Posted February 3, 201411 yr So we move from the "A's" to the "B's" and a new thread. B contains almost twice as many artists as A, and will take 8 parts to complete, all of which will be contained within this thread. A reminder of the notes and conventions used in creating the data: 1. The first rule is that all rules have exceptions, common sense (and my own inconsistencies) may sometimes take precedence 2. Act names - I've tried to reflect the act names as given on the charts, occasionally this is different from that shown on the label or sleeve/cover. If the chart credit is undeniably wrong (e.g. "Elizabethan Reggae") then common sense has been used. An initial "The" from artists names has almost always been dropped, a separator of "And" is usually replaced with an ampersand. 3. Personal names - I have tried to show "real" names of performers where possible, middle names are not shown unless they have some relevance to the stage name (e.g. it would not make sense to show Rihanna's real name as just Robyn Fenty). Where the name an individual goes by is a standard short form of his/her given name (e.g. if someone known as Andy is really an Andrew), I normally haven't bothered showing this. Diactritics are shown where possible, but the software used in compiling the data has difficult with some non-ASCII characters, and the ý in Mýa. I have not shown aritst names in anything other than the Latin script, so for artists whose "real" names are written in Cyrillic, Burmese or Korean for instance, I have used the transliteration as normally shown on the charts. Artists from Northern Ireland are shown thus, rather than being from either the UK or Ireland which hopefully will reduce arguments! 4. Dates of birth/death - Shown where I have found these while checking out other details. Any additional information gladly received 5. Band membership - Normally relates to their hitmaking period only. Changes in personnel before or after this are very rarely shown. Members are normally shown in alphabetical order (but with some exceptions - e.g. Crosby, Stills & Nash are treated in that order) for either the debut hit or the main part of the groups career, with changes usually noted in chronological order 6. Featured artists - This got complex! Where a combination of lead/featured artist ONLY had hit(s) together (e.g. Gotye featuring Kimbra) they are only shown as effectively one act. Where the lead artist has had other hits but the featured one isn't, the lead artist only has a separate full entry. Where either the featured artist has other credits, or both do, both have individual entries. The same (more or less) works with normal duos - for instance Simon & Garfunkel's hits are listed under both Art Garfunkel's and Paul Simon's solo careers. 6a The OCC has sometimes changed the credit shown on the chart during a chart run. In such cases I have tried to use the most inclusive credit. 7. Where a record has been in the charts as both a "normal" A-side and a Double A-Side (whether in combination with a track by the same artist or a different artist), it is shown with separate lines (e.g. "Last Christmas" by Wham!) 8. When a record has re-entered the chart with a different artist credit, I have normally amassed the two together (e.g. "Woman In Chains"). Which artist credit I have used depends on the song itself, and a note is attached showing that an alternate credit exists. 9. Remixes/Re-Recordings/Live Versions used to be charted separately and are shown as different hits, but current practice is for all versions to be collected and charted together, so for any chart runs of such tracks since the advent of the download era are normally added to the original hit version 10. Labels and catalogue numbers are completely omitted 11. EP/LP tracks are shown where known when the chart entry was credited to an EP/LP. If an EP was released on two different CD singles, it is usually the tracks of CD1 that are listed 12. Most of the "bio" information comes straight from Wikipedia (to save time), so there is the likelihood that a number of the entries contain mistakes. Please let me know of any of these, or if there's anything that you think is significant enough to be mentioned. I have tried to keep opinions out of them, and kept references to genres to a minimum as those tend to cause more disagreements than almost anything else. Honours such as knighthoods, OBE's etc. are shown. Oscars, Grammys & Brits are a work in progress and will eventually all be shown, less high profile awards (e.g. MOBOs, Mercury Prize, etc.) are unlikely to be listed unless a particular artist has achieved something extraordinary. 12a Close family relationships between hitmakers are shown where possible, and also in some cases to other famous people (e.g. it made no sense to write even a sketchy bio for Jane Wyman and not mention she was married to Ronald Reagan) 13. Cross-references ("See also....") are a work in progress, as are the marking of US number ones. Expect these to get more comprehensive as the series goes on! 14. Alphabetisation - aritsts whose name is an acronym (and is pronounced as such), e.g. ABC are sorted as if the name is a series of spaced letters (i.e. A B C). All such acts are listed at the start of those with that initial. Where an acronymic (?) name is usually voiced as a word (e.g. ABBA) then it is indexed under that word. Numbers are treated as if they are spelled out, punctuation is ignored. Individuals are indexed firstly under their surname then their given name(s). For some artists, it can be difficult to determine whether a name is a given name followed by a surname, or whether the whole thing is to be treated as one name. In these cases (most of which involve seem to involve rappers), I have tried to use the sorting sequence used for that artist within Wikipedia categories. 15. Where an artist has had hits under two (or more) different names, they are merged (e.g. Hannah Montana & Miley Cyrus). With some combinations (usually European production outfits), it can sometimes be difficult to identity which pairings work under which names! 16. Nationalities - I've tried to use the nationalities where people grew up rather than the place they happened to be born. Where there is some difference of opinion I have usually come down on one side of the coin or the other. Large groups are given under the likely most-common nationality (e.g. the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra is shown as Austrian, even if a number of them may not have been). Club football teams of the modern era are usually shown as "Mostly British". Anonymous cover version acts may be shown without nationality. Where a country has changed name since the person was born, I have no hard and fast rule about which name to use but hopefully this should be clear either way. Where I know a person has changed or taken on a second citizenship I have mentioned it Index A was split between two threads - A-Akon and Alabama 3-Azzido Da Bass B is, well, here. Edited December 26, 201410 yr by fchd
February 3, 201411 yr Author Key - $ = US Number One (1961-date), ✮ UK Million Seller, ➜ Still in Top 75 at end Dec 2014. A line in red indicates a Number 1, a line in blue indicate a Top 10 hit. B B & Q American male vocal/instrumental group, mastermineded by Jacques Fred Petrus, with Mauro Malavasi, Paris Ford and session singers/musicians, including Curtis Hairston 18 Jul 81 On The Beat 41 5 wks 06 Jul 85 Genie 40 4 wks 20 Sep 86 Dreamer 35 5 wks 17 Oct 87 Riccochet 71 1 wk Total Hits : 4 Total Weeks : 15 BBC CONCERT ORCHESTRA & BBC SYMPHONY CHORUS, CONDUCTOR STEPHEN JACKSON British male/female classical orchestra and choir 22 Jun 96 Ode To Joy (From Beethoven's Symphony No. 9) 36 3 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 3 BBE Franco-Italian male production trio – Italians Bruno Quartier & Bruno Sanchioni with Frenchman Emmanuel Top 28 Sep 96 Seven Days And One Week 3 9 wks 29 Mar 97 Flash 5 5 wks 14 Feb 98 Desire 19 3 wks 30 May 98 Deeper Love (Symphonic Paradise) 19 3 wks Total Hits : 4 Total Weeks : 20 BBG Anglo-American male/female vocal/production group - Ben Angwin, Philip Michael Francis Hope, Dina Richardson 28 Apr 90 Snappiness 28 5 wks 11 Aug 90 Some Kind Of Heaven 65 2 wks 23 Mar 96 Let The Music Play (BBG featuring Erin) 46 1 wk 18 May 96 Snappiness (Remix) 50 1 wk 05 Jul 97 Just Be Tonight (BBG featuring Erin) 45 1 wk Total Hits : 5 Total Weeks : 10 BBM British male group made up of 3 established names, Jack Bruce, Ginger Baker & Gary Moore. Baker & Bruce had been in Cream, Moore in Thin Lizzy 06 Aug 94 Where In The World 57 2 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 2 BBMAK British male vocal group (Mark Barry, Christian Burns & Stephen McNally) 28 Aug 99 Back Here 5 10 wks (Also charted in 2001. Peaked in February 2001) 26 May 01 Still On Your Side 8 4 wks 16 Nov 02 Out Of My Heart 36 2 wks Total Hits : 3 Total Weeks : 16 B BUMBLE & THE STINGERS American male instrumental group (Red Callender, Rene Hall, Al Hazan & Tommy Tedesco) 21 Apr 62 Nut Rocker 1 26 wks (Also charted in 1972) Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 26 B-CREW American female group masterminded by Erick Morillo - Ramona DeSouza, Karen Gordon, Ultra Naté Wyche & Barbara Tucker. Morillo had solo hits and other a number other names, while Ultra Naté and Tucker also had solo success 20 Sep 97 Partay Feeling (B-Crew featuring Barbara Tucker, Ultra Naté, Dajae & Mone) 45 1 wk Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 1 BEF British male instrumental duo - Ian Craig Marsh & Martyn Ware, formed between their times in the Human League and Heaven 17. BEF stands for British Electric Foundation 27 Jul 91 Family Affair (BEF featuring Lalah Hathaway) 37 5 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 5 B-15 PROJECT FEATURING CRISSY D & LADY G British male production duo (Angus Campbell and Ian Wallman), with two female vocalists Chrissy D (Dawnette Nevers) & Lady G (Janice Fyffe) 17 Jun 00 Girls Like Us 7 10 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 10 B-52S American male/female vocal/instrumental group - Kate Pierson, Fred Schneider, Keith Strickland, Cindy Wilson & Ricky Wilson (died 12/10/85). 11 Aug 79 Rock Lobster 37 5 wks 09 Aug 80 Give Me Back My Man 61 3 wks 07 May 83 Future Generation 63 2 wks 10 May 86 Rock Lobster/Planet Claire 12 7 wks 03 Mar 90 Love Shack 2 13 wks 19 May 90 Roam 17 7 wks 18 Aug 90 Channel Z 61 2 wks 20 Jun 92 Good Stuff 21 6 wks 12 Sep 92 Tell It Like It T-i-s 61 3 wks 09 Jul 94 (Meet) The Flintstones (BC-52s) 3 12 wks 30 Jan 99 Love Shack 99 66 1 wk Total Hits : 11 Total Weeks : 61 BG THE PRINCE OF RAP American male rapper, born Bernard Greene 18 Jan 92 Take Control Of The Party 71 2 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 2 BK British male producer (born Ben Keen, 16/10/73) 25 Nov 00 Hoovers And Horns (Fergie & BK) 57 2 wks 08 Dec 01 Flash (BK & Nick Sentience) 67 1 wk 26 Jan 02 Erection (Take It To The Top) (Cortina featuring BK & Madam Friction) 48 1 wk 09 Feb 02 Flash (Remix) (BK & Nick Sentience) 61 1 wk 07 Dec 02 Revolution 42 2 wks 16 Aug 03 Klub Kollaborations 43 4 wks (Also charted in 2004) Total Hits : 6 Total Weeks : 11 BM DUBS PRESENTS MR RUMBLE British male production group 17 Mar 01 Whoomp There It Is 32 2 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 2 BMR FEATURING FELICIA German male production duo (Boris Dlugosch & Michi Lange) with British female singer (Felicia Uwaje) 01 May 99 Check It Out (Everybody) 29 2 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 2 BMU American male vocal/instrumental charity congolomeration. BMU = "Black Men United" 18 Feb 95 U Will Know 23 2 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 2 B-MOVIE British male vocal/instrumental group (Graham Boffey, Alan Cash, Rick Holliday, Steve Hovington & Paul Statham) 18 Apr 81 Remembrance Day 61 3 wks 27 Mar 82 Nowhere Girl 67 4 wks Total Hits : 2 Total Weeks : 7 B.O.B American male rapper/songwriter/producer, born Bobby Simmons, 15/11/88 06 Mar 10 Don't Go There (Giggs featuring B.O.B.) 60 1 wk 29 May 10 Nothin' On You $ (B.O.B. featuring Bruno Mars) 1 15 wks 12 Jun 10 Airplanes (B.O.B. Featuring Hayley Williams) 1 31 wks (Also charted in 2011 & 2013) 16 Oct 10 Magic (B.O.B. featuring Rivers Cuomo) 16 16 wks 29 Jan 11 I'll Be In The Sky 61 4 wks 12 Feb 11 Price Tag ✮ (Jessie J featuring B.O.B.) 1 54 wks (Also charted in 2012) 15 Oct 11 Strange Clouds (B.O.B. featuring Lil Wayne) 72 1 wk 28 Apr 12 So Good 7 13 wks 21 Jul 12 Both Of Us (B.O.B. Featuring Taylor Swift) 22 5 wks 20 Jul 13 Brokenhearted (Lawson featuring B.O.B.) 6 5 wks 30 Nov 13 Up Down (Do This All Day) (T-Pain featuring B.O.B.) 43 4 wks (Also charted in 2014) Total Hits : 11 Total Weeks : 149 BON German male vocal/instrumental duo (Claus Capek & Guy Gross). BON stands for Band Ohne Namen (German for Band With No Name) 03 Feb 01 Boys 15 5 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 5 B REAL American male rapper (born Louis Freese, 2/6/70). He is the lead rapper in Cypress Hill and had one hit as part of Group Therapy 05 Apr 97 Hit 'Em High (The Monstars' Anthem) (B Real/Busta Rhymes/Coolio/LL Cool J/Method Man) 8 6 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 6 BT American male producer/musician (born Brian Transeau, 4/10/71) 18 Mar 95 Embracing The Sunshine 34 2 wks 16 Sep 95 Loving You More (BT featuring Vincent Covello) 28 2 wks 10 Feb 96 Loving You More (Remix) (BT featuring Vincent Covello) 14 3 wks 09 Nov 96 Blue Skies (BT featuring Tori Amos) 26 2 wks 19 Jul 97 Flaming June 19 8 wks (Also charted in 1998) 29 Nov 97 Love, Peace And Grease 41 1 wk 18 Apr 98 Remember 27 2 wks 21 Nov 98 Godspeed 54 1 wk 09 Oct 99 Mercury And Solace 38 2 wks 24 Jun 00 Dreaming (BT featuring Kirsty Hawkshaw) 38 2 wks 23 Jun 01 Never Gonna Come Back Down 51 1 wk 15 May 04 Love Comes Again (Tiësto featuring BT) 30 3 wks Total Hits : 12 Total Weeks : 29 BT EXPRESS Wesley Hall, Michael Jones, Barbara Joyce Lomas, Leslie Ming, Bill Risbrook, Louis Risbrook, Dennis Rowe, Rick Thompson & Carlos Ward 29 Mar 75 Express 34 6 wks 26 Jul 80 Does It Feel Good/Give Up The Funk 52 4 wks 23 Apr 94 Express (Remix) 67 1 wk Total Hits : 3 Total Weeks : 11 B TRAITS Canadian female DJ/producer, born Brianna Price, 18/6/86 07 Apr 12 Fever (B Traits featuring Elisabeth Troy) 36 2 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 2 B-TRIBE German male production group (Ralf Hamm, Markus Staab & Claus Zundel) 25 Sep 93 Fiesta Fatal! 64 4 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 4 B2K American male vocal group (Dreux "Lil' Fizz" Frédéric, Jarrel "J-Boog" Houston, De'Mario "Raz-B" Thornton, Omari "Omarion" Grandberry). Omarion went on to have solo hits 24 Aug 02 Uh Huh 35 2 wks 29 Mar 03 Bump Bump Bump $ (B2K featuring P Diddy) 11 8 wks 21 Jun 03 Girlfriend 10 8 wks 18 Oct 03 Uh Huh 2003 31 2 wks 20 Mar 04 Badaboom (B2K featuring Fabolous) 26 5 wks Total Hits : 5 Total Weeks : 25 BVSMP American male group consisting of Frederick Bird, Percy Rodgers, and Calvin Williams. BVSMP alledgely stands for Baby Virgo Shocking Mister P 23 Jul 88 I Need You 3 12 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 12 BWO Swedish male/female vocal/instrumental group (Alexander Bard, Martin Rolinski, Marina Schiptjenko). BWO originally stood for Bodies Without Organs 08 Mar 08 Sunshine In The Rain 69 1 wk 09 Aug 08 Lay Your Love On Me 69 1 wk Total Hits : 2 Total Weeks : 2 B*WITCHED Irish female vocal group - Lyndsay Amarou, sisters Edie & Keavy Lynch and Sinéad O'Carroll. The Lynch sisters are also sisters of Shane (of Boyzone) and Tara (of FAB!) 06 Jun 98 C'est La Vie 1 19 wks 03 Oct 98 Rollercoaster 1 15 wks 19 Dec 98 To You I Belong 1 14 wks (Also charted in 1999) 27 Mar 99 Blame It On The Weatherman 1 9 wks 10 Apr 99 Thank Abba For The Music (Steps, Tina Cousins, Cleopatra, B*Witched & Billie) 4 13 wks 16 Oct 99 Jesse Hold On 4 12 wks (Also charted in 2000) 18 Dec 99 I Shall Be There (B*Witched featuring Ladysmith Black Mambazo) 13 9 wks 08 Apr 00 Jump Down 16 7 wks Total Hits : 8 Total Weeks : 98 See also Big Reunion Cast 2013 CUTEE B French male DJ/musician (born Frédéric Poulet, 30/12/61) 07 Oct 06 Rock This Party (Bob Sinclar & Cutee B) 3 15 wks 09 Jun 07 Sound Of Freedom (Bob Sinclar & Cutee B featuring Gary Pine and Dollarman) 14 4 wks Total Hits : 2 Total Weeks : 19 DEREK B British male rapper (born Derek Boland, 15/1/65-15/11/09) 27 Feb 88 Goodgroove 16 6 wks 07 May 88 Bad Young Brother 16 6 wks 02 Jul 88 We Got The Juice 56 3 wks Total Hits : 3 Total Weeks : 15 ERIC B & RAKIM American male rap duo - Eric B = Eric Barrier, born 8/11/93 & Rakim = Michael Griffin, born 28/1/67 07 Nov 87 Paid In Full 15 6 wks 20 Feb 88 Move The Crowd 53 2 wks 12 Mar 88 I Know You Got Soul 13 6 wks 02 Jul 88 Follow The Leader 21 5 wks 19 Nov 88 The Microphone Fiend 74 1 wk 12 Aug 89 Friends (Jody Watley with Eric B & Rakim) 21 6 wks Total Hits : 6 Total Weeks : 26 HOWIE B British male DJ/producer (born Howard Bernstein, 2/3/63) 19 Jul 97 Angels Go Bad; Too 36 2 wks 18 Oct 97 Switch 62 1 wk 11 Apr 98 Take Your Partner By The Hand (Howie B featuring Robbie Robertson) 74 1 wk Total Hits : 3 Total Weeks : 4 JOHN B British male producer, John B Williams 22 Jun 02 Up All Night 58 1 wk Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 1 JON B American male vocalist (born Jonathan Buck, 11/11/74) 17 Oct 98 They Don't Know 32 2 wks 26 May 01 Don't Talk 29 3 wks 19 Mar 05 Lately 68 1 wk Total Hits : 3 Total Weeks : 6 KATY B British female singer/songwriter (born Kathleen Brien, 8/5/89) 04 Sep 10 Katy On A Mission 5 24 wks (Also charted in 2011) 16 Oct 10 Perfect Stranger (Magnetic Man featuring Katy B) 16 5 wks 01 Jan 11 Lights On (Katy B featuring Ms Dynamite) 4 17 wks 09 Apr 11 Broken Record 8 6 wks 04 Jun 11 Easy Please Me 25 8 wks 26 May 12 Anywhere In The World (Mark Ronson & Katy B) 55 1 wk 20 Jul 13 What Love Is Made Of 21 2 wks 16 Nov 13 5am 14 3 wks 08 Feb 14 Crying For No Reason 5 13 wks Total Hits : 9 Total Weeks : 79 LISA B American female vocalist, Lisa Barbuscia, born 18/6/71 12 Jun 93 Glam 49 2 wks 25 Sep 93 Fascinated 35 3 wks 08 Jan 94 You And Me 39 4 wks Total Hits : 3 Total Weeks : 9 MARK B British male producer, Mark Barnes 10 Feb 01 The Unknown (Mark B & Blade) 49 1 wk 26 May 01 Ya Don't See The Signs (Mark B & Blade) 23 3 wks 25 Sep 04 Move..Now (Mark B featuring Tommy Evans) 61 1 wk Total Hits : 3 Total Weeks : 5 MELANIE B British female vocalist, born Melanie Brown, 29/7/75. She was "Scary Spice" in the Spice Girls before embarking on a solo career. She was married to Jimmy Gulzar and known as Melanie G for a period 26 Sep 98 I Want You Back (Melanie B featuring Missy Misdemeanor Elliott) 1 9 wks 10 Jul 99 Word Up (Melanie G) 14 8 wks 07 Oct 00 Tell Me 4 7 wks 03 Mar 01 Feels So Good 5 8 wks 16 Jun 01 Lullaby 13 4 wks 25 Jun 05 Today (Melanie Brown) 41 1 wk Total Hits : 6 Total Weeks : 37 MISHA B British female singer (born Misha Bryan, 10/2/92). She competed in the 2011 series of "The X Factor", finishing 4th. 28 Jul 12 Home Run 11 5 wks 17 Nov 12 Do You Think Of Me 9 4 wks 11 May 13 Here's To Everything (Ooh La La) 35 1 wk Total Hits : 3 Total Weeks : 10 SANDY B American female singer, born Sandra Barber 20 Feb 93 Feel Like Singin' 60 1 wk 18 May 96 Make The World Go Round 20 4 wks (Also charted in 1998. Peaked in February 1998) 24 May 97 Make The World Go Round (Remix) 35 2 wks 08 Nov 97 Ain't No Need To Hide 60 1 wk 01 May 04 Make The World Go Round 2004 51 3 wks Total Hits : 5 Total Weeks : 11 STEVIE B American male singer/songwriter, born Steven Bernard Hill, 19/4/58 23 Feb 91 Because I Love You (The Postman Song) $ 6 9 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 9 TAIRRIE B American female rapper/singer, born Theresa Beth, 18/1/65 01 Dec 90 Murder She Wrote 71 2 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 2 BAAUER American male producer (born Harry Bauer Rodrigues, 30/4/89) 23 Feb 13 Harlem Shake $ 3 10 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 10 BABBITY BLUE British female singer, born Barbara Chalk (born c1947) 13 Feb 65 Don't Make Me (Fall In Love With You) 48 2 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 2 BABE INSTINCT Belgian male production duo (Oliver Adams & Maurice Engelen) 16 Jan 99 Disco Babes From Outer Space 21 2 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 2 BABE TEAM British female cheerleading vocal group 08 Jun 02 Over There 45 2 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 2 ALICE BABS Swedish female singer, born Hildur Nilson, 26/1/24. She represented her country in the 1958 Eurovision Song Contest, coming 4th 17 Aug 63 After You've Gone 43 1 wk Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 1 BABY BUMPS British male/female vocal/instrumental duo - Sean Casey & Lisa Millett 08 Aug 98 Burning 17 4 wks 26 Feb 00 I Got This Feeling 22 2 wks Total Hits : 2 Total Weeks : 6 BABY D British male/female vocal/instrumental group - Dorothy "Dee" Galdes, Claudio Galdez & Terry Jones. Galdes married Phil Fearon and became Dee Galdes-Fearon 18 Dec 93 Destiny 69 1 wk 23 Jul 94 Casanova 67 1 wk 19 Nov 94 Let Me Be Your Fantasy 1 14 wks 03 Jun 95 I Need Your Loving (Everybody's Got To Learn Sometime) 3 12 wks 13 Jan 96 So Pure 3 7 wks 06 Apr 96 Take Me To Heaven 15 5 wks 02 Sep 00 Let Me Be Your Fantasy (2000 Remix) 16 5 wks Total Hits : 7 Total Weeks : 45 BABY DC American male rapper, bork Derek Coleman, 7/1/86 24 Apr 99 Bounce Rock Skate Roll (Baby DC featuring Imajin) 45 1 wk Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 1 BABY JUNE British male producer (Tim Hegarty) 15 Aug 92 Hey! What's Your Name 75 1 wk Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 1 BABY O British male/female vocal/instrumental group (Paulinho da Costa, Miguel Ferrer, Steve Lukather & Greg Mathieson) 26 Jul 80 In The Forest 46 5 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 5 BABY ROOTS Italian male production group with British female singer (Sandra Chambers) 01 Aug 92 Rock Me Baby 71 1 wk Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 1 BABYBIRD British male vocal/instrumental group. Originally a solo project of Stephen Jones, then became a band consisting of Huw Chadbourn, Robert Gregory, Stephen Jones, John Pedder & Luke Scott. Chadbourn left in late '97/early '98, and for the 2000 releases the line-up had changed to Jones, Scott and newcomer Matt Hay. Eventualy Jones re-used the name for solo material 10 Aug 96 Goodnight 28 2 wks 12 Oct 96 You're Gorgeous 3 16 wks 01 Feb 97 Candy Girl 14 3 wks 17 May 97 Cornershop 37 2 wks 09 May 98 Bad Old Man 31 2 wks 22 Aug 98 If You'll Be Mine 28 4 wks 27 Feb 99 Back Together 22 3 wks 25 Mar 00 The F-Word 35 2 wks 03 Jun 00 Out Of Sight 58 1 wk Total Hits : 9 Total Weeks : 35 BABYFACE American male producer/singer/songwriter (born Kenneth Edmonds, 10/4/59) 09 Jul 94 Rock Bottom 50 4 wks 01 Oct 94 When Can I See You 35 3 wks 09 Nov 96 This Is For The Lover in You 12 5 wks 08 Mar 97 Every Time I Close My Eyes 13 4 wks 19 Jul 97 How Come How Long (Babyface featuring Stevie Wonder) 10 5 wks 25 Oct 97 Sunshine (Jay-Z featuring Babyface & Foxy Brown) 25 2 wks Total Hits : 6 Total Weeks : 23 BABYLON ZOO Essentially british singer/songwriter/producer Jas Mann, with session musiciains Dave Goodes, Carrie Melbourne & Darrin Mooney. From 1997 Babylon Zoo was esentially just Mann. 27 Jan 96 Spaceman ✮ 1 14 wks 27 Apr 96 Animal Army 17 3 wks 05 Oct 96 The Boy With The X-Ray Eyes 32 2 wks 06 Feb 99 All The Money's Gone 46 1 wk Total Hits : 4 Total Weeks : 20 BABYS British male vocal/instrumental group (Tony Brock, Michael Corby, Wally Stocker & John Waite). Corby was replaced by Jonathan Cain & Ricky Phillips 21 Jan 78 Isn't It Time 45 3 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 3 BABYSHAMBLES British male/female vocal/instrumental group led by Pete Doherty (ex-Libertines). Early incarnations included Gemma Clarke, Drew McConnell & Patrick Walden. Clarke left in 2005 and was replaced by Adam Ficek (making it an all-male lineup), with Walden replaced by Mick Whatnall in 2006. 11 Dec 04 Killamangiro 8 8 wks 27 Aug 05 f*** Forever 4 5 wks 10 Dec 05 Albion 8 4 wks 11 Nov 06 Janie Jones (Babyshambles & Friends) 17 3 wks 29 Sep 07 Delivery 6 4 wks 15 Dec 07 You Talk 54 1 wk Total Hits : 6 Total Weeks : 25 BACCARA Spanish female vocal duo (Mayte Mateos (born 7/2/1951) and María Mendiola (born 4/4/1952)). They represented Luxembourg in the 1978 Eurovision Song Contest, finishing 7th 17 Sep 77 Yes Sir, I Can Boogie 1 17 wks 14 Jan 78 Sorry I'm A Lady 8 9 wks Total Hits : 2 Total Weeks : 26 BURT BACHARACH American male songwriter/pianist. He has a considerably higher profile as a songwriter than a performer, and was married to Carole Bayer-Sager from 1982-91 22 May 65 Trains And Boats And Plains 4 11 wks 01 May 99 Toldedo (Elvis Costello & Burt Bacharach) 72 1 wk Total Hits : 2 Total Weeks : 12 BACHELORS Irish male vocal group (two brothers - Con Cluskey, born 18/11/41, Dec Cluskey, born 23/12/42 & John Stokes, born 13/8/40) 26 Jan 63 Charmaine 6 19 wks 06 Jul 63 Faraway Places 36 3 wks 31 Aug 63 Whispering 18 10 wks 25 Jan 64 Diane 1 19 wks 21 Mar 64 I Believe 2 17 wks 06 Jun 64 Ramona 4 13 wks 15 Aug 64 I Wouldn't Trade You For The World 4 16 wks 05 Dec 64 No Arms Can Ever Hold You 7 12 wks 03 Apr 65 True Love For Evermore 34 6 wks 22 May 65 Marie 9 12 wks 30 Oct 65 In The Chapel In The Moonlight 27 10 wks 08 Jan 66 Hello Dolly 38 4 wks 19 Mar 66 The Sound of Silence 3 13 wks 09 Jul 66 Can I Trust You 26 7 wks 03 Dec 66 Walk With Faith In Your Heart 21 9 wks 08 Apr 67 Oh How I Miss You 30 8 wks 08 Jul 67 Marta 20 9 wks Total Hits : 17 Total Weeks : 187 BACHMAN-TURNER OVERDRIVE Canadian male vocal/instrumental group (Randy Bachman, Robbie Bachman, Fred Turner & Blair Thornton). Randy Bachman was previously in The Guess Who (and later Ironhorse) while his son Tal had a solo hit 16 Nov 74 You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet $ 2 12 wks 01 Feb 75 Roll On Down The Highway 22 6 wks Total Hits : 2 Total Weeks : 18 TAL BACHMAN Canadian male singer/songwriter, born Talmage Bachman, 13/8/68. He is the son of Randy Bachman (of the Guess Who & Bachman-Turner Overdrive) 30 Oct 99 She's So High 30 2 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 2 BACK TO THE PLANET British male vocal/instrumental group - Henry Cullen, Bernard Fletcher, Carl Hendrickse, Alex Hore, Guy McAffer, Amir Mojarrad, Marshall Penn, Fil Waters) 10 Apr 93 Teenage Turtles 52 1 wk 04 Sep 93 Daydream 52 1 wk Total Hits : 2 Total Weeks : 2 BACKBEAT BAND American male/vocal instrumental group formed solely to perform the music for the 1994 movie "Backbeat", songs once performed by the Beatles but not written by them. Members were Greg Dulli, Don Fleming, Dave Grohl (Nirvana, Foo Fighters), Mike Mills (REM), Thurston Moore (Sonic Youth) & Dave Pirner (Soul Asylum). 26 Mar 94 Money 48 4 wks 14 May 94 Please Mr Postman 69 1 wk Total Hits : 2 Total Weeks : 5 BACKSTREET BOYS American male vocal group (Nick Carter, Howie Dorough, Brian Littrell, AJ McLean & Kevin Richardson). Richardson left in 2005 but rejoined in 2012. They have received seven Grammy awards. 28 Oct 95 We've Got It Goin' On 3 8 wks (Also charted in 1996. Peaked in August 1996) 16 Dec 95 I'll Never Break Your Heart 8 11 wks (Also charted in 1996. Peaked in November 1996) 01 Jun 96 Get Down (You're The One For Me) 14 8 wks 18 Jan 97 Quit Playing Games (With My Heart) 2 10 wks 29 Mar 97 Anywhere For You 4 8 wks 02 Aug 97 Everybody (Backstreet's Back) 3 11 wks 11 Oct 97 As Long As You Love Me 3 19 wks 14 Feb 98 All I Have To Give 2 12 wks 15 May 99 I Want It That Way 1 14 wks 30 Oct 99 Larger Than Life 5 14 wks 26 Feb 00 Show Me The Meaning Of Being Lonely 3 12 wks 24 Jun 00 The One 8 8 wks 18 Nov 00 Shape Of My Heart 4 9 wks 24 Feb 01 The Call 8 5 wks 07 Jul 01 More Than That 12 5 wks 12 Jan 02 Drowned 4 7 wks 09 Jul 05 Incomplete 8 8 wks 05 Nov 05 Just Want You To Know 8 3 wks 03 Nov 07 Inconsolable 24 2 wks 10 Oct 09 Straight Through My Heart 72 1 wk Total Hits : 20 Total Weeks : 175 BACKYARD DOG British male production duo - Aniff Akinola & Lloyd Hanley. Akinola also had a hit under the name of Box Bottom featuring Big Babba 07 Jul 01 Baddest Ruffest 15 6 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 6 BAD BOYS INC British male vocal group (Ally Begg, Tony Dowding, Matthew Lee & David Ross) 14 Aug 93 Don't Talk About Love 19 5 wks 02 Oct 93 Whenever You Need Someone 26 3 wks 11 Dec 93 Walking On Air 24 6 wks 21 May 94 More To This World 8 7 wks 23 Jul 94 Take Me Away (I'll Follow You) 15 6 wks 17 Sep 94 Love Here I Come 26 4 wks Total Hits : 6 Total Weeks : 31 BAD COMPANY British male group, formed of two ex-members of Free (Simon Kirke & Paul Rodgers), Mick Ralphs (ex-Mott The Hoople) & Boz Burrell (of King Crimson) 01 Jun 74 Can't Get Enough 15 8 wks 22 Mar 75 Good Lovin' Gone Bad 31 6 wks 30 Aug 75 Feel Like Makin' Love 20 9 wks Total Hits : 3 Total Weeks : 23 BAD COMPANY UK British male DJ/production group - Jason Maldini, Dan Stein, Darren White & Michael Wojcicki. Stein later had success as DJ Fresh 09 Mar 02 Spacehopper/Tonight 56 1 wk 04 May 02 Rush Hour/Blind 59 1 wk 15 Mar 03 Mo'fire (Bad Company UK/Rawhill Cru) 24 3 wks Total Hits : 3 Total Weeks : 5 BAD ENGLISH Anglo-American male vocal/instrumental group (Jonathan Cain, Dean Castronovo, Ricky Phillips, Neal Schon & John Waite) 25 Nov 89 When I See You Smile $ 61 3 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 3 BAD MANNERS British male/vocal instrumental group led by Buster Bloodvessel (born Douglas Trendle) with Louis Alphonso, Winston Bazoomies, Chris Kane & Martin Stewart 01 Mar 80 Ne Ne Na Na Na Na Nu Nu 28 14 wks 14 Jun 80 Lip Up Fatty 15 14 wks 27 Sep 80 Special Brew 3 13 wks 06 Dec 80 Lorraine 21 12 wks 28 Mar 81 Just A Feeling 13 9 wks 27 Jun 81 Can Can 3 13 wks 26 Sep 81 Walkin' In The Sunshine 10 9 wks 21 Nov 81 Buona Sera (Don't Be Angry) 34 9 wks 01 May 82 Got No Brains 44 4 wks 31 Jul 82 My Girl Lollipop (My Boy Lollipop) 9 7 wks 30 Oct 82 Samson And Delilah 58 3 wks 14 May 83 That'll Do Nicely 49 3 wks Total Hits : 12 Total Weeks : 110 BAD MEETS EVIL American male rap duo - Eminem (qv) and Royce da 5'9" (Ryan Montgomery, born 5/7/77) 01 Sep 01 Scary Movies (Bad Meets Evil featuring Eminem & Royce Da 5'9) 63 1 wk 25 Jun 11 Lighters (Bad Meets Evil featuring Bruno Mars) 10 22 wks 25 Jun 11 Fast Lane 66 2 wks Total Hits : 3 Total Weeks : 25 BAD NEWS British male spoof vocal/instrumental group from the Channel 4 series "The Comic Strip Presents", including three of The Young Ones - Ade Edmondson, Rik Mayall & Nigel Planer, with Peter Richardson. Edmondson, Mayall & Planer were part of The Young Ones who had a hit with Cliff Richard, while Planer also had a solo hit as Neil 12 Sep 87 Bohemian Rhapsody 44 5 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 5 BAD RELIGION American male vocal/instrumental group. Members in 1995 were Jay Bentley, Greg Graffin, Brett Gurewitz, Greg Hetson & Bobby Schayer, while by 2004 Schayer had been replaced by Brooks Wackerman and Brian Baker had also been added 11 Feb 95 21st Century (Digital Boy) 41 2 wks 21 Aug 04 Los Angeles Is Burning 67 1 wk Total Hits : 2 Total Weeks : 3 BAD YARD CLUB International group put together by David Morales, consisting of producers Sly Dunbar & Handel Tucker, keyboardists Eric Kupper & Peter Daou, vocalists CeCe Rogers, Anastacia & Donna Giles, and rappers Delta, Papa San, Stanryck & Natural E. 10 Jul 93 Gimme Luv (Eenie Meenie Miny Mo) (David Morales & The Bad Yard Club) 37 3 wks 20 Nov 93 The Program (David Morales & The Bad Yard Club) 66 1 wk 24 Aug 96 In De Ghetto (David Morales & The Bad Yard Club) 35 2 wks Total Hits : 3 Total Weeks : 6 ANGELO BADALAMENTI American male composer, born 22/3/37, best known for composing film & TV scores (mainly for David Lynch productions). He also had a hit as part of Booth & The Bad Angel 11 Mar 00 Beached (Orbital & Angelo Badalamenti) 36 3 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 3 WALLY BADAROU French male keyboard/guitar playerm born Waliou Baradou in Dahomey (now Benin), 22/3/59). As well as work issued under his own name, he was a long-time contributor to Level 42 and M. 19 Oct 85 Chief Inspector 46 6 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 6 BADDIEL & SKINNER British male comedian/TV personality duo (David Baddiel born 28/5/64 and Frank Skinner, born Graham Collins 28/1/57) who teamed up with the Lightning Seeds to produce a football anthem that is regularly resurrected and updated 01 Jun 96 Three Lions ✮ (Baddiel & Skinner & Lightning Seeds) 1 35 wks (Also charted in 2002, 2006, 2010 & 2014) 20 Jun 98 Three Lions '98 (Baddiel & Skinner & Lightning Seeds) 1 13 wks Total Hits : 2 Total Weeks : 48 See also The Squad KLAUS BADELT German male composer (born 12/6/67), mainly of film scores (including "Pirates Of The Caribbean: The Curse Of The Black Pearl") 29 Jul 06 He's A Pirate 40 3 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 3 BADFELLAS FEATURING CK British male producer (Jon Dennis) with Kenyan female singer (Clara Kahwa, born 5/3/84) 15 Feb 03 Soc It To Me 55 1 wk Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 1 BADFINGER British male vocal/instrumental group (Tom Evans (5/6/47-23/11/83), Mike Gibbons (12/3/49-4/10/05), Pete Ham (27/4/47-23/4/75) & Joey Molland (born 21/6/47)) 10 Jan 70 Come And Get It 4 11 wks 09 Jan 71 No Matter What 5 12 wks 29 Jan 72 Day After Day 10 11 wks 12 Oct 13 Baby Blue 73 1 wk Total Hits : 4 Total Weeks : 35 BADLY DRAWN BOY British male singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist (born Damon Gough, 2/10/69) 04 Sep 99 Once Around The Block 27 4 wks (Also charted in 2000. Peaked in November 2000) 17 Jun 00 Another Pearl 41 1 wk 16 Sep 00 Disillusion 26 2 wks 19 May 01 Pissing In The Wind 22 2 wks 06 Apr 02 Silent Sigh 16 7 wks 22 Jun 02 Something To Talk About 28 2 wks 26 Oct 02 You Were Right 9 3 wks 18 Jan 03 Born Again 16 3 wks 03 May 03 All Possibilities 24 2 wks 31 Jul 04 Year Of The Rat 38 2 wks 21 Oct 06 Nothing's Gonna Change Your Mind 38 1 wk Total Hits : 11 Total Weeks : 29 BADMAN British male producer (Julian Brettle) 02 Feb 91 Magic Style 61 3 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 3 BADMARSH & SHRI British male DJ/prodution duo - Mohammed Akber Ali ("Badmarsh") & Shrikanth Sriram ("Shri") 28 Jul 01 Signs 63 1 wk Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 1 ERYKAH BADU American female singer (born Erica Wright, 26/2/71) 19 Apr 97 On And On 12 4 wks 14 Jun 97 Next Lifetime 30 3 wks 29 Nov 97 Apple Tree (To Be Free) 47 1 wk 11 Jul 98 One (Busta Rhymes featuring Erykah Badu) 23 3 wks 06 Mar 99 You Got Me (Roots featuring Erykah Badu) 31 2 wks 15 Sep 01 Sweet Baby (Macy Gray featuring Erykah Badu) 23 4 wks Total Hits : 6 Total Weeks : 17 JOAN BAEZ American female singer/songwriter/guitarist, born Joan Chandos Báez, 9/1/41) 08 May 65 We Shall Overcome 26 10 wks 10 Jul 65 There But For Fortune 8 12 wks 04 Sep 65 It's All Over Now Baby Blue 22 8 wks 25 Dec 65 Farewell Angelina 35 4 wks (Also charted in 1966) 30 Jul 66 Pack Up Your Sorrows 50 1 wk 09 Oct 71 The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down 6 12 wks Total Hits : 6 Total Weeks : 47 BAHA MEN Bahamian male vocal/instrumental group - Pat Carey, Rick Carey, Jeffery Chea, Anthony Flowers, Colyn "Mo" Grant, Omerit Heild, Marvin Prosper, Herschel Small & Isaiah Taylor 14 Oct 00 Who Let The Dogs Out 2 23 wks 03 Feb 01 You All Dat 14 5 wks 13 Jul 02 Move It Like This 16 7 wks Total Hits : 3 Total Weeks : 35 CORINNE BAILEY RAE British female singer (born Corinne Bailey, 26/2/79) 19 Nov 05 Like A Star 32 7 wks (Also charted in 2006. Peaked in October 2006) 04 Mar 06 Put Your Records On 2 19 wks 10 Jun 06 Trouble Sleeping 40 2 wks Total Hits : 3 Total Weeks : 28 ABIGAIL BAILEY British female singer/DJ 17 Dec 05 I Just Can't Get Enough (Herd & Fitz featuring Abigail Bailey) 11 10 wks 22 Jul 06 Something On Your Mind (Mync Project featuring Abigail Bailey) 71 1 wk Total Hits : 2 Total Weeks : 11 CAROL BAILEY British female singer 25 Feb 95 Feel It 41 2 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 2 LIAM BAILEY British male singer/guitarist, born 11/3/83 05 Feb 11 Blind Faith (Chase & Status featuring Liam Bailey) 5 21 wks 27 Oct 12 Big Man (Chase & Status featuring Liam Bailey) 68 1 wk 10 Aug 13 Soon Come (Shy FX featuring Liam Bailey) 55 1 wk Total Hits : 3 Total Weeks : 23 PHILIP BAILEY American male singer/songwriter, born 8/5/51, he has been a member of Earth Wind & Fire since 1972 09 Mar 85 Easy Lover (Philip Bailey & Phil Collins) 1 12 wks 18 May 85 Walking On The Chinese Wall 34 8 wks Total Hits : 2 Total Weeks : 20 SAM BAILEY British female singer, born 1977. She was the winner of the 2013 series of "The X Factor" 28 Dec 13 Skyscraper 1 7 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 7 MERRIL BAINBRIDGE Australian female singer-songwriter, born 2/6/68 07 Dec 96 Mouth 51 1 wk Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 1 ADRIAN BAKER British male singer/songwriter (born 18/1/51). As well as a solo career, and being the mastermind behind Gidea Park, he was at times a touring member of the Beach Boys and Four Seasons 19 Jul 75 Sherry 10 8 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 8 ANITA BAKER American female singer, born 26/1/58 15 Nov 86 Sweet Love 13 10 wks 31 Jan 87 Caught Up In The Rapture 51 5 wks 08 Oct 88 Giving You The Best That I Got 55 3 wks 30 Jun 90 Talk To Me 68 2 wks 17 Sep 94 Body And Soul 48 2 wks Total Hits : 5 Total Weeks : 22 ARTHUR BAKER American male DJ/producer/musician, born 22/4/55 28 Feb 87 Turn Me Loose (Wally Jump Junior) 60 2 wks 05 Sep 87 Put The Needle To The Record (Criminal Element Orchestra) 63 3 wks 12 Sep 87 The Opera House (Jack E Makossa) 48 5 wks 12 Dec 87 Tighten Up (I Just Can't Stop Dancin') (Wally Jump Junior & The Criminal Element) 24 7 wks 19 Mar 88 Private Party (Wally Jump Junior & The Criminal Element) 57 3 wks 20 May 89 It's Your Time (Arthur Baker featuring Shirley Lewis) 64 2 wks 21 Oct 89 The Message Is Love (Arthur Baker & The Backbeat Disciples featuring Al Green) 38 5 wks 06 Oct 90 Everybody (Rap) (Criminal Element Orchestra featuring Wendell Williams) 30 4 wks 30 Nov 02 Confusion (Arthur Baker vs New Order) 64 1 wk (Remix of the original New Order "Confusion" on which Baker was involved but not credited) Total Hits : 9 Total Weeks : 32 GEORGE BAKER SELECTION Dutch male/female vocal band, led by "George Baker" - Johannes Bouwens (born 8/12/44), with Jaques Greuter, Hank Kramer, Job Netten, Jan Visser & Ton Vreedenburg 06 Sep 75 Paloma Blanca 10 10 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 10 HYLDA BAKER & ARTHUR MULLARD British female/male vocal/comedic acting duo - Baker 4/2/05-1/5/86 & Mullard 19/9/10-11/12/95 in a parody of Olivia Newton-John & John Travolta 09 Sep 78 You're The One That I Want 22 6 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 6 BAKERMAT Dutch male producer, born Lodewijk Fluttert, 8/10/91 09 Aug 14 One Day (Vandaag) 15 5 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 5 BAKSHELF DOG British male canine vocalist, from a set of adverts for Churchill Insurance 21 Dec 02 No Limits 51 2 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 2 BALAAM & THE ANGEL British male vocal group - brothers Des, Jim & Mark Morris 29 Mar 86 She Knows 70 2 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 2 DAN BALAN Moldovan male singer/producer, formerly a member of O-Zone 10 Jul 10 Chica Bomb 44 2 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 2 LONG JOHN BALDRY British male singer, born John Baldry, 12/1/41-21/7/05. He carved out a second career for himself as a voiceover artist 11 Nov 67 Let The Heartaches Begin 1 13 wks 31 Aug 68 When The Sun Comes Shinin' Thru' 29 7 wks 26 Oct 68 Mexico 15 8 wks 01 Feb 69 It's Too Late Now 21 8 wks Total Hits : 4 Total Weeks : 36 EDWARD BALL British male singer/songwriter/guitarist, born 23/11/59 20 Jul 96 The Mill Hill Self Hate Club 57 1 wk 22 Feb 97 Love Is Blue 59 1 wk Total Hits : 2 Total Weeks : 2 KENNY BALL & HIS JAZZMEN British male trumpeter/bandleader/vocalist, 22/5/30-7/3/13. The Jazzmen included a large number of players over the years, but included John Bennett, Ron Bowden, Dave Jones, Paddy Lightfoot, Vic Pitt & Ron Weatherburn 25 Feb 61 Samantha (Lonnie Donegan presents Kenny Ball & His Jazzmen) 13 15 wks 13 May 61 I Still Love You All 24 6 wks 02 Sep 61 Someday (You'll Be Sorry) 28 6 wks 11 Nov 61 Midnight In Moscow 2 21 wks 17 Feb 62 March Of The Siamese Children 4 13 wks 19 May 62 The Green Leaves Of Simmer 7 14 wks 25 Aug 62 So Do I 14 8 wks 20 Oct 62 The Pay Off (Amoi De Payer) 23 6 wks 19 Jan 63 Sukiyaki 10 13 wks 27 Apr 63 Casablanca 21 11 wks 15 Jun 63 Rondo 24 8 wks 24 Aug 63 Acapulco 1922 27 6 wks 13 Jun 64 Hello Dolly 30 7 wks 22 Jul 67 When I'm Sixty Four 43 2 wks Total Hits : 14 Total Weeks : 136 MICHAEL BALL British male singer/actor, born 27/6/62. He has played a leading role in several West End musicals (including Les Misérables and Aspects Of Love) and been a regular on TV and radio 28 Jan 89 Love Changes Everything 2 14 wks 28 Oct 89 The First Man You Remember (Michael Ball & Diana Morrison) 68 2 wks 10 Aug 91 It's Still You 58 2 wks 25 Apr 92 One Step Out Of Time 20 7 wks 12 Dec 92 If I Can Dream 51 2 wks 11 Sep 93 Sunset Boulevard 72 1 wk 30 Jul 94 From Here To Eternity 36 3 wks 17 Sep 94 The Lovers We Were 63 2 wks 09 Dec 95 The Rose 42 4 wks 17 Feb 96 (Something Inside) So Strong 40 2 wks Total Hits : 10 Total Weeks : 39 STEVE BALSAMO British male singer, born 19/5/71. He played the title role in the London stage production of "Jesus Christ Superstar" in the mid-1990s 16 Mar 02 Sugar For The Soul 32 2 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 2 BALTIMORA Italian/British male vocal/instrumental group (Claudio Barazzi, Maurizio Bassi, Giorgio Cocilovo, Gabriele Melotti, Pier Michellatti & Ulsterman Jimmy McShane(23/5/57-28/3/95)) 10 Aug 85 Tarzan Boy 3 12 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 12 CHARLI BALTIMORE American female vocalist (born Tiffany Lane, 16/8/74) 01 Aug 98 Money 12 4 wks 12 Oct 02 Down 4 U (Irv Gotti presents The Inc featuring Ja Rule, Ashanti, Charli Baltimore & Vita) 4 10 wks (Also charted in 2003) Total Hits : 2 Total Weeks : 14 BAM BAM American male vocalist/multi-instrumentalist, born Chris Westbrook 19 Mar 88 Give It To Me 65 2 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 2 AFRIKA BAMBAATAA American male DJ/vocalist/musician, born Kevin Donovan, 17/4/57. Also a member of Time Zone 28 Aug 82 Planet Rock (Afrika Bambaataa & Soul Sonic Force) 53 3 wks 10 Mar 84 The Renegades Of Funk (Afrika Bambaataa & Soul Sonic Force) 30 4 wks 01 Sep 84 Unity (Afrika Bambaataa & James Brown) 49 5 wks 27 Feb 88 Reckless (Afrika Bambaataa & UB40) 17 8 wks 12 Oct 91 Just Get Up And Dance 45 3 wks 17 Oct 98 Got To Get Up (Afrika Bambaataa vs Carpe Diem) 22 4 wks 18 Sep 99 Afrika Shox (Leftfield/Bambaataa) 7 5 wks 25 Aug 01 Planet Rock (Paul Oakenfold presents Afrika Bambaataa & Soul Sonic Force) 47 1 wk 13 Mar 04 D-Funktional (Mekon featuring Afrika Bambaataa) 72 1 wk Total Hits : 9 Total Weeks : 34 BAMBOO British male producer (Andrew Livingstone). He was also half of Hed Boys 17 Jan 98 Bamboogie 2 10 wks 04 Jul 98 The Strutt 36 2 wks Total Hits : 2 Total Weeks : 12 BANANARAMA British female vocal group. The original members were Sara Dallin, Siobhan Fahey & Keren Woodward. Fahey left in 1988 (later to become part of Shakespear's Sister) and was replaced by Jacuqie O'Sullivan. O'Sullivan left in 1992 to leave Dallin & Woodward to carry on as a duo 13 Feb 82 It Ain't What You Do (It's The Way That You Do It) (Fun Boy Three with Bananarama) 4 10 wks 10 Apr 82 Really Saying Something (Bananarama with Fun Boy Three) 5 10 wks 03 Jul 82 Shy Boy 4 11 wks 04 Dec 82 Cheers Then 45 7 wks 26 Feb 83 Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye 5 10 wks 09 Jul 83 Cruel Summer 8 16 wks (Also charted in 1989) 03 Mar 84 Robert De Niro's Waiting 3 11 wks 26 May 84 Rough Justice 23 7 wks 24 Nov 84 Hot Line To Heaven 58 2 wks 24 Aug 85 Do Not Disturb 31 6 wks 31 May 86 Venus $ 8 13 wks 16 Aug 86 More Than Physical 41 5 wks 14 Feb 87 Trick Of The Night 32 5 wks 11 Jul 87 I Heard A Rumour 14 9 wks 10 Oct 87 Love In The First Degree 3 12 wks 09 Jan 88 I Can't Help It 20 6 wks 09 Apr 88 I Want You Back 5 10 wks 24 Sep 88 Love Truth And Honesty 23 8 wks 19 Nov 88 Nathan Jones 15 9 wks 25 Feb 89 Help! (Bananarama & Lananeeneenoonoo) 3 9 wks 28 Jul 90 Only Your Love 27 4 wks 05 Jan 91 Preacher Man 20 6 wks 20 Apr 91 Long Train Running 30 5 wks 29 Aug 92 Movin' On 24 5 wks 28 Nov 92 Last Thing On My Mind 71 2 wks 20 Mar 93 More More More 24 4 wks 06 Aug 05 Move In My Direction 14 4 wks 19 Nov 05 Look On The Floor (Hypnotic Tango) 26 2 wks 19 Sep 09 Love Comes 44 1 wk Total Hits : 29 Total Weeks : 209 BAND Canadian/American male vocal/instrumental group (Rick Danko, Levon Helm, Garth Hudson, Richard Manuel & Robbie Robertson). They first became promiment after working with Bob Dylan from 1965 21 Sep 68 The Weight 21 9 wks 04 Apr 70 Rag Mama Rag 16 9 wks Total Hits : 2 Total Weeks : 18 BAND AKA American male group of session musicians organised and masterminded by J James Jarrett. The saxophone solos were provided by Jimmy Carter 15 May 82 Grace 41 5 wks 05 Mar 83 Joy 24 7 wks Total Hits : 2 Total Weeks : 12 BAND AID nternational (mainly British) male/female instrumental group. Members included David Bowie, Phil Collins, Roger Daltrey, Paul McCartney, Marilyn, George Michael, Sting, Paul Weller, Paul Young and members of Bananarama (Keren Woodward), Boomtown Rats (Pete Briquette, Simon Crowe, Johnny Fingers, Bob Geldof), Culture Club (Boy George, Jon Moss), Duran Duran (Simon Le Bon, Nick Rhodes, Andy Taylor, John Taylor), Frankie Goes To Hollywood (Holly Johnson), Heaven 17 (Glenn Gregory, Martyn Ware), Kiss (Paul Stanley), Kool & The Gang (Robert "Kool" Bell, James "JT" Taylor), Shalamar (Jody Watley), Spandau Ballet (Tony Hadley, John Keeble, Gary Kemp, Martin Kemp, Steve Norman), Status Quo (Rick Parfitt, Francis Rossi), U2 (Bob, Adam Clayton) and Ultravox (Chris Cross. Midge Ure) 15 Dec 84 Do They Know It's Christmas? ✮ ➜ 1 50 wks (Also charted in 1985, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 & 2014) Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 50 BAND AID 30 Mainly British male/female vocal/instrumental charity ensemble. 29 Nov 14 Do They Know It's Christmas? (2014) ➜ 1 5 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 5 BAND AID 20 International (mainly British) charity supergroup. Vocalists were : Daniel Bedingfield, Natasha Bedingfield, Bono (U2), Busted, Chris Martin (Coldplay), Dido, Dizzee Rascal, Ms Dynamite, Skye Edwards (Morcheeba), Estelle, Feeder, Neil Hannon (The Divine Comedy), Justin Hawkins (Darkness), Fran Healy (Travis), Jamelia, Tom Chaplin & Tim Rice-Oxley (Keane), Beverley Knight, Lemar, Shaznay Lewis, Katie Melua, Róisín Murphy (Moloko), Snow Patrol, Rachel Stevens, Joss Stone, Sugababes, Thrills, Turin Brakes, Robbie Williams & Will Young 11 Dec 04 Do They Know It's Christmas? ✮ 1 11 wks (Also charted in 2005) Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 11 BAND AID II International (mainly British) male/female instrumental group – Bananarama, Big Fun, Bros, Cathy Dennis, D Mob, Jason Donovan, Kevin Godley, Glen Goldsmith, Kylie Minogue, Pasadenas, Chris Rea, Cliff Richard, Jimmy Somerville, Soni, Lisa Stansfield, Technotronic and Wet Wet Wet) 23 Dec 89 Do They Know It's Christmas 1 6 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 6 BAND OF THE BLACK WATCH British military band 30 Aug 75 Scotch On The Rocks 8 14 wks 13 Dec 75 Dance Of The Cuckoos 37 8 wks Total Hits : 2 Total Weeks : 22 BAND OF GOLD Dutch male/female vocal/instrumental band of session musicians, masterminded by Chilean Paco Saval (born 25/6/50) 14 Jul 84 Love Songs Are Back Again 24 11 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 11 BANDA SONORA British male producer (Gerald Elms) 06 Oct 01 Guitarra G 50 2 wks 19 Oct 02 Pressure Cooker (G Club presents Banda Sonora) 46 1 wk Total Hits : 2 Total Weeks : 3 BANDAGED Male vocal duo of Welshman Aled Jones and Irishman Terry Wogan, both of whom had solo hits 20 Dec 08 Little Drummer Boy - Peace On Earth 3 3 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 3 BANDERAS British female vocal/instrumental duo (Caroline Buckley & Sally Herbert) 23 Feb 91 This Is Your Life 16 10 wks 15 Jun 91 She Sells 41 6 wks Total Hits : 2 Total Weeks : 16 BANDITS Male vocal/instrumental group (Scott Dulson, Tony Dunn, Gary Murphy, John Robinson, Dave Sweeny & Richie Taylor) 28 Jun 03 Take It And Run 32 1 wk 20 Sep 03 2 Step Rock 35 1 wk Total Hits : 2 Total Weeks : 2 HONEY BANE British female singer (born Donna Boylan, 1964) 24 Jan 81 Turn Me On Turn Me Off 37 5 wks 18 Apr 81 Baby Love 58 2 wks Total Hits : 2 Total Weeks : 7 BANG Greek male vocal/instrumental duo - Vasilis Dertilis & Thomas Kalliris. They represented Greece in the 1987 Eurovision Song Contest, coming 10th 06 May 89 You're The One 74 2 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 2 THOMAS BANGALTER & DJ FALCON French production duo. Bangalter is half of Daft Punk, DJ Falcon was born Stéphane Quême 04 Jan 03 So Much Love To Give 71 1 wk Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 1 BANGLES American female vocal/instrumental group - Susanna Hoffs, sisters Debbi & Vicki Peterson, and Michael Steele 15 Feb 86 Manic Monday 2 12 wks 26 Apr 86 If She Knew What She Wants 31 7 wks 05 Jul 86 Going Down To Liverpool 56 3 wks 13 Sep 86 Walk Like An Egyptian $ 3 19 wks 10 Jan 87 Walking Down Your Street 16 6 wks 18 Apr 87 Following 55 3 wks 06 Feb 88 Hazy Shade Of Winter 11 10 wks 05 Nov 88 In Your Room 35 6 wks 18 Feb 89 Eternal Flame $ 1 18 wks 10 Jun 89 Be With You 23 8 wks 14 Oct 89 I'll Set You Free 74 1 wk 09 Jun 90 Walk Like An Egyptian (Remix) 73 1 wk 15 Mar 03 Something That You Said 38 2 wks Total Hits : 13 Total Weeks : 96 DEVENDRA BANHART American male singer/songwriter, born 30/5/81 17 Sep 05 I Feel Just Like A Child 68 1 wk Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 1 AZAELIA BANKS FEATURING LAZY JAY American female singer/rapper (born 31/5/91). Her hit samples a track by Lazy Jay (a Belgian DJ, born Jef Martens and also known as Basto, 8/1/75) enough to give him a "featured" credit 14 Jan 12 212 12 32 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 32 JACOB BANKS British male singer/songwriter, born c1992 07 Sep 13 Doing OK (Wretch 32 featuring Jacob Banks) 60 1 wk 14 Dec 13 Alive (Chase & Status featuring Jacob Banks) 21 8 wks Total Hits : 2 Total Weeks : 9 LLOYD BANKS American male rapper (born Christopher Lloyd, 30/4/82). He was also a member of G-Unit 21 Aug 04 On Fire 19 6 wks 21 Oct 06 Hands Up (Lloyd Banks featuring 50 Cent) 43 3 wks Total Hits : 2 Total Weeks : 9 TONY BANKS British male keyboardist, born 27/3/50. He was the keyboard player with Genesis 18 Oct 86 Short Cut To Somewhere (Tony Banks & Fish) 75 1 wk Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 1 BANNED British male vocal/instrumental group - Pete Airey ("Pete Fresh"), Paul Aitken ("Paul Sordid"), Jonathan Davie ("John Thomas") & Richard Harvey ("Rik Manswoth") 17 Dec 77 Little Girl 36 6 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 6 BUJU BANTON Jamaican male vocalist, born Mark Myrie, 15/7/73 07 Aug 93 Make My Day 72 1 wk Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 1 PATO BANTON British male singer, born Patrick Murray, 5/10/61 01 Oct 94 Baby Come Back 1 18 wks 08 Apr 95 Bubbling Hot (Pato Banton with Ranking Roger) 15 7 wks 20 Jan 96 Spirits In The Material World (Pato Banton with Sting) 36 2 wks 27 Jul 96 Groovin' (Pato Banton & The Reggae Revolution) 14 4 wks Total Hits : 4 Total Weeks : 31 BAR-CODES British male vocal/instrumental/production group. The song includes spoken vocals by Dale Winton from the TV show of the same name 17 Dec 94 Supermarket Sweep 72 1 wk Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 1 BAR-KAYS American male group that has gone through a lot of line up changes. In 1967 (when they were Otis Redding's backing band) the band was James Alexander, Ronnie Caldwell, Ben Cauley, Carl Cunningham, Phalon Jones, & Jimmie King. Redding, King, Caldwell, Jones & Cunningham all died in a plane crash in December 67. By 1975, the line up was Alexander with Charles Allen, Mike Beard, Larry Dodson, Harvey Henderson, Lloyd Smith, Winston Stewart, Frank Thompson & Michael Toles, while by the mid-80s Mark Bynum had replaced Charles Allen 26 Aug 67 Soul Finger 33 7 wks 22 Jan 77 Shake Your Rump To The Funk 41 4 wks 12 Jan 85 Sex O Matic 51 4 wks Total Hits : 3 Total Weeks : 15 CHRIS BARBER'S JAZZ BAND British male/female instrumental group, led by Chris Barber (born Donald Barber, 17/4/30). Lonnie Donegan was an early member, but the hitmaking lineup in 1959 was Barber, Graham Burbridge, Pat Halcox, Ottilie Patterson, Dick Smith, Eddie Smith, and Monty Sunshine. By 1962, Sunshine had left and been replaced by Ian Wheeler 14 Feb 59 Petite Fleur 3 24 wks 10 Oct 59 Lonesome (Chris Barber featuring Monty Sunshine) 27 2 wks 06 Jan 62 Revival 43 4 wks Total Hits : 3 Total Weeks : 30 BARCLAY JAMES HARVEST British male vocal group (Les Holroyd, John Lees, Mel Prictchard & Stuart "Woolly" Wolstenholme) 02 Apr 77 Rock And Roll Star (Live EP) 49 2 wks (Tracks: Rock 'n' Roll Star/Medicine Man (Parts 1 & 2)) 26 Jan 80 Love On The Line 63 2 wks 22 Nov 80 Life Is For Living 61 3 wks 21 May 83 Just A Day Away 68 2 wks Total Hits : 4 Total Weeks : 9 BARDO British male/female vocal duo - Stephen Fischer & Sally Ann Triplett, represented the UK at the 1982 Eurovision Song Contest, coming 7th. Triplett, also a TV presenter ("Crackerjack") had previously been in Prima Donna, making her on a very few to compete twice for the UK at Eurovision, and is the mother of Max Milner 10 Apr 82 One Step Further 2 8 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 8 BARDOT Australian female vocal group, formed from the Australian TV show "Popstars". Members at the time of their hit were Belinda Chapple, Sophie Monk, Sally Polihronas, Katie Underwood & Tiffani Wood 14 Apr 01 Poison 45 1 wk Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 1 BAREFOOT MAN German male singer-songwriter (born George Nowak) 05 Dec 98 Big Panty Woman 21 7 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 7 SARA BAREILLES American female singer/songwriter/pianist, born 7/12/79 10 May 08 Love Song 4 19 wks 12 Apr 14 Brave 48 5 wks Total Hits : 2 Total Weeks : 24 BARENAKED LADIES Canadian male vocal/instrumental group (Jim Creggan, Kevin Hearn, Steve Page, Ed Robertson & Tyler Stewart) 20 Feb 99 One Week $ 5 8 wks 15 May 99 It's All Been Done 28 2 wks 24 Jul 99 Call And Answer 52 1 wk 11 Dec 99 Brian Wilson 73 1 wk Total Hits : 4 Total Weeks : 12 SALLY BARKER British female singer, born 19/9/59. She was a finalist on the 2014 series of "The Voice UK" 19 Apr 14 Dear Darlin' 46 1 wk Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 1 BARKIN BROTHERS FEATURING JOHNNIE FIORI British male production group (Jonathan Colling, Shaun Scott & Tony Walker) with American female vocalist 15 Apr 00 Gonna Catch You 51 2 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 2 SAMANTHA BARKS Manx female vocalist (born 2/9/90). After appearing on the BBC show "I'd Do Anything" and a number of stage musicals, she appeared in the movie "Les Miserables", her hit single being a song from the movie soundtrack 26 Jan 13 On My Own 43 3 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 3 GARY BARLOW British male singer/songwriter, born 20/1/71. He has had a major role in Take That, an on-off solo career, and involvement in many other projects. He has spent three years as a judge on "The X Factor" and was awarded the OBE in 2012 for services to music and charity. He is married to Dawn Andrews from Bombalurina 20 Jul 96 Forever Love 1 16 wks 10 May 97 Love Won't Wait 1 9 wks 26 Jul 97 So Help Me Girl 11 11 wks 15 Nov 97 Open Road 7 5 wks 17 Jul 99 Stronger 16 4 wks 09 Oct 99 For All That You Want 24 2 wks 16 Oct 10 Shame (Robbie Williams & Gary Barlow) 2 8 wks 09 Jun 12 Sing (Gary Barlow & Commonwealth Band) 1 11 wks (Sometimes credited with Military Wives receiving a "featured" credit) 09 Jun 12 Here Comes The Sun (Gary Barlow & Commonwealth Band) 59 2 wks 30 Nov 13 Let Me Go 2 23 wks (Also charted in 2014) 17 May 14 Since I Saw You Last 65 1 wk 17 May 14 Face To Face (Gary Barlow & Elton John) 69 1 wk Total Hits : 12 Total Weeks : 93 BARNBRACK Northern Irish male vocal/instrumental group (Eoin McMahon, James McPeake & Alex Quinn) 16 Mar 85 Belfast 45 7 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 7 BARNDANCE BOYS British male vocal/instrumental group - John Matthews (from the Cuban Boys) & Daz Sampson (Rikki & Daz etc.) with "Brian LH" 13 Sep 03 Yippie I Oh 32 2 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 2 JIMMY BARNES Australian (British-born) male singer/songwriter, born James Swan, 28/4/56 26 Jan 91 Good Times (Jimmy Barnes & INXS) 18 8 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 8 RICHARD BARNES British male singer 23 May 70 Take To The Mountains 35 6 wks 24 Oct 70 Go North 38 4 wks Total Hits : 2 Total Weeks : 10 BARON British male composer/producer/instrumentalist, born Piers Baron (29/10/83) 07 Feb 04 The Way It Was/Redhead 71 1 wk 12 Feb 05 Supernature (Baron & Fresh) 59 2 wks 30 Apr 05 Guns At Dawn (DJ Baron featuring Pendulum) 71 1 wk Total Hits : 3 Total Weeks : 4 BARRACUDAS Anglo-Canadian male vocal/instrumental group - David Buckley, Jeremy Gluck, Nick Turner & Robin Wills 16 Aug 80 Summer Fun 37 6 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 6 WILD WILLY BARRETT British multi-instrumentalist, born Roger Barrett, 30/5/50 03 Dec 77 Really Free (John Otway & Wild Willy Barrett) 27 8 wks 05 Jul 80 DK 50-80 (John Otway & Wild Willy Barrett) 45 4 wks Total Hits : 2 Total Weeks : 12 AMANDA BARRIE & JOHNNY BRIGGS British male female duo from the cast of "Coronation Street". Barrie (born Shirley Broadbent, 14/9/35) played Alma Sedgwick while Briggs (born 5/9/35) played Mike Baldwin - the chartacters eventually married. Briggs was awarded the MBE in 2006 16 Dec 95 Something Stupid 35 3 wks (Listed alongside the other side of the record, "Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life" credited to the Coronation Street Cast) Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 3 JJ BARRIE Canadian male singer, born Barry Authors, 7/7/33. The uncredited female vocalist is Vikki Brown, wife of Joe Brown and mother of Sam Brown 24 Apr 76 No Charge 1 11 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 11 KEN BARRIE British male actor/singer, born 3/1/43. He did most of the voices for the "Postman Pat" TV show, and sang the theme tune 10 Jul 82 Postman Pat 44 15 wks (Also charted in 1983) Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 15 BARRON KNIGHTS British male vocal/instrumental group, Barron Antohy, Butch Baker, Dave Ballinger, Duke D'Mond & Peter Langford). Most of their biggest hits were parodies of other large hits 11 Jul 64 Call Up The Groups 3 13 wks 24 Oct 64 Come To The Dance 42 2 wks 27 Mar 65 Pop Go The Workers 5 13 wks 18 Dec 65 Merry Gentle Pops 9 7 wks 03 Dec 66 Under New Management 15 9 wks 26 Oct 68 An Olympic Record 35 4 wks 29 Oct 77 Live In Trouble 7 11 wks 02 Dec 78 A Taste Of Aggro 3 10 wks 08 Dec 79 Food For Thought 46 6 wks 04 Oct 80 The Sit Song 44 4 wks 06 Dec 80 Never Mind The Presents 17 8 wks 05 Dec 81 Blackboard Jumble 52 5 wks 19 Mar 83 Buffalo Bill's Last Scratch 49 3 wks Total Hits : 13 Total Weeks : 95 JOHN BARROWMAN British male actor/singer, born 11/3/67. He has played lead roles in the West End and on Broadway, and appeared on TV as Captain Jack Harness in both "Doctor Who" and "Torchwood" 08 Aug 09 I Made It Through The Rain 14 1 wk Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 1 JOE BARRY American male singer (born Joseph Barrios, 13/7/59-31/8/04) 26 Aug 61 I'm A Fool To Care 49 1 wk Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 1 JOHN BARRY British male composer & conductor (3/11/33-30/1/11) primarily of music for films. He managed two different groups (the John Barry Seven & the John Barry Orchestra both with ever-changing lineups) and was awarded the OBE in 1999. 05 Mar 60 Hit And Miss (John Barry Seven) 10 14 wks 30 Apr 60 Beat For Beatniks (John Barry Seven) 49 1 wk 07 May 60 Beat For Beatniks (John Barry Orchestra) 40 1 wk 16 Jul 60 Never Let Go (John Barry Orchestra) 49 1 wk 20 Aug 60 Blueberry Hill (John Barry Orchestra) 34 3 wks 10 Sep 60 Walk Don't Run (John Barry Seven) 11 14 wks 10 Dec 60 Black Stockings (John Barry Seven) 27 9 wks 04 Mar 61 The Magnificent Seven (John Barry Seven) 45 5 wks 28 Apr 62 Cutty Sark 35 2 wks 03 Nov 62 The James Bond Theme (John Barry Orchestra) 13 11 wks 23 Nov 63 From Russia With Love (John Barry Orchestra) 39 3 wks 11 Dec 71 Theme From The Persuaders (John Barry Orchestra) 48 1 wk 18 Dec 71 The Persuaders (John Barry Orchestra) 13 14 wks Total Hits : 13 Total Weeks : 79 LEN BARRY American male singer/songwriter (born Leonard Borisoff, 12/6/42) 06 Nov 65 1-2-3 3 14 wks 15 Jan 66 Like A Baby 10 10 wks Total Hits : 2 Total Weeks : 24 MICHAEL BARRYMORE British male comedian/TV presenter (born Micael Parker, 4/5/52) 16 Dec 95 Too Much For One Heart 25 4 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 4 BARS & MELODY British male vocal duo - rapper Leondre "Bars" Devries (born 6/10/00) and singer Charlie "Melody" Lenehan (born 27/10/98). They finished 3rd on the 2014 series of "Britain's Got Talent". 09 Aug 14 Hopeful 5 3 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 3 LIONEL BART British male composer/vocalist, born Lionel Begleiter, 1/8/30-3/4/99. He is far more known for his composing (West End musicals, including "Oliver") than for his own performing 25 Nov 89 Happy Endings (Give Yourself A Pinch) 68 3 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 3 BARTHEZZ Dutch male DJ/producer (born Bart Claessen, 22/1/80) 22 Sep 01 On The Move 18 4 wks 20 Apr 02 Infected 25 4 wks Total Hits : 2 Total Weeks : 8 BAS NOIR American female vocal duo - Morie Bivens & Mary Ridley 11 Feb 89 My Love Is Magic 73 1 wk Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 1 BASEMENT British male vocal/instrumental group (Graeme Hassall, Mark McCausland, Declan McManus & John Mullin) 14 Jun 03 Slain The Truth (At The Roadhouse) 48 1 wk Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 1 BASEMENT BOYS American male production group (Teddy Douglas, Sean Spencer (DJ Spen) & Jay Steinhour) 23 Feb 91 Is It Love (Basement Boys & Ultra Naté) 71 1 wk Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 1 BASEMENT JAXX Brtish male production/instrumental duo - Felix Burton (born 1971) and Simon Ratcliffe (born 1969), using a variety of vocalists 31 May 97 Fly Life 19 3 wks 01 May 99 Red Alert 5 10 wks 14 Aug 99 Rendez-Vu 4 8 wks 06 Nov 99 Jump 'n' Shout 12 5 wks 15 Apr 00 Bingo Bango 13 4 wks 16 Jun 01 Romeo 6 10 wks 06 Oct 01 Jus 1 Kiss 23 4 wks 08 Dec 01 Where's Your Head At 9 8 wks 29 Jun 02 Get Me Off 22 3 wks 22 Nov 03 Lucky Star (Basement Jaxx featuring Dizzee Rascal) 23 4 wks 17 Jan 04 Good Luck (Basement Jaxx featuring Lisa Kekaula) 12 15 wks 10 Apr 04 Plug It In 22 4 wks 26 Mar 05 Oh My Gosh 8 12 wks 25 Jun 05 U Don't Know Me (Basement Jaxx featuring Lisa Kekaula) 26 3 wks 08 Oct 05 Do Your Thing 32 5 wks 09 Sep 06 Hush Boy 27 3 wks 11 Nov 06 Take Me Back To Your House 42 2 wks 04 Jul 09 Raindrops 21 3 wks Total Hits : 18 Total Weeks : 106 JULIO BASHMORE British male producer 09 Jun 12 110% (Jessie Ware & Julio Bashmore) 61 1 wk 03 Nov 12 Au Seve 55 2 wks 08 Mar 14 Peppermint 57 1 wk Total Hits : 3 Total Weeks : 4 BASIA Polish female singer/songwriter/producer born Barbara Trzetrzelewska, 30/9/54. From 1983-85 she was a member of Matt Bianco 23 Jan 88 Promises 48 4 wks 28 May 88 Time And Tide 61 3 wks 14 Jan 95 Drunk On Love 41 2 wks Total Hits : 3 Total Weeks : 9 COUNT BASIE American male pianist and bandleader, born William Basie, 21/8/04-26/4/84 09 Mar 63 My Kind Of Girl (Frank Sinatra & Count Basie) 35 6 wks 26 Sep 64 Hello Dolly (Frank Sinatra & Count Basie) 47 1 wk Total Hits : 2 Total Weeks : 7 TONI BASIL American female singer/songwriter, born Antonia Basilotta, 22/9/43 06 Feb 82 Mickey $ 2 12 wks 01 May 82 Nobody 52 4 wks Total Hits : 2 Total Weeks : 16 BASIM Danish male singer, born Anis Basim Moujahid, 4/7/92. He came 9th in the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest 24 May 14 Cliché Love Song 46 1 wk Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 1 OLAV BASOKI Dutch male DJ/producer, born 1968 26 Aug 00 Opium Scumbags 56 1 wk 29 Oct 05 Waterman (Olav Basoki featuring Michie One) 45 1 wk Total Hits : 2 Total Weeks : 2 BASS BOYZ See Pianoman BASS BUMPERS German male production group - George Dee, Caba Kroll, Reinhard "DJ Voodoo" Raith, Henning Reith, CJ Stone & Akira Yamamoto 25 Sep 93 Runnin' 68 1 wk 05 Feb 94 The Music's Got Me 25 3 wks 01 Jul 00 Weekend (Bad Habit Boys) 41 1 wk Total Hits : 3 Total Weeks : 5 BASS JUMPERS Belgian male production duo (Frank De Wulf & Phil Wilde) with female vocalist Marsha Hollenberg 13 Feb 99 Make Up Your Mind 44 1 wk Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 1 FONTELLA BASS American female singer (3/7/40-26/12/12) 04 Dec 65 Rescue Me 11 10 wks 22 Jan 66 Recovery 32 5 wks Total Hits : 2 Total Weeks : 15 NORMAN BASS German male producer, born Uwe Taubert 21 Apr 01 How U Like Bass 17 4 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 4 SHIRLEY BASSEY British female singer, born 8/1/37. Still active after an over-50 year long career, she sang the theme song to three James Bond films. She was made a Dame in the 2000 New Year's Honours List 16 Feb 57 The Banana Boat Song 8 10 wks 24 Aug 57 Fire Down Below 30 1 wk 07 Sep 57 You You Romeo 29 2 wks 20 Dec 58 As I Love You 1 19 wks (Also charted in 1959) 27 Dec 58 Kiss Me Honey Honey Kiss Me 3 17 wks 02 Apr 60 With These Hands 38 6 wks 06 Aug 60 As Long As He Needs Me 2 30 wks 13 May 61 You'll Never Know 6 17 wks 29 Jul 61 Reach For The Stars/Climb Ev'ry Mountain 1 18 wks 25 Nov 61 I'll Get By 10 8 wks 17 Feb 62 Tonight 21 8 wks 28 Apr 62 Ave Maria 31 4 wks 02 Jun 62 Far Away 24 13 wks 01 Sep 62 What Now My Love? 5 17 wks 02 Mar 63 What Kind Of Fool 47 2 wks 28 Sep 63 I Who Have Nothing 6 20 wks 25 Jan 64 My Special Dream 32 7 wks 11 Apr 64 Gone 36 5 wks 17 Oct 64 Goldfinger 21 9 wks 22 May 65 No Regrets 39 4 wks 14 Oct 67 Big Spender 21 15 wks 20 Jun 70 Something 4 22 wks (Also charted in 1971) 02 Jan 71 Fool On The Hill 48 1 wk 27 Mar 71 (Where Do I Begin) Love Story 34 9 wks 07 Aug 71 For All We Know 6 24 wks 15 Jan 72 Diamonds Are Forever 38 6 wks 03 Mar 73 Never Never Never 8 19 wks 22 Aug 87 The Rhythm Devine (Yello & Shirley Bassey) 54 2 wks 16 Nov 96 Disco La Passione (Chris Rea & Shirley Bassey) 41 1 wk 20 Dec 97 History Repeating (Propellerheads featuring Shirley Bassey) 19 7 wks 23 Oct 99 World In Union (Shirley Bassey & Bryn Terfel) 35 3 wks 05 May 07 The Living Tree 37 2 wks 04 Aug 07 Get The Party Started 47 1 wk Total Hits : 33 Total Weeks : 329 BASSHEADS British male production duo (Eamonn "Desa" Deery & Nick Murphy) 16 Nov 91 Is There Anybody Out There? 5 8 wks 30 May 92 Back To The Old School 12 4 wks 28 Nov 92 Who Can Make Me Feel Good 38 2 wks 28 Aug 93 Start A Brand New Life (Save Me) 49 2 wks 15 Jul 95 Is There Anybody Out There? (Remix) 24 3 wks Total Hits : 5 Total Weeks : 19 BASSHUNTER Swedish male singer/producer/DJ (born Jonas Altberg, 22/12/84) 12 Jan 08 Now You're Gone 1 32 wks 12 Jul 08 All I Ever Wanted 2 16 wks 13 Sep 08 Angel In The Night 14 12 wks (Also charted in 2009) 13 Dec 08 Jingle Bells (Bass) 35 4 wks 27 Dec 08 I Miss You 32 5 wks 03 Oct 09 Every Morning 17 4 wks 31 Jul 10 Saturday 21 3 wks Total Hits : 7 Total Weeks : 76 BASSTOY See Mark Picchiotti BASTILLE British male vocal/instrumental group (Will Farquarson, Kyle Simmons, Dan Smith and Chris Wood) 03 Nov 12 Flaws 21 10 wks (Also charted in 2013) 09 Mar 13 Pompeii 2 73 wks (Also charted in 2014) 01 Jun 13 Laura Palmer 42 8 wks 24 Aug 13 Things We Lost In The Fire 28 10 wks 30 Nov 13 Of The Night 2 16 wks 01 Mar 14 Pompeii-Waiting All Night (Live From The Brits) (Bastille & Rudimental featuring Ella Eyre) 21 3 wks Total Hits : 6 Total Weeks : 120 BAT FOR LASHES British female singer/songwriter/multi instrumentalist, born Natasha Khan, 25/10/79 11 Apr 09 Daniel 36 6 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 6 BATES German male vocal/instrumental group. Members included Frank Klubescheid, Michael Rebbig & Markus Zimmer 03 Feb 96 Billie Jean 67 1 wk Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 1 MIKE BATT WITH NEW EDITION British male vocalist/songwriter/producer, born 6/2/49. He was also the musical "brains" of The Wombles 16 Aug 75 Summertime City 4 8 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 8 BATTLE British male vocal/instrumental group (Jason Bavanandan, Oliver Davies, Jamie Ellis & Tim Scudder) 25 Mar 06 Tendency 37 2 wks 24 Jun 06 Children 60 1 wk Total Hits : 2 Total Weeks : 3 BAUHAUS British male vocal/instrumental group (Daniel Ash, brothers David J & Kevin Haskins & Peter Murphy) 18 Apr 81 Kick In The Eye 59 3 wks 04 Jul 81 The Passion Of Lovers 56 2 wks 06 Mar 82 Kick In The Eye EP 45 4 wks (Tracks: Kick In The Eye (Searching For Satori)/Harry/Earwax) 19 Jun 82 Spirit 42 5 wks 09 Oct 82 Ziggy Stardust 15 7 wks 22 Jan 83 Lagartija Nick 44 4 wks 09 Apr 83 She's In Parties 26 6 wks 29 Oct 83 The Singles 81-83 52 4 wks (Tracks: The Passion Of Lovers/Kick In The Eye/Spirit/Ziggy Stardust/Lagartija Nick/She's In Parties) Total Hits : 8 Total Weeks : 35 LES BAXTER American male singer, 14/3/22-15/1/96 14 May 55 Unchained Melody 10 9 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 9 TOM BAXTER British male singer/songwriter, born Thomas Baxter Gleave, 29/10/73 31 Jul 04 This Boy 65 1 wk 15 Dec 07 Better 67 1 wk Total Hits : 2 Total Weeks : 2 BAY CITY ROLLERS British male vocal/instrumental group Eric Faulkner, brothers Alan & Derek Longmuir, Les McKeown and Stuart Wood. Early singles featured Gordon Clark & John Devine rather than McKeown & Wood 18 Sep 71 Keep On Dancing 9 13 wks 09 Feb 74 Remember (Sha-La-La-La) 6 12 wks 27 Apr 74 Shang-A-Lang 2 10 wks 27 Jul 74 Summerlove Sensation 3 10 wks 12 Oct 74 All Of Me Loves All Of You 4 10 wks 08 Mar 75 Bye Bye Baby 1 16 wks 12 Jul 75 Give A Little Love 1 9 wks 22 Nov 75 Money Honey 3 9 wks 10 Apr 76 Love Me Like I Love You 4 9 wks 11 Sep 76 I Only Wanna Be With You 4 9 wks 07 May 77 It's A Game 16 6 wks 30 Jul 77 You Made Me Believe In Magic 34 3 wks Total Hits : 12 Total Weeks : 116 JAMES BAY British male singer/songwriter, born c1991 27 Sep 14 Let It Go 62 1 wk 06 Dec 14 Hold Back The River ➜ 18 4 wks Total Hits : 2 Total Weeks : 5 CAROLE BAYER-SAGER American female songwriter-singer, born 8/3/47. She was married to Burt Bacharach from 1982-91. 28 May 77 You're Moving Out Today 6 9 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 9 DUKE BAYSEE British male vocalist (Kevin Rowe) 03 Sep 94 Sugar Sugar 30 4 wks 21 Jan 95 Do You Love Me? 46 2 wks Total Hits : 2 Total Weeks : 6 BAZ British female singer (born Rosanna Gooden, 1970) 15 Dec 01 Believers 36 2 wks 30 Mar 02 Smile To Shine 58 1 wk Total Hits : 2 Total Weeks : 3 BE BOP DELUXE British male vocal/instrumental group (Andrew Clark, Simon Fox, Bill Nelson & Charlie Turnahai) 21 Feb 76 Ships In The Night 23 8 wks 13 Nov 76 Hot Valves 36 5 wks Total Hits : 2 Total Weeks : 13 BE YOUR OWN PET American male/female vocal/instrumental group - John Eatherly, Jemina Pearl, Jonas Stein, Nathan Vasquez 26 Mar 05 Damn Damn Leash 68 1 wk 02 Jul 05 Fire Department 59 1 wk 04 Feb 06 Let's Get Sandy 51 1 wk 25 Mar 06 Adventure 36 2 wks Total Hits : 4 Total Weeks : 5 BEACH BOYS American male vocal/instrumental group. Originally Al Jardine, Mike Love & three brothers Brian, Carl & Dennis Wilson. Jardine was replaced by David Marks before their first hit, rejoined in April 63 with Marks leaving again 6 months later. Bruce Johnston was added in 1965, and Blondie Chaplin & Ricky Fataar in 1971. Members have come and gone ever since. 03 Aug 63 Surfin' USA 34 7 wks 11 Jul 64 I Get Around $ 7 13 wks 31 Oct 64 When I Grow Up (To Be A Man) 27 7 wks 23 Jan 65 Dance Dance Dance 24 6 wks 04 Sep 65 California Girls 26 8 wks 19 Feb 66 Barbara Ann 3 10 wks 23 Apr 66 Sloop John B 2 15 wks 30 Jul 66 God Only Knows 2 14 wks 05 Nov 66 Good Vibrations $ 1 20 wks (Also charted in 1976) 06 May 67 Then I Kissed Her 4 11 wks 26 Aug 67 Heroes And Villains 8 9 wks 25 Nov 67 Wild Honey 29 6 wks 20 Jan 68 Darlin' 11 14 wks 11 May 68 Friends 25 7 wks 27 Jul 68 Do It Again 1 16 wks (Also charted in 1991) 28 Dec 68 Bluebirds Over The Mountain 33 5 wks 01 Mar 69 I Can Hear Music 10 13 wks 14 Jun 69 Breakaway 6 11 wks 16 May 70 Cottonfields 5 17 wks 03 Mar 73 California Saga 37 5 wks 10 Jul 76 Rock And Roll Music 36 4 wks 31 Mar 79 Here Comes The Night 37 8 wks 16 Jun 79 Lady Lynda 6 11 wks 29 Sep 79 Sumahama 45 4 wks 29 Aug 81 Beach Boys Medley 47 4 wks 22 Aug 87 Fun Fun Fun (Fat Boys & Beach Boys) 2 12 wks 19 Nov 88 Kokomo $ 25 9 wks 02 Jun 90 Wouldn't It Be Nice 58 1 wk 02 Mar 96 Fun Fun Fun (Status Quo with the Beach Boys) 24 4 wks Total Hits : 29 Total Weeks : 271 Edited December 26, 201410 yr by fchd
