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 Jul 3 2019, 08:38 PM
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All of your top 3 in that chart have certainly become classics.
I really like 'Labour of Love', lighter, less overpolished and different in production compared to most of the other chart pop hits of 1987. Its actually more early 80s sounding than late 80s I think. It's a pity none of Hue and Cry's other singles are as good as Labour Of Love, they went down a similar route to Wet Wet Wet with having a very unique debut and then going down the route of rather cheesy and middle of the road singles like 'Looking Out For Linda'. When Smokey Sings is quite good although it isn't one of my favourite ABC singles, its a bit too poppy and middle of the road compared to their early 80s stuff, but then it is the late 80s I suppose where middle of the road pop seems to have dominated! As for Heart, the lovely 'These Dreams' I prefer to Alone I think. This post has been edited by TheSnake: Jul 3 2019, 08:40 PM |
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Jul 6 2019, 04:19 PM
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QUOTE(TheSnake @ Jul 3 2019, 09:38 PM)  All of your top 3 in that chart have certainly become classics. I really like 'Labour of Love', lighter, less overpolished and different in production compared to most of the other chart pop hits of 1987. Its actually more early 80s sounding than late 80s I think. It's a pity none of Hue and Cry's other singles are as good as Labour Of Love, they went down a similar route to Wet Wet Wet with having a very unique debut and then going down the route of rather cheesy and middle of the road singles like 'Looking Out For Linda'. When Smokey Sings is quite good although it isn't one of my favourite ABC singles, its a bit too poppy and middle of the road compared to their early 80s stuff, but then it is the late 80s I suppose where middle of the road pop seems to have dominated! As for Heart, the lovely 'These Dreams' I prefer to Alone I think. Thanks Snakey, Yes my top 3 are all highly regarded - shame Diamonds at 4 isn't remembered at all! Can't win 'em all  I agree about Hue & Cry and Wet Wet Wet and the routes they took, one paid off one didn't...oops! The follow-up to When Smokey Sings is fab, and the parent album is polished and classy as a whole, albeit not quite The Lexicon Of Love. I prefer These Dreams too, I think, these days 
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Jul 10 2019, 12:17 PM
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QUOTE I agree about Hue & Cry and Wet Wet Wet and the routes they took, one paid off one didn't...oops! Indeed, Hue and Cry's (singles) chart success was only short lived. I only found out recently what the term 'hue and cry' actually meant, great name for a band, I have to say. Are you doing 1988 (in this format) after 1987 then? |
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Jul 12 2019, 08:44 AM
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QUOTE(TheSnake @ Jul 10 2019, 01:17 PM) Indeed, Hue and Cry's (singles) chart success was only short lived. I only found out recently what the term 'hue and cry' actually meant, great name for a band, I have to say. Are you doing 1988 (in this format) after 1987 then? Yes, it should be easier to do a weekly version of the 1988 charts as I've already got them on spreadsheets and the monthly version wasn't as easy on the eye and a bit rushed. 1987 I'm still having to transfer from notepads. Only got 1970-1972, 1975-77, 1980-1982, 1990-1992, 1995-97 left to do, oops! Everything since late Autumn 1997 I have on spreadsheets if I can get a pc with Microsoft Word again to convert from Works, changing IT is such a nuisance 
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Jul 12 2019, 09:05 AM
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7th July 1987
2 weeks on top for It's A Sin, still epic 32 years later, Herb Alpert gets 2 top 3's in a row, Madonna shoots up into the 10 with Who's That Girl, and Cliff gets another top 10 to add to his 19-year-long-run (or, more accurately, 25 years as Bachelor Boy would have topped my hypothetical charts had I been doing them as a 4/5 year-old). Highest new entry is Black, in at 13 with Sweetest Smile, hot on the heels of Wonderful Life. Bananarama get a big top 40 climb with one of their very best singles, a-ha keep up the run of top 40 hits with the Bond theme climbing 33 places, and Simple Minds keep the live version trend going with a big climb for Promised You A Miracle, 5 years on from the original. Elton is also doing the same, Your Song entering at 46 16 years after the original, behind David Grant in at 38 with Change, a good single that flopped a bit at the time as his 7-year run of success ran out of steam. Mel & Kim enter with FLM, their penultimate hit as their career was about to abruptly end due to the impending tragic illness and death of young Mel, very sad. Red Box keep the native sounds coming on Chenko, and Boy George is back with a bit of oomph in his great single Sold. Art Of Noise do another 50's TV/movie theme, this time for the new Dragnet movie. I was old enough to remember the TV show which was still running in the late 60's, starring future Colonel Potter Harry Morgan of M*A*S*H fame. In at 72, Wax are back, having flopped with the fab Right Between The Eyes, they hit with Bridge To Your Heart, giving Andrew Gold a decade of hits, and Graham Gouldman 15 years since 10CC started - or 21 years as a songwriter of Hollies hits and Herman's Hermits chart success which would have charted for me as a boy. 10CC/Graham did this track in tribute to Andrew last year when I saw them and they were fab. Finally Kenny G enters with his Songbird, notorious for introducing a new style of coffee-table instrumental jazz music used in elevators and holding-patterns on phones and the like. So "nice" it became a marmite thing.... 