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Posted by: fchd 15th December 2014, 10:47 PM

We reach the K's and, like the J's, we have almost 300 entries so this section is formed of 3 parts

A reminder of the notes and conventions used in creating the data:

1. The first rule is that all rules have exceptions, common sense (and my own inconsistencies) may sometimes take precedence

2. Act names - I've tried to reflect the act names as given on the charts, occasionally this is different from that shown on the label or sleeve/cover. If the chart credit is undeniably wrong (e.g. "Elizabethan Reggae") then common sense has been used. An initial "The" from artists names has almost always been dropped, a separator of "And" is usually replaced with an ampersand.

3. Personal names - I have tried to show "real" names of performers where possible, middle names are not shown unless they have some relevance to the stage name (e.g. it would not make sense to show Rihanna's real name as just Robyn Fenty). Where the name an individual goes by is a standard short form of his/her given name (e.g. if someone known as Andy is really an Andrew), I normally haven't bothered showing this. Diactritics are shown where possible, but the software used in compiling the data has difficult with some non-ASCII characters, and the ý in Mýa. I have not shown artist names in anything other than the Latin script, so for artists whose "real" names are written in Cyrillic, Burmese or Korean for instance, I have used the transliteration as normally shown on the charts. Artists from Northern Ireland are shown thus, rather than being from either the UK or Ireland which hopefully will reduce arguments!

4. Dates of birth/death - Shown where I have found these while checking out other details. Any additional information gladly received

5. Band membership - Normally relates to their hitmaking period only. Changes in personnel before or after this are very rarely shown. Members are normally shown in alphabetical order (but with some exceptions - e.g. Crosby, Stills & Nash are treated in that order) for either the debut hit or the main part of the groups career, with changes usually noted in chronological order

6. Featured artists - This got complex! Where a combination of lead/featured artist ONLY had hit(s) together (e.g. Gotye featuring Kimbra) they are only shown as effectively one act. Where the lead artist has had other hits but the featured one isn't, the lead artist only has a separate full entry. Where either the featured artist has other credits, or both do, both have individual entries. The same (more or less) works with normal duos - for instance Simon & Garfunkel's hits are listed under both Art Garfunkel's and Paul Simon's solo careers.
6a The OCC has sometimes changed the credit shown on the chart during a chart run. In such cases I have tried to use the most inclusive credit.

7. Where a record has been in the charts as both a "normal" A-side and a Double A-Side (whether in combination with a track by the same artist or a different artist), it is shown with separate lines (e.g. "Last Christmas" by Wham!)

8. When a record has re-entered the chart with a different artist credit, I have normally amassed the two together (e.g. "Woman In Chains"). Which artist credit I have used depends on the song itself, and a note is attached showing that an alternate credit exists.

9. Remixes/Re-Recordings/Live Versions used to be charted separately and are shown as different hits, but current practice is for all versions to be collected and charted together, so for any chart runs of such tracks since the advent of the download era are normally added to the original hit version

10. Labels and catalogue numbers are completely omitted

11. EP/LP tracks are shown where known when the chart entry was credited to an EP/LP. If an EP was released on two different CD singles, it is usually the tracks of CD1 that are listed

12. Most of the "bio" information comes straight from Wikipedia (to save time), so there is the likelihood that a number of the entries contain mistakes. Please let me know of any of these, or if there's anything that you think is significant enough to be mentioned. I have tried to keep opinions out of them, and kept references to genres to a minimum as those tend to cause more disagreements than almost anything else. Honours such as knighthoods, OBE's etc. are shown. Oscars, Grammys & Brits are a work in progress and will eventually all be shown, less high profile awards (e.g. MOBOs, Mercury Prize, etc.) are unlikely to be listed unless a particular artist has achieved something extraordinary.
12a Close family relationships between hitmakers are shown where possible, and also in some cases to other famous people (e.g. it made no sense to write even a sketchy bio for Jane Wyman and not mention she was married to Ronald Reagan)

13. Cross-references ("See also....") are a work in progress, as are the marking of US number ones. Expect these to get more comprehensive as the series goes on

14. Alphabetisation - artists whose name is an acronym (and is pronounced as such), e.g. ABC are sorted as if the name is a series of spaced letters (i.e. A B C). All such acts are listed at the start of those with that initial. Where an acronymic (?) name is usually voiced as a word (e.g. ABBA) then it is indexed under that word. Numbers are treated as if they are spelled out, punctuation is ignored. Individuals are indexed firstly under their surname then their given name(s). For some artists, it can be difficult to determine whether a name is a given name followed by a surname, or whether the whole thing is to be treated as one name. In these cases (most of which involve seem to involve rappers), I have tried to use the sorting sequence used for that artist within Wikipedia categories.

15. Where an artist has had hits under two (or more) different names, they are merged (e.g. Hannah Montana & Miley Cyrus). With some combinations (usually European production outfits), it can sometimes be difficult to identity which pairings work under which names!

16. Nationalities - I've tried to use the nationalities where people grew up rather than the place they happened to be born. Where there is some difference of opinion I have usually come down on one side of the coin or the other. Large groups are given under the likely most-common nationality (e.g. the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra is shown as Austrian, even if a number of them may not have been). Club football teams of the modern era are usually shown as "Mostly British". Anonymous cover version acts may be shown without nationality. Where a country has changed name since the person was born, I have no hard and fast rule about which name to use but hopefully this should be clear either way. Where I know a person has changed or taken on a second citizenship I have mentioned it

Index
A was split between two threads - http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=161553 and http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=161884
B - http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=162596
C - http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=165987
D - http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=167347
E - http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=168582
F - http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=168940
G - http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=170039
H - http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=170957
I - http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=171872
J - http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=172136

Posted by: fchd 15th December 2014, 10:48 PM

Key - $ = US Number One (1959-date), ✮ UK Million Seller, ➜ Still in Top 75 at this time. A line in red indicates a Number 1, a line in blue indicate a Top 10 hit.

KC & THE SUNSHINE BAND
American male group originally formed by Harry Casey ("KC") and Richard Finch, with Robert Johnson & Jerome Smith with numerous studio and touring musicians. By 1981 the group was esentially a Casey solo project
17 Aug 74 Queen Of Clubs 7 12 wks
23 Nov 74 Sound Your Funky Horn 17 9 wks
29 Mar 75 Get Down Tonight $ 21 9 wks
02 Aug 75 That's The Way (I Like It) $ 4 12 wks
(Also charted in 1991)
22 Nov 75 I'm So Crazy 34 3 wks
17 Jul 76 (Shake Shake Shake) Shake Your Body $ 22 8 wks
11 Dec 76 Keep It Comin' Love 31 7 wks
(Also charted in 1977)
30 Apr 77 I'm Your Boogie Man $ 41 4 wks
06 May 78 Boogie Shoes 34 5 wks
22 Jul 78 It's The Same Old Song 47 5 wks
08 Dec 79 Please Don't Go $ 3 12 wks
16 Jul 83 Give It Up 1 14 wks
24 Sep 83 (You Said) You'd Gimme Some More 41 3 wks
Total Hits : 13 Total Weeks : 103


K-CI & JOJO
American male vocal duo - brothers Cedric & Joel Hailey, both former members of Jodeci
27 Jul 96 How Do U Want It (2Pac featuring K-Ci & JoJo) 17 4 wks
23 Aug 97 You Bring Me Up 21 2 wks
18 Apr 98 All My Life $ 8 12 wks
(Also charted in 2012)
19 Sep 98 Don't Rush (Take Love Slowly) 16 3 wks
02 Oct 99 Tell Me It's Real 40 2 wks
23 Sep 00 Tell Me It's Real (Remix) 16 5 wks
12 May 01 Crazy 35 2 wks
Total Hits : 7 Total Weeks : 30


K-CREATIVE
British male vocal/instrumental group (Andrew Bromley, Jim Carmichael, Dominic Oakenfull & Andrew Valentine)
07 Mar 92 Three Times A Maybe 58 2 wks
Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 2


ERNIE K-DOE
American male singer, born Ernest Kador, 22/2/36-5/7/01
13 May 61 Mother-in-law $ 29 7 wks
08 Dec 07 Here Come The Girls 43 4 wks
Total Hits : 2 Total Weeks : 11


K GEE
British male producer (Karl Gordon)
04 Nov 00 I Don't Really Care 22 3 wks
Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 3


KID
British male musician/producer/songwriter, born Geoff Bastow, 1949)
28 Feb 81 Don't Stop 49 4 wks
Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 4


K-KLASS
British male production group (Russ Morgan, Paul Roberts, Carl Thomas & Andy Williams) with female singer Bobbi Depasois
04 May 91 Rhythm Is A Mystery 3 12 wks
( Peaked in November 1991)
25 Apr 92 So Right 20 5 wks
07 Nov 92 Don't Stop 32 3 wks
27 Nov 93 Let Me Show You 13 7 wks
28 May 94 What You're Missing 24 3 wks
01 Aug 98 Burnin' 45 1 wk
Total Hits : 6 Total Weeks : 31


KLF
British male vocal/instrumental/production duo - Jimmy Cauty & (South African born) Bill Drummond who also recorded under a number of other names, with Ricardo Da Force providing vocals on most tracks. Drummond had previously been part of Lori & The Chameleons. Cauty married Alannah Currie of the Thompson Twins
04 Jun 88 Doctorin' The Tardis (Timelords) 1 9 wks
11 Aug 90 What Time Is Love? (KLF featuring Children Of The Revolution) 5 12 wks
19 Jan 91 3AM Eternal (KLF featuring Children Of The Revolution) 1 11 wks
04 May 91 Last Train To Trancentral (KLF featuring Children Of The Revolution) 2 9 wks
09 Nov 91 It's Grim Up North (Justified Ancients Of Mu Mu) 10 6 wks
(Also charted in 1992)
07 Dec 91 Justified And Ancient (KLF featuring Tammy Wynette) 2 12 wks
07 Mar 92 America: What Time Is Love 4 7 wks
25 Oct 97 f*** The Millennium (2K) 28 2 wks
Total Hits : 8 Total Weeks : 68


KMC FEATURING DHANY
Italian male production group (Benny Benassi, Larry Pignagnoli & Davide Riva) with Italian female singer (born Daniela Galli, 23/10/72). Benassi appeared on the chart under his own name
25 May 02 I Feel So Fine 33 2 wks
Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 2


KP & ENVYI
American female vocal duo - KP was Khia Philips and Envyi was Susan Hedgepeth
13 Jun 98 Swing My Way 14 4 wks
Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 4


KRS-ONE
American male rapper, born Lawrence Parker, 20/8/65, also the main man behind Boogie Down Productions. He also had one hit as part of Group Therapy
18 May 96 Rappas R N Dainja 47 1 wk
08 Feb 97 Word Perfect 70 1 wk
26 Apr 97 Step Into A World (Rapture's Delight) 24 2 wks
20 Sep 97 Heartbeat/A Friend/Step Into A World 66 1 wk
01 Nov 97 Digital (Goldie featuring KRS One) 13 3 wks
Total Hits : 5 Total Weeks : 8


K7
American male rapper, born Louis Sharpe, 25/8/66
11 Dec 93 Come Baby Come 3 16 wks
02 Apr 94 Hi De Ho (K7 & The Swing Kids) 17 5 wks
25 Jun 94 Zunga Zeng (K7 & The Swing Kids) 63 1 wk
Total Hits : 3 Total Weeks : 22


K3M
Italian male production duo - Roberto Fontolan & Franco Diaferia)
21 Mar 92 Listen To The Rhythm 71 1 wk
Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 1


K2 FAMILY
British male vocal/instrumental group - Don E Bravo, Uno Brown, Big D, DJ Flux & Mad Millie Gun
27 Oct 01 Bouncing Flow 27 3 wks
Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 3


KWS
British male vocal/instrumental/production group - Chris King (born 6/9/66), Delroy St Joseph (born 28/11/67) & Winston Williams (born 14/2/65)
25 Apr 92 Please Don't Go/Game Boy 1 16 wks
22 Aug 92 Rock Your Baby 8 7 wks
12 Dec 92 Hold Back The Night (KWS featuring The Trammps) 30 3 wks
02 Jan 93 Can't Get Enough Of Your Love 49 4 wks
09 Apr 94 It Seems To Hang On 58 1 wk
02 Jul 94 Ain't Nobody (Loves Me Better) (KWS & Gwen Dickey) 21 4 wks
19 Nov 94 The More I Get The More I Want (KWS featuring Teddy Pendergrass) 35 2 wks
Total Hits : 7 Total Weeks : 37


K WARREN FEATURING LEE O
British male producer/songwriter (Kevin Williams) with male vocalist (Leo Ihenacho)
05 May 01 Coming Home 32 2 wks
Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 2


KYO
See Carol Leeming

FRANK K & WINSTON OFFICE
Italian male producer (Francesco Pini) with American male singer
26 Jan 91 Everybody Let's Somebody Love 61 1 wk
Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 1


LEILA K
Swedish female singer/rapper, born Laila El Khalifa, 6/9/71
25 Nov 89 Got To Get (Rob 'n' Raz featuring Leila K) 8 14 wks
17 Mar 90 Rok The Nation (Rob 'n' Raz featuring Leila K) 41 3 wks
23 Jan 93 Open Sesame 23 4 wks
03 Jul 93 Ca Plane Pour Moi 69 1 wk
Total Hits : 4 Total Weeks : 22


KACI
American female singer/songwriter, born Kaci Battaglia, 3/10/87
10 Mar 01 Paradise 11 9 wks
28 Jul 01 Tu Amor 24 3 wks
02 Feb 02 I Think I Love You 10 10 wks
09 Aug 03 I'm Not Anybody's Girl 55 1 wk
Total Hits : 4 Total Weeks : 23


JOSHUA KADISON
American male singer/songwriter/pianist, born 8/2/63
26 Feb 94 Jessie 15 15 wks
(Also charted in 1995. Peaked in May 1995)
12 Nov 94 Beautiful In My Eyes 37 4 wks
(Also charted in 1995. Peaked in August 1995)
Total Hits : 2 Total Weeks : 19


KADOC
Spanish male producer, José David Peñín Montilla who also worked as DJ Chus
06 Apr 96 The Nighttrain 14 8 wks
17 Aug 96 You Got To Be There 45 1 wk
23 Aug 97 Rock The Bells 34 2 wks
Total Hits : 3 Total Weeks : 11


BERT KAEMPFERT
German male orchestra leader, born Berthold Kämpfert, 16/10/23-21/6/80
25 Dec 65 Bye Bye Blues 24 10 wks
Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 10


KAISER CHIEFS
British male vocal/instrumental group. Originally Nick Baines, Nick Hodgson, Simon Rix, Ricky Wilson & Andrew White, Hodgson being replaced by Vijay Mistry in 2013
29 May 04 Oh My God 6 13 wks
(Also charted in 2005. Peaked in March 2005)
13 Nov 04 I Predict A Riot 22 7 wks
(Also charted in 2005 & 2007)
28 May 05 Everyday I Love You Less And Less 10 25 wks
(Also charted in 2006)
03 Sep 05 I Predict A Riot/Sink That Ship 9 28 wks
19 Nov 05 Modern Way 11 7 wks
(Also charted in 2006)
17 Feb 07 Ruby 1 35 wks
(Also charted in 2008)
26 May 07 Everything Is Average Nowadays 19 4 wks
01 Sep 07 The Angry Mob 22 5 wks
18 Oct 08 Never Miss A Beat 5 11 wks
12 Apr 14 Coming Home 31 5 wks
Total Hits : 10 Total Weeks : 140