February 3, 201411 yr Author Key - $ = US Number One (1961-date), ✮ UK Million Seller, ➜ Still in Top 75 at end Dec 2014. A line in red indicates a Number 1, a line in blue indicate a Top 10 hit. BEADY EYE British male vocal/instrumental group (Liam Gallagher with Gem Archer, Andy Bell & Chris Sharrock, all at one time members of Oasis) 04 Dec 10 Bring The Light 61 1 wk 05 Feb 11 The Roller 31 4 wks 14 May 11 Millionaire 71 1 wk 30 Jul 11 The Beat Goes On 64 1 wk Total Hits : 4 Total Weeks : 7 BEARDYMAN British male vocalist (born Darren Foreman, 14/5/82). See Fatboy Slim WALTER BEASLEY American male saxophonist, born 24/5/61 23 Jan 88 I'm So Happy 70 3 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 3 BEASTIE BOYS American male vocal/instrumental group - Michael "Mike D" Diamond, Adam "Ad-Rock" Horovitz & Adam "MCA" Yauch (died 2012) 28 Feb 87 (You Gotta) Fight For Your Right (To Party) 11 11 wks 30 May 87 No Sleep Till Brooklyn 14 7 wks 18 Jul 87 She's On It 10 8 wks 03 Oct 87 Girls/She's Crafty 34 4 wks 11 Apr 92 Pass The Mic 47 2 wks 04 Jul 92 Frozen Metal Head EP 55 1 wk (Tracks: Jimmy James (Single version)/So What Cha Want (All The Way Freestyle Version)/Jimmy James (Original Original Version)/Drinkin Wine) 09 Jul 94 Get It Together/Sabotage 19 4 wks 26 Nov 94 Sure Shot 27 3 wks 04 Jul 98 Intergalactic 5 7 wks 07 Nov 98 Body Movin' 15 5 wks (Also charted in 1999) 29 May 99 Remote Control/3 MCs And A DJ 21 3 wks 18 Dec 99 Alive 28 4 wks 12 Jun 04 Ch-Check It Out 8 7 wks 25 Sep 04 Triple Trouble 37 3 wks 18 Dec 04 An Open Letter To NYC 38 4 wks Total Hits : 15 Total Weeks : 73 THE BEAT British male vocal/instrumental group (Andy Cox, Jamaican-born Lionel Martin ("Saxa"), Everett Morton, Ranking Roger, Saxa, David Steel & Dave Wakeling). They were known as The English Beat in the US to distinguish themselves from an American band 08 Dec 79 Tears Of A Clown/Ranking Full Stop 6 11 wks 23 Feb 80 Hands Off She's Mine 9 9 wks 03 May 80 Mirror In The Bathroom 4 9 wks 16 Aug 80 Best Friend/Stand Down Margaret 22 9 wks 13 Dec 80 Too Nice To Talk To 7 11 wks 18 Apr 81 Drowning/All Out To Get You 22 8 wks 20 Jun 81 Doors Of Your Heart 33 6 wks 05 Dec 81 Hit It 70 2 wks 17 Apr 82 Save It For Later 47 4 wks 18 Sep 82 Jeanette 45 3 wks 04 Dec 82 I Confess 54 3 wks 30 Apr 83 Can't Get Used To Losing You 3 11 wks 02 Jul 83 Ackee 1-2-3 54 4 wks 09 Oct 93 The 2 Tone EP (Special AKA/Madness/Selecter/Beat) 30 3 wks (Tracks: Gangsters/The Prince/On My Radio/Tears Of A Clown) 27 Jan 96 Mirror In The Bathroom (Remix) 44 2 wks Total Hits : 15 Total Weeks : 95 BEAT RENEGADES British male production duo (Ian Bland & Paul Fitzpatrick) 19 May 01 Automatik 73 1 wk Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 1 BEAT SYSTEM British male producer (Dave Pierce) 03 Mar 90 Walk On The Wild Side 63 2 wks 18 Sep 93 To A Brighter Day (O Happy Day) 70 1 wk Total Hits : 2 Total Weeks : 3 BEAT UP British male vocal/instrumental group who had to change the name from The Beatings for legal reasons. Members were Matt Dawson, Dino Gollnick, Todd Parmenter & Nick Pankhurst 26 Oct 02 Bad Feeling (Beatings) 68 1 wk 04 Dec 04 Messed Up 62 1 wk 05 Mar 05 Alright 58 1 wk Total Hits : 3 Total Weeks : 3 BEATCHUGGERS Danish male producer (Michael Linde) 18 Nov 00 Forever Man (How Many Times) (Beatchuggers featuring Eric Clapton) 26 2 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 2 BEATFREAKZ Dutch male production/vocal group (Dennis Christopher, Dimitrie Siliakus and Mark Simmons) 06 May 06 Somebody's Watching Me 3 15 wks 14 Oct 06 Superfreak 7 6 wks Total Hits : 2 Total Weeks : 21 BEATLES British male vocal/instrumental group (George Harrison (25/2/43-29/11/01), John Lennon (9/10/40-8/12/80), Paul McCartney (born 18/6/42) & Ringo Starr (born 7/7/40)). The biggest selling group in UK Singles history, only Elvis Presley had has more number ones or weeks at number one. Six million sellers (including three consecutive singles). Their awards include 7 Grammys and 1 Oscar. All four members went on to have solo hits, three of them number ones. 13 Oct 62 Love Me Do $ 4 26 wks (Also charted in 1982 & 1992. Peaked in October 1982) 19 Jan 63 Please Please Me 2 22 wks (Also charted in 1983) 20 Apr 63 From Me To You 1 25 wks (Also charted in 1983) 08 Jun 63 My Bonnie (Tony Sheridan & The Beatles) 48 1 wk 31 Aug 63 She Loves You ✮ $ 1 36 wks (Also charted in 1964 & 1983) 07 Dec 63 I Want To Hold Your Hand ✮ $ 1 24 wks (Also charted in 1964 & 1983) 28 Mar 64 Can't Buy Me Love ✮ $ 1 17 wks (Also charted in 1984) 13 Jun 64 Ain't She Sweet 29 6 wks 18 Jul 64 A Hard Day's Night $ 1 15 wks (Also charted in 1984) 05 Dec 64 I Feel Fine ✮ $ 1 14 wks (Also charted in 1984) 17 Apr 65 Ticket To Ride $ 1 14 wks (Also charted in 1985) 31 Jul 65 Help! $ 1 17 wks (Also charted in 1976) 11 Dec 65 Day Tripper/We Can Work It Out ✮ $ 1 12 wks (US number one mark only refers to "We Can Work It Out") 18 Jun 66 Paperback Writer $ 1 16 wks (Also charted in 1976) 13 Aug 66 Yellow Submarine/Eleanor Rigby 1 14 wks (Also charted in 1986) 25 Feb 67 Penny Lane/Strawberry Fields Forever $ 2 13 wks (Also charted in 1987. US number one relates solely to Penny Lane) 15 Jul 67 All You Need Is Love $ 1 16 wks (Also charted in 1987) 02 Dec 67 Hello, Goodbye 1 13 wks (Also charted in 1987) 16 Dec 67 Magical Mystery Tour EP 2 12 wks (Tracks: Magical Mystery Tour/Your Mother Should Know/I Am The Walrus/Fool On The Hill/Flying/Blue Jay Way) 23 Mar 68 Lady Madonna 1 9 wks (Also charted in 1988) 07 Sep 68 Hey Jude ✮ $ 1 27 wks (Also charted in 1976, 1988 & 2010) 26 Apr 69 Get Back $ (Beatles with Billy Preston) 1 23 wks (Also charted in 1976 & 1989) 07 Jun 69 The Ballad Of John And Yoko 1 14 wks 08 Nov 69 Something/Come Together $ 4 12 wks 14 Mar 70 Let It Be $ 2 13 wks (Also charted in 2010) 13 Mar 76 Yesterday $ 8 7 wks 03 Apr 76 Strawberry Fields Forever 32 3 wks 10 Jul 76 Back In The USSR 19 6 wks 07 Oct 78 Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band/With A Little Help From My Friends 63 3 wks 05 Jun 82 The Beatles Movie Medley 10 9 wks 01 Apr 95 Baby It's You 7 7 wks 16 Dec 95 Free As A Bird 2 8 wks 16 Mar 96 Real Love 4 7 wks 27 Nov 10 Twist And Shout 48 2 wks 27 Nov 10 Here Comes The Sun 58 2 wks (Also charted in 2012. Peaked in April 2012) Total Hits : 35 Total Weeks : 465 BEATMASTERS British male/female musical/production group - Paul Carter, Amanda Glanfield & Richard Walmsley. Walmsley left in 1990. 09 Jan 88 Rok Da House (Beatmasters featuring The Cookie Crew) 5 11 wks 24 Sep 88 Burn It Up (Beatmasters with PP Arnold) 14 10 wks 22 Apr 89 Who's In The House? (Beatmasters with Merlin) 8 9 wks 12 Aug 89 Hey DJ I Can't Dance To That Music You're Playing/Ska Train (Beatmasters featuring Betty Boo) 7 11 wks 02 Dec 89 Warm Love (Beatmasters featuring Claudia Fontaine) 51 2 wks 21 Sep 91 Boulevard Of Broken Dreams 62 1 wk 16 May 92 Dunno What It Is (About You) 43 3 wks Total Hits : 7 Total Weeks : 47 BEATNUTS American male vocal/prodution duo - Lester "Psychic Les" Fernandez (born 10/4/72) and Jerry "JuJu" Tineo (born 4/12/68) 14 Jul 01 No Escapin' This 47 1 wk 21 Jun 03 Dude Descending A Staircase (Apollo Four Forty featuring The Beatnuts) 58 1 wk Total Hits : 2 Total Weeks : 2 BEATS INTERNATIONAL British male/female vocal/instrumental group, centred around Norman Cook (Fatboy Slim) with a collection of other musicians (Andy Boucher, David John-Baptiste, Lindy Layton, MC Wildski & Lester Noel). Cook had hits under a number of other guises, Layton & Wildski also appeared on the chart as solo acts 10 Feb 90 Dub Be Good To Me (Beats International featuring Lindy Layton) 1 13 wks 12 May 90 Won't Talk About It 9 7 wks 15 Sep 90 Burundi Blues 51 3 wks 02 Mar 91 Echo Chamber 60 2 wks 21 Sep 91 The Sun Doesn't Shine 66 2 wks 23 Nov 91 In The Ghetto 44 3 wks Total Hits : 6 Total Weeks : 30 TORI BEAUMONT & DANIEL BOYS British male/female duo who recorded a charity single for Great Ormond Street Hospital 04 Jun 11 The World Is Something You Imagine 47 2 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 2 BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE British male vocal/production group - Luke Baldry, Robin Goodridge & Duncan Kane 28 May 94 If 60's Were 90's 74 1 wk Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 1 BEAUTIFUL SOUTH British male/female vocal/instrumental group with a basic line up of two ex-Housemartins (Paul Heaton & Dave Hemingway) together with Dave Rotheray, Dave Stead & Sean Welch, plus a succession of female singers - Briana Corrigan, then Jacqui Abbott and finally Alison Wheeler 03 Jun 89 Song For Whoever 2 11 wks 23 Sep 89 You Keep It All In 8 8 wks 02 Dec 89 I'll Sail This Ship Alone 31 8 wks 06 Oct 90 A Little Time 1 14 wks 08 Dec 90 My Book 43 6 wks 16 Mar 91 Let Love Speak Up Itself 51 2 wks 11 Jan 92 Old Red Eyes Is Back 22 6 wks 14 Mar 92 We Are Each Other 30 3 wks 13 Jun 92 Bell Bottomed Tear 16 5 wks 26 Sep 92 36D 46 2 wks 12 Mar 94 Good As Gold 23 5 wks 04 Jun 94 Everybody's Talkin' 12 8 wks 03 Sep 94 Prettiest Eyes 37 3 wks 12 Nov 94 One Last Love Song 14 5 wks 18 Nov 95 Pretenders To The Throne 18 4 wks 12 Oct 96 Rotterdam 5 9 wks 14 Dec 96 Don't Marry Her 8 10 wks 29 Mar 97 Blackbird On The Wire 23 5 wks 05 Jul 97 Liar's Bar 43 1 wk 03 Oct 98 Perfect 10 2 14 wks 19 Dec 98 Dumb 16 8 wks (Also charted in 1999) 20 Mar 99 How Long's A Tear Take To Dry? 12 6 wks 10 Jul 99 The Table 47 2 wks 07 Oct 00 Closer Than Most 22 4 wks 23 Dec 00 The River/Just Checkin' 59 1 wk 17 Nov 01 The Root Of All Evil 50 1 wk 25 Oct 03 Just A Few Things That I Ain't 30 2 wks 13 Dec 03 Let Go With The Flow 47 2 wks 23 Oct 04 Livin' Thing 24 2 wks 18 Dec 04 This Old Skin 43 2 wks 19 Feb 05 This Will Be Our Year 36 2 wks 20 May 06 Manchester 41 2 wks Total Hits : 32 Total Weeks : 163 GILBERT BÉCAUD French male singer (born François Silly, 24/10/27-18/12/01) 29 Mar 75 A Little Love And Understanding 10 12 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 12 BECK American male vocalist/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist, born Bek Campbell, 8/7/70 05 Mar 94 Loser 15 6 wks 29 Jun 96 Where It's At 35 2 wks 16 Nov 96 Devil's Haircut 22 2 wks 08 Mar 97 The New Pollution 14 5 wks 24 May 97 Sissyneck 30 2 wks 08 Nov 97 Deadweight 23 3 wks 19 Dec 98 Tropicalia 39 2 wks 20 Nov 99 Sexx Laws 27 3 wks 08 Apr 00 Mixed Bizness 34 2 wks 26 Mar 05 E-Pro 38 2 wks 16 Jul 05 Girl 45 2 wks Total Hits : 11 Total Weeks : 31 JEFF BECK British male guitarist, born 24/6/44. A member of the Yardbirds in the 60s, apart from his solo work, he is much in demand as a guest performer 25 Mar 67 Hi-Ho Silver Lining 14 28 wks (Also charted in 1972, 1973 & 1982) 05 Aug 67 Tallyman 30 3 wks 02 Mar 68 Love Is Blue 23 7 wks 12 Jul 69 Goo Goo Barabajagal (Love Is Hot) (Donovan & Jeff Beck) 12 9 wks 05 May 73 I've Been Drinking (Jeff Beck & Rod Stewart) 27 6 wks 07 Mar 92 People Get Ready (Jeff Beck & Rod Stewart) 49 3 wks 15 Nov 14 No Man's Land (Green Fields Of France) (Joss Stone featuring Jeff Beck) 49 2 wks Total Hits : 7 Total Weeks : 58 ROBIN BECK American female singer, born 7/11/54. Her hit became popular after its use in an advert for Coca-Cola 22 Oct 88 The First Time 1 13 wks 20 May 06 The First Time (Sunblock featuring Robin Beck) 9 9 wks Total Hits : 2 Total Weeks : 22 VICTORIA BECKHAM British female singer, born Victoria Adams, 17/4/74. She was one of the Spice Girls, has had a solo career and has lines in both the fashion and fragrance sectors. She has been married to former England football captain David Beckham since 1999 26 Aug 00 Out Of Your Mind (True Steppers & Dane Bowers featuring Victoria Beckham) 2 20 wks (Also charted in 2001) 29 Sep 01 Not Such An Innocent Girl 6 11 wks (Also charted in 2002) 23 Feb 02 A Mind Of It's Own 6 7 wks 10 Jan 04 This Groove/Let Your Head Go 3 8 wks Total Hits : 4 Total Weeks : 46 BEDAZZLED British male vocal/instrumental group 04 Jul 92 Summer Song 73 1 wk Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 1 DANIEL BEDINGFIELD New-Zealand born British male singer/keyboard player, born 3/12/79. He is the brother of Natasha Bedingfield 08 Dec 01 Gotta Get Thru This 1 18 wks 24 Aug 02 James Dean (I Wanna Know) 4 8 wks 07 Dec 02 If You're Not The One 1 21 wks 19 Apr 03 I Can't Read You 6 11 wks 02 Aug 03 Never Gonna Leave Your Side 1 11 wks 01 Nov 03 Friday 28 2 wks 06 Nov 04 Nothing Hurts Like Love 3 7 wks 19 Feb 05 Wrap My Words Around You 12 7 wks 04 Jun 05 The Way 41 2 wks Total Hits : 9 Total Weeks : 87 NATASHA BEDINGFIELD British female singer, born 26/11/81. She is the sister of Daniel Bedingfield 15 May 04 Single 3 10 wks 28 Aug 04 These Words 1 13 wks 11 Dec 04 Unwritten 6 12 wks 16 Apr 05 I Bruise Easily 12 7 wks 14 Apr 07 I Wanna Have Your Babies 7 9 wks 23 Jun 07 Soulmate 7 13 wks 29 Mar 08 Love Like This (Natasha Bedingfield featuring Sean Kingston) 20 7 wks 06 Sep 08 Bruised Water (Chicane vs Natasha Bedingfield) 42 3 wks Total Hits : 8 Total Weeks : 74 BEDLAM British male DJ duo - Alan Thompson & Richard Dearlove, who also had a hit under his stage name of Diddy. 06 Feb 99 Da-Force 68 1 wk Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 1 BEDLAM AGO GO British male vocal/instrumental group - Leigh Kenny, John Ludman, Phil Naylor and "Twill". Kenny is the brother of Rhianna 04 Apr 98 Season No 5 57 1 wk Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 1 BEDOUIN SOUNDCLASH Canadian male vocal/instrumental group (Jay Malinowski, Pat Pengelly & Eon Sinclair) 08 Oct 05 When The Night Feels My Song 24 15 wks (Also charted in 2006) Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 15 BEDROCK British male production duo - John Digweed & Nick Muir 01 Jun 96 For What You Dream Of (Bedrock featuring KYO) 25 3 wks 12 Jul 97 Set In Stone/Forbidden Zone 71 1 wk 06 Nov 99 Heaven Scent 35 3 wks 08 Jul 00 Voices 44 2 wks Total Hits : 4 Total Weeks : 9 BEDROCKS British male vocal/instrumental group 21 Dec 68 Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da 20 7 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 7 BEE GEES Manx male vocal/songwriting brotherly group - Barry, Maurice & Robin Gibb. After a period of sucess in the 60s, they returned as disco icons in the late 70s after the release of "Saturday Night Fever". They won 6 regular and 3 honorary Grammys, were celebrated on an issue of Isle Of Man postage stamps in 1999, and all three were awarded the CBE in 2001. Andy Gibb was their brother. 29 Apr 67 New York Mining Disaster 1941 12 10 wks 15 Jul 67 To Love Somebody 41 5 wks 23 Sep 67 Massachusetts 1 17 wks 25 Nov 67 World 9 16 wks 03 Feb 68 Words 8 10 wks 30 Mar 68 Jumbo/The Singer Sang His Song 25 7 wks 10 Aug 68 I've Gotta Get A Message To You 1 15 wks 22 Feb 69 First Of May 6 11 wks 07 Jun 69 Tomorrow Tomorrow 23 8 wks 16 Aug 69 Don't Forget To Remember 2 15 wks 28 Mar 70 IOIO 49 1 wk 05 Dec 70 Lonely Days 33 9 wks 29 Jan 72 My World 16 9 wks 22 Jul 72 Run To Me 9 10 wks 28 Jun 75 Jive Talkin' $ 5 11 wks 31 Jul 76 You Should Be Dancing 5 10 wks 13 Nov 76 Love's So Right 41 4 wks 29 Oct 77 How Deep Is Your Love $ 3 15 wks 04 Feb 78 Stayin' Alive $ 4 18 wks 15 Apr 78 Night Fever $ 1 20 wks 25 Nov 78 Too Much Heaven $ 3 13 wks 17 Feb 79 Tragedy 1 10 wks 14 Apr 79 Love You Inside Out $ 13 9 wks 05 Jan 80 Spirits (Having Flown) 16 7 wks 17 Sep 83 Someone Belonging To Someone 49 4 wks 26 Sep 87 You Win Again 1 15 wks 12 Dec 87 ESP 51 5 wks 15 Apr 89 Ordinary Lives 54 3 wks 24 Jun 89 One 71 1 wk 02 Mar 91 Secret Love 5 11 wks 21 Aug 93 Paying The Price Of Love 23 5 wks 27 Nov 93 For Whom The Bell Tolls 4 14 wks 16 Apr 94 How To Fall In Love Part 1 30 4 wks 01 Mar 97 Alone 5 9 wks 21 Jun 97 I Could Not Love You More 14 3 wks 08 Nov 97 Still Waters (Run Deep) 18 3 wks 18 Jul 98 Immortality (Céline Dion with The Bee Gees) 5 12 wks 07 Apr 01 This Is Where I Came In 18 5 wks Total Hits : 38 Total Weeks : 354 CELI BEE & THE BUZZY BUNCH American male/female vocal/instrumental group with vocalist Celi Bee (born Celida Camacho). The "Buzzy Bunch" were her husband/producer Pepe Luis Soto and a group of session musicians 17 Jun 78 Hold Your Horses Babe 72 1 wk Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 1 BEENIE MAN Jamaican male vocalist/songwriter/producer, born Anthony Davis, 22/8/73 20 Sep 97 Dancehall Queen (Chevelle Franklyn featuring Beenie Man) 70 1 wk 07 Mar 98 Who Am I 10 5 wks 08 Aug 98 Foundation 69 1 wk 24 Mar 01 Girls Dem Sugar (Beenie Man featuring Mya) 13 5 wks 28 Sep 02 Feel It Boy (Beenie Man featuring Janet) 9 7 wks 14 Dec 02 Dirty Harry's Revenge (Adam F featuring Beenie Man) 50 2 wks 08 Feb 03 Street Life 13 5 wks 13 Mar 04 Dude 7 11 wks 21 Aug 04 King Of The Dancehall 14 5 wks 19 Aug 06 Girls (Beenie Man featuring Akon) 47 2 wks Total Hits : 10 Total Weeks : 44 BEES British male vocal/instrumental group - Kris Birkin, Paul Butler, Michael Clevett, Aaron Fletcher, Warren Hampshire & Tim Parkin 01 May 04 Wash In The Rain 31 3 wks 26 Jun 04 Horsemen 41 2 wks 16 Apr 05 Chicken Payback 28 3 wks Total Hits : 3 Total Weeks : 8 SAM BEETON British male singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist, born 13/9/88 20 Sep 08 What You Look For 41 2 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 2 LOU BEGA German male singer, born David Lubega, 13/4/75 07 Aug 99 Mambo No 5 (A Little Bit Of...) 1 19 wks 18 Dec 99 I Got A Girl 55 2 wks Total Hits : 2 Total Weeks : 21 BEGGAR & CO British male vocal/instrumental group based around a core of David Baptiste, Neville McKrieth & Kenny Wellington with other vocalists and musicians used as/when required 07 Feb 81 Somebody (Help Me Out) 15 10 wks 12 Sep 81 Mule (Chant No 2) 37 5 wks Total Hits : 2 Total Weeks : 15 BEGINERZ British male production duo (Ibi Tijani & Euen MacNeil) 13 Jul 02 Reckless Girl 28 3 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 3 BEGINNING OF THE END Bahamian male vocal/instrumental group - three brothers (Frank, Ray & Roy Munnings) with Livingston Colebrook & Fred Henfield 23 Feb 74 Funky Nassau 31 6 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 6 ANDREA BEGLEY Northern Irish female singer, the winner of the 2013 series of "The Voice" 29 Jun 13 My Immortal 30 2 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 2 BEIJING SPRING British female vocal duo (Sian Russell & Katrina Stevens) 23 Jan 93 I Wanna Be In Love Again 43 3 wks 08 May 93 Summerlands 53 2 wks Total Hits : 2 Total Weeks : 5 BEL AMOUR French male musical/production group - Edouard De Tricasse, Franck Keller & Jean-Claude Sindress 12 May 01 Bel Amour 23 3 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 3 BEL CANTO Norwegian male/female vocal/instrumental group - Anneli Drecker, Nils Johansen, Geir Jenssen 14 Oct 95 We've Got To Work It Out 65 1 wk Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 1 HARRY BELAFONTE American male vocalist, born Harold Bellanfanti, 1/3/27. Alongside his musical career, he has been a leading civil rights campaigner since the 50s 02 Mar 57 The Banana Boat Song 2 18 wks 15 Jun 57 Island In The Sun 3 25 wks 07 Sep 57 Scarlet Ribbons (Harry Belafonte & Millard Thomas) 18 6 wks 02 Nov 57 Mary's Boy Child ✮ 1 19 wks (Also charted in 1958 & 1959) 23 Aug 58 Little Bernadette 16 7 wks 13 Dec 58 The Son Of Mary 18 4 wks 23 Sep 61 There's A Hole In My Bucket (Harry Belafonte & Odetta) 32 8 wks Total Hits : 7 Total Weeks : 87 BELL & JAMES American male vocal/instrumental duo (LeRoy Bell & Casey James) 31 Mar 79 Livin' It Up (Friday Night) 59 3 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 3 BELL & SPURLING British male comedy duo - Martin Bell & Johnny Spurling. Spurling was previous a member of Frash 13 Oct 01 Sven Sven Sven 7 6 wks 08 Jun 02 Goldenballs (Mr Beckham To You) 25 4 wks Total Hits : 2 Total Weeks : 10 BELL BIV DEVOE American male vocal group formed by three former members of New Edition - Ricky Bell, Michael Bivins & Ronnie DeVoe 30 Jun 90 Poison 19 11 wks 22 Sep 90 Do Me 56 3 wks 09 Oct 93 Something In Your Eyes 60 2 wks Total Hits : 3 Total Weeks : 16 BELL BOOK & CANDLE German male/female vocal/instrumental group (Andy Birr, Jana Gross & Hendrik Röder) 17 Oct 98 Rescue Me 63 1 wk Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 1 BELL X1 Irish male vocal/instrumental group (Brian Crosby, David Geraghty, Paul Noonan & Dominic Philips) 26 Jun 04 Eve The Apple Of My Eye 65 1 wk 25 Mar 06 Flame 65 1 wk Total Hits : 2 Total Weeks : 2 ANDY BELL British male singer, born 25/4/64, the lead singer of Erasure 08 Oct 05 Crazy 35 2 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 2 ARCHIE BELL & THE DRELLS American male vocal group led by Archie Bell (born 1/9/44) with the Drells being made up of (at various times) Archie's brother Lee Bell, Billy Butler, Joe Cross, Lucious Larkins, Willie Parnell, James Wise 07 Oct 72 Here I Go Again 11 10 wks 27 Jan 73 There's Gonna Be A Showdown 36 5 wks 08 May 76 Soul City Walk 13 10 wks 11 Jun 77 Everybody Have A Good Time 43 4 wks 28 Jun 86 Don't Let Love Get You Down 49 4 wks Total Hits : 5 Total Weeks : 33 FREDDIE BELL & THE BELLBOYS American male vocal/instrumental group, led by Freddie Bell (born Ferdinando Bello, 29/7/31-10/2/08) with Frankie Brent, Russ Conti, Jack Kane, Chick Keeney & Jerry Mayo 29 Sep 56 Giddy-Up-A-Ding-Dong 4 10 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 10 KRISTEN BELL American female singer, born 18/7/80. She starred as the title character in the TV series "Veronica Mars", but all her hits originate from her voice role in the animated film "Frozen" 18 Jan 14 Do You Want To Build A Snowman (Kristen Bell & Agatha Lee Monn) 26 30 wks 01 Feb 14 For The First Time In Forever (Kristen Bell & Idina Menzel) 38 15 wks 12 Apr 14 Love Is An Open Door (Kristen Bell & Santino Fontana) 52 7 wks Total Hits : 3 Total Weeks : 52 MAGGIE BELL British female vocalist, born 12/1/45 15 Apr 78 Hazell 37 4 wks 17 Oct 81 Hold Me (BA Robertson & Maggie Bell) 11 8 wks Total Hits : 2 Total Weeks : 12 WILLIAM BELL American male singer, born William Yarborough, 16/7/39 01 Jun 68 Tribute To A King 31 7 wks 23 Nov 68 Private Number (Judy Clay & William Bell) 8 14 wks 26 Apr 86 Headline News 70 1 wk Total Hits : 3 Total Weeks : 22 BELLAMY BROTHERS American male brotherly vocal duo - David (born 16/9/50) and Howard (born 2/2/46) Bellamy 17 Apr 76 Let Your Love Flow $ 7 23 wks (Also charted in 2008 & 2009) 21 Aug 76 Satin Sheets 43 3 wks 11 Aug 79 If I Said You Had A Beautiful Body Would You Hold It Against Me 3 14 wks Total Hits : 3 Total Weeks : 40 BELLATRIX Icelandic male/female vocal/instrumental group - Ester Bíbí Ásgeirsdóttir, Sigrún Eiríksdóttir, Eliza Geirsdóttir, Karl Ágúst Guðmundsson & Anna Margrét Hraundal 16 Sep 00 Jedi Wannabe 65 1 wk Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 1 BELLE & THE DEVOTIONS British female vocal group - Laura James, Kit Rolfe & Linda Sofield. They represented the UK in the 1984 Eurovision Song Contest, finishing 7th 21 Apr 84 Love Games 11 8 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 8 BELLE & SEBASTIAN British male/female vocal instrumental group. The original members were Isobel Campbell, Richard Colburn, Stuart David, Chris Geddes, Stevie Jackson & Stuart Murdoch. Later additions were Sarah Martin (1997), Mick Cooke (1998) & Bobby Kildea (2000), with David leaving in 2000, Campbell in 2002 and Cooke in 2013 24 May 97 Dog On Wheels EP 59 1 wk (Tracks: Dog On Wheels/The State I Am In/String Bean Jean/Belle & Sebastian) 09 Aug 97 Lazy Line Painter Jane EP 41 2 wks (Tracks: Lazy Lane Painter Jane/You Made Me Forget My Dreams/Photo Jenny/A Century Of Elvis) 25 Oct 97 3..6..9 Seconds Of Light EP 32 2 wks (Tracks: A Century Of Fakers/La Pastie de la Bourgoisie/Beautiful/Put The Book Back On The Shelf/Songs For Children) 03 Jun 00 Legal Man 15 3 wks 30 Jun 01 Jonathan David 31 2 wks 08 Dec 01 I'm Waking Up To Us 39 2 wks 29 Nov 03 Step Into My Office Baby 32 2 wks 28 Feb 04 I'm A Cuckoo 14 4 wks 03 Jul 04 Books EP 20 3 wks (Tracks: Your Cover's Blown/Wrapped Up In Books/Your Secrets/Cover (Version)) 28 Jan 06 Funny Little Frog 13 4 wks 15 Apr 06 The Blues Are Still Blue 25 2 wks 08 Jul 06 The White Collar Boy 45 1 wk Total Hits : 12 Total Weeks : 28 BELLE STARS British female vocal/instrumental group, formed mainly by ex-members of the Bodysnatchers - Stella Barker, Clare Hirst, Miranda Joyce, Jennie Matthias, Sarah-Jane Owen, Judy Parsons, Lesley Shone 05 Jun 82 Iko Iko 35 6 wks 17 Jul 82 The Clapping Song 11 9 wks 16 Oct 82 Mockingbird 51 3 wks 15 Jan 83 Sign Of The Times 3 11 wks 16 Apr 83 Sweet Memory 22 9 wks 13 Aug 83 Indian Summer 52 3 wks 14 Jul 84 80's Romance 71 1 wk Total Hits : 7 Total Weeks : 42 REGINA BELLE American female singer/songwriter, born 17/7/63. "A Whole New World" won both a Grammmy and an Oscar 21 Oct 89 Good Lovin' 73 1 wk 11 Dec 93 A Whole New World (Aladdin's Theme) $ (Peabo Bryson & Regina Belle) 12 12 wks Total Hits : 2 Total Weeks : 13 BELLEFIRE Irish female vocal group - Kelly Kilfeather (born 23/3/79), Tara Lee (born 25/7/82), and two sisters Cathy (born 14/7/82) & Ciara Newell (born 7/7/83) 14 Jul 01 Perfect Bliss 18 4 wks 18 May 02 All I Want Is You 18 4 wks 24 Apr 04 Say Something Anyway 26 3 wks 16 Oct 04 Spin The Wheel 67 1 wk Total Hits : 4 Total Weeks : 12 BELLINI See Paffendorf BELLRAYS American male/female vocal/instrumental group (Justin Andres, Lisa Kekaula, Stefan Litrownik & Bob Vennum) 20 Jul 02 They Glued Your Head On Upside Down 75 1 wk Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 1 BELLY American male/female vocal/instrumental group - Fred Abong & Tanya Donnelly (both ex-Throwing Muses) and two brothers (Tom & Chris Gorman). Abong left in 2004 and was replaced by Gail Greenwood 23 Jan 93 Feed The Tree 32 3 wks 10 Apr 93 Gepetto 49 2 wks 04 Feb 95 Now They'll Sleep 28 2 wks 22 Jul 95 Seal My Fate 35 2 wks Total Hits : 4 Total Weeks : 9 BELOVED British male/female group - originally Guy Gausden, Tim Havard, Jon Marsh, Steve Waddington. They slimmed down to a duo of Marsh & Waddington, with Waddington being replaced by Marsh's wife Helena in 1991 21 Oct 89 The Sun Rising 26 9 wks (Also charted in 1997) 27 Jan 90 Hello 19 7 wks 24 Mar 90 Your Love Takes Me Higher 39 3 wks 09 Jun 90 Time After Time 46 4 wks 10 Nov 90 It's Alright Now 48 3 wks 23 Jan 93 Sweet Harmony 8 10 wks 10 Apr 93 You've Got Me Thinking 23 4 wks 14 Aug 93 Outerspace Girl 38 2 wks 30 Mar 96 Satellite 19 3 wks 10 Aug 96 Ease The Pressure 43 2 wks Total Hits : 10 Total Weeks : 47 BELTRAM American male producer, born Joey Beltram, 6/11/71 28 Sep 91 Energy Flash (EP) 52 2 wks (Tracks: Energy Flash/Psycho Bass/My Sound/Sub-Base Experience) 07 Dec 91 The Omen (Beltram & Program 2) 53 2 wks Total Hits : 2 Total Weeks : 4 BEN'S BROTHER British male vocal/instrumental group - Karl Brazil, Jamie Hartman, Kris Houston, Malcolm Moore & Luke Potashnick 18 Aug 07 Let Me Out 38 3 wks 26 Apr 08 Stuttering (Kiss Me Again) 41 4 wks Total Hits : 2 Total Weeks : 7 BENNY BENASSI Italian male DJ/producer, born Marco Benassi, 13/7/67. He was also a member of KMC 26 Jul 03 Satisfaction (Benny Benassi presents The Biz) 2 11 wks 14 Feb 04 No Matter What You Do (Benny Benassi presents The Biz) 40 2 wks 16 Apr 11 Beautiful People (Chris Brown featuring Benny Benassi) 4 31 wks (Also charted in 2012) 06 Aug 11 Cinema (Benny Benassi featuring Gary Go) 20 9 wks Total Hits : 4 Total Weeks : 53 PAT BENATAR American female singer (born Patricia Andrzejewski, 10/1/53) 21 Jan 84 Love Is A Battlefield 17 15 wks (Also charted in 1985. Peaked in April 1985) 12 Jan 85 We Belong 22 9 wks 15 Jun 85 Shadows Of The Night 50 4 wks 19 Oct 85 Invincible (Billie Jean Theme) 53 3 wks 15 Feb 86 Sex As A Weapon 67 3 wks 02 Jul 88 All Fired Up 19 10 wks 01 Oct 88 Don't Walk Away 42 5 wks 14 Jan 89 One Love 59 3 wks 30 Oct 93 Somebody's Baby 48 1 wk Total Hits : 9 Total Weeks : 53 DAVID BENDETH Briitsh male producer, born 17/6/54 08 Sep 79 Feel The Real 44 5 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 5 BENELUX & NANCY DEE Belgian/Dutch female vocal group 25 Aug 79 Switch 52 4 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 4 ERIC BENÉT American male singer/songwriter, born Eric Benét Jordan, 15/10/66 22 Mar 97 Spiritual Thing 62 1 wk 01 May 99 Georgy Porgy (Eric Benét featuring Faith Evans) 28 3 wks 05 Feb 00 Why You Follow Me 48 1 wk Total Hits : 3 Total Weeks : 5 BENNET British male vocal/instrumental group (Jason Aplin, Andy Bennett, Kevin Moorey, Jonny Peer) 22 Feb 97 Mum's Gone To Iceland 34 2 wks 03 May 97 Someone Always Gets There First 69 1 wk Total Hits : 2 Total Weeks : 3 BOYD BENNETT & HIS ROCKETS American male vocal/instrumental group led by Bennett (7/12/24-2/6/02) 24 Dec 55 Seventeen 16 2 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 2 CLIFF BENNETT & THE REBEL ROUSERS British male/vocal instrumental group, with Cliff Bennett (born 4/6/40) with various others, including Chas Hodges & Dave Peacock (later Chas & Dave), Mick Burt and Nicky Hopkins 03 Oct 64 One Way Love 9 9 wks 06 Feb 65 I'll Take You Home 42 3 wks 13 Aug 66 Got To Get You Into My Life 6 11 wks Total Hits : 3 Total Weeks : 23 PETER E BENNETT British male vocalist, backed on the record by the Co-Operation Choir 07 Nov 70 Seagull's Name Was Nelson 45 1 wk Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 1 TONY BENNETT American male singer, born Anthony Benedetto, 3/8/26. He is one of the oldest people to ever hit the chart with newly recorded material 16 Apr 55 Stranger In Paradise 1 16 wks 17 Sep 55 Close Your Eyes 18 1 wk 14 Apr 56 Come Next Spring 29 1 wk 07 Jan 61 Till 35 2 wks 20 Jul 63 The Good Life 27 13 wks 08 May 65 If I Ruled The World 40 5 wks 29 May 65 (I Lost My Heart) In San Francisco 25 14 wks ( Peaked in December 1965) 25 Dec 65 The Very Thought Of You 21 9 wks 24 Sep 11 Body And Soul (Tony Bennett & Amy Winehouse) 40 2 wks Total Hits : 9 Total Weeks : 63 BRENDAN BENSON American male singer/songwriter/guitarist, born 14/11/70, also a member of the Raconteurs 09 Apr 05 Spit It Out 75 1 wk Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 1 GARY BENSON British male singer (born Harry Hyams) 09 Aug 75 Don't Throw It All Away 20 8 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 8 GEORGE BENSON American male singer/guitarist, born 22/3/43. He has won 10 Grammys over a 30-year span 25 Oct 75 Supership 30 6 wks 04 Jun 77 Nature Boy 26 6 wks 24 Sep 77 The Greatest Love Of All 27 7 wks 31 Mar 79 Love Ballad 29 9 wks 26 Jul 80 Give Me The Night 7 10 wks 04 Oct 80 Love X Love 10 8 wks 07 Feb 81 What's On Your Mind 45 5 wks 19 Sep 81 Love All The Hurt Away (Aretha Franklin & George Benson) 49 3 wks 14 Nov 81 Turn Your Love Around 29 11 wks 23 Jan 82 Never Give Up On A Good Thing 14 10 wks 21 May 83 Lady Love Me (One More Time) 11 10 wks 16 Jul 83 Feel Like Makin' Love 28 7 wks 24 Sep 83 In Your Eyes 7 10 wks 17 Dec 83 Inside Love 57 5 wks 19 Jan 85 20/20 29 9 wks 20 Apr 85 Beyond The Sea (La Mer) 60 3 wks 16 Aug 86 Kisses In The Moonlight 60 4 wks 29 Nov 86 Shiver 19 9 wks 14 Feb 87 Teaser 45 4 wks 27 Aug 88 Let's Do It Again 56 3 wks 05 Sep 92 I'll Keep Your Dreams Alive (George Benson & Patti Austin) 68 1 wk 11 Jul 98 Seven Days (Mary J Blige featuring George Benson) 22 3 wks Total Hits : 22 Total Weeks : 143 RHIAN BENSON British (Ghanaian-born) female singer, born Rhiannon Benson 23 Oct 04 Say How I Feel 27 2 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 2 BENT British male production duo - Simon Mills & Neil Tolliday 12 Jul 03 Stay The Same 59 1 wk Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 1 BENTLEY RHYTHM ACE British male vocal/instrumental duo - Richard March & Mike Stokes. March was previously a member of Pop Will Eat Itself 06 Sep 97 Bentley's Gonna Sort You Out! 17 4 wks 27 May 00 Theme From Gutbuster 29 2 wks 02 Sep 00 How'd I Do Dat 57 1 wk Total Hits : 3 Total Weeks : 7 BROOK BENTON American male singer/songwriter, born Benjamin Peay (9/9/31-9/4/88) 11 Jul 59 Endlessly 28 2 wks 08 Oct 60 Kiddio 41 6 wks 18 Feb 61 Fools Rush In 50 1 wk 15 Jul 61 The Boll Weevil Song 30 9 wks Total Hits : 4 Total Weeks : 18 BENZ British male DJ/production group - Benjamin Balogun, Ben Ofoedu & Tony Thompson 16 Dec 95 Boom Rock Soul 62 2 wks 16 Mar 96 Urban City Girl 31 3 wks 25 May 96 Miss Parker 35 2 wks 29 Mar 97 If I Remember 59 1 wk 09 Aug 97 On A Sun-Day 73 1 wk Total Hits : 5 Total Weeks : 9 BERLIN American male/female vocal/instrumental group - Rob Brill, John Crawford, David Diamond, Terri Nunn, Ric Olsen & Matt Reid 25 Oct 86 Take My Breath Away $ 1 30 wks (Also charted in 1988 & 1990) 17 Jan 87 You Don't Know 39 6 wks 14 Mar 87 Like Flames 47 3 wks Total Hits : 3 Total Weeks : 39 FRANCESCA BERLIN British female singer (born c1989) who has performed in the cast of a number of musical productions 19 Aug 06 Colours Faded 60 1 wk Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 1 ELMER BERNSTEIN American male composer & conductor (4/4/22-18/8/04). He composed many film scores,and won an Oscar for his score to "Thoroughly Modern Millie" from 14 nominations 19 Dec 59 Staccato's Theme 4 11 wks (Also charted in 1960) Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 11 LEONARD BERNSTEIN American male composer/conductor/pianist (25/8/18-14/10/90). His hit was a song from the musical "West Side Story" where he wrote the music (with Stephen Sondheim writing the lyrics) 02 Jul 94 America – World Cup Theme 1994 44 4 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 4 BERRI British female singer, born Rebecca Sleight 26 Nov 94 The Sunshine After The Rain (New Atlantic/U4EA featuring Berri) 26 6 wks 02 Sep 95 The Sunshine After The Rain (Remix) 4 11 wks 02 Dec 95 Shine Like A Star 20 5 wks Total Hits : 3 Total Weeks : 22 LAKIESHA BERRI American female singer, born 1974 05 Jul 97 Like This And Like That 54 1 wk Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 1 CHUCK BERRY American male singer/songwriter/guitarist, born Charles Berry, 8/10/26. One of the pioneers of rock and roll, he was one of the first acts included in the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame 22 Jun 57 School Day (Ring! Ring! Goes The Bell) 24 4 wks 26 Apr 58 Sweet Little Sixteen 16 5 wks 13 Jul 63 Go Go Go 38 6 wks 12 Oct 63 Let It Rock/Memphis 6 13 wks 21 Dec 63 Run Rudolph Run 36 6 wks 15 Feb 64 Nadine (Is It You?) 27 7 wks 09 May 64 No Particular Place To Go 3 12 wks 22 Aug 64 You Never Can Tell 23 8 wks 16 Jan 65 Promised Land 26 6 wks 28 Oct 72 My Ding-A-Ling $ 1 17 wks 03 Feb 73 Reelin' And Rockin' 18 7 wks Total Hits : 11 Total Weeks : 91 DAVE BERRY British male singer (born David Grundy, 6/2/41) 21 Sep 63 Memphis Tennessee (Dave Berry & The Cruisers) 19 13 wks 11 Jan 64 My Baby Left Me 37 9 wks 02 May 64 Baby It's You 24 6 wks 08 Aug 64 The Crying Game 5 12 wks 28 Nov 64 One Heart Between Two 41 3 wks (Also charted in 1965) 27 Mar 65 Little Things 6 12 wks 05 Jun 65 The Strange Effect 27 10 wks 24 Jul 65 This Strange Effect 37 6 wks 02 Jul 66 Mama 5 16 wks Total Hits : 9 Total Weeks : 87 MIKE BERRY British male vocalist/actor, born 24/9/42, known for playing Mr Spooner in "Are You Being Served?" 