Presumably the same as they did when Relax made number one. I assume they ignored it.

Exactly that. I was at TOTP in Feb 1984 during Relax's run at #1 and I think the final song played was Shaking Stevens and Bonny Tyler duetting.

When 'Je t'aime' got to #1, they played an instrumental version over the opening credits, and finished the show with the record at number 2. So they kinda played it, but without the vocals and not properly introduced.

 

Thanks Billy H, and thanks to suedehead and grebo about the Relax banned single.

 

Had the Sex Pistols got to number one, they would probably have just played the record at number two, which would have been Rod Stewart anyway!

 

By the way, I did converse with someone on another forum about the conspiracy theory concerning The Sex Pistols and Rod, and he said that it was - like most conspiracy theories - a load of sh*te! He said that all the available evidence of the time shows that Rod Stewart was easily outselling The Sex Pistols in Jubilee week.

Edited January 19, 201213 yr by blackcat

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Edited January 19, 201213 yr by fiesta

Thanks Billy H, and thanks to suedehead and grebo about the Relax banned single.

 

Had the Sex Pistols got to number one, they would probably have just played the record at number two, which would have been Rod Stewart anyway!

 

By the way, I did converse with someone on another forum about the conspiracy theory concerning The Sex Pistols and Rod, and he said that it was - like most conspiracy theories - a load of sh*te! He said that all the available evidence of the time shows that Rod Stewart was easily outselling The Sex Pistols in Jubilee week.

 

I watched a tv show on the bbc last year I think, which told that it was apparently a story concocted by their manager Malcolm McLaren.

 

Thanks Billy H, and thanks to suedehead and grebo about the Relax banned single.

 

Had the Sex Pistols got to number one, they would probably have just played the record at number two, which would have been Rod Stewart anyway!

 

By the way, I did converse with someone on another forum about the conspiracy theory concerning The Sex Pistols and Rod, and he said that it was - like most conspiracy theories - a load of sh*te! He said that all the available evidence of the time shows that Rod Stewart was easily outselling The Sex Pistols in Jubilee week.

Yes, it is now generally accepted that Rod Stewart did outsell the Sex Pistols. Depressing but true :(

I don't think there's much truth in this story.

 

However, if anyone wants to see some real dirt dished on Rod Stewart, then they would be best to re-check on the blatant hyping of his single 'Tom Traubert's Blues' into the top 10 in 1992.

That would account for "The Model" by Kraftwerk's bizarre blip just before making No 1 then- 10-2-3-1, always wondered that- thanks Robbie

Actually this is the full chart run:

60-39-36-43-51-60-69-74-50-50-21-10-2-3-{1}-4-5-13-27-54-75

Edited January 20, 201213 yr by euro music

When 'Je t'aime' got to #1, they played an instrumental version over the opening credits, and finished the show with the record at number 2. So they kinda played it, but without the vocals and not properly introduced.

Quite right -- this instrumental version was called LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT by SOUNDS NICE -- it was an actual release & peaked at #18

Back in late 1969 when Alan Freeman was presenting Pick Of The Pops on Sunday on Radio 1, there was a single at #10 called WET DREAM by MAX ROMEO.

The title wasn't mentioned and Alan just said - Up to number 10 is Max Romeo.

Thanks for your insights euro music, much appreciated.

 

As for the programme last night, did not think it was that bad for a start of a year. David Soul at number one - I was a big Starsky and Hutch fan at the time, so I did not object to that - Liverpool Express had their usual high standard middle of the road song, and nice to see Pussycat again, although their follow up to Mississippi lacked the same commercial appeal, of course.

 

I believe Liverpool Express evolved from some sixties merseybeat band, if I remember correctly. Possibly from "The Merseys" themselves. Nice to see Quo with one of their better numbers as well.

 

Trivia question for you all - David Soul, by the end of 1977, had had one number two and two number one records in the charts, (with his first three releases) and was thus a whisker away from equalling a then unique Uk number one chart record set by which merseybeat band of the sixties?

 

No cheating by looking up the answer, now!

 

A reminder that this was a record with some substance then, long before Westlife came along with their impressive first seven number one singles in a row! (YAWN)!

That would be Gerry And The Pacemakers who went to number one with their first three releases. The second band to do that were Frankie Goes To Hollywood, also from Liverpool. Both bands recorded a version of Ferry Cross The Mersey.

 

Sadly the third outfit to achieve the feat was Jive Bunny :(

That would be Gerry And The Pacemakers who went to number one with their first three releases. The second band to do that were Frankie Goes To Hollywood, also from Liverpool. Both bands recorded a version of Ferry Cross The Mersey.

 

Sadly the third outfit to achieve the feat was Jive Bunny :(

 

Yes, well done suedehead. Used to be a time when such feats were considered remarkable achievements, just as going straight in at number one was considered relatively rare.

 

Not anymore................

