April 2, 201015 yr 23rd Jun 1988 : 1988 On your birthdate the No. 1 single was Bros - "I Owe You Nothing" 1989 On your 1st birthday Soul II Soul featuring Caron Wheeler - "Back To Life (How Ever Do You Want Me)" 1990 On your 2nd birthday Elton John - "Sacrifice / Healing Hands" 1991 On your 3rd birthday Jason Donovan - "Any Dream Will Do" 1992 On your 4th birthday Erasure - "Abba-Esque (EP)" 1993 On your 5th birthday Gabrielle - "Dreams" 1994 On your 6th birthday Wet Wet Wet - "Love Is All Around" 1995 On your 7th birthday Robson & Jerome - "Unchained Melody / The White Cliffs Of Dover" 1996 On your 8th birthday Fugees - "Killing Me Softly" 1997 On your 9th birthday Puff Daddy & Faith Evans - "I'll Be Missing You" 1998 On your 10th birthday Baddiel & Skinner & The Lightning Seeds - "Three Lions 98" 1999 On your 11th birthday The Vengaboys - "Boom Boom Boom Boom" 2000 On your 12th birthday Black Legend - "You See The Trouble With Me" 2001 On your 13th birthday Shaggy feat. Rayvon - "Angel" 2002 On your 14th birthday Elvis vs JXL - "A Little Less Conversation" 2003 On your 15th birthday Evanescence - "Bring Me To Life" 2004 On your 16th birthday Britney Spears - "Everytime" 2005 On your 17th birthday Crazy Frog - "Axel F" 2006 On your 18th birthday Nelly Furtado - "Maneater" 2007 On your 19th birthday Rihanna featuring Jay-Z - "Umbrella" 2008 On your 20th birthday Coldplay - "Viva La Vida" 2009 On your 21st birthday David Guetta featuring Kelly Rowland - "When Love Takes Over"
April 2, 201015 yr :lol: I didn't do my list from memory. I used that link to EveryHit.com and did it there. :D That's not what I meant. I meant that I could remember all the songs from the time they were number one. :cry:
April 2, 201015 yr 7th September 1992 1992 Snap - "Rhythm Is A Dancer" 1993 Culture Beat - "Mr Vain" 1994 Wet Wet Wet - "Love Is All Around" 1995 Michael Jackson - "You Are Not Alone" 1996 Spice Girls - "Wannabe" 1997 The Verve - "The Drugs Don't Work" 1998 All Saints - "Bootie Call" 1999 Lou Bega - "Mambo No5 (A Little Bit Of...)" 2000 A1 - "Take On Me" 2001 Blue - "Too Close" 2002 Atomic Kitten - "The Tide Is High (Get The Feeling)" 2003 Black Eyes Peas - "Where Is The Love?" 2004 Nelly - "My Place / Flap Your Wings" 2005 Gorillaz - "Dare" 2006 Justin Timberlake - "Sexyback" 2007 Sean Kingston - "Beautiful Girl" 2008 Katy Perry - "I Kissed A Girl" 2009 Jay-Z ft. Rihanna & Kanye West - "Run This Town"
April 2, 201015 yr That's not what I meant. I meant that I could remember all the songs from the time they were number one. :cry: Let's see your list then Mr. Suedehead. :D
April 2, 201015 yr Let's see your list then Mr. Suedehead. :D It's a long list. The first decade was mostly very good. It could only go downhill from there :lol: 1960 On your birthdate the No. 1 single was The Shadows - "Apache" 1961 On your 1st birthday John Leyton - "Johnny Remember Me" One of those classic death records 1962 On your 2nd birthday Elvis Presley - "She's Not You" 1963 On your 3rd birthday The Beatles - "She Loves You" The only Beatles number one in the list :o 1964 On your 4th birthday Herman's Hermits - "I'm Into Something Good" - The first record I ever bought was another song by Herman's Hermits :D 1965 On your 5th birthday The Walker Brothers - "Make It Easy On Yourself" A classic 1966 On your 6th birthday Jim Reeves - "Distant Drums" 1967 On your 7th birthday Engelbert Humperdinck - "The Last Waltz" 