November 25, 201212 yr Album chart: Charlie Watts (The Rolling Stones) 02/06/1941 Mick Jagger (The Rolling Stones) 26/07/1943 Keith Richards (The Rolling Stones) 18/12/1943 Jimmy Page (Led Zeppelin) 09/01/1944 Rod Stewart 10/01/1945 Jon Paul Jones (Led Zeppelin) 03/01/1946 Ronnie Wood (The Rolling Stones) 01/06/1947 Brian Johnson (AC/DC) 05/10/1947 John Bonham (Led Zeppelin) 31/05/1948 Robert Plant (Led Zeppelin) 20/08/1948 Andre Reiu 01/10/1949 Cliff Williams (AC/DC) 14/12/1949 Malcolm Young (AC/DC) 06/01/1953 Angus Young (AC/DC) 31/03/1955 Phil Rudd (AC/DC) 19/05/1958 Andrea Bocelli 22/09/1958 Susan Boyle 01/04/1961 Eva Cassidy* (died age 33) 02/02/1963 Whitney Houston* (died age 48) 09/08/1963 Kylie Minogue 28/05/1968 Matt Flynn (Maroon 5) 23/05/1970 Billie Joe Armstrong (Green Day) 17/02/1972 Mike Dirnt (Green Day) 04/05/1972 Tre Cool (Green Day) 09/12/1972 Alfie Boe 29/09/1973 Jason White (Green Day) 11/11/1973 Robbie Williams 13/02/1974 Mark Sheehan (The Script) 15/03/1975 Paloma Faith 21/07/1975 Michael Buble 09/09/1975 Ronnie Vannucci JR (The Killers) 15/02/1976 Dave Keuning (The Killers) 28/03/1976 Mark Stoermer (The Killers) 28/06/1977 Dominic Howard (Muse) 07/12/1977 Matt Bellamy (Muse) 09/06/1978 James Valentine (Maroon 5) 05/10/1978 Christopher Wolstenholme (Muse) 02/12/1978 Adam Levine (Maroon 5) 18/03/1979 Jesse Carmichael (Maroon 5) 02/04/1979 Micky Madden (Maroon 5) 13/05/1979 Pink 08/09/1979 Danny O'Donaghue (The Script) 03/10/1980 Brandon Flowers (The Killers) 21/06/1981 Wesley Schultz (The Lumineers) 1982 Nate Reuss (fun.) 26/02/1982 Example 20/06/1982 Andrew Dost (fun.) 10/04/1983 Ted Dwane (Mumford & Sons) 1984 Calvin Harris 17/01/1984 Jack Antonoff (fun.) 31/03/1984 Marvin Humes (JLS) 18/03/1985 Lana Del Rey 21/06/1986 Ortise Williams (JLS) 27/11/1986 J.B. Gill (JLS) 07/12/1986 Ellie Goulding 30/12/1986 Ben Lovett (Mumford & Sons) 1987 Marcus Mumford (Mumford & Sons) 31/01/1987 Emeli Sande 10/03/1987 Winston Marshall (Mumford & Sons) 1988 Aston Merrygold (JLS) 13/02/1988 Rihanna 20/02/1988 Taylor Swift 13/12/1989 Rita Ora 26/11/1990 Ed Sheeran 17/02/1991 Jesy Nelson (Little Mix) 14/06/1991 Leigh-Ann Pinnock (Little Mix) 04/10/1991 Louis Tomlinson (One Direction) 24/12/1991 Jade Thirlwall (Little Mix) 26/12/1992 Zayn Malik (One Direction) 12/01/1993 Perrie Edwards (Little Mix) 10/07/1993 Liam Payne (One Direction) 29/08/1993 Niall Horan (One Direction) 13/09/1993 Harry Styles (One Direction) 01/02/1994 Jake Bugg 28/02/1994 Jonathan Antione (Jonathan & Charlotte) 13/01/1995 Charlotte Jaconelli (Jonathan & Charlotte) 24/08/1995 Haven't attempted Military Wives, can't find anything for Alt-J but they met at uni in 2007 so I assume they must all be at least 23.
