September 2, 20204 yr Author Runway by Del Shannon and Ronettes - Be My Baby are great. Probably my favourite songs you have posted of the 60s ones so far (of the ones I know that is). Cryin by Roy Orbison is good (I knew the song but I didn't know it was by Roy Orbison) but my favourite from him is his cover of I Drove all Night, which I prefer to the Cyndi Lauper version that was recently in the TOTP catchups. Two entries for the Everly Brothers. I am hoping a song by another set of brothers make your list for 1967. Cilla Black Anyone Who Got A Heart I only discovered through Sheridan's Smiths version of it on the ITV Cilla drama that was on a few years ago. Its a very good song. Walk On By is a great jazz pop song, her voice in the song actually is quite similar in style I think to Sade's quite a bit later. Thanks for the comments :wub:
September 2, 20204 yr Author Fab 60's choices, many of them huge when I was a kid, many of them huge faves still. Records that have topped my personal charts since 1968 (as reissues or oldies): Summer Place (lined up to be a BJSC entry at one time :) ) Nut Rocker Be My Baby Apache You'll Never walk Alone I Just Dont Know What To Do Walk On By Anyone Who Had A Heart Downtown Move Over Darling Your number one choices for 1960, 1963, 1964 are probably the same as mine - though I'd need to check on that :D Many of the rest have hit my number one spot in a "My Number Ones Of The 60's" feature I'll run shortly. These are the tracks I liked during the 60's when I was a kid, songs I remember being mad on - so it will have some really bizarre and unexpected and unknown tracks to anyone who wasn't around at the time - and also some classics. Cheers John. :wub:
September 2, 20204 yr Author There's a few songs I like there and some big sellers that will feature on my own chart. Will say that these get better as the year progress for sure. My two favourite tracks here are in 1962 and 1964 respectively :) Cheers for the comments :wub:
September 2, 20204 yr Author Carrying on with the 60s then. 1968 onwards will have a much longer list of faves, so until then it's a Top 12 for each of '65, '66 and '67. 1965 1. Walker Brothers – Make It Easy On Yourself 2. Four Tops – It’s The Same Old Song 3. Chris Andrews – Yesterday Man 4. Moody Blues – Go Now 5. Gerry & The Pacemakers – Ferry Cross The Mersey 6. Dusty Springfield – Some Of Your Lovin’ 7. Unit Four Plus Two – Concrete And Clay 8. Animals – We Gotta Get Out Of This Place 9. Marianne Faithfull – This Little Bird 10. Beatles – Help! 11. Them – Here Comes The Night 12. Supremes – Stop! In The Name Of Love 1966 1. Beach Boys – God Only Knows 2. Ike & Tina Turner – River Deep Mountain High 3. Nancy Sinatra – These Boots Are Made For Walkin’ 4. Walker Brothers – The Sun Ain’t Gonna Shine Anymore 5. Rolling Stones – Paint It, Black 6. Small Faces – All Or Nothing 7. Supremes – You Can’t Hurry Love 8. Dusty Springfield – You Don’t Have To Say You Love Me 9. Spencer Davis Group – Keep On Running 10. Bobby Fuller Four – I Fought The Law 11. Chiffons – Sweet Talkin’ Guy 12. Los Bravos – Black Is Black 1967 1. Martha & The Vandellas – Jimmy Mack 2. Scott McKenzie – San Francisco (Be Sure To Wear Some Flowers In Your Hair) 3. Kinks – Waterloo Sunset 4. P.P Arnold – First Cut Is The Deepest 5. Beatles – Penny Lane/Strawberry Fields Forever 6. Nancy Sinatra – Sugar Town 7. Rolling Stones – Let’s Spend The Night Together 8. Spencer Davis Group – I’m A Man 9. Gene Pitney – Something’s Gotten Hold Of My Heart 10. Aretha Franklin - Respect 11. Foundations – Baby Now That I’ve Found You 12. Sandie Shaw – Puppet On A String
September 4, 20204 yr well, 1965 tracks that have topped for me: Walker Brothers, Dusty, Supremes, while tracks I loved as a kid that prob would have topped my chart: Chris Andrews, Gerry & The Pacemakers, Beatles. I like them all though! 1966 No 1's: Beach Boys, Walker Brothers (both among my all-time faves, perfect tracks), Ike & Tina, Nancy Sinatra, Rolling Stones, Dusty, Chiffons (or 7 of the 12) while Supremes, Los Bravos were also big faves. 1967No.1's: Scott, KInks, Beatles, Foundations while Sandie Shaw would have topped my charts of the time, and maybe Gene Pitney. Jimmy Mack, Sugar Town, First Cut all fab though.
