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Stand by me was a hit in 1961, not 1967. I've just changed the date in Wikipedia. Just goes to show you can't trust it!

Splendid efforts so far. Here's mine. http://www.mediamax.com/neilbaylis/Hosted/Natalie.jpg

Thanks for the votes everybody! My fave was Ashley's Remi Nicole cover. Simple, evocative and brilliant!

In America he did, but inevitably on a UK forum we're talking about the UK charts where, sadly, Curtis Mayfield didn't get all the hits he deserved (and neither did the Impressions, his previous group, in the 60s - they scored no UK hits).

Great variety of designs this week. 1. E (10 pts) 2. F 3. O 4. A 5. M 6. L 7. J 8. I 9. H 10. N

Better to ask what makes self-destructive people so talented. Surely it's pretty well established that troublesome backgrounds can sometimes lead to finding a way out via creativity. If you delve into the backgrounds of quite a lot of creative people over the centuries, whether painters, musicians, novelists, dancers or whatever, you will find a troubled past. I think Freud said something about art being a way of changing the world by people who are disatisfied with it, or with their own experience of it. Sadly, alcohol and drugs are another way of dealing with unhappiness, so it should come as no surprise that often creative people resort to them. Of course some of them are going to crash and burn in front of our eyes (or rather the prying eyes of the media). I find it more remarkable that so many stay so sane!

The original poster has defined the terms of this thread - not Guiness or the OCC! So we're being unofficial - but that's the kind of rebels we are! :naughty: :arrr: :teresa: Here are some more artists with one major hit to their name - all classics. Thunderclap Newman - Something in the air (#1 in 1969 - Produced by Pete Townshend. Bob Lind - Elusive butterfy (#5 in 1966) - Follow-up spent 1 week at #46. John Fred and his Playboy Band - Judy in disguise (with glasses) (#3 in 1968) - terrific American pop. Tommy James and the Shondells - Mony mony (#1 in 1968) - 1 minor hit in 1966, but much more successful in the USA. The Merseys - Sorrow (#4 in 1966) - two ex-members of the Merseybeats cover a McCoys B-side, and Bowie does it again later. Love Sculpture - Sabre dance (#5 in 68) - manic cover of a classical piece courtesy of Dave Edmunds.

Cheers Mikey! :)

Doesn't Scotland also come out as one of the worst diets in Europe? There is more and more evidence to suggest a direct link with cancer and poor diet. Given the amount of money being pumped in, is it not possible that there is more to it than just the NHS going to hell in a handcart as the doom mongers would love us to believe?

