Smash Hits Volume 17
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July 26- August 8 1979 **r w*- Silly Games ere Comes The Summer Disco ABBA and STING in colour Stay With Me Till Dawn By Judie Tzuke on Rocket Records Is this a game you're playing I don't understand what's going on I can't see through your frown First you're up then you're down You're keeping me from someone I want to know But I need you tonight (need you tonight) Yes I need you tonight (need you tonight) And I'll show you a sunset if you'll stay with me till down It's the same old situation Every word so finely placed Running around my concentration Is the feeling that I've just got to break out and say Oh I need you tonight (need you tonight) Yes I need you tonight (need you tonight) And I'll show you a sunset if you'll stay with me till dawn Is this a game you're playing Playing with my heart (need you tonight) Ooh stop playing with my heart (need you tonight) And I'll show you a sunset if you'll stay with me till dawn Yes I'll I show you a sunset if you'll stay with me till dawn 1 ^. ^sssk —.lirt. ~ -* ~~- f** W-3 Reproduced by permission Consortway/Unit Artists Music Ltd. 2 SMASH HITS i^illiiPt0 l?**,-, SQ:Y2^W^|^& Arties^^i^^flopd^^« «*? ^dies «nsgH#i ^BWfeW27- 23$Si»«Sr«"gHK8j8»rV 'pa9e ^ IsSgissfe?. Sits i WW Soo^XO^° Ta9® «ot*ssi5 eS \CaV pa9 \0 v\et age ?m Ja g0^ ~pa§® z \d go^S 80^ e Qav 8U# uVce ~pa§ - •v* ?o^\c tt^9? 3o?S Ssco SSN? pag® A3 \0£mss*^SS§E W de^i pag® ?veten pav>5. oes \y SSO VV\e 5« de^S ?aQ® pa9* ?A ^2 pa9£ 22. \fce\ paj® m^m itove W®.*im vb^ p«S^1# yaanS i\ffc3 ?a9e S^5 G*iS ^ao** 23 ed paS® x '-:';'.,: tovV '6^? Tri*'- -; ' ^ . S ?a9® Co^S- 26, k»2S >ta\ ?a9® 6tQ C^a!l c^£ rtsoU ***otfv*^ fto^® pasesj^ ^ S@5^,ia5S^ cW* J ^pa9 <^5--- ^ toV MW* SMASH HITS 3 HERE COMES THE SUMMER Records By The Undertones on Sire Ooh baby baby what can I do? You know you drive me crazy When I'm looking at you The summer's really here time to come out And it's about Time to discover what fun is Chorus Here comes the summer Here comes the summer Here comes the summer (Here comes the summer) Take a look at all the girls With their faces all tanned covered .n sand Lining the beaches all legs Stretching out their long e V g having fun iklllUl They know they're beautiful, Repeat chorus twice Looking for the girls With their faces all tanned legs Stretching out their long TKknowthe/re beautiful, having fun Repeat chorus to fade Words and music by J- O'Neill. Reproduced by permission Warner Bros. Music Ltd. 4 SMASH HITS A Boomtown . By The She's 9onna "^"understand it And daddy ^f^ was good as gold reasons , see no What reason i Chorus Tell me why I don't like Mondays Tell me why I don't like Mondays Tell me why I don't like Mondays I wanna shoot the whole day down (Down down, shoot it all down) clean • c ueDt so Theteiex^ach,ne^ar;W »- What reasons To Die Smash hit after smash hit after smash hit EARTKWIND&FIRE/ September/That's The Way of the World KRIS KRISTOFFERSON & RITA COOLIDGE/ Fallen Angels ANDYGIBB/lGoForYou DONNA SUMMER/ Mimis Song ANDY GIBB & OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN Rest Your Love On Me ABBA/Chiquitita ROD STEWART/ Da Ya Think I 'm Sexy? OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN/The Key JOHN DENVER/Rhymes & Reasons BEE GEES/Too Much Heaven REMEMBER that glittering TV spectacular beamed from the United Nations earlier this year? The concert that featured the worlds greatest stars of popular music.'The Music for UNICEF Concert! Now from that memorable concert comes the album — 'A Gift of Song! 'A Gift of Song' is an album recorded to celebrate 1979, The International Year of the Child! Monies raised from the sale of this album will go to help provide much needed medical aid, education, nutrition and social services to the children of the world. Also available on cassette. AGIFTQFSONGIS AGIFTOF LOVE e 6 SMASH HITS iSlillii GARY'S TRB SPLIT THE TOM Robinson Band, GANG ON formed in Jan 1977 by Robinson and guitarist Danny Kustow, disbanded last week after two THE MARCH final appearances at festivals in GARY NUMAN will do a major Belgium. Whilst organist Ian tour this autumn coinciding with Parker and drummer Charlie release of a new album "The Morgan plan to return to session Pleasure Principle" on Sept 