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I can’t find any info at all about this one. Anybody know anything about it? The Emotions - Killing Me Softly With His Song (SILVER)

Yes these will be PDF files emailed. I am not in a position to offer printed sadly.

That is currently the plan.

I am delighted to announce the launch of a new book series – 70 Years Of The UK Singles Charts. This will be a subscription series, where each volume covers a full calendar year with one each from 1952 to 2022. The first issue – 1952 – is launched to subscribers on 1 February 2022, with the final issue arriving in June 2023 (covering the charts for 2022). In December 2018 I began to rebuild my database with precisely this anniversary in mind and now, three years later, the database is ready to launch the series. After 70 years and almost 60,000 charting records (in the full Top 200 where appropriate) this year’s anniversary is a point I was never going to miss. Each issue will include a full chart history for that year, but will also include a wealth of other information derived from the database. Each book includes some brand new information, never before calculated in this level of detail. Chart History As appropriate, chart rule changes are highlighted. It’s not always easy to know what was and was not allowed and sometimes odd records appear and then vanish, so this section will bring together as much information as possible about how the charts were compiled at the time. Milestones These are a listing of the important chart changes, such as frozen weeks, chart size changes, etc. Chart Age A new metric, looking at the average age of each week’s chart. This is found by adding up the weeks on chart column and dividing by how many records are present. This has been calculated to answer the question ‘What is the age of this week’s chart?’ and ‘Is this the youngest/oldest chart?’ Only the Top 130 and Bottom 130 chart weeks are shown as we have about 3650 chart weeks from 1952 to 2022 . Number 1’s Number 1 lists are always shown in books about the UK charts, but this listing is different as it will showcase an image of the record cover for the first time. The Top 500 Artists One of the things I enjoyed twenty years ago was buying the new Guinness Book Of British Hit Singles and looking at where my favourite artists had moved to in the list of Top artists. Each issue will present a list of the artists and their ranking to date, with where the artist was on the previous years’ listing. Equally, from 1960 decade listings will be presented showing where the artists line up per decade. Full Chart History As usual, the full chart history will be presented in alphabetical order by artist showing entry date, weeks on chart, peak position, title, composers, b-side, label, catalogue number and duration. From 1973 the BPI awards will also be shown. Full listings showcase all re-entries, even if the record only dropped off the chart for one week. The Annual This is a listing of the records by peak position within the year, and shows all records that charted during the calendar year. This listing type has been created for the USA, but not for the UK. Weekly Charts The full weekly charts are presented here, so that readers can see in full the accurate and complete charts for each week. The Hit Log This is also something never before published – a listing of all records to chart but in the order in which they first entered the charts, together with a picture of the entry. BPI Awards (from 1973) The BPI began listing awards for records from 1973 and these are now listed alongside the chart entries and weekly charts, showing the highest award granted to that point. A listing is also presented of the awards by award date here, using the best available information to assign full details to the records. Sample A sample of the 1953 volume - with low quality images to reduce file size - is attached here. https://www.thechartbook.co.uk/wp-content/u...lectedPages.pdf Purchasing There are