Tuttavilla

101 Teenager in love 20/Jun/59 2 102 Personality 27/Jun/59 2 103 Battle of New Orleans 4/Jul/59 2 104 Tallahassee lassie 15/Aug/59 2 105 Mr Blue 7/Nov/59 2 106 Why? 23/Jan/60 3 107 Mama 28/May/60 2 108 Ain't misbehavin' 25/Jun/60 2 109 Lucille 1/Oct/60 2 110 Walk don't run 1/Oct/60 2 111 Little donkey 26/Nov/60 2 112 Sway / (Mucho mambo) Sway 14/Jan/61 3 113 Sailor 4/Feb/61 2 114 Rubber ball 4/Feb/61 2 115 Pepe 11/Feb/61 2 116 Blue moon 22/Apr/61 3 117 You always hurt the one you love 29/Jul/61 2 118 Michael / Michael row the boat 16/Sep/61 2 119 Granada 7/Oct/61 2 120 I'll get by 2/Dec/61 2 121 Lion sleeps tonight (Wimoweh) / Wimoweh / Lion sleeps tonight 10/Feb/62 3 122 Little bitty tear 17/Feb/62 2 123 When my little girl is smiling 21/Apr/62 2 124 Theme from "Dr. Kildare" / (Three stars will shine tonight) 23/Jun/62 2 125 Roses are red (my love) 18/Aug/62 2 126 Main title theme from "The Man With The Golden Arm" 1/Sep/62 2 127 Love me tender 24/Nov/62 2 128 Sukiyaki 20/Jul/63 2 129 Dance on 31/Aug/63 2 130 It's all in the game 31/Aug/63 3 131 Memphis Tennessee 9/Nov/63 2 132 Secret love 16/Nov/63 2 133 It's almost tomorrow 30/Nov/63 2 134 Stay 14/Dec/63 3 135 Don't blame me 18/Jan/64 2 136 Whispering 8/Feb/64 2 137 I believe 28/Mar/64 3 138 Good golly Miss Molly 4/Apr/64 2 139 I love you baby 6/Jun/64 2 140 Hello Dolly! 27/Jun/64 2 141 It's only make believe 1/Aug/64 4 142 Such a night 29/Aug/64 2 143 Together 19/Sep/64 2 144 I understand 5/Dec/64 2 145 You've lost that loving feeling 23/Jan/65 2 146 Three bells 30/Jan/65 2 147 Trains and boats and planes 29/May/65 2 148 Crying in the chapel 5/Jun/65 2 149 To know him is to love him / To know you is to love you 3/Jul/65 2 150 All I really want to do 4/Sep/65 2 151 Hard day's night 8/Jan/66 2 152 Michelle 29/Jan/66 2 153 What now my love? 12/Mar/66 2 154 Elusive butterfly 26/Mar/66 2 155 Love letters 16/Jul/66 3 156 Hi-lili hi-lo / Hi lili, hi lo 6/Aug/66 2 157 Sunny 8/Oct/66 4 158 This is my song 11/Mar/67 2 159 Then he kissed me / Then I kissed her 13/May/67 2 160 You keep me hanging on / (You keep me) Hanging on / You keep me hangin' on 16/Sep/67 4 161 If I were a carpenter 23/Mar/68 2 162 With a little help from my friends 19/Oct/68 4 163 Ob-la-di ob-la-da 4/Jan/69 2 164 Hey Jude 15/Feb/69 2 165 Cupid 19/Apr/69 3 166 Je t'aime…moi non plus 4/Oct/69 3 167 All I have to do is dream 13/Dec/69 3 168 I'm a man 24/Jan/70 2 169 House of the rising sun 25/Apr/70 2 170 Something 4/Jul/70 2 171 Can't help falling in love 4/Jul/70 4 172 I (who have nothing) 5/Sep/70 2 173 My prayer 5/Dec/70 2 174 Rose garden / I beg your pardon 13/Mar/71 3 175 There goes my everything 27/Mar/71 2 176 You don't have to say you love me 27/Mar/71 3 177 Sugar sugar 8/May/71 2 178 Rags to riches 29/May/71 2 179 Pied piper 3/Jul/71 2 180 River deep mountain high 10/Jul/71 2 181 Spanish harlem 23/Oct/71 2 182 For all we know 6/Nov/71 2 183 Where did our love go? 22/Jan/72 2 184 Moon river 29/Jan/72 2 185 I can't help myself 4/Mar/72 2 186 Amazing grace 8/Apr/72 2 187 Until it's time for you to go 8/Apr/72 2 188 Breaking up is hard to do 15/Jul/72 2 189 Too busy thinking 'bout / about my baby 16/Sep/72 3 190 New Orleans 18/Nov/72 3 191 Looking through the eyes of love 17/Feb/73 2 192 Baby I love you 17/Feb/73 3 193 Twelfth of never 10/Mar/73 2 194 Pinball wizzard 10/Mar/73 3 195 Snoopy vs. the Red Baron 16/Jun/73 2 196 Born to be with you 23/Jun/73 2 197 Oh no not my baby 15/Sep/73 2 198 Sorrow 20/Oct/73 2 199 Deck of cards 27/Oct/73 2 200 When I fall in love 17/Nov/73 3