September 5, 20204 yr Author well, 1965 tracks that have topped for me: Walker Brothers, Dusty, Supremes, while tracks I loved as a kid that prob would have topped my chart: Chris Andrews, Gerry & The Pacemakers, Beatles. I like them all though! 1966 No 1's: Beach Boys, Walker Brothers (both among my all-time faves, perfect tracks), Ike & Tina, Nancy Sinatra, Rolling Stones, Dusty, Chiffons (or 7 of the 12) while Supremes, Los Bravos were also big faves. 1967No.1's: Scott, KInks, Beatles, Foundations while Sandie Shaw would have topped my charts of the time, and maybe Gene Pitney. Jimmy Mack, Sugar Town, First Cut all fab though. Glad we have similar 60s tastes. Thanks John :wub:
September 5, 20204 yr Author Speeding through the pre-being born years before I finally get round to the 21st century. Here's my Top 25 of the final two years of the 1960s. 1968 1. Isley Brothers – This Old Heart Of Mine 2. Crazy World Of Arthur Brown – Fire 3. Brenton Wood – Gimme Little Sign 4. Julie Driscoll, Brian Auger & The Trinity – This Wheel’s On Fire 5. Equals – Baby Come Back 6. Mama Cass – Dream A Little Dream Of Me 7. Amen Corner – Bend Me Shape Me 8. Nina Simone – Ain’t Got No – I Got Life 9. Manfred Mann – Mighty Quinn 10. Otis Redding – (Sittin’ On) The Dock Of The Bay 11. Love Affair – Everlasting Love 12. Foundations – Build Me Up Buttercup 13. Scott Walker – Jackie 14. Louis Armstrong – What A Wonderful World 15. P.P Arnold – Angel Of The Morning 16. Andy Williams – Can’t Take My Eyes Off You 17. Dusty Springfield – I Close My Eyes And Count To Ten 18. Mary Hopkin – Those Were The Days 19. Alan Price Set – Don’t Stop The Carnival 20. Monkees – Daydream Believer 21. Aretha Franklin – I Say A Little Prayer 22. Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band – I’m The Urban Spaceman 23. Gary Puckett & The Union Gap – Young Girl 24. Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich – The Legend Of Xanadu 25. Aretha Franklin – Think 1969 1. Glen Campbell – Wichita Lineman 2. Jackie Wilson – (Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher And Higher 3. Cilla Black – Surround Yourself With Sorrow 4. Simon & Garfunkel – The Boxer 5. Creedence Clearwater Revival – Bad Moon Rising 6. Archies – Sugar Sugar 7. Zager & Evans – In The Year 2525 (Exordium And Terminus) 8. Jane Birkin & Serge Gainsbourg – Je T’Aime…Moi Non Plus 9. Smokey Robinson & The Miracles – The Tracks Of My Tears 10. Bobbie Gentry – I’ll Never Fall In Love Again 11. Desmond Dekker & The Aces – The Israelites 12. Temptations – Get Ready 13. Peter Sarstedt – Where Do You Go To (My Lovely) 14. Thunderclap Newman – Something In The Air 15. Frank Sinatra – My Way 16. Beatles – Something/Come Together 17. Martha Reeves & The Vandellas – Dancing In The Street 18. Nilsson – Everybody’s Talkin’ 19. Hollies – Sorry Suzanne 20. Edwin Starr – 25 Miles 21. Fleetwood Mac – Albatross 22. Dusty Springfield – Son Of A Preacher Man 23. Nina Simone – I Put A Spell On You 24. The Who – Pinball Wizard 25. Beatles - Get Back
September 5, 20204 yr Author And now onto the 1970s, and back to a Top 40 for each year from here on. (N.B I make no apologies for placing Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep so high :lol: ) 1970 1. Freda Payne – Band Of Gold 2. B.J Thomas – Raindrops Keep Fallin’ On My Head 3. Smokey Robinson & The Miracles – The Tears Of A Clown 4. Melanie – Ruby Tuesday 5. Four Tops – I Can’t Help Myself 6. Carpenters – They Long To Be Close To You 7. Black Sabbath – Paranoid 8. 