numerous ways to purchase: First, you can become a subscriber and pay £10 a month for 15 months to receive the full set of issues and 8 free gifts at various points (See below). https://www.thechartbook.co.uk/70-years-of-...singles-charts/ Free Gifts! At the end of each decade subscribers to that decade will receive a copy of the decade series book associated with that decade at no extra cost. At the end of the full series, a single volume book will be produced that will cover all the charts from 1952 through to 2022, in the same format as the Decade Series. More Purchasing Options You can also purchase a set of issues (broken down by decade). Each decade costs £25 (1950’s decade costs £20 and the final ‘decade’ of 2020, 2021 and 2022 costs £7.50) and subscribers will get a free gift at the end of their decade subscription (Subscribers to the 2020 Decade set will not get a free gift for those three years). Finally, you can opt to purchase individual years at £4 each. These do not come with any free gifts. Individually By Decade By Subscribing Total Cost £280 £177.50 £150 (And 7 free gifts). (And 8 free gifts) SAVING £102.50! SAVING £130 over buying individually! Subscribers pay roughly £2.14 per issue if they subscribe for the full set, a 46% saving! You can pre-order each volume now, via the website https://www.thechartbook.co.uk/70-years-of-...singles-charts/ Pre-Order by Decade The 1950’s (Covering 1952-1959) (Costs £20 and consists of 8 issues released weekly – issue dates in the table below – and free gift of the Decade Series volume for this decade.) The 1960’s (Covering 1960-1969) (Costs £25 and consists of 10 issues released weekly – issue dates in the table below – and free gift of the Decade Series volume for this decade.) The 1970’s (Covering 1970-1979) (Costs £25 and consists of 10 issues released weekly – issue dates in the table below – and free gift of the Decade Series volume for this decade.) The 1980’s (Covering 1980-1989) (Costs £25 and consists of 10 issues released weekly – issue dates in the table below – and free gift of the Decade Series volume for this decade.) The 1990’s (Covering 1990-1999) (Costs £25 and consists of 10 issues released weekly – issue dates in the table below – and free gift of the Decade Series volume for this decade.) The 2000’s (Covering 2000-2009) (Costs £25 and consists of 10 issues released weekly – issue dates in the table below – and free gift of the Decade Series volume for this decade.) The 2010’s (Covering 2010-2019) (Costs £25 and consists of 10 issues released weekly – issue dates in the table below – and free gift of the Decade Series volume for this decade.) The 2020’s (Covering 2020-2022) (Costs £7.50 and consists of 3 issues released weekly – issue dates in the table below) https://www.thechartbook.co.uk/70-years-of-...singles-charts/ Anticipated Release Date Year 01-Feb-22 1952 08-Feb-22 1953 15-Feb-22 1954 22-Feb-22 1955 01-Mar-22 1956 08-Mar-22 1957 15-Mar-22 1958 22-Mar-22 1959 29-Mar-22 1960 05-Apr-22 1961 12-Apr-22 1962 19-Apr-22 1963 26-Apr-22 1964 03-May-22 1965 10-May-22 1966 17-May-22 1967 24-May-22 1968 31-May-22 1969 07-Jun-22 1970 14-Jun-22 1971 21-Jun-22 1972 28-Jun-22 1973 05-Jul-22 1974 12-Jul-22 1975 19-Jul-22 1976 26-Jul-22 1977 02-Aug-22 1978 09-Aug-22 1979 16-Aug-22 1980 23-Aug-22 1981 30-Aug-22 1982 06-Sep-22 1983 13-Sep-22 1984 20-Sep-22 1985 27-Sep-22 1986 04-Oct-22 1987 11-Oct-22 1988 18-Oct-22 1989 25-Oct-22 1990 01-Nov-22 1991 08-Nov-22 1992 15-Nov-22 1993 22-Nov-22 1994 29-Nov-22 1995 06-Dec-22 1996 13-Dec-22 1997 20-Dec-22 1998 27-Dec-22 1999 03-Jan-23 2000 10-Jan-23 2001 17-Jan-23 2002 24-Jan-23 2003 31-Jan-23 2004 07-Feb-23 2005 14-Feb-23 2006 21-Feb-23 2007 28-Feb-23 2008 07-Mar-23 2009 14-Mar-23 2010 21-Mar-23 2011 28-Mar-23 2012 04-Apr-23 2013 11-Apr-23 2014 18-Apr-23 2015 25-Apr-23 2016 02-May-23 2017 09-May-23 2018 16-May-23 2019 23-May-23 2020 30-May-23 2021 06-Jun-23 2022 https://www.thechartbook.co.uk/70-years-of-...singles-charts/ Do please ask any questions!