OK - I'll just go for it... 100 at a time, in the order in which they were first covered... 1 Because you're mine 20/Dec/52 2 versions made the Top 20 - the original and one cover. Note: the original version in this list is the first to reach the Top 20 and not necessarily the true original! 2 Faith can move mountains 3/Jan/53 3 - so here, there were 2 cover versions which made the Top 20, etc... 3 Broken wings 14/Feb/53 3 4 (How much is) That doggie in the window? 28/Mar/53 2 5 Terry's theme from Limelight 30/May/53 2 6 I'm walking behind you 6/Jun/53 2 7 In a golden coach (there's a heart of gold) 6/Jun/53 2 8 Answer me 31/Oct/53 3 9 I saw Mommy kissing Santa Claus 28/Nov/53 3 10 Swedish rhapsody 5/Dec/53 2 11 Dragnet 5/Dec/53 2 12 Oh mein Papa / Oh my Papa 23/Jan/54 2 13 Skin deep 6/Mar/54 2 14 Changing partners 20/Mar/54 2 15 Happy wanderer 10/Apr/54 2 16 Wanted 5/Jun/54 2 17 Three coins in the fountain 31/Jul/54 2 18 Little things mean a lot 28/Aug/54 2 19 If I give my heart to you 2/Oct/54 2 20 Story of Tina 2/Oct/54 2 21 This ole house 16/Oct/54 3 22 Sh-boom 20/Nov/54 2 23 Mr Sandman 18/Dec/54 4 24 Happy days and lonely nights 29/Jan/55 3 25 Naughty lady of shady lane 5/Feb/55 2 26 Mambo italiano 5/Feb/55 3 27 Let me go lover 19/Feb/55 5 28 Blossom fell 26/Feb/55 3 29 Under the bridges of Paris 2/Apr/55 2 30 Cherry pink and apple blossom white 9/Apr/55 3 31 Tweedle dee 23/Apr/55 3 32 Stranger in paradise 23/Apr/55 6 33 Unchained melody 14/May/55 7 - 6 cover versions is the record. 34 I wonder 18/Jun/55 2 35 Love me or leave me 10/Sep/55 2 36 Man from Laramie 24/Sep/55 2 37 Blue star (The Medic theme) 24/Sep/55 3 38 Hernando's hideaway 8/Oct/55 2 39 Hey there 8/Oct/55 4 40 Yellow rose of Texas 22/Oct/55 3 41 Twenty tiny fingers 26/Nov/55 3 42 Suddenly there's a valley 3/Dec/55 3 43 Seventeen 24/Dec/55 2 44 Arriverderci darling 14/Jan/56 2 45 Ballad of Davy Crockett 14/Jan/56 3 46 Sixteen tons 21/Jan/56 2 47 Robin Hood 21/Jan/56 2 48 Shifting, whispering sands 28/Jan/56 2 49 Memories are made of this 18/Feb/56 3 50 Young and foolish 18/Feb/56 3 51 Zambesi / Zambezi 10/Mar/56 3 52 Theme from 'The Threepenny Opera' / Mack the knife 24/Mar/56 5 53 Blue suede shoes 26/May/56 2 54 Hot diggity (Dog ziggity boom) 23/Jun/56 2 55 Wayward wind 30/Jun/56 3 56 Walk hand in hand 28/Jul/56 2 57 Only you (50's) 8/Sep/56 3 58 Great pretender 8/Sep/56 3 59 More 13/Oct/56 2 60 Woman in love 27/Oct/56 2 61 Green door 10/Nov/56 3 62 In the middle of the house 8/Dec/56 2 63 Cindy, oh Cindy 15/Dec/56 2 64 Singing the blues 22/Dec/56 2 65 Garden of Eden 12/Jan/57 3 66 Don't you rock me Daddy-o 2/Feb/57 2 67 Young love 9/Feb/57 3 68 Long tall Sally 16/Feb/57 2 69 Knee deep in the blues 23/Feb/57 2 70 Banana boat song 2/Mar/57 3 71 Wisdom of a fool 30/Mar/57 2 72 Cumberland gap 6/Apr/57 2 73 Butterfly 18/May/57 2 74 Around the world 25/May/57 4 75 White sport coat (and a pink carnation) 22/Jun/57 2 76 Start movin' (in my direction) 17/Aug/57 2 77 Wanderin' eyes 5/Oct/57 2 78 Alone 23/Nov/57 3 79 Kisses sweeter than wine 28/Dec/57 2 80 Story of my life 18/Jan/58 3 81 Raunchy 15/Feb/58 2 82 Sugartime 1/Mar/58 2 83 Who's sorry now 12/Apr/58 2 84 Lollipop 3/May/58 2 85 Kewpie doll 17/May/58 2 86 Swingin' shepherd blues 24/May/58 2 87 Stairway of love 24/May/58 2 88 Witch doctor 24/May/58 3 89 I may never pass this way again 7/Jun/58 2 90 On the street where you live 21/Jun/58 2 91 Splish splash 30/Aug/58 2 92 Volare 6/Sep/58 3 93 Come prima / More than ever (Come prima) 18/Oct/58 2 94 Tom Dooley 22/Nov/58 2 95 Someday (You'll want me to want you) 22/Nov/58 2 96 World outside 14/Feb/59 2 97 Little drummer boy 21/Feb/59 6 98 Come softly to me 2/May/59 3 99 Venus [1950's] 9/May/59 2 100 May you always 30/May/59 2

