Chartfridays

It is but people often respond to this stuff before the law actually changes. I got a bus on Tuesday and nobody was wearing a mask. I got one yesterday and about half and half were wearing masks. Only anecdotal but I think a lot of people are starting to get concerned out there.

Ah! Thanks a lot, that makes more sense. :)

Outside of public transport I've not seen a noteable increase in mask wearing today.

#42 - Joni James - Why Don't You Believe Me? Debut: 12 March 1953 Peak: 1 WoC: 1 Chart Run: 11 d6sMRoFqexY The first of 2 UK Top 40 songs for Joni James, the second coming in 1959. Why Don't You Believe Me? would send a solitary week on the UK Chart languishing in 11th place on the 12th March 1953. *As an aside I'm getting a bit confused over the dates here, if anyone can help? The OCC site has this listed under 12th March and my reference book has it listed as 6th March - I take it the first is week end/the second is week beginning? I've only just noticed the discrepency between the two sources for some reason. She'd have a much more succesful career in the US with seven Top 10 hits. The confusing bit is they both have 14th as the started date?

Carries into 1992 - the amazing Trip to Trumpton still to come from the 'toytown techno' genre

Maybe been used in a Christmas ad over there?

Jesus Christ. How many flashes do you want Ewan? ALL OF THEM??

Yeah right. Most people aren't going to view today as any different to yesterday. We're headed for another full lockdown. A

It's been snowing in the north of England and Scotland. That would explain it here, not sure about the US. Must have been added to a Christmas playlist

#42 - Danny Kaye - Wonderful Copenhagen Debut: 5 March 1953 Peak: 5 WoC: 10 Chart Run: 7-9-8-6-6-6-5-6-8-10 t1YMv_qx5Cw This ode to drinking in Copenhagen becomes Danny Kaye's solitary UK Top 40 hit. He was much more famous the other side of the atlantic for his novelty songs and his acting career but this crossed over for some reason.

Thanksgiving. Our Christmas period begins a few days later.

It's probably a calculated choice to make it as unpalatable as possible to people. If you're at all familiar with Kunts work it's the kind of thing he'd do.

We won't be put in another lockdown. The government know it would lead to the worst civil unrest in a generation. There'll just be mass media messaging which most people will ignore and carry on doing what they've been doing anyway for the past year

Yeah I didn't know much about it until I researched it. I knew he'd lived here for a bit but hadn't realised why. Anyway another version of Broken Wings to wrap your ears around. #41 Broken Wings by Dickie Valentine Debut: 26 February 1953 Peak: 12 WoC: 1 Chart Run: 12 M6LgcgASkZA A one week wonder languishing at #12 for Dickie Valentine gives him the first in his line of top 40 hits - 12 in total throughout the 1950s - including two number ones (The Finger of Suspicion with the aforementioned Stargazers and The Christmas Alphabet). He sang with the Ted Heath band through 1952 and 1953 and then went fully solo in 1954 on the back of his first hits.

I'll take your word for it

This lot don't grow up tbf

#40 - Guy Mitchell - She Wears Red Feathers Debut: 19 February 1953 Peak: #1 WoC: 16 Chart Run: 10-5-3-2-1-1-1-1-2-2-2-3-6-7-12 (B) 12 H9H0YMtyCcM This isn't a song that's aged particularly well - although it has a nice enough tune. It would knock Perry Como's Don't Let the Star Get In Your Eyes off of the top spot becoming the 6th No 1 song on the UK singles chart, it would be knocked off after 4 weeks by Broken Wings by The Stargazers which thankfully limited itself to being a one week wonder. It's another in a line of hits written by Bob Merrill.

Think abcdefu has a good chance of a January #1

I'll pick it up in a charity shop for 50p in February :lol:

Heard this on radio early. A bit shit isnt it

Nadine Dorries has always been clueless but not knowing how Channel 4 is funding is a joke.

Oh ffs - thought they might have done something a bit more creative than this.

I trust the Kunts to have enough about them to make it more topical given the work they did in the past. It'll probably take aim at the double jobbing

#39 - Broken Wings by Art and Dotty Todd Debut: 13 February 1953 Peak: #6 WoC: 7 Chart Run: 12-7-6-6-7-10-11 TLEgJTM26GI That's better. What a lovely version of this song. I can't help but wish I'd heard this before the Stargazers ruination of it. These guys unfortunately would only have this hit in the UK, there 1958 version of Chanson D'Amour not crossing the Atlantic despite good performance in the US. It did make the Melody Maker top 20 but that wasn't adopted by the OCC when the decisions were eventually made decades later so won't feature here.

The 1922 Committee automatically includes all backbench MPs. 55 MPs would need to write to the chair to trigger a vote of no confidence in him though which seems too many right now. Without an obvious candidate to replace him, he'd probably win the confidence vote