Number 11:

 

Oh dear, the Eurovision Contest 1976!

 

 

Number One in April 1976 & 1,050,000 sold.

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In relation to No. 69 Reason To Believe / Maggie May by Rod Stewart, is the 1976/7 reissue included in your calculations of 653,000? You don't mention the latter dates in the post.

Number 9:

 

Roderick returns!

 

 

Number One in August 1975 & it cameback in 76, following the Ark Royal documentary series. Another mucked up sale from those that supposed to be in the know. It actually sold 1,055,705 during it's 70s run.

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Number 13:

 

Double Waddy on Arrows TV show

 

 

Number One in December 1976 & one of those, where the missed sales of week 52 got lost, but go to a different chart (other than BMRB) & you find a total sale of 1,036,000.

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Number 12:

 

Gazza's biggest & best & the chart entry rundown

 

 

Enormous sales at the end of November 1973, keeping the Osmonds off #1 & smashing straight in above them. Selling a total of 1,048,000.

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Number 14:

 

 

Number One forever in January 1977 & a total of 1,033,000 sold.

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Number 10:

 

Watership Down

 

 

6 weeks at Number one in April/May 1979 & 1,052,000 sold, as the best selling single of 79.

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Number 8:

 

I'd like to buy the world a Coke?

 

 

Another one of those caught up in a week 52 lost sale. Again away to another chart comp & we get a big lost week's sale, giving it a total of 1,095,000 & it went to Number One in January 1972.

 

It came from the Coke commercial & that, looked like this:

Number 7:

 

Their first number one, championed by Kenny Everet on Capital 194 & Radio One thought it was too long...Radio One were too long in the tooth, it still seems!

 

 

Out of 1975, into 76 & 1,100,000 sold.

Number 6:

 

Stay away from this place!

 

 

It might of put you off of the YMCA! But it was an enormous seller, even before it went to Number One. The big sales of Christmas 1978 & into 1979, where it sold 1,179,000.

Number 5:

 

Where have these Nights gone?

 

 

Probably the Chick Flick, that drives most fellas to defrost the fridge, but the girls love it! It was Number One in October 1978 & sold 1,186,000.

Number 4:

 

Oh my Lord

 

 

Shifting nearly 300,000 a week, around Christmas 1978 & clocking up 1.3 million in total.

Number 3:

 

That film again

 

 

9 weeks at Number One in June/July/August 1978, denying Father Abraham at least one week at the top (with his Decca problem). But nevertheless John & Olivia chalked up 1.8 million that Summer.

Number 2:

 

By default

 

 

It had sold over a million by July 1978. By the end of that month, Radio stations decided to flip it over. People went out & thought they were buying the new single by Boney M "Brown Girl In The Girl"....Not realising it was the B side to "Rivers Of Babylon"! Technically you can knock off 600,000 for "Brown Girl" of the total of 1.9 million, it supposebly sold!

 

And here is (the much better & hilarious B side):

 

It made a high of Number 2 away from "Rivers Of Babylon" & down the local everybody was being really awful & singing "Brown in the ring...She looks like a s***house in a slum". Very nice, i'm sure.

The big number one time:

 

And we know Paul McCartney achieved the biggest seller of the 60s & also the 70s, was wrapped up too!

 

 

You couldn't stop it, as it sold 250,000 a week at it's peak & spent 9 weeks at Number One (though it seemed longer!) Altogether it got 2.5 million & even made a return into the lower reaches of the top 100 in December 1978.

 

Everybody forgets it was a double A side, with this:

 

You might of thought it would of got some airplay on the radio, being the other song was #1, but it wasn't even played on Tom Browne's Top Twenty show. Personally though, I thought "Girlschool" meant the it was the female rock group of the same name!

 

So, here ends the countdown. Coming in the future (the long distance future lies the Top 400 of the 60s) & in the near future, the Top TV Programmes of the 60s, 70s & 80s.

In relation to No. 69 Reason To Believe / Maggie May by Rod Stewart, is the 1976/7 reissue included in your calculations of 653,000? You don't mention the latter dates in the post.

It is indeed included, Simon. Yes. 615,000 in 71 & 38,000 in 76.

Thanks for that.

thanks for the list - has anyone ever commented on the "lost sales" weeks of the 70's, it seems such an obvious blatant error in calculations that the ever-dependable BBC (hah!) would have spotted it....? The comments were good too... B-)

Thanks for posting. Can you recap the full list without all the videos inbetween please? Thanks

The big number one time:

 

And we know Paul McCartney achieved the biggest seller of the 60s & also the 70s, was wrapped up too!

 

 

You couldn't stop it, as it sold 250,000 a week at it's peak & spent 9 weeks at Number One (though it seemed longer!) Altogether it got 2.5 million & even made a return into the lower reaches of the top 100 in December 1978.

 

Everybody forgets it was a double A side, with this:

 

You might of thought it would of got some airplay on the radio, being the other song was #1, but it wasn't even played on Tom Browne's Top Twenty show. Personally though, I thought "Girlschool" meant the it was the female rock group of the same name!

 

So, here ends the countdown. Coming in the future (the long distance future lies the Top 400 of the 60s) & in the near future, the Top TV Programmes of the 60s, 70s & 80s.

 

 

Dave, do you have total sales numbers for these two number ones ?

 

Status Quo Down Down

Tymes Ms Grace

 

Using the figures posted by You and Brian here and on Haven. Every number one between 1970 and 1988 sold about 300,000 or more (except two) The only ones I dont have figures for are the ones Ive mentioned above.

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