Populist

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• 2012
  • 21st May    10    SAINT ETIENNE – “Popular”
• 1995
  • 25th March    3    CHER, CHRISSIE HYNDE AND NENEH CHERRY WITH ERIC CLAPTON – “Love Can Build A Bridge”
  • 4th February    6    CELINE DION – “Think Twice”
  • 14th January    4    REDNEX – “Cotton Eye Joe”
• 1994
  • 10th December    7    EAST 17 – “Stay Another Day”
  • 26th November    8    BABY D – “Let Me Be Your Fantasy”
  • 29th October    5    PATO BANTON – “Baby Come Back”
  • 15th October    4    TAKE THAT – “Sure”
  • 17th September    7    WHIGFIELD – “Saturday Night”
  • 4th June    2    WET WET WET – “Love Is All Around”
  • 21st May    2    MANCHESTER UNITED FOOTBALL SQUAD – “Come On You Reds”
  • 14th May    3    STILTSKIN – “Inside”
  • 7th May    4    TONY DI BART – “The Real Thing”
  • 23rd April    6    THE ARTIST FORMERLY KNOWN AS PRINCE – “The Most Beautiful Girl In The World”
  • 9th April    4    TAKE THAT – “Everything Changes”
  • 19th March    7    DOOP – “Doop”
  • 19th February    5    MARIAH CAREY – “Without You”
  • 22nd January    4    D:REAM – “Things Can Only Get Better”
  • 8th January    6    CHAKA DEMUS AND PLIERS – “Twist And Shout”
• 1993
  • 18th December    6    TAKE THAT – “Babe”
  • 11th December    2    MR BLOBBY – “Mr Blobby”
  • 23rd October    7    MEAT LOAF – “I Would Do Anything For Love (But I Won’t Do That)”
  • 9th October    5    TAKE THAT ft LULU – “Relight My Fire”
  • 25th September    7    JAZZYJEFF AND THE FRESH PRINCE – “Boom! Shake The Room”
  • 28th August    7    CULTURE BEAT – “Mr Vain”
  • 14th August    7    FREDDIE MERCURY – “Living On My Own”
  • 17th July    6    TAKE THAT – “Pray”
  • 26th June    4    GABRIELLE – “Dreams”
  • 12th June    3    UB40 – “I Can’t Help Falling In Love With You”
  • 22nd May    8    ACE OF BASE – “All That She Wants”
  • 1st May    4    GEORGE MICHAEL AND QUEEN – Five Live EP
  • 3rd April    3    THE BLUEBELLS – “Young At Heart”
  • 20th March    7    SHAGGY – “Oh Carolina”
  • 13th February    7    2 UNLIMITED – “No Limit”
• 1992
  • 5th December    5    WHITNEY HOUSTON – “I Will Always Love You”
  • 21st November    8    CHARLES AND EDDIE – “Would I Lie To You?”
  • 31st October    4    BOYZ II MEN – “End Of The Road”
  • 17th October    7    TASMIN ARCHER – “Sleeping Satellite”
  • 19th September    6    THE SHAMEN – “Ebeneezer Goode”
  • 8th August    5    SNAP – “Rhythm Is A Dancer”
  • 18th July    4    JIMMY NAIL – “Ain’t No Doubt”
  • 13th June    5    ERASURE – ABBA-Esque EP
  • 9th May    3    KWS – “Please Don’t Go”/”Game Boy”
  • 18th April    4    RIGHT SAID FRED – “Deeply Dippy”
  • 22nd February    8    SHAKESPEARS SISTER – “Stay”
  • 25th January    2    WET WET WET – “Goodnight Girl”
• 1991
  • 21st December    6    QUEEN – “Bohemian Rhapsody”/”These Are The Days Of Our Lives”
  • 7th December    3    GEORGE MICHAEL AND ELTON JOHN – “Don’t Let The Sun Go Down On Me”
  • 23rd November    7    MICHAEL JACKSON – “Black Or White”
  • 9th November    4    VIC REEVES AND THE WONDER STUFF – “Dizzy”
  • 2nd November    7    U2 – “The Fly”
  • 13th July    4    BRYAN ADAMS – “(Everything I Do) I Do It For You”
  • 29th June    2    JASON DONOVAN – “Any Dream Will Do”
  • 8th June    6    COLOR ME BADD – “I Wanna Sex You Up”
  • 4th May    6    CHER – “The Shoop Shoop Song (It’s In His Kiss)”
  • 30th March    4    CHESNEY HAWKES – “The One And Only”
  • 23rd March    1    HALE AND PACE – “The Stonk”
  • 9th March    3    THE CLASH – “Should I Stay Or Should I Go”
  • 16th February    4    THE SIMPSONS – “Do The Bartman”
  • 2nd February    8    THE KLF ft THE CHILDREN OF THE REVOLUTION – “3AM Eternal”
  • 26th January    5    QUEEN – “Innuendo”
  • 19th January    4    ENIGMA – “Sadness Part 1″
  • 5th January    6    IRON MAIDEN – “Bring Your Daughter… To The Slaughter”
• 1990
  • 29th December    4    CLIFF RICHARD – “Saviour’s Day”
  • 1st December    3    VANILLA ICE – “Ice Ice Baby”
  • 3rd November    8    THE RIGHTEOUS BROTHERS – “Unchained Melody”
  • 27th October    4    THE BEAUTIFUL SOUTH – “A Little Time”
  • 25th September    4    MARIA McKEE – “Show Me Heaven”
  • 15th September    5    STEVE MILLER BAND – “The Joker”
  • 25th August    1    BOMBALURINA – “Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny Yellow Polka Dot Bikini”
  • 28th July    4    PARTNERS IN KRYME – “Turtle Power”
  • 23rd June    3    ELTON JOHN – “Sacrifice”/”Healing Hands”
  • 9th June    8    ENGLANDNEWORDER – “World In Motion”
  • 12th May    8    ADAMSKI – “Killer”
  • 14th April    9    MADONNA – “Vogue”
  • 31st March    6    SNAP! – “The Power”
  • 3rd March    9    BEATS INTERNATIONAL ft LINDY LAYTON – “Dub Be Good To Me”
  • 3rd February    10    SINEAD O’CONNOR – “Nothing Compares 2 U”
  • 27th January    4    KYLIE MINOGUE – “Tears On My Pillow”
  • 13th January    3    NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK – “Hangin’ Tough”
• 1989
  • 23rd December    2    BAND AID II – “Do They Know It’s Christmas?”
