Ye Olde Chart
Chris Brown
found when I was looking to see how far back I could reasonably go: it
caught my eye because it contains some of the best pop music ever made but
still seems like one of the worst ever charts.
Chart dated 10th April 1976
http://www.chartstats.com/chart.php?date=04%2F04%2F1976
01.(01) Brotherhood Of Man - Save Your Kisses For Me
02.(02) Barry White - You See The Trouble With Me
03.(04) John Miles - Music
04.(14) ABBA - Fernando
05.(03) Billy Ocean - Love Really Hurts Without You
06.(11) 10cc - I'm Mandy Fly Me
07.(18) Hank Mizell - Jungle Rock
08.(07) Elton John - Pinball Wizard
09.(08) The Beatles - Yesterday
10.(25) Diana Ross - Theme From Mahogany (Do You Know Where You're Going To)
11.(09) Marmalade - Falling Apart At The Seams
12.(12) The Drifters - Hello Happiness
13.(06) Gallagher And Lyle - I Wanna Stay With You
14.(07) Sailor - Girls Girls Girls
15.(10) Glitter Band - People Like You People Like Me
16.(17) Randy Edelman - Concrete And Clay
17.(13) Eagles - Take It To The Limit
18.(22) The Beatles - Hey Jude
19.(20) Hot Chocolate - Don't Stop It Now
20.(NE) Bay City Rollers - Love Me Like I Love You
21.(15) Guys And Dolls - You Don't Have To Say You Love Me
22.(05) Tina Charles - I Love To Love
23.(27) The Beatles - Paperback Writer
24.(28) The Carpenters - There's A Kind Of Hush
25.(33) Isaac Hayes - Disco Connection
26.(45) Silver Convention - Get Up And Boogie
27.(24) Cliff Richard - Miss You Nights
28.(38) Brass Construction - Movin'
29.(42) Sheer Elegance - Life Is Too Short Girl
30.(49) Beatles With Billy Preston - Get Back
31.(19) CW McCall - Convoy
32.(46) The Beatles - Strawberry Fields Forever
33.(34) The Doors - Riders On The Storm
34.(16) Peters And Lee - Hey Mr Music Man
35.(26) Be Bop Deluxe - Ships In The Night
36.(30) David Essex - City Lights
37.(50) Sutherland Brothers And Quiver - Arms Of Mary
38.(32) Mary Hopkin - If You Love Me
39.(47) Rodger Collins - You Sexy Sugar Plum (But I Like It)
40.(43) The Trammps - That's Where The Happy People Go
41.(NE) Fox - S-S-S-Single Bed
42.(39) The Small Faces - Lazy Sunday {1976}
43.(NE) Keith Emerson - Honky Tonk Train Blues
44.(23) Harold Melvin And The Bluenotes - Wake Up Everybody
45.(37) Chris White - Spanish Wine
46.(NE) Eric Carmen - All By Myself
47.(NE) Pluto - Ram Goat Liver
48.(40) Gary Glitter - You Belong To Me
49.(48) Emmylou Harris - Here There And Everywhere
50.(RE) The Beatles - Help!
I wouldn't normally use phrases like "Why punk had to happen", but...
Chris
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Robbie
> Yes, as a sort of Easter special I'm posting a day early. This was a chart I
> found when I was looking to see how far back I could reasonably go: it
> caught my eye because it contains some of the best pop music ever made but
> still seems like one of the worst ever charts.
1976 is a watershed in music mainly because of how music had to get
better...
>
> Chart dated 10th April 1976
> http://www.chartstats.com/chart.php?date=04%2F04%2F1976
>
> 01.(01) Brotherhood Of Man - Save Your Kisses For Me
My mum owned this single. She also owned quite a few by Englebert
Humperdink. Both were dreadful...
> 02.(02) Barry White - You See The Trouble With Me
One of his better songs and probably more deserving of a number one than
the one he managed to get there with.
> 03.(04) John Miles - Music
a local lad, I went to school with his nephew. Not a bad song, but like
with "I'm Mandy Fly Me" by 10cc it sounded like he was trying to do a
"Bohemian Rhapsody" of his own, with all those chord changes.
> 04.(14) ABBA - Fernando
I tried hard to fancy both of the ladies in this group and the dark
haired one always seemed the better looking but ultimately I failed to
fancy either
> 05.(03) Billy Ocean - Love Really Hurts Without You
I remember reading at the time how he was going to get sued for the
total rip-off of a Four Tops song (I Can't Help Myself). It must have
come to nothing as I can't remember reading the outcome.
> 06.(11) 10cc - I'm Mandy Fly Me
And here's the song I mentioned above! I did like this, probably the
only 10cc song I really liked.
> 07.(18) Hank Mizell - Jungle Rock
my sister bought this record and tormented me every day by playing it...
an old song, from the 50s that was resurrected for reasongs I can't remember
> 08.(07) Elton John - Pinball Wizard
by now he was getting rubbish
> 09.(08) The Beatles - Yesterday
a US number one from 1965 that finally got a belated UK release and led
to the charts being invaded by their back catalogue
> 10.(25) Diana Ross - Theme From Mahogany (Do You Know Where You're Going To)
Her next single is still one of my favourite Diana Ross songs but this
is soppy and a bit meh
> 11.(09) Marmalade - Falling Apart At The Seams
Their last hit and fittingly the group they covered a song by to have
their only number one was above them.
> 12.(12) The Drifters - Hello Happiness
Goodbye crap!
> 13.(06) Gallagher And Lyle - I Wanna Stay With You
Still gets played on my local Magic radio station. A bit boring.
> 14.(07) Sailor - Girls Girls Girls
Scooter will probably base a song around this like they did with "Glass
Of Champagne". It's a naff enough song for Scooter to do it...
> 15.(10) Glitter Band - People Like You People Like Me
They now dissociate themselves from their former leader but still call
themselves the Glitter Band. This song was a number one in the US disco
charts back then and they did have a brief career as a disco act with a
fairly decent career in the US but this was their last UK hit.
> 16.(17) Randy Edelman - Concrete And Clay
awful
> 17.(13) Eagles - Take It To The Limit
I do like the Eagles and quite like this one, their first UK top 20 hit
I believe.
> 18.(22) The Beatles - Hey Jude
and the hits started to pile up for The Beatles!
