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Abba - Arrival Kevin Ayers - Bananamour The Beatles - Let It Be Bee Gees/Various - Saturday Night Fever OST Black Sabbath - Volume 4 Blondie - Parallel Lines Blondie - Plastic Letters Blue Oyster Cult - Agents Of Fortune The Boomtown Rats - Boomtown Rats David Bowie - Aladdin Sane David Bowie - Diamond Dogs David Bowie - Heroes David Bowie - Hunky Dory David Bowie - Low David Bowie - Ziggy Stardust Kate Bush - The Kick Inside Buzzcocks - Another Music In A Different Kitchen Can - Tago Mago The Clash - The Clash The Clash - London Calling Cockney Rebel - The Psychomodo Leonard Cohen - Death Of A Ladies Man The Congos - Heart Of The Congos Elvis Costello - This Year's Model Elvis Costello - Armed Forces Culture - Two Sevens Clash Deep Purple - Machine Head Dion - Born To Be With You The Doors - L. A. Woman Nick Drake - Bryter Layter Ian Dury and the Blockheads - New Boots and Panties Bob Dylan - Blood On The Tracks Bob Dylan - Desire The Eagles - Hotel California ELO - ELO ELO - A new world record Brian Eno - Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy) Brian Eno - Another Green World Brian Eno - Before And After Science Marianne Faithfull - Broken English Fleetwood Mac - Rumours Focus - Moving Waves Peter Gabriel - Peter Gabriel (1) Peter Gabriel - Peter Gabriel (2) Serge Gainsbourg - Historie de Melody Nelson Gang Of Four - Entertainment Marvin Gaye - What's Going On? Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway Genesis - Wind And Wuthering George Harrison - All Things Must Pass Hawkwind - Quark, Strangeness And Charm The Heartbreakers - L. A. M. F. Richard Hell and the Voidoids - Blank Generation The Human League - Reproduction Iggy and the Stooges - Raw Power Michael Jackson - Off The Wall The Jam - In The City The Jam - All Mod Cons Billy Joel - The Stranger Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures Carole King - Tapestry Kraftwerk - Autobahn Kraftwerk - Trans-Europe Express Kraftwerk - The Man Machine Led Zeppelin - 4 Symbols Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti John Lennon & the Plastic Ono Band - John Lennon & the Plastic Ono Band John Lennon - Imagine Curtis Mayfield - Superfly Paul and Linda McCartney- Ram Meatloaf - Bat Out Of Hell Joni Mitchell - Blue Giorgio Moroder - From Here To Eternity NEU! - 75 New York Dolls - New York Dolls Gary Numan and Tubeway Army - Replicas Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells Gram Parsons - Grievous Angels Pere Ubu - The Modern Dance Pink Floyd - Dark Side Of The Moon Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here The Police - Outlandos D'Amour Iggy Pop - The Idiot Iggy Pop - Lust For Life Queen - A Night at the Opera Queen - Sheer Heart Attack The Ramones - The Ramones Lou Reed - Transformer The Rezillos - Can't Stand The Rezillos The Rolling Stones - Exile On Main Street The Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers Roxy Music - For Your Pleasure The Saints - (I'm) Stranded The Sex Pistols - Never Mind The Bollocks Here's The Sex Pistols Simon and Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water Siouxsie and the Banshees - The Scream Sly & the Family Stone - There's A Riot Going On Patti Smith - Horses The Patti Smith Group - Easter Sparks - Kimono my House The Specials - The Specials Bruce Springsteen - Born To Run The Stooges - Fun House The Stranglers - Stranglers IV: Rattus Norvegicus Suicide - Suicide Talking Heads - More Songs About Buildings And Food Telex - Looking For St. Tropez T. Rex - Electric Warrior T. Rex - The Slider The Undertones - The Undertones Television - Marquee Moon 10CC - Sheet Music Van Der Graaf Generator - Pawn Hearts Van Morrison - Moondance Various Artists - No New York Various Artists - Nuggets Velvet Underground - Loaded Dennis Wilson - Pacific Ocean Blue The Who - Who's Next Wings - Band on the Run Wire - Pink Flag Stevie Wonder - Talking Book Stevie Wonder - Songs In The Key Of Life XTC - White Music Yellow Magic Orchestra - Yellow Magic Orchestra Yes - Close To The Edge Neil Young - After The Goldrush Neil Young - On The Beach