1968 On your 8th birthday Mary Hopkin - "Those Were The Days" The first one I remember from when it was out 1969 On your 9th birthday Creedence Clearwater Revival - "Bad Moon Rising" Another classic 1970 On your 10th birthday Freda Payne - "Band Of Gold" 1971 On your 11th birthday The Tams - "Hey Girl Don't Bother Me" 1972 On your 12th birthday Slade - "Mama Weer All Crazee Now" 1973 On your 13th birthday Wizzard - "Angel Fingers" 1974 On your 14th birthday Carl Douglas - "Kung Fu Fighting" Oh dear 1975 On your 15th birthday Rod Stewart - "Sailing" 1976 On your 16th birthday Abba - "Dancing Queen" 1977 On your 17th birthday Elvis Presley - "Way Down" 1978 On your 18th birthday 10cc - "Dreadlock Holiday" 1979 On your 19th birthday Gary Numan - "Cars" 1980 On your 20th birthday The Police - "Don't Stand So Close To Me" 1981 On your 21st birthday Adam & The Ants - "Prince Charming" 1982 On your 22nd birthday Survivor - "Eye Of The Tiger" 1983 On your 23rd birthday Culture Club - "Karma Chameleon" 1984 On your 24th birthday Stevie Wonder - "I Just Called To Say I Love You" Utter drek 1985 On your 25th birthday David Bowie & Mick Jagger - "Dancing In The Street" 1986 On your 26th birthday Communards - "Don't Leave Me This Way" Second cover in a row and easily the better of the two 1987 On your 27th birthday Rick Astley - "Never Gonna Give You Up" Ouch 1988 On your 28th birthday The Hollies - "He Ain't Heavy He's My Brother" 1989 On your 29th birthday Black Box - "Ride On Time" Dire 1990 On your 30th birthday Maria McKee - "Show Me Heaven" Worse than dire 1991 On your 31st birthday Bryan Adams - "(Everything I Do) I Do It For You" Number one for ever so this will be in a lot of lists 1992 On your 32nd birthday The Shamen - "Ebeneezer Goode" The only decent one of my fourth decade 1993 On your 33rd birthday Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince - "Boom! Shake The Room" 1994 On your 34th birthday Whigfield - "Saturday Night" 1995 On your 35th birthday Simply Red - "Fairground" 1996 On your 36th birthday The Fugees - "Ready Or Not" 1997 On your 37th birthday Elton John - "Candle In The Wind '97 / Something About The Way You Look Tonight" 1998 On your 38th birthday Melanie B featuring Missy Elliott - "I Want You Back" Ending a run of six dreadful birthday number ones 1999 On your 39th birthday Eiffel 65 - "Blue (Da Ba Dee)" Second best of my fourth decade. Says it all really :lol: 2000 On your 40th birthday Mariah Carey & Westlife - "Against All Odds" 2001 On your 41st birthday Kylie Minogue - "Can't Get You Out Of My Head" 2002 On your 42nd birthday Pink - "Just Like A Pill" 2003 On your 43rd birthday Black Eyes Peas - "Where Is The Love?" 2004 On your 44th birthday Eric Prydz - "Call On Me" 2005 On your 45th birthday Pussycat Dolls featuring Busta Rhymes - "Don't Cha" 2006 On your 46th birthday Scissor Sisters - "I Don't Feel Like Dancin'" 2007 On your 47th birthday Sean Kingston - "Beautiful Girl" 2008 On your 48th birthday Kings Of Leon - "Sex On Fire" 2009 On your 49th birthday Taio Cruz - "Break Your Heart"
