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I've had another look at the 8 No.1 'Runs' of Bing Crosby's White Christmas. I now see that it has 24 No.1 Weeks - not 23. There was a missing No.1 Week on W/B 24th December 1951, which I failed to spot. So, it had 9 missing No.1 Weeks, not 8. It also means that Bing Crosby has 192 No.1 Weeks - not 191.

Queen have also had 9 UK No.1 Albums. Like Elton John, The Carpenters have also had 29 Weeks at No.1. It looks like Queen & The Carpenters have been left out, just so the 2 Lists can have exactly 10 Acts in them.... If Robbie gets the 1,000th No.1 Album it:, A) Brings him equal with the 11 No.1 Albums of Elvis - who had the 1,000th No.1 Single, in 2005. B) It also means that the 1st No.1 Album & the 1,000th No.1 Album have references to Swing in their Titles.....

The OCC have pointed out that this Week is the first time that Cliff & Elvis have had a Top 10 Album, at the same time, since October 1977! Just over 36 Years ago. I've checked, & it is right. On W/E 22nd October 1977, 40 Golden Greats by Cliff was New in at No.5. Moody Blue by Elvis was at No.8, in its 8th & last Top 10 Week.

In a way I'm glad that The OCC will not be adding the Book to UK Chart History. Bing Crosby would totally dominate the Facts & Feats, as regards the Singles Charts. His 44 No.1 Hits not only spent 192, (or 183), Weeks at No.1 between them, but he replaced himself at No.1 on no less than 17 occasions. Which is way ahead of The Beatles, (1963), John Lennon, (1981), & Elvis Presley, (2005), who all did it once. (The Shadows did it 3 times, if you add their Cliff Richard No.1's to their Shadows No.1's - 1960, & twice in 1963). He was also at No.1 & No.2, (at the same time), far more than any other Act. So it is just as well that those Feats will remain unrecognised. I know he could sing, but his voice is very bland & monotonous to my ears. As a contrast, the harmonies of the Andrews Sisters are excellent. I can see why they had 9 UK No.1 Hits. Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy Of Company B - The Andrews Sisters (1941) Link:, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qafnJ6mRbgk

I'm told that although The OCC endorsed the 1940 to 1952 Book, they have no intentions of adding it to UK Chart History. So, Bing will remain as a minor UK Chart Act.

I've double checked Bing Crosby's No.1's in the Book. He's not had 41 No.1 Hits - it is 44. I made the mistake because he is given 41 No.1 Hits on Pages 250 to 251. But, he also has a No.1 Hit on Page 247, in the Andrews Sisters Section. Plus 2 more No.1 Hits, (with Connie Boswell), on Page 248. I've only counted each No.1 once. Three of his No.1's went to No.1 twice. One of the 3 was No.1 in both 1940 & 1944. White Christmas was No.1 in 1942, & 1945 to 1951. 8 times at No.1. So, although he had 44 No.1 Hits, he went to No.1 on 54 occasions. His 44 No.1 Singles give him 191 Weeks at No.1. (183 if you remove 8 Missing Chart Weeks for White Christmas. I added them in). His 191 No.1 Weeks are the 2nd most by any Act. It is beaten only by The Beatles 243 UK No.1 Weeks, which is made from 69 Weeks at No.1 in the Singles Chart, & 174 Weeks at No.1 in the Albums Chart. Elvis Presley has 143 No.1 Weeks - from 80 Weeks in the Singles Chart, & 63 No.1 Weeks in the Albums Chart. Bing Crosby has never had a UK No.1 Album. Or even a Top 5 Album. He's had just 2 Top 10 Albums. A No.7 in 1960, & a No.9 in 1977.

