Here we go again, with the first set of charts, for December! Where has the year gone?! Thanks to Dave Taylor, as always (davericktaylor@yahoo.co.uk).

The top albums first...

w/k ending 7th Dec

20 12 TAKING CHANCES - CELINE DION

19 11 AS I AM - ALICIA KEYS

18 15 HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL 2 - O.S.T.

17 18 DREAMBOATS AND PETTICOATS - VARIOUS ARTISTS

16 16 BACK TO BLACK - AMY WINEHOUSE

15 14 BEST OF VIVERE - ANDREA BOCELLI

14 NE OUTSIDE IN - RUSSELL WATSON

13 10 SAWDUST - KILLERS

12 09 BEAUTIFUL WORLD - TAKE THAT

11 13 POP PARTY 5 - VARIOUS ARTISTS

10 08 MOTHERHOOD - LED ZEPPELIN

09 03 TANGLED UP - GIRLS ALOUD

08 04 GREATEST HITS - SPICE GIRLS

07 07 LONG ROAD OUT OF EDEN - EAGLES

06 06 REJOICE - KATHERINE JENKINS

05 05 BACK HOME - WESTLIFE

04 NE X - KYLIE MINOGUE

03 NE BREATHLESS - SHAYNE WARD

02 01 SPIRIT - LEONA LEWIS

01 02 NOW THAT`S WHAT I CALL MUSIC 68 - VARIOUS ARTISTS

 

Pretty static album chart this week, apart from KYLIE and SHAYNE, and there was me, last week wrongly predicting a number one for Ms Minogue! Foiled again!!

 

So let`s go right back 31 years to 1976, is there anyone old enough to remember?

the albums w/k ending 3rd Dec 76...

01 03 20 GOLDEN GREATS - GLEN CAMPBELL

02 08 ARRIVAL - ABBA

03 01 SONGS IN THE KEY OF LIFE - STEVIE WONDER

04 07 100 GOLDEN GREATS - MAX BYGRAVES

05 04 22 GOLDEN GUITAR GREATS - BERT WEEDON

06 02 SONG REMAINS THE SAME - LED ZEPPELIN

07 05 SOUL MOTION - VARIOUS ARTISTS

08 06 BLUE MOVES - ELTON JOHN

09 10 GREATEST HITS - ABBA

10 17 GREATEST HITS - HOT CHOCOLATE

11 14 20 ORIGINAL HITS - DEAN MARTIN

12 09 THE WHO STORY - WHO

13 23 GREATEST HITS - FRANKIE VALLI/FOUR SEASONS

14 15 BEST OF - THE STYLISTICS

15 11 FRAMPTON COMES ALIVE - PETER FRAMPTON

 

Definately, showing a complete mixed bag in 76, with BERT WEEDON and MAX BYGRAVES back to back with LED ZEPPELIN!!

 

Hang around for the new singles, here`s 1976`s top 30...

