My Top Ten : Chris Difford of Squeeze

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In 1979, to help promote the album Cool For Cats,  Chris Difford provided Smash Hits Magazine with a fairly eclectic list of his ten favorite songs which we can see now thanks to Brian at Like Punk Never Happened.

Johnny Ramone: My All Time Top Ten

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Johnny Ramone's list was provided to Smash Hits in 1979, the year The Ramones put out their first live album, It's Alive. As always, big thanks to Brian at Like Punk Never Happened.

My Top Ten: Stuart Adamson of Big Country

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Anticipating the May release of the single "In A Big Country" ( their follow-up to the Top 10 "Fields of Fire") and the album The Crossing, vocalist and guitar player Stuart Adamson provided Smash Hits an eclectic, wide-ranging list of his ten favorite songs. The single was a big hit in the big country of Canada ( #3) and made inroads in the US thanks to MTV.The list comes courtesy of Brian at Like Punk Never Happened.



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My Top Ten : Pete Wylie of Wah!

To promote " Hope (I Wish You'd Believe Me) ",the follow up single to his UK #3 "The Story of the Blues", former Julian Cope and Ian McCulloch bandmate Pete Wylie of Wah! provided Smash Hits with this list of his ten all time favorite songs in April of 1983. List comes courtesy of Brian at Like Punk Never Happened

My Top 10 : Clare Grogan of Altered Images

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Altered Images hit the Top 10 in 1983 with "Don't Talk To Me About Love", their most listenable hit song if only because Clare Grogan almost completely dispensed with the baby voice sound heard on "Happy Birthday". As Spring of '83 approached, Grogan ( who played "Susan" in the great movie Gregory's Girl) provided Smash Hits with a list of her ten favorite songs which comes to us courtesy of Brian at Like Punk Never Happened

Altered Images : Don't Talk To Me About Love

Shangri-Las's : Past Present and Future

Orange Juice : Flesh of My Flesh

Bluebells: Everybody's Somebody's Fool