Posted March 24, 200817 yr What a busy morning, and aren`t the towns packed! The weekly Monday trip, brought a few surprises. Even though, we struggle to find shops, that still actually stock singles, in the South East. Anyway, with Peter, Dave, and John`s help, we took a look at what was happening in HMV (mainly for the singles), Woolworths, WH Smiths, Asda, Tesco, and Zavvi. In turn, for 80% of the single info, we went to the download sites/stores, of iTunes, HMV, Tesco, Play.com, and some other one that escapes me! Here come the albums (that were apparently selling today) 01 01 NOW 69 - VARIOUS ARTISTS 02 02 ROCKFERRY - DUFFY 03 04 DREAMING OUT LOUD - ONE REPUBLIC 04 20 ASHES TO ASHES - OST/VARIOUS 05 NE HED KANDI-BACK TO LOVE - VARIOUS ARTISTS 06 07 BACK TO BLACK - AMY WINEHOUSE 07 05 ALL THE RIGHT REASONS - NICKELBACK 08 NE PRETTY ODD - PANIC AT THE DISCO 09 10 SPIRIT - LEONA LEWIS 10 02 H.A.R.R.P. - MUSE 11 NE RED - GUILLEMOTS 12 06 FLOORFILLERS - VARIOUS ARTISTS 13 NE SATURDAY NIGHTS AND SUNDAY MORNINGS - COUNTING CROWS 14 11 SELDOM SEEN KID - ELBOW 15 NE CONSOLERS OF THE LONELY - RACONTEURS 16 08 11 - BRYAN ADAMS 17 14 MASSIVE R + B SPRING COLLECTION - VARIOUS ARTISTS 18 13 BREAKDOWN 08-VERY BEST OF EUPHORIC DANCE - VARIOUS ARTISTS 19 NE ANTIDOTES - FOALS 20 19 MUSIC OF THE SPHERES - MIKE OLDFIELD 21 09 KEEP IT SIMPLE - VAN MORRISON 22 24 LIFE IN CARTOON MOTION - MIKA 23 31 CALL ME IRRESPONSIBLE - MICHAEL BUBLE 24 NE DIAMOND HA HA - SUPERGRASS 25 17 THRILLER 25 - MICHAEL JACKSON 26 NE EXCLUSIVE - CHRIS BROWN 27 18 BRAIN THRUST MASTERY - WE ARE SCIENTISTS 28 21 SOUND OF BASSLINE - VARIOUS ARTISTS 29 15 MASH UP MIX 08 - VARIOUS ARTISTS 30 NE VERY BEST OF - DEEP PURPLE Out go ENEMY to 31, AMY MACDONALD to 32, TEMPTATIONS to 33...meanwhile other new entries today, we found from DAVID GARRETT at 38, CASCADA up to 37, MYSTERY JETS miss the top 40, by 1, and this other bunch called DOES IT OFFEND YOU, YEAH are number 64. In the singles today, we found... 01 03 AMERICAN BOY - ESTELLE 02 01 BETTER IN TIME/FOOTPRINTS IN THE SAND collection - LEONA LEWIS 03 02 MERCY - DUFFY 04 07 LOW - FLO RIDA 05 NE 4 MINUTES - MADONNA 06 33 BLACK AND GOLD - SAM SPARRO 07 04 STOP AND STARE - ONE REPUBLIC 08 06 ROCKSTAR - NICKELBACK 09 05 SOMETHING GOOD 08 - UTAH SAINTS/VAN SHE 10 09 CAN`T SPEAK FRENCH - GIRLS ALOUD 11 14 WITH YOU - CHRIS BROWN 12 10 WHAT`S IT GONNA BE - H TWO O 13 13 COME ON GIRLS - TAIO CRUZ 14 15 NOW YOUR`E GONE - BASSHUNTER 15 11 FASCINATION - ALPHABEAT 16 08 9 IN THE AFTERNOON - PANIC AT THE DISCO 17 12 DENIAL - SUGABABES 18 22 CHASING PAVEMENTS - ADELE 19 16 DON`T STOP THE MUSIC - RIHANNA 20 41 LOVE LIKE THIS - NATASHA BEDINGFIELD/SEAN KINGSTON 21 17 SCREAM - TIMBALAND 22 NE CARRY YOU HOME - JAMES BLUNT 23 RE NEW SOUL - YAEL NAIM 24 21 WOW - KYLIE MINOGUE 25 24 WORK - KELLY ROWLAND 26 18 GET OVER IT - GUILLEMOTS 27 30 APOLOGISE - ONE REPUBLIC 28 33 CRANK THAT - SOULJA BOY 29 29 JUST FOR TONIGHT - ONE NIGHT ONLY 30 32 RUN - GNARLS BARKLEY Outside the top 30 singles today, we found SNOOP DOGG at 31, CASCADA at 34, KATE NASH was battling for a top 40 place, with CASSIE....BRITNEY SPEARS was in the 50, with SCOUTING FOR GIRLS. Apart from that there was no sign of BOB SINCLAR, or WHITE STRIPES inside our top 50. We expect ESTELLE to even out sell, DUFFY`s first week, of physical release, and head for about 75,000 this week. We actually had 7 singles correctly placed last week. We also had 18 in the 20, 24 in the 30, and 37 in the 40...but not actually all in the right order!! In the albums last week we had the top 4 exact, 9 in the 10, 16 in the 20, 26 in the 30...again not all in the correct order! Finish with a classic chart...I had a couple of emails about the history of Luxembourg`s charts, last week. It of course, was originally a chart started in 1946 (which was the Sheet Music Chart, introduced by Teddy Johnson). This lasted on Radio Luxembourg, until 1959. Then, various presenters introduced the NME top 20 singles countdown, on Sunday nights, until 1966. Then, Radio Luxembourg started their own sales/airplay countdown (this was mainly because, pirate stations like Radio Caroline, and Radio London did their own chart shows). From 1966, Luxembourg toyed around with a top 30, then quickly returned to a top 20. In 1968/69 