1.  All doom and gloom at the greasy spoon - SAD CAFE
2.  Chelsea on a losing run - MOODY BLUES

3.  Outstanding effort on the golf course (band with one chart entry from the mid 70s, song is better known than chart position suggests, lead singer probably better known than the band)
4.  Actually, I don't mind them (had hits in the 80s)
5.  Sixty a day, well what do you expect? (US band, minor hits starting mid 90s)
6.  Not one of the twins (US guitarist and vocalist)
7.  Painful procedure mainly for the ladies (charted late 80s)

8.  Protesters on tour - FLYING PICKETS

9.  This little piggy runs amok with a hammer
10. Scaled-down regatta (need to think of rhyming slang for this one)
11. Black and Benny together
12. Monarch of the gun
13. I need a good book, here it is (might make more sense to West Country chit chatters)
14. Ronnie and Reggie in the West End (NYC band started early 90s)
15. A bolt from the blue for the house husband (one-hit wonder)

16. Baldies - EAGLES
17. Record-breaking Scottish rock - McGUINNESS FLINT

18. Surfing near Southport
19. Short Fiddler (a few chart hits, early 70s)
20. Poor little donkey doing double time (female, well know for fronting a band)

10 The Small Faces

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5. Weezer

7 wax

7. WAX pp

Ah, just saw that small faces one from hfink.

1.  All doom and gloom at the greasy spoon - SAD CAFE
2.  Chelsea on a losing run - MOODY BLUES

3.  Outstanding effort on the golf course (band with one chart entry from the mid 70s, song is better known than chart position suggests, lead singer probably better known than the band)
4.  Actually, I don't mind them (had hits in the 80s)

5.  Sixty a day, well what do you expect? - WEEZER
6.  Not one of the twins - ROBERT CRAY
7.  Painful procedure mainly for the ladies - WAX
8.  Protesters on tour - FLYING PICKETS
9.  This little piggy runs amok with a hammer - PERCY SLEDGE
10. Scaled-down regatta - SMALL FACES

11. Black and Benny together
12. Monarch of the gun
13. I need a good book, here it is (might make more sense to West Country chit chatters)
14. Ronnie and Reggie in the West End (NYC band started early 90s)
15. A bolt from the blue for the house husband (one-hit wonder)

16. Baldies - EAGLES
17. Record-breaking Scottish rock - McGUINNESS FLINT

18. Surfing near Southport
19. Short Fiddler (a few chart hits, early 70s)
20. Poor little donkey doing double time (female, well know for fronting a band)

20 carol decker

^ah nice one, wd pp.

3. Ace

3. ACE LG

lol , of course

thought of hole in one earlier, but never linked to the term Ace, lol indeed.

wd LG, would never have got that, didn't know the bing term for surfing, learnt something new though!

Bing search engine

ah, I see. I've probably never ventured from google, lol. But perhaps I should have heard of it. Thanks LG.

some more clues coming up

1.  All doom and gloom at the greasy spoon - SAD CAFE
2.  Chelsea on a losing run - MOODY BLUES
3.  Outstanding effort on the golf course - ACE

4.  Actually, I don't mind them (had hits in the 80s, think of an announcement and/or a memorable "dance"))

5.  Sixty a day, well what do you expect? - WEEZER
6.  Not one of the twins - ROBERT CRAY
7.  Painful procedure mainly for the ladies - WAX
8.  Protesters on tour - FLYING PICKETS
9.  This little piggy runs amok with a hammer - PERCY SLEDGE
10. Scaled-down regatta - SMALL FACES

11. Black and Benny together (what links these two)
12. Monarch of the gun (early answer to this was along the right lines)
13. I need a good book, here it is (might make more sense to West Country chit chatters, how do they shorten "here it is" in the West Country and what can it refer to)

14. Ronnie and Reggie in the West End - FUN LOVIN CRIMINALS

15. A bolt from the blue for the house husband (one-hit wonder, late 60s)

16. Baldies - EAGLES
17. Record-breaking Scottish rock - McGUINNESS FLINT
18. Surfing near Southport - BING CROSBY

19. Short Fiddler (a few chart hits, early 70s, one-word short answer, early answer to this along the right lines)

20. Poor little donkey doing double time - CAROL DECKER

13. , it's a name - two words