December 10, 20186 yr Good idea Alex, people like to reflect back on 10 years ago, 20 years ago today etc :) I think I will be lucky if I know any tracks from 1949 though! Be interesting to see if that's true!
December 24, 20186 yr Author 40 years ago chart. Glory days of music television programs such as "Top of the Pops" (UK), Top Pop (Netherlands) and Musikladen (West Germany). "Fallen Angel" at # 30 is not the same song with my favourite single of 1978 from Twiggy. 07.01.1979 (Week # 1) 01. (-) Brotherhood Of Man - Goodbye, Goodbye (1 week) (1 week at # 1) 02. (-) Bonnie Tyler - Louisiana Rain (6 weeks) 03. (-) Blondie - Hanging On The Telephone (9 weeks) 04. (-) Pussycat - Hey Joe (1 week) 05. (-) Lynsey De Paul - Hollywood Romance (11 weeks) 06. (-) Suzi Quatro and Chris Norman - Stumblin' In (9 weeks) 07. (-) New Seekers - You Needed Me (7 weeks) 08. (-) Corry Konings - Een Teken Van Leven (7 weeks) 09. (-) Captain and Tennille - You Need A Woman Tonight (1 week) 10. (-) Rachel Sweet - Baby (5 weeks) 11. (-) Sarah Brightman & Hot Gossip - I Lost My Heart To A Starship Trooper (9 weeks) 12. (-) Neil Diamond and Barbara Streisand - You Don't Bring Me Flowers (7 weeks) 13. (-) Teach In - Dear John (12 weeks) 14. (-) Girlie - Andy (For Love It Takes Two) (14 weeks) 15. (-) Tanja - Don't Cry For Me Argentina (11 weeks) 16. (-) Brotherhood Of Man - Middle Of The Night (15 weeks) 17. (-) Blondie - Picture This (20 weeks) 18. (-) Next One - Realite (12 weeks) 19. (-) Olivia Newton-John - A Little More Love (4 weeks) 20. (-) Olivia Newton-John - Hopelessly Devoted To You (10 weeks) 21. (-) John Travolta and Olivia Newton John - Summer Nights (17 weeks) 22. (-) Guys and Dolls - Something's Gotten Hold Of My Heart (10 weeks) 23. (-) Renee - Sweet Nothings (19 weeks) 24. (-) Deluge - Broom (With Me) (6 weeks) 25. (-) Twiggy - Fallen Angel (37 weeks) 26. (-) Cheryl Ladd - Think It Over (20 weeks) 27. (-) Hanny - Ciao Ciao Amore (17 weeks) 28. (-) Rezillos - Destination Venus (7 weeks) 29. (-) Sharon O'Neill - Luck's On The Table (18 weeks) 30. (-) Barbara Dickson - Fallen Angel (1 week) Edited December 24, 20186 yr by Good Old Days
December 24, 20186 yr Author # 1 : Brotherhood Of Man - Goodbye Goodbye VKIzSYQsEwQ UK chart : - # 1 debut for Brotherhood of Man. Only one group (Blondie) was more successful in my 1978-1979 charts.
