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I’m marking each of the singles out of 10. Marks will vary according to my mood and circumstances as well as by the quality of the record. No consistency is intended and none should be assumed – take them as seriously as you like. If you’re registered and logged in, you can give your OWN mark out of 10 to each record, and the aggregate shows up on the FT Readers Top 100 view.
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- 10
- 19th February 1966 NANCY SINATRA – “These Boots Were Made For Walking”
- 20th August 1966 THE BEATLES – “Eleanor Rigby”/”Yellow Submarine”
- 19th April 1969 DESMOND DEKKER AND THE ACES – “Israelites”
- 20th March 1971 T REX – “Hot Love”
- 4th September 1976 ABBA – “Dancing Queen”
- 11th March 1978 KATE BUSH – “Wuthering Heights”
- 1st March 1980 BLONDIE – “Atomic”
- 9th August 1980 ABBA – “The Winner Takes It All”
- 11th July 1981 THE SPECIALS – “Ghost Town”
- 7th August 1982 DEXYS MIDNIGHT RUNNERS – “Come On Eileen”
- 16th June 1984 FRANKIE GOES TO HOLLYWOOD – “Two Tribes”
- 3rd October 1987 M/A/R/R/S – “Pump Up The Volume”/”Anitina (The First Time I See She Dance)”
- 19th December 1987 PET SHOP BOYS – “Always On My Mind”
- 25th March 1989 MADONNA – “Like A Prayer”
- 3rd February 1990 SINEAD O’CONNOR – “Nothing Compares 2 U”
- 9
- 20th January 1956 TENNESSEE ERNIE FORD – “Sixteen Tons”
- 28th November 1958 LORD ROCKINGHAM’S XI – ‘Hoots Mon’
- 6th May 1961 THE MARCELS – “Blue Moon”
- 2nd September 1961 JOHN LEYTON – “Johnny Remember Me”
- 30th December 1961 DANNY WILLIAMS – “Moon River”
- 6th October 1962 THE TORNADOS – “Telstar”
- 27th June 1964 ROY ORBISON – “It’s Over”
- 11th September 1965 THE ROLLING STONES – “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction”
- 2nd October 1965 KEN DODD – “Tears” / THE ROLLING STONES – “Get Off Of My Cloud”
- 28 May 1966 THE ROLLING STONES – “Paint It, Black”
- 25th June 1966 THE BEATLES – “Paperback Writer”
- 30th July 1966 CHRIS FARLOWE – “Out Of Time”
- 29th October 1966 THE FOUR TOPS – “Reach Out I’ll Be There”
- 19th November 1966 THE BEACH BOYS – “Good Vibrations”
- 22nd June 1968 THE ROLLING STONES – “Jumpin’ Jack Flash”
- 29th March 1969 MARVIN GAYE – “I Heard It Through The Grapevine”
- 14th October 1972 LIEUTENANT PIGEON – “Mouldy Old Dough”
- 27th January 1973 THE SWEET – “Block Buster”
- 15th December 1973 SLADE – “Merry Xmas Everybody”
- 4th May 1974 ABBA – “Waterloo”
- 12th August 1974 THE THREE DEGREES – “When Will I See You Again?”
- 22nd February 1975 STEVE HARLEY AND COCKNEY REBEL – “Make Me Smile (Come Up And See Me)”
- 23rd July 1977 DONNA SUMMER – “I Feel Love”
- 4th February 1978 ALTHEA AND DONNA – “Uptown Top Ranking”
- 27th January 1979 IAN DURY AND THE BLOCKHEADS – “Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick”
- 3rd February 1979 BLONDIE – “Heart Of Glass”
- 29th October 1979 BUGGLES – “Video Killed The Radio Star”
- 22nd March 1980 THE JAM – “Going Underground”/”Dreams Of Children”
- 23rd August 1980 DAVID BOWIE – “Ashes To Ashes”
- 9th May 1981 ADAM AND THE ANTS – “Stand And Deliver”
- 5th September 1981 SOFT CELL – “Tainted Love”
- 12th December 1981 THE HUMAN LEAGUE – “Don’t You Want Me”
- 5th March 1983 MICHAEL JACKSON – “Billie Jean”
- 10th November 1984 CHAKA KHAN – “I Feel For You”
- 9th March 1985 DEAD OR ALIVE – “You Spin Me Round (Like A Record)”
- 3rd August 1985 MADONNA – “Into The Groove”
- 11th January 1986 PET SHOP BOYS – “West End Girls”
- 12th July 1986 MADONNA – “Papa Don’t Preach”
- 30th April 1988 S’EXPRESS – “Theme From S’Express”
- 18th June 1988 THE TIMELORDS – “Doctorin The Tardis”
- 3rd March 1990 BEATS INTERNATIONAL ft LINDY LAYTON – “Dub Be Good To Me”
- 14th April 1990 MADONNA – “Vogue”
- 8
- 16th April 1954 DORIS DAY – “Secret Love”
- 29th July 1955 SLIM WHITMAN – “Rose Marie”
- 12th April 1957 LONNIE DONEGAN – “Cumberland Gap”
- 28th June 1957 LONNIE DONEGAN – “Putting On The Style”/”Gamblin Man”
- 10th January 1958 JERRY LEE LEWIS – “Great Balls Of Fire”
- 4th July 1958 THE EVERLY BROTHERS – “All I Have To Do Is Dream”/”Claudette”
- 6th August 1960 JOHNNY KIDD AND THE PIRATES – “Shaking All Over”
- 28 January 1961 ELVIS PRESLEY – “Are You Lonesome Tonight?”
- 9th December 1961 FRANKIE VAUGHAN – “Tower Of Strength”
- 24th March 1962 THE SHADOWS – “Wonderful Land”
- 14th September 1963 THE BEATLES – “She Loves You”
- 25th July 1964 THE BEATLES – “A Hard Day’s Night”
- 29th August 1964 THE HONEYCOMBS – “Have I The Right?”
- 10th October 1964 ROY ORBISON – “Oh, Pretty Woman”
- 21st November 1964 THE SUPREMES – “Baby Love”
- 6th February 1965 THE RIGHTEOUS BROTHERS – “You’ve Lost That Loving Feeling”
- 24th April 1965 THE BEATLES – “Ticket To Ride”
- 24th July 1965 THE BYRDS – “Mr. Tambourine Man”
- 22nd Jan 1966 SPENCER DAVIS GROUP – “Keep On Running”
- 19th March 1966 THE WALKER BROTHERS – “The Sun Ain’t Gonna Shine Anymore”
- 9th July 1966 THE KINKS – “Sunny Afternoon”
- 3rd February 1968 THE LOVE AFFAIR – “Everlasting Love”
- 23rd March 1968 DAVE DEE, DOZY BEAKY MICK AND TICH – “The Legend Of Xanadu”
- 30th March 1968 THE BEATLES – “Lady Madonna”
- 1st February 1969 FLEETWOOD MAC – “Albatross”
- 25th October 1969 THE ARCHIES – “Sugar, Sugar”
- 12th September 1970 SMOKEY ROBINSON AND THE MIRACLES – “Tears Of A Clown”
- 19th September 1970 FREDA PAYNE – “Band Of Gold”
- 1st May 1971 DAVE AND ANSEL COLLINS – “Double Barrel”
- 24th July 1971 T REX – “Get It On”
- 9th October 1971 ROD STEWART – “Maggie May”
- 19th February 1972 CHICORY TIP – “Son Of My Father”
- 20th May 1972 T REX – “Metal Guru”
- 12th August 1972 ALICE COOPER – “School’s Out”
- 4th March 1973 SLADE – “Cvm On Feel The Noize”
- 18th May 1974 THE RUBETTES – “Sugar Baby Love”
- 27th July 1974 GEORGE McCRAE – “Rock Your Baby”
- 28th June 1975 10cc – “I’m Not In Love”
- 8th November 1975 DAVID BOWIE – “Space Oddity”
- 29th November 1975 QUEEN – “Bohemian Rhapsody”
- 12th February 1977 JULIE COVINGTON – “Don’t Cry For Me Argentina”
- 2nd April 1977 ABBA – “Knowing Me Knowing You”
- 18th February 1978 ABBA – “Take A Chance On Me”
- 6th Janary 1979 VILLAGE PEOPLE – “Y.M.C.A.”