I have 811 different Top 20 Songs - out of 14,154 - which have been covered and reached the Top 20 on 1,797 different occasions but I am not sure whether it's complete. I can post a list of the 811 together with the date the first cover reached the Top 20 and the total number of versions to reach the Top 20 if it would be of interest... And invite additions, comments, etc.

Is there a thread for Top 20 Songs which have been covered and reached the Top 20 by the new artist(s) please?

The Top 20 Soundtracks to Musicals, Plays or Films, by number of calendar years in the Top 20 Albums, minimum 3 years: 1 Sound of Music 1961 11 years 2 South Pacific 1958 8 3 My Fair Lady 1958 7 4 King and I 1958 6 5 Oliver! 1960 5 6 Oklahoma! 1958 5 7 Evita 1977 5 8 Funny Girl 1966 5 9 West Side Story 1959 4 10 Saturday Night Fever 1978 4 11 Grease 1978 4 12 2001 - A Space Odyssey 1969 4 13 Carousel 1958 4 14 Greatest Showman 2018 3 15 Paint Your Wagon 1970 3 16 Dr Zhivago 1966 3 17 Jungle Book 1968 3 18 Mamma Mia! 2008 3 19 Music Man 1961 3 20 Camelot 1964 3 Note: ties are decided by chart success, so that Oliver! was more successful than Oklahoma!

Artists to have had the most New Entries and the most Peaks at each position in the Top 20 Singles chart: 1. Westlife 13 New Entries - Elvis Presley 18 Peaks 2. Kylie Minogue 8 - Madonna, Kylie Minogue 10 3. Jennifer Lopez, Madonna 5 - Madonna 9 4. Robbie Williams 6 - Robbie Williams, Eminem 7 5. Michael Jackson 6- Madonna 6 6. Texas 4 - Elvis Presley, Electric Light Orchestra 5 7. Madonna 7 - Madonna 7 8. Backstreet Boys, Sugababes 5 - Cliff Richard, Backstreet Boys, Pet Shop Boys 5 9. M People, Pet Shop Boys, Madonna 4 - Elvis Presley 11 10. Madonna 7 - Cliff Richard, Drake 5 11. Madonna 5 - Simply Red 5 12. Depeche Mode 5 - Adam Faith, Levellers, Cliff Richard 4 13. Elvis Presley 11 - Simple Minds 5 14. Cliff Richard 6 - Pet Shop Boys 5 15. Elvis Presley, Barry White, UB 40, Dannii Minogue 4 - Elvis Presley 5 16. Elvis Presley 6 - Gene Vincent, Depeche Mode, Dina Carroll, Paul Weller, Red Hot Chili Peppers 3 17. Status Quo 7 - Johnnie Ray, Jim Reeves, Police, Cliff Richard, Adeva, Queen, Depeche Mode, Mariah Carey, Chemical Brothers, 2pac, Weeknd 3 18. Elvis Presley 7 - Pat Boone, Depeche Mode 4 19. Elvis Presley 9 - Fats Domino, Cliff Richard, Janet Jackson, Elvis Presley, Elbow 3 20. Elvis Presley 10 - Gary Numan 3

