To start the charts this week, I think I must just give Trevs our regards, and hope he gets better soon. I usually just supply the charts, but this week it`s the whole thread :rolleyes:

 

Anyway this week, I will be running a small competition. More on that as we go. As usual the top 15 albums, the films, dvds, and singles. Along with a trip back to April 1977. Which coincidently was my 10th anniversary in broadcasting. So, maybe I might remember something about the time!!!!!

 

To start with, here`s the top 10 films W/K ending 11th Apr 2008

01 NE 27 DRESSES

02 03 STEP UP TO THE STREETS

03 02 SPIDERWICK CHRONICLES

04 01 HORTON HEARS A WHO

05 NE DRILL BIT TAYLOR

06 04 MEET THE SPARTANS

07 05 10,000 BC

08 06 VANTAGE POINT

09 07 GAME PLAN

10 NE EL ORFANATO

 

Can`t remember when I last went to the cinema. Was the number 5 film named after me? No, oh well!!!! :naughty:

 

The top dvd rentals in Britain W/K ending 11th Apr 2008

01 04 STARDUST

02 05 RUN FAT BOY RUN

03 06 THE BRAVE ONE

04 02 BEOWULF

05 01 30 DAYS OF NIGHT

06 08 MR BROOKS

07 09 THE INVASION

08 10 THE KINGDOM

09 11 PLANET TERROR

10 12 RATATOUILLE

 

DVDs going back up this week. Now then how many of us did Beowulf in history at school? Depending on the teacher, it was pronounced differently. Some referred to it as BEARWULF, others as BOEWULF.

 

Here cometh this week`s albums, mrib`s albums also include the Saturday sales, of last weekend.

01 01 NOW 69 - VARIOUS ARTISTS

02 NE CLUBLAND CLASSIX - VARIOUS ARTISTS

03 NE ACCELERATE - R.E.M.

04 04 ROCKFERRY - DUFFY

05 10 SPIRIT - LEONA LEWIS

06 NE GARAGE CLASSICS M.O.S. - VARIOUS ARTISTS

07 05 ASHES TO ASHES - VARIOUS ARTISTS

08 09 ALL THE RIGHT REASONS - NICKELBACK

09 08 DREAMING OUT LOUD - ONE REPUBLIC

10 NE SHINE - ESTELLE

11 10 FLOORFILLERS - VARIOUS ARTISTS

12 11 BACK TO BLACK - AMY WINEHOUSE

13 02 PRETTY ODD - PANIC AT THE DISCO

14 NE EDGE OF THE 80s - VARIOUS ARTISTS

15 03 ANTIDOTES - FOALS

 

 

 

Lots of compilations around at the moment, with 8 VA comps in the top 30, and 5 inside the top 20. R.E.M`s popularity is definately not waining. But ESTELLE does not match the number one, of the single.

 

Rightyho, back to 1977, and them there albums back then

the week of 9th Apr 77

01 02 PORTRAIT OF SINATRA - FRANK SINATRA

02 04 ARRIVAL - ABBA

03 01 20 GOLDEN GREATS - SHADOWS

04 06 STATUS QUO LIVE - STATUS QUO

05 03 ANIMALS - PINK FLOYD

06 05 ENDLESS FLIGHT - LEO SAYER

07 10 LIVE HITS - HOLLIES

08 08 20 GREAT HEARTBREAKERS - VARIOUS ARTISTS

09 15 GREATEST HITS - ABBA

10 13 RUMOURS - FLEETWOOD MAC

11 12 EVITA - OST

12 09 COMING OUT - MANHATTEN TRANSFER

13 14 PETER GABRIEL - PETER GABRIEL

14 07 IN YOUR MIND - BRYAN FERRY

15 11 LOW - DAVID BOWIE

16 19 A NEW WORLD RECORD - ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA

17 25 EVERY FACE TELLS A STORY - CLIFF RICHARD

18 23 HOTEL CALIFORNIA - EAGLES

19 18 DAVID SOUL - DAVID SOUL

20 16 BEST OF JOHN DENVER VOL 2 - JOHN DENVER

 