Which charts are you using? The nearest match I could find from the UK official singles charts (August 21st 1982) is below. Try http://www.chartstats.com/index.php 01. (01) Dexy's Midnight Runners With The Emerald Express - Come On Eileen 02. (06) Survivor - Eye Of The Tiger 03. (02) Irene Cara - Fame 04. (03) Yazoo - Don't Go 05. (05) Hot Chocolate - It Started With A Kiss 06. (21) Boystown Gang - Can't Take My Eyes Off You 07. (08) The Stranglers - Strange Little Girl 08. (04) Madness - Driving In My Car 09. (07) Kid Creole And The Coconuts - Stool Pigeon 10. (09) Bad Manners - My Girl Lollipop (My Boy Lollipop) 11. (12) The Belle Stars - The Clapping Song 12. (34) Toto Coelo - I Eat Cannibals (Part 1) 13. (**) Soft Cell - What 14. (16) The Firm - Arthur Daley (E's Alright) 15. (23) Kool And The Gang - Big Fun 16. (22) Haysi Fantayzee - John Wayne Is Big Leggy 17. (27) Wavelength - Hurry Home 18. (26) The Fun Boy Three - Summertime 19. (10) Bananarama - Shy Boy 20. (11) Japan - I Second That Emotion 21. (25) Associates - 18 Carat Love Affair/Love Hangover 22. (13) Trio - Da Da Da 23. (15) Paul McCartney - Take It Away 24. (18) Donna Summer - Love Is In Control (Finger On The Trigger) 25. (14) Cliff Richard - The Only Way Out 26. (46) The Kids From 'Fame' Featuring Valerie Landsberg - Hi Fidelity 27. (**) Duran Duran - Save A Prayer 28. (36) Talk Talk - Today 29. (20) Junior - Too Late 30. (19) The Brat - Chalk Dust - The Umpire Strikes Back 31. (51) Sting - Spread A Little Happiness 32. (17) David Essex - Me And My Girl (Night-Clubbing) 33. (**) Haircut 100 - Nobody's Fool 34. (57) Modern Romance Featuring John du Prez - Cherry Pink And Apple Blossom White 35. (40) Tom Tom Club - Under The Boardwalk 36. (56) Captain Sensible - Wot 37. (67) Rocker's Revenge Featuring Donnie Calvin - Walking On Sunshine 38. (30) Sylvian Sakamoto - Bamboo Houses/Bamboo Music 39. (38) Sheena Easton - Machinery 40. (32) The Clash - Rock The Casbah 41. (28) The Steve Miller Band - Abracadabra 42. (39) Pink Floyd - When The Tigers Broke Free 43. (42) The Psychedelic Furs - Love My Way 44. (29) Dollar - Videotheque 45. (31) Shalamar - A Night To Remember 46. (44) Tight Fit - Secret Heart 47. (45) China Crisis - African And White 48. (**) Queen - Backchat 49. (33) Leo Sayer - Heart (Stop Beating In Time) 50. (43) Scritti Politti - Asylums In Jerusalem/Jacques Derrida 51. (70) David Christie - Saddle Up 52. (47) Blancmange - Feel Me 53. (24) Visage - Night Train 54. (50) 10cc - Run Away 55. (41) Diana Ross - It's Never Too Late 56. (64) Thomas Dolby - Windpower 57. (68) King Trigger - The River 58. (**) Shakin' Stevens - Give Me Your Heart Tonight 59. (**) Liquid Gold - Where Did We Go Wrong 60. (**) Orange Juice - Two Hearts Together/Hokoyo 61. (53) Philip Jap - Save Us 62. (**) Pete Townshend - Uniforms 63. (**) Wonder Dogs - Ruff Mix 64. (37) Odyssey - Inside Out 65. (48) Kate Bush - The Dreaming 66. (**) Judas Priest - You've Got Another Thing Comin' 67. (**) Frida - I Know There's Something Going On 68. (**) Fashion - Love Shadow 69. (**) Rocky Sharpe And The Replays - Clap Your Hands 70. (55) Imagination - Music And Lights 71. (**) The McCrarys - Love On A Summer Night 72. (62) Ken Barrie - Postman Pat 73. (**) Chicago - Hard To Say I'm Sorry 74. (**) Carly Simon - Why 75. (**) Nicole - Give Me More Time My faves: 04. (03) Yazoo - Don't Go 09. (07) Kid Creole And The Coconuts - Stool Pigeon 13. (**) Soft Cell - What 16. (22) Haysi Fantayzee - John Wayne Is Big Leggy 18. (26) The Fun Boy Three - Summertime 19. (10) Bananarama - Shy Boy 20. (11) Japan - I Second That Emotion 21. (25) Associates - 18 Carat Love Affair/Love Hangover 22. (13) Trio - Da Da Da 23. (15) Paul McCartney - Take It Away 28. (36) Talk Talk - Today 33. (**) Haircut 100 - Nobody's Fool 35. (40) Tom Tom Club - Under The Boardwalk 38. (30) Sylvian Sakamoto - Bamboo Houses/Bamboo Music 40. (32) The Clash - Rock The Casbah 41. (28) The Steve Miller Band - Abracadabra 43. (42) The Psychedelic Furs - Love My Way 45. (31) Shalamar - A Night To Remember 47. (45) China Crisis - African And White 50. (43) Scritti Politti - Asylums In Jerusalem/Jacques Derrida 52. (47) Blancmange - Feel Me 53. (24) Visage - Night Train 56. (64) Thomas Dolby - Windpower 57. (68) King Trigger - The River 68. (**) Fashion - Love Shadow 74. (**) Carly Simon - Why