  • 16th December    1    JIVE BUNNY AND THE MASTERMIXERS – “Let’s Party”
  • 25th November    4    NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK – “You Got It (The Right Stuff)”
  • 11th November    5    LISA STANSFIELD – “All Around The World”
  • 21st October    3    JIVE BUNNY AND THE MASTERMIXERS – “That’s What I Like”
  • 9th September    7    BLACK BOX – “Ride On Time”
  • 5th August    2    JIVE BUNNY AND THE MASTERMIXERS – “Swing The Mood”
  • 22nd July    3    SONIA – “You’ll Never Stop Me Loving You”
  • 24th June    8    SOUL II SOUL ft CARON WHEELER – “Back To Life (How Ever Do You Want Me)”
  • 10th June    3    JASON DONOVAN – “Sealed With A Kiss”
  • 20th May    4    THE CHRISTIANS, HOLLY JOHNSON, PAUL MCCARTNEY, GERRY MARSDEN, STOCK AITKEN AND WATERMAN – “Ferry Cross The Mersey”
  • 13th May    7    KYLIE MINOGUE – “Hand On Your Heart”
  • 15th April    5    BANGLES – “Eternal Flame”
  • 25th March    10    MADONNA – “Like A Prayer”
  • 11th March    4    JASON DONOVAN – “Too Many Broken Hearts”
  • 25th February    1    SIMPLE MINDS – “Belfast Child”
  • 28th January    7    MARC ALMOND WITH GENE PITNEY – “Something’s Gotten Hold Of My Heart”
  • 7th January    3    KYLIE MINOGUE AND JASON DONOVAN – “Especially For You”
• 1988
  • 10th December    3    CLIFF RICHARD – “Mistletoe And Wine”
  • 19th November    3    ROBIN BECK – “First Time”
  • 29th October    6    ENYA – “Orinoco Flow”
  • 15th October    2    WHITNEY HOUSTON – “One Moment In Time”
  • 8th October    4    U2 – “Desire”
  • 24th September    3    THE HOLLIES – “He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother”
  • 10th September    4    PHIL COLLINS – “A Groovy Kind Of Love”
  • 6th August    7    YAZZ AND THE PLASTIC POPULATION – “The Only Way Is Up”
  • 9th July    2    GLENN MEDEIROS – “Nothing’s Gonna Change My Love For You”
  • 25th June    4    BROS – “I Owe You Nothing”
  • 18th June    9    THE TIMELORDS – “Doctorin The Tardis”
  • 21st May    4    WET WET WET – “With A Little Help From My Friends” / BILLY BRAGG ft CARA TIVEY – “She’s Leaving Home”
  • 14th May    3    FAIRGROUND ATTRACTION – “Perfect”
  • 30th April    9    S’EXPRESS – “Theme From S’Express”
  • 9th April    7    PET SHOP BOYS – “Heart”
  • 26th March    4    ASWAD – “Don’t Turn Around”
  • 20th February    6    KYLIE MINOGUE – “I Should Be So Lucky”
  • 30th January    5    TIFFANY – “I Think We’re Alone Now”
  • 16th January    6    BELINDA CARLISLE – “Heaven Is A Place On Earth”
• 1987
  • 19th December    10    PET SHOP BOYS – “Always On My Mind”
  • 14th November    4    T’PAU – “China In Your Hand”
  • 17th October    4    BEE GEES – “You Win Again”
  • 3rd October    10    M/A/R/R/S – “Pump Up The Volume”/”Anitina (The First Time I See She Dance)”
  • 29th August    7    RICK ASTLEY – “Never Gonna Give You Up”
  • 15th August    5    MICHAEL JACKSON – “I Just Can’t Stop Loving You”
  • 1st August    8    LOS LOBOS – “La Bamba”
  • 25th July    5    MADONNA – “Who’s That Girl”
  • 4th July    8    PET SHOP BOYS – “It’s A Sin”
  • 20th June    1    THE FIRM – “Star Trekkin”
  • 6th June    8    WHITNEY HOUSTON – “I Wanna Dance With Somebody”
  • 9th May    4    STARSHIP – “Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now”
  • 25th April    7    MADONNA – “La Isla Bonita”
  • 4th April    2    FERRY AID – “Let It Be”
  • 28th March    7    MEL AND KIM – “Respectable”
  • 14th March    3    BOY GEORGE – “Everything I Own”
  • 21st February    7    BEN E KING – “Stand By Me”
  • 7th February    4    GEORGE MICHAEL AND ARETHA FRANKLIN – “I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)”
  • 24th January    8    STEVE “SILK” HURLEY – “Jack Your Body”
• 1986
  • 27th December    7    JACKIE WILSON – “Reet Petite”
  • 20th December    5    THE HOUSEMARTINS – “Caravan Of Love”
  • 6th December    7    EUROPE – “The Final Countdown”
  • 8th November    5    BERLIN – “Take My Breath Away”
  • 18th October    1    NICK BERRY – “Every Loser Wins”
  • 11th October    6    MADONNA – “True Blue”
  • 13th September    5    THE COMMUNARDS – “Don’t Leave Me This Way”
  • 23rd August    4    BORIS GARDINER – “I Want To Wake Up With You”
  • 2nd August    1    CHRIS DE BURGH – “The Lady In Red”
  • 12th July    9    MADONNA – “Papa Don’t Preach”
  • 28th June    4    WHAM! – “Edge Of Heaven”
  • 7th June    3    DOCTOR AND THE MEDICS – “Spirit In The Sky”
  • 17th May    2    SPITTING IMAGE – “The Chicken Song”
  • 10th May    6    FALCO – “Rock Me Amadeus”
  • 19th April    8    GEORGE MICHAEL – “A Different Corner”
  • 29th March    4    CLIFF RICHARD AND THE YOUNG ONES ft HANK MARVIN – “Living Doll”
  • 8th March    6    DIANA ROSS – “Chain Reaction”
  • 8th February    5    BILLY OCEAN – “When The Going Gets Tough, The Tough Get Going”
  • 25th January    8    A-HA – “The Sun Always Shines On TV”
  • 11th January    9    PET SHOP BOYS – “West End Girls”
• 1985
  • 28th December    2    SHAKIN’ STEVENS – “Merry Christmas Everyone”
  • 14th December    7    WHITNEY HOUSTON – “Saving All My Love For You”
  • 30th November    6    WHAM! – “I’m Your Man”
  • 16th November    3    FEARGAL SHARKEY – “A Good Heart”
  • 12th October    4    JENNIFER RUSH – “The Power Of Love”
  • 5th October    2    MIDGE URE – “If I Was”
  • 7th September    3    DAVID BOWIE AND MICK JAGGER – “Dancing In The Street”
  • 31st August    2    UB40 and CHRISSIE HYNDE – “I Got You Babe”
  • 3rd August    9    MADONNA – “Into The Groove”
  • 27th July    7    EURYTHMICS – “There Must Be An Angel (Playing With My Heart)”
  • 29th June    4    SISTER SLEDGE – “Frankie”
  • 15th June    3    THE CROWD – “You’ll Never Walk Alone”
  • 11th May    6    PAUL HARDCASTLE – “19″
  • 4th May    6    PHYLLIS NELSON – “Move Closer”
  • 20th April    3    USA FOR AFRICA – “We Are The World”
  • 23rd March    6    PHILIP BAILEY (DUET WITH PHIL COLLINS) – “Easy Lover”
  • 9th March    9    DEAD OR ALIVE – “You Spin Me Round (Like A Record)”
  • 9th February    5    ELAINE PAIGE AND BARBARA DICKSON – “I Know Him So Well”
  • 19th January    5    FOREIGNER – “I Want To Know What Love Is”
• 1984
  • 15th December    6    BAND AID – “Do They Know It’s Christmas”
