Bo Rap: stopped You Sexy Thing (3 weeks), Trail Of The Lonesome Pine (2 weeks), I Believe In father Christmas (2 weeks), Glass Of Champagne (2 weeks), When You Tell Me That You Love Me (1 week and thank goodness for that), Justified And Ancient (2 weeks) and Everybody In The Place (1 week) all getting to number one. Covering records that originated/charted in the 30's, 70's, 80's, 90's, 00's.

 

Personally I'd have preferred a shorter run at the top, just covering 2 of Hot Chocs weeks, Laurel & hardy's 2, Diana Ross & The Prodigy's run....

 

I'd much rather listen to Greg lake, Sailor, KLF any day.... B-)

 

 

I actually loved the Diana Ross track and Tammy Wynette is my fave singer of all time so loved Justified And Ancient and wish it had been a No.1. :(

I actually loved the Diana Ross track and Tammy Wynette is my fave singer of all time so loved Justified And Ancient and wish it had been a No.1. :(

I was never a fan of Tammy Wynette but Justified And Ancient is a fantastic song.

I was never a fan of Tammy Wynette but Justified And Ancient is a fantastic song.

 

KLF & Tammy - brilliant and unlikely!

7:30pm tonight, 11th January 1979.

 

Sunday Chart Presenter: Simon Bates.

 

Week Ending 13 January 1979

 

1 ( 1 ) Village People - YMCA ( 8 Wks )

2 ( 6 ) Ian Dury And The Blockheads - HIT ME WITH YOUR RHYTHM STICK ( 6 Wks )

3 ( 3 ) Racey - LAY YOUR LOVE ON ME ( 8 Wks )

4 ( 5 ) Elton John - SONG FOR GUY ( 5 Wks )

5 ( 18 ) Earth Wind And Fire - SEPTEMBER ( 6 Wks )

6 ( 4 ) Barron Knights - A TASTE OF AGGRO ( 7 Wks )

7 ( 2 ) Boney M - MARY'S BOY CHILD ( 7 Wks )

8 ( 7 ) Barbra Streisand And Neil Diamond - YOU DON'T BRING ME FLOWERS ( 8 Wks )

9 ( 10 ) Chic - LE FREAK ( 9 Wks )

10 ( 8 ) Bee Gees - TOO MUCH HEAVEN ( 8 Wks )

11 ( 9 ) Sarah Brightman And Hot Gossip - I LOST MY HEART TO A STARSHIP TROOPER ( 10 Wks )

12 ( 21 ) Olivia Newton John - A LITTLE MORE LOVE ( 5 Wks )

13 ( 24 ) Paul Evans - HELLO THIS IS JOANNE ( 5 Wks )

14 ( 15 ) Chaka Khan - I'M EVERY WOMAN ( 7 Wks )

15 ( 13 ) John Travolta - GREASED LIGHTNING ( 7 Wks )

16 ( 16 ) Hot Chocolate - I'LL PUT YOU TOGETHER AGAIN ( 7 Wks )

17 ( 12 ) Heatwave - ALWAYS AND FOREVER / MIND BLOWING DECISIONS ( 11 Wks )

18 ( 28 ) Funkadelic - ONE NATION UNDER A GROOVE ( 6 Wks )

19 ( 14 ) Dollar - SHOOTING STAR ( 10 Wks )

20 ( 11 ) Rod Stewart - DA YA THINK I'M SEXY? ( 9 Wks )

21 ( 23 ) Leo Sayer - RAINING IN MY HEART ( 8 Wks )

22 ( 29 ) Barry White - JUST THE WAY YOU ARE ( 5 Wks )

23 ( 19 ) Clash - TOMMY GUN ( 7 Wks )

24 ( 41 ) Rocky Sharpe And The Replays - RAMA LAMA DING DONG ( 5 Wks )

25 ( 26 ) Mankind - DOCTOR WHO ( 8 Wks )

26 ( 17 ) Musique - IN THE BUSH ( 9 Wks )

27 ( 40 ) Driver 67 - CAR 67 ( 4 Wks )

28 ( 27 ) Father Abraham And The Smurfs - CHRISTMAS IN SMURFLAND ( 7 Wks )

29 ( 38 ) Billy Joel - MY LIFE ( 7 Wks )

30 ( 32 ) Sally Oldfield - MIRRORS ( 6 Wks )

31 ( 42 ) Shalamar - TAKE THAT TO THE BANK ( 6 Wks )

32 ( 33 ) Anne Murray - YOU NEEDED ME ( 6 Wks )

33 ( 63 ) London Symphony Orchestra - THEME FROM 'SUPERMAN' ( 2 Wks )

34 ( 75 ) Third World - COOL MEDITATION ( 2 Wks )

35 ( 43 ) Shadows - DON'T CRY FOR ME ARGENTINA ( 5 Wks )

36 ( 45 ) Barry Manilow - COULD IT BE MAGIC ( 4 Wks )

37 ( 35 ) Rachel Sweet - BABY ( 6 Wks )

38 ( 36 ) Dan Hartman - INSTANT REPLAY ( 13 Wks )

39 ( 31 ) Sylvester - DANCE (DISCO HEAT) ( 9 Wks )

40 ( 34 ) Electric Light Orchestra - ELO EP ( 6 Wks )

 

They have played so far.

