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I would be surprised if Flash was in there, apart from that it looks about right. My fave Queen era is the Miracle album. I want It all, Breakthru (one of their best songs imo) Invisable man, Headlonmg etc. None of those will probably be in the chart :(

I think also with the huge popularity in club culture, has given way to the demise of the ballad. Years ago a slow song was played at the end of the school disco, but clubs dont tend to go in for that kind of thing

I think it helps if when an artist release a ballad, they also make it available with remixes, I know that is why a lot of ballads were successful in the 90's like Celine Dion and Toni Braxton, the cd singles came with remixes as extra tracks

I think they have dramatically reduced since the demise of Boyzone and Westlife :lol:

Not as good this week, Dana and Cats were dreadful. Brain teaser: what do these no.1 acts have in common Johnny Kidd /Pirates, Dr Hook & Gabrielle?

The music from my teens will always mean more to me than anything else, but I don't tend to think of music as being 'my era' or ' my time', for me theres just good music and bad music. Whether it be from the 60's or from now .

:o at Aint No Other Man being so low

Another good show this week. Legs & Co looked as if they had slept in for TOTP and didnt have time to get dressed before coming to the studio :o But I'm not complaining :D For those who like facts, Matumbi included Dennis Bovell, also a songwriter/producer who wrote and produced the lovers rock hit Silly Games by Janet Kay.

Perfect Day was excellent, probably more so because the Lou Reed version, although a classic was not exactly firmly in the pop mould. Whereas covering a Beach Boys pop classic, although good it is considerably weaker than their last effort. Will it get to no.1... God Only Knows! Sorryy couldnt resist.

From the Tourist onwards was great! For those interested the 8 previous acts to have their first two hits goto no.1 were 1 Stargazers 2 Tennessee Ernie Ford 3 Adam Faith 4 Gerry & The Pacemakers 5 Mungo Jerry 6 Rod Stewart (Reason To Believe peaked at 19 - however this was the b side of maggie May, which is the same single.) 7 John Travolta 8 Art Garfunkel Not as you may expect, no Beatles, Elvis, Rolling Stones, Slade or any other major chart acts that may first come to mind. 9 Gary Numan

It Mustve Been Love - Roxette You Got The Love - Source

Hooked on a feeling is such a good tune, I first became aware of it when Tarrantino used the Blue Swede version on the soundtrack to the Resiviour Dogs. It was written by Mark James who famously wrote a ton of hits for Elvis including Suspicuos Minds, Always On My Mind, Moody Blue etc.

1981 saw the rise of electro pop synth bands like Human League, Soft Cell etc 1979 saw the first major Rap hit (Rappers Delight Suharhill Gang 1987 saw hip hop music start to make major inroads into the charts and also saw House music start to become hugely popular 2005 X Factor acts started hitting the top of the charts :lol:

Humperdinck had plenty of Hits LbWDb2n8YMM

Of the ones I'm familiar with 06 Oh L'amour 03 Sometimes 08 It Doesn't Have To Be 08 Victim Of Love 07 Ship Of Fools 07 Chains Of Love 05 A Little Respect 07 Stop! 11 Drama! 10 You Surround Me 09 Blue Savannah 10 Star 10 Chorus 08 Love To Hate You 07 Am I Right? 05 Breath Of Life 10 Lay All Your Love On Me 08 Take A Chance On Me 07 Voulez Vous 01 Always 08 Run To The Sun 10 I Love Saturday

Mostly all Duane eddy hits

Sounds a bit like the charts today :P

Propaganda Heaven Give Me Words was a great pop song, not only dont you hear it on the radio but it didnt do very well in the charts either..

talking about the weather, I can't believe according to the list we havent had this great band yet, Weather With You links nicely to the song above but instead I have chosen this one from 1996. AKvZNwnkGcc

yes, post them up. 1990 was a great year for music!

Well if cliff is found guilty of anything then thats goodbye totps he was never out of the charts between 64 and 06

Radiohead No Surprises, is a surprise to me to be listed in guitar riffs. I'm not sure any of Radiohead songs have guitar riffs..

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Black Grape had an album out called its great when your straight. rILoQxIZgD8

Ive been chart watching for 26 years, but of more recent less obsessed about chart facts - like longest stays at no.1 (not that we get any anymore anyhow..) and sales figures and more pop historian/chart fan. I kind of agree with Popchartfreak we need a movement of some sort and there needs to be a greater variety of genres in the charts.