KAJAGOOGOO
British male vocal/instrumental group (Steve Askew, Nick Beggs, Chris Hamill ("Limahl"), Stuart Neale & Jez Strode). Limahl left for a solo career in mid-1983. Beggs went on to be part of Ellis, Beggs & Howard
22 Jan 83 Too Shy 1 13 wks
02 Apr 83 Ooh To Be Ah 7 8 wks
04 Jun 83 Hang On Now 13 7 wks
17 Sep 83 Big Apple 8 8 wks
03 Mar 84 The Lion's Mouth 25 7 wks
05 May 84 Turn Your Back On Me 47 4 wks
21 Sep 85 Shouldn't Do That (Kaja) 63 3 wks
Total Hits : 7 Total Weeks : 50


KALEEF
British male vocal duo Mush Khan ("2-Phaan") and "Jabba Da Hype". They started recording as Kaliphz before becoming Kaleef
30 Mar 96 Walk Like A Champion (Kaliphz featuring Prince Naseem) 23 3 wks
07 Dec 96 Golden Brown 22 4 wks
14 Jun 97 Trials Of Life 75 1 wk
11 Oct 97 I Like The Way (The Kissing Game) 58 1 wk
24 Jan 98 Sands Of Time 26 3 wks
Total Hits : 5 Total Weeks : 12


PREEYA KALIDAS
British female singer/actress, born 21/6/80. She spent a year playing Amira in "EastEnders" and has experience in movies and stage musicals (including "Bombay Dreams", the origin of her first hit)
13 Jul 02 Shakalaka Baby 38 2 wks
30 Oct 10 Cross My Heart (Skepta featuring Preeya Kalidas) 31 3 wks
Total Hits : 2 Total Weeks : 5


KALIN TWINS
American male vocal duo - twins Hal (16/2/34-24/8/05) and Herbie (16/2/34-21/7/06) Kalin
19 Jul 58 When 1 18 wks
Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 18


KITTY KALLEN
American female singer, born Katherine Kalinsky, 25/5/22
03 Jul 54 Little Things Mean A Lot 1 23 wks
Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 23


GUNTER KALLMAN CHOIR
German male/female choir, led by conductor/composer Günter Kallmann, born 19/11/27.
26 Dec 64 Elisabeth Serenade 39 3 wks
Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 3


KALOMOIRA
Greek female singer, born Maria Kalomoira Sarantis, 31/1/85. She represented Greece in the 2008 Eurovision Song Contest, finishing third
07 Jun 08 Secret Combination 71 1 wk
Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 1


ISRAEL KAMAKAWIWO'OLE
American male singer, 20/5/59-26/6/97
21 Apr 07 Somewhere Over The Rainbow 44 7 wks
(Also charted in 2008, 2010 & 2011. Peaked in January 2011)
Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 7


KAMASUTRA
Italian male production duo - Marco Baroni & Alex Neri
22 Nov 97 Happiness (Kamasutra featuring Jocelyn Brown) 45 1 wk
Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 1


NICK KAMEN
British male model/vocalist, born Ivor Kamen, 15/4/62
08 Nov 86 Each Time You Break My Heart 5 12 wks
28 Feb 87 Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever 16 9 wks
16 May 87 Nobody Else 47 3 wks
28 May 88 Tell Me 40 5 wks
28 Apr 90 I Promised Myself 50 4 wks
Total Hits : 5 Total Weeks : 33


INI KAMOZE
Jamaican male rapper, born Cecil Campbell, 9/10/57
07 Jan 95 Here Comes The Hotstepper $ 4 15 wks
Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 15


KANDI
American female singer/songwriter, born Kandi Burruss, 17/5/76. She was formerly a member of Xscape
11 Nov 00 Don't Think I'm Not 9 10 wks
Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 10


KANDIDATE
British male vocal/instrumental group (Phil Fearon, Roy Morris, Terence Morris & Lloyd Phillips). Fearon went on to form Galaxy and also have some solo hits
19 Aug 78 Don't Wanna Say Goodnight 47 7 wks
17 Mar 79 I Don't Wanna Lose You 11 12 wks
04 Aug 79 Girls Girls Girls 34 7 wks
22 Mar 80 Let Me Rock You 58 3 wks
Total Hits : 4 Total Weeks : 29


KANE
Dutch male vocal/instrumental group. The two constant members have been Dennis van Leeuwen & Dinand Woesthoff joined by a succession of other musicians
04 Sep 04 Rain Down On Me 38 2 wks
Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 2


KANE GANG
British male vocal/instrumental group - Martin Brammer, Dave Brewis & Paul Woods
19 May 84 Smalltown Creed 60 2 wks
07 Jul 84 Closest Thing To Heaven 12 11 wks
10 Nov 84 Respect Yourself 21 11 wks
(Also charted in 1985)
09 Mar 85 Gun Law 53 4 wks
27 Jun 87 Motortown 45 5 wks
16 Apr 88 Don't Look Any Further 52 4 wks
Total Hits : 6 Total Weeks : 37


EDEN KANE
British male singer, born (in India) Richard Sarstedt, 29/3/40. He is the brother of Peter and Robin Sarstedt.
03 Jun 61 Well I Ask You 1 21 wks
16 Sep 61 Get Lost 10 11 wks
20 Jan 62 Forget Me Not 3 14 wks
12 May 62 I Don't Know Why 7 13 wks
01 Feb 64 Boys Cry 8 14 wks
Total Hits : 5 Total Weeks : 73


MILES KANE
British male singer/guitarist, born 17/3/86. He was formerly a member of the Last Shadow Puppets
05 May 12 First Of My Kind 65 1 wk
09 Mar 13 Give Up 62 1 wk
Total Hits : 2 Total Weeks : 2


KANO
British male rapper (born Kane Robinson, 21/5/85)
12 Mar 05 Typical Me 22 3 wks
19 Mar 05 Routine Check (Mitchell Brothers featuring Kano & The Streets) 42 2 wks
25 Jun 05 Remember Me 71 1 wk
24 Sep 05 Nite Nite 25 6 wks
01 Sep 07 This Is The Girl (Kano featuring Craig David) 18 10 wks
07 Mar 09 Against All Odds (Chase & Status featuring Kano) 45 1 wk
07 Nov 09 Rock N Roller 44 2 wks
16 Feb 13 Worry About You (Tyler James featuring Kano) 38 4 wks
Total Hits : 8 Total Weeks : 29


KANSAS
American male singer/songwriter (Phil Ehart, Dave Hope, Kerry Livgren, Robby Steinhardt, Steve Walsh & Rich Williams)
01 Jul 78 Carry On Wayward Son 51 7 wks
Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 7


MORY KANTÉ
Guinean male singer/songwriter/kora harp player, born 29/3/50
23 Jul 88 Yé Ké Yé Ké 29 9 wks
11 Mar 95 Yé Ké Yé Ké (Remix) 25 3 wks
30 Nov 96 Yé Ké Yé Ké 96 Remix 28 2 wks
Total Hits : 3 Total Weeks : 14


KAOMA
International male/female vocal group - Frenchmen Michel Abihssira, Jean-Claude Bonaventure, Chyco Dru (Martinique), Jacky Arconte (Guadeleoupe), Brazilian Loalwa Braz & Senegalese vocalist Fania Niang
21 Oct 89 Lambada 4 18 wks
27 Jan 90 Dancando Lambada 62 2 wks
Total Hits : 2 Total Weeks : 20


KAOTIC CHEMISTRY
See 2 Bad Mice

KARAJA
German female singer, born Ivana Karaja, 1978
19 Oct 02 She Moves (La La) 42 1 wk
Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 1


KARDINAL OFFISHALL
Canadian male rapper, born Jason Harrow (12/5/76)
18 Oct 03 Carnival Girl (Texas featuring Kardinal Offishall) 9 5 wks
11 Oct 08 Dangerous (Kardinal Offishall featuring Akon) 16 20 wks
13 Dec 08 Beautiful (Akon featuring Kardinal Offishall & Colby O'Donis) 8 30 wks
(Also charted in 2009)
Total Hits : 3 Total Weeks : 55


KARIYA
American female singer, born Deborah Cephas
08 Jul 89 Let Me Love You For Tonight 44 9 wks
Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 9


KARMIN
American male/female vocal/instrumental duo - Amy Heidemann (born 29/4/86) & Nicholas Noonan (born 27/4/86)
04 Aug 12 Brokenhearted 6 8 wks
Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 8


MICK KARN
British songwriter/multi-instrumentalist, born Andonis Michaelides in Cyprus, 24/7/58-4/1/11. He was also a member of Japan, Rain Tree Crow and Dali's Car
09 Jul 83 After A Fashion (Midge Ure & Mick Karn) 39 4 wks
17 Jan 87 Buoy 63 2 wks
Total Hits : 2 Total Weeks : 6


KARTOON KREW
American male instrumentalist/producer, Craig Bevan
07 Dec 85 Inspector Gadget 58 6 wks
Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 6


KASABIAN
British male vocal/instrumental group - Chris Edwards, Christopher Karloff, Ian Matthews, Tom Meighan & Sergio Pizzorno, with Karloff leaving in 2006.
22 May 04 Club Foot 19 8 wks
(Also charted in 2005)
21 Aug 04 LSF 10 7 wks
23 Oct 04 Processed Beats 17 3 wks
15 Jan 05 Cutt Off 8 7 wks
05 Aug 06 Empire 9 14 wks
(Also charted in 2007)
11 Nov 06 Shoot The Runner 17 7 wks
10 Feb 07 Me Plus One 22 2 wks
13 Jun 09 Fire 3 20 wks
(Also charted in 2010)
20 Jun 09 Underdog 32 9 wks
29 Aug 09 Where Did All The Love Go 30 2 wks
24 Sep 11 Days Are Forgotten 28 5 wks
10 May 14 Explodes 52 2 wks
14 Jun 14 Eez-eh 22 6 wks
Total Hits : 13 Total Weeks : 92


KASENETZ-KATZ SINGING ORCHESTRAL CHORUS
American male/female vocal ensemble put together by prodcers Jerry Kasenetz & Jeff Katz, including members of 1910 Fruitgum Co. & Ohio Express
23 Nov 68 Quick Joey Small (Run Joey Run) 19 15 wks
Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 15


KASKADE
American male DJ/producer, born Ryan Raddon, 25/2/71
25 Apr 09 I Remember (Deadmau5 & Kaskade) 14 15 wks
Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 15


KATCHA
British male producer/DJ, born Jerry Dickens
21 Aug 99 Touched By God 57 1 wk
Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 1


KATOI
Thai female DJ/producer (Kat Henderson)
29 Mar 03 Touch You 70 1 wk
Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 1


KATRINA & THE WAVES
Anglo-American male/female vocal/instrumental group - Alex Cooper, Vince de la Cruz, Katrina Leskanich & Kimberley Rew. They won the 1997 Eurovision Song Contest for the UK
04 May 85 Walking On Sunshine 8 13 wks
(Also charted in 1996)
05 Jul 86 Sun Street 22 9 wks
10 May 97 Love Shine A Light 3 12 wks
Total Hits : 3 Total Weeks : 34


KAVANA
British male singer, born Anthony Kavanagh, 4/11/77
11 May 96 Crazy Chance 35 3 wks
24 Aug 96 Where Are You 26 2 wks
11 Jan 97 I Can Make You Feel Good 8 5 wks
19 Apr 97 MFEO 8 4 wks
13 Sep 97 Crazy Change '97 16 3 wks
29 Aug 98 Special Kind Of Something 13 4 wks
12 Dec 98 Funky Love 32 3 wks
(Also charted in 1999)
20 Mar 99 Will You Wait For Me 29 2 wks
Total Hits : 8 Total Weeks : 26


NIAMH KAVANAGH
Irish female singer, born 13/2/68/. Her song was the winning entry in the 1993 Eurovision Song Contest
12 Jun 93 In Your Eyes 24 5 wks
Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 5


KAWALA
British male/female vocal/instrumental group - Pete Brazier, George Matthews & Terry Mynott
26 Feb 00 Humanistic 68 1 wk
Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 1


JANET KAY
British female singer, born Janet Kay Bogle, 17/1/58
09 Jun 79 Silly Games 2 14 wks
11 Aug 90 Silly Games (Lindy Layton featuring Janet Kay) 22 7 wks
11 Aug 90 Silly Games (Remix) 62 3 wks
Total Hits : 3 Total Weeks : 24


PETER KAY
British comedian/actor, born 2/7/73. He received a "featuring" credit on the re-release of Tony Christie's "(Is This The Way To) Amarillo" despite only featuring in the video
26 Mar 05 Is This The Way To Amarillo (Tony Christie featuring Peter Kay) 1 28 wks
25 Oct 08 The Winner's Song (Geraldine McQueen) 2 7 wks
27 Dec 08 Once Upon A Christmas Song (Geraldine McQueen) 5 3 wks
28 Nov 09 The Official BBC Children In Need Medley (Peter Kay's Animated All Star Band) 1 8 wks
02 Apr 11 I Know Him So Well (Peter Kay & Comic Relief presents Susan Boyle & Geraldine McQueen) 11 2 wks
Total Hits : 5 Total Weeks : 48


KAYE SISTERS
British female vocal group - not sisters but Sheila Jones (born 21/10/36), Shirley "Shan" Palmer (Born 15/8/38) & Carol Young (12/4/30-20/8/06)
26 May 56 Ivory Tower (Three Kayes) 20 5 wks
02 Nov 57 Gotta Have Something In The Bank Frank (Frankie Vaughan & The Kaye Sisters) 8 11 wks
04 Jan 58 Shake Me I Rattle/Alone 27 1 wk
02 May 59 Come Softly To Me (Frankie Vaughan & The Kaye Sisters) 9 9 wks
09 Jul 60 Paper Roses 7 19 wks
Total Hits : 5 Total Weeks : 45


DANNY KAYE
American male singer/actor, born David Daniel Kaminsky, 18/1/11-3/3/87. He starred in a number of movies including "The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty" and "White Christmas"
28 Feb 53 Wonderful Copenhagen 5 10 wks
Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 10


GORDEN KAYE & VICKY MICHELLE
British male/female acting/vocal duo, in character from the TV seres "'Allo 'Allo!". Kaye was born Gordon Kaye on 7/4/41, Michelle was born Michelle Vicki Nathan on 14/12/50 (she was awarded the MBE in 2010)
22 Nov 86 Je T'aime ('Allo 'Allo)/Rene DMC 57 4 wks
Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 4


KAYESTONE
British male DJ/production duo - Derek Kaye & Ricky Stone
29 Jul 00 Atmosphere 55 1 wk
Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 1


KE
American male vocalist, born Kevin Grudis
13 Apr 96 Strange World 73 1 wk
Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 1


KEANE
British male vocal/instrumental group (Tom Chaplin, Richard Hughes & Tim Rice-Oxley, with Jesse Quin being added from 2008)
28 Feb 04 Somewhere Only We Know 3 16 wks
(Also charted in 2005 & 2013)
15 May 04 Everybody's Changing 4 10 wks
(Also charted in 2013)
28 Aug 04 Bedshaped 10 7 wks
04 Dec 04 This Is The Last Time 18 6 wks
03 Jun 06 Is It Any Wonder? 3 16 wks
26 Aug 06 Crystal Ball 20 5 wks
11 Nov 06 Nothing In My Way 19 3 wks
27 Jan 07 A Bad Dream 23 4 wks
23 Aug 08 Spiralling 23 15 wks
01 Nov 08 The Lovers Are Losing 52 1 wk
22 May 10 Stop For A Minute (Keane featuring K'naan) 40 2 wks
19 May 12 Silenced By The Night 46 2 wks
04 Aug 12 Sovereign Light Cafe 74 1 wk
Total Hits : 13 Total Weeks : 88


JOHNNY KEATING
Briitsh male trombonist/songwriter/arranger, born 10/9/27
03 Mar 62 Theme From Z-Cars 8 14 wks
Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 14