  • 8th December    7    FRANKIE GOES TO HOLLYWOOD – “The Power Of Love”
  • 1st December    4    JIM DIAMOND – “I Should Have Known Better”
  • 10th November    9    CHAKA KHAN – “I Feel For You”
  • 20th October    6    WHAM! – “Freedom”
  • 8th September    3    STEVIE WONDER – “I Just Called To Say I Love You”
  • 18th August    7    GEORGE MICHAEL – “Careless Whisper”
  • 16th June    10    FRANKIE GOES TO HOLLYWOOD – “Two Tribes”
  • 2nd June    6    WHAM! – “Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go”
  • 5th May    7    DURAN DURAN – “The Reflex”
  • 24th March    5    LIONEL RICHIE – “Hello”
  • 3rd March    8    NENA – “99 Red Balloons”
  • 28th January    8    FRANKIE GOES TO HOLLYWOOD – “Relax”
  • 14th January    5    PAUL MCCARTNEY – “Pipes Of Peace”
• 1983
  • 10th December    5    THE FLYING PICKETS – “Only You”
  • 5th November    6    BILLY JOEL – “Uptown Girl”
  • 24th September    8    CULTURE CLUB – “Karma Chameleon”
  • 3rd September    3    UB40 – “Red Red Wine”
  • 13th August    6    KC AND THE SUNSHINE BAND – “Give It Up”
  • 23rd July    6    PAUL YOUNG – “Wherever I Lay My Hat (That’s My Home)”
  • 2nd July    3    ROD STEWART – “Baby Jane”
  • 4th June    4    THE POLICE – “Every Breath You Take”
  • 28th May    6    NEW EDITION – “Candy Girl”
  • 30th April    7    SPANDAU BALLET – “True”
  • 9th April    7    DAVID BOWIE – “Let’s Dance”
  • 26th March    6    DURAN DURAN – “Is There Something I Should Know”
  • 12th March    8    BONNIE TYLER – “Total Eclipse Of The Heart”
  • 5th March    9    MICHAEL JACKSON – “Billie Jean”
  • 19th February    5    KAJAGOOGOO – “Too Shy”
  • 29th January    5    MEN AT WORK – “Down Under”
  • 15th January    4    PHIL COLLINS – “You Can’t Hurry Love”
• 1982
  • 18th December    1    RENEE AND RENATO – “Save Your Love”
  • 4th December    6    THE JAM – “Beat Surrender”
  • 13th November    4    EDDY GRANT – “I Don’t Wanna Dance”
  • 23rd October    7    CULTURE CLUB – “Do You Really Want To Hurt Me?”
  • 2nd October    7    MUSICAL YOUTH – “Pass The Dutchie”
  • 4th September    6    SURVIVOR – “Eye Of The Tiger”
  • 7th August    10    DEXYS MIDNIGHT RUNNERS – “Come On Eileen”
  • 17th July    5    IRENE CARA – “Fame”
  • 3rd July    3    CAPTAIN SENSIBLE – “Happy Talk”
  • 26th June    7    CHARLENE – “I’ve Never Been To Me”
  • 12th June    7    ADAM ANT – “Goody Two Shoes”
  • 29th May    7    MADNESS – “House Of Fun”
  • 15th May    2    NICOLE – “A Little Peace”
  • 24th April    1    PAUL MCCARTNEY AND STEVIE WONDER – “Ebony And Ivory”
  • 17th April    5    BUCKS FIZZ – “My Camera Never Lies”
  • 27th March    3    GOOMBAY DANCE BAND – “Seven Tears”
  • 6th March    4    TIGHT FIT – “The Lion Sleeps Tonight”
  • 13th February    6    THE JAM – “A Town Called Malice”/”Precious”
  • 6th February    8    KRAFTWERK – “The Model”/”Computer Love”
  • 30th January    2    SHAKIN’ STEVENS – “Oh Julie”
  • 16th January    7    BUCKS FIZZ – “The Land Of Make Believe”
• 1981
  • 12th December    9    THE HUMAN LEAGUE – “Don’t You Want Me”
  • 5th December    5    JULIO IGLESIAS – “Begin The Beguine”
  • 21st November    8    QUEEN AND DAVID BOWIE – “Under Pressure”
  • 14th November    6    THE POLICE – “Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic”
  • 17th October    4    DAVE STEWART AND BARBARA GASKIN – “It’s My Party”
  • 19th September    8    ADAM AND THE ANTS – “Prince Charming”
  • 5th September    9    SOFT CELL – “Tainted Love”
  • 29th August    4    ANEKA – “Japanese Boy”
  • 1st August    4    SHAKIN’ STEVENS – “Green Door”
  • 11th July    10    THE SPECIALS – “Ghost Town”
  • 27th June    5    MICHAEL JACKSON – “One Day In Your Life”
  • 13th June    5    SMOKEY ROBINSON – “Being With You”
  • 9th May    9    ADAM AND THE ANTS – “Stand And Deliver”
  • 18th April    5    BUCKS FIZZ – “Making Your Mind Up”
  • 28th March    4    SHAKIN’ STEVENS – “This Ole House”
  • 14th March    7    ROXY MUSIC – “Jealous Guy”
  • 21st February    3    JOE DOLCE MUSIC THEATRE – “Shaddap You Face”
  • 7th February    2    JOHN LENNON – “Woman”
  • 10th January    2    JOHN LENNON – “Imagine”
• 1980
  • 27th December    1    ST WINIFRED’S SCHOOL CHOIR – “There’s No One Quite Like Grandma”
  • 20th December    6    JOHN LENNON – “(Just Like) Starting Over”
  • 29th November    7    ABBA – “Super Trouper”
  • 15th November    6    BLONDIE – “The Tide Is High”
  • 25th October    5    BARBRA STREISAND – “Woman In Love”
  • 27th September    5    THE POLICE – “Don’t Stand So Close To Me”
  • 13th September    6    KELLY MARIE – “Feels Like I’m In Love”
  • 6th September    7    THE JAM – “Start!”
  • 23rd August    9    DAVID BOWIE – “Ashes To Ashes”
  • 9th August    10    ABBA – “The Winner Takes It All”
  • 26th July    7    ODYSSEY – “Use It Up And Wear It Out”
  • 12th July    6    OLIVIA NEWTON JOHN AND ELO – “Xanadu”
  • 21st June    2    DON MCLEAN – “Crying”
  • 30th May    4    MASH – “Theme From M*A*S*H (Suicide Is Painless)”
  • 17th May    3    JOHNNY LOGAN – “What’s Another Year?”
  • 2nd May    6    DEXY’S MIDNIGHT RUNNERS – “Geno”
  • 26th April    7    BLONDIE – “Call Me”
  • 12th April    6    THE DETROIT SPINNERS – “Working My Way Back To You”
  • 22nd March    9    THE JAM – “Going Underground”/”Dreams Of Children”
  • 15th March    5    FERN KINNEY – “Together We Are Beautiful”
  • 1st March    10    BLONDIE – “Atomic”
  • 16th February    2    KENNY ROGERS – “Coward Of The County”
  • 2nd February    8    THE SPECIALS – The Special AKA Live! (EP)
  • 19th January    5    THE PRETENDERS – “Brass In Pocket”
• 1979
  • 15th December    5    PINK FLOYD – “Another Brick In The Wall (Part 2)”
  • 8th December    7    THE POLICE – “Walking On The Moon”
  • 17th November    5    DR HOOK – “When You’re In Love With A Beautiful Woman”
  • 27th October    2    LENA MARTELL – “One Day At A Time”
  • 29th October    9    BUGGLES – “Video Killed The Radio Star”
  • 29th September    5    THE POLICE – “Message In A Bottle”
  • 22nd September    8    GARY NUMAN – “Cars”
  • 25th August    6    CLIFF RICHARD – “We Don’t Talk Anymore”
  • 28th July    2    THE BOOMTOWN RATS – “I Don’t Like Mondays”
  • 30th June    7    TUBEWAY ARMY – “Are ‘Friends’ Electric?”