w/k ending 3rd Dec 76

01 02 UNDER THE MOON OF LOVE - SHOWADDYWADDY

02 01 IF YOU LEAVE ME NOW - CHICAGO

03 11 SOMEBODY TO LOVE - QUEEN

04 03 YOU MAKE ME FEEL LIKE DANCING - LEO SAYER

05 15 MONEY MONEY MONEY - ABBA

06 09 LIVIN` THING - ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA

07 13 LOVE ME - YVONNE ELLIMAN

08 04 IF NOT YOU - DR HOOK

09 05 LOST IN FRANCE - BONNIE TYLER

10 12 ROCK N` ME - STEVE MILLER BAND

11 19 GET BACK - ROD STEWART

12 21 SORRY SEEMS TO BE THE HARDEST WORD - ELTON JOHN

13 06 MISSISIPPI - PUSSYCAT

14 27 WHEN A CHILD IS BORN - JOHNNY MATHIS

15 08 PLAY THAT FUNKY MUSIC - WILD CHERRY

16 NE LEAN ON ME - MUD

17 14 BEAUTIFUL NOISE - NEIL DIAMOND

18 07 SUBSTITUTE - WHO

19 33 LITTLE DOES SHE KNOW - KURSAAL FLYERS

20 18 COULDN`T GET IT RIGHT - CLIMAX BLUES BAND

21 24 SO SAD THE SONG - GLADYS KNIGHT AND THE PIPS

22 10 DON`T TAKE AWAY THE MUSIC - TAVARES

23 25 STOP ME IF YOU`VE HEARD IT ALL BEFORE - BILLY OCEAN

24 23 DON`T MAKE ME WAIT TOO LONG - BARRY WHITE

25 26 FAIRYTALE - DANA

26 22 SPINNING ROCK BOOGIE - HANK C. BURNETTE

27 NE PORTSMOUTH - MIKE OLDFIELD

28 16 HURT - MANHATTENS

29 17 LOVE AND AFFECTION - JOAN ARMATRADING

30 NE YOU`LL NEVER GET TO HEAVEN E.P. - STYLISTICS

 

There are a lot of records in there, that you don`t hear much today, which is a shame. YVONNE ELLIMAN is my favourite female singer, of all time. Here she was doing the original of a later MARTINE MCCUTCHEON hit. JOHNNY MATHIS and WHEN A CHILD IS BORN, was actually a cover of an instrumental (with added words), origina;lly record by the ST ANDREWS CHORALE (CLOUD 99) earlier in 76, but based on a traditional tune entititled SOLEADO. MUD covered the BILL WITHERS classic "LEAN ON ME". The HANK C. BURNETTE piece is absolutely fantastic, and FAIRYTALE by DANA, spent nearly 4 months in the charts, but only just squeezed into the top 15!

 

This week for a change, the complete top 50...

w/k ending 7th Dec 2007

50 NE PULL THE GHOSTS - THE TWANG

49 39 HEATER - SAMIM

48 RE FAIRYTALE OF NEW YORK - POGUES/KIRSTY MACCOLL

47 37 UMBRELLA - RIHANNA/JAY Z.