> 19.(20) Hot Chocolate - Don't Stop It Now
not one of their best
> 20.(NE) Bay City Rollers - Love Me Like I Love You
Awful song
> 21.(15) Guys And Dolls - You Don't Have To Say You Love Me
Dollar were still a glint in their eyes but I'm sure David Van Day and
Thereza Bazar were bored with Guys And Dolls by now as this song was
rubbish.
> 22.(05) Tina Charles - I Love To Love
an awful song by an ugly woman. What more could you not want?
> 23.(27) The Beatles - Paperback Writer
love this song
> 24.(28) The Carpenters - There's A Kind Of Hush
I remember hearing this on Radio Luxembourg at the time but it's not
that good
> 25.(33) Isaac Hayes - Disco Connection
Good song by the late Mr Hayes
> 26.(45) Silver Convention - Get Up And Boogie
That's right! I love this song.
> 27.(24) Cliff Richard - Miss You Nights
a song to play when you've been dumped. A good song though.
> 28.(38) Brass Construction - Movin'
Not bad
> 29.(42) Sheer Elegance - Life Is Too Short Girl
terrible song but I do remember the advert for their album in Record
Mirror at the time. It attracted as many complaints as the ad RM ran for
The Scorpions album at the same time. Unlike the Scorpions album (which
attracted attention from the IWF last year) it didn't feature a naked
kid but a woman with her face covered in what looked like sperm. The
album cover was changed later to a picture of a woman's legs in suspenders!
> 30.(49) Beatles With Billy Preston - Get Back
I still like the rooftop version they did with John Lennon wittingly
saying "have we passed the audition"!
> 31.(19) CW McCall - Convoy
A US number one. That about sums it up.
> 32.(46) The Beatles - Strawberry Fields Forever
Excellent!
Can you tell I love The Beatles?
> 33.(34) The Doors - Riders On The Storm
decent song making a re-appearance on the charts.
> 34.(16) Peters And Lee - Hey Mr Music Man
Terrible
> 35.(26) Be Bop Deluxe - Ships In The Night
OK but they were supposed to be the "next big thing" in serious music
but never quite managed it. The hype behind them was massive though.
> 36.(30) David Essex - City Lights
never liked David Essex nor this
> 37.(50) Sutherland Brothers And Quiver - Arms Of Mary
Still gets plays on Magic, it's inoffensive
> 38.(32) Mary Hopkin - If You Love Me
Not a bad song
> 39.(47) Rodger Collins - You Sexy Sugar Plum (But I Like It)
I've never heard this song for about 30 years but it was quite crap the
last time I heard it!
> 40.(43) The Trammps - That's Where The Happy People Go
Number 1 in the US Disco charts for 4 months but it never seemed that
special to me
> 41.(NE) Fox - S-S-S-Single Bed
Not bad
> 42.(39) The Small Faces - Lazy Sunday {1976}
Cockney boys done good! Another re-issue
> 43.(NE) Keith Emerson - Honky Tonk Train Blues
Strange instrumental and another member of Emerson Lake and Palmer
having a hit (Greg Lake had made #2 a few months earlier).
> 44.(23) Harold Melvin And The Bluenotes - Wake Up Everybody
Good soul song
> 45.(37) Chris White - Spanish Wine
Another song that Luxy used to play to death. Utter rubbish.
> 46.(NE) Eric Carmen - All By Myself
Dreadful song, totally maudlin. Celine Dion managed to actually make it
sound worse!
> 47.(NE) Pluto - Ram Goat Liver
Dreadful
> 48.(40) Gary Glitter - You Belong To Me
If only I was 12 Gary I'm sure I could belong to you!
> 49.(48) Emmylou Harris - Here There And Everywhere
Another Beatles song, Macca must have been raking it at the time.
> 50.(RE) The Beatles - Help!
Excellent song (once more!)
>
> I wouldn't normally use phrases like "Why punk had to happen", but...
I do like a few songs in this chart but there's nothing special about
any of the then current songs. Only The Beatles livened up the chart.
>
>
> Chris
--
Robbie
Jan Buxton
> Yes, as a sort of Easter special I'm posting a day early. This was a chart I
> found when I was looking to see how far back I could reasonably go: it
> caught my eye because it contains some of the best pop music ever made but
> still seems like one of the worst ever charts.
>
> Chart dated 10th April 1976
> http://www.chartstats.com/chart.php?date=04%2F04%2F1976
>
> 01.(01) Brotherhood Of Man - Save Your Kisses For Me
Eurrgh. I think this may be playing on a loop in Hell.
> 02.(02) Barry White - You See The Trouble With Me
This is quite good. I love the Black Legend version.
> 04.(14) ABBA - Fernando
Great chorus, I'm less keen on the verses.
> 08.(07) Elton John - Pinball Wizard
Like this.
> 09.(08) The Beatles - Yesterday
Something of a standard, I guess. Great song. Not least it achieves what
it wants to in 2 minutes. Own this on Red.
> 18.(22) The Beatles - Hey Jude
And at the other end of the Beatles length spectrum. Another great song.
I think they were quite good you know. Own this on Blue.
> 23.(27) The Beatles - Paperback Writer
Love this one too. Own this on Red.
> 30.(49) Beatles With Billy Preston - Get Back
One of my personal favourite Beatles tracks. Own this on Blue.
> 32.(46) The Beatles - Strawberry Fields Forever
Well you get the idea, they were very very very very good. :-) Own this
on Blue.
> 33.(34) The Doors - Riders On The Storm
Also partial to a bit of the Doors. Good record this. I did own this on
a compilation, but it seems to have walked off somewhere.
> 42.(39) The Small Faces - Lazy Sunday {1976}
Like this, I own it on Ogdens Nut Gone Flake. One of those "classic"
albums that I don't quite see what the fuss is about.
> 50.(RE) The Beatles - Help!
One of those Beatles tracks where I think "yeah it wasn't *that* good"
before playing it but when I actually play it I think "thats brilliant".
> I wouldn't normally use phrases like "Why punk had to happen", but...
Yeah. Does appear to need a kick up the behind.
--
Jan
Robbie
Jan, like me, I think you like The Beatles!
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Robbie
Chris Brown
"Robbie" <ngrob...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Chris Brown wrote:
>> Yes, as a sort of Easter special I'm posting a day early. This was a
>> chart I found when I was looking to see how far back I could reasonably
>> go: it caught my eye because it contains some of the best pop music ever
>> made but still seems like one of the worst ever charts.
>
> 1976 is a watershed in music mainly because of how music had to get
> better...
That's what struck me too.