Euro Music - you didn't use the most recent list so I've had to re-insert some. 85 and counting… Animals - Animal Tracks Amen Corner - Round Amen Corner Aphrodite's Child - It's Five O'Clock The Band - The Band The Beach Boys - Summer days (and summer nights!) The Beach Boys - The Beach Boys Today! The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds The Beach Boys - Smiley Smile The Beatles - Rubber Soul The Beatles - Revolver The Beatles - Abbey Road The Beatles - Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band The Beatles - The White Album The Bee Gees - Odessa Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band - Gorilla James Brown - Live At The Apollo Buffalo Springfield - Again The Byrds - Fifth Dimension The Byrds - The Notorious Byrd Brothers Can - Monster Movie Captain Beefheart - Trout Mask Replica Johnny Cash - Johnny Cash Live At Folsom Prison Ray Charles - Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music Cream - Disraeli Gears The Creation - We Are Paintermen Ivor Cutler - Ludo The Doors - The Doors Nick Drake - Five Leaves Left Julie Driscoll, Brian Auger and the Trinity - Open Bob Dylan - Bringing It All Back Home Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited Bob Dylan - Blonde On Blonde Bob Dylan - John Wesley Harding Electric Prunes - I Had Too Much To Dream Last Night Georgie Fame - Sweet Things Flying Burrito Brothers - Gilded Palace of Sin Aretha Franklin - Lady Soul The Bobby Fuller Four - I Fought The Law Serge Gainsbourg - Initials BB Marvin Gaye - In The Groove Stan Getz and Joao Gilberto - Getz/Gilberto The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Are You Experienced? The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Electric Ladyland Jefferson Airplane - Surrealistic Pillow The Kinks - The Kinks are the Village Green Preservation Society Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin I Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin II Love - Forever Changes John Mayall's Bluesbreakers - Bluesbreakers The MC5 - Kick Out the Jams The Millennium - Begin Joni Mitchell - Clouds Moby Grape - Moby Grape The Monkees - Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn and Jones Ltd The Monks - Black Monk Time Mothers Of Invention - We're Only In It For The Money Original Soundtrack - Easy Rider Pink Floyd - Piper at the Gates of Dawn Elvis Presley - From Elvis in Memphis The Pretty Things - SF Sorrow Otis Redding - Otis Blue: Otis Redding Sings Soul The Rolling Stones - Aftermath The Rolling Stones - Beggars Banquet The Rolling Stones - Let It Bleed Sagittarius - Present Tense Nina Simone - Pastel Blues Simon & Garfunkel - Bookends The Small Faces - Ogdens' Nut Gone Flake The Soft Machine - The Soft Machine Dusty Springfield - Dusty In Memphis Status Quo - Picturesque Matchstickable Messages Steppenwolf - Steppenwolf The Stooges - The Stooges The 13th Floor Elevators - The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators Traffic - Mr Fantasy Van Morrison - Astral Weeks Various Artists - A Christmas Gift for You From Phil Spector The Velvet Underground & Nico - The Velvet Underground & Nico The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground The Velvet Underground - White Light White Heat The Who - Tommy The Who - My Generation The Yardbirds - 5 Live Yardbirds Neil Young - Everyone Knows This is Nowhere The Zombies - Odessey & Oracle

Thank you for the kind comments russt68 and djcharly. You both do superb covers and deserve your one-two on the leader board.

