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And the same list for the Top Twenty Singles Artists 1952-2024 inclusive 1 ~ Cliff Richard / (Hank Marvin; London Philharmonic Orchestra; Phil Everly; Young Ones; Van Morrison) [Harry Webb] ~ England ~ 18 ~ 68 ~ 41 2 ~ Elton John / (RuPaul; Alessandro Safina) [Reginald Dwight] ~ England ~ 24 ~ 77 ~ 33 = ~ Mariah Carey ~ USA ~ 21 ~ 55 ~ 33 4 ~ Elvis Presley / (JXL) ~ USA ~ 21 ~ 72** ~ 30 5 ~ Madonna (Ciccone) ~ USA ~ 26 ~ 51 ~ 24 6 ~ Status Quo ~ England ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ 23 = ~ Michael Jackson / (Siedah Garrett) ~ USA ~ 12 ~ 65** ~ 23 = ~ Pogues ~ England / Ireland ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ 23 9 ~ David Bowie / (Mick Jagger) [David Jones] ~ England ~ 22 ~ 69** ~ 22 = ~ Paul McCartney / (Frog Chorus) ~ England ~ 20 ~ 80 ~ 22 11 ~ Rolling Stones ~ England ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ 21 = ~ Rod Stewart ~ England ~ 26 ~ 53 ~ 21 13 ~ Kylie Minogue / (Keith Washington; Nick Cave) ~ Australia ~ 20 ~ 55 ~ 20 14 ~ Queen / (Vanguard) ~ England / Zanzibar ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ 19 = ~ Shakin' Stevens [Michael Barratt] ~ Wales ~ 32 ~ 76 ~ 19 = ~ Iron Maiden ~ England ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ 19 = ~ U2; Passengers / (BB King; Musique; LMC) ~ England / Ireland ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ 19 = ~ Pet Shop Boys; Absolutely Fabulous ~ England ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ 19 19 ~ UB 40 / (Chrissie Hynde; Afrika Bambaataa) ~ England ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ 17 = ~ Depeche Mode ~ England ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ 17 = ~ P!nk [Alecia Moore] ~ USA ~ 21 ~ 44 ~ 17

Ranking - Artist - Nationality - Age when first appeared - latest age / ** deceased but would have been... - total number of years 1 ~ Elton John [Reginald Dwight] ~ England ~ 24 ~ 77 ~ 45 2 ~ Cliff Richard [Harry Webb] ~ England ~ 19 ~ 83 ~ 44 3 ~ Rolling Stones ~ England ~ ~ ~ 43 ~ Rod Stewart ~ England ~ 26 ~ 76 ~ 43 5 ~ Beatles ~ England ~ ~ ~ 42 6 ~ Elvis Presley ~ USA ~ 23 ~ 88** ~ 41 ~ Bob Dylan [Robert Zimmerman] ~ USA ~ 23 ~ 82 ~ 41 8 ~ Queen ~ England / Zanzibar ~ ~ ~ 37 9 ~ Paul McCartney ~ England ~ 21 ~ 79 ~ 35 10 ~ Eric Clapton / (BB King) ~ England ~ 20 ~ 71 ~ 32 11 ~ Pink Floyd ~ England ~ ~ ~ 31 ~ David Bowie [David Jones] ~ England ~ 25 ~ 76** ~ 31 ~ Status Quo ~ England ~ ~ ~ 31 14 ~ Who ~ England ~ ~ ~ 29 ~ Fleetwood Mac ~ England / USA ~ ~ ~ 29 16 ~ Michael Jackson ~ USA ~ 15 ~ 66** ~ 28 ~ Bruce Springsteen ~ USA ~ 29 ~ 73 ~ 28 ~ Madonna (Ciccone) ~ USA ~ 27 ~ 64 ~ 28 19 ~ Frank Sinatra [Francis Sinatra] ~ USA ~ 43 ~ 93** ~ 27 20 ~ Neil Young / (Promise of Real; Crazy Horse) ~ Canada ~ 25 ~ 76 ~ 26 ~ Van Morrison / (Chieftains; Joey DeFrancesco) [George Morrison] ~ N. Ireland ~ 26 ~ 78 ~ 26 ~ Abba ~ Sweden ~ ~ ~ 26 ~ Iron Maiden ~ England ~ ~ ~ 26 ~ Daniel O'Donnell ~ Eire ~ 31 ~ 61 ~ 26

I will include both the Beatles and Snap! Thank you. You are free to ignore all the self-titled EPs of course. I started writing down the charts on Sunday evenings in 1964 and I have only ever considered Top 20 songs to be a proper hit. I'm too old to add data from the Top 40 or Top 100 - or even Top 200 and Top 250 as there were for a while. I'm sure others would be interested if you have the information to hand?

