I give a mark out of 10 to each track. These polls are for you to select any tracks that you would have given 6 or more to (by whatever criteria you fancy!)
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Written by Tom on Wednesday, May 18th, 2005 | 111 views |
The UK's 1000+ Number One Hits since 1952, reviewed, in order, irregularly, for as long as I can bear to keep doing it. A history of pop in the shape of a chart.
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mike on June 5th, 2008
The Yeh Yehs: 15.
The Go Nows: 9.
Good year, that.
DJ Punctum on June 5th, 2008
What is this mysterious Cilla Black number one called “Long Live Love”?
FT's Tom on June 5th, 2008
Haha oops. Will modify.
FT's Tom on June 5th, 2008
This IIRC was kind of the heyday of the Haloscan comments era on Popular, so quite possibly all of these are slimly discussed now.
The high tide of the 60s charts (well, this or 66, but even if I gave higher marks in 66 this feels just as vibrant) - before the album-as-aesthetic-unit started to really come into play. 14/24 ticks from me.
Dan R on June 5th, 2008
What a wonderfulluy sunny Belle Epoque run of chart-toppers. I’ve just listened to most of them back-to-back and the air around me feels full of possibility. Remarkable, given the creeping misanthropy of the Stones, the cries for help and wistful regret of The Beatles, and the otherworldliness of The Byrds. These are harbingers of something else but for this year it appears to lock together in a tremendous sense of uplift and possibility.
God knows whether it felt like that at the time, mind.
rosie on June 6th, 2008
It felt like that at the time, Dan. And next year gets even better. The Belle Epoque indeed of my formative years. Something was definitely happening here - this list is quite different from even two years earlier.
Billy Smart on August 5th, 2008
For a sense of upside-down context, here are the singles that got to number 40 on the same chart in 1965;
7 Jan A Tribute To Jim Reeves - Larry Cunningham - 2 weeks
4 Feb Long After Tonight Is All Over - Jimmy Radcliffe - 1
18 Mar Stranger In Town - Del Shannon - 1
27 May If I Ruled The World - Tony Bennett - 1
24 Jun Back In My Arms Again - The Supremes - 1
2 Sep You’re My Girl - The Rockin’ Berries - 1