Nicola Benedetti is a violinist iirc so it's no surprise that she hasn't had a top 40 :P

Before Gorky's took the mantle, the band who had the most Top 75 hits without making the Top 40 were That Petrol Emotion - four of whom came from my hometown of Derry and two of whom (the O'Neill brothers) were former Undertones.

 

TPE's highest charting single was "Big Decision" in 1987, peaking at 43 - they had two other Top 50 hits: "Hey Venus" and "Tingle"'; both of which my brother bought on CD single at the time.

Poor Gorky's, they had a #41, #42 and #43 but never went Top 40, how frustrating must that be!

Edited September 3, 201212 yr by mango7