Well done to the Big Frank in 77. STATUS QUO, and the HOLLIES were singing live. Two groups who do, a good live performance. Some acts do not do a good live performance, and sound better dans la studio. Little LEO SAYER had already had the number 2 single with YOU MAKE ME FEEL LIKE DANCING (which the BARRON KNIGHTS had a bit of fun with as "My Tailor Took My Pants In, But he Left In all the Pins"!! 20 GREAT HEARTBREAKERS was guaranteed to make you either cry, or scream, with the likes of LEADER OF THE PACK and TELL LAURA I LOVE HER. There was the EVITA Soundtrack, better without Madonna, maybe!!! FLEETWOOD MAC lifted millions with RUMOURS but found it hard with the singles taken off it. Shades of GLENN MILLER etc with MANHATTEN TRANSFER, to which an album from GLEN went in at 21, entitled UNFORGETTABLE. DAVID BOWIE, BRYAN FERRY and PETER GABRIEL scored with singles off their albums, and STARSKY AND HUTCH made DAVID SOUL more popular as a singer in Britain, than in the States. I found it so amusing in the 21 - 30 part of that chart when GLEN MILLER was followed by LPs from EMERSON LAKE AND PALMER, BAD COMPANY, followed by LENA MARTELL. Right in the top 40, THE DAMNED featuring the God that was CAPTAIN SENSIBLE, followed by country by SLIM WHITMAN! Diverse or what!!!!!!

 

Here is the 77 singles chart

01 01 KNOWING ME KNOWING YOU - ABBA

02 02 GOING IN WITH MY EYES OPEN - DAVID SOUL

03 04 WHEN - SHOWADDYWADDY

04 03 CHANSON D`AMOUR - MANHATTEN TRANSFER

05 06 I DON`T WANT TO PUT A HOLD ON YOU - BERNI FLINT

06 07 MOODY BLUE - ELVIS PRESLEY

07 05 SOUND AND VISION - DAVID BOWIE

08 09 SUNNY - BONEY M.

09 12 RED LIGHT SPELLS DANGER - BILLY OCEAN

10 10 OH BOY (THE MOOD I`M IN) - BROTHERHOOD OF MAN

11 08 TORN BETWEEN TWO LOVERS - MARY MACGREGOR

12 13 LOVE HIT ME - MAXINE NIGHTINGALE

13 19 YOU DON`T HAVE TO BE A STAR - MARILYN MCCOO AND BILLY DAVIS JNR

14 16 LAY BACK IN THE ARMS OF SOMEONE - SMOKIE

15 18 MY KINDA LIFE - CLIFF RICHARD

16 11 BOOGIE NIGHTS - HEATWAVE

17 38 FREE - DENIECE WILLIAMS

18 24 GIMME SOME - BRENDON

19 31 ROCK BOTTOM - LYNSEY DE PAUL AND MIKE MORAN

20 14 ROCKARIA - ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA

21 17 BABY I KNOW - RUBETTES

22 30 HAVE I THE RIGHT - DEAD END KIDS

23 22 HOLD BACK THE NIGHT - GRAHAM PARKER AND THE RUMOUR

24 26 TOGETHER - O.C. SMITH

25 NE I WANNA GET NEXT TO YOU - ROSE ROYCE

26 20 YOU`LL NEVER KNOW WHAT YOU`RE MISSING - REAL THING

27 45 PEARL`S A SINGER - ELKIE BROOKES

28 21 WHEN I NEED YOU - LEO SAYER

29 15 ROMEO - MR BIG

30 23 ANOTHER SUITCASE IN ANOTHER HALL - BARBARA DICKSON

 

ABBA reigning supreme in 77. BERNI FLINT looking a tad like a cross between TOM SELLECK and STEVE WRIGHT won OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS with HUGHIE GREEN (I mean that most sincerely folks)!!! ;) DEAD END KIDS won NEW FACES with the re-make of HAVE I THE RIGHT, cheek by jaw with the REAL THING who won it 2 years before. ELVIS recorded MOODY BLUE in Feb 76, and scored here in 77. Other remakes with SHOWADDYWADDY, MANHATTEN TRANSFER, BONEY M, and GRAHAM PARKER. MARILYN MCCOO and BILLY DAVIS JNR were originally with the FIFTH DIMENSION. LEO SAYER was off the album with an ex-number one single. BARBARA DICKSON out of EVITA with a song. PEARL`S A SINGER and ELKIE BROOKES became her first hit, remember VINEGAR JOE with ROBERT PALMER? Actually PEARLS A SINGER became the novelty football ditty "EARL`S A WINGER". BRENDON with GIMME SOME, was a cover of a dance/soul piece. I wonder what ABBA fans thought of BRENDON`s cover of "ROCK ME" Which just missed the top 50, in September 77?

