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He's the best thing since Simon Bates & should present the show permanently. Greg James sounds like he's on Student radio & as chart host is pretty awful.

biggest single of 1970 was In The Summertime not Wonder Of You (Pick Of The Pops Top 50 of 1970, 27/12/70).

I don't really know why they bother with these lists. Where do they get their info from? During the 1960s, record charts were not based on sales of any kind. Shops supplied the big music papers with lists of 50 records that were selling in that particular shop. The music papers (themselves) took up to 200 charts from various shops across the UK & Ireland & added all those shop charts together to create their own top 100s. Devil In Disguise only shipped a little over 300k in the 60s. The above list suggests 590k. Gaining some 290k in 45 years It's Only Love sold 272k, during 1980. This list suggests 580k. Where has 308k extra come from? It's not even a well known song. The Beatles list fulls apart for the non-inclusion of the Twist & Shout E.P. (selling 650k in the 60s alone) & 5 years ago 'A Hard Days Night' was at 9. Now its 17. Quite mind boggling.

1969 (BMRB x17) It has to be said that BMRB (in the early years 1969 - 1971) didn't often meet their Panel sales targets. Many shops were not included in the Panel. Woolworths did not participate until 1975 for instance. So, many sales were judged out of sync incredibly in comparison to shipments. Not easy to go further back than 1969. As before then all charts were made by taking indivudual top 50s, from various shops & averaging out the positions & put together a big chart. No sales figures were ever used by the NME, Melody Maker, Disc, Record Mirror, Record Retailer or the BBC. 01 Archies - Sugar Sugar p 792 in1969 (979,000 in full) 02 Rolf Harris - Two Little Boys p 910 in full 03 Fleetwood Mac - Albatross 794 between 1968 & 1973 04 The Hollies - He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother 243 in 1969/70 (713,000 between 1969 & 1988) 723,000 with the 1982 re-issue 05 Frank Sinatra - My Way 660 between 1969 & 1972 675 with a 1994 CD single 06 Scaffold - Lily The Pink 228 in 69 (630 across 68/69, 650 with re-issues in 1973 & 1977) 07 Kenny Rogers & The First Edition - Ruby Don't Take Your Love To Town 407 in 1969 (600 in full) re-issued in 72/77 as an E.P. & 1981/84, the 1984 issue had "Lucille" as it's B side 640,000 with all the re-issues 08 Marvin Gaye - I Heard It Through The Grapevine 618 between 1969 & 1986 (650,000 shipped) 09 The Beatles With Billy Preston - Get Back 535 in 1969 (565 by 1976 Rolf Harris - Two Little Boys p 557 in 1969 10 Jane Birkin & Serge Gainsbourg - Je T'Aime... Moi Non Plus 523 (with the 1974 re-issue) 533,000 with a 1990 re-issue 11 The Rolling Stones - Honky Tonk Women p 490 re-issued in 1976, 1980 (with "Ruby Tuesday" on the B side),1990 (with "Paint It Black" as the A side) 520,000 12 Marmalade - Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da p 490 across 68/69, 510 with re-issues in 1973 & 1978, 520 with a 1984 re-issue Fleetwood Mac - Albatross p 500 across 68/69 Marvin Gaye - I Heard It Through The Grapevine p 472 in 1969, 492 with re-issues in 1974 & 1976 13 Peter Sarstedt - Where Do You Go To (My Lovely) p 470 in 1969, 480 with a 1973 re-ssue, 510 with re-issues in 1980/81/83 & 520 with a 1991 re-issue 14 Zager & Evans - In The Year 2525 p 469 Jane Birkin & Serge Gainsbourg - Je T'Aime... Moi Non Plus 466 in 1969/70 15 Desmond Dekker & The Aces - The Israelites 465 between 1969 & 1975, plus 35,000 with 1980s re-issues making it 500,000 16 Creedence Clearwater Revival - Bad Moon Rising p 461 17 Foundations - Build Me Up Buttercup 450 across 68/69 Fleetwood Mac - Albatross p 410 in 1969 18 Dean Martin - Gentle On My Mind p 387 re-issued in 72/74/81 417 19 Elvis Presley - In The Ghetto p 360 re-issued in 1986 with "Suspicious Minds" on the B side 370 20 Bobbie Gentry - I'll Never Fall In Love Again 350 Desmond Dekker & The Aces - The Israelites 345 in 1969 21 Fleetwood Mac - Oh Well 336 across 1969/70 319 22 Elvis Presley - Suspicious Minds 178 in 1969 (326 across 1969/70) 23 Stevie Wonder - Yester-Me Yester-You Yesterday p 287 in 1969 (325,000 across 69/70) 308 24 Robin Gibb - Saved By The Bell p 326 25 The Tremeloes - (Call Me) Number One 323 26 Amen Corner - (If Paradise Is) Half As Nice 290 in 1969 (318 between 1969 & 1976) re-issued in 1980 & 1985 338 27 Tommy Roe - Dizzy 317 28 The Beatles - The Ballad Of John & Yoko 313 29 Mary Hopkin - Goodbye 312 30 Thunderclap Newman - Something In The Air 310 31 The Bee Gees - Don't Forget To Remember 309 32 Stevie Wonder - My Cherie Amour/I Don't Know Why 307 33 Fleetwood Mac - Man Of The World 305 34 Blue Mink - Melting Pot 224 in 1969 (304 across 1969/70) 35 Donald Peers - Please Don't Go 280 in 1969 (300 across 68/69) 36 Nina Simone - Ain't Got No, I Got Life 300 across 68/69 Frank Sinatra - My Way 295 in 1969 Here are the top 30 Best Selling singles of 1969 (covering w/k ending 11th Jan 69 - 10th Jan 1970, with the 3rd Jan 1970 omitted): 30 Lou Christie - I'm Gonna Make You Mine 278 (284 across 69/70) 29 Donald Peers - Please Don't Go 280 28 The Tremeloes - (Call Me) Number One 283 27 Amen Corner - (If Paradise Is) Half As Nice 290 26 Frank Sinatra - My Way 294 25 Fleetwood Mac - Man Of The World 305 24 Stevie Wonder - My Cherie Amour/I Don't Know Why 307 23 The Bee Gees - Don't Forget To Remember 309 22 Thunderclap Newman - Something In The Air 310 21 Mary Hopkin - Goodbye 312 20 The Beatles - The Ballad Of John & Yoko 313 19 Tommy Roe - Dizzy 317 18 Fleetwood Mac - Oh Well 319 17 Robin Gibb - Saved By The Bell p 326 16 Desmond Dekker & The Aces - The Israelites 345 15 Bobbie Gentry - I'll Never Fall In Love Again 350 14 Kenny Rogers & The First Edition - Ruby Don't Take Your Love To Town 352 13 Marmalade - Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da p 357 12 Elvis Presley - In The Ghetto 360 11 Dean Martin - Gentle On My Mind p 387 10 Fleetwood Mac - Albatross p 410 09 Rolf Harris - Two Little Boys p 457 08 Creedence Clearwater Revival - Bad Moon Rising p 461 07 Jane Birkin & Serge Gainsbourg - Je T'Aime... Moi Non Plus 462 06 Zager & Evans - In The Year 2525 p 469 05 Peter Sarstedt - Where Do You Go To (My Lovely) p 470 04 Marvin Gaye - I Heard It Through The Grapevine p 472 03 The Rolling Stones - Honky Tonk Women p 490 02 The Beatles With Billy Preston - Get Back 535 01 Archies - Sugar Sugar p 750

1970 (BMRB x17) It has to be said that the year end charts printed in the music press in 1970, were all based on chart performance & not panel sales or any sales, come to that. Though Radio 1 & Radio 2, did feature the BMRB top 50 sellers in it's Pick Of The 1970 Pops. They managed to pack 50 records into a 2 hour show. It told us that Mungo Jerry was easily the biggest seller of the year. Then, all those music magazines & papers, told us that Elvis Presley was the biggest chart performance of the year, but they didn't. No. They tried to say he had the biggest seller of the year & he did not. Overall a dodgy year, as the shipments really out weigh most panel sales. 01 Mungo Jerry - In The Summertime 693,000 (625,000 according to shipments! Plus one book says over 800,000 sold, which means they've used the wrong multiplier) 6795 699 in 70s with 1975 & 1979 re-issues, 739 with 1983, 1987 version, 1990 & 1991 rave versions 02 Free - All Right Now 477 in 1970 & awarded a gold disc (583,000 by 1973 & 706,000 by 1978, by way of the Free E.P. & 846 with various 80s re-issues & the 1991 version) 836 03 Elvis Presley - The Wonder Of You s 606,000 in 1970, 15,000 in 1977 making it 621,000 (595,000 shipped in 1970) 615 04 Dave Edmunds - I Hear You Knocking 601,000 590 shipped in 1970 (630,000 by 1976) 600 with 1974, 630 with 1980/84/87 re-issues 05 Freda Payne - Band Of Gold s 550 539 (570,000 including a 1979 re-issue) 569 with 1984 06 Simon & Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water s 546,000 5353 (481,000 according to shipments) 555 with 1978/79 07 Wand'rin Star - Lee Marvin 544 533 (520,000 according to shipments by 1972) 553 with 1980/82 copies, where it was B side to a re-issue of Wink Martindale's Deck Of Cards 08 Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - Tears Of A Clown s 470 in 1970 (506,000 with the 1976 re-issue) 4963 09 Norman Greenbaum - Spirit In The Sky s 490 4804 (545,000 in shipments by 1972) reissued in 1971, 1973. 