Posted November 14, 200717 yr Top 40 Hits of Mid November 1979 1 Dr Hook........................ When You're In Love With A Beautiful Woman 2 The Jam........................ Eton Rifles 3 Queen ...........................Crazy Little Thing Called Love 4 The Commodores........... Still 5 Lena Martell ...................One Day At A Time 6 Donna Summer & Barbra Streisand ........No More Tears (Enough Is Enough) 7 Abba .............................Gimme Gimme Gimme 8 BA Robertson .................Knocked It Off 9 Specials ft Rico.............. A Message To You Rudy / Nite Klub 10 Selecter ......................On My Radio 11 Kool & The Gang ..........Ladies Night 12 The Ramblers ..............The Sparrow 13 Madness ......................One Step Beyond 14 Suzi Quatro .................She's In Love With You 15 Sad Cafe .....................Every Day Hurts 16 Fleetwood ....................Mac Tusk 17 Viola Wills ...................Gonna Get Along Without You Now 18 Herb Alpert ..................Rise 19 The Isley Brothers ........It's A Disco Night (Rock Don't Stop) 20 Iris Williams................. He Was Beautiful (Cavatina) 21 Matchbox .....................Rockabilly Rebel 22 Dynasty....................... I Don't Want To Be A Freak 23 Electric Light Orchestra.. Confusion / Last Train To London 24 The Gibson Brothers ......Que Sera Mi Vida 25 Dan-I ...........................Monkey Chop 26 XTC............................. Making Plans For Nigel 27 Errol Dunkley................ OK Fred 28 The Moody Blues ...........Nights In White Satin 29 Thin Lizzy..................... Sarah 30 The Boomtown Rats....... Diamond Smiles 31 Secret Affair .................Let Your Heart Dance 32 Earth Wind & Fire ..........Star 33 The Tourists................. I Only Want To Be With You 34 The Buggles .................Video Killed The Radio Star 35 Gary Numan ................Complex 36 Cats UK .......................Luton Airport 37 The Dooleys ................The Chosen Few 38 Robert John .................Sad Eyes 39 Michael Jackson ...........Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough 40 Chic ............................My Forbidden Lover an interesting chart, some acts date back to the early 60's whilst others there are still around today. theres a great mixture, caberet, funk, ska, new wave, rock, ballad, aor, ....
November 14, 200717 yr Author the ones i rate :) 2 The Jam....................... Eton Rifles 7 Abba ............................Gimme Gimme Gimme 8 BA Robertson ................Knocked It Off 9 Specials featuring Rico ...A Message To You Rudy / Nite Klub 10 Selecter ......................On My Radio 13 Madness .....................One Step Beyond ............................ track of the chart 26 XTC ...........................Making Plans For Nigel 28 The Moody Blues .........Nights In White Satin 34 The Buggles............... Video Killed The Radio Star 40 Chic........................... My Forbidden Lover the ones i DETEST 1 Dr Hook ........................When You're In Love With A Beautiful Woman :puke2: :puke2: :puke2: 5 Lena Martell ...................One Day At A Time :puke2: :puke2: :puke2: :puke2: 6 Donna Summer & Barbra Streisand .........No More Tears (Enough Is Enough) :angry: 12 The Ramblers ...............The Sparrow :puke2: :angry: 17 Viola Wills .....................Gonna Get Along Without You Now 20 Iris Williams ..................He Was Beautiful (Cavatina) :puke2: 37 The Dooleys .................The Chosen Few :puke2:
November 14, 200717 yr I know & like: 2 The Jam........................ Eton Rifles 3 Queen ...........................Crazy Little Thing Called Love 4 The Commodores........... Still 6 Donna Summer & Barbra Streisand ........No More Tears (Enough Is Enough) 7 Abba .............................Gimme Gimme Gimme 9 Specials ft Rico.............. A Message To You Rudy / Nite Klub 10 Selecter ......................On My Radio 13 Madness ......................One Step Beyond 14 Suzi Quatro .................She's In Love With You 15 Sad Cafe .....................Every Day Hurts 16 Fleetwood Mac ............... Tusk Iv5UvVaIxRY 23 Electric Light Orchestra.. Confusion / Last Train To London 26 XTC............................. Making Plans For Nigel 28 The Moody Blues ...........Nights In White Satin 29 Thin Lizzy..................... Sarah c5AWfX8vc0o 33 The Tourists................. I Only Want To Be With You 34 The Buggles .................Video Killed The Radio Star 39 Michael Jackson ...........Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough 40 Chic ............................My Forbidden Lover lIjdzYP_wJo