RONAN KEATING
Irish male singer/songwriter, born 3/3/77. He first became promiment as the lead singer of Boyzone
07 Aug 99 When You Say Nothing At All 1 17 wks
(Also charted in 2000)
22 Jul 00 Life Is A Rollercoaster 1 14 wks
02 Dec 00 The Way You Make Me Feel 6 12 wks
(Also charted in 2001)
28 Apr 01 Lovin' Each Day 2 14 wks
18 May 02 If Tomorrow Never Comes 1 15 wks
21 Sep 02 I Love It When We Do 5 11 wks
(Also charted in 2003)
07 Dec 02 We've Got Tonight (Ronan Keating featuring Lulu) 4 13 wks
10 May 03 The Long Goodbye 3 10 wks
22 Nov 03 Lost For Words 9 4 wks
21 Feb 04 She Believes (In Me) 2 7 wks
15 May 04 Last Thing On My Mind (Ronan Keating & LeAnn Rimes) 5 9 wks
09 Oct 04 I Hope You Dance 2 7 wks
25 Dec 04 Father And Son (Ronan Keating featuring Yusuf) 2 11 wks
10 Jun 06 All Over Again (Ronan Keating & Kate Rusby) 6 6 wks
26 Aug 06 Iris 15 4 wks
Total Hits : 15 Total Weeks : 154


KEEDIE
British female singer, born Keedie Babb, 21/10/82. She competed under her married name, Keedie Green in the 2010 series of The X Factor but was eliminated at an early stage.
23 Oct 04 I Believe My Heart (Duncan James & Keedie) 2 7 wks
24 Dec 05 Jersualem (Keedie & England Cricket Team) 19 2 wks
Total Hits : 2 Total Weeks : 9


KEVIN KEEGAN
British male footballing vocalist, born Joseph Kevin Keegan, 14/2/51, He was European Footballer of the Year in both 1978 and 1979, was awarded the OBE in 1982 and managed the England National Team from 1999-2000
09 Jun 79 Head Over Heels In Love 31 6 wks
Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 6


YVONNE KEELY
Dutch female singer, born Yvonne Paay, 6/9/52
14 Jan 78 If I Had Words (Scott Fitzgerald & Yvonne Keely) 3 10 wks
Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 10


NELSON KEENE
British male singer, born Malcolm Holland, 1942
27 Aug 60 Image Of A Girl 37 5 wks
Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 5


KEITH
American male singer, born Jarry Keefer, 17/5/49
28 Jan 67 98.6 24 7 wks
18 Mar 67 Tell Me To My Face 50 1 wk
Total Hits : 2 Total Weeks : 8


KEITH 'N' SHANE
Irish male vocal duo - two members of Boyzone (Keith Duffy & Shane Lynch)
23 Dec 00 Girl You Know It's True 36 3 wks
Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 3


KELE
British male singer, born Kelechukwu Okereke, 13/10/81. He is the lead singer and rhythm guitarist of Bloc Party.
26 Jun 10 Tenderoni 31 3 wks
09 Jul 11 Ready 2 Go (Martin Solveig featuring Kele) 48 1 wk
05 Oct 13 Turn It Around (Sub Focus featuring Kele) 14 3 wks
Total Hits : 3 Total Weeks : 7


KELIS
American female singer, born Kelis Rogers, 21/8/78. She was married to Nas from 2005-10
26 Feb 00 Caught Out There 4 13 wks
17 Jun 00 Good Stuff 19 5 wks
08 Jul 00 Got Your Money (Ol' Dirty bast*rd featuring Kelis) 11 8 wks
21 Oct 00 Get Along With You 51 1 wk
03 Nov 01 Young Fresh 'n' New 32 2 wks
05 Oct 02 Help Me (Timo Maas featuring Kelis) 65 1 wk
23 Aug 03 Finest Dreams (Richard X featuring Kelis) 8 5 wks
23 Aug 03 Let's Get Ill (P Diddy featuring Kelis) 25 3 wks
17 Jan 04 Milkshake 2 15 wks
20 Mar 04 Not In Love (Enrique Iglesias featuring Kelis) 5 9 wks
05 Jun 04 Trick Me 2 14 wks
30 Oct 04 Millionaire (Kelis featuring André 3000) 3 12 wks
16 Apr 05 In Public (Kelis featuring Nas) 17 6 wks
09 Sep 06 Bossy (Kelis featuring Too Short) 22 5 wks
03 Feb 07 Lil Star (Kelis featuring Cee Lo) 3 14 wks
24 Apr 10 Acapella 5 14 wks
17 Jul 10 4th Of July (Fireworks) 32 3 wks
25 Jun 11 Bounce (Calvin Harris featuring Kelis) 2 21 wks
(Also charted in 2012)
Total Hits : 18 Total Weeks : 151


JERRY KELLER
American male singer, born 20/6/37
29 Aug 59 Here Comes Summer 1 14 wks
Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 14


KELLY FAMILY
Multi-generational male/female family vocal/group with members born in USA (Dan, Barbara, Caroline, Kathy & Paul), Spain (Johnny, Patricia, Joey, Barby & Angelo), Ireland (Paddy) & Germany (Maite Star)
21 Oct 95 An Angel 69 1 wk
Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 1


FRANK KELLY
Irish male actor/vocalist, born 28/12/39. His best known acting role was as Father Jack Hackett in the TV series "Father Ted"
24 Dec 83 Christmas Countdown 26 5 wks
(Also charted in 1984)
Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 5


FRANKIE KELLY
British male singer
02 Nov 85 Ain't That The Truth 65 2 wks
Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 2


KEITH KELLY
British male singer/guitarist, born Michael Pailthorpe. He had also been a member of the John Barry Seven
07 May 60 Tease Me 27 4 wks
20 Aug 60 Listen Little Girl 47 1 wk
Total Hits : 2 Total Weeks : 5


R KELLY
American male vocalist/producer (born Robert Kelly, 8/1/67)
09 May 92 She's Got That Vibe (R Kelly & Public Announcement) 57 2 wks
20 Nov 93 Sex Me (R Kelly & Public Announcement) 75 1 wk
14 May 94 Your Body's Callin' 19 4 wks
03 Sep 94 Summer Bunnies 23 3 wks
22 Oct 94 She's Got That Vibe 3 13 wks
21 Jan 95 Bump 'n' Grind $ 8 9 wks
06 May 95 The 4 Play EP 23 3 wks
(Tracks: Your Body's Callin'/Homie Lover Friend/Honey Love/Slow Dance (Hey Mr DJ))
11 Nov 95 You Remind Me Of Something 24 3 wks
02 Mar 96 Down Low (Nobody Has To Know) 23 3 wks
22 Jun 96 Thank God It's Friday 14 4 wks
29 Mar 97 I Believe I Can Fly 1 17 wks
19 Jul 97 Gotham City 9 8 wks
18 Jul 98 Be Careful (Sparkle featuring R Kelly) 7 7 wks
26 Sep 98 Half On A Baby 16 4 wks
14 Nov 98 Home Alone (R Kelly featuring Keith Murray) 17 5 wks
28 Nov 98 I'm Your Angel $ (Céline Dion & R Kelly) 3 13 wks
31 Jul 99 Did You Ever Think 20 5 wks
16 Oct 99 If I Could Turn Back The Hands Of Time 2 21 wks
19 Feb 00 Satisfy You (Puff Daddy featuring R Kelly) 8 10 wks
22 Apr 00 Only The Loot Can Make Me Happy 24 3 wks
21 Oct 00 I Wish 12 6 wks
31 Mar 01 The Storm Is Over Now 18 6 wks
23 Jun 01 Fiesta 23 3 wks
02 Mar 02 The World's Greatest 4 13 wks
(Also charted in 2014)
25 May 02 Honey (R Kelly & Jay-Z) 35 2 wks
17 May 03 Ignition (Remix) 1 24 wks
(Also charted in 2013)
23 Aug 03 Snake (R Kelly featuring Big Tigger) 10 5 wks
15 Nov 03 Step In The Name Of Love/Thoia Thoing 14 4 wks
29 May 04 Hotel (Cassidy featuring R Kelly) 3 14 wks
30 Oct 04 Happy People/U Saved Me 6 11 wks
(Also charted in 2005)
06 Nov 04 Wonderful (Ja Rule featuring R Kelly & Ashanti) 1 10 wks
20 Nov 04 So Sexy (Twista featuring R Kelly) 28 3 wks
10 Sep 05 Playa's Only (R Kelly featuring Game) 33 2 wks
16 Dec 06 That's That S**** (Snoop Dogg featuring R Kelly) 38 4 wks
19 May 07 I'm A Flirt (R Kelly featuring T.I. & T-Pain) 18 6 wks
28 Jul 07 Same Girl (R Kelly & Usher) 26 8 wks
23 Nov 13 Do What U Want (Lady Gaga featuring R Kelly) 9 14 wks
(Sales included an alternate version with Christina Aguilera featuring instead of R Kelly)
30 Nov 13 PYD (Justin Bieber featuring R Kelly) 30 1 wk
01 Nov 14 Bump & Grind 2014 (Waze & Odyssey vs R Kelly) 3 9 wks
(Also charted in 2015)
Total Hits : 39 Total Weeks : 283

Posted by: fchd 15th December 2014, 10:49 PM

ROBERTA KELLY
American female singer, born 23/11/42
21 Jan 78 Zodiacs 44 3 wks
Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 3


JOHNNY KEMP
Bahamian male singer, born 2/8/59
27 Aug 88 Just Got Paid 68 1 wk
Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 1


TARA KEMP
American female singer, born 11/5/64
20 Apr 91 Hold You Tight 69 2 wks
Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 2


KEN DOH
British male production duo - Steve Burgess & Michael Devlin
30 Mar 96 Nakasaki EP (I Need A Lover Tonight) 7 7 wks
(Tracks: Nakasaki (2 mixes)/I Need A Lover Tonight (2 mixes)/Kaki Traki)
Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 7


ANNA KENDRICK
American female actress/singer, born 9/8/85. She has appeared in films (e.g. the Twilight series, "Pitch Perfect") and stage ("High Society" and "A Little Night Music")
19 Jan 13 Cups 71 1 wk
Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 1


GRAHAM KENDRICK
British male singer/songwriter, born 2/8/50
09 Sep 89 Let The Flame Burn Bright 55 4 wks
Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 4


EDDIE KENDRICKS
American male singer/songwriter, born Edward Kendrick, 17/12/39-5/10/92. He was also a founder member of The Temptations. He was credited on the label and sleeve (but not on the chart) of Hall & Oates' A Nite At The Apollo Live
03 Nov 73 Keep On Truckin' $ 18 12 wks
(Also charted in 1974)
16 Mar 74 Boogie Down 39 4 wks
Total Hits : 2 Total Weeks : 16


KENICKIE
British male/female vocal/instrumental group - brother & sister Pete & Lauren Gofton (under the names Johnny X (or Pete X) & Lauren Laverne), Emma Jackson (as Emmy-Kate Montrose) and Anne Marie Nixon (Marie du Santiago). Laverne has had other uncredited vocal roles and has gone on to be a radio & TV presenter.
14 Sep 96 Punka 38 4 wks
(Also charted in 1997. Peaked in July 1997)
16 Nov 96 Millionaire Sweeper 60 1 wk
11 Jan 97 In Your Car 24 3 wks
03 May 97 Nightlife 27 2 wks
06 Jun 98 I Would Fix You 36 2 wks
22 Aug 98 Stay In The Sun 43 1 wk
Total Hits : 6 Total Weeks : 13


JANE KENNAWAY & STRANGE BEHAVIOUR
British male/female vocal/instrumental group - Jane Kennaway was the vocalist and songwriter, with Andy Duncan, Eugene Organ, Keith Wilkinson and "Wims"
24 Jan 81 IOU 65 3 wks
Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 3


BRIAN KENNEDY
Northern Irish male singer/songwriter, born 12/10/66. He represented Ireland in the 2006 Eurovision Song Contest, finishing 10th
22 Jun 96 A Better Man 28 3 wks
21 Sep 96 Life Love And Happiness 27 3 wks
05 Apr 97 Put The Message In The Box 37 2 wks
31 Dec 05 George Best - A Tribute (Brian Kennedy & Peter Corry) 4 10 wks
(An EP with tracks "You Raise Me Up" by Brian Kennedy, "The Long And Winding Road" by Peter Corry and a medley of "Bring Him Home-Vincent" by both singers)
Total Hits : 4 Total Weeks : 18


KEVIN KENNEDY
British male actor/vocalist, born Kevin Williams, 4/9/61. He is best known for playing Curly Watts on "Coronation Street" from 1983-2003
24 Jun 00 Bulldog Nation 70 1 wk
Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 1


KENNY
British male vocal/instrumental group (Rick Driscoll, Chris Lacklison, Chris Redburn, Yan Stile & Andy Walton)
07 Dec 74 The Bump 3 15 wks
08 Mar 75 Fancy Pants 4 9 wks
07 Jun 75 Baby I Love You OK 12 7 wks
16 Aug 75 Julie-Ann 10 8 wks
Total Hits : 4 Total Weeks : 39


KENNY
Irish male singer, Tony Kenny
03 Mar 73 Heart Of Stone 11 13 wks
30 Jun 73 Give It To Me Now 38 3 wks
Total Hits : 2 Total Weeks : 16


GERARD KENNY
American male singer/songwriter, born 8/7/47
09 Dec 78 New York New York 43 8 wks
21 Jun 80 Fantasy 34 6 wks
18 Feb 84 The Other Woman The Other Man 69 4 wks
04 May 85 No Man's Land (Widows Theme) 56 3 wks
Total Hits : 4 Total Weeks : 21


KENT
Swedish male vocal/instrumental group - Joakim Berg, Harri Mänty, Markus Mustonen, Sami Sirviö & Martin Sköld
13 Mar 99 747 61 1 wk
Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 1


KLARK KENT
American male singer/multi-instrumentalist, Stewart Copeland (born 16/7/52), best known for being a member of The Police
26 Aug 78 I Don't Care 48 4 wks
Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 4


KERBDOG
Irish male vocal/instrumental group (Cormac Battle, Darragh Butler, Billy Dalton & Colin Fennelly)
12 Mar 94 Dry Riser 60 1 wk
06 Aug 94 Dummy Crusher 37 2 wks
12 Oct 96 Sally 69 1 wk
29 Mar 97 Mexican Wave 49 1 wk
Total Hits : 4 Total Weeks : 5


KERRI & MICK
Australian male/female vocal duo - their hit being the theme of the TV show of the same name
28 Apr 84 Sons And Daughters Theme 68 3 wks
Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 3


KERRI-ANN
Irish female singer, born 1978
08 Aug 98 Do You Love Me Boy? 58 1 wk
Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 1


NIK KERSHAW
British male singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist, born 1/3/58
19 Nov 83 I Won't Let The Sun Go Down On Me 2 18 wks
(Also charted in 1984. Peaked in June 1984)
28 Jan 84 Wouldn't It Be Good 4 14 wks
14 Apr 84 Dancing Girls 13 9 wks
15 Sep 84 Human Racing 19 7 wks
17 Nov 84 The Riddle 3 11 wks
16 Mar 85 Wide Boy 9 8 wks
03 Aug 85 Don Quixote 10 7 wks
30 Nov 85 When A Heart Beats 27 7 wks
11 Oct 86 Nobody Knows 44 3 wks
13 Dec 86 Radio Musicola 43 2 wks
04 Feb 89 One Step Ahead 55 1 wk
27 Feb 99 Somebody Loves You 70 1 wk
Total Hits : 12 Total Weeks : 88


KESHA
American female singer/rapper (born Kesha Sebert, 1/3/87). Usually styled as Ke$ha
14 Mar 09 Right Round $ (Flo-Rida featuring Kesha) 1 19 wks
14 Nov 09 Tik Tok $ 4 34 wks
(Also charted in 2010)
13 Feb 10 Blah Blah Blah (Kesha featuring 3OH!3) 11 11 wks
13 Feb 10 Your Love Is My Drug 13 15 wks
17 Apr 10 Dirty Picture (Taio Cruz featuring Kesha) 6 11 wks
17 Jul 10 My First Kiss (3OH!3 featuring Kesha) 7 10 wks
28 Aug 10 Take It Off 15 13 wks
05 Feb 11 We R Who We R $ 1 15 wks
09 Apr 11 Blow 32 7 wks
08 Dec 12 Die Young 7 17 wks
(Also charted in 2013)
02 Mar 13 C'mon 70 1 wk
22 Jun 13 Crazy Kids (Kesha featuring Will.I.Am) 27 10 wks
11 Jan 14 Timber $ (Pitbull featuring Kesha) 1 34 wks
(Also charted in 2015)
Total Hits : 13 Total Weeks : 197