1 ( 1 ) IT’S A SIN Pet Shop Boys 2 ( 2 ) HIGHER AND HIGHER (YOUR LOVE KEEPS LIFTING ME) Jackie Wilson 3 ( 4 ) DIAMONDS Herb Alpert featuring Janet Jackson 4 ( 5 ) TIME WILL CRAWL David Bowie 5 ( 6 ) MISFIT Curiosity Killed The Cat 6 ( 3 ) I STILL HAVEN’T FOUND WHAT I’M LOOKING FOR U2 7 ( 35 ) WHO’S THAT GIRL Madonna 8 ( 10 ) THE PLEASURE PRINCIPLE Janet Jackson 9 ( 11 ) IF I WAS YOUR GIRLFRIEND Prince 10 ( 12 ) MY PRETTY ONE Cliff Richard 11 ( 16 ) MOTORTOWN The Kane Gang 12 ( 9 ) IT’S NOT UNUSUAL Tom Jones 13 ( NEW ) SWEETEST SMILE Black 14 ( 20 ) SWEET SIXTEEN Billy Idol 15 ( 8 ) COMIN’ ON STRONG Broken English 16 ( 7 ) WHEN SMOKEY SINGS ABC 17 ( 22 ) WISHING WELL Terence Trent D’Arby 18 ( 25 ) LET’S DANCE Chris Rea 19 ( 26 ) ALONE Heart 20 ( 23 ) FLAMES OF PARADISE Elton John & Jennifer Rush 21 ( 13 ) JIVE TALKING Boogie Box High 22 ( 34 ) HEARTS ON FIRE Roger Daltrey 23 ( 15 ) DON’T DREAM IT’S OVER Crowded House 24 ( 44 ) I HEARD A RUMOUR Bananarama 25 ( 37 ) ALWAYS Atlantic Starr 26 ( 33 ) PERSONAL TOUCH Errol Brown 27 ( 24 ) WISHING I WAS LUCKY Wet Wet Wet 28 ( 61 ) THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS a-ha 29 ( 14 ) UNDER THE BOARDWALK Bruce Willis with The Temptations 30 ( 50 ) PROMISED YOU A MIRACLE (LIVE) Simple Minds 31 ( 32 ) RIGHT ON TRACK The Breakfast Club 32 ( 40 ) DON’T LOOK ANY FURTHER Dennis Edwards featuring Siedah Garrett 33 ( 41 ) WOT’S IT TO YA Robbie Nevil 34 ( 18 ) DEAR GOD XTC 35 ( 28 ) GET IT ON (’87 REMIX) T.Rex 36 ( 36 ) NOTHING’S GONNA STOP US NOW Starship 37 ( 60 ) SEVEN WONDERS Fleetwood Mac 38 ( NEW ) CHANGE David Grant 39 ( 17 ) GOODBYE STRANGER Pepsi & Shirley 40 ( 47 ) HOOVERVILLE (THEY PROMISED US THE WORLD) The Christians 41 ( 19 ) NO SLEEP TIL BROOKLYN The Beastie Boys 42 ( 21 ) I WANNA DANCE WITH SOMEBODY (WHO LOVES ME) Whitney Houston 43 ( 48 ) HEY LOVE King Sun D Moet 44 ( 27 ) SHATTERED DREAMS Johnny Hates Jazz 45 ( 29 ) LOOKING FOR A NEW LOVE Jody Watley 46 ( NEW ) YOUR SONG (LIVE) Elton John 47 ( 30 ) FAKE Alexander O’Neal 48 ( 71 ) CATCH The Cure 49 ( 56 ) LABOUR OF LOVE Hue And Cry 50 ( NEW ) FLM Mel & Kim 51 ( 38 ) SHELTER Lone Justice 52 ( 45 ) LA ISLA BONITA Madonna 53 ( 73 ) IS THIS LOVE Whiresnake 54 ( 64 ) JUST DON’T WANNA BE LONELY Freddie MacGregor 55 ( NEW ) CHENKO Red Box 56 ( 31 ) LUKA Suzanne Vega 57 ( 52 ) I GET THE SWEETEST FEELING Jackie Wilson 58 ( NEW ) SOLD Boy George 59 ( 58 ) A DIFFERENT CORNER George Michael 60 ( 42 ) PRIME MOVER Zodiac Mindwarp & The Love Reaction 61 ( 55 ) BREAK EVERY RULE Tina Turner 62 ( 69 ) HEAD TO TOE Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam 63 ( 63 ) PENNY LANE/STRAWBERRY FIELDS FOREVER The Beatles 64 ( NEW ) DRAGNET Art Of Noise 65 ( 39 ) I WANT YOUR SEX George Michael 66 ( 43 ) SCALES OF JUSTICE Living In A Box 67 ( 67 ) THROWING IT ALL AWAY Genesis 68 ( 68 ) HUMAN Human League 69 ( 49 ) COVER ME Percy Sledge 70 ( 59 ) MOVE OVER DARLING Doris Day 71 ( 46 ) IN DREAMS Roy Orbison 72 ( NEW ) BRIDGE TO YOUR HEART Wax 73 ( 57 ) SHAME OMD 74 ( 54 ) LIVING IN A BOX Living In A Box 75 ( NEW ) SONGBIRD Kenny G 7th July PLAYIST OLDIES 1 TOMORROW NEVER KNOWS The Beatles 2 I WANT TO STAY HERE Steve & Eydie 3 PANINARO Pet Shop Boys |
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Jul 12 2019, 11:50 AM
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Yes it is very sad about Mel and Kim. FLM is very good, and obviously house-influenced like most of their songs were.
'Labour Of Love' also sounds a bit house-y because of its piano, but was probably more jazz influenced than house influenced. Incidentally my upcoming BJSC entry reminds me a lot of Labour Of Love in terms of production and style of music. QUOTE(Popchartfreak @ Jul 12 2019, 09:44 AM) Yes, it should be easier to do a weekly version of the 1988 charts as I've already got them on spreadsheets and the monthly version wasn't as easy on the eye and a bit rushed. 1987 I'm still having to transfer from notepads. Only got 1970-1972, 1975-77, 1980-1982, 1990-1992, 1995-97 left to do, oops! Everything since late Autumn 1997 I have on spreadsheets if I can get a pc with Microsoft Word again to convert from Works, changing IT is such a nuisance I would like to see you do 1980-1982 soon as I am a fan of music from those years, especially 1982 which is probably my favourite year of the 80s for music (I have managed to send two entries from that year to Buzzjack contests recently, one to BJSC of course and one to BJSC Legends) This post has been edited by TheSnake: Jul 12 2019, 11:51 AM |
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Jul 12 2019, 05:40 PM
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QUOTE(TheSnake @ Jul 12 2019, 12:50 PM) Yes it is very sad about Mel and Kim. FLM is very good, and obviously house-influenced like most of their songs were. 'Labour Of Love' also sounds a bit house-y because of its piano, but was probably more jazz influenced than house influenced. Incidentally my upcoming BJSC entry reminds me a lot of Labour Of Love in terms of production and style of music. I would like to see you do 1980-1982 soon as I am a fan of music from those years, especially 1982 which is probably my favourite year of the 80s for music (I have managed to send two entries from that year to Buzzjack contests recently, one to BJSC of course and one to BJSC Legends) Goodo, look forward to your next BJSC entry I'd like to get cracking on the early 80's - I've done up to Sept 1980 so it shouldnt be too hard to finish that one off once I get 1987 completed, though I'm still doing them in 5-yearly rotas when I get the spare-time (which is Sept 1970 - I'll leave those a year though - Sept 1975, the ones I most enjoy revisiting, Sept 1990, and Sept 1995) so I may just start with 1980 and keep going through Dec, then finish the others off once I'm into 1988 as I'll only need to write the commentary for that. After that I'll take the request for 1981 on as it'll only be 2 years to have done a decade completely, yay! 