1981 & 1985 10 England World Cup Squad - Back Home 480 4706 11 Christie - Yellow River s 470 in 1970 4608 (535,000 according to shipments by 1972 & there was the Yellow Pages advert "Let Your Fingers Do The Walking" etc) reissued in 1973/78/83 12 Edison Lighthouse - Love Grows s 455 4461 (475,000 according to shipments by 1972) reissued in 1975/83/89 13 McGuinness Flint - When I'm Dead And Gone 454 445 reissued in 1984 455 14 Dana - All Kinds Of Everything s 450 4412 re-issued in 1982 451 15 Matthew's Southern Comfort - Woodstock 425 4167 re-issued in 1980/82 436 16 The Kinks - Lola 423 414 (435,000 with a 1980 live version & a 1997 E.P. version) re-issued in 1981/86 & B side to "Where Have All The Good Times Gone" in 1973 465 17 Andy Williams - Can't Help Falling In Love 415 4069 re-issued in 1982 with "Home Lovin' Man" as the A side 416 19 T Rex - Ride A White Swan 410 402 re-issue in 1982 412 20 Mr Bloe - Groovin' With Mr Bloe 409 401 re-issued in 1978/79/82 431 21 Shirley Bassey - Something 395 Matthew's Southern Comfort - Woodstock 19th Dec 392 21 Deep Purple - Black Night 380 22 Hotlegs - Neanderthal Man 375 23 The Beach Boys - Cottonfields 370 24 Glen Campbell - Honey Come Back 368 25 Clarence Carter - Patches 366 Frank Sinatra - My Way 365 in the 70/72 run 26 The Moody Blues - Question 360 27 Mary Hopkin - Knock Knock Who's There 359 28 Gerry Monroe - Sally 356 Clarence Carter - Patches 19th Dec 355 29 Rolf Harris - Two Little Boys 353 30 Jimi Hendrix Experience - Voodoo Chile 340 31 Desmond Dekker - You Can Get It If You Really Want 335 32 Don Fardon - Indian Reservation 319 33 The Jackson Five - I'll Be There s 318 34 The Four Tops - It's All In The Game 315 Dave Edmunds - I Hear You Knocking 309 35 Glen Campbell - It's Only Make Believe 300 36 The Tremeloes - Me And My Life 282 Jimi Hendrix Experience - Voodoo Chile 275 37 Chairmen Of The Board - Give Me Just A Little More Time 270 The Tremeloes - Me And My Life 19th Dec 265 38 Three Dog Night - Mama Told Me (Not To Come) 263 39 Black Sabbath - Paranoid 261 (395,000 with the 1980 re-issue) 40 Cliff Richard - Goodbye Sam Hello Samantha 260 41 The Jackson Five - I Want You Back s 257 (365,000 with 1988) 42 Creedence Clearwater Revival - Up Around The Bend 255 43 The Cuff Links - Tracy 254 Black Sabbath - Paranoid 19th Dec 254 44 Canned Heat - Let's Work Together s 250 45 Marmalade - Rainbow 246 46 Peter, Paul & Mary - Leavin' On A Jet Plane 245 47 Bobby Bloom - Montego Bay 244 48 Marmalade - Reflections Of My Life 205,000 in1970 (244 across 69/70) Don Fardon - Indian Reservation 19th Dec 243 49 Tom Jones - Daughter Of Darkness 242 50 Edwin Starr - War 242 51 Ray Stevens - Everything Is Beautiful 241 52 Bob Andy & Marcia Griffiths - Young, Gifted And Black 240 53 The Beatles - Let It Be s 239 in 1970 (245,000 with the 1976 re-issue) 54 Frijid Pink - House Of The Rising Sun 238 55 Roger Whittaker - I Don't Believe In If Anymore 237 56 Jimmy Ruffin - Farewell Is A Lonely Sound 236,000 (including 37,000 in 1974) 57 The Carpenters - (They Long To Be) Close To You 232 58 Chairmen Of The Board - You've Got Me Dangling On A String 116,900 in 1970 19th Dec (231,000 across 70/71) 59 Andy Williams - Home Lovin' Man 225 (across 70/71) 60 White Plains - Julie Do Ya Love Me? 157,600 in 1970 19th Dec (223,800 across 70/71) 61 Poppy Family feat. Susan Jacks - Which Way You Goin' Billy? 223 62 Pickettywitch - That Same Old Feeling 222 Neil Diamond - Cracklin' Rosie 215 19th Dec 64 Bread - Make It With You 213,300 65 The Temptations - Ball Of Confusion (That's What The World Is Today) 207 in 1970 19th Dec (211,200 in the 70/71 run) 66 Chicago - 25 Or 6 To 4 210 66 Ten Years After - Love Like A Man 209 67 Jimmy Ruffin - It's Wonderful 177,800 in 1979 19th Dec (208,400 across 70/71) 68 Badfinger - Come And Get It 206,000 across 69/70 Marmalade - Reflections Of My Life 205 in 1970 69 Diana Ross - Ain't No Mountain High Enough 204 70 Johnny Johnson & The Bandwagon - Blame It On The Pony Express 204 71 Herman's Hermits - Years May Come & Years May Go 203 Badfinger - Come And Get It 199 in 1970 Sacha Distel - Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head 167 1969/70, 182,000 with a 1971 re-issue

1971 (BMRB x17) 01 George Harrison - My Sweet Lord 894,000 (790,000 according to shipments) 02 Benny Hill - Ernie (The Fastest Milkman In The West) 685,000 (577,150 without the missed week) 695,000 with a 1976 re-issue & 710,000 with the 1992 re-issue 03 Rod Stewart - Maggie May/Reason To Believe 675,000 (including the 1976 re-issue, but 662 without the omitted weeks) 686,000 with a 1984 re-issue 04 Middle Of The Road - Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep 613 (650,000 shipped) maggie may/reason to believe 25th 605 05 Clive Dunn - Grandad 605 (695,000 shipped) middle of the road 25th 601 maggie may/reason to believe 18th Dec 600 (615,000 shipped in 71/72) middle of the road 18th Dec 598 06 Judy Collins - Amazing Grace 582,000 between 1970 & 1973 (572,000 without the missed weeks) 587 with 1974, 597 with 1977, 607 with 1981, 617 with 1985 07 Dawn - Knock Three Times 530 (shipped 570,000) 08 T Rex - Hot Love 528 (shipped 580,000) 09 T Rex - Jeepster 508 (446 without the missed week of w/k ending 1st Jan 1972, where there is no gold disc) 10 The Mixtures - Pushbike Song 490 11 Slade - Coz I Luv You 455 (shipped 500,000) 12 The New Seekers - Never Ending Song Of Love 450 13 Diana Ross - I'm Still Waiting 427 (450,000 with 1976 re-issue & 500,000 with the 1990 re-mix) 14 The Tams - Hey Girl Don't Bother 425 15 T Rex - Get It On s 420 (495,000 shipped by 1974) Slade - Coz I Luv You 18th Dec 385 Judy Collins - Amazing Grace 18th Dec 381 Clive Dunn - Grandad 375 in 1971 16 Dave & Ansil Collins - Double Barrel 364 17 Lynn Anderson - Rose Garden 360 18 Tom Jones - Till 344 19 Shirley Bassey - For All We Know 338 20 Mungo Jerry - Baby Jump 333 21 Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazlewood - Did You Ever 315 Shirley Bassey - For All We Know 312 22 The Rolling Stones - Brown Sugar/Bitch/Let It Rock 310 (335,000 by 1974, 355 by 1984) 23 The Supremes - Stoned Love 306 24 The Sweet - Co-Co 305 25 Perry Como - It's Impossible 304 Benny Hill - Ernie 304 26 Ashton, Gardner & Dyke - Resurrection Shuffle 303 27 Paul McCartney - Another Day 302 28 Middle Of The Road - Tweedle Dee Tweedle Dum 302 29 Redbone - The Witch Queen Of New Orleans 301 Middle Of The Road - Tweedle Dee Tweedle Dum 18th Dec 300 30 Tony Christie - I Did What I Did For Maria 299 31 Ray Stevens - Bridget The Midget (The Queen Of The Blues) 298 32 Blue Mink - Banner Man 293 Tom Jones -Till s 18th Dec 292 33 James Taylor - You've Got A Friend 291 34 Waldo De Los Rios - Mozart Symphony No 40 290 T. Rex - Jeepster 18th Dec 285 36 Tami Lynn - I'm Gonna Run Away From You 282,000 with the 1975 re-issue (originally released in 1966) 35 R Dean Taylor - Indiana Wants Me 280 37 Olivia Newton-John - Banks Of The Ohio s 273 38 Cher - Gypsies Tramps And Thieves s 262 39 Cilla Black - Something Tells Me (Something Is Gonna Happen Tonight 260 Tami Lynn - I'm Gonna Run Away From You 256 in 1971 40 Hurricane Smith - Don't Let It Die 255 41 Isaac Hayes - Theme From 'Shaft' s 250 42 Congregation - Softly Whispering I Love You 247 43 The Piglets - Johnny Reggae no s 245 44 The Kinks - Apeman 228 45 John Kongos - He's Gonna Step On You Again 221 46 Gilbert O'Sullivan - No Matter How I Try 219 47 Curved Air - Back Street Luv 211 48 Badfinger - No Matter What 210,000 across 1970/71 49 New World - Tom-Tom Turnaround 210 50 Dawn - What Are You Doing Sunday 209 51 Ringo Starr - It Don't Come Easy 208 52 John Kongos - Tokoloshe Man 208 53 Lobo - Me & You & A Dog Named Boo 207 54 Family - In My Own Time 206 55 Middle Of The Road - Soley Soley 205 Piglets - Johnny Reggae 18th Dec 205 Badfinger - No Matter What 203 in 1970 Cher - Gypsies Tramps And Thieves s 18th Dec 201.628 56 Hot Chocolate - I Believe (In Love) 200 57 Atomic Rooster - Devil's Answer 199 Olivia Newton-John - Banks Of The Ohio s 18th Dec 198 58 Andy Williams - Love Story (Where Do I Begin) 198 59 Buffy Sainte-Marie - Soldier Blue 197 60 The Elgins - Heaven Must Have Sent You 196 61 The Four Tops - Simple Game 196