NOTE - No-one is, (yet), sure if The OCC will add the Data in the 1940 to 1952 Book to UK Chart History. I know that they endorsed the Book. We will see what happens in the future. In the meantime - for fun - I thought that you'd like to see some of the changes to Singles Chart History, if The OCC do add the Data to November 1952 to 2013 Chart History. @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ CHANGES TO UK CHART HISTORY - IF THE OCC ADD THE DATA IN THE BOOK TO THE SINGLES CHART Last night, I was studying all of the No.1's in the Book. If the Book is joined on to Official Chart History, a W/B 3rd November 1952 Chart will have to be created. (W/E 8th November 1952). There's a 1 Week gap between the final Chart in the Book, & the 1st 'NME' Chart - W/E 15th November 1952. (W/B 10th November 1952) Here are some of the changes that the Book brings to UK Singles Chart History:, 1) I Believe - Frankie Laine was the No.1 with the most Weeks on Top - 18 Weeks, in 3 'Runs', during 1953. Now it is beaten by White Christmas, by Bing Crosby. That went to No.1 in 1942, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, & 1951 - for a Total of 24 Weeks. (I'm adding in 9 Weeks of missing Charts. It has 15 No.1 Weeks without them). 2) Until now only 2 No.1 Hits have reached No.1 as many as 3 times. They were I Believe - Frankie Laine, (1953), & Singing The Blues - Guy Mitchell, (1957). Both are now easily beaten by Bing Crosby's White Christmas, which was No.1 in 8 different Chart Runs - 1942, & 1945 to 1951. (It was a No.2 Hit in 1943 & 1944). 3) The 1st No.1 is no longer Al Martino's Here In My Heart. It is Vera Lynn's We'll Meet Again. 4) Here In My Heart gets 8 Weeks at No.1 in the Book. Added to its 9 in the NME Charts, gives it 17 No.1 Weeks. 5) Rihanna's Umbrella, (2007 - 10 Weeks), is no longer the Single with most Weeks at No.1 by a Female Artist. 1)=That Old Black Magic - Judy Garland - 14 Weeks (1943) 1)=Cornish Rhapsody - Harriet Cohen - 14 Weeks (1944/1945) @@@ 3) Music! Music! Music! - Teresa Brewer - 12 Weeks (1950) @@@ = Includes 2 missing Chart Weeks 6) Judy Garland goes from having just 1 Hit, (No.18 in 1955), to having several, with 14 in the Top 10 - 4 at No.1, including Over The Rainbow. (The Book says 'The Trolley Song' was a 1945 No.2 Hit, in the Judy Garland Section - Page 254. But on Page 110 it is shown as being at No.1, (1 Week), in the Chart of W/B 4th June 1945. So, she had 4 No.1's - not 3). 7) The Ink Spots had just 1 Hit until now - Melody Of Love. (No.10 - 1955). Now they have many Hits. With 9 of them going to No.1. One of them, (Bless You), went to No.1 twice. For 8 Weeks in 1940/1941, & for 9 Weeks in 1946. Giving it 17 Weeks at No.1 - 18 if you add in a missing Week at the end of 1940. That either puts it equal to Here In My Heart, by Al Martino - 17. Or equal to I Believe by Frankie Laine - 18. (I'm counting Bless You as 1 of their 9 No.1's - not 2) 8) The 9 Ink Spots No.1's spent 61 Weeks on Top. (Counting one missing Chart Week). That gives them the 4th most Weeks at No.1 in the Singles Chart. Bing Crosby is 1st - 192 Weeks. (Or 183 - depending if you include 9 missing Chart Weeks). Elvis Presley is 2nd, (80 Weeks), & The Beatles are 3rd, (69 Weeks). It also means that only The Beatles have more Singles Weeks at No.1, as regards Groups. 9) Elvis Presley, (18 0r 21, depending how you count), no longer has the most UK No.1 Hits. Bing Crosby has 44! 10) The Andrews Sisters go from having Zero Hits, to having several. 9 of them at No.1, which puts them equal with the Spice Girls, as regards Female Groups. (4 of the Andrews Sisters No.1's were with Bing Crosby). Their 9 No.1's give them 40 No.1 Weeks - the most Singles Chart No.1 Weeks by any Female Act. (The Spice Girls also spent 40 Weeks at No.1 in the UK, but 22 Weeks were from Singles, & 18 Weeks from Albums. The Andrews Sisters have never had a UK Hit Album. Or any Hit Singles, until now). 11) Al Jolson has had Zero Hit Singles, until now. He now has many, with 7 of them reaching No.1. Including the longest consecutive 'Run' at No.1 ever, by the same Artist. That was in 1947 when Swanee/April Showers was No.1 for 9 Weeks. He then replaced himself at No.1 with The Anniversary Song, & that was No.1 for 10 Weeks. 12) Frank Sinatra gains 10 more No.1 Hits, to raise him from 3 to 13. 13) Vera Lynn has 6 more No.1's - giving her 7 rather than 1. 14) Doris Day goes from 2 to 5. 15) Guy Mitchell from 4 to 8. 16) Johnnie Ray from 3 to 6. 17) Nat 'King' Cole has his first No.1 Singles - 4. He's never been higher than No.2 before.

