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NOW Yearbook '76: Alexis Petridis & Ian Wade

Back to NOW! by Iain McDermott

Jul 20, 20261:07:40Music

1976. You’d think that people would have had enough of silly love songs. Well, silly or not, the charts of this fascinating year were full of big, big hits. Crowdpleasers, I hear you cry? Well, whatever way you view 1976...

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NOW Yearbook '76: Alexis Petridis & Ian Wade is an episode from Back to NOW! by Iain McDermott. 1976. You’d think that people would have had enough of silly love songs. Well, silly or not, the charts of this fascinating year were full of bi...

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