46 49 WORRIED ABOUT RAY - HOOSIERS

45 36 STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN - LED ZEPPELIN

44 43 BIG GIRLS DON`T CRY - FERGIE

43 32 HANDLE ME - ROBYN

42 35 BABY LOVE - NICOLE

41 31 STARING AT THE RUDE BOIS - GALLOWS

40 42 STRONGER - KANYE WEST

39 34 GOOD LIFE - KANYE WEST/T-PAIN

38 38 THE PRETENDER - FOOFIGHTERS

37 33 SHE`S O LOVELY - SCOUTING FOR GIRLS

36 NE CHANGE - SUGABABES

35 NE ME LOVE - SEAN KINGSTON

34 RE ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS YOU - MARIAH CAREY

33 48 GRANITE - PENDULUM

32 17 LOCH LOMOND - RUNRIG/TARTAN ARMY

31 30 THE WAY I ARE - TIMBALAND

30 27 HAPPY ENDING - MIKA

29 28 HEY THERE DELILAH - PLAIN WHITE Ts

28 RE HURT - CHRISTINA AGUILERA

27 24 IN THE AIR TONIGHT - PHIL COLLINS

26 23 NO U HANG UP/IF THAT`S OK WITH YOU - SHAYNE WARD

25 26 LET ME THINK ABOUT IT - IDA CORR/FEDDE LE GRAND

24 22 AYO TECHNOLOGY - 50CENT/TIMBALAND

23 25 FLEX - DIZZEE RASCAL

22 NE RACING RATS - EDITORS

21 09 HEADLINES - SPICE GIRLS

20 21 ROCKSTAR - NICKELBACK

19 20 GOODBYE MR A. - HOOSIERS

18 19 GIMME MORE - BRITNEY SPEARS

17 29 CRANK IT UP - SOULJA BOY

16 16 HATE THAT I LOVE YOU - RIHANNA/NE`YO

15 15 HOT STUFF (LET`S DANCE) - CRAIG DAVID

14 18 UNINVITED - FREEMASONS

13 11 FLUX - BLOC PARTY

12 10 ABOUT YOU NOW - SUGABABES

11 13 HOME - WESTLIFE

10 NE AMERICAN TRILOGY - ELVIS PRESLEY

09 08 2 HEARTS - KYLIE MINOGUE

08 07 NO ONE - ALICIA KEYS

07 06 BREATHLESS - SHAYNE WARD

06 05 VALERIE - RONSON/WINEHOUSE

05 03 RULE THE WORLD - TAKE THAT

04 04 APOLOGISE - ONE REPUBLIC/TIMBALAND

03 02 HEARTBROKEN - T2/JODIE AYSHA

02 14 CALL THE SHOTS - GIRLS ALOUD

01 01 BLEEDING LOVE- LEONA LEWIS

 

6 weeks for LEONA, and 6 weeks, at number 4, for TIMBALAND/ONE REPUBLIC...ELVIS scrapes the top ten, with the 1972 hit, written in 71, by MICKEY NEWBURY...UNITING NATIONS miss the 50, at 57, with download only tracks, pushing them out! Christmas classics from WHAM!, ANDY WILLIAMS, are not far behind them...and on the bubble are DAVID GUETTA, JUSTIN/BEYONCE, PETER GELDERBLOM, NEWTON FAULKNER, AMY MACDONALD, and one CONNIE TALBOT with OVER THE RAINBOW!!

 

Here is the top 10 physical sales only chart...

10 09 NO ONE - ALICIA KEYS

09 12 BREATHLESS - SHAYNE WARD

08 NE AMERICAN TRILOGY - ELVIS PRESLEY

07 07 2 HEARTS - KYLIE MINOGUE

06 06 VALERIE - RONSON/WINEHOUSE

05 02 RULE THE WORLD - TAKE THAT

04 05 APOLOGISE - TIMBALAND/ONE REPUBLIC

03 03 HEARTBROKEN - T2/JODIE AYSHA

02 NE CALL THE SHOTS - GIRLS ALOUD

01 01 BLEEDING LOVE - LEONA LEWIS

 

Not much different to the combined sales/downloads chart!

 

This weeks top 10 films...

01 01 AMERICAN GANGSTER

02 02 BEOWULF

03 04 STARDUST

04 03 RATATOUILLE

05 05 GOOD LUCK CHUCK

06 NE THE DARJEELING LTD

07 NE AUGUST RUSH

08 NE SHROONS

09 06 ELIZABETH-THE GOLDEN AGE

10 07 30 DAYS OF NIGHT

 

The top dvd rentals...

01 SPIDERMAN 3

02 300

03 28 WEEKS LATER

04 DIE HARD 4

05 HARRY POTTER/ORDER OF THE PHOENIX

06 SHOOTER

07 NEXT

08 FANTASTIC 4-RISE OF THE SILVER SURFER

09 OCEAN`S 13

10 DEJA VU

 

That`s it `til next Saturday!!

Edited December 8, 200717 yr by trevs

Thanks Trevs, the top 50 too, nice one :rolleyes: Don`t remember 76 really, I was minus 7, but I know Chicago, Leo, Abba, and Bonnie Tyler ;)

Elvis will most likely fall to #12 in the official chart tomorrow. Pogues should be top 40, we see how it pans out tomorrow.

thanks trevs!

 

I remember 1976 and remember all the songs in the top 30. That was the era of the TV advertised album which usually featured one act in some type of best of or Golden Greats compilation, and often the act was some long forgotten singer or group. Or we had those Ronco and K-Tel compilation albums with the most horrendous cuts made to the songs to fit as many tracks on the LP as possible. The album chart shows that the best of and compilation albums were dominating back then. Within a few months we had further best of type albums from the likes of The Shadows and Slim Whitman reaching #1!

Edited December 2, 200717 yr by Robbie