01. (01) Richard Hawley - Tonight the streets are ours [4 wks] (1-1-1-1) 02. (02) Caribou - Melody day [4 wks] (8-4-2-2) 03. (03) Hard-Fi - Suburban knights [6 wks] (17-8-10-6-3-3) 04. (05) Elliot Minor - Jessica [3 wks] (33-5-4) 05. (10) Shiny Toy Guns - Rainy Monday [3 wks] (31-10-5) 06. (09) Tiny Dancers - Ashes and diamonds [4 wks] (21-16-9-6) 07. (04) Shiny Toy Guns - Don’t cry out [12 wks] (6-6-3-3-1-1-1-1-3-3-4-7) 08. (07) Stephanie McIntosh - So do I say sorry first? [6 wks] (22-12-11-9-7-8) 09. (30) Natalie Imbruglia - Glorious [2 wks] (30-9) 10. (06) Stephanie McIntosh - Mistake [11 wks] (32-11-4-4-2-2-2-2-2-6-10) 11. (26) Sugababes - About you now [2 wks] (26-11) 12. (08) Kelly Rowland - Like this [13 wks] (29-20-14-7-8-5-5-4-5-5-12) 13. (12) Arcade Fire - No cars go [6 wks] (16-15-14-13-12-13) 14. (16) Robyn - With every heartbeat [12 wks] (34-25-18-14-15-15-15-11-12-12-16-14) 15. (17) Axwell featuring Max C - I found U [3 wks] (26-17-15) 16. (11) Amy MacDonald - Mr Rock & Roll [6 wks] (10-6-6-7-11-16) 17. (13) Manic Street Preachers - Autumnsong [6 wks] (11-7-9-8-13-17) 18. (15) The Coral - Who’s gonna find me? [7 wks] (38-30-20-15-14-15-18) 19. (22) The Enemy - About you now [2 wks] (22-19) 20. (14) The Ting Tings - That’s not my name [15 weeks] (3-1-1-1-1-1-1-2-2-3-3-5-10-14-20) 21. (23) Deborah Harry - Two times blue [4 wks] (28-28-23-21) 22. (19) Lumidee featuring Pitbull - Crazy [5 wks] (22-16-15-19-22) 23. (24) Rihanna - Shut up and drive [3 wks] (30-24-23) 24. (29) Editors - An end has a start [2 wk] (29-24) 25. (20) Remi Nicole - Go Mr Sunshine [4 wks] (20-18-20-25) 26. (25) KT Tunstall - Hold on [3 wks] (34-25-26) 27. (21) Girls Aloud - Sexy! No no no [5 wks] (26-26-24-21-27) 28. (31) Yves Larock - Rise up [3 wks] (36-31-28) 29. (33) Candie Payne - One more chance [2 wks] (33-29) 30. (27) The Killers - For reasons unknown [8 wks] (31-30-21-21-19-20-27-30) 31. (18) Marsheaux - Dream of a disco [14 wks] (3-2-2-2-2-2-3-4-5-4-7-11-18-31) 32. (28) Funeral For A Friend - Walk away [4 wks] (39-37-28-32) 33. (35) Kaiser Chiefs - The angry mob [2 wks] (35-33) 34. (39) Ghosts - Ghosts [2 wks] (39-34) 35. (37) Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Berlin [3 wks] (40-x-37-35) 36. (38) Foo Fighters - The pretender [2 wks] (38-36) 37. (36) The White Stripes - You don’t know what love is [2 wks] (36-37) 38. (40) Reverend and the Makers - He said he loved me [2 wks] (40-38) 39. (**) Booty Luv - Don’t mess with my man [1 wk] (39) 40. (32) The Priscillas - Superhero [4 wks] (31-35-32-40)

I hope people vote for what they think is the best design - not their favourite artist! :unsure:

It was by both but, you're right insofar as it was Ruby who had a hit with it - something I wasn't aware of, I've only ever known the Cochran version. :huh:

The original version of "Hound dog" was by Big Mama Thornton, not Willie Mae Thornton.

Strangely the three examples you chose have at least still got music careers. They can usually get someone to release the music they make, and they can fill out decent sized venues when they choose to. Real obscurity would have to be someone like Billy Fury, who had a string of hits but ended up working in a factory in the 70s!