- 16th June 1979 ANITA WARD – “Ring My Bell”
- 22nd September 1979 GARY NUMAN – “Cars”
- 2nd February 1980 THE SPECIALS – The Special AKA Live! (EP)
- 19th September 1981 ADAM AND THE ANTS – “Prince Charming”
- 21st November 1981 QUEEN AND DAVID BOWIE – “Under Pressure”
- 6th February 1982 KRAFTWERK – “The Model”/”Computer Love”
- 12th March 1983 BONNIE TYLER – “Total Eclipse Of The Heart”
- 24th September 1983 CULTURE CLUB – “Karma Chameleon”
- 28th January 1984 FRANKIE GOES TO HOLLYWOOD – “Relax”
- 3rd March 1984 NENA – “99 Red Balloons”
- 25th January 1986 A-HA – “The Sun Always Shines On TV”
- 19th April 1986 GEORGE MICHAEL – “A Different Corner”
- 24th January 1987 STEVE “SILK” HURLEY – “Jack Your Body”
- 6th June 1987 WHITNEY HOUSTON – “I Wanna Dance With Somebody”
- 4th July 1987 PET SHOP BOYS – “It’s A Sin”
- 1st August 1987 LOS LOBOS – “La Bamba”
- 24th June 1989 SOUL II SOUL ft CARON WHEELER – “Back To Life (How Ever Do You Want Me)”
- 12th May 1990 ADAMSKI – “Killer”
- 9th June 1990 ENGLANDNEWORDER – “World In Motion”
- 3rd November 1990 THE RIGHTEOUS BROTHERS – “Unchained Melody”
- 2nd February 1991 THE KLF ft THE CHILDREN OF THE REVOLUTION – “3AM Eternal”
- 22nd February 1992 SHAKESPEARS SISTER – “Stay”
- 21st November 1992 CHARLES AND EDDIE – “Would I Lie To You?”
- 7
- 23rd January 1953 KAY STARR – ‘Comes A-Long A-Love’
- 30th April 1954 JOHNNIE RAY – “Such A Night”
- 25th November 1955 BILL HALEY AND THE COMETS – “Rock Around The Clock”
- 16th March 1956 DREAMWEAVERS – “It’s Almost Tomorrow”
- 10th August 1956 DORIS DAY – “Que Sera, Sera”
- 12th July 1957 ELVIS PRESLEY – “All Shook Up”
- 24th January 1958 ELVIS PRESLEY – “Jailhouse Rock”
- 16th May 1958 CONNIE FRANCIS – “Who’s Sorry Now?”
- 26th September 1958 CONNIE FRANCIS – “Carolina Moon”/”Stupid Cupid”
- 19th December 1958 CONWAY TWITTY – ‘It’s Only Make Believe’
- 20th March 1959 THE PLATTERS – Smoke Gets In Your Eyes
- 24th April 1959 BUDDY HOLLY – ‘It Doesn’t Matter Anymore’
- 16th October 1959 BOBBY DARIN – “Mack The Knife”
- 18th December 1959 EMILE FORD AND THE CHECKMATES – “What Do You Want To Make Those Eyes At Me For?”
- 7th May 1960 THE EVERLY BROTHERS – “Cathy’s Clown”
- 27th August 1960 THE SHADOWS – “Apache”
- 1st July 1961 DEL SHANNON – “Runaway”
- 22nd July 1961 THE EVERLY BROTHERS – “Temptation”
- 11th November 1961 ELVIS PRESLEY – “His Latest Flame”
- 14th July 1962 RAY CHARLES – “I Can’t Stop Loving You”
- 28th July 1962 FRANK IFIELD – “I Remember You”
- 4th May 1963 THE BEATLES – “From Me To You”
- 24th August 1963 BILLY J KRAMER AND THE DAKOTAS – “Bad To Me”
- 14th December 1963 THE BEATLES – “I Want To Hold Your Hand”
- 18th January 1964 THE DAVE CLARK FIVE – “Glad All Over”
- 18th July 1964 THE ROLLING STONES – “It’s All Over Now”
- 12th September 1964 THE KINKS – “You Really Got Me”
- 30th January 1965 THE MOODY BLUES – “Go Now”
- 15th May 1965 ROGER MILLER – “King Of The Road”
- 7th August 1965 THE BEATLES – “Help!”
- 28th August 1965 SONNY AND CHER – “I Got You Babe”
- 18th December 1965 THE BEATLES – “Day Tripper”/”We Can Work It Out”
- 21st January 1967 THE MONKEES – “I’m A Believer”
- 11th November 1967 THE FOUNDATIONS – “Baby Now That I’ve Found You”
- 17th February 1968 MANFRED MANN – “Quinn The Eskimo (The Mighty Quinn)”
- 6th July 1968 THE EQUALS – “Baby Come Back”
- 20th September 1969 CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL – “Bad Moon Rising”
- 2nd May 1970 NORMAN GREENBAUM – “Spirit In The Sky”
- 13th June 1970 MUNGO JERRY – “In The Summertime”
- 31st October 1970 MATTHEWS SOUTHERN COMFORT – “Woodstock”
- 30th January 1971 GEORGE HARRISON – “My Sweet Lord”
- 2nd September 1972 ROD STEWART – “You Wear It Well”
- 16th June 1973 SUZI QUATRO – “Can The Can”
- 22nd September 1973 WIZZARD – “Angel Fingers”
- 23rd February 1974 SUZI QUATRO – “Devil Gate Drive”
- 21st September 1974 CARL DOUGLAS – “Kung Fu Fighting”
- 7th December 1974 BARRY WHITE – “You’re The First, The Last, My Everything”
- 21st December 1974 MUD – “Lonely This Christmas”
- 16th August 1975 THE STYLISTICS – “I Can’t Give You Anything But My Love”
- 31st January 1976 ABBA – “Mamma Mia”
- 8th May 1976 ABBA – “Fernando”
- 7th May 1977 DENIECE WILLIAMS – “Free”
- 29th October 1977 BACCARA – “Yes Sir, I Can Boogie”
- 5th November 1977 ABBA – “The Name Of The Game”
- 29th April 1978 THE BEE GEES – “Night Fever”
- 3rd March 1979 THE BEE GEES – “Tragedy”
- 17th March 1979 GLORIA GAYNOR – “I Will Survive”
- 30th June 1979 TUBEWAY ARMY – “Are ‘Friends’ Electric?”
- 8th December 1979 THE POLICE – “Walking On The Moon”
- 26th April 1980 BLONDIE – “Call Me”
- 26th July 1980 ODYSSEY – “Use It Up And Wear It Out”
- 6th September 1980 THE JAM – “Start!”
- 29th November 1980 ABBA – “Super Trouper”
- 14th March 1981 ROXY MUSIC – “Jealous Guy”
- 16th January 1982 BUCKS FIZZ – “The Land Of Make Believe”
- 29th May 1982 MADNESS – “House Of Fun”
- 12th June 1982 ADAM ANT – “Goody Two Shoes”
- 26th June 1982 CHARLENE – “I’ve Never Been To Me”
- 2nd October 1982 MUSICAL YOUTH – “Pass The Dutchie”
- 23rd October 1982 CULTURE CLUB – “Do You Really Want To Hurt Me?”