KEVIN THE GERBIL
British male gerbil puppet, the sidekick of Roland Rat Superstar
04 Aug 84 Summer Holiday 50 6 wks
Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 6


KEY WEST
See Rah Band

ALICIA KEYS
American female singer/songwriter/pianist, born Alicia Cook, 25/1/81. She is married to Swizz Beatz (since 2010)
10 Nov 01 Fallin' $ 3 10 wks
09 Mar 02 Brotha Part II (Angie Stone featuring Alicia Keys & Eve) 37 2 wks
30 Mar 02 A Woman's Worth 18 8 wks
20 Jul 02 How Come You Didn't Call Me 26 3 wks
05 Oct 02 Gangsta Lovin' (Eve featuring Alicia Keys) 6 8 wks
07 Dec 02 Girlfriend 24 5 wks
20 Dec 03 You Don't Know My Name 19 9 wks
10 Apr 04 If I Ain't Got You 18 6 wks
(Also charted in 2009)
10 Nov 07 No One $ 6 27 wks
(Also charted in 2009)
08 Mar 08 Like You'll Never See Me Again 53 1 wk
04 Oct 08 Another Way To Die (Alicia Keys & Jack White) 9 12 wks
26 Sep 09 Empire State Of Mind $ (Jay-Z featuring Alicia Keys) 2 36 wks
(Also charted in 2010)
12 Dec 09 Doesn't Mean Anything 8 16 wks
26 Dec 09 Empire State Of Mind (Part II) 4 41 wks
(Also charted in 2010)
06 Feb 10 Try Sleeping With A Broken Heart 7 21 wks
01 Dec 12 Girl On Fire 5 18 wks
(Also charted in 2013)
03 May 14 It's On Again (Alicia Keys featuring Kendrick Lamar) 31 5 wks
Total Hits : 17 Total Weeks : 228


WIZ KHALIFA
American male rapper (born Cameron Thomas, 8/9/87)
19 Mar 11 Black And Yellow $ 5 14 wks
26 Mar 11 Bright Lights Bigger City (Cee Lo Green featuring Wiz Khalifa) 13 14 wks
07 May 11 Roll Up 42 6 wks
16 Jul 11 Till I'm Gone (Tinie Tempah featuring Wiz Khalifa) 24 13 wks
17 Dec 11 5 O'Clock (T-Pain featuring Wiz Khalifa & Lily Allen) 6 6 wks
21 Jan 12 Young Wild And Free (Snoop Dogg featuring Wiz Khalifa & Bruno Mars) 44 5 wks
30 Jun 12 Payphone (Maroon 5 featuring Wiz Khalifa) 1 24 wks
(Also charted in 2013)
25 May 13 We Own It (Fast & Furious) (2 Chainz featuring Wiz Khalifa) 6 14 wks
08 Feb 14 Feelin' Myself (Will.I.Am featuring Miley Cyrus, French Montana & Wiz Khalifa) 2 15 wks
Total Hits : 9 Total Weeks : 111


CHAKA KHAN
American female singer/songwriter, born Yvette Stevens, 23/3/53. She was the lead singer with Rufus and is the sister of Taka Boom
02 Dec 78 I'm Every Woman 11 13 wks
31 Mar 84 Ain't Nobody (Rufus & Chaka Khan) 8 12 wks
20 Oct 84 I Feel For You 1 16 wks
19 Jan 85 This Is My Night 14 6 wks
20 Apr 85 Eye To Eye 16 7 wks
12 Jul 86 Love Of A Lifetime 52 4 wks
21 Jan 89 It's My Party 71 2 wks
06 May 89 I'm Every Woman (Remix) 8 8 wks
08 Jul 89 Ain't Nobody (Remix) (Rufus & Chaka Khan) 6 9 wks
07 Oct 89 I Feel For You (Remix) 45 2 wks
13 Jan 90 I'll Be Good To You (Quincy Jones featuring Ray Charles & Chaka Khan) 21 7 wks
28 Mar 92 Love You All My Lifetime 49 3 wks
17 Jul 93 Don't Look At Me That Way 73 1 wk
19 Aug 95 Watch What You Say (Guru featuring Chaka Khan) 28 3 wks
01 Mar 97 Never Miss The Water (Chaka Khan featuring Me'Shell Ndegeocello) 59 1 wk
11 Nov 00 All Good (De La Soul featuring Chaka Khan) 33 3 wks
Total Hits : 16 Total Weeks : 97


PRAGA KHAN
Belgian male producer (born Maurice Engelen), also a member of Digital Orgasm and MNO
04 Apr 92 Free Your Body/Injected With A Poison (Praga Khan featuring Jade 4 U) 16 6 wks
11 Jul 92 Rave Alert 39 2 wks
24 Nov 01 Injected With Poison 52 1 wk
Total Hits : 3 Total Weeks : 9


KHIA
American female rapper, born Khia Finch, 8/11/77
16 Oct 04 My Neck My Back (Lick It) 4 14 wks
Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 14


MARY KIANI
British female singer, born Mary McCloskey, 27/3/69. She was also a singer with Time Frequency
12 Aug 95 When I Call Your Name 18 4 wks
23 Dec 95 I Give It All To You/I Imagine 35 4 wks
27 Apr 96 Let The Music Play 19 3 wks
18 Jan 97 100% 23 3 wks
21 Jun 97 With Or Without You 46 1 wk
Total Hits : 5 Total Weeks : 15


KICK HORNS
British male instrumental group - Simon Clarke, Roddy Lorimer and Tim Sanders, who have also appeared on numerous other records as backing performers
11 Mar 95 Making The Most Of (Dodgy with The Kick Horns) 22 3 wks
Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 3


KICK SQUAD
Anglo-German male production duo - Kevin Ford & Phivos Sebastiane
10 Nov 90 Sound Clash (Champion Sound) 59 2 wks
Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 2


KICKING BACK WITH TAXMAN
British male producer/female vocalist with male rapper
17 Mar 90 Devotion 47 4 wks
07 Jul 90 Everything 54 4 wks
Total Hits : 2 Total Weeks : 8


KICKS LIKE A MULE
British male production duo - Nick Halkes & Richard Russell
01 Feb 92 The Bouncer 7 6 wks
Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 6


KID 'N' PLAY
American rap duo - Christopher "Kid" Reid (born 5/4/64) & Christopher "Play" Martin (born 10/7/62)
18 Jul 87 Last Night 71 1 wk
26 Mar 88 Do This My Way 48 3 wks
17 Sep 88 Gittin' Funky 55 3 wks
Total Hits : 3 Total Weeks : 7


KID CREME
Belgian male producer/DJ, born Nicolas Scaravilli, 1974
22 Mar 03 Down And Under (Together) (Kid Creme featuring MC Shurakano) 55 1 wk
10 May 03 Hypnotising (Kid Creme featuring Charlise) 31 2 wks
Total Hits : 2 Total Weeks : 3


KID CREOLE & THE COCONUTS
American male/female vocal/instrumental group led by "Kid Creole", born Thomas August Darnell Browder, with "Coati Mundi" (born Andy Hernandez) and female vocalists Taryn Hagey, Adriana Kaegi & Chery Poirier.
13 Jun 81 Me No Pop I (Kid Creole & The Coconuts Present Coati Mundi) 32 7 wks
15 May 82 I'm A Wonderful Thing (Baby) 4 11 wks
24 Jul 82 Stool Pigeon 7 9 wks
09 Oct 82 Annie I'm Not Your Daddy 2 8 wks
11 Dec 82 Dear Addy 29 7 wks
10 Sep 83 There's Something Wrong In Paradise 35 5 wks
19 Nov 83 The Lifeboat Party 49 4 wks
14 Apr 90 The Sex Of It 29 5 wks
10 Apr 93 I'm A Wonderful Thing Baby (Remix) 60 2 wks
Total Hits : 9 Total Weeks : 58


KID CUDI
American male rapper/singer/songwriter (born Scott Mescudi, 30/1/84)
24 Jan 09 Day 'n' Nite (Kid Cudi vs Crookers) 2 22 wks
26 Sep 09 Make Her Say (Kid Cudi featuring Kanye West Common & Lady Gaga) 67 2 wks
13 Mar 10 Memories (David Guetta featuring Kid Cudi) 15 23 wks
11 Sep 10 Erase Me (Kid Cudi featuring Kanye West) 58 1 wk
29 Dec 12 Pursuit Of Happiness (Kid Cudi featuring MGMT & Ratatat) 64 4 wks
(Also charted in 2013)
Total Hits : 5 Total Weeks : 52


KID BRITISH
British male vocal/instrumental group (Dominick Allen, Matt Herod, Simeon McLean, Sean Mbaya, Adio Merchant & Mykey Wilson)
18 Jul 09 Our House Is Dadless 63 1 wk
Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 1


KID INK
American male rapper, born Brian Collins, 1/4/86
07 Dec 13 Show Me (Kid Ink featuring Chris Brown) 23 18 wks
(Also charted in 2014)
18 Jan 14 Main Chick (Kid Ink featuring Chris Brown) 69 2 wks
20 Sep 14 Body Language (Kid Ink featuring Usher & Tinashe) 46 5 wks
(Also charted in 2015)
24 Jan 15 Hotel ➜ (Kid Ink featuring Chris Brown) 43 2 wks
Total Hits : 4 Total Weeks : 27


KID UNKNOWN
British male DJ, Paul Fitzpatrick
02 May 92 Nightmare 64 1 wk
Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 1


CAROL KIDD
British female singer, born 1945. She was awarded the MBE in 1998
17 Oct 92 When I Dream 58 3 wks
Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 3


JOHNNY KIDD & THE PIRATES
British male vocal/instrumental group led by vocalist Johnny Kidd (born Frederick Heath). The Pirates originally were Alan Caddy, Clem Cattini & Brian Gregg, with a complete change in 1961 to Frank Farley & Johnny Spence, later joined by Johnny Patto and Mick Green. Green was later with Billy J Kramer & The Dakotas
13 Jun 59 Please Don't Touch (Johnny Kidd) 25 5 wks
13 Feb 60 You Got What It Takes 25 3 wks
18 Jun 60 Shakin' All Over 1 19 wks
08 Oct 60 Restless 22 7 wks
15 Apr 61 Linda Lu 47 1 wk
12 Jan 63 A Shot Of Rhythm And Blues 48 1 wk
27 Jul 63 I'll Never Get Over You 4 15 wks
30 Nov 63 Hungry For Love 20 10 wks
02 May 64 Always And Ever 46 1 wk
Total Hits : 9 Total Weeks : 62


NICOLE KIDMAN
American-born Australian female actress/vocalist, born 20/6/67. She won the Oscar for best actress for her role in "The Hours" while she has had notable roles in other movies such as "Moulin Rouge!", "The Others" and "Australia"
06 Oct 01 Come What May (Nicole Kidman & Ewan McGregor) 27 5 wks
22 Dec 01 Something Stupid (Robbie Williams & Nicole Kidman) 1 11 wks
Total Hits : 2 Total Weeks : 16


KIDS FROM "FAME"
American male/female vocal group of actors from the TV show "Fame". Featured singers include Debbie Allen, Lee Curreri, Erica Gimpel, Carlo Imperato, Valerie Landsburg, Gene Anthony Ray & Lori Singer
14 Aug 82 Hi Fidelity (Kids From Fame featuring Valerie Landsberg) 5 10 wks
02 Oct 82 Starmaker 3 10 wks
11 Dec 82 Mannequin 50 6 wks
09 Apr 83 Friday Night (Live Version) 13 10 wks
Total Hits : 4 Total Weeks : 36


KIDS IN GLASS HOUSES
British male vocal/instrumental group (Joel Fisher, Philip Jenkins, Iain Mahanty, Aled Phillips & Andrew Sheehy)
31 May 08 Give Me What I Want 62 1 wk
03 Apr 10 Matters At All 65 2 wks
26 Jun 10 Undercover Lover 62 1 wk
(Has the additional credit on the CD cover "featuring Frankie Sandford")
Total Hits : 3 Total Weeks : 4


KIESZA
Canadian female singer/songwriter, born Kiesa Ellestad
26 Apr 14 Hideaway ➜ 1 35 wks
(Also charted in 2015)
23 Aug 14 Giant In My Heart 4 5 wks
08 Nov 14 Take Ü There (Jack Ü featuring Kiesza) 63 1 wk
06 Dec 14 No Enemiesz 30 2 wks
Total Hits : 4 Total Weeks : 43


KIG
British male vocal group - brothers C-Rawler, DJ Dexter & Hitty
28 Mar 09 Head Shoulders Kneez N Toez 18 9 wks
Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 9


GREG KIHN BAND
American male vocal/instrumental group. Alongside Kihn (born 10/7/49), the other members were Greg Douglas, Larry Lynch, Gary Phillips & Steve Wright
23 Apr 83 Jeopardy 63 2 wks
Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 2


KILL CITY
British male/female vocal/instrumental group - Tom Bowen, Pete Jones, Stuart Le Page & Lisa Moorish. Moorish also had solo hits
14 Aug 04 Just Like Bruce Lee 63 1 wk
Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 1


KILLAH PRIEST
American male rapper, born Walter Reed, 17/8/70
07 Feb 98 One Step 45 1 wk
Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 1


KILLER MIKE
American male vocalist, born Michael Render, 20/4/75
06 Apr 02 The Whole World (Outkast featuring Killer Mike) 19 5 wks
27 Jul 02 Land Of A Million Drums (Outkast featuring Killer Mike & Sleepy Brown) 46 1 wk
10 May 03 A.D.I.D.A.S. (Killer Mike featuring Big Boi) 22 3 wks
Total Hits : 3 Total Weeks : 9


KILLERS
American male vocal/instrumental group (Brandon Flowers, Dave Keuning, Mark Stoermer & Ronnie Vannucci)
27 Mar 04 Somebody Told Me 3 21 wks
(Also charted in 2005, 2006 & 2013. Peaked in January 2005)
05 Jun 04 Mr Brightside 10 26 wks
(Also charted in 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013 & 2015)
11 Sep 04 All These Things That I've Done 18 4 wks
14 May 05 Smile Like You Mean It 11 6 wks
23 Sep 06 When You Were Young 2 14 wks
(Also charted in 2007)
02 Dec 06 Bones 15 7 wks
24 Feb 07 Read My Mind 15 14 wks
07 Jul 07 For Reasons Unknown 53 1 wk
20 Oct 07 Tranquilze (Killers featuring Lou Reed) 13 6 wks
15 Dec 07 Don't Shoot Me Santa 34 4 wks
22 Nov 08 Human 3 38 wks
(Also charted in 2009)
14 Feb 09 Spaceman 40 6 wks
11 Dec 10 Boots 53 1 wk
22 Sep 12 Runaways 18 4 wks
15 Dec 12 I Feel It In My Bones (Killers featuring Ryan Pardey) 70 1 wk
23 Nov 13 Shot At The Night 23 2 wks
Total Hits : 16 Total Weeks : 155