Earlier this Year The OCC told me that 'Just Dance' only sells a few hundred copies per Week, these days. I guess that is 200 to 300 copies a Week.

The latest UK Album Chart had the entire Top 5 as New Entries - for only the 4th time. It also had 8 New Entries in the Top 10 for the 1st time. Week Ending 16th November 2013 - (5 Top 5, 8 Top 10) - (The 1st time for 8 Top 10 Entries) 1. (NE) THE MARSHALL MATHERS LP 2 - (Eminem) 2. (NE) JAMES ARTHUR - (James Arthur) 3. (NE) DEMONSTRATION - (Tinie Tempah) 4. (NE) MUSIC OF THE NIGHT - (Andre Rieu) 5. (NE) SATURDAY NIGHT AT THE MOVIES - (The Overtones) 6. (NE) YOU & ME - (Shane Filan) 7. (NE) THE NATION'S FAVOURITE ELVIS SONGS - (Elvis Presley) 8. (3) MOON LANDING - (James Blunt) 9. (NE) WORD OF MOUTH - (The Wanted) 10. (2) PRISM - (Katy Perry) NOTE - There were also 8 New Entries in the Top 10, on W/E 8th March 1969. But that was because Record Retailer allowed Budget Albums to Chart, for one Week. The 8th March 1969 Chart has now been erased from UK Chart History, which is why UK Chart Books do not List The Seekers Album as a No.1. Instead the Diana Ross & The Supremes With The Temptations Album is given a 4th Week at No.1, in UK Chart Books etc. Week Ending 8th March 1969 - (4 Top 5, 8 Top 10) (8 NEW ENTRIES IN THE TOP 10 - A UK ALBUM CHART RECORD - BUT THIS CHART IS NOT COUNTED) 1 (NE) Four And Only The Seekers - (The Seekers) 2 (1) Diana Ross And The Supremes Join The Temptations 3 (NE) The World Of Val Doonican - (Val Doonican) 4 (NE) Early Alpert - (Herb Alpert And The Tijuana Brass) 5 (NE) The World Of Hits - (Various Artists) 6 (NE) The World Of Max Bygraves - (Max Bygraves) 7 (NE) World Of Johann Strauss - (Willi Boskovsky And The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra) 8 (NE) The World Of Mantovani - Mantovani) 9 (2) The Sound Of Music (OST) 10 (NE) The World Of Frank Chacksfield - (Frank Chacksfield)

The 'Nation's Favourite Elvis Songs' TV Special is on from 9pm to 10.30pm, on ITV1 this coming Friday - 8th November. His Album of the same name is in 2 versions - a 20 Hits 1 CD version, & a 'Deluxe' 2 CD, 43 Hits version.

I know someone who knows the Book's Compiler, & on Friday I asked him if he knows when it will be published. He told me that it is still due to come out this Month. (Even though Amazon say they may never get it in stock). I did find an on-line Book Shop that said they were getting it in, but they wanted £28 for it!

I completely forgot about the Rihanna Chart Feat that I thought of on Friday. (I re-checked it about 6 times, to be sure I was right). Here it is:, RIHANNA - ONLY THE THIRD UK SINGLES CHART ACT TO ACHIEVE THIS The OCC have picked up on this one, & Rihanna has now added it to her Twitter Account. She's Tweeting' it - if that is the right word! Rihanna has now had UK No.1 Singles for 7 Years in a row. She is only the 3rd Act to manage that, since November 1952, when the Singles Chart began. A) Elvis Presley - 7 Years of UK No.1 Singles in a row - 1957 to 1963 B) The Beatles - 7 Years of UK No.1 Singles in a row - 1963 to 1969 C) Rihanna - 7 Years of UK No.1 Singles in a row - 2007 to 2013 NOTE - Elvis had 14 UK No.1 Hits in his 7 consecutive Years, The Beatles had 17, & Rihanna has had 8 - as she had 2 in 2010.