  • 16th June    8    ANITA WARD – “Ring My Bell”
  • 26th May    6    BLONDIE – “Sunday Girl”
  • 14th April    6    ART GARFUNKEL – “Bright Eyes”
  • 17th March    7    GLORIA GAYNOR – “I Will Survive”
  • 3rd March    7    THE BEE GEES – “Tragedy”
  • 3rd February    9    BLONDIE – “Heart Of Glass”
  • 27th January    9    IAN DURY AND THE BLOCKHEADS – “Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick”
  • 6th Janary    8    VILLAGE PEOPLE – “Y.M.C.A.”
• 1978
  • 9th December    3    BONEY M – “Mary’s Boy Child/Oh My Lord”
  • 2nd December    4    ROD STEWART – “Do Ya Think I’m Sexy?”
  • 18th November    6    THE BOOMTOWN RATS – “Rat Trap”
  • 30th September    6    JOHN TRAVOLTA AND OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN – “Summer Nights”
  • 23rd September    4    10cc – “Dreadlock Holiday”
  • 19th August    3    THE COMMODORES – “Three Times A Lady”
  • 17th June    6    OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN AND JOHN TRAVOLTA – “You’re The One That I Want”
  • 13th May    5    BONEY M – “Rivers Of Babylon”
  • 29th April    7    THE BEE GEES – “Night Fever”
  • 8th April    3    BRIAN AND MICHAEL – “Matchstalk Men And Matchstalk Cats And Dogs”
  • 11th March    10    KATE BUSH – “Wuthering Heights”
  • 18th February    8    ABBA – “Take A Chance On Me”
  • 11th February    2    BROTHERHOOD OF MAN – “Figaro”
  • 4th February    9    ALTHEA AND DONNA – “Uptown Top Ranking”
• 1977
  • 4th December    2    WINGS – “Mull Of Kintyre”/”Girls School”
  • 5th November    7    ABBA – “The Name Of The Game”
  • 29th October    7    BACCARA – “Yes Sir, I Can Boogie”
  • 8th October    6    DAVID SOUL – “Silver Lady”
  • 3rd September    5    ELVIS PRESLEY – “Way Down”
  • 27th August    4    THE FLOATERS – “Float On”
  • 20th August    5    BROTHERHOOD OF MAN – “Angelo”
  • 23rd July    9    DONNA SUMMER – “I Feel Love”
  • 2 July    6    HOT CHOCOLATE – “So You Win Again”
  • 25th June    6    THE JACKSONS – “Show You The Way To Go”
  • 18th June    4    KENNY ROGERS – “Lucille”
  • 7th June    X    THE SEX PISTOLS – “God Save The Queen”
  • 21st May    5    ROD STEWART – “I Don’t Want To Talk About It”/”The First Cut Is The Deepest”
  • 7th May    7    DENIECE WILLIAMS – “Free”
  • 2nd April    8    ABBA – “Knowing Me Knowing You”
  • 12th March    4    MANHATTAN TRANSFER – “Chanson D’Amour”
  • 19th February    5    LEO SAYER – “When I Need You”
  • 12th February    8    JULIE COVINGTON – “Don’t Cry For Me Argentina”
  • 15th January    4    DAVID SOUL – “Don’t Give Up On Us”
• 1976
  • 25th December    3    JOHNNY MATHIS – “When A Child Is Born (Soleado)”
  • 4th December    3    SHOWADDYWADDY – “Under The Moon Of Love”
  • 13th November    5    CHICAGO – “If You Leave Me Now”
  • 11th October    4    PUSSYCAT – “Mississippi”
  • 4th September    10    ABBA – “Dancing Queen”
  • 24th July    5    ELTON JOHN AND KIKI DEE – “Don’t Go Breaking My Heart”
  • 17th July    3    DEMIS ROUSSOS – The Roussos Phenomenon (EP)
  • 26th June    6    THE REAL THING – “You To Me Are Everything”
  • 12th June    5    THE WURZELS – “Combine Harvester (Brand New Key)”
  • 2nd June    2    JJ BARRIE – “No Charge”
  • 8th May    7    ABBA – “Fernando”
  • 27th March    2    BROTHERHOOD OF MAN – “Save Your Kisses For Me”
  • 6th March    6    TINA CHARLES – “I Love To Love”
  • 21st February    6    FOUR SEASONS – “December 1963 (Oh What A Night)”
  • 14th February    6    SLIK – “Forever And Ever”
  • 31st January    7    ABBA – “Mamma Mia”
• 1975
  • 29th November    8    QUEEN – “Bohemian Rhapsody”
  • 22nd November    5    BILLY CONNOLLY – “D.I.V.O.R.C.E.”
  • 8th November    8    DAVID BOWIE – “Space Oddity”
  • 25th October    6    ART GARFUNKEL – “I Only Have Eyes For You”
  • 4th October    2    DAVID ESSEX – “Hold Me Close”
  • 6th September    3    ROD STEWART – “Sailing”
  • 16th August    7    THE STYLISTICS – “I Can’t Give You Anything But My Love”
  • 9th August    2    TYPICALLY TROPICAL – “Barbados”
  • 19th July    3    BAY CITY ROLLERS – “Give A Little Love”
  • 12th July    5    JOHNNY NASH – “Tears On My Pillow”
  • 28th June    8    10cc – “I’m Not In Love”
  • 7th June    2    WINDSOR DAVIES AND DON ESTELLE – “Whispering Grass”
  • 3rd May    6    TAMMY WYNETTE – “Stand By Your Man”
  • May 3rd    4    MUD – “Oh Boy”
  • 22nd March    5    BAY CITY ROLLERS – “Bye Bye Baby”
  • 8th March    3    TELLY SAVALAS – “If”
  • 22nd February    9    STEVE HARLEY AND COCKNEY REBEL – “Make Me Smile (Come Up And See Me)”
  • 1st February    5    PILOT – “January”
  • 25th January    6    THE TYMES – “Ms. Grace”
  • 18th January    6    STATUS QUO – “Down Down”
• 1974
  • 21st December    7    MUD – “Lonely This Christmas”
  • 7th December    7    BARRY WHITE – “You’re The First, The Last, My Everything”
  • 16th November    4    DAVID ESSEX – “Gonna Make You A Star”
  • 26th October    6    KEN BOOTHE – “Everything I Own”
  • 19th October    5    SWEET SENSATION – “Sad Sweet Dreamer”
  • 12th October    4    JOHN DENVER – “Annie’s Song”
  • 21st September    7    CARL DOUGLAS – “Kung Fu Fighting”
  • 31st August    6    THE OSMONDS – “Love Me For A Reason”
  • 12th August    9    THE THREE DEGREES – “When Will I See You Again?”
