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Hot Chocolate – “You Could Have Been A Lady”, “Emma”, “You Sexy Thing”, “So You Win Again”, “Every 1’s A Winner” and “It Started With A Kiss”

by Paul

British band Hot Chocolate, led by Errol Brown, was the only group to have at least one UK hit every year throughout the Seventies, and in fact from 1970 to 1984, with songs like “You Could Have Been A Lady”, “Emma”, “You Sexy Thing”, “So You Win Again”, “Every 1’s A Winner” and “It Started […]

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Golden Harvest – “I Need Your Love”

by Paul

Another New Zealand band in the Seventies I remember was a young outfit called Golden Harvest with their single “I Need Your Love”. I don’t recall whether they had any other successes, but this one sticks in my mind. In any case the chorus is definitely catchy and I found myself singing it this evening, […]

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Vicky Leandros – “Après Toi” and “Come What May”

by Paul

And now for something completely different… In 1972 Vicky Leandros had a European hit with “Après Toi” (After You), and I went on my first overseas trip from New Zealand, to the French Pacific colony of New Caledonia. All the time we were in Nouméa, its capital, we heard the song “Après Toi” again and […]

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Pickettywitch – “Same Old Feeling”

by Paul

In 1970 English band Pickettywitch, with female lead singer Polly Brown (sometimes billed as Polly Browne) had a hit single with “Same Old Feeling”. It reached Number Five on the UK singles chart that year, and No. 67 in the United States on the Billboard Hot 100 in the summer of 1970. Pickettywitch only actually […]

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