Singles and Artists to have had the most re-entries at each position in the Singles Top 20: 1. Three Lions / Lightning Seeds, Skinner & Baddiel 2 times - Elvis Presley 3 times with 3 singles 2. Nine [9] singles have done it once - Elvis Presley 8 times with 8 singles 3. Seventeen [17] singles have done it once - Elvis Presley 4 times with 4 singles 4. Eleven [11] singles have done it once - Eleven [11] artists have done it once 5. Seventeen [17] singles have done it once - Seventeen [17] artists have done it once 6. All I Want for Christmas Is You / Mariah Carey 2 times - Frankie Goes to Hollywood with 2 singles and Mariah Carey with 1 single 2 times each 7. Twenty [20] singles have done it once - Twenty [20] artists have done it once 8. All I Want for Christmas Is You / Mariah Carey 2 times - Mariah Carey 2 times with 1 single 9. Twenty-five [25] singles have done it once - Twenty-five [25] artists have done it once 10. Fairytale of New York / Pogues = Three Lions / Lightning Seeds, Skinner & Baddiel 2 times - Nat King Cole 3 times with 3 singles 11. Dragnet / Ted Heath and his Music = Oh My Papa / Eddie Fisher 2 times - Ed Sheeran; Michael Bublé; Nat King Cole with 2 singles and Ted Heath and his Music; Eddie Fisher with 1 single all 2 times each 12. Sixty-three [63] singles have done it once - Winifred Atwell 3 times with 3 singles 13. It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas / Michael Bublé 2 times - Elvis Presley 5 times with 5 singles 14. All I Want for Christmas Is You / Mariah Carey; Last Christmas / Wham!; Lost in Music / Sister Sledge all 2 times - Elvis Presley 4 times with 4 singles 15. Do they know it's Christmas? / Band Aid 3 times - Elvis Presley 4 times with 4 singles 16. Fairytale of New York / Pogues 3 times - Pogues 3 times with 1 single 17. All I Want for Christmas Is You / Mariah Carey; Driving Home for Christmas / Chris Rea; Love Me Do / Beatles; Merry Christmas Everyone / Shakin' Stevens; Merry Xmas Everybody / Slade; What Makes a Man? / Westlife; You My Love / Frank Sinatra all 2 times - Elvis Presley 5 times with 5 singles 18. Fairytale of New York / Pogues 3 times - Adele; Harry Styles with 3 singles and Pogues with 1 single all 3 times each 19. Fairytale of New York / Pogues; Hymn for the Weekend / Coldplay; Let it Go / Idina Menzel; Love Will Tear Us Apart / Joy Division; Make You Smile / D-Block Europe; One More Sleep / Leona Lewis; Someone You Loved / Lewis Capaldi; Starships / Nicki Minaj; That's Love / Billy Fury all 2 times - Ed Sheeran 4 times with 4 singles 20. All I Want for Christmas Is You / Mariah Carey; Blinding Lights / Weeknd; Can't Feel My Face / Weeknd; Magic / Coldplay; Merry Xmas Everybody / Slade; My Oh My / Camila Cabello; Praise the Lord (da Shine) / A$AP Rocky; Rock Around the Clock / Bill Haley and his Comets; It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas / Michael Bublé all 2 times - Weeknd 5 times with 3 singles Note: Weeknd is the only artist to have 2 different songs re-enter the Top 20 in the same position - 20 - at least two times each.

