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Now then, now then...

Quack Quack oops!!...

Is that Janice Long there...especially for Maria!

Can it be No.1 in New Zealand? It was good enough for x-factor!

My close showbiz friend Janice it is! ;-)

#4 The kids made me watch X factor, why is Bill Bailey's dad singing in a silly accent?

I can't resist a list for this theme...sigh!

'Johnny Remember Me' - John Leyton
'Running Bear' - Johnny Preston
'Pretty Flamingo' - Manfred Mann
'Runaway' - Del Shannon
'The Wonder Of You' - Elvis
'Don't Throw Your Love away' - The Searchers
'I Only have Eyes For You' - Art Garfunkel
'I Love To Love' - Tina Charles
'Free' - Deniece Williams
'Dub Be Good To me' - Beats International
'Would I Lie To You' - Charles and Eddie
'Bring Me To Life' - Evanescence
'Toxic' - Britney Spears

Just been for an excellent meal.

Big 2nd for The Searchers. Well done Julie!

well, at the risk of stating the obvious, it has to be

Spirit In The Sky - Norman Greenbaum

it was also No 1 on a further two occasions for different, but very much inferior artists.

Surely the ultimate and greatest one hit wonder....?

regardez youse

henri

Float On ~ T. Floaters.. Some dude died and spoilt their party!

"I am relying on our bloggers to come up with some of the more unusual songs to have topped the charts"
You'll not be getting them from me. Will do the honourable thing and avoid all Queen songs though.

Slade Cuz I Love You
Too young to get this the first time round, only a few years later it made an impact. Can't remember when or why. The band - a motley crue with dodgy clothes and bad hair. The song - a great meld of shouty glam rock and impressive pseudo classical/ jazz violin playing.

Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel Make Me Smile (Come Up And See Me)
Too young to get this the first time round, only a few years later etc, etc. This has stood the test of time. Maybe it's because it's a great tune with a timeless sentiment.

Showaddywaddy Under The Moon Of Love
First popstar crush. Must have been the fetching hair, slick suit and brothel creepers with half-mast trousers combination that done it.

Barbara Streisand Woman In Love
Listening to mum's LP's. Got into slush at an early age. Major diva, but with a talent that just about excuses it.

That'll do for now.

Just to point out - charts other than the UK top 40 are available.

#10

Leo....and ma name is henri.. and ah like ah wummun with ( various attributes described)... apart from 'Ghetto Child' probably the worst of the genre but worth hearing MM because it's so wonderfully politically incorrect.

Huge 2nd for this!

If it wasn't for Donegan we'd all still be listening to Mozart. There's nothing wrong with Mozart but... Donegan's first number one, Cumberland Gap (57), Two old ladies sitting in the sand, each one wishing the other was a man.

Small Faces --- All or Nothing (Sept 66)

Love Affair --- Everlasting Love (Jan 68)

#6 cos that's how you stay in!

#7 Great list Julie, Art G would get my vote.

#14 2nd your small faces!

#6 because, however rubbish his English is, they think he'll get the ladies of a certain age going. Which might (until he bombs) mean money for someone. Just not him.
The whole X Factor thing is well past it's sell by date. If ever it was worth buying into. Doubt most people feel it is anymore, anyway.
I want more Antiques Roadshow and synchronised miming.

TUESDAY

'Oh Boy' - Mud

A great version of the Buddy Holly classic.

America - Razorlight
The drugs don't work - the Verve
Perfect day - Various
Sacrifice - Elton John
Ms Grace - the Tymes
A good heart - Feargal Sharkey
I'm still waiting - Diana Ross

Joe
Linlithgow

#17 :o)

Quite hard to come up with an unusual No.1 other than the novelty acts I suppose.

But as a wee kind of spin on it here are tow No.1 singles which reached the coveted spot that the song they allegedly lifted from did failed to do.

Confused...

George Harrison - My Sweet Lord (the song he was accused of lifting from The Chiffons - He's So Fine ddi not amke No1. in the UK)

The Sweet - Blockbuster (borrowed very heavily from the Jean Genie and actually kept that song off No.1)

The Third Man Theme - Anton Karas - From 1950 and certainly unusual. We're playing this in my mandolin class. Among many others had a go at it.

I met Jimmy Savile once - like a less verbose Henri Hannah.

#21...I have that on 78...with The Cafe Mozart Waltz on the other side...wonderful!

I thought the record charts in the UK started in 1952?

Not that it matters..........

Will they allow songs that topped the Hit Parade?

#10
A Classic.
My name is Paul and I like all women of the world.

Well apart from the moody one in my bank and her down the road that dented my daughters car and the barmaid in the pub that's more interested in her mobile than serving folk.

A bit of number one trivia.
CTRL END to Skip
I lost interest and haven't updated it for a few years.
Bet you're glad of that!


NUMBER ONES TRIVIA
THE FIRST NUMBER ONE WAS HERE IN MY HEART BY AL MARTINO

JOHNNY KIDD & THE PIRATES, DR HOOK, DEAD OR ALIVE, GABRIELLE AND ADAM
AND THE ANTS HAVE ALL INCLUDED AN EYE PATCH WEARING MEMBER