January 17, 20196 yr Author 70 years ago chart : 02.01.1949 (Week # 1) 01. (NE) Gracie Fields - Forever and Ever (1 week) (1 week at # 1) 02. (NE) Betty Hutton - The Sewing Machine (1 week) 03. (NE) Betty Jane Rhodes - Buttons And Bows (1 week) 04. (NE) Doris Day and Buddy Clark - Love Somebody (1 week) 05. (NE) Betty Garrett - Buttons And Bows (1 week) 06. (NE) Dinah Shore - Buttons And Bows (1 week) 07. (NE) Vera Lynn - I'm Sending A Letter To Santa Claus (1 week) 08. (NE) Dinning Sisters - He Like It, She Like It (1 week) 09. (NE) Jack Smith and Clark Sisters - You Call Everybody Darlin' (1 week) 10. (NE) Peggy Lee - Bubble Loo! Bubble Loo (1 week) 11. (NE) Vera Lynn - The Silver Wedding Waltz (1 week) 12. (NE) Kay Starr - You Were Only Fooling (1 week) 13. (NE) Patti Page and Vic Damone - Say Something Sweet To Your Sweetheart (1 week) 14. (NE) Rosemary Clooney - You Started Something (1 week) 15. (NE) Vera Lynn - How Green Was My Valley (1 week) 16. (NE) Jo Stafford and Gordon MacRae - Say Something Sweet To Your Sweetheart (1 week) 17. (NE) Doris Day and Buddy Clark - My Darling, My Darling (1 week) 18. (NE) Jo Stafford - Every Day I Love You (Just A Little Bit More) (1 week) 19. (NE) Marlin Sisters - My Happiness (1 week) 20. (NE) Andrews Sisters and Bing Crosby - A Hundred & Sixty Acres (1 week) Edited January 17, 20196 yr by Good Old Days
January 17, 20196 yr Author Top 3 : Gracie Fields - Forever and Ever BMW6S3dG_fs Betty Hutton - The Sewing Machine ZdvQ-765TMo Betty Jane Rhodes - Buttons And Bows 3yNZzpIUVxw
January 21, 20196 yr Author I try to finish first 2009 chart on this week. Do you prefer the separated threads for each year or almost all from them in one topic ?
January 21, 20196 yr Good Old Days, are you a Pussycat fan? I know Hey Joe as I have Good For Gold, a Pussycat CD that I think is out of print now. They did some great songs besides their two hits, Mississippi and Smile. Edited January 21, 20196 yr by Crazy Chris
January 21, 20196 yr Author Good Old Days, are you a Pussycat fan? I know Hey Joe as I have Good For Gold, a Pussycat CD that I think is out of print now. They did some great songs besides their two hits, Mississippi and Smile. Yes, I like them, old good "middle of the road" genre and Dutch pop scene of 70s and 80s always will be my second favourite after British from these two decades. Edited January 21, 20196 yr by Good Old Days
January 22, 20196 yr 40 years ago chart. Glory days of music television programs such as "Top of the Pops" (UK), Top Pop (Netherlands) and Musikladen (West Germany). "Fallen Angel" at # 30 is not the same song with my favourite single of 1978 from Twiggy. 07.01.1979 (Week # 1) 03. (-) Blondie - Hanging On The Telephone (9 weeks) 06. (-) Suzi Quatro and Chris Norman - Stumblin' In (9 weeks) 09. (-) Captain and Tennille - You Need A Woman Tonight (1 week) 10. (-) Rachel Sweet - Baby (5 weeks) 11. (-) Sarah Brightman & Hot Gossip - I Lost My Heart To A Starship Trooper (9 weeks) 12. (-) Neil Diamond and Barbara Streisand - You Don't Bring Me Flowers (7 weeks) 16. (-) Brotherhood Of Man - Middle Of The Night (15 weeks) 17. (-) Blondie - Picture This (20 weeks) 19. (-) Olivia Newton-John - A Little More Love (4 weeks) 20. (-) Olivia Newton-John - Hopelessly Devoted To You (10 weeks) 21. (-) John Travolta and Olivia Newton John - Summer Nights (17 weeks) 28. (-) Rezillos - Destination Venus (7 weeks) Hi Alex, all of these made my charts, almost all of the others I never got to hear at the time! :o Plenty I would have charted if I'd heard them though. I love that Suzi Quatro track, among many. :wub:
January 22, 20196 yr 70 years ago chart : 02.01.1949 (Week # 1) 01. (NE) Gracie Fields - Forever and Ever (1 week) (1 week at # 1) 02. (NE) Betty Hutton - The Sewing Machine (1 week) 03. (NE) Betty Jane Rhodes - Buttons And Bows (1 week) 04. (NE) Doris Day and Buddy Clark - Love Somebody (1 week) 05. (NE) Betty Garrett - Buttons And Bows (1 week) 06. (NE) Dinah Shore - Buttons And Bows (1 week) 07. (NE) Vera Lynn - I'm Sending A Letter To Santa Claus (1 week) 08. (NE) Dinning Sisters - He Like It, She Like It (1 week) 09. (NE) Jack Smith and Clark Sisters - You Call Everybody Darlin' (1 week) 10. (NE) Peggy Lee - Bubble Loo! Bubble Loo (1 week) 11. (NE) Vera Lynn - The Silver Wedding Waltz (1 week) 12. (NE) Kay Starr - You Were Only Fooling (1 week) 13. (NE) Patti Page and Vic Damone - Say Something Sweet To Your Sweetheart (1 week) 14. (NE) Rosemary Clooney - You Started Something (1 week) 15. (NE) Vera Lynn - How Green Was My Valley (1 week) 16. (NE) Jo Stafford and Gordon MacRae - Say Something Sweet To Your Sweetheart (1 week) 17. (NE) Doris Day and Buddy Clark - My Darling, My Darling (1 week) 18. (NE) Jo Stafford - Every Day I Love You (Just A Little Bit More) (1 week) 19. (NE) Marlin Sisters - My Happiness (1 week) 20. (NE) Andrews Sisters and Bing Crosby - A Hundred & Sixty Acres (1 week) As expected Ive never heard of any of these! :lol: I do know Buttons & Bows though (I adore the Bob Hope movie versions, and Bob Hope was a fab comic actor) Can't go wrong with Doris day, Peggy Lee though, always good!
