These Were All UK Number 1 Hits

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"You Really Got Me" - The Kinks
"It's Not Unusual" - Tom Jones
"You Don't Have to Say You Love Me" - Dusty Springfield
"Green Green Grass of Home" - Tom Jones
"Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)" - Edison Lighthouse
"I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing" - The New Seekers
"Kung Fu Fighting" - Carl Douglas
"When Will I See You Again" - The Three Degrees

What else do they have in common?

Answer in first comment.

Comments

  1. gcallah4:24 PM

    Clem Cattini!

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  2. TokyoTom9:35 PM

    Thanks for that list of songs. I was going to guess some kind of British connection, but really had no clew.

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  3. Anonymous11:03 AM

    WTF? NOT IN THE US????

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  4. gcallah9:32 AM

    Well, no, I think not.

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