- 9th April 1983 DAVID BOWIE – “Let’s Dance”
- 30th April 1983 SPANDAU BALLET – “True”
- 5th May 1984 DURAN DURAN – “The Reflex”
- 18th August 1984 GEORGE MICHAEL – “Careless Whisper”
- 8th December 1984 FRANKIE GOES TO HOLLYWOOD – “The Power Of Love”
- 27th July 1985 EURYTHMICS – “There Must Be An Angel (Playing With My Heart)”
- 14th December 1985 WHITNEY HOUSTON – “Saving All My Love For You”
- 6th December 1986 EUROPE – “The Final Countdown”
- 27th December 1986 JACKIE WILSON – “Reet Petite”
- 21st February 1987 BEN E KING – “Stand By Me”
- 28th March 1987 MEL AND KIM – “Respectable”
- 25th April 1987 MADONNA – “La Isla Bonita”
- 29th August 1987 RICK ASTLEY – “Never Gonna Give You Up”
- 9th April 1988 PET SHOP BOYS – “Heart”
- 6th August 1988 YAZZ AND THE PLASTIC POPULATION – “The Only Way Is Up”
- 28th January 1989 MARC ALMOND WITH GENE PITNEY – “Something’s Gotten Hold Of My Heart”
- 13th May 1989 KYLIE MINOGUE – “Hand On Your Heart”
- 9th September 1989 BLACK BOX – “Ride On Time”
- 2nd November 1991 U2 – “The Fly”
- 23rd November 1991 MICHAEL JACKSON – “Black Or White”
- 17th October 1992 TASMIN ARCHER – “Sleeping Satellite”
- 13th February 1993 2 UNLIMITED – “No Limit”
- 20th March 1993 SHAGGY – “Oh Carolina”
- 6
- 16th January 1953 JO STAFFORD – “You Belong To Me”
- 3rd December 1954 WINIFRED ATWELL – “Let’s Have Another Party”
- 29th April 1955 PEREZ ‘PREZ’ PRADO AND HIS ORCHESTRA – “Cherry Pink And Apple Blossom White”
- 20th July 1956 FRANKIE LYMON AND THE TEENAGERS – “Why Do Fools Fall In Love?”
- 16th November 1956 JOHNNIE RAY – “Just Walking In The Rain”
- 7th June 1957 JOHNNIE RAY – “Yes Tonight Josephine”
- 28th February 1958 PERRY COMO – “Magic Moments”
- 7th November 1958 TOMMY EDWARDS – ‘All In The Game’
- 30th January 1959 ELVIS PRESLEY – ‘I Got Stung’ / ‘One Night’
- 15th May 1959 ELVIS PRESLEY – ‘A Fool Such As I’
- 9th October 1959 JERRY KELLER – “Here Comes Summer”
- 30th October 1959 CLIFF RICHARD – “Travellin’ Light”
- 10th March 1960 ADAM FAITH – “Poor Me”
- 9th July 1960 JIMMY JONES – “Good Timin’”
- 22nd October 1960 ROY ORBISON – “Only The Lonely”
- 14th January 1961 JOHNNY TILLOTSON – “Poetry In Motion”
- 7th October 1961 THE SHADOWS – “Kon-Tiki”
- 14th October 1961 THE HIGHWAYMEN – “Michael”
- 19th May 1962 B.BUMBLE AND THE STINGERS – “Nut Rocker”
- 15th December 1962 ELVIS PRESLEY – “Return To Sender”
- 2nd February 1963 JET HARRIS AND TONY MEEHAN – “Diamonds”
- 23rd February 1963 FRANK IFIELD – “The Wayward Wind”
- 16th March 1963 CLIFF RICHARD AND THE SHADOWS – “Summer Holiday”
- 3rd August 1963 ELVIS PRESLEY – “(You’re The) Devil In Disguise”
- 12th October 1963 BRIAN POOLE AND THE TREMELOES – “Do You Love Me?”
- 1st February 1964 THE SEARCHERS – “Needles And Pins”
- 4th April 1964 THE BEATLES – “Can’t Buy Me Love”
- 23rd May 1964 THE FOUR PENNIES – “Juliet”
- 11th July 1964 THE ANIMALS – “House Of The Rising Sun”
- 26th September 1964 HERMAN’S HERMITS – “I’m Into Something Good”
- 24th October 1964 SANDIE SHAW – “Always Something There To Remind Me”
- 5th December 1964 THE ROLLING STONES – “Little Red Rooster”
- 12th December 1964 THE BEATLES – “I Feel Fine”
- 20th February 1965 THE KINKS – “Tired Of Waiting For You”
- 20th March 1965 THE ROLLING STONES – “The Last Time”
- 10th April 1965 UNIT FOUR PLUS TWO – “Concrete And Clay”
- 25th September 1965 THE WALKER BROTHERS – “Make It Easy On Yourself”
- 30th April 1966 DUSTY SPRINGFIELD – “You Don’t Have To Say You Love Me”
- 12th August 1967 SCOTT MCKENZIE – “San Francisco (Be Sure To Wear Some Flowers In Your Hair)”
- 14th October 1967 THE BEE GEES – “Massachusetts”
- 9th December 1967 THE BEATLES – “Hello Goodbye”
- 3rd August 1968 TOMMY JAMES AND THE SHONDELLS – “Mony Mony”
- 17th August 1968 THE CRAZY WORLD OF ARTHUR BROWN – “Fire”
- 31st August 1968 THE BEACH BOYS – “Do It Again”
- 28th September 1968 MARY HOPKIN – “Those Were The Days”
- 16th November 1968 HUGO MONTENEGRO AND HIS ORCHESTRA – “The Good, The Bad And The Ugly”
- 8th February 1969 THE MOVE – “Blackberry Way”
- 26th July 1969 THE ROLLING STONES – “Honky Tonk Women”
- 18th October 1969 BOBBIE GENTRY – “I’ll Never Fall In Love Again”
- 31st January 1970 EDISON LIGHTHOUSE – “Love Grows Where My Rosemary Goes”
- 6th June 1970 CHRISTIE – “Yellow River”
- 21 November 1970 THE JIMI HENDRIX EXPERIENCE – “Voodoo Chile”
- 21st August 1971 DIANA ROSS – “I’m Still Waiting”
- 11th December 1971 BENNY HILL – “Ernie, The Fastest Milkman In The West”
- 5th February 1972 T REX – “Telegram Sam”
- 11th March 1972 NILSSON – “Without You”
- 9th September 1972 SLADE – “Mama Weer All Crazee Now”
- 30th September 1972 DAVID CASSIDY – “How Can I Be Sure?”