14 Oct 61 Tribute To Buddy Holly (Mike Berry & The Outlaws) 24 6 wks 05 Jan 63 Don't You Think It's Time (Mike Berry & The Outlaws) 6 12 wks 13 Apr 63 My Little Baby (Mike Berry & The Outlaws) 34 7 wks 02 Aug 80 The Sunshine Of Your Smile 9 12 wks 29 Nov 80 If I Could Only Make You Care 37 9 wks 05 Sep 81 Memories 55 5 wks Total Hits : 6 Total Weeks : 51 NICK BERRY British male actor/vocalist, born 16/4/63. He had major roles in "EastEnders" and Heartbeat" 04 Oct 86 Every Loser Wins 1 13 wks 13 Jun 92 Heartbeat 2 8 wks 31 Oct 92 Long Live Love 47 3 wks Total Hits : 3 Total Weeks : 24 BEST COMPANY British male production duo - Ray Hedges & Simon Woodgate 27 Mar 93 Don't You Forget About Me 65 1 wk Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 1 BEST SHOT British male rap group 05 Feb 94 United Colours 64 2 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 2 BETA BAND British male vocal/instrumental group (Gordon Anderson, Richard Greentree, Robin Jones, John Maclean & Steve Mason). Mason also had a hit as King Biscuit Time 14 Jul 01 Broke/Won 30 2 wks 27 Oct 01 Human Being 57 1 wk 16 Feb 02 Squares 42 1 wk 24 Apr 04 Assessment 31 2 wks 24 Jul 04 Out-Side 54 1 wk Total Hits : 5 Total Weeks : 7 BEVERLEY SISTERS British female vocal group - actually the Chinery sisters. Joy (born Jocelyn Chinery, 5/5/24) and twins Teddie (Hazel Chenery) and Babs (Babette Chinery), born 5/5/27. A great deal of their success pre-dated the singles chart. They were each awarded the MBE in 2006 28 Nov 53 I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus 6 5 wks 14 Apr 56 Willie Can 23 4 wks 02 Feb 57 I Dreamed 24 2 wks 14 Feb 59 Little Drummer Boy 6 13 wks 21 Nov 59 Little Donkey 14 7 wks 25 Jun 60 Green Fields 29 3 wks Total Hits : 6 Total Weeks : 34 BEYONCÉ American female singer, born Beyoncé Knowles 4/9/81. Formerly the lead singer of Destiny's Child, as a soloist only 3 women have more weeks on the chart. She married Jay-Z and became Beyoncé Knowles-Carter in 2008. 27 Jul 02 Work It Out 7 11 wks 01 Feb 03 03 Bonnie And Clyde (Jay-Z featuring Beyoncé Knowles) 2 12 wks 12 Jul 03 Crazy In Love $ (Beyoncé featuring Jay-Z) 1 15 wks 18 Oct 03 Baby Boy $ (Beyoncé featuring Sean Paul) 2 11 wks (Also charted in 2004) 24 Jan 04 Me Myself And I 11 7 wks 17 Apr 04 Naughty Girl 10 8 wks 28 Jan 06 Check On It $ (Beyoncé featuring Slim Thug) 3 12 wks 26 Aug 06 Deja Vu (Beyoncé featuring Jay-Z) 1 16 wks (Also charted in 2007) 28 Oct 06 Irreplaceable $ 4 29 wks (Also charted in 2011 & 2012) 03 Feb 07 Listen 8 22 wks (Also charted in 2008, 2012 & 2013. Peaked in December 2008) 14 Apr 07 Beautiful Liar (Beyoncé & Shakira) 1 21 wks 11 Aug 07 Green Light 12 6 wks 15 Nov 08 If I Were A Boy 1 29 wks (Also charted in 2011) 29 Nov 08 Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It) $ 7 45 wks (Also charted in 2009, 2010 & 2011) 14 Mar 09 Halo 4 35 wks (Also charted in 2010, 2011 & 2013) 23 May 09 Diva 72 2 wks 18 Jul 09 Sweet Dreams 5 24 wks (Also charted in 2010) 03 Oct 09 Broken Hearted Girl 27 10 wks 05 Dec 09 Telephone (Lady Gaga featuring Beyoncé) 1 40 wks (Also charted in 2010 & 2011) 02 Jan 10 Video Phone (Beyoncé featuring Lady Gaga) 58 3 wks 17 Apr 10 Ego (Beyoncé featuring Kanye West) 60 2 wks 11 Sep 10 Why Don’t You Love Me? 51 2 wks 30 Apr 11 Run The World (Girls) 11 15 wks 09 Jul 11 Best Thing I Never Had 3 22 wks (Also charted in 2012 & 2013) 09 Jul 11 End Of Time 39 8 wks (Also charted in 2012. Peaked in April 2012) 20 Aug 11 Lift Off (Jay-Z & Kanye West featuring Beyoncé) 48 1 wk 10 Sep 11 Love On Top 13 18 wks 17 Sep 11 1+1 71 2 wks 29 Oct 11 Countdown 35 5 wks 28 Dec 13 Drunk In Love (Beyoncé featuring Jay-Z) 9 26 wks (Also charted in 2014) 04 Jan 14 Mine (Beyoncé featuring Drake) 65 1 wk 18 Jan 14 XO 22 13 wks 15 Mar 14 Partition 74 1 wk 17 May 14 Pretty Hurts 63 3 wks 06 Dec 14 '7/11 36 3 wks 06 Dec 14 Flawless (Remix) (Beyoncé featuring Nicki Minaj) 65 1 wk 27 Dec 14 7/11 ➜ 48 1 wk Total Hits : 37 Total Weeks : 482 BEYOND British male vocal/instrumental group (Neil Cooper, Andy Gatford, Jim Kersey & John Whitby) 21 Sep 91 Raging (EP) 68 1 wk (Tracks: Great Indifference/Nail/Eve Of My Release) Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 1 GIANLUCA BEZZINA Maltese male singer, born 9/11/89. He finished 8th in the 2013 Eurovision Song Contest 01 Jun 13 Tomorrow 66 1 wk Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 1 BHANGRA KNIGHTS FEATURING HUSAN British male production group featuring Dutch male production duo (Jeroen Den Hengst & Niels Zuiderhook) 17 May 03 Husan 7 7 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 7 BHOYS FROM PARADISE British/Irish male collection including Simple Minds & Shane McGowan 03 Jul 04 Dirty Old Town/The Road To Paradise 46 2 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 2 BIBLE British male vocal/instrumental group. For their hits, the line-up was Boo Hewerdine, Dave Larcombe, Leroy Lendor, Neil MacColl & Tony Shepherd. 20 May 89 Graceland 51 4 wks 26 Aug 89 Honey Be Good 54 4 wks Total Hits : 2 Total Weeks : 8 BIDDU Indian male producer/composer/vocalist, born Biddy Appaiah, 1944. 02 Aug 75 Summer Of '42 (Biddu Orchestra) 14 8 wks 17 Apr 76 Rain Forest (Biddu Orchestra) 39 4 wks 11 Feb 78 Journey To The Moon 41 1 wk Total Hits : 3 Total Weeks : 13 JUSTIN BIEBER Canadian male vocalist (born 1/3/94) 16 Jan 10 One Time 11 13 wks 30 Jan 10 One Less Lonely Girl 62 1 wk 30 Jan 10 Love Me 71 1 wk 20 Mar 10 Baby (Justin Bieber featuring Ludacris) 3 24 wks 22 May 10 Eenie Meenie (Sean Kingston & Justin Bieber) 9 14 wks 12 Jun 10 Somebody To Love 33 8 wks 26 Feb 11 Never Say Never (Justin Bieber featuring Jaden Smith) 34 7 wks 02 Apr 11 Next To You (Chris Brown featuring Justin Bieber) 14 16 wks 29 Oct 11 Mistletoe 21 7 wks 21 Apr 12 Boyfriend 2 16 wks (Also charted in 2013) 19 May 12 Live My Life (Far East Movement featuring Justin Bieber) 7 5 wks 19 May 12 Turn To You (Mother's Day Dedication) 39 2 wks 09 Jun 12 Die In Your Arms 34 1 wk 16 Jun 12 All Around The World (Justin Bieber featuring Ludacris) 30 3 wks 23 Jun 12 As Long As You Love Me (Justin Bieber featuring Big Sean) 22 14 wks (Also charted in 2013) 29 Sep 12 Beautiful (Carly Rae Jepsen & Justin Bieber) 68 1 wk 27 Oct 12 Beauty And A Beat (Justin Bieber featuring Nicki Minaj) 16 21 wks 09 Feb 13 Nothing Like Us 68 1 wk 27 Apr 13 #ThatPower (Will.I.Am featuring Justin Bieber) 2 11 wks 28 Sep 13 Lolly (Maejor Ali featuring Juicy J & Justin Bieber) 56 2 wks 19 Oct 13 Heartbreaker 14 2 wks 26 Oct 13 All That Matters 20 1 wk 02 Nov 13 Hold Tight 28 1 wk 02 Nov 13 Wait For A Minute (Tyga & Justin Bieber) 41 1 wk 09 Nov 13 Recovery 28 1 wk 16 Nov 13 Bad Day 31 1 wk 23 Nov 13 All Bad 34 1 wk 30 Nov 13 PYD (Justin Bieber featuring R Kelly) 30 1 wk 07 Dec 13 Rollercoaster 37 1 wk 14 Dec 13 Change Me 39 1 wk 21 Dec 13 Confident (Justin Bieber featuring Chance The Rapper) 33 8 wks (Also charted in 2014) Total Hits : 31 Total Weeks : 187 BIFFY CLYRO British male vocal/instrumental group - twin brothers Ben & James Johnston with Simon Neil 16 Feb 02 57 61 1 wk 05 Apr 03 The Ideal Height 46 1 wk 07 Jun 03 Questions And Answers 26 2 wks 21 Aug 04 Glitter And Trauma 21 3 wks 02 Oct 04 My Recovery Injection 24 2 wks 26 Feb 05 Only One Word Comes To Mind 27 2 wks 17 Mar 07 Saturday Superhouse 13 3 wks 19 May 07 Living Is A Problem Because Everything Dies 19 5 wks 28 Jul 07 Folding Stars 18 2 wks 13 Oct 07 Machines 29 4 wks 09 Feb 08 Who's Got A Match 27 4 wks 30 Aug 08 Mountains 5 10 wks 05 Sep 09 That Golden Rule 10 4 wks 07 Nov 09 The Captain 17 4 wks 23 Jan 10 Many Of Horror (When We Collide) 8 15 wks (Also charted in 2011. Peaked in December 2010) 08 May 10 Bubbles 34 6 wks 04 Sep 10 God & Satan 36 4 wks 26 Jan 13 Black Chandelier 14 4 wks 13 Apr 13 Biblical 70 1 wk 06 Jul 13 Opposite 49 2 wks Total Hits : 20 Total Weeks : 79 BIG ANG FEATURING SIOBHAN British female DJ/producer with female vocalist (Siobhan Gallagher) 10 Sep 05 It's Over Now 29 3 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 3 BIG AUDIO DYNAMITE British male vocal/instrumental group - Dan Donovan, Mick Jones (ex-The Clash), Don Letts, Greg Roberts & Leo Williams 22 Mar 86 E=MC2 11 9 wks 07 Jun 86 Medicine Show 29 5 wks 18 Oct 86 C'mon Every Beat Box 51 3 wks 21 Feb 87 V Thirteen 49 5 wks 28 May 88 Just Play Music 51 3 wks 12 Nov 94 Looking For A Song (Big Audio) 68 2 wks Total Hits : 6 Total Weeks : 27 BIG BAM BOO Anglo American male vocal/instrumental duo - Simon Tedd & "Shark" (David Shaw) 28 Jan 89 Shooting From My Heart 61 2 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 2 BIG BANG THEORY See Seamus Haji BIG BASS VS MICHELLE NARINE Canadian male producer (Ryan King) with Canadian female vocalist 02 Sep 00 What You Do (Playing With Stones) 67 1 wk 06 Jan 07 What You Do 27 5 wks Total Hits : 2 Total Weeks : 6 BIG BEN Bell in the clock tower commonly and erreously known as Big Ben in the Palace of Westminster 01 Jan 00 Millennium Chimes 53 2 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 2 BIG BEN BANJO BAND British male instrumental group, led by Norrie Paramor 11 Dec 54 Let's Get Together No 1 6 4 wks 10 Dec 55 Let's Get Together Again 18 2 wks Total Hits : 2 Total Weeks : 6 BIG BOI American male rapper, born Antwan Patton, 1/2/75, also a member of Outkast 10 May 03 A.D.I.D.A.S. (Killer Mike featuring Big Boi) 22 3 wks 16 Jul 05 Girlfight (Brooke Valentine featuring Big Boi & Lil Jon) 35 2 wks 03 Jul 10 Shutterbugg (Big Boi & Cutty) 31 4 wks Total Hits : 3 Total Weeks : 9 BIG BOPPER American male singer (born Jiles Perry "JP" Richardson), 24/10/30-3/2/59. He died in the same plane crash as Buddy Holly and Ritchie Valens 27 Dec 58 Chantilly Lace 12 8 wks (Also charted in 1959) Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 8 BIG BROVAZ British male/female vocal/production group - Cherise Roberts & Nadia Shepherd (who went on to form Booty Luv), Jean Paul Horsley ("J-Rock"), Michael Brown ("Randy"), Temi Asida ("Flawless") & Dion Howell 26 Oct 02 Nu Flow 3 18 wks (Also charted in 2003) 15 Feb 03 OK 7 9 wks 17 May 03 Favourite Things 2 11 wks 13 Sep 03 Baby Boy 4 12 wks 20 Dec 03 Ain't What You Do 15 7 wks 17 Apr 04 We Wanna Thank You (The Things You Do) 17 4 wks 09 Oct 04 Yours Fatally 15 4 wks 13 May 06 Hangin' Around 57 1 wk Total Hits : 8 Total Weeks : 66 BIG COUNTRY British male vocal/instrumental group. For their early hits the lineup was Stuart Adamson, Mark Brzezicki, Tony Butler & Bruce Watson. Pat Ahern replaced Brzezicki between 1989 and 1993, when Brzezicki returned. 26 Feb 83 Fields Of Fire (400 Miles) 10 12 wks 28 May 83 In A Big Country 17 7 wks 03 Sep 83 Chance 9 9 wks 21 Jan 84 Wonderland 8 8 wks 29 Sep 84 East Of Eden 17 6 wks 01 Dec 84 Where The Rose Is Sown 29 7 wks 19 Jan 85 Just A Shadow 26 4 wks 12 Apr 86 Look Away 7 8 wks 21 Jun 86 The Teacher 28 4 wks 20 Sep 86 One Great Thing 19 6 wks 29 Nov 86 Hold The Heart 55 2 wks 20 Aug 88 King Of Emotion 16 6 wks 05 Nov 88 Broken Heart 47 4 wks 04 Feb 89 Peace In Our Time 39 3 wks 12 May 90 Save Me 41 3 wks 21 Jul 90 Heart Of The World 50 2 wks 31 Aug 91 Republican Party Reptile (EP) 37 2 wks (Tracks: Republican Party Reptile/Comes A Time/You Me And The Truth) 19 Oct 91 Beautiful World 72 1 wk 13 Mar 93 Alone 24 3 wks 01 May 93 Ships (Where Were You) 29 3 wks 10 Jun 95 I'm Not Ashamed 69 1 wk 09 Sep 95 You Dreamer 68 1 wk 21 Aug 99 Fragile Thing (Big Country featuring Eddi Reader) 69 1 wk Total Hits : 23 Total Weeks : 103 BIG DADDY American male vocal group - Gary Hoffman, Marty Kaniger, Tom Lee, David Starns & Bob Wayne 09 Mar 85 Dancing In The Dark (EP) 21 8 wks (Tracks: I Write The Songs/Bette Davis Eyes/Dancing In The Dark/Eye Of The Tiger-Making Waves) Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 8 BIG DADDY KANE American male rapper (born Antonio Hardy, 10/9/68) 13 May 89 Rap Summary/Wrath Of Kane 52 2 wks 26 Aug 89 Smooth Operator 65 1 wk 13 Jan 90 Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now 44 3 wks Total Hits : 3 Total Weeks : 6 BIG DISH British male vocal/instrumental group - Craig Armstrong, Raymond Docherty, Steven Lindsay & Brian McFie 12 Jan 91 Miss America 37 5 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 5 BIG FUN British male vocal group (Phil Creswick, Mark Gillespie & Jason Herbert) 12 Aug 89 Blame It On The Boogie 4 11 wks 25 Nov 89 Can't Shake The Feeling 8 9 wks 17 Mar 90 Handful Of Promises 21 6 wks 23 Jun 90 You've Got A Friend (Big Fun & Sonia) 14 6 wks 04 Aug 90 Hey There Lonely Girl 62 1 wk Total Hits : 5 Total Weeks : 33 BIG HITS 2012 Anonymous pre-release cover version group 25 Aug 12 Bom Bom 65 1 wk 08 Sep 12 Let Me Love You (Until You Learn To Love Yourself) 61 1 wk 06 Oct 12 Tea And Toast 52 1 wk 06 Oct 12 Last Night (Beer Fear) 74 1 wk Total Hits : 4 Total Weeks : 4 BIG MOUNTAIN American male/female vocal/instrumental group - Gregory Blakney, Lynn Copeland, Jerome Cruz, Joaquin "Quino" McWhinney, Manfred Reinke & Lance Rhodes 04 Jun 94 Baby I Love Your Way 2 14 wks 24 Sep 94 Sweet Sensual Love 51 1 wk Total Hits : 2 Total Weeks : 15 BIG PINK British male/female vocal group - Milo Cordell, Robertson Furze & Vicky Smith. Cordell has since left. 17 Oct 09 Dominos 27 12 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 12 BIG REUNION CAST 2013 Anglo-Irish agglomeration of acts from the 2013 series of "The Big Reunion" - 911, Atomic Kitten, B*Witched, Blue, Five, Honeyz & Liberty X 28 Dec 13 I Wish It Could Be Christmas Every Day 21 1 wk Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 1 BIG RON British male producer - Aaron Gilbert, who also was part of Big Time Charlie 11 Mar 00 Let The Freak 57 1 wk Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 1 BIG ROOM GIRL British male production Robert Chetcutti & Steve McGuinness 20 Feb 99 Raise Your Hands (Big Room Girl featuring Darryl Pandy) 40 2 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 2 BIG SEAN American male singer/rapper, born Sean Anderson, 25/3/88 04 Feb 12 Lay It On Me (Kelly Rowland featuring Big Sean) 69 3 wks 23 Jun 12 As Long As You Love Me (Justin Bieber featuring Big Sean) 22 14 wks (Also charted in 2013) 22 Sep 12 Clique (Kanye West featuring Jay-Z & Big Sean) 22 14 wks (Also charted in 2013) 09 Mar 13 Mercy (Kanye West featuring Big Sean, Pusha T & 2 Chainz) 55 2 wks 08 Jun 13 Wild (Jessie J featuring Dizzee Rascal & Big Sean) 5 18 wks 28 Sep 13 Sorry (Naya Rivera featuring Big Sean) 73 1 wk 08 Nov 14 Open Wide (Calvin Harris featuring Big Sean) 23 3 wks Total Hits : 7 Total Weeks : 55 BIG SOUND AUTHORITY British male/female vocal/instrumental group - Tony Burke, Mace Carnochan, Julie Hawden, Steve Martinez & Martin Wilson 19 Jan 85 This House 21 9 wks 08 Jun 85 A Bad Town 54 3 wks Total Hits : 2 Total Weeks : 12 BIG SUPREME British male vocal group centred around Barry Flynn 20 Sep 86 Don't Walk 58 3 wks 14 Mar 87 Please Yourself 64 2 wks Total Hits : 2 Total Weeks : 5 BIG THREE British male vocal/instrumental group (Brian Griffiths, Johnny Gustafson & John Hutchinson). Gustafson went on to join The Merseybeats 13 Apr 63 Some Other Guy 37 7 wks 13 Jul 63 By The Way 22 10 wks Total Hits : 2 Total Weeks : 17 BIG TIME CHARLIE British male production duo - Aaron Gilbert & Les Sharma. Gilbert also had a hit as Big Ron 23 Oct 99 On The Run 22 2 wks 18 Mar 00 Mr Devil (Big Time Charlie featuring Soozy Q) 39 2 wks Total Hits : 2 Total Weeks : 4 BIGFELLA FEATURING NOEL MCCALLA British male production duo (Dean Ross & Nick Woolfson) with British male vocalist (born 4/11/56) 17 Aug 02 Beautiful 52 1 wk Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 1 BARRY BIGGS Jamaican male singer, born 1947 28 Aug 76 Work All Day 38 5 wks 04 Dec 76 Sideshow 3 16 wks 23 Apr 77 You're My Life 36 4 wks 09 Jul 77 Three Ring Circus 22 8 wks 15 Dec 79 What's Your Sign Girl 55 7 wks 20 Jun 81 Wide Awake In A Dream 44 6 wks Total Hits : 6 Total Weeks : 46 IVOR BIGGUN British male comic vocalist and TV presenter (born Robert Cox, 1/7/46). As "Doc Cox" he was a regular on the TV series "That's Life" 02 Sep 78 The Winker's Song (Misprint) 22 12 wks 12 Sep 81 Bras On 45 (Ivor Biggun & The D Cups) 50 3 wks Total Hits : 2 Total Weeks : 15 BILBO British male vocal/instrumental group, also known as Bilbo Baggins - Colin Chisholm, Jimmy Devlin, Gordon Liddle, Gordon McIntosh & Brian Spence 26 Aug 78 She's Gonna Win 42 7 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 7 MR ACKER BILK British male clarinettist, born Bernard Bilk, 28/1/29-2/11/14. He was awarded the MBE in 2001. 23 Jan 60 Summer Set (Mr Acker Bilk & His Paramount Jazz Band) 5 20 wks 11 Jun 60 Goodnight Sweet Prince (Mr Acker Bilk & His Paramount Jazz Band) 50 1 wk 20 Aug 60 White Cliffs Of Dover (Mr Acker Bilk & His Paramount Jazz Band) 30 9 wks 10 Dec 60 Buona Sera (Mr Acker Bilk & His Paramount Jazz Band) 7 18 wks 15 Jul 61 That's My Home 7 17 wks 04 Nov 61 Stars And Stripes Forever/Creole Jazz (Mr Acker Bilk & His Paramount Jazz Band) 22 10 wks 02 Dec 61 Stranger On The Shore ✮ $ (Mr Acker Bilk with the Leon Young String Chorale) 2 55 wks 17 Mar 62 Frankie And Johnny (Mr Acker Bilk & His Paramount Jazz Band) 42 2 wks 28 Jul 62 Gotta See Baby Tonight (Mr Acker Bilk & His Paramount Jazz Band) 24 9 wks 29 Sep 62 Lonely (Mr Acker Bilk with the Leon Young String Chorale) 14 11 wks 26 Jan 63 A Taste Of Honey (Mr Acker Bilk with the Leon Young String Chorale) 16 9 wks 21 Aug 76 Aria 5 11 wks Total Hits : 12 Total Weeks : 172 BILL British male producer/comedy writer, in the guise of a chartacter from Steve Wright's shows on Radio 1 23 Oct 93 Car Boot Sale 73 1 wk Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 1 BILL & BEN British TV puppets, voiced by John Thomson (actor born Patrick McAleer, 2/4/69) 13 Jul 02 Flobberdance 23 4 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 4 BILLIAM British male vocal group (Jordan, Zen, Jazz & George) 29 Sep 07 Beautiful Ones 32 1 wk 28 Jun 08 My Generation 23 1 wk Total Hits : 2 Total Weeks : 2 BILLY TALENT Canadian male vocal/instrumental groip - Ian D'Sa, Jonathan Hallant, Benjamin Kowalewicz & Aaron Solowoniuk 13 Sep 03 Try Honesty 68 1 wk 10 Apr 04 The Ex 61 1 wk 17 Jul 04 River Below 70 1 wk 24 Jun 06 Devil In A Midnight Mass 66 1 wk 23 Sep 06 Red Flag 49 1 wk Total Hits : 5 Total Weeks : 5 BIMBO JET French male instrumental group led by Claude Morgan & Laurent Rossi. Their hit was used in the first four "Police Academy" films 26 Jul 75 El Bimbo 12 10 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 10 BINARY FINARY British male DJ/production grouo - Matt Laws, Stuart Matheson & Sasha Vitoff 10 Oct 98 1998 24 3 wks 28 Aug 99 1999 11 6 wks Total Hits : 2 Total Weeks : 9 UMBERTO BINDI Italian male singer/songwriter, 12/5/32-24/5/02 12 Nov 60 Il Nostro Concerto 47 1 wk Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 1 BINGO PLAYERS Dutch male DJ/production duo (Paul Bäumer and Maarten Hoogstraten) 01 Oct 11 Cry (Just A Little) 44 2 wks 02 Feb 13 Get Up (Rattle) (Bingo Players featuring Far East Movement) 1 11 wks Total Hits : 2 Total Weeks : 13 BINI & MARTINI Italian male production duo (Gianni Bini & Paolo Martini) who also recorded under a number of other aliases 14 Aug 99 Makes Me Love You (Eclipse) 25 4 wks 04 Mar 00 Happiness (My Vision Is Clear) 53 1 wk 10 Mar 01 Burning Up 65 1 wk 14 Apr 01 Disco Down (House Of Glass) 72 1 wk 21 Jul 01 Soul Heaven (Goodfellas featuring Lisa Millett) 27 2 wks Total Hits : 5 Total Weeks : 9 BIOHAZARD American male vocal/instrumental group (Billy Graziadei, Bobby Hambel, Danny Schuler & Evan Seinfeld) 09 Jul 94 Tales From The Hard Side 47 2 wks 20 Aug 94 How It Is 62 2 wks Total Hits : 2 Total Weeks : 4 BIOSPHERE Norwegian male keyboard player/producer, born Geir Jenssen, 1962 29 Apr 95 Novelty Waves 51 2 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 2 DIANE BIRCH American female singer/songwriter (born 24/1/83). See Devlin BIRDLAND British male vocal/instrumental group - two brothers Lizzy Lee & Robert Vincent, with Neil Hughes & Simon Rogers 01 Apr 89 Hollow Heart 70 1 wk 08 Jul 89 Paradise 70 1 wk 03 Feb 90 Sleep With Me 32 3 wks 22 Sep 90 Rock And Roll n***** 47 1 wk 02 Feb 91 Everybody Needs Somebody 44 1 wk Total Hits : 5 Total Weeks : 7 BIRDS British male vocal/instrumental group Kim Gardner, Bob Langham, Pete McDaniels, Ali McKenzie, Tony Munroe, Ronnie Wood. Wood went on to the Jeff Beck Group, the Faces and eventually the Rolling Stones. Gardner and Wood went on to join The Creation, with Gardner then joining Ashton, Gardner and Dyke 29 May 65 Leaving Here 45 1 wk Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 1 BIRDY British female singer/pianist, born Jasmine Van den Bogaerde, 15/5/96 19 Mar 11 Skinny Love 17 46 wks (Also charted in 2012, 2013 & 2014) 25 Jun 11 Shelter 50 3 wks 12 Nov 11 People Help The People 33 9 wks (Also charted in 2013) 28 Sep 13 Wings 16 4 wks Total Hits : 4 Total Weeks : 62 ZOE BIRKETT British female singer (born 16/6/85). She finished 4th in the first series of "Pop Idol" 25 Jan 03 Treat Me Like A Lady 12 6 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 6 JANE BIRKIN & SERGE GAINSBOURG Anglo-French male/female vocal duo, both also being actors. Birkin (born 14/12/46) has been awarded the OBE while Gainsbourg (born Lucien Gainsbourg 2/4/28-2/3/91) was an influential figure in French music for 3 decades 02 Aug 69 Je T'Aime...Moi Non Plus [Fontana release] 2 11 wks 04 Oct 69 Je T'Aime...Moi Non Plus 1 23 wks (Also charted in 1974) Total Hits : 2 Total Weeks : 34 BIS British male/female vocal/instrumental group (John Clark, Steven Clark & Amanda MacKinnon) 30 Mar 96 The Secret Vampire Soundtrack EP 25 2 wks (Tracks: Kandy Pop/Secret Vampires/Teen-C Power/Diska) 22 Jun 96 Bis vs The DIY Corps EP 45 1 wk (Tracks: This Is Fake DIY/Burn The Suit/Dance To The Disco Beat) 09 Nov 96 Atom Powered Action! EP 54 1 wk (Tracks: Starbright Boy/Wee Love/Team Theme/Cliquesuck) 15 Mar 97 Sweet Shop Avengerz 46 1 wk 10 May 97 Everybody Thinks That They're Going To Get Theris 64 1 wk 14 Nov 98 Eurodisco 37 2 wks 27 Feb 99 Action And Drama 50 1 wk Total Hits : 7 Total Weeks : 9 BISCUIT BOY British male singer, born Paul Heaton, formerly the lead singer of The Housemartins and The Beautiful South 15 Sep 01 Mitch 75 1 wk Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 1 ELVIN BISHOP American male guitarist, born 21/10/42 15 May 76 Fooled Around And Fell In Love 34 4 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 4 BIZ Italian (Paul French, born Paolo Caiti) and Romanian (Violeta Bratu) vocal duo 26 Jul 03 Satisfaction (Benny Benassi presents The Biz) 2 11 wks 14 Feb 04 No Matter What You Do (Benny Benassi presents The Biz) 40 2 wks Total Hits : 2 Total Weeks : 13 BIZARRE American male rapper, born Rufus Johnson, 5/7/76. Until 2012, he was a member of D12 02 Jul 05 Rockstar 17 4 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 4 BIZARRE INC British male DJ/production group - Andrew Meecham, Dean Meredith & Carl Turner 16 Mar 91 Playing With Knives 4 13 wks ( Peaked in November 1991) 14 Sep 91 Such A Feeling 13 9 wks 03 Oct 92 I'm Gonna Get You 3 13 wks (Also charted in 1993) 27 Feb 93 Took My Love (Bizarre Inc featuring Angie Brown) 19 5 wks 23 Mar 96 Keep The Music Strong 33 2 wks 06 Jul 96 Surprise 21 3 wks 14 Sep 96 Get Up Sunshine Street 45 2 wks 13 Mar 99 Playing With Knives (Remix) 30 2 wks Total Hits : 8 Total Weeks : 49 BIZZ NIZZ Belgian/American male/female vocal/instrumental/production, formed by Jean-Paul de Coster. de Coster & Phil Wilde (also associated with Bizz Nizz), went on to form 2 Unlimited 31 Mar 90 Don't Miss The Party Line 7 11 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 11 BIZZI British male vocalist (Bizzi Dixon) 06 Dec 97 Bizzi's Party 62 1 wk Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 1 BJÖRK Icelandic female singer/musician, born Björk Guðmundsdóttir, 21/11/65, formerly a member of the Sugarcubes 27 Apr 91 Ooops (808 State featuring Björk) 42 3 wks 19 Jun 93 Human Behaviour 36 2 wks 04 Sep 93 Venus As A Boy 29 4 wks 23 Oct 93 Play Dead (Björk with David Arnold) 12 6 wks 04 Dec 93 Big Time Sensuality 17 8 wks 19 Mar 94 Violently Happy 13 4 wks 06 May 95 Army Of Me 10 5 wks 26 Aug 95 Isobel 23 3 wks 25 Nov 95 It's Oh So Quiet 4 15 wks 24 Feb 96 Hyperballad 8 4 wks 09 Nov 96 Possibly Maybe 13 3 wks 01 Mar 97 I Miss You 36 2 wks 20 Dec 97 Bachelorette 21 5 wks 17 Oct 98 Hunter 44 1 wk 12 Dec 98 Alarm Call 33 2 wks 19 Jun 99 All Is Full Of Love 24 2 wks 18 Aug 01 Hidden Place 21 2 wks 17 Nov 01 Pagan Poetry 38 2 wks 23 Mar 02 Cocoon 35 2 wks 07 Dec 02 It's In Our Hands 37 2 wks 30 Oct 04 Who Is It 26 2 wks 12 Mar 05 Triumph Of A Heart 31 2 wks Total Hits : 22 Total Weeks : 81 BJÖRN AGAIN Australian male/female vocal/instrumental Abba tribute band, with the stage names of Agnetha Falstart, Benny Anderwear, Frida Longstokin, and Björn Volvo-us together with Rutger Sonofagunn and Ola Drumkitt 24 Oct 92 Erasure-Ish (A Little Respect/Stop!) 25 3 wks 12 Dec 92 Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town 55 4 wks 27 Nov 93 Flashdance 65 1 wk Total Hits : 3 Total Weeks : 8 ALOE BLACC American male singer/rapper/songwriter, born Egbert Dawkins, 7/1/79 16 Apr 11 I Need A Dollar 2 34 wks (Also charted in 2012 & 2013) 12 Apr 14 The Man 1 14 wks 19 Apr 14 Wake Me Up 69 1 wk Total Hits : 3 Total Weeks : 49 BLACK British male singer/songwriter/musician, born Colin Vearncombe, 26/5/62 27 Sep 86 Wonderful Life 8 13 wks (Also charted in 1987 & 1994. Peaked in September 1987) 27 Jun 87 Sweetest Smile 8 10 wks 16 Jan 88 Paradise 38 3 wks 24 Sep 88 The Big One 54 4 wks 21 Jan 89 Now You're Gone 66 2 wks 04 May 91 Feels Like Change 56 2 wks 15 Jun 91 Here It Comes Again 70 1 wk Total Hits : 7 Total Weeks : 35 BLACK AND WHITE ARMY British male football fan vocal group 23 May 98 Black And White Army 26 2 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 2 BLACK BOX Italian male production group (Daniele Davoli, Mirko Limoni & Valerio Semplici) with Martha Wash singing on some tracks and Katrin Quinol lip-synching on TV. The original version of "Ride On Time" used an unauthorised sample of Loleatta Holloway's vocals. Despite it having be re-recorded, it was the UK's biggest selling single of 1989. 12 Aug 89 Ride On Time ✮ 1 22 wks 17 Feb 90 I Don't Know Anybody Else 4 8 wks 02 Jun 90 Everybody Everybody 16 5 wks 03 Nov 90 Fantasy 5 11 wks 15 Dec 90 Total Mix 12 8 wks 06 Apr 91 Strike It Up 16 8 wks 14 Dec 91 Open Your Eyes 48 4 wks 14 Aug 93 Rockin' To The Music 39 2 wks 24 Jun 95 Not Anyone 31 2 wks 20 Apr 96 I Got The Vibration/A Positive Vibration 21 3 wks 22 Feb 97 Native New Yorker 46 1 wk Total Hits : 11 Total Weeks : 74 BLACK BOX RECORDER British male/female vocal/instrumental group (Luke Haines, John Moore & Sarah Nixey). Haines was formerly in the Autuers. Moore & Nixey were married from 2001-06. 22 Apr 00 The Facts Of Life 20 3 wks 15 Jul 00 The Art Of Driving 53 1 wk Total Hits : 2 Total Weeks : 4 BLACK CONNECTION Italian male vocal/DJ/production group (Woody Bianchi, Corrado Rizza & Domenico Scuteri) 14 Mar 98 Give Me Rhythm 32 2 wks 24 Oct 98 I'm Gonna Get You Baby 62 1 wk Total Hits : 2 Total Weeks : 3 BLACK CROWES American male vocal/instrumental group centered around two brothers - Chris & Rich Robinson. Other members in 1990 were Jeff Cease, Johnny Colt & Steve Gorman. Cease was replaced by Marc Ford in 1991, while Eddie Harsch was added in the same year. 01 Sep 90 Hard To Handle 39 9 wks (Also charted in 1991. Peaked in August 1991) 12 Jan 91 Twice As Hard 47 3 wks 22 Jun 91 She Talks To Angels 70 1 wk 26 Oct 91 Seeing Things 72 1 wk 02 May 92 Remedy 24 3 wks 26 Sep 92 Sting Me 42 2 wks 28 Nov 92 Hotel Illness 47 3 wks 11 Feb 95 High Head Blues/A Conspiracy 25 2 wks 22 Jul 95 Wiser Time 34 2 wks 27 Jul 96 One Mirror Too Many 51 1 wk 07 Nov 98 Kicking My Heart Around 55 1 wk Total Hits : 11 Total Weeks : 28 BLACK DIAMOND American male singer, born Charles Diamond 17 Sep 94 Let Me Be 56 1 wk Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 1 BLACK DOG British male producer, Ken Downie 03 Apr 99 Babylon (Black Dog featuring Ofra Haza) 65 1 wk Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 1 BLACK DUCK Italian male production duo - Larry Pignanoli & Davide Riva 17 Dec 94 Whiggle In Line 33 5 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 5 BLACK EYED PEAS American male/female vocal/production group - Will Adams ("Will.I.Am"), Allan Pineda ("apl.de.ap") & Jamie Gomez ("Taboo") were joined by Stacey Ferguson "Fergie" in 2003. Both Will.I.Am & Fergie have had solo careers, with the former being a judge/mentor on the first two series of the UK version of "The Voice" 10 Oct 98 Joints And Jams 53 1 wk 12 May 01 Request And Line (Black Eyed Peas featuring Macy Gray) 31 3 wks 13 Sep 03 Where Is The Love? 1 24 wks (Also charted in 2012 & 2013) 13 Dec 03 Shut Up 2 12 wks 20 Mar 04 Hey Mama 6 10 wks 10 Jul 04 Let's Get It Started 11 10 wks 28 May 05 Don't Phunk With My Heart 3 16 wks 03 Sep 05 Don't Lie 6 10 wks 26 Nov 05 My Humps 3 16 wks 18 Mar 06 Pump It 3 24 wks 24 Jun 06 Mas Que Nada (Sergio Mendes & Black Eyed Peas) 6 10 wks 23 May 09 Boom Boom Pow $ 1 32 wks (Also charted in 2010) 20 Jun 09 I Gotta Feeling ✮ $ 1 78 wks (Also charted in 2010, 2011 & 2012) 17 Oct 09 Meet Me Halfway 1 31 wks 06 Mar 10 Rock That Body 11 12 wks 29 May 10 Imma Be $ 55 2 wks 20 Nov 10 The Time (Dirty Bit) 1 25 wks 19 Mar 11 Just Can't Get Enough 3 14 wks 28 May 11 Don't Stop The Party 17 15 wks Total Hits : 19 Total Weeks : 345 BLACK GORILLA German session band, with a British group called Fascination (including John Barrow, Sammy Day, Martin "Stalky" Gleeson and his wife Denise, St Clair Harris & Dean Sargent) who pretended to be the group behind the song for UK purposes. 27 Aug 77 Gimme Dat Banana 29 6 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 6 BLACK GRAPE British male vocal/instrumental group, formed by ex-Happy Mondays Shaun Ryder & Mark "Bez" Berry, two former members of Ruthless Rap Assassins (Paul "Kermit" Loveridge & Jed Lynch), Carl "Psycho" McCarthy, Paul Wagstaff and Danny Saber 10 Jun 95 Reverend Black Grape 9 5 wks 05 Aug 95 In The Name Of The Father 8 4 wks 02 Dec 95 Kelly's Heroes 17 5 wks 25 May 96 Fat Neck 10 3 wks 29 Jun 96 England's Irie (Black Grape featuring Joe Strummer & Keith Allen) 6 4 wks 01 Nov 97 Get Higher 24 3 wks 07 Mar 98 Marbles 46 1 wk Total Hits : 7 Total Weeks : 25 BLACK KEYS American male vocal/instrumental duo (Dan Auerbach & Patrick Carney) 11 Sep 04 10am Automatic 66 1 wk 11 Dec 04 Till I Get My Way/Girl Is On My Mind 62 1 wk 17 Mar 12 Gold On The Ceiling 57 4 wks 05 Apr 14 Fever 57 3 wks Total Hits : 4 Total Weeks : 9 BLACK KIDS American male/female vocal/instrumental group (Owen Holmes, Kevin Snow, Dawn Watley and siblings Ali & Reggie Youngblood) 19 Apr 08 I'm Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How To Dance With You 11 12 wks 05 Jul 08 Hurricane Jane 36 3 wks Total Hits : 2 Total Weeks : 15 BLACK LACE British male vocal/instrumental group. For "Mary Ann" (the UK representative at the 1979 Eurovision Song Contest, coming 11th), the band was made up of Alan Barton, Terry Dobson, Colin Gibb & Steve Scholey. By 1983 the act was down to a duo of Barton & Gibb. The 86 line up was Barton & Dene Michael, while by 89 Gibb had returned (without Barton, but joined by Michael), and for the 98 re-recording of Agadoo it was Gibb with Rob Hopcraft 31 Mar 79 Mary Ann 42 4 wks 24 Sep 83 Superman (Gioca Jouer) 9 18 wks 30 Jun 84 Agadoo 2 30 wks 24 Nov 84 Do The Conga 10 9 wks 01 Jun 85 El Vino Collapso 42 5 wks 07 Sep 85 I Speaka Da Lingo 49 4 wks 07 Dec 85 Hokey Cokey 31 6 wks 20 Sep 86 Wig Wam Bam 63 3 wks 26 Aug 89 I Am The Music Man 52 3 wks 22 Aug 98 Agadoo (Re Recording) 64 1 wk Total Hits : 10 Total Weeks : 83 BLACK LEGEND Italian male production duo (Enrico Ferrari & Ciro Sasso) with British male vocalist Elroy "Spoonface" Powell (born 28/8/73) 20 May 00 You See The Trouble With Me 1 20 wks 04 Aug 01 Somebody (Shortie vs Black Legend) 37 2 wks Total Hits : 2 Total Weeks : 22 BLACK MACHINE French/Nigerian male vocal/production group - Marius Percali, Ottorino Menardi, Pippo Landro 09 Apr 94 How Gee 17 5 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 5 BLACK MAGIC See Lil Louis BLACK REBEL MOTORCYCLE CLUB American male vocal/instrumental group - Peter Hayes, Nick Jago & Robert Levon Been 02 Feb 02 Love Burns 37 2 wks 01 Jun 02 Spread Your Love 27 2 wks 28 Sep 02 Whatever Happened To My Rock And Roll 46 2 wks 30 Aug 03 Stop 19 3 wks 29 Nov 03 We're All In Love 45 1 wk 27 Aug 05 Ain't No Easy Way 21 2 wks 28 Apr 07 Weapon Of Choice 35 2 wks Total Hits : 7 Total Weeks : 14 BLACK ROB American male rapper, born Robert Ross, 8/6/68 12 Aug 00 Whoa 44 2 wks 06 Oct 01 Bad Boy For Life (P Diddy, Black Rob & Mark Curry) 13 6 wks Total Hits : 2 Total Weeks : 8 BLACK ROCK FEATURING DEBRA ANDREW German male production duo (Dimitri Derisiotis & Andre Schmid) with British female singer 07 May 05 Blue Water 36 2 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 2 BLACK SABBATH British male vocal/instrumental group that has had over 20 members over 4 decades. The original line-up was Geezer Butler, Tony Iommi, Ozzy Osbourne & Bill Ward. By 1982 Osbourne had been replaced by Ronnie James Dio, and Ward by Vinny Appice. The 1989 line-up was Iommi with Tony Martin, Geoff Nicholls & Cozy Powell, while by 92 Appice and Butler had rejoined with Iommi and Dio. 29 Aug 70 Paranoid 4 30 wks (Also charted in 1980) 03 Jun 78 Never Say Die 21 8 wks 14 Oct 78 Hard Road 33 4 wks 05 Jul 80 Neon Knights 22 9 wks 06 Dec 80 Die Young 41 7 wks 07 Nov 81 Mob Rules 46 4 wks 13 Feb 82 Turn Up The Night 37 5 wks 15 Apr 89 Headless Cross 62 1 wk 13 Jun 92 TV Crimes 33 2 wks Total Hits : 9 Total Weeks : 70 BLACK SCIENCE ORCHESTRA British male production group, led by Ashley Beedle (born 25/11/62) with John Howard & Rob Mello 04 Oct 97 The Line/D Disco (Black Science Orchestra vs Lisa Stansfield) 64 1 wk Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 1 BLACK SHEEP American male rap duo (William "Mista Lawnge" McLean & Andres "Dres" Titus) 19 Nov 94 Without A Doubt 60 1 wk Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 1 BLACK SLATE Anglo/Jamaican/Anguillan male vocal/instrumental group - Elroy Bailey, Anthony Brightly (both UK), Keith Drummond, Chris Hanson & Desmond Mahoney (Jamaica) & Cledwyn Rogers (Anguilla) 20 Sep 80 Amigo 9 9 wks 06 Dec 80 Boom Boom 51 6 wks Total Hits : 2 Total Weeks : 15 BLACK UHURU Jamaican male vocal/instrumental group. The lineup varied over the years, but the mid 80s line up was Derek "Duckie" Simpson, Michael Rose, Sandra "Puma" Jones, Sly Dunbar, Robbie Shakespeare. Sly & Robbie had some hits as a duo 08 Sep 84 What Is Life 56 6 wks 31 May 86 Great Train Robbery 62 3 wks Total Hits : 2 Total Weeks : 9 BLACK VELVETS British male vocal/instrumental group (Paul Carden, Dave Dutton, Nick Kilroe & Robbie Ross) 26 Mar 05 3345 34 2 wks 17 Sep 05 Once In A While 75 1 wk Total Hits : 2 Total Weeks : 3 Edited December 26, 201410 yr by fchd