November 14, 200717 yr Ones I like 1 Dr Hook........................ When You're In Love With A Beautiful Woman 2 The Jam........................ Eton Rifles 3 Queen ...........................Crazy Little Thing Called Love 4 The Commodores........... Still 6 Donna Summer & Barbra Streisand ........No More Tears (Enough Is Enough) 9 Specials ft Rico.............. A Message To You Rudy / Nite Klub 10 Selecter ......................On My Radio 13 Madness ......................One Step Beyond 15 Sad Cafe .....................Every Day Hurts 26 XTC............................. Making Plans For Nigel 28 The Moody Blues ...........Nights In White Satin 29 Thin Lizzy..................... Sarah 34 The Buggles .................Video Killed The Radio Star 39 Michael Jackson ...........Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough
November 14, 200717 yr 1 Dr Hook........................ When You're In Love With A Beautiful Woman..... :puke2: sickly yuck 2 The Jam........................ Eton Rifles..................great song 3 Queen ...........................Crazy Little Thing Called Love 4 The Commodores........... Still 5 Lena Martell ...................One Day At A Time................. :puke2: :puke2: 6 Donna Summer & Barbra Streisand ........No More Tears (Enough Is Enough) 7 Abba .............................Gimme Gimme Gimme 8 BA Robertson .................Knocked It Off 9 Specials ft Rico.............. A Message To You Rudy / Nite Klub...................classic 10 Selecter ......................On My Radio.............quite liked this one 11 Kool & The Gang ..........Ladies Night 12 The Ramblers ..............The Sparrow...................utter c**p 13 Madness ......................One Step Beyond..................... :cheer: brill 14 Suzi Quatro .................She's In Love With You.......ok 15 Sad Cafe .....................Every Day Hurts.......good pop song 16 Fleetwood Mac...............Tusk.......okay 17 Viola Wills ...................Gonna Get Along Without You Now 18 Herb Alpert ..................Rise 19 The Isley Brothers ........It's A Disco Night (Rock Don't Stop) 20 Iris Williams................. He Was Beautiful (Cavatina) 21 Matchbox .....................Rockabilly Rebel 22 Dynasty....................... I Don't Want To Be A Freak 23 Electric Light Orchestra.. Confusion / Last Train To London............. 24 The Gibson Brothers ......Que Sera Mi Vida 25 Dan-I ...........................Monkey Chop 26 XTC............................. Making Plans For Nigel...............one of my favourites 27 Errol Dunkley................ OK Fred 28 The Moody Blues ...........Nights In White Satin...........always liked this song 29 Thin Lizzy..................... Sarah.............good song 30 The Boomtown Rats....... Diamond Smiles 31 Secret Affair .................Let Your Heart Dance 32 Earth Wind & Fire ..........Star 33 The Tourists................. I Only Want To Be With You.....good version 34 The Buggles .................Video Killed The Radio Star......... :D 35 Gary Numan ................Complex 36 Cats UK .......................Luton Airport 37 The Dooleys ................The Chosen Few...pure $hit 38 Robert John .................Sad Eyes 39 Michael Jackson ...........Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough 40 Chic ............................My Forbidden Lover .......good disco tune
November 15, 200717 yr These were the great years for me. But the charts only partially reflected this. It was a great time for punk and post punk, 2-Tone and mod, early electronica, etc, but not much of it made the chart. 2 The Jam........................ Eton Rifles 3 Queen ...........................Crazy Little Thing Called Love 9 Specials ft Rico.............. A Message To You Rudy / Nite Klub 10 Selecter ......................On My Radio 13 Madness ......................One Step Beyond 19 The Isley Brothers ........It's A Disco Night (Rock Don't Stop) 22 Dynasty....................... I Don't Want To Be A Freak 26 XTC............................. Making Plans For Nigel 28 The Moody Blues ...........Nights In White Satin 29 Thin Lizzy..................... Sarah 31 Secret Affair .................Let Your Heart Dance 33 The Tourists................. I Only Want To Be With You 34 The Buggles .................Video Killed The Radio Star 35 Gary Numan ................Complex 39 Michael Jackson ...........Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough 40 Chic ............................My Forbidden Lover A few non-charting records I like from Oct/Nov 79 that immediately spring to mind: The Cure - Jumping someone elses's train Fad Gadget - Back to nature Killing Joke - Nervous system The Plastics - Copy Psychedelic Furs - We love you The Vapors - Prisoners Wire - Map ref 41N 93W Doll By Doll - Teenage lightning 4 Be 2 - One of the lads The Lurkers - New guitar in town The Passions - Hunted Suicide - Dream baby dream The Tours - Tourist information And so on…
November 15, 200717 yr Which chart do you use, Rob? "Eton Rifles" only got to No.3 in the official chart.
