October 20, 200915 yr 1979, Herb Alpert started a two week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Rise', giving the co founder of A&M records his second US No.1. It made No.13 in the UK. 1979, The Eagles started a nine week run at No.1 on the US album chart with 'The Long Run', the bands fourth US No.1. oh dear..... lolRise was a good song - I had the 12" on clear vinyl. The Eagles album was less impressive but it did have a couple of decent songs on it.
October 22, 200915 yr Author ^^ The only decent song they did! half decent is what id suggest! :lol: , we, childishly and disparagingly refered to it as 'one turd' :lol:
October 22, 200915 yr Author 1 5 One Day At A Time LENA MARTELL 2 1 Video Killed The Radio Star BUGGLES 3 9 When You're In Love With A Beautiful Woman DR. HOOK 4 3 Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough MICHAEL JACKSON 5 6 Everyday Hurts SAD CAFE 6 30 Gimmie Gimmie Gimmie ABBA 7 10 The Chosen Few DOOLEYS 8 2 Message In A Bottle POLICE 9 18 Tusk FLEETWOOD MAC 10 4 Dreaming BLONDIE 11 12 OK Fred ERROL DUNKLEY 12 7 Since You've Been Gone RAINBOW 13 8 Whatever You Want STATUS QUO 14 11 Queen Of Hearts DAVE EDMUNDS 15 20 The Devil Went Down To Georgia CHARLIE DANIELS BAND 16 27 Gonna Get Along Without You Now VIOLA WILLS 17 28 Making Plans For Nigel XTC 18 23 My Forbidden Lover CHIC 19 15 You Can Do It AL HUDSON AND THE SOUL PARTNERS 20 17 Back Of My Hand JAGS 21 33 Crazy Little Thing Called Love QUEEN 22 46 She's In Love With You SUZI QUATRO 23 21 The Great Rock'n'Roll Swindle SEX PISTOLS 24 29 Luton Airport CATS UK 25 13 Them Heavy People KATE BUSH 26 47 On My Radio SELECTOR 27 25 Star EARTH, WIND AND FIRE 28 22 The Prince MADNESS 29 - The Sparrow RAMBLERS 30 16 If I Said You Had A Beautiful Body Would You Hold It Against Me BELLAMY BROTHERS 31 19 Cruel To Be Kind NICK LOWE 32 37 Let Me Know GLORIA GAYNOR 33 - Rise HERB ALPERT 34 35 Spirit Body & Soul NOLAN SISTERS 35 43 Smash It Up DAMNED 36 40 Nuclear Device STRANGLERS 37 14 Cars GARY NUMAN 38 26 Love's Got A Hold On Me DOLLAR 39 - You've Got My Number UNDERTONES 40 50 Heartache Tonight EAGLES 41 - Message To You Rudi SPECIALS 42 44 I Don't Want To Be A Freak DYNASTY 43 - Sarah THIN LIZZY 44 48 Point Of View MATUMBI 45 32 Slap & Tickle SQUEEZE 46 - Sad Eyes ROBERT JOHN 47 34 Strut Your Funky Stuff FRANTIQUE 48 - He Was Beautiful IRIS WILLIAMS 49 - Ladies Night KOOL AND THE GANG 50 39 Sing A Happy Song O'JAYS my my... how bad are some of those tracks? how tf did lena effing martel get to #1? :angry: that awful dr hook track @ #3 ... woefull. new entries 29 - The Sparrow RAMBLERS .... and more crap enters :angry: 33 - Rise HERB ALPERT ... an odd track, his last chart hit, ok i suppose 39 - You've Got My Number UNDERTONES .... one of their lesser hits but still a cool track. 41 - Message To You Rudi SPECIALS .... one of their poorer tracks imho 43 - Sarah THIN LIZZY .... my neice is named after this lightweight pop/rock track 46 - Sad Eyes ROBERT JOHN ...dunno it 48 - He Was Beautiful IRIS WILLIAMS ... cavatina set to words.... awful. 49 - Ladies Night KOOL AND THE GANG ... another track from 79 that became a karaoke classic and everybodies property. (along with 'i will survive', 'ymca' (early), 'heart of glass' etc)
October 24, 200915 yr Author 1979, Paul McCartney received a medallion cast in rhodium after being declared the most successful composer of all time. From 1962 to 1978, McCartney had written or co-written 43 songs that had sold over a million copies each.