- 19th May 1973 WIZZARD – “See My Baby Jive”
- 30th June 1973 SLADE – “Skweeze Me Pleeze Me”
- 27th October 1973 DAVID CASSIDY – “Daydreamer”/”The Puppy Song”
- 26th January 1974 MUD – “Tiger Feet”
- 6th April 1974 TERRY JACKS – “Seasons In The Sun”
- 31st August 1974 THE OSMONDS – “Love Me For A Reason”
- 26th October 1974 KEN BOOTHE – “Everything I Own”
- 18th January 1975 STATUS QUO – “Down Down”
- 25th January 1975 THE TYMES – “Ms. Grace”
- 3rd May 1975 TAMMY WYNETTE – “Stand By Your Man”
- 25th October 1975 ART GARFUNKEL – “I Only Have Eyes For You”
- 14th February 1976 SLIK – “Forever And Ever”
- 21st February 1976 FOUR SEASONS – “December 1963 (Oh What A Night)”
- 6th March 1976 TINA CHARLES – “I Love To Love”
- 26th June 1976 THE REAL THING – “You To Me Are Everything”
- 25th June 1977 THE JACKSONS – “Show You The Way To Go”
- 2 July 1977 HOT CHOCOLATE – “So You Win Again”
- 8th October 1977 DAVID SOUL – “Silver Lady”
- 17th June 1978 OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN AND JOHN TRAVOLTA – “You’re The One That I Want”
- 30th September 1978 JOHN TRAVOLTA AND OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN – “Summer Nights”
- 18th November 1978 THE BOOMTOWN RATS – “Rat Trap”
- 14th April 1979 ART GARFUNKEL – “Bright Eyes”
- 26th May 1979 BLONDIE – “Sunday Girl”
- 25th August 1979 CLIFF RICHARD – “We Don’t Talk Anymore”
- 12th April 1980 THE DETROIT SPINNERS – “Working My Way Back To You”
- 2nd May 1980 DEXY’S MIDNIGHT RUNNERS – “Geno”
- 12th July 1980 OLIVIA NEWTON JOHN AND ELO – “Xanadu”
- 13th September 1980 KELLY MARIE – “Feels Like I’m In Love”
- 15th November 1980 BLONDIE – “The Tide Is High”
- 20th December 1980 JOHN LENNON – “(Just Like) Starting Over”
- 14th November 1981 THE POLICE – “Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic”
- 13th February 1982 THE JAM – “A Town Called Malice”/”Precious”
- 4th September 1982 SURVIVOR – “Eye Of The Tiger”
- 4th December 1982 THE JAM – “Beat Surrender”
- 26th March 1983 DURAN DURAN – “Is There Something I Should Know”
- 28th May 1983 NEW EDITION – “Candy Girl”
- 23rd July 1983 PAUL YOUNG – “Wherever I Lay My Hat (That’s My Home)”
- 13th August 1983 KC AND THE SUNSHINE BAND – “Give It Up”
- 5th November 1983 BILLY JOEL – “Uptown Girl”
- 2nd June 1984 WHAM! – “Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go”
- 20th October 1984 WHAM! – “Freedom”
- 15th December 1984 BAND AID – “Do They Know It’s Christmas”
- 23rd March 1985 PHILIP BAILEY (DUET WITH PHIL COLLINS) – “Easy Lover”
- 4th May 1985 PHYLLIS NELSON – “Move Closer”
- 11th May 1985 PAUL HARDCASTLE – “19″
- 30th November 1985 WHAM! – “I’m Your Man”
- 8th March 1986 DIANA ROSS – “Chain Reaction”
- 10th May 1986 FALCO – “Rock Me Amadeus”
- 11th October 1986 MADONNA – “True Blue”
- 16th January 1988 BELINDA CARLISLE – “Heaven Is A Place On Earth”
- 20th February 1988 KYLIE MINOGUE – “I Should Be So Lucky”
- 29th October 1988 ENYA – “Orinoco Flow”
- 31st March 1990 SNAP! – “The Power”
- 5th January 1991 IRON MAIDEN – “Bring Your Daughter… To The Slaughter”
- 4th May 1991 CHER – “The Shoop Shoop Song (It’s In His Kiss)”
- 8th June 1991 COLOR ME BADD – “I Wanna Sex You Up”
- 21st December 1991 QUEEN – “Bohemian Rhapsody”/”These Are The Days Of Our Lives”
- 19th September 1992 THE SHAMEN – “Ebeneezer Goode”
- 5
- 30th January 1953 EDDIE FISHER – ‘Outside Of Heaven’
- 26th June 1953 EDDIE FISHER – ‘I’m Walking Behind You’
- 15th August 1953 MANTOVANI – “Moulin Rouge Theme”
- 23rd October 1953 FRANKIE LAINE – “Hey Joe”
- 10th September 1954 KITTY KALLEN – “Little Things Mean A Lot”
- 17th September 1954 FRANK SINATRA – “Three Coins In A Fountain”
- 7th January 1955 DICKIE VALENTINE – “Finger Of Suspicion”
- 14th January 1955 ROSEMARY CLOONEY – “Mambo Italiano”
- 27th May 1955 EDDIE CALVERT – “Cherry Pink And Apple Blossom White”
- 15th July 1955 ALMA COGAN – “Dreamboat”
- 11th November 1955 THE JOHNSTON BROTHERS – “Hernando’s Hideaway”
- 30th March 1956 KAY STARR – ‘Rock And Roll Waltz’
- 13th April 1956 WINIFRED ATTWELL – “The Poor People Of Paris”
- 4th January 1957 GUY MITCHELL – “Singing The Blues” TOMMY STEELE – “Singing The Blues”
- 4th January 1957 GUY MITCHELL – “Singing The Blues” TOMMY STEELE – “Singing The Blues”
- 22nd February 1957 TAB HUNTER – “Young Love”
- 12th May 1957 GUY MITCHELL – “Rock-A-Billy”
- 1st November 1957 BUDDY HOLLY AND THE CRICKETS – “That’ll Be The Day”
- 14th February 1958 MICHAEL HOLLIDAY – “The Story Of My Life”
- 27th June 1958 VIC DAMONE – “On The Street Where You Live”
- 22nd August 1958 THE KALIN TWINS – “When”
- 4th December 1959 ADAM FAITH – “What Do You Want”
- 29th January 1960 MICHAEL HOLLIDAY – “Starry Eyed”
- 17th March 1960 JOHNNY PRESTON – “Running Bear”
- 25 June 1960 EDDIE COCHRAN – “Three Steps To Heaven”
- 4th March 1961 EVERLY BROTHERS – “Walk Right Back”
- 20th May 1961 FLOYD CRAMER – “On The Rebound”
- 27th May 1961 THE TEMPERANCE SEVEN – “You’re Driving Me Crazy”
- 5th August 1961 EDEN KANE – “Well I Ask You”
- 24th February 1962 ELVIS PRESLEY – “Can’t Help Falling In Love”
- 26th May 1962 ELVIS PRESLEY – “Good Luck Charm”
- 15th January 1963 CLIFF RICHARD – “The Next Time”
- 26th January 1963 THE SHADOWS – “Dance On!”
- 20th July 1963 FRANK IFIELD – “I’m Confessin’”
- 25th April 1964 PETER AND GORDON – “A World Without Love”
- 9th May 1964 THE SEARCHERS – “Don’t Throw Your Love Away”
- 16th January 1965 GEORGIE FAME AND THE BLUE FLAMES – “Yeh Yeh”
- 26th June 1965 THE HOLLIES – “I’m Alive”
- 16th April 1966 SPENCER DAVIS GROUP – “Somebody Help Me”
- 7th May 1966 MANFRED MANN – “Pretty Flamingo”
- 4th June 1966 FRANK SINATRA – “Strangers In The Night”
- 15th April 1967 FRANK AND NANCY SINATRA – “Something Stupid”
- 29th April 1967 SANDIE SHAW – “Puppet On A String”
- 10th June 1967 PROCOL HARUM – “A Whiter Shade Of Pale”
- 22nd July 1967 THE BEATLES – “All You Need Is Love”
- 25th November 1967 LONG JOHN BALDRY – “Let The Heartaches Begin”
- 25th May 1968 GARY PUCKETT AND THE UNION GAP – “Young Girl”
- 26th April 1969 THE BEATLES WITH BILLY PRESTON – “Get Back”
- 5th July 1969 THUNDERCLAP NEWMAN – “Something In The Air”
- 30th August 1969 ZAGER AND EVANS – “In The Year 2525 (Exordium And Terminus)”
- 11th October 1969 SERGE GAINSBOURG AND JANE BIRKIN – “Je T’Aime…Moi Non Plus”
- 7th March 1970 LEE MARVIN – “Wand’rin Star”
- 28th March 1970 SIMON AND GARFUNKEL – “Bridge Over Troubled Water”
- 28th November 1970 DAVE EDMUNDS – “I Hear You Knocking”
- 18th September 1971 THE TAMS – “Hey Girl, Don’t Bother Me”
- 13th November 1971 SLADE – “Coz I Luv You”
- 15th April 1972 THE PIPES AND DRUMS AND MILITARY BAND OF THE ROYAL SCOTS DRAGOON GUARDS – “Amazing Grace”
- 1st July 1972 SLADE – “Take Me Bak ‘Ome”
- 7th April 1973 GILBERT O’SULLIVAN – “Get Down”
- 23rd June 1973 10CC – “Rubber Bullets”
- 19th January 1974 THE NEW SEEKERS – “You Won’t Find Another Fool Like Me”
- 22nd June 1974 GARY GLITTER – “Always Yours”
- 19th October 1974 SWEET SENSATION – “Sad Sweet Dreamer”
- 1st February 1975 PILOT – “January”
- 22nd March 1975 BAY CITY ROLLERS – “Bye Bye Baby”
- 12th July 1975 JOHNNY NASH – “Tears On My Pillow”
- 22nd November 1975 BILLY CONNOLLY – “D.I.V.O.R.C.E.”