November 25, 201212 yr Bizarrely, I'm older than more people in the album chart than the singles, although that's probably because of Jonathan & Charlotte & Jake Bugg, along with various members of One Direction & Little Mix. (Had no idea Jake Bugg was that young :o ) Edited November 25, 201212 yr by C.W
November 25, 201212 yr (Had no idea Jake Bugg was that young :o ) I did, but John and Charlotte being younger surprised me!
November 25, 201212 yr Album chart: Charlie Watts (The Rolling Stones) 02/06/1941 Mick Jagger (The Rolling Stones) 26/07/1943 Keith Richards (The Rolling Stones) 18/12/1943 Jimmy Page (Led Zeppelin) 09/01/1944 Rod Stewart 10/01/1945 Jon Paul Jones (Led Zeppelin) 03/01/1946 Ronnie Wood (The Rolling Stones) 01/06/1947 Brian Johnson (AC/DC) 05/10/1947 John Bonham (Led Zeppelin) 31/05/1948 Robert Plant (Led Zeppelin) 20/08/1948 Andre Reiu 01/10/1949 Cliff Williams (AC/DC) 14/12/1949 Malcolm Young (AC/DC) 06/01/1953 Angus Young (AC/DC) 31/03/1955 Phil Rudd (AC/DC) 19/05/1958 Andrea Bocelli 22/09/1958 Susan Boyle 01/04/1961 Eva Cassidy* (died age 33) 02/02/1963 Whitney Houston* (died age 48) 09/08/1963 Kylie Minogue 28/05/1968 Matt Flynn (Maroon 5) 23/05/1970 Billie Joe Armstrong (Green Day) 17/02/1972 Mike Dirnt (Green Day) 04/05/1972 Tre Cool (Green Day) 09/12/1972 Alfie Boe 29/09/1973 Jason White (Green Day) 11/11/1973 Robbie Williams 13/02/1974 Mark Sheehan (The Script) 15/03/1975 Paloma Faith 21/07/1975 Michael Buble 09/09/1975 Ronnie Vannucci JR (The Killers) 15/02/1976 Dave Keuning (The Killers) 28/03/1976 Mark Stoermer (The Killers) 28/06/1977 Dominic Howard (Muse) 07/12/1977 Matt Bellamy (Muse) 09/06/1978 James Valentine (Maroon 5) 05/10/1978 Christopher Wolstenholme (Muse) 02/12/1978 Adam Levine (Maroon 5) 18/03/1979 Jesse Carmichael (Maroon 5) 02/04/1979 Micky Madden (Maroon 5) 13/05/1979 Pink 08/09/1979 Danny O'Donaghue (The Script) 03/10/1980 Brandon Flowers (The Killers) 21/06/1981 Wesley Schultz (The Lumineers) 1982 Nate Reuss (fun.) 26/02/1982 Example 20/06/1982 Andrew Dost (fun.) 10/04/1983 Ted Dwane (Mumford & Sons) 1984 Calvin Harris 17/01/1984 Jack Antonoff (fun.) 31/03/1984 Marvin Humes (JLS) 18/03/1985 Lana Del Rey 21/06/1986 Ortise Williams (JLS) 27/11/1986 J.B. Gill (JLS) 07/12/1986 Ellie Goulding 30/12/1986 Ben Lovett (Mumford & Sons) 1987 Marcus Mumford (Mumford & Sons) 31/01/1987 Emeli Sande 10/03/1987 Winston Marshall (Mumford & Sons) 1988 Aston Merrygold (JLS) 13/02/1988 Rihanna 20/02/1988 Taylor Swift 13/12/1989 Rita Ora 26/11/1990 Ed Sheeran 17/02/1991 Jesy Nelson (Little Mix) 14/06/1991 Leigh-Ann Pinnock (Little Mix) 04/10/1991 Louis Tomlinson (One Direction) 24/12/1991 Jade Thirlwall (Little Mix) 26/12/1992 Zayn Malik (One Direction) 12/01/1993 Perrie Edwards (Little Mix) 10/07/1993 Liam Payne (One Direction) 29/08/1993 Niall Horan (One Direction) 13/09/1993 Harry Styles (One Direction) 01/02/1994 Jake Bugg 28/02/1994 Jonathan Antione (Jonathan & Charlotte) 13/01/1995 Charlotte Jaconelli (Jonathan & Charlotte) 24/08/1995 Haven't attempted Military Wives, can't find anything for Alt-J but they met at uni in 2007 so I assume they must all be at least 23. That's better. There are plenty of people on that list who are older than I am :D
November 25, 201212 yr To be fair, are there many older acts that actually have singles out at the moment, that would realistically ever make the top 40? David Guetta, will.i.am, Eminem, Kanye West , Ludacris and maybe even Cher with her new single...