Here's my attempt for this week http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa240/45cat/GoMrSunshine.jpg

Aphrodite's Child - It's Five O'Clock The Band - The Band The Beach Boys - Summer days (and summer nights!) The Beach Boys - The Beach Boys Today! The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds The Beach Boys - Smiley Smile The Beatles - Rubber Soul The Beatles - Revolver The Beatles - Abbey Road The Beatles - Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band The Beatles - The White Album The Bee Gees - Odessa Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band - Gorilla James Brown - Live At The Apollo Buffalo Springfield - Again The Byrds - Fifth Dimension The Byrds - The Notorious Byrd Brothers Can - Monster Movie Captain Beefheart - Trout Mask Replica Johnny Cash - Johnny Cash Live At Folsom Prison Ray Charles - Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music Cream - Disraeli Gears The Creation - We Are Paintermen Ivor Cutler - Ludo The Doors - The Doors Nick Drake - Five Leaves Left Julie Driscoll, Brian Auger and the Trinity - Open Bob Dylan - Bringing It All Back Home Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited Bob Dylan - Blonde On Blonde Georgie Fame - Sweet Things Flying Burrito Brothers - Gilded Palace of Sin Aretha Franklin - Lady Soul The Bobby Fuller Four - I Fought The Law Serge Gainsbourg - Initials BB Marvin Gaye - In The Groove Stan Getz and Joao Gilberto - Getz/Gilberto The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Are You Experienced? The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Electric Ladyland Jefferson Airplane - Surrealistic Pillow The Kinks - The Kinks are the Village Green Preservation Society Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin I Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin II Love - Forever Changes John Mayall's Bluesbreakers - Bluesbreakers The MC5 - Kick Out the Jams The Millennium - Begin Moby Grape - Moby Grape The Monkees - Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn and Jones Ltd The Monks - Black Monk Time Mothers Of Invention - We're Only In It For The Money Original Soundtrack - Easy Rider Pink Floyd - Piper at the Gates of Dawn Elvis Presley - From Elvis in Memphis The Pretty Things - SF Sorrow Otis Redding - Otis Blue: Otis Redding Sings Soul The Rolling Stones - Aftermath The Rolling Stones - Beggars Banquet The Rolling Stones - Let It Bleed Sagittarius - Present Tense Nina Simone - Pastel Blues Simon & Garfunkel - Bookends The Small Faces - Ogdens' Nut Gone Flake The Soft Machine - The Soft Machine Dusty Springfield - Dusty In Memphis Steppenwolf - Steppenwolf The Stooges - The Stooges The 13th Floor Elevators - The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators Traffic - Mr Fantasy Van Morrison - Astral Weeks Various Artists - A Christmas Gift for You From Phil Spector The Velvet Underground & Nico - The Velvet Underground & Nico The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground The Velvet Underground - White Light White Heat The Who - Tommy The Who - My Generation The Yardbirds - 5 Live Yardbirds Neil Young - Everyone Knows This is Nowhere The Zombies - Odessey & Oracle That takes us to 79!