>> Chart dated 10th April 1976
>> http://www.chartstats.com/chart.php?date=04%2F04%2F1976
>>
>> 01.(01) Brotherhood Of Man - Save Your Kisses For Me
>
> My mum owned this single. She also owned quite a few by Englebert >
> Humperdink. Both were dreadful...
For some reason I associate this with the time when we made a school trip to
Ickenham to see a play. The drama teacher who was driving the bus and his
friend were singing along to this and 'You Better You Bet' really loudly.
>> 02.(02) Barry White - You See The Trouble With Me
>
> One of his better songs and probably more deserving of a number one than
> the one he managed to get there with.
Well, I suppose it was eventually a Number One song.
>> 03.(04) John Miles - Music
>
> a local lad, I went to school with his nephew. Not a bad song, but like
> with "I'm Mandy Fly Me" by 10cc it sounded like he was trying to do a
> "Bohemian Rhapsody" of his own, with all those chord changes.
A bit more like 'Thank You For The Music'.
>> 04.(14) ABBA - Fernando
>
> I tried hard to fancy both of the ladies in this group and the dark haired
> one always seemed the better looking but ultimately I failed to fancy
> either
And doesn't that sum up the record perfectly?
>> 05.(03) Billy Ocean - Love Really Hurts Without You
>
> I remember reading at the time how he was going to get sued for the total
> rip-off of a Four Tops song (I Can't Help Myself). It must have come to
> nothing as I can't remember reading the outcome.
He's actually doing the promo rounds now, so I've heard a couple of
interviews with him lately (they did a chart from a few weeks before this on
Bottom To The Top). He admits it's similar but I don't suppose it was quite
close enough. Of course, Holland/Dozier/Holland themselves plagiarised 'I
Can't Help Myself' to write 'It's The Same Old Song' so perhaps they didn't
feel entitled to complain...
>> 07.(18) Hank Mizell - Jungle Rock
>
> my sister bought this record and tormented me every day by playing it...
> an old song, from the 50s that was resurrected for reasongs I can't
> remember
Me neither. Later covered by Mike Read and Lord Brockett...
>> 08.(07) Elton John - Pinball Wizard
>
> by now he was getting rubbish
From Tommy of course.
>> 09.(08) The Beatles - Yesterday
>
> a US number one from 1965 that finally got a belated UK release and led to
> the charts being invaded by their back catalogue
The week before this they had 23 singles in the Top 100.
>> 10.(25) Diana Ross - Theme From Mahogany (Do You Know Where You're Going
>> To)
>
> Her next single is still one of my favourite Diana Ross songs but this is
> soppy and a bit meh
Oh yeah, see what you mean. I have a feeling this was used in an advert when
I was very young.
>> 11.(09) Marmalade - Falling Apart At The Seams
>
> Their last hit and fittingly the group they covered a song by to have
> their only number one was above them.
Apparently they didn't realise when they did it.
I had no idea Marmalade were still around as late as 1976, but I have now
heard this. It's OK.
>> 12.(12) The Drifters - Hello Happiness
>
> Goodbye crap!
Of course, these later Drifters hits did nothing in the US, if they were
even released there. I've got that double-LP compilation, and one disc gets
played more than the other.
>> 13.(06) Gallagher And Lyle - I Wanna Stay With You
>
> Still gets played on my local Magic radio station. A bit boring.
Sampled by Lemon Jelly, IIRC. They made it even more annoying.
>> 15.(10) Glitter Band - People Like You People Like Me
>
> They now dissociate themselves from their former leader but still call
> themselves the Glitter Band. This song was a number one in the US disco
> charts back then and they did have a brief career as a disco act with a
> fairly decent career in the US but this was their last UK hit.
I don't think I've ever knowingly heard a Glitter Band record. But I'm
mainly aware of them because their drummer oddly played on two XTC albums.
>> 16.(17) Randy Edelman - Concrete And Clay
>
> awful
Can I listen to this track on YouTube long enough to read all the comments?
One person says they listened to it five times a day in 1978... The poster
says Kevin Rowland did the worst version... Nope, I've had enough.
>> 17.(13) Eagles - Take It To The Limit
>
> I do like the Eagles and quite like this one,
I can't stand them now.
> their first UK top 20 hit I
> believe.
Correct.
>> 18.(22) The Beatles - Hey Jude
>
> and the hits started to pile up for The Beatles!
Yes. All 22 EMI singles were repackaged at this point, plus the new release
of 'Yesterday'. By the end of the year 'Back In The USSR' was a hit too.
>> 19.(20) Hot Chocolate - Don't Stop It Now
>
> not one of their best
I've never even heard of this one
...OK, now I can tell why:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DueYdbglOh4
>> 20.(NE) Bay City Rollers - Love Me Like I Love You
>
> Awful song
Seems a bit late for them too.
>> 21.(15) Guys And Dolls - You Don't Have To Say You Love Me
>
> Dollar were still a glint in their eyes but I'm sure David Van Day and
> Thereza Bazar were bored with Guys And Dolls by now as this song was
> rubbish.
I hadn't heard this until last weekend. It's a pretty poor version of a
slightly overrated song.
>> 22.(05) Tina Charles - I Love To Love
>
> an awful song by an ugly woman. What more could you not want?
Syndrums!
>> 23.(27) The Beatles - Paperback Writer
>
> love this song
Which is more than John Lennon did, hence all the giggling on his vocal
track.
>> 25.(33) Isaac Hayes - Disco Connection
>
> Good song by the late Mr Hayes
And we can dig it!
>> 26.(45) Silver Convention - Get Up And Boogie
>
> That's right! I love this song.
Not the most lyrically expressive song ever, but not bad for what it is.
>> 27.(24) Cliff Richard - Miss You Nights
>
> a song to play when you've been dumped. A good song though.
One of the best Cliff records, as long as you don't listen to the Westlife
version by mistake.
>> 28.(38) Brass Construction - Movin'
>
> Not bad
I think it gets sampled quite often.
>> 29.(42) Sheer Elegance - Life Is Too Short Girl
>
> terrible song but I do remember the advert for their album in Record
> Mirror at the time. It attracted as many complaints as the ad RM ran for
> The Scorpions album at the same time. Unlike the Scorpions album (which
> attracted attention from the IWF last year) it didn't feature a naked kid
> but a woman with her face covered in what looked like sperm. The album
> cover was changed later to a picture of a woman's legs in suspenders!
And this went Top 10???
