It's always a number 1 day!

[Benjm]

That Stargazers song is horrific; you should probably add a warning ahead of the link, DR.

I recognised some of the performers but none of the songs on today's ten. Psychologically damaged by listening all the way through Close the Door, I won't risk getting acquainted with any of the others.

[Amor de Cosmos]

I absolutely loved Close the Door, I thought it was hilarious ( at seven-years-old.) Also Cool Water. Frankie Laine did most of the signature tunes to my favourite cowboy shows, so he was well up in my personal pantheon of Gods.

[Discordant Resonance]

Thirty years ago today, Mariah Carey is unchanged at 10 with Dreamlover, while Nirvana tumble four spots to 9 with Heart-Shaped Box. 2 Unlimited remain at 8 with Faces, and Radiohead go straight in at 7 with Creep. Billy Joel slips two to 6 with River Of Dreams, as do SWV to 5 with Right Here. Bitty McLean also falls the same extent to 4 with It Keeps Raining, but Will Smith climbs an amazing nine places to 3 with Boom! Shake the Room. The Pet Shop Boys are new at 2 with their post-Soviet paean, Go West, but Culture Beat stay at 1 for a fourth week with Mr Vain.

[Discordant Resonance]

[Simon G]

Boom! Shake the Room on its way to number 1 there.

Mr Vain is fantastic, as is SWV's Right Here.

[Benjm]

The Go West video is awesome. The song has been one of the stalwarts of the Boys' live set ever since.

I like pretty much all of these apart from Radiohead and Billy Joel.

[delicatemoth]

'Faces' is great, a weird paranoid turn from Ray and Anita, who I'm informed are two of the sweetest people in pop music. That's a very good chart indeed, but TLC win with one of the singles of the decade and one of my favourite singalong songs. They were mighty.

[Discordant Resonance]

It's 1964, and Marianne Faithfull drops one to 10 As Tears Go By, while The Supremes ask Where Did Our Love Go, as they climb 9 to 9. Manfred Mann slip two to 8 singing Doo Wah Diddy Diddy, while sons of Mullingar, The Bachelors, fall three to 7 saying I Wouldn't Trade You For The World. Dave Berry is down the minimum to 6 with The Crying Game (yes), while the Four Seasons ascend three to 5 with Rag Doll. Jim Reeves says I Won't Forget You, as he plummets one to 4, but Herman's Hermits soar four to 3 with I'm Into Something Good. Honeycombs remain at 2 with Have I The Right, and there's no change at 1 for The Kinks and You Really Got Me.

[Discordant Resonance]

[Benjm]

The Supremes take the win but fair play to The Bachelors, they keep it short and there's plenty to enjoy in that performance, not necessarily in they way that they intended but you could say the same about the discovery of penicillin.

[Jah Womble]

...Jim Reeves says I Won't Forget You, as he plummets one to 4, ...

Unfortunate turn of phrase, given what had happened just a matter of weeks previously...

[Benjm]

My mum had a few Jim Reeves records, as did most mums. Perhaps his popularity was driven by laudanum having been outlawed for use on toddlers.

He's never really had a moment of reappraisal when Bob Stanley or whoever has stood up to testify that he deserves rescuing from charity shop obscurity. Was he just as dull as popular caricature has it?

[Benjm]

Unfortunate turn of phrase, given what had happened just a matter of weeks previously...

If only there was some sort of reference guide that would help people to avoid such traps. Ah well.

[Jah Womble]

Ha - indeed.

My mum had a few Jim Reeves records, as did most mums. Perhaps his popularity was driven by laudanum having been outlawed for use on toddlers.

He's never really had a moment of reappraisal when Bob Stanley or whoever has stood up to testify that he deserves rescuing from charity shop obscurity. Was he just as dull as popular caricature has it?

Paddy McAloon was also a Reevesian-appreciator. Prefab Sprout - amidst a myriad other versions - covered He'll Have to Go with some aplomb.

Interesting theory re laudanum. Gentleman Jim's voice certainly had opiate qualities.

[delicatemoth]

Honeycombs remain at 2 with Have I The Right, and there's no change at 1 for The Kinks and You Really Got Me.

Pop music's great, isn't it. Swap the Supremes in for Herman's Hermits and that's a top 3 for the ages.

[Amor de Cosmos]

I'd go with Dave Berry, The Supes, Four Seasons, and the Honeycombs. Rarely a fan of covers, Herman and, especially, MM snookered two brilliant US originals out of any UK airplay.

[Benjm]

I have to do a mental reset to listen I'm Into Something Good as a pop record rather than an aural indicator that someone is about to take a pratfall on a sketch show or advert. I suppose it shows how it quickly it became part of the cultural furniture.

[delicatemoth]

Definitely the Oasis of their era, the Hermits.

[Discordant Resonance]

Though as yet the Gallaghers have yet to cameo in Coronation Street.

[Patrick Thistle]

I didn't know Jim Reeves was only 40 when he died. He looks older than that in every photo I've ever seen of him.

[Discordant Resonance]

Zimbabwe has just gained independence, and today, Queen storm up 8 places to 10 with Another One Bites The Dust, while Cliff Richard slips one to 9 with Dreamin'. Sheena Easton climbs two to 8 with Modern Girl, and David Bowie tumbles four to 7 with Ashes To Ashes. Hazel O'Connor falls the minimum to 6 with The Eighth Day, while The Jam plummet three to 5 with Start. Stevie Wonder soars a whopping 26 places to 4 with Masterblaster (Jammin'), and Elvis is up four to 3 with It's Only Love/Beyond The Reef. Randy Crawford moves on two to 2 with One Day I'll Fly Away, but Kelly Marie remains at 1 with It Feels Like I'm In Love.

[Discordant Resonance]

[delicatemoth]

Queen storm up 8 places to 10 with Another One Bites The Dust

Listen to this on a personal stereo if you'd like to feel 20 feet tall.

[Jah Womble]

Oor Sheena - fresh from her TV adventure - was also at number eleven that week with the descending 9 To 5 (Morning Train), as the US liked to differentiate it from Dolly's recent hit. (They even took her to number one over there...)

I didn't know Jim Reeves was only 40 when he died. He looks older than that in every photo I've ever seen of him.

People generally did 'back then'.

[Patrick Thistle]

People generally did 'back then'.

I mean I know that but even so...