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1979-07-12

Thursday

Smash Hits

Issue: 12 - 25 July 1979, Siouxsie cover [1]

Features: Siouxsie & the Banshees, Mods (The Chords), Ruts,

Bitz: Cramps, B-52s, Richard Jobson - All Time Top 10, Fast Product,

Lyrics: Can't Stand Losing You, Good Times, Angel Eyes, Voulez Vous, Breakfast in America, Stranglehold, Playground Twist, Looking After No.1

Singles: My Sharona, Death Disco, Freedom Fighters, Kid

Albums: Live Killers

Live: dates - Simple Minds, Specials,

Centrespread: Ian Dury & the Blockheads

Back cover: screenprints ad

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Top of the Pops

presented by Mike Read

  1. Slick – Space Bass (And Charts) (16)
  2. Siouxsie & the Banshees – Playground Twist (33)
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    Siouxsie & The Banshees - Playground Twist - Top Of The Pops - 1979

  3. Thom Pace – Maybe (17) Rpt.
  4. The Beach Boys – Lady Lynda (Danced To By Legs & Co) (8)
  5. The Police – Can’t Stand Losing You (38)
  6. Rickie Lee Jones – Chuck E.’s In Love (Video) (30)
  7. Stonebridge Mcguinness – Oo-Eeh Baby (New)
  8. Janet Kay – Silly Games (2) Rpt
  9. Public Image Ltd – Death Disco (32)
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    PIL - Death Disco - Top Of The Pops - 1979

  10. Supertramp – Breakfast In America (Video) (26)
  11. Chantal Curtis – Get Another Love (51)
  12. Thin Lizzy – Do Anything You Want To (Video) (14)
  13. Judie Tzuke – Stay With Me Till Dawn (58)
  14. Tubeway ArmyAre ‘Friends’ Electric? (1) Rpt
  15. Donna Summer – Bad Girls (and credits) (22)
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