The Freshies biggest hit single was “I’m In Love With The Girl On The Manchester Virgin Megastore Check-out Desk” renamed as “I’m In Love With The Girl On A Certain Manchester Megastore Check-out Desk” on request from Radio 1 (a version with “Virgin” bleeped out to allow it to be played on the radio without being considered advertising was also released), which reached number 54 in the UK Singles Chart in February 1981 after being picked up by MCA, eventually selling over 40,000 copies.
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The Cult’s guitarist Billy Duffy’s old high school band used practice in a space right across the road from where Johnny Marr, aged 14, lived
…and Marr would hang out at their band practices all the time.
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