April 2, 201015 yr 1995 On your birthdate the No. 1 single was Robson & Jerome - "Unchained Melody / The White Cliffs Of Dover" 1996 On your 1st birthday Gina G - "Ooh Aah... Just A Little Bit" 1997 On your 2nd birthday Olive - "You're Not Alone" 1998 On your 3rd birthday All Saints - "Under The Bridge / Lady Marmalade" 1999 On your 4th birthday Boyzone - "You Needed Me" 2000 On your 5th birthday Madison Avenue - "Don't Call Me Baby" 2001 On your 6th birthday S Club 7 - "Don't Stop Movin'" 2002 On your 7th birthday Liberty X - "Just A Little" 2003 On your 8th birthday R Kelly - "Ignition Remix" 2004 On your 9th birthday Frankee - "F.U.R.B. (F U Right Back)" 2005 On your 10th birthday Akon - "Lonely" 2006 On your 11th birthday Gnarls Barkley - "Crazy" 2007 On your 12th birthday Rihanna featuring Jay-Z - "Umbrella" 2008 On your 13th birthday Ting Tings - "That's Not My Name" 2009 On your 14th birthday Calvin Harris - "I'm Not Alone"
April 2, 201015 yr 6th March 1990: 1990 On your birthdate the No. 1 single was Beats International featuring Lindy Layton - "Dub Be Good To Me" (which incidentally sampled the band behind 1991's no.1) 1991 On your 1st birthday The Clash - "Should I Stay Or Should I Go" (Awesome) 1992 On your 2nd birthday Shakespear's Sister - "Stay" (Awesome, goes downhill after this) 1993 On your 3rd birthday 2 Unlimited - "No Limit" 1994 On your 4th birthday Mariah Carey - "Without You" 1995 On your 5th birthday Celine Dion - "Think Twice" 1996 On your 6th birthday Take That - "How Deep Is Your Love" 1997 On your 7th birthday No Doubt - "Don't Speak" 1998 On your 8th birthday Madonna - "Frozen" 1999 On your 9th birthday Britney Spears - "Baby One More Time" 2000 On your 10th birthday Madonna - "American Pie" 2001 On your 11th birthday Shaggy feat. Rikrok - "It Wasn't Me" 2002 On your 12th birthday Will Young - "Anything Is Possible / Evergreen" 2003 On your 13th birthday Christina Aguilera - "Beautiful" 2004 On your 14th birthday Peter Andre - "Mysterious Girl" 2005 On your 15th birthday Stereophonics - "Dakota" 2006 On your 16th birthday Chico - "It's Chico Time" 2007 On your 17th birthday Take That - "Shine" 2008 On your 18th birthday Basshunter featuring DJ Mental Theos - "Now You" 2009 On your 19th birthday Kelly Clarkson - "My Life Would Suck Without You" 2010 On your 20th birthday Jason Derulo - "In My Head"
April 2, 201015 yr I'm jealous of anyone who had their birthday during Umbrella's almighty reign :cry: Btw the use of the word "reign" wasn't an attempt at a pun :P
April 3, 201015 yr Singles 1970 On your birthdate the No. 1 single was Lee Marvin - "Wand'rin' Star" 1971 On your 1st birthday T.Rex - "Hot Love" 1972 On your 2nd birthday Nilsson - "Without You" 1973 On your 3rd birthday Slade - "Cum On Feel The Noize" 1974 On your 4th birthday Paper Lace - "Billy Don't Be A Hero" 1975 On your 5th birthday The Bay City Rollers - "Bye Bye Baby" 1976 On your 6th birthday Tina Charles - "I Love To Love" or Brotherhood of Man - Save Your Kisses For Me 1977 On your 7th birthday Manhattan Transfer - "Chanson D'Amour" 1978 On your 8th birthday Kate Bush - "Wuthering Heights" 1979 On your 9th birthday Gloria Gaynor - "I Will Survive" 1980 On your 10th birthday The Jam - "Going Underground / Dreams Of Children" 1981 On your 11th birthday Roxy Music - "Jealous Guy" 2 days later it would have been This Ole House! 