Cars, Bars, Guitars and the Man from Mars

I won this 45 at the Shaare Emeth Purim carnival in 1981 and listened to it until the grooves were worn through. Combining new wave with rap, it was not only the first crossover hit featuring rap to go to #1, it was the first rap hit of ANY type to top the charts. Earlier Tracks by Grandmaster Flash and Fab Five Freddy (both name checked in this song) as well as Kurtis Blow and The Sugarhill Gang did not make it into the top ten, though The Devil Went Down to Georgia by The Charlie Daniels Band made it to #3 two years earlier.

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