01. (01) Richard Hawley - Tonight the streets are ours [2 wks] (1-1) 02. (02) Stephanie McIntosh - Mistake [9 wks] (32-11-4-4-2-2-2-2-2) 03. (01) Shiny Toy Guns - Don’t cry out [10 wks] (6-6-3-3-1-1-1-1-3-3) 04. (08) Caribou - Melody day [2 wks] (8-4) 05. (04) Kelly Rowland - Like this [11 weeks] (29-20-14-7-8-5-5-4-5-5) 06. (10) Hard-Fi - Suburban knights [4 wks] (17-8-10-6) 07. (06) Amy MacDonald - Mr Rock & Roll [4 wks] (10-6-6-7) 08. (09) Manic Street Preachers - Autumnsong [4 wks] (11-7-9-8) 09. (11) Stephanie McIntosh - So do I say sorry first? [4 wks] (22-12-11-9) 10. (05) The Ting Tings - That’s not my name [13 weeks] (3-1-1-1-1-1-1-2-2-3-3-5-10) 11. (07) Marsheaux - Dream of a disco [12 wks] (3-2-2-2-2-2-3-4-5-4-7-11) 12. (12) Robyn - With every heartbeat [10 wks] (34-25-18-14-15-15-15-11-12-12) 13. (14) Arcade Fire - No cars go [4 wks] (16-15-14-13) 14. (15) The Coral - Who’s gonna find me? [5 wks] (38-30-20-15-14) 15. (16) Lumidee featuring Pitbull - Crazy [3 wks] (22-16-15) 16. (21) Tiny Dancers - Ashes and diamonds [2 wks] (21-16) 17. (13) Garbage - Tell me where it hurts [10 wks] (26-24-15-15-11-12-6-9-13-17) 18. (20) Remi Nicole - Go Mr Sunshine [2 wks] (20-18) 19. (17) Timbaland/Keri Hilson/DOE - The way I are [8 wks] (19-11-6-6-7-10-17-19) 20. (19) The Killers - For reasons unknown [6 wks] (31-30-21-21-19-20) 21. (18) My Chemical Romance - Teenagers [4 wks] (14-17-18-21) 22. (22) Los Campesinos! - You! Me! Dancing! [7 wks] (21-12-9-8-13-22-22) 23. (23) The Enemy - Had enough [8 wks] (32-27-18-17-12-14-23-23) 24. (26) Girls Aloud - Sexy! No no no [3 wk] (26-26-24) 25. (24) Amerie - Gotta work [9 wks] (33-20-16-14-13-13-18-24-25) 26. (**) Axwell featuring Max C - I found U [1 wk] (26) 27. (25) The Hoosiers - Worried about Ray [7 wks] (39-29-26-19-19-25-27) 28. (28) Deborah Harry - Two times blue [2 wks] (28-28) 29. (27) The Twang - Either way [7 wks] (34-27-27-27-25-27-29) 30. (**) Rihanna - Shut up and drive [1 wk] (30) 31. (**) Shiny Toy Guns - Rainy Monday [1 wk] (31) 32. (29) Manic Street Preachers - Your love alone is not enough [14 wks] (12-5-5-5-5-4-4-5-7-7-9-16-29-32) 33. (**) Elliot Minor - Jessica [1 wk] (33) 34. (**) KT Tunstall - Hold on [1 wk] (34) 35. (31) The Priscillas - Superhero [2 wks] (31-35) 36. (**) Yves Larock - Rise up [1 wk] (36) 37. (39) Funeral For A Friend - Walk away [2 wks] (39-37) 38. (**) David Guetta - Love is gone [1 wk] (38) 39. (30) Rihanna - Umbrella [14 wks] (14-7-4-4-4-5-5-6-9-10-18-23-30-39) 40. (38) BC Camplight - Lord I’ve been on fire [3 wks] (36-38-40)

Well, you've gotta let the male nerds with the synthesisers figure out how to use 'em first!

'The Velvet Underground and Nico' was their first LP in October 1967. 'The Velvet Underground' was their third LP (after 'White Light, White Heat - June 1968) in April 1969.

I bought my first CD player in 1988. I bought two albums - ABC's 'The lexicon of love' and Big Audio Dynamite's 'This is Big Audio Dynamite' the same day.

Thank you for the votes everyone! How am I going to live up to that?:unsure:

This censorship is happening because these events took place abroad. If it had happened over here the parents would be getting far more criticism, but the media would far rather blindly defend British people abroad and criticise foreigners than get at the truth. Xenophobia pure and simple.

Actually, thinking about it, I think the one word that is most misspelt on Buzzjack is definitely er… definitely. It's not definately, definatly or any other bizarre combination of letters that spring unbidden into your head - it's definitely! (Sorry, having a bit of a Stephen Fry moment there!)