EMINEM & RIHANNA 1) So - 'The Monster' is Eminem's 8th UK No.1 Single, & also Rihanna's 8th. 2) Looking at the Pre-The Monster, UK Chart Stats of Eminem & Rihanna, I see that their Weeks at No.1 were 30 each, but they were made in a 'Mirror Image' of each other. A) EMINEM - 7 Singles Weeks at No.1, & 23 Albums Weeks at No.1 B) RIHANNA - 23 Singles Weeks at No.1, & 7 Albums Weeks at No.1. The Totals were from:, A) EMINEM - 7 No.1 Singles, & 6 No.1 Albums B) RIHANNA - 7 No.1 Singles, & 4 No.1 Albums C) The Monster now gives them 31 UK No.1 Weeks each. 3) Eminem has yet to be No.1 in the UK Singles & Albums Charts at the same time. His New Album will be No.1 next Week - the W/E 16th November Chart. If he is to manage his 1st Double Top, he has to remain at No.1 for a 2nd Week in the Singles Chart. Something that none of his previous 7 UK No.1 Singles managed to do. 4) Next Week he will have his 7th UK No.1 Album, & all 7 have been consecutive. This means that he will join The Beatles in 3rd= place, as regards that Chart Feat. Led Zeppelin & ABBA are 1st= - with 8 No.1 Albums in a row. Led Zeppelin from 1970 to 1979, & ABBA from 1976 to 1982. With the 2 Acts being connected by a coincidence. The 8th UK No.1 Album in a row for Led Zeppelin, was recorded at ABBA's Polar Recording Studios, in Sweden, from November to December 1978. It was their In Through The Out Door Album.

I usually find One Direction very ordinary & predictable, but I was surprised by this Single. I think it is the best thing they've ever done. It deserves to be No.1, but it may Peak at No.2 or No.3. Incidentally, 'The Story Of My Life' was the Title of the Demo version of 'The Winner Takes It All', by ABBA.

Thanks Doctor Blind. On Friday I 'scanned' every UK Album Chart since July 1956, & by the time I reached the 2000's I was so tired that I knew that I was losing my concentration. Hence why I missed the 2006 & 2012 Charts where the Top 5 Albums were New Entries. W/E 17th June 2006 (5 Top 5) (The 1st time that this happened) 01. (NE) SMILE... IT CONFUSES PEOPLE (Sandi Thom) 02. (NE) TWELVE STOPS AND HOME (Feeling) 03. (NE) BRING YOU HOME (Ronan Keating) 04. (NE) SURPRISE (Paul Simon) 05. (NE) RIOT CITY BLUES (Primal Scream) Week Ending 9th June 2012 (5 Top 5, 6 Top 8) (Only the 2nd time that this has happened) 1. (NEW) SING (Gary Barlow & The Commonwealth Band) 2. (NEW) FALL TO GRACE (Paloma Faith) 3. (NEW) BOYS DON'T CRY (Rumer) 4. (NEW) MAGIC HOUR (Scissor Sisters) 5. (NEW) ANTHEMS (Russell Watson) Week Ending 26th October 2013 (5 Top 5, 6 Top 10) (Only the 3rd time that this has happened) 1. (NEW) TRIBUTE (John Newman) 2. (NEW) LIGHTNING BOLT (Pearl Jam) 3. (NEW) NEW (Paul McCartney) 4. (NEW) CLOSER TO THE TRUTH (Cher) 5. (NEW) PERHAPS LOVE (Jonathan & Charlotte)

I believe that it is the first time ever, (since July 1956), that the entire Top 5 of the Album Chart are New Entries. (Unless anyone can find another example). Technically the entire Top 5 of the very first Album Chart, (W/E 28th July 1956), were New Entries, but that would have to be the case.