7. work for the time being, He's promising a real spectacular Robinson is currently working on using a special stage, twin 20 foot material for a further album and towers for the keyboards, laser there are plans for a new TRB line guns, and radio-controlled up early next year. robots! Tom commented, "We have January Gary's backing musicians will been on the road since include most of those who and I want to spend sometime appeared on TV with him as concentrating on new songs and things here. Tubeway Army but he's looking with probably anothei single to just catching up on originally quite a for another guitarist and ALL SHOOK UP follow that. Welcome back, fellas. The band was challenging and risky venture, synthesiser player to complete IT'S BEEN a while since The Oh — if you're wondering what years it's the group. Rezillos broke up (sniff sniff) but the cartoons below are, they're but now after 2V2 a bit tame and Gigs are: Glasgow Apollo (Sept it's only now that Shake, the first part of a special promotional become It's time to try 20); Newcastle City Hall (21); of the splinter groups, has comic which Shake drew up predictable. something fresh." Bristol Colston Hall (24); appeared. themselves. If you fancy a copy, Liverpool Empire (25); Sharp-eyed readers will write — remembering to send Meanwhile Danny Kustow has gigs with Manchester Apollo (26); recognise three of the above your full name and address — to recently been playing Hammersmith Odeon (28); from the old Rezillos line up, but Paul McNally, Sire Records, 39 Glenn Matlock and Steve New (ex Kids) and Budgie (ex Slits) Birmingham Odeon (30); who's that on the left? The short Floral Street, London W1 , and tell Rich Guildford Civic Hall (Oct 1); answer is that he's Troy Tate. him we sent you. using the name The Jimmy Southampton Gaumont (2); From Cheltenham, Troy used to Norton Explosion. Ipswich Gaumont (3); Brighton be in a band called The Index, Dome (5); Aylesbury Friars (6); who had an independent single Wolverhampton Civic Hall (7); of their own called "Jetlag" out in Sheffield City Hall (8). March of last year. Tickets are on sale now at Troy was introduced to the rest theatre box offices and at ticket of Shake while they were agencies. They are £3.75 at recording their newly-released Hammersmith, £3.00 elsewhere. EP (on Sire Records) a few M I! months back and they all got on so well that he's staying. For those of you who haven't heard the EP, it's straight forward raucous pop music, a natural progression from where The Rezillos left off. "You can't ignore where you came from," a happy Jo Cailis told us, "although obviously you don't want to dwell on it." Shake's new songs — which include one by Simon — are all pretty straightforward, he agreed. "I think all the lyrics have got some kind of meaning to them but I think it's a fairly accessible meaning — as it should be. "It's not any deep, inner, personal experience that happened to me in Morocco, maaan!" he added with his usual cheery grin. At the moment Shake are keeping a pretty low profile, anxious to avoid any kind of gimmickry at the start of what they hope will be a long-term career. With any luck, however, we'll be able to see them sometime in August when they're planning a 20-datetour, ! WX99&MWM * games II people play AS WE keep saying, girls are LED ZEPPELIN are doing a THE STRANGLERS, Nils Lofgren really going places in the charts second date at Knebworth on Released originally on Arawak and AC/DC will all feature at The these days. Latest "overnight it jumped into the 1 1 the first, Records, August since on Aug is Janet Kay, who has Who's outdoor gig at London's success" has stayed 4, sold out so fast. Also on the bill reggae charts and Wembley Stadium August 18. zoomed up the charts with "Silly are Cockney lads Chas & Dave, there ever since. kick-off is at 4pm though gates Games" on the Scope label. boogie boys The Marshall The big breakthrough for "Silly actually open at two. Janet, who is 21, comes from Band, Southside Johnny Games" came when the Scope Tucker Tickets available from The Who Wembley and is one of a family and The Asbury Jukes, and label was formed by Lightning Box Office, PO Box 4TL, London of six. Her real name is Janet Utopia. Records especially for the disco cosmic Todd Rundgren's £8.00.