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Another bumper bunch of charts, for late Friday. The usual bunch of Films, DVDs, Albums, a flashback to 1983, and finally Mr Dave Richard Taylor, will slip in the Singles top 50 (bang up todate) when he gets back from his weekly Hospital stint. Let`s start, with the top films this week... w/k ending 6th Jun 2008 01 NE INDIANA JONES AND THE KINGDOM OF THE CRYSTAL SKULL 02 02 WHAT HAPPENS IN VEGAS 03 01 IRON MAN 04 03 FORGETTING SARAH MARSHALL 05 04 NIM`S ISLAND 06 05 SPEED RACER 07 06 MADE OF HONOR 08 07 DOOMSDAY 09 09 SUKKAR BANAT 10 08 IN BRUGES The new INDIANA JONES takes in £12,227,799 in one week! Having travelled into the cinema, on Wednesday I heard a couple saying, that they must watch this new SUCK A BANANA film! No wonder SUKKAR BANAT sticks this week! (The top films are compiled by Screen International, for UK Box Office) Here are this week`s top dvd films... 01 01 PS I LOVE YOU 02 NE SWEENEY TODD DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET 03 NE BEE MOVIE 04 02 ALIEN VS PREDATOR REQUIEM 05 03 I AM LEGEND 06 04 GOLDEN COMPASS 07 07 RUN FAT BOY RUN 08 05 CHARLIE WILSON`S WAR 09 10 STARDUST 10 06 IN THE VALLEY OF ELAH Now this week, more people rented PS I LOVE YOU, than actually bought it. SWEENEY TODD was the most "buy for keeps" dvd, with a combined total of renters/buyers standing at 59,319. (The top dvds are compiled by a combination of mrib/Blockbuster rentals). Here are the top 20 albums, this week... 01 NE HERE I STAND - USHER 02 03 ROCKFERRY - DUFFY 03 05 MINISTRY OF SOUND PRESENTS CHILLED 91 - 08 - VARIOUS 04 02 HOME BEFORE DARK - NEIL DIAMOND 05 NE EMERGENCY - PIGEON DETECTIVES 06 01 WE STARTED NOTHING - TING TINGS 07 04 JUMPING ALL OVER THE WORLD - SCOOTER 08 06 R + B COLLECTION SPRING 2008 - VARIOUS 09 07 IN SILICO - PENDULUM 10 10 CLUBLAND CLASSIX - VARIOUS 11 08 LITTLE DREAMER - BETH ROWLEY 12 12 CHANT - CISTERCIAN MONKS 13 11 NOW 69 - VARIOUS 14 16 BEST OF - NEIL DIAMOND 15 13 SCOUTING FOR GIRLS - SCOUTING FOR GIRLS 16 23 101 DRIVING SONGS - VARIOUS 17 09 HARD CANDY - MADONNA 18 NE SEX AND THE CITY - OST/VARIOUS 19 19 BACK TO BLACK - AMY WINEHOUSE 20 17 DAVE PEARCE TRANCE ANTHEMS - VARIOUS At one point the CHILLED compilation, was even outselling USHER, and DUFFY (That was early on). Though today, USHER ends up 12,000 ahead of DUFFY...SEX AND THE CITY, being the biggest Soundtrack (top film next week?) (The album chart is compiled by stores, and download sites up to, and including Wednesday night). Remember the top albums, this week in 1983? w/k ending 4th June 83 01 01 TRUE - SPANDAU BALLET 02 03 THRILLER - MICHAEL JACKSON 03 02 LUXURY GAP - HEAVEN 17 04 04 LET`S DANCE - DAVID BOWIE 05 15 PIECE OF MIND - IRON MAIDEN 06 19 CONFRONTATION - BOB MARLEY 07 05 PURE CORRUPTION AND LIES - NEW ORDER 08 08 NIGHT DUBBING - IMAGINATION 09 06 THE HURTING - TEARS FOR FEARS 10 14 TWICE AS KOOL - KOOL AND THE GANG 11 20 THE FEAST - CREATURES 12 13 DRESSED FOR THE OCCASION - CLIFF