LIVING DOLL BY CLIFF AND YOUNG ONES WAS FIRST EVER COMIC RELIEF RECORD

STEVIE WONDER PLAYED HARMONICA ON CHAKA KHAN'S I FEEL FOR YOU AND
THE EURYTHMICS' THERE MUST BE AN ANGEL

ON WAKE ME UP BEFORE YOU GO GO GEORGE MICHAEL SANG I'M NOT PLANNING
ON GOING SOLO AND THEN DID

THE ONLY EUROVISION ACTS TO TOP THE CHARTS AND THEN TOP THE CHARTS
AGAIN ARE ABBA BUCKSFIZZ AND BROTHERHOOD OF MAN

REET PETITE BY JACKIE WILSON TOOK THE LONGEST TIME TO REACH NO.1
TAKING 29 YEARS AND 42 DAYS

EIGHT SINGERS ACHIEVED THEIR ONLY NO.1 HITS AFTER THEIR DEATH...BUDDY
HOLLY EDDIE COCHRANE JIM REEVES JIMI HENDRIX JOHN LENNON JACKIE
WILSON, FREDDY MERCURY AND AALIYAH. WHEN GEORGE HARRISON'S
RE- RELEASED MY SWEET LORD REPLACED AALIYAH'S MORE THAN A WOMAN
AT THE TOP IT IS THE ONLY TIME ONE STIFF HAS REPLACED ANOTHER
ALTHOUGH JOHN LENNON REPLACED HIMSELF

CHART TOPPER CILLA BLACK WAS A CLOAKROOM ATTENDANT DURING THE
BEATLES EARLY YEARS AT THE CAVERN

KATE BUSH WROTE WUTHERING HEIGHTS BECAUSE EMILY BRONTE HAD... AND
THEY SHARED THE SAME BIRTHDAY.

NEIL DIAMOND WROTE TWO NO.1 HITS RED RED WINE FOR UB40 AND I'M A
BELIEVER FOR THE MONKEES

VIDEO KILLED THE RADIO STAR WAS THE FIRST VIDEO PLAYED IN MTV


BACCARA WITH YES SIR I CAN BOOGIE WERE THE FIRST SPANISH ACT TO TOP
THE CHARTS

THE BACHELORS WERE THE FIRST IRISH GROUP TO TOP THE CHARTS

MARMALADE WERE THE FIRST SCOTTISH BAND TO TOP THE CHARTS

IN FIRST 5 MONTHS OF 1982 THREE GERMAN ACTS TOPPED THE CHART,
KRAFTWERK GOOMBAY DANCE BAND AND NICOLE

THE SUPREMES WERE THE FIRST FEMALE GROUP TO HIT NO.1

THE ONLY TIME PETE TOWNSEND MADE NO.1 WAS AS BASS PLAYER ON
SOMETHING IN THE AIR BY THUNDERCLAP NEWMAN

ELTON JOHN PLAYED PIANO ON THE HOLLIES HE AIN'T HEAVY HE'S MY BROTHER

NEIL SEDAKA PLAYED PIANO ON BOBBY DARIN'S DREAM LOVER

THE RIGHTEOUS BROTHERS YOU'VE LOST THAT LOVIN FEELING IS THE MOST
PLAYED SONG OF ALL TIME ON AMERICAN RADIO

BOB DYLAN NEVER HAD A NO.1 AS A PERFORMER BUT THE BYRDS, MANFRED MANN
AND DUNBLANE ALL HIT THE TOP WITH HIS SONGS

MIKE SARNE AND WENDY RICHARDS WERE THE FIRST MALE/FEMALE DUO TO TOP
THE CHARTS

WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM MY FRIENDS HAS TOPPED THE CHARTS FOR THREE
DIFFERENT ACTS BUT NEVER FOR THE BEATLES

ANSWERS ME BY DAVID WHITFIELD WAS REPLACED BY FRANKIE LAINE SINGING
THE SAME SONG. A FEAT REPEATED WHEN TOMMY STEELE'S AND GUY
MITCHELL'S VERSIONS OF SINGING THE BLUES REPLACED EACH OTHER AT
THE TOP

PAUL MCCARTNEY IS THE ONLY PERSON TO HAVE NUMBER ONE HITS AS A
SOLOIST AND AS PART OF A DUO TRIO QUARTET AND QUINTET

DANA IS THE ONLY MEMBER OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT TO HAVE HAD A
BRITISH NO.1 HIT

UNCHAINED MELODY IS THE ONLY SONG TO TOP THE CHARTS FOR FOUR
DIFFERENT ACTS. TODD DUNCAN WHO SANG THE ORIGINAL IN THE FILM
' UNCHAINED' NEVER HAD A HIT WITH IT

NO JAMES BOND THEME SONG HAS EVER MADE IT TO NUMBER ONE

FIRST TEENAGER TO MAKE NO.1 WAS FRANKIE LYMON WITH WHY DO FOOLS
FALL IN LOVE

MY SWEET LORD AND BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY WERE THE ONLY TWO SONGS TO
RETURN TO THE NUMBER ONE SPOT FOR THE SAME ACT IN A FUTURE YEAR
BEFORE ELVIS PRESLEY'S STRING OF RE-ELEASES IN 2005