1982 On your 12th birthday Tight Fit - "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" 1983 On your 13th birthday Duran Duran - "Is There Something I Should Know" 1984 On your 14th birthday Lionel Richie - "Hello" 1985 On your 15th birthday Philip Bailey (duet with Phil Collins) - "Easy Lover" 1986 On your 16th birthday Diana Ross - "Chain Reaction" 1987 On your 17th birthday Mel & Kim - "Respectable" or Boy George - Everything I Own 1988 On your 18th birthday Aswad - "Don't Turn Around" 1989 On your 19th birthday Madonna - "Like A Prayer" 1990 On your 20th birthday Beats International featuring Lindy Layton - "Dub Be Good To Me" 1991 On your 21st birthday Hale & Pace - "The Stonk" 1992 On your 22nd birthday Shakespear's Sister - "Stay" 1993 On your 23rd birthday Shaggy - "Oh Carolina" 1994 On your 24th birthday Doop - "Doop" 1995 On your 25th birthday Cher, Chrissie Hynde & Neneh Cherry with Eric Clapton - "Love Can Build A Bridge" 1996 On your 26th birthday Take That - "How Deep Is Your Love" 1997 On your 27th birthday Spice Girls - "Who Do You Think You Are / Mama" 1998 On your 28th birthday Run DMC vs Jason Nevins - "It's Like That" 1999 On your 29th birthday B*witched - "Blame It On The Weatherman" 2000 On your 30th birthday Geri Halliwell - "Bag It Up" 2001 On your 31st birthday Hear'Say - "Pure And Simple" 2002 On your 32nd birthday Will Young - "Anything Is Possible / Evergreen" 2003 On your 33rd birthday Gareth Gates featuring The Kumars - "Spirit In The Sky" 2004 On your 34th birthday Usher featuring Lil Jon & Ludacris - "Yeah" 2005 On your 35th birthday Tony Christie featuring Peter Kay - "(Is This The Way To) Amarillo" 2006 On your 36th birthday Orson - "No Tomorrow" 2007 On your 37th birthday Sugababes vs Girls Aloud - "Walk This Way" 2008 On your 38th birthday Basshunter featuring DJ Mental Theos - "Now You" 2009 On your 39th birthday Lady Gaga - "Poker Face" 2010 On your 40th birthday Lady Gaga featuring Beyonce - "Telephone" Albums 1970 On your birthdate the No. 1 album was George Harrison - "All Things Must Pass" 1971 On your 1st birthday Lindisfarne - "Fog On The Tyne" 1972 On your 2nd birthday Alice Cooper - "Billion Dollar Babies" 1973 On your 3rd birthday Carpenters - "The Singles 1969-1973" 1974 On your 4th birthday Tom Jones - "20 Greatest Hits" 1975 On your 5th birthday Status Quo - "Blue For You" 1976 On your 6th birthday Shadows - "20 Golden Greats" 1977 On your 7th birthday Buddy Holly & The Crickets - "20 Golden Greats" 1978 On your 8th birthday Bee Gees - "Spirits Having Flown" 1979 On your 9th birthday Johnny Mathis - "Tears And Laughter" 1980 On your 10th birthday Adam & The Ants - "Kings Of The Wild Frontier" 1981 On your 11th birthday Motorhead - "No Sleep Till Hammersmith" 1982 On your 12th birthday Barbra Streisand - "Love Songs" 1983 On your 13th birthday Tears For Fears - "The Hurting" 1984 On your 14th birthday Howard Jones - "Human's Lib" 1985 On your 15th birthday Phil Collins - "No Jacket Required" 1986 On your 16th birthday Dire Straits - "Brothers In Arms" 1987 On your 17th birthday U2 - "The Joshua Tree" 1988 On your 18th birthday Morrissey - "Viva Hate" 1989 On your 19th birthday Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine - "Anything For You" 1990 On your 20th birthday Sinead O'Connor - "I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got" 1991 On your 21st birthday R.E.M. - "Out Of Time" 1992 On your 22nd birthday Madness - "Divine Madness" 1993 On your 23rd birthday Hot Chocolate - "Their Greatest Hits" 1994 On your 24th birthday Morrissey - "Vauxhall And I" 1995 On your 25th birthday Elastica - "Elastica" 1996 On your 26th birthday Celine Dion - "Falling Into You" 1997 On your 27th birthday Spice Girls - "Spice" 1998 On your 28th birthday Celine Dion - "Let's Talk About Love" 1999 On your 29th birthday Blur - "~13" 2000 On your 30th birthday Travis - "The Man Who" 2001 On your 31st birthday Eva Cassidy - "Songbird" 2002 On your 32nd birthday Nickelback - "Silver Side Up" 2003 On your 33rd birthday Norah Jones - "Come Away With Me" 2004 On your 34th birthday George Michael - "Patience" 2005 On your 35th birthday The Stereophonics - "Language.Sex.Violence.Other?" 