5th Dimension – Wedding Bell Blues 9. Chairmen Of The Board – Give Me Just A Little More Time 10. Vanity Fare – Hitchin’ A Ride 11. Kinks – Lola 12. Moody Blues – Question 13. Rattles – The Witch 14. Dave Edmunds – I Hear You Knocking 15. Bob & Marcia – Young, Gifted And Black 16. Norman Greenbaum – Spirit In The Sky 17. Edison Lighthouse – Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes) 18. Simon & Garfunkel – Bridge Over Troubled Water 19. Christie – Yellow River 20. Beatles – Let It Be 21. Free – All Right Now 22. Deep Purple – Black Night 23. James Brown – Get Up I Feel Like Being A Sex Machine 24. Desmond Dekker – You Can Get It If You Really Want 25. Tams – Be Young, Be Foolish, Be Happy 26. Diana Ross – Ain’t No Mountain High Enough 27. Jethro Tull – The Witch’s Promise 28. Shocking Blue – Venus 29. Hotlegs – Neanderthal Man 30. Joni Mitchell – Big Yellow Taxi 31. Edwin Starr – War 32. Steam – Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye 33. Dana – All Kinds Of Everything 34. Bobby Bloom – Montego Bay 35. Jackson 5 – The Love You Save 36. Gilbert O’Sullivan – Nothing Rhymed 37. CCS – Whole Lotta Love 38. Jackson 5 – ABC 39. Badfinger – Come And Get It 40. Mungo Jerry – In The Summertime 1971 1. Barbra Streisand – Stoney End 2. T. Rex – Hot Love 3. Carpenters – Superstar/For All We Know 4. Carpenters – We’ve Only Just Begun 5. Slade – Coz I Luv You 6. Isaac Hayes – Theme From ‘Shaft’ 7. Dave & Ansil Collins – Double Barrel 8. George Harrison – My Sweet Lord 9. Carole King – It’s Too Late 10. Cher – Gypsys, Tramps And Thieves 11. Middle Of The Road – Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep 12. Elton John – Your Song 13. Sweet – Co-Co 14. Gordon Lightfoot – If You Could Read My Mind 15. Stephen Stills – Love The One You’re With 16. T. Rex – Jeepster 17. Dawn – Knock Three Times 18. T. Rex – Ride A White Swan 19. Jackson 5 – I’ll Be There 20. Supremes – Stoned Love 21. Tom Jones – She’s A Lady 22. Slade – Get Down And Get With It 23. James Taylor – You’ve Got A Friend 24. Curtis Mayfield – Move On Up 25. Diana Ross – I’m Still Waiting 26. Delfonics – La-La Means I Love You 27. Sweet – Funny Funny 28. Partridge Family – I Think I Love You 29. John Lennon & The Plastic Ono Band – Power To The People 30. Tams – Hey Girl Don’t Bother Me 31. Doors – Riders Of The Storm 32. Al Green – Tired Of Being Alone 33. The Who – Won’t Get Fooled Again 34. Supremes – Nathan Jones 35. Diana Ross – Surrender 36. T. Rex – Get It On 37. Smokey Robinson & The Miracles – I Don’t Blame You At All 38. Ringo Starr – It Don’t Come Easy 39. Sweet – Alexander Graham Bell 40. Kinks – Apeman
September 7, 20204 yr Sorry not been able to comment yet AH, im in barcelona getting sunburnt and wearing a mask for a 4 day break, my first getaway in a year. No tourists much in the city, 21 people on the flight, deserted airports mostly, and flew over 4 parked ocean liners in poole bay and the church in girona where they filmed some of game of thrones. For a bizarre alternate universe its quite fab... :lol: 1968: 16 chart toppers and none i dont like! 1969: 12 chart toppers and none i don't like... 1970: 10 chart toppers and the only one ive never been fussed about is jethro tull 1971: 16 chart toppers and several more that will top my chart when i do my retro 1971 charts ie what i like now from that period and none i dont like