CHICORY TIP'S SON OF MY FATHER WAS FIRST NUMBER ONE WITH A SYNTHESISER

LIEUTENANT PIGEON WERE THE ONLY MOTHER AND SON ACT TO TOP THE CHART

FRANK AND NANCY SINATRA AND OZZY AND KELLY OSBORNE ARE ONLY FATHER
AND DAUGHTER ACTS TO TOP THE CHART

EVERLY BROTHERS WERE THE FIRST BROTHERS TO TOP THE CHART

SISTER SLEDGE WERE THE FIRST SISTERS TO TOP THE CHART

THE CORRS WERE THE FIRST MIXED FAMILY GROUP TO TOP THE CHART

THE FIRST CHART TOPPING SON OF A CHART TOPPING FATHER WAS CHESNEY
HAWKES WHOSE FATHER WAS IN THE TREMELOES

THE ONLY FATHER AND SON ACT TO TOP THE CHARTS AS SOLO ARTISTS ARE
JULIO IGLESIAS AND ENRIQUE IGLESIAS

THE ONLY BROTHER AND SISTER TO INDEPENDENTLY TOP THE CHART AS SOLO
ARTISTS ARE DANIEL AND NATASHA BEDINGFIELD

EDEN KANE AND PETER SARSTEDT WERE THE FIRST BROTHERS TO INDEPENDENTLY
TOP THE CHARTS AS SOLO ARTISTS

THE ROYAL SCOTS DRAGOON GUARDS ARE THE ONLY TRAINED KILLERS TO
TOP THE CHARTS


AMAZING GRACE AND MULL OF KINTYRE ARE ONLY NUMBER ONE HITS TO
FEATURE THE BAGPIPES

LITTLE JIMMY OSMOND IS THE YOUNGEST SOLO CHART TOPPER AND LOUIS
ARMSTRONG THE OLDEST

THE YOUNGEST FEMALE TO HIT NO.1 WAS HELEN SHAPIRO AND THE OLDEST
WAS CHER

MAGGIE MAY WAS ORIGINALLY RELEASED AS THE B SIDE TO REASON TO BELIEVE

DISTANT DRUMS AND MR TAMBOURINE MAN ARE ONLY CHART TOPPERS WITH
A MUSICAL INSTRUMENT IN THE TITLE

EYE LEVEL BY THE SIMON PARK ORCHESTRA WAS THE FIRST TV THEME TO TOP
THE CHARTS

MERRY XMAS EVERYBODY BY SLADE WAS RECORDED ON A SCORCHING
DAY IN JULY

IN 1963 CLIFF RICHARD WAS REPLACED AT NO. 1 BY HIS BACKING BAND THE
SHADOWS WHO WERE THEN REPLACED THEMSELVES BY TWO OF THEIR
FORMER MEMBERS JET HARRIS AND TONY MEEHAN

IN 1977 SEX PISTOLS GOD SAVE THE QUEEN ALLEGEDLY OUTSOLD ALL ELSE
BUT THE CHART COMPILERS DELIBERATELY KEPT IT AT NO. 2 BEHIND ROD
STEWART'S FIRST CUT IS THE DEEPEST DUE TO A RADIO AND TV BAN AND
BECAUSE IT WAS DEEMED UNSUITABLE FOR THE QUEEN'S JUBILEE YEAR

CUMBERLAND GAP/PUTTING ON THE STYLE BY LONNIE DONEGAN WAS THE 1ST
LIVE NO.1 AND ALSO THE FIRST DOUBLE A SIDE NO.1

STAR TREKKIN BY THE FIRM ACHIEVED THE LOWEST CHART ENTRY ON THE WAY
TO THE TOP BY ENTERING AT NUMBER 74

PETERS AND LEE AND PAPER LACE WON OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS BEFORE
MAKING NO.1

SEX SELLS BUT IT WAS NEARLY 40 YEARS OF CHART MUSIC BEFORE SEX
APPEARED IN A NO.1 TITLE WHEN COLOR ME BADD TOPPED THE CHART IN
1991 WITH I WANNA SEX YOU UP

THE LONGEST CONSECUTIVE NO. 1 HIT WAS 16 WEEKS FOR BRYAN ADAMS
EVERYTHING I DO. THE THEME FROM ROBIN HOOD HAD BEEN OFFERED TO
AND TURNED DOWN BY KATE BUSH LISA STANSFIELD AND ANNIE LENNOX

BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY WAS NO.1 IN 4 CALENDAR YEARS NOV 75 TO JAN 76
AND AGAIN FROM DEC 91 TO JAN 92

SEVERAL ONE WORD TITLES ENDING IN O HAVE TOPPED THE CHARTS
WATERLOO HELLO INNUENDO GENO FERNANDO ANGELO FIGARO

DESMOND DEKKER'S THE ISRAELITES IS REGARDED AS FIRST REGGAE NO.1

GEORGE McCRAE'S ROCK YOUR BABY FIRST DISCO NO.1

GERRY AND THE PACEMAKERS HOW DO YOU DO IT THE FIRST BEAT BOOM
NO.1

ROCK AROUND THE CLOCK THE FIRST ROCK AND ROLL NO.1

BOOMTOWN RAT'S RAT TRAP FIRST NEW WAVE NO.1

SUPREME'S BABY LOVE FIRST MOTOWN NO.1

PARTNERS IN KRYME'S TURTLE POWER WAS FIRST RAP NO.1

TWO TOTALLY DIFFERENT SONGS CALLED TEARS ON MY PILLOW WERE NO.1
HITS FOR JOHNNY NASH AND KYLIE MINOGUE

ONE HIT WONDER MARIA MCKEE WHO'S NO.1 WAS SHOW ME HEAVEN ALSO
WROTE FEARGAL SHARKEY'S CHART TOPPER A GOOD HEART

JOHN DENVER AND CHRIS DE BURGH HAD NO.1 HITS WRITTEN FOR THEIR
WIVES. DENVER SUBSEQUENTLY BEAT HIS WIFE UP AND DE BURGH HAD
A HIGHLY PUBLICISED AFFAIR

LIONEL RICHIE WROTE THREE TIMES A LADY FOR HIS MUM

JANUARY BY PILOT REACHED NUMBER ONE ON THE FIRST OF FEBRUARY

IF BY TELLY SAVALAS AND 19 BY PAUL HARDCASTLE ARE THE SHORTEST
SONG TITLES TO TOP THE CHART

SCOTT MCKENZIE HAD THE LONGEST TITLE OF ANY NUMBER ONE HIT
SAN FRANCISCO (BE SURE TO WEAR SOME FLOWERS IN YOUR HAIR)