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Jul 19 2019, 07:16 PM
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14th July 1987
It's a first week on top for Jackie Wilson's 2nd oldies chart-topper of 1987, originally hitting my top 10 in 1969, and top 30 in 1975, now going Higher And Higher, knocking Pet Shop Boys classic It's A Sin off the top after only 2 weeks. Not to worry they'd do their own bit of oldies re-issue charting with It's A Sin down the line. In at 3, talking of oldies, The Beatles Summer Of LOve '67 classic is also back on it's 20th anniversary re-issue, at 3, having topped my charts in 1976 already. Heart get a big leap up to 5 with Alone, their 2nd top 5, Black get a second top ten, and Bananarama grab a 6th top ten 5 years into their career - and with a to-date further 32 years and counting to come - with the great I Heard A Rumour, proving Stock Aitken & Waterman could make great singles when they tried. In at 19, a debut for Star-Trek Priestess T'Pau - or Carol Decker & friend - and the fab Heart & Soul, their best record by far, still love it, and the start of a trickling of tracks into my charts (see Los Lobos) which will accompany me & my parents on US car radio stations in a couple of months on our trip round California/Nevada/Arizona. In at 20 another oldie, but this time a remake - Mungo Jerry had topped my charts in 1970 while I lived in Singapore, and again in 1975 when In The Summertime was reissued, reminding me of happy boyhood tropical eternal sunny summer days - before inferior cover versions, over-use in TV adverts and other constant media profiles sucked all the joy out of it for me. Boy George sells a big jump into the 40, Freddie MacGregor's decent reggae cover of 70's Philly track does the same, and the classically-trained Billy Joel enters at 46 with A Matter Of Trust. Billy was a wanna-be Boxer with a sensitive side who never seemed to get the recognition for his talent, but then he didn't always release commercial singles, like this one. Los Lobos debut at 58 with the theme to the Ritchie Valens biopic, his hit song from his very short career - dying in the plane crash that killed Buddy Holly & The Big Bopper. Jennifer Warnes covers Leonard Cohen, giving her 11 years of hits in my charts, and Cohen his first charting song - Jennifer's voice is easier on the ear than ol' Len's, I have to say, and she was a fan and friend of his. Iggy Pop is back, Pseudo Echo cover 1980 Lipps Inc (it seemed far too soon to me!), and the great Was (Not Was) - pronounced Waz (not Woz), the stage name of Don & David Was - are back after their 1984 debut with the terrific (Return To The Valley Of) Out Come The Freaks, with the equally terrific romping Spy In The House Of Love, which had to wait a year to chart properly in the UK. Peter Gabriel also goes political on Red Rain, as per normal then. 1 ( 2 ) HIGHER AND HIGHER (YOUR LOVE KEEPS LIFTING ME) Jackie Wilson 2 ( 1 ) IT’S A SIN Pet Shop Boys 3 ( NEW ) ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE The Beatles 4 ( 7 ) WHO’S THAT GIRL Madonna 5 ( 19 ) ALONE Heart 6 ( 3 ) DIAMONDS Herb Alpert featuring Janet Jackson 7 ( 13 ) SWEETEST SMILE Black 8 ( 4 ) TIME WILL CRAWL David Bowie 9 ( 6 ) I STILL HAVEN’T FOUND WHAT I’M LOOKING FOR U2 10 ( 24 ) I HEARD A RUMOUR Bananarama 11 ( 14 ) SWEET SIXTEEN Billy Idol 12 ( 5 ) MISFIT Curiosity Killed The Cat 13 ( 17 ) WISHING WELL Terence Trent D’Arby 14 ( 8 ) THE PLEASURE PRINCIPLE Janet Jackson 15 ( 10 ) MY PRETTY ONE Cliff Richard 16 ( 21 ) JIVE TALKING Boogie Box High 17 ( 18 ) LET’S DANCE Chris Rea 18 ( 12 ) IT’S NOT UNUSUAL Tom Jones 19 ( NEW ) HEART AND SOUL T’Pau 20 ( NEW ) IN THE SUMMERTIME ’87 Mungo Jerry & The Grimm Brothers 21 ( 9 ) IF I WAS YOUR GIRLFRIEND Prince 22 ( 25 ) ALWAYS Atlantic Starr 23 ( 28 ) THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS a-ha 24 ( 11 ) MOTORTOWN The Kane Gang 25 ( 58 ) SOLD Boy George 26 ( 37 ) SEVEN WONDERS Fleetwood Mac 27 ( 16 ) WHEN SMOKEY SINGS ABC 28 ( 15 ) COMIN’ ON STRONG Broken English 29 ( 48 ) CATCH The Cure 30 ( 40 ) HOOVERVILLE (THEY PROMISED US THE WORLD) The Christians 31 ( 46 ) YOUR SONG (LIVE) Elton John 32 ( 23 ) DON’T DREAM IT’S OVER Crowded House 33 ( 33 ) WOT’S IT TO YA Robbie Nevil 34 ( 22 ) HEARTS ON FIRE Roger Daltrey 35 ( 32 ) DON’T LOOK ANY FURTHER Dennis Edwards featuring Siedah Garrett 36 ( 26 ) PERSONAL TOUCH Errol Brown 37 ( 54 ) JUST DON’T WANNA BE LONELY Freddie MacGregor 38 ( 38 ) CHANGE David Grant 39 ( 27 ) WISHING I WAS LUCKY Wet Wet Wet 40 ( 50 ) FLM Mel & Kim 41 ( 20 ) FLAMES OF PARADISE Elton John & Jennifer Rush 42 ( 43 ) HEY LOVE King Sun D Moet 43 ( 35 ) GET IT ON (’87 REMIX) T.Rex 44 ( 36 ) NOTHING’S GONNA STOP US NOW Starship 45 ( 29 ) UNDER THE BOARDWALK Bruce Willis with The Temptations 46 ( NEW ) A MATTER OF TRUST Billy Joel 47 ( 49 ) LABOUR OF LOVE Hue And Cry 48 ( 53 ) IS THIS LOVE Whiresnake 49 ( 62 ) HEAD TO TOE Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam 50 ( 72 ) BRIDGE TO YOUR HEART Wax 51 ( 75 ) SONGBIRD Kenny G 52 ( 30 ) PROMISED YOU A MIRACLE (LIVE) Simple Minds 53 ( 52 ) LA ISLA BONITA Madonna 54 ( 42 ) I WANNA DANCE WITH SOMEBODY (WHO LOVES ME) Whitney Houston 55 ( 55 ) CHENKO Red Box 56 ( 34 ) DEAR GOD XTC 57 ( 57 ) I GET THE SWEETEST FEELING Jackie Wilson 58 ( NEW ) LA BAMBA Los Lobos 59 ( 64 ) DRAGNET Art Of Noise 60 ( 59 ) A DIFFERENT CORNER George Michael 61 ( 39 ) GOODBYE STRANGER Pepsi & Shirley 62 ( 44 ) SHATTERED DREAMS Johnny Hates Jazz 63 ( 63 ) PENNY LANE/STRAWBERRY FIELDS FOREVER The Beatles 64 ( 70 ) MOVE OVER DARLING Doris Day 65 ( 65 ) I WANT YOUR SEX George Michael 66 ( NEW ) FIRST WE TAKE MANHATTAN Jennifer Warnes 67 ( 45 ) LOOKING FOR A NEW LOVE Jody Watley 68 ( 68 ) HUMAN Human League 69 ( NEW ) ISOLATION Iggy Pop 70 ( 31 ) RIGHT ON TRACK The Breakfast Club 71 ( RE ) A LITTLE BOOGIE WOOGIE IN THE BACK OF MY MIND Shakin’ Stevens 72 ( 60 ) PRIME MOVER Zodiac Mindwarp & The Love Reaction 73 ( NEW ) FUNKYTOWN Pseudo Echo 74 ( NEW ) SPY IN THE HOUSE OF LOVE Was (Not Was) 75 ( NEW ) RED RAIN Peter Gabriel Playlist Oldies of that week 1 WAY OF LIFE Family Dogg 2 TOMORROW NEVER KNOWS The Beatles 3 PAPA DON’T PREACH Madonna |