>> 30.(49) Beatles With Billy Preston - Get Back
>
> I still like the rooftop version they did with John Lennon wittingly
> saying "have we passed the audition"!
Apparently that was actually the same version as this, but remixed by Phil
Spector and with that edited onto the end.
>> 31.(19) CW McCall - Convoy
>
> A US number one. That about sums it up.
The week after this, DLT's parody entered the chart.
>> 32.(46) The Beatles - Strawberry Fields Forever
>
> Excellent!
Definitely one of my all-time favourites.
For some reason, only one side of it ever seems to be listed for this chart
run.
> Can you tell I love The Beatles?
Just reading between the lines a bit...
>> 34.(16) Peters And Lee - Hey Mr Music Man
>
> Terrible
And people say there are too many people from reality shows in the charts
now.
>> 35.(26) Be Bop Deluxe - Ships In The Night
>
> OK but they were supposed to be the "next big thing" in serious music but
> never quite managed it. The hype behind them was massive though.
Blander than I expected.
>> 36.(30) David Essex - City Lights
>
> never liked David Essex nor this
There were a couple I liked. I doubt this would be among them.
>> 37.(50) Sutherland Brothers And Quiver - Arms Of Mary
>
> Still gets plays on Magic, it's inoffensive
To an almost offensive extent.
>> 38.(32) Mary Hopkin - If You Love Me
>
> Not a bad song
Her last solo hit, not counting her contribution to 'Sound And Vision'.
No on YouTube, but the video is.
>> 39.(47) Rodger Collins - You Sexy Sugar Plum (But I Like It)
>
> I've never heard this song for about 30 years but it was quite crap the
> last time I heard it!
Big Northern Soul hit apparently. After a bit too much talcum powder,
perhaps.
>> 40.(43) The Trammps - That's Where The Happy People Go
>
> Number 1 in the US Disco charts for 4 months but it never seemed that
> special to me
Evidently you can dance to it though:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6t_jrwd86c
>> 41.(NE) Fox - S-S-S-Single Bed
>
> Not bad
She has quite a cult following apparently.
>> 42.(39) The Small Faces - Lazy Sunday {1976}
>
> Cockney boys done good! Another re-issue
Ow's your Bert's lumbago?
>> 43.(NE) Keith Emerson - Honky Tonk Train Blues
>
> Strange instrumental and another member of Emerson Lake and Palmer having
> a hit (Greg Lake had made #2 a few months earlier).
Palmer must have been jealous.
>> 44.(23) Harold Melvin And The Bluenotes - Wake Up Everybody
>
> Good soul song
Good song anyway, and in a chart like this it seems even better.
>> 45.(37) Chris White - Spanish Wine
>
> Another song that Luxy used to play to death. Utter rubbish.
I suppose it does capture that sort of hazy mood though.
>> 46.(NE) Eric Carmen - All By Myself
>
> Dreadful song, totally maudlin. Celine Dion managed to actually make it
> sound worse!
Oh my God! They killed Kenny!
>> 47.(NE) Pluto - Ram Goat Liver
>
> Dreadful
I heard 'Dat' on that previous chart. I'm guessing it didn't get played on
the radio much at the time either.
>> 48.(40) Gary Glitter - You Belong To Me
>
> If only I was 12 Gary I'm sure I could belong to you!
Not a Gary Glitter song I remember. I'm not going to find out now.
>> 49.(48) Emmylou Harris - Here There And Everywhere
>
> Another Beatles song, Macca must have been raking it at the time.
Yes, although I think he resented the distraction from his new material:
John Lennon was in retirement, of course.
>> 50.(RE) The Beatles - Help!
>
> Excellent song (once more!)
I suppose these Beatles re-issues are almost topical now that the albums are
coming out again. But that's a coincidence.
>> I wouldn't normally use phrases like "Why punk had to happen", but...
>
> I do like a few songs in this chart but there's nothing special about any
> of the then current songs. Only The Beatles livened up the chart.
And they obviously weren't news then.
Chris
Paul Hyett
wrote in uk.music.charts :
>
>Chart dated 10th April 1976
>http://www.chartstats.com/chart.php?date=04%2F04%2F1976
>
>01.(01) Brotherhood Of Man - Save Your Kisses For Me
>09.(08) The Beatles - Yesterday
I know these three.
>15.(10) Glitter Band - People Like You People Like Me
Not any longer, they don't!!
>18.(22) The Beatles - Hey Jude
Re-release?
>23.(27) The Beatles - Paperback Writer
>30.(49) Beatles With Billy Preston - Get Back
>32.(46) The Beatles - Strawberry Fields Forever
>50.(RE) The Beatles - Help!
A foretaste of what may happen when their back-catalogue is *finally*
available to download?
>
Apart from #1 & #4, the Beatles songs are the only ones I know.
--
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Paul Hyett
wrote in uk.music.charts :
>
>>> 09.(08) The Beatles - Yesterday
>>
>> a US number one from 1965 that finally got a belated UK release and led to
>> the charts being invaded by their back catalogue
>
>The week before this they had 23 singles in the Top 100.
That would be the top 100 that didn't actually exist at the time?
Robbie
> On Fri, 10 Apr 2009 at 00:52:44, Chris Brown <extreme...@yahoo.com>
> wrote in uk.music.charts :
>>
>>>> 09.(08) The Beatles - Yesterday
>>>
>>> a US number one from 1965 that finally got a belated UK release and
>>> led to
>>> the charts being invaded by their back catalogue
>>
>> The week before this they had 23 singles in the Top 100.
>
> That would be the top 100 that didn't actually exist at the time?
I think the music industry liked to pretend there was just a top 50 plus
10 breakers but Record Mirror at the time actually mentioned that there
were 23 Beatles records in the top 100. And Alan Jones used to make
regular mention of records in the top 200 in his RM column which started
in January 1979.
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Chris Brown
"Paul Hyett" <vidc...@invalid83261.co.uk> wrote in message
news:8r9WAmCS...@blueyonder.co.uk...
> On Fri, 10 Apr 2009 at 00:52:44, Chris Brown <extreme...@yahoo.com>
> wrote in uk.music.charts :
>>
>>>> 09.(08) The Beatles - Yesterday
>>>
>>> a US number one from 1965 that finally got a belated UK release and led
>>> to
>>> the charts being invaded by their back catalogue
>>
>>The week before this they had 23 singles in the Top 100.
>
> That would be the top 100 that didn't actually exist at the time?