MAJOR TOM APPEARED IN DAVID BOWIE'S FIRST TWO NUMBER ONES,,,
SPACE ODDITY AND ASHES TO ASHES

AS WELL AS HER OWN NO.1 HIT TINA CHARLES ALSO SANG BACKING VOCALS
ON COCKNEY REBEL'S MAKE ME SMILE

ST WINNIFRED'S SCHOOL CHOIR AS WELL AS THEIR OWN NO.1 ALSO SANG ON
BRYAN AND MICHAEL'S NO.1 MATCHSTALK MEN AND MATCHSTALK CATS
AND DOGS

KENNY ROGERS IS THE ONLY COUNTRY SINGER TO TOP THE UK CHART TWICE

ROCK AROUND THE CLOCK WAS THE IST MILLION SELLER IN UK

MULL OF KINTYRE WAS THE FIRST SONG TO SELL TWO MILLION IN UK

BAND AID WERE THE FIRST THREE MILLION SELLER

CANDLE IN THE WIND 97 WAS THE FIRST FOUR MILLION SELLER

GARY NUMAN'S CARS REPLACED CLIFF RICHARD'S WE DON'T TALK ANYMORE
AT THE TOP. BOTH ARTISTS WERE BORN WITH THE SURNAME WEBB

BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY NEVER INCLUDED IT'S TITLE IN IT'S LYRICS BUT DID
INCLUDE MAMA MIA THE SONG THAT KNOCKED IT OFF NO;1

ONE DAY AT A TIME WAS THE THEME SONG FOR THE ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS
ORGANISATION

KELLY MARIE'S NO.1 FEELS LIKE I'M IN LOVE WAS WRITTEN BY RAY DORSET THE
LEAD SINGER OF ANOTHER NO.1 ACT MUNGO JERRY

OUT OF TIME BY CHRIS FARLOWE IS THE ONLY ROLLING STONES COVER TO TOP
THE UK CHARTS

WITHIN THREE MONTHS OF HIS DEATH THERE WERE FOUR NO.1 HITS WRITTEN
BY JOHN LENNON


THIS OLE HOUSE WAS FIRST SONG TO TOP THE CHARTS FOR SOLOISTS OF
DIFFERENT SEXES....ROSEMARY CLOONEY AND SHAKIN STEVENS


THE ONLY BACK TO BACK MOTOWN NUMBER ONES WERE SMOKEY ROBINSON'S
BEING WITH YOU AND MICHAEL JACKSON'S ONE DAY IN YOUR LIFE

ICE ICE BABY BY VANILLA ICE WAS FIRST NO.1 TO SAMPLE A PREVIOUS NO.1 IN
UNDER PRESSURE

CAPTAIN SENSIBLE'S HAPPY TALK HAD THE BIGGEST LEAP TO NO.1 FROM IT'S
PREVIOUS WEEK'S CHART POSITION OF NO.33

PHIL COLLINS TWO SOLO NUMBER ONES WERE BOTH COVERS OF 1966 HITS

TOTAL ECLIPSE OF THE HEART MADE BONNIE TYLER THE FIRST BRITISH FEMALE
TO HAVE A NO.1 HIT FROM A NO.1 ALBUM AND WAS ALSO THE ONLY SINGLE BY
A BRITISH FEMALE TO TOP BOTH THE UK AND US CHARTS

SPANDAU BALLET'S TRUE REPLACED DAVID BOWIE'S LET'S DANCE AT THE TOP AND
IS THE ONLY EXAMPLE OF ONE ALBUM TITLE TRACK REPLACING ANOTHER

STING WAS THE FIRST PERSON TO SINGLE HANDEDLY COMPOSE 5 NO.1 HITS

TWO A CAPELLA HITS HAVE MADE NO.1. ONLY YOU BY FLYING PICKETS AND
CARAVAN OF LOVE BY THE HOUSE MARTINS

RELAX SPENT MORE WEEKS ON THE CHART THAN ANY OTHER NUMBER ONE HIT

IN 1984 THREE CONSECUTIVE NUMBER ONES SOLD A MILLION...TWO TRIBES
CARELESS WHISPER AND I JUST CALLED TO SAY I LOVE YOU

THE ONLY NUMBER ONE ACT WHOSE NAME CONTAINED A COUNTRY AND A
CONTINENT WAS USA FOR AFRICA

THE ONLY NO.1 FOR TWO GROUPS JOINING FORCES WAS WE WILL ROCK YOU
FOR FIVE AND QUEEN

JENNIFER RUSH THE POWER OF LOVE WAS FIRST SINGLE BY A SOLO FEMALE
TO SELL A MILLION

JE T'AIME WAS THE FIRST FOREIGN LANGUAGE NUMBER ONE HIT

THE INSTRUMENTAL OH MEIN PAPA WAS FIRST FOREIGN TITLE TO MAKE NO.1

THE FIRST NUMBER ONE WHOSE TITLE CONTAINED A PLACE NAME AND NOTHING
ELSE WAS BARBADOS BY TYPICALLY TROPICAL

DORIS DAY'S SECRET LOVE WAS FIRST OSCAR WINNING SONG TO TOP THE CHART

LONG JOHN BALDRY IS THE TALLEST PERSON TO HAVE A NO.1

WHITNEY HOUSTON'S I WANT TO DANCE WITH SOMEBODY WAS THE FIRST NO.1
AVAILABLE ON CD

MR VAIN BY CULTURE BEAT WAS FIRST NUMBER ONE NEVER AVAILABLE ON
7 INCH VINYL

THE ARCHIES WITH SUGAR SUGAR WERE THE FIRST NON HUMANS TO TOP THE
THE CHARTS AFTER THE SONG WAS REJECTED BY THE MONKEES

CLIFF RICHARD IS ONLY ACT TO TOP THE CHARTS IN 5 DECADES

STAND BY ME, THE JOKER AND SHOULD I STAY OR SHOULD I GO ALL
TOPPED THE CHARTS WHEN RERELEASED AFTER FEATURING IN LEVI
ADVERTS

