Single Reviews Record Mirror January 1982

 

Pop Quiz Christmas 1981

 

Teardrop Explodes – Reward

Ultravox – Vienna

Kim Wilde – Kids In America

Human League – Love Action (I Believe In Love)

Godley and Crème – Under Your Thumb

Kirsty MacColl – There’s A Guy Works Down The Chip Shop Swears He’s Elvis

Adam Ant – brief interview

Dave Stewart and Colin Blunstone – What Becomes Of The Broken Hearted?

Jacksons – Can You Feel It? (Zoo dance troupe)

Linx – Intuition

Beat – Too Nice To Talk To

Spandau Ballet – Chant No.1 (I Don’t Need This Pressure On)

Toyah – It’s A Mystery

Laurie Anderson – O Superman (Zoo dance troupe)

Altered Images – Happy Birthday

Depeche Mode – Just Can’t Get Enough

OMD – Souvenir

Shakin’ Stevens – You Drive Me Crazy

Kirsty MacColl Smash Hits 1981

 

Single Reviews Number One Magazine June 1985

 

The Pogues & Kirsty MacColl - Fairytale of New York - 1987

The Pogues featuring Kirsty MacColl - "Fairytale of New York"

The 9th Single from The Pogues was released on 23rd November 1987. A duet with Kirsty MacColl it reached Number 2 on the U.K. singles chart.  Written by Jem Finer and Shane MacGowan it was released on Pogue Mahone records on  7 inch, 12 inch, Cassette and CD Single and spent  9 weeks on the chart. The song has re-entered the U.K. many Christmases since and up to the end of Christmas 2015 had spent 79 weeks on the chart.

Smash Hits Review

Top of the Pops 25th June 1981 - Full Episode

Top of the Pops 25th June 1981 Full Episode

Introduced by Simon Bates featuring:

Gillan – “No Laughing In Heaven”
Elaine Paige – “Memory”
Kirsty MacColl – “There’s A Guy Works Down The Chip Shop Swears He’s Elvis” 
The Evasions – “Wikka Wrap” 
Randy Crawford – “You Might Need Somebody”
Depeche Mode – “New Life”
Michael Jackson – “One Day In Your Life”
Quincy Jones - "Razzamatazz" 

Kirsty MacColl - Number One Article - 1984