1972 (BMRB x17) 01 The New Seekers - I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing (In Perfect Harmony) 942,000 924 x 16.67 without the missed week, it shipped a million, according to 1972 reports (990,000 with a 1982 re-issue & the return to TV with the Coke ad) 02 Little Jimmy Osmond - Long Haired Lover From Liverpool 960,000 (though apparently 955,000 shipped) 03 The Pipes & Drums & The Military Band Of The Royal Scots Dragoon Guard - Amazing Grace s 862,000 ((over 600,000 shipped by the end of May 1972) 04 Nilsson - Without You 824,000 808 (with the 1976 re-issue & 834,000 with a 1979 re-issued. Reissued again in 1980/81/86, giving it 864,000 & 874,000 with a 1994 re-issue) 890,000 shipped 856 05 Lieutenant Pigeon - Mouldy Old Dough 790,000 7746 06 Donny Osmond - Puppy Love 771 (awarded a silver disc on 5th Aug) 790,000 shipped 756 Nilsson - Without You 753 in 1972 7383 The New Seekers - I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing (In Perfect Harmony) 750 in 1972 735 07 Chuck Berry - My Ding-A-Ling 572,000 without the missed week (674,000 with) 661 08 The Osmonds - Crazy Horses 551,000 across 1972/73 (625,000 shipped) 09 Neil Reid - Mother Of Mine s 519 (across 1971/72) 509 10 Chicory Tip - Son Of My Father s 509 500 11 Gary Glitter - Rock & Roll Part 1 & 2 485 (silver disc awarded on 29th July) 12 T Rex - Metal Guru 480 Neil Reid - Mother Of Mine 472 in 1972 13 T Rex - Telegram Sam 470 14 The Shangri-Las - Leader Of The Pack 272 in 1972/73 (466,000 in the 70s, 545,000 between 1965 & 1976) 15 Don McLean - American Pie s 464 16 Slade - Mama Weer All Crazee Now 450 17 Gilbert O'Sullivan - Clair s 446 (silver disc on 4th Nov 72) 18 Alice Cooper - School's Out 440 19 Rod Stewart - You Wear It Well 435 (one book suggests 510,000, which is probably down to using a wrong multiplier) 20 The New Seekers - Beg, Steal Or Borrow s 420 21 Don McLean - Vincent s 17th june 415 Gilbert O'Sullivan - Clair 16th Dec s 390 Chuck Berry - My Ding-A-Ling 386 in 1972 22 David Cassidy - How Can I Be Sure s 380 23 Donny Osmond - Why 376 24 Dr Hook & The Medicine Show - Sylvia's Mother 370 25 Terry Dactyl & The Dinosaurs - Seaside Shuffle 365 26 T.Rex - Solid Gold Easy Action 360 27 Faron Young - It's Four In The Morning 359,000 (shipped 500,000) 28 The Partridge Family - Breaking Up Is Hard To Do 354 29 Slade - Take Me Bak 'Ome s 348 30 10cc - Donna s 340 (awarded a silver disc on 28th Oct) 31 Slade - GudBuy T'Jane 339 32 T Rex - Children Of The Revolution 333 33 Hawkwind - Silver Machine 327 (360,000 with the 1978 re-issue & 370,000 with 1983 re-issue) 34 David Cassidy - Could It Be Forever/Cherish 315 35 Elton John - Crocodile Rock 296 across 1972/73 The Osmonds - Crazy Horses 16th Dec 289 36 The Drifters - At The Club/Saturday Night At The Movies 287 (307,000 with the 1965 release) 37 Johnny Nash - I Can See Clearly Now 280 38 Vicky Leandros - Come What May 279 39 Hot Butter - Popcorn 278 40 Roxy Music - Virginia Plain 275 with the 1977 re-issue inluded 41 America - Horse With No Name 274 across 1971/72 42 Python Lee Jackson - In A Broken Dream 273 43 The New Seekers - Circles 272 44 Gilbert O'Sullivan - Alone Again (Naturally) 271 (awarded a silver disc on 6th May) Hot Butter - Popcorn 16th Dec 270 America - Horse With No Name 268 in 1972 45 The Sweet - Wig-Wam Bam s 265 46 The Chi-Lites - Have You Seen Her 264 47 Peter Skellern - You're A Lady 263 48 The Sweet - Little Willy 262 49 Elvis Presley - I Just Can't Help Believin' 258 50 Melanie - Brand New Key s 254 51 Judge Dread - Big Six 248 52 Gary Glitter - I Didn't Know I Loved You (Till I Saw You Rock And Roll) 241 Donny Osmond - Why 16th Dec 240 54 Elton John - Rocket Man 239 55 Shag - Loop Di Love 235 across 1972/73 The Shangri-Las - Leader Of The Pack 16th Dec 232 56 Donny Osmond - Too Young 229 Melanie - Brand New Key s 240 in 1972 227 57 Alice Cooper - Elected 226 58 Hurricane Smith - Oh Babe What Would You Say 225 53 Michael Jackson - Ben 221 Elton John - Crocodile Rock 220 59 Slade - Look Wot You Dun 219 60 Mott The Hoople - All The Young Dudes 218 Shag - Loop Di Love 16th Dec 217 Donny Osmond - Too Young 16th Dec 216 61 Michael Jackson - Rockin' Robin 215 62 Michael Jackson - Got To Be There 205 63 The Chiffons - Sweet Talking Guy 204 (238 with 1966 release) 64 Johnny Cash & The Evangel Temple Choir - A Thing Called Love 203 65 Rod Stewart - Angel/What Made Milwaukee Famous 202 across 1972/73 66 Johnny Pearson Orchestra - Sleepy Shores 201 (though awarded a silver disc) Judge Dread - Big Six 16th Dec 201 67 Roy C - Shotgun Wedding 200 across 1972/73 (328 with the 1966 release) 68 Elvis Presley - Burning Love 198 69 Paul Simon - Mother And Child Reunion 198 70 Ringo Starr - Back Off Boogaloo 198 71 John Lennon/Yoko One & The Plastic Ono Band - Happy Xmas (War Is Over) 195 (750,000 between 1972 & 1989, 750,000 shipped) 72 Moody Blues - Nights In White Satin 194 73 The Faces - Stay With Me 193 across 1971/72 Elvis Presley - I Just Can't Help Believin' 188.8 74 The Move - California Man 188 75 Chelsea Football Team - Blue Is The Colour 184 Slade - GudBuy T'Jane 16th Dec 179 Roxy Music - Virginia Plain 175 in 1972 76 The Carpenters - Goodbye To Love 175 77 Lynsey De Paul - Sugar Me 172 78 Lindisfarne - Meet Me On The Corner 170 The Faces - Stay With Me 168 in 1972 79 Blackfoot Sue - Standing In The Road 166 80 Argent - Hold Your Head Up 164 81 Al Green - Let's Stay Together 164 across 1971/72 82 Lindisfarne - Lady Eleanor 163 83 The Fortunes - Storm In A Teacup161 Al Green - Let's Stay Together 159 in 1972 84 The Newbeats - Run Baby Run 159 across 1972/73 The Carpenters - Goodbye To Love 16th Dec 157 85 Elvis Presley - Until It's Time For You To Go 155 86 Derek & The Dominoes - Layla 153 87 Chris Montez - Let's Dance 152,000 in the 1972/73 run (627 with the 1962/63 release) 88 Jo Jo Gunne - Run Run Run 151 (re-issue of a 1966 flop) 89 Blue Mink - Stay With Me 149 90 Jackie Wilson - I Get The Sweetest Feeling 148 (201 with the 1975 re-issue, 500 with the 1987 re-issue) 91 Michael Jackson - Ain't No Sunshine 145 92 Cat Stevens - Morning Has Broken 145 across 1971/72 93 Jackson Five - Lookin' Through The Windows 142 Rod Stewart - Angel/What Made Milwaukee Famous 16th Dec 140 94 The Stylistics - I'm Stone In Love With You 139 across 1972/73 95 New World - Sister Jane 139 96 Marmalade - Radancer 138 97 Les Crane - Desiderata 137 98 Johnny Nash - There Are More Questions Than Answers 136 99 The Drifters - Come On Over To My Place 135 (151 with the 1965 release) 100 Wings - Mary Had A Little Lamb 134 101Tom Jones - Young New Mexican Puppeteer 133 Judy Collins - Amazing Grace 131 in 1972 102 Rolling Stones - Tumbling Dice 129 103 Sonny & Cher - All I Ever Need Is You 128 across 1971/72 104 John Barry Orchestra - Theme From The Persuaders 127 Johnny Pearson Orchestra - Sleepy Shores s 127 105 Donnie Elbert - Where Did Our Love Go 127 across 1971/72 Chris Montez - Let's Dance 16th Dec 126 Sonny & Cher - All I Ever Need Is You 125 in 1972 Donnie Elbert - Where Did Our Love Go 124 in 1972 106 The Strawbs - Lay Down 124 Cat Stevens - Morning Has Broken 123 in 1972 107 Little Eva - The Locomotion 122 in 1972 (557 with the 1962 release & re-issues in 1980/83/86/89, gives it a further 55,000, making it 612,000) 108 Elvis Presley - American Trilogy 121 109 Badfinger - Day After Day 120 The Stylistics - I'm Stone In Love With You 16th Dec 119 110 Bee Gees - Run To Me 118 Gilbert O'Sullivan - Ooh-Wakka-Doo-Wakka-Day 117 The Supremes - Floy Joy 116 Tyrannosaurus Rex - Debora/One Inch Rock 115 (167 with all the1968 records) Bruce Ruffin - Mad About You 114 Family - Burlesque 113 Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra - Theme From "The Onedin Line" 112

There is no real reason. Just decision & essentially Erasure were a Christmas E.P.

1973 (BMRB x20) 01 Gary Glitter - I Love You Love Me Love 1.007m 880 without the missed week (shipped 1.040 by 1976) 02 Dawn featuring Tony Orlando - Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round The Old Oak Tree 930,000 03 Simon Park Orchestra - Eye Level 889,000 (995,000 shipped by 1976 & 1m by January 1978, after the final original series of "Van Der Valk") 04 Slade - Merry Christmas Everybody 861,000 in 73/74, 892 25th Dec 1982, 1.002 with 1983 sales (shipped 989,000 by 1979, passed a shipped million in 1980, following the Reading Festival performance) 1.033 by 1998 05 Peters & Lee - Welcome Home 815,000 i love you love me love 22nd 705 06 The Sweet - Blockbuster 676,000 696,000 with 1981/87 slade (without the missed week) 671 07 Alvin Stardust - My Coo-Ca-Choo 605,000 625 with 81/83, 635 with 1992 08 Slade - Cum On Feel The Noize 587,000 (617,000 in shipments by 1976) 09 Wizzard - See My Baby Jive 585,000 (640,000 in shipments by 1976) 10 Gary Glitter - I'm The Leader Of The Gang (I Am) 582,000 (640,000 in shipments by 1976) re-issued in 1980, making it 602, 612 with 1983, a 1986 re-recording with Girlschool 627, & as B2 on the E.P. Gary's Greatest in 1976 Gary Glitter - I Love You Love Me Love 15th Dec 578 11 David Cassidy - Daydreamer 498,000 12 Marie Osmond - Paper Roses 494 13 Perry Como - And I Love You So 476,000 14 Donny Osmond - The Twelfth Of Never 470,000 (490,000 in shipments) daydreamer 22nd 464 15 Al Martino - Spanish Eyes 458,000 in 1973 (originally released in 1966, a minor flop & again in 1970. 