STILTSKIN'S INSIDE AND SHAGGY'S BOOMBASTIC BABYLON ZOO'S SPACEMAN
AND MR OIZO'S FLAT BEAT WERE ALL NEW SONGS THAT MADE THE TOP AFTER
FEATURING IN LEVI ADS

THREE EASTENDERS HAVE TOPPED THE CHART..WENDY RICHARD NICK BERRY
AND MARTINE MCCUTCHEON

THREE NEIGHBOURS HAVE TOPPED THE CHARTS..KYLIE MINOGUE JASON
DONOVAN AND HOLLY VALANCE

IT'S ALL IN THE GAME WAS WRITTEN BY AMERICAN VICE PRESIDENT CHARLES
GATES DAWES

ENGLAND WORLD CUP SQUAD HAD FIRST FOOTBALL NUMBER ONE

MAN UTD WERE THE FIRST FOOTBALL CLUB TO REACH NO.1

FAST LOVE AND MEN IN BLACK BOTH SAMPLED PATRICE RUSHEN'S FORGET
ME NOTS

THE ONLY NO.1 THAT MADONNA WROTE FOR ANOTHER ACT WAS GARY
BARLOW'S LOVE WON'T WAIT

THE KLF HIT THE TOP AS THEMSELVES AND ALSO AS THE TIMELORDS

AT 1 MINUTE 35 SECONDS WHAT DO YOU WANT BY ADAM FAITH WAS THE
SHORTEST SONG TO MAKE NUMBER ONE

AT 9 MINUTES AND 38 SECONDS ALL AROUND THE WORLD BY OASIS IS
THE LONGEST SONG TO MAKE NUMBER ONE EXCLUDING 12 INCH REMIXES

JAILHOUSE ROCK WAS FIRST SINGLE TO ENTER AT NUMBER ONE

THE ONLY BEATLES HIT TO ENTER AT NUMBER ONE WAS GET BACK

PETULA CLARKE'S THIS IS MY SONG WAS WRITTEN BY CHARLIE CHAPLIN

THE CRICKETS BACKED BUDDY HOLLY, EDDIE COCHRANE AND THE EVERLY
BROTHERS ON NO.1 HITS

THE ONLY SPICE GIRLS HIT PRIOR TO THEIR REUNION NOT TO REACH THE TOP WAS ''STOP'' WHICH STOPPED AT NO.2 BEHIND RUN DMC'S IT'S LIKE THAT

WESTLIFE HAD NO.1'S WITH 9 OF THEIR FIRST 10 RELEASES. THE ONLY ONE THAT
FAILED WAS HELD OFF THE TOP SPOT BY BOB THE BUILDER

JOE DOLCE'S SHADDUP YA FACE HELD ULTRAVOX'S VIENNA OFF NO.1

NORMAN COOK TOPPED THE CHARTS WITH THE HOUSEMARTINS AND ALSO AS
BEATS INTERNATIONAL AND FATBOY SLIM

THE MANIC STREET PREACHERS THE MASSES AGAINST THE CLASSES WAS THE
FIRST NEW NUMBER ONE OF THE MILLENNIUM AND WAS DELETED
AFTER JUST ONE WEEK

BILLY JOEL AND WESTLIFE BOTH HAD NUMBER ONES WITH UPTOWN GIRL AND
BOTH FEATURED MODELS IN THE VIDEOS...CHRISTIE BRINKLEY IN BILLY JOEL'S
AND CLAUDIA SCHIFFER IN WESTLIFE'S

VICTORIA BECKHAM IS ONLY SPICE GIRL NOT TO TOP THE CHART OUTSIDE THE
BAND

CHRISTINE AGUILERA'S BEAUTIFUL WAS WRITTEN BY LINDA PERRY OF FOUR NON
BLONDES

MAD WORLD BY GARY JULES COST JUST 50 DOLLARS TO MAKE AND 90 MINUTES
TO RECORD

EAMON'S F IT I DON'T WANT YOU BACK WAS KNOCKED OFF THE TOP BY HIS
ALLEGED EX FRANKEE'S F U RIGHT BACK

EVERYTIME BY BRITNEY SPEARS WAS WRITTEN ABOUT HER EX JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE

GNARLES BARCLAY'S CRAZY WAS THE FIRST NUMBER ONE BASED ON DOWNLOAD
SALES ONLY

THE ONLY CHRISTMAS NUMBER ONES TO FEATURE CHRISTMAS IN THE TITLE ARE
CHRISTMAS ALPHABET, MERRY XMAS EVERYBODY, LONELY THIS CHRISTMAS,
MERRY XMAS EVERYONE AND DO THEY KNOW IT'S CHRISTMAS

THE FIRST CHART TOPPERS OF THE ACTS WITH 5 OR MORE NUMBER 1 HITS WERE
ELVIS......ALL SHOOK UP
BEATLES.......FROM ME TO YOU
CLIFF RICHARD.....LIVING DOLL
WESTLIFE......SWEAR IT AGAIN
MADONNA........INTO THE GROOVE
SPICE GIRLS.....WANNABE
ABBA........WATERLOO
TAKE THAT.......PRAY
ROLLING STONES....IT'S ALL OVER NOW
GEORGE MICHAEL.....CARELESS WHISPER
KYLIE MINOGUE......I SHOULD BE SO LUCKY
MICHAEL JACKSON.....ONE DAY IN YOUR LIFE
BOYZONE......WORDS
OASIS......SOME MIGHT SAY
BLONDIE.....HEART OF GLASS
ROBBIE WILLIAMS....MILLENNIUM
SLADE.....COZ I LUV YOU
U2......DESIRE
QUEEN......BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY
DAVID BOWIE.......SPACE ODDITY
ROD STEWART....MAGGIE MAY

Thanks a lot Paolo...I don't know how to ctl+end using the BlackBerry :o(

Ah yes, the delights and horrors of cut and paste in one easy lesson.