November 26, 201212 yr Actually older than i thought for some of the artists. But its the type of music they produce i suppose!
November 26, 201212 yr The Disclosure brothers are aged 21 and 18 respectively, by the way, if it makes any difference.
November 27, 201212 yr I'm not exactly shocked, Radio 1 haven't exactly made a secret of the fact they won't playlist people like Madonna and Kylie now because of their age. Although they don't feature in this T40, I was surprised to see Coldplay are only in their mid-30's - for some reason I thought they were around 40. To be fair, are there many older acts that actually have singles out at the moment, that would realistically ever make the top 40? Wait 'til next week when the Xmas songs start re-entering the T40... :) Nicky Minaj born in 1984 :lol: she is much older She's 28? I would have guessed early 20's. :blink:
November 27, 201212 yr I was born in January 1975, I wonder if there's ever been a singles chart entirely made up of acts younger than me, if not yet then it looks like it's coming soon :( (goes to look at the album list to feel younger) Great bit of research by the way
November 29, 201212 yr Col1967 mentioned that the pre rock n roll era was likely to have an older average age, which got me researching. Here are all the artists from the chart of 60 years ago (29th Nov 1952) and their birthdates and ages, the average age for the whole chart is around 36.5. Louis Armstrong 04/08/1901 51 died 06/07/1971 Bing Crosby 03/05/1903 49 died 14/10/1977 Mantovani 15/11/1905 47 died 29/03/1980 Frankie Laine 30/03/1913 39 died 06/02/2007 Jo Stafford 12/11/1917 35 died 16/07/2008 Vera Lynn 20/03/1917 35 Now aged 95 Nat "King" Cole 17/03/1919 33 died 15/02/1965 Mario Lanza 31/01/1921 31 died 07/10/1959 Doris Day 03/04/1922 30 Now aged 90 Al Martino 07/10/1927 25 died 13/10/2009 Guy Mitchell 27/02/1927 25 died 01/07/1999 Johnnie Ray 10/01/1927 25 died 24/02/1990 Tony Brent 26/08/1927 25 died 19/06/1993 Rosemary Clooney 23/05/1928 24 died 29/06/2002
November 29, 201212 yr Very nearly Steve201, I think I've seen Mantovani's birth quoted before as being in 1900 or 1899, but I can't find the source for that off-hand, and every where I consulted today says 1905 so maybe I'm imagining that. I've now done the list for this week in 1962 (1st December): Joe Loss 22/06/1909 53 died 06/06/1990 Nat 'King' Cole 17/03/1919 43 died 15/02/1965 Marty Robbins 26/09/1925 37 died 08/12/1982 Nick Massi (Four Seasons) 19/09/1927 35 died 24/12/2000 Tommy DeVito (Four Seasons) 19/06/1928 34 Now aged 84 Mr Acker Bilk 28/01/1929 33 Now aged 83 Rolf Harris 30/03/1930 32 Now aged 82 Kenny Ball 22/05/1930 32 Now aged 82 Ray Charles 23/09/1930 32 died 10/06/2004 Frankie Valli (Four Seasons) 03/05/1934 28 Now aged 78 Pat Boone 01/06/1934 28 Now aged 78 Ronnie Carroll 