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The answers are artist + song title, the clues may refer to both or just the title. Discogs will help find artist names.

Usual two answers per person per day please :cool:

WARNING contains 4% hiphop :eek:

1. The first four vowels disappeared - Only You - Yazoo :Y
2. Steps that lead you to the pearly gates - Stairway to Heaven - Led Zeppelin :Y
3. The heir wasn't worried about the millennium bug - 1999 - Prince :Y
4. Must stay awake while on the way to our home borough - No Sleep Till Brooklyn - Beastie Boys :Y
5. James Bond in a slum - 007 (Shanty Town) - Desmond Dekker :Y :Y :Y
6. Noisy trouser material - Corduroy - Pearl Jam :Y
7. Precipitation in the last month of autumn - November Rain - Guns 'n Roses :Y
8. Murderous Regina - Killer Queen - Queen :Y
9. Final vowel released into the wild - Set You Free - N-Trance :Y
10. Large in the land of sumo - Big in Japan - Alphaville :Y

11. Looks like there's a boat on fire - Smoke On The Water - Deep Purple :Y
12. Nearly a hundred air filled sacks - 99 Red Balloons/99 Luftballons - Nena :Y
13. They know up there I'm currently unhappy - Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now - The Smiths :Y
14. Wait here and a large vehicle will take you on your way - Bus Stop - The Hollies :Y
15. Idiot's precious metal - Fool's Gold - The Stone Roses :Y
16. Battery powered sleep stories - Together In Electric Dreams - Giorgio Moroder With Philip Oakey :Y
17. Ms. Tweedy's namesake says it can't be fake - . Got To Be Real - Cheryl Lynn :Y
18. A hi-viz underwater sea-craft - Yellow Submarine - Beatles :Y
19. The warmest part of the year - High Summer - Van Morrison :Y
20. Found out via the vinyard plant - I Heard It Through The Grapevine - Marvin Gaye :Y

21. How do I tune into that radio station Mr. Branagh? - What's The Frequency, Kenneth? - R.E.M. :Y
22. CCCCCCC of whisky grain - Seven Seas of Rhye - Queen :Y
23. Depressing start to the week - Gloomy Monday - Jimmy Hendrix & Curtis Knight :Y
24. Pose like a bison - Buffalo Stance - Neneh Cherry :Y
25. Three under par - Albatross - Fleetwood Mac :Y
26. It's not possible to get the amount I need - Can't Get Enough - Bad Company :Y
27. Movement of a South American river - Orinoco Flow - Enya :Y
28. Unfortunately it's a fact - Sad But True - Metallica :Y
29. Signal relay in geostationary orbit having 40 winks - Sleeping Satellite - Tasmin Archer :Y
30. #1 shovel expert - Ace Of Spades - Motorhead :Y

31. Non believers with a sleep problem - Faithless - Insomnia :Y
32. Untidy striker wants out of this club- Barcelona - Freddie Mercury and Montserrat Caballe :Y
33. Oyster preserve isn't dead - Alive - Pearl Jam :Y
34. Model Sam escaped from prison - Fox On The Run - Sweet :Y
35. Anonymous equine - Horse With No Name - America :Y
36. Metal to keep you calm while in Seattle - Lithium - Nirvana :Y
37. Strike my person with your orchestra baton - Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick - Ian Dury and The Blockheads :Y
38. A music genre gift from the man or woman upstairs - God Gave Rock 'N' Roll To You - KISS :Y
39. Same temperature as frozen water - Cold As Ice - Foreigner :Y
40. More than a duo with as many Irish fathers - DaDaDa -Trio -:Y

41. Chubby chap's group had lots of video meetings during lockdown - Fat Larry's Band - Zoom :Y-
42. Tay tay tay tay, t te t t t tay tay - Respectable - Mel and Kim :Y
43. Gets lifts to work in a Fiat with a dirty rear window - Kayleigh - Marillion :Y
44. Waltzing on a celestial body - Dancing On The Moon - Phil Madsen :Y Not a song I know but matches the clue. I had Moondance by Van Morrison.
45. Dessert that isn't dead on the floor - Living on the Ceiling - Blancmange :Y
46. Better half is seriously poorly - Girlfriend in a Coma - The Smiths :Y
47. $6000000 man tried wrestling but went mad - Stone Cold Crazy - Queen :Y
48. Herby lady sings about a mouse - Micky - Toni Basil :Y
49. AK47 - Machine gun - Commodores :Y
50. Only channels that show romantic films are allowed on this bird - Satellite of Love - Lou Reed :Y

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# 25 Albatross - Fleetwood Mac

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# 37 Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick - Ian Drury and The Blockheads

25. Albatross - Fleetwood Mac :Y
37. Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick - Ian Drury and The Blockheads :Y
 

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8. Killer Queen - Queen
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3 1999, Prince.
4 No sleep till Brooklyn, Beastie Boys.
 

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2. Stairway to Heaven - Led Zeppelin
10. Big in Japan - Alphaville
 

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2. Stairway to Heaven - Led Zeppelin
10. Big in Japan - Alphaville

2. Stairway to Heaven - Led Zeppelin :Y
10. Big in Japan - Alphaville :Y
 

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18 Yellow submarine Beatles
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18. Yellow Submarine - Beatles :Y
23. Gloomy Monday - Jimmy Hendrix & Curtis Knight :Y

Not my original answer for 23 but matches the clue.
 

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14. Bus Stop - The Hollies
15. Fool's Gold - The Stone Roses
 

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14. Bus Stop - The Hollies
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14. Bus Stop - The Hollies :Y
15. Fool's Gold - The Stone Roses :Y
 

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18. Yellow Submarine - Beatles :Y
23. Gloomy Monday - Jimmy Hendrix & Curtis Knight :Y

Not my original answer for 23 but matches the clue.
I would hope so since numerous artists were involved not just Curtis Knight
 

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I just went by the oldest release on Discogs that features the track.
 

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12. 99 Red Balloons - Nena

20. I heard it through the grape vine - Marvin Gaye
 

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12. 99 Red Balloons/99 Luftballons - Nena :Y
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