I thought it would be interesting to see the chart at the time of Elvis's (and Marc's) death. 01. (04) The Floaters - Float On 02. (01) Brotherhood Of Man - Angelo 03. (02) Showaddywaddy - You Got What It Takes 04. (42) Elvis Presley - Way Down 05. (03) Donna Summer - I Feel Love 06. (06) Rah Band - The Crunch 07. (07) Rita Coolidge - We're All Alone 08. (10) Deniece Williams - That's What Friends Are For 09. (15) Candi Staton - Nights On Broadway 10. (14) Carly Simon - Nobody Does It Better 11. (07) Boney M - Ma Baker 12. (09) The Stranglers - Something Better Change 13. (05) Smokie - It's Your Life 14. (12) Jonathan Richman - Roadrunner 15. (11) The Commodores - Easy 16. (27) Space - Magic Fly 17. (22) Steve Gibbons Band - Tulane 18. (13) The Jam - All Around The World 19. (29) Rods - Do Anything You Wanna Do 20. (18) Detroit Emeralds - Feel The Need 21. (50) Donna Summer - Down Deep Inside 22. (**) Jean Michel Jarre - Oxygene Part IV 23. (23) Thin Lizzy - Dancin' In The Moonlight 24. (25) Mink DeVille - Spanish Stroll 25. (26) Fleetwood Mac - Dreams 26. (16) Hot Chocolate - So You Win Again 27. (**) Adverts - Gary Gilmore's Eyes 28. (28) The Dooleys - I Think I'm Gonna Fall In Love With You 29. (45) Elkie Brooks - Sunshine After The Rain 30. (**) David Soul - Silver Lady 31. (33) The Jacksons - Dreamer 32. (30) Danny Williams - Dancin' Easy 33. (31) Yvonne Elliman - I Can't Get You Out Of My Mind 34. (19) Emerson, Lake And Palmer - Fanfare For The Common Man 35. (21) The Sex Pistols - Pretty Vacant 36. (37) De Etta Little And Nelson Pigford - You Take My Heart Away 37. (41) Philadelphia International All Stars - Let's Clean Up The Ghetto 38. (24) Barry Biggs - Three Ring Circus 39. (36) Jigsaw - If I Have To Go Away 40. (47) Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers - American Girl 41. (38) Billy Paul - Your Song 42. (48) The Four Seasons - Down The Hall 43. (46) Nilsson - All I Think About Is You 44. (43) Real Thing - Love's Such A Wonderful Thing 45. (**) Bruce Johnston - Pipeline 46. (**) Meri Wilson - Telephone Man 47. (**) The Boomtown Rats - Looking After Number One 48. (**) La Belle Epoque - Black Is Black 49. (**) JALN Band - I Got To Sing 50. (**) Black Gorilla - Gimme Dat Banana "Way down" had gone 46 to 42 and probably wouldn't have progressed any further but for the tragic news. It was the second single from the "Moody blue" album. The title track had reached number 6 in April. Fortuitously for RCA they had reissued 16 singles in picture sleeves in June - no less than eight of them would re-chart at once at the beginning of September. The chart is also notable for the number of punk and new wave hits in the summer of punk. Some would establish themselves with a string of hits, for others this was their peak. The Rods (alias Eddie and the Hot Rods), Mink De Ville, The Adverts were having their finest hour while The Boomtown Rats, The Stranglers, The Jam and The Sex Pistols would go on to greater things. Interesting that at the same time as punk the first stirrings of electro-pop were evident with Moroder's "I feel love", Space and Jean-Michel Jarre all charting.

I rate Elvis, me. There may be others on this thread pulling him down, but it ain't me! That doesn't mean the record company aren't doing what I say they're doing. Uh-huh-huh! I've never understood this slagging off of artists on the chart forum. After all, if you're not interested in other people's musical tastes why belong to a chart forum? Charts are all about everybody's tastes not just yours.

1. H (10 pts) 2. F 3. D 4. L 5. G 6. N 7. Q 8. A 9. E 10. M (1 pt)