- 12th June 1976 THE WURZELS – “Combine Harvester (Brand New Key)”
- 24th July 1976 ELTON JOHN AND KIKI DEE – “Don’t Go Breaking My Heart”
- 13th November 1976 CHICAGO – “If You Leave Me Now”
- 19th February 1977 LEO SAYER – “When I Need You”
- 21st May 1977 ROD STEWART – “I Don’t Want To Talk About It”/”The First Cut Is The Deepest”
- 20th August 1977 BROTHERHOOD OF MAN – “Angelo”
- 3rd September 1977 ELVIS PRESLEY – “Way Down”
- 13th May 1978 BONEY M – “Rivers Of Babylon”
- 29th September 1979 THE POLICE – “Message In A Bottle”
- 17th November 1979 DR HOOK – “When You’re In Love With A Beautiful Woman”
- 15th December 1979 PINK FLOYD – “Another Brick In The Wall (Part 2)”
- 19th January 1980 THE PRETENDERS – “Brass In Pocket”
- 15th March 1980 FERN KINNEY – “Together We Are Beautiful”
- 27th September 1980 THE POLICE – “Don’t Stand So Close To Me”
- 25th October 1980 BARBRA STREISAND – “Woman In Love”
- 18th April 1981 BUCKS FIZZ – “Making Your Mind Up”
- 13th June 1981 SMOKEY ROBINSON – “Being With You”
- 27th June 1981 MICHAEL JACKSON – “One Day In Your Life”
- 5th December 1981 JULIO IGLESIAS – “Begin The Beguine”
- 17th April 1982 BUCKS FIZZ – “My Camera Never Lies”
- 17th July 1982 IRENE CARA – “Fame”
- 29th January 1983 MEN AT WORK – “Down Under”
- 19th February 1983 KAJAGOOGOO – “Too Shy”
- 10th December 1983 THE FLYING PICKETS – “Only You”
- 14th January 1984 PAUL MCCARTNEY – “Pipes Of Peace”
- 24th March 1984 LIONEL RICHIE – “Hello”
- 19th January 1985 FOREIGNER – “I Want To Know What Love Is”
- 9th February 1985 ELAINE PAIGE AND BARBARA DICKSON – “I Know Him So Well”
- 8th February 1986 BILLY OCEAN – “When The Going Gets Tough, The Tough Get Going”
- 13th September 1986 THE COMMUNARDS – “Don’t Leave Me This Way”
- 8th November 1986 BERLIN – “Take My Breath Away”
- 20th December 1986 THE HOUSEMARTINS – “Caravan Of Love”
- 25th July 1987 MADONNA – “Who’s That Girl”
- 15th August 1987 MICHAEL JACKSON – “I Just Can’t Stop Loving You”
- 30th January 1988 TIFFANY – “I Think We’re Alone Now”
- 15th April 1989 BANGLES – “Eternal Flame”
- 11th November 1989 LISA STANSFIELD – “All Around The World”
- 15th September 1990 STEVE MILLER BAND – “The Joker”
- 26th January 1991 QUEEN – “Innuendo”
- 13th June 1992 ERASURE – ABBA-Esque EP
- 8th August 1992 SNAP – “Rhythm Is A Dancer”
- 5th December 1992 WHITNEY HOUSTON – “I Will Always Love You”
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- 14th November 1952 AL MARTINO – “Here In My Heart”
- 10th April 1953 THE STARGAZERS – “Broken Wings”
- 17th April 1953 LITA ROZA – “How Much Is That Doggie In The Window?”
- 13th November 1953 FRANKIE LAINE – “Answer Me”
- 8th January 1954 EDDIE CALVERT- “Oh Mein Papa”
- 26th November 1954 ROSEMARY CLOONEY – “This Ole House”
- 18th February 1955 RUBY MURRAY – “Softly, Softly”
- 13th May 1955 TONY BENNETT – “Stranger In Paradise”
- 14th October 1955 JIMMY YOUNG – “The Man From Laramie”
- 16th December 1955 DICKIE VALENTINE – “Christmas Alphabet”
- 17th February 1956 DEAN MARTIN – “Memories Are Made Of This”
- 25th January 1957 FRANKIE VAUGHAN – “The Garden Of Eden”
- 30th August 1957 PAUL ANKA – “Diana”
- 25th April 1958 MARVIN RAINWATER – “Whole Lotta Woman”
- 27th March 1959 RUSS CONWAY – ‘Side Saddle’
- 19th June 1959 RUSS CONWAY – ‘Roulette’
- 3rd July 1959 BOBBY DARIN – ‘Dream Lover’
- 30th April 1960 ANTHONY NEWLEY – “Do You Mind?”
- 1st October 1960 RICKY VALANCE – “Tell Laura I Love Her”
- 5th November 1960 ELVIS PRESLEY – “It’s Now Or Never”
- 25th February 1961 PETULA CLARK – “Sailor”
- 3rd June 1961 ELVIS PRESLEY – “Surrender”
- 12th August 1961 HELEN SHAPIRO – “You Don’t Know”
- 15th September 1962 ELVIS PRESLEY – “She’s Not You”
- 10th November 1962 FRANK IFIELD – “Lovesick Blues”
- 30th March 1963 THE SHADOWS – “Foot Tapper”
- 13th April 1963 GERRY AND THE PACEMAKERS – “How Do You Do It?”
- 10th August 1963 THE SEARCHERS – “Sweets For My Sweet”
- 22nd February 1964 THE BACHELORS – “Diane”
- 29th February 1964 CILLA BLACK – “Anyone Who Had A Heart”
- 25th February 1965 THE SEEKERS – “I’ll Never Find Another You”
- 13th March 1965 TOM JONES – “It’s Not Unusual”
- 17th April 1965 CLIFF RICHARD – “The Minute You’re Gone”
- 29th May 1965 SANDIE SHAW – “Long Live Love”
- 27th November 1965 THE SEEKERS – “The Carnival Is Over”
- 6th August 1966 THE TROGGS – “With A Girl Like You”
- 17th September 1966 THE SMALL FACES – “All Or Nothing”
- 4th March 1967 ENGELBERT HUMPERDINCK – “Release Me”
- 20th May 1967 THE TREMELOES – “Silence Is Golden”
- 27th April 1968 LOUIS ARMSTRONG – “What A Wonderful World”
- 7th September 1968 THE BEE GEES – “I Gotta Get A Message To You”
- 14th September 1968 THE BEATLES – “Hey Jude”
- 15th Feburary 1969 AMEN CORNER – “(If Paradise Is) Half As Nice”
- 7th June 1969 TOMMY ROE – “Dizzy”
- 14th June 1969 THE BEATLES – “The Ballad Of John And Yoko”
- 16th May 1970 ENGLAND WORLD CUP SQUAD 1970 – “Back Home”
- 6th March 1971 MUNGO JERRY – “Baby Jump”
- 15th May 1971 TONY ORLANDO AND DAWN – “Knock Three Times”
- 19th June 1971 MIDDLE OF THE ROAD – “Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep”
- 31st March 1973 DONNY OSMOND – “The Twelfth Of Never”
- 21st July 1973 PETERS AND LEE – “Welcome Home”
- 28 July 1973 GARY GLITTER – “I’m The Leader Of The Gang (I Am)”
- 25th August 1973 DONNY OSMOND – Young Love
- 29th September 1973 THE SIMON PARK ORCHESTRA – “Eye Level”
- 17th November 1973 GARY GLITTER – “I Love You Love Me Love”
- 9th March 1974 ALVIN STARDUST – “Jealous Mind”
- 16th March 1974 PAPER LACE – “Billy, Don’t Be A Hero”
- 12th October 1974 JOHN DENVER – “Annie’s Song”
- 16th November 1974 DAVID ESSEX – “Gonna Make You A Star”
- May 3rd 1975 MUD – “Oh Boy”
- 11th October 1976 PUSSYCAT – “Mississippi”
- 15th January 1977 DAVID SOUL – “Don’t Give Up On Us”
- 12th March 1977 MANHATTAN TRANSFER – “Chanson D’Amour”
- 18th June 1977 KENNY ROGERS – “Lucille”
- 27th August 1977 THE FLOATERS – “Float On”
- 23rd September 1978 10cc – “Dreadlock Holiday”
- 2nd December 1978 ROD STEWART – “Do Ya Think I’m Sexy?”
