For me, it's 1971, US charts, based on the old editions of 'America's Top 40' I hear on Sirius XM. This just beats UK 1981 due to the inclusion of so many soul classics but also personal favourites such as Carole King, Chicago, Richie Havens, etc.
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After Christmas 1984 I realised that I had 7 of the top 10 records and so I made a deal with my dad to help him on his milk round every Saturday morning in exchange for whatever new singles went into the top 10 each week. For the whole of 1985 I only missed 2 singles - Everton's FA Cup song and "Ben" by Marti Webb - and I'll always have a special place for that year's hits, as well as some songs that didn't trouble the top 40 but got airplay on pre-breakfast show Radio 1 while on said milk round.
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In UK terms 1981 is the winner of course, but 1990 and 1991 were fun at the time - watching the recent TOTP re-runs shows how much dross was around but there was a real unpredictabilty about the chart, songs crashing in and then either sinking completely or going on to be genuine chart hits.
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Another 1981 vote from me, it was probably the year I first got into music as a 9 year old. And I've got a soft spot for 1987, which is when I discovered girls and realised what 90 per cent of the songs were about. 1991 (drugs) takes the bronze.
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Originally posted by Satchmo Distel View PostFor me, it's 1971, US charts, based on the old editions of 'America's Top 40' I hear on Sirius XM. This just beats UK 1981 due to the inclusion of so many soul classics but also personal favourites such as Carole King, Chicago, Richie Havens, etc.
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The Bravo charts for 1979 would suggest that it was not a great year in West-Germany.
Nor was 1976. I don't think I'd be able to hum, or even recognise, the Top 2.
As for 1974... Well, I do love "Teenage Rampage" at #1.
And loads of Bravo's weekly charts from 1964-1985, for your pleasure...
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Originally posted by Vicarious Thrillseeker View PostSchoolboy error - chucking a Sounds page in the middle of the NME lot.
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Originally posted by G-Man View PostThe Bravo charts for 1979 would suggest that it was not a great year in West-Germany.
Nor was 1976. I don't think I'd be able to hum, or even recognise, the Top 2.
As for 1974... Well, I do love "Teenage Rampage" at #1.
And loads of Bravo's weekly charts from 1964-1985, for your pleasure...
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