A minor hit for Gloria Jones in 1965, "Tainted Love" became the big hit for Soft Cell, a new wave/pop duo in 1981. (Did all them boys in England in those days wear too much eye make up?)
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Tue 27 Mar, 2018 11:45 pm
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Wed 28 Mar, 2018 12:24 am
Roy Orbison, George Harrison, Jeff Lynne, Tom Petty, Bob Dylan
Aah, the 80's. I was much too young to know good music from bad (well, I probably still don't know), but at least I know I left the decade with a firm sense of what was my favorite group ever, and that it's a sentiment shared the world over. Too bad that fell apart soon after...
This one is not my favorite track, but, like most of their work, it's catchy as heck
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Thu 29 Mar, 2018 02:18 am
There was Diesel . . . and this song hit 25 in the U.S. in 1981.
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Thu 29 Mar, 2018 02:29 am
But, of course, this is the biggest Dutch rock group hit . . . and their only number one hit in the U.S, Golden Earing:
