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<b>48. Dexys Midnight Runners – ‘Come On Eileen’</b>. Kevin Rowland’s celtic soul reinvention was fuelled by nabbing fiddle player Helen O’Hara from former Runner Kevin Archer’s new band Blue Ox Babes. The result was a transatlantic No.1 and wedding disco purgatory. Year: <b>1982</b> Sold: <b>1.31m</b>

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48. Dexys Midnight Runners – ‘Come On Eileen’. Kevin Rowland’s celtic soul reinvention was fuelled by nabbing fiddle player Helen O’Hara from former Runner Kevin Archer’s new band Blue Ox Babes. The result was a transatlantic No.1 and wedding disco purgatory. Year: 1982 Sold: 1.31m

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