 

Meanwhile LYNSEY DE PAUL came second in the EUROVISION CONTEST with ROCK BOTTOM aided by writer/composer MIKE MORAN. The contest was postponed for a week in 77, due to a BBC technicians strike, so the song seesawed about the chart. On the strike week BBC1 repeated the 1976, MORECAMBE AND WISE CHRISTMAS SHOW. Also on TV in April 77, was the FANTASTIC JOURNEY (sci-fi, in vain of LOST IN SPACE kinda thing). ROOTS was the TV blokbuster that had as hooked this Easter week in 77. BBC1 were also repeating the first 2 series of SOME MOTHERS DO `AVE `EM. There were no soaps on the BBC at that point, hurray :yahoo: Over on ITV, they were re-running selected episodes of ON THE BUSES...That brings in the promised competition....

 

To win a dvd of 4 episodes from ON THE BUSES, answer these 2 questions:

 

1) What other comedy series that was shown on the BBC in the 60s, and was re-made in 1977 for LWT, featured 2 stars from ON THE BUSES?

 

2) What were the names of the 2 stars (both character, and real names) that were in the other Sitcom? (note: one was in the BBC series, and one was in the LWT series)

 

Send me a personal message with your answer (not on this thread). Then, I will get back to the first person, who gets it correct :D

 

 

Let`s finish with the singles charts.

 

First the Physical top 10 (at it`s end almost) :cry:

01 estelle

02 mariah carey

03 flo rida

04 kooks

05 chris brown

06 duffy

07 leona

08 courteeners

09 utah saints

10 girls aloud

 

Mariah blew `em apart in Woolworths and HMV and are number one in both shops!

 

Here is the proper combined top 50 W/K ending 11/04

50 NE HEARTBREAKER - WILL I. AM

49 43 SWEET ABOUT ME - GABRIELLA CILMI

48 44 BEGINNING OF THE TWIST - FUTUREHEADS

47 20 CARRY YOU HOME - JAMES BLUNT

46 NE FLASHING LIGHTS - KANYE WEST

45 36 RULE THE WORLD - TAKE THAT

44 37 VALERIE - MARK RONSON

43 46 BLEEDING LOVE - LEONA LEWIS

42 34 SUN GOES DOWN - DAVID JORDAN

41 NE YOU KNOW ME BETTER - ROISIN MURPHY

 

40 31 RUN - GNARLS BARKLEY

39 33 ONE NIGHT ONLY - JUST FOR TONIGHT

38 32 PIECE OF ME - BRITNEY

37 23 WOW - KYLIE

36 24 GET OVER IT - GUILLEMOTS

35 35 CHURCH - T-PAIN

34 28 CRANK IT - SOULJA BOY

33 25 APOLOGISE - ONE REPUBLIC/TIMBALAND

32 29 NEW SOUL - YAEL NAIM

31 NE TOCAS MIRACLE 08 - FRAGMA

 

30 27 WORK - MS KELLY ROWLAND

29 26 LOVE LIKE THIS - NATASHA BEDINGFIELD

28 23 SCREAM - TIMBALAND AND CO.