RICHARD/LONDON PHILARMONIC ORCHESTRA 13 07 CARGO - MEN AT WORK 14 12 QUICK STEP AND SIDE KICK - THOMPSON TWINS 15 10 FASTER THAN THE SPEED OF NIGHT - BONNIE TYLER 16 09 MIDNIGHT AT THE LOST AND FOUND - MEAT LOAF 17 25 CHART ENCOUNTERS OF THE HIT KIND - VARIOUS 18 16 SWEET DREAMS - EURYTHMICS 19 18 FINAL CUT - PINK FLOYD 20 24 WHAMMY - B-52`S SPANDAU BALLET reigning supreme in 83. HEAVEN 17, a close 2nd, and THRILLER, a close 3rd (rather like this week`s album chart). DAVID BOWIE was just off the number one single (with LET`S DANCE) and the album, of the same name stuck at 4. IRON MAIDEN doing well. NEW ORDER with BLUE MONDAY (as a 12" single only). The album going down, here. IMAGINATION`s singles were beginning to dry up, chartwise...but the album was doing good. BOB MARLET passed away in 1981, but became one of the biggest reggae acts, of the 80s. The CREATURES, were more or less SIOUXIE AND THE BANSHEES (covering such songs, as the way old "RIGHT NOW"). B-52`s, had the album "WHAMMY", but singles in 1983 were almost non-existent. Only one compilation in the top 20..a recent hits comp, "CHART ENCOUNTERS OF THE HIT KIND". The only other compilation, in the top 30 was "THE LAUGHTER AND TEARS COLLECTION", a love collection. The singles in 1983... w/k ending 4th June 83 01 10 EVERY BREATH YOU TAKE - POLICE 02 03 CANDY GIRL - NEW EDITION 03 05 BAD BOYS - WHAM! 04 04 CAN`T GET USED TO LOSING YOU - THE BEAT 05 08 NOBODY`S DIARY - YAZOO 06 02 TEMPTATION - HEAVEN 17 07 01 TRUE - SPANDAU BALLET 08 11 BUFFALO SOLDIER - BOB MARLEY AND THE WAILERS 09 14 MONEY GO ROUND - STYLE COUNCIL 10 20 JUST GOT LUCKY - JOBOXERS 11 27 LOVE TOWN - BOOKER NEWBERRY III 12 13 WHAT KINDA BOY YOU LOOKING FOR GIRL - HOT CHOCOLATE 13 06 DANCING TIGHT - GALAXY/PHIL FEARON 14 07 OUR LIPS OUR SEALED - FUN BOY THREE 15 22 GLORY GLORY MAN UTD - MANCHESTER UNITED CUP FINAL SQUAD 16 09 BLIND VISION - BLANCMANGE 17 23 FEEL THE NEED IN ME - FORREST 18 42 IN A BIG COUNTRY - BIG COUNTRY 19 32 LADY LOVE ME ONE MORE TIME - GEORGE BENSON 20 12 KEEP FEELING FASCINATION - HUMAN LEAGUE 21 15 PALE SHELTER - TEARS FOR FEARS 22 28 MUSIC - D TRAIN 23 33 STOP AND GO - DAVID GRANT 24 40 WAITING FOR A TRAIN - FLASH AND THE PAN 25 17 WORDS - F.R. DAVID 26 16 FAMILY MAN - DARYL HALL/JOHN OATES 27 19 DON`T STOP THAT CRAZY RHYTHM - MODERN ROMANCE 28 34 MORNIN` - AL JAREAU 29 NE BRING ME CLOSER - ALTERED IMAGES 30 24 SHIPBUILDING - ROBERT WYATT 31 NE LET`S LIVE IT UP - DAVID JOSEPH 32 21 BLUE MONDAY - NEW ORDER 33 41 I GUESS THAT`S WHY THEY CALL IT THE BLUES - ELTON JOHN 34 NE WE CAME TO DANCE - ULTRAVOX 35 NE FLASHDANCE WHAT A FEELING - IRENE CARA 36 37 JUICY FRUIT - MTUME 37 NE THE KIDS ARE BACK - TWISTED SISTER 38 NE BABY JANE - ROD STEWART 39 26 BEAT IT - MICHAEL JACKSON 40 NE THE HEAT IS ON - AGNETHA FALTSKOG POLICE knocked off SPANDAU BALLET in 1983 (but they were not arrested!) THE BEAT sang ANDY WILLIAMS top 3 hit from 63, JO BOXERS folowed up BOXER BEAT, HEAVEN 17 finally scored a big hit (after a 1981 flop). STYLE