You're right, just 7, 9 and 10 to get the full Top 10 run. She only needs 15 for a full run of 11-20, and 26 for a full run 21-30 - so she is 5 positions away from a full Top 30 (I know this is Top 10 in this thread!). I suspect she might get 7 this year, given that a lot of new Christmas songs are combining and could de-thrown, looking at the current mid weeks. Falling down this year might also get a good shot at 9 or 10 - Christmas music would be streamed on 24, 25 and 26 Dec for the chart announced 31 Dec, and so others could stream more in those days to push it down the chart enough to stay Top 10 and not leave.... but we shall see!

Music Week printed it at one stage, and so most can be found, but the ones I can't find relate to 1984.

He wasn’t swear it was down. His ISP changed database settings and he will fix tonight. OCC have not said he has to take it down.

This is a very interesting one. Up to and including the current chart, I have 35620 entries making the Top 75. I caveat with that in that each entry gets it's own TrackID, so it's this which has been the "link" to sort this out. 16537 entries (14 Nov 1952 to 3 Apr 2021) have climbed from their entry position. Entry Year of record - Amount that then climbed with that year of entry 1952 - 11 1953 - 53 1954 - 61 1955 - 100 1956 - 141 1957 - 134 1958 - 142 1959 - 142 1960 - 213 1961 - 245 1962 - 236 1963 - 246 1964 - 249 1965 - 265 1966 - 282 1967 - 250 1968 - 240 1969 - 229 1970 - 215 1971 - 216 1972 - 249 1973 - 240 1974 - 293 1975 - 333 1976 - 334 1977 - 333 1978 - 405 1979 - 489 1980 - 522 1981 - 520 1982 - 535 1983 - 529 1984 - 498 1985 - 495 1986 - 517 1987 - 520 1988 - 558 1989 - 519 1990 - 546 1991 - 491 1992 - 470 1993 - 340 1994 - 246 1995 - 136 1996 - 54 1997 - 27 1998 - 20 1999 - 23 2000 - 16 2001 - 11 2002 - 12 2003 - 14 2004 - 12 2005 - 21 2006 - 215 2007 - 266 2008 - 219 2009 - 172 2010 - 140 2011 - 148 2012 - 136 2013 - 129 2014 - 100 2015 - 111 2016 - 166 2017 - 171 2018 - 184 2019 - 190 2020 - 158 2021 - 34 Specifically in the range you mention we have 189 entries. I have also included 2005 in the below as it was a very low year for this. Entry - Peak - EntryPos - Wks - Artist - Title 1996-01-06 - 15 - 17 - 7 - The Presidents Of The United States Of America - Lump 1996-01-06 - 20 - 31 - 6 - Dreadzone - Little Britain 1996-01-06 - 40 - 49 - 5 - Paul Carrack - Eyes Of Blue 1996-01-20 - 11 - 35 - 7 - Upside Down - Change Your Mind 1996-01-27 - 2 - 4 - 14 - 3T - Anything 1996-01-27 - 7 - 23 - 6 - Meat Loaf - Not A Dry Eye In The House 1996-01-27 - 15 - 21 - 6 - Ace Of Base - Beautiful Life 1996-02-03 - 6 - 12 - 14 - Technohead - I Wanna Be A Hippy 1996-02-03 - 17 - 20 - 6 - E-Motion - The Naughty North And The Sexy South 1996-02-03 - 30 - 31 - 4 - Brandy - Sittin' Up In My Room 1996-02-24 - 5 - 15 - 18 - Gabrielle - Give Me A Little More Time 1996-02-24 - 2 - 3 - 18 - Robert Miles - Children 1996-03-02 - 54 - 55 - 2 - Lenny Kravitz - Can't Get You Off My Mind 1996-03-09 - 7 - 12 - 6 - Bon Jovi - These Days 1996-03-09 - 15 - 18 - 6 - Queen - Too Much Love Will Kill You 1996-03-16 - 17 - 18 - 6 - Louise - In Walked Love 1996-03-16 - 1 - 6 - 24 - Mark Morrison - Return Of The Mack 1996-04-06 - 15 - 20 - 5 - Baby D - Take Me To Heaven 1996-04-06 - 32 - 34 - 5 - Paul Carrack - How Long? 1996-04-06 - 41 - 49 - 4 - Simply Red And White - Daydream Believer 1996-04-06 - 13 - 14 - 7 - Coolio - 1,2,3,4 (Sumpin' New) 1996-04-06 - 14 - 15 - 8 - Kadoc - The Nighttrain 1996-04-06 - 1 - 6 - 25 - Gina G - Ooh Aah... Just A Little Bit 1996-04-13 - 4 - 33 - 19 - Suggs featuring Louchie Lou And Michie One - Cecilia 1996-05-04 - 4 - 23 - 17 - The Tony Rich Project - Nobody Knows 1996-05-04 - 6 - 8 - 15 - 1996 Manchester United FA Cup Squad - Move