2006 On your 36th birthday Corinne Bailey Rae - "Corinne Bailey Rae" 2007 On your 37th birthday Ray Quinn - "Doing It My Way" 2008 On your 38th birthday Duffy - "Rockferry" 2009 On your 39th birthday Ronan Keating - "Songs For My Mother" 2010 On your 40th birthday Lady Gaga - "The Fame" Edited April 3, 201015 yr by Shaky Fan
April 3, 201015 yr 30th April: 1991 - Cher - The Shoop Shoop Song 1992 - Right Said Fred - Deeply Dippy 1993 - George Michael/Queen/Lisa Stansfield - Five Live 1994 - Prince - The Most Beautiful Girl In The World 1995 - Oasis - Some Might Say 1996 - George Michael - Fastlove 1997 - Michael Jackson - Blood On The Dancefloor :yahoo: 1998 - Boyzone - All That I Need 1999 - Westlife - Swear It Again 2000 - Oxide & Neutrino - Bound 4 Da Reload (Casualty) :puke2: 2001 - S Club 7 - Don't Stop Movin' 2002 - Sugababes - Freak Like Me 2003 - Busted - You Said No 2004 - Eamon - f*** It (I Don't Want You Back) 2005 - Tony Christie/Peter Kay - Is This The Way To Amarillo 2006 - Gnarls Barkley - Crazy 2007 - Beyonce & Shakira - Beautiful Liar 2008 - Madonna feat JT/Timbaland - 4 Minutes 2009 - Tinchy Stryder feat N-Dubz - Number 1 Since everyone else was. Edited April 4, 201015 yr by GTH
April 3, 201015 yr 1997 On your 27th birthday Spice Girls - "Spice" Who's birthday was that not number one on? :rofl: Anyway, here's the albums for mine: 1994 On your birthdate the No. 1 album was Morrissey - "Vauxhall And I" 1995 On your 1st birthday Celine Dion - "The Colour Of My Love" 1996 On your 2nd birthday Beatles - "Anthology 2" 1997 On your 3rd birthday Spice Girls - "Spice" 1998 On your 4th birthday Celine Dion - "Let's Talk About Love" 1999 On your 5th birthday Blur - "~13" 2000 On your 6th birthday Santana - "Supernatural" 2001 On your 7th birthday Eva Cassidy - "Songbird" 2002 On your 8th birthday Nickelback - "Silver Side Up" 2003 On your 9th birthday Norah Jones - "Come Away With Me" 2004 On your 10th birthday George Michael - "Patience" 2005 On your 11th birthday The Stereophonics - "Language.Sex.Violence.Other?" 2006 On your 12th birthday Journey South - "Journey South" 2007 On your 13th birthday Take That - "Beautiful World" 2008 On your 14th birthday Duffy - "Rockferry" 2009 On your 15th birthday Ronan Keating - "Songs For My Mother" 2010 On your 16th birthday Lady Gaga - "The Fame" Edited April 3, 201015 yr by SIXtina
April 3, 201015 yr 1991 On your birthdate the No. 1 single was Queen - "Bohemian Rhapsody / These Are The Days Of Our Lives" 1992 On your 1st birthday Whitney Houston - "I Will Always Love You" 1993 On your 2nd birthday Mr Blobby - "Mr Blobby" :puke2: 1994 On your 3rd birthday East 17 - "Stay Another Day" 1995 On your 4th birthday Michael Jackson - "Earth Song" 1996 On your 5th birthday Spice Girls - "2 Become 1" 1997 On your 6th birthday Spice Girls - "Too Much" 1998 On your 7th birthday The Spice Girls - "Goodbye" 1999 On your 8th birthday Westlife - "I Have A Dream / Seasons In The Sun" :puke2: 2000 On your 9th birthday Bob The Builder - "Can We Fix It?" 2001 On your 10th birthday Robbie Williams & Nicole Kidman - "Somethin' Stupid" 2002 On your 11th birthday Girls Aloud - "Sound Of The Underground" 2003 On your 12th birthday Michael Andrews featuring Gary Jules - "Mad World" 2004 On your 13th birthday Band Aid 20 - "Do They Know It's Christmas?" 