COUNCIL had their 2nd toptenner, after "SPEAK LIKE A CHILD", So PAUL WELLER was happy (rather like this week). Shall I state, the "bleeding obvious", with MAN UTD?! As Reading, drop from the Premiership...No! (At least JOHN MADEJSKI, can hold on to his wallet). PHIL FEARON had his first biggy, with GALAXY..Soul all over the place, with GEORGE BENSON, as well as smooth jazzy type with AL JAREAU. FUN BOY THREE sang a GO GO`s earlier hit (the GO GO`s featured a young BELINDA CARLISLE, of course). FORREST covered the DETROIT EMERALDS 1973 and 77 hit (also covered by SHAKIN` STEVENS in 1987, among others). Dance hits from D TRAIN, and MTUME. DAVID JOSEPH had a 2nd hit (away from 70s outfit HI TENSION). HALL AND OATES "FAMILY MAN" was written by MIKE OLDFIELD. ALTERED IMAGES (and the lovely CLARE GROGAN) were drying up. MODERN ROMANCE were struggling, but did revive themselves, for another top ten hit, later in 1983. AGNETHA FALTSKOG (the blonde from ABBA) tried solo, and just a couple of years back covered a CILLA BLACK hit "IF I THOUGHT YOU`D EVER CHANGE YOUR MIND". Finally ROBERT WYATT was back in the singles chart, following a 1974 rendition of the MONKEES/NEIL DIAMOND`s "I`M A BELIEVER". (The vintage charts, were compiled by MRIB). with special thanks to Colin, (as the proofreader, and spellchecker). Thanks Col!! Hang On Dave will hopefully come in pretty soon, to complete the latest single/track chart (brought up todate, with Chart Show TV`s chart, but with today`s added sales). So, stick with it...

He`s right though! Even worse on a combined Artist/Compilation chart where it would be 17! :o Just thinking of Ben`s top 10 prediction game....Who will be higher in the album chart? Madonna, or Pendulum?

Maybe they are selling better physically in stores, other than HMV? The download is 39, in HMV Downloads, 27 in Tesco, 19 on MSN, and 26 on iTunes.

Top 20 Physicals today in HMV... 01 Paul Weller (new) 02 Rihanna (down) 03 Duffy (new) 04 Ting Tings (down) 05 Fratellis (new) 06 Will I. Am (down) 07 September (up) 08 Madonna (down) 09 Usher (down) 10 Ashlee Simpson (down) 11 Alanis Morrisette (new) 12 Estelle (down) 13 Nelly (down) 14 Taio Cruz (new) 15 Royworld (down) 16 Sam Sparro (down) 17 Flo Rida (down) 18 Wiley (down) 19 Andy Abraham (down) 20 Chris Brown (With You) (down) The top 10 pre-orders in HMV.. 01 Morrisey - All You Need Is Me (released 2nd June) 02 Cure - Freakshow 03 Madonna - Give It 2Me 04 R.E.M. - Hollow Man (Released 2nd June) 05 Elbow - One Day Like This (Released 2nd June) 06 Love Song - Sara Barielles (Releaased 2nd June) 07 Music - Strength In Numbers (Relesed 2nd June) 08 Yeti - Don`t Go Back To The One You Love

Kat`s single is released physically on 2nd June.

We only have the top 40, and Kylie is not in either. I would guess In My Arms, is probably around 41.

Very, very close today in points/average figures, for stores. Also, the boys could not get Woolworths chart figures, but that should not make a significant difference.

