Posted April 4, 20214 yr Yes, I have had too much time on my hands today...1953 - She Wears Red Feathers - Guy Mitchell (5 April)1954 - Secret Love - Doris Day (18 April)1955 - Give Me Your Word - Tennessee Ernie Ford (10 April)1956 - Rock and Roll Waltz - Kay Starr (1 April)1957 - Cumberland Gap - Lonnie Donegan (21 April)1958 - Magic Moments - Perry Como (6 April)1959 - Side Saddle - Russ Conway (28 March)1960 - My Old Man’s a Dustman - Lonnie Donegan (17 April)1961 - Wooden Heart - Elvis Presley (2 April)1962 - Wonderful Land - The Shadows (22 April)1963 - How Do You Do It - Gerry & the Pacemakers (14 April)1964 - Little Children - Billy J Kramer & the Dakotas (29 March)1965 - The Minute You’re Gone - Cliff Richard (18 April)1966 - The Sun Ain’t Gonna Shine Anymore - Walker Brothers (10 April)1967 - Release Me - Engelbert Humperdinck (26 March)1968 - Congratulations - Cliff Richard (14 April)1969 - I Heard It Through the Grapevine - Marvin Gaye (6 April)1970 - Bridge Over Troubled Water - Simon & Garfunkel (29 March)1971 - Hot Love - T Rex (11 April)1972 - Without You - Nilsson (2 April)1973 - Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Old Oak Tree - Dawn & Tony Orlando (22 April)1974 - Seasons in the Sun - Terry Jacks (14 April)1975 - Bye Bye Baby - Bay City Rollers (30 March)1976 - Save Your Kisses for Me - Brotherhood of Man (18 April)1977 - Knowing Me, Knowing You - ABBA (10 April)1978 - Wuthering Heights - Kate Bush (26 March)1979 - Bright Eyes - Art Garfunkel (15 April)1980 - Working My Way Back to You - Detroit Spinners (6 April)1981 - Making Your Mind Up - Bucks Fizz (19 April)1982 - My Camera Never Lies - Bucks Fizz (11 April)1983 - Let’s Dance - David Bowie (3 April)1984 - Hello - Lionel Richie (22 April)1985 - Easy Lover - Phil Collins / Philip Bailey (7 April)1986 - Living Doll - Cliff Richard / The Young Ones (30 March)1987 - La Isla Bonita - Madonna (19 April)1988 - Heart - Pet Shop Boys (3 April)1989 - Like a Prayer - Madonna (26 March)1990 - Vogue - Madonna (15 April)1991 - The One and Only - Chesney Hawkes (31 March)1992 - Deeply Dippy - Right Said Fred (19 April)1993 - Young at Heart - The Bluebells (11 April)1994 - Everything Changes - Take That (3 April)1995 - Back for Good - Take That (16 April)1996 - Firestarter - The Prodigy (7 April)1997 - Block Rockin’ Beats - Chemical Brothers (30 March)1998 - It’s Like That - Run DMC / Jason Nevins (12 April)1999 - Flat Beat - Mr Oizo (4 April)2000 - Toca’s Miracle - Fragma (23 April)2001 - What Took You So Long - Emma Bunton (15 April)2002 - Unchained Melody - Gareth Gates (31 March)2003 - Make Love - Room 5 / Oliver Cheatham (20 April)2004 - Five Colours in Her Hair - McFly (11 April)2005 - (Is This the Way to) Amarillo - Tony Christie (27 March)2006 - Crazy - Gnarls Barkley (16 April)2007 - (I’m Gonna Be) 500 Miles - The Proclaimers (8 April)2008 - American Boy - Estelle / Kanye West (23 March)2009 - I’m Not Alone - Calvin Harris (12 April)2010 - This Ain’t a Love Song - Scouting for Girls (4 April)2011 - Party Rock Anthem - LMFAO (24 April)2012 - Call Me Maybe - Carly Rae Jepsen (8 April)2013 - Let’s Get Ready to Rhumble - PJ & Duncan (31 March)2014 - Hideaway - Kiesza (20 April)2015 - Hold My Hand - Jess Glynne (5 April)2016 - I Took a Pill in Ibiza - Mike Posner (27 March)2017 - Sign of the Times - Harry Styles (16 April)2018 - These Days - Rudimental / Jess Glynne / Macklemore (1 April)2019 - Old Town Road - Lil Nas X (21 April)2020 - Blinding Lights - The Weeknd (12 April)2021 - Call Me By Your Name - Lil Nas X (4 April)2022 - As It Was - Harry Styles (17 April)2023 - Miracle - Calvin Harris / Ellie Goulding (9 April)2024 - Beautiful Things - Benson Boone (31 March)2025 - Ordinary - Alex Warren (20 April) Edited April 23Apr 23 by chartjack2
