Yes, a brief career in the Commons but Coe was my parents' MP for those 5 years. He canvassed on their doorstep once.

But Felder was not only one-third of seminal jazz outfit the #Crusaders, whose “Street Life” was a big UK hit in 1979. He was a prolific and in-demand bass player: that's him on “Let's Get It On” and “I Want You Back”, on '70s albums from Joni Mitchell, Billy Joel and Steely Dan – the list goes on.

It was, though, added to the US release. This is one song from 1980 that doesn't sound half as inventive or, indeed, attractive 45 years on-but hey, that's OK. Not everything can stand the test of time equally well. The Photos had their own brief moment or two. There are plenty more songs to enjoy.

The Planets were formed by songwriter-bassist Pete Lindsey. He later became creative director of #IslandMusic. As a band with a great ear for a hook; it's a pity they weren't better known. Oh, and Kate Robbins, who would have a UK #2 hit in 1981, sang backing vocals on their first LP!
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A very good point - that version on the other side isn't listed in my Guinness books or on officialcharts.com but it was implied as a double-A side by the single's sleeve, wasn't it? I certainly wrote both titles down in my hand-inked chart for 1980, but didn't make room to mention it here.

I've belatedly realised that I forgot to drop in the obvious "not to be confused with contemporary rockstar #Yungblud" reference. Please let's pretend that I did that at the appropriate juncture all along.

When it comes to Bowie commentary, I must defer to my old mate Nick Pegg, who said it was: “one of the most defiantly uncommercial, discordant and aggressive recordings Bowie ever released”. Yet this version peaked as high as #23 in the UK charts, one spot above the high-point for #Heroes in 1977.

Rossmore Rd lies parallel to the #Marylebone Rd. My latent fascination with London, which I barely knew at 16, probably drew me to this song. Little did I know that I'd spend most of my uni years in NW1 ... and then my middle-aged years living in #WestNorwood, which is where Barry Andrews was born!

Most recently, the passing of Ozzy #Osbourne this summer saw “Paranoid” back in the UK charts for a month. TBH, it's not my fave style of Sabbath but that primal energy made it a pivotal track. There's a neat temporary exhibition devoted to working-class hero Ozzy in the central #Birmingham Museum.

1980 was surely the peak of Police-mania in the UK charts: all five of their previous major-label hits were put into this package 3 months after #SoLonely, a track on their debut album, became the 5th to chart. This came after their 2nd LP “Regatta de Blanc” had notched up six months in that Top 10.

In their shifting line-ups UFO, like other metallic bands with a long pedigree, had many an overlap with other groups—so much so that their 1983 compilation album “Headstone” included songs from 5 other acts (eg #Whitesnake)! Its gatefold showed an early example of Pete Frame's “Rock Family Trees”.

This is also a clever meta track: “It's the break in the song when...”. Oddly enough, this single and the album it was from, “Terminal Jive”, did almost nothing in the UK … but it spent 6 weeks atop the French singles chart and was apparently the only hit for #Sparks in Australia.
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#StopTheCavalry has also become a minor returning character in the present-day (I'd say too predictable) Christmas charts. In the streaming age, it's re-entered the Top 100 during 10 out of 11 Decembers since 2015, but never getting higher than #34 in 2021. There's more #JonaLewie coming up soon.