Ah what memories. I was 13 at the time and Top Of The Pops and The Sunday Chart Countdown were regular fixtures in my life, as they probably were for all my friends at the time. Loads of classics… 1 2 4 YOU WEAR IT WELL Rod Stewart 2 --1 MAMA WEER ALL CRAZEE NOW Slade 3 1 8 SCHOOL'S OUT Alice Cooper 4 3 10 SILVER MACHINE Hawkwind 5 4 4 ALL THE YOUNG DUDES Mott The Hoople 7 7 4 LAYLA Derek And The Dominoes 8 6 7 POPCORN Hot Butter 9 14 4 STANDING IN THE ROAD Blackfoot Sue 11 13 23 THE LOCOMOTION Little Eva 13 11 7 RUN TO ME Bee Gees 14 17 6 I GET THE SWEETEST FEELING Jackie Wilson 15 9 6 10538 OVERTURE Electric Light Orchestra 18 26 3 VIRGINIA PLAIN Roxy Music 19 15 11 I CAN SEE CLEARLY NOW Johnny Nash 20 28 3 AIN'T NO SUNSHINE Michael Jackson 22 24 5 CONQUISTADOR Procol Harum 24 29 3 JOURNEY Duncan Browne 25 27 4 LEAN ON ME Bill Withers 26 16 11 SYLVIA'S MOTHER Dr Hook And The Medicine Show 27 25 8 WORKING ON A BUILDING OF LOVE Chairmen Of The Board 29 31 5 WHERE IS THE LOVE Roberta Flack And Donny Hathaway 33 34 23 MY GUY Mary Wells 35 41 3 I'M STILL IN LOVE WITH YOU Al Green 37 30 8 AUTOMATICALLY SUNSHINE Supremes 38 40 2 WALK IN THE NIGHT Junior Walker And The All-Stars 40 43 3 LOVE LOVE LOVE / SUNNY Bobby Hebb 43 35 11 STARMAN David Bowie 44 --1 LONG COOL WOMAN IN A BLACK DRESS Hollies 46 --1 SUZANNE BEWARE OF THE DEVIL Dandy Livingstone 48 36 5 WALK WITH ME TALK WITH ME DARLING Four Tops

I couldn't abide the fad for medley records - horrible!

The answer to the original poster's question is yes. We can probably all think of music that we loved at a certain time but can't for the life of us understand why we did now. The chart is always simultaneously full of transient tracks and future classics, and often it takes time for this to become apparent. So Capital Gold will play Elton John but not the Bay City Rollers, Mojo will write about the Sex Pistols but not Boney M. Elton John is constantly repackaged and these collections usually chart. The Bay City Rollers are available on budget compilations and don't chart. The Sex Pistols' "Never mind the Bollocks" is being repackaged on its 30th anniversary, Boney M will get no such treatment. In a way this is quite reassuring. Significant music endures, transient music is there to be enjoyed by us all at the time, but won't endure. Mushymanrob's comment that he tires of old tunes doesn't apply to me - I still get a kick out of hearing Elvis, The Beatles, The Clash, New Order, Pulp. On the other hand I still love new music. Have you heard how brilliant Richard Hawley's "Tonight the streets are ours" is? And Hard-fi, Sugababes, Tiny Dancers, Caribou, Robyn, Timbaland, etc, etc, etc… I wonder which of those we'll be celebrating in 30 years' time.

Here's mine. http://www.mediamax.com/neilbaylis/Hosted/TheSoundsCover.jpg

Especially the pineapple bit. :D

Congratulations djcharly - a lovely cover. Haven't decided what to do this week. Hey everyone - don't all do GA, it makes voting very difficult!