Apparently it did, although it wasn't widely publicised at the time so
possibly wasn't that accurate. The Beatles positions for that week are here,
so make of them what you will:
http://www.jpgr.co.uk/r6013.html
Chris
Chris Brown
> On Thu, 9 Apr 2009 at 21:29:00, Chris Brown <extreme...@yahoo.com>
> wrote in uk.music.charts :
>>
>>Chart dated 10th April 1976
>>http://www.chartstats.com/chart.php?date=04%2F04%2F1976
>>
>>01.(01) Brotherhood Of Man - Save Your Kisses For Me
>>04.(14) ABBA - Fernando
>>09.(08) The Beatles - Yesterday
>
> I know these three.
I think we all will.
>>15.(10) Glitter Band - People Like You People Like Me
>
> Not any longer, they don't!!
Remember, it's the Glitter Band, not the Leader.
>>18.(22) The Beatles - Hey Jude
>
> Re-release?
However did you guess?
Yes, as I mentioned elsewhere in this thread, they were all put out again in
new sleeves, although under the original catalogue numbers so reference
books list all of them (except 'Yesterday') as re-entries. They'd apparently
never been deleted at this point.
Decca responded in kind by re-distributing their Rolling Stones catalogue,
although none of them re-charted.
>>23.(27) The Beatles - Paperback Writer
>>30.(49) Beatles With Billy Preston - Get Back
>>32.(46) The Beatles - Strawberry Fields Forever
>>50.(RE) The Beatles - Help!
>
> A foretaste of what may happen when their back-catalogue is *finally*
> available to download?
Perhaps, although not necessarily in this order.
I wish I could claim that I'd done this on purpose.
> Apart from #1 & #4, the Beatles songs are the only ones I know.
Really? Not even Billy Ocean or the Eagles?
Chris
Chris Brown
"Jan Buxton" <ja...@eidosnet.co.uk> wrote in message
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> Chris Brown wrote:
>> Yes, as a sort of Easter special I'm posting a day early. This was a
>> chart I found when I was looking to see how far back I could reasonably
>> go: it caught my eye because it contains some of the best pop music ever
>> made but still seems like one of the worst ever charts.
>>
>> Chart dated 10th April 1976
>> http://www.chartstats.com/chart.php?date=04%2F04%2F1976
>>
>> 01.(01) Brotherhood Of Man - Save Your Kisses For Me
>
> Eurrgh. I think this may be playing on a loop in Hell.
The scary bit is, this isn't even their worst Number One.
>> 04.(14) ABBA - Fernando
>
> Great chorus, I'm less keen on the verses.
Now I come to think of it, I have no memory at all of the verses.
>> 08.(07) Elton John - Pinball Wizard
>
> Like this.
Decent song, but I don't think this is a great version. And isn't Elton
supposed to be the Wizard in the film?
>> 09.(08) The Beatles - Yesterday
>
> Something of a standard, I guess. Great song. Not least it achieves what
> it wants to in 2 minutes. Own this on Red.
As do I (not that I actually paid for it). I also have it on the Help!
album.
>> 18.(22) The Beatles - Hey Jude
>
> And at the other end of the Beatles length spectrum.
In the 1980s, Mark Lewisohn suggested that had the record been made then
they might have saved the full track for a 12" single.
> Another great song.
It is, but I wouldn't rank it among their all-time best. Apparently it's
their biggest-seller in the US, although this might be because it had
'Revolution' on the flipside.
>I think they were quite good you know. Own this on Blue.
I've got it there and on Past Masters 2.
>> 23.(27) The Beatles - Paperback Writer
>
> Love this one too. Own this on Red.
Red and PM2, as you've probably guessed.
>> 30.(49) Beatles With Billy Preston - Get Back
>
> One of my personal favourite Beatles tracks.
For some reason I never totally got to grips with it, although I do still
like it.
>Own this on Blue.
You can probably guess where my copies are. I've also got the album version
("Thanks Mo" "We hope we've passed the Audition") on Rock & Roll Music
Volume 2.
>> 32.(46) The Beatles - Strawberry Fields Forever
>
> Well you get the idea, they were very very very very good. :-)
In an interesting contrast with that 1981 chart, it's also the
highest-charting John Lennon song here - and even then with the assistance
of 'Penny Lane'.
>Own this on
> Blue.
Me too of course, and also on the Imagine John Lennon soundtrack.
>> 33.(34) The Doors - Riders On The Storm
>
> Also partial to a bit of the Doors. Good record this. I did own this on a
> compilation, but it seems to have walked off somewhere.
For some reason - maybe my age - I've never really warmed to the Doors,
beyond this one song. Maybe that's why they kept releasing this as a single.
>> 42.(39) The Small Faces - Lazy Sunday {1976}
>
> Like this, I own it on Ogdens Nut Gone Flake. One of those "classic"
> albums that I don't quite see what the fuss is about.
I too bought one of the many re-issues during the Britpop era. Don't tell
Paul Weller, but even as a Londoner I don't really "get" all of it.
>> 50.(RE) The Beatles - Help!
>
> One of those Beatles tracks where I think "yeah it wasn't *that* good"
> before playing it but when I actually play it I think "thats brilliant".
Experts will have been able to identify my three copies of this (though all
in stereo of course).
>> I wouldn't normally use phrases like "Why punk had to happen", but...
>
> Yeah. Does appear to need a kick up the behind.
The most obvious problem is that there's so much ancient music in there: 8
records that are actually from the sixties, five more covers from that
decade and then Hank Mizell from the fifties.
Even a lot of the new music sounds distinctly past its prime, with all the
tail-end of glam rock hanging about.
Chris
Robbie
> "Jan Buxton" <ja...@eidosnet.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:s-CdnY_CsKVA8EPU...@posted.plusnet...
>> Chris Brown wrote:
>>> Yes, as a sort of Easter special I'm posting a day early. This was a
>>> chart I found when I was looking to see how far back I could reasonably
>>> go: it caught my eye because it contains some of the best pop music ever
>>> made but still seems like one of the worst ever charts.
>>>
>>> Chart dated 10th April 1976
>>> http://www.chartstats.com/chart.php?date=04%2F04%2F1976
>>>
>>> 01.(01) Brotherhood Of Man - Save Your Kisses For Me
>> Eurrgh. I think this may be playing on a loop in Hell.
>
> The scary bit is, this isn't even their worst Number One.
They managed the impossible feat of each successive number one sounding
worse than the previous one.
