SMASH HITS MAGAZINE REVISITED
YEAR OF 1980
Below you can revisit Smash Hits Magazine from 1980 by clicking the images or you can click the logo to visit Michael's fantastic Smash Hits Remembered website for a more in depth look at Smash Hits.
Archive Issue -
10th January 1980
Cover - The Pretenders
Posters - Pink Floyd and The Clash.
Lyrics - Fiddler's Dram, The Beat, The Specials, Blondie, M, Dollar, Abba, Billy Preston and Syreeta, KC and the Sunshine Band, Earth, Wind and Fire, Boney M, Madness, The Inmates, Buzzcocks and David Bowie.
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Archive Issue -
24th January 1980
Cover - Sparks
Posters - The Pretenders and M - (Robin Scott).
Lyrics - Styx, UFO, Joe Jackson, Lene Lovich, The Boomtown Rats, Fleetwood Mac, Rupert Holmes, Dr. Hook, The Nolans, The Bee Gees, Positive Force, The Selecter, Skids, Suzi Quatro and The Regents.
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Archive Issue -
7th February 1980
Cover - The Police
Posters - The Who - (1965) and Matchbox.
Lyrics - Revillos, The Buggles, New Muzik,
Elvis Costello, Matchbox, Jon and Vangelis, Sad Cafe, Kool And The Gang, Sister Sledge, The Ramones, Amii Stewart, The Commodores, The Damned, John Foxx and Dexy's Midnight Runners.
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Archive Issue -
21st February 1980
Cover - The Buggles
Posters - Madness and Suzi Quatro.
Lyrics - The Chords, Dave Edmunds, The Tourists, Cliff Richard, Peter Gabriel, Jefferson Starship, Billy Ocean, Brass Construction, The Flying Lizards, Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark, Michael Jackson, Devo, The Vapors, The Whispers and The Beat.
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Archive Issue -
6th March 1980
Cover - The Jam
Posters - The Tourists and Dave Edmunds.
Lyrics - The Skids, David Bowie, The Gibson Brothers, Rainbow, Sammy Hagar, Shakin' Stevens, Tony Rallo and the Midnite Band, Captain and Tennille, Fern Kinney, Donna Summer, Stiff Little Fingers, Spizz Energi, Iron Maiden and Def Leppard.
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Archive Issue -
20th March 1980
Cover - XTC
Posters - Gary Numan and The Skids.
Lyrics - Squeeze, Martha And The Muffins, The Jam,
Blondie, Joan Armatrading, Bette Bright, B.A. Robertson, Phyllis Hyman, The Lambrettas, Siouxsie And The Banshees, UK Subs, Kate Bush, Narada Michael Walden,The Detroit Spinners, XTC and The Skids.
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Archive Issue -
3rd April 1980
Cover - John Lydon
Posters - Stiff Little Fingers and The Beat.
Lyrics - The Bodysnatchers, The Selecter, Madness, John Foxx, The Pretenders, The Undertones, The Brothers Johnson, Secret Affair,
UB40, Generation X, Barbara Dickson, Liquid Gold, M, Rush and Genesis.
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Archive Issue -
17th April 1980
Cover - Madness
Posters - The Vapors and Siouxsie And The Banchees.
Lyrics - Lene Lovich, The Buggles, The Monkees, Sheena Easton, David Essex, Suzi Quatro, Bobby Thurston, Dr. Hook, Rupert Holmes, Pete Townshend, The Tubes, Elvis Costello, UB40, Dexy's Midnight Runners, Leon Haywood and Judas Priest.
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Archive Issue -
1st May 1980
Cover - Siouxsie Sioux
Posters - The Specials and The Chords.
Lyrics - Sad Cafe, Saxon, The Ruts, The Chords, The Beat, Paul McCartney, Phillip Lynott, The Nolans, Narada Michael Walden, The High Numbers, Billy Joel, David Bowie, The Ramones, The Motors and The Cure.
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Archive Issue -
15th May 1980
Cover - Kate Bush
Posters - The Undertones and Toyah.
Lyrics - The Jam, Kate Bush, New Musik, Roxy Music, The Cockney Rejects, Junior Murvin, Jimmy Ruffin, Smokie, Hot Chocolate, Blondie, The Human League, Michael Jackson, Whitesnake and Motorhead.
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Archive Issue -
29th May 1980
Cover - Terry Hall
Posters - New Musik and Human League.
Lyrics - Peter Gabriel, Echo And The Bunnymen, Gary Numan,
Ochestral Manoevres In The Dark, The Four Bucketeers, The Specials, Crown Heights Affair, Mystic Merlin, Jermaine Jackson, Matchbox, Average White Band, Sparks, Squeeze, Jona Lewie and Electric Light Orchestra.
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Archive Issue -
12th June 1980
Cover - Bryan Ferry
Posters - Orchestral Manouevres In The Dark and B.A. Robertson.
Lyrics - Elvis Costello, Stiff Little Fingers, Siouxsie And The Banshees, Don McLean, Thin Lizzy, The Mash, Elton John, Rod Stewart, The Korgis,
Roberta Flack and Donny Hathaway, Ultravox,
B.A. Robertson, The Lambrettas, Lipps Inc. and Manhattan Transfer.
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Archive Issue -
26th June 1980
Cover - The Undertones
Posters - The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle and Jona Lewie.
Lyrics - The Stranglers, The Undertones, The Police, Liquid Gold, UB40, Barbara Dickson, Joan Armatrading, Teena Marie, Judas Priest, Orchestral Manoeuvres in The Dark,
David Essex, Paul McCartney, Iron Maiden and Splodgenessabounds.