Artists to have had the most New Entries and the most Peaks at each position in the Top 20 Albums chart 1. Robbie Williams 12 New Entries - Beatles 15 Peaks 2. Queen, Elton John, Bon Jovi, Paul Weller 7 - Rolling Stones 10 3. Rod Stewart 7 - Elvis Presley, Bob Dylan 8 4. Elvis Presley, Cliff Richard 6 - Elvis Presley 8 5. Van Morrison, David Bowie 5 - David Bowie 8 6. Bob Dylan 6 - Frank Sinatra, Bob Dylan 6 7. Rod Stewart, Elvis Presley, Cliff Richard 5 - Elvis Presley, Cliff Richard 5 8. Beatles 5 - Frank Sinatra 5 9. Bob Dylan 5 - Bob Dylan 4 10. Frank Sinatra 5 - Iron Maiden. Jimi Hendrix, Daniel O'Donnell, Bob Dylan, Frank Sinatra, Cliff Richard, Status Quo 3 11. Daniel O'Donnell 4 - Elvis Presley 5 12. Elvis Presley 4 - Elvis Presley 4 13. David Bowie 5 - James Last, Shirley Bassey, Clash, Bob Dylan 3 14. Frank Sinatra 5 - Jean Michel Jarre, Neil Young 4 15. Elvis Presley 4 - Leo Sayer, Van Halen 3 16. Moody Blues, Elvis Presley, Neil Young 4 - Elvis Presley, David Bowie 3 17. Neil Young 6 - Neil Young 5 18. Elvis Presley 8 - Frank Sinatra, Petula Clark, Scorpions 3 19. James Last 6 - Michael Bolton, Bryan Ferry 3 20. Brenda Lee, Jethro Tull 5 - Jethro Tull, Michael Ball, Neil Young, Yes 3

Albums and Artists to have had the most re-entries at each position in the Albums Top 20: 1. Fifteen [15] albums have done it once - Beatles; Rolling Stones; Taylor Swift 2 times with 2 albums 2. Fourteen [14] albums have done it once - Beatles 2 times with 2 albums 3. Twenty-two [22] albums have done it once - Beatles 3 times with 2 albums 4. Beatles 1967-1970 / Beatles 2 times - Beatles 3 times with 2 albums 5. Up All Night / Razorlight 2 times - Barry Manilow; Beatles; Seal 2 times with 2 albums; Razorlight 2 times with 1 album 6. Fifty-six [56] albums have done it once - Beatles 4 times with 4 albums 7. King and I 2 times - Prince; Queen; Rolling Stones all 2 times with 2 albums 8. Four [4] albums have done it twice: AM / Arctic Monkeys; Best of the Goon Shows / Goons; King and I / Soundtrack; Look to your Heart / Frank Sinatra - Frank Sinatra 4 times with 3 albums 9. King and I / Soundtrack 4 times - Frank Sinatra 5 times with 4 albums 10. Best of Sellers / Peter Sellers = King and I / Soundtrack 3 times each - Frank Sinatra 4 times with 3 albums 11. Five [5] albums have done it twice: + / Ed Sheeran; Atom Heart Mother / Pink Floyd; Dark Side of the Moon / Pink Floyd; Friends / Shalamar; Rumours / Fleetwood Mac - Pink Floyd 4 times with 2 albums = Take That 4 times with 4 albums 12. Led Zeppelin / Led Zeppelin 4 times - Led Zeppelin 5 times with 2 albums 13. Dark Side of the Moon / Pink Floyd = Rumours / Fleetwood Mac 3 times each - Simon and Garfunkel 5 times with 4 albums 14. Fifteeen [15] albums have done it twice: Abbey Road / Beatles; Abraxas / Santana; After the Goldrush / Neil Young; Alright, still... / Lily Allen; Big Willie Style / Will Smith; Dancing on the Ceiling / Lionel Richie; If You Wait / London Grammar; King of Pop / Michael Jackson; Led Zeppelin / Led Zeppelin; M!sunderstood / P!nk; No Angel / Dido; Older / George Michael; Simply the Best / Tina Turner; Their Greatest Hits 1971-1975 / Eagles; West Side Story / Soundtrack - Beatles 5 times with 4 albums 15. Bat out of Hell / Meat Loaf 5 times - Meat Loaf 5 times with 1 album 16. Sound of Music / Soundtrack 5 times - Elvis Presley 7 times with 6 albums 17. Greatest Hits / Queen 4 times - Beatles 9 times with 6 albums 18. Rumours / Fleetwood Mac 6 times - Ed Sheeran 10 times with 3 albums 19. King and I / Soundtrack = Gold - Greatest Hits / Abba both 6 times each - Abba 12 times with 5 albums 20. Legend / Bob Marley and the Wailers 7 times - Oasis 12 times with 6 albums.

Most times a Number appears in the title of a Top 20 Single 1952-date 1 1 131 2 2 52 3 3 (including "III") 40 4 5 26 5 7 24 6 4 16 7 6 13 8 9 12 9 10 (ten) 10 10 16 8 11 1’000’000 7 12 8 7 13 17 6 14 1’000 5 15 1st 5 16 18 4 17 20 4 18 24 4 19 45 4 20 100 4 Note: "One" or "1" must be numeric - "When You Lose The One You Love" does not count. "4" as a substitute for "for" also does not count.