The amazing thing about 1977,was that Dont Give Up On Us & Dont Cry For Me Argentina both finished as the top 2 selling singles of the year. January is always tradionally the lowest time of the year for record sales, so '77 broke the mold.

 

Liverpool Express featured Bill Kinsley who had indeed previously been in the Merseys and The Merseybeats

 

Trivia: Wild Side Of Life (originally Tommy Quickly) by Status Quo was produced by Roger Glover of Deep Purple

Edited January 22, 201213 yr by fiesta

Trivia: Wild Side Of Life (originally Tommy Quickly) by Status Quo was produced by Roger Glover of Deep Purple

 

 

The original was by Hank Thompson and it inspired the "answer" song It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels by country Queen Kitty Wells.

 

From Wiki.

 

"The Wild Side of Life" is a song made famous by country music singer Hank Thompson. Originally released in 1952, the song became one of the most popular recordings in the genre's history, spending 15 weeks at No. 1 Billboard country charts, solidified Thompson's status as a country music superstar and inspired the answer song, "It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels" by Kitty Wells.

 

"The Wild Side of Life" carries one of the most distinctive melodies of early country music, used in "I'm Thinking Tonight of My Blue Eyes" by the Carter Family and "Great Speckled Bird" by Roy Acuff.[] That, along with the song's story of a woman shedding her role as domestic provider to follow the night life, combined to become one of the most famous country songs of the early 1950s.

 

According to country music historian Bill Malone, "Wild Side" co-writer William Warren was inspired to create the song after his experiences with a young woman he met when he was younger — a honky tonk angel, as it were — who "found the glitter of the gay night life too hard to resist." Fellow historian Paul Kingsbury wrote that the song appealed to people who "thought the world was going to hell and that faithless women deserved a good deal of the blame."

 

Jimmy Heap and His Melody Masters first recorded "Wild Side" in 1951, but never had a hit with the song. Thompson did, and his version spent three and one-half months atop the Billboard country chart in the spring and early summer of 1952.

 

"Wild Side" was Thompson's first charting single since 1949's two-sided hit "Soft Lips"/"The Grass is Greener Over Yonder."Thompson had hooked up with producer Ken Nelson in the interim, and one of their first songs together was "Wild Side."

 

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Thanks for your contributions, fiesta and common sense. Certainly one of my favourite Status Quo songs.

 

Before leaving the subject of last week's programme, mention should be made of the great Stevie Wonder. Two of his best known songs were around in early 1977, I Wish, which they played out the programme with, and David Parton's version of Isn't She Lovely, which Stevie originally wrote for the birth of his daughter.

 

I have not actually got the Songs In The Key Of Life album. Will have to rectify that fault - sounds like it is a cracking piece of work by the genius that is Stevie Wonder.

I have Stevie Wonders Best Of , however I Wish is not included on it!

 

The story goes that Stevie refused to let Motown edit Isnt She Lovely down from its 6.5 minute album version for single release, so Mr Parton did hid own version for single release.

 

Aswell as Mr Parton Numerous other artists have dipped into Songs In The Key Of Life over the years for hits of their own, Coolio borrowed part of Pasttime Paradise for his no.1 hit Gangstas Paradise and George Michael & Mary J Blige had a hit with As.

Edited January 23, 201213 yr by fiesta

I have Stevie Wonders Best Of , however I Wish is not included on it!

 

The story goes that Stevie refused to let Motown edit Isnt She Lovely down from its 6.5 minute album version for single release, so Mr Parton did hid own version for single release.

Yes, that story sounds familiar now. It would explain why the cover was described as "controversial". It also explains why - apart from the length - it is pretty much a direct copy.

 

I've never been much of a fan of Stevie Wonder and didn't really get the acclaim for Songs In The Key Of Life at the time. However, I can now recognise it as a great piece of work. It remains a travesty that his only solo UK number one was with the dreadful I Just Called To Say I Love You.

Some good middle of the road music again this week! Leo Sayer, Donna Summer, even 10 c.c., all with gentleish tunes. Seventies chart music seemed to be stuck, at the highest level, in a kind of middle of the road rut for some periods during 1976 and 1977!

 

Good to see Slade, with their last hit before they seemed to be sunk by punk for a while. The guide also said that Gary Glitter was due to appear on the programme.

 

For some reason, can't remember seeing him on it. Wonder why? :unsure:

 

Thin Lizzy were probably the main highlight for me this week.

 

Roll on '77! Julie Covington the next number one I assume. Probably not David Cameron's favourite song at the moment!

 

Trivia question this week - Leo Sayer wrote songs for which rough voiced sixties vocalist during the early seventies?

 

Tougher trivia question than my last one, I reckon. B-)

I have Stevie Wonders Best Of , however I Wish is not included on it!

 

I have The Definitive Collection and it's on that!

Good to see Slade, with their last hit before they seemed to be sunk by punk for a while.

 

The Slade song wasn't a hit.