- 30th May 1980 MASH – “Theme From M*A*S*H (Suicide Is Painless)”
- 28th March 1981 SHAKIN’ STEVENS – “This Ole House”
- 1st August 1981 SHAKIN’ STEVENS – “Green Door”
- 29th August 1981 ANEKA – “Japanese Boy”
- 17th October 1981 DAVE STEWART AND BARBARA GASKIN – “It’s My Party”
- 6th March 1982 TIGHT FIT – “The Lion Sleeps Tonight”
- 13th November 1982 EDDY GRANT – “I Don’t Wanna Dance”
- 15th January 1983 PHIL COLLINS – “You Can’t Hurry Love”
- 4th June 1983 THE POLICE – “Every Breath You Take”
- 1st December 1984 JIM DIAMOND – “I Should Have Known Better”
- 29th June 1985 SISTER SLEDGE – “Frankie”
- 12th October 1985 JENNIFER RUSH – “The Power Of Love”
- 29th March 1986 CLIFF RICHARD AND THE YOUNG ONES ft HANK MARVIN – “Living Doll”
- 28th June 1986 WHAM! – “Edge Of Heaven”
- 23rd August 1986 BORIS GARDINER – “I Want To Wake Up With You”
- 7th February 1987 GEORGE MICHAEL AND ARETHA FRANKLIN – “I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)”
- 9th May 1987 STARSHIP – “Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now”
- 17th October 1987 BEE GEES – “You Win Again”
- 14th November 1987 T’PAU – “China In Your Hand”
- 26th March 1988 ASWAD – “Don’t Turn Around”
- 21st May 1988 WET WET WET – “With A Little Help From My Friends” / BILLY BRAGG ft CARA TIVEY – “She’s Leaving Home”
- 25th June 1988 BROS – “I Owe You Nothing”
- 10th September 1988 PHIL COLLINS – “A Groovy Kind Of Love”
- 8th October 1988 U2 – “Desire”
- 11th March 1989 JASON DONOVAN – “Too Many Broken Hearts”
- 20th May 1989 THE CHRISTIANS, HOLLY JOHNSON, PAUL MCCARTNEY, GERRY MARSDEN, STOCK AITKEN AND WATERMAN – “Ferry Cross The Mersey”
- 25th November 1989 NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK – “You Got It (The Right Stuff)”
- 27th January 1990 KYLIE MINOGUE – “Tears On My Pillow”
- 28th July 1990 PARTNERS IN KRYME – “Turtle Power”
- 25th September 1990 MARIA McKEE – “Show Me Heaven”
- 27th October 1990 THE BEAUTIFUL SOUTH – “A Little Time”
- 29th December 1990 CLIFF RICHARD – “Saviour’s Day”
- 19th January 1991 ENIGMA – “Sadness Part 1″
- 16th February 1991 THE SIMPSONS – “Do The Bartman”
- 30th March 1991 CHESNEY HAWKES – “The One And Only”
- 13th July 1991 BRYAN ADAMS – “(Everything I Do) I Do It For You”
- 9th November 1991 VIC REEVES AND THE WONDER STUFF – “Dizzy”
- 18th April 1992 RIGHT SAID FRED – “Deeply Dippy”
- 18th July 1992 JIMMY NAIL – “Ain’t No Doubt”
- 31st October 1992 BOYZ II MEN – “End Of The Road”
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- 6th February 1953 PERRY COMO – “Don’t Let The Stars Get In Your Eyes”
- 24th April 1953 FRANKIE LAINE – “I Believe”
- 11th September 1953 GUY MITCHELL – “Look At That Girl”
- 10th October 1954 DON CORNELL – “Hold My Hand”
- 11th March 1955 TENNESSEE ERNIE FORD – “Give Me Your Word”
- 4th May 1956 RONNIE HILTON – “No Other Love”
- 21st September 1956 ANNE SHELTON – “Lay Down Your Arms”
- 25th May 1957 ANDY WILLIAMS – “Butterfly”
- 22nd November 1957 HARRY BELAFONTE – “Mary’s Boy Child”
- 23rd January 1959 JANE MORGAN – ‘The Day The Rains Came’
- 31st July 1959 CLIFF RICHARD – ‘Living Doll’
- 30th July 1960 CLIFF RICHARD – “Please Don’t Tease”
- 21st October 1961 HELEN SHAPIRO – “Walking Back To Happiness”
- 13th January 1962 CLIFF RICHARD AND THE SHADOWS – “The Young Ones”
- 22nd June 1963 GERRY AND THE PACEMAKERS – “I Like It”
- 2nd November 1963 GERRY AND THE PACEMAKERS – “You’ll Never Walk Alone”
- 30th May 1964 CILLA BLACK – “You’re My World”
- 22nd May 1965 JACKIE TRENT – “Where Are You Now (My Love)?”
- 29th January 1966 THE OVERLANDERS – “Michelle”
- 23rd July 1966 GEORGIE FAME AND THE BLUE FLAMES – “Get Away”
- 3rd December 1966 TOM JONES – “Green Green Grass Of Home”
- 27th January 1968 GEORGIE FAME – “The Ballad Of Bonnie And Clyde”
- 13th April 1968 CLIFF RICHARD – “Congratulations”
- 27th July 1968 DES O’CONNOR – “I Pretend”
- 9th November 1968 JOE COCKER – “With A Little Help From My Friends”
- 14th December 1968 SCAFFOLD – “Lily The Pink”
- 4th January 1969 MARMALADE – “Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da”
- 1st March 1969 PETER SARSTEDT – “Where Do You Go To My Lovely?”
- 20th December 1969 ROLF HARRIS – “Two Little Boys”
- 1st August 1970 ELVIS PRESLEY – “The Wonder Of You”
- 8th July 1972 DONNY OSMOND – “Puppy Love”
- 11th November 1972 GILBERT O’SULLIVAN – “Clair”
- 21 April 1973 TONY ORLANDO AND DAWN – “Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round The Old Oak Tree”
- 15th June 1974 RAY STEVENS – “The Streak”
- 29th June 1974 CHARLES AZNAVOUR – “She”
- 8th March 1975 TELLY SAVALAS – “If”
- 19th July 1975 BAY CITY ROLLERS – “Give A Little Love”
- 6th September 1975 ROD STEWART – “Sailing”
- 17th July 1976 DEMIS ROUSSOS – The Roussos Phenomenon (EP)
- 4th December 1976 SHOWADDYWADDY – “Under The Moon Of Love”
- 25th December 1976 JOHNNY MATHIS – “When A Child Is Born (Soleado)”
- 8th April 1978 BRIAN AND MICHAEL – “Matchstalk Men And Matchstalk Cats And Dogs”
- 19th August 1978 THE COMMODORES – “Three Times A Lady”
- 9th December 1978 BONEY M – “Mary’s Boy Child/Oh My Lord”
- 17th May 1980 JOHNNY LOGAN – “What’s Another Year?”
