July 2, 20231 yr 40+ number ones :o It's really true "stan" huge fan things. "Little Things" is very beautiful. :wub: I don't care about chart success, give me this masterpiece in any Christmas day instead Wham, Mariah, Pogues/Kirsty. With album tracks ABBA possibly could have 20 number ones. "I'm a Marionette" is the one from the most underrated ABBA songs. Grow up very much for me after watching this performance. It's an unpopular opinion, but there is nothing wrong with "The Girl with the Golden Hair" mini-musical. My top 20 ABBA songs ["Little Things" update] 1. That's Me 2. Honey Honey 3. When All Is Said And Done 4. I Am Just A Girl 5. When I Kissed The Teacher 6. Disillusion 7. Angeleyes 8. Little Things 9. Knowing Me, Knowing You 10. The Winner Takes It All 11. Ring Ring 12. Waterloo 13. Hasta Manana 14. Head Over Heels 15. Nina, Pretty Ballerina 16. Thank You For The Music 17. I'm A Marionette 18. Dream World 19. I Have A Dream 20. Two For The Price Of One "Ring Ring" (very unpopular opinion again, I love the diversity of songs) and "Arrival" were their best albums. Others had some highlights and some low points. Edited January 10, 20241 yr by Last Dreamer
July 2, 20231 yr Author OK, so on top is the greatest act of all-time. That's my opinion, and that's pretty much historically correct in terms of what they did in a mere 7 years, the impact they had on world music, and their success then and since. If I Hadn't included their solo stuff they wouldnt be top - Pet Shop Boys would be - but then again I wasn't doing charts for most of their career, and half their classics were never singles, so it's pretty much been reissued success in the 21st century that makes up the bulk of this total - so they would no doubt have been higher in that case, so the solo stuff is fair game. It was either that or have the top 10 being dominated by 4 ex-Beatles as I add their solo stuff to the Beatles total, and that didn't make sense. I think its a fair balance as kiddie faves like I Want To Hold Your hand, Cant Buy Me Love, Help! and much more never topped my charts (as they would have had I been doing them as a kiddie). 52 NUMBER ONES: 52 The Beatles/George Harrison/John Lennon/Ringo Starr/Paul McCartney & Wings Twist And Shout All My Loving Yesterday We Can Work It Out/Day Tripper Eight Days A Week You've Got To Hide Your Love Away I Need You Norwegian Wood Eleanor Rigby Got To Get You Into My Life Tomorrow Never Knows Paperback Writer/Rain Penny Lane/Strawberry Fields Forever Hello Goodbye All You Need Is Love When I'm Sixty-Four She's Leaving Home Magical Mystery Tour Fool On The Hill Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds I Am The Walrus Hey Jude/ Revolution Lady Madonna Back In The USSR Ob La Di Ob La Da While My Guitar Gently Weeps (Love Version) The Ballad Of John & Yoko Get Back Let It Be The Long & Winding Road Free As A Bird Now And Then Give Peace A Chance Imagine Happy Xmas (War Is Over) Mind Games Stand By Me Number 9 Dream (Just Like) Starting Over Woman Nobody Told Me Another Day Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey Mary Had A Little Lamb Jet Band On The Run Mull Of Kintyre My Brave Face Hope Of Deliverance My Sweet Lord All Those Years Ago Photograph It also doesnt include solo side projects like Mary Hopkin, cover versions and so on. All Those Years Ago is basically a Beatles record, with George, Ringo & Paul on a song about John, and Photograph is a George/Ringo collab. I'm working on a 1960-to 1968 list of number ones based on the UK charts and my memories of what I loved as a kid on a week by week basis. So how would that affect this chart rundown? Elvis would have an extra 3 for a total of 9 Roy Orbison would have an extra 2 for a total of 6 Cliff would have 3 more for a total of 8 Gerry & The Pacemakers would have 4 The Beatles would have an extra 8 for a total of 60 Dusty Springfield would have an extra 1 for a total of 9 Val Doonican would have 2 Sandie Shaw would have 3 Jonathan King would have an extra 1 for a total of 4 Tom Jones would have a total of 3 The Seekers would have 2 Peter Sellers would have 2 10CC would have an extra 1 (from The Mindbenders) for a total of 9 Denny Laine/Wings/Mindbenders would have 3 Sonny & Cher would have an extra 1 for a total of 9 Frank Sinatra would have 2 Petula Clark would have 2 more for a total of 4 The Tremeloes would have 3 The Hollies would have 1 extra for a total of 5 Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky Mick & Tich would have one extra for a total of 3 The Kinks would have one more for a total of 5