Most times a Name appears in the title of a Top 20 Single 1952-date 1 John 12 2 Mary 12 3 Joe 10 4 Jack 8 5 Jones 7 6 Tom 7 7 Maria 7 8 Julie 6 9 Jesus 6 10 Johnny 5 11 Jimmy 5 12 Susie 4 13 Jenny 4 14 Sally 4 15 Marie 4 16 Harry 4 17 Jane 4 18 Romeo 4 19 Sheila 4 20 David 4 21 Grace 4 Note: instances of "jack" appearing as a reference to dancing are not included.

Most times a Country or Place appears in the title of a Top 20 Single 1952-date 1 New York 13 2 America 10 3 California 8 4 London 8 5 Paris 7 6 England 6 7 New Orleans 6 8 LA 5 9 Miami 5 10 Africa 4 11 China 4 12 Harlem 4 13 Hollywood 4 14 USA 4 15 (Las) Vegas 3 16 Babylon 3 17 Britain 3 18 Caribbean 3 19 Georgia 3 20 Ibiza 3 21 Jamaica 3 22 Liverpool 3 23 Manhattan 3 24 Memphis 3 25 Tennessee 3 26 Texas 3 27 Tokyo 3

Most versions of each song to reach the Top 20: 1 Unchained melody 7 2 Stranger in paradise 6 3 Ain't nobody / Being nobody 6 4 Little drummer boy 6 5 Everlasting love 6 6 Theme from 'The Threepenny Opera' / Mack the knife 5 7 Let me go lover 5 8 Wishing on a star 5 9 Do they know it's Christmas? 4 10 Can't help falling in love 4 11 It's only make believe 4 12 You'll never walk alone 4 13 Around the world 4 14 I only want to be with you / I only wanna be with you 4 15 Light my fire 4 16 With a little help from my friends 4 17 I will survive 4 18 You've got a friend 4 19 Hey there 4 20 Mr Sandman 4 21 You keep me hanging on / (You keep me) Hanging on / You keep me hangin' on 4 22 Lean on me 4 23 Blame it on the boogie 4 24 Sunny 4 25 Big yellow taxi / Got 'til it's gone 4 26 Swing low sweet chariot / Swing low (run with the ball) 4

Top 20 Singles Solo Artists by greatest age at 1st hit: 1 ** Lou Monte [Louis Scaglione] 94 years old - died aged 72 2 ** Dooley Wilson [Arthur Wilson] 92 - died aged 67 3 John Lee Hooker 80 4 Rainbow [Roy Skelton] 71 5 Stan Boardman 69 6 Sérgio Mendes 65 7 Pigmeat Markham [Dewey Markham] 64 8 ** Red Sovine [Woodrow Sovine] 64 - died aged 63 9 James Newton Howard 63 10 Donald Peers 61 11 Gracie Fields [Grace Stansfield] 59 12 Manuel and the Music of the Mountains [Geoff Love] 59 13 ** Patsy Cline [Virginia Hensley] 59 - died aged 31 14 Charlie Kunz 58 15 Morris Stoloff 58 16 Mel Brooks [Melvin Kaminsky] 58 17 Etta James [Jamesetta Hawkins] 58 18 Ernie Field's Orchestra; B Bumble and the Stingers 56 19 ** Rik Mayall [Richard Mayall] 56 - died aged 56 20 Duke Ellington [Edward Ellington] 55 21 Luciano Pavarotti 55 22 Gordon Haskell 55 ** Deceased at the time of 1st hit Top 20 Singles Solo Artists by youngest age at 1st hit: 1 Little Jimmy Osmond 9 2 Claire And Friends [Claire Usher] 9 3 Aaron Carter 10 4 Willow (Smith) 10 5 Lena Zavaroni 11 6 Michael Jackson (solo) 12 7 Laurie London 13 8 Neil Reid 13 9 Michael Ward [aka Michael Sayzer now] 13 10 Jimmy Boyd 14 11 Frankie Lymon [Franklin Lymon] 14 12 Marie Osmond [Olive Osmond] 14 13 Stacy Lattisaw (Jackson) 14 14 Kaci (Battaglia) 14 15 Lil' Bow Wow; Bow Wow [shad Moss] 14 16 JoJo [Joanna Levesque] 14 17 Jackie Dennis 15 18 Helen Shapiro 15 19 Hayley Mills 15 20 Donny Osmond 15 21 Aled Jones 15 22 Ralph Tresvant 15 23 Aaliyah (Haughton) 15 24 Lisa Roxanne (Naraine) 15 25 Mutya Buena [Rosa Buena] 15 26 Birdy [Jasmine van den Bogaerde] 15 27 Gabz [Ash Gray] 15