KILLING JOKE
British male vocal/instrumental group that has seen numerous members, with Jaz Coleman & Kevin Walker the only constant presences. Other significant contributors include Martin Glover ("Youth"), Paul Ferguson, Paul Raven, Geoff Dugmore, and Nick Holywell-Walker
23 May 81 Follow The Leaders 55 5 wks
20 Mar 82 Empire Song 43 4 wks
30 Oct 82 Birds Of A Feather 64 2 wks
25 Jun 83 Let's All Go (To The Fire Dances) 51 3 wks
15 Oct 83 Me Or You 57 1 wk
07 Apr 84 Eighties 60 5 wks
21 Jul 84 A New Day 56 2 wks
02 Feb 85 Love Like Blood 16 9 wks
30 Mar 85 Kings And Queens 58 3 wks
16 Aug 86 Adorations 42 6 wks
18 Oct 86 Sanity 70 1 wk
07 May 94 Millennium 34 2 wks
16 Jul 94 The Pandemonium Smile 28 3 wks
04 Feb 95 Jana 54 1 wk
23 Mar 96 Democracy 39 1 wk
26 Jul 03 Loose Cannon 25 2 wks
01 Apr 06 Hosannas From The Basements Of Hell 72 1 wk
Total Hits : 17 Total Weeks : 51


KILLS
Anglo-American male/female vocal/instrumental duo - Jamie "Hotel" Hince & Alison "VV" Mosshart. Hince was previously a member of Scarfo and is married to Kate Moss
26 Apr 03 Fried My Little Brain 55 1 wk
19 Feb 05 The Good Ones 23 2 wks
11 Jun 05 Love Is A Deserter 44 1 wk
12 Nov 05 No Wow 53 1 wk
Total Hits : 4 Total Weeks : 5


NATALIA KILLS
See Verbalicious

ANDY KIM
Canadian male singer/songwriter, born Andrew Youakim, 5/12/46 or 5/12/52 (sources vary)
24 Aug 74 Rock Me Gently $ 2 12 wks
Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 12


BIANCA KINANE
Irish female singer born c1978 who appeared on the TV show "Stars In Their Eyes" in 1995
18 May 96 All The Lover I Need 59 1 wk
21 Sep 96 The Woman In Me 73 1 wk
16 May 98 Heaven (Kinane) 49 1 wk
22 Aug 98 So Fine (Kinane) 63 1 wk
Total Hits : 4 Total Weeks : 4


KINESIS
British male vocal/instrumental group (Michael Bromley, Neil Chow, Conor McGloin & Tom Marshall)
22 Mar 03 And They Obey 63 1 wk
28 Jun 03 Forever Reeling 65 1 wk
27 Sep 03 One Way Mirror 71 1 wk
Total Hits : 3 Total Weeks : 3


KING
British male vocal/instrumental group - Paul King, Jim Lantsberry, Mick Roberts & Anthony Wall. King later had one solo hit.
12 Jan 85 Love And Pride 2 14 wks
23 Mar 85 Won't You Hold My Hand 24 8 wks
17 Aug 85 Alone Without You 8 9 wks
19 Oct 85 The Taste Of Your Tears 11 9 wks
11 Jan 86 Torture 23 4 wks
Total Hits : 5 Total Weeks : 44


KING ADORA
British male vocal/instrumental group (Matt Browne, Dan Dabrowski, Robert Grimmit & Martyn Nelson)
04 Nov 00 Smoulder 62 1 wk
03 Mar 01 Suffocate 39 2 wks
26 May 01 Bionic 30 2 wks
31 May 03 Born To Lose/Kamikaze 68 1 wk
Total Hits : 4 Total Weeks : 6


KING BEE
Dutch male DJ/production group - Armand Corneille, Guan Elmzoon (also known as All Star Fresh) & Reginald Eysbroek ("BC Boy")
26 Jan 91 Must Bee The Music 44 4 wks
23 Mar 91 Back By Dope Demand 61 2 wks
Total Hits : 2 Total Weeks : 6


KING BISCUIT TIME
British male singer/musician, Steve Mason, a member of The Beta Band
08 Oct 05 C I Am 15 67 1 wk
Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 1


KING BLUES
British male/female vocal/instrumental group with many members/contributors including Jonny "Itch" Fox, Allen Gunby, Jamie Jazz, Kat Marsh, Jim Parmley, Mike "Fruitbag" Payne & Jonny Rich
28 Feb 09 Save The World, Get The Girl 68 1 wk
29 May 10 Headbutt 72 1 wk
Total Hits : 2 Total Weeks : 2


KING BROTHERS
British vocal group - brothers Anthony (born 31/3/37), Denis (born 25/7/39) & Michael (born 25/4/35) King
01 Jun 57 A White Sport Coat (And A Pink Carnation) 6 14 wks
10 Aug 57 In The Middle Of An Island 19 13 wks
07 Dec 57 Wake Up Little Susie 22 3 wks
01 Feb 58 Put A Light In The Window 25 4 wks
16 Apr 60 Standing On The Corner 4 11 wks
30 Jul 60 Mais Oui 16 10 wks
14 Jan 61 Doll House 21 8 wks
04 Mar 61 76 Trombones 19 11 wks
Total Hits : 8 Total Weeks : 74


KING KURT
British male vocal/instrumental group - Bert Boustead, Gary Clayton, Paul "Thwack" Laventhol, Rory Lyons, Alan "Maggot" Power & John Reddington
15 Oct 83 Destination Zululand 36 6 wks
28 Apr 84 Mack The Knife 55 4 wks
04 Aug 84 Banana Banana 54 4 wks
15 Nov 86 America 73 1 wk
02 May 87 Land Of Ring Dang Doo 67 1 wk
Total Hits : 5 Total Weeks : 16


KING SUN-D MOET
American male rap/instrumental duo - Rahmakhan Turnbow & Anthony Moody
11 Jul 87 Hey Love 66 3 wks
Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 3


KING TRIGGER
British male/female vocal/instrumental group - Trudi Baptiste, Martyn Clapson, Ian Cleverly, Sam Hodgkin & Stuart Kennedy
14 Aug 82 The River 57 4 wks
Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 4


ALBERT KING
American male guitarist/singer, 25/4/23-21/12/92. He was posthumously inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame in 2013
24 Mar 90 Oh Pretty Woman (Gary Moore & Albert King) 48 3 wks
Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 3


BB KING
American male singer/songwriter/guitarist, born 16/9/25. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987
15 Apr 89 When Love Comes To Town (U2 with BB King) 6 7 wks
18 Jul 92 Since I Met You Baby (Gary Moore & BB King) 59 3 wks
Total Hits : 2 Total Weeks : 10


BEN E KING
American male singer, born Benjamin Earl Nelson, 28/9/38. He was also one of the lead singers of The Drifters from 1958-60
04 Feb 61 First Taste Of Love 27 11 wks
24 Jun 61 Stand By Me 1 18 wks
(Also charted in 1987. Peaked in February 1987)
07 Oct 61 Amor 38 4 wks
04 Jul 87 Save The Last Dance For Me 69 2 wks
Total Hits : 4 Total Weeks : 35


CAROLE KING
American female singer/songwriter, born Carol Klein, 9/2/42. Although her album "Tapestry" is a huge world-wide seller, she is best known for her songwriting (often with then husband Gerry Goffin) than as a performer
22 Sep 62 It Might As Well Rain Until September 3 17 wks
(Also charted in 1972)
07 Aug 71 It's Too Late $ 6 12 wks
Total Hits : 2 Total Weeks : 29


DAVE KING
British male singer/actor, 23/6/29-15/4/02. He had his own TV variety show in the late 50s and had a major role in the film "The Long Good Friday"
18 Feb 56 Memories Are Made Of This (Dave King With The Keynotes) 5 15 wks
14 Apr 56 You Can't Be True To Two (Dave King With The Keynotes) 11 9 wks
22 Dec 56 Christmas And You 23 2 wks
25 Jan 58 The Story Of My Life 20 3 wks
Total Hits : 4 Total Weeks : 29


DIANA KING
Jamaican female singer/songwriter, born 28/11/70
08 Jul 95 Shy Guy 2 13 wks
28 Oct 95 Ain't Nobody 13 5 wks
01 Nov 97 I Say A Little Prayer 17 4 wks
Total Hits : 3 Total Weeks : 22


EVELYN KING
American female singer, born 1/7/60
13 May 78 Shame (Evelyn Champagne King) 39 23 wks
03 Feb 79 I Don't Know If It's Right (Evelyn Champagne King) 67 2 wks
27 Jun 81 I'm In Love 27 11 wks
26 Sep 81 If You Want My Lovin' 43 6 wks
28 Aug 82 Love Come Down 7 13 wks
20 Nov 82 Back To Love 40 4 wks
19 Feb 83 Get Loose 45 5 wks
09 Nov 85 Your Personal Touch (Evelyn Champagne King) 37 5 wks
29 Mar 86 High Horse (Evelyn Champagne King) 55 3 wks
23 Jul 88 Hold On To What You've Got (Evelyn Champagne King) 47 3 wks
10 Oct 92 Shame (Altern 8 vs Evelyn King) 74 1 wk
Total Hits : 11 Total Weeks : 76


JONATHAN KING
British singer/songwriter/TV presenter, born Kenneth King, 6/12/44. He recorded under a number of different names in the 70s, but was jailed in 2001 for sexual offences.
31 Jul 65 Everyone's Gone To The Moon 4 11 wks
10 Jan 70 Let It All Hang Out 26 7 wks
16 Jan 71 It's The Same Old Song (Weathermen) 19 9 wks
03 Apr 71 Sugar Sugar (Sakkarin) 12 14 wks
29 May 71 Lazy Bones 23 8 wks
20 Nov 71 Hooked On A Feeling 23 10 wks
05 Feb 72 Flirt 22 9 wks
14 Oct 72 Loop Di Love (Shag) 4 12 wks
26 Jan 74 (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction (Bubble Rock) 29 5 wks
06 Sep 75 Una Paloma Blanca 5 11 wks
20 Sep 75 Chick-A-Boom (53rd & 3rd featuring The Sound Of Shag) 36 4 wks
07 Feb 76 In The Mood (Sound 9418) 46 3 wks
26 Jun 76 It Only Takes A Minute (One Hundred Ton & A Feather) 9 9 wks
07 Oct 78 One For You One For Me 29 6 wks
16 Dec 78 Lick A Smurp For Christmas (Father Abraphart & The Smurps) 58 4 wks
16 Jun 79 You're The Greatest Lover 67 2 wks
03 Nov 79 Gloria 65 3 wks
Total Hits : 17 Total Weeks : 127


PAUL KING
British male singer, born in Ireland, 20/11/60. He was formerly the front man of King, and went on to be an early VJ on MTV
02 May 87 I Know 59 3 wks
Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 3


SAMMY KING
British male singer/songwriter, born c1942
30 Apr 11 Penny Arcade 47 1 wk
Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 1


SOLOMON KING
American male singer, born Allen Levy, 13/8/30-21/1/05
06 Jan 68 She Wears My Ring 3 18 wks
04 May 68 When We Were Young 21 10 wks
Total Hits : 2 Total Weeks : 28


KINGDOM COME
American male vocal/instrumental group - Johnny B Frank, James Kottak, Danny Stag, Rick Steier & Lenny Wolf.
16 Apr 88 Get It On 75 1 wk
06 May 89 Do You Like It 73 1 wk
Total Hits : 2 Total Weeks : 2


KINGMAKER
British male vocal/instrumental group - John Andrew, Loz Hardy & Myles Howell
18 Jan 92 Idiots At The Wheel (EP) 30 3 wks
(Tracks: Really Scrape The Sky/Revelation/Every Teenage Suicide/Strip Away)
23 May 92 Eat Yourself Whole 15 3 wks
31 Oct 92 Armchair Anarchist 47 2 wks
08 May 93 10 Years Asleep 15 4 wks
19 Jun 93 Queen Jane 29 4 wks
30 Oct 93 Saturday's Not What It Used To Be 63 1 wk
15 Apr 95 You And I Will Never See Things Eye To Eye 33 3 wks
03 Jun 95 In The Best Possible Taste (Part 2) 41 2 wks
Total Hits : 8 Total Weeks : 22


KINGS OF CONVENIENCE
Norwegian male vocal/instrumental duo - Eirik Glambek Bøe (born 25/10/75) and Erlend Øye (born 21/11/75)
21 Apr 01 Toxic Girl 44 1 wk
14 Jul 01 Failure 63 1 wk
04 Sep 04 I'd Rather Dance With You 60 1 wk
Total Hits : 3 Total Weeks : 3


KINGS OF LEON
American male vocal/instrumental group - three brothers Caleb, Jared & Nathan Followill and their cousin Matthew Followill
08 Mar 03 Holy Roller Novocaine 53 1 wk
(Although not listed on the chart as such, this was an EP with tracks Molly's Chambers/California Waiting/Holy Roller Novocaine)
14 Jun 03 What I Saw 22 3 wks
(Tracks: Red Morning Light/Wicker Chair/Talihina Sky)
23 Aug 03 Molly's Chambers 23 3 wks
01 Nov 03 Wasted Time 51 2 wks
28 Feb 04 California Waiting 61 1 wk
06 Nov 04 The Bucket 16 3 wks
22 Jan 05 Four Kicks 24 3 wks
23 Apr 05 King Of The Rodeo 41 2 wks
24 Mar 07 On Call 18 8 wks
14 Jul 07 Fans 13 12 wks
(Also charted in 2008)
20 Sep 08 Sex On Fire ✮ 1 90 wks
(Also charted in 2009, 2010, 2011 & 2012)
04 Oct 08 Use Somebody ✮ 2 77 wks
(Also charted in 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 & 2014)
07 Mar 09 Revelry 29 7 wks
16 Oct 10 Radioactive 7 9 wks
(Also charted in 2011)
18 Dec 10 Pyro 69 1 wk
27 Jul 13 Supersoaker 32 6 wks
17 Aug 13 Wait For Me 31 6 wks
Total Hits : 17 Total Weeks : 234


KINGS OF POP
Anonymous pre-release cover group
04 Feb 12 T.H.E. (The Hardest Ever) 40 2 wks
Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 2


KINGS OF SWING ORCHESTRA
Australian male instrumental group
01 May 82 Switched On Swing 48 5 wks
Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 5


KINGS OF TOMORROW
See Sandy Rivera

Posted by: fchd 15th December 2014, 10:49 PM

KINGSMEN
American male vocal/instrumental group - Gary Abbott, Lynn Easton, Don Gallucci, Mike Mitchell & Norm Sundholm
01 Feb 64 Louie Louie 26 7 wks
Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 7


KINGSTON TRIO
American male vocal/instrumental group (Dave Guard, Nick Reynolds & Bob Shane)
22 Nov 58 Tom Dooley 5 14 wks
05 Dec 59 San Miguel 29 1 wk
Total Hits : 2 Total Weeks : 15


SEAN KINGSTON
American-Jamaican male singer, born Kisean Anderson, 3/2/90
01 Sep 07 Beautiful Girls $ 1 17 wks
(Also charted in 2008)
03 Nov 07 Me Love 32 7 wks
01 Mar 08 Take You There 47 6 wks
29 Mar 08 Love Like This (Natasha Bedingfield featuring Sean Kingston) 20 7 wks
01 Aug 09 Fire Burning 12 15 wks
07 Nov 09 Face Drop 56 3 wks
22 May 10 Eenie Meenie (Sean Kingston & Justin Bieber) 9 14 wks
03 Sep 11 Party All Night (Sleep All Day) 9 12 wks
(Also charted in 2012)
Total Hits : 8 Total Weeks : 81