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Jul 21 2019, 08:12 AM
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just bumped into this thread, very nice and interesting
1987 is also when I started getting into music and the charts as a kid I remember my first singles were Alone by Heart and Madonna's Who's That Girl so must've been around that time love most of the tracks in your chart, besides Alone and Who's That Girl, Id say my big favourites are Heart and Soul, I heard a Rumour, Sweetest smile, Wishing well, and Bowie's Time will Crawl, from the ones near the top was never much into Jackie Wilson, either Reet Petite or this one, and not a Beatles fan either |
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Jul 21 2019, 08:51 AM
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QUOTE(Bjork @ Jul 21 2019, 09:12 AM) just bumped into this thread, very nice and interesting 1987 is also when I started getting into music and the charts as a kid I remember my first singles were Alone by Heart and Madonna's Who's That Girl so must've been around that time love most of the tracks in your chart, besides Alone and Who's That Girl, Id say my big favourites are Heart and Soul, I heard a Rumour, Sweetest smile, Wishing well, and Bowie's Time will Crawl, from the ones near the top was never much into Jackie Wilson, either Reet Petite or this one, and not a Beatles fan either Thanks for dropping in and commenting bjork I think the charts when you first get into music are always special. I have memories of the USA attached to this coming up couple of months so it's a good period for me too  Between heart and Madonna one will peak at 1 and one at 2 so can't fault your faves! Cheers John 
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Jul 25 2019, 05:27 PM
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21st July 1987
It's a first week on top for the 20th anniversary Beatles reissue, as the Summer Of Love classic tops my chart for the first time since 1976's Beatles reissues - or rather, new sleeves and formats - the catalogue numbers remained the same as they were never deleted. Madonna is denied a 4th consecutive chart-topper, at 2, and Boy George gets his second solo top 10, Billy Idol his 5th solo top 10, and George Michael guesting on a top 10 for the second time - David Cassidy's The Last Time being the first. a-ha and Fleetwood Mac keep those top 20's going, there are big climbs for Red Box, a 3rd top 40, Jennifer Warnes, a second solo a decade on from Right Time Of The Night, and Smokey Robinson is back with his classic Motown ballad, Tracks Of My Tears, having first charted for me in 1969 - when it was already a few years old! The Gap Band revamp their 1980 hit at 51 - Oops! - and SAW debut as artists in their own right with the Northern Soul-flavoured dance-stomper Roadblock, and rather good it was too, at 53. At 59 Def Leppard return 4 years on from Photograph, with the even better Animal, a fab rocking record, even with the drummer Rick Allen having lost an arm in an accident. Technology helped him continue, with the band's help. Sly & Robbie follow up Boops with Fire, and The B52's are back assisted by the Rock Lobster reissued hit, Wig giving them 8 years of entries. Skulking quietly in at 73, New Order are back with a bang, and a career highlight, as True Faith debuts - it wouldn't top my chart till the 90's remix, but it's still a major classic. Wet Wet Wet follow-up a brilliant debut with Sweet Little Mystery. Which is not in the same class at all. Start as you mean to go on... 1 ( 3 ) ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE The Beatles 2 ( 4 ) WHO’S THAT GIRL Madonna 3 ( 2 ) IT’S A SIN Pet Shop Boys 4 ( 5 ) ALONE Heart 5 ( 1 ) HIGHER AND HIGHER (YOUR LOVE KEEPS LIFTING ME) Jackie Wilson 6 ( 10 ) I HEARD A RUMOUR Bananarama 7 ( 7 ) SWEETEST SMILE Black 8 ( 25 ) SOLD Boy George 9 ( 11 ) SWEET SIXTEEN Billy Idol 10 ( 16 ) JIVE TALKING Boogie Box High 11 ( 8 ) TIME WILL CRAWL David Bowie 12 ( 19 ) HEART AND SOUL T’Pau 13 ( 13 ) WISHING WELL Terence Trent D’Arby 14 ( 9 ) I STILL HAVEN’T FOUND WHAT I’M LOOKING FOR U2 15 ( 6 ) DIAMONDS Herb Alpert featuring Janet Jackson 16 ( 12 ) MISFIT Curiosity Killed The Cat 17 ( 22 ) ALWAYS Atlantic Starr 18 ( 26 ) SEVEN WONDERS Fleetwood Mac 19 ( 23 ) THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS a-ha 20 ( 20 ) IN THE SUMMERTIME ’87 Mungo Jerry & The Grimm Brothers 21 ( 18 ) IT’S NOT UNUSUAL Tom Jones 22 ( 40 ) FLM Mel & Kim 23 ( 38 ) CHANGE David Grant 24 ( 14 ) THE PLEASURE PRINCIPLE Janet Jackson 25 ( 30 ) HOOVERVILLE (THEY PROMISED US THE WORLD) The Christians 26 ( 29 ) CATCH The Cure 27 ( NEW ) TRACKS OF MY TEARS Smokey Robinson & The Miracles 28 ( 21 ) IF I WAS YOUR GIRLFRIEND Prince 29 ( 31 ) YOUR SONG (LIVE) Elton John 30 ( 55 ) CHENKO (TENKO-IO) REMIX Red Box 31 ( 27 ) WHEN SMOKEY SINGS ABC 32 ( 15 ) MY PRETTY ONE Cliff Richard 33 ( 33 ) WOT’S IT TO YA Robbie Nevil 34 ( 50 ) BRIDGE TO YOUR HEART Wax 35 ( 66 ) FIRST WE TAKE