Fact #117401
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Ian Dury And The Blockheads release what will become their first UK No1 single, Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick. It will also be a first for their label, Stiff Records.Full article:
Charlie Gillett (radio DJ/publisher) : He deliberately put There Ain't Half Been Some Clever Bastards, a song that we published, on the B-side of Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick. It was the first song that made any money for us - 10,000 each for us and the writer.
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(Source : Charlie Gillett biography by Ian Anderson at http://www.soundoftheworld.com/)
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(Source : Charlie Gillett biography by Ian Anderson at http://www.soundoftheworld.com/)