October 29, 200915 yr Author 1 1 One Day At A Time LENA MARTELL 2 3 When You're In Love With A Beautiful Woman DR. HOOK 3 5 Everyday Hurts SAD CAFE 4 6 Gimmie Gimmie Gimmie ABBA 5 2 Video Killed The Radio Star BUGGLES 6 4 Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough MICHAEL JACKSON 7 7 The Chosen Few DOOLEYS 8 9 Tusk FLEETWOOD MAC 9 16 Gonna Get Along Without You Now VIOLA WILLS 10 21 Crazy Little Thing Called Love QUEEN 11 11 OK Fred ERROL DUNKLEY 12 8 Message In A Bottle POLICE 13 10 Dreaming BLONDIE 14 15 The Devil Went Down To Georgia CHARLIE DANIELS BAND 15 18 My Forbidden Lover CHIC 16 27 Star EARTH, WIND AND FIRE 17 14 Queen Of Hearts DAVE EDMUNDS 18 12 Since You've Been Gone RAINBOW 19 13 Whatever You Want STATUS QUO 20 22 She's In Love With You SUZI QUATRO 21 26 On My Radio SELECTOR 22 23 The Great Rock'n'Roll Swindle SEX PISTOLS 23 17 Making Plans For Nigel XTC 24 20 Back Of My Hand JAGS 25 19 You Can Do It AL HUDSON AND THE SOUL PARTNERS 26 29 The Sparrow RAMBLERS 27 24 Luton Airport CATS UK 28 41 Message To You Rudi SPECIALS 29 - Eton Rifles JAM 30 48 He Was Beautiful IRIS WILLIAMS 31 33 Rise HERB ALPERT 32 - Still COMMODORES 33 49 Ladies Night KOOL AND THE GANG 34 39 You've Got My Number UNDERTONES 35 42 I Don't Want To Be A Freak DYNASTY 36 34 Spirit Body & Soul NOLAN SISTERS 37 32 Let Me Know GLORIA GAYNOR 38 46 Sad Eyes ROBERT JOHN 39 36 Nuclear Device STRANGLERS 40 30 If I Said You Had A Beautiful Body Would You Hold It Against BELLAMY BROTHERS 41 35 Smash It Up DAMNED 42 - Knocked It Off B.A. ROBERTSON 43 43 Sarah THIN LIZZY 44 37 Cars GARY NUMAN 45 - Tryouts For The Human Race SPARKS 46 - Bird Song LENE LOVICH 47 - If You Remember Me CHRIS THOMPSON 48 - Spooky ATLANTA RHYTHM SECTION 49 40 Heartache Tonight EAGLES 50 - Can't Get Enough Of Your Love DARTS still a foul top three... new entries 29 - Eton Rifles JAM .......... one of their best and most recognised tracks ...good stuff! 32 - Still COMMODORES ..... slushy soul... ok i guess. 42 - Knocked It Off B.A. ROBERTSON .... never liked this joke of a bloke... silly song. 45 - Tryouts For The Human Race SPARKS ..dunno this 46 - Bird Song LENE LOVICH ... track of the week! superb track! 47 - If You Remember Me CHRIS THOMPSON ...dunno this 48 - Spooky ATLANTA RHYTHM SECTION .... is this the 'spooky' from '68? 50 - Can't Get Enough Of Your Love DARTS ... dunno this either...
October 30, 200915 yr Tryouts For The Human Race by Sparks was OK, similar in sound to Number One Song In Heaven and Beat The Clock but for the general public they had obviously grown a bit bored of that sound. I think Sparks changed their sound once more a year or two later as the hits once again dried up. If You Remember Me by Chris Thompson was a ballad that was featured in a movie called The Champ. Chris Thompson had just left Manfred Mann's Earth Band after being lead vocalist since the mid 70s. Spooky is indeed the same song that The Classics IV released in 1968. I agree with you about Bird Song - it's a brilliant song!
October 30, 200915 yr Author Tryouts For The Human Race by Sparks was OK, similar in sound to Number One Song In Heaven and Beat The Clock but for the general public they had obviously grown a bit bored of that sound. I think Sparks changed their sound once more a year or two later as the hits once again dried up. If You Remember Me by Chris Thompson was a ballad that was featured in a movie called The Champ. Chris Thompson had just left Manfred Mann's Earth Band after being lead vocalist since the mid 70s. Spooky is indeed the same song that The Classics IV released in 1968. I agree with you about Bird Song - it's a brilliant song! thanks for that info robbie :)
November 5, 200915 yr Author no new chart this week, somehow i got infront of myself.... dunno how that happend, oh well, no ones bothered anyway <_<
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