Was just checking chart runs on polyhex and none of their #1 runs was shorter than 2 weeks.

Name of the Game was actually #1 for 4 weeks!

 

Really? Surprises me, working from memory I always remember that particular record as being a short lived number one. But the human memory is a fickle thing, at times!

 

Still an incredible list of number ones. There were rumours at the beginning of this year that ABBA might reform. Don't know if anyone has any info. on that............

If memory serves me correctly, the mindbenders later evolved into 10 c.c. Don't quote me on that though, I might be wrong!!

 

Eric Stewart was in The Mindbenders, who would later go on to Hotlegs and 10cc.

 

Musical Youth were from Birmingham

Thanks for your insights, fchd and Tim Pardington, useful pop data again.

 

This week's edition was, for the most part, back to middle of the road pap, as far as I was concerned! Brotherhood Of Man, Smokie, Manhattan Transfer, not exactly the kind of music designed to give energy to your soul! The late Marc Bolan and the thirty seconds or so of David Bowie play out music were the only highlights for me. Nevermind, punk just around the corner!

 

Trivia question for this week. There was two cover versions featured in this week's look back at '77, Sunny, by Boney M, and Have I The Right, by Dead End Kids. Can you name the original artists for both these sixties classic songs?

 

All the best, everyone.

 

B-)

Have I The Right was by The Honeycombs.

Well done again, suedehead, you have one of them. The other is perhaps more tricky, though. The original version of Sunny was not by that well known an artist.

The original version of "Sunny" was by it's writer, Bobby Hebb.

The original version of "Sunny" was by it's writer, Bobby Hebb.

 

Yes, well done fchd, it was Bobby Hebb. I struggle to remember any more hits by Bobby, though! :huh:

 

The song would have been covered by many different artists over the years, Boney M just one of them.

 

For an additional bonus point, I can think of one more question off the top of my head. As suedehead said, the original version of Have I The Right was by The Honeycombs. My question is - what was considered so unusual at the time about The Honeycombs drummer?

 

Remember, answers of the top of you head only, please!

 

 

Was he also the singer?

No suedehead, wrong this time.

 

The original version by the Honeycombs had a very very heavy drum beat at its core, particularly heavy when you consider who was drumming. In fact, surprisingly heavy........ :heart:

 

Additional clue - remember The Carpenters? Think of how Karen's career originally started out...................

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Female drummer!

Female drummer!

 

Yes, well done common sense, a female drummer in an otherwise male group, which is still quite unusual to this day, of course.

 

Her name was Honey Lantree - I DID google to get that particular name, of course! - and she was a very good drummer for the Honeycombs, whose name was inspired by their feminine drummer.

 

Sadly, they failed to have anymore big selling records besides Have I The Right, a 1964 number one in the UK, and a million seller Worldwide.

 

Is top of the pops 77 on this Thursday? I have a sinking feeling that it is the monthly Sky At Night cycle coming up............... :(

It is the Sky At Night I'm afraid. It even gets shown on BBC1 and 2 as well as the three slots otherwise occupied by TOTP :angry:

Just seen the latest repeat on the iplayer, not much to write home about, really. :( Middle Of The Road mush most of the time. David Dundas and David Soul made weak follow up singles to their big sellers from months before, Rock Bottom was a very weak Eurovision entry from that year, slushy records from Bernie Flint just added to the dreariness of the whole show, in my humble opinion. As I have said many times before, you could understand why punk came along when looking at some of these old shows.

David Hamilton interviewed Mike Nesmith, pity that they did not play Nesmith's excellent single of the time, "RIO". A great track, I advise a check on youtube if you have not heard it before.

 

They featured the Welsh lass Bonnie Tyler. Trivia question for this week,then - at least ten Welsh acts, apart from Bonnie Tyler,who have hit the UK charts over the years. If one goes right up to the current date, and starts from when the charts began, you should be able to do it off the top of your head.

 

All the best,

 

BC. B-)

 

 

 

 

Andy Fairweather-Low / Amen Corner

Shakin' Stevens

Tom Jones

Stereophonics

Manic Street Preachers

Super Furry Animals

Mary Hopkin

 

I'm sure others will come to me.

 

BTW, you may have noticed that the picture quality was rather poor for this episode. That's because it was from David Hamilton's VHS tape of the programme. The original BBC tape has been wiped.

Someone is now singing Mercy on The Voice so I can add Duffy to my list :D

Shirley Bassey

Catatonia

Max Boyce

 

Shirley Bassey

Catatonia

Max Boyce

How could I forget Burly Chassis?

Yes, some good replies so far, well done Suedehead and Grebo, I can think of a few more myself. I will accept part Welsh acts, by the way. Badfinger, for example, were mostly, but not exclusively, all from Swansea. But they were predominently Welsh, so I will include them.

 

Have been quite a few over the years, considering what a small country Wales is in population terms. There again, it is the land of song.............. ;)

Marina Diamondis

Lostprophets

60ft Dolls

Feeder (although I did cheat on this one :kink: )