February 3, 201411 yr Author BILL BLACK'S COMBO American male instrumental group, Bill Black with Jerry Arnold, Bobby Emmons, Hank Hankins, Martin Willis and other musicians as and when required. Black played the bass on many early Elvis Presley recordings 10 Sep 60 White Silver Sands 50 1 wk 05 Nov 60 Don't Be Cruel 32 7 wks Total Hits : 2 Total Weeks : 8 CILLA BLACK British female singer/TV personality, born Priscilla White, 27/4/43. After her singing career, she was the host of two long running TV programmes - "Blind Date" and "Surprise, Surprise". She was awarded the OBE in 1997 19 Oct 63 Love Of The Loved 35 6 wks 08 Feb 64 Anyone Who Had A Heart 1 19 wks (Also charted in 2014) 09 May 64 You're My World 1 17 wks 08 Aug 64 It's For You 7 10 wks 16 Jan 65 You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin' 2 9 wks 24 Apr 65 I've Been Wrong Before 17 8 wks 15 Jan 66 Love's Just A Broken Heart 5 11 wks 02 Apr 66 Alfie 9 12 wks 11 Jun 66 Don't Answer Me 6 10 wks 22 Oct 66 A Fool Am I 13 9 wks 10 Jun 67 What Good Am I 24 7 wks 02 Dec 67 I Only Live To Love You 26 11 wks 16 Mar 68 Step Inside Love 8 9 wks 15 Jun 68 Where Is Tomorrow 39 3 wks 15 Feb 69 Surround Yourself With Sorrow 3 12 wks 12 Jul 69 Conversation 7 12 wks 13 Dec 69 If I Thought You'd Ever Change Your Mind 20 9 wks 20 Nov 71 Something Tells Me (Something Is Gonna Happen Tonight) 3 14 wks 02 Feb 74 Baby We Can't Go Wrong 36 6 wks 18 Sep 93 Through The Years 54 1 wk 30 Oct 93 Heart And Soul (Cilla Black & Dusty Springfield) 75 1 wk Total Hits : 21 Total Weeks : 196 FRANK BLACK American male singer/guitarist, born Charles Thompson, 6/4/45. Also the frontman of the Pixies, where he goes under the name of Black Francis. 21 May 94 Headache 53 1 wk 20 Jan 96 Men In Black 37 2 wks 27 Jul 96 I Don't Want To Hurt You (Every Single Time) 63 1 wk Total Hits : 3 Total Weeks : 4 JEANNE BLACK American female singer, born Gloria Jeanne Black, 25/10/37 25 Jun 60 He'll Have To Stay 41 4 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 4 REBECCA BLACK American female singer, born 21/6/97 02 Apr 11 Friday 60 4 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 4 TONY BLACKBURN British male DJ/Vocalist (born 29/1/43). The first voice on Radio 1, he was a regular on Radio and on TV shows such as "Top Of The Pops" for decades, and was the winner of the 2002 series of "I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here" 27 Jan 68 So Much Love 31 4 wks 29 Mar 69 It's Only Love 40 2 wks 05 May 07 I Am A Cider Drinker 2007 (Wurzels featuring Tony Blackburn) 57 1 wk Total Hits : 3 Total Weeks : 7 BLACKBYRDS American male vocal/instrumental group, Allan Barnes, Donald Byrd, Joe Hall, Pericles "Perk" Jacobs, Keith Killgo, Barney Perry & Kevin Toney 31 May 75 Walking In Rhythm 23 6 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 6 BLACKFOOT American male vocal/instrumental group - Charlie Hargrett, Rickey Medlocke, Jakson Spiers & Greg Walker with Ken Hensley added in 1982 06 Mar 82 Dry County (Four From Blackfoot) 43 4 wks 18 Jun 83 Send Me An Angel 66 1 wk Total Hits : 2 Total Weeks : 5 BLACKFOOT SUE British male vocal/instrumental group - twin brothers Dave & Tom Farmer (born 2/3/52). Eddie Golga (born 4/9/51) & Alan Jones (born 5/1/50). They later changed their name to Liner 12 Aug 72 Standing In The Road 4 10 wks 16 Dec 72 Sing Don't Speak 36 4 wks (Also charted in 1973) 10 Mar 79 Keep Reaching Out For Love (Liner) 49 3 wks 26 May 79 You And Me (Liner) 44 3 wks Total Hits : 4 Total Weeks : 20 J BLACKFOOT American male singer, born John Colbert, 20/11/46-30/11/11 17 Mar 84 Taxi 48 4 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 4 BLACKGIRL American female vocal group - Pam Copeland, Rochelle Stuart & Nycolia Turman 16 Jul 94 90's Girl 23 3 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 3 BLACKNUSS Swedish male/female vocal/instrumental group with numerous members, the only constant being drummer Martin Jonsson 28 Jun 97 Dinah/Rising To The Top 56 1 wk Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 1 BLACKNWHITE British male rap duo - KSIOlajidebt (born Olajide Olatunji, 19/6/93) & Randolph 29 Dec 12 Sweaty Goals 68 1 wk Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 1 BLACKOUT British male/female vocal/rap group 31 Mar 01 Mr DJ 19 7 wks 06 Oct 01 Get Up 67 1 wk Total Hits : 2 Total Weeks : 8 BLACKOUT British male DJ/production duo - Marc Dillon & Pat Dickins 27 Mar 99 Gotta Have Hope 46 1 wk Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 1 BLACKSTREET American male vocal group (Chauncey "Black" Hannibal, Levi Little & Teddy Riley & Joseph Stonestreet. Stonestreet was replaced by Dave Hollister (who was himself replaced by Mark Middleton) and Little was replaced by Eric Williams). Riley was also a member of Guy and had some solo chart appearances 19 Jun 93 Baby Be Mine (Blackstreet featuring Teddy Riley) 37 3 wks 13 Aug 94 Booti Call 56 1 wk 11 Feb 95 U Blow My Mind 39 2 wks 27 May 95 Joy 56 2 wks 19 Oct 96 No Diggity $ (Blackstreet featuring Dr Dre) 9 22 wks (Also charted in 2011, 2013 & 2014) 08 Mar 97 Get Me Home (Foxy Brown featuring Blackstreet) 11 5 wks 26 Apr 97 Don't Leave Me 6 10 wks 27 Sep 97 Fix 7 5 wks 13 Dec 97 (Money Can't) Buy Me Love 18 6 wks 27 Jun 98 The City Is Mine (Jay-Z featuring Blackstreet) 38 2 wks 12 Dec 98 Take Me There (Blackstreet & Mya featuring Mase & Blinky Blink) 7 9 wks 17 Apr 99 Girlfriend/Boyfriend (Blackstreet with Janet) 11 7 wks 08 Feb 03 Wizzy Wow 37 2 wks Total Hits : 13 Total Weeks : 76 BLACKWELLS American male vocal duo - brothers Dewayne & Ronald Blackwell 20 May 61 Love Or Money 46 2 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 2 RICHARD BLACKWOOD Briitsh comedian/vocalist, born 15/5/72 17 Jun 00 Mama - Who Da Man 3 7 wks 16 Sep 00 1-2-3-4 Get With The Wicked 10 6 wks 25 Nov 00 Someone There For Me 23 3 wks Total Hits : 3 Total Weeks : 16 BLADE British male rapper, born in Iran, 2/8/69 10 Feb 01 The Unknown (Mark B & Blade) 49 1 wk 26 May 01 Ya Don't See The Signs (Mark B & Blade) 23 3 wks Total Hits : 2 Total Weeks : 4 BLAGGERS ITA British male vocal/instrumental group - Matty Blagg, Carlos Coutinho, Brendan Hodges, Jason Jackson, Paul Lyne, Christy Robson, Steve Serious & Matt Viny 12 Jun 93 Stress 56 2 wks 09 Oct 93 Oxygen 51 2 wks 08 Jan 94 Abandon Ship 48 3 wks Total Hits : 3 Total Weeks : 7 BLAHZAY BLAHZAY American male rap duo - "DJ PF Cuttin" (Felix Rovira) and "MC Out Loud" 02 Mar 96 Danger 56 1 wk Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 1 VIVIAN BLAINE American female singer, born Vivian Stapleton, 21/11/21-9/12/95. She was the original Miss Adelaide in the Broadway production of "Guys And Dolls" 11 Jul 53 Bushel And A Peck 12 1 wk Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 1 BLAIR British male singer/songwriter, born Blair MacKichan 02 Sep 95 Have Fun Go Mad! 37 3 wks 06 Jan 96 Life? 44 2 wks Total Hits : 2 Total Weeks : 5 BLAK TWANG British male rapper, born Tony Olabode 29 Jun 02 Trixstar (Blak Twang featuring Estelle) 54 1 wk 26 Oct 02 So Rotton (Blak Twang featuring Jahmali) 48 1 wk Total Hits : 2 Total Weeks : 2 JAMES BLAKE British male producer/singer/musician, born 26/9/88 11 Dec 10 Limit To Your Love 39 4 wks (Also charted in 2011) Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 4 PETER BLAKE British male singer, born 8/12/48. his hit was an adapted version of a Pepsi-Cola advert song. He has had many acting roles on stage and screen, including playing Frank 'n' Furter in over 1,000 productions of "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" 08 Oct 77 Lipsmackin' Rock'n'Rollin' 40 4 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 4 BLAME British male producer, Conrad Shafie 11 Apr 92 Music Moves You 48 2 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 2 BLAMELESS British male vocal/instrumental group - Jared Darley, Jon Dodd, Jason Leggatt & Matt Pirt 04 Nov 95 Town Clowns 56 1 wk 23 Mar 96 Breathe (A Little Deeper) 27 3 wks 01 Jun 96 Signs 49 1 wk Total Hits : 3 Total Weeks : 5 BLANCMANGE British male vocal/instrumental duo (Neil Arthur (born 15/6/58) & Stephen Luscombe (born 29/10/54). Arthur also had one solo hit 17 Apr 82 God's Kitchen 65 2 wks 31 Jul 82 Feel Me 46 5 wks 30 Oct 82 Living On The Ceiling 7 14 wks 19 Feb 83 Waves 19 9 wks 07 May 83 Blind Vision 10 8 wks 26 Nov 83 That's Love That It Is 33 8 wks 14 Apr 84 Don't Tell Me 8 10 wks 21 Jul 84 The Day Before You Came 22 8 wks 07 Sep 85 What's Your Problem? 40 5 wks 10 May 86 I Can See It 71 2 wks Total Hits : 10 Total Weeks : 71 BOBBY BLANCO & MIKKI MOTO British male DJ/production duo - Danny Harrison ("Bobby Blanco") & Arthur Smith ("Mikki Moto") 29 May 04 3:00 AM 70 1 wk Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 1 BILLY BLAND American male singer/songwriter (born 5/4/32) 21 May 60 Let The Little Girl Dance 15 10 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 10 BLANK & JONES German male production duo - Jan Pieter Blank (born 15/6/71) & René Runge (born 27/6/68), known as DJ Jaspa Jones. 26 Jun 99 Cream 24 3 wks 27 May 00 After Love 57 1 wk 30 Sep 00 The Nightfly 55 1 wk 03 Mar 01 Beyond Time 53 2 wks 29 Jun 02 DJ's Fans And Freaks 45 2 wks Total Hits : 5 Total Weeks : 9 BLAQUE IVORY American female group, often just known as Blaque. The members were Shamari Fears, Natina Reed (died 26/10/12) and Brandi Williams 03 Jul 99 808 31 3 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 3 BLAST FEATURING VDC Italian male production duo - Fabio Fiorentino & Roberto Masi with male vocalist Vito De Canzio 18 Jun 94 Crayzy Man 22 3 wks 12 Nov 94 Princes Of The Night 40 2 wks Total Hits : 2 Total Weeks : 5 MEL BLATT British female singer (born 25/3/75). Formerly a member of All Saints. She has been a judge on the New Zealand version of "The X-Factor" 15 Sep 01 Twenty Four Seven (Artful Dodger featuring Melanie Blatt) 6 9 wks 06 Sep 03 Do Me Wrong 18 3 wks Total Hits : 2 Total Weeks : 12 BLAZE American male production duo - Kevin Hedge & Josh Milan 10 Mar 01 My Beat (Blaze featuring Palmer Brown) 53 2 wks 21 Sep 02 Do You Remember House (Blaze featuring Palmer Brown) 55 1 wk 14 May 05 Most Precious Love (Blaze featuring Barbara Tucker) 17 7 wks (Also charted in 2006. Peaked in April 2006) Total Hits : 3 Total Weeks : 10 BLAZIN' SQUAD British male production/vocal group - Krazy (Lee Bailey), Reepa (Stuart Baker), Tommy B (Tom Beasley), Spike E (Sam Foulkes), Freek (Oliver Georgiou), Melo D (Chris McKeckney), Kenzie (James McKenzie), Flava (James Murray), Strider (Mustafa Omer), Rocky B (Marcel Somerville). Strider, Flava, Kirby & Kenzie went on to form Friday Hill. 31 Aug 02 Crossroads 1 13 wks 23 Nov 02 Love On The Line 6 13 wks 22 Feb 03 Reminisce/Where The Story Ends 8 8 wks 05 Jul 03 We Just Be Dreamin' 3 9 wks 15 Nov 03 Flip Reverse 2 10 wks 14 Feb 04 Here 4 One 6 5 wks 21 Oct 06 All Night Long 54 1 wk 27 Jun 09 Let's Start Again 51 1 wk Total Hits : 8 Total Weeks : 60 BLEACHIN' See Jeremy Healy & Amos BLESSID UNION OF SOULS American male vocal/instrumental group (Eddie Hedges, Jeff Pence, Charles Roth & Eliot Sloan 27 May 95 I Believe 29 5 wks 23 Mar 96 Let Me Be The One 74 1 wk Total Hits : 2 Total Weeks : 6 BLESSING British male vocal/instrumental group (Luke Brighty, Kevin Hime-Knowles, Simon Hanson, William Topley & Mike Westergaard 11 May 91 Highway 5 42 6 wks 18 Jan 92 Highway (Remix) 5 30 6 wks 19 Feb 94 Soul Love 73 1 wk Total Hits : 3 Total Weeks : 13 MARY J BLIGE American female singer/songwriter/actress, born Mary Jane Blige, 11/1/71 28 Nov 92 Real Love 26 6 wks (Also charted in 1993. Peaked in September 1993) 27 Feb 93 Reminisce 31 4 wks 12 Jun 93 You Remind Me 48 3 wks 04 Dec 93 You Don't Have To Worry 36 2 wks 14 May 94 My Love 29 3 wks 10 Dec 94 Be Happy 30 4 wks 15 Apr 95 I'm Goin' Down 12 4 wks 29 Jul 95 I'll Be There For You/You're All I Need To Get By (Method Man featuring Mary J Blige) 10 5 wks 30 Sep 95 Mary Jane (All Night Long) 17 4 wks 16 Dec 95 (You Make Me Feel Like A) Natural Woman 23 3 wks 30 Mar 96 Not Gon' Cry 39 2 wks 01 Mar 97 Can't Knock The Hustle (Jay-Z featuring Mary J Blige) 30 2 wks 17 May 97 Love Is All We Need 15 4 wks 16 Aug 97 Everything 6 9 wks 29 Nov 97 Missing You 19 5 wks (Also charted in 1998) 11 Jul 98 Seven Days (Mary J Blige featuring George Benson) 22 3 wks 13 Mar 99 As (George Michael & Mary J Blige) 4 10 wks 21 Aug 99 All That I Can Say 29 3 wks 11 Dec 99 Deep Inside 42 2 wks 29 Apr 00 Give Me You 19 4 wks 16 Dec 00 911 (Wyclef Jean featuring Mary J Blige) 9 10 wks 06 Oct 01 Family Affair $ 8 16 wks 09 Feb 02 Dance For Me (Mary J Blige featuring Common) 13 7 wks 11 May 02 No More Drama 9 8 wks (Also charted in 2012) 24 Aug 02 Rainy Dayz (Mary J Blige featuring Ja Rule) 17 5 wks 27 Sep 03 Love At 1st Sight (Mary J Blige featuring Method Man) 18 5 wks 06 Dec 03 Not Today (Mary J Blige featuring Eve) 40 2 wks 20 Dec 03 Whenever I Say Your Name (Sting & Mary J Blige) 60 1 wk 18 Dec 04 I Try (Talib Kweli featuring Mary J Blige) 59 1 wk 31 Dec 05 Be Without You 32 18 wks 08 Apr 06 One (Mary J Blige & U2) 2 19 wks 08 Jul 06 Enough Cryin' (Mary J Blige featuring Brook-Lyn) 46 3 wks 30 Dec 06 MJB Da MVP 33 6 wks 27 Jan 07 Runaway Love (Ludacris featuring Mary J Blige) 52 5 wks 26 Jan 08 Just Fine 16 9 wks 05 Sep 09 Remember Me (T.I. featuring Mary J Blige) 34 2 wks 13 Mar 10 I Am 34 4 wks 07 Dec 13 Do You Hear What I Hear (Mary J Blige featuring Jessie J) 59 1 wk Total Hits : 38 Total Weeks : 204 BLIND MELON American male vocal/instrumental group (Glen Graham, Shannon Hoon (29/9/67-21/10/95), Brad Smith, Rodgers Stevens & Chris Thorn) 12 Jun 93 Tones Of Home 62 2 wks 11 Dec 93 No Rain 17 6 wks 09 Jul 94 Change 35 3 wks 05 Aug 95 Galaxie 37 2 wks Total Hits : 4 Total Weeks : 13 BLINK Irish male vocal/instrumental group - Barry Campbell, Dermot Lambert, Brian McLoughlin & Robbie Sexton 16 Jul 94 Happy Day 57 1 wk Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 1 BLINK 182 American male vocal/instrumental trio (Travis Barker, Tom DeLonge & Mark Hoppus) 02 Oct 99 What's My Age Again? 38 2 wks 25 Mar 00 All The Small Things 2 10 wks 08 Jul 00 What's My Age Again 17 6 wks 14 Jul 01 The Rock Show 14 7 wks 06 Oct 01 First Date 31 4 wks 06 Dec 03 Feeling This 15 5 wks 13 Mar 04 I Miss You 8 11 wks (Also charted in 2013) 03 Jul 04 Down 24 3 wks 25 Dec 04 Always 36 4 wks 10 Dec 05 Not Now 30 2 wks 30 Jul 11 Up All Night 48 1 wk Total Hits : 11 Total Weeks : 55 NICKI BLISS British female singer of a pre-release cover version 09 Aug 08 I Kissed A Girl 50 1 wk Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 1 MR BLOBBY Pink and yellow spoof children's character from the TV series "Noel's House Party" 04 Dec 93 Mr Blobby 1 12 wks 16 Dec 95 Christmas In Blobbyland 36 4 wks Total Hits : 2 Total Weeks : 16 BLOC PARTY British male vocal/instrumental group - Russell Lissack, Gordon Moakes, Kele Okereke & Matt Tong 15 May 04 Banquet/Staying Fat 51 1 wk 24 Jul 04 Little Thoughts/Tulips 38 2 wks 06 Nov 04 Helicopter 26 2 wks 12 Feb 05 So Here We Are/Positive Tension 5 4 wks 07 May 05 Banquet 13 3 wks 30 Jul 05 The Pioneers 18 2 wks 15 Oct 05 Two More Years 7 8 wks 03 Feb 07 The Prayer 4 7 wks 14 Apr 07 I Still Remember 20 4 wks 21 Jul 07 Hunting For Witches 22 2 wks 24 Nov 07 Flux 8 13 wks 23 Aug 08 Mercury 16 3 wks 01 Nov 08 Talons 39 2 wks 22 Aug 09 One More Chance 15 5 wks Total Hits : 14 Total Weeks : 58 BLOCKSTER British male DJ/producer, Brandon Block, born 1967. Also a member of Grifters 16 Jan 99 You Should Be... 3 9 wks 24 Jul 99 Grooveline 18 2 wks 24 Jun 00 Something's Going On (Mystic 3) 63 1 wk Total Hits : 3 Total Weeks : 12 MR BLOE British male session musician group, led by Zack Laurence. The "band" who featured on Top Of The Pops with Laurence were Ian Duck, Dee Murray, Roger Pope & Caleb Quaye, some reports indicate the harmonica line was by Harry Pitch 09 May 70 Groovin' With Mr Bloe 2 18 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 18 KRISTINE BLOND Danish female singer (born 16/4/??) 11 Apr 98 Love Shy 22 3 wks 11 Nov 00 Love Shy (Remix) 28 2 wks 04 May 02 You Make Me Go Ooh 35 2 wks Total Hits : 3 Total Weeks : 7 BLONDE British male production duo - Adam Englefield & Jake Manson 13 Dec 14 I Loved You ➜ (Blonde featuring Melissa Steel) 7 3 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 3 BLONDIE American male/female vocal/instrumental group. The classic late 70s line up was Clem Burke, Jimmy Destri, Debbie Harry, Chris Stein & Gary Valetine. Valentine was replaced by Nigel Harrison in 1978, with Frank Infante also joining at that point. Infante was missing from the reformed 1997 line-up, with Paul Carbonara in his place, while in 2003 Destri left and Kevin Patrick joined. 18 Feb 78 Denis 2 14 wks 06 May 78 (I'm Always Touched By Your) Presence Dear 10 9 wks 26 Aug 78 Picture This 12 11 wks 11 Nov 78 Hanging On The Telephone 5 12 wks 27 Jan 79 Heart Of Glass ✮ $ 1 12 wks 19 May 79 Sunday Girl 1 13 wks 29 Sep 79 Dreaming 2 8 wks 24 Nov 79 Union City Blue 13 10 wks 23 Feb 80 Atomic 1 9 wks 12 Apr 80 Call Me $ 1 11 wks (Also charted in 1989) 08 Nov 80 The Tide Is High $ 1 12 wks 24 Jan 81 Rapture $ 5 8 wks 08 May 82 Island Of Lost Souls 11 9 wks 24 Jul 82 War Child 39 4 wks 03 Dec 88 Denis '88 50 3 wks 10 Sep 94 Atomic (Remix) 19 4 wks 08 Jul 95 Heart Of Glass (Remix) 15 3 wks 28 Oct 95 Union City Blue (Remix) 31 2 wks 13 Feb 99 Maria 1 12 wks 12 Jun 99 Nothing Is Real But The Girl 26 3 wks 18 Oct 03 Good Boys 12 3 wks Total Hits : 21 Total Weeks : 172 NIKKI BLONSKY ZAC EFRON & AMANDA BYNES American male acting/vocal group from the film "Hairspray". Blonsky was born 9/11/88, Efron 18/10/87 and Bynes 3/4/86. Efron also had hits as part of the Cast of High School Musical 18 Aug 07 You Can't Stop The Beat 71 1 wk Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 1 BLOOD ARM American male/female vocal/instrumental group (Zachary Amos, Zebastian Carlisle, Nathaniel Fregoso & Dyan Valdés) 11 Jun 05 Say Yes 52 1 wk 07 Oct 06 Suspicious Character 62 1 wk Total Hits : 2 Total Weeks : 2 BLOOD RED SHOES British male/female vocal/instrumental duo (Steven Ansell & Laura-Mary Carter) 16 Feb 08 You Bring Me Down 64 1 wk Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 1 BLOOD SWEAT & TEARS American/Canadian male vocal/instrumental group that has had over 100 different members since formation in 1967. For their hit, the line up was David Clayton-Thomas, Bobby Colomby, Jim Fielder, Dick Halligan, Jerry Hyman, Steve Katz, Fred Lipsius, Lew Soloff & Chuck Winfield 03 May 69 You've Made Me So Very Happy 35 6 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 6 BLOODHOUND GANG American male vocal group - Jimmy Pop, Evil Jared Hasselhoff, DJ Q-Ball, Sparky G & Lupus Thunder. 23 Aug 97 Why's Everybody Always Pickin' On Me? 56 1 wk 15 Apr 00 Bad Touch 4 14 wks 02 Sep 00 The Ballad Of Chasey Lain 15 6 wks 01 Oct 05 Foxtrot Uniform Charlie Kilo 47 1 wk Total Hits : 4 Total Weeks : 22 BLOODSTONE American male vocal/instrumental group (Willis Draffen, Roger Durham, Charles Love, Charles McCormick, Eddie Summers & Harry Williams) 18 Aug 73 Natural High 40 4 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 4 BOBBY BLOOM American male singer-songwriter, 15/1/46-28/2/74 29 Aug 70 Montego Bay 3 19 wks (Also charted in 1971) 09 Jan 71 Heavy Makes You Happy 31 5 wks Total Hits : 2 Total Weeks : 24 BLOOMSBURY SET British male vocal/instrumental group (Paul Faulkner, brothers Andy & Gary Lloyd and Jim Simpson) 25 Jun 83 Hanging About With The Big Boys 56 3 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 3 TANYA BLOUNT American female singer, born 25/9/77 11 Jun 94 I'm Gonna Make You Mine 69 1 wk Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 1 BLOW MONKEYS British male vocal/instrumental group (Mick Anker, Neville Henry, "Dr Robert" (Robert Howard) & Tony Kiley). Howard also had one hit in a duo with Kym Mazelle 01 Mar 86 Digging Your Scene 12 10 wks 17 May 86 Wicked Ways 60 2 wks 31 Jan 87 It Doesn't Have To Be This Way 5 8 wks 28 Mar 87 Out With Her 30 6 wks 30 May 87 (Celebrate) The Day After You (Blow Monkeys with Curtis Mayfield) 52 2 wks 15 Aug 87 Some Kind Of Wonderful 67 1 wk 06 Aug 88 This Is Your Life 70 2 wks 08 Apr 89 This Is Your Life (Remix) 32 5 wks 15 Jul 89 Choice (Blow Monkeys featuring Sylvia Tella) 22 6 wks 14 Oct 89 Slaves No More (Blow Monkeys featuring Sylvia Tella) 73 2 wks 26 May 90 Springtime For The World 69 2 wks Total Hits : 11 Total Weeks : 46 KURTIS BLOW American male rapper, born Kurt Walker, 9/8/59 15 Dec 79 Christmas Rappin' 30 6 wks 11 Oct 80 The Breaks 47 4 wks 16 Mar 85 Party Time 67 1 wk 18 Jan 86 If I Ruled The World 24 8 wks 08 Nov 86 I'm Chillin' 64 2 wks Total Hits : 5 Total Weeks : 21 BLU PETER British male DJ/producer, born Peter Haris, 1961 21 Mar 98 Tell Me What You Want/James Has Kittens 70 1 wk Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 1 ANGEL BLU British female singer 25 Jan 03 True (Jaimeson featuring Angel Blu) 4 10 wks 07 Feb 04 Take Control (Jaimeson featuring Angel Blu & CK) 16 5 wks Total Hits : 2 Total Weeks : 15 BLUE British male vocal group (Antony Costa, Duncan James, Lee Ryan & Simon Webbe). All four members have had individual hits. The group represented the UK in the 2011 Eurovision Song Contest, coming 11th 02 Jun 01 All Rise 4 13 wks 08 Sep 01 Too Close 1 13 wks 24 Nov 01 If You Come Back 1 13 wks 30 Mar 02 Fly By II 6 12 wks 02 Nov 02 One Love 3 12 wks 21 Dec 02 Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word (Blue featuring Elton John) 1 17 wks 29 Mar 03 You Male Me Wanna 4 13 wks 01 Nov 03 Guilty 2 11 wks 27 Dec 03 Signed Sealed Delivered (I'm Yours) (Blue featuring Stevie Wonder & Angie Stone) 11 10 wks 03 Apr 04 Breathe Easy 4 12 wks 10 Jul 04 Bubblin' 9 8 wks 20 Nov 04 Curtain Falls 4 11 wks 14 May 11 I Can 16 3 wks 04 May 13 Hurt Lovers 70 1 wk Total Hits : 14 Total Weeks : 149 See also Big Reunion Cast 2013 BLUE British male vocal/instrumental group (Ian MacMillan, David Nicholson, Hugh Nicholson & Charlie Smith). Hugh Nicholson was previously a member of Marmalade 30 Apr 77 Gonna Capture Your Heart 18 8 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 8 BLUE ADONIS FEATURING LIL' MISS MAX Belgian male production duo (Dirk de Boeck & Wim Perdaen) and female vocalist 17 Oct 98 Disco Cop 27 3 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 3 BLUE AEROPLANES British male/female vocal/instrumental collective. In 1990 the primary members were Rodney Allen, Angelo Bruschini, Wojtek Dmochowski, brothers Gerard & John Langley, Alex Lee & Andy McCreeth 17 Feb 90 Jacket Hangs 72 1 wk 26 May 90 ...And Stones 63 2 wks Total Hits : 2 Total Weeks : 3 BLUE AMAZON British male production duo (James Reid & Lee Softley) with a variety of female vocalists 17 May 97 And Then The Rain Falls 53 1 wk 01 Jul 00 Breathe 73 1 wk Total Hits : 2 Total Weeks : 2 BLUE BAMBOO See Svenson & Gielen BLUE FEATHER Dutch male vocal/instrumental group 03 Jul 82 Let's Funk Tonight 50 4 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 4 BLUE HAZE British male session group created by producers Johnny Arthey & Philip Swern 18 Mar 72 Smoke Gets In Your Eyes 32 6 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 6 BLUE MELONS British male/female vocal/instrumental group 08 Jun 96 Do Wah Diddy Diddy (The Wiggle Mix) 70 1 wk Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 1 BLUE MERCEDES British male vocal/instrumental duo (Duncan Millar & David Titlow). Miller went to record under the name Exoterix 10 Oct 87 I Want To Be Your Property 23 11 wks 13 Feb 88 See Want Must Have 57 2 wks 23 Jul 88 Love Is The Gun 46 5 wks Total Hits : 3 Total Weeks : 18 BLUE MINK Anglo-American male/female vocal/instrumental group, originally Madeline Bell, Roger Cook, Herbie Flowers, Barry Morgan & Alan Parker, with later members including Ray Cooper & Anne Odell 15 Nov 69 Melting Pot 3 15 wks 28 Mar 70 Good Morning Freedom 10 10 wks 19 Sep 70 Our World 17 9 wks 29 May 71 Banner Man 3 14 wks 11 Nov 72 Stay With Me 11 15 wks (Also charted in 1973) 03 Mar 73 By The Devil 26 9 wks 23 Jun 73 Randy 9 11 wks Total Hits : 7 Total Weeks : 83 BLUE NILE British male vocal/instrumental group (Robert Bell, Paul Buchanan & Paul Moore) 30 Sep 89 The Downtown Lights 67 1 wk 29 Sep 90 Headlights On The Parade 72 1 wk 19 Jan 91 Saturday Night 50 2 wks 04 Sep 04 I Would Never 52 1 wk Total Hits : 4 Total Weeks : 5 BLUE OYSTER CULT American male vocal/instrumental group. Members at the time of "(Don't Fear) The Reaper" - Eric Bloom, Albert & Joe Bouchard, Buck Dharma & Allen Larier 20 May 78 (Don't Fear) The Reaper 16 14 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 14 BLUE PEARL Anglo-American male/female duo - Martin Glover ("Youth") and Durga McBroom. Youth had previously been in Killing Joke and went on to be a dance music producer/remixer 07 Jul 90 Naked In The Rain 4 13 wks 03 Nov 90 Little Brother 31 5 wks 11 Jan 92 (Can You) Feel The Passion 14 6 wks 25 Jul 92 Mother Dawn 50 2 wks 27 Nov 93 Fire Of Love (Jungle High with Blue Pearl) 71 1 wk 04 Jul 98 Naked In The Rain '98 22 2 wks Total Hits : 6 Total Weeks : 29 BLUE RONDO A LA TURK British male vocal/instrumental group - Moses Mount Bassie, Mick "Lloyd" Bynoe, Art Collins, Geraldo d'Arbilly, Kito Poncioni, Mark Reilly, Chris Sullivan, Christos Tolera, Tholo Peter Tsegona, Daniel White. Reilly, Poncioni and White went on to form Matt Bianco 14 Nov 81 Me And Mr Sanchez 40 4 wks 13 Mar 82 Klactoveesedstein 50 5 wks Total Hits : 2 Total Weeks : 9 BLUE ZOO British male vocal/instrumental group (Mike Ansell, Andy Overall, Tim Parry & Mickey Sparrow) 12 Jun 82 I'm Your Man 55 3 wks 16 Oct 82 Cry Boy Cry 13 10 wks 28 May 83 (I Just Can't) Forgive And Forget 60 4 wks Total Hits : 3 Total Weeks : 17 BARRY BLUE British male singer/songwriter, born Barry Green, 4/12/50 28 Jul 73 Dancing On A Saturday Night 2 15 wks 03 Nov 73 Do Yo Wanna Dance 7 12 wks 02 Mar 74 School Love 11 9 wks 03 Aug 74 Miss Hit And Run 26 7 wks 26 Oct 74 Hot Shot 23 5 wks 02 Sep 89 Afro Dizzi Act (Cry Sisco!) 42 9 wks (Also charted in 1990) Total Hits : 6 Total Weeks : 57 BLUEBELLS Scottish male vocal/instrumental group - Neil Baldwin, Craig Gannon, Robert Hodgens ("Bobby Bluebell"), and brothers Kenneth & Dave McCluskey 12 Mar 83 Cath 38 9 wks (Also charted in 1984. Peaked in September 1984) 09 Jul 83 Sugar Bridge (It Will Stand) 72 1 wk 24 Mar 84 I'm Falling 11 12 wks 23 Jun 84 Young At Heart 1 24 wks (Also charted in 1993. Peaked in April 1993) 09 Feb 85 All I Am (Is Loving You) 58 3 wks Total Hits : 5 Total Weeks : 49 BLUEBOY British male DJ/producer, born Alexis Blackmore 01 Feb 97 Remember Me 8 13 wks 23 Aug 97 Sandman 25 3 wks Total Hits : 2 Total Weeks : 16 BLUES BAND British male group (Gary Fletcher, Hughie Flint, Paul Jones, Dave Kelly and Tom McGuinness). Jones & McGuinness were ex-Manfred Mann, McGuinness & Flint also had 2 hits as McGuinness Flint 12 Jul 80 Blues Band EP 68 2 wks (Tracks: Maggie's Farm/Ain't It Tuff/Diddy Wah Diddy/Back Door Man) Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 2 BLUES BROTHERS American/Canadian male acting/vocal duo, John Belushi as "Jake Blues" & Dan Akyroyd as "Ellwood Blues" from the film of the same name, together with a cast of established musicians 07 Apr 90 Everybody Needs Somebody 12 8 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 8 BLUESKINS British male vocal/instrumental group comprised of Tom Bailey, Paul Brown, Andrei Nosov, Matthew Smith, Ryan Spendlove & Ritchie Townsend 21 Feb 04 Change My Mind/I Wanna Know 56 1 wk 05 Jun 04 The Stupid Ones 61 1 wk Total Hits : 2 Total Weeks : 2 BLUETONES British male vocal/instrumental group - Eds Chesters, Adam Devlin, and brothers Mark & Scott Morriss. Richard Payne was an additional member from 1998-2002 17 Jun 95 Are You Blue Or Are You Blind? 31 2 wks 14 Oct 95 Bluetonic 19 3 wks 03 Feb 96 Slight Return 2 8 wks 11 May 96 Cut Some Rug/Castle Rock 7 6 wks 28 Sep 96 Marblehead Johnson 7 6 wks 21 Feb 98 Solomon Bites The Worm 10 3 wks 09 May 98 If... 13 5 wks 08 Aug 98 Sleazy Bed Track 35 2 wks 04 Mar 00 Keep The Home Fires Burning 13 3 wks 20 May 00 Autophilia 18 3 wks 06 Apr 02 After Hours 26 2 wks 03 May 03 Fastboy/Liquid Lips 25 2 wks 23 Aug 03 Never Going Nowhere 40 1 wk 30 Sep 06 My Neighbour's House 68 1 wk Total Hits : 14 Total Weeks : 47 COLIN BLUNSTONE British male singer, born 24/6/45. Apart from his solo work (and that under the "Neil MacArthur" pseudonym), he was a member of The Zombies and at times a member of the Alan Parsons Project 08 Feb 69 She's Not There (Neil MacArthur) 34 5 wks 12 Feb 72 Say You Don't Mind 15 9 wks 11 Nov 72 I Don't Believe In Miracles 31 6 wks 17 Feb 73 How Could We Dare To Be Wrong 45 2 wks 14 Mar 81 What Becomes Of the Broken Hearted (Dave Stewart with Colin Blunstone) 13 10 wks 29 May 82 Tracks Of My Tears 60 2 wks Total Hits : 6 Total Weeks : 34 JAMES BLUNT British male singer-songwriter, born James Blount (22/2/74) 19 Mar 05 Wisemen 23 20 wks (Also charted in 2006. Peaked in March 2006) 11 Jun 05 You're Beautiful $ 1 41 wks (Also charted in 2013) 08 Oct 05 High 16 12 wks 31 Dec 05 Goodbye My Lover 9 18 wks 08 Sep 07 1973 4 16 wks (Also charted in 2008) 15 Dec 07 Same Mistake 57 1 wk 29 Mar 08 Carry You Home 20 5 wks 06 Nov 10 Stay The Night 26 5 wks 19 Oct 13 Bonfire Heart 4 25 wks 01 Feb 14 Heart To Heart 42 5 wks Total Hits : 10 Total Weeks : 148 BLUR British male vocal/instrumental group - Damon Albarn, Graham Coxon, Alex James & Dave Rowntree. The 2003 hits were as a trio without Coxon. 27 Oct 90 She's So High 48 3 wks 27 Apr 91 There's No Other Way 8 8 wks 10 Aug 91 Bang 24 4 wks 11 Apr 92 Popscene 32 2 wks 01 May 93 For Tomorrow 28 4 wks 10 Jul 93 Chemical World 28 4 wks 16 Oct 93 Sunday Sunday 26 3 wks 19 Mar 94 Girls And Boys 5 7 wks 11 Jun 94 To The End 16 5 wks 03 Sep 94 Parklife 10 8 wks (Also charted in 2012) 19 Nov 94 End Of A Century 19 3 wks 26 Aug 95 Country House 1 11 wks 09 Sep 95 Country House (7 inch) 57 1 wk (Shown separately as the number of formats available exceeded the maximum permitted to be aggregated for chart purposes at that time) 25 Nov 95 The Universal 5 9 wks 24 Feb 96 Stereotypes 7 5 wks 11 May 96 Charmless Man 5 6 wks 01 Feb 97 Beetlebum 1 7 wks 19 Apr 97 Song 2 2 6 wks (Also charted in 2012) 28 Jun 97 On Your Own 5 5 wks 27 Sep 97 MOR 15 3 wks 06 Mar 99 Tender 2 10 wks 10 Jul 99 Coffee + TV 11 7 wks 27 Nov 99 No Distance Left To Run 14 4 wks (Also charted in 2000) 28 Oct 00 Music Is My Radar 10 9 wks (Also charted in 2001) 26 Apr 03 Out Of Time 5 6 wks 19 Jul 03 Crazy Beat 18 3 wks 18 Oct 03 Good Song 22 2 wks 14 Jul 12 Under The Westway 34 2 wks Total Hits : 28 Total Weeks : 147 BO SELECTA British male comedian/actor/vocalist, Leigh Francis (born 30/4/73), in character from the TV show of the same name. He also had a hit under another of his character's name - Keith Lemon 27 Dec 03 Proper Crimbo 4 9 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 9 STAN BOARDMAN British male comedian, born 7/12/40 10 Jun 06 Stan's World Cup Song 15 5 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 5 BOB & EARL American male vocal duo - Bobby Relf (10/1/37-20/11/07) & Earl Nelson (8/9/28-12/7/08) 15 Mar 69 Harlem Shuffle 7 13 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 13 BOB & MARCIA Jamaican male/female vocal duo - Bob Andy & Marcia Griffiths 14 Mar 70 Young Gifted And Black 5 12 wks 05 Jun 71 Pied Piper 11 13 wks Total Hits : 2 Total Weeks : 25 BOB THE BUILDER British male cartoon character, voiced by Neil Morrissey 16 Dec 00 Can We Fix It? ✮ 1 22 wks (Also charted in 2001) 15 Sep 01 Mambo Number 5 1 19 wks Total Hits : 2 Total Weeks : 41 BOBBYSOCKS Norwegian/Swedish vocal duo (Hanne Krogh & Elisabeth Andreassen) who won the 1985 Eurovision Song Contest with their hit in the original Norwegian "La det swinge". Both singers appeared on multiple other occasions at the Contest 25 May 85 Let It Swing 44 4 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 4 ANDREA BOCELLI Italian male tenor singer, born 22/9/58. He has been awarded as a Grand Officer of the Order Of Merit of the Italian Republic 24 May 97 Time To Say Goodbye (Con Te Partiro) (Sarah Brightman & Andrea Bocelli) 2 14 wks 25 Sep 99 Canto Della Terra 24 9 wks (Also charted in 2000. Peaked in July 2000) 18 Dec 99 Ave Maria 65 1 wk 03 Nov 07 Con Te Partiro 69 2 wks Total Hits : 4 Total Weeks : 26 KAREN BODDINGTON & MARK WILLIAMS Australian-New Zealand male/female vocal duo, singing the original theme for the TV series "Home And Away" 02 Sep 89 Home And Away 73 1 wk Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 1 BODY COUNT American male rap group - Ice-T, Ernie C, Beatmaster V, Mooseman & D-Roc The Execution, the last three of whom are all deceased 08 Oct 94 Born Dead 28 2 wks 17 Dec 94 Necessary Evil 45 2 wks Total Hits : 2 Total Weeks : 4 BODYROCKERS Anglo-Australian male electronic music production/vocal duo - Dylan Burns & Kaz Kames. 30 Apr 05 I Like The Way 3 40 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 40 BODYROX British male production duo (Nick Bridges & Jon Pearn). Pearn was also a member of Full Intention 14 Oct 06 Yeah Yeah 45 3 wks 04 Nov 06 Yeah Yeah (Bodyrox featuring Luciana) 2 17 wks 28 Apr 07 Everytime I See Her (Another Chance) 62 1 wk 19 Jan 08 What Planet You On (Bodyrox featuring Luciana) 54 2 wks 05 Jun 10 We Dance On (N-Dubz featuring Bodyrox) 6 11 wks Total Hits : 5 Total Weeks : 34 BODYSNATCHERS British female vocal/instrumental group (Stella Barker,Rhoda Dakar,Miranda Joyce,Pennt Leyton,Sarah Jane Owen,Jane Summers & Nicky Summers). Barker, Joyce & Owen went on to form the Belle Stars, while Dakar worked with the Special AKA 15 Mar 80 Let's Do Rock Steady 22 9 wks 19 Jul 80 Easy Life 50 3 wks Total Hits : 2 Total Weeks : 12 HAMILTON BOHANNON American male multi-instrumentalist, born 7/3/42 15 Feb 75 South African Man 22 8 wks 24 May 75 Disco Stomp 6 12 wks 05 Jul 75 Foot Stompin' Music 23 6 wks 06 Sep 75 Happy Feeling 49 3 wks 26 Aug 78 Let's Start The Dance 56 4 wks 13 Feb 82 Let's Start To Dance Again 49 5 wks Total Hits : 6 Total Weeks : 38 BOILING POINT American male vocal/instrumental group 27 May 78 Let's Get Funktified 41 6 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 6 MARC BOLAN British male vocalist/songwriter/guitarist, born Mark Feld, 30/9/47. He is best known as the front man of T Rex. He hosted a music TV series just named "Marc" for the last few weeks before he died in a car crash. 