July 2, 20231 yr John, huge thanks for this great countdown. Maybe one day I will finish my retro charts :lol: and do the same topic here on Buzzjack. Deserved # 1. If we will replace PSB with Elvis (who was # 1 star before the start of your charts) that's we will get the most legendary music acts on the top. Beatles, ABBA, Madonna, Michael Jackson, Elton John. Your chart is like the encyclopedia of the best music from 20th century. There are not any analogues of YVA and Twiggy, who almost nobodies for music fans and critics, but ultimate pop superstars in my hitlist. Edited July 2, 20231 yr by Last Dreamer
July 3, 20231 yr Author John, huge thanks for this great countdown. Maybe one day I will finish my retro charts :lol: and do the same topic here on Buzzjack. Deserved # 1. If we will replace PSB with Elvis (who was # 1 star before the start of your charts) that's we will get the most legendary music acts on the top. Beatles, ABBA, Madonna, Michael Jackson, Elton John. Your chart is like the encyclopedia of the best music from 20th century. There are not any analogues of YVA and Twiggy, who almost nobodies for music fans and critics, but ultimate pop superstars in my hitlist. Thanks Alex, and look forward to seeing your completed lists and charts - it takes a lot of effort going back and researching! If I did the same and covered the 50's, yes Elvis would be a lot higher too :) The great thing about liking someone who's not well-known is it means they get a bit of an opportunity to not be forgotten :) I've always had a soft spot for Twiggy and she did well to move from 60's iconic model to 70's pop singer :dance:
July 3, 20231 yr Author 40+ number ones :o It's really true "stan" huge fan things. "Little Things" is very beautiful. :wub: I don't care about chart success, give me this masterpiece in any Christmas day instead Wham, Mariah, Pogues/Kirsty. With album tracks ABBA possibly could have 20 number ones. "I'm a Marionette" is the one from the most underrated ABBA songs. Grow up very much for me after watching this performance. It's an unpopular opinion, but there is nothing wrong with "The Girl with the Golden Hair" mini-musical. 99t7RkbpYU4 My top 20 ABBA songs ["Little Things" update] 1. That's Me 2. Honey Honey 3. When All Is Said And Done 4. I Am Just A Girl 5. When I Kissed The Teacher 6. Disillusion 7. Angeleyes 8. Little Things 9. Knowing Me, Knowing You 10. The Winner Takes It All 11. Ring Ring 12. Waterloo 13. Hasta Manana 14. Head Over Heels 15. Nina, Pretty Ballerina 16. Thank You For The Music 17. I'm A Marionette 18. Dream World 19. I Have A Dream 20. Two For The Price Of One "Ring Ring" (very unpopular opinion again, I love the diversity of songs) and "Arrival" were their best albums. Others had some highlights and some low points. I loved Abba from the moment I saw them and charted everything they released on single, so I think Stanning is fair :lol: The Girl With The Golden Hair could have made part of a pretty good Musical - I think they were just a few years early for it, maybe they should have somehow merged them into the Chess musical and that would have been a lot better, less filler. Some fairly obscure tracks in your list along with the famous ones which is always nice to see, and I also would rather hear Little Things (and also Happy New Year) than the usual Xmas chart suspects. We should ban them for a year from streaming sites to force people to discover other xmas classics! :lol:
July 3, 20231 yr We should ban them for a year from streaming sites to force people to discover other xmas classics! :lol: In 2018 year I dreamed about Christmas # 1 campaign for Fizz - Don't Start Without Me.
July 4, 20231 yr Author In 2018 year I dreamed about Christmas # 1 campaign for Fizz - Don't Start Without Me. ooh yes now there's a gloriously cheesy but beautifully-produced catchy xmas singalong :dance:
November 10, 2024Nov 10 8 Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazlewood (These Boots Are Made For Walkin', Sand, Somethin' Stupid, You Only Live Twice, Summer Wine, Some Velvet Morning, Did You Ever, My Autumn's Done Come) Just found it. "Sand" is unknown song for me.
November 10, 2024Nov 10 Author Just found it. "Sand" is unknown song for me. Sand is special to me - my mum recorded it off the radio in Singapore when I was 12, and I've loved the hippy vibes ever since, so much so that I got it played on Radio One on Simon Mayo's show in the late 80's or early 90's with the story above (we lived next to the armed guard tower of the infamous Changi Prison so I threw that in too), and then did the same on Radio Two Sounds Of The 60's a decade later. :lol:
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