Abba - Arrival Kevin Ayers - Bananamour The Beatles - Let It Be Bee Gees/Various - Saturday Night Fever OST Black Sabbath - Volume 4 Blondie - Parallel Lines Blondie - Plastic Letters Blue Oyster Cult - Agents Of Fortune The Boomtown Rats - Boomtown Rats David Bowie - Aladdin Sane David Bowie - Diamond Dogs David Bowie - Heroes David Bowie - Hunky Dory David Bowie - Low David Bowie - Ziggy Stardust Kate Bush - The Kick Inside Buzzcocks - Another Music In A Different Kitchen Can - Tago Mago The Clash - The Clash The Clash - London Calling Cockney Rebel - The Psychomodo Leonard Cohen - Death Of A Ladies Man The Congos - Heart Of The Congos Elvis Costello - This Year's Model Elvis Costello - Armed Forces Culture - Two Sevens Clash Deep Purple - Machine Head Dion - Born To Be With You The Doors - L. A. Woman Nick Drake - Bryter Layter Ian Dury and the Blockheads - New Boots and Panties Bob Dylan - Blood On The Tracks Bob Dylan - Desire The Eagles - Hotel California ELO - ELO ELO - A new world record Brian Eno - Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy) Brian Eno - Before And After Science Marianne Faithfull - Broken English Fleetwood Mac - Rumours Focus - Moving Waves Peter Gabriel - Peter Gabriel (1) Peter Gabriel - Peter Gabriel (2) Serge Gainsbourg - Historie de Melody Nelson Gang Of Four - Entertainment Marvin Gaye - What's Going On? Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway Genesis - Wind And Wuthering George Harrison - All Things Must Pass Hawkwind - Quark, Strangeness And Charm The Heartbreakers - L. A. M. F. Richard Hell and the Voidoids - Blank Generation Iggy and the Stooges - Raw Power Michael Jackson - Off The Wall The Jam - In The City The Jam - All Mod Cons Billy Joel - The Stranger Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures Carole King - Tapestry Kraftwerk - Autobahn Kraftwerk - Trans-Europe Express Kraftwerk - The Man Machine Led Zeppelin - 4 Symbols Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti John Lennon & the Plastic Ono Band - John Lennon & the Plastic Ono Band John Lennon - Imagine Curtis Mayfield - Superfly Paul and Linda McCartney- Ram Meatloaf - Bat Out Of Hell Joni Mitchell - Blue Giorgio Moroder - From Here To Eternity NEU! - 75 New York Dolls - New York Dolls Gary Numan and Tubeway Army - Replicas Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells Gram Parsons - Grievous Angels Pere Ubu - The Modern Dance Pink Floyd - Dark Side Of The Moon Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here The Police - Outlandos D'Amour Iggy Pop - The Idiot Queen - A Night at the Opera Queen - Sheer Heart Attack The Ramones - The Ramones Lou Reed - Transformer The Rolling Stones - Exile On Main Street The Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers Roxy Music - For Your Pleasure The Saints - (I'm) Stranded The Sex Pistols - Never Mind The Bollocks Here's The Sex Pistols Simon and Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water Siouxsie and the Banshees - The Scream Sly & the Family Stone - There's A Riot Going On Patti Smith - Horses The Patti Smith Group - Easter Sparks - Kimono my House The Specials - The Specials Bruce Springsteen - Born To Run The Stooges - Fun House The Stranglers - Stranglers IV: Rattus Norvegicus Suicide - Suicide Talking Heads - More Songs About Buildings And Food Telex - Looking For St. Tropez T. Rex - Electric Warrior T. Rex - The Slider The Undertones - The Undertones Television - Marquee Moon 10CC - Sheet Music Van Der Graaf Generator - Pawn Hearts Van Morrison - Moondance Various Artists - No New York Various Artists - Nuggets Velvet Underground - Loaded Dennis Wilson - Pacific Ocean Blue The Who - Who's Next Wings - Band on the Run Wire - Pink Flag Stevie Wonder - Talking Book Stevie Wonder - Songs In The Key Of Life XTC - White Music Yellow Magic Orchestra - Yellow Magic Orchestra Yes - Close To The Edge Neil Young - After The Goldrush Neil Young - On The Beach

What he said. I so do not care!