Move Move (The Red Tribe) 1996-05-04 - 17 - 18 - 5 - Def Leppard - Slang 1996-05-11 - 29 - 70 - 7 - Spacehog - In The Meantime 1996-05-18 - 4 - 7 - 13 - JX - There's Nothing I Won't Do 1996-05-18 - 7 - 8 - 6 - The Smashing Pumpkins - Tonight, Tonight 1996-06-01 - 2 - 64 - 19 - Los Del Rio - Macarena 1996-06-01 - 2 - 3 - 18 - Peter Andre featuring Bubbler Ranx - Mysterious Girl 1996-06-01 - 5 - 9 - 16 - Celine Dion - Because You Loved Me 1996-06-08 - 14 - 15 - 10 - Space - Female Of The Species 1996-06-08 - 43 - 66 - 7 - Los Del Mar - Macarena 1996-06-22 - 53 - 64 - 2 - Sting - Live At TFI Friday EP 1996-07-06 - 1 - 55 - 15 - Deep Blue Something - Breakfast At Tiffany's 1996-07-20 - 5 - 22 - 16 - OMC - How Bizarre 1996-07-20 - 1 - 3 - 26 - Spice Girls - Wannabe 1996-08-03 - 14 - 15 - 10 - Alisha's Attic - I Am, I Feel 1996-08-10 - 16 - 17 - 8 - East 17 - Someone To Love 1996-08-24 - 10 - 13 - 8 - Bryan Adams - Let's Make A Night To Remember 1996-08-24 - 28 - 39 - 6 - Maxwell - Ascension, No-One's Gonna Love You, So Don't Ever Wonder 1996-09-07 - 5 - 34 - 14 - Donna Lewis - I Love You Always Forever 1996-09-14 - 1 - 2 - 12 - Fugees - Ready Or Not 1996-09-28 - 3 - 4 - 9 - BBE - Flash / Seven Days And One Week 1996-09-28 - 25 - 26 - 5 - Daniel O'Donnell - Footsteps / My Forever Friend 1996-10-05 - 3 - 6 - 14 - Celine Dion - It's All Coming Back To Me Now 1996-10-12 - 5 - 6 - 9 - The Beautiful South - Rotterdam 1996-11-02 - 2 - 4 - 19 - Toni Braxton - Un-Break My Heart 1996-11-16 - 3 - 6 - 17 - Robert Miles featuring Maria Nayler - One And One 1996-11-16 - 25 - 30 - 8 - Jimmy Nail - Country Boy 1996-11-16 - 5 - 7 - 14 - The Woolpackers - Hillbilly Rock Hillbilly Roll / Linedancing 1996-12-21 - 13 - 17 - 13 - Whitney Houston - Step By Step 1997-01-11 - 1 - 2 - 10 - Tori Amos - Professional Widow (It's Got To Be Big) 1997-01-18 - 3 - 7 - 10 - Texas - Say What You Want 1997-01-18 - 2 - 10 - 15 - No Mercy - Where Do You Go 1997-02-01 - 8 - 9 - 13 - The Blue Boy - Remember Me 1997-03-29 - 1 - 2 - 17 - R. Kelly - I Believe I Can Fly 1997-04-05 - 4 - 6 - 17 - DJ Quicksilver - Bellissima / I Have A Dream 1997-04-19 - 4 - 7 - 14 - Shola Ama - You Might Need Somebody 1997-05-03 - 2 - 4 - 13 - The Cardigans - Lovefool 1997-05-10 - 3 - 50 - 12 - Katrina And The Waves - Love Shine A Light 1997-05-17 - 22 - 26 - 5 - Suggs And Co featuring The Chelsea Team - Blue Day 1997-06-14 - 4 - 5 - 17 - Ultra Naté - Free 1997-07-05 - 23 - 36 - 5 - Lil' Kim - Crush On You 1997-07-19 - 2 - 4 - 14 - Gala - Freed From Desire 1997-08-09 - 32 - 53 - 3 - Jewel - You Were Meant For Me 1997-09-20 - 13 - 14 - 8 - Sly And Robbie featuring Simply Red - Night Nurse 1997-09-27 - 29 - 35 - 4 - Chris de Burgh - So Beautiful 1997-09-27 - 47 - 61 - 2 - JDS - Nine Ways 1997-09-27 - 33 - 37 - 5 - Third Eye Blind - Semi-Charmed Life 1997-10-18 - 9 - 11 - 8 - The Brand New Heavies - You've Got A Friend 1997-10-18 - 11 - 12 - 9 - Clock - U Sexy Thing / Megamix 1997-10-25 - 1 - 2 - 26 - Aqua - Barbie Girl 1997-11-22 - 14 - 75 - 8 - Vanilla - No Way No Way 1997-11-22 - 14 - 18 - 17 - Steps - 5, 6, 7, 8 1997-11-22 - 1 - 3 - 24 - All Saints - Never Ever 1997-11-29 - 18 - 56 - 5 - The Jungle Brothers - Jungle Brother 1997-12-13 - 4 - 7 - 27 - Robbie Williams - Angels 1997-12-20 - 49 - 52 - 4 - Maureen Rees - Driving In My Car 1998-01-10 - 4 - 5 - 14 - The Lighthouse Family - High 1998-02-21 - 63 - 70 - 3 - Run DMC vs Jason Nevins - It's Like That 1998-04-25 - 1 - 3 - 17 - The Tamperer featuring Maya - Feel It 1998-05-02 - 4 - 9 - 18 - The Mavericks - Dance The Night Away 1998-05-09 - 15 - 60 - 7 - Imaani - Where Are You 1998-05-23 - 3 - 5 - 12 - Lutricia McNeal - Stranded 1998-05-23 - 8 - 13 - 11 - Bus Stop featuring Carl Douglas - Kung Fu Fighting 1998-06-06 - 2 - 3 - 17 - Mousse T Vs Hot 'N' Juicy - Horny 1998-06-27 - 8 - 9 - 11 - Karen Ramirez - Looking For Love 1998-06-27 - 2 - 3 - 20 - Pras Michel featuring Ol' Dirty B*stard And Introducing Mya - Ghetto Supastar (That Is What You Are) 1998-07-04 - 20 - 26 - 5 - Wimbledon Choral Society - World Cup '98 - Pavane By Faure 1998-08-01 - 55 - 74 - 3 - Stardust - Music Sounds Better With You 1998-08-22 - 5 - 7 - 12 - Sweetbox - Everything's Gonna Be Alright 1998-09-05 - 4 - 5 - 12 - Honeyz - Finally Found 1998-09-12 - 4 - 12 - 28 - Aerosmith - I Don't Want To Miss A Thing 1998-11-21 - 1 - 2 - 30 - Steps - Heartbeat / Tragedy 1998-12-19 - 22 - 29 - 23 - Bing Crosby - White Christmas 1998-12-26 - 47 - 52 - 3 - MOBO Allstars - Ain't No Stopping Us Now 1998-12-26 - 1 - 2 - 13 - Chef - Chocolate Salty Balls (PS I Love You) 1998-12-26 - 48 - 49 - 3 - Alberta - Yoyo Boy 1999-04-03 - 3 - 7 - 19 - TLC - No Scrubs 1999-04-10 - 2 - 3 - 16 - Phats And Small - Turn Around 1999-05-22 - 47 - 73 - 5 - ATB - 9pm (Till I Come) 1999-07-10 - 21 - 22 - 6 - Sporty Thievz - No Pigeons 1999-07-31 - 2 - 4 - 16 - DJ Jurgen Presents Alice Deejay - Better Off Alone 1999-08-07 - 31 - 74 - 4 - Lou Bega - Mambo No 5 (A Little Bit Of...) 1999-08-21 - 39 - 61 - 5 - Eiffel 65 - Blue (Da Ba Dee) 1999-09-11 - 50 - 75 - 5 - Christina Aguilera - Genie In A Bottle 1999-09-11 - 57 - 63 - 2 - Ann Lee - 2 Times 1999-09-25 - 24 - 25 - 9 - Andrea Bocelli - Canto Della Terra 1999-10-09 - 6 - 10 - 22 - Macy Gray - I Try 1999-10-16 - 57 - 64 - 2 - R. Kelly - If I Could Turn Back The Hands Of Time 1999-10-30 - 2 - 3 - 19 - R. Kelly - If I Could Turn Back The Hands Of Time 1999-11-27 - 1 - 2 - 16 - Cliff Richard - The Millennium Prayer 1999-12-04 - 4 - 5 - 15 - Alice Deejay - Back In My Life 1999-12-18 - 31 - 32 - 9 - TLC - Dear Lie 1999-12-25 - 4 - 8 - 6 - Mr Hankey - Mr. Hankey The Christmas Poo 1999-12-25 - 36 - 39 - 4 - Europe - The Final Countdown 2000 1999-12-25 - 9 - 18 - 15 - DJ Luck And MC Neat - A Little Bit Of Luck 1999-12-25 - 31 - 34 - 4 - Charlotte Church - Just Wave Hello 1999-12-25 - 38 - 44 - 4 - Marvin And Tamara - North, South, East, West 1999-12-25 - 4 - 7 - 17 - Steps - Say You'll Be Mine / Better The Devil You Know 1999-12-25 - 2 - 5 - 11 - S Club 7 - Two In A Million / You're My Number One 2000-01-01 - 53 - 73 - 2 - Big Ben - Millennium Chimes 2000-03-04 - 46 - 58 - 3 - Azzido Da Bass - Dooms Night 2000-03-11 - 5 - 6 - 11 - Lene Marlin - Sitting Down Here 2000-03-25 - 50 - 65 - 2 - Soulwax - Conversation Intercom 2000-04-15 - 21 - 24 - 22 - Lonestar - Amazed 2000-04-15 - 4 - 5 - 14 - The Bloodhound Gang - The Bad Touch 2000-05-20 - 52 - 62 - 5 - Black Legend - You See The Trouble With Me 2000-09-30 - 40 - 67 - 2 - Lowgold - Beauty Dies Young 2000-09-30 - 6 - 7 - 17 - Anastacia - I'm Outta Love 2000-10-14 - 2 - 13 - 23 - Baha Men - Who Let The Dogs Out 2000-10-28 - 52 - 67 - 2 - Atlantis vs Avatar And Miriam Stockley - Fiji 2000-11-11 - 5 - 6 - 23 - The Tweenies - Number 1 2000-11-11 - 58 - 75 - 3 - Warp Brothers - Phat Bass 2000-11-25 - 7 - 11 - 31 - Toploader - Dancing In The Moonlight 2000-12-16 - 1 - 2 - 22 - Bob The Builder - Can We Fix It? 2000-12-30 - 25 - 26 - 5 - Whitney Houston featuring Faith Evans And Kelly Price - Heartbreak Hotel 2001-01-06 - 2 - 72 - 11 - Steps - It's The Way You Make Me Feel / Too Busy Thinking About My Baby 2001-02-03 - 48 - 72 - 4 - Outkast - Ms. Jackson 2001-04-21 - 42 - 61 - 9 - Eva Cassidy - Over The Rainbow 2001-07-07 - 68 - 74 - 3 - The Strokes - Modern Age (EP) 2001-07-21 - 3 - 5 - 16 - Ian van Dahl - Castles In The Sky 2001-08-18 - 41 - 70 - 5 - DJ Otzi - Hey Baby 2001-09-15 - 28 - 58 - 5 - Shimon And Andy C - Body Rock 2001-10-06 - 45 - 70 - 3 - Afroman - Because I Got High 2001-10-06 - 