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Archive Issue -
10th July 1980
Cover - Cook 'N' Jones
Posters - Bob Marley & the Wailers and Dexy’s Midnight Runners.
Lyrics - Phil Lynott, The Chords, Olivia Newton John/ELO, The Professionals, The Human League, The Detroit Spinners, Odyssey, Stacey Lattishaw, Saxon, AC/DC, Sex Pistols, Klark Kent, John Foxx, Darts and Bob Marley And The Wailers.
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Archive Issue -
24th July 1980
Cover - Splodgenessabounds
Posters - Peter Gabriel and The Lambrettas.
Lyrics - Dexy's Midnight Runners, Bodysnatchers, Vapors, Leo Sayer, Kate Bush, Mo-Dettes, Bill Nelson, Diana Ross, Change, Hot Chocolate, The Gibson Brothers, Angelic Upstarts, Black Sabbath, Whitesnake and New Muzik.
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Archive Issue -
7th August 1980
Cover - Bob Marley
Posters - Bad Manners and John Foxx.
Lyrics - Roxy Music, Grace Jones, David Bowie, Electric Light Orchestra, Jermaine Jackson, Amii Stewart and Johnny Bristol, Bow Wow Wow, Gene Chandler, Ultravox, Magazine, X-Ray Spex, The Clash, Stiff Little Fingers,
Abba and Sheena Easton.
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Archive Issue -
21st August 1980
Cover - The Beat
Posters - Roxy Music and Bow Wow Wow.
Lyrics - The Jam, The Beat, The Piranhas, Tom Browne, The Nick Straker Band, The Selector, The Swinging Cats, Kelly Marie, Sue Wilkinson, B-52's,
Psychedelic Furs, Lambrettas, Roger Daltrey,
Adam And The Ants and Gary Numan.
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Archive Issue -
4th September 1980
Cover - Ian Dury
Posters - Dexy's Midnight Runners and B-52's.
Lyrics - The Ruts, Hazel O'Connor, The Skids, Ian Dury And The Blockheads, Black Sabbath, Judas Priest, Peter Gabriel, Village People, Shakin Stevens, Billy Joel, Rezillos, Elton John, Cliff Richard, Barracudas and Secret Affair.
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Archive Issue -
18th September 1980
Cover - The Skids
Posters - The Barracudas and The Piranhas.
Lyrics - The Specials, Madness, Police, The Buzzcocks, Splodgenessabounds, XTC, Randy Crawford, Stevie Wonder, Shalamar, The Korgis, Elvis Presley, Buddy Holly, Robert Palmer, Genesis and Change.
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Archive Issue -
2nd October 1980
Cover - Gary Numan
Posters - Paul Weller and Robert Palmer.
Lyrics - Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark, Split Enz, The VIP's, The Tourists, Diana Ross, Odyssey, Ottawan, Bob Marley And The Wailers, Black Slate, AC/DC, Queen, The Clash, Bad Manners, Paul McCartney and Thin Lizzy.
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Archive Issue -
16th October 1980
Cover - The Police
Posters - Madness and The Mo-dettes and Kate Bush.
Lyrics - The Professionals, Gillan, Status Quo, The Nolans, Barbra Streisand, Coffee, The Damned, Adam And The Ants, Matchbox, Showaddywaddy, Elvis Costello And The Attractions, Linx, The Teardrop Explodes, The Skids and John Foxx.
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Archive Issue -
30th October 1980
Cover - Japan - (David Sylvian)
Posters - Status Quo and Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark.
Lyrics - Blondie, XTC, Generation X, Japan, Sheena Easton, Hazel O'Connor, Sad Café, The Chords, Earth Wind And Fire, Teena Marie, Air Supply, Ultravox, The Stranglers, The Motels and David Bowie.
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Archive Issue -
13th November 1980
Cover - Debbie Harry
Posters - Rod Stewart and Ultravox.
Lyrics - Roxy Music, Motorhead, The Dead Kennedys, UK Subs, Ian Dury And The Blockheads, The Jacksons, Kelly Marie, UB40, Stephanie Mills, Liquid Gold, The Specials, Electric Light Orchestra, Rod Stewart, B.A. Robertson and The Boomtown Rats.
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Archive Issue -
27th November 1980
Cover - Toyah
Posters - UB40 and Madness.
Lyrics - Spandau Ballet, The Buggles, Madness, Abba, Diana Ross, Gladys Knight And The Pips, Young & Company, Iron Maiden, Dennis Waterman, Dr. Hook, Barry Manilow, Teardrop Explodes, Eddy Grant, The Clash and Robert Palmer.
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Archive Issue -
11th December 1980
Cover - Spandau Ballet
Posters - Bow Wow Wow and Adam and The Ants.
Lyrics - The Police, Gary Numan, Stray Cats, Bruce Springsteen, Kate Bush, Siouxsie And The Banshees, Bad Manners, Jona Lewie, Kool And The Gang, Bow Wow Wow, The Beat, Adam And The Ants, The Skids, The Cure, AC/DC and Devo.
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Archive Issue -
25th December 1980
Cover - Joe Strummer
Lyrics - Madness, Tubeway Army, The Police, The Jam, Stiff Little Fingers, The Beat, Squeeze, Kate Bush, Electric Light Orchestra, The Beatles, Roxy Music, The Fall, David Bowie, The Undertones, Dexy's Midnight Runners and Blondie.
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