Celebrating the sixtieth anniversary of the first Scot to top the charts - Scottish musical trailblazers
Bryan Burnett plays Scottish musical trailblazers to mark the sixtieth anniversary of Lonnie Donegan topping the charts.
On the 60th Anniversary of Lonnie Donegan being the first Scot to top the charts we are after the Scots who you consider trailblazers in music - does Scottish music owe a debt of gratitude to Edwyn Collins and Postcard records, were the Bay City Rollers the boyband to beat and was the Scottish punk scene brought to life by the Rezillos. Who do you consider the Scots who led the way in musc.
Text:80295 getiton@bbc.co.uk.
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Eurythmics
Love Is A Stranger
- Eurythmics - Greatest Hits.
- RCA.
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Donovan
Mellow Yellow
- The Greatest Hits Of 1967 (Various).
- EMI.
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Lulu & The Luvvers
Shout
- It's Party Time (Various Artists).
- Magic.
- 8.
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The Rezillos
Top Of The Pops
- Scotland Rocks.
- Virgin.
- 19.
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The Beta Band
Dry The Rain
- The Three E.P.'s.
- Regal.
- 1.
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Runrig
Hearthammer
- The Big Wheel.
- Chrysalis.
- 8.
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Average White Band
Pick Up The Pieces
- The Best Of The Average White Band.
- Hit Label.
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Skids
Into The Valley
- Scotland Rocks!.
- Virgin records.
- 5.
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Biffy Clyro
Many Of Horror (When We Collide)
- (CD Single).
- 14th Floor.
- 1.
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Talking Heads
Burning Down The House
- The Best Of Talking Heads.
- Rhino.
- 13.
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Eddi Reader
Leezie Lindsay
- Sings The Songs Of Robert Burns.
- Beggars banquet.
- 17.
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The Blue Nile
Easter Parade
- A Walk Across The Rooftops.
- Linn Records.
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Bronski Beat
Smalltown Boy
- The Age Of Consent.
- Forbidden Fruit.
- 5.
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Franz Ferdinand
Jacqueline
- Franz Ferdinand.
- Domino.
- 1.
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The KLF & Children of the Revolution
What Time Is Love?
- Now That's What I Call Music 1990 (Various Artists).
- Now.
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The Proclaimers
Sunshine on Leith
- The Best Of The Proclaimers.
- Chrysalis.
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Lulu
The Man Who Sold the World
- Million Sellers Vol.19 - The Seventie.
- Disky.
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Martyn Bennett
Nae Regrets
- Grit.
- 4.
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Annie Ross
Twisted
- The Prestige Records Story.
- Prestige.
- 8.
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AC/DC
Hells Bells
- Back In Black.
- EMI.
- 1.
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Primal Scream
Movin' On Up
- Dirty Hits.
- Columbia.
- 2.
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Big Country
In a Big Country
- Without The Aid Of A Safety Net.
- EMI.
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Evelyn Glennie
Born To Be Wild
- Her Greatest Hits CD1.
- 14.
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The Sensational Alex Harvey Band
The Boston Tea Party
- Stories.
- Mercury Records Limited.
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Cocteau Twins
Cherry-Coloured Funk
- Heaven Or Las Vegas.
- 4 A.D.Limited.
- 1.
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Billy Joel
Vienna
- The Stranger.
- Columbia.
- 5.
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Ultravox
Vienna
- Fantastic 80's Disc 2 (Various Artis.
- Columbia.
- 3.
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McGuinness Flint
When I'm Dead And Gone
- East Is East:Music From The Motion Picture.
- Capitol Records.
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The Jesus and Mary Chain
Some Candy Talking
- 21 Singles.
- WEA.
- 5.
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The Shamen
Move Any Mountain
- Awesome 2 - Various Artists.
- EMI.
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Gerry Rafferty
Can I Have My Money Back?
- Early Collection.
- Transatlantic.
- 13.
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Lonnie Donegan
Cumberland Gap
- British Rock'n Roll Anthology 1956-64.
- Spectrum Music.
- 002.
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