465,000 with the 1970 release & 490,000 in shipments by 1976) David Cassidy - Daydreamer 15th Dec 454 Little Jimmy Osmond - Long Haired Lover From Liverpool in 1973 453 and i love you so 22nd 16 Slade - Skweeze Me, Pleeze Me 452 Perry Como - And I Love You So 15th Dec 449 17 Gary Glitter - Hello Hello I'm Back Again 445 18 Gilbert O'Sullivan - Get Down 440 19 The Sweet - Ballroom Blitz 435 20 Gary Glitter - Do You Wanna Touch Me (Oh Yeah) 433 21 Donny Osmond - Young Love/A Million To One 428 22 10cc - Rubber Bullets 407 23 Bobby 'Boris' Pickett & The Crypt-Kickers - Monster Mash 361 24 Perry Como - For The Good Times 360 25 Barry Blue - Dancing On A Saturday Night 359 26 The Strawbs - Part Of The Union 349 27 The Osmonds - Let Me In 341 28 Carly Simon - You're So Vain 339 29 Wizzard - Angel Fingers 338 30 David Bowie - The Jean Genie 337 31 David Bowie - Life On Mars 333 32 David Bowie - Sorrow 328 33 The Sweet - Hell Raiser 326 34 The Carpenters - Yesterday Once More 325 35 Wizzard - I Wish It Could Be Christmas Every Day 322,000 (410,000 in shipments by 1985) 36 Suzi Quatro - Can The Can 320 37 Slade - My Friend Stan s 296 Carly Simon - You're So Vain 295,000 in 1973 38 Fleetwood Mac - Albatross 294 (794,000 with the 1968 original release) silver disc in April 1974 39 David Essex - Lamplight 289 40 David Essex - Rock On s 285 41 Ike & Tina Turner - Nutbush City Limits 284 42 Mungo Jerry - Alright, Alright, Alright s 283 David Bowie - Sorrow 8th Dec 282 43 Medicine Head - One & One Is One 281 44 Mud - Dyna-Mite s 278 45 The Carpenters - Top Of The World s 271 46 Limmie & The Family Cookin' - You Can Do Magic 266 Osmonds - Let Me In 15th Dec 265 47 David Bowie - Laughing Gnome s 262 David Bowie - The Jean Genie 257,000 in 1973 48 Status Quo - Caroline s 256 (352,000 with the 1982 live version. Which I believe, also included a free version of the original on a separate 45 in the sleeve) 49 The Detroit Emeralds - Feel The Need In Me 256,000 in 1973 (451,000 with the 1977 version) Alvin Stardust - My Coo-Ca-Choo 15th Dec 255 50 Cliff Richard - Power To All Our Friends 254 51 Shirley Bassey - Never Never Never 253 52 T Rex - 20th Century Boy 252 53 The Hotshots - Snoopy Versus The Red Baron 251 54 David Cassidy - I am A Clown/Some Kind Of Summer 250 55 Donny Osmond - When I Fall In Love 250 Marie Osmond - Paper Roses 15th Dec 248 56 Mott The Hoople - Roll Away The Stone 243 57 Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road 240 58 Focus - Sylvia 230 Mud - Dynamite 15th Dec 228 59 Gilbert O'Sullivan - Why, Oh Why, Oh Why 227 60 Wings - C Moon/Hi Hi Hi 225 61 The Osmonds - Goin' Home s 222 62 Roberta Flack - Killing Me Softly With His Song.221 62 Elton John - Daniel 220 63 The Faces - Cindy Incidentally 219 64 The Rolling Stones - Angie s 216 Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road 15th Dec 215 65 Suzi Quatro - 48 Crash 214 66 Wizzard - Ball Park Incident 212 67 Judge Dread - Big Seven 211 68 Gladys Knight & The Pips - Help Me Make It Through The Night 208 69 Dawn featuring Tony Orlando - Say, Has Anybody Seen My Sweet Gypsy Rose 207 70 Rod Stewart - Oh No Not My Baby 206 71 David Bowie - Drive-In Saturday 205 72 The Drifters - Like Sister & Brother 204 73 Little Jimmy Osmond - Tweedlee Dee 203 74 Alice Cooper - Hello Hurray 202 Carpenters - Top Of The World 15th Dec 199 75 Thin Lizzy - Whiskey In The Jar 198 76 Barry Blue - Do You Wanna Dance 187,500 77 Geordie - All Because Of You 185 (BMRB have omitted this from their 1973 year end list...Yet another error on their part!) 78 Dave Edmunds - Born To Be With You 184 79 Dave Edmunds - Baby I Love You 181 80 Diana Ross - Touch Me In The Morning 180 81 T Rex - The Groover 179 82 Ringo Starr - Photograph 178 83 Elvis Presley - Always On My Mind 177,000 (232,000 with the 1985 & 1997 re-issues) 84 The Detroit Spinners - Ghetto Child 176 85 The O'Jays - Love Train 175,500 86 Roxy Music - Street Life 175 87 Free - Wishing Well 174,500 88 Manfred Mann's Earthband - Joybringer 174 89 Wings - Live And Let Die 173 90 Guy Darrell - I've Been Hurt 172,000 (a re-issue of the 1966 flop) 91 Stealers Wheel - Stuck In The Middle With You 171 92 Bobby Goldsboro - Summer (The First Time) 170 New Seekers - You Won't Find Another Fool Like Me 15th Dec 169 Donny Osmond - When I Fall In Love 15th Dec 168 93 Roxy Music - Pyjamarama 167 94 Status Quo - Paper Plane 165 Wings - C Moon/Hi Hi Hi 160,000 in 1973 Wizzard - Ball Park Incident 159,000 in 1973 95 George Harrison - Give Me Love (Give Me Peace On Earth) 158 Free - Wishing Well 157,000 in 1973 96 The Faces - Pool Hall Richard/I Wish It Would Rain 156 97 Kenny - Heart Of Stone 156 98 Roger Daltrey - Giving It All Away 155 Status Quo - Paper Plane 154,000 in 1973 99 Electric Light Orchestra - Roll Over Beethoven 153 100 Kiki Dee - Amoureuse 153,000 (255,000 with the 1976 E.P. that included "Loving & Free" as the lead track) 101 First Choice - Smarty Pants 152 102 Hot Chocolate - Brother Louie 151 Judge Dread - Big Seven 150,000 in 1973 103 The Partridge Family - Lookin' Thru the Eyes Of Love 149 104 Detroit Spinners - Could It Be I'm Falling In Love 121 (149,000 with the 1977 E.P.) 105 Bryan Ferry - A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall 148 Ringo Starr - Photograph 15th Dec 147 106 Paul Simon - Take Me To The Mardi Gras 146 107 Stevie Wonder - You Are The Sunshine Of My Life 145 108 Wings - Helen Wheels 145 109 Clifford T. Ward - Gaye 144 Barry Blue - Do You Wanna Dance 15th Dec 143,500 110 T. Rex - Truck On (Tyke) 143,200 111 The Goons - Ying Tong Song 143,100 112 Wings - My Love 142,600 Blue Mink - Randy 141,000 Elton John - Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting 140 Max Bygraves - Deck Of Cards 139 Nazareth - This Flight Tonight 138 The Partridge Family - Walkin' In The Rain 137 Mud - Crazy 134 Nazareth - Broken Down Angel 131 Cat Stevens - Can't Keep it In 130 Jackson Five - Doctor My Eyes 129 Timmy Thomas - Why Can't We Live Together 128 (137,000 with the 1990 re-issue) Jimmy Helms - Gonna Make You An Offer You Can't Refuse 128 Drupi - Vada Via 128 Hudson-Ford - Pick Up The Pieces 127,600 Medicine Head - Rising Sun 126,900 Roger Daltrey, The London Symphony Orchestra & Chamber Choir - I'm Free 126,100 Deodato - Also Sprach Zarathustra (2001 A Space Odyssey) 126 Electric Light Orchestra - Showdown 126 Elvis Presley - Fool 125,200 Cockerel Chorus - Nice One Cyril 123,500 Alice Cooper - No More Mr Nice Guy 121 10cc - The Dean & I 116 Chicory Tip - Good Grief Christina 115,600 Stevie Wonder - Superstition 114,700 Eddie Kendricks - Keep On Truckin' 114 Steeleye Span - Gaudette 112 Suzi Quatro - Daytona Demon 110 Lou Reed - Walk On The Wild Side 109 Nazareth - Bad Bad Boy 107 Stuart Gillies - Amanda 101,100

1974 (BMRB x20) 01 The New Seekers - You Won't Find Another Fool Like Me 686,000 in the 1974/73 run. 02 Mud - Tiger Feet 627,000 (695,000 in shipments) 03 Mud - Lonely This Christmas 620,000 (this is apparently given 715,000 on shipments by the end of the 1980s. I suppose it's feasible & also questionable...(680,000 shipped by 1976) 04 David Essex - Gonna Make You A Star 604,000 (660,000 in shipments) 05 Terry Jacks - Seasons In The Sun 588,000 (620,000 in shipments) 06 Paper Lace - Billy, Don't Be A Hero 579,000 (670,000 in shipments) david essex 28th 569 07 The Three Degrees - When Will I See You Again 545 08 George McCrae - Rock Your Baby 530 David Essex - Gonna Make You A Star 529 09 Charles Aznavour - She 505 10 Carl Douglas - Kung Fu Fighting 493 (awarded a gold disc) 11 Ken Boothe - Everything I Own 490 (awarded a gold disc) 12 The Rubettes - Sugar Baby Love 485 (awarded a gold disc) 13 Suzi Quatro - Devil Gate Drive 480 (awarded a gold disc) 14 The Osmonds - Love Me For A Reason 475 (600,000 in shipments, which seems to be some 65,000 too much. Donny & Marie enjoyed a TV show on BBC1 on Tuesday nights in a run up to 1977, which would explain other sales. But 600,000 is another question mark) 15 Sylvia - Y Viva Espana 473,000 (500,000 by May 1976) 16 Alvin Stardust - Jealous Mind 470 17 Barry White - You're The First, The Last, My Everything 466 (486,000 with 1981 & 1988 re-issues) 18 The Hollies - The Air That I Breathe 465 (481,000 with the 1988 re-issue) 19 John Denver - Annie's Song 460 20 Abba - Waterloo 455 (467,000 by 1977) 21 Wombles - Wombling Song 450 22 The Stylistics - You Make Me Feel Brand New s 435 23 Charlie Rich - The Most Beautiful Girl 430 Sylvia - Y Viva Espana 430 24 Showaddywaddy - Hey Rock & Roll s 400,000 25 The Drifters - Kissin' In The Back Row 395,000 26 Rubettes - Juke Box Jive 391,000 27 Leo Sayer - The Show Must Go On 387,000 1973/74 (shipped 510,000 by November 1975) 28 Donny & Marie Osmond - I'm Leaving It All Up To You 380 29 Queen - Killer Queen 357,000 30 Ray Stevens - The Streak 345 31 Wombles - Wombling Merry Christmas s 345,000 in 1974/75 (390,000 by 1999) 32 The Sweet - Teenage Rampage 343 33 Bachman-Turner Overdrive - You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet 336 34 Wombles - Remember You're A Womble 335 35 Cozy Powell - Dance With The Devil 333,000 - 36 Gary Glitter - Always Yours 333 37 Ringo Starr - You're Sixteen 331 Queen - Killer Queen 14th Dec 330 38 Sparks - This Town Ain't Big Enough For Both Of Us 328 39 Peters & Lee - Don't Stay Away Too Long 315 Barry White - You're The First My Last My Everything 14th Dec 313 40 Andy Williams - Solitaire 295 - 41 The Glitter Band - Angel Face 285 42 Stephanie De Sykes & Rain - Born With A Smile On My Face 280,000 43 Johnny Bristol - Hang On In There Baby 277 44 Jimmy Ruffin - What Becomes Of The Brokenhearted 275 45 Mud - The Cat Crept In 273 46 R. Dean Taylor - There's A Ghost In My House 271 47 Sweet Sensation - Sad Sweet Dreamer 269 Cozy Powell - Dance With The Devil 266,000 in 1974 Andy Williams - Solitaire 265 in 1974 48 Bay City Rollers - Summerlove Sensation 264,000 