Yes, thank you! No 9 in 1995.

1 Killer Queen - Queen, #2 1974 2 Jilted John - Jilted John, #4 1978 3 Hi Tension - Hi Tension, #13 1978 4 Muppet Show music hall EP - Muppets, #19 1978 5 Kate Bush on stage EP - Kate Bush, #10 1979 6 Special A.K.A. live! EP - Specials, #1 1980 7 Motorhead (Live) - Motorhead, #6,1981 8 Four from Toyah EP - Toyah, #4 1981 9 Stray Cat strut - Stray Cats, #11 1981 10 Four more from Toyah EP - Toyah, #14 1981 11 Shakin' Stevens EP - Shakin' Stevens, #2 1982 12 (Hey You) The Rocksteady Crew - Rocksteady Crew, #6 1983 13 Wham rap! (Enjoy what you do) - Wham, #8 1983 14 In A Big Country - Big Country, #17 1983 15 Living In A Box - Living In A Box, #5 1987 16 Theme From S'express - S'Express, #1 1988 17 LFO - LFO, #12 1990 18 Tricky Disco - Tricky Disco, #14 1990 19 Quadrophonia - Quadrophonia, #14 1991 20 My name is Prince - Prince, #9 1992 21 Mr. Blobby - Mr. Blobby, #1 1993 22 Doop - Doop, #1 1994 23 Absolutely Fabulous - Absolutely Fabulous, #7 1994 24 Deep Forest - Deep Forest, #20 1994 25 Love City Groove - Love City Groove, #7 1995 26 Teletubbies Say Eh-Oh - Teletubbies, #1 1997 27 Are You Jimmy Ray? - Jimmy Ray, #13 1997 28 Age Of Love - Age of Love, #17 1997 29 Bamboogie - Bamboo, #2 1998 30 Cleopatra's Theme - Cleopatra, #3 1998 31 S Club Party - S Club 7, #2 1999 32 Mr. Hankey the Christmas Poo - Mr. Hankey, #4 1999 33 Cassius 1999 - Cassius, #7 1999 34 Gouryella - Gouryella, #15 1999 35 21st Century Girls - 21st Century Girls, #16 1999 36 Love On The Northern Line - Northern Line, #15 2000 37 Notorious B.I.G. - Notorious B.I.G., #16 2000 38 Warrior - Warrior, #19 2000 39 Snoop Dogg - Snoop Dogg, #13 2001 40 Romeo Dunn - Romeo, #3 2002 41 Deepest Blue - Deepest Blue, #7 2003 42 It's Chico time - Chico, #1 2006 43 Crank that (Soulja Boy) - Soulja Boy, #2 2007 Yes, I know, the Muppets, Stray Cats and S Club 7 have just 1 letter or number missing - one has to be a bit flexible when it's quite obvious...

Indeed. And you are never ignored. Update coming, adding Wham! Soulja Boy & Bamboo. Apologies to Lil Bow Wow and Scatman John, where their names are incomplete in the song title. Thanks to everybody and for thinking up the thread.

No, you are right, Stray Cat strut should be included, it clearly refers to the artist and not any feline; No 11 in 1981. (Loved the group, especially Runaway Boys). Queen's Good Old Fashioned Loverboy did indeed reach No 17 in 1977 and yes, it was included on the First EP; however, it was also released as a single and both the OCC and my copy of Record Mirror lists the entry as GOFL and not the EP. Interesting one. Thank you.

"S Club" can only refer to S Club 7, just as "Muppet" can only be The Muppets. 'Spice up your Life' has no direct reference to The Spice Girls, in fact, semantically, it does not refer to the group at all, it is telling you to go out and have a good time.