18/08/1934 28 Now aged 78 Del Shannon 30/12/1934 27 died 08/02/1990 Elvis Presley 08/01/1935 27 died 16/08/1977 Bobby Darin 13/05/1936 26 died 20/12/1973 Buddy Holly 07/09/1936 died aged 22, would have been 26 died 03/02/1959 Shirley Bassey 08/01/1937 25 Now aged 75 Don Everly (Everly Brothers) 01/02/1937 25 Now aged 75 Paddy Lightfoot (Kenny Ball and his Jazzmen) Sept Quarter 1937 Frank Ifield 30/11/1937 25/26 Now aged 75/76 Susan Maughan 01/07/1938 24 Now aged 74 Roger LaVern (Tornados) 11/11/1938 24 Now aged 74 Liquorice Locking (Shadows) 22/12/1938 23 Now aged 73 Phil Everly (Everly Brothers) 19/01/1939 23 Now aged 73 Marty Wilde 15/04/1939 23 Now aged 73 Johnny Tillotson 20/04/1939 23 Now aged 73 Heinz Burt (Tornados) 28/08/1939 23 Now aged 73 Jimmy Justice 15/12/1939 23 Now aged 73 Alan Caddy (Tornados) 02/02/1940 22 died 16/08/2000 Brian Bennett (Shadows) 09/02/1940 22 Now aged 72 Billy Fury 17/04/1940 22 died 28/01/1983 Adam Faith 23/06/1940 22 died 08/03/2003 Ringo Starr 07/07/1940 22 Now aged 72 Mike Sarne 06/08/1940 22 Now aged 72 John Lennon 09/10/1940 22 died 08/12/1980 Cliff Richard 14/10/1940 22 Now aged 72 Maureen Kennedy (Vernon Girls) ??/??/1940 Frances Lee (Vernon Girls) ??/??/1940 Craig Douglas 12/08/1941 21 Now aged 71 George Bellamy (Tornados) 08/10/1941 21 Now aged 71 Hank Marvin (Shadows) 28/10/1941 21 Now aged 71 Bruce Welch (Shadows) 02/11/1941 21 Now aged 71 Carole King 09/02/1942 20 Now aged 70 Tommy Roe 09/05/1942 20 Now aged 70 Paul McCartney 18/06/1942 20 Now aged 70 Clem Cattini (Tornados) 25/07/1942 20 died 07/04/2000 Bob Gaudio (Four Seasons) 17/11/1942 20 Now aged 70 Chris Montez 17/01/1943 19 Now aged 69 Mark Wynter 29/01/1943 19 Now aged 69 George Harrison 25/02/1943 19 died 29/11/2001 Little Eva 29/06/1943 19 died 10/04/2003 Brian Hyland 12/11/1943 19 Now aged 69 Jean Owen (Vernon Girls) 17/11/1943 19 Brenda Lee 11/12/1944 17 Now aged 67 Billie Davis 22/12/1945 16 Now aged 66 John Bennett (Kenny Ball and his Jazzmen) Dave Jones (Kenny Ball and his Jazzmen) Ron Weatherburn (Kenny Ball and his Jazzmen) Ron Bowden (Kenny Ball and his Jazzmen) Vic Pitt (Kenny Ball and his Jazzmen) Dickie Bishop (Kenny Ball and his Jazzmen) As you can see I've struggled for complete info for Kenny Ball's Jazzmen and the Vernon Girls and didn't even find names for Joe Loss' Orchestra
November 29, 201212 yr Just noticed I used the wrong week's chart for 1952 (20th December 1952 instead of 29th November 1952), but if you scrub out Louis Armstrong, Johnnie Ray and Tony Brent, but add in Ray Martin (11/10/1918-07/02/1988) who was at that time 34, and you get the correct list for exactly 60 years ago, and a revised average age of around 37.1 (increasing despite dropping the old chart star of 1952 Louis Armstrong off the list).
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