2005 On your 14th birthday Nizlopi - "The JCB Song" 2006 On your 15th birthday Leona Lewis - "A Moment Like This" 2007 On your 16th birthday Leon Jackson - "When You Believe" :puke2: 2008 On your 17th birthday Alexandra Burke - "Hallelujah" 2009 On your 18th birthday Rage Against The Machine - "Killing In The Name" :D
April 3, 201015 yr 1987 On your birthdate the No. 1 single was Ben E. King - "Stand By Me" (This is WRONG. It was actually that George Michael + Aretha Franklin duet...) 1988 On your 1st birthday Kylie Minogue - "I Should Be So Lucky" 1989 On your 2nd birthday Marc Almond with Gene Pitney - "Something's Gotten Hold Of My Heart" 1990 On your 3rd birthday Sinead O'Connor - "Nothing Compares 2 U" 1991 On your 4th birthday The Simpsons - "Do The Bartman" 1992 On your 5th birthday Shakespear's Sister - "Stay" 1993 On your 6th birthday 2 Unlimited - "No Limit" 1994 On your 7th birthday Mariah Carey - "Without You" 1995 On your 8th birthday Celine Dion - "Think Twice" 1996 On your 9th birthday Babylon Zoo - "Spaceman" 1997 On your 10th birthday No Doubt - "Don't Speak" 1998 On your 11th birthday Celine Dion - "My Heart Will Go On" 1999 On your 12th birthday Lenny Kravitz - "Fly Away" 2000 On your 13th birthday Oasis - "Go Let It Out" 2001 On your 14th birthday Atomic Kitten - "Whole Again" 2002 On your 15th birthday Enrique Iglesias - "Hero" 2003 On your 16th birthday Tatu - "All The Things She Said" 2004 On your 17th birthday Sam & Mark - "With A Little Help From My Friends / Measure Of A Man" 2005 On your 18th birthday U2 - "Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own" 2006 On your 19th birthday Meck featuring Leo Sayer - "Thunder In My Heart Again" 2007 On your 20th birthday Mika - "Grace Kelly" 2008 On your 21st birthday Basshunter featuring DJ Mental Theos - "Now You" 2009 On your 22nd birthday Lily Allen - "The Fear" 2010 On your 23rd birthday Lily Allen - "The Fear" (This is also obviously wrong...)
April 3, 201015 yr 1987 On your birthdate the No. 1 single was Ben E. King - "Stand By Me" (This is WRONG. It was actually that George Michael + Aretha Franklin duet...) And here is where many of these sites fall down..... How do they determine the number 1 on the actual day?? I'm guessing many use the w/e date and assumption that the chart was always announced on the same day. However up to October 1987 the chart was announced on a Tuesday (and if it was a bank holiday weekend maybe even a Wednesday so if your birthday fell on the Sunday or Monday and there was a new number 1 that week you could get the incorrect number 1 listed. To show what I mean lets look at 1 of the 2 years which appear to be wrong for me. I was born on 22nd March. According to everyhit.com 1987 On your 17th birthday Mel & Kim - "Respectable" The chart for w.e. 21st March has Boy George at no 1 with Mel & Kim climbing from 2 to 1 on the chart of w.e. 28th March. My birthday would have fallen on Sunday 22nd March so Everything I Own was still at no 1 that day - Respectable would not have been announced as a number 1 single until 2 days later. Apart from the 2010 Lily Allen cockup I would be almost certain that any other errors can be explained this way....