I've joined together the 'Double Tops' of the 23 Acts who achieved it more than once. NUMBER ONE UK SINGLE & ALBUM - BY THE SAME ACT IN THE SAME WEEK THE ACTS WHO’VE ACHIEVED IT MORE THAN ONCE (Date - Weeks - Artist - Album // Single) 26/01/1961 (4) Elvis Presley - G.I. Blues (OST) // Are You Lonesome Tonight? 23/03/1961 (1) Elvis Presley - G.I. Blues (OST) // Wooden Heart 06/04/1961 (4) Elvis Presley - G.I. Blues (OST) // Wooden Heart 01/06/1961 (4) Elvis Presley - G.I. Blues (OST) // Surrender 22/02/1962 (4) Elvis Presley - Blue Hawaii (OST) // Rock-A-Hula Baby / Can't Help Falling In Love 24/05/1962 (4) Elvis Presley - Blue Hawaii (OST) // Good Luck Charm 10/09/1977 (1) Elvis Presley - Elvis Presley's 40 Greatest Hits // Way Down 05/10/1961 (1) The Shadows - The Shadows // Kon-Tiki 24/01/1963 (1) The Shadows - Out Of The Shadows // Dance On! 11/01/1962 (6) Cliff Richard (& The Shadows) - The Young Ones (OST) // The Young Ones 14/03/1963 (2) Cliff Richard (& The Shadows) - Summer Holiday (OST) // Summer Holiday 04/04/1963 (1) Cliff Richard (& The Shadows) - Summer Holiday (OST) // Summer Holiday 24/12/1988 (2) Cliff Richard - Private Collection // Mistletoe And Wine 09/05/1963 (6) The Beatles - Please Please Me // From Me To You 12/09/1963 (4) The Beatles - Please Please Me // She Loves You 28/11/1963 (1) The Beatles - Please Please Me // She Loves You 05/12/1963 (1) The Beatles - With The Beatles // She Loves You 12/12/1963 (5) The Beatles - With The Beatles // I Want To Hold Your Hand 02/04/1964 (3) The Beatles - With The Beatles // Can't Buy Me Love 23/07/1964 (3) The Beatles - A Hard Day's Night (OST) // A Hard Day's Night 10/12/1964 (1) The Beatles - A Hard Day's Night (OST) // I Feel Fine 17/12/1964 (4) The Beatles - Beatles For Sale // I Feel Fine 29/04/1965 (2) The Beatles - Beatles For Sale // Ticket To Ride 12/08/1965 (2) The Beatles - Help! (OST) // Help! 23/12/1965 (4) The Beatles - Rubber Soul // Day Tripper / We Can Work It Out 18/08/1966 (4) The Beatles - Revolver // Yellow Submarine / Eleanor Rigby 19/07/1967 (3) The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band // All You Need Is Love 20/12/1967 (2) The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band // Hello Goodbye 16/07/1964 (1) The Rolling Stones - The Rolling Stones // It's All Over Now 18/03/1965 (3) The Rolling Stones - The Rolling Stones No.2 // The Last Time 26/05/1966 (1) The Rolling Stones - Aftermath // Paint It Black 09/10/1971 (3) Rod Stewart - Every Picture Tells A Story // Maggie May / Reason To Believe 06/09/1975 (4) Rod Stewart - Atlantic Crossing // Sailing 05/02/1972 (2) T. Rex - Electric Warrior // Telegram Sam 20/05/1972 (3) T. Rex - Bolan Boogie // Metal Guru 27/12/1975 (2) Queen - A Night At The Opera // Bohemian Rhapsody 17/01/1976 (2) Queen - A Night At The Opera // Bohemian Rhapsody 21/11/1981 (2) Queen - Greatest Hits // Under Pressure (With David