September 9, 20204 yr Author Sorry not been able to comment yet AH, im in barcelona getting sunburnt and wearing a mask for a 4 day break, my first getaway in a year. No tourists much in the city, 21 people on the flight, deserted airports mostly, and flew over 4 parked ocean liners in poole bay and the church in girona where they filmed some of game of thrones. For a bizarre alternate universe its quite fab... :lol: 1968: 16 chart toppers and none i dont like! 1969: 12 chart toppers and none i don't like... 1970: 10 chart toppers and the only one ive never been fussed about is jethro tull 1971: 16 chart toppers and several more that will top my chart when i do my retro 1971 charts ie what i like now from that period and none i dont like Oooh, sounds fab. I'm jealous. Hope you have had a great time in Barcelona. :wub: A lot of chart toppers here. You mean, you even like Middle Of The Road? :lol:
September 9, 20204 yr Author Moving on to '72 and '73 then. You'll notice a certain individual appears twice in '72. His unspeakable crimes and its damaging life-long effects on his victims aside, there's also the minor inconvenience of the decision on whether to include such despicable people in retro lists or not (a similar problem awaits in the '00s lists with Lostprophets). As a kid in the late 80s/early 90s I was into 70s glam rock in a big way, and I particularly loved the two tracks featured here. So, rightly or wrongly, I decided to separate criminal from art and included them. Fortunately, he won't appear again (I always found his post '72 output a bit too 'meh'). Of course, there's many musicians past and present who've been 'problematic', some more easily forgiven and condoned than others, but that's another debate for another time. So with that cheery light-hearted disclaimer out of the way, here's my favourite Top 40 hits of 1972 and 1973. 1972 1. T. Rex – Metal Guru 2. Sweet – Wig Wam Bam 3. Olivia Newton John – What Is Life 4. Sweet – Little Willy 5. Elvis Presley – Burning Love 6. Slade – Mama Weer All Crazee Now 7. Slade – Look Wot You Dun 8. David Bowie – John, I’m Only Dancing 9. Hot Butter – Popcorn 10. Roxy Music – Virginia Plain 11. T. Rex – Children Of The Revolution 12. Gary Glitter – Rock And Roll (Parts 1 & 2) 13. Drifters – Saturday Night At The Movies/At The Club 14. Middle Of The Road – Soley Soley 15. David Bowie – Starman 16. Gary Glitter – I Didn’t Know I Loved You (Till I Saw You Rock And Roll) 17. Chicory Tip – Son Of My Father 18. Mott The Hoople – All The Young Dudes 19. Alice Cooper – School’s Out 20. Hot Chocolate – You’ll Always Be A Friend 21. Angelettes – Don’t Let Him Touch You 22. Al Green – Let’s Stay Together 23. Fortunes – Storm In A Teacup 24. Hawkwind – Silver Machine 25. Bill Withers – Lean On Me 26. Sweet – Poppa Joe 27. Don McLean – American Pie 28. America – A Horse With No Name 29. Osmonds – Crazy Horses 30. Rod Stewart – You Wear It Well 31. Chakachas – Jungle Fever 32. Lieutenant Pigeon – Mouldy Old Dough 33. Sly & The Family Stone – Family Affair 34. Don McLean – Vincent 35. Roberta Flack – The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face 36. Nilsson – Without You 37. Alice Cooper – Elected 38. 10cc – Donna 39. New Seekers – I’d Like To Teach The World To Sing (In Perfect Harmony) 40. Michael Jackson – Got To Be There 1973 1. Suzi Quatro – 48 Crash 2. Sweet – Ballroom Blitz 3. Mott The Hoople – Roll Away The Stone 4. Moody Blues – Nights In White Satin 5. Moody Blues – I’m Just A Singer (In A Rock ‘N’ Roll Band) 6. David Bowie – Life On Mars 7. T. Rex – 20th Century Boy 8. 10CC – Rubber Bullets 9. T. Rex – Solid Gold Easy Action 10. Detroit Emeralds – Feel The Need In Me 11. Strawbs – Part Of The Union 12. Wizzard – See My Baby Jive 13. Carly Simon – You’re So Vain 14. Anne-Marie David – Wonderful Dream 15. Mud – Dyna-Mite 16. Linda Lewis – Rock-A-Doodle-Doo 17. Sweet – Blockbuster! 