There was a "comedy parody" cover of this song by someone like Richard
Digance called "Save Your Kippers For Tea". It was even worse than the
Brotherhood Of Man original. He also made an attempt at a comedy parody
of Pearls A Singer by Elkie Brooks, called "Earl's A Winger". It even
got plays on Radio 1 at the time!. Invariably it too was complete rubbish.
>
>>> 04.(14) ABBA - Fernando
>> Great chorus, I'm less keen on the verses.
>
> Now I come to think of it, I have no memory at all of the verses.
The song "inspired" Tony Hillier (or was it Lee Sheridan?) to write
another Brotherhood Of Man atrocity called "Angelo".
>
>>> 08.(07) Elton John - Pinball Wizard
>> Like this.
>
> Decent song, but I don't think this is a great version. And isn't Elton
> supposed to be the Wizard in the film?
>
>>> 09.(08) The Beatles - Yesterday
>> Something of a standard, I guess. Great song. Not least it achieves what
>> it wants to in 2 minutes. Own this on Red.
>
> As do I (not that I actually paid for it). I also have it on the Help!
> album.
>
>>> 18.(22) The Beatles - Hey Jude
>> And at the other end of the Beatles length spectrum.
>
> In the 1980s, Mark Lewisohn suggested that had the record been made then
> they might have saved the full track for a 12" single.
>
>> Another great song.
>
> It is, but I wouldn't rank it among their all-time best. Apparently it's
> their biggest-seller in the US, although this might be because it had
> 'Revolution' on the flipside.
>
>> I think they were quite good you know. Own this on Blue.
>
> I've got it there and on Past Masters 2.
It's a Beatles song that I've never cared for.
>
>>> 23.(27) The Beatles - Paperback Writer
>> Love this one too. Own this on Red.
>
> Red and PM2, as you've probably guessed.
>
>>> 30.(49) Beatles With Billy Preston - Get Back
>> One of my personal favourite Beatles tracks.
>
> For some reason I never totally got to grips with it, although I do still
> like it.
>
>> Own this on Blue.
>
> You can probably guess where my copies are. I've also got the album version
> ("Thanks Mo" "We hope we've passed the Audition") on Rock & Roll Music
> Volume 2.
>
>>> 32.(46) The Beatles - Strawberry Fields Forever
>> Well you get the idea, they were very very very very good. :-)
>
> In an interesting contrast with that 1981 chart, it's also the
> highest-charting John Lennon song here - and even then with the assistance
> of 'Penny Lane'.
>
>> Own this on
>> Blue.
>
> Me too of course, and also on the Imagine John Lennon soundtrack.
>
>>> 33.(34) The Doors - Riders On The Storm
>> Also partial to a bit of the Doors. Good record this. I did own this on a
>> compilation, but it seems to have walked off somewhere.
>
> For some reason - maybe my age - I've never really warmed to the Doors,
> beyond this one song. Maybe that's why they kept releasing this as a single.
Light My Fire was OK too.
>
>>> 42.(39) The Small Faces - Lazy Sunday {1976}
>> Like this, I own it on Ogdens Nut Gone Flake. One of those "classic"
>> albums that I don't quite see what the fuss is about.
>
> I too bought one of the many re-issues during the Britpop era. Don't tell
> Paul Weller, but even as a Londoner I don't really "get" all of it.
>
>>> 50.(RE) The Beatles - Help!
>> One of those Beatles tracks where I think "yeah it wasn't *that* good"
>> before playing it but when I actually play it I think "thats brilliant".
>
> Experts will have been able to identify my three copies of this (though all
> in stereo of course).
>
>>> I wouldn't normally use phrases like "Why punk had to happen", but...
>> Yeah. Does appear to need a kick up the behind.
>
> The most obvious problem is that there's so much ancient music in there: 8
> records that are actually from the sixties, five more covers from that
> decade and then Hank Mizell from the fifties.
> Even a lot of the new music sounds distinctly past its prime, with all the
> tail-end of glam rock hanging about.
1976 was also the last full year that Virgin didn't provide sales data
to the chart. They became part of the chart panel in late January 1977
and it does seem to be more than a co-incidence that a lot of the acts
that were big in 1976 faded in 1977 - Virgin tended to offer a wider
selection of singles than most of the chart panel, HMV excepted, (eg
many Woolworths stores only sold the top 20 or top 30 singles until the
early 1980s when they started to carry more and more of the top 75) and
this is reflected in the charts of 1977 onwards.
Virgin balanced up the addition of Woolworths who started to provide
sales data in 1974 which is when the singles chart started to become
quite MOR heavy.
>
> Chris
>
>
--
Robbie
Jan Buxton
> Chris Brown wrote:
>> "Jan Buxton" <ja...@eidosnet.co.uk> wrote in message
>> news:s-CdnY_CsKVA8EPU...@posted.plusnet...
>>> Chris Brown wrote:
>>>> Yes, as a sort of Easter special I'm posting a day early. This was a
>>>> chart I found when I was looking to see how far back I could reasonably
>>>> go: it caught my eye because it contains some of the best pop music
>>>> ever
>>>> made but still seems like one of the worst ever charts.
>>>>
>>>> Chart dated 10th April 1976
>>>> http://www.chartstats.com/chart.php?date=04%2F04%2F1976
>>>> 33.(34) The Doors - Riders On The Storm
>>> Also partial to a bit of the Doors. Good record this. I did own this
>>> on a
>>> compilation, but it seems to have walked off somewhere.
>>
>> For some reason - maybe my age - I've never really warmed to the
>> Doors, beyond this one song. Maybe that's why they kept releasing this
>> as a single.
>
> Light My Fire was OK too.
...Hello, I Love You / People Are Strange / Love Me Two Times / Break On
Through / Roadhouse Blues / The End...
>>>> I wouldn't normally use phrases like "Why punk had to happen", but...
>>> Yeah. Does appear to need a kick up the behind.
>>
>> The most obvious problem is that there's so much ancient music in
>> there: 8 records that are actually from the sixties, five more covers
>> from that decade and then Hank Mizell from the fifties.
>> Even a lot of the new music sounds distinctly past its prime, with all
>> the tail-end of glam rock hanging about.
>
> 1976 was also the last full year that Virgin didn't provide sales data
> to the chart. They became part of the chart panel in late January 1977
> and it does seem to be more than a co-incidence that a lot of the acts
> that were big in 1976 faded in 1977 - Virgin tended to offer a wider
> selection of singles than most of the chart panel, HMV excepted, (eg
> many Woolworths stores only sold the top 20 or top 30 singles until the
> early 1980s when they started to carry more and more of the top 75) and
> this is reflected in the charts of 1977 onwards.
