song was released in October 1975 as the second single from their second album, Hot Chocolate, and reached number two on the #UKSinglesChart in November 1975, as well as number three on the US #Billboard Hot 100 the following February. Billboard ranked it the #number22SongFor1976.
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"Lazy Sunday" is a song by the English band #SmallFaces, which reached number two on the #UKSinglesChart, number one in #theNetherlands, number five in #Australia and number 42 in #Canada. It was written by the Small Faces songwriting duo #SteveMarriott and #RonnieLane, and appeared on the band's 1968 concept album #OgdensNutGoneFlake. Against the band's wishes, it preceded the album as a single release.
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"The Song from Moulin Rouge (Where Is Your Heart)" is a #popular #song #setToAMelody that appeared in the 1952 #film #MoulinRouge. It became a No. 1 #hit in the #UKSinglesChart when recorded by #Mantovani. The music for the film was #written by #GeorgesAuric; the original #French #lyrics were by Jacques Larue, with the #English words by #WilliamEngvick. The Auric-Engvick song was published in 1953.
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"The Song from Moulin Rouge (Where Is Your Heart)" is a #popular #song #setToAMelody that appeared in the 1952 #film #MoulinRouge. It became a No. 1 #hit in the #UKSinglesChart when recorded by #Mantovani. The music for the film was #written by #GeorgesAuric; the original #French #lyrics were by Jacques Larue, with the #English words by #WilliamEngvick. The Auric-Engvick song was published in 1953.
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"Brother Louie" is a song by British #soul band #HotChocolate. Written by members #ErrolBrown and #TonyWilson and produced by #MickieMost, the song discusses an interracial love affair between a white man and a black woman, and the subsequent rejection of both by their parents because of it. Upon its release as a single, "Brother #Louie" peaked at number 7 on the #UKSinglesChart in 1973. #AlexisKorner has a spoken-word part in this version of the song.
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"Rock Around the Clock" is an early #rockAndRoll song written by #MaxCFreedman and #JamesEMyers (the latter being under the #pseudonym "Jimmy De Knight") in 1952. The best-known and most successful rendition was recorded by #BillHaleyAndHisComets in 1954 for American #Decca. It was a number one single for two months and did well on the United Kingdom charts; the recording also reentered the #UKSinglesChart in the 1960s and 1970s. It was the first rock.
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"Fields of Gold" is a song written and performed by English musician #Sting. It first appeared on his fourth studio album, #TenSummonersTales (1993). The song, co-produced by Sting with #HughPadgham, was released as a single on 7 June 1993 by #AAndMRecords, reaching No. 16 on the #UKSinglesChart and No. 23 on the US #Billboard Hot 100. The song also reached No. 2 in Canada and No. 6 in Iceland. In 1994, it was awarded one of #BMI's Pop Songs Awards.
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"You Sexy Thing" is a song by the British #soul band #HotChocolate. It was written by lead singer #ErrolBrown and bass guitarist #TonyWilson and was produced by #MickieMost. The song was released in October 1975 as the second single from their second album, Hot Chocolate, and reached number two on the #UKSinglesChart in November 1975, as well as number three on the US #Billboard Hot 100 the following February. Billboard ranked it the #number22SongFor1976.
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"Emma" is a 1974 song by the British #soul band #HotChocolate. Written by band members #ErrolBrown (vocals) and #TonyWilson (music), the song addresses themes of #suicide, early death and lost childhood. Brown's lyrics celebrate his then recently deceased mother. Its rawness was developed after producer #MickieMost asked him for further "depth and darkness". "Emma" reached number 3 on the #UKSinglesChart and number 8 on the US #Billboard #Hot100 chart.
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"Couldn't Get It Right" is a song by the #ClimaxBluesBand. The song was written after the band's label told them that their 1976 album #GoldPlated lacked a standout track and asked them to "try and write a hit". They then wrote it, in the words of its bassist #DerekHolt, "from absolutely nowhere", and it hit #10 on the #UKSinglesChart. The song was covered by #American band #FunLovinCriminals for their 1999 album #Mimosa.
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"Tell Laura I Love Her" is a #teenageTragedySong written by #JeffBarry and #BenRaleigh. It was a US #topTen #popularMusic #hit for singer #RayPeterson in 1960 on #RCAVictorRecords, reaching No. 7 on the #Billboard #Hot100 chart. Later that same year, it was recorded and released by #RickyValance in the United Kingdom, where it went to the No. 1 spot on the #UKSinglesChart. The song has been a hit in 14 countries, and has sold over seven million copies.
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"Angel of Mine" is a song by British #RAndB girl group #Eternal from their first compilation album, #GreatestHits (1997). It was written by #RhettLawrence and #TravonPotts, produced by Lawrence, and released on 29 September 1997. The song became Eternal's 12th and final top-10 hit on the #UKSinglesChart, peaking at number four. "Angel of Mine" was the ensemble's final single as a three-piece, as after its release, #KélléBryan left the group. In June 2019.
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"Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)" is the debut single by #EdisonLighthouse, first released on 9 January 1970 in the UK and in February in the US. The song reached the No. 1 spot on the #UKSinglesChart on the week ending 31 January 1970, where it remained for a total of five weeks. It also became the first No. 1 single of the 1970s (not counting #RolfHarris's "#TwoLittleBoys" which was a holdover from 1969).