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Doesn't say it has to be British?

My Girl - the Temptations - US 1964

Without Love - Tom Jones - Canada 1969

(heard it the other day, what a great song)

Addicted to Love - Robert Palmer - Aus US 1986

Are You Gonna Go My Way - Lenny Kravitz - Aus 1991

Maria Maria - Santana ft Product G & B - France 2000

and a few home-grown

You Wear it Well - Rod Stewart - 1972

See My Baby Jive - Wizzard - 1973

The Mighty Quinn - Manfred Mann - 1967

#32. In that case...Willy DeVille's mariachi version of 'Hey Joe' was number one in Spain!

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#28
Oops never thought of that. Mods feel free to remove #27

#34
How was the beautiful south Billy?

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#20

Not just accused - , and had to hand over the majority of the revenue from My Sweet Lord to Bright Tunes Music.

#27

Aw Paolo, you never said how The Floaters got their name!!!!




And what about Cracklin Rosie, Song Sung Blue and You Dont Bring Me Flowers (did he write this one?)? Or are you not counting US chart?

* The Crazy World of Arthur Brown - Fire June 68
* Matthews Southern Comfort - Woodstock Sept 70
* Specials - Special AKA Live! EP Jan 1980
Specifically Too Much Too Young. Only the 2nd EP ever to hit the top, and the 1st live number one since Chuck Berry in 1972. Also the shortest song ever chart-topper at 2:04.
* Cliff Richard & The Young Ones - Living Doll March 86
* Billy Bragg - She's Leaving Home May 88
Let's have this half of the double-A side, rather than the Wets
* Shakespears Sister - Stay - Jan 92
* KWS - Please Don't Go Apr 92
Cover of KC & The Sunshine Band track, which itself was a US No.1 & did well all over Europe (1 in .nl; 2 in .ch, .fr & .at, 3 in .de), but only got to #41 in the UK. The KWS version's better, mind.
* Stilkskin - Inside May 94
Written as a grunge pastiche for a Levis ad when no actual grunge bands would deign to partake. The band was formed to perform the track live.
* All Saints - Pure Shores Feb 2000
Also on the brilliant soundtrack for The Beach, hence my affection for it.
* Nizlopi - JCB Song Dec 2005 (also in Ireland Dec 2005)
* Mika - Grace Kelly Jan 2007

One for Julie,

How Can I Be Sure - David Cassidy

One for somebody else

Hey Girl Dont Bother Me - The Tams

More No 1 trivia

What was unusual about these No 1s?

Together We Are Beautiful - Fern Kinney
Theme From M.A.S.H
Use It Up And Wear It Out - Odyssey

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Very good Billy.

US acts, all number one in UK in 1980, none made the US top 100.


#27
Another No 1 turned down by other artists was Dont You Forget About Me (No 1 in USA), originally offered to Billy Idol and Bryan Ferry.

#39
KC got to no.3 in 1979 in uk with Please Don't Go whilst I was flattening used mailbags in the sorting office in George Square. An Exciting student job if ever there was one, and don't tell Adam anyone is better than KC.

Adam Faith 'What do you want' was shortest no.1 at 1:36

#38 The Floaters were named after the remains of a Kerry oot spotted in the sea aff cellardyke.

And i've said it before so I'll say it again. Why was Elvis's back catalogue rereleased in 2005 in order to get the 1000th number one when he's died trying to have a number two!

At last! A theme so simple even I can't get confused!

;o)

Crazy - Gnarls Barkley

Karma Chameleon - Culture Club

Combine Harvester - The Wurzels

Let The Heartaches Begin - Long John Baldry

Hooked On A Feeling - Blue Swede ~ No.1 in America

And one for Breedge - Memories Are Made Of This - Dean Martin

:o)

Silver Lady - David Soul

Black Coffee - All Saints

Heart of Gold - Neil Young (U.S.)

Paul from Ayr

#26 Knew you'd dig it!

Careful how you answer AfR #38... he has a fixation with flotsam L.O.L. see theme, All you do is talk talk, #4, 26 Aug 2009

Whur's frodo feet vegas?

#23

Prior to 1952 there were charts. Many households (like my own) had pianos but no gramophone.

You'll see Les Paul and Mary Ford's Mockin' Bird Hill (later covered by the Migil Five - first ska?) beat Mike Sarne and Wendy Richards on this basis, not to mention The Beverley Sisters.

The first British group to chart was the Stargazers including Dick James who later sang Robin Hood, ran the Beatles' Northern Songs and signed Elton John to DJM records.

#48

Last seen heading south on a Dunoon Steamer.

#49 That is really interesting, I must admit I did not know these charts existed.

#21

Was he wheeling you about on a hospital trolley at Stoke Mandeville fter the brain surgery?

#44

You're right - I was getting confused with .