Updated: 1 Killer Queen - Queen, #2 1974 2 Jilted John - Jilted John, #4 1978 3 Hi Tension - Hi Tension, #13 1978 4 Muppet Show music hall EP - Muppets, #19 1978 5 Kate Bush on stage EP - Kate Bush, #10 1979 6 Special A.K.A. live! EP - Specials, #1 1980 7 Motorhead (Live) - Motorhead, #6,1981 8 Four from Toyah EP - Toyah, #4 1981 9 Four more from Toyah EP - Toyah, #14 1981 10 Shakin' Stevens EP - Shakin' Stevens, #2 1982 11 (Hey You) The Rocksteady Crew - Rocksteady Crew, #6 1983 12 In A Big Country - Big Country, #17 1983 13 Living In A Box - Living In A Box, #5 1987 14 Theme From S'express - S'Express, #1 1988 15 LFO - LFO, #12 1990 16 Tricky Disco - Tricky Disco, #14 1990 17 Quadrophonia - Quadrophonia, #14 1991 18 My name is Prince - Prince, #9 1992 19 Mr. Blobby - Mr. Blobby, #1 1993 20 Doop - Doop, #1 1994 21 Absolutely Fabulous - Absolutely Fabulous, #7 1994 22 Deep Forest - Deep Forest, #20 1994 23 Love City Groove - Love City Groove, #7 1995 24 Teletubbies Say Eh-Oh - Teletubbies, #1 1997 25 Are You Jimmy Ray? - Jimmy Ray, #13 1997 26 Age Of Love - Age of Love, #17 1997 27 Cleopatra's Theme - Cleopatra, # 1998 28 S Club Party - S Club 7, #2 1999 29 Mr. Hankey the Christmas Poo - Mr. Hankey, #4 1999 30 Cassius 1999 - Cassius, #7 1999 31 Gouryella - Gouryella, #15 1999 32 21st Century Girls - 21st Century Girls, #16 1999 33 Love On The Northern Line - Northern Line, #15 2000 34 Notorious B.I.G. - Notorious B.I.G., #16 2000 35 Warrior - Warrior, #19 2000 36 Snoop Dogg - Snoop Dogg, #13 2001 37 Romeo Dunn - Romeo, #3 2002 38 Deepest Blue - Deepest Blue, #7 2003 39 It's Chico time - Chico, #1 2006 40 Scotts - Scotts, Travis Scott and Kid Cudi, #11 2020

And, yes, a good one, not sure how we missed it: No 1 in 2006. Thank you.

Thank you, both qualify, Cassius No 7 in 1999, Romeo No 3 in 2002.

I can put in here if it's ok to post a list of 176 lines?

Good Man on both counts! (at 70, the grey, memory cells miss a lot more stuff...) :o Yes: add the Beatles second gap of 27 years and 8 months And add Abba's 3rd 10-year+ gap of 10 years and 8 months - making them unique for having done that 3 times: 1982-1992, 1992-2004 and 2004-2021. If I'm still scribbling in 2031... Many thanks. PS I have also just added 3 first timers in the 10-year+ category - Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Natasha Bedingfield and Noel Gallagher. [Full list available].

Yes, thank you! No 9 in 1992.

Missed the Top 20 by a single place sadly.

