Up 2 to 10 today in 1963 is Kenny Lynch, with You Can Never Stop Me Loving You, while Gerry and the Pacemakers slide 3 to 9, with I Like It. Billy Fury climbs a stonking 11 spots to 8 with In Summer, while Atlantis by The Shadows is unchanged at 7. Moving up 2 to 6 is Kyu Sakamoto, with Sukiyaki, while there's no change at 5 for the Crystals, and Da Doo Ron Ron. Also unmoved at 4 are Brian Poole and the Tremeloes, who continue to Twist and Shout, but Elvis falls from the top to 3 with Devil In Disguise. Still Confessin' at 2 is Frank Ifield, while The Searchers climb 2 to 1 with Sweet For My Sweet.
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Today should have brought us to 2001, but on aesthetic grounds I must rebel, and divert our virtual time machine to 1973, where Nazareth are up 1 to 10, with Bad Bad Boy, while the Goons soar 4 to 9 with the Ying Tong Song. Al Martino is unchanged at 8 with Spanish Eyes (1973), while David Bowie falls 2 to 7 with Life On Mars. The Osmonds are Going Home down 2 places to 6, and the Carpenters chisel out a 2 place climb to 5 with Yesterday Once More. Suzi Quatro also rises 2 to 4 with 48 Crash, but Mungo Jerry are unchanged at 3 with Alright Alright Alright. Peters and Lee are also unchanged at 2 with Welcome Home, while I'm The Leader of the Gang remains the No 1 single.Comment
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The 12th of August 2006 begins with Kasabian falling 1 to 10 with Empire, while Paolo Nutini rises 3 to 9 with Last Request. The Rogue Traders are unchanged at 8 with Voodoo Child, while Lily Allen slides 3 to 7 with Smile. James Morrison also slips 1 to 6 with You Give Me Something, while Paris Hilton soars a whopping 30 spots to 5 with Stars Are Blind (and listeners are deaf?). Cascada also move a stonking 37 places to 4 with Everytime We Touch, but Christina Aguilera is down one to 3 with Ain't No Other Man. Rihanna inches up 1 to 2 with Unfaithful, and there's no change at 1 for Shakira, whose Hips Don't Lie.Comment
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It's not great, is it? Even with the one Kasabian song that's slightly less shit than the other ones.
Cascada always seemed to be 5-10 years removed from what was actually contemporary but there must have been enough people out there who were so off their face dancing to it in the clubs, they thought it was still 1999.Comment
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Strange-not-strange that I recall this chart far better than many from more recent years - and I wasn’t even in the country at the time.Originally posted by Discordant Resonance View Post
At times it felt as though Welcome Home had been in the charts since the Iron Age - but then again, easy listening hits tended to have serious longevity in those days. Al Martino similarly stuck around for yonks with his hit (which was among the year’s best-sellers, despite peaking only at #5), while Perry Como (at 33 on this week) racked up over sixty weeks with just two singles that year.Comment
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The first two singles that I bought are in that chart: Life On Mars and Bad Bad Boy.Comment
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Big beasts win the two older ones - 'Devil In Disguise' is one of my favourite Elvis numbers and I've loved 'Life On Mars' since I was 8.
Some good ones in 2006 - Lily Allen, Rihanna (not one of her best, but her filler matches most people's killer) and obviously Shakira. 'Hips Don't Lie' is a fine example of how quite a bit of 2000s chart pop was more forward thinking than anything else around, the production is outstanding.Comment
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Up 6 to 10 today in 1983 are Depeche Mode, with Everything Counts, while Elton John climbs 15 places to 9, with I'm Still Standing. The Style Council are a new entry at 8 with Long Hot Summer/Paris Match, while the Eurythmics slide 3 to 7 with Who's That Girl. There's no change at 6 for Gary Byrd and the GB Experience, with The Crown, while Wham's Club Tropicana climbs 5 to 5. Malcolm McLaren is down 1 to 4 with Double Dutch, while Freeez (sic) also slip by the minimum to 3 with IOU. Paul Young's Wherever I Lay My Hat (That's My Home) falls from the top to 2, but KC and the Sunshine Band move four places to 1 with Give It Up.Comment
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That's a great ten, no real duds on it. I was thinking yesterday how Arthur Baker was on fire around this time and IOU is up there with his best production jobs.Comment
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Give It Up was Mrs of the Shed's hairbrush song in her youth. I've just made her feel very old telling her it was number 1 40 years ago.Comment
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IOU by Freeez has the worst instrumental breaks ever. It's truly awful.Comment
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Don't be getting grumpy with the record because you put your back out trying to breakdance to it just now.Originally posted by Sean of the Shed View PostComment
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I've reached the age where I need additional help.Originally posted by Benjm View Post
https://twitter.com/wtf_scene/status/1621861798105485314?t=XjFjtmWS5iR082isdFJTZg&s=19
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'IOU' is an absolute banger from the killer intro on. 'Long Hot Summer' and 'Everything Counts' are great too. I don't go for Elton John, but 'I'm Still Standing' I can happily listen to.
Can't stand 'Double Dutch', his narration really sets my teeth on edge. It would be great if it was just the musicians (who he likely ripped off).Comment
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Practical uses of this thread Part 1...
Give It Up came up on the CD of choice in the pub earlier and I was able to tell all that 'did you know but this was actually Number 1 forty years ago today'.
Impressed they were... thanks Discordant Resonance
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Oh, and this is the best Top 10 posted yet.
Double Dutch and Give It Up rule.Comment
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Today brings us to 1954, where the entire chart consisted of a top 12, which begins with Petula Clark down 5 from 7 with The Little Shoemaker, while at 11, Winifred Atwell's down one with Rachmaninoff's 18th Variation on a Theme by Paganini (The Story of Three Loves). Up 1 to 10 are The Four Knights with (Oh Baby Mine) I Get So Lonely, while Perry Como slides 1 place to 9, with Wanted. Straight in at 8 is Frankie Laine with My Friend, while Doris Day falls one to 7 with Secret Love. Al Martino's version of Wanted falls from 4 to 6, and the Four Aces climb from 9 to 5 with their take on Three Coins In A Fountain. Perry Como's back at 4, with his Idle Gossip climbing one spot, but Frank Sinatra slips one to 3 with his Three Coins In A Fountain. Little Things Mean A Lot to Kitty Kallen, as they take her from 3 to 2, but there's no change at 1 for David Whitfield along with Mantovani and his Orchestra, and Cara Mia.Comment
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I don't know a lot of those but I would bet money that Winifred Atwell is the best, she was very good (and I don't like Frank Sinatra). Really didn't know that Petula Clark was going that early.Comment
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Both Double Dutch and IOU ground my gears with their dismal attempts at rap (or an approximation thereof).Originally posted by Discordant Resonance View Post
Give it Up and The Crown, I can live with.Comment
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