The Walker Brothers ! (Showing my age now...)
Dire Straits
that would be "the stranglers"
The group referred to in the cryptic clue "not death in the orient" is likely the band "The Rolling Stones." This is because "not death" sounds like "rolling," and the term "in the orient" could allude to stones or rocks.
See if California Dreaming works.
goldie looking chain
The Clash - think of the accent!
Status Quo.
Tears For Fears
what is the answer of this cryptic clue - brrr, a bit of a nip in the air
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The singer who is sweet for your cryptic clue might be Peter Lincoln, the lead singer of Sweet.
In the French inn?