Chronological list of UK Top 20 eponymous song titles - hoping it's complete but please add if not. It must have the artist's full name in the song title. The only ones missing from the thread above were 6 EPs - I trust that's allowed - from the days when EPs were welcomed in the Top 20. 1 Killer Queen - Queen, #2 1974 2 Jilted John - Jilted John, #4 1978 3 Hi Tension - Hi Tension, #13 1978 4 Muppet Show music hall EP - Muppets, #19 1978 5 Kate Bush on stage EP - Kate Bush, #10 1979 6 Special A.K.A. live! EP - Specials, #1 1980 7 Motorhead (Live) - Motorhead, #6,1981 8 Four from Toyah EP - Toyah, #4 1981 9 Four more from Toyah EP - Toyah, #14 1981 10 Shakin' Stevens EP - Shakin' Stevens, #2 1982 11 (Hey You) The Rocksteady Crew - Rocksteady Crew, #6 1983 12 In A Big Country - Big Country, #17 1983 13 Living In A Box - Living In A Box, #5 1987 14 Theme From S'express - S'Express, #1 1988 15 LFO - LFO, #12 1990 16 Tricky Disco - Tricky Disco, #14 1990 17 Quadrophonia - Quadrophonia, #14 1991 18 Mr. Blobby - Mr. Blobby, #1 1993 19 Doop - Doop, #1 1994 20 Absolutely Fabulous - Absolutely Fabulous, #7 1994 21 Deep Forest - Deep Forest, #20 1994 22 Love City Groove - Love City Groove, #7 1995 23 Teletubbies Say Eh-Oh - Teletubbies, #1 1997 24 Are You Jimmy Ray? - Jimmy Ray, #13 1997 25 Age Of Love - Age of Love, #17 1997 26 Cleopatra's Theme - Cleopatra, # 1998 27 S Club Party - S Club 7, #2 1999 28 Mr. Hankey the Christmas Poo - Mr. Hankey, #4 1999 29 Gouryella - Gouryella, #15 1999 30 21st Century Girls - 21st Century Girls, #16 1999 31 Love On The Northern Line - Northern Line, #15 2000 32 Notorious B.I.G. - Notorious B.I.G., #16 2000 33 Warrior - Warrior, #19 2000 34 Snoop Dogg - Snoop Dogg, #13 2001 35 Deepest Blue - Deepest Blue, #7 2003 36 Scotts - Scotts, Travis Scott and Kid Cudi, #11 2020

Prompted by the Ronettes... 23 acts have taken at least 25 years to reappear in the Top 20 160 acts have taken at least 10 years to reappear in the Top 20, 11 of them have done that twice. 1 Bobby Helms 63 years . 5 months 1958 - 2022 2 Vera Lynn 62.11 1957 - 2020 3 Ronettes 59.10 1964 - 2024 4 Brenda Lee 53.2 1964 - 2017 5 Gerry and the Pacemakers 47.5 1964 - 2012 6 Neil Diamond 40.6 1981 - 2021 7 Leeds United FC / Team and Supporters 37.11 1972 - 2010 8 Perez Prado 36.7 1958 - 1995 9 Tony Christie 33.2 1972 - 2005 10 Wizzard 32.10 1975 - 2007 ** 11 Lou Reed 31.1 1973 - 2004 12 Mamas and the Papas 29.11 1967 - 1997 13 Donny Osmond 29.10 1974 - 2004 14 Andy Stewart 28.4 1961 - 1989 15 Boney M 28.4 1993 - 2021 ** 16 Bobby Vinton 27.11 1962 - 1990 17 Yes 27.6 1977 - 2005 18 Arsenal Football Club 27.0 1971 - 1998 19 Sham 69 26.9 1979 - 2006 20 Eddie Cochran 26.6 1961 - 1988 21 Louis Armstrong 26.5 1968 - 1994 22 Nat King Cole 25.0 1962 - 1987 23 Andy Williams 25.0 1974 - 1999 ** ** means they are one of the 11 acts who have achieved at least a 10-year gap twice. The others are: Slade Cher Abba John Lennon Shakin' Stevens Jackie Wilson Chubby Checker Liverpool Football Club

Of course, thank you! Great song too, 1985 and 1991.

Sophie's peak at No 2 for the second time in totally separate chart runs with the same song matches Bobby Goldsboro's "Honey" in 1968 and 1975. The only two Top 20 songs out of 14,305 to have done that, I think.