KINKS
British male vocal/instrumental group formed by brothers Dave & Ray Davies, Mick Avory & Pete Quaife (died 2010). Quaife alternated the bass role with John Dalton throughout the 60s with the latter being the full time member from 1969., while John Gosling was added in 1970. For the 80s hits, the Davies brothers & Avory were joined by Ian Gibbons & Jim Rodford
15 Aug 64 You Really Got Me 1 18 wks
(Also charted in 1983 & 2004)
31 Oct 64 All Day And All Of The Night 2 14 wks
23 Jan 65 Tired Of Waiting For You 1 10 wks
27 Mar 65 Everybody's Gonna Be Happy 17 8 wks
29 May 65 Set Me Free 9 11 wks
07 Aug 65 See My Friend 10 9 wks
04 Dec 65 Till The End Of The Day 8 12 wks
05 Mar 66 Dedicated Follower Of Fashion 4 11 wks
11 Jun 66 Sunny Afternoon 1 13 wks
26 Nov 66 Dead End Street 5 11 wks
13 May 67 Waterloo Sunset 2 12 wks
(Also charted in 2012)
21 Oct 67 Autumn Almanac 3 11 wks
20 Apr 68 Wonder Boy 36 5 wks
20 Jul 68 Days 12 10 wks
19 Apr 69 Plastic Man 31 4 wks
10 Jan 70 Victoria 33 4 wks
04 Jul 70 Lola 2 14 wks
12 Dec 70 Apeman 5 14 wks
27 May 72 Supersonic Rocket Ship 16 8 wks
27 Jun 81 Better Things 46 5 wks
06 Aug 83 Come Dancing 12 9 wks
15 Oct 83 Don't Forget To Dance 58 3 wks
18 Jan 97 The Days EP 35 2 wks
(Tracks: Days/You Really Got Me/Dead End Street/Lola)
Total Hits : 23 Total Weeks : 218


KINKY
British female rapper, born Caron Geary
17 Mar 90 Everything Starts With An 'E' (E-Zee Possee featuring MC Kinky) 15 8 wks
24 Aug 96 Everybody 71 1 wk
Total Hits : 2 Total Weeks : 9


KINKY MACHINE
British male vocal/instrumental group (Johnny Bull, Louis Eliot, Julian Fenton & Nick Powell). Bull and Eliot went on to be members of Rialto
06 Mar 93 Supernatural Giver 70 1 wk
29 May 93 Shockaholic 70 1 wk
14 Aug 93 Going Out With God 74 1 wk
02 Jul 94 10 Second Bionic Man 66 1 wk
Total Hits : 4 Total Weeks : 4


FERN KINNEY
American female singer
16 Feb 80 Together We Are Beautiful 1 11 wks
Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 11


KIOKI
Japanese male singer
17 Aug 02 Do And Don't For Love 66 1 wk
Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 1


KIRA
Belgian female singer. born Natasja de Witte, 3/5/77
01 Mar 03 I'll Be Your Angel 9 5 wks
Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 5


KATHY KIRBY
British female singer, born Kathleen O'Rourke, 20/10/38-19/5/11. She represented the UK in the 1965 Eurovision Song Contest, coming second.
17 Aug 63 Dance On 11 13 wks
09 Nov 63 Secret Love 4 18 wks
22 Feb 64 Let Me Go, Lover 10 11 wks
09 May 64 You're The One 17 9 wks
06 Mar 65 I Belong 36 3 wks
Total Hits : 5 Total Weeks : 54


BO KIRKLAND & RUTH DAVIS
American male/female vocal duo
04 Jun 77 You're Gonna Get Next To Me 12 9 wks
Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 9


KISS
American male vocal/instrumental group. The original line-up was Peter Criss, Ace Frehley, Gene Simmons & Paul Stanley, Criss was replaced by Eric Carr and then by Eric Singer, while a succession of guitarists followed Frehley - Vinnie Vincent, Mark St John and then Bruce Kulick. Simmons also appeared on the charts as a solo act
30 Jun 79 I Was Made For Lovin' You 50 7 wks
20 Feb 82 World Without Heroes 55 3 wks
30 Apr 83 Creatures Of The Night 34 4 wks
29 Oct 83 Lick It Up 31 5 wks
08 Sep 84 Heaven's On Fire 43 3 wks
09 Nov 85 Tears Are Falling 57 2 wks
03 Oct 87 Crazy Crazy Nights 4 9 wks
05 Dec 87 Reason To Live 33 7 wks
10 Sep 88 Turn On The Night 41 3 wks
18 Nov 89 Hide Your Heart 59 2 wks
31 Mar 90 Forever 65 2 wks
11 Jan 92 God Gave Rock And Roll To You II 4 8 wks
09 May 92 Unholy 26 2 wks
Total Hits : 13 Total Weeks : 57


KISS AMC
British female rap duo - sisters Anne & Marie Copeland
01 Jul 89 A Bit Of U2 58 4 wks
(Listed simply as "A Bit Of..." for the first two weeks due to copyright issues)
03 Feb 90 My Docs 66 1 wk
Total Hits : 2 Total Weeks : 5


KISSING THE PINK
British male/female vocal/instrumental group - Simon Aldridge, Pete Barnett, Steve Cusack, Sylvia Griffin, John Hall, George Stewart, Josephine Wells & Nick Whitecross
05 Mar 83 Last Film 19 14 wks
Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 14


MAC & KATIE KISSOON
Trinidadian brother & sister vocal duo - Mac was born Gerald Farthing, 11/11/43 with Katie being Katherine Farthing, born 11/3/51. They emigrated to the UK in 1962
19 Jun 71 Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep 41 1 wk
18 Jan 75 Sugar Candy Kisses 3 10 wks
03 May 75 Don't Do It Baby 9 8 wks
30 Aug 75 Like A Butterfly 18 9 wks
15 May 76 The Two Of Us 46 5 wks
Total Hits : 5 Total Weeks : 33


KEVIN KITCHEN
British male singer, also known for composing the theme tune of the TV show "Supermarket Sweep"
20 Apr 85 Put My Arms Around You 64 3 wks
Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 3


JOY KITIKONTI
Italian male producer (born Massimo Chiticonti)
17 Nov 01 Joyenergizer 57 2 wks
Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 2


EARTHA KITT
American female singer/actress, born Eartha Keith, 17/1/27-25/12/08. She was twice nominated for a Tony Award on Broadway, 22 years apart
02 Apr 55 Under The Bridges Of Paris 7 10 wks
03 Dec 83 Where Is My Man 36 11 wks
07 Jul 84 I Love Men 50 3 wks
12 Apr 86 This Is My Life 73 1 wk
01 Jul 89 Cha Cha Heels (Eartha Kitt & Bronski Beat) 32 7 wks
05 Mar 94 If I Love Ya Then I Need Ya 43 2 wks
Total Hits : 6 Total Weeks : 34


KITTIE
Canadian female vocal/instrumental group - Fallon Bowman, Tanya Candler, and sisters Mercedes & Morgan Lander
25 Mar 00 Brackish 46 1 wk
22 Jul 00 Charlotte 60 1 wk
Total Hits : 2 Total Weeks : 2


MICHAEL KIWANUKA
British male singer/songwriter, born 3/5/87. He won the BBC "Sound of 2012" award
14 Jan 12 Home Again 29 6 wks
Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 6


KLANGKARUSSELL FEATURING WILL HEARD
Austrian male instrumental/production duo (Adrian Held & Tobias Rieser) with British male vocalist
31 Aug 13 Sonnentanz (Sun Don’t Shine) 3 15 wks
(Also charted in 2014)
Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 15


KLAXONS
Belgian male instrumental group - Burt Blanca, Jean Marie Troisfontaine & Roger Verbestel
10 Dec 83 The Clap Clap Sound 45 6 wks
Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 6


KLAXONS
British male vocal/instrumental group (Jamie Reynolds, James Righton & Simon Taylor-Davis)
11 Nov 06 Magick 29 2 wks
20 Jan 07 Golden Skans 7 17 wks
21 Apr 07 Gravity's Rainbow 35 2 wks
16 Jun 07 It's Not Over Yet 13 10 wks
28 Aug 10 Echoes 55 2 wks
12 Apr 14 There Is No Other Time 42 1 wk
Total Hits : 6 Total Weeks : 34


KLEA
British male/female rap duo - "Diamond Giza" & "Isis Rain"
07 Sep 02 Tic Toc 61 1 wk
Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 1


KLEEER
American male vocal/instrumental group - Paul Crutchfield, Woody Cunningham, Norman Durham & Richard Lee
17 Mar 79 Keep Your Body Working 51 6 wks
14 Mar 81 Get Tough 49 4 wks
Total Hits : 2 Total Weeks : 10


DD KLEIN
Antiguan female singer (born Dawn Clyne). See Alive

KLESHAY
British female vocal group - Leah Charles-King, Candace Cherry & Alani Gibbon. Gibbon was also part of Anotherside
19 Sep 98 Reasons 33 2 wks
20 Feb 99 Rush 19 3 wks
Total Hits : 2 Total Weeks : 5


KLINGANDE
French male instrumental/production duo - Edgar Catry & Cédric Steinmyller
07 Jun 14 Jubel 3 20 wks
Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 20


KLUBBHEADS
Dutch male production group (Koen Groeneveld, Martin Harder, Addy van der Zwan & Jan Voermans) who also recorded under a number of other names
25 Nov 95 Tempo Fiesta (Party Time) (Itty Bitty Boozy Woozy) 34 2 wks
20 Jan 96 Tossing And Turning (Chakka Boom Bang) 57 1 wk
11 May 96 Klubhopping 10 6 wks
16 Aug 97 Discohopping 35 2 wks
15 Aug 98 Kickin' Head 36 2 wks
11 Jan 03 I Believe In Love (Cooper) 50 2 wks
04 Oct 03 E (Drunkenmunky) 41 2 wks
28 Jan 06 Say Say Say (Waiting 4 U) (Hi-Tack) 4 16 wks
22 Sep 07 Let's Dance (Hi-Tack) 38 2 wks
Total Hits : 9 Total Weeks : 35


KLUSTER
French male DJ/production duo - Robert Collado & Laurent Scimeca
28 Apr 01 My Love (Kluster featuring Ron Carroll) 73 1 wk
Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 1


K'NAAN
Somali-born Canadian male rapper (born Keinan Warsame, 1/2/78)
22 May 10 Stop For A Minute (Keane featuring K'naan) 40 2 wks
05 Jun 10 Waving Flag 2 13 wks
Total Hits : 2 Total Weeks : 15


KNACK
American male vocal/instrumental group - Berton Averre, Doug Fieger, Bruce Gary & Prescott Niles
30 Jun 79 My Sharona $ 6 12 wks
(Also charted in 2009)
13 Oct 79 Good Girls Don't 66 2 wks
Total Hits : 2 Total Weeks : 14


KNIFE PARTY
Australian male production duo - two members of Pendulum (Gareth McGrillen & Rob Swire)
28 Jan 12 Antidote (Swedish House Mafia vs Knife Party) 4 5 wks
16 Jun 12 Rage Valley EP 71 1 wk
(Tracks: Rage Valley/Centipede/Bonfire/Sleaze)
30 Jun 12 Bonfire 45 8 wks
18 May 13 Power Glove 43 1 wk
Total Hits : 4 Total Weeks : 15
See also Pendulum


BEVERLEY KNIGHT
British female singer, born Beverley Smith, 22/3/73. She has become a BBC Radio 2 radio presenter, and was awarded the MBE in 2007
08 Apr 95 Flavour Of The Old School 50 2 wks
02 Sep 95 Down For The One 55 1 wk
21 Oct 95 Flavour Of The Old School (Remix) 33 2 wks
23 Mar 96 Moving On Up (On The Right Side) 42 1 wk
30 May 98 Made It Back (Beverley Knight featuring Redman) 21 3 wks
22 Aug 98 Rewind (Find A Way) 40 2 wks
10 Apr 99 Make It Back 99 19 5 wks
17 Jul 99 Greatest Day 14 5 wks
04 Dec 99 Sista Sista 31 2 wks
17 Nov 01 Get Up 17 4 wks
09 Mar 02 Shoulda' Woulda' Coulda' 10 9 wks
06 Jul 02 Gold 27 4 wks
03 Jul 04 Come As You Are 9 10 wks
09 Oct 04 Not Too Late For Love 31 2 wks
22 Jan 05 No More (Roni Size featuring Beverley Knight & Dynamite MC) 26 4 wks
26 Mar 05 Keep This Fire Burning 16 6 wks
25 Mar 06 Piece Of My Heart 16 11 wks
12 May 07 No Man's Land 43 2 wks
Total Hits : 18 Total Weeks : 75


FREDERICK KNIGHT
American male singer, born 15/8/44
10 Jun 72 I've Been Lonely For So Long 22 10 wks
Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 10


GLADYS KNIGHT & THE PIPS
American male/female vocal/group led by Gladys Knight (born 28/5/44) with backing vocalists William Guest, Merald "Bubba" Knight" & Edward Patten (died 2005)
10 Jun 67 Take Me In Your Arms And Love Me 13 15 wks
30 Dec 67 I Heard It Through The Grapevine 47 1 wk
17 Jun 72 Just Walk In My Shoes 35 8 wks
25 Nov 72 Help Me Make It Through The Night 11 17 wks
03 Mar 73 Look Of Love 21 9 wks
26 May 73 Neither One Of Us 31 7 wks
05 Apr 75 The Way We Were 4 15 wks
02 Aug 75 The Best Thing That Ever Happened To Me 7 10 wks
15 Nov 75 Part Time Love 30 5 wks
08 May 76 Midnight Train To Georgia $ 10 9 wks
21 Aug 76 Make Yours A Happy Home 35 4 wks
06 Nov 76 So Sad The Song 20 9 wks
15 Jan 77 Nobody But You 34 2 wks
28 May 77 Baby Don't Change Your Mind 4 12 wks
24 Sep 77 Home Is Where The Heart Is 35 4 wks
08 Apr 78 The One And Only 32 5 wks
24 Jun 78 Come Back And Finish What You Started 15 13 wks
30 Sep 78 It's Better Than Good Time 59 4 wks
30 Aug 80 Taste Of Bitter Love 35 6 wks
08 Nov 80 Bourgie Bourgie 32 6 wks
26 Dec 81 When A Child Is Born (Johnny Mathis & Gladys Knight) 74 2 wks
16 Jan 88 Love Overboard 42 4 wks
10 Jun 89 Licence To Kill (Gladys Knight) 6 11 wks
Total Hits : 23 Total Weeks : 178


JORDAN KNIGHT
American male singer, born 17/5/70, best known for being the lead singer of New Kids On The Block.
16 Oct 99 Give It To You 5 9 wks
(Also charted in 2000)
Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 9


ROBERT KNIGHT
American male singer/songwriter, born 24/4/45
20 Jan 68 Everlasting Love 19 10 wks
(Also charted in 1974. Peaked in April 1974)
24 Nov 73 Love On A Mountain Top 10 16 wks
Total Hits : 2 Total Weeks : 26


MARK KNOPFLER
British male singer/songwriter/guitarist, born 12/8/49, best known for being the front man of Dire Straits. He was awarded the OBE in 1999 and has the unusual distinction of having a species of dinosaur named after him
12 Mar 83 Going Home 56 3 wks
16 Mar 96 Darling Pretty 33 2 wks
25 May 96 Cannibals 42 2 wks
02 Oct 04 Boom Like That 34 2 wks
Total Hits : 4 Total Weeks : 9


KNOWLEDGE
Italia male production duo - Stefano Gamma & Ranieri Senni
08 Nov 97 As (Until The Day) 70 1 wk
Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 1


OTTO KNOWS
Swedish male DJ/producer, born Otto Jettman, 6/5/89
01 Sep 12 Million Voices 14 22 wks
(Also charted in 2013)
Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 22


BUDDY KNOX
American male singer/songwriter, 20/7/33-14/2/99
11 May 57 Party Doll 29 3 wks
18 Aug 62 She's Gone 45 2 wks
Total Hits : 2 Total Weeks : 5


FRANKIE KNUCKLES
American male DJ/Producer, born Francis Nicholls, 18/1/55-31/3/14
17 Jun 89 Tears (Frankie Knuckles presents Satoshi Tomiie) 50 3 wks
21 Oct 89 Your Love 29 5 wks
(Also charted in 2014. Peaked in April 2014)
27 Jul 91 The Whistle Song 17 5 wks
23 Nov 91 It's Hard Sometime 67 1 wk
06 Jun 92 Rain Falls 48 2 wks
27 May 95 Too Many Fish (Frankie Knuckles featuring Adeva) 34 2 wks
18 Nov 95 Whadda U Want (From Me) (Frankie Knuckles featuring Adeva) 36 2 wks
Total Hits : 7 Total Weeks : 20