Now, who else brings a new chart, on a Bank Holiday! :yahoo: Have to thank Peter Jay and John McManus, for their time today. In our preview of what may happen in next Sunday`s Countdown, with Scott Mills. Last week on the albums, we had 8 in the top 10, 19 in the 20...and only 24 in the 30. A few pre-orders let us down, and surprisingly the Searchers stayed in the combined top 30, as did my mate Frank Sinatra! Today the albums apparently, look this way... 01 01 WE STARTED NOTHING - TING TINGS 02 03 ROCKFERRY - DUFFY 03 NE HERE I STAND - USHER 04 02 HOME BEFORE DARK - NEIL DIAMOND 05 11 CHILLED 91-08 - VARIOUS 06 NE EMERGENCY - PIGEON DETECTIVES 07 04 JUMPING ALL OVER THE WORLD - SCOOTER 08 16 R + B COLLECTION - VARIOUS 09 05 IN SILICO - PENDULUM 10 09 CLUBLAND CLASSIX - VARIOUS 11 06 HARD CANDY - MADONNA 12 07 LITTLE DREAMER - BETH ROWLEY 13 13 NOW 69 - VARIOUS 14 24 BEST OF - NEIL DIAMOND 15 NE SEX AND THE CITY - OST/VARIOUS 16 19 CISTERCIAN MONKS - CHANT 17 12 SCOUTING FOR GIRLS - SCOUTING FOR GIRLS 18 NE ULTIMATE COLLECTION - RUSSELL WATSON 19 14 CREAM 15 YEARS - VARIOUS 20 NE PINK AND THE LILY - SANDI THOM 21 NE ZOMBIES AND BEYOND - COLIN BLUNSTONE/ZOMBIES 22 NE GIRLS IN THE CITY - VARIOUS 23 RE ESSENTIAL SELECTION - NEIL DIAMOND 24 22 BACK TO BLACK - AMY WINEHOUSE 25 17 TRANCE ANTHEMS - DAVE PEARCE/VARIOUS 26 31 VAMPIRE WEEKEND - VAMPIRE WEEKEND 27 15 LESSONS TO BE LEARNED - GABRIELLA CILMI 28 32 101 DRIVING SONGS - VARIOUS 29 25 SMASH HITS 80S - VARIOUS 30 NE THIS IS NOT THE WORLD - FUTUREHEADS Entries outside the top 30 for: KIDS IN GLASS HOUSES at 34, SPIRITUALIZED at 35, NEW CLASSIX 2008 at 36, ASHLEE SIMPSON at 37, and CRAZYFISTS (TIDE AND IT`S TAKERS) is 46. The top 3, pretty close today apparently. On the singles front, last week we had 9 in the top 10! :yahoo: And nearly correct order too! We had 17 in the 20, 28 in the 30, but only 34 in the top 40...a couple of downloads alone, and long runners put it out. Today the team saw this preview, of singles/tracks... 01 01 TAKE A BOW - RIHANNA 02 02 THAT`S NOT MY NAME - TING TINGS 03 07 WARWICK AVENUE - DUFFY 04 04 HEARTBREAKER - WILL I. AM 05 03 4 MINUTES - MADONNA 06 17 CLOSER - NE YO 07 06 WEARING MY ROLEX - WILEY 08 05 SAM SPARRO - BLACK AND GOLD 09 11 SEPTEMBER - CRY FOR YOU 10 08 LOVE IN THIS CLUB - USHER 11 10 VIOLET HILL - COLDPLAY 12 09 AMERICAN BOY - ESTELLE 13 12 LOW - FLO - RIDA 14 42 10,000 NIGHTS - ALPHABEAT 15 16 SARA BAREILLES - LOVE SONG 16 23 I CAN BE - TAIO CRUZ 17 13 NELLY - PARTY PEOPLE 18 18 PENDULUM - PROPANE NIGHTMARES 19 19 SWEET ABOUT ME - GABRIELLA CILMI 20 44 FRATELLIS - MISTRESS MABEL 21 45 ALWAYS BE RIGHT BEHIND YOU - ZUTONS 22 24 HEARTBEAT - SCOUTING FOR GIRLS 23 26 FASCINATION - ALPHABEAT 24 25 CHRIS BROWN - WITH YOU 25 27 MERCY - DUFFY 26 28 ROCKSTAR - NICKELBACK 27 NE MADE UP STORIES - GO AUDIO 28 20 DAYLIGHT - KELLY ROWLAND 29 35 BEAT IT - FALL OUT BOY 30 15 ASHLEE