 

14 . Chaka Khan - I'M EVERY WOMAN

24 . Rocky Sharpe And The Replays - RAMA LAMA DING DONG

30 . Sally Oldfield - MIRRORS

13 . Paul Evans - HELLO THIS IS JOANNE

 

Next 4 Played.

 

Bonnie Tyler - Louisiana Rain (Will Never Chart in the Top 75)

27 Driver 67 - CAR 67

35 Shadows - DON'T CRY FOR ME ARGENTINA

18 Funkadelic - ONE NATION UNDER A GROOVE

 

Final 2, including #1

 

Steve Allen - TOGETHER WE ARE BEAUTIFUL (Will Chart in the Top 75 in 2 weeks at #67 that is where it Peaks)

1 Village People - YMCA

Edited January 16, 201411 yr by smiffj

Play Out Song.

 

29 Billy Joel - MY LIFE

 

Not a great show this week.

 

The chart accompanied by the utterly appalling Chaka “Chick-up” Khan.

 

Rocky Sharpe and the Replays with some good old-fashioned doo-wop. We used to get a song like this in the chart every few years. Time for another methinks.

 

Sally Oldfield not trying to capitalise on her brother’s success at all. Not even a bit. It might reflect badly on her. Quite why she is wearing a nightie, I have no idea. Maybe she only looks in the mirror when so dressed.

 

Another airing for Paul Evans’ death record. Hankies out. Younger viewers tonight may have required some words of explanation. Separate homes? No mobile? What is a telephone answering machine?

 

Bonnie Tyler with a song that was not a hit. She repeated the trick when she entered Eurovision.

 

Driver 67 with some nonsense. Lots of cars involved tonight but we are some months away from the Gary Numan song. If only Joanie had used that cab firm she might still be alive today.

 

Apparently Doll were cut from the short version. Their song was a hit but it doesn’t ring any bells. Maybe it will when I see the full length version.

 

The Shadows were doing instrumentals of current songs by this time so we get Don’t Cry For Me Argentina, the third time the tune had charted in a year or so (including Oh What A Circus). Bring back Julie Covington.

 

Legs & Co do Funkadelic. Not sure why they bothered.

 

Steve Allan with Together We Are Beautiful. This version reached the dizzy heights of number 67. Just a year later he could only watch in envy as Fern Kinney took the same song all the way to number one. Neither singer ever had another hit in the UK so perhaps singers will avoid the song in future. If we’re lucky.

 

And Village People are still number one.

 

Finally, Billy Joel over the credits. One of the better songs of the night.

 

I watched this with my mum. She approved of Sally Oldfield's dress. She did not like what Legs & Co were wearing. Apparently she had the same hairstyle as Bonnie Tyler during this period, but did not like the song. Her favourites were Rocky Sharpe & Paul Evans (which she still knew every word of).

 

So I'm guessing I get my music taste from my dad then.

I watched this with my mum. She approved of Sally Oldfield's dress. She did not like what Legs & Co were wearing. Apparently she had the same hairstyle as Bonnie Tyler during this period, but did not like the song. Her favourites were Rocky Sharpe & Paul Evans (which she still knew every word of).

 

So I'm guessing I get my music taste from my dad then.

At least I could only remember the chorus of Hello This Is Joanie :lol: Rocky Sharpe and the Replays were OK but Darts did it far better. "Rocky Sharpe" was previously in a band with Den Hegarty and Rita Ray so it's clear which subsequent band got the better deal.

Will this be shown more often this yr with less Saville shows?

Will this be shown more often this yr with less Saville shows?

Unless someone else gets arrested then the answer should be Yes!

Unless someone else gets arrested then the answer should be Yes!

 

 

That is mildly amusing, mind boggles though about who may be next to be nicked by the boys in blue.

That is mildly amusing, mind boggles though about who may be next to be nicked by the boys in blue.

 

Judging by one of the current trials any celebrity that ever touched another human being during the 70's could end up in a costly court case! Presumably it's only worth bringing them to court if they are famous..

 

Top Of The Pops though, A Doll was a new wave power pop goodie and shouldn't have been cut. Rocky Sharpe is fun, but Chaka and Funkadelic are soul funk classics, much revered, Sally Oldfield was a charming ballad, Paul Evans was an oddly mildly pleasant ditty on an unpleasant subject and any of the others could have been cut in favour of the far more "1979" A Doll. Boo! Top 10 in my charts of the time, the only charts that count.... :lol:

Legs & Co were a bit revealing for the BBC considering it was 1979! :o

 

 

Paul Evans - just been searching this guy, he is a serious hitmaker has written hits When (Kalin Twins, Showaddywaddy), Johnny Will (Pat Boone) Roses Are Red (Bobby Vinton -US#1) Lets Pretend (Lulu) aswell as writing many songs for Elvis Presley. He also recorded hits in the early 60's too. Also the producer of his hit This Is Joannie was Jimmy Wisner - had a hit in 1961 as Kokomo with Asia Minor, has arranged many hits and most notably wrote Dont Throw Your Love Away #1 for The Searchers.