MANHATTAN Jennifer Warnes 36 ( 37 ) JUST DON’T WANNA BE LONELY Freddie MacGregor 37 ( 17 ) LET’S DANCE Chris Rea 38 ( 51 ) SONGBIRD Kenny G 39 ( 46 ) A MATTER OF TRUST Billy Joel 40 ( 58 ) LA BAMBA Los Lobos 41 ( 47 ) LABOUR OF LOVE Hue And Cry 42 ( 24 ) MOTORTOWN The Kane Gang 43 ( 28 ) COMIN’ ON STRONG Broken English 44 ( 32 ) DON’T DREAM IT’S OVER Crowded House 45 ( 48 ) IS THIS LOVE Whitesnake 46 ( 39 ) WISHING I WAS LUCKY Wet Wet Wet 47 ( 43 ) GET IT ON (’87 REMIX) T.Rex 48 ( 42 ) HEY LOVE King Sun D Moet 49 ( 74 ) SPY IN THE HOUSE OF LOVE Was (Not Was) 50 ( 45 ) UNDER THE BOARDWALK Bruce Willis with The Temptations 51 ( NEW ) OOPS UPSIDE YOUR HEAD ’87 The Gap Band 52 ( 44 ) NOTHING’S GONNA STOP US NOW Starship 53 ( NEW ) ROADBLOCK Stock Aitken & waterman 54 ( 36 ) PERSONAL TOUCH Errol Brown 55 ( 53 ) LA ISLA BONITA Madonna 56 ( 59 ) DRAGNET Art Of Noise 57 ( 34 ) HEARTS ON FIRE Roger Daltrey 58 ( 57 ) I GET THE SWEETEST FEELING Jackie Wilson 59 ( NEW ) ANIMAL Def Leppard 60 ( 60 ) A DIFFERENT CORNER George Michael 61 ( 35 ) DON’T LOOK ANY FURTHER Dennis Edwards featuring Siedah Garrett 62 ( 54 ) I WANNA DANCE WITH SOMEBODY (WHO LOVES ME) Whitney Houston 63 ( 63 ) PENNY LANE/STRAWBERRY FIELDS FOREVER The Beatles 64 ( NEW ) FIRE Sly & Robbie 65 ( 41 ) FLAMES OF PARADISE Elton John & Jennifer Rush 66 ( NEW ) WIG The B52’s 67 ( 64 ) MOVE OVER DARLING Doris Day 68 ( 68 ) HUMAN Human League 69 ( 69 ) ISOLATION Iggy Pop 70 ( 62 ) SHATTERED DREAMS Johnny Hates Jazz 71 ( 67 ) LOOKING FOR A NEW LOVE Jody Watley 72 ( 73 ) FUNKYTOWN Pseudo Echo 73 ( NEW ) TRUE FAITH New Order 74 ( 65 ) I WANT YOUR SEX George Michael 75 ( NEW ) SWEET LITTLE MYSTERY Wet Wet Wet Playlist oldies of the week 1 PANINARO Pet Shop Boys 2 WALK ON BY Dionne Warwick 3 LIFE IS A MINESTRONE 10c.c. |
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1 ( 3 ) ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE The Beatles
3 ( 2 ) IT’S A SIN Pet Shop Boys 4 ( 5 ) ALONE Heart 5 ( 1 ) HIGHER AND HIGHER (YOUR LOVE KEEPS LIFTING ME) Jackie Wilson 12 ( 19 ) HEART AND SOUL T’Pau 13 ( 13 ) WISHING WELL Terence Trent D’Arby 14 ( 9 ) I STILL HAVEN’T FOUND WHAT I’M LOOKING FOR U2 19 ( 23 ) THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS a-ha 24 ( 14 ) THE PLEASURE PRINCIPLE Janet Jackson 26 ( 29 ) CATCH The Cure 27 ( NEW ) TRACKS OF MY TEARS Smokey Robinson & The Miracles 28 ( 21 ) IF I WAS YOUR GIRLFRIEND Prince 31 ( 27 ) WHEN SMOKEY SINGS ABC 35 ( 66 ) FIRST WE TAKE MANHATTAN Jennifer Warnes 41 ( 47 ) LABOUR OF LOVE Hue And Cry 44 ( 32 ) DON’T DREAM IT’S OVER Crowded House 46 ( 39 ) WISHING I WAS LUCKY Wet Wet Wet 47 ( 43 ) GET IT ON (’87 REMIX) T.Rex 52 ( 44 ) NOTHING’S GONNA STOP US NOW Starship 55 ( 53 ) LA ISLA BONITA Madonna 58 ( 57 ) I GET THE SWEETEST FEELING Jackie Wilson 60 ( 60 ) A DIFFERENT CORNER George Michael 62 ( 54 ) I WANNA DANCE WITH SOMEBODY (WHO LOVES ME) Whitney Houston 63 ( 63 ) PENNY LANE/STRAWBERRY FIELDS FOREVER The Beatles 73 ( NEW ) TRUE FAITH New Order The above all be fabulous!  |
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QUOTE(dandy* @ Jul 28 2019, 11:58 AM) 1 ( 3 ) ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE The Beatles 3 ( 2 ) IT’S A SIN Pet Shop Boys 4 ( 5 ) ALONE Heart 5 ( 1 ) HIGHER AND HIGHER (YOUR LOVE KEEPS LIFTING ME) Jackie Wilson 12 ( 19 ) HEART AND SOUL T’Pau 13 ( 13 ) WISHING WELL Terence Trent D’Arby 14 ( 9 ) I STILL HAVEN’T FOUND WHAT I’M LOOKING FOR U2 19 ( 23 ) THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS a-ha 24 ( 14 ) THE PLEASURE PRINCIPLE Janet Jackson 26 ( 29 ) CATCH The Cure 27 ( NEW ) TRACKS OF MY TEARS Smokey Robinson & The Miracles 28 ( 21 ) IF I WAS YOUR GIRLFRIEND Prince 31 ( 27 ) WHEN SMOKEY SINGS ABC 35 ( 66 ) FIRST WE TAKE MANHATTAN Jennifer Warnes 41 ( 47 ) LABOUR OF LOVE Hue And Cry 44 ( 32 ) DON’T DREAM IT’S OVER Crowded House 46 ( 39 ) WISHING I WAS LUCKY Wet Wet Wet 47 ( 43 ) GET IT ON (’87 REMIX) T.Rex 52 ( 44 ) NOTHING’S GONNA STOP US NOW Starship 55 ( 53 ) LA ISLA BONITA Madonna 58 ( 57 ) I GET THE SWEETEST FEELING Jackie Wilson 60 ( 60 ) A DIFFERENT CORNER George Michael 62 ( 54 ) I WANNA DANCE WITH SOMEBODY (WHO LOVES ME) Whitney Houston 63 ( 63 ) PENNY LANE/STRAWBERRY FIELDS FOREVER The Beatles 73 ( NEW ) TRUE FAITH New Order The above all be fabulous! Thanks dandy, Cool choices exactly as I'd expect from you, your quality control is pretty much cheese-free (while I do enjoy a bit of cheese here and there ) I feel I'd better pre-prepare you that Human is still there to the end of the year 
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Aug 2 2019, 08:08 PM
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BuzzJack Legend
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28th July 1987
It's a first week on top for Madonna's Who's That Girl, giving her 5 chart-toppers in a row, and in total, as T'Pau race into the top 3 with Heart And Soul, joined by a remix of The Temptations classic Papa Was A Rolling Stone remixed to peak higher than the original did in 1973, at 8. Closely behind at 9, it's a new entry for the original ska song My Boy Lollipop by Millie, a fave of kiddie John in his early schooldays, charting for the first time, and after the lesser Bad Manners version. David Grant gets a first top 10 in 4 years, while huge leaps for Wax and Def Leppard in to the 20, and New Order into the 40 make up the big climbers. In at 20, it's the first track off the forthcoming Bad album, the charming I Just Can't Stop Loving You, with Siedah Garrett, returning the favour for donating Man In The Mirror to Michael Jackson. It's Siedah's