3 - 4 - 17 - City High - What Would You Do? 2001-12-15 - 54 - 56 - 3 - Volatile Agents featuring Simone Benn - Hooked On You 2001-12-22 - 58 - 70 - 2 - Scoobie - The Magnificent 7 2002-01-12 - 2 - 68 - 15 - Puretone - Addicted To Bass 2002-02-02 - 10 - 11 - 10 - Kaci - I Think I Love You 2002-02-02 - 4 - 5 - 12 - Britney Spears - Overprotected 2002-03-09 - 4 - 5 - 28 - Nickelback - How You Remind Me 2002-06-15 - 22 - 43 - 8 - England New Order - World In Motion 2002-06-22 - 2 - 7 - 15 - Scooter - The Logical Song 2002-08-10 - 39 - 75 - 3 - Tali - Lyric On My Lip 2002-08-24 - 65 - 74 - 3 - Kelly Osbourne - Papa Don't Preach 2002-09-07 - 64 - 75 - 2 - Avril Lavigne - Complicated 2002-09-21 - 49 - 63 - 4 - Las Ketchup - Asereje (The Ketchup Song) 2002-12-28 - 57 - 61 - 5 - Kelly Rowland - Stole 2002-12-28 - 8 - 9 - 9 - Avril Lavigne - Sk8er Boi 2003-01-25 - 44 - 57 - 2 - t.A.T.u. - All The Things She Said 2003-02-15 - 8 - 13 - 10 - Good Charlotte - Lifestyles Of The Rich And Famous 2003-03-08 - 3 - 4 - 17 - Junior Senior - Move Your Feet 2003-03-22 - 3 - 4 - 24 - 50 Cent - In Da Club 2003-05-10 - 39 - 42 - 5 - Johnny Cash - Hurt 2003-05-24 - 44 - 53 - 2 - Dance To Tipperary - The Bhoys Are Back In Town 2003-06-07 - 8 - 9 - 19 - XTM And DJ Chucky presents Annia - Fly On The Wings Of Love 2003-06-28 - 3 - 5 - 8 - Wayne Wonder - No Letting Go 2003-08-23 - 9 - 11 - 8 - Stacie Orrico - Stuck 2003-09-27 - 3 - 8 - 20 - Jamelia - Superstar 2003-11-08 - 15 - 23 - 14 - UB40 featuring United Colours Of Sound - Swing Low 2003-11-22 - 3 - 6 - 21 - Outkast - Hey Ya! 2003-12-20 - 18 - 33 - 26 - John And Yoko And The Plastic Ono Band with The Harlem Community Choir - Happy Xmas (War Is Over) 2003-12-27 - 25 - 29 - 7 - G Unit - Stunt 101 2004-01-17 - 2 - 3 - 15 - Kelis - Milkshake 2004-01-17 - 3 - 5 - 15 - Boogie Pimps - Somebody To Love 2004-01-24 - 6 - 8 - 13 - 2Play featuring Raghav And Jucxi - So Confused 2004-02-21 - 37 - 61 - 3 - MC Jig - Cha Cha Slide 2004-03-13 - 1 - 2 - 18 - DJ Casper - Cha Cha Slide 2004-05-01 - 43 - 68 - 3 - Frankee - F.U.R.B. (f*** U Right Back) 2004-06-12 - 5 - 10 - 5 - The Farm featuring The SFX Boys Choir - All Together Now 2004 2004-07-17 - 9 - 19 - 13 - Damien Rice - Cannonball 2004-08-14 - 60 - 67 - 3 - Twista featuring Anthony Hamilton - Sunshine 2004-11-20 - 44 - 65 - 14 - House Of Pain - Jump Around 2004-12-04 - 7 - 12 - 21 - Uniting Nations - Out Of Touch 2004-12-25 - 61 - 74 - 3 - Akon featuring Styles P - Locked Up 2005-01-01 - 1 - 2 - 10 - Steve Brookstein - Against All Odds 2005-01-01 - 60 - 71 - 3 - The Source featuring Candi Staton - You Got The Love 2005-04-02 - 4 - 6 - 23 - Will Smith - Switch 2005-04-23 - 2 - 22 - 40 - Gorillaz - Feel Good Inc 2005-06-04 - 3 - 9 - 17 - Audio Bullys featuring Nancy Sinatra - Shot You Down 2005-06-11 - 1 - 12 - 41 - James Blunt - You're Beautiful 2005-06-18 - 3 - 16 - 18 - The Ordinary Boys - Boys Will Be Boys 2005-06-18 - 4 - 27 - 22 - John Legend - Ordinary People 2005-07-02 - 27 - 38 - 5 - Gavin DeGraw - I Don't Want To Be 2005-08-13 - 66 - 72 - 2 - Faithless - God Is A DJ 2005-09-03 - 1 - 20 - 15 - Mint Royale - Singin' In The Rain 2005-09-17 - 73 - 74 - 2 - Jack Johnson - Break Down 2005-10-08 - 64 - 70 - 2 - Bow Wow featuring Omarion - Let Me Hold You 2005-10-22 - 12 - 15 - 17 - Bob Sinclar featuring Gary Pine - Love Generation 2005-11-12 - 44 - 45 - 3 - Jo Jingles - Disco 2005-12-03 - 39 - 42 - 3 - Antony And The Johnsons - You Are My Sister 2005-12-10 - 24 - 35 - 11 - Sigur Rós - Hoppípolla 2005-12-24 - 27 - 30 - 3 - Waterbabies - Under The Tree 2005-12-31 - 4 - 21 - 10 - Brian Kennedy And Peter Corry - George Best - A Tribute 2005-12-31 - 9 - 11 - 18 - James Blunt - Goodbye My Lover 2005-12-31 - 4 - 5 - 9 - Eminem - When I'm Gone