  • 27th July    8    GEORGE McCRAE – “Rock Your Baby”
  • 29th June    3    CHARLES AZNAVOUR – “She”
  • 22nd June    5    GARY GLITTER – “Always Yours”
  • 15th June    3    RAY STEVENS – “The Streak”
  • 18th May    8    THE RUBETTES – “Sugar Baby Love”
  • 4th May    9    ABBA – “Waterloo”
  • 6th April    6    TERRY JACKS – “Seasons In The Sun”
  • 16th March    4    PAPER LACE – “Billy, Don’t Be A Hero”
  • 9th March    4    ALVIN STARDUST – “Jealous Mind”
  • 23rd February    7    SUZI QUATRO – “Devil Gate Drive”
  • 26th January    6    MUD – “Tiger Feet”
  • 19th January    5    THE NEW SEEKERS – “You Won’t Find Another Fool Like Me”
• 1973
  • 15th December    9    SLADE – “Merry Xmas Everybody”
  • 17th November    4    GARY GLITTER – “I Love You Love Me Love”
  • 27th October    6    DAVID CASSIDY – “Daydreamer”/”The Puppy Song”
  • 29th September    4    THE SIMON PARK ORCHESTRA – “Eye Level”
  • 22nd September    7    WIZZARD – “Angel Fingers”
  • 25th August    4    DONNY OSMOND – Young Love
  • 28 July    4    GARY GLITTER – “I’m The Leader Of The Gang (I Am)”
  • 21st July    4    PETERS AND LEE – “Welcome Home”
  • 30th June    6    SLADE – “Skweeze Me Pleeze Me”
  • 23rd June    5    10CC – “Rubber Bullets”
  • 16th June    7    SUZI QUATRO – “Can The Can”
  • 19th May    6    WIZZARD – “See My Baby Jive”
  • 21 April    3    TONY ORLANDO AND DAWN – “Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round The Old Oak Tree”
  • 7th April    5    GILBERT O’SULLIVAN – “Get Down”
  • 31st March    4    DONNY OSMOND – “The Twelfth Of Never”
  • 4th March    8    SLADE – “Cvm On Feel The Noize”
  • 27th January    9    THE SWEET – “Block Buster”
• 1972
  • 23rd December    1    LITTLE JIMMY OSMOND – “Long Haired Lover From Liverpool”
  • 4th November    2    CHUCK BERRY – “My Ding-A-Ling”
  • 11th November    3    GILBERT O’SULLIVAN – “Clair”
  • 14th October    9    LIEUTENANT PIGEON – “Mouldy Old Dough”
  • 30th September    6    DAVID CASSIDY – “How Can I Be Sure?”
  • 9th September    6    SLADE – “Mama Weer All Crazee Now”
  • 2nd September    7    ROD STEWART – “You Wear It Well”
  • 12th August    8    ALICE COOPER – “School’s Out”
  • 8th July    3    DONNY OSMOND – “Puppy Love”
  • 1st July    5    SLADE – “Take Me Bak ‘Ome”
  • 17th June    1    DON McLEAN – “Vincent”
  • 20th May    8    T REX – “Metal Guru”
  • 15th April    5    THE PIPES AND DRUMS AND MILITARY BAND OF THE ROYAL SCOTS DRAGOON GUARDS – “Amazing Grace”
  • 11th March    6    NILSSON – “Without You”
  • 19th February    8    CHICORY TIP – “Son Of My Father”
  • 5th February    6    T REX – “Telegram Sam”
  • 8th January    2    THE NEW SEEKERS – “I’d Like To Teach The World To Sing”
• 1971
  • 11th December    6    BENNY HILL – “Ernie, The Fastest Milkman In The West”
  • 13th November    5    SLADE – “Coz I Luv You”
  • 9th October    8    ROD STEWART – “Maggie May”
  • 18th September    5    THE TAMS – “Hey Girl, Don’t Bother Me”
  • 21st August    6    DIANA ROSS – “I’m Still Waiting”
  • 24th July    8    T REX – “Get It On”
  • 19th June    4    MIDDLE OF THE ROAD – “Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep”
  • 15th May    4    TONY ORLANDO AND DAWN – “Knock Three Times”
  • 1st May    8    DAVE AND ANSEL COLLINS – “Double Barrel”
  • 20th March    10    T REX – “Hot Love”
  • 6th March    4    MUNGO JERRY – “Baby Jump”
  • 30th January    7    GEORGE HARRISON – “My Sweet Lord”
  • 9th January    2    CLIVE DUNN – “Grandad”
• 1970
  • 28th November    5    DAVE EDMUNDS – “I Hear You Knocking”
  • 21 November    6    THE JIMI HENDRIX EXPERIENCE – “Voodoo Chile”
  • 31st October    7    MATTHEWS SOUTHERN COMFORT – “Woodstock”
  • 19th September    8    FREDA PAYNE – “Band Of Gold”
  • 12th September    8    SMOKEY ROBINSON AND THE MIRACLES – “Tears Of A Clown”
  • 1st August    3    ELVIS PRESLEY – “The Wonder Of You”
  • 13th June    7    MUNGO JERRY – “In The Summertime”
  • 6th June    6    CHRISTIE – “Yellow River”
  • 16th May    4    ENGLAND WORLD CUP SQUAD 1970 – “Back Home”
  • 2nd May    7    NORMAN GREENBAUM – “Spirit In The Sky”
  • 18th April    2    DANA – “All Kinds Of Everything”
  • 28th March    5    SIMON AND GARFUNKEL – “Bridge Over Troubled Water”
  • 7th March    5    LEE MARVIN – “Wand’rin Star”
  • 31st January    6    EDISON LIGHTHOUSE – “Love Grows Where My Rosemary Goes”
• 1969
  • 20th December    3    ROLF HARRIS – “Two Little Boys”
  • 25th October    8    THE ARCHIES – “Sugar, Sugar”
  • 18th October    6    BOBBIE GENTRY – “I’ll Never Fall In Love Again”
  • 11th October    5    SERGE GAINSBOURG AND JANE BIRKIN – “Je T’Aime…Moi Non Plus”
  • 20th September    7    CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL – “Bad Moon Rising”
  • 30th August    5    ZAGER AND EVANS – “In The Year 2525 (Exordium And Terminus)”
  • 26th July    6    THE ROLLING STONES – “Honky Tonk Women”
  • 5th July    5    THUNDERCLAP NEWMAN – “Something In The Air”
  • 14th June    4    THE BEATLES – “The Ballad Of John And Yoko”
  • 7th June    4    TOMMY ROE – “Dizzy”
  • 26th April    5    THE BEATLES WITH BILLY PRESTON – “Get Back”
  • 19th April    10    DESMOND DEKKER AND THE ACES – “Israelites”
  • 29th March    9    MARVIN GAYE – “I Heard It Through The Grapevine”
  • 1st March    3    PETER SARSTEDT – “Where Do You Go To My Lovely?”