49 Eddie Holman - (Hey There) Lonely Girl 263,000 (a re-issue that did sell a few copies in January 1970, though I've not included them) 50 Hot Chocolate - Emma 262 The New Seekers - You Won't Find Another Fool Like Me 261 in 1974 - 51 Diana Ross & Marvin Gaye - You Are Everything 260 52 Slade - Far Far Away 259 53 Bay City Rollers - All Of Me Loves All Of You 257 54 Bay City Rollers - Remember (Sha-La-La-La).mp3 3.5MB [2:32] s 256 55 Paul McCartney & Wings - Band On The Run 255,000 (awarded a gold disc, wishful thinking evidently!) Leo Sayer - The Show Must Go On 254,000 in 1974 56 Elvis Presley - My Boy 251 57 Andy Kim - Rock Me Gently s 244 58 Paper Lace - The Night Chicago Died s 232 59 Bay City Rollers - Shang-A-Lang 230 60 Peter Shelley - Gee Baby s 229 61 Lulu - The Man Who Sold The World s 228 62 Gary Glitter - Remember Me This Way s 227 63 Slade - Everyday s 226 64 Robert Knight - Love On A Mountain Top 225 65 Disco Tex & The Sex-O-Lettes - Get Dancing 225 66 The Chi-Lites - Homely Girl 223 67 Gary Puckett & The Union Gap - Young Girl s 220,000 in 1974 (740,000 with the 1968 original release) 68 The New Seekers - I Get A Little Sentimental Over You s 219 69 Paul McCartney & Wings - Jet s 218 70 David Bowie - Rebel Rebel 217 71 Alvin Stardust - You You You 216 72 Hello - Tell Him s 215,000 73 Roy Wood - Forever 215 74 Lobo - I'd Love You To Want Me 215 75 Paul Anka - (You're) Having My Baby 214 76 Sweet Dreams - Honey Honey 213 77 Barry White - Can't Get Enough Of Your Love Babe 212 78 KC & The Sunshine Band - Queen Of Clubs 211 79 Mud - Rocket 210 80 Leo Sayer - Long Tall Glasses 209 81 Freddie Starr - It's You 208 82 Sunny - Doctor's Orders 207 83 The Hues Corporation - Rock The Boat s 206 85 Slade - Bangin' Man.mp3 5.6MB [4:12] 205,000 Alvin Stardust - My Coo-Ca-Choo 199,000 in 1974 135 270 86 The Drifters - Down On The Beach Tonight 194 87 Cockney Rebel - Judy Teen 190 88 The Peppers - Pepper Box 186 89 Cozy Powell - Na Na Na 182 90 Diana Ross - All Of My Life 181,000 91 Lena Zavaroni - Ma (He's Making Eyes At Me) s 176 92 Elton John - Candle In The Wind 174 93 Limmie & The Family Cookin' - A Walkin' Miracle.mp3 2.5MB [2:44] 172 94 The Stylistics - Let's Put It All Together.mp3 [3:07] 170 Diana Ross - All Of My Life 168,000 in 1974 Rubettes - Juke Box Jive 165 391 95 George McCrae - I Can't Leave You Alone 163 96 Cockney Rebel - Mr Soft 162 Gary Glitter - Oh Yes You're Beautiful 161 97 Gary Shearston - I Get A Kick Out Of You 160 98 The Stylistics - Rockin' Roll Baby 159 99 Queen - Seven Seas Of Rye 158 Golden Earring - Radar Love 157,000 in 1974 100 Pilot - Magic 155,800 101 Barry White - Never Never Gonna Give Ya Up 152 Bachman-Turner Overdrive - You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet 14th Dec 151,000 102 The Glitter Band - Let's Get Together Again 149,000 103 Elton John - Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds 149,000 104 The Carpenters - Jambalaya/Mr Guder 144,000 105 The Chi-Lites - Too Good To Be Forgotten 143,220 106 Love Unlimited - Love's Theme 143,000 107 Rupie Edwards - Ire Feelings (Skanga) 142,900 108 Eric Clapton - I Shot The Sheriff 142,700 109 Gigliola Cinquetti - Go 142,500 110 Sparks - Amateur Hour 142,000 Slade - Merry Christmas Everybody 141,000 in 1974 111 Leo Sayer - One Man Band 139,000 Wizzard - Rock & Roll Winter 137,000 Alan Price - The Jarrow Song 135,500 Lynsey De Paul - No Honestly 133,000 Arrows - A Touch Too Much 132,700 Wombles - Banana Rock 132,000 Mouth & McNeil - I See A Star 130,000 The Faces - You Can Make Me Dance, Sing Or Anything 129,000 10cc - Wall Street Shuffle 127,500 Alvin Stardust - Red Dress 125,000 Paper Lace - The Black Eyed Boys 124,000 Suzi Quatro - The Wild One 122,000 David Cassidy - If I Didn't Care 122,000 The Scaffold - Liverpool Lou 121,200 Barry Blue - School Love 119,000 Stevie Wonder - He's Mistra Know It All 117,000 Status Quo - Break The Rules 115,000 Ken Boothe - Crying Over You 115,000 Terry Jacks - If You Go Away 112,380 The Pearls - Guilty 112,110 Splinter - Costafine Town 105,000 Showaddywaddy - Hey Mr Christmas 102,000 (152,000 shipped) Donny Osmond - Where Did All The Good Times Go 98,000 Wings - Junior's Farm 93,000 Ace - How Long 92,000 Gilbert O'Sullivan - The Christmas Song 80,000

1975 (BMRB x17) 01 Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody 960x17 (942,000x16.67 without the missed week) 1.074 & 973,077 in 1991/92, plus 2000 purple vinyl copies from the 1995 convention & anpther 10,000 in July 1978 = 2060062 02 Bay City Rollers - Bye Bye Baby 714,000 (755,000 in shipment figures) 70014 queen 27th 645 Rod Stewart - Sailing 593,000 in 1975 5814 03 The Stylistics - I Can't Give You Anything (But My Love) 568,650 5574, re-issued in 1992, making it 578,000 568 04 Windsor Davies & Don Estelle - Whispering Grass 549,000 in 1975 5383, re-issued in 1980 & in 1983, making it 575,000 564 05 Tammy Wynette - Stand By Your Man 527,000 (shipped 555,000) 5167 06 Bay City Rollers - Give A Little Love gold 490 (awarded a gold disc) 4804 07 David Essex - Hold Me Close 485 (awarded a gold disc) 4763 08 Roger Whittaker - The Last Farewell 475 4657 09 Art Garfunkel - I Only Have Eyes For You 470 (shipped 490,000) 4608 10 Hot Chocolate - You Sexy Thing 467,000 (769,000 with the 1987 re-mix & 1997 re-issue of the 1975 version!) 4579 11 Laurel & Hardy - Trail Of The Lonesome Pine 464 455 12 Johnny Nash - Tears On My Pillow 463 454 13 10cc - I'm Not In Love 460 452 14 Typically Tropical - Barbados 440 4314 15 Telly Savalas - If 415 16 The Drifters - There Goes My First Love 410 17 David Bowie - Space Oddity 406,000 (616,000 with the 1969 run. Though shipment figures give it 695,000 between 1969 & 1977) It shipped 450,000 between 1975 & 1978 & sold 200,000 in the 1969/70 run 656,000 with the 1980 re-issue with "Alabama Song" the double A sided single 18 Showaddywaddy - Three Steps To Heaven 405 19 Van McCoy - The Hustle 400 Space Oddity 13th 400 20 Pilot - January 395 21 Jasper Carrott - Funky Moped 390 22 Greg Lake -I Believe In Father Christmas 368,000 in 1975/76, 389,000 between 1975 & 1979, 425 with 82/83 & 475 by 2013 23 Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel - Make Me Smile (Come Up And See Me) 385 24 Mud - Oh Boy 380 Boheimian Rhapsody 13th 375 25 Ray Stevens - Misty 345 26 Ralph McTell - Streets Of London 336,000 27 Minnie Riperton - Lovin' You 332 28 Gladys Knight & The Pips - The Way We Were s 330 29 Mac & Katie Kissoon - Sugar Candy Kisses s 328 30 Guys 'N' Dolls - There's A Whole Lot Of Loving s 327 31 The Carpenters - Please Mr Postman s 326 32 Roxy Music - Love Is The Drug s 325,500 33 The Stylistics - Sing Baby Sing s 323 34 D.I.V.O.R.C.E. - Billy Connolly 322,000 Roxy Music - Love Is The Drug s 13th 321 35 Kenny - The Bump 320,280 36 Chubby Checker - Let's Twist Again/The Twist 320,000 (648,000 with all versions of "The Twist" & "Let's Twist Again" lumped together as one between 1960 & 1976) 37 Glen Campbell - Rhinestone Cowboy s 316,000 Glen Campbell - Rhinestone Cowboy s 13th 305 38 Leo Sayer - Moonlighting s 303,000 Billy Connolly 13th 300 39 Status Quo - Down Down 294,000 40 Gloria Gaynor - Never Can Say Goodbye 288,580 41 Susan Cadogan - Hurt So Good s 288 42 Fox - Only You Can s 287 43 Bobby Goldsboro - Honey 286 (600,000 with the 1968 original release, where it got 314,000) 44 The Sweet - Fox On The Run s 285 45 Billie Jo Spears - Blanket On The Ground 283 46 George McCrae - It's Been So Long 282 47 Demis Roussos - Happy To Be On An Island In The Sun 281,000 48 Band Of The Black Watch - Scotch On The Rocks 281 You Sexy Thing 13th 280 49 Bay City Rollers - Money Honey 271 50 The Tymes - Ms Grace 268,600 51 Jim Capaldi - Love Hurts 265,000 52 The Stylistics - Na Na Is The Saddest Word 260 53 Morris Albert - Feelings 256 54 Mud - The Secrets That You Keep s 255 55 John Holt - Help Me Make It Through The Night 248,400 56 Smokie - If You Think You Know How To Love Me 245 Kenny - The Bump s 244,000 in 1975 57 5000 Volts - I'm On Fire 242 58 Peter Shelley - Love Me, Love My Dog s 241 59 Abba - S.O.S. 240 60 KC & The Sunshine Band - That's The Way (I Like It) 239 61 Hamilton Bohannon - Disco Stomp 238 62 Frankie Valli - My Eyes Adored You s 237,700 63 John Lennon - Imagine 237 (1,06m by 1983) 64 The Bee Gees - Jive Talkin' (silver April 1980) 237 65 Dana - Please Tell Him That I Said Hello 236,870 Jim Capaldi - Love Hurts s 13th 236 66 Jonathan King - Una Paloma Blanca 235,000 67 Moments & Whatnauts - Girls s 234,000 The Tymes - Ms Grace s 233,000 in 1975 68 Jim Gilstrap - Swing Your Daddy s 232,000 69 The Goodies - The Funky Gibbon 231,000 Gloria Gaynor - Never Can Say Goodbye s 230,000 in 1975 70 Dana - It's Gonna Be A Cold Cold Christmas 230 71 The Osmonds - The Proud One s 228 72 Donny & Marie Osmond - Morning Side Of The Mountain 227,140 Frankie Valli - My Eyes Adored You s 227 in 1975 73 The Chi-Lites - Have You Seen Her/Oh Girl 226,000 in 1975 (490,000 with the 1972 release of "Have You Seen