second chart hit, Michael's umpteenth, 17 years on. Bill Withers brings his Lovely Day back into the chart 9 years on, and a year ahead of the remix hit version, The Beastie's get a 3rd, and Danny Wilson a first, chart entry. She's On It, and the sweet Mary's Prayer - which had to wait till 1988 to chart big. Aussie band Icehouse also had to wait a while for Crazy to catch on, but straight in here, 4 years on from the fab Hey Little Girl. 1 ( 2 ) WHO’S THAT GIRL Madonna 2 ( 1 ) ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE The Beatles 3 ( 12 ) HEART AND SOUL T’Pau 4 ( 4 ) ALONE Heart 5 ( 6 ) I HEARD A RUMOUR Bananarama 6 ( 3 ) IT’S A SIN Pet Shop Boys 7 ( 8 ) SOLD Boy George 8 ( NEW ) PAPA WAS A ROLLING STONE (REMIX) The Temptations 9 ( NEW ) MY BOY LOLLIPOP Millie 10 ( 23 ) CHANGE David Grant 11 ( 5 ) HIGHER AND HIGHER (YOUR LOVE KEEPS LIFTING ME) Jackie Wilson 12 ( 10 ) JIVE TALKING Boogie Box High 13 ( 7 ) SWEETEST SMILE Black 14 ( 17 ) ALWAYS Atlantic Starr 15 ( 34 ) BRIDGE TO YOUR HEART Wax 16 ( 59 ) ANIMAL Def Leppard 17 ( 14 ) I STILL HAVEN’T FOUND WHAT I’M LOOKING FOR U2 18 ( 30 ) CHENKO (TENKO-IO) REMIX Red Box 19 ( 11 ) TIME WILL CRAWL David Bowie 20 ( NEW ) I JUST CAN’T STOP LOVING YOU Michael Jackson featuring Siedah Garrett 21 ( 9 ) SWEET SIXTEEN Billy Idol 22 ( 13 ) WISHING WELL Terence Trent D’Arby 23 ( 27 ) TRACKS OF MY TEARS Smokey Robinson & The Miracles 24 ( 25 ) HOOVERVILLE (THEY PROMISED US THE WORLD) The Christians 25 ( 15 ) DIAMONDS Herb Alpert featuring Janet Jackson 26 ( 38 ) SONGBIRD Kenny G 27 ( 16 ) MISFIT Curiosity Killed The Cat 28 ( NEW ) LOVELY DAY Bill Withers 29 ( 33 ) WOT’S IT TO YA Robbie Nevil 30 ( 18 ) SEVEN WONDERS Fleetwood Mac 31 ( 21 ) IT’S NOT UNUSUAL Tom Jones 32 ( 22 ) FLM Mel & Kim 33 ( 35 ) FIRST WE TAKE MANHATTAN Jennifer Warnes 34 ( 40 ) LA BAMBA Los Lobos 35 ( 73 ) TRUE FAITH New Order 36 ( 19 ) THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS a-ha 37 ( 41 ) LABOUR OF LOVE Hue And Cry 38 ( 39 ) A MATTER OF TRUST Billy Joel 39 ( 53 ) ROADBLOCK Stock Aitken & waterman 40 ( 56 ) DRAGNET Art Of Noise 41 ( 28 ) IF I WAS YOUR GIRLFRIEND Prince 42 ( 24 ) THE PLEASURE PRINCIPLE Janet Jackson 43 ( 36 ) JUST DON’T WANNA BE LONELY Freddie MacGregor 44 ( 31 ) WHEN SMOKEY SINGS ABC 45 ( 20 ) IN THE SUMMERTIME ’87 Mungo Jerry & The Grimm Brothers 46 ( 49 ) SPY IN THE HOUSE OF LOVE Was (Not Was) 47 ( 45 ) IS THIS LOVE Whitesnake 48 ( 54 ) PERSONAL TOUCH Errol Brown 49 ( 26 ) CATCH The Cure 50 ( 51 ) OOPS UPSIDE YOUR HEAD ’87 The Gap Band 51 ( 47 ) GET IT ON (’87 REMIX) T.Rex 52 ( 64 ) FIRE Sly & Robbie 53 ( 32 ) MY PRETTY ONE Cliff Richard 54 ( 37 ) LET’S DANCE Chris Rea 55 ( 44 ) DON’T DREAM IT’S OVER Crowded House 56 ( 29 ) YOUR SONG (LIVE) Elton John 57 ( 46 ) WISHING I WAS LUCKY Wet Wet Wet 58 ( 50 ) UNDER THE BOARDWALK Bruce Willis with The Temptations 59 ( 42 ) MOTORTOWN The Kane Gang 60 ( 60 ) A DIFFERENT CORNER George Michael 61 ( NEW ) SHE’S ON IT The Beastie Boys 62 ( 58 ) I GET THE SWEETEST FEELING Jackie Wilson 63 ( 72 ) FUNKYTOWN Pseudo Echo 64 ( 55 ) LA ISLA BONITA Madonna 65 ( NEW ) MARY’S PRAYER Danny Wilson 66 ( 43 ) COMIN’ ON STRONG Broken English 67 ( 63 ) PENNY LANE/STRAWBERRY FIELDS FOREVER The Beatles 68 ( 68 ) HUMAN Human League 69 ( NEW ) SOMEWHERE OUT THERE Linda Ronstadt & James Ingram 70 ( 52 ) NOTHING’S GONNA STOP US NOW Starship 71 ( NEW ) CRAZY Icehouse 72 ( 70 ) SHATTERED DREAMS Johnny Hates Jazz 73 ( 75 ) SWEET LITTLE MYSTERY Wet Wet Wet 74 ( NEW ) I SURRENDER Samantha Fox 75 ( 67 ) MOVE OVER DARLING Doris Day Oldies Playlist 1 CONTRACT OF THE HEART Spelt Like This 2 SUGAR SUGAR The Archies 3 CARELESS WHISPER (12” VERSION) George Michael |
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Aug 9 2019, 10:33 AM
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BuzzJack Legend
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4th August 1987
It's straight in at 1 for the second track off the pending Actually album, giving Chris & Neil a 5th chart-topper and the 4th in a row, and also gives Dusty Springfield her comeback track, a first top 10 in err 18 years! Dusty was a mainstay of my youth and would have topped my theoretical charts 2 or 3 times in the 60's. So kudos both! The bad news is it stops Bananarama getting a first number one and SAW a second. Def Leppard get a first top 10, and Jacko keeps the top 10's a-coming 18 years on. New Order climb high into the 20, Was (Not Was) into the 30, and The Colourfield cover The Monkees great non-single She, which enters at 27 giving Terry Hall 8 years of chart action. One of the oldest tracks to make my charts pops in at 48, for the late Ritchie Valens, as La Bamba fever grips the nation 28 years late. In my playlisted tracks of the week (ie non-chart-eligible) there's some album tracks from recent albums that should have been singles, but record companies being a bit dense weren't spotted, one from Bucks Fizz which should have been the follow-up to Mamba Seyra, one from Human league which should have followed-up Human (and which eventually came out far too late in 1988), Abba's Agnetha and her decent track, and also the Abba boys' Just Like That for Gemini (not THAT Gemini, a Swedish act) using up half a song they had recorded with Abba (and much better it is too, short and sweet it finally came out in 1994-ish), expanded for their new hopefuls. 