  • 15th Feburary    4    AMEN CORNER – “(If Paradise Is) Half As Nice”
  • 8th February    6    THE MOVE – “Blackberry Way”
  • 1st February    8    FLEETWOOD MAC – “Albatross”
  • 4th January    3    MARMALADE – “Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da”
• 1968
  • 14th December    3    SCAFFOLD – “Lily The Pink”
  • 16th November    6    HUGO MONTENEGRO AND HIS ORCHESTRA – “The Good, The Bad And The Ugly”
  • 9th November    3    JOE COCKER – “With A Little Help From My Friends”
  • 28th September    6    MARY HOPKIN – “Those Were The Days”
  • 14th September    4    THE BEATLES – “Hey Jude”
  • 7th September    4    THE BEE GEES – “I Gotta Get A Message To You”
  • 31st August    6    THE BEACH BOYS – “Do It Again”
  • 17th August    6    THE CRAZY WORLD OF ARTHUR BROWN – “Fire”
  • 3rd August    6    TOMMY JAMES AND THE SHONDELLS – “Mony Mony”
  • 27th July    3    DES O’CONNOR – “I Pretend”
  • 6th July    7    THE EQUALS – “Baby Come Back”
  • 22nd June    9    THE ROLLING STONES – “Jumpin’ Jack Flash”
  • 25th May    5    GARY PUCKETT AND THE UNION GAP – “Young Girl”
  • 27th April    4    LOUIS ARMSTRONG – “What A Wonderful World”
  • 13th April    3    CLIFF RICHARD – “Congratulations”
  • 30th March    8    THE BEATLES – “Lady Madonna”
  • 23rd March    8    DAVE DEE, DOZY BEAKY MICK AND TICH – “The Legend Of Xanadu”
  • 2nd March    2    ESTHER AND ABI OFARIM – “Cinderella Rockefeller”
  • 17th February    7    MANFRED MANN – “Quinn The Eskimo (The Mighty Quinn)”
  • 3rd February    8    THE LOVE AFFAIR – “Everlasting Love”
  • 27th January    3    GEORGIE FAME – “The Ballad Of Bonnie And Clyde”
• 1967
  • 9th December    6    THE BEATLES – “Hello Goodbye”
  • 25th November    5    LONG JOHN BALDRY – “Let The Heartaches Begin”
  • 11th November    7    THE FOUNDATIONS – “Baby Now That I’ve Found You”
  • 14th October    6    THE BEE GEES – “Massachusetts”
  • 9th September    1    ENGELBERT HUMPERDINCK – “The Last Waltz”
  • 12th August    6    SCOTT MCKENZIE – “San Francisco (Be Sure To Wear Some Flowers In Your Hair)”
  • 22nd July    5    THE BEATLES – “All You Need Is Love”
  • 10th June    5    PROCOL HARUM – “A Whiter Shade Of Pale”
  • 20th May    4    THE TREMELOES – “Silence Is Golden”
  • 29th April    5    SANDIE SHAW – “Puppet On A String”
  • 15th April    5    FRANK AND NANCY SINATRA – “Something Stupid”
  • 4th March    4    ENGELBERT HUMPERDINCK – “Release Me”
  • 18th February    1    PETULA CLARK – “This Is My Song”
  • 21st January    7    THE MONKEES – “I’m A Believer”
• 1966
  • 3rd December    3    TOM JONES – “Green Green Grass Of Home”
  • 19th November    9    THE BEACH BOYS – “Good Vibrations”
  • 29th October    9    THE FOUR TOPS – “Reach Out I’ll Be There”
  • 24th September    2    JIM REEVES – “Distant Drums”
  • 17th September    4    THE SMALL FACES – “All Or Nothing”
  • 20th August    10    THE BEATLES – “Eleanor Rigby”/”Yellow Submarine”
  • 6th August    4    THE TROGGS – “With A Girl Like You”
  • 30th July    9    CHRIS FARLOWE – “Out Of Time”
  • 23rd July    3    GEORGIE FAME AND THE BLUE FLAMES – “Get Away”
  • 9th July    8    THE KINKS – “Sunny Afternoon”
  • 25th June    9    THE BEATLES – “Paperback Writer”
  • 4th June    5    FRANK SINATRA – “Strangers In The Night”
  • 28 May    9    THE ROLLING STONES – “Paint It, Black”
  • 7th May    5    MANFRED MANN – “Pretty Flamingo”
  • 30th April    6    DUSTY SPRINGFIELD – “You Don’t Have To Say You Love Me”
  • 16th April    5    SPENCER DAVIS GROUP – “Somebody Help Me”
  • 19th March    8    THE WALKER BROTHERS – “The Sun Ain’t Gonna Shine Anymore”
  • 19th February    10    NANCY SINATRA – “These Boots Were Made For Walking”
  • 29th January    3    THE OVERLANDERS – “Michelle”
  • 22nd Jan    8    SPENCER DAVIS GROUP – “Keep On Running”
• 1965
  • 18th December    7    THE BEATLES – “Day Tripper”/”We Can Work It Out”
  • 27th November    4    THE SEEKERS – “The Carnival Is Over”
  • 2nd October    2 / 9    KEN DODD – “Tears” / THE ROLLING STONES – “Get Off Of My Cloud”
  • 25th September    6    THE WALKER BROTHERS – “Make It Easy On Yourself”
  • 11th September    9    THE ROLLING STONES – “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction”
  • 28th August    7    SONNY AND CHER – “I Got You Babe”
  • 7th August    7    THE BEATLES – “Help!”
  • 24th July    8    THE BYRDS – “Mr. Tambourine Man”
  • 26th June    5    THE HOLLIES – “I’m Alive”
  • 19th June    2    ELVIS PRESLEY – “Crying In The Chapel”
  • 29th May    4    SANDIE SHAW – “Long Live Love”
  • 22nd May    3    JACKIE TRENT – “Where Are You Now (My Love)?”
  • 15th May    7    ROGER MILLER – “King Of The Road”
  • 24th April    8    THE BEATLES – “Ticket To Ride”
  • 17th April    4    CLIFF RICHARD – “The Minute You’re Gone”
  • 10th April    6    UNIT FOUR PLUS TWO – “Concrete And Clay”
  • 20th March    6    THE ROLLING STONES – “The Last Time”
  • 13th March    4    TOM JONES – “It’s Not Unusual”
  • 25th February    4    THE SEEKERS – “I’ll Never Find Another You”
  • 20th February    6    THE KINKS – “Tired Of Waiting For You”
  • 6th February    8    THE RIGHTEOUS BROTHERS – “You’ve Lost That Loving Feeling”
  • 30th January    7    THE MOODY BLUES – “Go Now”
  • 16th January    5    GEORGIE FAME AND THE BLUE FLAMES – “Yeh Yeh”
• 1964
  • 12th December    6    THE BEATLES – “I Feel Fine”
  • 5th December    6    THE ROLLING STONES – “Little Red Rooster”
  • 21st November    8    THE SUPREMES – “Baby Love”
  • 24th October    6    SANDIE SHAW – “Always Something There To Remind Me”
  • 10th October    8    ROY ORBISON – “Oh, Pretty Woman”
  • 26th September    6    HERMAN’S HERMITS – “I’m Into Something Good”
  • 12th September    7    THE KINKS – “You Really Got Me”
  • 29th August    8    THE HONEYCOMBS – “Have I The Right?”