Abba - Arrival Kevin Ayers - Bananamour The Beatles - Let It Be Bee Gees/Various - Saturday Night Fever OST Black Sabbath - Volume 4 Blondie - Parallel Lines Blondie - Plastic Letters Blue Oyster Cult - Agents Of Fortune The Boomtown Rats - Boomtown Rats David Bowie - Aladdin Sane David Bowie - Diamond Dogs David Bowie - Heroes David Bowie - Hunky Dory David Bowie - Low David Bowie - Ziggy Stardust Kate Bush - The Kick Inside Buzzcocks - Another Music In A Different Kitchen Can - Tago Mago The Clash - The Clash The Clash - London Calling Cockney Rebel - The Psychomodo Leonard Cohen - Death Of A Ladies Man The Congos - Heart Of The Congos Elvis Costello - This Year's Model Elvis Costello - Armed Forces Culture - Two Sevens Clash Deep Purple - Machine Head Dion - Born To Be With You The Doors - L. A. Woman Ian Dury and the Blockheads - New Boots and Panties Bob Dylan - Blood On The Tracks Bob Dylan - Desire The Eagles - Hotel California ELO - ELO ELO - A new world record Brian Eno - Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy) Brian Eno - Before And After Science Fleetwood Mac - Rumours Focus - Moving Waves Peter Gabriel - Peter Gabriel (1) Peter Gabriel - Peter Gabriel (2) Serge Gainsbourg - Historie de Melody Nelson Gang Of Four - Entertainment Marvin Gaye - What's Going On? Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway Genesis - Wind And Wuthering George Harrison - All Things Must Pass Hawkwind - Quark, Strangeness And Charm The Heartbreakers - L. A. M. F. Richard Hell and the Voidoids - Blank Generation Iggy and the Stooges - Raw Power The Jam - In The City The Jam - All Mod Cons Billy Joel - The Stranger Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road Carole King - Tapestry Kraftwerk - Autobahn Kraftwerk - Trans-Europe Express Kraftwerk - The Man Machine Led Zeppelin - 4 Symbols Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti John Lennon & the Plastic Ono Band - John Lennon & the Plastic Ono Band Curtis Mayfield - Superfly Paul and Linda McCartney- Ram Meatloaf - Bat Out Of Hell Joni Mitchell - Blue Giorgio Moroder - From Here To Eternity New York Dolls - New York Dolls Gary Numan and Tubeway Army - Replicas Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells Pere Ubu - The Modern Dance Pink Floyd - Dark Side Of The Moon Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here The Police - Outlandos D'Amour Iggy Pop - The Idiot Queen - A Night at the Opera Queen - Sheer Heart Attack The Ramones - The Ramones Lou Reed - Transformer The Rolling Stones - Exile On Main Street The Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers Roxy Music - For Your Pleasure The Saints - (I'm) Stranded The Sex Pistols - Never Mind The Bollocks Here's The Sex Pistols Simon and Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water Siouxsie and the Banshees - The Scream Sly & the Family Stone - There's A Riot Going On Patti Smith - Horses The Patti Smith Group - Easter Sparks - Kimono my House The Specials - The Specials The Stooges - Fun House Suicide - Suicide Talking Heads - More Songs About Buildings And Food Telex - Looking For St. Tropez T. Rex - Electric Warrior T. Rex - The Slider The Undertones - The Undertones Television - Marquee Moon 10CC - Sheet Music Van Der Graaf Generator - Pawn Hearts Various Artists - No New York Various Artists - Nuggets Velvet Underground - Loaded Dennis Wilson - Pacific Ocean Blue The Who - Who's Next Wings - Band on the Run Wire - Pink Flag Stevie Wonder - Talking Book Stevie Wonder - Songs In The Key Of Life XTC - White Music Yellow Magic Orchestra - Yellow Magic Orchestra Neil Young - After The Goldrush

Blood On The Tracks was already in there!

The death disc thread got me to thinking about tribute records to dead pop stars. "Three stars" by Eddie Cochran was about Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and The Big Bopper. Strangely it wan't released as a single in the UK until 1966, long after Eddie himself was dead. A dead person singing about dead people! "Tribute to a king" by William Bell was about Otis Redding. It reached #31 in 1968. "I remember Elvis Presley" by Danny Mirror. A dreadfull cash-in which charted less than a month after Elvis died and reached number 4. And he was Dutch! Any more tribute records to dead pop stars?

Anyone remember a song called "Shannon"? It was by a beardy American called Henry Gross. It reached #32 in August 1976. Got lots of radio play. Another death disc about a dog, who swam out to sea and didn't return.