09 Feb 74 Teenage Dream (Marc Bolan & T Rex) 13 5 wks 09 May 81 The Return Of The Electric Warrior (EP) 50 4 wks (Tracks: Sing Me A Song/Endless Sleep/The Lilac Hand Of Menthol Dan) 19 Sep 81 You Scare Me To Death 51 4 wks 09 May 87 Get It On (Remix) (Marc Bolan & T Rex) 54 4 wks 24 Aug 91 20th Century Boy (Marc Bolan & T Rex) 13 8 wks Total Hits : 5 Total Weeks : 25 CJ BOLLAND Belgian (British born) male producer, born Christian Bolland, 18/6/71. In common with many other European DJs/Producers, he has released music under a number of different names 14 Dec 91 Horsepower (Ravesignal III) 61 2 wks 05 Oct 96 Sugar Is Sweeter 11 5 wks 17 May 97 The Prophet 19 3 wks 03 Jul 99 It Ain't Gonna Be Me 35 2 wks Total Hits : 4 Total Weeks : 12 MICHAEL BOLTON American male singer/songwriter, born Michael Bolotin, 26/2/53) 17 Feb 90 How Am I Supposed To Live Without You $ 3 10 wks 28 Apr 90 How Can We Be Lovers 10 10 wks 21 Jul 90 When I'm Back On My Feet Again 44 5 wks 20 Apr 91 Love Is A Wonderful Thing 23 8 wks 27 Jul 91 Time Love And Tenderness 28 7 wks 09 Nov 91 When A Man Loves A Woman $ 8 9 wks 08 Feb 92 Steel Bars 17 6 wks 09 May 92 Missing You Now (Michael Bolton featuring Kenny G) 28 4 wks 31 Oct 92 To Love Somebody 16 6 wks 26 Dec 92 Drift Away 18 5 wks 13 Mar 93 Reach Out I'll Be There 37 4 wks 13 Nov 93 Said I Loved You But I Lied 15 8 wks 26 Feb 94 Soul Of My Soul 32 3 wks 14 May 94 Lean On Me 14 7 wks 09 Sep 95 Can I Touch You... There? 6 9 wks 02 Dec 95 A Love So Beautiful 27 5 wks 16 Mar 96 Soul Provider 35 3 wks 08 Nov 97 The Best Of Love/Go The Distance 14 4 wks Total Hits : 18 Total Weeks : 113 BOMB THE BASS British male producer Tim Simenon, born 21/6/67 20 Feb 88 Beat Dis 2 9 wks 27 Aug 88 Megablast/Don't Make Me Wait 6 9 wks 26 Nov 88 Say A Little Prayer (Bomb The Bass featuring Maureen) 10 10 wks 27 Jul 91 Winter In July 7 9 wks 09 Nov 91 The Air You Breath 52 3 wks 02 May 92 Keep Loving Me 62 2 wks 01 Oct 94 Bug Powder Dust (Bomb The Bass featuring Justin Warfield) 24 3 wks 17 Dec 94 Darkheart (Bomb The Bass featuring Spikey Tee) 35 3 wks 01 Apr 95 1 To 1 Religion (Bomb The Bass featuring Carlton) 53 1 wk 16 Sep 95 Sandcastles 54 1 wk Total Hits : 10 Total Weeks : 50 BOMBALURINA British male/female group, singer & TV personality Timmy Mallett (born 18/10/65) with backing vocalists and dancers Dawn Andrews & Annie Dunkley. Andrews is married to Gary Barlow 28 Jul 90 Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny Yellow Polka Dot Bikini 1 13 wks 24 Nov 90 Seven Little Girls Sitting In The Back Seat 18 7 wks Total Hits : 2 Total Weeks : 20 BOMBAY BICYCLE CLUB British male vocal/instrumental group (Suren de Saram, Jamie MacColl, Ed Nash & Jack Steadman) 24 Jul 10 Ivy & Gold/Flaws 56 1 wk 09 Jul 11 Shuffle 64 3 wks 31 May 14 Feel 75 1 wk Total Hits : 3 Total Weeks : 5 BOMBERS Canadian male/female vocal/production group - Pat DeSerio, Mack "BC" Jones (aka Busta Jones), George Lagios & Tamara Lorincz 05 May 79 Get Dancin' 37 7 wks 18 Aug 79 Let's Dance 58 3 wks Total Hits : 2 Total Weeks : 10 BOMFUNK MCS Finnish male vocal/instrumental group - Andy Barton ("Skeeta"), Raymond Ebanks ("B.O.W." & "B.O. Dubb"), Okke Komulainen, Ismo Lappalainen ("DJ Gismo"), Ville Mäkinen ("Mr Wily"), Riku Pentti ("DJ Infekto"), Marlo Snellman & Ari Toikka ("A.T.") 05 Aug 00 Freestyler 2 13 wks (Also charted in 2013) 02 Dec 00 Up Rocking Beats 11 9 wks Total Hits : 2 Total Weeks : 22 BON GARÇON British male production duo - Lonyo Engele (see Lonyo) & Kevin McPherson 18 Jun 05 Freek U 42 2 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 2 BON IVER American male vocal/instrumental group centred around Justin Vernon (born 30/4/81), with other members including Sean Carey, Matthew McCaughan, Michael Noyce & Colin Stetson 31 Jan 09 Bloodbank 37 2 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 2 BON JOVI American make vocal/instrumental group, led by Jon Bon Jovi with David Bryan, Tico Torres & Richie Sambora. Alec Such was a member until leaving in 1994, since when he been "unofficially" replaced by Hugh McDonald 31 Aug 85 Hardest Part Is The Night 68 1 wk 09 Aug 86 You Give Love A Bad Name $ 14 10 wks 25 Oct 86 Livin' On A Prayer $ 4 22 wks (Also charted in 2008, 2009, 2010 & 2012) 11 Apr 87 Wanted Dead Or Alive 13 7 wks 15 Aug 87 Never Say Goodbye 21 5 wks 24 Sep 88 Bad Medicine $ 17 7 wks 10 Dec 88 Born To Me My Baby 22 7 wks 29 Apr 89 I'll Be There For You $ 18 7 wks 26 Aug 89 Lay Your Hands On Me 18 6 wks 09 Dec 89 Living In Sin 35 6 wks 24 Oct 92 Keep The Faith 5 6 wks 23 Jan 93 Bed Of Roses 13 6 wks 15 May 93 In These Arms 9 7 wks 07 Aug 93 I'll Sleep When I'm Dead 17 5 wks 02 Oct 93 I Believe 11 6 wks 26 Mar 94 Dry County 9 6 wks 24 Sep 94 Always 2 20 wks (Also charted in 2008 & 2010) 17 Dec 94 Please Come Home For Christmas 7 10 wks (Also charted in 1995) 25 Feb 95 Someday I'll Be Saturday Night 7 7 wks 10 Jun 95 This Ain't A Love Song 6 9 wks 30 Sep 95 Something For The Pain 8 7 wks 25 Nov 95 Lie To Me 10 8 wks 09 Mar 96 These Days 7 6 wks 06 Jul 96 Hey God 13 5 wks 10 Apr 99 Real Life 21 5 wks 03 Jun 00 It's My Life 3 15 wks (Also charted in 2010) 09 Sep 00 Say It Isn't So 10 7 wks 09 Dec 00 Thank You For Loving Me 12 6 wks 19 May 01 One Wild Night 10 7 wks 28 Sep 02 Everyday 5 6 wks 21 Dec 02 Misunderstood 21 5 wks (Also charted in 2003) 24 May 03 All About Lovin' You 9 6 wks 24 Sep 05 Have A Nice Day 6 4 wks 11 Feb 06 Welcome To Wherever You Are 19 3 wks 24 Jun 06 Who Says You Can't Go Home 5 3 wks 07 Jul 07 (You Want To) Make A Memory 33 1 wk 14 Nov 09 We Weren't Born To Follow 25 2 wks 19 Jan 13 Because We Can 38 2 wks Total Hits : 38 Total Weeks : 258 JON BON JOVI American male singer/songwriter, born John Bongiovi, 2/3/62. Apart from his solo work, he is the lead singer of Bon Jovi 04 Aug 90 Blaze Of Glory $ 13 8 wks 10 Nov 90 Miracle 29 5 wks 14 Jun 97 Midnight In Chelsea 4 7 wks 30 Aug 97 Queen Of New Orleans 10 4 wks 15 Nov 97 Janie, Don't Take Your Love To Town 13 3 wks Total Hits : 5 Total Weeks : 27 RONNIE BOND British male singer/drummer, 4/5/40-13/11/92. Previously a member of the Troggs 31 May 80 Written On Your Body 52 5 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 5 BONDAX British male production duo - Adam Kaye (born 1/4/94) & George Townesend (born 17/9/93) 01 Nov 14 All I See 63 1 wk Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 1 BONDE DO ROLÊ Brazilian male/female production/vocal group (Pedro D'Eyrot, Rodrigo Gorky & Laura Taylor) 02 Jun 07 Office Boy 75 1 wk Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 1 GARY US BONDS Amercan male singer, born Gary Anderson, 6/6/39 21 Jan 61 New Orleans (US Bonds) 16 11 wks 22 Jul 61 Quarter To Three $ 7 13 wks 30 May 81 This Little Girl 43 6 wks 22 Aug 81 Jole Blon 51 3 wks 31 Oct 81 It's Only Love 43 3 wks 17 Jul 82 Soul Deep 59 3 wks Total Hits : 6 Total Weeks : 39 BONE British male vocal/instrumental/production duo - Sam Mollison & James Ormandy 02 Apr 94 Wings Of Love 55 1 wk Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 1 BONE THUGS-N-HARMONY American male rap group, all of whom adopted "Bone" personas - Bizzy Bone, Flesh-n-Bone, Krayzie Bone, Layzie Bone & Wish Bone 04 Nov 95 1st Of Tha Month 15 6 wks (Also charted in 1996. Peaked in November 1996) 10 Aug 96 Tha Crossroads $ 8 11 wks 15 Feb 97 Days Of Our Livez 37 2 wks 26 Jul 97 Look Into My Eyes 16 3 wks 24 May 03 Home (Bone Thugs-n-Harmony featuring Phil Collins) 19 4 wks Total Hits : 5 Total Weeks : 26 ELBOW BONES & THE RACKETEERS American male/female instrumental group that started off as a side project form August Darnell from Kid Creole & the Coconuts. Other members included Stony Browder, Gichy Dan and singer Stephanie Fuller. 14 Jan 84 A Night In New York 33 9 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 9 BONEY M International male/female vocal group - Britons Marcia Bararett & Liz Mitchell, Aruban Bobby Farrell and Maizie Williams from Montserrat 18 Dec 76 Daddy Cool 6 12 wks (Also charted in 1977) 12 Mar 77 Sunny 3 10 wks 25 Jun 77 Ma Baker 2 13 wks 29 Oct 77 Belfast 8 13 wks 29 Apr 78 Rivers Of Babylon/Brown Girl In The Ring ✮ 1 40 wks 07 Oct 78 Rasputin 2 10 wks 02 Dec 78 Mary's Boy Child-Oh My Lord ✮ 1 10 wks (Also charted in 2007) 03 Mar 79 Painter Man 10 6 wks 28 Apr 79 Hooray Hooray It's A Holi-Holiday 3 9 wks 11 Aug 79 Gotta Go Home/El Lute 12 11 wks 15 Dec 79 I'm Born Again 35 7 wks 26 Apr 80 My Friend Jack 57 5 wks 14 Feb 81 Children Of Paradise 66 2 wks 21 Nov 81 We Kill The World (Don't Kill The World) 39 5 wks 24 Dec 88 Mary's Boy Child Megamix 52 3 wks 05 Dec 92 Boney M Megamix 7 9 wks 17 Apr 93 Brown Girl In The Ring 38 3 wks 08 May 99 Ma Baker – Somebody Screamed (Boney M featuring Horny United) 22 2 wks 29 Dec 01 Daddy Cool 2001 47 2 wks Total Hits : 19 Total Weeks : 172 BONIFACE Seychelles mane singer/songwriter, born Bruce Boniface, 5/6/81 31 Aug 02 Cheeky 25 3 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 3 GRAHAM BONNET British male singer, born 23/12/47. His biggest successes were as the lead singer of Rainbow and he was also half of The Marbles 21 Mar 81 Night Games 6 11 wks 13 Jun 81 Liar 51 4 wks Total Hits : 2 Total Weeks : 15 GRAHAM BONNEY WITH JOHNNY SCOTT & HIS ORCHESTRA British male singer (born 2/6/43) with male conductor and orchestra 26 Mar 66 Super Girl 19 8 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 8 BONNIE "PRINCE" BILLY American male singer/songwriter, born William Oldham, 15/1/70 04 Sep 04 Agnes Queen Of Sorrow 69 1 wk Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 1 BONO Irish male singer/songwriter, born Paul hewson, 10/5/60. He is the lead singer of U2, and is a well known social activist. He was awarded an honorary knighthood in 2007 25 Jan 86 In A Lifetime (Clannad featuring Bono) 17 12 wks (Also charted in 1989. Peaked in July 1989) 04 Dec 93 I've Got You Under My Skin (Frank Sinatra with Bono) 4 9 wks (Listed alongside the other side of the record, "Stay (Faraway So Close)" by U2) 09 Apr 94 In The Name Of The Father (Bono & Gavin Friday) 46 2 wks 23 Oct 99 New Day (Wyclef Jean featuring Bono) 23 2 wks 06 Feb 10 Stranded (Haiti Mon Amour) (Jay-Z featuring Bono, The Edge & Rihanna) 41 1 wk Total Hits : 5 Total Weeks : 26 BONZO DOG DOO DAH BAND British male group - the main members were Neil Innes, Rodney Slater, Larry Smith, Roger Spear & Vivian Stanshall, plus a multitude of other contributors 09 Nov 68 I'm The Urban Spaceman 5 14 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 14 BOO RADLEYS British male vocal/instrumental group - Timothy Brown, Martin Carr, Rob Harrison & Sice Rowbottom. Scott Hewitt replaced Harrison, and was then replaced himself by Rob Cieka 20 Jun 92 Does This Hurt/Boo! Forever 67 1 wk 23 Oct 93 Wish I Was Skinny 75 1 wk 12 Feb 94 Barney (...And Me) 48 2 wks 11 Jun 94 Lazarus 50 2 wks 11 Mar 95 Wake Up Boo! 9 8 wks 13 May 95 Find The Answer Within 37 3 wks 29 Jul 95 It's Lulu 25 2 wks 07 Oct 95 From The Bench At Belvidere 24 2 wks 17 Aug 96 What's In the Box (See Whatcha Got) 25 2 wks 19 Oct 96 C'mon Kids 18 2 wks 01 Feb 97 Ride The Tiger 38 1 wk 17 Oct 98 Free Huey 54 1 wk Total Hits : 12 Total Weeks : 27 BOO-YAA TRIBE American male vocal group, made up of five brothers - Danny, Donald, Paul, Roscoe & Ted Devoux 30 Jun 90 Psycho Funk 43 3 wks 06 Nov 93 Another Body Murdered (Faith No More & Boo-Yaa Tribe) 26 3 wks Total Hits : 2 Total Weeks : 6 BETTY BOO British female singer/rapper/songwriter, born Alison Clarkson, 6/3/70. She was also a member of Wigwam 12 Aug 89 Hey DJ I Can't Dance To That Music You're Playing/Ska Train (Beatmasters featuring Betty Boo) 7 11 wks 19 May 90 Doin' The Do 7 12 wks 11 Aug 90 Where Are You Baby? 3 10 wks 01 Dec 90 24 Hours 25 8 wks 08 Aug 92 Let Me Take You There 12 8 wks 03 Oct 92 I'm On My Way 44 3 wks 10 Apr 93 Hangover 50 3 wks Total Hits : 7 Total Weeks : 55 BOOGIE BOX HIGH British male producer Andros Georgiou with a number of different collaborators, including his cousin George Michael and Nick Heyward 04 Jul 87 Jive Talkin' 7 11 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 11 BOOGIE DOWN PRODUCTIONS American male rap group led by KRS-One (born Lawrence Parker, 2/8/65) with other collaborators including D-Nice & Scott La Rock. Parker also had some solo hits under the KRS-One name 04 Jun 88 My Philosophy/Stop The Violence 69 2 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 2 BOOGIE PIMPS German male DJ/production duo - Mirko Jacob & Mark J Klak 17 Jan 04 Somebody To Love 3 15 wks 08 May 04 Sunny 10 6 wks Total Hits : 2 Total Weeks : 21 BOOKER T & THE MG'S American male instrumental group, centered around Booker T Jones (born 12/11/44), with Steve Cropper (born 21/10/41), Donald "Duck" Dunn (24/11/41-13/5/12) & Al Jackson (27/11/35-1/10/75) 14 Dec 68 Soul Limbo 30 9 wks 10 May 69 Time Is Tight 4 18 wks 30 Aug 69 Soul Clap '69 35 4 wks 15 Dec 79 Green Onions 7 12 wks Total Hits : 4 Total Weeks : 43 BOOM! British male/female vocal/instrumental group Shaun Angel, Rachael Carr, Nick Donaghy, Shakti Edwards, Vicky Palmer & Johnny Shentall. Shentall went on to briefly join Hear'Say 27 Jan 01 Falling 11 5 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 5 BOOM BOOM ROOM British male vocal/instrumental group led by singer Andy Nakanaza, with the other members Chris "Inz" Storer, "Skid" and "Lushi". Lushi was also a member of One The Juggler 08 Mar 86 Here Comes The Man 74 1 wk Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 1 TAKA BOOM American female singer (born Yvonne Stevens, 8/10/54). She is the sister of Chaka Khan 19 Feb 00 Must Be The Music (Joey Negro featuring Taka Boom) 8 5 wks 16 Sep 00 Saturday (Joey Negro featuring Taka Boom) 41 1 wk 09 Jun 01 Just Can't Get Enough (No No No No) (Eye To Eye featuring Taka Boom) 36 2 wks Total Hits : 3 Total Weeks : 8 See also Amillionsons BOOMKAT American male/female vocal duo - brother & sister Kellin & Taryn Manning 31 May 03 The Wreckening 37 2 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 2 BOOMTOWN RATS Irish male vocal/instrumental group - Pete Briquette, Gerry Cott, Simon Crowe, Johnny Fingers (born John Moylett, cousin of Briquette), Bob Geldof & Gary Roberts. Geldof went on to a solo career, Band Aid, etc. 27 Aug 77 Looking After No. 1 11 9 wks 19 Nov 77 Mary Of The Fourth Form 15 9 wks 15 Apr 78 She's So Modern 12 11 wks 17 Jun 78 Like Clockwork 6 13 wks 14 Oct 78 Rat Trap 1 15 wks 21 Jul 79 I Don't Like Mondays 1 14 wks (Also charted in 1994) 17 Nov 79 Diamond Smiles 13 10 wks 26 Jan 80 Someone's Looking At You 4 9 wks 22 Nov 80 Banana Republic 3 11 wks 31 Jan 81 The Elephant's Graveyard (Guilty) 26 6 wks 12 Dec 81 Never In A Million Years 62 4 wks 20 Mar 82 House On Fire 24 8 wks 18 Feb 84 Tonight 73 1 wk 19 May 84 Drag Me Down 50 3 wks Total Hits : 14 Total Weeks : 123 CLINT BOON EXPERIENCE British male/female vocal/instrumental group formed by Clint Boon after the split of Inspiral Carpets. Other members were Matt Hayden, Kathryn & Richard Stubbs & Tony Thompson 06 Nov 99 White No Sugar 61 1 wk 05 Feb 00 Biggest Horizon 70 1 wk 05 Aug 00 Do What You Do (Earworm Song) 63 1 wk Total Hits : 3 Total Weeks : 3 DANIEL BOONE British male singer, born Peter Green, 31/7/42. He was also a member of the Bruisers under the name Peter Lee Starling 14 Aug 71 Daddy Don't You Walk So Fast 17 15 wks 01 Apr 72 Beautiful Sunday 21 10 wks Total Hits : 2 Total Weeks : 25 DEBBY BOONE American female singer, born 22/9/56. She is the daughter of Pat Boone 24 Dec 77 You Light Up My Life $ 48 3 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 3 PAT BOONE American male singer, born 1/6/34. He is the father of Debby Boone, and had a US TV variety series that ran for over 100 episodes 19 Nov 55 Ain't That A Shame 7 11 wks (Also charted in 1957) 28 Apr 56 I'll Be Home 1 24 wks (Also charted in 1957) 28 Jul 56 Long Tall Sally 18 7 wks 18 Aug 56 I Almost Lost My Mind 14 7 wks 08 Dec 56 Friendly Persuasion 3 21 wks 02 Feb 57 Don't Forbid Me 2 16 wks 27 Apr 57 Why Baby Why 17 7 wks 06 Jul 57 Love Letters In The Sand 2 21 wks 28 Sep 57 Remember You're Mine/There's A Goldmine In The Sky 5 18 wks 07 Dec 57 April Love 7 23 wks 14 Dec 57 White Christmas 29 1 wk 05 Apr 58 A Wonderful Time Up There 2 17 wks 12 Apr 58 It's Too Soon To Know 7 12 wks 28 Jun 58 Sugar Moon 6 12 wks 30 Aug 58 If Dreams Came True 16 11 wks 06 Dec 58 Gee But It's Lonely 30 1 wk 17 Jan 59 I'll Remember Tonight 18 9 wks 11 Apr 59 With The Wind And The Rain In Your Hair 21 3 wks 23 May 59 For A Penny 19 9 wks 01 Aug 59 Twixt Twelve And Twenty 18 7 wks 25 Jun 60 Walking The Floor Over You 39 5 wks 08 Jul 61 Moody River $ 18 10 wks 09 Dec 61 Johnny Will 4 13 wks 17 Feb 62 I'll See You In My Dreams 27 9 wks 26 May 62 Quando Quando Quando 41 4 wks 14 Jul 62 Speedy Gonzales 2 19 wks 17 Nov 62 The Main Attraction 12 11 wks Total Hits : 27 Total Weeks : 308 BOOTH & THE BAD ANGEL Anglo-American male group, Tim Booth (of James), Bernard Butler (Suede etc) & Angelo Badalamenti. All also had solo hits 22 Jun 96 I Believe 25 3 wks 11 Jul 98 Fall In Love With Me 57 1 wk Total Hits : 2 Total Weeks : 4 TIM BOOTH British male vocalist, born 4/2/60. best known as the lead singer of James 10 Jul 04 Down To The Sea 68 1 wk Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 1 KEN BOOTHE Jamaican male singer, born 22/3/48 21 Sep 74 Everything I Own 1 12 wks 14 Dec 74 Crying Over You 11 10 wks Total Hits : 2 Total Weeks : 22 BOOTHILL FOOT TAPPERS British male/female vocal/instrumental group (Danny & Merrill Heatley, Wendy May, Clive Pain, Marnie Stephenson, Chris Thompson, Kevin Walsh & Lloyd Winter) 14 Jul 84 Get Your Feet Out Of My Shoes 64 3 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 3 BOOTSY'S RUBBER BAND American male band, led by George Clinton, from the same group of performers as Funkadelic and Parliament 08 Jul 78 Bootzilla 43 3 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 3 BOOTY LUV Briitsh female vocal duo, Cherise Robetrs (born 16/12/82) & Nadia Shepherd, both of whom had been members of Big Brovaz 02 Dec 06 Boogie 2Nite 2 23 wks 19 May 07 Shine 10 10 wks 15 Sep 07 Don't Mess With My Man 11 6 wks 08 Dec 07 Some Kinda Rush 19 13 wks (Also charted in 2008) 12 Sep 09 Say It 16 4 wks Total Hits : 5 Total Weeks : 56 BOOTZILLA ORCHESTRA American male vocal/instrumental group, Bootsy Collins and various other musicians 27 May 89 Waltz Darling (Malcolm McLaren & The Bootzilla Orchestra) 31 8 wks 19 Aug 89 Something's Jumpin' In Your Shirt (Lisa Marie with Malcolm McLaren & The Bootzilla Orchestra) 29 7 wks 25 Nov 89 House Of The Blue Danube (Malcolm McLaren & The Bootzilla Orchestra) 73 1 wk Total Hits : 3 Total Weeks : 16 BORGEOUS American male DJ/producer John Borger 22 Mar 14 Tsunami (Jump) (Dvbbs & Borgeous featuring Tinie Tempah) 1 13 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 13 BOSS See David Morales NAILA BOSS British female rapper 22 May 04 It Can't Be Right (2 Play featuring Raghav & Naila Boss) 8 7 wks 10 Jul 04 La La La 65 1 wk 11 Sep 04 You Should Really Know (Pirates featuring Enya, Shola Ama, Naila Boss & Ishani) 8 8 wks Total Hits : 3 Total Weeks : 16 BOSTON American male vocal/instrumental group - Brad Delp, Barry Goudreau, Sib Hashian, Tom Scholtz & Fran Sheehan 29 Jan 77 More Than A Feeling 22 11 wks (Also charted in 2010) 07 Oct 78 Don't Look Back 43 5 wks Total Hits : 2 Total Weeks : 16 EVE BOSWELL Hungarian born female singer, 11/5/22-14/8/98 31 Dec 55 Pickin' A Chicken 9 13 wks (Also charted in 1956) Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 13 BOX BOTTOM FEATURING BIG BABBA British male producer (Aniff Akinola, part of Backyard Dog) and British male vocalist 24 Sep 11 Bounce 'n' Boom 46 2 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 2 JUDY BOUCHER St Vincentian female singer 04 Apr 87 Can't Be With You Tonight 2 14 wks 04 Jul 87 You Caught My Eye 18 9 wks Total Hits : 2 Total Weeks : 23 BOUNCING CZECHS British male vocal/instrumental group 29 Dec 84 I'm A Little Christmas Cracker 72 1 wk Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 1 BOUNTY KILLER Jamaican male DJ/rapper, born Ronald Price, 12/6/72 27 Feb 99 It's A Party 65 1 wk Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 1 BOURGEOIS TAGG American male vocal duo - Brent Bourgeois & Larry Tagg 06 Feb 88 I Don't Mind At All 35 6 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 6 BOURGIE BOURGIE British male vocal/instrumental group, formed by ex-members of the Jazzateers - Keith Band, Ian Burgoyne, Ken McDonald, Paul Quinn, & Mick Slaven. Quinn had a hit in a duo with Edwyn Collins 03 Mar 84 Breaking Point 48 4 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 4 TOBY BOURKE Irish male singer 07 Jun 97 Waltz Away Dreaming (Toby Bourke & George Michael) 10 4 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 4 BOW WOW American male rapper, born Shad Moss, 9/3/87 14 Apr 01 Bow Wow (That's My Name) (Lil Bow Wow) 6 9 wks 27 Nov 04 Baby It's You (Jojo featuring Bow Wow) 8 9 wks 08 Oct 05 Let Me Hold You (Bow Wow featuring Omarion) 27 8 wks 18 Mar 06 Like You (Bow Wow featuring Ciara) 17 5 wks 25 Mar 06 I Think They Like Me (Dem Franchize Boyz featuring Jermaine Dupri Da Brat & Bow Wow) 66 1 wk Total Hits : 5 Total Weeks : 32 BOW WOW WOW British male instrumental group (Matthew Ashman, David Barbarossa & Leigh Gorman) with Burmese lead singer Annabella Lwin. Barbarossa later joined Republica 26 Jul 80 C30 C60 C90 Go 34 7 wks 06 Dec 80 Louis Quatorze 58 8 wks (Also charted in 1982) 28 Mar 81 W.O.R.K. (No Nah No No My Daddy) 62 3 wks 15 Aug 81 Prince Of Darkness 58 4 wks 07 Nov 81 Chihuahua 51 4 wks 30 Jan 82 Go Wild In The Country 7 13 wks 01 May 82 See Jungle (Jungle Boy)/TV Savage 45 3 wks 05 Jun 82 I Want Candy 9 8 wks 12 Mar 83 Do You Wanna Hold Me 47 4 wks Total Hits : 9 Total Weeks : 54 BOWA American male DJ, born Craig Dalton 07 Dec 91 Different Story 64 1 wk Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 1 DANE BOWERS British male singer, born 28/11/79. He was formerly a member of Another Level, and featured on the 2010 series of "Celebrity Big Brother" 29 Apr 00 Buggin (True Steppers featuring Dane Bowers) 6 8 wks 26 Aug 00 Out Of Your Mind (True Steppers & Dane Bowers featuring Victoria Beckham) 2 20 wks (Also charted in 2001) 03 Mar 01 Shut Up And Forget About It (Dane) 9 5 wks 07 Jul 01 Another Love 9 5 wks Total Hits : 4 Total Weeks : 38 DAVID BOWIE British male singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist (born David Jones, 8/1/47). His constant innovation across more than 40 years has seen him hailed as one of the must influential figures of modern music. He has won 2 Grammy awards and 2 Brits, and in the 2002 BBC poll of 100 Greatest Britons, he was ranked 29th. He declined a knighthood in 2003. 06 Sep 69 Space Oddity 1 24 wks (Also charted in 1975. Peaked in November 1975) 24 Jun 72 Starman 10 11 wks 16 Sep 72 John I'm Only Dancing 12 10 wks 09 Dec 72 The Jean Genie 2 13 wks 14 Apr 73 Drive-In Saturday 3 10 wks 30 Jun 73 Life On Mars 3 15 wks (Also charted in 2007) 15 Sep 73 Laughing Gnome 6 12 wks 20 Oct 73 Sorrow 3 13 wks (Also charted in 1974) 23 Feb 74 Rebel Rebel 5 7 wks 20 Apr 74 Rock And Roll Suicide 22 7 wks 22 Jun 74 Diamond Dogs 21 6 wks 28 Sep 74 Knock On Wood 10 6 wks 01 Mar 75 Young Americans 18 7 wks 02 Aug 75 Fame $ 17 8 wks 29 Nov 75 Golden Years 8 10 wks 22 May 76 TVC 15 33 4 wks 19 Feb 77 Sound And Vision 3 11 wks 15 Oct 77 Heroes 24 8 wks 21 Jan 78 Beauty And The Beast 39 3 wks 02 Dec 78 Breaking Glass (EP) 54 7 wks (Tracks: Breaking Glass/Art Decade/Ziggy Stardust) 05 May 79 Boys Keep Swingin' 7 10 wks 21 Jul 79 DJ 29 5 wks 15 Dec 79 John I'm Only Dancing (Again) 12 8 wks 01 Mar 80 Alabama Song 23 5 wks 16 Aug 80 Ashes To Ashes 1 10 wks 01 Nov 80 Fashion 5 12 wks 10 Jan 81 Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps) 20 6 wks 28 Mar 81 Up The Hill Backwards 32 6 wks 14 Nov 81 Under Pressure (Queen & David Bowie) 1 18 wks (Also charted in 1999) 28 Nov 81 Wild Is The Wind 24 10 wks 06 Mar 82 Baal's Hymn EP 29 5 wks (Tracks: Baal's Hymn/Remembering Marie A/Ballad Of The Adventurers/The Drowned Girl/The Dirty Song) 10 Apr 82 Cat People (Putting Out Fire) 26 6 wks 27 Nov 82 Peace On Earth-Little Drummer Boy (David Bowie & Bing Crosby) 3 9 wks (Also charted in 2007) 26 Mar 83 Let's Dance $ 1 14 wks 11 Jun 83 China Girl 2 8 wks 24 Sep 83 Modern Love 2 8 wks 05 Nov 83 White Light White Heat 46 3 wks 22 Sep 84 Blue Jean 6 8 wks 08 Dec 84 Tonight 53 4 wks 09 Feb 85 This Is Not America (David Bowie & The Pat Metheny Group) 14 7 wks 08 Jun 85 Loving The Alien 19 7 wks 07 Sep 85 Dancing In The Street (David Bowie & Mick Jagger) 1 12 wks 15 Mar 86 Absolute Beginners 2 9 wks 21 Jun 86 Underground 21 6 wks 08 Nov 86 When The Wind Blows 44 4 wks 04 Apr 87 Day In Day Out 17 6 wks 27 Jun 87 Time Will Crawl 33 4 wks 29 Aug 87 Never Let Me Down 34 6 wks 07 Apr 90 Fame 90 (Gass Mix) 28 4 wks 22 Aug 92 Real Cool World 53 1 wk 27 Mar 93 Jump They Say 9 6 wks 12 Jun 93 Black Tie White Noise (David Bowie featuring Al B Sure) 36 2 wks 23 Oct 93 Miracle Goodnight 40 2 wks 04 Dec 93 The Buddha Of Suburbia (David Bowie featuring Lenny Kravitz) 35 3 wks 23 Sep 95 The Heart's Filthy Lesson 35 2 wks 02 Dec 95 Strangers When We Meet /The Man Who Sold The World (Live) 39 2 wks 02 Mar 96 Hallo Spaceboy 12 4 wks 08 Feb 97 Little Wonder 14 3 wks 26 Apr 97 Dead Man Walking 32 2 wks 30 Aug 97 Seven Years In Tibet 61 1 wk 21 Feb 98 I Can't Read 73 1 wk 02 Oct 99 Thursday's Child 16 3 wks 05 Feb 00 Survive 28 2 wks 29 Jul 00 Seven 32 2 wks 11 May 02 Loving The Alien (Scumfrog vs Bowie) 41 1 wk 28 Sep 02 Everyone Says Hi 20 3 wks 12 Jul 03 Just For One Day (Heroes) (David Guetta vs Bowie) 73 1 wk 26 Jun 04 Rebel Never Gets Old 47 2 wks 19 Jan 13 Where Are We Now 6 2 wks Total Hits : 69 Total Weeks : 457 BOWLING FOR SOUP American male vocal/instrumental group - Chris Burney, Erik Chandler, Jaret Reddick & Gary Wiseman 17 Aug 02 Girl All The Bad Guys Want 8 8 wks 16 Nov 02 Emily 67 1 wk 06 Sep 03 Punk Rock 101 43 1 wk 16 Oct 04 1985 35 2 wks 03 Feb 07 High School Never Ends 40 4 wks Total Hits : 5 Total Weeks : 16 GEORGE BOWYER British male singer, born c1965 22 Aug 98 Guardians Of The Land 33 2 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 2 BOX CAR RACER American male vocal/instrumental group (Travis Barker & Tom DeLonge of Blink 1982 with David Kennedy) 06 Jul 02 I Feel So 41 1 wk Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 1 BOX TOPS American male vocal group. The original line up was Alex Chilton, Bill Cunningham, John Evans, Danny Smythe, Larry Spillman & Gary Talley, by 1968 it had changed to Chilton & Talley with Rick Allen, Thomas Boggs & Joe Savage 16 Sep 67 The Letter $ 5 12 wks 23 Mar 68 Cry Like A Baby 15 12 wks 23 Aug 69 Soul Deep 22 9 wks Total Hits : 3 Total Weeks : 33 BOXER REBELLION International male vocal/instrumental group - Brits Adam Harrison & Piers Hewitt, Australian Todd Howe & American Nathan Nicholson 10 Apr 04 In Pursuit 57 1 wk 09 Oct 04 Code Red 61 1 wk Total Hits : 2 Total Weeks : 2 BOY GEORGE British male vocalist, born George O'Dowd, 14/6/61. He had previously been the lead singer in Culture Club, and was also a member of Jesus Loves You and E-Zee Possee 07 Mar 87 Everything I Own 1 9 wks 06 Jun 87 Keep Me In Mind 29 4 wks 18 Jul 87 Sold 24 5 wks 21 Nov 87 To Be Reborn 13 7 wks 05 Mar 88 Live My Life 62 2 wks 18 Jun 88 No Clause 28 57 3 wks 08 Oct 88 Don't Cry 60 2 wks 04 Mar 89 Don't Take My Mind On A Trip 68 2 wks 19 Sep 92 The Crying Game 22 4 wks 12 Jun 93 More Than Likely (PM Dawn featuring Boy George) 40 3 wks 01 Apr 95 Funtime 45 2 wks 01 Jul 95 Il Amore 50 2 wks 21 Oct 95 Same Thing In Reverse 56 1 wk 11 Dec 10 Somebody To Love (Mark Ronson & The Business International featuring Boy George & Andrew Wyatt) 55 1 wk Total Hits : 14 Total Weeks : 47 BOY KILL BOY British male vocal/instrumental group (Pete Carr, Kev Chase, Shaz Mahmond & Chris Peck) 25 Feb 06 Back Again 26 2 wks 20 May 06 Suzie 17 4 wks 12 Aug 06 Civil Sins 44 2 wks 25 Nov 06 Shoot Me Down 63 1 wk Total Hits : 4 Total Weeks : 9 BOY LEAST LIKELY TO British male vocal/instrumental duo (Pete Hobbs & Jof Owen) 06 May 06 Be Gentle With Me 62 1 wk Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 1 BOY MEETS GIRL American male/female vocal/instrumental duo - George Merrill & Shannon Rubicam. They also wrote a number of songs for Whitney Houston 03 Dec 88 Waiting For A Star To Fall 9 13 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 13 JIMMY BOYD American male singer/actor/comedian, 9/1/39-7/3/09) 09 May 53 Tell Me A Story (Jimmy Boyd & Frankie Laine) 5 16 wks 28 Nov 53 I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus 3 6 wks Total Hits : 2 Total Weeks : 22 JACQUELINE BOYER French female singer/actress, born Jacqueline Ducos, 23/4/41. She won the 1960 Eurovision Song Contest. 30 Apr 60 Tom Pillibi 33 2 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 2 SUSAN BOYLE British female singer, born 1/4/61. She finished as the runner-up in the 2009 series of "Britiain's Got Talent" 05 Dec 09 Wild Horses 9 5 wks 05 Dec 09 I Dreamed A Dream 37 4 wks 02 Apr 11 I Know Him So Well (Peter Kay & Comic Relief presents Susan Boyle & Geraldine McQueen) 11 2 wks 21 Dec 13 O Come All Ye Faithful (Susan Boyle & Elvis Presley) 48 1 wk Total Hits : 4 Total Weeks : 12 BOYS American male vocal group, four Abdulsamad brothers, Bilal (born 1979), Hakim (born 1975), Khiry (born 1973) & Tajh (born 1976) 12 Nov 88 Dial My Heart 61 2 wks 29 Sep 90 Crazy 57 3 wks Total Hits : 2 Total Weeks : 5 BOYS LIKE GIRLS American male vocal/instrumental group (Paul DiGiovanni, Bryan Donahue, Martin Johnson & John Keefe) 02 Aug 08 The Great Escape 72 1 wk 24 Apr 10 Love Drunk 44 5 wks Total Hits : 2 Total Weeks : 6 BOYSTEROUS British male vocal group (Chris Broadhurst, Gary Goulding, Michael Parkinson & Mitch Powell) 22 Nov 03 Up And Down 53 1 wk Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 1 BOYSTOWN GANG American male/female vocal/production group. The original line-up was producer Tom Morley and vocalist Cynthia Manley. Manley left in late 1981 with Bruce Carlton and Jackson Moore coming in to replace her 22 Aug 81 Ain't No Mountain High Enough/Remember Me 46 6 wks 31 Jul 82 Can't Take My Eyes Off You 4 11 wks 09 Oct 82 Signed Sealed Delivered (I'm Yours) 50 3 wks Total Hits : 3 Total Weeks : 20 BOYZ II MEN American male vocal group - Michael McCary, Nathan & Wanya Morris and Shawn Stockman 05 Sep 92 End Of The Road $ 1 23 wks (Also charted in 2007) 19 Dec 92 Motownphilly 23 6 wks 27 Feb 93 In The Still Of The Nite (I'll Remember) 27 4 wks 03 Sep 94 I'll Make Love To You $ 5 15 wks 26 Nov 94 On Bended Knee $ 20 3 wks 22 Apr 95 Thank You 26 3 wks 08 Jul 95 Water Runs Deep 24 3 wks 09 Dec 95 One Sweet Day $ (Mariah Carey & Boyz II Men) 6 11 wks 20 Jan 96 Hey Lover (LL Cool J featuring Boyz II Men) 17 4 wks 20 Sep 97 4 Seasons Of Loneliness $ 10 6 wks 06 Dec 97 A Song For Mama 34 2 wks 25 Jul 98 Can't Let Her Go 23 3 wks Total Hits : 12 Total Weeks : 83 BOYZONE Irish male vocal group. The original line-up was Keith Duffy, Stephen Gately, Mikey Graham, Ronan Keating & Shane Lynch. Gately died in 2009. All five have had post-Boyzone hits, either solo or as a duo ("Keith 'n' Shane"). Shane Lynch has two sisters in B*Witched 10 Dec 94 Love Me For A Reason 2 13 wks 29 Apr 95 Key To My Life 3 8 wks 12 Aug 95 So Good 3 6 wks 25 Nov 95 Father And Son 2 16 wks 09 Mar 96 Coming Home New 4 9 wks 19 Oct 96 Words 1 14 wks 14 Dec 96 A Different Beat 1 15 wks (Also charted in 1997) 22 Mar 97 Isn't It A Wonder 2 14 wks 02 Aug 97 Picture Of You 2 18 wks 06 Dec 97 Baby Can I Hold You/Shooting Star 2 14 wks 02 May 98 All That I Need 1 14 wks 15 Aug 98 No Matter What ✮ 1 15 wks 05 Dec 98 I Love The Way You Love Me 2 13 wks 13 Mar 99 When The Going Gets Tough 1 16 wks 22 May 99 You Needed Me 1 15 wks 04 Dec 99 Every Day I Love You 3 13 wks 11 Oct 08 Love You Anyway 5 9 wks 13 Dec 08 Better 22 6 wks 13 Mar 10 Gave It All Away 9 8 wks 03 Apr 10 Love Is A Hurricane 44 2 wks 30 Nov 13 Love Will Save The Day 39 2 wks Total Hits : 21 Total Weeks : 240 BRAD American male vocal/instrumental group (Stone Gossard, Regen Hagar, Shawn Smith & Jeremy Toback). Gossard is better known for being a member of Pearl Jam 26 Jun 93 20th Century 64 1 wk Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 1 JAMES DEAN BRADFIELD British male vocalist and guitarist, born 21/2/69. He is also a member of Manic Street Preachers 22 Jul 06 That's No Way To Tell A Lie 18 3 wks 07 Oct 06 An English Gentleman 31 1 wk Total Hits : 2 Total Weeks : 4 SCOTT BRADLEY British male singer, later changed name to Scott Winter 15 Oct 94 Zoom 61 1 wk Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 1 PAUL BRADY Northern Irish male singer/songwriter, born 19/5/47 13 Jan 96 The World Is What You Make It 67 1 wk Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 1 BILLY BRAGG British male singer/songwriter/guitarist, born Stephen William Bragg, 20/12/57 16 Mar 85 Between The Wars (EP) 15 6 wks (Tracks: Between The Wars/Which Side Are You On/World Turned Upside Down/It Says Here) 28 Dec 85 Days Like These 43 5 wks 28 Jun 86 Levi Stubbs' Tears 29 6 wks 15 Nov 86 Greetings To The New Brunette 58 2 wks 14 May 88 She's Leaving Home (Billy Bragg with Cara Tivey) 1 11 wks (Listed alongside the other side of the record - "With A Little Help From My Friends" by Wet Wet Wet) 10 Sep 88 Waiting For The Great Leap Forward 52 3 wks 06 Jul 91 Sexuality 27 5 wks 07 Sep 91 You Woke Up My Neighbourhood 54 2 wks 29 Feb 92 Accident Waiting To Happen (EP) 33 3 wks (Tracks: Accident Waiting To Happen/Revolution/Sulk/The Warmest Room) 31 Aug 96 Upfield 46 1 wk 17 May 97 The Boy Done Good/Sugar Daddy 55 1 wk 01 Jun 02 Take Down The Union Jack (Billy Bragg & The Blokes) 22 2 wks 12 Nov 05 We Laughed (Rosetta Life featuring Billy Bragg) 11 5 wks Total Hits : 13 Total Weeks : 52 BRAIDS British female vocal duo - Caitlin Cornwell & Zoe Ellis 02 Nov 96 Bohemian Rhapsody 21 3 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 3 BRAIN BASHERS British male/female DJ/production duo (Graham Eden & Rachael Shock) 01 Jul 00 Do It Now 64 1 wk Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 1 Edited December 26, 201410 yr by fchd