18. Carpenters – Yesterday Once More 19. Elton John – Goodbye Yellow Brick Road 20. Suzi Quatro – Can The Can 21. Alvin Stardust – My Coo Ca Choo 22. Wizzard – Ball Park Incident 23. Lou Reed – Walk On The Wild Side 24. Osmonds – Let Me In 25. Billy Paul – Me And Mrs Jones 26. Sylvia – Pillow Talk 27. David Essex - Lamplight 28. Wings – Live And Let Die 29. Focus – Sylvia 30. Stealers Wheel – Stuck In The Middle With You 31. Electric Light Orchestra – Showdown 32. Timmy Thomas – Why Can’t We Live Together 33. Nazareth – Bad Bad Boy 34. Limme & The Family Cookin’ – You Can Do Magic 35. Slade – Cum On Feel The Noize 36. Marvin Gaye – Let’s Get It On 37. Temptations – Papa Was A Rolling Stone 38. Hot Chocolate – Brother Louie 39. First Choice – Armed And Extremely Dangerous 40. Carpenters – Top Of The World
September 9, 20204 yr Oooh, sounds fab. I'm jealous. Hope you have had a great time in Barcelona. :wub: A lot of chart toppers here. You mean, you even like Middle Of The Road? :lol: It was good, ta, 17 on the plane coming back, it's so bizarre people not travelling anymore, even the Sagrada Familia, a major attraction for hordes of people, had virtually no-one there, maybe 20 or so, largely Spanish. I ADORED Middle Of The Road, along with many young boys of that time. Sally Carr's hotpants were very popular with adolescent boys and I loved the records, especially the first 3 hits. I will be revealing just how much I loved them next year as I get into the 50th anniversary charts of then and what I like now from then - I'm going to run them side by side for contrast to show how what one loves at age 13 isnt necessarily what one loves 50 years later :lol:
September 9, 20204 yr 1972: I agree Glitter was at his peak in 1972, and then his ego took over and became a huge cartoon glam rock star, albeit great fun for another 18 months or so. His first hit was virtually an instrumental, and I prefer to give credit to the late Mike Leander for his records, in the same way as I don't blame the poor Glitter Band who have been tarnished by association for the crime of naming themselves after him and actually playing the instruments on his early records. I don't see why they should be wiped from pop history due to Gadd. 15 number ones, a batch of sure-fire chart-toppers if they re-chart for me, and I genuinely love 37 of the 40, and really like the other 3! :wub: :o As this is my era, a quick list of the pop stars Ive seen in concert: Sweet, Hot Chocolate, David Bowie (twice), Gary Glitter (6 times), Alice Cooper, Sly & The Family Stone, 10CC (twice), Olivia Newton-John, Michael Jackson.... :) 1973: 13 number ones, a batch of sure-fire chart-toppers etc, I love 36, like the other 4, and have seen Sweet, Olivia Newton-John, Suzi Quatro (twice), Moody Blues, 10CC, Wizzard/Roy Wood (3 times), Mud, David Essex, Wings, Temptations, Hot Chocolate So, in summary still loving your choices! :cheer:
September 12, 20204 yr Author It was good, ta, 17 on the plane coming back, it's so bizarre people not travelling anymore, even the Sagrada Familia, a major attraction for hordes of people, had virtually no-one there, maybe 20 or so, largely Spanish. I ADORED Middle Of The Road, along with many young boys of that time. Sally Carr's hotpants were very popular with adolescent boys and I loved the records, especially the first 3 hits. I will be revealing just how much I loved them next year as I get into the 50th anniversary charts of then and what I like now from then - I'm going to run them side by side for contrast to show how what one loves at age 13 isnt necessarily what one loves 50 years later :lol: That will be interesting to read! Glad you had a great time in Barcelona :wub:
September 12, 20204 yr Author 1972: I agree Glitter was at his peak in 1972, and then his ego took over and became a huge cartoon glam rock star, albeit great fun for another 18 months or so. His first hit was virtually an instrumental, and I prefer to give credit to the late Mike Leander for his records, in the same way as I don't blame the poor Glitter Band who have been tarnished by association for the crime of naming themselves after him and actually playing the instruments on his early records. I don't see why they should be wiped from pop history due to Gadd. 15 number ones, a batch of sure-fire chart-toppers if they re-chart for me, and I genuinely love 37 of the 40, and really like the other 3! :wub: :o As this is my era, a quick list of the pop stars Ive seen in concert: Sweet, Hot Chocolate, David Bowie (twice), Gary Glitter (6 times), Alice Cooper, Sly & The Family Stone, 10CC (twice), Olivia Newton-John, Michael Jackson.... :) 1973: 13 number ones, a batch of sure-fire chart-toppers etc, I love 36, like the other 4, and have seen Sweet, Olivia Newton-John, Suzi Quatro (twice), Moody Blues, 10CC, Wizzard/Roy Wood (3 times), Mud, David Essex, Wings, Temptations, Hot Chocolate So, in summary still loving your choices! :cheer: Thanks John. Thrilled that you approve of my choices. I've only ever been to one concert. Shakira in 2002 (not my choice, my mate had a huge crush on her.) Didn't see much, as I recall, due to some very overly-excited people off their face on pills jumping up and down directly in front of me. Maybe that's what put me off :lol:
September 12, 20204 yr Author Onwards to '74 and '75, and the start of struggling of narrowing my faves to just 40. 56 tracks were fighting for a place in 1974 compared to 46 for '75. One thing I noticed whilst researching the Top 40 hits of 1975 was while there were some undeniable classics, there was also a lot of absolute dross! I now completely understand why punk had to happen. 1974 1. Sparks – This Town Ain’t Big Enough For Both Of Us 2. Barry Blue – Hot Shot 3. Javells Feat. Nosmo King – Goodbye Nothing To Say 4. Hot Chocolate – Emma 5. Lulu – The Man Who Sold The World 6. KC & The Sunshine Band – Queen Of Clubs 7. Rubettes – Sugar Baby Love 8. R Dean Taylor – There’s A Ghost In My House 9. Love Unlimited Orchestra – Love’s Theme 10. Pilot – Magic 11. Golden Earring – Radar Love 12. Glitter Band – Angel Face 13. George McCrae – Rock Your Baby 14. Andy Kim – Rock Me Gently 15. Marc Bolan & T. Rex – Teenage Dream 16. Mott The Hoople – The Golden Age Of Rock & Roll 17. Abba – Waterloo 18. Limme & The Family Cookin’ – A Walkin’ Miracle 19. Mud – Tiger Feet 20. First Class – Beach Baby 21. Stylistics – You Make Me Feel Brand New 22. Johnny Bristol – Hang On In There Baby 23. David Bowie – Rebel Rebel 24. Three Degrees – When Will I See You Again 25. Sweet Sensation – Sad Sweet Dreamer 26. Sweet – Teenage Rampage 27. Abba – Ring Ring 28. Paper Lace – Billy Don’t Be A Hero 29. Doobie Brothers – Listen To The Music 30. Cozy Powell – Dance With The Devil 31. Bachman Turner Overdrive – You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet 32. Hues Corporation – Rock The Boat 33. Alvin Stardust – Jealous Mind 34. Hello – Tell Him 35. John Denver – Annie’s Song 36. Mike Oldfield – Mike Oldfield’s Single (Theme From Tubular Bells) 37. Suzi Quatro – Devil Gate Drive 38. New Seekers Feat. Lyn Paul – You Won’t Find Another Fool Like Me 39. Commodores – Machine Gun 40. Roxy Music – All I Want Is You 1975 1. 