Her" & if you include "Oh Girl" on top of all that, you get 577,000) 74 The Chi-Lites - It's Time For Love 225 75 David Bowie - Golden Years 225 76 Steeleye Span - All Around My Hat s 223 77 Tammy Jones - Let Me Try Again 224 78 Kenny - Fancy Pants 223 79 Rod Stewart - This Old Heart Of Mine 223 80 Brian Hyland - Sealed With A Kiss 222 (469,000 with the 1962 version) 81 The Glitter Band - Goodbye My Love 221 82 Showaddywaddy - Heartbeat 213 83 Judy Collins - Send In The Clowns 212 84 Gladys Knight & The Pips - The Best Thing That Ever Happened To Me 211 85 Hot Chocolate - A Child's Prayer 210 86 The Four Seasons - Who Loves You 209 87 Mike Batt With New Edition - Summertime City 208 88 Esther Phillips - What A Diff'rence A Day Makes 207 89 The Trammps - Hold Back The Night 206 90 Mud - Show Me You're A Woman 206 91 Judge Dread - Je T'Aime 205 Dana - Please Tell Him That I Said Hello 204,000 in 1975 92 Jigsaw - Sky High 204 93 Carl Malcom - Fattie Bum Bum 203 94 George Baker Selection - Paloma Blanca 202 95 Johnny Mathis - I'm Stone In Love With You 202,000 96 Wigan's Chosen Few - Footsee 201 Donny & Marie Osmond - Morning Side Of The Mountain s 200,000 in 1975 97 Disco Tex & The Sex-O-Lettes - I Wanna Dance Wit Choo 199 John Holt - Help Me Make It Through The Night 198,000 in 1975 98 Hello - New York Groove 198 Imagine 13th Dec 197 Ralph McTell - Streets Of London s 196,000 in 1975 99 Shirley & Company - Shame Shame Shame 195 100 Barry White - What Am I Gonna Do With You 194 101 The Rubettes - I Can Do It 193 Status Quo - Down Down 192,000 in 1975 102 Gilbert Becaud - A Little Love & Understanding 191 103 Linda Lewis - It's In His Kiss 190 104 Helen Reddy - Angie Baby 188 Johnny Mathis - I'm Stone In Love With You 187,000 in 1975 105 Billy Swan - I Can Help 186 106 The Inbetweenies/Father Christmas Do Not Touch Me - Goodies 179 107 Smokey - Don't Play Your Rock And Roll To Me 178 Money Honey 13th 177 108 The Average White Band - Pick Up The Pieces 176 109 Justin Hayward & John Lodge - Blue Guitar 174 110 Duane Eddy & The Rebellettes - Play Me Like You Play Your Guitar 171 111 Wings - Listen To What The Man Said 170 112 Stardust - David Essex 167 113 The Moments - Dolly My Love 165 Jigsaw - Sky High 13th 164 114 The Carpenters - Only Yesterday 164 Rod Stewart - This Old Heart Of Mine 13th Dec 160 115 Are You Ready To Rock - Wizzard 159 116 The Three Degrees - Take Good Care Of Yourself 154 117 Gary Glitter - Doing Alright With The Boys 152 Wayne Gibson - Under My Thumb 146 Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons - The Night 145 10cc - Life Is A Minestrone 144 Pete Wingfield - Eighteen With A Bullet 142 Chris Hill - Renta Santa 140 Maxine Nightingale - Right Back Where We Started From 138 Sensational Alex Harvey Band - Delilah 136 The Glitter Band - Tears I Cried 131 David Essex - If I Could 130 Johnny Wakelin And The Kinshasa Band - Black Superman (Muhammad Ali) 129 Desmond Dekker & The Aces - The Israelites 120 Judge Dread - Christmas in Dreadland 108 Goodies - Make A Daft Noise For Christmas 68730

1976 (BMRB x17) Of course based on Panel sales, but just look at the difference compared to the shipments. Which really says the x17 that BMRB used was a fraction too high at times. 1 Under The Moon Of Love Showaddywaddy 1,051(150,000 in the missed week, 901,000 without it) 1.015 2 Sailing Rod Stewart 1.003 988,000 (1.005,000 with the 1987 re-issue) 3 Save Your Kisses For Me Brotherhood of Man 1,002,711 983 (the confusion bit. Showaddywady & Rod Stewart finish above it. BMRB confirm it, so how do shipments put it ahead of both?!) 4 Mississippi Pussycat 910,000 (950,000 shipment figures) 900 Pussycat 8th Jan 891 873 5 Don't Go Breaking My Heart Elton John & Kiki Dee 890,000 (845,000 shipment figures) 872,700 Mississippi Pussycat w/k ending 18th Dec 870 853 6 When a Child is Born Johnny Mathis 845,000 817 (647,000 without the missed week) 15,000 in 1981 in a duet with Gladys Knight & 10,000 in a 1989 re-issue, 870 by 1990 842 7 If You Leave Me Now Chicago 800,000 784 (755,000 shipment figures) 784,000 without the missed week Chicago 8th Jan 772 8 Dancing Queen Abba 771,000 756 (790,000 by 1979, 900,000 by 1995) 9 A Little Bit More Dr. Hook 750,000 735 (695,000 shipment figures) Under The Moon Of Love Showaddywaddy 8th Jan 749 If You Leave Me Now Chicago w/k ending 18th Dec 742 10 Fernando Abba 668,000 656 (695,000 by 1979, 748,000 in shipments) 11 I Love To Love Tina Charles 548,000 5378 When a Child is Born Johnny Mathis 8th Jan 521 510 12 The Roussos Phenonemon (EP) Demis Roussos 520,000 5099 13 December '63 Four Seasons 500,000 4902 (516,000 with the 1988 re-mix) 14 Leader of the Pack Shangri La’s 194,000 in 1976 (282,000 in 1972) 476,000 with the 1972 re-issue, 575,000 with the 1965 release) 15 Money Money Money Abba 445,000 Under The Moon Of Love Showaddywaddy w/k ending 18th Dec 430 16 You To Me Are Everything Real Thing 430,000 4216 (692,500 with the 1986 re-mix) 17 You Make Me Feel Like Dancing Leo Sayer 405,000 18 Mamma Mia Abba 413,000 19 Forever And Ever Slik 410,000 402 (awarded a gold disc in 1978) Sailing Rod Stewart 18th Dec 400 392 998,000 20 Young Hearts Run Free Candi Staton 395,000 3873 21 Somebody To Love Queen 387,000 22 Combine Harvester Wurzels 380,000 3726 23 When Forever Has Gone Demis Roussos 375,000 3677 24 Jungle Rock Hank Mizell 370,000 3628 25 Can't Get By Without You Real Thing 360,000 (541,300 with the 1986 re-mix) You Make Me Feel Like Dancing Leo Sayer 18th Dec 355 3481 Mamma Mia Abba 350,000 (without the 1975 sales) 26 Hurt Manhattans 340,000 3334 27 Silly Love Songs Wings 335,000 3284 28 Convoy C W McCall 330,000 38 Portsmouth - Mike Oldfield 309,000 29 Livin' Thing - Electric Light Orchestra 307,000 30 Kiss And Say Goodbye Manhattans 311,000 31 You Just Might See Me Cry Our Kid 310,000 32 Love Really Hurts Without You Billy Ocean 305,000 33 You See The Trouble With Me Barry White 301,000 34 Let 'Em In Wings 300,000 35 Glass of Champagne Sailor 296,000 36 No Charge J J Barrie 295,000 37 Love Me Yvonne Elliman 280,000 39 Rodrigo's Guitar Concerto D'Aranjuez Manuel & The Music of the Mountains 290,800 Money Money Money Abba 8th Jan 287 40 Jeans On David Dundas 285,000 41 Don't Take Away The Music Tavares 279,000 42 Howzat Sherbet 276,000 Bohemian Rhapsody Queen 271,000 in 1976 43 Misty Blue Dorothy Moore 270,000 44 Heaven Must Be Missing An Angel Tavares 260,000 (345,000 with the 1986 re-mix) 45 Love Machine Miracles 258,400 Silver 46 Dance Little Lady Dance Tina Charles 255,000 47 I Am A Cider Drinker Wurzels 250,000 48 Music John Miles 249,000 (awarded a silver disc in June 1977) 49 We Do It R & J Stone 238,725 (awarded a silver disc) 50 Aria Acker Bilk 237,000 51 Let’s Stick Together Bryan Ferry 236,000 (320,000 with the 1988 re-mix) 52 Play That Funky Music Wild Cherry 238,000 53 In Zaire Johnny Wakelin 235,000 54 The Killing of Georgie Rod Stewart 234,000 55 Girl Of My Best Friend Elvis Presley 231,000 Play That Funky Music Wild Cherry 18th Dec 230 56 You Don’t Have To Go Chi-Lites 229,000 57 I Only Wanna Be With You Bay City Rollers 228,000 (awarded a silver disc) 58 Arms of Mary Sutherland Brothers & Quiver 227,000 59 Love To Love You Baby Donna Summer 226,000 61 What I’ve Got in Mind Billie Jo Spears 225,000 Somebody To Love Queen 18th Dec 222 65 If Not You Dr Hook 216,000 62 Silver Star Four Seasons 221,000 63 Disco Duck Rick Dees & His Cast of Idiots 220,000 64 Tonight’s The Night Rod Stewart 219,000 (awarded a silver disc) 66 Summer Of My Life Simon May 218,000 (awarded a silver disc) We Do It R & J Stone 218,000 in 1976 67 My Resistance is Low Robin Sarstedt 215,000 68 Let Your Love Flow Bellamy Brothers 210,000 (300,000 with the 2008 download) 69 You Should Be Dancing Bee Gees 206,000 70 Blinded By The Light Manfred Mann’s Earth Band 205,000 71 Get Up and Boogie Silver Convention 202,000 72 S-S-S-Single Bed Fox 201,000 73 In Dulci Jubilo/On Horseback - Mike Oldfield 200 74 Fool To Cry Rolling Stones 200,000 60 Fairy Tale - Dana 200,000 If Not You Dr Hook 18th Dec 196 75 More More More Andrea True Connection 195,000 Leader of the Pack Shangri La’s 194,000 in 1976 76 Doctor Kiss Kiss 5000 Volts 193,000 77 Do You Know Where You’re Going To Diana Ross 192,000 78 Diona De Jale (Light of Experience) Gheorge Zamfir 191,000 79 I’m Mandy Fly Me 10CC 190,000 92 Lean On Me - Mud 185,000 80 Wide Eyed & Legless - Andy Fairweather-Low 189,746 81 King Of The Cops - Billy Howard 189,400 82 People Like You & People Like Me Glitter Band 189,000 83 Sixteen Bars Stylistics 188,000 Glass of Champagne Sailor 188,000 in 1976 84 Now Is The Time Jimmy James & The Vagabonds 187,000 85 Heart On My Sleeve Gallagher & Lyle 186,000 86 It Should Have Been Me Yvonne Fair 185,000 87 I Wanna Stay With You Gallagher & Lyle 185,000 88 Art For Arts Sake - 10cc 183,000 Livin’ Thing Electric Light Orchestra 18th Dec 182,000 89 No Regrets Walker Brothers 181,058 90 Jolene Dolly Parton 181,000 91 Dancing With the Captain