November 15, 200717 yr Author B)-->QUOTE(Neil B @ Nov 15 2007, 10:18 AM) 1588821[/snapback]Which chart do you use, Rob? "Eton Rifles" only got to No.3 in the official chart. this one neil.... ive yet to find a dead accurate retro chart site that inclued featured artists and brackets! http://www.everyhit.com/retros/index.php dunno where they get their chart from but it gives a good enough flavour of the music of the time. let me know if you have any retro chart sites, ill put them in the 'resource'. :)
November 16, 200717 yr B)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Neil B @ Nov 15 2007, 10:18 AM) 1588821[/snapback]</div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->Which chart do you use, Rob? "Eton Rifles" only got to No.3 in the official chart. this one neil.... ive yet to find a dead accurate retro chart site that inclued featured artists and brackets! http://www.everyhit.com/retros/index.php dunno where they get their chart from but it gives a good enough flavour of the music of the time. let me know if you have any retro chart sites, ill put them in the 'resource'. :) For anyone that likes to actually listen to retro charts, on radio...On KCFM (available on line), On Sundays 5pm - 7pm Shaun Tilley and a dj from the past, countdown 2 vintage Radio Luxembourg charts (60s - 90s). Its much better, and faster moving than Radio 2`s Winton show.
November 16, 200717 yr For anyone that likes to actually listen to retro charts, on radio...On KCFM (available on line), On Sundays 5pm - 7pm Shaun Tilley and a dj from the past, countdown 2 vintage Radio Luxembourg charts (60s - 90s). Its much better, and faster moving than Radio 2`s Winton show. That's our local radio station (I think). Do you know were it is boadcast from? ^_^
November 16, 200717 yr That's our local radio station (I think). Do you know were it is boadcast from? ^_^ Hull, Jonny!
November 16, 200717 yr Hull, Jonny! I was right then :dance: What A shame I have no intrest in Retro Charts eh :lol:
November 17, 200717 yr I think the everyhit charts are based around the official charts, perhaps using charts over two or three weeks and averaging them out.
November 17, 200717 yr a few comments... 1 Dr Hook........................ When You're In Love With A Beautiful Woman pretty poor, I don't detest it as some do but still quite a rubbish record 2 The Jam........................ Eton Rifles Loved the group, loved the song and I liked the album from which this song comes 3 Queen ...........................Crazy Little Thing Called Love Good song, a return to form for Queen 4 The Commodores........... Still Hated this song, Lionel Richie sounds like he is singing with a peg on his nose! Insipid and sickly 5 Lena Martell ...................One Day At A Time Oh no! One of the worst number ones of all time. My mother already owned this song, in a version by an Irish singer called Gloria which apparently had sold several thousand on import prior to Martell covering the song. 6 Donna Summer & Barbra Streisand ........No More Tears (Enough Is Enough) Didn't mind this song, but I just don't like much that features the warbly voice of Streisand 7 Abba .............................Gimme Gimme Gimme Didn't like it and wasn't an Abba fan 8 BA Robertson .................Knocked It Off Didn't like this either, I thought BA Robertson was a smug (and awkward) looking person! 9 Specials ft Rico.............. A Message To You Rudy / Nite Klub Excellent! Preferred Nite Klub to AMTYR and back then I bought everything on 2 Tone 10 Selecter ......................On My Radio see above! I owned the record and later bought the album 11 Kool & The Gang ..........Ladies Night "Classic" disco record which was OK but grated on me after a while 12 The Ramblers ..............The Sparrow They don't make songs like this anymore... thankfully. Bizarrely the song became a terrace favourite at St James Park (Newcastle United) though with slightly amended lyrics... 13 Madness ......................One Step Beyond Another great, good time, ska influenced record that I owned! 14 Suzi Quatro .................She's In Love With You In 1974 I couldn't get enough of Suzi Q - in 1979 I wanted to get rid of her from the radio - quite rubbish song... 15 Sad Cafe .....................Every Day Hurts Nice song, and one that reminds me of this era. 16 Fleetwood ....................Mac Tusk I bought this record but soon went off it - it's OK but I have to be in the mood to listen to it. 17 Viola Wills ...................Gonna Get Along Without You Now Terrible song, not much else to say! 18 Herb Alpert ..................Rise I had this on clear vinyl 12" and loved it. Still do. 19 The Isley Brothers ........It's A Disco Night (Rock Don't Stop) I had this on 12" too, bought with winnings I had on a Ladbrokes football coupon (where you have to guess the result of a game in 8 or so sections on the coupon). I was too young to go into a betting shop, my dad put the bet on for me and I won £8! 