1 ( NEW ) WHAT HAVE I DONE (TO DESERVE THIS) Pet Shop Boys & Dusty Springfield 2 ( 5 ) I HEARD A RUMOUR Bananarama 3 ( 4 ) ALONE Heart 4 ( 2 ) ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE The Beatles 5 ( 1 ) WHO’S THAT GIRL Madonna 6 ( 3 ) HEART AND SOUL T’Pau 7 ( 10 ) CHANGE David Grant 8 ( 8 ) PAPA WAS A ROLLING STONE (REMIX) The Temptations 9 ( 16 ) ANIMAL Def Leppard 10 ( 20 ) I JUST CAN’T STOP LOVING YOU Michael Jackson featuring Siedah Garrett 11 ( 9 ) MY BOY LOLLIPOP Millie 12 ( 6 ) IT’S A SIN Pet Shop Boys 13 ( 7 ) SOLD Boy George 14 ( 15 ) BRIDGE TO YOUR HEART Wax 15 ( 18 ) CHENKO (TENKO-IO) REMIX Red Box 16 ( 28 ) LOVELY DAY Bill Withers 17 ( 11 ) HIGHER AND HIGHER (YOUR LOVE KEEPS LIFTING ME) Jackie Wilson 18 ( 35 ) TRUE FAITH New Order 19 ( 12 ) JIVE TALKING Boogie Box High 20 ( 17 ) I STILL HAVEN’T FOUND WHAT I’M LOOKING FOR U2 21 ( 39 ) ROADBLOCK Stock Aitken & waterman 22 ( 13 ) SWEETEST SMILE Black 23 ( 29 ) WOT’S IT TO YA Robbie Nevil 24 ( 14 ) ALWAYS Atlantic Starr 25 ( 33 ) FIRST WE TAKE MANHATTAN Jennifer Warnes 26 ( 34 ) LA BAMBA Los Lobos 27 ( NEW ) SHE The Colourfield 28 ( 26 ) SONGBIRD Kenny G 29 ( 19 ) TIME WILL CRAWL David Bowie 30 ( 46 ) SPY IN THE HOUSE OF LOVE Was (Not Was) 31 ( 27 ) MISFIT Curiosity Killed The Cat 32 ( 22 ) WISHING WELL Terence Trent D’Arby 33 ( 40 ) DRAGNET Art Of Noise 34 ( NEW ) UNITED STATES The Lift 35 ( 25 ) DIAMONDS Herb Alpert featuring Janet Jackson 36 ( 48 ) PERSONAL TOUCH Errol Brown 37 ( 37 ) LABOUR OF LOVE Hue And Cry 38 ( 30 ) SEVEN WONDERS Fleetwood Mac 39 ( 21 ) SWEET SIXTEEN Billy Idol 40 ( NEW ) THE MOTIVE Then Jericho 41 ( 31 ) IT’S NOT UNUSUAL Tom Jones 42 ( 32 ) FLM Mel & Kim 43 ( 71 ) CRAZY Icehouse 44 ( 23 ) TRACKS OF MY TEARS Smokey Robinson & The Miracles 45 ( 36 ) THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS a-ha 46 ( 52 ) FIRE Sly & Robbie 47 ( 24 ) HOOVERVILLE (THEY PROMISED US THE WORLD) The Christians 48 ( NEW ) LA BAMBA Ritchie Valens 49 ( 50 ) OOPS UPSIDE YOUR HEAD ’87 The Gap Band 50 ( 65 ) MARY’S PRAYER Danny Wilson 51 ( 41 ) IF I WAS YOUR GIRLFRIEND Prince 52 ( 51 ) GET IT ON (’87 REMIX) T.Rex 53 ( 69 ) SOMEWHERE OUT THERE Linda Ronstadt & James Ingram 54 ( 42 ) THE PLEASURE PRINCIPLE Janet Jackson 55 ( 58 ) UNDER THE BOARDWALK Bruce Willis with The Temptations 56 ( 38 ) A MATTER OF TRUST Billy Joel 57 ( NEW ) U GOT THE LOOK Prince featuring Sheena Easton 58 ( 61 ) SHE’S ON IT The Beastie Boys 59 ( 63 ) FUNKYTOWN Pseudo Echo 60 ( 60 ) A DIFFERENT CORNER George Michael 61 ( 55 ) DON’T DREAM IT’S OVER Crowded House 62 ( 73 ) SWEET LITTLE MYSTERY Wet Wet Wet 63 ( 62 ) I GET THE SWEETEST FEELING Jackie Wilson 64 ( 44 ) WHEN SMOKEY SINGS ABC 65 ( 43 ) JUST DON’T WANNA BE LONELY Freddie MacGregor 66 ( NEW ) SUGAR MICE Marillion 67 ( 68 ) HUMAN Human League 68 ( 57 ) WISHING I WAS LUCKY Wet Wet Wet 69 ( 67 ) PENNY LANE/STRAWBERRY FIELDS FOREVER The Beatles 70 ( NEW ) LIPS LIKE SUGAR Echo & The Bunnymen 71 ( NEW ) SAY YOU REALLY WANT ME Kim Wilde 72 ( 64 ) LA ISLA BONITA Madonna 73 ( NEW ) SOME KIND OF WONDERFUL The Blow Monkeys 74 ( NEW ) I REALLY DIDN’T MEAN IT Luther Vandross 75 ( NEW ) SONG FROM THE EDGE OF THE WORLD Siouxsie & The Banshees 4th Aug PLAYIST OLDIES 1 LOVE IN A WORLD GONE MAD Bucks Fizz 2 THE DIARY Bread 3 LOVE IS ALL THAT MATTERS The Human League 4 I WON’T LET YOU GO Agnetha Faltskog 5 JUST LIKE THAT Gemini |
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Aug 9 2019, 02:12 PM
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Mansonette
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Fabulous number one there, still so joyous to listen to today
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Aug 10 2019, 08:58 AM
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BuzzJack Legend
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not the biggest PSB fan but their 1987 singles were all great, especially the ones to come
for the last weeks you've have 4 songs in the top 5 that are all a 10/10 to me and some of my fav of the entire 80s, Alone, I heard a rumour, Heart and soul and Who's That Girl. |
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Aug 16 2019, 03:43 PM
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BuzzJack Legend
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QUOTE(dandy* @ Aug 9 2019, 03:12 PM) Fabulous number one there, still so joyous to listen to today Thanks dandy, I agree, one of my all-time fave records - Wait till you see the long chart-run! You may change your mind
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Aug 16 2019, 03:45 PM
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BuzzJack Legend
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QUOTE(Bjork @ Aug 10 2019, 09:58 AM) not the biggest PSB fan but their 1987 singles were all great, especially the ones to come for the last weeks you've have 4 songs in the top 5 that are all a 10/10 to me and some of my fav of the entire 80s, Alone, I heard a rumour, Heart and soul and Who's That Girl. Thanks Bjork, I agree about the top tracks being amongst the best of the 80's - I was really loving '87 charts around this time  |
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Aug 16 2019, 04:10 PM
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BuzzJack Legend
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11th August 1987
