Althea and Donna's glorious Uptown Top Ranking reached number one on the UK charts on this day in 1979. Here's a playlist featuring the tunes that inspired it plus many more that use the same riddim https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2hQ9ZnIr8DdmcD7nYAhs1V?si=1b837d0beea04bb6
The Smiths performing Hand in Glove at The Haçienda 40 years ago today. It was only their third show. Watch the full 30-minute performance at https://youtu.be/gqpF82F1U-g