>
> Virgin balanced up the addition of Woolworths who started to provide
> sales data in 1974 which is when the singles chart started to become
> quite MOR heavy.
I watched most of the BBC4 documentary about Rough Trade that I had
taped, last night. Now apart from the original record store, they
established an Independent Distribution Network that apparently
revolutionised record distribution. This led to a massive increase in
Indie labels, and of course Rough Trade became a label themselves with
Stiff Little Fingers selling 100,000 of their debut album. My question
though is would any of the independent record shops they supplied be
chart reporting points, and indeed would the Rough Trade shop itself
have been? So would this have had a direct impact on the charts? Or
merely indirect in that they broke artists that then moved to major labels?
--
Jan
Robbie
Most indie shops didn't provide sales information to the main chart in
the late 1970s. Alan Jones once mentioned that some indie singles in the
very late 70s had managed to sell over 100,000 copies without even
making the main chart, the examples he gave were The Crass and some
early Spizz Energi singles. The stores were not interested in reporting
to the chart compilers though some did provide sales information to MRIB
and NME who both compiled indie charts. I don't know about Rough Trade
though, whether they were part of the chart panel at the time, or indeed
any or many of the stores they supplied but given the above information
from Alan Jones there is a chance that many of them were not.
In 1976 the chart panel was still very small, 250 stores sampled from a
total of less than 400 and even by 1979 the total amount of stores that
supplied sales information was barely 500.
--
Robbie
Chris Brown
> Chris Brown wrote:
>> "Jan Buxton" <ja...@eidosnet.co.uk> wrote in message
>> news:s-CdnY_CsKVA8EPU...@posted.plusnet...
>>> Chris Brown wrote:
>>>> Yes, as a sort of Easter special I'm posting a day early. This was a
>>>> chart I found when I was looking to see how far back I could reasonably
>>>> go: it caught my eye because it contains some of the best pop music
>>>> ever
>>>> made but still seems like one of the worst ever charts.
>>>>
>>>> Chart dated 10th April 1976
>>>> http://www.chartstats.com/chart.php?date=04%2F04%2F1976
>>>>
>>>> 01.(01) Brotherhood Of Man - Save Your Kisses For Me
>>> Eurrgh. I think this may be playing on a loop in Hell.
>>
>> The scary bit is, this isn't even their worst Number One.
>
> They managed the impossible feat of each successive number one sounding
> worse than the previous one.
>
> There was a "comedy parody" cover of this song by someone like Richard
> Digance called "Save Your Kippers For Tea". It was even worse than the
> Brotherhood Of Man original. He also made an attempt at a comedy parody of
> Pearls A Singer by Elkie Brooks, called "Earl's A Winger". It even got
> plays on Radio 1 at the time!. Invariably it too was complete rubbish.
I remember Richard Digance being on telly when I was a kid. I thought he was
quite funny then. The main thing that stuck in my mind was when he had David
Gower on as a guest and started singing this weirdly sychophantic song to
him...
>>>> 04.(14) ABBA - Fernando
>>> Great chorus, I'm less keen on the verses.
>>
>> Now I come to think of it, I have no memory at all of the verses.
>
> The song "inspired" Tony Hillier (or was it Lee Sheridan?) to write
> another Brotherhood Of Man atrocity called "Angelo".
That was one of the others I had in mind.
>>>> 18.(22) The Beatles - Hey Jude
>>> And at the other end of the Beatles length spectrum.
>>
> It's a Beatles song that I've never cared for.
I like it as a song, but it's hard to escape the fact that there's at least
three minutes too much of it, and far too much of Paul McCartney screeching.
Apparently, the original (mono) single mix is exactly one second longer than
'Macarthur Park'.
>>>> 33.(34) The Doors - Riders On The Storm
>>> Also partial to a bit of the Doors. Good record this. I did own this on
>>> a
>>> compilation, but it seems to have walked off somewhere.
>>
>> For some reason - maybe my age - I've never really warmed to the Doors,
>> beyond this one song. Maybe that's why they kept releasing this as a
>> single.
>
> Light My Fire was OK too.
I suppose so (at least the edited version) but I was at school during the
peak of Jim Morrison cultdom when the film was out.
Chris
Nick
> Yes, as a sort of Easter special I'm posting a day early. This was a chart I
> found when I was looking to see how far back I could reasonably go: it
> caught my eye because it contains some of the best pop music ever made but
> still seems like one of the worst ever charts.
Perhaps 18 months before I started picking up on music on the radio,
though I do remember one or two number ones from early the following
year. Have picked up on many of these since though, so I'll have a
go....
> Chart dated 10th April 1976http://www.chartstats.com/chart.php?date=04%2F04%2F1976
>
> 01.(01) Brotherhood Of Man - Save Your Kisses For Me
Horribly twee. But I don't need to tell you that.
> 02.(02) Barry White - You See The Trouble With Me
Goodish.
> 03.(04) John Miles - Music
Goodish, I have to admit.
> 04.(14) ABBA - Fernando
OK but not one of their best.
> 05.(03) Billy Ocean - Love Really Hurts Without You
OK but prefer "Red Light Spells Danger".
> 06.(11) 10cc - I'm Mandy Fly Me
I like most of their hits, including this one.
> 07.(18) Hank Mizell - Jungle Rock
Don't know it.
> 08.(07) Elton John - Pinball Wizard
Not sure if I've heard his version, though know the Who's.
> 09.(08) The Beatles - Yesterday
I think I like every Beatles song I've heard, though this isn't one of
my favourites.
> 10.(25) Diana Ross - Theme From Mahogany (Do You Know Where You're Going To)
Heard this once or twice. OK but nothing special.
> 11.(09) Marmalade - Falling Apart At The Seams
> 12.(12) The Drifters - Hello Happiness
Know neither of these.
> 13.(06) Gallagher And Lyle - I Wanna Stay With You
Fair.
> 14.(07) Sailor - Girls Girls Girls
> 15.(10) Glitter Band - People Like You People Like Me
?
> 16.(17) Randy Edelman - Concrete And Clay
The famous "Concrete and Clay" from the sixties, I take it?
> 17.(13) Eagles - Take It To The Limit
OK
> 18.(22) The Beatles - Hey Jude
See comments for Yesterday.
> 19.(20) Hot Chocolate - Don't Stop It Now
Don't know this one.