April 4, 20214 yr :kink: why not! my absolute favourites would have to be... 1959 - Side Saddle - Russ Conway (28 March) 1962 - Wonderful Land - The Shadows (22 April) 1969 - I Heard It Through the Grapevine - Marvin Gaye (6 April) 1971 - Hot Love - T Rex (11 April) 1977 - Knowing Me, Knowing You - ABBA (10 April) 1978 - Wuthering Heights - Kate Bush (26 March) 1983 - Let’s Dance - David Bowie (3 April) 1987 - La Isla Bonita - Madonna (19 April) 1988 - Heart - Pet Shop Boys (3 April) 1989 - Like a Prayer - Madonna (26 March) 1990 - Vogue - Madonna (15 April) 1995 - Back for Good - Take That (16 April) 1996 - Firestarter - The Prodigy (7 April) 1997 - Block Rockin’ Beats - Chemical Brothers (30 March) 1998 - It’s Like That - Run DMC / Jason Nevins (12 April) 1999 - Flat Beat - Mr Oizo (4 April) 2000 - Toca’s Miracle - Fragma (23 April) 2001 - What Took You So Long - Emma Bunton (15 April) 2003 - Make Luv - Room 5 / Oliver Cheatham (20 April) 2004 - Five Colours in Her Hair - McFly (11 April) 2006 - Crazy - Gnarls Barkley (16 April) 2008 - American Boy - Estelle / Kanye West (23 March) 2009 - I’m Not Alone - Calvin Harris (12 April) 2014 - Hideaway - Kiesza (20 April) 2017 - Sign of the Times - Harry Styles (16 April) 2019 - Old Town Road - Lil Nas X (21 April) 2020 - Blinding Lights - The Weeknd (12 April) 2021 - Call Me By Your Name - Lil Nas X (4 April) Some great dance ones towards the end of the 90s *.* Lil Nas X already having two of these :lol:
April 4, 20214 yr and Madonna the queen :) 1987 - La Isla Bonita - Madonna (19 April) 1989 - Like a Prayer - Madonna (26 March) 1990 - Vogue - Madonna (15 April)
April 4, 20214 yr Interesting to see that some have multiple easter hits! Jess Glynne, Take That and Buzz Dicks to name a further few!
April 5, 20214 yr Quite impressed that I know all of these from 1967 to 2017, and vaguely/know of them after that. Easter 1999 was when we got The Box and I started really getting into music for the first time!
April 5, 20214 yr So the earliest Easter since 1952 was 23rd March and the latest was 24th April both in the noughties!
April 5, 20214 yr Props to Bucks Fizz owning Easter in the early 80s :lol: Congratulations and Save Your Kisses For Me also Eurovision No.1s at Easter, alongside Making Your Mind Up. I guess Bucks Fizz released My Camera Never Lies around the anniversary of their win to capitalise on the time. Land of Make Believe coulda-woulda-shoulda been Christmas No.1 in 1981 as well!!
April 5, 20214 yr So the earliest Easter since 1952 was 23rd March and the latest was 24th April both in the noughties!The earliest Easter can be is Sunday 22 March. The last time this happened was in 1818 and the next one will be 2285. The latest Easter Sunday can fall is Sunday 25 April - this last happened in 1943 and will next happen in 2038. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_dates...Earliest_Easter
April 15, 20223 yr Perry Como the perfect Easter No1 with Magic Moments and it’s link to Quality Street!
April 16, 20223 yr Interesting to see that some have multiple easter hits! Jess Glynne, Take That and Buzz Dicks to name a further few! Buzz Dicks 🤣🤣🤣
April 7, 20232 yr Author Calvin Harris secures his second Easter #1! And I guess “Miracle” is a suitably biblical title :)
April 7, 20232 yr Miracle is great! :yahoo: Not quite up with the likes of Wuthering Heights and Like A Prayer though. :)
April 7, 20232 yr Good to see that Bucks Fizz managed two consecutive Easter No.1s and Madonna had a total of 3. Maybe I should have been more interested in Easter No.1s than Christmas ones?
April 7, 20232 yr So the earliest Easter since 1952 was 23rd March and the latest was 24th April both in the noughties! Actually, Easter was on 24th April in the 10s as that happened in 2011 but you’re right about it being on 23rd March in the 00s as that happened in 2008
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