Bowie) 21/12/1991 (2) Queen - Greatest Hits II // Bohemian Rhapsody /These Are The Days Of Our Lives 08/05/1976 (4) ABBA - Greatest Hits // Fernando 16/04/1977 (3) ABBA - Arrival // Knowing Me Knowing You 18/02/1978 (3) ABBA - The Album // Take A Chance On Me 29/11/1980 (3) ABBA - Super Trouper // Super Trouper 13/10/1979 (1) The Police - Reggatta De Blanc // Message In A Bottle 11/10/1980 (2) The Police - Zenyatta Mondatta // Don't Stand So Close To Me 25/06/1983 (1) The Police - Synchronicity // Every Breath You Take 05/03/1983 (1) Michael Jackson - Thriller // Billie Jean 30/11/1991 (1) Michael Jackson - Dangerous // Black Or White 12/07/1986 (3) Madonna - True Blue // Papa Don't Preach 01/04/1989 (2) Madonna - Like A Prayer // Like A Prayer 26/11/2005 (2) Madonna - Confessions On A Dancefloor // Hung Up 10/05/2008 (1) Madonna - Hard Candy // 4 Minutes (Feat. Justin Timberlake) 08/02/1992 (2) Wet Wet Wet - High On The Happy Side // Goodnight Girl 30/07/1994 (4) Wet Wet Wet - End Of Part One (Their Greatest Hits) // Love Is All Around 03/09/1994 (1) Wet Wet Wet - End Of Part One (Their Greatest Hits) // Love Is All Around 30/10/1993 (3) Meat Loaf - Bat Out Of Hell II: Back Into Hell // I'd Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That) 27/11/1993 (2) Meat Loaf - Bat Out Of Hell II: Back Into Hell // I’d Do Anything For Love (But I Won’t Do That) 28/12/1996 (3) Spice Girls - Spice // 2 Become 1 22/03/1997 (2) Spice Girls - Spice // Who Do You Think You Are? / Mama 22/12/2001 (3) Robbie Williams - Swing When You're Winning // Somethin' Stupid (With Nichole Kidman) 17/11/2012 (1) Robbie Williams - Take The Crown // Candy 22/10/2005 (1) Sugababes - Taller In More Ways // Push The Button 20/10/2007 (1) Sugababes - Change // About You Now 09/06/2007 (1) Rihanna Featuring Jay-Z - Good Girl Gone Bad // Umbrella 15/01/2011 (1) Rihanna - Loud // What’s My Name? (Featuring Drake) 03/12/2011 (1) Rihanna - Talk That Talk // We Found Love (Featuring Calvin Harris) 11/04/2009 (1) Lady GaGa - The Fame // Poker Face 27/03/2010 (1) Lady GaGa - The Fame/The Fame Monster // Telephone (Featuring Beyonce) 19/10/2018 (1) Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper - A Star Is Born // Shallow 26/02/2011 (4) Adele - 21 // Someone Like You 02/04/2011 (1) Adele - 21 // Someone Like You 19/04/2016 (1) Drake - Views // One Dance 13/05/2016 (1) Drake - Views // One Dance 13/07/2018 (1) Drake - Scorpion // In My Feelings 14/05/2020 (1) Drake – Dark Lane Demo Tapes // Toosie Slide 03/03/2017 (5) Ed Sheeran - ÷ // Shape Of You 14/04/2017 (1) Ed Sheeran - ÷ // Shape Of You 08/12/2017 (1) Ed Sheeran - ÷ // Perfect 22/12/2017 (2) Ed Sheeran - ÷ // Perfect 25/07/2019 (1) Ed Sheeran - No. 6 Collaborations Project // Beautiful People 21/02/2019 (1) Ariana Grande - Thank U, Next // Break Up With Your Girlfriend, I'm Bored 28/02/2019 (1) Ariana Grande - Thank U, Next // 7 Rings