February 3, 201411 yr Author BRAINBUG Italian male DJ/producer, born Alberto Bertapelle 03 May 97 Nightmare 11 6 wks (Also charted in 2004) 22 Nov 97 Benedictus/Nightmare 24 2 wks Total Hits : 2 Total Weeks : 8 BRAINCHILD German male producer, Matthias Hoffmann 30 Oct 99 Symmetry C 31 2 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 2 BRAKES British male vocal/instrumental group (Marc Beatty, Eamon Hamilton, Alex White & Thomas White). Hamilton was previously in British Sea Power. 25 Jun 05 All Night Disco Party 67 1 wk Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 1 WILFRED BRAMBELL & HARRY H CORBETT Irish/British male vocal duo, stars of the TV show "Steptoe & Son". Bramble was born Henry Wilfrid Brambell in Dublin, 22/3/12-18/1/85, Corbett was born in British Burma, 28/2/85-21/3/82 and was awarded the OBE in 1976 30 Nov 63 At The Palace (Parts 1 & 2) 25 12 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 12 BEKKA BRAMLETT American female singer, born Rebekka Bramlett, 19/4/68. She is the daughter of Delaney & Bonnie 22 Oct 94 Take Me Home (Joe Cocker & Bekka Bramlett) 41 3 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 3 BRAN VAN 3000 Canadian musical collective, founded by James Di Salvio (born 28/11/72) & Eric-Pierre Bergen (born 13/4/72) 06 Jun 98 Drinking In LA 3 13 wks (Also charted in 1999. Peaked in August 1999) 16 Jun 01 Astounded (Bran Van 3000 featuring Curtis Mayfield) 40 2 wks Total Hits : 2 Total Weeks : 15 BRANCACCIO & AISHER British male production duo (Luke Brancaccio and Bruce Aisher) 16 Mar 02 It's Gonna Be (A Lovely Day) 40 2 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 2 MICHELLE BRANCH American female singer/songwriter/guitarist, born 2/7/83 13 Apr 02 Everywhere 18 6 wks 03 Aug 02 All You Wanted 33 2 wks 23 Nov 02 The Game Of Love (Santana featuring Michelle Branch) 16 8 wks 12 Jul 03 Are You Happy Now 31 2 wks Total Hits : 4 Total Weeks : 18 BRAND NEW American male vocal/instrumental group (Vicent Accardi, Jesse Lacey, Brian Lane, Derrick Sherman & Garrett Tierney) 14 Feb 04 Sic Transit Gloria Glory Fades 37 2 wks 29 May 04 The Quiet Things That No One Ever Knows 39 2 wks Total Hits : 2 Total Weeks : 4 BRAND NEW HEAVIES Anglo-American male/female vocal/instrumental group. The central players have been Simon Bartholomew, Jan Kincaid & Andrew Levy, other members/contributors have included Carleen Anderson, Rob Cremona, N'Dea Davenport, Ceri Evans, Siedah Garrett, Lascelles Gordon, Nicole Russo, Jay Ella Ruth, Sy Smith & Jim Wellman 05 Oct 91 Never Stop 43 3 wks 15 Feb 92 Dream Come True 24 4 wks 18 Apr 92 Ultimate Trunk Funk (EP) 19 6 wks (Tracks: Never Stop/Stay This Way/Mr Tanaka) 01 Aug 92 Don't Let It Go To Your Head 24 4 wks 19 Dec 92 Stay This Way 40 5 wks 26 Mar 94 Dream On Dreamer 15 4 wks 11 Jun 94 Back To Love 23 4 wks 13 Aug 94 Midnight At The Oasis 13 6 wks 05 Nov 94 Spend Some Time 26 4 wks 11 Mar 95 Close To You 38 3 wks 12 Apr 97 Sometimes 11 5 wks 28 Jun 97 You Are The Universe 21 4 wks 18 Oct 97 You've Got A Friend 9 8 wks 10 Jan 98 Shelter 31 4 wks 11 Sep 99 Saturday Nite 35 2 wks 29 Jan 00 Apparently Nothing 32 2 wks 23 Oct 04 Boogie (Brand New Heavies featuring Nicole Russo) 66 1 wk Total Hits : 17 Total Weeks : 69 JOHNNY BRANDON British male singer, born 1925 12 Mar 55 Tomorrow (Johnny Brandon & The Phantoms) 8 8 wks 02 Jul 55 Don't Worry 18 4 wks Total Hits : 2 Total Weeks : 12 BRANDY American female singer/actress, born Brandy Norwood, 11/2/79. She appeared as the title chartacter in the TV series "Moesha", and among her films is "I Still Know What You Did Last Summer". Ray J is her brother 10 Dec 94 I Wanna Be Down 36 6 wks (Also charted in 1995) 03 Feb 96 Sittin' Up In My Room 30 4 wks 06 Jun 98 The Boy Is Mine $ (Brandy & Monica) 2 20 wks 10 Oct 98 Top Of The World (Brandy featuring Mase) 2 9 wks (Also charted in 1999) 12 Dec 98 Have You Ever? $ 13 8 wks 19 Jun 99 Almost Doesn't Count 15 5 wks 16 Jun 01 Another Day In Paradise (Brandy & Ray J) 5 10 wks 23 Feb 02 What About Us 4 11 wks 15 Jun 02 Full Moon 15 10 wks 26 Jun 04 Talk About Our Love (Brandy featuring Kanye West) 6 10 wks 16 Oct 04 Afrodisiac 11 8 wks 02 Apr 05 Who Is She 2 U 50 3 wks Total Hits : 12 Total Weeks : 104 LAURA BRANIGAN American female singer (3/7/57-26/8/04) 18 Dec 82 Gloria 6 13 wks 07 Jul 84 Self Control 5 17 wks 06 Oct 84 The Lucky One 56 3 wks Total Hits : 3 Total Weeks : 33 BRASS CONSTRUCTION American male vocal/instrumental group that has had numerous members over a nearly 40-year period, including Sandy Billups, Michael "Micky" Grudge, Randy Muller, Wayne Parris, Larry Payton, Morris Price, Jesse Ward, Wade Williamston & Joseph Arthur Wong 03 Apr 76 Movin' 23 6 wks 05 Feb 77 Ha Cha Cha (Funktion) 37 5 wks 26 Jan 80 Music Makes You Feel Like Dancing 39 6 wks 28 May 83 Walkin' The Line 47 3 wks 16 Jul 83 We Can Work It Out 70 2 wks 07 Jul 84 Partyline 56 4 wks 27 Oct 84 International 70 2 wks 09 Nov 85 Give And Take 62 3 wks 28 May 88 Movin' 1988 24 4 wks Total Hits : 9 Total Weeks : 35 BRAT British male comedian/actor Roger Kitter (born 1950). His hit was a parody of tennis player John McEnroe 10 Jul 82 Chalk Dust - The Umpire Strikes Back 19 8 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 8 DA BRAT American female rapper, born Shawntae Harris, 14/4/74 22 Oct 94 Funkdafied 65 1 wk 29 Nov 97 Sockit2me (Missy Misdemeanor Elliott featuring Da Brat) 33 2 wks 25 Mar 06 I Think They Like Me (Dem Franchize Boyz featuring Jermaine Dupri Da Brat & Bow Wow) 66 1 wk Total Hits : 3 Total Weeks : 4 BRATZ ROCK ANGELZ Mainly Swedish female vocal group performing as the Bratz dolls. 15 Oct 05 So Good 23 7 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 7 BRAUND REYNOLDS British male production duo, Ben Braund & James Reynolds 17 Dec 05 Rocket (A Natural Gambler) 27 3 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 3 BRAVADO British male instrumental duo - Paul Lamb (harmonica) & Paul Riordan (all other instruments) 18 Jun 94 Harmoncia Man 37 3 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 3 BRAVEHEARTS American male rap group - "Horse" (born E Gray), "Jungle" (born Jabari Jones, brother of Nas) & "Wiz" (born Michael Epps) 21 Apr 01 Oochie Wally (QB Finest featuring Nas & Bravehearts) 30 3 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 3 BRAVERY American male vocal/instrumental group Anthony Burulcich, John Conway, Sam Endicott, Mike Hindert & Michael Zakarin 12 Mar 05 An Honest Mistake 7 10 wks 04 Jun 05 Fearless 43 1 wk 10 Sep 05 Unconditional 49 1 wk Total Hits : 3 Total Weeks : 12 BRAVO ALL STARS International male/female charity ensemble 29 Aug 98 Let The Music Heal Your Soul 36 2 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 2 ALAN BRAXE & FRED FALKE French male DJ/production duo 25 Nov 00 Intro 35 3 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 3 DHAR BRAXTON American female singer 31 May 86 Jump Back 32 8 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 8 TONI BRAXTON American female singer/musician, born 7/10/67. She is also a member of her family group, The Braxtons 18 Sep 93 Another Sad Love Song 15 10 wks (Also charted in 1994. Peaked in April 1994) 15 Jan 94 Breathe Again 2 12 wks 09 Jul 94 You Mean The World To Me 30 5 wks 03 Dec 94 Love Shoulda Brought You Home 33 3 wks 13 Jul 96 You're Makin Me High $ 7 11 wks 02 Nov 96 Un-Break My Heart $ 2 19 wks 24 May 97 I Don't Want To 9 8 wks 08 Nov 97 How Could An Angel Break My Heart (Toni Braxton with Kenny G) 22 4 wks 29 Apr 00 He Wasn't Man Enough 5 11 wks 08 Mar 03 Hit The Freeway 29 3 wks 15 May 10 Yesterday 50 2 wks Total Hits : 11 Total Weeks : 88 BRAXTONS American female vocal group - five sisters, Tamar, Toni, Towanda, Traci & Trina. Toni has also had solo hits 01 Feb 97 So Many Ways 32 2 wks 29 Mar 97 The Boss 31 3 wks 19 Jul 97 Slow Flow 26 2 wks Total Hits : 3 Total Weeks : 7 BREACH British male DJ/producer, born Ben Westbeech, 12/5/81 27 Jul 13 Jack 9 7 wks 07 Dec 13 Everything You Never Had (We Had It All) (Breach featuring Andreya Triana) 9 10 wks Total Hits : 2 Total Weeks : 17 BREAD American male vocal/instrumental group - Mike Botts, David Gates, Jimmy Griffin & Robb Royer. Larry Knechtel replaced Royer in 1971. 01 Aug 70 Make It With You $ 5 14 wks 15 Jan 72 Baby I'm A Want You 14 10 wks 29 Apr 72 Everything I Own 32 6 wks 30 Sep 72 The Guitar Man 16 9 wks 25 Dec 76 Lost Without Your Love 27 6 wks (Also charted in 1977) Total Hits : 5 Total Weeks : 45 BREAK MACHINE American male vocal/instrumental duo - rapper Keith Rodgers & musician Fred Zarr 04 Feb 84 Street Dance 3 14 wks 12 May 84 Breakdance Party 9 10 wks 11 Aug 84 Are You Ready 27 8 wks Total Hits : 3 Total Weeks : 32 BREAKAGE FEATURING JESS MILLS British male producer/DJ (born James Boyle) with female singer (the daughter of MP Tessa Jowell) 12 Mar 11 Fighting Fire 34 2 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 2 BREAKBEAT ERA British male/female production/vocal group - DJs Roni Size & DJ Die with singer Leonie Laws. Size also had hits with Reprazent 18 Jul 98 Breakbeat Era 38 2 wks 21 Aug 99 Ultra-Obscene 48 2 wks 11 Mar 00 Bullittproof 65 1 wk Total Hits : 3 Total Weeks : 5 BREAKFAST CLUB American male vocal/instrumental group - Stephen Bray, Gary Burke, brothers Dan & Ed Gilroy and Paul Kauk 27 Jun 87 Right On Track 54 3 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 3 BREAKS CO-OP Male instrumental/production group - Hamish Clark & Zane Lowe (from New Zealand) and Brit Andy Lovegrove 03 Jun 06 The Otherside 43 2 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 2 BREATHE British male vocal/instrumental group - David Glasper, Marcus Lillington & Ian "Spike" Spice 30 Jul 88 Hands To Heaven 4 12 wks 22 Oct 88 Jonah 60 3 wks 03 Dec 88 How Can I Fall 48 7 wks 11 Mar 89 Don't Tell Me Lies 45 5 wks Total Hits : 4 Total Weeks : 27 BREATHE CAROLINA American male vocal/instrumental group (Eric Armenta, Luis Bonet, Kyle Even and David Schmitt) 21 Apr 12 Blackout 21 2 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 2 FREDDY BRECK German male singer, 21/1/42-17/12/08 13 Apr 74 So In Love With You 44 4 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 4 BRECKER BROTHERS American male brotherly instrumental duo - Michael & Randy Brecker 04 Nov 78 East River 34 5 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 5 BREED 77 Gibraltarian male vocal/instrumental group (Pedro Caparros López, Stuart Cavilla, Peter Chichone, Danny Felice & Paul Isola) 01 May 04 The River 39 2 wks 07 Aug 04 World's On Fire 43 2 wks 05 Feb 05 Shadows 42 1 wk Total Hits : 3 Total Weeks : 5 BREEDERS American male/female vocal/instrumental group. The 1992 line-up was sisters Kelley & Kim Deal, Tanya Donnelly, Jon Matlock & Britt Walford, with Donnnelly & Mattock leaving by '93, replaced by Jim McPherson. After a long hiatus, the 2002 reformation saw the Deal sisters joined by Mando Lopez, Jose Medeles & Richard Presley. Kim Deal was also in The Pixies, Donnelly had hits as part of Belly and solo 18 Apr 92 Safari (EP) 69 1 wk (Tracks: Do You Love Me Now/Don't Call Home/Safari/So Sad About Us) 21 Aug 93 Cannonball 40 3 wks 06 Nov 93 Divine Hammer 59 1 wk 23 Jul 94 Head To Toe (EP) 68 1 wk (Tracks: Head To Toe/Shocker In Gloomtown/Freed Pig/Saints) 14 Sep 02 Son Of Three 72 1 wk Total Hits : 5 Total Weeks : 7 BREEKOUT KREW American male vocal duo 24 Nov 84 Matt's Mood 51 3 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 3 ANN BREEN Irish female singer 19 Mar 83 Pal Of My Cradle Days 69 2 wks (Also charted in 1984) Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 2 MARK BREEZE British male DJ/producer, born Mark Brady, 1970 05 Apr 03 Let Me Fly (Darren Styles/Mark Breeze) 59 1 wk 31 Jul 04 You're Shining (Styles & Breeze) 19 4 wks 12 Mar 05 Heartbeatz (Styles & Breeze featuring Karen Danzig) 16 4 wks Total Hits : 3 Total Weeks : 9 JO BREEZER British female singer, born c1983 13 Oct 01 Venus And Mars 27 2 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 2 BRENDON British male vocalist/guitarist, born Brendon Dunning 19 Mar 77 Gimme Some 14 9 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 9 MÁIRE BRENNAN Irish female singer, born Máire Ní Bhraonáin, 4/8/52. She came to fame in her family band Clannand, and in 2002 changed her name legally to Moya Brennan 16 May 92 Against The Wind 64 2 wks 05 Jun 99 Saltwater (Chicane featuring Máire Brennan of Clannad) 6 10 wks Total Hits : 2 Total Weeks : 12 ROSE BRENNAN Irish female singer, born 1/1/31 09 Dec 61 Tall Dark Stranger 31 9 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 9 WALTER BRENNAN American actor/vocalist, 25/7/94-21/7/74. He is one of only three men to win three acting Oscars (Best Supporting Actor 1936/38/40) 30 Jun 62 Old Rivers 38 3 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 3 TONY BRENT British male vocalist (Born Reginald Bretagne, 26/8/27-19/6/93). 20 Dec 52 Walkin' To Missouri 7 7 wks (Also charted in 1953) 03 Jan 53 Make It Soon 9 7 wks 24 Jan 53 Got You On My Mind 12 1 wk 01 Dec 56 Cindy Oh Cindy 16 7 wks (Also charted in 1957) 29 Jun 57 Dark Moon 17 14 wks 01 Mar 58 The Clouds Will Soon Roll By 20 5 wks 06 Sep 58 Girl Of My Dreams 16 7 wks 25 Jul 59 Why Should I Be Lonely? 24 4 wks Total Hits : 8 Total Weeks : 52 BERNARD BRESSLAW British actor/vocalist, 25/2/34-11/6/93. He was a regular member of the cast of the Carry On films 06 Sep 58 Mad Passionate Love 6 11 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 11 TERESA BREWER American female pop singer (born Theresa Breuer, 7/5/31-17/10/07), she had two US Number Ones before the UK charts were inaugurated 12 Feb 55 Let Me Go, Lover (Teresa Brewer with the Lancers) 9 10 wks 14 Apr 56 A Tear Fell 2 15 wks 14 Jul 56 Sweet Old-Fashioned Girl 3 15 wks 11 May 57 Nora Malone 26 2 wks 25 Jun 60 How Do You Know It's Love 21 11 wks Total Hits : 5 Total Weeks : 53 BRIAN & MICHAEL British male duo - on the record were Brian Burke & Michael Coleman, Burke had left between the recording and the record becoming a hit, with Kevin Parrot replacing him for the promotion etc. 25 Feb 78 Matchstalk Men And Matchstalk Cats And Dogs 1 19 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 19 BRICK American male instrumental group (Ambric Bridgeforth, Jimmy Brown, Regi Hickman, Eddie Irons, Donald Nevins & Ray Ransom) 05 Feb 77 Dazz 36 4 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 4 EDIE BRICKELL American female singer/songwriter/guitarist, born 10/3/66. She married Paul Simon in 1992. The New Bohemains were a male instrumental group (at the time Brandon Aly, John Bush, Brad Houser & Kenny Withrow) 04 Feb 89 What I Am (Edie Brickell & The New Bohemians) 31 7 wks 27 May 89 Circle (Edie Brickell & The New Bohemians) 74 1 wk 01 Oct 94 Good Times 40 2 wks Total Hits : 3 Total Weeks : 10 ALICIA BRIDGES American female singer (born 15/7/53) 11 Nov 78 I Love The Nightlife 32 10 wks 08 Oct 94 I Love The Nightlife (Remix) 61 1 wk Total Hits : 2 Total Weeks : 11 BRIGHOUSE & RASTRICK BRASS BAND British male brass band formed in the late 19th Century 12 Nov 77 The Floral Dance 2 13 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 13 BRIGHT EYES American male vocal/instrumental group (Mike Mogis, Conor Oberst & Nate Walcott) 02 Apr 05 First Day Of My Life 37 3 wks 06 Aug 05 Easy/Lucky/Free/Goldmine Gutted 42 1 wk (Easy/Lucky/Free is one song, Goldmine Gutted is the other side) 14 Apr 07 Four Winds 57 1 wk Total Hits : 3 Total Weeks : 5 BETTE BRIGHT British female singer, born Anne Martin. She has been married to Suggs since 1981 08 Mar 80 Hello I Am Your Heart 50 5 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 5 SARAH BRIGHTMAN British female singer, born 14/8/60. She became a West End star, in such shows as "Cats" and "The Phantom Of The Opera" 11 Nov 78 I Lost My Heart To A Starship Trooper (Sarah Brightman & Hot Gossip) 6 14 wks 07 Apr 79 Adventures Of A Love Crusader (Sarah Brightman & Hot Gossip) 53 5 wks 30 Jul 83 Him 55 4 wks 23 Mar 85 Pie Jesu (Sarah Brightman & Paul Miles-Kingston) 3 8 wks 11 Jan 86 The Phantom Of The Opera (Sarah Brightman & Steve Harley) 7 10 wks 04 Oct 86 All I Ask Is You (Cliff Richard & Sarah Brightman) 3 16 wks 10 Jan 87 The Music Of The Night/Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again (Michael Crawford & Sarah Brightman) 7 11 wks 11 Jul 92 Amigos Para Siempre (Friends For Life) (José Carreras & Sarah Brightman) 11 11 wks 24 May 97 Time To Say Goodbye (Con Te Partiro) (Sarah Brightman & Andrea Bocelli) 2 14 wks 23 Aug 97 Who Wants To Live Forever 45 1 wk 06 Dec 97 Just Show Me How To Love You (Sarah Brightman & London Symphony Orchestra featuring Jose Cura) 54 2 wks 14 Feb 98 Starship Troopers (United Citizen Federation featuring Sarah Brightman) 58 1 wk 13 Feb 99 Eden 68 1 wk Total Hits : 13 Total Weeks : 98 BRIGHTON & HOVE ALBION FC Male football team vocalists 28 May 83 The Old Brighton Blue 65 2 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 2 BRILLIANT British male/female vocal/instrumental group - Martin Glover ("Youth", ex-Killing Joke), Jimmy Cauty & June Montana. Both Cauty & Glover worked with The Orb, while Glover then went on to form Blue Pearl and Cauty went on to have hits with The KLF 19 Oct 85 It's A Man's Man's Man's World 58 5 wks 22 Mar 86 Love Is Way 64 4 wks 02 Aug 86 Somebody 67 4 wks Total Hits : 3 Total Weeks : 13 BRING ME THE HORIZON British male vocal/instrumental group - Jordan Fish, Matt Kean, Lee Malia, Matt Nicholls and Oliver Sykes 20 Dec 14 Drown 17 1 wk Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 1 DANIELLE BRISEBOIS American female singer/songwriter/actress, born 28/6/69 09 Sep 95 Gimme Little Sign 75 1 wk Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 1 BRISTOL CITY FC Mainly British male football team vocalists 06 Oct 07 One For The Bristol City (Bristol City FC & The Wurzels) 66 1 wk Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 1 JOHNNY BRISTOL American male singer/songwriter (3/3/39-21/3/04) 24 Aug 74 Hang On In There Baby 3 11 wks 19 Jul 80 My Guy/My Girl (Amii Stewart & Johnny Bristol) 39 5 wks Total Hits : 2 Total Weeks : 16 BRIT & ALEX American female vocal duo, twin sisters Alex and Brittany Smith, 21/9/85 26 Apr 08 Let It Go 75 1 wk Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 1 BRIT PACK Anglo-Irish male vocal group - Kevin Andrew, Tom Ashton, Damien Flood, Richard Taylor Woods & "Stepps", from "Boyband The Musical" 12 Feb 00 Set Me Free 41 2 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 2 BRITISH SEA POWER British male vocal/instrumental group - brothers Jan & Neil Wilkinson, Martin Noble, Matthew Wood & Eamon Hamilton. Hamilton left in 2006 to form Brakes (replaced by Phil Sumner) while Abi Fry who had been a regular contributor added a permanent female presence in 2008 12 Jul 03 Carrion/Apologies To Insect Life 36 1 wk 01 Nov 03 Remember Me 30 2 wks 02 Apr 05 It Ended On An Oily Stage 18 3 wks 04 Jun 05 Please Stand Up 34 1 wk 19 Jan 08 Waving Flags 31 1 wk Total Hits : 5 Total Weeks : 8 BRITISH WHALE British male singer/musician, born Justin Hawkins, 17/3/75, formerly the lead singer of The Darkness 27 Aug 05 This Town Ain't Big Enough For Both Of Us 6 4 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 4 ANDREA BRITTON British female singer 11 Jan 03 Am I On Your Mind (Oxygen featuring Andrea Britton) 30 3 wks 19 Jun 04 Take My Hand (Jurgen Vries featuring Andrea Britton) 23 3 wks 05 Mar 05 Winter (DT8 Project featuring Andrea Britton) 35 2 wks 28 Jul 07 Counting Down The Days (Sunfreakz featuring Andrea Britton) 37 3 wks Total Hits : 4 Total Weeks : 11 BROCK LANDARS British male vocal/production duo 11 Jul 98 SMDU (Smack My Dick Up) 49 2 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 2 BROCKIE & ED SOLO British male DJ/production duo (Steven Altius & Eddie Bickley) 24 Apr 04 System Check 68 1 wk Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 1 BROKEN ENGLISH British male vocal/instrumental group - Alan Coates, Geoff Cooper, Steve Elson, Paul Fenton, Jamie Moses & Zak Starkey 30 May 87 Comin' On Strong 18 10 wks 03 Oct 87 Love On The Side 69 3 wks Total Hits : 2 Total Weeks : 13 DIONNE BROMFIELD British female vocalist, born 1/2/96. She is the goddaughter of Amy Winehouse 24 Oct 09 Mama Said 43 4 wks 16 Apr 11 Yeah Right (Dionne Bromfield featuring Diggy Simmons) 36 4 wks Total Hits : 2 Total Weeks : 8 BRONSKI BEAT British male vocal/instrumental group (Steve Bronski, Jimmy Somerville & Larry Steinbachek). Somerville left in 1985 (and went on to The Communards and solo success) and was replaced by John Foster, Foster left in 87 and the male vocalist on "Cha Cha Heels" was Jonathan Hellyer 02 Jun 84 Smalltown Boy 3 13 wks 22 Sep 84 Why? 6 10 wks 01 Dec 84 It Ain't Necessarily So 16 11 wks 20 Apr 85 I Feel Love (Medley) (Bronski Beat & Marc Almond) 3 12 wks 30 Nov 85 Hit That Perfect Beat 3 14 wks 29 Mar 86 Come On, Come On 20 7 wks 01 Jul 89 Cha Cha Heels (Eartha Kitt & Bronski Beat) 32 7 wks 02 Feb 91 Smalltown Boy (1991 Remix) (Jimmy Somerville with Bronski Beat) 32 4 wks Total Hits : 8 Total Weeks : 78 BRONX American male vocal/instrumental group (Matt Caughtthran, Joby Ford, James Tweedy & Jorma Vik) 24 Apr 04 They Will Kill Us All 65 1 wk 17 Jul 04 False Alarm 73 1 wk Total Hits : 2 Total Weeks : 2 JET BRONX & THE FORBIDDEN British male vocal/instrumental group whose members included Loyd Grossman (born in the US, 16/9/53) who went on to be a TV regular from the late 1980s 17 Dec 77 Ain't Doin' Nothin' 50 1 wk Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 1 BROOK BROTHERS British male vocal duo (who were actually Brooks brothers!) - Geoff Brooks (born 12/4/43) and Ricky Brooks (born 24/10/40) 01 Apr 61 War Paint 5 14 wks 26 Aug 61 Ain't Gonna Wash For A Week 13 10 wks 27 Jan 62 He's Old Enough To Know Better 37 1 wk 18 Aug 62 Welcome Home Baby 33 6 wks 23 Feb 63 Trouble Is My Middle Name 38 4 wks Total Hits : 5 Total Weeks : 35 BROOKES BROTHERS British male production duo - brothers Dan & Phil Brookes 15 Nov 08 Tear You Down/Drifter 56 1 wk 17 Aug 13 Carry Me On (Brookes Brothers featuring Chrom3) 71 1 wk Total Hits : 2 Total Weeks : 2 BRUNO BROOKES & LIZ KERSHAW British male/female vocal duo made up of Radio 1 DJs Brookes (born Trevor Brookes, 24/4/59) and Kershaw (born 30/7/58) 02 Dec 89 It Takes Two 53 2 wks 01 Dec 90 It Takes Two (Bruno & Liz & The Radio 1 DJ Possee) 54 1 wk Total Hits : 2 Total Weeks : 3 BROOKLYN BOUNCE German male production duo - Dennis Bohn & Matthias Menck 30 May 98 The Music's Got Me 67 1 wk Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 1 ELKIE BROOKS British female vocalist/pianist, born Elaine Bookbinder, 25/2/45. Her brother Tony Mansfield played with The Dakotas 02 Apr 77 Pearl's A Singer 8 9 wks 20 Aug 77 Sunshine After The Rain 10 9 wks 25 Feb 78 Lilac Wine 16 7 wks 03 Jun 78 Only Love Can Break Your Heart 43 5 wks 11 Nov 78 Don't Cry Out Loud 12 11 wks 05 May 79 The Runaway 50 5 wks 16 Jan 82 Fool If You Think It's Over 17 10 wks 01 May 82 Our Love 43 5 wks 17 Jul 82 Nights In White Satin 33 5 wks 22 Jan 83 Gasoline Alley 52 5 wks 22 Nov 86 No More The Fool 5 16 wks 04 Apr 87 Break The Chain 55 3 wks 11 Jul 87 We've Got Tonight 69 1 wk Total Hits : 13 Total Weeks : 91 GARTH BROOKS American male singer/musician, born Troyal Garth Brooks, 7/2/62 01 Feb 92 Shameless 71 1 wk 22 Jan 94 The Red Strokes/Ain't Going Down 13 5 wks 16 Apr 94 Standing Outside The Fire 28 4 wks 18 Feb 95 The Dance/Friends In Low Places 36 3 wks 17 Feb 96 She's Every Woman 55 1 wk 13 Nov 99 Lost In You 70 1 wk Total Hits : 6 Total Weeks : 15 MEL BROOKS American male film producer and comic vocalist, born Melvin Kaminsky, 28/6/26 18 Feb 84 To Be Or Not To Be (The Hitler Rap) 12 10 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 10 MEREDITH BROOKS American female singer/songwriter/guitarist, born 12/6/58 02 Aug 97 Bitch 6 10 wks 06 Dec 97 I Need 28 2 wks 07 Mar 98 What Would Happen 49 1 wk Total Hits : 3 Total Weeks : 13 NORMAN BROOKS Canadian male singer, 19/8/28-14/9/06 13 Nov 54 A Sky Blue Shirt And A Rainbow Tie 17 1 wk Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 1 STEVE BROOKSTEIN British male singer, born 10/11/68. He was the winner of the inaugural series of "The X Factor" 01 Jan 05 Against All Odds 1 10 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 10 BROS British male vocal/instrumental group; twin brothers Luke & Matt Goss, with Craig Logan (who left in early 1989) 05 Dec 87 When Will I Be Famous 2 15 wks (Also charted in 1988) 19 Mar 88 Drop The Boy 2 10 wks 18 Jun 88 I Owe You Nothing 1 11 wks 17 Sep 88 I Quit 4 8 wks 03 Dec 88 Cat Among The Pigeons 2 8 wks 29 Jul 89 Too Much 2 7 wks 07 Oct 89 Chocolate Box 9 6 wks 16 Dec 89 Sister 10 6 wks 10 Mar 90 Madly In Love 14 4 wks 13 Jul 91 Are You Mine? 12 5 wks 21 Sep 91 Try 27 4 wks Total Hits : 11 Total Weeks : 84 BROTHER BEYOND British male vocal/instrumental group (Steve Aledander, Carl Fysh, Nathan Moore & David White) 04 Apr 87 How Many Times 62 3 wks 08 Aug 87 Chain-Gang Smile 57 3 wks 23 Jan 88 Can You Keep A Secret 56 4 wks 30 Jul 88 The Harder I Try 2 14 wks 05 Nov 88 He Ain't No Competition 6 10 wks 21 Jan 89 Be My Twin 14 6 wks 01 Apr 89 Can You Keep A Secret (Remix) 22 5 wks 28 Oct 89 Drive On 39 4 wks 09 Dec 89 When Will I See You Again 43 5 wks 10 Mar 90 Trust 53 2 wks 19 Jan 91 The Girl I Used To Know 48 2 wks Total Hits : 11 Total Weeks : 58 BROTHER BROWN FEATURING FRANK'EE Danish male production duo (Atle Rønne Thorberg and Henrik Olsen) with Danish female vocalist Marie Frank 02 Oct 99 Under The Water 18 4 wks 24 Nov 01 Star Catching Girl 51 1 wk Total Hits : 2 Total Weeks : 5 BROTHERHOOD British male rap group "Mr Shylok" (Laurence Knopf), "Mista Dexter" & "Mr Spice" 27 Jan 96 One Shot/Nothing In Particular 55 1 wk Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 1 BROTHERHOOD OF MAN British male/female group that had a complete change of membership during its existence. The first two hits were by Tony Burrows, Sue Glover, John Goodison, Roger Greenaway & Sunny Leslie. In 1973, guru Tony Hillier put together a new line up with the same name, Martin Lee, Lee Sheriden, Nicky Stevens & Sandra Stevens and saw them win the 1976 Eurovision Song Contest for the UK. For "Lightning Flash", Lee Sheriden was replaced by Barry Upton 14 Feb 70 United We Stand 10 9 wks 04 Jul 70 Where Are You Going To My Love 22 10 wks 13 Mar 76 Save Your Kisses For Me ✮ 1 16 wks 19 Jun 76 My Sweet Rosalie 30 7 wks 26 Feb 77 Oh Boy 8 12 wks 09 Jul 77 Angelo 1 12 wks 14 Jan 78 Figaro 1 11 wks 27 May 78 Beautiful Lover 15 12 wks 30 Sep 78 Middle Of The Night 41 6 wks 03 Jul 82 Lightning Flash 67 2 wks Total Hits : 10 Total Weeks : 97 BROTHERS British male vocal group (all Bayou brothers), who sprung to fame after appearing on the TV series "Opportunity Knocks" 29 Jan 77 Sing Me 8 9 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 9 BROTHERS FOUR American male vocal group (Bob Flick, Dick Foley, Mike Kirkland & John Paine) 25 Jun 60 Green Fields 40 2 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 2 BROTHERS IN RHYTHM British male DJ/production duo (Steve Anderson & Dave Seaman) 16 Mar 91 Such A Good Feeling 14 10 wks ( Peaked in October 1991) 30 Apr 94 Forever And A Day (Brothers In Rhythm present Charvoni) 51 2 wks 18 May 96 The Way It Is (Chameleon) 34 2 wks Total Hits : 3 Total Weeks : 14 BROTHERS JOHNSON American male vocal/instrumental duo - brothers George & Louis Johnson 09 Jul 77 Strawberry Letter 23 35 5 wks 02 Sep 78 Ain't We Funkin' Now 43 6 wks 04 Nov 78 Ride-O-Rocket 50 4 wks 23 Feb 80 Stomp 6 12 wks 31 May 80 Light Up The Night 47 4 wks 25 Jul 81 The Real Thing 50 3 wks Total Hits : 6 Total Weeks : 34 BROTHERS LIKE OUTLAW British male DJ/vocal duo (Isaac Bello ("Bello B") & Karl Gordon ("K-Gee")) 23 Jan 93 Good Vibrations 74 1 wk Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 1 EDGAR BROUGHTON BAND British male vocal/instrumental group (Edgar & Steve Broughton, Arthur Grant & Victor Unitt) 18 Apr 70 Out Demons Out 39 5 wks 23 Jan 71 Apache Dropout 33 5 wks Total Hits : 2 Total Weeks : 10 BROWN SAUCE British male/female vocal/instrumental group; ostensibly Keith Chegwin, Noel Edmonds & Maggie Philbin from the TV show "Swap Shop" but more likely a group of anonymous session musiciains 12 Dec 81 I Wanna Be A Winner 15 12 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 12 ANGIE BROWN British female singer, born 13/6/63 27 Feb 93 Took My Love (Bizarre Inc featuring Angie Brown) 19 5 wks 17 Jul 93 Rockin' For Myself (Motiv 8 featuring Angie Brown) 67 1 wk Total Hits : 2 Total Weeks : 6 BOBBY BROWN American male singer/rapper/songwriter, born 5/2/69. He was formerly a member of New Edition, and was married to Whitney Houston from 1992-2007 06 Aug 88 Don't Be Cruel 13 15 wks (Also charted in 1989. Peaked in April 1989) 17 Dec 88 My Prerogative $ 6 20 wks (Also charted in 1995) 20 May 89 Every Little Step 6 9 wks 15 Jul 89 On Our Own 4 9 wks 23 Sep 89 Rock Wit'cha 33 6 wks 25 Nov 89 Roni 21 7 wks 09 Jun 90 The Freestyle Mega-Mix 14 7 wks 30 Jun 90 She Ain't Worth It $ (Glenn Medeiros featuring Bobby Brown) 12 9 wks 22 Aug 92 Humpin' Around 19 6 wks 17 Oct 92 Good Enough 41 4 wks 19 Jun 93 That's The Way Love Goes 56 2 wks 22 Jan 94 Something In Common (Bobby Brown & Whitney Houston) 16 5 wks 25 Jun 94 Two Can Play That Game 3 15 wks (Also charted in 1995. Peaked in April 1995) 08 Jul 95 Humpin' Around (Remix) 8 6 wks 03 Feb 96 Every Little Step (Remix) 25 2 wks 22 Nov 97 Feelin' Inside 40 1 wk 21 Dec 02 Thug Lovin' (Ja Rule featuring Bobby Brown) 15 8 wks Total Hits : 17 Total Weeks : 131 CHARLIE BROWN British male singer-songwriter (born 30/4/91) 06 Apr 13 On My Way 7 7 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 7 CHRIS BROWN American male singer, born 5/5/89 11 Feb 06 Run It $ (Chris Brown featuring Juelz Santana) 2 14 wks 29 Apr 06 Yo! (Excuse Me Miss) 13 8 wks 22 Jul 06 Gimme That (Remix) (Chris Brown featuring Lil Wayne) 23 6 wks 01 Sep 07 Wall To Wall 75 1 wk 03 Nov 07 Kiss Kiss $ (Chris Brown featuring T-Pain) 38 7 wks (Also charted in 2008) 16 Feb 08 With You 8 30 wks 26 Apr 08 No Air (Jordin Sparks featuring Chris Brown) 3 28 wks (Also charted in 2013) 17 May 08 Shawty Get Loose (Lil Mama featuring Chris Brown & T-Pain) 57 3 wks 07 Jun 08 Forever 4 23 wks (Also charted in 2009) 01 Nov 08 Superhuman (Chris Brown with Keri Hilson) 32 9 wks (Also charted in 2009) 01 Nov 08 Freeze (T-Pain featuring Chris Brown) 62 2 wks 14 Nov 09 I Can Transform Ya (Chris Brown featuring Lil Wayne) 26 13 wks 20 Feb 10 Crawl 35 8 wks 20 Nov 10 Deuces (Chris Brown featuring Tyga & Kevin McCall) 68 1 wk 05 Feb 11 Yeah 3x 6 24 wks 19 Feb 11 Champion (Chipmunk featuring Chris Brown) 2 20 wks 02 Apr 11 Next To You (Chris Brown featuring Justin Bieber) 14 16 wks 02 Apr 11 Look At Me Now (Chris Brown featuring Lil Wayne & Busta Rhymes) 44 7 wks 16 Apr 11 Beautiful People (Chris Brown featuring Benny Benassi) 4 31 wks (Also charted in 2012) 16 Apr 11 Best Love Song (T-Pain featuring Chris Brown) 40 2 wks 20 Aug 11 Pot Of Gold (Game featuring Chris Brown) 58 2 wks 29 Oct 11 She Ain't You 53 4 wks 14 Jan 12 International Love (Pitbull featuring Chris Brown) 10 15 wks 07 Apr 12 Turn Up The Music 1 11 wks 23 Jun 12 Right By My Side (Nicki Minaj featuring Chris Brown) 70 1 wk 07 Jul 12 Don't Wake Me Up 2 15 wks 14 Jul 12 I Can Only Imagine (David Guetta featuring Chris Brown & Lil Wayne) 18 7 wks 20 Oct 12 Don't Judge Me 42 6 wks 01 Dec 12 Nobody's Business (Rihanna featuring Chris Brown) 63 1 wk 13 Apr 13 Fine China 23 8 wks 15 Jun 13 As Your Friend (Afrojack featuring Chris Brown) 21 2 wks 31 Aug 13 Love More (Chris Brown featuring Nicki Minaj) 32 7 wks 07 Dec 13 Show Me (Kid Ink featuring Chris Brown) 23 18 wks (Also charted in 2014) 18 Jan 14 Main Chick (Kid Ink featuring Chris Brown) 69 2 wks 05 Apr 14 Loyal (Chris Brown featuring Lil Wayne) 10 29 wks 20 Sep 14 New Flame (Chris Brown featuring Usher & Rick Ross) 10 6 wks 15 Nov 14 Nicki Minaj featuring Drake, Lil Wayne & Chris Brown (Nicki Minaj featuring Drake Lil Wayne & Chris Brown) 35 1 wk 22 Nov 14 Once (Nicki Minaj featuring Drake Lil Wayne & Chris Brown) 64 1 wk Total Hits : 38 Total Weeks : 389 DENNIS BROWN Jamaican male singer, 1/2/57-1/7/99. His standing in Jamaica was underlined by both the current and a former Jamaican Prime Minster speaking at his funeral. 03 Mar 79 Money In My Pocket 14 9 wks 03 Jul 82 Love Has Found Its Way 47 6 wks 11 Sep 82 Halfway Up Halfway Down 56 3 wks Total Hits : 3 Total Weeks : 18 DIANA BROWN & BARRIE K SHARPE British male/female vocal/production duo 02 Jun 90 The Masterplan 39 6 wks 01 Sep 90 Sun Worshippers (Positive Thinking) 61 2 wks 23 Mar 91 Love Or Nothing 71 1 wk 27 Jun 92 Eating Me Alive 53 2 wks Total Hits : 4 Total Weeks : 11 ERROL BROWN British (Jamaican-born) male singer, born 12/11/48, better known as the frontman for Hot Chocolate than his solo work. He was awarded the MBE in 2003 04 Jul 87 Personal Touch 25 8 wks 28 Nov 87 Body Rockin' 51 2 wks 14 Feb 98 It Started With A Kiss (Hot Chocolate featuring Errol Brown) 18 3 wks Total Hits : 3 Total Weeks : 13 FOXY BROWN American female rapper, born Inga Marchand, 6/9/78. She also had a hit as part of The Firm 21 Sep 96 Touch Me Tease Me (Case featuring Foxxy Brown) 26 3 wks 08 Mar 97 Get Me Home (Foxy Brown featuring Blackstreet) 11 5 wks 10 May 97 Ain't No Playa (Jay-Z featuring Foxy Brown) 31 2 wks 21 Jun 97 I'll Be (Foxy Brown featuring Jay-Z) 9 5 wks 11 Oct 97 Big Bad Mamma (Foxy Brown featuring Dru Hill) 12 3 wks 25 Oct 97 Sunshine (Jay-Z featuring Babyface & Foxy Brown) 25 2 wks 13 Mar 99 Hot Spot 31 2 wks 08 Sep 01 Oh Yeah 27 3 wks Total Hits : 8 Total Weeks : 25 GLORIA D BROWN American female singer, born 1959 08 Jun 85 The More They Knock The More I Love You 57 3 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 3 HORACE BROWN American male singer 25 Feb 95 Taste Your Love 58 1 wk 18 May 96 One For The Money 12 4 wks 12 Oct 96 Things We Do For Love 27 2 wks Total Hits : 3 Total Weeks : 7 HOWARD BROWN British male vocalist, born 1966. An employee of Halifax Bank, he became famous for appearing and singing in that company's adverts 19 Mar 05 You're The First The Last My Everything 13 3 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 3 IAN BROWN British male singer/songwriter/musician, born 20/2/63. He was the front man of the Stone Roses 24 Jan 98 My Star 5 4 wks 04 Apr 98 Corpses 14 4 wks 20 Jun 98 Can't See Me 21 3 wks 20 Feb 99 Be There (UNKLE featuring Ian Brown) 8 6 wks 06 Nov 99 Love Like A Fountain 23 3 wks 19 Feb 00 Dolphins Were Monkeys 5 4 wks 17 Jun 00 Golden Gaze 29 2 wks 29 Sep 01 Fear 13 4 wks 23 Feb 02 Whispers 33 2 wks 02 Oct 04 Keep What Ya Got 18 3 wks 27 Nov 04 Reign (Unkle featuring Ian Brown) 40 2 wks 29 Jan 05 Time Is My Everything 15 4 wks 17 Sep 05 All Ablaze 20 2 wks 29 Sep 07 Illegal Attacks (Ian Brown featuring Sinéad O'Connor) 16 2 wks 22 Aug 09 Stellify 31 3 wks Total Hits : 15 Total Weeks : 48 JAMES BROWN American male singer/musician, 3/5/33-25/12/06. Nicknamed "The Godfather Of Soul", he was one of the inaugural inductees in the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame 25 Sep 65 Papa's Got A Brand New Bag 25 7 wks 26 Feb 66 I Got You (I Feel Good) 29 6 wks 18 Jun 66 It's A Man's Man's Man's World 13 9 wks 10 Oct 70 Get Up (I Feel Like Being A Sex Machine) 32 13 wks (Also charted in 1986 & 1991) 27 Nov 71 Hey America 47 3 wks 18 Sep 76 Get Up Offa That Thing 22 6 wks 29 Jan 77 Body Heat 36 4 wks 10 Jan 81 Rapp Payback (Where Iz Moses?) 