I'd recommend ChartsPlus. Not free, but significantly more accurate than the OCC Website (I am biased as I create the New Entry listings and much of the charts each week that are used in it from the OCC compiled CSV files that ChartsPlus licences from them). http://www.ukchartsplus.co.uk

I imagine it has either bene hacked, or the latest charts have corrupted (which is more likely) the historic aspects by being badly added. Or added, changed for some reason, and then corruption occurred. Clearly this is either something they do not know about or they don't work weekends and will fix Monday (Or by the end of the week depending on how big a mistake has occurred).

It's a resource and knowledge thing. if Person A has the data then Person A also needs to have the money to buy the web space and the knowledge to build the site that can be updated. I have the first bit, possibly the second (I have a website already) but absolutely no knowledge of building a database for search and keeping it updated.

I suppose if nothing else its an argument to buy the chart books instead of use the website.... Of course, the website is free and the books are not and not everybody can afford too buy the books. Or store them (I have the full set fo the new Graham betts books and they are 1m in length on the shelf.)

I see the weekly OCC CSV files sent to ChartsPlus and all of these are the same within that. As far as I understand it the OCC have one central database of titles, artists cat numbers, etc called the Product Database. This rests with Millwood Brown (or whatever name they now have) and contains everything issued since Feb 1994 and a good deal before (the caveat here is that ‘everything’ means everything sent to them to be chart eligible). When those details are entered, they go into a system that produces CSV files from a computer. A computer produced in 1994 (I would guess) that limits the character output. This situation is not unique by the way. Most systems are old systems using technology created at a point in time as database migration takes a while and for something like the OCC they can;t afford a database mess. So the files are CSV and so character limited (We don’t get ‘ marks for example). Those CSV files that we get have the exact same information that goes onto the website. It’s an automated process (as I understand it). Thus the CSV limits titles to a character count and thus so does the website. As to the other point about missing details or errors... Some of that may be my fault. Long time ago the OCC contacted ChartsPlus and wanted to see how we where creating the magazine. I hold a copy of the database (it’s actually my own database) that is used for creating it (other copies exist) and so I created a copy to go to them. I should have locked it to stop database extraction because if you go back to the OCC charts for, say 1985, you will find the positions 76-100 without labels. Because my typed data did not have them at that point. I can;t prove they got the data from me, but I can state that that would explain the issues. As to other points, if you want to navigate through weekly charts you just need to crack the system. The main singles chart has this as a web URL https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singl.../20210129/7501/ The date is always of the form yyyymmdd and any date will provide the chart for that week. Thus if you want the chart for 1 Jan 1989, you type 19890101 in place of the date and the chart appears. I have a button in the database that finds the OCC Web chart for the chart I have on screen - it basically formats the date to yyyymmdd and adds the start and end of the link. The histories section is very odd and buying a book is currently the best way to see the histories properly (The Graham Betts books being the most recent set.). The Polyhex website is good for singles history, but not for albums as he does not include the chart runs. I’m always happy to help with queries of this sort if people do want a specific artists history - but the main OCC website should be significantly better than it is. (Oh and the way round the adverts? - adblocker and disabling cookies. When the screen comes up to say Agree or Disagree I always press Agree to Selected not agree to all. Limits the things it will load. )

I don’t think anybody buys MusicWeek for the charts these days either with it all free on the OCC website and in larger depth. ChartsPlus has a similar issue but at least we have more depth than the website. Music Week don’t have that.

An excellent piece Gambo - one minor point - The BPI Archive keeps the full charts from 1983 - 1995 which means Top 200 Singles and Albums (complete with starred out entries) and from 1973-1982 the BMRB pages contain full album listings. I'd type the stuff for free if they'd let me (Mostly cos I want it of course!)

The ACR rule was how many weeks spent in the Top 100. Having a larger chart would make that difficult to work with on an automatic basis. I imagine the current chart is compiled by first getting all the sales logged for each week, then deciding which tracks are ACR and editing those, then applying a three artist rule and thats what you get. Speaking as somebody working on ChartsPlus each week I think a Top 1000 is way too much (We’d never get it out on time!) but I do think larger would be good. One option is to look at the Indie Breakers as an example of underexposed records. The rules for that are songs/artists not to reach the Top 40 I think. You do get some big falls from number 1 out of the chart but thats an option. Music shows like TOTP wont work now - want to see your artist? You Tube. And thats the problem the rise of the Internet made. TOTP was always going to end as the industry evolved. Look at streaming for TV figures and who watches what on TV. How do people consume music today? Thats the real issue and the industry trying to adapt.

You're welcome. I always enjoy well researched books, and this is really good! (Congratulations on 20 posts by the way :) )

I think this is the right link https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/The-Music-Chroni...qQAAOSw7MZfvlo8 and this for the 1980 and 1981 together. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/The-Music-Chroni...qQAAOSw7MZfvlo8 I have the 1980 volume and it's really good. Well researched and well worth the price! It's full of good facts and I have no doubt that the 1981 volume will be just as good.

Ah ha! Found the course. Sales data loss prompts demands for chart re-run. (Music Week 1999) Industry executives are pressing for last week's sales charts to be re-run after Millward Brown suffered its biggest loss of data since taking over the charts contract five years ago. No sales from either Virgin Megastores or Our Price registered in any of the charts released last Sunday (July 4). However, Millward Brown says it cannot re-run the charts because of data confidentiality agreements with the two retailers. The missing data, which is being blamed on problems arising from the two chains moving their mainframe computers and a Millward Brown software program which automatically wipes out early-week sales when no data arrives for three or more consecutive days, has provoked an angry response. Blur manager Chris Morrison, whose band's single Coffee + TV just missed out on a Top 10 place, is among those calling for the charts to be re-run. "It was completely inaccurate information," he says. "We lost a third or maybe 40% of our sales by not having sales from those shops." Universal Music's commercial director Steve Gallant is furious CIN did not tell the industry the data was missing on the day the charts were published. He says he is now taking up the matter in writing. Marc Marot, managing director of Universal-Island, whose Semisonic were another group to be affected by the missing data, says, "All we have had is a mealy-mouthed apology from the charts' police force. No-one is policing the police force." CIN chart director Omar Maskatiya admits, "This is the most serious case of missing data we have had." Millward Brown issued a statement last Tuesday in which charts director Bob Barnes pointed to the two retailers' mainframe computers being moved the previous week from their old headquarters at Kew House in Brentford to a new location in Bristol. Barnes says data came through as normal for the early part of the week but after the computers were moved Millward Brown could not get a reconnection until late on Friday. Data from Virgin and Our Price for that Thursday, Friday and Saturday did arrive by early Sunday morning but Barnes says it was in a format that could not be interpreted in time. The software program which automatically removes data when there is a problem has now been removed for multiple retailers. Barnes says the missing data has not had a dramatic effect on the charts. "It certainly hasn't created new number ones on any chart, but further down you start getting things moving up and down," he adds. Virgin and Our Price were unavailable for comment. Word count: 451 Copyright Miller Freeman plc Jul 17, 1999