KODALINE
Irish male vocal/instrumental group (Jason Boland, Stephen Garrigan, Vinny May & Mark Prendegrast)
22 Sep 12 All I Want 67 3 wks
(Also charted in 2015. Peaked in January 2015)
30 Mar 13 High Hopes 16 7 wks
15 Jun 13 Love Like This 22 4 wks
07 Sep 13 Brand New Day 75 1 wk
Total Hits : 4 Total Weeks : 15


MOE KOFFMAN QUARTETTE
Canadian male instrumental quarted, led by Morris "Moe" Koffman, 28/12/28-28/3/01
29 Mar 58 Swingin' Shepherd Blues 23 2 wks
Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 2


MIKE KOGLIN
German male DJ/producer
28 Nov 98 The Silence 20 2 wks
29 May 99 On My Way (Mike Koglin featuring Beatrice) 28 2 wks
Total Hits : 2 Total Weeks : 4


K KOKE
British male rapper, born Kevin Georgiou, 22/5/85
08 Dec 12 Turn Back (K Koke featuring Maverick Sabre) 70 1 wk
23 Mar 13 Lay Down Your Weapons (K Koke featuring Rita Ora) 18 2 wks
27 Jul 13 My Time (K Koke featuring Bridget Kelly) 52 1 wk
Total Hits : 3 Total Weeks : 4


KOKOMO
British male/female vocal/instrumental group - Tony Beard, Dyan Birch, Frank Collins, Paddie McHugh, Tony O'Malley & Alan Spenner
29 May 82 A Little Bit Further Away 45 3 wks
Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 3


KOKOMO
American male pianist, born James Wisner, 8/12/31
15 Apr 61 Asia Minor 35 7 wks
Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 7


MATTHEW KOMA
American male vocalist (born 2/6/87)
18 Jan 14 Dare You (Hardwell featuring Matthew Koma) 18 3 wks
26 Apr 14 Cannonball (Earthquake) (Showtek & Justin Prime featuring Matthew Koma) 29 2 wks
21 Jun 14 Wasted (Tiësto featuring Matthew Koma) 3 14 wks
Total Hits : 3 Total Weeks : 19


KON KAN
Canadian male vocal/instrumental duo - Barry Harris & Kevin Wynne
04 Mar 89 I Beg Your Pardon 5 13 wks
Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 13


JOHN KONGOS
South African male singer/songwriter, born 6/8/45
22 May 71 He's Gonna Step On You Again 4 14 wks
20 Nov 71 Tokoloshe Man 4 11 wks
Total Hits : 2 Total Weeks : 25


KONKRETE
British female production duo - Electro Kid K & Miss Rock
22 Sep 01 Law Unto Myself 60 1 wk
Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 1


KONTAKT
British male production duo - Scott Attrill & Jim Sullivan who also recorded under a number of other names
27 Jan 01 Rok Da House (Vinylgroover & The Red Hed) 72 1 wk
20 Sep 03 Show Me A Sign 19 4 wks
10 Jul 04 Stay (Rob Tissera with Vinylgroover & The Red Hed) 61 1 wk
Total Hits : 3 Total Weeks : 6


KOOKS
British male vocal/instrumental group. The original members were Paul Garred, Hugh Harris, Luke Pritchard & Max Rafferty. Peter Denton replaced Rafferty in 2008 and Alexis Nunez came in for Garred in 2012
23 Jul 05 Eddie's Gun 35 1 wk
29 Oct 05 Sofa Song 28 2 wks
21 Jan 06 You Don't Love Me 12 5 wks
01 Apr 06 Naive 5 37 wks
(Also charted in 2007, 2011 & 2012)
01 Jul 06 She Moves In Her Own Way 7 32 wks
(Also charted in 2007)
28 Oct 06 Ooh La 20 7 wks
05 Apr 08 Always Where I Need To Be 3 10 wks
05 Jul 08 Shine On 25 9 wks
25 Oct 08 Sway 41 2 wks
03 May 14 Down 40 1 wk
28 Jun 14 Around Town 35 1 wk
Total Hits : 11 Total Weeks : 107


KOOL & THE GANG
American male vocal/instrumental group. Members from their hitmaking period include broters Robert "Kool" Bell & Ronald Bell, George Brown, Robert Mickens, Claydes Smith, James "JT" Taylor & Dennis Thomas. Taylor also had some solo hits.
27 Oct 79 Ladies Night 9 12 wks
19 Jan 80 Too Hot 23 8 wks
12 Jul 80 Hangin' Out 52 4 wks
01 Nov 80 Celebration $ 7 13 wks
21 Feb 81 Jones vs Jones/Summer Madness/Funky Stuff 17 11 wks
30 May 81 Take It To The Top 15 9 wks
31 Oct 81 Steppin' Out 12 13 wks
19 Dec 81 Get Down On It 3 12 wks
06 Mar 82 Take My Heart (You Can Have It If You Want It) 29 7 wks
07 Aug 82 Big Fun 14 8 wks
16 Oct 82 Ooh La La La (Let's Go Dancin') 6 9 wks
04 Dec 82 Hi De Hi Hi De Ho 29 8 wks
10 Dec 83 Straight Ahead 15 10 wks
11 Feb 84 Joanna/Tonight 2 11 wks
14 Apr 84 When You Say You Love Somebody (In The Heart) 7 8 wks
24 Nov 84 Fresh 11 12 wks
09 Feb 85 Misled 28 5 wks
11 May 85 Cherish 4 22 wks
02 Nov 85 Emergency 50 3 wks
22 Nov 86 Victory 30 12 wks
21 Mar 87 Stone Love 45 4 wks
31 Dec 88 Celebration '88 56 5 wks
06 Jul 91 Get Down On It (Remix) 69 1 wk
27 Dec 03 Ladies Night (Atomic Kitten featuring Kool & The Gang) 8 11 wks
Total Hits : 24 Total Weeks : 218


KOON & STEPHENSON
German male DJ duo. Koon is Klaus Jankuhn and Stephenson is David Brants
23 Mar 96 Always Music (Westbam/Koon & Stephenson) 51 1 wk
Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 1


KOOPA
British male vocal/instrumental group - brothers Ollie & Stuart Cooper plus Joe Murphy. They were the first band to make the Top 40 without being signed to a record label
03 Dec 05 No Trend 71 1 wk
20 Jan 07 Blag Steal And Borrow 31 1 wk
23 Jun 07 The One-Off Song For The Summer 21 1 wk
10 Nov 07 The Crash 16 1 wk
Total Hits : 4 Total Weeks : 4


KORGIS
British male vocal/instrumental duo - Andy Cresswell-Davis, born 10/8/49 & James Warren, born 25/8/51
23 Jun 79 If I Had You 13 12 wks
24 May 80 Everybody's Got To Learn Sometime 5 12 wks
30 Aug 80 If It's All Right With You Baby 56 3 wks
Total Hits : 3 Total Weeks : 27


KORN
American male vocal/instrumental group - Reginald Arvizu, Jonathan Davis, David Silveria, James Shaffer & Brian Welch
19 Oct 96 No Place To Hide 26 2 wks
15 Feb 97 Adidas 22 2 wks
07 Jun 97 Good God 25 2 wks
22 Aug 98 Got The Life 23 2 wks
08 May 99 Freak On A Leash 24 2 wks
12 Feb 00 Falling Away From Me 24 2 wks
03 Jun 00 Make Me Bad 25 2 wks
01 Jun 02 Here To Stay 12 5 wks
21 Sep 02 Thoughtless 37 2 wks
23 Aug 03 Did My Time 15 4 wks
03 Dec 05 Twisted Transistor 27 2 wks
24 Jun 06 Coming Undone 63 1 wk
Total Hits : 12 Total Weeks : 28


KOSHEEN
British group - male production duo Darren Beale ("Darren Decoder", born 1974) and Mark Davies ("Markee Ledge", born 1974) with female singer Sian Evans (born 9/10/73). Evans had a number one as a featured vocalist with DJ Fresh
17 Jun 00 Empty Skies/Hide U 73 1 wk
14 Apr 01 (Slip And Slide) Suicide 50 2 wks
01 Sep 01 Hide U 6 7 wks
22 Dec 01 Catch 15 8 wks
04 May 02 Hungry 13 4 wks
31 Aug 02 Harder 53 1 wk
09 Aug 03 All In My Head 7 7 wks
01 Nov 03 Wasting My Time 49 1 wk
Total Hits : 8 Total Weeks : 31


KOVE
British male producer (born James Rockhill, 20/5/91)
26 Jul 14 Way We Are (Kove featuring Melissa Steel) 30 2 wks
Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 2


KRAFTWERK
German male vocal/instrumental group. The early line-up was made up of Wolfgang Flür, Ralf Hütter, Klaus Röder & Florian Schneider. Röder left in 1975 and was replaced by Karl Bartos. For their 21st cenury hits, Hütter & Schneider were joined by Fritz Hilpert & Henning Schmitz
10 May 75 Autobahn 11 9 wks
28 Oct 78 Neon Lights 53 3 wks
09 May 81 Pocket Calculator 39 6 wks
11 Jul 81 The Model/Computer Love 1 21 wks
( Peaked in February 1982)
20 Feb 82 Showroom Dummies 25 5 wks
06 Aug 83 Tour De France 22 20 wks
(Also charted in 1984 & 1999)
01 Jun 91 The Robots 20 4 wks
02 Nov 91 Radioactivity 43 2 wks
18 Mar 00 Expo 2000 27 2 wks
19 Jul 03 Tour De France 2003 20 4 wks
27 Mar 04 Aerodynamik 33 3 wks
Total Hits : 11 Total Weeks : 79


BILLY J KRAMER & THE DAKOTAS
British male vocal/instrumental group led by Kramer (born William Ashton, 19/8/43). The Dakotas had a parallel contract with them releasing instrumental versions; they were formed of Ray Jones, Robin MacDonald, Tony Mansfield (born Tony Bookbinder), Mike Maxfield & Tony Reeve. Jones left in 1964 and was replaced by Mick Green. Tony Mansfield is the brother of Elkie Brooks
04 May 63 Do You Want To Know A Secret? 2 15 wks
03 Aug 63 Bad To Me 1 14 wks
09 Nov 63 I'll Keep You Satisfied 4 13 wks
29 Feb 64 Little Children 1 13 wks
25 Jul 64 From A Window 10 8 wks
22 May 65 Trains And Boats And Plains 12 8 wks
Total Hits : 6 Total Weeks : 71


KRANKIES
British male/female comedy vocal duo - husband & wife Ian & Janette Tough
07 Feb 81 Fan' Dabi' Dozi 46 6 wks
Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 6


LENNY KRAVITZ
American male singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist, born 26/5/64
02 Jun 90 Mr Cabdriver 58 2 wks
04 Aug 90 Let Love Rule 39 4 wks
30 Mar 91 Always On The Run 41 3 wks
15 Jun 91 It Ain't Over 'Til It's Over 11 8 wks
14 Sep 91 Stand By My Woman 55 3 wks
20 Feb 93 Are You Gonna Go My Way 4 11 wks
22 May 93 Believe 30 5 wks
28 Aug 93 Heaven Help 20 7 wks
04 Dec 93 The Buddha Of Suburbia (David Bowie featuring Lenny Kravitz) 35 3 wks
04 Dec 93 Is There Any Love In Your Heart 52 2 wks
09 Sep 95 Rock And Roll Is Dead 22 3 wks
23 Dec 95 Circus 54 2 wks
02 Mar 96 Can't Get You Off My Mind 54 2 wks
16 May 98 If You Can't Say No 48 2 wks
10 Oct 98 I Belong To You 75 1 wk
20 Feb 99 Fly Away 1 10 wks
06 Apr 02 Stillness Of Heart 44 1 wk
07 Feb 04 Show Me Your Soul (Lenny Kravitz, P Diddy, Loon & Pharrell Williams) 35 2 wks
24 Jul 04 California 62 1 wk
15 Sep 12 Superlove (Avicii vs Lenny Kravitz) 49 2 wks
Total Hits : 20 Total Weeks : 74


KRAY TWINZ
British male production duo (brothers Jat & Jaz Singh)
12 Nov 05 What We Do (Kray Twinz featuring Twista & Lethal B) 23 3 wks
Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 3


KRAZE
American male/female vocal/instrumental group - Mike Costanzo, Craig Kallman, Martine & Richard Laurent
22 Oct 88 The Party 29 5 wks
17 Jun 89 Let's Play House 71 1 wk
Total Hits : 2 Total Weeks : 6


KREUZ
British male vocal/instrumental/production group (Sean Cummings, Wayne Lewis & Rickardo Reid)
08 Jul 95 Party All Night 75 1 wk
Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 1


CHANTAL KREVIAZUK
Canadian female singer/songwriter/pianist, born 18/5/74
06 Mar 99 Leaving On A Jet Plane 59 1 wk
Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 1


KREW KATS
British male instrumental group - Tony Belcher, Brian Bennett, Brian Locking & Jim Sullivan. Bennett went on to join The Shadows
11 Mar 61 Trambone 33 10 wks
Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 10


HENRY KRINKLE
Estonian-born American male producer
15 Nov 14 Stay 41 2 wks
Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 2


KRIS KROSS
American male rap duo - Chris "Mac Daddy" Kelly (12/8/78-1/5/13) & Chris "Daddy Mac" Smith (born 10/1/79)
30 May 92 Jump $ 2 8 wks
25 Jul 92 Warm It Up 16 6 wks
17 Oct 92 I Missed The Bus 57 1 wk
19 Dec 92 It's A Shame 31 5 wks
11 Sep 93 Alright 47 2 wks
Total Hits : 5 Total Weeks : 22


KRISHANE
Jamaican male singer, the son of Barrington Levy
25 Oct 14 Drunk And Incapable (Krishane featuring Melissa Steel) 27 4 wks
Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 4


KRISTIN
American female singer/actress, born Kristin Chenoweth, 24/7/68. She has several film & TV roles but is best known for her stage work, including in "You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown" and "Wicked"
31 May 08 Defying Gravity 60 1 wk
Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 1
See also Glee Cast


CHAD KROEGER
Canadian male vocalist (born 15/11/74) , lead singer of Nickelback. Married Avril Lavigne in 2013
22 Jun 02 Hero (Chad Kroeger featuring Josey Scott) 4 14 wks
16 Nov 13 Let Me Go (Avril Lavigne featuring Chad Kroeger) 66 1 wk
Total Hits : 2 Total Weeks : 15


KROKUS
Swiss male vocal/instrumental group - Freddy Futig, Tommy Kiefer, Marc Storace, Fernando von Arb & Chris von Ruhr
16 May 81 Industrial Strength (EP) 62 2 wks
(Tracks: Bedside Radio/Easy Rocker/Celebration/Bye Bye Baby)
Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 2


KRUSH
British male/female vocal/production/instrumental group - producers Mark Brydon & Robert Gordon, musicians Cassius Campbell & Mark Gamble with vocalist Ruth Joy. Brydon went on to form Moloko, while Joy had a couple of small solo hits
05 Dec 87 House Arrest 3 15 wks
14 Nov 92 Walking On Sunshine 71 1 wk
Total Hits : 2 Total Weeks : 16


KRUSH PERSPECTIVE
American female vocal group (Ashley Jackson, Angie Smith & Christy Williams)
16 Jan 93 Let's Get Together (So Groovy Now) 61 2 wks
Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 2


KRUST
British male DJ/producer, born Kirk Thompson, 1968
23 Oct 99 Coded Language (Krust featuring Saul Williams) 66 1 wk
26 Jan 02 Snapped It 58 1 wk
Total Hits : 2 Total Weeks : 2


