Posted October 26, 200717 yr As I did the big feature, on the BBC charts this week. I thought lets have a look, more closely at this very week 39 years ago. The BBC TOP 30... 01 01 THOSE WERE THE DAYS - MARY HOPKIN 02 03 HEY JUDE - BEATLES 03 02 JESAMINE - CASUALS 04 03 LITTLE ARROWS - LEAPY LEE 05 05 MY LITTLE LADY - TREMOLOES 06 07 LES BICYCLETTES DE BELSIZE - ENGLEBERT HUMPERDINCK 07 09 A DAY WITHOUT LOVE - LOVE AFFAIR 08 11 GOOD THE BAD AND THE UGLY - HUGO MONTENEGRO 09 18 WITH A LTTLE HELP FROM MY FRIENDS - JOE COCKER 10 12 LISTEN TO ME - HOLLIES 11 06 LADY WILLPOWER - UNION GAP 12 08 RED BALLOON - DAVE CLARK 5 13 16 ONLY ONE WOMAN - MARBLES 14 14 LIGHT MY FIRE - JOSE FELICIANO 15 17 WRECK OF THE ANTOINETTE - DAVE DEE, DOZY, BEAKY, MICK AND TICH 16 10 CLASSICAL GAS - MASON WILLIAMS 17 13 HOLD ME TIGHT - JOHNNY NASH 18 15 ICE IN THE SUN - THE STATUS QUO 19 19 GOTTA GET A MESSAGE TO YOU - BEE GEES 20 20 HELLO I LOVE YOU - DOORS 21 24 MARIANNE - CLIFF RICHARD no higher 22 21 I SAY A LITTLE PRAYER - ARETHA FRANKLIN 23 23 THE WEIGHT - THE BAND no higher 24 ne BREAKIN DOWN THE WALLS OF HEARTACHE - BANDWAGON 25 ne SUNSHINE OF YOUR LOVE - CREAM no higher 26 ne YOU`RE ALL I NEED TO GET BY - MARVIN GAYE/TAMMI TERRELL 27 ne THIS OLD HEART OF MINE - ISLEY BROTHERS 28 28 HELP YOURSELF - TOM JONES 29 ne ELOISE - BARRY RYAN 30 29 ON THE ROAD AGAIN - CANNED HEAT So, the BEATLES were going back up the chart, alongside MARY HOPKIN both on the newly formed APPLE record label..LEAPY LEE, sining of those LITTLE ARROWS, a few years later the man himself, found those little arrows on his suit, with a prison sentence (following a bust up, with ALAN LAKE (DIANA DORS husband) in a pub in Sunningdale, Berkshire. DAVE CLARK took on the RAYMOND FROGGAT song RED BALLOON (CALO LA VITA)...and JOSE FELICIANO met the DOORS, who were also in the top 20! The Bubblers... THE GOOD THE BAD AND THE UGLY - LEROY HOLMES got to 29 HEARTACHE - ROY ORBISON got to 32 M`LADY - SLY AND THE FAMILY STONE got to 35 MY WORLD - CUPID`S INSPIRATION got to 36 HARPER VALLEY PTA - jeannie c. riley got to 12 RED RED WINE - JIMMY JAMES/VAGABONDS got to 38 WAIT FOR ME MARIANNE - MARMALADE got to 32 I WANT YOU TO BE MY BABY - BILLIE DAVIS got to 39 New Releases... ELENORE - TURTLES MAY I HAVE THE NEXT DREAM WITH YOU - MALCOM ROBERTS SUNSHINE COTTAGE - THE HERD IT`S IN HIS KISS - BETTY EVERETT MAGIC BUS - THE WHO YOU`LL NEVER WALK ALONE - ELVIS PRESLEY The HERD just missed out, along with BETTY EVERETT`s original of the CHER number one in 91...ELVIS covering the already well covered song, from CAROUSEL...I will be very biased coz I love the voice of MALCOM ROBERTS...a great much forgotten British singer, who sadly passed away a few years ago, only in his late 50s when he died. Remember the TV in October 1968... 01 CORONATION ST mon 7.3million 02 CORONATION ST wed 7.1 03 SHERLOCK HOLMES bbc 6.4 03 UP IN THE WORLD bbc 05 THE VAL DOONICAN SHOW bbc 6.3 06 OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS 6.2 07 DIXON OF DOCK GREEN bbc 6.1 08 OH BROTHER bbc 6m 09 THE OLYMPICS OPENING CEREMONY bbc 10 WORLD IN ACTION 5.8 10 SOFTLY SOFTLY bbc 12 MARTY FELDMAN bbc 5.6 12 FORSYTE SAGA bbc 14 GEORGE AND THE DRAGON 5.5 15 THE AVENGERS 5.4 16 Z CARS bbc 5.3 17 TOP OF THE POPS 5.1 18 A MAN CALLED HENRY BRENT bbc 19 NEWS AT TEN mon 5m 20 SPORTSNIGHT with DAVID COLEMAN bbc ITV`s franchises were re-newed earlier in 68, and it was the end for shows like TAKE YOUR PICK and DOUBLE YOUR MONEY...but HUGHIE GREEN came the centre of attention in OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS (formerly a radio show), MARY HOPKIN was the big winner on that in 68...OH BROTHER was BBC`s sitcom about the clergy with DEREK NIMMO..SKETCH COMEDY with MARTY FELDMAN...GEORGE AND THE DRAGON was ITV`s sitcom husband and wife comedy with PEGGY MOUNT and SID JAMES...POLICE DRAMA in DIXON OF DOCK GREEN and SOFTLY SOFTLY/Z CARS..the last series of the AVENGERS (PATRICK MACNEE joined by LINDA THORSON)...SUE NICHOLLS (AUDREY in CORONATION STREET) played MARILYN GATES in CROSSROADS(just outside the top 20 with 4 million viewers)...the OLYMPICS opened in MEXICO (the 1968, olympic theme performed by LONG JOHN BALDRY, who also appeared on the VAL DOONICAN SHOW). tv ADVERTS brought the MILK TRAY man to the screen for the first time. The BBC poached PINKY AND PERKY from ITV, and CRACKERJACK was still going strong (friday 5 to 5 etc) with MICHAEL ASPEL. To end with the top 10 adverts in 1968... 01 OXO 02 MILK 03 WEETABIX 04 HEINZ SOUP 05 DAILY MIRROR (if you really want to know look in the Mirror) 06 VIM 07 MACKINGTOSH QUALITY STREET 08 DAZ 09 STORK MARGARINE (you cant tell it aint butter)!! 10 AMBROSIA MILK PUDDINGS (rice, macaroni, tapioca, sago) Was it better than School dinners?!!