[Unsuitable/Broken URL removed by Moderator], including the real facts on:

* The Secret Number One (John & Yoko - Happy Christmas War is Over)
* The Erroneous Number One (Manuel and his Music Of The Mountains - Rodrigo's Guitar Concerto De Aranjez)
* The Urban Myth Number One (The Sex Pistols - God Save The Queen)
* The Number One That Got Away With It (Steve 'Silk' Hurley - Jack Your Body)
* The Didn't Make It On A Technicality Number One (Deee-Lite - Groove Is In The Heart)
* The Unjust Number One (Joe Dolce - Shaddap You Face)

Ho Hum. Will just have to cite the full content of that page then (site was *perfectly* suitable and URL not at all broken)

The 'Secret' Number One
John & Yoko and The Plastic Ono Band with the Harlem Community Choir - "Happy Christmas (War Is Over)"

There was a time when no new chart was compiled over the Christmas period; it was a labour-intensive process requiring couriers racing around the country, collecting sales diaries which were then delivered to a data-entry team who would manually key the catalogue numbers into an early computer system. These staff needed a week off for Christmas. Furthermore, the media didn't seem to require a chart update due to lack of publications and special festive programming. Today, the data is downloaded from stores in a flash and chart-compilation is much less labour-intensive so even over Christmas a new chart can easily be compiled - and Radio One is happy to air it. But, between these two extremes, there were a few years in which a new chart was compiled but never aired or published. Usually, this resulted in no change at the top in any case. But the notable exception was Christmas 1980. On 8th December of that year John Lennon was assassinated. On the week ending 27 Dec, St Winifred's School Choir hit the top spot with "There's No-one Quite Like Grandma." But, directly over Christmas week, large numbers of shoppers bought Lennon's classic "Happy Christmas (War Is Over)." The chart compiled (though not published) for w/e 3rd Jan 1981 had John Lennon at number one. This fact is not widely known, thus it is omitted from lists of Number Ones. Instead, St Winifred's School Choir are shown as holding the position for two weeks. By the time normal service had been resumed (w/e 10th Jan 1981), John Lennon's "Imagine" had climbed to the top in any case.


The 'Erroneous' Number One
Manuel and his Music Of The Mountains - "Rodrigo's Guitar Concerto De Aranjez"

When the chart dated w/e 28th Feb 1976 was first unveiled, it was announced that Manuel and his Music Of The Mountains had dethroned The Four Seasons' "December '63 (Oh What A Night)" from the top spot. But moments after the chart had been made public, a catastrophic 'computer error' was discovered. Manuel (actually conductor Geoff Love) was relegated to number 3 behind The Four Seasons and Tina Charles! He never did make number one.
In a similar incident for the week ending 10th Nov 1979, a compilation error led to an announcement that Dr Hook's "When You're In Love With A Beautiful Woman" had toppled Lena Martell's "One Day At A Time." The error did not immediately come to light and some newspaper listings carried the incorrect number one. Happily (for Dr Hook at least) "When You're In Love With A Beautiful Woman" did make, and keep, the number one the following week.


The 'Urban Myth' Number One
The Sex Pistols - "God Save The Queen"

1977 marked The Queen's Silver Jubilee - 25 years on the throne. The occasion was marked with celebrations at every level throughout the UK. During the summer months The Queen embarked on a large scale tour, the climax of the national celebrations being on the evening of Monday 6th June when she lit a bonfire beacon at Windsor which started a chain of beacons across the country.
1977 also marked the year when Punk Rock took a real grip on the chart. Leading the way were The Sex Pistols. They made no secret of their contempt for royalty, releasing a highly irreverent punk version of "God Save The Queen" during the Summer. As the chart for w/e 11th June was about to be made public (on Tue 7th June - the day after the climax of the jubilee celebrations), the newspapers were rife with speculation that The Sex Pistols were going to be number one for the historic week. In the event, Rod Stewart's rather more placid double-A side "I Don't Want To Talk About It" / "First Cut Is The Deepest" retained its number one position for a fourth week. Rumours then circulated wildly that the chart-compilers had caved in to pressure and 'fixed' the chart to avoid controversy. So convincing were some of the stories that the NME actually listed The Sex Pistols as number one!
Anecdotes which have come to light since support the theory that many people held at the time; that the whole media frenzy was whipped up by The Pistols expert manager/publicist Malcolm McLaren! "God Save The Queen" was never a number one.


The Number One 'That Got Away With It'
Steve 'Silk' Hurley - "Jack Your Body"

Strict chart rules govern which releases are eligible for the chart. One such rule stipulated the maximum playing time allowed on a 12" single (to avoid it being classed as an album). Unfortunately, nobody spotted that the 12" version of Steve 'Silk' Hurley's 1987 track "Jack Your Body" exceeded the maximum playing time. Its sales were incorporated into the overall total for the title. It, thus, enjoyed two weeks at number one in January of that year. In fact, it should never have been there! The effect was that Jackie Wilson's re-issue of "Reet Petite" (which it 'knocked off the top') should have enjoyed a fifth week at the summit and Aretha Franklin & George Michael's "I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)" (which eventually replaced it at the top) was deprived of its first week (of what should have been three) atop the chart.


The 'Didn't Make It On A Technicality' Number One
Deee-Lite - "Groove Is In The Heart"

As computers began to play a greater part in the chart compilation / listing process it became more difficult to cope with records tieing for a position (there are technical reasons why it is much better to have distinct positions rather than shared ones.) For the week ending 15 Sep 1990, two records tied for number one - "The Joker" by Steve Miller Band and Dee-lite's "Groove Is In The Heart". Based on sales in the shops which contributed to the chart there was absolutely no difference between the two; it was a dead heat. But a rule introduced in the '80s was invoked; "The Joker" was given the number one as its sales had increased more from the previous week. Though they had sold sufficient copies to be a joint number one, Deee-lite were relegated to number two. Eager to deflect the flack which flew when this came to light, the chart compilers subsequently announced that "The Joker" had, in fact, on review of the figures, sold eight more copies than "Groove Is In The Heart."