KUBB
British male vocal/instrumental group - Adj Buffone, Harry Collier, Dominic Greensmith & John Tilley. Collier had previously been in Rootjoose
03 Sep 05 Remain 45 1 wk
19 Nov 05 Wicked Soul 25 3 wks
18 Feb 06 Grow 18 3 wks
Total Hits : 3 Total Weeks : 7


KUJAY DADA
British male vocal/instrumental/production group (Jon Constantine, Dave Cowen, Dave Graham & Kurt Howes)
17 Jan 04 Young Hearts 41 3 wks
Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 3


KULA SHAKER
British male vocal/instrumental group - Alonza Bevan, Jay Darlington, Crispian Mills & Paul Winterhart. Mills was also a member of The Jeevas and was the son of Hayley Mills
04 May 96 Grateful When You're Dead/Jerry Was There 35 3 wks
06 Jul 96 Tattva 4 8 wks
07 Sep 96 Hey Dude 2 7 wks
23 Nov 96 Govinda 7 8 wks
08 Mar 97 Hush 2 9 wks
02 May 98 Sound Of Drums 3 6 wks
06 Mar 99 Mystical Machine Gun 14 3 wks
15 May 99 Shower Your Love 14 4 wks
Total Hits : 8 Total Weeks : 48


KULAY
Filipino male/female vocal group, including Radha Cuadrado
12 Sep 98 Delicious 73 1 wk
Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 1


KUMARA
Dutch male production duo, Neeskens & Van De Jong/
07 Oct 00 Snap Your Fingaz 70 1 wk
Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 1


KUNT & THE GANG
British male comedy vocalist with hand puppet sidekick
25 Dec 10 Use My Arsehole As A c**t 66 1 wk
30 Apr 11 f***sticks 63 1 wk
Total Hits : 2 Total Weeks : 2


CHARLIE KUNZ
American-born Briitsh bandleader/pianist, 18/9/1896-16/3/58
18 Dec 54 Piano Medley No 114 16 4 wks
(Also charted in 1955)
Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 4


KURSAAL FLYERS
British male vocal/instrumental group (Will Birch, Richie Bill, Vic Collins, Graeme Douglas & Paul Shuttleworth). Douglas went on to join Eddie & The Hot Rods
20 Nov 76 Little Does She Know 14 10 wks
Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 10


KURUPT
American male rapper, born Ricardo Brown, 23/11/72
25 Aug 01 Where I Wanna Be (Shade Sheist featuring Nate Dogg & Kurupt) 14 7 wks
13 Oct 01 It's Over 21 3 wks
Total Hits : 2 Total Weeks : 10


KUT KLOSE
American female vocal group (Lavonn Battle, Athena Cage & Tabitha Duncan)
29 Apr 95 I Like 72 1 wk
Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 1


KWABS
British (Ghanaian-born) male singer, Kwabena Adjepong
18 Oct 14 Walk 71 1 wk
Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 1


TALIB KWELI
American male rapper, born Talib Kweli Greene, 3/10/75
18 Dec 04 I Try (Talib Kweli featuring Mary J Blige) 59 1 wk
Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 1


KYGO FEATURING CONRAD
Norwegian male producer/DJ (Kyrre Gørvell-Dahll, born 1991) with Australian male vocalist
31 Jan 15 Firestone ➜ 69 1 wk
Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 1


KYLA
British female singer, born Kyla Smith, now Kyla Reid
07 Feb 09 Do You Mind 48 3 wks
Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 3

Posted by: Suedehead2 15th December 2014, 11:03 PM

It should be Gorden Kaye, not Gordon.

Posted by: fchd 15th December 2014, 11:09 PM

The first part of the K's arrives with Part 44. I was intending to reach part 46 (i.e Halfway) by the end of 2014 so even taking into account the time I missed recovering from my shoulder operation, I'm not too far behind.

This will probably be the last part of 2014, I am going to spend the Christmas period bringing all the previous parts up to date, both with further information that has come to light since the original postings, and to include all the 2014 hits.


So to Part 44.

R Kelly's career has been blighted with several court cases and accusations, most of which have not led to convictions, but a lot of the mud has stuck.

Ronan Keating has had a hugely successful career, both with Boyzone and as a solo artist. Kelis has had more Top 10s (9) than I would have given her credit for, but has not had a lead artist hit for over 4 years now.

We also have a bunch of 2000s British bands in this group - Kasabian, Kaiser Chiefs & Keane to the fore.

The 80s are represented by Kajagoogoo and Katrina & The Waves (who of course made a Eurovision-related comeback in the 90s), The 60s by Eden Kane and the 70s by KC & The Sunshine Band.

Others who reached number one - KWS, Peter Kay, Kitty Kallen, the Kalin Twins & Jerry Keller, plus the inimitable KLF, who I think I have listed all their hitmaking aliases, but wouldn't be surprised if one or two have slipped through the net.





Plea for help needed for other K listings - does anyone know the relevant line ups for Kicking Back with Taxman, and Kokomo (the "A Little Bit Further Away" Kokomo)

Posted by: fchd 15th December 2014, 11:13 PM

Thanks, duly amended. His real name was, of course, Gordon.

Posted by: paulgilb 15th December 2014, 11:52 PM

Preeya Kalidas' hit with Skepta is missing.

Mick Karn was also a member of Rain Tree Crow (who were a re-formed Japan under a different name).

Kasenetz-Katz Singing Orchestral Circus is spelled wrongly.

Kavana's 6th hit was Special Kind Of Something.

R Kelly's 2003 hit should be Step In The Name Of Love/Thoia Thoing.

Other than that, great stuff (and I never realised that Lee-O and Leo The Lion were the same person)!

Posted by: jaynesangel 16th December 2014, 09:17 AM

Great resources, as always! Under KWS, their debut single, 'Please Don't Go', is usually listed as a double A side along with 'Game Boy'.

Posted by: Michael Bubré 17th December 2014, 02:15 PM

Though it doesn't seem to have halted his singles chart success, with a new top 10 hit both last year and this year! (Albeit the former was as a featured artist and the latter was just a bootleg of one of his previous top 10 hits).

Couple of comments as usual
> Kadoc's second hit should presumably be 'You Got To Be There'.
> Preeya Kalidas is missing 'Cross My Heart' (Skepta feat. Preeya Kalidas) from her chart history (a #31 hit in 2010).
> The Peter Kay CIN medley was credited to 'Peter Kay's Animated All Star Band' and titled 'The Official BBC Children In Need Medley', both slightly different to the names you have listed
> Kelis' '4th Of July (Fireworks)' is missing the 'Of'

Great stuff otherwise ~ Also interested to learn that a Guinean artist (Mory Kanté) has charted, is it safe to assume he is the only one?

Posted by: fchd 21st December 2014, 10:56 PM

One of Afro Celt Sound System was apparently from Guinea.

Posted by: fchd 22nd December 2014, 11:10 AM

So I did have the time to put together another batch before Christmas.

The stand out artists in this group include Kings Of Leon, whose two massive long runners account for a large proportion of their weeks on chart, Alicia Keys, Kesha (or Ke$ha if you must), and the Killers.

Less tolerably, Jonathan King and all his aliases is also included, and Wiz Khalifa has racked up more success (mainly as a featured artist) than I thought he had.

Chaka Khan had a number one that is perhaps more memorable for Melle Mel's rap than her own contribution, Carole King was way more successful as a songwriter than a singer (although she does have one of the most critically acclaimed albums of the 70s. Kiesza may well be on the way to having the same career path after the follow-ups to "Hideaway" haven't really taken off.

Ben E King reached number one 20 years too late after "Stand By Me" was featured in a Levi's advert, Nicole Kidman is more of an actress than a singer (way, way more) and the only other number one act in this group is Johnny Kidd & The Pirates



As you can probably see, I drew a blank regarding the members of Kicking Back with Taxman, I'll keep looking though.


Finally, thanks to all the contributors of these threads over 2014. I suspect there was some scepticism when I started that this might be a project too far, but with all the help from members of this forum, we are just about halfway through and looking strong to get the whole job completed by the end of 2015. I know there will always be minor disagreements about what should be included and what shouldn't, and how some things should be presented, but we're all generally moving in the same direction and working together for a resource that can be used by the members long term.

Posted by: jaynesangel 22nd December 2014, 11:33 AM

Had a look through my old British hit singles books - the last one was number 18 - and it doesn't have any additional info to what you have listed. I checked Discogs and they have no more info - they do list the writers for Devotion, though. No joy on the members of the act.

Posted by: paulgilb 22nd December 2014, 12:35 PM

George Best - A Tribute credited Peter Corry.

Nicole Kidman is US-born.

Killers ft Lou Reed's hit was called Tranquilize.

Bianca Kinane appeared on Stars In Their Eyes in 1995 (according to Wikipedia).

Other than that, great stuff, and have a good Christmas!

Posted by: The Hit Parade 22nd December 2014, 04:16 PM

Just checked the Graham Betts book and he didn't know who Kicking Back with Taxman were either. I even looked at YouTube comments in case somebody had said "that's me!"

Odd because they obviously weren't trying to be anonymous.

Posted by: Suedehead2 22nd December 2014, 09:52 PM

Thanks for your excellent work so far. I look forward to seeing this continue in the new year. As you say, no two people will ever agree on the ideal method of presentation etc. but yours comes pretty close to what I would have done. In hindsight, the only significant thing I would have done differently would have been to distinguish between different versions of the same song and different songs with the same name. Obviously, if you don't have that recorded anywhere, it would be a very big task to rectify that now.

In the meantime, have a great Christmas

Posted by: The Hit Parade 22nd December 2014, 10:51 PM

As a pedant, I could argue that the Kick Horns also appear on at least two chart-topping singles that I can think of offhand, but are of course not a credited Number One act.

Posted by: fchd 14th January 2015, 10:38 AM

Back again for 2015!

I had intended this post to have been produced about 10 days ago, but my PC died and I have had to transfer all the data and software to a new machine and check to see if everything was still working.

Anyway, here is the final part of the K's with the likes of Kool & The Gang, Gladys Knight & The Pips and Beverly Knight from the soul side of things, The Kinks, The Kooks, Kiss and Lenny Kravitz representing different guitar-based sounds, Sean Kingston from a short of hybrid soul-reggae land and Krafterk, firmly from Synth-land.

Also reaching number one - Billy J Kramer & The Dakotas and Fern Kinney. Whatever happened to Fern Kinney?


All parts from A to G were updated to the end of December (to chart dated 27/12/14). I'll continue regular updates of previously posted parts, with the relevant cut-off point shown in the thread sub-title, with H, I & J getting a makeover with the last January dated chart.


L's to start next week, I think I'm OK for the first batch (of 5) but may have some queries about later acts which I will put out there next Monday (when I will be back on a regularly updating schedule).

Posted by: paulgilb 14th January 2015, 07:42 PM

Kinks - Supersonic Rocket Ship has its first week wrongly split from the rest.
Kevin K*tchen's name (replace the * with an 'i') has gone a bit wrong...
Alani Gibbon of Kleshay was also in Anotherside.

Apart from that, great stuff as usual!

Posted by: ¡bré! 14th January 2015, 07:44 PM

That'd be because the word 'kitchen' was added to this site's spam filter in an attempt to ward off spam accounts trying to sell kitchens (which seems to have worked as I haven't seen one of those threads in some time).

It can be evaded by sticking tags in the middle of the word like so

Posted by: fchd 14th January 2015, 07:50 PM

I put in a line in one of my programs to trap ktchen in titles, but didn't do it for artists. I will have to rectify this for the next update.

Posted by: Suedehead2 14th January 2015, 07:57 PM

Pete Quaife (The Kinks) died in 2010.
Crispian Mills (Kula Shaker) is the son of Hayley Mills who had a hit single of her own.

Posted by: fchd 19th January 2015, 09:46 AM

Hopefully all the above corrections/additions taken into account, plus Kid Ink and Kodaline updated for their presence in this week's chart.

Posted by: ¡bré! 19th January 2015, 01:56 PM

The Kevin Kitchen issue appears to be unresolved. I've just edited your post for the time being but did you not add in the patch for artists with that word in their names or did it just not work?

Aside from that, I'm aware of the OCC's unusual crediting of the track but I've never seen any other source for Kristin Chenoweth being mononymous on 'Defying Gravity', or for Idina Menzel being uncredited (in fact Idina is usually listed as the first of the two artists). Something you may want to look into a bit possibly

Sian Evans of Kosheen had a #1 away from the group featuring on DJ Fresh's 'Louder'.

Posted by: fchd 19th January 2015, 02:30 PM

Odd - the Kevin K bit looks fine on the text I copied and pasted from!?!?!?

I will have a look at the "Defying Gravity" issue, and certainly make the change re Sian Evans.

Posted by: The Hit Parade 22nd January 2015, 07:02 PM

Finally found my K notes, sorry they're late:

KLF - Some people have claimed that 'Ooh Ah Cantona' by 1000 Drums featuring Unjustified Ancients Of Mumu is yet another KLF pseudonym, and although the KLF have denied this, not everyone believes them.
Also, should Ricardo Da Force be mentioned since he features on almost all hits credited to KLF?

KRS-One - Spelling of "Dainja"
He also appears uncredited on 'Radio Song' by R.E.M.

PREEYA KALIDAS - Her first hit is from the musical Bombay Dreams

KAVANA - His real name is spelt Kavanagh

GORDEN KAYE & VICKI MICHELLE - IMDB gives her real name as Michelle Vicki Nathan

KEANE - Jesse Quin didn't work with them until 2008 and only became an official member in 2011.

R KELLY - Correct title is 'Step In The Name Of Love'

EDDIE KENDRICK - Also credited (as "Eddie Kendrick") on 'A Night At The Apollo Live' by Hall & Oates. The name change was allegedly for contractual reasons.

KENICKIE - Pete Gofton is also credited as Pete X on some releases. Shouldn't he be listed second alphabetically though?
(personal note: I was once insulted in the same tweet as him, which is the closest I get to stardom)

BRIAN KENNEDY - George Best A Tribute is an EP
'You Raise Me Up' by Brian Kennedy; 'The Long And Winding Road' by Peter Corry; 'Bring Him Home-Vincent (medley)' by both of them.

KICK HORNS - Lineup: Simon Clarke, Roddy Lorimer and Tim Sanders. I'm not sure which of them played on that specific track though.

KIDS IN GLASS HOUSES - 'Undercover Lover' also has a sleeve credit "featuring Frankie Sandford" [now Bridge]

KILLS - Jamie Hince previously charted as a member of Scarfo. He is married to Kate Moss, who has featured on a couple of charting singles.
Alison Mosshart also has some uncredited guest appearances, including one with Primal Scream (who also worked with Kate Moss)

CAROLE KING - Some sources list 'It's Too Late' as a double-A with 'I Feel The Earth Move'

KINGMAKER - Full title of their last hit is 'In The Best Possible Taste (Part 2)'

KINGS OF LEON - The first two hits are EPs
Holy Roller Novocaine: 'Mollys's Chambers', 'California Waiting', 'Holy Roller Novocine'
The only common track to all formats of What I Saw is 'Red Morning Light'

KINKY MACHINE - Johnny Bull and Louis Eliot later formed Rialto

Posted by: fchd 27th January 2015, 11:27 AM

All updated again to take into account the above, plus updated to last chart of January which enables Kygo featuring Conrad to be added.

Re "Defying Gravity" - the original source I used for my charts listed just Kristin, as does the last Virgin book and the OCC archive. Polyhex does to, but also adds her surname. I can't find any source that indicates Idina Menzel was credited on the chart, although I don't have a real primary source (chartscans data ends before this made the charts)

1000 Drums etc. - I will refer to this when I get to the "O" section

Kenickie - I put "brother & sister" as it just sounds better than "sister & brother", and then it followed that Pete would be listed first

Carole King - it looks like the UK version was as A side with a B side but the US release was treated as a double A side