Countries represented by all Top 20 Singles artists: 1 England 1’894 2 United States of America 1’599 3 Scotland 152 4 Canada 95 5 Australia 81 6 Germany 80 7 Netherlands 71 8 Ireland 71 9 Italy 71 10 Jamaica 68 11 Wales 63 12 Sweden 61 13 France 50 14 Northern Ireland 26 15 Belgium 21 16 Denmark 17 17 Norway 14 18 Spain 13 19 Austria 10 20 New Zealand 10 21 Israel 10 22 Nigeria 10 23 Brazil 10 102 Countries have been represented in all with a total of 4,663 Artists.

So that means England have a 1 in 7 chance of winning the World Cup? Sounds about right...

Thank you for doing this.

Every 1,000th Single to reach the Top 20: 1,000 And the heavens cried Anthony Newley 6 peak 1961 2,000 Darlin' Beach Boys 11 1968 3,000 Summer breeze Isley Brothers 16 1974 4,000 Don't stop 'til you get enough Michael Jackson 3 1979 5,000 Footloose Kenny Loggins 6 1984 6,000 Fine time New Order 11 1988 7,000 Womankind Little Angels 12 1993 8,000 Born slippy Underworld 2 1996 9,000 Taboo Glamma Kid 10 1999 10,000 Flowers in the window Travis 18 2002 11,000 Sometimes you can't make it on your own U2 1 2005 12,000 Boom boom pow Black Eyed Peas 1 2009 13,000 Chandelier Sia 6 2014 14,000 Jail Kanye West 11 2021 Note: re-issues of the same song by the same artist are treated as re-entries and not new entries - this applies particularly to Elvis Presley and Michael Jackson. Every 1,000th Album to reach the Top 20: 1,000 Nilsson, Schmilsson Nilsson 4 peak 1972 2,000 Sounds sensational Bert Kaempfert 17 1980 3,000 Darklands Jesus and Mary Chain 5 1987 4,000 James Last plays Andrew Lloyd-Webber James Last 12 1993 5,000 Can’t take me home P!nk 13 2000 6,000 Very best of Roy Orbison 20 2006 7,000 Battleground Wanted 5 2011 8,000 Blossoms Blossoms 1 2016 9,000 Tea for the tillerman 2 Cat Stevens 4 2020

Primary. I do not include "featured" but I do include "and", "with". A degree of subjectivity is required: even with "and" if one of the artists has never been in the Top 20 before, the credit goes to the one that has; if both are virgins, they both get credited as a duet. It's a system that isn't necessarily right or wrong, it's only to be consistent. So, no, by this reckoning, Rihanna has never had 3 songs simultaneously in the Top 20 singles chart - but plenty of time with two - as above.

Built a room on the end of the house: 16ft x 6ft x 9ft high with bespoke shelves constructed exactly to contain shellac (collection mainly of jazz from the 30's and 40's) LPs, 10inch, singles, cassettes and CDs. Shellac: 746 LPs: 11,430 - 9,525 reached the Top 20 (includes Cassettes and CDs) 10inch: 214 Singles: 16,273 - 14,150 reached the Top 20 (includes Cassettes and CDs) Cassettes: 1,060 CDs: 2,424 Note: there is duplication between the LPs and CDs because of collections given or otherwise acquired at auctions etc. - estimate some 400.

Every Top 20 Single since 1952, every Top 20 Album since 1958, except those that have never been released physically - telling for a friend of course, who started collecting in August 1964 with The Beatles' Hard Day's Night single and Donovan's Universal Soldier album in September 1967.

