| W/E |
Artist |
Song |
Weeks at No.1 |
Comments |
6th Jan |
Village People |
|
3 |
Only UK No 1
for the boys with this classic disco hit from the New Yorkers who started out
in the Big Apple's gay bars. |
27th Jan |
Ian Dury & The Blockheads |
Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick |
1 |
The only UK No 1 of Ian Dury's
remarkable career, ironically with more of a
novelty song than he was best known for. |
3rd Feb |
Blondie |
Heart Of Glass |
4 |
A first UK No 1 for Blondie,
an American band fronted by the enigmatic Debbie
Harry. |
3rd Mar |
Bee Gees |
Tragedy |
2 |
A 4th UK No 1 for the now
reinvented disco act. This was from their
No 1 album, "Spirits
Having Flown". |
17th Mar |
Gloria Gaynor |
I Will Survive |
4 |
Established US disco diva
who finally got her only UK No 1 with this disco
classic. |
14th Apr |
Art Garfunkel |
Bright Eyes |
6 |
From the cartoon film "Watership
Down", Art scored hit 2nd and final UK No 1 with
this tear jerker. |
26th May |
Blondie |
Sunday Girl |
3 |
A 2nd UK No 1 for Blondie with
another vehicle for Debbie Harry to light the
hearts of a million young boys. |
16th Jun |
Anita Ward |
Ring My Bell |
2 |
Only UK No 1
for this gospel singer from
Memphis, who ended up recording disco tracks. |
30th Jun |
Tubeway Army |
Are 'Friends' Electric |
4 |
A first UK No 1 for Gary Numan
under this pseudonym, as he recorded everything
on the track. |
28th Jul |
Boomtown Rats |
I Don't Like Mondays |
4 |
A 2nd and final UK No 1 for
the Rats, leaving Geldorf plenty of time to save
the world later. |
25th Aug |
Cliff Richard |
We Don't Talk Anymore |
4 |
After a lean time through most of the 70s, this
first UK No 1 for 11 years (his 10th so far) started
run of Top 10 hits throughout the 80s. |
22nd Sep |
Gary Numan |
Cars |
1 |
A 2nd and final UK No 1 for Gary Numan, now recording
under his own name. |
29th Sep |
Police |
Message In A Bottle |
3 |
A first UK No 1 for the trio led by singer /
songwriter Sting, who went on to even greater success. |
20th Oct |
Buggles |
Video Killed The Radio Star |
1 |
A studio band featuring producer Trevor Horn.
Famously, it was the first ever video played on
MTV. |
27th Oct |
Lena Martell |
One Day At A Time |
3 |
British MOR album artist who had this unexpected
hit. |
17th Nov |
Dr Hook |
When You're In Love With
A Beautiful Woman |
3 |
US country-rock act formed in 1969. They
found favour in the UK with a series of melodic
love songs, though this was their only UK No 1. |
8th Dec |
Police |
Walking On The Moon |
1 |
A 2nd UK No 1 for the band. Like their first
No 1, this came from their classic album "Reggatta
De Blanc". |
15th
Dec |
Pink Floyd |
Another Brick In The Wall |
5 |
Only ever UK No 1 for Pink Floyd who were huge
in the seventies but concentrated almost exclusively
on albums. |
