Pluck an idea out of thin air & we have an A to Z (that's 26 artists or groups) of not necessarily the obvious people that had hits, during the 70s & 80s.

 

Starting wth the letter "A".

 

A is not the obvious i.e. not Abba, but something much more interesting:

 

ADAM AND THE ANTS/ADAM ANT

 

Stewart Goddard the main man & here is his/their top 10 selling singles in the UK.

 

Number 10:

 

Number 9 in 1982 & 152,000 sold

 

 

Number 9:

 

Number 9 in 1981 & 172,000 sold

 

 

Number 8:

 

Number 5 in 1983 & 183,000 sold

 

 

Number 7:

 

Number 4 in 1980 & 245,000 sold

 

 

Number 6

 

Number 2 in 1981 & 335,000 sold between 1980 & 81

 

 

Number 5:

 

Number 3 in 1982 & 435,500 sold between 1981 & 82

 

 

Number 4:

 

Number One in 1982 & 466,000 sold

 

 

Number 3:

 

Number 2 in 1981 & 710,000 sold between 1980 & 81

 

 

Number 2:

 

Number One in 1981 & 755,000 sold

 

 

And Adam's Biggest Seller:

 

The big Spring Number One in 1981 & the 2nd best seller of the year, selling 900,000

 

 

What will the letter "B" bring? We'll find out very soon....

Edited July 30, 201311 yr by davetaylor

So, the letter "B" is for the best Scottish group ever, The Bay City Rollers & everyone starts waving their Tartan scaves & shouting "Woody!"

 

Number 10:

 

 

The Number 4 from 1976 & 135,000 sold

 

 

Number 9:

 

A different kettle of fish. The original line-up, produced by Jonathan King & featuring a couple of later members of "Pilot".

 

 

Number 9 in 1971 & 136,000 sold

 

 

Number 8:

 

 

The best spelt & performed version, getting to Number 4 in 1976 & 230,000 sold

 

 

Number 7:

 

Christmas 1975 & a turn to rock

 

 

Number 3 in 1975 & 260,000 sold

 

 

Number 6:

 

 

Number 2 in 1974 & 261,000 sold

 

 

Number 5:

 

Sha La La. Remember?

 

 

Number 6 in 1974 & 295,000 sold

 

 

Number 4:

 

 

Number 4 in 1974 & 296,000 sold

 

 

Number 3:

 

 

Number 3 in 1974 & 305,000 sold

 

 

Number 2:

 

Give Give Give! I think a shame it wasn't put out before Bye Bye Baby, as I thoroughly believe it would of out shone it

 

 

Number One in 1975 & 490,000 sold

 

 

The Big Number One:

 

 

Number One in 1975 & 714,000 sold

 

 

Hang on for the letter "C" & I think the biggest "C" for me is coming....

 

Oh this should be interesting. Thanks for doing :D

 

C...I'm guessing will be the Carpenters?..

Well the Big "C"? Some thought I was talking about myself. What?!

 

It's not that lesser heard of Scottish band "Colic & Cheese" either. Nor the Carpenters.

 

"C" is for David Cassidy (& the Partridge Family).

 

And Number 10:

 

The #11 in December 1972 & 130,000 sold

 

 

Number 9:

 

The #11 in 1973 & 146,000 sold

 

 

Number 8:

 

Number 9 in 1973 & 162,000 sold

 

 

Number 7:

 

Number 9 in 1972 & 178,000 sold

 

 

Number 6:

 

The 1985 comeback. It reached #6 & sold 189,000

 

 

Number 5:

 

The 1973 double A side with "Some Kind Of Summer" reached #3 & sold 269,000

 

 

Number 4:

 

The 1972 double A side with "Cherish" reached #2 & sold 340,000

 

 

Number 3:

 

Number 3 in 1972 & 350,000 sold

 

 

Number 2:

 

The number one in 1972 & 380,000 sold

 

 

And David's big Number One:

 

The 1973 double A side with "The Puppy Song". Number One in October 73 & 502,000 sold

 

 

So, what will the letter "D" bring? You just don't know what will be next!

What a great idea. Very interesting. Who's 'D' going to be?

 

I'm struggling to think of any 70s/80s acts other than Dollar and Darts (I'm assuming not the latter as I'm not sure they had ten hits)