On Sunday 30 September Radio 1 is 45 years old. Originally a BBC replacement for the pirate radio stations, although not as good as at this time it was subject to needle time and records were only aloud to be played for a certain time each day. The pirates broadcast records 24hours a day. Even now with the playlists it's still way behind what the pirates used to do. Their DJs had complete freedom as to what they played within their genres.

 

You can see the Top 50 singles chart of that week - HERE

 

You can listen to the launch of Radio 1

Edited September 29, 201212 yr by euro music

And the age of its average listener has increased accordingly. :D

Not the Radio One chart, Euro Music! That's very incorrect.

 

This was the Radio One Chart:

30 27 THERE GOES MY EVERYTHING - ENGLEBERT

29 NE THE LETTER - MINDBENDERS

28 20 PLEASANT VALLEY SUNDAY

27 21 YOU KEEP ME HANGING ON - VANILLA FUDGE

26 17 HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT - ALAN PRICE SET

25 NE FROM THE UNDERWORLD - THE HERD

24 NE WHEN WILL THE GOOD APPLES FALL - SEEKERS

23 24 FIVE LITTLE FINGERS - FRANKIE MCBRIDE

22 29 ODE TO BILLY JOE - BOBBIE GENTRY

21 18 BURNING OF THE MIDNIGHT LAMP - JIMI HENDRIX

20 22 GOOD TIMES - ERIC BURDON & THE ANIMALS

19 16 I WAS MADE TO LOVE HER - STEVIE WONDER

18 13 WE LOVE YOU - ROLLING STONES

17 11 HEROES & VILLAINS - BEACH BOYS

16 19 BLACK VELVET BAND - DUBLINERS

15 26 MASSACHUSETTS - BEE GEES

14 12 JUST LOVING YOU - ANITA HARRIS

13 22 THE LETTER - BOX TOPS

12 09 EVEN THE BAD TIMES ARE GOOD - TREMOLOES

11 14 DAY I MET MARIE - CLIFF RICHARD

10 07 SAN FRANCISCO - SCOTT MCKENSIE

09 15 THERE MUST BE A WAY - FRANKIE VAUGHAN

08 04 I'LL NEVER FALL IN LOVE AGAIN - TOM JONES

07 10 HOLE IN MY SHOE - TRAFFIC

06 05 LET'S GOT TO SAN FRANCISCO - FLOWERPOT MEN

05 03 ITCHYCOO PARK - SMALL FACES

04 06 REFLECTIONS - DIANA ROSS & THE SUPREMES

03 08 FLOWERS IN THE RAIN - THE MOVE

02 02 EXCERPT FROM A TEENAGE OPERA - KEITH WEST

01 01 THE LAST WALTZ - ENGLEBERT HUMPERDINCK

 

Oh course "The Last Waltz" was not even playlisted by Radio One. This is the difference between Pirate Radio & Radio One. Radio One was supposed to be the legal substitute for Pirate stations...Except the missed one thing. Pirate Radio had an enormous age range. Radio One was aiming at the teenage market. Pirate stations constantly played out Englebert, Frankie Vaughan, Anita Harris. Radio One did not.

Edited September 29, 201212 yr by davetaylor

That was the BBC chart which was not the official chart at that time. The BBC only used the official chart from February 1969

So in fact we are both correct.

 

The BBC chart was compiled as an average from all the magazine charts such as: Melody Maker, NME, Disc & Music Echo etc.

 

The official chart was only published in Record Retailer (now Music Week) and Record Mirror it's non-trade sister magazine.

Edited September 30, 201212 yr by euro music

Oh course "The Last Waltz" was not even playlisted by Radio One. This is the difference between Pirate Radio & Radio One. Radio One was supposed to be the legal substitute for Pirate stations...Except the missed one thing. Pirate Radio had an enormous age range. Radio One was aiming at the teenage market. Pirate stations constantly played out Englebert, Frankie Vaughan, Anita Harris. Radio One did not.

 

That's because the pirates had no such thing as an official playlist.

Well at least Radio Caroline, Radio London, Radio City and Radio 270 didn't.

Edited September 30, 201212 yr by euro music