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"A Little in Love" is a song recorded by #CliffRichard, released as the second single from his 1980 album, #ImNoHero. The song spent five months on the U.S. #Billboard Hot 100, peaking at number 17. It reached number 15 on the #UKSinglesChart, reached the Top 5 in Canada and was a hit in numerous European countries. "A Little in Love" was the follow-up single to "#Dreamin" from Richard's I'm No Hero album.
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"It's a Beautiful Day" is a song by Canadian singer #MichaelBublé, released as the first single from his sixth studio album, #ToBeLoved (2013). The song was written by Bublé, #AlanChang, and #AmySFoster, and produced by #BobRock. The single was released on #iTunes on February 25, 2013, by #143Records and #RepriseRecords. It peaked at number ten on the #UKSinglesChart and it was certified gold by the #FederationOfTheItalianMusicIndustry.
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"Total Eclipse of the Heart" is the lead single by Welsh singer #BonnieTyler from her fifth studio album, #FasterThanTheSpeedOfNight (1983) written and produced by #JimSteinman and recorded in 1982, released as a single by #CBS/#Columbia in 1983. The song became Tyler's biggest career hit, topping the #UKSinglesChart, and becoming the #fifthbestsellingSingleIn1983 in the United Kingdom. In the United States, the single spent four weeks at the top of the charts.
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"Midnight at the Oasis" is a song by the American singer #MariaMuldaur from her 1973 debut album, Maria Muldaur. Written by #DavidNichtern, it is her best-known recording. It peaked at #6 on the US #Billboard Hot 100 the week of June 1, 1974, and #21 in the #UKSinglesChart in 1974. Billboard ranked it as the No. 13 song for 1974. It was also nominated for both #RecordOfTheYear and #SongOfTheYear at the #17thAnnualGrammyAwards, held in 1975. In Canada.
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"Tell Laura I Love Her" is a #teenageTragedySong written by #JeffBarry and #BenRaleigh. It was a US #topTen #popularMusic #hit for singer #RayPeterson in 1960 on #RCAVictorRecords, reaching No. 7 on the #Billboard #Hot100 chart. Later that same year, it was recorded and released by #RickyValance in the United Kingdom, where it went to the No. 1 spot on the #UKSinglesChart. The song has been a hit in 14 countries, and has sold over seven million copies.
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"Baby, I Love You" is a song originally recorded by #theRonettes in 1963 and released on their debut album #PresentingTheFabulousRonettes (1964). The song was written by #JeffBarry, #EllieGreenwich, and #PhilSpector, and #produced by Spector. Released in November 1963, the single reached number 24 on both the US #Billboard #Hot100 and #Cashbox Top 100 charts, and peaked at number 11 on the #UKSinglesChart.
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"Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)" is the debut single by #EdisonLighthouse, first released on 9 January 1970 in the UK and in February in the US. The song reached the No. 1 spot on the #UKSinglesChart on the week ending 31 January 1970, where it remained for a total of five weeks. It also became the first No. 1 single of the 1970s (not counting #RolfHarris's "#TwoLittleBoys" which was a holdover from 1969).
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"Brother Louie" is a song by British #soul band #HotChocolate. Written by members #ErrolBrown and #TonyWilson and produced by #MickieMost, the song discusses an interracial love affair between a white man and a black woman, and the subsequent rejection of both by their parents because of it. Upon its release as a single, "Brother #Louie" peaked at number 7 on the #UKSinglesChart in 1973. #AlexisKorner has a spoken word part in this version of the song.
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"Couldn't Get It Right" is a song by the #ClimaxBluesBand. The song was written after the band's label told them that their 1976 album #GoldPlated lacked a standout track and asked them to "try and write a hit". They then wrote it, in the words of its bassist #DerekHolt, "from absolutely nowhere", and it hit #10 on the #UKSinglesChart. The song was covered by #American band #FunLovinCriminals for their 1999 album #Mimosa.
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"Good Timin'" was a #numberone single in the #UKSinglesChart during 1960, written by #FredTobias and #ClintBallardJr, and performed by #JimmyJones. In the U.S., the follow-up to "#HandyMan" went to number three on #Billboard #Hot100 chart and number eight on the R&B chart. The song extrapolates the historical encounters between #David and #Goliath and between #Columbus and #Isabella as reason enough for a boy to meet a girl.
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"Couldn't Get It Right" is a song by the #ClimaxBluesBand. The song was written after the band's label told them that their 1976 album #GoldPlated lacked a standout track and asked them to "try and write a hit". They then wrote it, in the words of its bassist #DerekHolt, "from absolutely nowhere", and it hit #10 on the #UKSinglesChart. The song was covered by #American band #FunLovinCriminals for their 1999 album #Mimosa.
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"Rock Around the Clock" is a #rockAndRoll song in the #12barBluesFormat written by #MaxCFreedman and #JamesEMyers (the latter being under the #pseudonym "Jimmy De Knight") in 1952. The best-known and most successful rendition was recorded by #BillHaleyAndHisComets in 1954 for American #Decca. It was a number one single for two months and did well on the United Kingdom charts; the recording also reentered the #UKSinglesChart in the 1960s and 1970s.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9eZoqlAOSRs