SIMPSON - OUTTA MY HEAD 31 21 THIS IS AN EMERGENCY - PIGEON DETECTIVES 32 NE ELEVATOR - FLO RIDA 33 46 GREAT DJ - TING TINGS 34 29 ROYWORLD - DUST 35 NE FALLING OUT OF REACH - GUILLEMOTTS 36 41 UTAH SAINTS - SOMETHING GOOD 08 37 47 SNAP - RYTHYM IS A DANCER 38 42 STOP AND STARE - ONE REPUBLIC 39 34 LEONA LEWIS - BETTER IN TIME/FOOTSTEPS 40 14 GUSTO - DISCO`S REVENGE 08 Outside the top 40 today, we find: PAUL WELLER 41, KYLIE 42, SHUT UP AND LET ME GO (TING TINGS) at 43, MARIAH at 45, VAMPIRE WEEKEND at 44, down goes LIL` WAYNE 46...and DAVID COOK is at 50. Further down, download entries also for: KOLOMOIRA at 66, and MYSTERY JETS at 70. KAT DELUNA is on the edge of a top 75. What happened in 1995? Here was what we came up with then... Mon 29th May 1995 01 NE SCREAM - MICHAEL JACKSON 02 01 UCHAINED MELODY/WHITE CLIFFS OF DOVER - ROBSON AND JEROME 03 19 COMMON PEOPLE - PULP 04 10 EVERYBODYS GOT TO LEARN SOMETIME - BABY D. 05 04 GUALIONE - PEREZ PRADO 06 02 SCATMAN - SCATMAN JOHN 07 03 THAT LOOK IN YOUR EYE - ALI CAMPBELL 08 05 SURRENDER YOUR LOVE - NIGHTCRAWLERS 09 NE THIS AIN`T A LOVE SONG - BON JOVI 10 NE A WHITER SHADE OF PALE - ANNIE LENNOX 11 NE THINK OF YOU - WHIGFIELD 12 11 YES - MCALMONT AND BUTLER 13 18 HURT SO GOOD - JIMMY SOMERVILLE 14 28 SWING LOW SWEET CHARIOT - CHINA BLACK 15 06 YOUR LOVIN` ARMS - BILLY RAY MARTIN 16 36 NAKED - REEF 17 08 DREAMER - LIVIN JOY 18 17 THIS IS HOW WE DO IT - MONTELL JORDAN 19 34 STORIES - THERAPY 20 07 ONLY ONE ROAD - CELINE DION 21 15 JESSIE - JOSHUA CADESON 22 51 BELIEVE - HAPPYCLAPPERS 23 14 I`M IN CHAINS - TINA ARENA 24 09 FREEDOM - MICHELLE GAYLE 25 24 FAKE PLASTIC TREES - RADIOHEAD 26 16 MADE IN ENGLAND - ELTON JOHN 27 25 HAVE YOU EVER REALLY LOVED A WOMAN - BRYAN ADAMS 28 31 THIS TIME - CURTIS STIGERS 29 29 I BELIEVE - BLESSED UNION OF SOULS 30 21 BACK FOR GOOD - TAKE THAT 31 23 DON`T STOP - OUTHERE BROTHERS 32 49 WIZARD OF THE SONIC - WEST BAM 33 NE STAYING OUT FOR SUMMER - DODGY 34 48 I WANNA BE DOWN - BRANDY 35 NE REVERAND BLACK GRAPE - BLACK GRAPE 36 NE SERCRET LOVE - DANIEL O` DONNELL/MARY DUFF 37 NE SEX ON THE STREETS - PIZZAMAN 38 NE AS LONG AS YOU`RE GOOD TO ME/YOU`RE THE STORY OF MY LIFE - JUDY CHEEKS 39 NE DON`T MAKE ME WAIT - LOVELAND 40 NE BEAUTIFUL - MARILLION In 1995, we had 9 in the 10, 17 in the 20, 23 in the 30, and 34 in the top 40. Two hits from 1975, in the 1995 chart with JIMMY SOMERVILLE covering SUSAN CADOGAN`s 75 hit "HURT SO GOOD", and CHINA BLACK doing the old negro song "SWING LOW SWEET CHARIOT", which was a surprise top 20 hit, in 75 for ERIC CLAPTON...And later became a rugby anthem, but it`s even older than all of that and probably one of the oldest ever songs to chart. ELTON JOHN was MADE IN ENGLAND, right next door to BRYAN ADAMS...I found it rather funny here, because I suddenly thought just imagine, BRYAN ADAMS saying to ELTON JOHN, "Say Elton, have you ever really loved a woman!"

