In our look at number 40s so far we've had lots of big names, we've had people famous for things other than music, we've had people who are bigger overseas. What we haven't had too much of is obscure acts that hardly anyone has heard of.
However, this is a week for one of the obscure acts. They are so obscure that they don't even have a Wikipedia page. Yet they had 2 Top 40 hits, this being the second. What I can tell you about them is JALN stands for Just Another Lonely Night, and they hail from the midlands.
Not so obscure though is one of the writers of this song who was also the bands manager, a certain Pete Waterman. This was the 3rd Top 40 hit written by Pete Waterman, the previous 2 coming in 1975 which were "Love Me Baby" by Susan Cadogan and "Alright Baby" by Stevenson's Rocket.
The next time we'd have a Peter Waterman penned hit after this would be in 1984 alongside Mike Stock and Matt Aitken. I shouldn't need to tell you what came next.
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