The 'Unjust' Number One
Joe Dolce Music Theatre - "Shaddap You Face"

Of course, the merit of music is in the ears of the beholder. There have been many curious number ones over the years. But the one which is often (somewhat unfairly) picked upon (and much loved by quiz masters!) is Joe Dolce Music Theatre's - "Shaddap You Face." The reason? Well, it wasn't exactly a musical masterpiece - but then nor are many other number ones! But its real 'sin' was to keep what is regarded by many as one of the finest singles of the 1980s from the top spot. On its fourth week on the chart, Ultravox's "Vienna" had gracefully climbed to the no.2 position. It seemed poised to replace John Lennon's much-loved (posthumous) hit "Woman" at the top in w/e 21st Feb 1981. But, when the chart was announced, it transpired that "Shaddup You Face" had shown the audacity to leap-frog Ultravox's beautifully crafted song, blocking its ascendancy to no.1. To make matters worse, both singles maintained their positions for two further weeks before "Vienna" fell to no. 4!

This means nothing to me.

At 4:00pm on 26th October, noriemaclean wrote

#55

This is really interesting, I must admit I didn't know how the charts were compiled.

#21
Intresting thing about Jimmy Savil-e, a bit of a Dreazone fan, apparently - did you know that Dreazone's 'Second Light' was one of John Peel's top ten albums of all time?

No wonder,it can bring eyesight to the blind and, when taken with banana loaf, can cure phobias: a bridge over troubled water.

regardez youse

henri

Bryan Ferry interview on second hour of Radcliffe & Maconie last night.
Worth a listen if you're interested.

#57 any more of the Henri and we step up the Dignity campaign! :o)

You have taken me on a musical memory trail today as I have tracked my years since I was born and the number ones for all these years have each brought their own particulary memory! I have looked at the number ones for today's date for each of the years and my top 10 list is as follows:


1. Travellin' Light Cliff 1959
2. Only the Lonely Roy O 1960
3. Tornado's Telstar 1962
4. Archies - Sugar Sugar 1969
5. Maggie May - Rod Stewart 1971
6. One Day at a Time - Lena Martell 1979
7. Karma Chameleon - Culture Club 1982
8. End of the Road - Byz 2 Men 1992
9. Nelly and Kelly - Delema 2002
10.Suggabaes Hole in the Head 2003

Whilst these songs are not necessarily my favourites in any way shape or form they have given me a great afternoon reminiscing situations and occassion that have made my life. I love your show Bryan it is everything good about radio and all it should be. Keep on keeping on!

#55 Unjust number one indeed - you try telling that to Jim Frae Erskine!

support #9 Spirit in the Sky
and #20 My Sweet Lord

and request "You've lost that lovin' feeling" Righteous Brothers

Wot - no Gong tonight?

Russ Conway: Roulette
Guy Mitchell: She Wears Red Feathers
The Seekers: I'll Never Find Another You
The Pipes And Drums Of Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders: Amazing Grace
Peters & Lee: Welcome Home
The Boomtown Rats: Rat Trap
Kraftwerk: The Model

Go on... let's have Amazing Grace... brings a tear to a glass Scottish eye...

#55
I mentioned the Pistols ' God Save the queen in the trivia stuff earlier. Was it fact or was it urban myth? It's been muted as both. Radio 2 on a punk documentary a few years back certainly gave it as a fact.

Another one was the Beatles first No.1. The official charts provider changed the week the old provider (was it NME?) placed Please please me at No.1. The new provider Music Week and Record Mirror had it at no.2 and therefore From me to you is officially classed as the first Beatles no.1.

It certainly takes the shine off the Beatles' career.

Was 'Dignity' an No 1? Did The Proclaimers have a No1?

Quite quiet on f***book.....intrestingly,ex pat's love stuff like 'Amazing Grace', but the truth is, Mike, as Nietzsche pointed out, you cannot go home, it does not exist.

So let's not torture you with rose tinted misty eyed romanticised sentimental nonsence:let's have 'Letter From America' instead... maybe that wasn't No1 though?

George Harrison wasn't the only one to copy the work of others:

Paul & John both nicked things form Chuck Berry - most notably the bass line for 'I Saw Her Standing There' - it was the B side of a number 1 (I Wanna Hold Your Hand) in the States.

#68 I think there used to be The Scottish Chart where Scottish acts generally reached a higher placing than in the UK chart so...

#69

Which Chuck Berry song does it come from?

#70

An alternative world ruled by King Sydney?

#68

Proclaimers did indeed reach the top spot in May 2007 with the re-release of I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles) (with comedy additions - the original was simultaneously released and only made Number 26).

Dignity got as far as number 31 in Jan 88, and reached number 20 on re-release in May 94.

Just call me Mike Reid.

# 71

'Talkin' About You' - bass rift lifted from this.

that's bass riff, obviously

Hi Guys,
I usually try and get this song played now and again but it was No1 in 1975, that’s THIRTY FIVE years ago....how old do I feel?

Harold Wilson was Prime Minister,

Margaret Thatcher was the first female leader of the Tory Party,

Jaws and One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest were the top films along with The Who’s Tommy,

Betamax was invented and

WORST OF ALL Tiger Woods and Kate Winslet were born

Anyway, Steve Harley’s Make me Smile (Come up and see me) has stood the test of time and is always worth a play.

Eddie in London