By May of 1977 The Undertones has become the band to see at The Casbah, in the Irish band's hometown of Derry. By mid-year their set would include future UK Top 40 hit and John Peel all time favorite song"Teenage Kicks", but an eight song bootlegged set shows the band covering the likes of the Velvet Underground (There She Goes Again) , The Heartbreakers (All By Myself) and The Ramones (Now I Wanna Sniff Some Glue). They're not yet the Undertones we would come to know and love, but Feargal Sharkey has already got the helium voice happening and the O'Neill brothers rock out like mad.
1 LOVE MACHINE (Part 1) –•– The Miracles
2 ALL BY MYSELF –•– Eric Carmen
On March 6 1976 former Raspberries leader Eric Carmen hit #2 with "All By Myself", a power ballad that borrowed a little something from the second movement of Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Opus 18. Twenty years later Celine Dion had a big hit with a cover version.
This is what I think I look like every time I finally get around to seeing the barber.
3 DECEMBER, 1963 (Oh, What a Night) –•– The Four Seasons
4 THEME FROM “S.W.A.T.” –•– Rhythm Heritage
5 TAKE IT TO THE LIMIT –•– The Eagles
In his new autobiography John Fogerty talks about the madness of the quest for studio perfection in 1970's music which made me think of this song.
6 DREAM WEAVER –•– Gary Wright
7 LONELY NIGHT (Angel Face) –•– The Captain and Tennille
8 50 WAYS TO LEAVE YOUR LOVER –•– Paul Simon
9 LOVE HURTS –•– Nazareth
10 YOU SEXY THING –•– Hot Chocolate
11 SWEET THING –•– Rufus Featuring Chaka Khan
12 WAKE UP EVERYBODY (Part 1) –•– Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes
13 JUNK FOOD JUNKIE –•– Larry Groce
14 BABY FACE –•– The Wing and a Prayer Fife and Drum Corps (Wing and a Prayer)
15 LOVE TO LOVE YOU BABY –•– Donna Summer
16 FANNY (Be Tender With My love) –•– Bee Gees
They're Australians. They know what a "fanny" is in Australia.
17 GOLDEN YEARS –•– David Bowie
18 BREAKING UP IS HARD TO DO –•– Neil Sedaka
19 DREAM ON –•– Aerosmith
20 THE WHITE KNIGHT –•– Cledus Maggard and the Citizen’s Band (Mercury)-11