- 21st February 1981 JOE DOLCE MUSIC THEATRE – “Shaddap You Face”
- 27th March 1982 GOOMBAY DANCE BAND – “Seven Tears”
- 3rd July 1982 CAPTAIN SENSIBLE – “Happy Talk”
- 2nd July 1983 ROD STEWART – “Baby Jane”
- 3rd September 1983 UB40 – “Red Red Wine”
- 8th September 1984 STEVIE WONDER – “I Just Called To Say I Love You”
- 20th April 1985 USA FOR AFRICA – “We Are The World”
- 15th June 1985 THE CROWD – “You’ll Never Walk Alone”
- 7th September 1985 DAVID BOWIE AND MICK JAGGER – “Dancing In The Street”
- 16th November 1985 FEARGAL SHARKEY – “A Good Heart”
- 7th June 1986 DOCTOR AND THE MEDICS – “Spirit In The Sky”
- 14th March 1987 BOY GEORGE – “Everything I Own”
- 14th May 1988 FAIRGROUND ATTRACTION – “Perfect”
- 24th September 1988 THE HOLLIES – “He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother”
- 19th November 1988 ROBIN BECK – “First Time”
- 10th December 1988 CLIFF RICHARD – “Mistletoe And Wine”
- 7th January 1989 KYLIE MINOGUE AND JASON DONOVAN – “Especially For You”
- 10th June 1989 JASON DONOVAN – “Sealed With A Kiss”
- 22nd July 1989 SONIA – “You’ll Never Stop Me Loving You”
- 21st October 1989 JIVE BUNNY AND THE MASTERMIXERS – “That’s What I Like”
- 13th January 1990 NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK – “Hangin’ Tough”
- 23rd June 1990 ELTON JOHN – “Sacrifice”/”Healing Hands”
- 1st December 1990 VANILLA ICE – “Ice Ice Baby”
- 9th March 1991 THE CLASH – “Should I Stay Or Should I Go”
- 7th December 1991 GEORGE MICHAEL AND ELTON JOHN – “Don’t Let The Sun Go Down On Me”
- 9th May 1992 KWS – “Please Don’t Go”/”Game Boy”
- 3rd April 1993 THE BLUEBELLS – “Young At Heart”
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- 13th March 1953 GUY MITCHELL – ‘She Wears Red Feathers’
- 6th November 1953 DAVID WHITFIELD – ‘Answer Me’
- 2nd July 1954 DAVID WHITFIELD – “Cara Mia”
- 5th November 1954 VERA LYNN – “My Son My Son”
- 24th June 1955 JIMMY YOUNG – “Unchained Melody”
- 15th June 1956 PAT BOONE – “I’ll Be Home”
- 19th October 1956 FRANKIE LAINE – “A Woman In Love”
- 20th February 1959 SHIRLEY BASSEY – ‘As I Love You’
- 11th September 1959 CRAIG DOUGLAS – ‘Only Sixteen’
- 5th February 1960 ANTHONY NEWLEY – “Why?”
- 31st December 1960 CLIFF RICHARD – “I Love You”
- 25 March 1961 ELVIS PRESLEY – “Wooden Heart”
- 23rd September 1961 SHIRLEY BASSEY – “I Reach For The Stars”
- 30th June 1962 MIKE SARNE WITH WENDY RICHARD – “Come Outside”
- 21st March 1964 BILLY J KRAMER AND THE DAKOTAS – “Little Children”
- 15th August 1964 MANFRED MANN – “Do Wah Diddy Diddy”
- 19th June 1965 ELVIS PRESLEY – “Crying In The Chapel”
- 2nd October 1965 KEN DODD – “Tears” / THE ROLLING STONES – “Get Off Of My Cloud”
- 24th September 1966 JIM REEVES – “Distant Drums”
- 2nd March 1968 ESTHER AND ABI OFARIM – “Cinderella Rockefeller”
- 18th April 1970 DANA – “All Kinds Of Everything”
- 9th January 1971 CLIVE DUNN – “Grandad”
- 8th January 1972 THE NEW SEEKERS – “I’d Like To Teach The World To Sing”
- 4th November 1972 CHUCK BERRY – “My Ding-A-Ling”
- 7th June 1975 WINDSOR DAVIES AND DON ESTELLE – “Whispering Grass”
- 9th August 1975 TYPICALLY TROPICAL – “Barbados”
- 4th October 1975 DAVID ESSEX – “Hold Me Close”
- 27th March 1976 BROTHERHOOD OF MAN – “Save Your Kisses For Me”
- 2nd June 1976 JJ BARRIE – “No Charge”
- 4th December 1977 WINGS – “Mull Of Kintyre”/”Girls School”
- 11th February 1978 BROTHERHOOD OF MAN – “Figaro”
- 28th July 1979 THE BOOMTOWN RATS – “I Don’t Like Mondays”
- 27th October 1979 LENA MARTELL – “One Day At A Time”
- 16th February 1980 KENNY ROGERS – “Coward Of The County”
- 21st June 1980 DON MCLEAN – “Crying”
- 10th January 1981 JOHN LENNON – “Imagine”
- 7th February 1981 JOHN LENNON – “Woman”
- 30th January 1982 SHAKIN’ STEVENS – “Oh Julie”
- 15th May 1982 NICOLE – “A Little Peace”
- 31st August 1985 UB40 and CHRISSIE HYNDE – “I Got You Babe”
- 5th October 1985 MIDGE URE – “If I Was”
- 28th December 1985 SHAKIN’ STEVENS – “Merry Christmas Everyone”
- 17th May 1986 SPITTING IMAGE – “The Chicken Song”
- 4th April 1987 FERRY AID – “Let It Be”
- 9th July 1988 GLENN MEDEIROS – “Nothing’s Gonna Change My Love For You”
- 15th October 1988 WHITNEY HOUSTON – “One Moment In Time”
- 5th August 1989 JIVE BUNNY AND THE MASTERMIXERS – “Swing The Mood”
- 23rd December 1989 BAND AID II – “Do They Know It’s Christmas?”
- 29th June 1991 JASON DONOVAN – “Any Dream Will Do”
- 25th January 1992 WET WET WET – “Goodnight Girl”
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- 12th March 1954 THE STARGAZERS – “I See The Moon”
- 2nd April 1960 LONNIE DONEGAN – “My Old Man’s A Dustman”
- 18th February 1967 PETULA CLARK – “This Is My Song”
- 9th September 1967 ENGELBERT HUMPERDINCK – “The Last Waltz”
- 17th June 1972 DON McLEAN – “Vincent”
- 23rd December 1972 LITTLE JIMMY OSMOND – “Long Haired Lover From Liverpool”
- 27th December 1980 ST WINIFRED’S SCHOOL CHOIR – “There’s No One Quite Like Grandma”
- 24th April 1982 PAUL MCCARTNEY AND STEVIE WONDER – “Ebony And Ivory”
- 18th December 1982 RENEE AND RENATO – “Save Your Love”
- 2nd August 1986 CHRIS DE BURGH – “The Lady In Red”
- 18th October 1986 NICK BERRY – “Every Loser Wins”
- 20th June 1987 THE FIRM – “Star Trekkin”
- 25th February 1989 SIMPLE MINDS – “Belfast Child”
- 16th December 1989 JIVE BUNNY AND THE MASTERMIXERS – “Let’s Party”
- 25th August 1990 BOMBALURINA – “Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny Yellow Polka Dot Bikini”
- 23rd March 1991 HALE AND PACE – “The Stonk”
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- 7th June 1977 THE SEX PISTOLS – “God Save The Queen”
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The ‘?’ random link on the banner goes to a random FT post
it could be tied to a random popular post if clicked from a popular post or the /popular page.