> 20.(NE) Bay City Rollers - Love Me Like I Love You
Probably rubbish, though "Bye Bye Baby" is the only one of theirs I've
definitely heard.
> 21.(15) Guys And Dolls - You Don't Have To Say You Love Me
> 22.(05) Tina Charles - I Love To Love
For both: OK but nothing special. Background music.
> 23.(27) The Beatles - Paperback Writer
Good.
> 24.(28) The Carpenters - There's A Kind Of Hush
Not sure if I know this.
> 25.(33) Isaac Hayes - Disco Connection
> 26.(45) Silver Convention - Get Up And Boogie
Don't know either, though I obviously know who Isaac Hayes is.
> 27.(24) Cliff Richard - Miss You Nights
Not bad
> 28.(38) Brass Construction - Movin'
?
> 29.(42) Sheer Elegance - Life Is Too Short Girl
?
> 30.(49) Beatles With Billy Preston - Get Back
Good.
> 31.(19) CW McCall - Convoy
Have heard this on Pick of the Pops, novelty song about truckers
wasn't it?
> 32.(46) The Beatles - Strawberry Fields Forever
> 33.(34) The Doors - Riders On The Storm
Both good
> 34.(16) Peters And Lee - Hey Mr Music Man
> 35.(26) Be Bop Deluxe - Ships In The Night
> 36.(30) David Essex - City Lights
> 37.(50) Sutherland Brothers And Quiver - Arms Of Mary
> 38.(32) Mary Hopkin - If You Love Me
> 39.(47) Rodger Collins - You Sexy Sugar Plum (But I Like It)
> 40.(43) The Trammps - That's Where The Happy People Go
Don't know any of these.
> 41.(NE) Fox - S-S-S-Single Bed
Strange novelty song I've seen on Top of the Pops 2.
> 42.(39) The Small Faces - Lazy Sunday {1976}
> 43.(NE) Keith Emerson - Honky Tonk Train Blues
> 44.(23) Harold Melvin And The Bluenotes - Wake Up Everybody
> 45.(37) Chris White - Spanish Wine
> 46.(NE) Eric Carmen - All By Myself
> 47.(NE) Pluto - Ram Goat Liver
> 48.(40) Gary Glitter - You Belong To Me
> 49.(48) Emmylou Harris - Here There And Everywhere
> 50.(RE) The Beatles - Help!
Know none of these apart from no.50, obviously.
Nick
Nick
> > 42.(39) The Small Faces - Lazy Sunday {1976}
> > 43.(NE) Keith Emerson - Honky Tonk Train Blues
> > 44.(23) Harold Melvin And The Bluenotes - Wake Up Everybody
> > 45.(37) Chris White - Spanish Wine
> > 46.(NE) Eric Carmen - All By Myself
> > 47.(NE) Pluto - Ram Goat Liver
> > 48.(40) Gary Glitter - You Belong To Me
> > 49.(48) Emmylou Harris - Here There And Everywhere
> > 50.(RE) The Beatles - Help!
>
> Know none of these apart from no.50, obviously.
>
> Nick
Sorry - that's not quite true. If no.42 is the song which goes "Lazy
Sunday Afternoon....aaah", I do know it. Like the Beatles, better
than your average 1976 fare by the looks of things...,
Nick
Chris Brown
"Nick" <nick1...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
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On Apr 9, 9:29 pm, "Chris Brown" <extremespamr...@yahoo.com> wrote:
<<
> Yes, as a sort of Easter special I'm posting a day early. This was a chart
> I
> found when I was looking to see how far back I could reasonably go: it
> caught my eye because it contains some of the best pop music ever made but
> still seems like one of the worst ever charts.
Perhaps 18 months before I started picking up on music on the radio,
though I do remember one or two number ones from early the following
year. Have picked up on many of these since though, so I'll have a
go....
>>
<<> 01.(01) Brotherhood Of Man - Save Your Kisses For Me
Horribly twee. But I don't need to tell you that.>>
Nope. And the punchline isn't even original.
<<> 02.(02) Barry White - You See The Trouble With Me
Goodish.>>
Yes, fair enough.
<<
> 03.(04) John Miles - Music
Goodish, I have to admit.>>
This one I just find toe-curling.
<<> 05.(03) Billy Ocean - Love Really Hurts Without You
OK but prefer "Red Light Spells Danger".>>
Apparently that's the one that goes down best in concert too.
<<
> 07.(18) Hank Mizell - Jungle Rock
Don't know it.
>>
Fifties novelty.
<<
> 09.(08) The Beatles - Yesterday
I think I like every Beatles song I've heard,
>>
I can easily fix that for you! And I say that as a fan.
<<though this isn't one of
my favourites.>>
Tough standard though.
<<> 10.(25) Diana Ross - Theme From Mahogany (Do You Know Where You're Going
> To)
Heard this once or twice. OK but nothing special.>>
Better than the film, apparently.
<<
> 16.(17) Randy Edelman - Concrete And Clay
The famous "Concrete and Clay" from the sixties, I take it?>>
Correct. There's a bit of a theme to this chart.
<<
> 19.(20) Hot Chocolate - Don't Stop It Now
Don't know this one.>>
I wouldn't worry about it. They seem amazingly inconsistent for such a
successful singles act.
<<
> 24.(28) The Carpenters - There's A Kind Of Hush
Not sure if I know this.>>
It's another sixties cover, of course.
<<> 31.(19) CW McCall - Convoy
Have heard this on Pick of the Pops, novelty song about truckers
wasn't it?>>
Yeah, truckers and CB and stuff. IIRC it was originally from an American
bread advert or something.
<<
> 46.(NE) Eric Carmen - All By Myself
> 47.(NE) Pluto - Ram Goat Liver
> 48.(40) Gary Glitter - You Belong To Me
> 49.(48) Emmylou Harris - Here There And Everywhere
> 50.(RE) The Beatles - Help!
Know none of these apart from no.50, obviously.>>
Not even 'All By Myself'? Lucky you!
Chris
Chris Brown
>
>> > 42.(39) The Small Faces - Lazy Sunday {1976}
>>
>> Nick
>
> Sorry - that's not quite true. If no.42 is the song which goes "Lazy
> Sunday Afternoon....aaah", I do know it.
That's the one: the cockney one, not to be confused with 'Sunny Afternoon'
by the Kinks.
>Like the Beatles, better
> than your average 1976 fare by the looks of things...,
Possibly because, like the Beatles, it's not actually from 1976.
Chris