The Combined Official Artists/Compilations as follows: 01 ne TING TINGS 02 01 NEIL DIAMOND 03 04 DUFFY 04 03 SCOOTER 05 ne MOS PRESENTS CHILLED 91 - 08 - VARIOUS 06 ne R + B COLLECTION - VARIOUS 07 02 PENDULUM 08 ne BETH ROWLEY 09 06 CLUBLAND CLASSIX - VARIOUS 10 05 MADONNA 11 07 NOW 69 - VARIOUS 12 re BEST OF - NEIL DIAMOND 13 ne CISTERCIAN MONKS 14 11 SCOUTING FOR GIRLS 15 ne OSMONDS 16 09 CREAM 15 YEARS - VARIOUS 17 10 DAVE PEARCE TRANCE ANTHEMS - VARIOUS 18 13 PLATTERS 19 17 AMY WINEHOUSE 20 08 JAY SEAN 21 28 101 DRIVING SONGS - VARIOUS 22 re VAMPIRE WEEKEND 23 14 SMASH HITS 80S - VARIOUS 24 12 GABRIELLA CILMI 25 16 SEARCHERS 26 ne MICK HUCKNALL 27 ne ULTIMATE EUROVISION PARTY - VARIOUS 28 24 LEONA LEWIS 29 18 SAM SPARRO 30 20 PLANT/KRAUSS 31 23 BOBBY VEE 32 22 KOOKS 33 27 HERE AND NOW VERY BEST OF THE 80S - VARIOUS 34 31 ADDICTED TO BASSLINE - VARIOUS 35 21 ADELE 36 re AMY MACDONALD 37 re RACONTEURS 38 36 ONE REPUBLIC 39 34 NICKELBACK 40 41 WILLIE NELSON 11 Compilations in the top 40, 9 in the top 30, 6 in the top 20, and 3 in the top 10. The artist albums set a record this week...Neil Dianond goes from 194 to 8 (186 place climb). That is the biggest ever climb to the top 10 albums ever!

Here we go with another end of week, look at the charts. Taking a look at the latest top films, dvds, albums, and singles/tracks. Dave will, of course complete the thread with the top singles (courtesy of Chart Show TV, and today`s added sales info. All this, and also a look back to May 1980. Let`s start with the top films, this week... w/k ending 30th May 08 01 01 IRON MAN 02 02 WHAT HAPPENS IN VEGAS 03 03 FORGETTING SARAH MARSHALL 04 05 MIM`S ISLAND 05 04 SPEED RACER 06 07 MADE OF HONOR 07 06 DOOMSDAY 08 08 IN BRUGES 09 NE SUKKAR BANAT 10 09 21 3 weeks at number one, for IRON MAN netting £12,996,686 in those 3 weeks. Wouldn`t it be great to earn that in 3 weeks?! (The top films are compiled by Screen International, for UK Box office). Here are the top dvds, this week... w/k ending 30th May 08 01 NE P.S. I LOVE YOU 02 NE ALIEN VS PREDATOR 2-REQUIEM 03 01 I AM LEGEND 04 03 GOLDEN COMPASS 05 02 CHARLIE WILSON`S WAR 06 NE IN THE VALLEY OF ELAH 07 07 RUN FAT BOY RUN 08 NE MR MAGORIUM`S WONDER EMPORIUM 09 04 ST TRINIANS 10 06 STARDUST P.S. I LOVE YOU, had 72,239 takers this week. Which was a total combined with buyers and rentals. (The top dvds, are compiled by a combination of mrib/Blockbuster rentals) On we go, with the top 20 albums, this week... w/k ending 30th May 08 01 NE WE STARTED NOTHING - TING TINGS 02 01 HOME BEFORE DARK - NEIL DIAMOND 03 05 ROCKFERRY - DUFFY 04 03 JUMPING ALL OVER THE WORLD - SCOOTER 05 NE MINISTRY OF SOUND PRESENTS: CHILLED - VARIOUS 06 NE R + B COLLECTION - VARIOUS 07 02 IN SILICO - PENDULUM 08 NE LITTLE DREAMER - BETH ROWLEY 09 04 HARD CANDY - MADONNA 10 06 CLUBLAND CLASSIX - VARIOUS 11 07 NOW 69 - VARIOUS 12 NE CHANT - CISTERCIAN MONKS 13 11 SCOUTING FOR GIRLS - SCOUTING FOR GIRLS 14 09 CREAM 15 YEARS - VARIOUS 15 08 MY OWN WAY - JAY SEAN 16 NE BEST OF - NEIL DIAMOND 17 13 DAVE PEARCE DANCE ANTHEMS - VARIOUS 18 14 LESSONS TO BE LEARNED - GABRIELLA CILMI 19 17 BACK TO BLACK - AMY WINEHOUSE 20 NE TRIBUTE TO BOBBY - MICK HUCKNALL TING TINGS, easily beat NEIL DIAMOND this week, but Neil has two albums in the top 20. (The album