October 26, 200717 yr some great tracks... my favs 04 03 LITTLE ARROWS - LEAPY LEE 07 09 A DAY WITHOUT LOVE - LOVE AFFAIR 09 18 WITH A LTTLE HELP FROM MY FRIENDS - JOE COCKER 10 12 LISTEN TO ME - HOLLIES 13 16 ONLY ONE WOMAN - MARBLES 16 10 CLASSICAL GAS - MASON WILLIAMS 17 13 HOLD ME TIGHT - JOHNNY NASH 18 15 ICE IN THE SUN - THE STATUS QUO 24 ne BREAKIN DOWN THE WALLS OF HEARTACHE - BANDWAGON 25 ne SUNSHINE OF YOUR LOVE - CREAM no higher 27 ne THIS OLD HEART OF MINE - ISLEY BROTHERS 29 ne ELOISE - BARRY RYAN 30 29 ON THE ROAD AGAIN - CANNED HEAT
October 26, 200717 yr From the Top 30: I know & like: 01 01 THOSE WERE THE DAYS - MARY HOPKIN 02 03 HEY JUDE - BEATLES 03 02 JESAMINE - CASUALS ZerER6af04k 08 11 GOOD THE BAD AND THE UGLY - HUGO MONTENEGRO 09 18 WITH A LTTLE HELP FROM MY FRIENDS - JOE COCKER 10 12 LISTEN TO ME - HOLLIES 11 06 LADY WILLPOWER - UNION GAP 14 14 LIGHT MY FIRE - JOSE FELICIANO 16 10 CLASSICAL GAS - MASON WILLIAMS mguzKze1sYo 18 15 ICE IN THE SUN - THE STATUS QUO 19 19 GOTTA GET A MESSAGE TO YOU - BEE GEES 20 20 HELLO I LOVE YOU - DOORS 22 21 I SAY A LITTLE PRAYER - ARETHA FRANKLIN 23 23 THE WEIGHT - THE BAND no higher 24 ne BREAKIN DOWN THE WALLS OF HEARTACHE - BANDWAGON 25 ne SUNSHINE OF YOUR LOVE - CREAM no higher 26 ne YOU`RE ALL I NEED TO GET BY - MARVIN GAYE/TAMMI TERRELL 27 ne THIS OLD HEART OF MINE - ISLEY BROTHERS 28 28 HELP YOURSELF - TOM JONES 29 ne ELOISE - BARRY RYAN 5gbJR_e8exs 30 29 ON THE ROAD AGAIN - CANNED HEAT What a brilliant chart!
October 26, 200717 yr Author any ideas what kids programmes were out?... (not got time now to look myself) Well I told you about CRACKERJACK and PINKY AND PERKY!!! Also though it was the beginning for MAGPIE on ITV..remember SUSAN STRANKS, MICK ROBINSON and TONY BASTABLE? RODNEY BEWES was BASIL BRUSH`s co-host...and in the states it was the birth of the BANANA SPLITS!!
October 27, 200717 yr Well I told you about CRACKERJACK and PINKY AND PERKY!!! Also though it was the beginning for MAGPIE on ITV..remember SUSAN STRANKS, MICK ROBINSON and TONY BASTABLE? RODNEY BEWES was BASIL BRUSH`s co-host...and in the states it was the birth of the BANANA SPLITS!! i remember (from 68, but not sure about october) white horses, the impossibles, marine boy? (might have been 69), dr who! adventure weekly (kids making an newspaper!), robinson crusoe (every year from 65-75), thunderbirds (repete), jo 90?, vision on!! tales from europe, ....
October 27, 200717 yr These are the ones I liked 01 01 THOSE WERE THE DAYS - MARY HOPKIN 02 03 HEY JUDE - BEATLES 03 02 JESAMINE - CASUALS 04 03 LITTLE ARROWS - LEAPY LEE :lol: 07 09 A DAY WITHOUT LOVE - LOVE AFFAIR 08 11 GOOD THE BAD AND THE UGLY - HUGO MONTENEGRO 09 18 WITH A LTTLE HELP FROM MY FRIENDS - JOE COCKER 11 06 LADY WILLPOWER - UNION GAP 16 10 CLASSICAL GAS - MASON WILLIAMS 19 19 GOTTA GET A MESSAGE TO YOU - BEE GEES 20 20 HELLO I LOVE YOU - DOORS 27 ne THIS OLD HEART OF MINE - ISLEY BROTHERS 29 ne ELOISE - BARRY RYAN 30 29 ON THE ROAD AGAIN - CANNED HEAT New Releases... ELENORE - TURTLES loved this song
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