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26.Lyrics - Walking On The Moon - The Police (www.squidoo.com)
The Police are a highly successful rock band made made up of Sting (vocals, bass guitar), Andy Summers (guitar, vocals) and Stewart Copeland (drums, percussion, vocals).
The band became popular throughout the world in the early 1980s, although they ha...
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27.Lyrics - Sultans Of Swing - Dire Straits (www.squidoo.com)
Dire Straits were a great English rock band, formed by Mark Knopfler in 1977 and best known for their hits Sultans Of Swing and Money For Nothing. As well as Mark Knopfler, the band comprised also his brother David Knopfler (guitar), John Illsley (bass...
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28.Sandbanks - Britain's Malibu (www.squidoo.com)
Sandbanks is a sandy peninsula in the county of Dorset, bang in the middle of the South Coast of England. It forms the southern part of the entrance to Poole Harbour, which is the second largest natural harbour in the world after Sydney in Australia.
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29.PFM - Premiata Forneria Marconi (www.squidoo.com)
Premiata Forneria Marconi (PFM) are one of Italy's most influential progressive rock bands.
Formed in the 1960's, achieving worldwide success in the 70's, and making comebacks with a world tour in 2002, their music is as relevant today as it ever was....
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30.Lyrics - Baggy Trousers - Madness (www.squidoo.com)
Madness are an English pop/ska band from Camden Town in Northwest London that formed in 1976 and were one of the most prominent bands of the late-1970s 2 Tone ska revival, achieving most of their success in the 1980's.
The core of the band formed in 1...
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31.Lyrics - Our House - Madness (www.squidoo.com)
Madness are an English pop/ska band from Camden Town in Northwest London that formed in 1976 and were one of the most prominent bands of the late-1970s 2 Tone ska revival, achieving most of their success in the 1980's.
The core of the band formed in 1...
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32.Lyrics - Dancing In The Dark - Bruce Springsteen (www.squidoo.com)
Bruce Springsteen is an American singer/songwriter, born 23rd September 1949 in the town of Long Branch, New Jersey.
Best known for his own style of Heartland Rock, full of American sentiments, Bruce both records and tours with his own band, the E Str...
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33.Lyrics - Low Rider - War (www.squidoo.com)
War was an American funk band from California, who were best known for their hit songs "Low Rider" and "Why Can't We Be Friends?".
The band were formed in 1969. and War was the first and most successful musical crossover, their music fusing elements o...
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34.Lyrics - Maggie May - Rod Stewart (www.squidoo.com)
Rod Stewart was born and grew up in London, although with his Scottish accent and tartan clothing you would think that he was Scottish. His parents are mixed Scottish and English.
With his distinctive, raspy voice, Rod Stewart became noticed in the la...
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35.Lyrics - Lola - The Kinks (www.squidoo.com)
The Kinks were formed in 1963 in North London by brothers Ray and Dave Davies, along with school friend Peter Quaife and his friend John Start on drums, soon to be replaced by Micky Willett.
Their first two singles didn't amount to much, but their thi...
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36.Lyrics - Going Underground - The Jam (www.squidoo.com)
"Going Underground" was the first single by The Jam and was released in March 1980. It went straight in at number one in the British charts, a rare achievement at that time, and spent three weeks at the top. It was the first of three instant chart-topp...
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37.Lyrics - Piano Man - Billy Joel (www.squidoo.com)
Billy Joel is a well known and respected American Pianist and Singer/Songwriter. He was born in The Bronx, New York in 1949.
He came from a musical family, and decided to follow that career having seen The Beatler on The Ed Sullivan Show in 1964.
Pia...
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38.Lyrics - Hungry Heart - Bruce Springsteen (www.squidoo.com)
Bruce Springsteen is an American singerand songwriter; he was born 23rd September 1949 in the town of Long Branch, New Jersey.
His unique style of rock is full of American sentiments. Bruce both records and tours with his own band, the E Street Band. ...
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39.Lyrics - Bad Girls - Donna Summer (www.squidoo.com)
Donna Summer was born in Boston, Massachusetts and is an American singer-songwriter and musician who came to fame during the disco era. She is best known for her number one dance hit singles in the late 1970s, and was dubbed the Queen of Disco.
Althou...
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40.Lyrics - Wild West End - Dire Straits (www.squidoo.com)
Dire Straits were a great English rock band, formed by Mark Knopfler in 1977. The band comprised also his brother David Knopfler (guitar), John Illsley (bass), and Pick Withers (drums).
Although the band was formed in an era when punk rock ruled the c...
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41.Lyrics - Cheap Sunglasses - ZZ Top (www.squidoo.com)
ZZ Top is an American hard rock band formed in 1969 in Houston, Texas. The group members are Billy Gibbons (guitar, vocals, harmonica), Dusty Hill (bass guitar, vocals, keyboards), and Frank Beard (drums, percussion).
The band holds the distinction of...
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42.Lyrics - Eton Rifles - The Jam (www.squidoo.com)
The Jam were an English mod revival band of the late 1970s and early 1980s. Although they shared the angry young men outlook and fast tempos of their punk rock contemporaries, The Jam wore Mod style neatly tailored suits rather than ripped clothes and ...
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43.Lyrics - Town Called Malice - The Jam (www.squidoo.com)
The Jam were an English mod revival band of the late 1970s and early 1980s. Although they shared the angry young men outlook and fast tempos of their punk rock contemporaries, The Jam wore Mod style neatly tailored suits rather than ripped clothes and ...
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44.Lyrics - Money For Nothing - Dire Straits (www.squidoo.com)
Dire Straits were a great English rock band, formed by Mark Knopfler in 1977. The band comprised also his brother David Knopfler (guitar), John Illsley (bass), and Pick Withers (drums).
Although the band was formed in an era when punk rock ruled the c...
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45.Lyrics - YMCA - The Village People (www.squidoo.com)
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Village People are a concept disco group formed in the late 1970s. The group is well known for their on-stage costumes as for their catchy tunes and suggestive lyrics. Original members were: police officer (Victor Willis), American Indian...
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46.Lyrics - London Calling - The Clash (www.squidoo.com)
The Clash were an English punk rock band, who from 1976 to 1986 were part of the original wave of UK punk rock bands. As well as punk rock, their music included a mix of reggae, funk, rap, dub, rock and roll and rockabilly. For most of their recording ...
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47.Lyrics - Born To Run - Bruce Springsteen (www.squidoo.com)
Bruce Springsteen is an American singerand songwriter; he was born 23rd September 1949 in the town of Long Branch, New Jersey.
He is best known for his own style of Heartland Rock, many songs being full of American sentiments and patriotism, Bruce bot...
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48.Lyrics - Sledgehammer - Peter Gabriel (www.squidoo.com)
Peter Gabriel is an English musician who first achieved fame as the lead singer of the super-group Genesis.
He was born Peter Brian Gabriel on 13 February 1950, in Chobham, Surrey, England.
Having recorded The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway, a highly suc...
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49.Lyrics - Addicted To Love - Robert Palmer (www.squidoo.com)
Robert Palmer was an English Singer/Songwriter, born 19 January 1949 and sadly passed away recently on 26 September 2003, in Paris France, of a heart attack.
He joined his first band at the age of 15 while still at high school in Yorkshire, and in 197...
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50.Lyrics - Your Song - Elton John (www.squidoo.com)
Sir Elton John was born in Pinner, Middlesex in England on 25th March 1947. His real name is Reginald Kenneth Dwight, he changed it to "Elton John" in the mid 60's, in homage to Bluesology saxophonist Elton Dean and Long John Baldry.
He was a musical ...