27 30 SENSUAL SEDUCTION - SNOOP DOGG

26 NE NUDE - RADIOHEAD

25 39 HEARTBEAT - SFG

24 36 BREAK THE ICE - BRITNEY

23 21 CHASING PAVEMENTS - ADELE

22 16 DON`T STOP THE MUSIC - RIHANNA

21 18 DENIAL - SUGABABES

 

20 17 9 IN THE AFTERNOON - PANIC AT THE DISCO

19 19 MAKE LOVE IN THIS CLUB - USHER AND JESU

18 15 NOW YOU`RE GONE - BASSHUNTER

17 NE NOT 19 FOREVER - COURTEENERS

16 12 COME ON GIRLS - TAIO CRUZ

15 14 WHAT WE GONNA DO - H TWO O

14 11 CAN`T SPEAK FRENCH - GIRLS ALOUD

13 13 SOMETHING GOOD 08 - UTAH SAINTS VS VAN SHE

12 08 STOP AND STARE - ONE REPUBLIC

11 10 FASCINATION - ALPHABEAT

 

10 07 ROCKSTAR - NICKELBACK

09 09 WITH YOU - CHRIS BROWN

08 05 4 MINUTES - MADONNA

07 NE TOUCH MY BODY - MARIAH CAREY

06 06 BETTER IN TIME/FOOTSTEPS - LEONA LEWIS

05 03 MERCY - DUFFY

04 04 BLACK AND GOLD - SAM SPARRO

03 NE ALWAYS WHERE I NEED TO BE - KOOKS

02 02 LOW - FLO RIDA

01 01 AMERICAN BOY - ESTELLE AND KANYE WEST

 

The 3rd week for Estelle then, selling 15,000 more than Flo rida....Flo rida selling 5,000 more than Kooks (who are let down on the physical side). FRAGMA will be top 10, next week, and will the BLACK KIDS hit the top 10 with "I`m Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend To Dance?" I would guess maybe!! :D

 

Outer quarters of the top 75, show this week KILLA at 57, SPENCER DAVIS GROUP (What, why, how?) at 51, JORDIN SPARKS at 53. NEWTON FAULKNER, TIMBALAND, and COUNT AND SINDEN in the top 70...bubbling around under the top 75, COPS AND ROBBERS is the HOOSIERS newie. SONIC HEARTS, and RONI SIZE are the losers this week, but do feature in a pure physical top 75.

 

 

That`s it, Don`t forget the Competition. Enter Now!!!!!!! :yahoo:

Edited April 11, 200817 yr by davetaylor

Hey Dave, what happened to Bullet For My Valentine`s single?

Hey Dave, what happened to Bullet For My Valentine`s single?

Bullet For My Valentine enter at 64, with "Hearts Burst Into Fire" :(

The only track I remember from the 1977 chart is Rock Bottom as I remember they represented Britain for the Eurovision Song Contest, 1978 was the year I got interested in listening to the charts.

 

 

Thanks for posting a very enjoyable thread as usual, hope Trevs gets well soon.

 

Dave, what is the possibility of "Break The Ice", getting to the top 20, on Suns Official top 40? :D

Thanks Dave! And get well soon to Trevs.

 

That chart from 1977 is a strange mixture of music styles - in fact that seemed to be the norm for 1977. The emphasis is definitely on middle of the road sounds and acts though. One big change to chart compilation in 1977 was the inclusion of Virgin record stores in the chart panel which (ultimately) led to the balance of the chart changing but it wasn't enough in early 1977 to make much difference. That top 10 was as far removed from being fresh sounding as it could have been. Only Bowie and (to some extent) Boney M sounded like they were appealing to more than the MOR crowd. Though Billy Ocean did have a rather catch song!

 

The chart in 2008 is pretty much as I expected, though Radiohead may be top 20 in the OCC chart tomorrow. If nothing else, it's an interesting way of selling various versions of the download!

 

Spencer Davis Group are charting as the song is featured in a TV ad.

 

As for the quiz, well I'm 99% certain I know the answer to question 1 but I'm struggling on question 2...

Thanks Dave! And get well soon to Trevs.

 

That chart from 1977 is a strange mixture of music styles - in fact that seemed to be the norm for 1977. The emphasis is definitely on middle of the road sounds and acts though. One big change to chart compilation in 1977 was the inclusion of Virgin record stores in the chart panel which (ultimately) led to the balance of the chart changing but it wasn't enough in early 1977 to make much difference. That top 10 was as far removed from being fresh sounding as it could have been. Only Bowie and (to some extent) Boney M sounded like they were appealing to more than the MOR crowd. Though Billy Ocean did have a rather catch song!