It's a second week on top for Dusty & the Boys, and two at 2 for the 'Nanas, with MJ going top 3 with his first Bad single. Def Leppard grab a first top 5, and New Order get their biggest track since Blue Monday, rocketing up to 5. Wax get a second consecutive top 10, giving Andrew Gold 3 in total, and Graham Gouldman, ooh, at least a dozen. Was (Not Was) get a second top 20, and Then Jericho leg it up to 20 from 40. Highest new entry is The Pretenders, and with an 007 Bond song from the latest movie, and already only 7 places below aha's theme track, their first single to fall-short of my top 10. Chrissie has had 8 years of non-stop entries, pretty much. Spagna brings some Eurocheese into the 40 - Call Me she says. Not if I have choice of Go West or Blondie Call Me's instead! Prince & Sheena climb big having the look of a top 30, and Linda Ronstadt also climbs into the 40 with James Ingram, 9 years since her 60's classic Different Drum bothered my charts as B side to a lesser cover. Kim Wilde is boosted up to 40, as The Fat Boys and The Beach Boys do a rap cover of 60's surf classic Wipeout, a debut for the Fat Boys, and 19 years of hit-making for the Beach Boys, who featured in my first-ever chart, and regularly since. At 49, a modest entry for the latest SAW act to benefit from the Hit Factory, a young white lad with a soulful voice, Rick Astley and Never Gonna Give You Up. I doubt anyone has heard of the record, or him. I mean, the chances of production-line pop acts like Rick, soon-to-be Kylie, and Bananarama having music careers in 30 years-time must be very slim.... Jesus & Mary Chain bring another sweet-buzzsaw track into the charts, not the Garbage song, though Happy When It Rains is decent enough, and just behind a 60's smooth soul class act returns with Jeffrey Osbourne in tow, on Love Power. Dionne Warwick's entire classic 60's career was over, pretty much, by the time I started charting, so her actual debut was 1974 and Then Came You. She was of course, the major muse for huge numbers of Burt Bacaharach & Hal David songs. Well, the fab melody gives a clue - Burt is back, with Carole Bayer Sager on lyric duty some 10 years since she had her own hit with You're Moving Out Today, before becoming an in-demand hit songwriter. The Smiths are also still charting, with one of their funniest songs, Girlfriend In A Coma. Who says Morrissey has no sense of humour?! At least I THINK it's supposed to be amusing.... Squeeze are back after a few years away, the catchy Hourglass reuniting Jules Holland with Chris & Glenn for their 10th anniversary. Like Love Power, this one was a big track on US radio for my forthcoming California hols. Finally a couple of Lovers Rock reggae entries down in the boondocks end of the chart, all on follow-up duties. 1 ( 1 ) WHAT HAVE I DONE (TO DESERVE THIS) Pet Shop Boys & Dusty Springfield 2 ( 2 ) I HEARD A RUMOUR Bananarama 3 ( 10 ) I JUST CAN’T STOP LOVING YOU Michael Jackson featuring Siedah Garrett 4 ( 9 ) ANIMAL Def Leppard 5 ( 18 ) TRUE FAITH New Order 6 ( 6 ) HEART AND SOUL T’Pau 7 ( 3 ) ALONE Heart 8 ( 5 ) WHO’S THAT GIRL Madonna 9 ( 4 ) ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE The Beatles 10 ( 14 ) BRIDGE TO YOUR HEART Wax 11 ( 21 ) ROADBLOCK Stock Aitken & waterman 12 ( 7 ) CHANGE David Grant 13 ( 8 ) PAPA WAS A ROLLING STONE (REMIX) The Temptations 14 ( 12 ) IT’S A SIN Pet Shop Boys 15 ( 11 ) MY BOY LOLLIPOP Millie 16 ( 30 ) SPY IN THE HOUSE OF LOVE Was (Not Was) 17 ( 23 ) WOT’S IT TO YA Robbie Nevil 18 ( 13 ) SOLD Boy George 19 ( 19 ) JIVE TALKING Boogie Box High 20 ( 40 ) THE MOTIVE Then Jericho 21 ( 34 ) UNITED STATES The Lift 22 ( 20 ) I STILL HAVEN’T FOUND WHAT I’M LOOKING FOR U2 23 ( 17 ) HIGHER AND HIGHER (YOUR LOVE KEEPS LIFTING ME) Jackie Wilson 24 ( 25 ) FIRST WE TAKE MANHATTAN Jennifer Warnes 25 ( 26 ) LA BAMBA Los Lobos 26 ( NEW ) IF THERE WAS A MAN Pretenders For 007 27 ( 15 ) CHENKO (TENKO-IO) REMIX Red Box 28 ( NEW ) CALL ME Spagna 29 ( 22 ) SWEETEST SMILE Black 30 ( 57 ) U GOT THE LOOK Prince featuring Sheena Easton 31 ( 16 ) LOVELY DAY Bill Withers 32 ( 37 ) LABOUR OF LOVE Hue And Cry 33 ( 27 ) SHE The Colourfield 34 ( 24 ) ALWAYS Atlantic Starr 35 ( 53 ) SOMEWHERE OUT THERE Linda Ronstadt & James Ingram 36 ( 50 ) MARY’S PRAYER Danny Wilson 37 ( 29 ) TIME WILL CRAWL David Bowie 38 ( 31 ) MISFIT Curiosity Killed The Cat 39 ( 43 ) CRAZY Icehouse 40 ( 71 ) SAY YOU REALLY WANT ME Kim Wilde 41 ( 35 ) DIAMONDS Herb Alpert featuring Janet Jackson 42 ( 59 ) FUNKYTOWN Pseudo Echo 43 ( 41 ) IT’S NOT UNUSUAL Tom Jones 44 ( 38 ) SEVEN WONDERS Fleetwood Mac 45 ( 46 ) FIRE Sly & Robbie 46 ( RE ) I SURRENDER Samantha Fox 47 ( NEW ) WIPEOUT The Fat Boys & The Beach Boys 48 ( 48 ) LA BAMBA Ritchie Valens 49 ( NEW ) NEVER GONNA GIVE YOU UP Rick Astley 50 ( 62 ) SWEET LITTLE MYSTERY Wet Wet Wet 51 ( 32 ) WISHING WELL Terence Trent D’Arby 52 ( 36 ) PERSONAL TOUCH Errol Brown 53 ( 70 ) LIPS LIKE SUGAR Echo & The Bunnymen 54 ( 66 ) SUGAR MICE Marillion 55 ( 28 ) SONGBIRD Kenny G 56 ( 52 ) GET IT ON (’87 REMIX) T.Rex 57 ( NEW ) HAPPY WHEN IT RAINS Jesus & Mary Chain 58 ( 33 ) DRAGNET Art Of Noise 59 ( NEW ) LOVE POWER Dionne Warwick & Jeffrey Osbourne 60 ( 74 ) I REALLY DIDN’T MEAN IT Luther Vandross 61 ( 67 ) HUMAN Human League 62 ( 60 ) A DIFFERENT CORNER George Michael 63 ( 51 ) IF I WAS YOUR GIRLFRIEND Prince 64 ( 39 ) SWEET SIXTEEN Billy Idol 65 ( 63 ) I GET THE SWEETEST FEELING Jackie Wilson 66 ( 58 ) SHE’S ON IT The Beastie Boys 67 ( 61 ) DON’T DREAM IT’S OVER Crowded House 68 ( 73 ) SOME KIND OF WONDERFUL The Blow Monkeys 69 ( NEW ) GIRLFRIEND IN A COMA The Smiths 70 ( 69 ) PENNY LANE/STRAWBERRY FIELDS FOREVER The Beatles 71 ( 54 ) THE PLEASURE PRINCIPLE Janet Jackson 72 ( NEW ) HOURGLASS Squeeze 73 ( 55 ) UNDER THE BOARDWALK Bruce Willis with The Temptations 74 ( NEW ) FRIENDS AND LOVERS Boris Gardiner & Gwen Guthrie 75 ( NEW ) YOU CAUGHT MY EYE Judy Boucher Playlist Oldies of that week 1 LOVE IN A WORLD GONE MAD Bucks Fizz 2 I’M YOUR MAN Wham! 3 VENUS Bananarama |
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