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the original first week sale for Whatever was 134k and the correct conversion calculation is 100/12.72*17

I think Olly Murs is one of the better acts to come out of X Factor, most of the others with the excemption maybe of Leona lewis is pretty rubbish.

John Travolta will join the likes of The Beatles, John Lennon, Madonna, Frankie Goes To Hollywood in having the top two singles of the week, with Your The One and Sandy!

For any younger readers. Vinyls are those big black discs that dont fit into your CD player! :P

Im not keen on Vienna either, but I wouldnt go as far as to say I prefer Shaddup Your Face over it! Dancing With Tears In My Eyes is my fave Ultravox single.

It may happen, without their ever being a significant event or death to spark it off. At the rate some songs sell on download they could do it eventually. Boh Rhap or a christmas song like Last Xmas selling say on average a couple of thousand a week, will surpass 5 million eventually.

Shooting Stars maybe wasnt one of David Courtney's best songs, Dollars follow up Who Were You With In The Moonlight was better I thought! Unertones nice song but now it has a habit of reminding me of One Direction argh!!

1,359 people have downloaded Overload by Sugababes so far this year!

Colorado- they're not a million miles away from Chicago... :lol

I have read that there was a UK R&B chart published starting in 1965 (apparently, Otis Redding had two singles in the top ten). Does anyone know anything more about them, which paper carried these charts and if they are available or does anyone have them?

Summer Night City is a forgotten gem, so much so they didnt even put it on their Gold Greatest Hits compilation..

I dont mind it if old songs re chart. Its not like its a new thing. Old songs were always being re issued and being hits again long before downloads.

isnt this a cover version? I'm sure someone else has had thios out before?..

Amazingly, according to Wiki, it wasnt Mr Arthur Mullard's first time in the recording studio, he had been recording albums since the 1960's destroying such classics as Yesterday and I Only Have Eyes For You! Can you imagine if he was still alive, him auditioning for Simon Cowell on one of his shows :rofl:

Very interesting! Thanks for sharing.

Like the website! Love these kind of lists. Many years ago when the now sadly defunct British Hit Singles used to be published annually, and it was under its original authors Paul Gambccini, Tim Rice & Johnathan Rice they used to print loads of lists and feats like these and the ones your blog, in the back of their book.

Miles Kane- Come Closer . How on earth this never managed to make the top 75, I'll never know!

A personal fave Who song of mine - Pictures Of Lily

Not sure if everyone is celebrating to quickly, they discovered Chartstats and look what happened to that...:unsure:

Maggies farm by The Specials is a bob dylan cover too. I love Dreadlock Holiday, one of my fave songs by 10cc along with The Dean & I and Silly Love

Oh this should be interesting. Thanks for doing :D C...I'm guessing will be the Carpenters?..

Love the Foriegner song, much better than their number one. Just reading, didn't realise that Renaissence was formed by ex Yardbirds Keith Relf & Jim McCarty in 1970, even though by 1978 the line-up had completley changed.

I have never really got into the song Its Only Make Believe in any version..

Dave, do you have total sales numbers for these two number ones ? Status Quo Down Down Tymes Ms Grace Using the figures posted by You and Brian here and on Haven. Every number one between 1970 and 1988 sold about 300,000 or more (except two) The only ones I dont have figures for are the ones Ive mentioned above.

My faves from the list 1 YOU GOT THE LOVE 97 Source/ Candi Staton 6 HALO Texas 10 PUT YOUR ARMS AROUND ME Texas 12 WHAT DO YOU WANT FROM ME Monaco 13 PERFECT DAY Lou Reed & friends 14 LUCKY MAN Verve 17 BLACK EYED BOY Texas 22 I WANT YOU Savage Garden 26 DON'T LET GO En Vogue 30 LAZY DAYS Robbie Williams 35 ALL I WANNA DO Dannii 42 DON'T SPEAK No Doubt 44 ELEGANTLY WASTED INXS 47 WALTZING ALONG James 63 SONG 2 Blur 70 LOVEFOOL Cardigans 71 RICHARD III Supergrass 72 SUMMERTIME Sundays 76 SHE'S A STAR James 78 DROP DEAD GORGEOUS Republica 98 SUGAR COATED ICEBERG Lightning Seeds 100 HUSH Kula Shaker