Paul Burnett introduced this on Saturday afternoons. By 1974, a top 30, had been introduced again (running on a Wednesday night). It shrunk back to a top 20 in 1976. The programme went to Tuesday nights in 1980, and again increased to a top 30. In Autumn 1987, it went back to a top 20, on a Monday night. In 1990, hosted by Shaun Tilley, it went to a Sunday night. The A.M. transmitter shut down at the end of 1991, but Luxy continued on Satellite. That disappeared a couple of years later, and the owners RTL, ran an oldies station, on the Luxembourg frequencies (as they do today). In 2008, Radio Luxembourg is back, as an internet station. One of the old hosts (Benny Brown) is on there, in an afternoon slot. As we mentioned 1974, here is the chart that went out on the 27th March 1974 (promoting the chart, for week ending 6th April 74) 01 01 BILLY DON`T BE A HERO - PAPER LACE 02 05 SEASONS IN THE SUN - TERRY JACKS 03 06 EMMA - HOT CHOCOLATE 04 02 MOST BEAUTIFUL GIRL IN THE WORLD - CHARLIE RICHE 05 18 REMEMBER ME THIS WAY - GARY GLITTER 06 04 I GET A LITTLE SENTIMENTAL OVER YOU - NEW SEEKERS 07 13 ANGEL FACE - GLITTER BAND 08 03 THE AIR THAT I BREATHE - HOLLIES 09 12 SEVEN SEAS OF RYE - QUEEN 10 NE EVERYDAY - SLADE 11 11 SCHOOL LOVE - BARRY BLUE 12 16 JAMBAYLAYA - CARPENTERS 13 07 YOUR`E SIXTEEN - RINGO STARR 14 08 JET - WINGS 15 21 YOU ARE EVERYTHING - MARVIN GAYE/DIANA ROSS 16 19 LONG LIVE LOVE - OLIVIA NEWTON JOHN 17 14 CANDLE IN THE WIND - ELTON JOHN 18 24 MA MA BELLE - ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA 19 NE GOLDEN AGE OF ROCK N` ROLL - MOTT THE HOOPLE 20 25 LISTEN TO THE MUSIC - DOOBIE BROTHERS 21 09 REMEMBER - BAY CITY ROLLERS 22 10 JEALOUS MIND - ALVIN STARDUST 23 20 EVERLASTING LOVE - ROBERT KNIGHT 24 17 IT`S YOU - FREDDIE STARR 25 30 ROCK AROUND THE CLOCK - BILL HALEY 26 NE DOCTOR`S ORDERS - SUNNY 27 22 WOMBLING SONG - WOMBLES 28 26 BURN BABY BURN - HUDSON FORD 29 29 WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE - CANDLEWICK GREEN 30 NE I`M GONNA KNOCK ON YOUR DOOR - LITTLE JIMMY OSMOND Classic stuff indeed in 74 with QUEEN having their first hit...talent shows aghast as PAPER LACE and CANDLEWICK GREEN both won OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS...could actually say FREDDIE STARR came from the same show, but he was actually a comedian (or was he)?! I can tell a story about Freddie but not on this thread. OLIVIA NEWTON JOHN represented the UK in the EUROVISION SONG CONTEST....ABBA won, but that year both GIGIOLA CINQUETTI and also, MOUTH AND MacNEIL entered the UK charts from it afterwards. ROBERT KNIGHT was back with the original of EVERLASTING LOVE. BILL HALEY return with the COMETS...AND fans of DOCTOR WHO just recently may remember hearing BURN BABY BURN get a mention on the programme. HUDSON - FORD broke away from the STRAWBS, and later became the MUNKS in 79, to have a hit with the other classic "NICE LEGS SHAME ABOUT THE FACE". but "BURN BABY BURN" was all about all the damage being done to the planet, and things that we don`t really need in our society (very topical 34 years on). Edited March 24, 200817 yr by trevs
March 24, 200817 yr Intigued I want to hear the Freddie Starr story ;) I saw him in his one man show once, he wasn`t that really funny, and had an arguement with someone in the audience. :o
March 24, 200817 yr Author Intigued I want to hear the Freddie Starr story ;) I saw him in his one man show once, he wasn`t that really funny, and had an arguement with someone in the audience. :o I wondered at first if you saw him, when I saw him, but then maybe not. I saw him around 1992, in Reading. Least I thought I was going too! We went to his 8pm performance. He came on stage, dressed in army uniform. Then, a member of the audience shouted something out. Freddie mumbled something, went off stage, and refused to come back on, and that was the end of the evening! Asking around I thought maybe the person, in the audience swore at him, but apparently they didn`t. It turned out to be a sideways derogatry remark, that was probably a joke. However Mr Starr did not share his sense of humour.
March 24, 200817 yr Hardly anything interesting next week, seems James Blunt and Yael Naim might end up top 30, with Snoop Dogg
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