No strong feelings either way, but I would have thought people were more likely to want to comment on fairly recent entries than on the very earliest entries, and if they want to comment on something from the 60s or 70s it doesn’t take long to scroll down whichever way the chronological list is ordered, once you get used to it.
#26 – it could be but I’d prefer keeping the “?” as is and having a separate random entry link I could put in the text box.
[...] If you’d like to read about these records (and everything else that topped the UK charts from 1952 forward), prepare to kill hours and hours reading Popular. The complete list of records Tom has covered so far is here. [...]
OMG go Doris Day!
hope you don’t mind me disclosing the current votes for the 2 exact ’9′s currently on populist
secret love: 10 10 9 8 8
dancing queen: 10 10 10 10 9 9 9 9 9 8 6
they love to love, but our readers just equally love to dance
Hi Tom.
Fun idea you have here with just one little criticism of the scoring methods. Ideally you would have just asked everyone to ONLY score those songs they would give a 10 to, and no other score.
There are people out there who will truly love a great song and give it 10.
Other people however will absolutely HATE the same song and score 1 just to try and get it off the top 100 list.
An example will surely be “Bohemian Rhapsody” which, over the last 34 years has been shown to be loved and hated in equal measues! You will end up with a kind of tug-of-war going on over quite a few of the songs! Or maybe that was part of your intention – if so – tee hee.
there are strengths and weaknesses in any scoring system, but
“Ideally you would have just asked everyone to ONLY score those songs they would give a 10 to, and no other score”
would give an average of 10 for everything! we could only count the number of votes
Fair point, but you would still have a top 100, with the record scoring most 10′s being top of the list.
Ottersteve – we kind of do have this, in that we do polls at the end of each (chart) year which are binary yes/no ones (though based on 6 or above, not 10). I’ve not actually bothered running a comparison yet though (rubs hands in statistical glee…)
Hello everyone, we’re in The Times today. http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/article6847964.ece
Very exciting, though the interview happened 2 weeks post-new-baby and I’m left wondering what I meant sometimes!
A few notes on comments – from the shiny new features Alan has installed:
The most-commented Popular post is “No Charge” by JJ Barrie, with 272.
Two other posts have got more than 200 comments – “Dancing Queen” and “Night Fever”.
25 more posts are comment centurions – most recently The Crowd – so that’s 28 in all that have got into triple figures.
At the other end of the scale, 8 posts have 0 comments, and 30 only have one (in some cases I know this to be a spambot that slipped through the net)
Tom.
Re your comment at 35. Your end of each year chart is a great idea, but not all of the years seem to have this feature. I’d love to see all years accounted for as I enjoy putting my ten pen’th in.
On the subject of the readers poll. I suspect that many of the voters have been swayed by your wise words on a few of the songs. It’s my guess that’s because many readers were simply too young or not even born when certain (high-ranked, on the above chart) tracks were at No.1
I was fortunate to be around to fully enjoy the 60′s “pop boom” and I believe most Beatles fans would not put down Yellow Submarine/Eleanor Rigby as the best of the Beatles No.1′s. For me, personally, “She Loves you” was the true trigger of the wave of musical euphoria that swept the country at that time (I was 9 years old). Hey Jude comes a close 2nd for me. If you had given a high score of your own to these tracks – I’m convinced they would have been in the readers top 10 too.
Just an observation – not taking it all TOO seriously.
Steve
i’ve just tagged up the 14 ‘year-poll’ posts with ‘popular year poll’ so they appear here:
http://freakytrigger.co.uk/tag/popular-year-poll/
So, are we ever going to be able to vote in the outstanding year polls?
it won’t take a lot to set them up – but it’s Tom’s call. He was setting up the old ones as a way to take up comment crew slack when he’s busy.
Today would be a good day to put one up – though I’m too busy even to do a poll at the moment!
i’ll put up ’74 later on then if you like? it’s also a matter of bringing it to the attention of the crew. i guess by a comment on that (back in time) post and on the most recent popular post?
Cool, thanks Alan!
What I think I’ll do is frontpage it for a day or two so the regulars all see it, then it can be plunged back into the Mud.
I was doing a little playing around w/my scores today, having set up a better excel file for them (NON-NERDS LOOK AWAY). I wanted to answer the qn: what is the best run of #1 hits?
My answer (so far at least), if you take a 10-song average, is the stretch which starts inauspiciously with Boney M’s “Mary’s Boy Child” and runs until “Are ‘Friends’ Electric” (#430-439).
But, if you look at my best ERA for pop – defined as a 50-song average – it’s #171-#220 – starting with Roy Orbison’s “It’s Over” and ending with Chris Farlowe’s “Out Of Time” – so mid-64 to mid-66.
I want to do this with the reader marks and will pester the relevant ppl for a .csv file :)
Tom, i’ve sent a 40K tab file to freakytrigger gmail. it’s pop_no, post_title and scores.
the scores column has individual scores comma separated. if i get you right, you’re just after the average score, so i could have just given you the ave score, but i figured you might want to go wild on the stats, so you could get #of10 scores, #of9 scores, etc, and all manner of statpr0n.
if you can’t parse the data and you’d rather just have the ave, let me know.
quick fact: Come On Eileen has the highest number of votes by some distance.
(i have deleted all user ID info, so the scoring given in the file is anonymous BTW.)
I have been parsing away for about an hour. Lovely stuff.
Can we have an Unpopulist as well? On the readers’ scores? The bottom 20 or 50 would satisfy curiosity…
i spoil you i really do.
i wasn’t sure what to do about the numbering, but the 100th is the worst (as you can see from the score).
It will take quite a bad record to shift that one I think. Or a sudden surge in wuv for St Wins.
Wow, that was quick! Ta very much. What an entertaining roll call of drivel.
Donna still has quite a substantial lead on the competition at the top. Be interesting to see what, if anything, will overtake it.
I am this close ][ to doing little google graph charts of the vote distribution for each title.
Procul Harum’s ‘A Whiter Shade of Pale’ has vanished for me on this list, for some reason…
There is no reason and the truth is plain to see.
So, seriously, what’s going on with the Whiter Shade entry? Its comment thread had some Doors discussion in it IIRC…
By my reckoning the greatest difference in FT reader scores for number ones by any one artist is 7.4 for Kate Bush – 9.00 for Wuthering Heights and 1.6 for Let It Be (Ferry Aid).
If appearances in charity conglomerations don’t count, it’s Mick Jagger with 6.07 – Paint It, Black (8.6) minus Dancing in the Street (2.53).
If you discount all charity records it’s Paul McCartney with 6.01 – Eleanor Rigby/Yellow Submarine (8.92) minus Ebony and Ivory (2.91).
Does this tell us anything other than that charity records aren’t much cop and that McCartney’s quality control isn’t great, which we knew anyway?
Re 56: It’s disappeared from the list, but the piece is still there – http://freakytrigger.co.uk/popular/2006/05/procul-harum-a-whiter-shade-of-pale/
@mark m, 58. Thanks for that.
!! the procol article has lost its score is what’s happened.
(there are many popular posts that aren’t actual #1 entries, so the list only shows those with valid score and dates)
unless Tom can remember the score he gave (!) i will have to dig through the database archives to see what it was before whichever accidental data trickery lost us that :-(
It was a 5 (and it had lost it’s date and order number too, weird.
(possibly it never had them from the time I got Tom to put the data into special fields instead of in the article)
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