Paul Nicholas 180,000 93 Lost In France Bonnie Tyler 177,000 94 Couldn’t Get it Right Climax Blues Band 179,000 95 You Don’t Have To Say You Love Me Guys and Dolls 178,000 Love Me Yvonne Elliman 18th Dec 176,000 96 Extended Play (The Price Of Love etc) - Bryan Ferry 175,000 (188,000 with the 1989 version) 96 Love and Affection Joan Armatrading 168,000 97 You’ll Never Find Another Love Like Mine Lou Rawls 171,000 98 The Boys Are Back in Town Thin Lizzy 170,000 99 The Best Disco in Town Ritchie Family 169,000 100 You’re My Best Friend Queen 166,000 101 Show Me The Way (Live Version) - Peter Frampton 165,000 103 Itchycoo Park - Small Faces 164,429 (437,000 with the 1967 original release) When a Child is Born Johnny Mathis 18th Dec 164 Love and Affection Joan Armatrading 18th Dec 161 Money Money Money Abba 18th Dec 160 104 Falling Apart At The Seams Marmalade 159,000 111 Stop Me (If You've Heard It All Before) - Billy Ocean 150,000 105 I’ll Meet You At Midnight Smokie 157,000 106 Love Hangover Diana Ross 156,000 107 Can I Take You Home Little Girl - Drifters 155,604 108 Girls Girls Girls Sailor 155,000 Lost In France Bonnie Tyler 18th Dec 152 109 DAT - Pluto Shervington 151,000 110 It Only Takes A Minute - 100 Ton & A Feather 151,000 112 Disco Connection - Isaac Hayes 150,000 113 Love Me Like I Love You - Bay City Rollers 149,000 121 Get Back - Rod Stewart 140,000 114 Bionic Santa - Chris Hill 144,500 115 Can't Help Falling In Love - Stylistics 144,000 116 You Are My Love - Liverpool Express 144,000 117 Life Is Too Short Girl - Sheer Elegance 143,000 118 Yesterday - Beatles 143,000 119 Midnight Rider - Paul Davidson 143,000 124 Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word - Elton John 135,000 120 Little Does She Know - Kursaal Flyers 145,000 122 Squeeze Box - Who 139,000 123 Boston Tea Party - Sensational Alex Harvey Band139,000 125 Convoy GB - Laurie Lingo & The Dipsticks 138,000 126 Rain - Status Quo 138,000 127 Rubberband Man - Detroit Spinners 138,000 128 Pinball Wizard - Elton John 133,000 129 Devil Woman - Cliff Richard 132,000 130 I Love Music - O'Jays 117,000 (130,000 with the 1978 re-issue) 131 Here I Go Again - Twiggy 130,000 132 Mystery Song - Status Quo 126,000 133 Midnight Train To Georgia - Gladys Knight & The Pips 125,000 134 Evil Woman - Electric Light Orchestra 125,000 135 Rock 'N' Me - Steve Miller Band 125,000 136 Beautiful Noise - Neil Diamond 125,000 137 Harvest For The World - Isley Brothers 125,000 138 Soul City Walk - Archie Bell & The Drells 125,000 139 I'm Your Puppet - James & Bobby Purify 124,000 140 Miss You Nights - Cliff Richard 122,000 141 Substitute - Who 121,000 (287,000 with the 1966 original release) 142 Loving & Free E.P. - Kiki Dee 121,000 143 I Love To Boogie - T. Rex 121,000 144 (Do The) Spanish Hustle - Fatback Band 116 145 Answer Me - Barbara Dickson 114 146 Nice & Slow - Jesse Green 114 147 Don't Stop Me Now - Hot Chocolate 113 148 Funky Weekend - Stylistics 113 149 Walk Away From Love - David Ruffin 112 150 Moonlight Serenade etc - Glenn Miller 111

1977 (BMRB x17) 1 Mull of Kintyre/Girlschool - Wings 1.7m (shipped double platinum by 1986) 2 Don't Give Up On Us David Soul 995 (shipped a million) 3 Floral Dance Brighouse & Rastrick Brass Band 875 4 How Deep Is Your Love - Bee Gees 835 (850,000 with a 1990 re-issue, making no' 80 in the charts) 5 Don't Cry For Me Argentina Julie Covington 790,000 (across the 1976 - 78 run, 840,000 with 1978/79) (893,000 with the 1982/84/88 re-issues) Floral Dance (with the 31st Dec ommited) 752 julie covington 1977 752,000 (781,000 1976/77 without the missed week, 790,000 with) 6 When I Need You Leo Sayer 748 (783,000 with the 1988/90/93 re-issues) How Deep Is Your Love (with the 31st Dec ommited) 740 7 Silver Lady David Soul 739 8 Knowing Me Knowing You Abba 735 9 I Feel Love Donna Summer 725 (848,000 with the 1982 re-mix, 903,000 with the 1994 re-issue (890,000 shipped between 1977 & 83) 10 Way Down Elvis Presley 715 11 Yes Sir, I Can Boogie Baccara 662,000 with the 31st Dec omitted, 670,000 with it included) 12 So You Win Again Hot Chocolate 665 13 Angelo Brotherhood of Man 649 14 Chanson D'Amour Manhattan Transfer 646,000 Yes Sir, I Can Boogie 24th Dec 645 Yes Sir I Can Boogie 10th 627 15 Rockin' All Over The World Status Quo 576 with the 31st Dec omitted, 596,000 with it included) (646,000 if you include 1988s "Runnin' All Over The World" 16 Black Is Black La Belle Epoque 575,000 (577 with the missed week) 17 Name Of The Game - Abba 569,500 with the 31st Dec omitted, 581,000 with it included 18 Sideshow - Barry Biggs 547,000 with the 1st Jan 77 omitted, 565,000 with it included (it did not get a gold disc) Mull Of Kintyre - Wings 10th 550 19 Fanfare For The Common Man Emerson, Lake & Palmer (it did not get a gold disc) 549,000 20 Ma Baker Boney M (gold disc in Feb 1980) 545,100 Name Of The Game Abba 24th Dec 544 Rockin' All Over The World 24th Dec 537,200 21 A Star Is Born (Evergreen) Barbra Streisand (it did not get a gold disc) 534,900 22 We Are The Champions Queen 520,000 with the 31st Dec omitted, 531,000 with it included How Deep Is Your Love 24th Dec 521,300 Name Of The Game 10th 520 23 I Don't Want To Talk About It/First Cut Is The Deepest - Rod Stewart 515 24 Lucille Kenny Rogers (it did not get a gold disc) 506 Floral Dance 24th Dec 505 Rockin' All Over 10th 502 25 Magic Fly Space (it did not get a gold disc) 501 26 I Will - Ruby Winters 500 (it did get a gold disc) We Are The Champions Queen 24th Dec 496,400 27 Boogie Nights Heatwave 468 28 You're In My Heart Rod Stewart 467 (it did get a gold disc) Sideshow Barry Biggs 1977 466 29 Float On Floaters 442 30 Daddy Cool - The Girl Can't Help It - Darts 400 31 Dancin' Party - Showaddywady 380 32 Show You The Way To Go Jacksons 367 33 Baby Don't Change Your Mind Gladys Knight & The Pips 349 34 Free Deniece Williams 348 35 Sound And Vision David Bowie 347 36 Ain't Gonna Bump No More Joe Tex 346 According to the books (BMRB) Rod Stewart is here. This is wrong, as they have the Panel Sale figure confused. The first figure is 3. They mistakenly it for 2. So poor Rod loses 170,000 sales plus! 345 37 Going In With My Eyes Open David Soul 330 Dancin' Party Showaddywaddy 24th Dec 320 38 When Showaddywaddy 319 39 You Got What It Takes Showaddywaddy 315 40 Oxygene Jean Michel Jarre 310 Daddy Cool - The Girl Can't Help It - Darts 24th Dec 295 41 Best Of My Love Emotions 294 42 The Crunch Rah Band 293 I Will Ruby Winters 24th Dec 292 43 Black Betty Ram Jam (380,000 with the 1990 re-mix) 290 44 The Shuffle Van McCoy 285 45 Nobody Does it Better Carly Simon 284 46 Down Deep Inside Donna Summer 283 47 Red Light Spells Danger Billy Ocean 282 49 2.4.6.8 Motorway Tom Robinson Band 281 50 Isn’t She Lovely David Parton 280 48 Egyptian Reggae Jonathan Richman 274 51 Nights On Broadway Candi Staton 270 45 Belfast - Boney M 270 53 We’re All Alone Rita Coolidge 269 54 I Remember Elvis Presley Danny Mirror 268 67 Living Next Door To Alice - Smokie 259 55 Romeo Mr Big 257 56 Good Morning Judge 10CC 256 57 Sir Duke Stevie Wonder 255 58 Telephone Man Meri Wilson 254 59 Don’t Leave Me This Way Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes 253 62 Peaches/Go Buddy Go Stranglers 252 63 That’s What Friends Are For Deniece Williams 251 64 I Don’t Want To Put A Hold On You Bernie Flint 251 63 White Christmas - Bing Crosby 235 (250,000 between 1974 & 1979) 60 Dr Love - Tina Charles 250 68 God Save The Queen Sex Pistols 228 (250,000 in 1994) 69 Torn Between Two Lovers Mary MacGregor 226 73 Things We Do For Love - 10cc 222 61 Daddy Cool - Boney M 220 70 Wild Side Of Life - Status Quo 219 70 Put Your Love In Me - Hot Chocolate 213 79 Love of My Life Dooleys 213 66 Live in Trouble Barron Knights 212 65 You’re More Than A Number In My Little Red Book Drifters 212 Egyptian Reggae Jonathan Richman 24th Dec 205 72 Pretty Vacant Sex Pistols 204 (250,000 by 1980) & 30,000 in the 1990s 74 Oh Lori Alessi 203 75 Sam Olivia Newton John 202 76 She's Not There - Santana 196 88 I Wish - Stevie Wonder 195 Belfast Boney M 24th Dec 195 77 Grandma's Party - Paul Nicholas 195 Daddy Cool Boney M 194 with just 1977 sales 71 Car Wash Rose Royce 193 (288,000 with the 1980s & 1990s versions) Live in Trouble Barron Knights 192 24th Dec 77 You’re Moving Out Today Carole Bayer Sager 191 78 Calling Occupants Of Interplanetary Craft Carpenters 190 80 From New York To L.A. Patsy Gallant 189 81 Oh Boy (The Mood I'm In) Brotherhood of Man 186 82 Whodunit Tavares 185 83 Jack in the Box Moments 183 84 No More Heroes Stranglers 181 85 Sunny Boney M 180 86 Wonderous Stories Yes 177 87 Have I The Right Dead End Kids 174 She’s Not There Santana 171 24th Dec 89 Star Wars Theme-Cantina Band (Medley) - Meco 170 Car Wash Rose Royce 169 with just 1977 sales 90 Needles and Pins Smokie 168 91 I Can’t Get You Outa My Mind Yvonne Elliman 167 Needles and Pins Smokie 166 24th Dec 91 Suspicion Elvis Presley 165 You’re More Than A Number In My Little Red Book Drifters 165 with just 1977 sales 92 Telephone Line Electric Light Orchestra 164 93 It’s Your Life Smokie 163 94 Got To Give It Up Marvin Gaye 162 95 Hotel California The Eagles 161 96 Moody Blue Elvis Presley 160 98 Turn To Stone - Electric Light Orchetra 160 100 Easy Commodores 159 (279,000 with the 1988 version) 102 Feel The Need Detroit Emeralds 158 (419,000 with the 1973 version) 103 Sing Me Brothers 157 105 Let's Have A Quiet Night In - David Soul 187 106 Do Anything You Wanna Do Rods 156 108 You Don’t Have To Be A Star Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis 155 107 Watching The Detectives - Elvis Costello 150 109 Love Hurts Nazareth 147 Suspicion Elvis Presley 146 with just 1977 sales 110 Baby I Know Rubettes 145 Love of My Life Dooleys 143,000 with just 1977 sales 111 Sunshine After the Rain Elkie Brooks 142 Don't Believe A Word - Thin Lizzy 122

