Annie Lennox's All Time Top Ten

The Tourists : I Only Want To Be With You

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The Tourists' cover of Dusty Springfield's "I Only Want To Be With You" was a U.K. Top 4 hit when Annie Lennox provided Smash Hits with her all time Top 10 Hits, a list heavy on classic hits from the 1960's. Watch below and you'll see how strong and confident a performer she is. The band would break up in 1980 but she and Dave Stewart would soon find success as The Eurythmics.

Though he recorded "I Heard It Through The Grapevine" months before Gladys Knight and the Pips, Marvin Gaye had to wait until the Pips version ended its chart run ( at US#2 and R+B#1) before his version came out, topping the R+B and pop charts in both the U.S. and U.K.

"Fame" was Bowie's first #1 hit in the U.S. Here he is performing the song he described as "nasty and angry" on the Cher Show in 1975.

Dusty Springfield scored a U.K.#3 hit in 1964 with " I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself". 

It's Crazy But It's True

The Tourists : I Only Want To Be With You

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On November 5 1979 The Tourists entered the U.K. charts with their cover of Dusty Springfield's "I Only Want To Be With You", a single that would peak at #4 there and #83 in the United States. There's nothing remarkable about this new wave band except that it included future Eurythmics Annie Lennox and Dave Stewart.

Shakin' Hands and Sayin' Howdie

Nick Lowe : Cracking Up

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On June 3, 1979 Nick Lowe's new single, "Cracking Up", entered the U.K. pop charts at #61. The Labour of Lust track , featuring Dave Edmunds on guitar and harmonies and dark lyrics about anxiety and paranoia, would peak at #34 . Only then would Lowe release his new version of "Cruel To Be Kind" upon the world. 

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers recorded a cover of "Cracking Up" which appeared on the Playback set. 

The Tourists : Blind Among the Flowers

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The Tourists, a band made up of future Eurythmics Annie Lennox and Dave Stewart, enter the U.K. charts with a live favorite "Blind Among the Flowers". The single would peak at U.K.#52. The band opened for Roxy Music on their Manifesto Tour before breaking up in late 1980.

Annie Lennox: All Time Top Ten Fave Songs

As told to Smash Hits Magazine for their December 13-26, 1979 issue ( via Like Punk Never Happened ) At the time Annie was a member of the Tourists and promoting their second of three albums. She and fellow Tourist Dave Stewart formed the Eurythmics in 1980 after the third album stalled



1.Marvin Gaye: Heard It Through the Grapevine - If ever I had to pick my favourite single of all time, this would be it.
2. David Bowie: Fame - Inspired, brilliant - luv it!
3. The Beatles: I Am The Walrus - Of all the Beatle toons, this has to be the one for me. A beautiful conglomeration of psychedelia.
4.  Sam The Sham And The Pharohs: Woolly Bully - Let's dance!
5. Dusty Springfield: I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself - This is shivers up the spine music
6. The Kinks: You Really Got Me - One of the best bands ever.
7. Otis Redding: Dock of the Bay - When I'm feeling down this is great to listen to.
8. Martha And The Vandellas: Dancing In The Street - Get on your feet to this classic. What a voice! What a song!
9. Stevie Wonder: Living For The City - This has to be one of the seven wonders of the world
10. The Beach Boys: Good Vibrations - I couldn't forget The Beach Boys and all those sound vibrations.


1001Songs Fave Tourists tune is "So Good To Be Back Home Again". Did Annie's get up inspire Lady Gaga?