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26th May 1979, with Bill Brewster

December 30, 2025 · 1 h 37 min

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Bill Brewster – DJ, writer, music consultant and dance music historian – joins Greg Wilson and Mike Atkinson for a look at the Record Mirror Disco Chart of 26th May 1979.

To accompany this episode, you can listen to this entire Top 20 in full, or alternatively as a shorter medley of snippets.

Further listening:

* Other tracks mentioned in this episode (Spotify)

* James Hamilton at Gullivers, 18 August 1979

Further reading:

* James Hamilton's Disco Pages 1975-1982 (550 page hardback book)

* James Hamilton's Dance Pages 1983-1989 (800 page hardback book)

* Bill Brewster on Patreon

Mike also hosts the podcast Which Decade Is Tops For Pops?

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All episodes of Record Mirror Disco Charts

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