  • 15th August    2    MANFRED MANN – “Do Wah Diddy Diddy”
  • 25th July    8    THE BEATLES – “A Hard Day’s Night”
  • 18th July    7    THE ROLLING STONES – “It’s All Over Now”
  • 11th July    6    THE ANIMALS – “House Of The Rising Sun”
  • 27th June    9    ROY ORBISON – “It’s Over”
  • 30th May    3    CILLA BLACK – “You’re My World”
  • 23rd May    6    THE FOUR PENNIES – “Juliet”
  • 9th May    5    THE SEARCHERS – “Don’t Throw Your Love Away”
  • 25th April    5    PETER AND GORDON – “A World Without Love”
  • 4th April    6    THE BEATLES – “Can’t Buy Me Love”
  • 21st March    2    BILLY J KRAMER AND THE DAKOTAS – “Little Children”
  • 29th February    4    CILLA BLACK – “Anyone Who Had A Heart”
  • 22nd February    4    THE BACHELORS – “Diane”
  • 1st February    6    THE SEARCHERS – “Needles And Pins”
  • 18th January    7    THE DAVE CLARK FIVE – “Glad All Over”
• 1963
  • 14th December    7    THE BEATLES – “I Want To Hold Your Hand”
  • 2nd November    3    GERRY AND THE PACEMAKERS – “You’ll Never Walk Alone”
  • 12th October    6    BRIAN POOLE AND THE TREMELOES – “Do You Love Me?”
  • 14th September    8    THE BEATLES – “She Loves You”
  • 24th August    7    BILLY J KRAMER AND THE DAKOTAS – “Bad To Me”
  • 10th August    4    THE SEARCHERS – “Sweets For My Sweet”
  • 3rd August    6    ELVIS PRESLEY – “(You’re The) Devil In Disguise”
  • 20th July    5    FRANK IFIELD – “I’m Confessin’”
  • 22nd June    3    GERRY AND THE PACEMAKERS – “I Like It”
  • 4th May    7    THE BEATLES – “From Me To You”
  • 13th April    4    GERRY AND THE PACEMAKERS – “How Do You Do It?”
  • 30th March    4    THE SHADOWS – “Foot Tapper”
  • 16th March    6    CLIFF RICHARD AND THE SHADOWS – “Summer Holiday”
  • 23rd February    6    FRANK IFIELD – “The Wayward Wind”
  • 2nd February    6    JET HARRIS AND TONY MEEHAN – “Diamonds”
  • 26th January    5    THE SHADOWS – “Dance On!”
  • 15th January    5    CLIFF RICHARD – “The Next Time”
• 1962
  • 15th December    6    ELVIS PRESLEY – “Return To Sender”
  • 10th November    4    FRANK IFIELD – “Lovesick Blues”
  • 6th October    9    THE TORNADOS – “Telstar”
  • 15th September    4    ELVIS PRESLEY – “She’s Not You”
  • 28th July    7    FRANK IFIELD – “I Remember You”
  • 14th July    7    RAY CHARLES – “I Can’t Stop Loving You”
  • 30th June    2    MIKE SARNE WITH WENDY RICHARD – “Come Outside”
  • 26th May    5    ELVIS PRESLEY – “Good Luck Charm”
  • 19th May    6    B.BUMBLE AND THE STINGERS – “Nut Rocker”
  • 24th March    8    THE SHADOWS – “Wonderful Land”
  • 24th February    5    ELVIS PRESLEY – “Can’t Help Falling In Love”
  • 13th January    3    CLIFF RICHARD AND THE SHADOWS – “The Young Ones”
• 1961
  • 30th December    9    DANNY WILLIAMS – “Moon River”
  • 9th December    8    FRANKIE VAUGHAN – “Tower Of Strength”
  • 11th November    7    ELVIS PRESLEY – “His Latest Flame”
  • 21st October    3    HELEN SHAPIRO – “Walking Back To Happiness”
  • 14th October    6    THE HIGHWAYMEN – “Michael”
  • 7th October    6    THE SHADOWS – “Kon-Tiki”
  • 23rd September    2    SHIRLEY BASSEY – “I Reach For The Stars”
  • 2nd September    9    JOHN LEYTON – “Johnny Remember Me”
  • 12th August    4    HELEN SHAPIRO – “You Don’t Know”
  • 5th August    5    EDEN KANE – “Well I Ask You”
  • 22nd July    7    THE EVERLY BROTHERS – “Temptation”
  • 1st July    7    DEL SHANNON – “Runaway”
  • 3rd June    4    ELVIS PRESLEY – “Surrender”
  • 27th May    5    THE TEMPERANCE SEVEN – “You’re Driving Me Crazy”
  • 20th May    5    FLOYD CRAMER – “On The Rebound”
  • 6th May    9    THE MARCELS – “Blue Moon”
  • 25 March    2    ELVIS PRESLEY – “Wooden Heart”
  • 4th March    5    EVERLY BROTHERS – “Walk Right Back”
  • 25th February    4    PETULA CLARK – “Sailor”
  • 28 January    8    ELVIS PRESLEY – “Are You Lonesome Tonight?”
  • 14th January    6    JOHNNY TILLOTSON – “Poetry In Motion”
• 1960
  • 31st December    2    CLIFF RICHARD – “I Love You”
  • 5th November    4    ELVIS PRESLEY – “It’s Now Or Never”
  • 22nd October    6    ROY ORBISON – “Only The Lonely”
  • 1st October    4    RICKY VALANCE – “Tell Laura I Love Her”
  • 27th August    7    THE SHADOWS – “Apache”
  • 6th August    8    JOHNNY KIDD AND THE PIRATES – “Shaking All Over”
  • 30th July    3    CLIFF RICHARD – “Please Don’t Tease”
  • 9th July    6    JIMMY JONES – “Good Timin’”
  • 25 June    5    EDDIE COCHRAN – “Three Steps To Heaven”
  • 7th May    7    THE EVERLY BROTHERS – “Cathy’s Clown”
  • 30th April    4    ANTHONY NEWLEY – “Do You Mind?”
  • 2nd April    1    LONNIE DONEGAN – “My Old Man’s A Dustman”
  • 17th March    5    JOHNNY PRESTON – “Running Bear”
  • 10th March    6    ADAM FAITH – “Poor Me”
  • 5th February    2    ANTHONY NEWLEY – “Why?”
  • 29th January    5    MICHAEL HOLLIDAY – “Starry Eyed”
• 1959
  • 18th December    7    EMILE FORD AND THE CHECKMATES – “What Do You Want To Make Those Eyes At Me For?”