 

The chart in 2008 is pretty much as I expected, though Radiohead may be top 20 in the OCC chart tomorrow. If nothing else, it's an interesting way of selling various versions of the download!

 

Spencer Davis Group are charting as the song is featured in a TV ad.

 

As for the quiz, well I'm 99% certain I know the answer to question 1 but I'm struggling on question 2...

Thanks Robbie. Is the physical of Radiohead available from Mon (7th)? It was put back wasn`t it? I wondered why the song had apparently slipped by Britney and SFG, as it seemed likely from other mids, it was heading top 20.

Dave, what is the possibility of "Break The Ice", getting to the top 20, on Suns Official top 40? :D

I don`t think it will do it by Sunday. Actually Scouting For Girls, are neck and neck, with Radiohead on here it looks (they could all go back down the other way). Snoop Dogg could arise between them. Kanye West looks set to knock out Gnarls Barkley (a good fighter, what!!) Expect to see Fragma in the top 30 tomorrow, and Black Kids, will be around the top 50, too (they will blow the top 10 apart next week).

Edited April 5, 200817 yr by davetaylor

I don`t think it will do it by Sunday. Actually Scouting For Girls, are neck and neck, with Radiohead on here it looks (they could all go back down the other way). Snoop Dogg could arise between them. Kanye West looks set to knock out Gnarls Barkley (a good fighter, what!!) Expect to see Fragma in the top 30 tomorrow, and Black Kids, will be around the top 50, too (they will blow the top 10 apart next week).

I ain`t heard the Black Kids song, when`s it released?

I ain`t heard the Black Kids song, when`s it released?

 

On Monday, the track has got a good chance of a top 10 hit, they were on Jools Holland last night.

 

I'm glad Jools Holland is back, some of the acts featured on the show with new releases will get some promotion out of it, Estelle was on the show.

 

I ain`t heard the Black Kids song, when`s it released?

On Monday. I don`t expect Sam Sparro will be no` 1 next week. But Fragma will be edge top 5, Black Kids not far behind. Elliot Minor will be in the top 20, too, and maybe Count and Sinden. With Britney also top 15, for sure.

I must admit I see another 5 weeker at #1 following on from Basshunter and Duffy :lol: its been a while now since we had a track staying at #1 for a week or 2.

 

I reckon Sam Sparro will peak at #2

Chiefly now the competition is declared closed.

 

Congratulations to: Brian Hankin (who got it, just before Manic Kangaroo).

 

For the lady that got it confused with another sitcom, here are the answers:

 

Question 1) The name of the comedy (first seen on BBC in the 60s, then ITV, in 1977/8 was: The Rag Trade

 

Question 2) The 2 stars of On The Buses who were also in The Rag Trade were Reg Varney (he played Reg in the Rag Trade in the 60s, then Stan Butler in On The Buses). Anna Karen played Olive in both (the same character, in the 77 Rag Trade). Obviously, in On The Buses she was married to Arthur, so her surname would not have been Butler. Later in On The Buses, she divorced Arthur, when Michael Robbins quit in the final series, followed quickly by Reg Varney. Reg was in many a variety show, and a great all round entertainer.

 

Stephen Lewis who played Inspector Blake, went on to appear in the hardly remembered spin-off "Don`t Drink the Water" in 1975. Playing the same character, with Pat Coombs, as his sidekick.

 

To avoid, the confusion of the lady(who will remain nameless): The Glums was originally part of BBC radio series "Take It From Here", with Jmmy Edwards, Dick Bentley and June Whitfield. ITV, also ressurected it for "Bruce Forsyth`s Big Night", in 1978. The Big Night flopped, but The Glums, had a new half hour series for LWT, in 1979 with Jimmy Edwards, Ian Lavender and Patricia Brake in the roles. Meanwhile Dick Bentley appeared in "Some Mothers Do `Ave `Em", as an Australian related to the one, and only Frank Spencer.

 

Brian, I will mail you privately, for your details to receive the dvd.

 

Manic was a close second, so I will send him a consolation prize, via email. Thanks to the 3 people that entered, and don`t worry to our younger members, their will be other contests in your range in the coming future, so stay tuned!!

Edited April 5, 200817 yr by davetaylor