39 5 wks 02 Jul 83 Bring It On... Bring It On 45 4 wks 01 Sep 84 Unity (Afrika Bambaataa & James Brown) 49 5 wks 27 Apr 85 Froggy Mix 50 3 wks 01 Jun 85 Sex Machine 47 5 wks 25 Jan 86 Living In America 5 10 wks 25 Oct 86 Gravity 70 1 wk 30 Jan 88 She's The One 45 3 wks 23 Apr 88 The Payback Mix (Part One) 12 6 wks 04 Jun 88 I'm Real 31 4 wks 23 Jul 88 I Got You (I Feel Good) (ri) 52 3 wks (Listed alongside the other side of the record, a re-issue of Martha & The Vandellas' "Nowhere To Run") 24 Oct 92 I Got You (I Feel Good) (James Brown vs Dakeyne) 72 1 wk 17 Apr 93 Can't Get Any Harder 59 2 wks 17 Apr 99 Funk On Ah Roll 40 2 wks 22 Apr 00 Funk On Ah Roll (Remix) 63 1 wk Total Hits : 22 Total Weeks : 103 JENNIFER BROWN Swedish female singer, born 18/2/72 01 May 99 Tuesday Afternoon 57 1 wk Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 1 JOCELYN BROWN American female singer, born 25/11/50, formerly a member of Disco-Tex & The Sex-O-Lettes 21 Apr 84 Somebody Else's Guy 13 9 wks 22 Sep 84 I Wish You Would 51 3 wks 15 Mar 86 Love's Gonna Get You 70 1 wk 29 Jun 91 Always There (Incognito featuring Jocelyn Brown) 6 9 wks 14 Sep 91 She's Got Soul (Jamestown featuring Jocelyn Brown) 57 3 wks 20 Mar 93 Take Me Up (Sonic Surfers featuring Jocelyn Brown) 61 1 wk 11 Jun 94 No More Tears (Enough Is Enough) (Kym Mazelle & Jocelyn Brown) 13 7 wks 08 Oct 94 Gimme All Your Lovin' (Kym Mazelle & Jocelyn Brown) 22 3 wks 13 Jul 96 Keep On Jumpin' (Todd Terry featuring Martha Wash & Jocelyn Brown) 8 6 wks 10 May 97 It's Alright I Feel It! (Nuyorican Soul featuring Jocelyn Brown) 26 2 wks 25 Oct 97 I Am The Black Gold Of The Sun (Nuyorican Soul featuring Jocelyn Brown) 31 2 wks 22 Nov 97 Happiness (Kamasutra featuring Jocelyn Brown) 45 1 wk 02 May 98 Fun (Da Mob featuring Jocelyn Brown) 33 2 wks 29 Aug 98 Ain't No Mountain High Enough 35 2 wks 27 Mar 99 I Believe (Jamestown featuring Jocelyn Brown) 62 1 wk 03 Jul 99 It's All Good (Da Mob featuring Jocelyn Brown) 54 1 wk 07 Sep 02 That's How Good Your Love Is (Il Padrinos featuring Jocelyn Brown) 54 1 wk Total Hits : 17 Total Weeks : 54 JOE BROWN British male singer/guitarist, born 13/5/41. He is the father of Sam Brown 19 Mar 60 Dark Town Strutter's Ball 34 6 wks 28 Jan 61 Shine 33 6 wks 13 Jan 62 What A Crazy World We're Living In 37 2 wks 19 May 62 A Picture Of You 2 19 wks 15 Sep 62 Your Tender Love 31 6 wks 17 Nov 62 It Only Took A Minute 6 14 wks (Also charted in 1963) 09 Feb 63 That's What Love Will Do 3 14 wks 29 Jun 63 Nature's Time For Love 26 6 wks 28 Sep 63 Sally Ann 28 9 wks 01 Jul 67 With A Little Help From My Friends 32 4 wks 14 Apr 73 Hey Mama 33 6 wks Total Hits : 11 Total Weeks : 92 KATHY BROWN American female singer, born 12/7/60 25 Nov 95 Turn Me Out (Turn To Sugar) (Praxis featuring Kathy Brown) 44 2 wks 20 Sep 97 Turn Me Out (Turn To Sugar) (Remix) (Praxis featuring Kathy Brown) 35 3 wks 10 Apr 99 Joy 63 1 wk 05 May 01 Love Is Not A Game (J Majik featuring Kathy Brown) 34 2 wks 02 Jun 01 Over You (Warren Clarke featuring Kathy Brown) 42 1 wk 22 Jan 05 Strings Of Life (Stronger On My Own) (Soul Central featuring Kathy Brown) 6 7 wks 30 Aug 08 Crazy World (J Majik & Wickaman featuring Kathy Brown) 37 3 wks Total Hits : 7 Total Weeks : 19 MARK BROWN British male producer/DJ. He is half of Mync Project 09 Feb 08 The Journey Continues (Mark Brown featuring Sarah Cracknell) 11 5 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 5 MIQUEL BROWN Canadian female singer, born Michael Brown, 8/2/45. She is the mother of Sinitta, and the step sister of Amii Stewart 18 Feb 84 He's A Saint He's A Sinner 68 4 wks 24 Aug 85 Close To Perfection 63 3 wks Total Hits : 2 Total Weeks : 7 PETER BROWN American male singer, born 11/7/53 11 Feb 78 Do Ya Wanna Get Funky With Me 43 4 wks 17 Jun 78 Dance With Me 57 5 wks Total Hits : 2 Total Weeks : 9 POLLY BROWN British female singer, born 18/4/47. She was formerly a member of Pickettywitch and Sweet Dreams 14 Sep 74 Up In A Puff Of Smoke 43 5 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 5 ROY CHUBBY BROWN British male comedian, born Royston Vasey, 3/2/45 13 May 95 Living Next Door To Alice (Who The f*** Is Alice) (Smokie featuring Roy Chubby Brown) 3 19 wks 21 Dec 96 Rockin' Good Christmas 51 3 wks Total Hits : 2 Total Weeks : 22 SAM BROWN British female vocalist/songwriter, born 7/10/64. She is the daughter of Joe Brown 11 Jun 88 Stop 4 15 wks (Also charted in 1989. Peaked in March 1989) 13 May 89 Can I Get A Witness? 15 7 wks 03 Mar 90 With A Little Love 44 4 wks 05 May 90 Kissing Gate 23 8 wks 26 Aug 95 Just Good Friends (Fish featuring Sam Brown) 63 1 wk Total Hits : 5 Total Weeks : 35 SCOTT BROWN British male DJ/producer, born 28/9/72 06 May 06 Elysium (I Go Crazy) (Ultrabeat vs Scott Brown) 35 4 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 4 SHARON BROWN American female singer 17 Apr 82 I Specialise In Love 38 9 wks 26 Feb 94 I Specialise In Love (Remix) 62 2 wks Total Hits : 2 Total Weeks : 11 SLEEPY BROWN American male vocalist, born Patrick Brown, 24/1/70 27 Jul 02 Land Of A Million Drums (Outkast featuring Killer Mike & Sleepy Brown) 46 1 wk Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 1 VV BROWN British female singer, born Vanessa Brown, 24/10/83 18 Jul 09 Shark In The Water 34 5 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 5 DUNCAN BROWNE British male singer/songwriter, 25/3/47-28/5/93 19 Aug 72 Journey 23 6 wks 22 Dec 84 Theme From Travelling Man 68 2 wks Total Hits : 2 Total Weeks : 8 JACKSON BROWNE American (German-born) male singer/songwriter/guitarist, born Clyde Jackson Browne, 9/10/48 01 Jul 78 Stay 12 11 wks 18 Oct 86 In The Shape Of A Heart 66 2 wks 25 Jun 94 Everywhere I Go 67 1 wk Total Hits : 3 Total Weeks : 14 TOM BROWNE American male trumpeter/vocalist, born 30/10/54 19 Jul 80 Funkin' For Jamaica (NY) 10 11 wks 25 Oct 80 Thighs High 45 5 wks 30 Jan 82 Fungi Mama 58 4 wks 11 Jan 92 Funkin' For Jamaica (1991 Remix) 45 4 wks Total Hits : 4 Total Weeks : 24 BROWNS American male/female vocal group - sisters Bonnie & Maxine Brown with their cousin Jim Ed Brown 19 Sep 59 The Three Bells $ 6 13 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 13 BROWNSTONE American female group (Kina Cosper, Nicci Gilbert & Charmayne Maxwell) 01 Apr 95 If You Love Me 8 12 wks 15 Jul 95 Grapevine 16 4 wks 23 Sep 95 I Can't Tell You Why 27 2 wks 17 May 97 5 Miles To Empty 12 4 wks 27 Sep 97 Kiss And Tell 21 2 wks Total Hits : 5 Total Weeks : 24 BROWNSVILLE STATION American male vocal/instrumental group (Cub Koda, Mike Lutz & Henry "H Bomb Weck) 02 Mar 74 Smokin' In The Boys Room 27 6 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 6 DAVE BRUBECK QUARTET American instrumental group led by pianist Dave Brubeck (6/12/20-5/12/12), with Paul Desmond, Joe Morello & Eugene Wright 28 Oct 61 Take Five 6 15 wks 10 Feb 62 It's A Raggy Waltz 36 3 wks 19 May 62 Unsquare Dance 14 12 wks Total Hits : 3 Total Weeks : 30 BO BRUCE British female singer, born Catherine Brudenell-Bruce, 25/11/84. She is styled "Lady Catherine Bruce" as the daughter of the Earl of Cardigan, and she finshed runner-up on the first series of "The Voice UK" 23 Jun 12 Running Up That Hill 69 1 wk Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 1 TOMMY BRUCE British male singer, 16/7/37-10/7/06 28 May 60 Ain't Misbehavin' (Tommy Bruce & The Bruisers) 3 16 wks 10 Sep 60 Broken Doll (Tommy Bruce & The Bruisers) 36 4 wks 24 Feb 62 Babette 50 1 wk Total Hits : 3 Total Weeks : 21 CLAUDIA BRUCKEN German female singer, born 7/12/63. She was the lead singer of both Propaganda and Act 11 Aug 90 Absolut(e) 71 1 wk 16 Feb 91 Kiss Like Ether 63 1 wk Total Hits : 2 Total Weeks : 2 BRUISERS British male vocal/group, mainly known for being Tommy Bruce's backing group. The line-up for "Blue Girl" was Bobby Coral, Don & Mac McGinty & Peter Lee Stirling (born Peter Green, later went on to have hits as Daniel Boone) 28 May 60 Ain't Misbehavin' (Tommy Bruce & The Bruisers) 3 16 wks 10 Sep 60 Broken Doll (Tommy Bruce & The Bruisers) 36 4 wks 10 Aug 63 Blue Girl 31 7 wks Total Hits : 3 Total Weeks : 27 FRANK BRUNO British male boxer, born 16/11/61. He was WBC Heavyweight Champion for a time in 1995. He was awarded the MBE in 1990 23 Dec 95 Eye Of The Tiger 28 4 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 4 TYRONE BRUNSON American male multi-instrumentalist, born Calvin Tyrone Brunson, 22/3/56-25/5/13 25 Dec 82 The Smurf 52 5 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 5 BASIL BRUSH FEATURING INDIA BEAU British veteran male TV fox puppet with British female vocalist (born India Beauford Lloyd, 27/6/87) 27 Dec 03 Boom Boom/Christmas Slide 44 3 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 3 DORA BRYAN British female actress/vocalist, born Dora Broadbent, 7/2/23-23/7/14. She was awarded the MBE in 1996 07 Dec 63 All I Want For Christmas Is A Beatle 20 6 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 6 KÉLLÉ BRYAN British female singer, born 12/3/75. She was formerly a member of Eternal 02 Oct 99 Higher Than Heaven 14 4 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 4 ANITA BRYANT American female singer, born 25/3/40 28 May 60 Paper Roses 24 4 wks 08 Oct 60 My Little Corner Of The World 48 2 wks Total Hits : 2 Total Weeks : 6 PEABO BRYSON American male singer, born Robert Peapo Bryson, 13/4/51 20 Aug 83 Tonight I Celebrate My Love (Peabo Bryson & Roberta Flack) 2 13 wks 16 May 92 Beauty And The Beast (Céline Dion & Peabo Bryson) 9 7 wks 17 Jul 93 By The Time This Night Is Over (Kenny G & Peabo Bryson) 56 3 wks 11 Dec 93 A Whole New World (Aladdin's Theme) $ (Peabo Bryson & Regina Belle) 12 12 wks Total Hits : 4 Total Weeks : 35 BUBBLE ROCK See Jonathan King MICHAEL BUBLÉ Canadian male singer/songwriter, born 9/9/75. He has won 11 Canadian JUNO awards, 3 Grammys, but has only ever been nominated at the Brits 09 Apr 05 Home 31 5 wks (Also charted in 2010) 03 Dec 05 Home/Song For You 45 10 wks (Also charted in 2007 & 2008. Peaked in December 2007) 28 Apr 07 Everything 38 13 wks (Also charted in 2010) 01 Dec 07 Lost 19 15 wks (Also charted in 2008) 24 Oct 09 Haven't Met You Yet 5 26 wks (Also charted in 2010) 07 Nov 09 Cry Me A River 34 6 wks (Also charted in 2010) 26 Dec 09 Hold On 72 1 wk 05 Jun 10 Feeling Good 69 1 wk 23 Oct 10 Hollywood 11 13 wks 16 Apr 11 It Had Better Be Tonight (Meglio Stasera) 74 1 wk 24 Dec 11 Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) 47 2 wks 13 Apr 13 It's A Beautiful Day 10 6 wks 13 Jul 13 Close Your Eyes 72 1 wk 20 Dec 14 It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas ➜ 61 2 wks Total Hits : 14 Total Weeks : 102 KEISHA BUCHANAN British female singer, born 30/9/84. She was a member of the Sugababes and has since teamed up with two other former members of that group to form Mutya Keisha Siobhan 14 Sep 13 Flatline (Mutya Keisha Siobhan) 50 2 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 2 ROY BUCHANAN American male guitarist, born Leroy Buchanan, 23/9/39-14/8/88 31 Mar 73 Sweet Dreams 40 3 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 3 BUCKETHEADS See Kenny "Dope" Gonzalez LINDSEY BUCKINGHAM American male singer/songwriter/guitarist, born 3/10/49, primarily known for being in Fleetwood Mac from 1975-87 and 1997 to date 16 Jan 82 Trouble 31 7 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 7 JEFF BUCKLEY American singer/songwriter/guitarist, 17/11/66-29/5/97) 27 May 95 Last Goodbye 54 2 wks 06 Jun 98 Everybody Here Wants You 43 1 wk 09 Jun 07 Hallelujah 2 15 wks (Also charted in 2008. Peaked in December 2008) Total Hits : 3 Total Weeks : 18 BUCKS FIZZ British male/female vocal group that won the 1981 Eurovision Song Contest. The line up at that time was Jay Aston, Cheryl Baker, Bobby G & Mike Nolan. Aston left in 1985 and was replaced by Shelley Preston. Baker had previously been in the 1978 Eurovision as part of Co-Co, while Bobby G had one minor solo hit 28 Mar 81 Making Your Mind Up 1 12 wks 06 Jun 81 Piece Of The Action 12 9 wks 15 Aug 81 One Of Those Nights 20 10 wks 28 Nov 81 The Land Of Make Believe 1 16 wks 27 Mar 82 My Camera Never Lies 1 8 wks 19 Jun 82 Now Those Days Are Gone 8 9 wks 27 Nov 82 If You Can't Stand The Heat 10 11 wks 12 Mar 83 Run For Your Life 14 7 wks 18 Jun 83 When We Were Young 10 8 wks 01 Oct 83 London Town 34 6 wks 17 Dec 83 Rules Of The Game 57 6 wks 25 Aug 84 Talking In Your Sleep 15 9 wks 27 Oct 84 Golden Days 42 4 wks 29 Dec 84 I Hear Talk 34 8 wks 22 Jun 85 You And Your Heart So Blue 43 4 wks 14 Sep 85 Magical 57 3 wks 07 Jun 86 New Beginning 8 10 wks 30 Aug 86 Love The One You're With 47 3 wks 15 Nov 86 Keep Each Other Warm 45 4 wks 05 Nov 88 Heart Of Stone 50 3 wks Total Hits : 20 Total Weeks : 150 BUCKSHOT LEFONQUE American male vocal/instrumental group centred around saxophonist and composer Branford Morsalis, born 26/8/60 with other musicians used on an ad-hoc basis 06 Dec 97 Another Day (In The Hood) 65 1 wk Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 1 ROY BUDD British male composer/pianist (14/3/47-7/8/93) 10 Jul 99 Get Carter 68 1 wk Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 1 JOE BUDDEN American male vocalist, born 31/8/80 19 Jul 03 Pump It Up 13 7 wks 16 Oct 04 Whatever U Want (Christina Milian featuring Joe Budden) 9 7 wks Total Hits : 2 Total Weeks : 14 BUDGIE British male vocal/instrumental group (Burke Shelley, John Thomas & Steve Williams) 03 Oct 81 Keeping A Rendezvous 71 2 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 2 MUTYA BUENA British female singer, born Rosa Isabel Mutya Buena, 21/5/85. She was one of the original members of the Sugababes, and in the reunited version Mutya Keisha Siobhan 18 Nov 06 This Is Not Real Love (George Michael & Mutya) 15 4 wks 26 May 07 Real Girl 2 13 wks 03 Nov 07 Just A Little Bit 65 1 wk 12 Jan 08 B Boy Baby 73 2 wks 14 Sep 13 Flatline (Mutya Keisha Siobhan) 50 2 wks Total Hits : 5 Total Weeks : 22 BUFFALO G Irish female vocal duo - Naomi Lynch (born 6/4/83) & Olive Tucker (born 4/8/83). Lynch is the sister of Edele & Keavy (from B*Witched), Shane from Boyzone and Tara (FAB!) 10 Jun 00 We're Really Saying Something 17 4 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 4 BUFFALO TOM American male vocal/instrumental group (Chris Colbourn, Bill Janovitz & Tom Maginnis) 23 Oct 99 Going Underground 6 5 wks (Listed alongside the other side of the record, "Carnation" by Liam Gallagher & Steve Craddock) Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 5 BUG KANN & PLASTIC JAM British male production group - Grant Bowden & Jimmy Low 31 Aug 91 Made In Two Minutes 70 1 wk 26 Feb 94 Made In 2 Minutes (Remix) 64 1 wk Total Hits : 2 Total Weeks : 2 JAKE BUGG British male singer/songwriter/guitarist, born Jacob Kennedy, 28/2/94 13 Oct 12 Two Fingers 28 8 wks (Also charted in 2013) 12 Jan 13 Lightning Bolt 26 11 wks 16 Mar 13 Seen It All 61 2 wks 06 Jul 13 Broken 44 8 wks 05 Oct 13 What Doesn't Kill You 44 5 wks 24 May 14 Messed Up Kids 71 1 wk Total Hits : 6 Total Weeks : 35 BUGGLES British male instrumental/production duo - Geoff Downes & Trevor Horn. Downes went on to join Asia and then Yes, while Horn also had a short spell in Yes and was the man behind the Art of Noise 22 Sep 79 Video Killed The Radio Star 1 11 wks 26 Jan 80 Living In The Plastic Age 16 8 wks 05 Apr 80 Clean Clean 38 5 wks 08 Nov 80 Elstree 55 4 wks Total Hits : 4 Total Weeks : 28 BUGZ IN THE ATTIC British male DJ collective - Orin Walters (Afronaught), Paul Dolby (Seiji), Kaidi Tatham, Daz-I-Kue, Alex Phountzi (Neon Phusion), Cliff Scott, Mark Force, Matt Lord & Mikey Stirton 22 Jan 05 Booty La La 44 2 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 2 JAMES BULLER British actor, born 4/4/70 06 Mar 99 Can't Smile Without You 51 1 wk Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 1 BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE British male vocal/instrumental group - Jason James, Michael Paget, Michael Thomas & Matthew Tuck 09 Apr 05 4 Words (To Choke Upon) 40 2 wks 01 Oct 05 Suffocating Under Words Of Sorrow (What Can I Do) 37 1 wk 18 Feb 06 All These Things I Hate (Revolve Around Me) 29 2 wks 29 Jul 06 Tears Don’t Fall 37 2 wks 02 Feb 08 Scream Aim Fire 34 2 wks 12 Apr 08 Hearts Burst Into Fire 66 1 wk Total Hits : 6 Total Weeks : 10 BULLETPROOF British male producer, Paul Chambers 10 Mar 01 Say Yeah/Dance To The Rhythm 62 1 wk Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 1 BUMP British male production duo - Marc Auerbach & Steve Travell 04 Jul 92 I'm Rushing 40 4 wks 11 Nov 95 I'm Rushin' '95 45 1 wk Total Hits : 2 Total Weeks : 5 BUMP & FLEX British male DJ/producer (born Grant Nelson, 27/4/71) 23 May 98 Long Time Coming 73 1 wk Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 1 BUNKER KRU & HARLEQIUN FOURS British male production duo and American male/female vocal/instrumental group 19 Mar 88 Set It Off 55 4 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 4 EMMA BUNTON British female singer, born 21/1/76. She was formerly "Baby Spice" in the Spice Girls 13 Nov 99 What I Am (Tin Tin Out featuring Emma Bunton) 2 12 wks 14 Apr 01 What Took You So Long 1 12 wks 08 Sep 01 Take My Breath Away 5 9 wks 22 Dec 01 We're Not Going To Sleep Tonight 20 5 wks 07 Jun 03 Free Me 5 9 wks 25 Oct 03 Maybe 6 9 wks 07 Feb 04 I'll Be There 7 8 wks 12 Jun 04 Crickets Sing For Anamaria 15 4 wks 25 Nov 06 Downtown 3 7 wks 24 Feb 07 All I Need To Know 60 1 wk Total Hits : 10 Total Weeks : 76 ERIC BURDON British male singer/songwriter, born 11/5/41. He was lead singer with the Animals, and after a number of the original members left, the band was renamed Eric Burdon & The Animals 29 Oct 66 Help Me Girl (Eric Burdon & The Animals) 14 9 wks 17 Jun 67 When I Was Young (Eric Burdon & The Animals) 45 3 wks 09 Sep 67 Good Times (Eric Burdon & The Animals) 20 11 wks 21 Oct 67 San Franciscan Nights 7 10 wks 17 Feb 68 Sky Pilot (Eric Burdon & The Animals) 40 3 wks 18 Jan 69 Ring Of Fire (Eric Burdon & The Animals) 35 5 wks Total Hits : 6 Total Weeks : 41 See also The Animals TIM BURGESS British male singer/songwriter, born 30/5/67. He is the lead singer of the Charlatans 06 Sep 03 I Believe In The Spirit 44 1 wk 15 Nov 03 Only A Boy 54 1 wk Total Hits : 2 Total Weeks : 2 GEOFFREY BURGON British male composer (mainly TV & Film scores), 15/7/41-21/9/10 26 Dec 81 Brideshead Theme 48 4 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 4 ALEXANDRA BURKE British female singer, born 25/8/88. She won the 2008 series of "The X Factor". Her mother, Melissa Bell, was involved with Soul II Soul 27 Dec 08 Hallelujah ✮ 1 12 wks (Also charted in 2009) 24 Oct 09 Bad Boys (Alexandra Burke featuring Flo-Rida) 1 25 wks 26 Dec 09 Broken Heels 8 18 wks 03 Apr 10 All Night Long (Alexandra Burke featuring Pitbull) 4 23 wks 18 Sep 10 Start Without You (Alexandra Burke featuring Laza Morgan) 1 10 wks 18 Dec 10 The Silence 16 3 wks 24 Mar 12 Elephant (Alexandra Burke featuring Erick Morillo) 3 6 wks 09 Jun 12 Let It Go 33 2 wks Total Hits : 8 Total Weeks : 99 KENI BURKE American male singer/multi-instrumentalist, born 28/9/53 27 Jun 81 Let Somebody Love You 59 3 wks 18 Apr 92 Risin' To The Top 70 1 wk Total Hits : 2 Total Weeks : 4 BURN British male vocal/instrumental group (Daniel Davidson, Jason Place, Graham Rodgerson, Mick Spencer & Lee Walsh) 08 Jun 02 The Smiling Face 72 1 wk 29 Mar 03 Drunken Fool 54 1 wk Total Hits : 2 Total Weeks : 2 HANK C BURNETTE Swedish male singer/multi-instrumentalist, born Sven-Åke Högberg, 12/12/44 30 Oct 76 Spinning Rock Boogie 21 8 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 8 JOHNNY BURNETTE American male singer, 25/3/35-14/4/64. He was the father of Rocky Burnette 01 Oct 60 Dreamin' 5 16 wks 14 Jan 61 You're Sixteen 3 12 wks 15 Apr 61 Little Boy Sad 12 12 wks 12 Aug 61 Girls 37 5 wks 19 May 62 Clown Shoes 35 3 wks Total Hits : 5 Total Weeks : 48 ROCKY BURNETTE American male singer/guitarist, born Jonathan Burnette, 12/6/53. He is the son of Johnny Burnette 17 Nov 79 Tired Of Toein' The Line 58 7 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 7 BURNS British male DJ/producer (born Matthew Burns, 31/10/85) 19 Nov 11 Off The Record (Tinchy Stryder featuring Calvin Harris & Burns) 24 2 wks 08 Dec 12 Lies 32 7 wks (Also charted in 2013) Total Hits : 2 Total Weeks : 9 JERRY BURNS British female singer/songwriter 25 Apr 92 Pale Red 64 1 wk Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 1 PETE BURNS British male singer/songwriter, born 5/8/59, formerly lead singer of Dead Or Alive, and appeared in the 2006 series of Celebrity Big Brother 19 Jun 04 Jack And Jill Party 75 1 wk Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 1 RAY BURNS British male singer, born Reuben Klot, 1/4/23-9/12/00 12 Feb 55 Mobile 4 13 wks 27 Aug 55 That's How A Love Song Was Born (Ray Burns with the Coronets) 14 6 wks Total Hits : 2 Total Weeks : 19 MALANDRA BURROWS British female actress/singer, born Malandra Newman, 4/11/65. She is best known for playing Kathy Bates/Glover in the TV soap "Emmerdale" 01 Dec 90 Just This Side Of Love 11 8 wks 18 Oct 97 Carnival In Heaven 49 1 wk 29 Aug 98 Don't Leave Me 54 1 wk Total Hits : 3 Total Weeks : 10 JENNY BURTON American female singer, born 18/11/57 30 Mar 85 Bad Habits 68 2 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 2 BURUNDI STEIPHENSON BLACK Burundian male drumming group, with overdubbed piano & guitar by French arranger/producer Mike Steiphenson (born Michel Bernholc, 1941-5/6/02) 13 Nov 71 Burundi Black 31 14 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 14 BUS 75 See Whale BUS STOP British male/female vocal/instrumental group (Mark Hall, Nikki Reid, Daz Sampson & Graham Turner). Sampson also charted individually, Turner as part of Eyeopener 23 May 98 Kung Fu Fighting (Bus Stop featuring Carl Douglas) 8 11 wks 24 Oct 98 You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet (Bus Stop featuring Randy Bachman) 22 4 wks 10 Apr 99 Jump 23 3 wks 07 Oct 00 Get It On (Bus Stop featuring T Rex) 59 1 wk Total Hits : 4 Total Weeks : 19 LOU BUSCH American male pianist/songwriter, born Louis Bush, 18/7/10-19/9/79 who peformed under both his own name and as Joe "Fingers" Carr 28 Jan 56 Zambesi 2 17 wks 30 Jun 56 Portuguese Washerwoman (Joe Fingers Carr) 20 5 wks Total Hits : 2 Total Weeks : 22 BUSH British male vocal/instrumental group (Robin Goodridge, Dave Parsons, Nigel Pulsford & Gavin Rossdale). Parsons was formerly in Transvision Vamp 08 Jun 96 Machinehead 48 2 wks 01 Mar 97 Swallowed 7 5 wks 07 Jun 97 Greedy Fly 22 2 wks 01 Nov 97 Bone Driven 49 1 wk 04 Dec 99 The Chemicals Between Us 46 1 wk 18 Mar 00 Warm Machine 45 1 wk 03 Jun 00 Letting The Cables Sleep 51 1 wk Total Hits : 7 Total Weeks : 13 KATE BUSH Briitsh female singer/songwriter, born 30/7/58. She became the first female to reach Number One with a self-penned single in 1978, and was awarded the CBE in 2013. 11 Feb 78 Wuthering Heights 1 14 wks (Also charted in 2014) 10 Jun 78 The Man With The Child In His Eyes 6 11 wks 11 Nov 78 Hammer Horror 44 6 wks 17 Mar 79 Wow 14 10 wks 15 Sep 79 Kate Bush On Stage EP 10 9 wks (Tracks: Them Heavy People/Don't Push Your Foot On The Heartbrake/James And The Cold Gun/L'amour Looks Something Like You) 26 Apr 80 Breathing 16 7 wks 05 Jul 80 Babooshka 5 10 wks 04 Oct 80 Army Dreamers 16 9 wks 06 Dec 80 December Will Be Magic Again 29 7 wks 11 Jul 81 Sat In Your Lap 11 7 wks 07 Aug 82 The Dreaming 48 3 wks 17 Aug 85 Running Up That Hill 3 16 wks (Also charted in 2012 & 2014. A 2012 Remix charted under the title "Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)") 26 Oct 85 Cloudbusting 20 6 wks 01 Mar 86 Hounds Of Love 18 5 wks 10 May 86 The Big Sky 37 3 wks 01 Nov 86 Don't Give Up (Peter Gabriel & Kate Bush) 9 11 wks 08 Nov 86 Experiment IV 23 4 wks 30 Sep 89 The Sensual World 12 5 wks 02 Dec 89 This Woman's Work 25 6 wks (Also charted in 2012) 10 Mar 90 Love And Anger 38 3 wks 07 Dec 91 Rocket Man 12 8 wks 18 Sep 93 Rubberband Girl 12 5 wks 27 Nov 93 Moments Of Pleasure 26 3 wks 16 Apr 94 The Red Shoes 21 3 wks 30 Jul 94 The Man I Love (Kate Bush & Larry Adler) 27 2 wks 19 Nov 94 And So Is Love 26 2 wks 05 Nov 05 King Of The Mountain 4 6 wks 22 Oct 11 Wild Man 73 1 wk Total Hits : 28 Total Weeks : 182 BUSTED British male vocal/instrumental group (James Bourne, Charlie Simpson, Matt Willis). Simpson went on to form Fightstar 28 Sep 02 What I Go To School For 3 12 wks 25 Jan 03 Year 3000 2 15 wks 03 May 03 You Said No 1 10 wks 23 Aug 03 Sleeping With The Light On 3 10 wks 22 Nov 03 Crashed The Wedding 1 12 wks 28 Feb 04 Who's David 1 10 wks 08 May 04 Air Hostess 2 10 wks 07 Aug 04 Thunderbirds/3 AM 1 13 wks Total Hits : 8 Total Weeks : 92 See also McBusted BUSTER British male vocal/instrumental group (Les Brians, Rob Fennah, Pete Leay & Kevin Roberts) 19 Jun 76 Sunday 49 1 wk Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 1 BERNARD BUTLER British male vocalist/guitarist, born 1/5/70. He has been a member of Suede, McAlmont & Butler, Booth & The Bad Angel and the Tears 27 May 95 Yes (McAlmont & Butler) 8 8 wks 04 Nov 95 You Do (McAlmont & Butler) 17 4 wks 17 Jan 98 Stay 12 4 wks 28 Mar 98 Not Alone 27 3 wks 27 Jun 98 A Change Of Heart 45 1 wk 23 Oct 99 You Must Go On 44 1 wk 10 Aug 02 Falling (McAlmont & Butler) 23 3 wks 09 Nov 02 Bring It Back (McAlmont & Butler) 36 2 wks Total Hits : 8 Total Weeks : 26 JONATHAN BUTLER South African male singer/songwriter/guitarist, born 10/10/61 25 Jan 86 If You're Ready (Come Go With Me) (Ruby Turner featuring Jonathan Butler) 30 7 wks 08 Aug 87 Lies 18 11 wks Total Hits : 2 Total Weeks : 18 BUTTERSCOTCH British male vocal/instrumental group (Chris Arnold, David Martin, Geoff Morrow & Phil Waiman) 02 May 70 Don't You Know 17 11 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 11 BUTTHOLE SURFERS American male vocal/instrumental group (King Coffey, Gibby Haynes & Paul Leary) 05 Oct 96 Pepper 59 1 wk Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 1 BUY NOW! See Supermode BUZZCOCKS British male vocal/instrumental group (Steve Diggle, Steve Garvey, John Maher & Pete Shelley). Shelley had one minor solo hit 18 Feb 78 What Do I Get? 37 3 wks 13 May 78 I Don't Mind 55 2 wks 15 Jul 78 Love You More 34 6 wks 23 Sep 78 Ever Fallen In Love (With Someone You Shouldn't Have) 12 11 wks 25 Nov 78 Promises 20 10 wks 10 Mar 79 Everybody's Happy Nowadays 29 6 wks 21 Jul 79 Harmony In My Head 32 6 wks 25 Aug 79 Spiral Scratch (EP) 31 6 wks 06 Sep 80 Are Everything/Why She's A Girl From The Chainstore 61 3 wks Total Hits : 9 Total Weeks : 53 BY ALL MEANS American male/female vocal/instrumental group (Lynn Roderick, Billy Sheppard & James Varner) 18 Jun 88 I Surrender To Your Love 65 2 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 2 MAX BYGRAVES British male singer/TV personality, born Walter Bygraves, 16/10/22-31/8/12. He recorded numberous "SingalongaMax" type albums and was a TV regular for years, presenting "Family Fortunes" in the mid-1980s and was awarded the OBE in 1982 15 Nov 52 Cowpuncher's Cantata 6 8 wks (Also charted in 1953) 15 May 54 The Gang That Sang The Song Of My Heart 7 8 wks 11 Sep 54 Gilly Gilly Ossenfeffer Katzenellen Bogen By The Sea 7 8 wks 22 Jan 55 Mr Sandman 16 1 wk 19 Nov 55 Meet Me On The Corner 2 11 wks 18 Feb 56 The Ballad Of Davy Crockett 20 1 wk 26 May 56 Out Of Town 18 7 wks 06 Apr 57 Heart 14 8 wks 03 May 58 Tulips From Amsterdam/You Need Hands 3 25 wks 23 Aug 58 Little Train/Gotta Have Rain 28 2 wks 03 Jan 59 (I Love To Play) My Ukelele 19 4 wks 19 Dec 59 Jingle Bell Rock 7 4 wks 12 Mar 60 Fings Ain't Wot They Used T'Be 5 15 wks 30 Jul 60 Consider Yourself 50 1 wk 03 Jun 61 Bells Of Avignon 36 5 wks 22 Feb 69 You're My Everything 35 5 wks 06 Oct 73 Deck Of Cards 13 13 wks (Also charted in 1974) 09 Dec 89 White Christmas 71 4 wks Total Hits : 18 Total Weeks : 130 BYKER GROOOVE! British female vocal group (Donna Air, Jayni Hoy & Vicky Taylor) who were all actress on the TV show "Byker Grove". Air & Hoy went on to become Crush 24 Dec 94 Love Your Sexy...!! 48 3 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 3 CHARLIE BYRD American male guitarist/vocalist, 16/9/25-2/12/99 10 Nov 62 Desafinado (Stan Getz & Charlie Byrd) 11 13 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 13 DANNY BYRD British male DJ/producer, born 4/5/79 13 Feb 10 Sweet Harmony (Danny Byrd featuring Liquid) 64 1 wk 09 Oct 10 Ill Behaviour (Danny Byrd featuring I-Kay) 36 2 wks Total Hits : 2 Total Weeks : 3 DEBRA BYRD American female singer, born 1951. She has been a vocal coach on both "American Idol" and "Canadian Idol" 06 Aug 94 Let Me Be Your Wings (Barry Manilow & Debra Byrd) 73 1 wk Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 1 DONALD BYRD American male trumpeter, 9/12/32-4/2/13 26 Sep 81 Love Has Come Around/Loving You 41 6 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 6 GARY BYRD & THE GB EXPERIENCE American male DJ with vocal help from Stevie Wonder and Crystal Blake (one of Wonder's backing singers and briefly a member of Atlantic Starr) 23 Jul 83 The Crown 6 9 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 9 BYRDS American male vocal/instrumental group with an ever-changing lineup with Roger McGuinn the only ever present. The 1965 version saw him joined by Gene Clark, Michael Clarke, David Crosby & Chris Hillman. Clark left in 1966, Crosby in 1967 & Clarke in 1968. "You Ain't Goning Nowhere" saw a lineup of McGuinn & Hillman with Kevin Kelley & Gram Parsons, while for "Chestnut Mare" it was McGuinn with Skip Battin, Gene Parsons & Clarence White 19 Jun 65 Mr Tambourine Man $ 1 14 wks 14 Aug 65 All I Really Want To Do 4 10 wks 13 Nov 65 Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is A Season) $ 26 8 wks 07 May 66 Eight Miles High 24 9 wks 08 Jun 68 You Ain't Goin' Nowhere 45 3 wks 13 Feb 71 Chestnut Mare 19 8 wks Total Hits : 6 Total Weeks : 52 EDWARD BYRNES American male actor/vocalist, born Edward Byrne Breitenberger, 30/7/33 07 May 60 Kookie Kookie Lend Me Your Comb (Edward Byrnes & Connie Stevens) 27 8 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 8 BYSTANDERS British male vocal/instrumental group (Clive John, Jeff Jones, Micky Jones, Vic Oakley & Ray Williams) 11 Feb 67 98.6 45 1 wk Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 1 Edited December 26, 201410 yr by fchd
February 3, 201411 yr You seem to have amalgamated the titles of 'You Were Right' and 'All Possibilities' by Badly Drawn Boy and listed it twice. The first entry is just 'You Were Right' and the second is just 'All Possibilities'.
February 3, 201411 yr Shouldn't this act come under "L" section? LAZY B Danish musical "project" of Søren Nystrøm Rasted, formerly of Aqua 26 Aug 06 Underwear Goes Inside The Pants 30 4 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 4
February 3, 201411 yr Baha Men are from Bahamas. BT had a #38 hit in 2000 with Dreaming, which appears to be missing from his list. Other than that, great stuff!
February 4, 201411 yr Author Baha Men are from Bahamas. I thought they were from the UK, but said they were from the Bahamas to make themselves look cooler and more interesting? I'll do some more research. I'll make the necessary adjustments to other posts (thanks everyone) for next week's update
February 4, 201411 yr 26 Jan 02 Erection (Take It To The Top) (Cortina featuring BK & Madam Friction) 48 1 wk As if someone released a song called Erection *snigger snigger* :rolleyes:
February 10, 201411 yr Author Part 6 now added, and Part 5 edited to take account of all the posts above. Baha Men were Bahamian (so I was wrong on that score) and I've now found a line up from the "Who Let The Dogs Out" era as well, plus I've corrected the listings for Badly Drawn Boy & BT, and moved Lazy B to the "L" section. Oh, and for Mango, that was the correct title of the single referred to!
February 17, 201411 yr Author No comments/corrections received on Part 6 so I've merely made sure it is updated for this week's chart Part 7 now added, includes a couple of big hitters such as the Beatles and the Bee Gees.
February 17, 201411 yr Key - $ = US Number One (1961-date), ✮ UK Million Seller, ➜ Still in Top 75 at this time. A line in red indicates a Number 1, a line in blue indicate a Top 10 hit. HARRY BELAFONTE American male vocalist, born Harold Bellanfanti, 1/3/27. Alongside his musical career, he has been a leading civil rights campaigner since the 50s 02 Mar 57 The Banana Boat Song 2 18 wks 15 Jun 57 Island In The Sun 3 25 wks 07 Sep 57 Scarlet Ribbons (Harry Belafonte & Millard Thomas) 18 6 wks 02 Nov 57 Mary's Boy Child 1 19 wks (Also charted in 1958 & 1959) 23 Aug 58 Little Bernadette 16 7 wks 13 Dec 58 The Son Of Mary 18 4 wks 23 Sep 61 There's A Hole In My Bucket (Harry Belafonte & Odetta) 32 8 wks Total Hits : 7 Total Weeks : 87 Wasn't Mary's Boy Child a UK million seller?
February 17, 201411 yr Beenie Man's 2001 hit should be Girls Dem Sugar. Cathy Newell's DOB is 14/7/82 according to Bellefire's Wikipedia article. Other than that, great stuff!
February 17, 201411 yr Yeah, I've got a bit of a backlog of comments to add to the last couple of parts but nothing too major TBH, this is all very impressive. Quick question though - is there a policy about death dates for group members? I notice that Adam Yauch has one but John Lennon hasn't, for instance.
February 18, 201411 yr 'Books' by Belle And Sebastian was also an EP (which does not contain a song called 'Books') but doesn't have its tracks individually identified like the earlier 3. Also Katie Lopez is missing from the credits of 'Do You Want To Build A Snowman?' (Kristen Bell, Agatha Lee Monn and Katie Lopez).
February 18, 201411 yr Author Also Katie Lopez is missing from the credits of 'Do You Want To Build A Snowman?' (Kristen Bell, Agatha Lee Monn and Katie Lopez). Neither OCC nor Music Week credit Katie Lopez Thanks for all the other comments everyone, I will incorporate those in the updated version
February 18, 201411 yr Neither OCC nor Music Week credit Katie Lopez I see. Seems a bit arbitrary of the OCC to leave her out, it was probably to save space but they could easily have cut it down to 'BELL / LEE MONN / LOPEZ' or something similar. On a tangentially related note, now that the OCC credit Alesso on OneRepublic's 'If I Lose Myself', that should be edited into Alesso's section in here now. One more thing, including a section for Beardyman seems inconsistent with your previous approach to artists who have only charted as features unless I've misunderstood that?
February 21, 201411 yr 'Books' by Belle And Sebastian was also an EP (which does not contain a song called 'Books') but doesn't have its tracks individually identified like the earlier 3. To be exact, tracks on all formats of 'Books' are 'Wrapped Up In Books' and 'Your Cover's Blown' - see what they've done there? CD and DVD formats have two additional tracks. Speaking of B&S, the '3..6..9' EP has an unlisted hidden track but I don't know if you want to mention that. Isobel Campbell has also appeared in the album charts as part of a duo with Mark Lanegan.
February 24, 201411 yr Author All of the above for the update of Part 7 now hopefully taken into account, thanks for all the postings. I've hit a slight problem this morning - when adding in Part 8, the total combined size of Parts 7 & 8 were slightly too big for a single forum post (does anyone know the limit, either in terms of lines of text or bytes?) so I've had to trim it so that it ends at Cilla Black rather then The Blackbyrds. Other "B" posts may also slip slightly if necessary and I'll know to be a little less ambitious of how much I can include in a single post for the "C" thread. Bré - yes, if I was to re-do the "A" thread now, Alesso's entry would include the Alesso vs OneRepublic credit. Hit Parade - I don't really have a hard and fast rule about dates of birth/death for group members. Unfortunately, some of the mini bios were created at different times over the last couple of years when I've spent varying amounts of time doing the research and thus including more or less detail. The general plan would be to include rather than exclude, so if anybody wants to add any ones I don't have, I'm all for it!
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