Other sources may have used the original without noticing the error. The correct chart is used by the new Graham Betts book, although Guiness, the Complete Book and the Virgin Books used the wrong chart (Checkout the peak of Lolly - if it's 6 it's the wrong chart as they have it. Graham has it - correctly - as 7). I think most sources use the "6" if they went with Hit Music (I don't have a scan of that week) which would have printed the incorrect chart and probably wouldn't have printed a correct one. In fact, Music Week didn't print a correction either, and used "6" as the lwk pos for Lolly, amongst others. I remember reading somewhere why they chose not to print the corrected chart, but can't find the source now. 1 1 9PM (TILL I COME) ATB SOUND OF MINISTRY MOSCDS132 2 WILD WILD WEST WILL SMITH COLUMBIA 6675962 2 3 MY LOVE IS YOUR LOVE WHITNEY HOUSTON ARISTA 74321672862 3 4 BOOM,BOOM,BOOM,BOOM!! VENGABOYS POSITIVA CDTIVS114 5 5 BRING IT ALL BACK S CLUB 7 POLYDOR 5610852 7 6 SOMETIMES BRITNEY SPEARS JIVE 523202 7 VIVA LA RADIO LOLLY POLYDOR 5639492 4 8 IF YOU HAD MY LOVE JENNIFER LOPEZ COLUMBIA 6675772 9 9 THAT DON'T IMPRESS ME MUCH SHANIA TWAIN MERCURY 8708032 8 10 BEAUTIFUL STRANGER MADONNA MAVERICK W495CD

It was fixed the week later - http://scans.chartarchive.org/UK/1999/UK%2...01999.07.17.pdf. Alan Jones makes reference to two stores missing sales in his Albums commentary.

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Ah! All I ever managed to get was the Compilation Top 50’s. They closed it a few months after I found out about it and after one visit. I get they dont have the space... Maybe they should donate them to the British Library. Least then people who do want could investigate. I’ve always wondered if the BBC Written Archive would have copies as well.

Yikes! All Record Mirror printed was a Top 20 - wonder where the rest went :).

The chart began when Gallup started compiling the UK charts on 8 Jan 1983. I'm not sure how large a chart the industry compiled, but Music Week printed the Top 25 (at the bottom of the posted for the Top 75 singles charts). I have no idea when this chart stopped being printed in Music Week, but it continued to the last issue (6 April 1991) as a Top 20 in Record Mirror. Below is the first chart, currently the only one I have typed up. I have scans of 1983-mid 1984 from Music Week and have yet to catalogue what I have from Record Mirror. Pos - Title - Artist - Label CatNum 1 - I Feel Love - Donna Summer - Casablanca/Phonogram FEEL 12 2 - Buffalo Gals - Malcolm McLaren And The World's Famous Supreme Team - Charisma/Phonogram MALC 112 3 - Best Years Of Our Lives - Modern Romance - WEA ROM 1T 4 - Time (Clock Of The Heart) - Culture Club - Virgin VS 558-12 5 - Friends - Shalamar - Solar CHUM 1T 6 - The Story Of The Blues - Wah! - Eternal JF 1T 7 - Beat Surrender - The Jam - Polydor POSPX 540 8 - Young Guns (Go For It) - Wham! - Innervision IVL A132766 9 - You Can't Hurry Love - Phil Collins - Virgin VS 531-12 10 - Our House - Madness - Stiff BUYIT 163 11 - Peace On Earth/Little Drummer Boy - David Bowie and Bing Crosby - RAC BOWT 12 12 - Hold Me Tighter IN The Rain - Billy Griffin - CBS A132935 13 - (Sexual) Healing - Marvin Gaye - CBS A132855 14 - The Smurf - Tyrone Brunson - Epic EPC A133024 15 - Living On The Ceiling - Blancmange - London BLANCX 3 16 - Where The Heart Is - Soft Cell - Some Bizare/Phonogram BZS 1612 17 - In And Out - Willie Hutch - Motown TMGT 1285 18 - Hymn - Ultravox - Chrysalis CHS 122657 19 - Rio - Duran Duran - EMI 12EMI 5346 20 - Hi De Hi, Hi De Ho - Kool And The Gang - De-Lite/Phonogram DEX 14 21 - Joe Jackson - Steppin' Out - A&M AMSX 8262 22 - Mirror Man - The Human League - Virgin VS 522-12 23 - Magic's Wand - Whodini - Jive JIVET 28 24 - Wishing (If I Had A Photograph Of You) - A Flock Of Seagulls - Jive JIVET 25 25 - In The Name Of Love - Sharon Redd - Prelude PRL A132905