Mart!n - Adele did it twice in 2011. You have only shown one of them. Here are both of her 2011 'Double Tops' 26/02/2011 (4) Adele - 21 // Someone Like You 02/04/2011 (1) Adele - 21 // Someone Like You

I've been told that the biggest UK Singles Chart Act, from 1940 to October 1952, was Bing Crosby. This is shown in the Book, apparently. I'm not surprised. He had about 41 USA No.1 Hits from 1927 to 1948. With 27 of them pre-dating 1940 & Billboard. In Australia, he had about 29 No.1 Hits from 1943 to 1957. With 24 of them from 1943 to 1949. Until 1949 the Australian Charts were Monthly. In 1945 he was No.1 from February to December. There were 7 No.1's in that time, & all were by him. So, if someone were to combine the Data in the Missing Charts Book, with November 1952 to 2013 Chart History, we may well find that Bing Crosby has more No.1's than Elvis Presley, (21), & The Beatles, (17).

I used the Polyhex Chart Runs Site, & a Printer Calculator, to add up each Acts Singles Chart Weeks. Rihanna would have 833 Weeks, if you include 'All Of The Lights', which is sometimes credited to Kanye West Featuring Rihanna - A No.15 Hit, & 20 Chart Weeks. (2011). To W/E 31st August 2013, my Top 20 is:, 1) ELVIS PRESLEY - 1303 2) CLIFF RICHARD - 1177 3) RIHANNA - 813 4) SHADOWS - 770 5) MADONNA - 737 6) ELTON JOHN - 673 7) MICHAEL JACKSON - 670 8) DIANA ROSS - 568 9) ROD STEWART - 478 10) DAVID GUETTA - 467 11)=BEATLES - 465 11)=KANYE WEST - 465 13) KYLIE MINOGUE - 460 14) DAVID BOWIE - 459 15) QUEEN - 445 16)=FRANK SINATRA - 440 16)=JAY-Z - 440 18) STEVIE WONDER - 435 19) STATUS QUO - 434 20) PAUL McCARTNEY/WINGS - 424

Suedehead2 - I don't mind that MacArthur Part has an OTT Production. I love dramatic music, & I think it is great when a Pop Single is made to sound much bigger by sort of 'strapping' it to a Symphony Orchestra - and a backing Choir. Another such OTT Production was Eloise, by Barry Ryan, which was a Global Hit in 1968, & reached No.2 in the UK. Because he is so pretty, some people forget that his voice is excellent. It was written by his twin brother, Paul. Like MacArthur Park, it has a slow part in the middle. The Damned covered it, & took it to No.3 in 1986. Eloise - Barry Ryan (1968) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WD9Wz7Mt160

Some people think that MacArthur Park is one of the worst Singles ever made. I think it is splendid. Jim Webb wrote it, & it's about the break up of his relationship with Suzy Horton, who later became related to Linda Ronstadt, by marriage. This is encapsulated in the big ending of the Song, where Richard Harris sings, Someone left a cake out in the rain, I don't think that I can take it, 'Cause it took so long to bake it, & I'll never have that recipe again - and then you get the Choir singing 'Oh No!' over and over. (Some people think the Song is about a cake!). MacArthur Park - Richard Harris (1968) And Jim Webb wrote another unusual Song. This was for Glen Campbell, & I think it is the best thing Glen ever did:, Where's The Playground Susie? - Glen Campbell (1969) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s17Be3PZA8c

Engelbert Humperdinck had 2 in 1967:, Release Me The Last Waltz Boney M had 2 in 1978:, Rivers Of Babylon//Brown Girl In The Ring Mary's Boy Child/Oh My Lord (A Medley of 2 Songs, & not a Double 'A' Side) The Beatles had 2 in 1964:, Can't Buy Me Love I Feel Fine And - Bad Romance - a Million Seller any day now. (If it isn't one already). Lady GaGa in 2009:, Poker Face Bad Romance

I don't know about Rihanna's 'Run' in the UK iTunes Singles Chart, but I do know that she holds the 'Chart Record' for the longest 'Run' in the Top 75 of The OCC Singles Chart. RIHANNA'S RECORD BREAKING TOP 75 UK SINGLES CHART 'RUN' 1) THE RUN BEGAN WITH - W/E 12th September 2009 - RUN THIS TOWN (With Jay-Z & Kanye West) - A New Entry at No.1 2) THE RUN ENDED WITH - W/E 8th June 2013 - DIAMONDS - At No.60 (Then a fall to No.77 on W/E 15th June) Total = 196 consecutive Top 75 Singles Chart Weeks for Rihanna. By far the longest such Run..... Then - 2 Weeks later - a fresh 'Run' began for her:, W/E 22nd June 2013:, A) Live Your Life (T.I. Featuring Rihanna) re-entered at No.52 B) Diamonds re-entered at No.57 C) Stay re-entered at No.69

RIHANNA'S RECORD BREAKING SINGLES TOP 75 RUN ENDED 2 WEEKS AGO..... 1) THE RUN BEGAN WITH - W/E 12th September 2009 - RUN THIS TOWN (With Jay-Z & Kanye West) - A New Entry at No.1 2) THE RUN ENDED WITH - W/E 8th June 2013 - DIAMONDS - At No.60 (Then a fall to No.77 on W/E 15th June) Total = 196 consecutive Top 75 Singles Chart Weeks for Rihanna. By far the longest such Run..... Now a fresh Run begins for her:, W/E 22nd June:, A) Live Your Life (T.I. Featuring Rihanna) re-enters at No.52 B) Diamonds re-enters at No.57 C) Stay re-enters at No.69