We're well over a hundred now. I think we should make it 200. I can think of many more favourites. The same will be true of the eighties. Abba - Arrival The Beatles - Let It Be Bee Gees/Various - Saturday Night Fever OST Black Sabbath - Volume 4 Blondie - Parallel Lines Blondie - Plastic Letters Blue Oyster Cult - Agents Of Fortune The Boomtown Rats - Boomtown Rats David Bowie - Aladdin Sane David Bowie - Diamond Dogs David Bowie - Heroes David Bowie - Hunky Dory David Bowie - Low David Bowie - Ziggy Stardust Kate Bush - The Kick Inside Buzzcocks - Another Music In A Different Kitchen The Clash - The Clash The Clash - London Calling Cockney Rebel - The Psychomodo Leonard Cohen - Death Of A Ladies Man The Congos - Heart Of The Congos Elvis Costello - This Year's Model Elvis Costello - Armed Forces Culture - Two Sevens Clash Deep Purple - Machine Head Dion - Born To Be With You The Doors - L. A. Woman Ian Dury and the Blockheads - New Boots and Panties Bob Dylan - Blood On The Tracks Bob Dylan - Desire The Eagles - Hotel California ELO - ELO Brian Eno - Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy) Brian Eno - Before And After Science Fleetwood Mac - Rumours Focus - Moving Waves Peter Gabriel - Peter Gabriel (1) Peter Gabriel - Peter Gabriel (2) Serge Gainsbourg - Historie de Melody Nelson Marvin Gaye - What's Going On? Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway Genesis - Wind And Wuthering George Harrison - All Things Must Pass Hawkwind - Quark, Strangeness And Charm The Heartbreakers - L. A. M. F. Richard Hell and the Voidoids - Blank Generation Iggy and the Stooges - Raw Power The Jam - In The City The Jam - All Mod Cons Billy Joel - The Stranger Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road Carole King - Tapestry Kraftwerk - Autobahn Kraftwerk - Trans-Europe Express Kraftwerk - The Man Machine Led Zeppelin - 4 Symbols Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti John Lennon & the Plastic Ono Band - John Lennon & the Plastic Ono Band Curtis Mayfield - Superfly Paul and Linda McCartney- Ram Meatloaf - Bat Out Of Hell Joni Mitchell - Blue Giorgio Moroder - From Here To Eternity New York Dolls - New York Dolls Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells Pere Ubu - The Modern Dance Pink Floyd - Dark Side Of The Moon Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here The Police - Outlandos D'Amour Iggy Pop - The Idiot Queen - A Night at the Opera Queen - Sheer Heart Attack The Ramones - The Ramones Lou Reed - Transformer The Rolling Stones - Exile On Main Street The Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers Roxy Music - For Your Pleasure The Saints - (I'm) Stranded The Sex Pistols - Never Mind The Bollocks Here's The Sex Pistols Simon and Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water Siouxsie and the Banshees - The Scream Sly & the Family Stone - There's A Riot Going On Patti Smith - Horses The Patti Smith Group - Easter Sparks - Kimono my House The Specials - The Specials The Stooges - Fun House Suicide - Suicide Talking Heads - More Songs About Buildings And Food Telex - Looking For St. Tropez T. Rex - Electric Warrior T. Rex - The Slider The Undertones - The Undertones Television - Marquee Moon 10CC - Sheet Music Van Der Graaf Generator - Pawn Hearts Various Artists - No New York Various Artists - Nuggets Velvet Underground - Loaded Dennis Wilson - Pacific Ocean Blue The Who - Who's Next Wings - Band on the Run Wire - Pink Flag Stevie Wonder - Talking Book Stevie Wonder - Songs In The Key Of Life XTC - White Music Yellow Magic Orchestra - Yellow Magic Orchestra Neil Young - After The Goldrush

Apart from the other two I mentioned on the other thread (Leader Of The Pack, Johnny Remember Me) the one that immediately springs to mind is "Endless Sleep" by Jody Reynolds except, of course, she doesn't drown in the end. The impression, because the lyrics are in the past tense, is that she's gone into the sea and drowned herself but, rather disappointingly, our narrator rescues her in the last verse! Then there's Elvis's classic "Old Shep". Do dogs count?