  • 4th December    5    ADAM FAITH – “What Do You Want”
  • 30th October    6    CLIFF RICHARD – “Travellin’ Light”
  • 16th October    7    BOBBY DARIN – “Mack The Knife”
  • 9th October    6    JERRY KELLER – “Here Comes Summer”
  • 11th September    2    CRAIG DOUGLAS – ‘Only Sixteen’
  • 31st July    3    CLIFF RICHARD – ‘Living Doll’
  • 3rd July    4    BOBBY DARIN – ‘Dream Lover’
  • 19th June    4    RUSS CONWAY – ‘Roulette’
  • 15th May    6    ELVIS PRESLEY – ‘A Fool Such As I’
  • 24th April    7    BUDDY HOLLY – ‘It Doesn’t Matter Anymore’
  • 27th March    4    RUSS CONWAY – ‘Side Saddle’
  • 20th March    7    THE PLATTERS – Smoke Gets In Your Eyes
  • 20th February    2    SHIRLEY BASSEY – ‘As I Love You’
  • 30th January    6    ELVIS PRESLEY – ‘I Got Stung’ / ‘One Night’
  • 23rd January    3    JANE MORGAN – ‘The Day The Rains Came’
• 1958
  • 19th December    7    CONWAY TWITTY – ‘It’s Only Make Believe’
  • 28th November    9    LORD ROCKINGHAM’S XI – ‘Hoots Mon’
  • 7th November    6    TOMMY EDWARDS – ‘All In The Game’
  • 26th September    7    CONNIE FRANCIS – “Carolina Moon”/”Stupid Cupid”
  • 22nd August    5    THE KALIN TWINS – “When”
  • 4th July    8    THE EVERLY BROTHERS – “All I Have To Do Is Dream”/”Claudette”
  • 27th June    5    VIC DAMONE – “On The Street Where You Live”
  • 16th May    7    CONNIE FRANCIS – “Who’s Sorry Now?”
  • 25th April    4    MARVIN RAINWATER – “Whole Lotta Woman”
  • 28th February    6    PERRY COMO – “Magic Moments”
  • 14th February    5    MICHAEL HOLLIDAY – “The Story Of My Life”
  • 24th January    7    ELVIS PRESLEY – “Jailhouse Rock”
  • 10th January    8    JERRY LEE LEWIS – “Great Balls Of Fire”
• 1957
  • 22nd November    3    HARRY BELAFONTE – “Mary’s Boy Child”
  • 1st November    5    BUDDY HOLLY AND THE CRICKETS – “That’ll Be The Day”
  • 30th August    4    PAUL ANKA – “Diana”
  • 12th July    7    ELVIS PRESLEY – “All Shook Up”
  • 28th June    8    LONNIE DONEGAN – “Putting On The Style”/”Gamblin Man”
  • 7th June    6    JOHNNIE RAY – “Yes Tonight Josephine”
  • 25th May    3    ANDY WILLIAMS – “Butterfly”
  • 12th May    5    GUY MITCHELL – “Rock-A-Billy”
  • 12th April    8    LONNIE DONEGAN – “Cumberland Gap”
  • 22nd February    5    TAB HUNTER – “Young Love”
  • 25th January    4    FRANKIE VAUGHAN – “The Garden Of Eden”
  • 4th January    5 / 5    GUY MITCHELL – “Singing The Blues” TOMMY STEELE – “Singing The Blues”
• 1956
  • 16th November    6    JOHNNIE RAY – “Just Walking In The Rain”
  • 19th October    2    FRANKIE LAINE – “A Woman In Love”
  • 21st September    3    ANNE SHELTON – “Lay Down Your Arms”
  • 10th August    7    DORIS DAY – “Que Sera, Sera”
  • 20th July    6    FRANKIE LYMON AND THE TEENAGERS – “Why Do Fools Fall In Love?”
  • 15th June    2    PAT BOONE – “I’ll Be Home”
  • 4th May    3    RONNIE HILTON – “No Other Love”
  • 13th April    5    WINIFRED ATTWELL – “The Poor People Of Paris”
  • 30th March    5    KAY STARR – ‘Rock And Roll Waltz’
  • 16th March    7    DREAMWEAVERS – “It’s Almost Tomorrow”
  • 17th February    4    DEAN MARTIN – “Memories Are Made Of This”
  • 20th January    9    TENNESSEE ERNIE FORD – “Sixteen Tons”
• 1955
  • 16th December    4    DICKIE VALENTINE – “Christmas Alphabet”
  • 25th November    7    BILL HALEY AND THE COMETS – “Rock Around The Clock”
  • 11th November    5    THE JOHNSTON BROTHERS – “Hernando’s Hideaway”
  • 14th October    4    JIMMY YOUNG – “The Man From Laramie”
  • 29th July    8    SLIM WHITMAN – “Rose Marie”
  • 15th July    5    ALMA COGAN – “Dreamboat”
  • 24th June    2    JIMMY YOUNG – “Unchained Melody”
  • 27th May    5    EDDIE CALVERT – “Cherry Pink And Apple Blossom White”
  • 13th May    4    TONY BENNETT – “Stranger In Paradise”
  • 29th April    6    PEREZ ‘PREZ’ PRADO AND HIS ORCHESTRA – “Cherry Pink And Apple Blossom White”
  • 11th March    3    TENNESSEE ERNIE FORD – “Give Me Your Word”
  • 18th February    4    RUBY MURRAY – “Softly, Softly”
  • 14th January    5    ROSEMARY CLOONEY – “Mambo Italiano”
  • 7th January    5    DICKIE VALENTINE – “Finger Of Suspicion”
• 1954
  • 3rd December    6    WINIFRED ATWELL – “Let’s Have Another Party”
  • 26th November    4    ROSEMARY CLOONEY – “This Ole House”
  • 5th November    2    VERA LYNN – “My Son My Son”
  • 10th October    3    DON CORNELL – “Hold My Hand”
  • 17th September    5    FRANK SINATRA – “Three Coins In A Fountain”
  • 10th September    5    KITTY KALLEN – “Little Things Mean A Lot”
  • 2nd July    2    DAVID WHITFIELD – “Cara Mia”
  • 30th April    7    JOHNNIE RAY – “Such A Night”
  • 16th April    8    DORIS DAY – “Secret Love”
  • 12th March    1    THE STARGAZERS – “I See The Moon”
  • 8th January    4    EDDIE CALVERT- “Oh Mein Papa”
• 1953
  • 13th November    4    FRANKIE LAINE – “Answer Me”
  • 6th November    2    DAVID WHITFIELD – ‘Answer Me’
  • 23rd October    5    FRANKIE LAINE – “Hey Joe”
  • 11th September    3    GUY MITCHELL – “Look At That Girl”
  • 15th August    5    MANTOVANI – “Moulin Rouge Theme”
  • 26th June    5    EDDIE FISHER – ‘I’m Walking Behind You’
  • 24th April    3    FRANKIE LAINE – “I Believe”
  • 17th April    4    LITA ROZA – “How Much Is That Doggie In The Window?”
  • 10th April    4    THE STARGAZERS – “Broken Wings”
  • 13th March    2    GUY MITCHELL – ‘She Wears Red Feathers’
  • 6th February    3    PERRY COMO – “Don’t Let The Stars Get In Your Eyes”
  • 30th January    5    EDDIE FISHER – ‘Outside Of Heaven’
  • 23rd January    7    KAY STARR – ‘Comes A-Long A-Love’
  • 16th January    6    JO STAFFORD – “You Belong To Me”
• 1952
  • 14th November    4    AL MARTINO – “Here In My Heart”

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