Everything posted by Paul
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80's classics that flopped in the UK
Animal Magnet - Welcome To The Monkey House and the original version of Kiss Me by Tin Tin . Both were big in the clubs in the 80s
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So You Thought They Were Hits..
Albert Hammond - It never rains in Southern California was a flop but should have charted Welcome to the Money House by Animal Magnet was big in the clubs in the 80s but failed to chart. Also, Kiss Me (original version) by Tin Tin should have been a big hit.
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Top 150 Best Selling singles of the 21st Century
Well done Gareth for putting him right about it not being 2004
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Top 150 Best Selling singles of the 21st Century
Does anyone know why Nov 2004 seems to be the default date for videos from 2000-2004 on the radio 1 website ?
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Classic songs that never became hits...
In Birmingham around 1981/1982 Welcome To The Monkey House by Animal Magnet & Kiss Me by Tin Tin were massive in the clubs & are still requested today . I know Kiss Me was remixed in 1985 and became a hit but the original version from 81 did not go top 40. Monkey House did not chart at all.
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Top 65 best selling Xmas hits ever!!
There's no one quite like Grandma should not be classed as a Christmas song. If Bionic Santa is in the list then where is Renta Santa ? What about Make a daft noise for Christmas by The Goodies ?
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Obscure chart single formats???
Another format would be 8 track Cartridges which were around in the early 70s. I remember my Dad having Bridge Over Troubled Water album in this format. Reel to reel tapes anyone ???
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Top of the Pops on Thursdays, bbc 4.
Another gem that has come through for me is Night Rider by ELO . I'm glad Paul Nicholas has finally gone away for the time being.We're going to have weeks and weeks of Elton & Kiki though through the summer.
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Take That - Love Love
With the concerts coming up too & tonight's performance it could go straight into the top 3.
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Favourite songs when you were younger.
At the age of 9-10 I used to love everything by The Sweet , Slade , Gary Glitter, The Glitter Band , Mud , T Rex , Wizzard , The Rubettes & ELO. At the school discos you were cool if you liked Gary Glitter .
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Songs where they murder the title
The winner has to be Paul Johnson's Get Get Down. The word "Get" is sung 52 times and there's no fewer than 246 repetitions of the word "Down"
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Band/Acts names with digits that have charted
U2, 911, 1910 Fruitgum company (Simon Says), 112 ,3T , 187 Lockdown, 2 in a room, 2 Unlimited, 3 of a kind (remember Baby Cakes ??),49ers,5000 volts, 50 Cent,808 state
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X Factor: The Live Shows (Week 7)
Hippy Hippy Shake is not a Beatles song
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X Factor: The Live Shows (Week 7)
Rebecca sounds like Elkie Brooks tonight
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TV Theme Songs That Were Hits
Jackie Lee - Rupert Mike Post - Hill Street Blues The Wombles - Wombling Song
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The X Factor 2010: Live Shows (Week 5)
Matt was brilliant 10/10
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The X Factor 2010: Live Shows (Week 5)
Why is someone who can't sing for toffee in the top 10 of a major singing competition ? The unfunny joke is now over. Goodbye Wagner
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The X Factor 2010: Live Shows (Week 5)
Rebecca's voice sounds like Macy Gray to me. Very good performance from her tonight & yes, the Adele version of Bob Dylan's song will probably go back into the top 10 again
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Hit singles named after the performer
Float on by The Floaters The theme from Mash by Mash Ant Rap by Adam and the Ants
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What's the best selling singles never to make the top 40, 75
I would have said Brown Eyed Girl by Van Morrison but I don't think it even made the top 75 .
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Songs that were cover versions (but you never knew)
One Step Beyond - Madness (Prince Buster)
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Songs that were cover versions (but you never knew)
You'll never walk alone was a cover version when recorded by Gerry & The Pacemakers in 1963 It was from the 1945 film Carousel
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Songs that were cover versions (but you never knew)
Red Red Wine - Neil Diamond
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Which "twist" number 1 single do you WANT for Nov/Dec 2009?
Peter Kay 's Children In Need single could be a surprise number 1 if it is any good.
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Robbie to do Electric Proms
I'm looking forward to seeing Robbie's new drummer Karl Brazil . He is absolutely top class !!! He told me a couple of weeks ago that he is signed up with Robbie until the end of the year & has had to learn to play loads of his songs in a short space of time. Karl was Girls Alouds drummer last year on Children in Need .