April 3, 201015 yr And here is where many of these sites fall down..... How do they determine the number 1 on the actual day?? I'm guessing many use the w/e date and assumption that the chart was always announced on the same day. However up to October 1987 the chart was announced on a Tuesday (and if it was a bank holiday weekend maybe even a Wednesday so if your birthday fell on the Sunday or Monday and there was a new number 1 that week you could get the incorrect number 1 listed. To show what I mean lets look at 1 of the 2 years which appear to be wrong for me. I was born on 22nd March. According to everyhit.com 1987 On your 17th birthday Mel & Kim - "Respectable" The chart for w.e. 21st March has Boy George at no 1 with Mel & Kim climbing from 2 to 1 on the chart of w.e. 28th March. My birthday would have fallen on Sunday 22nd March so Everything I Own was still at no 1 that day - Respectable would not have been announced as a number 1 single until 2 days later. Apart from the 2010 Lily Allen cockup I would be almost certain that any other errors can be explained this way.... Everyhit gets mine right whereas other sites get it wrong. Other sites say that Tell Laura I Love Her was number one on the day I was born. As far as I'm concerned, the number one on the day I was born is the song that would have been the answer to the question "What is the number one single at the moment?" on that day. On that basis, The Shadows were number one.
April 3, 201015 yr Sorry if my last post came across as targeting everyhit.com as it wasn't intended to. Its something that should be taken into account when checking any online site offering this facility. I actually went through as far as 1995 as they all looked OK after that and the 2 I mentioned above seem to be the only discrepancies! Incidentally does anyone know for sure which days the charts were announced on? I'd imagine for example that the early ones were probably on a Wednesday when NME was published?
April 3, 201015 yr Sorry if my last post came across as targeting everyhit.com as it wasn't intended to. Its something that should be taken into account when checking any online site offering this facility. I actually went through as far as 1995 as they all looked OK after that and the 2 I mentioned above seem to be the only discrepancies! Incidentally does anyone know for sure which days the charts were announced on? I'd imagine for example that the early ones were probably on a Wednesday when NME was published? Well we know that Radio One announced their chart on a Tuesday before October 1987 (a Wednesday if there was a Bank Holiday Monday). The date would therefore be 4 days earlier than the week end date given in Guiness. From October 1987, Radio One announced the new chart on a Sunday, even though the Tuesday countdown had also broken off on a Saturday. The Sunday chart date would be 6 days before the date given for the week ending in Guiness. But ignore Guiness before 15th Feb 1969, because the chart doesn`t count, and is nonsense and no one ever used it NME was compiled on a Tuesday during the 50s/60s, moving to Wednesdays in the 70s. NME`s shop sample was around 120 in total by 1968. This drop to 100 after 1969. NME claim to have been Britain`s first chart based on Record Sales in November 1952, but they weren`t! Read on Melody Maker was a Monday chart, but switched to Thursday in 1983 thus more ahead than NME. By 1968 it was sampling the biggest number of shops, 150 in total. Like NME, it dropped to 100 after 1969. Contrary to belief Melody Maker compiled the first Record sales chart in the 40s, but stopped it before bringing it back in April 1956 Disc was a Monday chart from Mar 1958 - Sept 1967, when they switched to using the Melody Maker chart. Previous to Sept 1967, the shop samples by Disc were much lower than that of Melody Maker, only around 50 in total Record Retailer was always a week out because it was Saturday compiled. By the time their paper was published, the chart was 5 days out of date, and used a small sample in it`s sales info, sometimes less than 30 shops (hence "Please Please Me" missing number one) that`s why it was nonsense until the British Market Bureau took over compilation Record Mirror was more ahead during the Jan 1955-Mar 1962 period going to print on a Thursday, hitting the shops on Friday mornings. It ceased to be more ahead, when it switched to the Record Retailer chart on Friday 23rd March 1962 Sounds began in 1971, and used the Radio One chart. Later they used the MRIB chart from April 1984, but it was different to the Network Chart, because it didn`t use any airplay. Like the Network Chart it went up to Friday morning. That was originated from Record Business Charts, who compiled it from April 1978 - 1983. It did exist as an EMI chart from 1957, but was based on an average of 4 charts, and 10% sales research of their own The BBC`s own chart was compiled on a Friday from 28th March 1958 - April 61, then switched to Thursday. 31st Dec 1963 was the first BBC Tuesday chart. It was from the December 63 point, when NME, MM, DISC & RR all supplied the chart to the BBC, for their average working. Worked out by Derek Chinnery & later Denys Jones. Thus compiled from over 300 shops, and widely followed by Joe Public. British Market Research Bureau provided the BBC with the first computer based sales chart on Tuesday 11th February 1969 (covering the period Mon - Sat) for the first time
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