5000 Volts – I’m On Fire 2. David Essex – Stardust 3. Kraftwerk – Autobahn 4. Sweet – Fox On The Run 5. Roxy Music – Love Is The Drug 6. Maxine Nightingale – Right Back Where We Started From 7. Gloria Gaynor – Never Can Say Goodbye 8. Status Quo – Down Down 9. Abba – SOS 10. KC & The Sunshine Band – That’s The Way (I Like It) 11. Natalie Cole – This Will Be 12. Silver Convention – Save Me 13. Sweet – Action 14. Carpenters – Solitaire 15. Queen – Bohemian Rhapsody 16. Pilot – January 17. 10CC – I’m Not In Love 18. David Bowie – Space Oddity 19. Jigsaw – Sky High 20. 10CC – Life Is A Minestrone 21. Carpenters – Only Yesterday 22. Shirley & Company – Shame Shame Shame 23. Abba – I Do I Do I Do I Do I Do 24. Kenny – The Bump 25. T. Rex Disco Party – Dreamy Lady 26. Van McCoy & The Soul City Symphony – The Hustle 27. Art Garfunkel – I Only Have Eyes For You 28. Hello – New York Groove 29. Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel – Make Me Smile (Come Up And See Me) 30. Rubettes – I Can Do It 31. Wigan’s Chosen Few – Footsee 32. Stylistics – I Can’t Give You Anything (But My Love) 33. Slade – How Does It Feel? 34. David Bowie – Fame 35. Captain & Tennille – Love Will Keep Us Together 36. Susan Cadogan – Hurt So Good 37. KC & The Sunshine Band – Get Down Tonight 38. Carpenters – Please Mr Postman 39. Bee Gees – Jive Talkin’ 40. Minnie Riperton – Loving You
September 13, 20204 yr Thanks John. Thrilled that you approve of my choices. I've only ever been to one concert. Shakira in 2002 (not my choice, my mate had a huge crush on her.) Didn't see much, as I recall, due to some very overly-excited people off their face on pills jumping up and down directly in front of me. Maybe that's what put me off :lol: Ooh been there with the annoying substance-abusers spoiling a concert. I just move away from them and look for someone shorter than me to stand behind :lol: Or take a very tall friend along, that creates a natural clearing :D
September 13, 20204 yr Yes, 1975 was full of dire rubbish in amongst the golden moments, at least in the UK charts - the US charts were on the whole pretty cool in the pre-punk era. 1974 was way better. Ooh Barry Blue at 2! Peaked at 2 in my own charts that one, totally forgotten these days. Fab choices for 1974, 12 chart-toppers, and at least another 10 that could easily top my chart as oldies. Great to see forgotten greats like Roxy Music, KC, First Class, and so on make the list. No Smoking & The Javelles was a fave of mine at the time :lol: 1975: 13 chart-toppers, and again lots of forgotten gems in there, Jigsaw (my first-ever live concert), Hello, Silver Convention, and more :heart:
September 16, 20204 yr Author Yes, 1975 was full of dire rubbish in amongst the golden moments, at least in the UK charts - the US charts were on the whole pretty cool in the pre-punk era. 1974 was way better. Ooh Barry Blue at 2! Peaked at 2 in my own charts that one, totally forgotten these days. Fab choices for 1974, 12 chart-toppers, and at least another 10 that could easily top my chart as oldies. Great to see forgotten greats like Roxy Music, KC, First Class, and so on make the list. No Smoking & The Javelles was a fave of mine at the time :lol: 1975: 13 chart-toppers, and again lots of forgotten gems in there, Jigsaw (my first-ever live concert), Hello, Silver Convention, and more :heart: Yes, it appears 1975 and 1976 had an awful lot of dross clogging up the charts, amongst some classics. All the forgotten gems you mentioned all deserved to be much bigger hits. I'm surprised Jigsaw was your first ever concert, what was it like? Cheers John :wub:
September 16, 20204 yr Author Moving on to '76 and '77 then. The former year, like '75, had an awful lot of tat to wade through in order to get to the stone cold gems. '77 was when, in my opinion, the overall quality increased significantly. 1976 1. Fox – S-S-S-Single Bed 2. Electric Light Orchestra – Livin’ Thing 3. Tavares – Don’t Take Away The Music 4. Billy Ocean – Love Really Hurts Without You 5. Linda & The Funky Boys – Sold My Soul For Rock ‘N’ Roll (Gave It For Funky Soul) 6. Abba – Money Money Money 7. Diana Ross – Love Hangover 8. Tina Charles – I Love To Love (But My Baby Loves To Dance) 9. Rod Stewart – The Killing Of Georgie 10. Abba – Dancing Queen 11. Andrea True Connection – More More More 12. George McCrae – Honey I 13. Harpo – Movie Star 14. Bay City Rollers – I Only Wanna Be With You 15. Abba – Fernando 16. Dolly Parton – Jolene 17. Abba – Mamma Mia 18. Isaac Hayes Movement – Disco Connection 19. Joan Armatrading – Love And Affection 20. Sailor – Glass Of Champagne 21. Chicago – If You Leave Me Now 22. Bryan Ferry – Let’s Stick Together 23. James & Bobby Purify – I’m Your Puppet 24. War – Low Rider 25. Real Thing – You To Me Are Everything 26. Tavares – Heaven Must Be Missing An Angel 27. Manfred Mann’s Earth Band – Blinded By The Light 28. Four Seasons – Silver Star 29. Elton John & Kiki Dee – Don’t Go Breaking My Heart 30. Silver Convention – Get Up And Boogie 31. Bellamy Brothers – Let Your Love Flow 32. Barry White – You See The Trouble With Me 33. Four Seasons – December, 1963 (Oh, What A Night) 34. Glitter Band – People Like You And People Like Me 35. Candi Staton – Young Hearts Run Free 36. Elton John – Benny And The Jets 37. Donna Summer – Love To Love You Baby 38. Bee Gees – You Should Be Dancing 39. Sweet – The Lies In Your Eyes 40. Can – I Want More 1977 1. Donna Summer – I Feel Love 2. Abba – Knowing Me Knowing You 3. KC & The Sunshine Band – Keep It Comin’ Love 4. Giorgio Moroder – From Here To Eternity 5. Fleetwood Mac – Dreams 6. Barry Biggs – Sideshow 7. Blue – Gonna Capture Your Heart 8. Emotions – Best Of My Love 9. Baccara – Yes Sir I Can Boogie 10. Ram Jam – Black Betty 11. Fleetwood Mac – Go Your Own Way 12. Boney M – Ma Baker 13. Hot Chocolate – So You Win Again 14. Al Stewart – Year Of The Cat 15. Boney M – Belfast 16. Fleetwood Mac – Don’t Stop 17. Stranglers – No More Heroes 18. Space – Magic Fly 19. Sex Pistols – God Save The Queen 20. Rod Stewart – I Don’t Want To Talk About It/First Cut Is The Deepest 21. Carpenters – Calling Occupants Of Interplanetary Craft (The Recognized Anthem Of World Contact Day) 22. Julie Covington – Don’t Cry For Me Argentina 23. Van McCoy – The Shuffle 24. Joe Tex – Ain’t Gonna Bump No More (With No Big Fat Woman) 25. David Bowie – Heroes 26. Abba – The Name Of The Game 27. La Belle Epoque – Black Is Black 28. Gladys Knight & The Pips – Baby Don’t Change Your Mind 29. Carly Simon – Nobody Does It Better 30. Commodores – Easy 31. Stranglers – Peaches/Go Buddy Go 32. Boston – More Than A Feeling 33. Boney M – Daddy Cool 34. Sex Pistols – Pretty Vacant 35. Boney M – Sunny 36. Brotherhood Of Man – Angelo 37. Barbara Dickson – Another Suitcase In Another Hall 38. Clash – White Riot 39. Drifters – You’re More Than A Number In My Little Red Book 40. Supertramp – Give A Little Bit
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