I make it the 31st, happy to be proved wrong: 1994 All I want for Christmas is you [2007-23] 42 weeks Mariah Carey 1984 Last Christmas / Everything she wants [2007, 15-23] 40 Wham! 2022 As it was 37 Harry Styles 1953 I believe 35 Frankie Laine 1987 Fairytale of New York [2005-23] 32 Pogues 2019 Someone you loved 31 Lewis Capaldi 2022 Calm down 27 Rema 1954 ** Secret love 27 Doris Day 2019 Don't start now 25 Dua Lipa 1954 Happy wanderer 24 Obernkirchen Children's Choir 2016 One dance 23 Drake 1953 Terry's theme from 'Limelight' 23 Frank Chacksfield 2019 Blinding lights 22 Weeknd 2021 Bad habits 22 Ed Sheeran 2017 Shape of you 22 Ed Sheeran 1984 Relax [1993] 22 Frankie goes to Hollywood 2015 What do you mean? 22 Justin Bieber 2022 Peru 22 Ed Sheeran / (Fireboy DML) 1953 Song from Moulin Rouge 22 Mantovani 1952 Because you're mine 22 Mario Lanza 1991 (Everything I do) I do it for you 21 Bryan Adams 1963 She loves you 21 Beatles 2013 Happy 20 Pharrell Williams 1955 Rock around the clock [1968, 74] 20 Bill Haley and his Comets 1975 Bohemian rhapsody [1991-92] 20 Queen 1994 Love is all around 20 Wet Wet Wet 2014 Thinking out loud 20 Ed Sheeran 1954 ** Cara mia 20 David Whitfield and Mantovani 1954 ** Little things mean a lot 20 Kitty Kallen 1953 Oh mein Papa 20 Eddie Calvert 2023 Cruel summer 20 Taylor Swift

19 new or re-entries in next week's Top 20 singles, that will trump the 18 achieved in January 2023.

This is about the chart and not the music, I am a fan of pretty much all of the following artists. Running through a list of the all time artists: 1. Elvis Presley: his 30 Number One hits appeared for just one week at No 20 in 2023 2. Beatles: their pair of 50 year old greatest hits albums appeared for 5 weeks in the 2023 albums chart, mainly because of a lost 'manufactured' single which reached No 1 and stayed just 3 weeks in the Top 20 in 2023. "1" lurks in the lower reaches 3. Ed Sheeran: to his credit, he has not released a greatest hits package yet 4. Madonna: her Immaculate Collection has not appeared in the Top 20 for 23 years 5. Elton John: his Diamonds was ever-present in the Top 20 in 2023 - for all 52 weeks 6. Queen: their greatest hits and platinum collections have been a constant feature in the chart for many years, although they haven't been seen in the Top 20 since May 2023 7. Rolling Stones: in spite of a No 1 album of excellent new material, and 2 derisory greatest hits packages in 2012 and 2019, their last successful look back Forty Licks was in 2002 and that has not been seen in the Top 20 since 2006. 8. Michael Jackson: his Essential pops occasionally in and out of the Top 20. 9. Abba: their Gold- Greatest Hits is ever-present in the Top 20 to this day 10. Rod Stewart: 2001 was the last time he attempted a serious greatest hits package, lasting just 7 Top weeks and peaking at No 7 11. Cliff Richard and the Shadows: they made No 11 in 2019 with their Pioneers album but have been largely absent for donkey's years 12. Cliff Richard: his last truly successful compilation was in 1988, otherwise he is forgotten by pretty much everybody 13. David Bowie: occasionally seen with his Legacy album in the Top 20 despite a succession of "new" albums since his death 14. Taylor Swift: no greatest hits package yet as she concentrates on re-recording her earlier albums for legal reasons; a current phenomenon 15. Eminem: his Curtain Call retrospective continues to be a massive seller 16. Shadows: they tried their Life Story in 2004 reaching No 7 briefly 17. Fleetwood Mac: their half-century history continues to sell consistently well in the Top 20 18. Paul McCartney: his 4 greatest hits releases between 1978 and 2016 have never done him justice, not one reached No 1 19. Simon and Garfunkel: after their massive selling greatest hits in 1972, they ain't been seen since their Tales of New York album reached No 8 in 2000 20. Robbie Williams: although his XXV album reached No 1 in 2022, it enjoyed only 3 Top 20 weeks following his big selling 2004 Greatest hits in 2004. I guess my point is this: why do Elton John, Fleetwood Mac, Abba, Queen, Eminem, Arctic Monkeys and, now, Taylor Swift dominate the Top 20 chart for the past three years and not the other acts mentioned above? Do we not deserve a separate chart for albums released, say, more than 2 years ago, to allow fresh acts and music to have a bigger impact in the current chart? Different questions, I know. Grateful for your observations.

Nothing against Jorja but her version is insipid and it is not a patch on the original.

I might...

Agreed. Nothing song.