I always think of Steve Harley as the bloke who chewed gum while he was singing on Top of The Pops. Others probably only think of the one song — “Make Me Smile (Come Up And See Me)” — but he did actually have a couple of other hits with his band Cockney Rebel. “Judy Teen” was their first hit single, hitting the chart in 1974 when they were an arty and vaguely glam band. To call this Bowie-esque would be an understatement, Harley puts on the same theatrical vocal mannerisms and the lyrics could be from an “Aladdin Sane” track, but it’s still a great single.

Download: Judy Teen – Cockney Rebel (mp3)
Buy: “The Human Menagerie” (album)

This might get a bit confusing for non-Brits so pay attention. If you’re English and a bit common (like wot I am) you might refer to your evening meal as “tea” instead of dinner, and you might call your midday meal “dinner” instead of lunch (which is why the women who serve lunches in our schools are called Dinner Ladies). “Supper” used to mean a light meal eaten late at night and is only used now by the upper classes and middle class people with pretensions, unless they’re Scottish in which case they could be referring to a fish supper from the chip shop which they eat at dinnertime. All clear?

I don’t think I ever had toast and marmalade for tea, when I was a kid it was usually Fish Fingers or Spam Fritters with chips which we had to cook ourselves because mum was at work. We had it tough you know.

Download: Toast and Marmalade For Tea – Tin Tin (mp3)

If you think this sounds like early Bee Gees that’s because it was produced by Maurice Gibb in 1971. Read more about Tin Tin here.