January 23, 20196 yr Author As expected Ive never heard of any of these! :lol: I do know Buttons & Bows though (I adore the Bob Hope movie versions, and Bob Hope was a fab comic actor) Can't go wrong with Doris day, Peggy Lee though, always good! "Buttons and Bows" was big hit in the second half of 1948, there are 6 versions of "Buttons and Bows" (5 from Billboard chart and one from UK, recorded by the winner of my first chart). Dinah Shore version was # 1 in United States and # 8 in UK. Peak positions for others : Betty Jane Rhodes # 9, Dinning Sisters # 5, Betty Garrett # 8, Evelyn Knight # 14. Edited January 23, 20196 yr by Good Old Days
January 23, 20196 yr Author Hi Alex, all of these made my charts, almost all of the others I never got to hear at the time! :o Plenty I would have charted if I'd heard them though. I love that Suzi Quatro track, among many. :wub: John, there are many entries from Netherlands, it's the influence of "Top Pop" TV show, most performances are available in very good quality. Teach In - Dear John ZLNjljrxrkI Different line-up with their Eurovision successful "Ding A Dong", now (in 1979) they have two other female singers. Realite - Next One : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YlAE5Jff6Ws (typical MoR music from male/female duet). Girlie - Andy (For Love It Takes Two) : (girl group with leading blonde vocalist). Deluge - Broom (With Me) : (very interesting sound, especially for my chart). Renee - Sweet Nothings : (cover version of Brenda Lee hit) Corry Konings - Een Teken Van Leven : (local Dutch legendary singer, she will have many hits in my 70s and 80s charts, solo and with the Rekels) Hanny - Ciao Ciao Amore : (schlager, which sounds like many German and Dutch songs from that time period) Thanks to YouTube, where we can find and listen low-popular singles and the releases from other charts, not only from UK. :) P.S : I didn't add YouTube links for low-known songs before, but must do it in near future. Edited January 23, 20196 yr by Good Old Days
January 23, 20196 yr John, there are many entries from Netherlands, it's the influence of "Top Pop" TV show, most performances are available in very good quality. Teach In - Dear John ZLNjljrxrkI Different line-up with their Eurovision successful "Ding A Dong", now (in 1979) they have two other female singers. Realite - Next One : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YlAE5Jff6Ws (typical MoR music from male/female duet). Girlie - Andy (For Love It Takes Two) : (girl group with leading blonde vocalist). Deluge - Broom (With Me) : (very interesting sound, especially for my chart). Renee - Sweet Nothings : (cover version of Brenda Lee hit) Corry Konings - Een Teken Van Leven : (local Dutch legendary singer, she will have many hits in my 70s and 80s charts, solo and with the Rekels) Hanny - Ciao Ciao Amore : (schlager, which sounds like many German and Dutch songs from that time period) Thanks to YouTube, where we can find and listen low-popular singles and the releases from other charts, not only from UK. :) P.S : I didn't add YouTube links for low-known songs before, but must do it in near future. Thanks for all these links Alex, you're spoiling me! :lol: I will have a listen over the weekend :)
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