Artists with the most re-entries into the Top 20 Singles chart: 1 Elvis Presley 40 2 Michael Jackson 18 3 Ed Sheeran 18 4 Pogues 17 5 Mariah Carey 16 6 Adele 10 7 Nat King Cole 9 8 David Whitfield 9 9 Coldplay 9 10 Wham! 9 11 Weeknd 9 12 Johnnie Ray 8 13 Harry Styles 8 14 Ariana Grande 8 15 Eddie Fisher 7 16 Bill Haley and his Comets 7 17 Jim Reeves 7 18 Frankie goes to Hollwood 7 19 Lewis Capaldi 7 20 John Lennon 7 21 Michael Bublé 7 22 Brenda Lee 7 A total of 694 different artists have had at least 1 re-entry, most recently Cian Ducrot Artists with the most re-entries into the Top 20 Albums chart: 1 Beatles 60 times 14 different albums 2 Simon and Garfunkel 53 8 3 Frank Sinatra 49 21 4 Elvis Presley 47 21 5 Fleetwood Mac 45 9 6 Elton John 43 14 7 Abba 42 7 8 Oasis 40 9 9 Ed Sheeran 36 4 10 David Bowie 34 13 11 Michael Jackson 34 12 12 Bob Dylan 31 10 13 Queen 31 7 14 Led Zeppelin 30 11 15 Pink Floyd 28 10 16 Bob Marley and the Wailers 28 2 17 Jim Reeves 27 12 18 Take That 27 9 19 Rod Stewart 24 11 20 Meat Loaf 24 4 21 King and I (Soundtrack) 24 1 A total of 1,144 different artists have had at least 1 re-entry, most recently D-Block Europe

The Top 20 artists for combined Top 20 Albums and Singles entries: 1 Elvis Presley 68 Albums 81 Singles 149 Combined 2 Cliff Richard 43 66 109 3 Madonna 25 64 89 4 David Bowie 47 34 81 5 Elton John 39 39 78 6 Status Quo 35 37 72 7 Rolling Stones 43 28 71 8 Rod Stewart 41 30 71 9 Frank Sinatra 45 21 66 10 Queen 28 37 65 11 Kylie Minogue 23 42 65 12 Bob Dylan 54 10 64 13 Paul McCartney 33 30 63 14 Iron Maiden 37 25 62 15 Michael Jackson 19 41 60 16 Beatles 29 29 58 17 U2 20 37 57 18 Pet Shop Boys 19 38 57 19 Prince 24 30 54 20 Depeche Mode 18 34 52 Cliff Richard and the Shadows rank No 32 with a combined 42 entries... 5,581 artists have had at least 1 Top 20 Album or Single.

The Top 20 Artists by total number 1's and total weeks at No 1 on the Singles and Albums charts combined (with Albums acting as tie-breakers) 1 Beatles 2 Elvis Presley 3 Abba 4 Madonna 5 Rolling Stones 6 Take That 7 Rod Stewart 8 Ed Sheeran 9 Michael Jackson 10 Robbie Williams 11 Eminem 12 David Bowie 13 Kylie Minogue 14 Cliff Richard and the Shadows 15 Queen 16 Westlife 17 Oasis 18 Shadows 19 Lady Gaga 20 Elton John Note that Cliff Richard solo ranks No 26: combined with Cliff Richard and the Shadows, he would be No 5 on this list ahead of the Rolling Stones by the smallest possible margin. And the Shadows would be just ahead of Cliff Richard on the same basis. A total of 1,183 artists have reached No 1 on either the Albums (1958-) or Singles (1952-) chart or both.

The number of calendar years in which the artists have featured in the Top 20 Singles chart: 1 Cliff Richard 41 years 2 Elton John 31 3 Mariah Carey 31 4 Elvis Presley 30 5 Madonna 24 6 Status Quo 23 7 David Bowie 22 8 Michael Jackson 22 9 Rolling Stones 21 10 Paul McCartney 21 11 Rod Stewart 21 12 Pogues 21 13 Queen 19 14 Iron Maiden 19 15 U2 19 16 Pet Shop Boys 19 17 Kylie Minogue 19 18 UB 40 17 19 Shakin' Stevens 17 20 Depeche Mode 17 4,663 different artists have reached the Top 20 singles since 1952. The number of calendar years in which the artists have featured in the Top 20 Albums chart: 1 Elton John 43 2 Rod Stewart 43 3 Cliff Richard 42 4 Beatles 41 5 Rolling Stones 41 6 Elvis Presley 40 7 Bob Dylan 40 8 Paul McCartney 35 9 Queen 35 10 Eric Clapton 32 11 Status Quo 31 12 Pink Floyd 30 13 David Bowie 30 14 Who 29 15 Bruce Springsteen 28 16 Madonna 28 17 Frank Sinatra 27 18 Fleetwood Mac 27 19 Michael Jackson 27 20 Neil Young 26 21 Iron Maiden 26 22 Daniel O'Donnell 26 2,672 different artists have reached the Top 20 albums since 1958.