Susan Fassbender and Kay Russell – Twilight Cafe 01/1981
Honey Bane – Turn Me On Turn Me Off 01/1981
Fred Wedlock – Oldest Swinger In Town 01/1981
Passions – I’m In Love With A German Film Star 01/1981
Sheila Hylton – The Bed’s Too Big Without You 01/1981
Barbara Jones – Just When I Needed You Most 01/1981
Joe Dolce – Shaddap You Face 02/1981
Tony Capstick – Capstick Comes Home 03/1981
Graham Bonnet – Night Games 03/1981
Sugar Minott – Good Thing Going 03/1981
Keith Marshall – Only Crying 04/1981
Department S – Is Vic There? 04/1981
Kim Carnes – Bette Davis Eyes 05/1981
Champaign – How ‘Bout Us 05/1981
Paul Shayne and the Yellowcoats – Hi-De-Hi (Holliday Rock) 05/1981
Kate Robbins and Beyond – More Than In Love 05/1981
Grover Washington Jr. – Just The Two Of Us 05/1981
Red Sovine – Teddy Bear 06/1981
Dead Kennedys – Too Drunk To Fuck 05/1981
Evasions – The Wikka Wrap 06/1981
Carl Carlton – She’s A Bad Mamma Jamma 07/1981
Voggue – Dancin’ The Night Away 07/1981
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra – Hooked On The Classics 07/1981
Startrax – Startrax Club Disco 08/1981
Aneka – Japanese Boy 08/1981
Hi-Gloss – You’ll Never Know 08/1981
Tweets – The Birdie Song 09/1981
Portsmouth Sinfonia – Classical Muddly 09/1981
Electronica – Dance Little Bird 09/1981
Laurie Anderson – O Superman 10/1981
The Fureys – When You Were Sweet Sixteen 10/1981
The Exploited – Dead Cities 10/1981
Arthur Adams – You’ve Got The Floor 10/1981
Blue Rondo A La Turk – Me And Mr Sanchez 11/1981
Snowmen – Hokey Cokey 12/1981
Holly And the Ivys – Christmas on 45 12/1981
Brown Sauce – I Wanna Be A Winner 12/1981
Christopher Cross – Arthur’s Theme (Best You Can Do) 10/1981
Listen to: Honey Bane – Turn Me On Turn Me Off
Graham Bonnet – Night Games
Kim Carnes – Bette Davis Eyes
Grover Washington Jr. – Just The Two Of Us
Dead Kennedys – Too Drunk To Fuck
Carl Carlton – She’s A Bad Mamma Jamma
The Exploited – Dead Cities
Some absolute Songsᵀᴹ in this year’s list; “Bette Davis Eyes” and “Just The Two Of Us” are certified classics. It’s weird that Bill Withers co-wrote and was the sole singer but Grover Washington Jr. is the only credited artists but that’s life I guess. Nice bit of punk with The Exploited And Dead Kennedys and to some extent Honey Bane. I do love the fact that obviously the BBC banned “Too Drunk To Fuck” but it must have fuelled interest. Graham Bonnet (fresh off his short stint in Rainbow (the band, not the show)) has a tale of love in “Night Games” and Stevie Wonder sound-a-like Carl Carlton has gifted humanity with a funky jam worthy of a stank face.
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