UK Top 50 - 10th January 1976

Freddie Starr, Claude Francois, The Carpenters, Paul Simon, Electric Light Orchestra and more.

GOLDEN HOUR: DECEMBER 1977

This NON-STOP playlist features an hour of hits from December 1979. Each track played peaked in the UK charts in this month. A track that missed the top 40 is also played. Artists include Wings, ELO, Boomtown Rats, The Dooleys, Diana Ross, Boz Scaggs, Paul Simon, Noosha Fox, Boney M, Ruby Winters, Bee Gees, Jonathan Richman And The Modern Lovers, Debby Boone, Hot Chocolate, Darts, & Elvis Costello. The number 1 album in this month was a compilation album called "Disco Fever", but all of the tracks were hits earlier in 1977.

More from the seventies

In The 1970s Paul Simon

Paul Simon was born in 1941 and in the 60s formed the super duo Simon And Garfunkel. The pair split up in 1970 and Paul went solo throughout the 1970s.

In 1972 his first single hit in the UK was Mother And Child Reunion from his album Paul Simon. The song was inspired by the death of a dog and a Chinese restaurant menu. Figure that one out. The follow up hit in the same year was Me And Julio Down By The Schoolyard. The song is about two boys who have broken the law or have done something wrong.

In 1973 he had one minor hit with Love Me Like A Rock in the UK single hit, followed with  the  with Take Me To The Mardi Gras from his album There Goes Rhymin' Simon which had two nominations for the Grammy Awards in 1974. No hits in 1975 and only one smaller hit in 1975 with 50 Ways To Leave Your Woman.

Here is Paul Simon in 1970 TV interview with Dick Cavett.