20 Iris Williams................. He Was Beautiful (Cavatina) Urgh! 21 Matchbox .....................Rockabilly Rebel My sister liked Matchbox and bought this single. Little sisters can be so irritating... 22 Dynasty....................... I Don't Want To Be A Freak another 12" single I bought with my underage gambling winnings. I was mercilessly skitted at school for buying this more than any other disco song I bought. Most of my mates were into rock music so I managed to convince them I bought it for the B side (which handily was called Your Piece Of The Rock)... 23 Electric Light Orchestra.. Confusion / Last Train To London LTTL was OK, Confusion was terribly bland and ELO had faded from the glory of 1977/78 to produce some dull songs in 1979 - and got worse in 1980. 24 The Gibson Brothers ......Que Sera Mi Vida Cuba was fine, this wasn't. It sounded quite harsh and badly produced to me 25 Dan-I ...........................Monkey Chop "Monkey come chop banana". Er yes... 26 XTC............................. Making Plans For Nigel I like it now but wasn't too keen in 1979, I thought they were trying to be a clever band, too clever in fact, at the time.. 27 Errol Dunkley................ OK Fred "OK Fred now I'm a yaga yaga". Competing with Dan I for "song with the most sensible lyrics". 28 The Moody Blues ...........Nights In White Satin Timeless and beautiful and re-entered the charts following The Dickies cover version a couple of months earlier 29 Thin Lizzy..................... Sarah Pleasant song. Not to be confused with Sara by Fleetwood Mac which soon arrived, though the FM song was much better (and better than Tusk) 30 The Boomtown Rats....... Diamond Smiles Not a particularly good record by The Rats. I'd bought all their singles and the Tonic album in 1978 but didn't like "Monday" so never bothered with that, nor this, nor the album. The next single Someone's Looking At You was better and I bought that in January 1980. 31 Secret Affair .................Let Your Heart Dance Good song, not as good as Time For Action but still enjoyable 32 Earth Wind & Fire ..........Star This was released due to popular demand as it was a massive floor filler in discos but it seemed quite plain and nothing special to me. The follow up single Can't Let Go was better, I bought that on Christmas Eve 1979, along with London Calling by The Clash... 33 The Tourists................. I Only Want To Be With You The Tourists were seen as a bit of a joke, though The Loneliest Man In The World was good. This wasn't... 34 The Buggles .................Video Killed The Radio Star The first time I heard this was the day it entered the top 40 and after hearing everyone raving about it. I thought it was OK but soon grew to like it, especially when the first beat came in (sounded great through those new fangled stereo speakers I had!). A year to the month they released a song called Elstree (Remember Me) and apparently no-one remembered them at all as it crawled to #55... 35 Gary Numan ................Complex Dreary song from an act I could never understand the appeal of. Admittedly I had Are "Friends" Electric and Cars but those were great songs but his voice annoyed. Another act (see Lionel Richie, above) who seemed to have sinus trouble, this time sounding like he was pinching his nose as he sang. 36 Cats UK .......................Luton Airport Awful, simply awful. I flew from Luton Airport in 1988 and it was an experience that actually was worse than the experience of listening to this song! 37 The Dooleys ................The Chosen Few Wanted aside, this group were truly terrible... 38 Robert John .................Sad Eyes A US #1, typical US adult oriented music, bland but inoffensive 39 Michael Jackson ...........Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough I bought the 12" of this too, loved it at the time but now can't stand it. 40 Chic ............................My Forbidden Lover And I had the 12" of this too, in fact from Le Freak I bought the 12" of each song they released but by now they were a group in decline. Nice song but their popularity was in decline, both in the UK and in the US
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