Legs & Co were a bit revealing for the BBC considering it was 1979! :o

 

They had to up their gain after Hot Gossip made them look like Pan's Grannies!

 

18th January 1979 Tonight. Presenter: Peter Powell.

 

Tuesday Lunchtime Chart Presenter: Paul Burnett

 

Sunday Chart Presenter : Simon Bates

 

 

Week Ending 20 January 1979

 

1 ( 1 ) Village People - YMCA ( 9 Wks )

2 ( 2 ) Ian Dury And The Blockheads - HIT ME WITH YOUR RHYTHM STICK ( 7 Wks )

3 ( 3 ) Racey - LAY YOUR LOVE ON ME ( 9 Wks )

4 ( 5 ) Earth Wind And Fire - SEPTEMBER ( 7 Wks )

5 ( 12 ) Olivia Newton John - A LITTLE MORE LOVE ( 6 Wks )

6 ( 13 ) Paul Evans - HELLO THIS IS JOANNE ( 6 Wks )

7 ( 9 ) Chic - LE FREAK ( 10 Wks )

8 ( 4 ) Elton John - SONG FOR GUY ( 6 Wks )

9 ( 18 ) Funkadelic - ONE NATION UNDER A GROOVE ( 7 Wks )

10 ( 27 ) Driver 67 - CAR 67 ( 5 Wks )

11 ( 14 ) Chaka Khan - I'M EVERY WOMAN ( 8 Wks )

12 ( 8 ) Barbra Streisand And Neil Diamond - YOU DON'T BRING ME FLOWERS ( 9 Wks )

13 ( 16 ) Hot Chocolate - I'LL PUT YOU TOGETHER AGAIN ( 8 Wks )

14 ( 10 ) Bee Gees - TOO MUCH HEAVEN ( 9 Wks )

15 ( 22 ) Barry White - JUST THE WAY YOU ARE ( 6 Wks )

16 ( 11 ) Sarah Brightman And Hot Gossip - I LOST MY HEART TO A STARSHIP TROOPER ( 11 Wks )

17 ( 6 ) Barron Knights - A TASTE OF AGGRO ( 8 Wks )

18 ( 64 ) Three Degrees - WOMAN IN LOVE ( 2 Wks )

19 ( 17 ) Heatwave - ALWAYS AND FOREVER / MIND BLOWING DECISIONS ( 12 Wks )

20 ( 24 ) Rocky Sharpe And The Replays - RAMA LAMA DING DONG ( 6 Wks )

21 ( 30 ) Sally Oldfield - MIRRORS ( 7 Wks )

22 ( 19 ) Dollar - SHOOTING STAR ( 11 Wks )

23 ( 35 ) Shadows - DON'T CRY FOR ME ARGENTINA ( 6 Wks )

24 ( 23 ) Clash - TOMMY GUN ( 8 Wks )

25 ( 25 ) Mankind - DOCTOR WHO ( 9 Wks )

26 ( 29 ) Billy Joel - MY LIFE ( 8 Wks )

27 ( 66 ) Dan Hartman - THIS IS IT ( 2 Wks )

28 ( 32 ) Anne Murray - YOU NEEDED ME ( 7 Wks )

29 ( 21 ) Leo Sayer - RAINING IN MY HEART ( 9 Wks )

30 ( 31 ) Shalamar - TAKE THAT TO THE BANK ( 7 Wks )

31 ( 36 ) Barry Manilow - COULD IT BE MAGIC ( 5 Wks )

32 ( 7 ) Boney M - MARY'S BOY CHILD ( 8 Wks )

33 ( 26 ) Musique - IN THE BUSH ( 10 Wks )

34 ( 34 ) Third World - COOL MEDITATION ( 3 Wks )

35 ( 20 ) Rod Stewart - DA YA THINK I'M SEXY? ( 10 Wks )

36 ( 52 ) Doll - DESIRE ME ( 2 Wks )

37 ( 39 ) Sylvester - DANCE (DISCO HEAT) ( 10 Wks )

38 ( 41 ) Phoebe Snow - EVERY NIGHT ( 3 Wks )

39 ( 33 ) London Symphony Orchestra - THEME FROM 'SUPERMAN' ( 3 Wks )

40 ( 70 ) Chanson - DON'T HOLD BACK ( 2 Wks )

Edited January 23, 201411 yr by smiffj

The Run Down Song.

 

30 Shalamar - TAKE THAT TO THE BANK