Speak for yourself. The only BBC I listened to at the time was John Peel and Radio 4! Now the only BBC I listen to is Radio 4. My memories of the charts are as much about the unusual records that made the lower reaches as the bland nonsense at the top end! So my favourites from the "proper" chart were these… 02. The Pet Shop Boys And Dusty Springfield - What Have I Done To Deserve This 07. New Order - True Faith 13. Prince - U Got The Look 16. The Smiths - Girlfriend In A Coma 23. Then Jerico - The Motive 33. The Jesus And Mary Chain - Happy When It Rains 42. Beastie Boys - She's On It 43. Pet Shop Boys - It's A Sin 47. Public Image Limited - Seattle 54. Yello And Shirley Bassey - The Rhythm Divine 85. The Primitives - Thru The Flowers 96. Crazyhead - Baby Turpentine It was certainly slim pickings in the chart by the late eighties when all the daytime DJs were Smashy and Niceys. No-one played much indie, rap or that new-fangled house music during the day, so not much of it charted.

The Beatles - Let It Be Black Sabbath - Volume 4 Blondie - Parallel Lines Blondie - Plastic Letters Blue Oyster Cult - Agents Of Fortune The Boomtown Rats - Boomtown Rats David Bowie - Aladdin Sane David Bowie - Diamond Dogs David Bowie - Heroes David Bowie - Hunky Dory David Bowie - Ziggy Stardust Kate Bush - The Kick Inside Buzzcocks - Another Music In A Different Kitchen The Clash - London Calling Cockney Rebel - The Psychomodo Leonard Cohen - Death Of A Ladies Man The Congos - Heart Of The Congos Elvis Costello - This Year's Model Elvis Costello - Armed Forces Culture - Two Sevens Clash Deep Purple - Machine Head Dion - Born To Be With You The Doors - L. A. Woman Ian Dury and the Blockheads - New Boots and Panties Bob Dylan - Blood On The Tracks The Eagles - Hotel California ELO - ELO Brian Eno - Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy) Brian Eno - Before And After Science Fleetwood Mac - Rumours Focus - Moving Waves Peter Gabriel - Peter Gabriel (1) Peter Gabriel - Peter Gabriel (2) Serge Gainsbourg - Historie de Melody Nelson Marvin Gaye - What's Going On? Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway Genesis - Wind And Wuthering George Harrison - All Things Must Pass Hawkwind - Quark, Strangeness And Charm The Heartbreakers - L. A. M. F. Richard Hell and the Voidoids - Blank Generation Iggy and the Stooges - Raw Power The Jam - In The City Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road Carole King - Tapestry Kraftwerk - Autobahn Kraftwerk - Trans-Europe Express Led Zeppelin - 4 Symbols Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti John Lennon & the Plastic Ono Band - John Lennon & the Plastic Ono Band Curtis Mayfield - Superfly Paul and Linda McCartney- Ram Meatloaf - Bat Out Of Hell Joni Mitchell - Blue Giorgio Moroder - From Here To Eternity New York Dolls - New York Dolls Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells Pere Ubu - The Modern Dance Pink Floyd - Dark Side Of The Moon Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here The Police - Outlandos D'Amour Iggy Pop - The Idiot Queen - A Night at the Opera Queen - Sheer Heart Attack The Ramones - The Ramones Lou Reed - Transformer The Rolling Stones - Exile On Main Street The Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers Roxy Music - For Your Pleasure The Saints - (I'm) Stranded The Sex Pistols - Never Mind The Bollocks Here's The Sex Pistols Simon and Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water Siouxsie and the Banshees - The Scream The Patti Smith Group - Easter Sparks - Kimono my House The Specials - The Specials The Stooges - Fun House Suicide - Suicide Talking Heads - More Songs About Buildings And Food Telex - Looking For St. Tropez T. Rex - Electric Warrior The Undertones - The Undertones Television - Marquee Moon 10CC - Sheet Music Van Der Graaf Generator - Pawn Hearts Various Artists - No New York Various Artists - Nuggets Velvet Underground - Loaded Wings - Band on the Run Stevie Wonder - Songs In The Key Of Life XTC - White Music Yellow Magic Orchestra - Yellow Magic Orchestra Neil Young - After The Goldrush

I heard "Terry" by Twinkle last night. She only had one other minor hit with "Golden Lights". "Terry" is a classic death disc (like "Leader of the pack" and "Johnny remember me")

So if you're in not in either list does that make you middle of the road? :huh: Not quite mainstream, not quite independent - the story of my life (or my musical tastes at least). :music:

I've been voting steadily for Robyn, but I've voted for Natalie this time - great song!