1978 (BMRB x20) By the way the Radio One chart of the year in 1978, covered the w/k ending dates 14th Jan - 16th Dec 1978. Strangely & unusual the other chart of the year that appeared covered 14th Jan 78 to 6th Jan 79 (but of course didn't include the missed 30th Dec 78 week). This seems to be the only occasion when BMRB covered, a near full year i.e. 51 weeks. The following compilation takes in those hanger overs from 1977 to 78 & those from 1978 to 79. 01 Boney M - Rivers Of Babylon 1.151 before it was flipped over 1.627191 in total 02 John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John - You're The One That I Want 1.626600 03 Boney M - Mary's Boy Child-Oh My Lord (Medley) 1.188 04 John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John - Summer Nights 1.137 05 The Village People - Y.M.C.A 1.0 (1.000440 in Record Business) 06 The Commodores - Three Times A Lady 785,000 (811,000 according to Record Business, but they didn't have "Dreadlock Holiday" at #1 in it's run) 07 Father Abraham & The Smurfs - The Smurf Song 781,000 (shipped 850,000) mary's boy child 23rd 780 08 The Bee Gees - Night Fever 714,000 (shipped 750,000) 09 The Boomtown Rats - Rat Trap 680,000 (690,000 with a 1984 re-issue) rat trap 650 23rd 10 Abba - Take A Chance On Me 613,000 (672,000 in shipments by 1981) 11 Brian & Michael - Matchstalk Men & Matchstalk Cats & Dogs 612,000 rat trap 9th 610,000 12 10cc - Dreadlock Holiday 583,000 (603,000 with the 1983 & 1985 re-issues) 13 Kate Bush - Wuthering Heights 582,000, 607,000 with the 1983 re-issues (615,000 shipped by 1986) 14 Rod Stewart - Da Ya Think I'm Sexy? 570,000 15 John Travolta - Sandy 566,000 16 Boney M - Rasputin 552,000 sandy 23rd 550 rasputin 23rd 543 sandy 9th 542 rasputin 9th 538 17 Clout - Substitute 520,000 (600,000 shipped) 18 Blondie - Denis 519,000 (545,000 with the 1987 re-issue & 1988 re-mix) 19 The Bee Gees - Too Much Heaven (it did get a gold disc) 485 20 Racey - Lay Your Love On Me 481,000 (it did get a gold disc) 21 The Barron Knights - A Taste Of Aggro (it did get a gold disc) 480 22 Gerry Rafferty - Baker Street 475,000 (it did get a gold disc) 485,000 78/79, 505,000 with a 1990 re-issue Rod 23rd 467 23 Brotherhood Of Man - Figaro 466,000 (it did get a gold disc) 24 Darts - Come Back My Love 460,000 (it did get a gold disc) 25 Rose Royce - Love Don't Live Here Anymore 449,000 (it did get a gold disc) 27 Chic - Le Freak 440,000 (it did get a gold disc) 488,000 with the 1987 re-mix Boney M - Brown Girl In The Ring 436,200 (on it's own right) Wings - Mull Of Kintyre 432,000 26 Darts - It's Raining 430,000 (it did get a gold disc) wings 9th 429 27 Donna Summer - Love's Unkind 429 (it did get a gold disc) (439,000 with a 1985 re-issue) 28 Rose Royce - Wishing On A Star 419,000 in 1978 (434,000 altogether across 1977/78) it did NOT get a gold disc (444,000 with a 1985 re-issue) 36 Sarah Brightman & Hot Gossip - I Lost My Heart To A Starship Trooper 365 (it did get a gold disc) mary's boy child 9th 350 29 Dean Friedman - Lucky Stars 349 30 Marshall Hain - Dancin' In The City 348 31 A Taste Of Honey - Boogie Oogie Oogie 347 32 David Essex - Oh What A Circus 346 33 Frankie Valli - Grease 345 37 Bonnie Tyler - It's A Heartache 345 (it did get a gold disc) 39 Barbra Streisand & Neil Diamond - You Don't Bring Me Flowers (it did get a gold disc) 345 35 Jilted John - Jilted John 344 ymca 23rd 343 37 James Galway - Annie's Song 342 38 The Bee Gees - Stayin' Alive 341 41 Johnny Mathis & Deniece Williams - Too Much, Too Little, Too Late 340 42 Darts - The Boy From New York City 336 (346,000 with a 1984 re-issue) 42 Althia & Donna - Uptown Top Ranking (336,000 altogether) rod stewart 9th 335 43 Olivia Newton-John - Hopelessly Devoted To You 331,000 43 Frankie Miller - Darlin' 325,200 44 Scott Fitzgerald & Yvonne Keely - If I Had Words (316,000 altogether) olivia 23rd 316 45 The Jacksons - Blame It On The Boogie 312 darlin 23rd 311 46 Andrew Gold - Never Let Her Slip Away 310 52 Heatwave - Always And Forever 305 (if you combine the other version of "Mind Blowing Decisions" with it, you get some 475,000!) if i had words 1978 301 47 Electric Light Orchestra - Sweet Talkin' Woman 300,000 48 Eruption - I Can't Stand The Rain 300 olivia 9th 299 sweet talkin' woman 9th 49 Electric Light Orchestra - Mr Blue Sky 298 althia & donna 1978 297 51 Donna Summer - MacArthur Park 296 53 Showaddywaddy - I Wonder Why 295,000 50 Elton John - A Song For Guy 294 54 Sylvester - You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real) 280 55 Suzi Quatro - If You Can't Give Me Love 279 barron knights 23rd 275 66 Blondie - Hanging On The Telephone 275,000 56 Justin Hayward - Forever Autumn 274 57 The Rolling Stones - Miss You 273 58 Exile - Kiss You All Over 271 too much heaven 23rd 270 60 The Motors - Airport 269 61 Cerrone - Super Nature 250 63 Showaddywaddy - Pretty Little Angel Eyes 248,400 64 Dan Hartman - Instant Replay 247,000 59 Crystal Gayle - Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue 245 62 The Boomtown Rats - Like Clockwork 240 67 The Cars - My Best Friend's Girl 228,400 71 Odyssey - Native New Yorker 228 hot gossip 23rd 219 65 Genesis - Follow You Follow Me 218 68 Leo Sayer - I Can't Stop Lovin' You 217 69 Yvonne Elliman - If I Can't Have You 215 cars 23rd 214 dan hartman 23rd 213 pretty little angel eyes 23rd 212 70 Chic - Dance Dance Dance (Yowsah Yowsah Yowsah) 72 Samantha Sang - Emotions 211 always and forever 23rd 210 73 Crystal Gayle - Talking In Your Sleep 209 74 Electric Light Orchestra - Wild West Hero 208 (250,000 shipped) le freak 23rd 207 75 Showaddywaddy - A Little Bit Of Soap 206 hanging on the telephone 23rd 205 76 John Paul Young - Love Is In The Air 204,000 77 Blondie - Picture This 203,000 78 Abba - Summer Night City 202 79 City Boy - 5-7-0-5 201,000 80 Manfred Mann's Earth Band - Davy's On The Road Again 200 81 Patti Smith Group - Because The Night 199 native new yorker 1978 198 82 Kate Bush - The Man With The Child In His Eyes 198 83 Bicycle Race - Queen 194,600 84 John Travolta - Greased Lightning 84 Father Abraham & The Smurfs - Dippety Day 190 85 The Three Degrees - Givin' Up Givin' In 189 86 Lindisfarne - Run For Home 188 89 Bill Withers - Lovely Day 175,000 in 1978 (188,000 in the 77/78 period, 412,000 with the 1988 re-mix) 87 Smokie - Oh Carol 187 88 Chaka Khan - I'm Every Woman (297,000 with the 1989 re-mix) 90 The Dooleys - A Rose Has To Die 186 queen 23rd 185 91 Hi Tension - British Hustle 184 92 Siouxie & The Banshees - Hong Kong Garden 183 93 Plastic Bertrand - Ca Plane Pour Moi 182 94 Renaissance - Northern Lights 181 95 Child - It's Only Make Believe 180 96 Yellow Dog - Just One More Night 180 97 Dee D Jackson - Automatic Lover 180 98 Bob Marley & The Wailers - Jamming/Punky Reggae Party 180 98 Bob Marley & The Wailers - Is This Love 178 99 The Buzzcocks - Ever Fallin' In Love (With Someone You Shouldn't've) 177 102 Bob Dylan - Baby Stop Crying 176 lovely day 1978 175 103 Elvis Presley - My Way 175 103 Goldie - Making Up Again 174 barbra & neil 23rd 173 104 Public Image - Public Image Ltd 172 105 Rod Stewart - Hot Legs 171 106 Sheila & B Devotion - Singin' In The Rain 170 107 Wings - With A Little Luck 170

Hi Robbie. Network Top 30 started on 3m in 1984. Peaking at 5m in 1987. It never surpassed it. Radio 1 were on 10m in 1988 & that figure more than halved in the next 10 years. The Pepsi Chart aka Neil Fox, boasted overtaking Radio 1 in 1994. Radio 1 overtook again in 2004, when Independant Radio split shows i.e. Hit40UK, The Smash Hits Chart (Mark Goodier/Robin Banks) & The A List (Melanie Sykes etc). In general, Indepedant Radio have been quite constent between 5 & 2m. Radio 1 have a lot to answer for, with a loss of 9m in 15 years. Possibly ageism on Radio 1 is a contender in all their output on all shows, as well as Top 40. Though don't forget some dreadful presentation/production. I remember Simon Bates expressing his concern in 1978, that Tom Browne had some 3m more listeners than he. Bernie Andrews handed Simon, ITV viewing figures for the April 1978 period. It was indeed Robert Powell's fault.