chart, is compiled from stores/download sites up to, and including Wednesday night). Meanwhile, let`s look at May 1980... Starting with the albums then w/k ending 31st May 1980 01 01 THE MAGIC OF - BONEY M 02 02 SKY 2 - SKY 03 03 GREATEST HITS - ROSE ROYCE 04 09 OFF THE WALL - MICHAEL JACKSON 05 NE JUST ONE NIGHT - ERIC CLAPTON 06 22 ME MYSELF I - JOAN ARMATRADING 07 06 DUKE - GENESIS 08 NE MCCARTNEY 2 - PAUL MCCARTNEY 09 NE SPORTS CAR - JUDY TZUKE 10 07 12 GOLD BARS - STATUS QUO 11 NE I JUST CAN`T STOP - THE BEAT 12 11 HEAVEN AND HELL - BLACK SABBATH 13 14 ONE STEP BEYOND - MADNESS 14 08 GREATEST HITS - SUZI QUATRO 15 NE FLESH AND BLOOD - ROXY MUSIC 16 13 REGATTA DE BLANC - POLICE 17 NE MAGIC REGGAE - VARIOUS 18 NE CHAMPAGNE AND ROSES - VARIOUS 19 12 HYPNOTISED - UNDERTONES 20 20 SNAKES AND LADDERS - GERRY RAFFERTY Imagine seeing BONEY ME, at number one, 28 years on...damn near impossibility! By 1980 though, BONEY M`s singles were drying up. "MY FRIEND JACK", just graced the top 60, for them in May 1980. The proper singer of the group (LIZ MITCHELL) lives not far away, from me. SKY hit the big time, as a turn on Classical Rock. Again, ROSE ROYCE were beginning to dry up, on the singles front...but the Greatest Hits album, kept them in the top three. MICHAEL JACKSON`s fore-runner to "THRILLER", (OFF THE WALL), was bouncing up and down most of the year. ERIC CLAPTON was proving himself, a more album man...than a singles one. Both JUDY TZUKE, and JOAN ARMATRADING dabbled with a few singles, but the albums always did better for them too. Compilations were not doing so good...MAGIC REGGAE was just like it said,,,a Reggae oldie album. CHAMPAGNE AND ROSES was a 1950s compilation, featuring ballads, like AL MARTINO, PEREZ PRADO, and MEL TORME. Outside the top 20 was, "TELL ME ON A SUNDAY", by MARTI WEBB (but it was chiefly a soundtrack, to the Lloyd Webber musical). GOOD MORNING AMERICA was another VA comp, at 21 and BOBBY VEE (in the album charts, currently) was down 15 places to 25, with his Singles Collection. Do we remember 1980`s singles chart? w/k ending 31st May 1980 01 02 NO DOUBT ABOUT IT - HOT CHOCOLATE 02 01 WHAT`S ANOTHER YEAR - JOHNNY LOGAN 03 10 THEME FROM MASH - THE MASH 04 03 SHE`S OUT OF MY LIFE - MICHAEL JACKSON 05 05 MIRROR IN THE BATHROOM - THE BEAT 06 07 OVER YOU - ROXY MUSIC 07 20 WE ARE GLASS - GARY NUMAN 08 25 RAT RACE/RUDE BOYS OUTA JAIL - SPECIALS 09 06 HOLD ON TO MY LOVE - JIMMY RUFFIN 10 04 GENO - DEXY`S MIDNIGHT RUNNER 11 19 FOOL FOR YOUR LOVING - WHITESNAKE 12 14 LET`S GO ROUND AGAIN - AVERAGE WHITE BAND 13 21 YOU GAVE ME LOVE - CROWN HEIGHTS AFFAIR 14 11 DON`T MAKE WAVES - THE NOLANS 15 30 FUNKY TOWN - LIPPS INC. 16 29 CRYING - DON MCLEAN 17 08 I SHOULD`VE LOVED YA - NARADA MICHAEL WALDEN 18 09 COMING UP - PAUL MCCARTNEY 19 26 LET`S GET SERIOUS - JERMAINE JACKSON 20 23 YOU`LL ALWAYS FIND ME IN THE KITCHEN AT PARTIES - JONA LEWIE 21 28 BACK TOGETHER AGAIN - ROBERTA FLACK/DONNY HATHAWAY 22 18 JUST CAN`T GIVE YOU UP - MYSTIC MERLIN 23 49 I`M ALIVE - ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA 24 NE D-A-A-NCE - LAMBRETTAS 25 31 MIDNIGHT DYNAMOS - MATCHBOX 26 15 BREATHING - KATE BUSH 27 37 POLICE AND THIEVES - JUNIOR MERVIN 28 13 THE GROOVE - RODNEY FRANKLIN 29 12 SILVER DREAM MACHINE - DAVID ESSEX 30 41 MESSAGES - ORCHESTRAL MANOUEVRES IN THE DARK Now, HOT CHOCOLATE failed to have an official number one...but did make it two charttoppers elsewhere. Here they were with a RECORD BUSINESS number one. "NO DOUBT ABOUT IT", was based on a UFO sighting that lead singer ERROL BROWN saw, while he drove home through a woodland area, one night. MASH was the theme from the best ever US tv series...JOHNNY LOGAN won Eurovision the first time for Ireland (he won the second time, in 1987). Of course Ireland, had won 10 years earlier with the lovely DANA. GARY NUMAN, was still doing good...and absoloutely was addicted to (guess what?)....Toast!! He always had bread delivered to his hotel rooms! The ska revival continued, with the likes of THE SPECIALS and the BEAT. DON MCLEAN returned to the top, eight years after his first number one in 1972 (Crying was a re-make of a 1961 ROY ORBISON minor hit). JIMMY RUFFIN returned to top ten success, after 10 years...WHITESNAKE rocked, and the AVERAGE WHITE BAND scored their first hit in 4 years, sounding very American (but coming from Scotland). THE NOLANS were not making waves...CROWN HEIGHTS AFFAIR had probably the best ever disco song, I think. MATCHBOX and LAMBRETTAS brought back Rock-a-billy. JONA LEWIE had been the vocalist (as Terry Dactyl) on "SEASIDE SHUFFLE" in 1972, and loved being in the kitchen! JERMAINE JACKSON joined STEVIE WONDER for "LET`S GET SERIOUS". ROBERTA FLACK returned with the late DONNY HATHAWAY (again Roberta had her first uk hit in 1972). PAUL MCCARTNEY was not coming up...he was going down! OMD scored their first hit, and outside the top 30, was my favourite MANHATTEN TRANSFER hit..."TWILIGHT ZONE-TWILIGHT ZONE" at 33, UK SUBS were 32 with "TEENAGE", PETER GABRIEL had "NO SELF CONTROL" at 34, and the COCKNEY REJECTS were "FOREVER BLOWING BUBBLES", at 35. Stick around, for Mr Dave Taylor`s round-up of the big 50 this week in 2008. And also, thanks for everyone who continues to read, the thread every week...the number that reads it...grows every week! Dave will be here, shortly...

I know Dave, already mentioned about Evelyn "Champayne" King in 1978, but as she entered the chart on Tues 9th May 78...look at this chart run: 72-54-63-51-55-57-59-50-42-50-39-49-43-44-60-59-56-53-49-53-48-57-60 = 23 weeks! "Shame", only had one week in the top 40 (11 weeks after it entered the top 75) and hung around from May - October 78. So it has to be the longest chart run, not to make the top 30. What an amazing feat, this really was. Chart run courtesy of Record Mirror 1978.

Here is last Sunday`s combined Artist/Compilation top 20... 01 ne NEIL DIAMOND 02 ne PENDULUM 03 01 SCOOTER 04 03 DUFFT 05 02 MADONNA 06 04 CLUBLAND CLASSIX - VARIOUS 07 05 NOW 69 - VARIOUS 08 ne JAY SEAN 09 06 CREAM 15 YEARS - VARIOUS 10 08 DAVE PEARCE-TRANCE ANTHEMS - VARIOUS 11 11 SCOUTING FOR GIRLS 12 20 GABRIELLA CILMI 13 12 SMASH HITS-80s - VARIOUS 14 13 PLATTERS 15 ne FRANK SINATRA 16 ne SEARCHERS 17 16 AMY WINEHOUSE 18 07 SAM SPARRO 19 ne IRON MAIDEN 20 24 ROBERT PLANT/ALSON KRAUSS

Best hit not too make the top 40, in 78/79 Gerard Kenny and "New York New York (So Good They Named it Twice)". 8 weeks in the top 75, only got to 42...thrown out of Melody Maker`s chart because of chart hype allegations, when it smashed in at number 30 on the week of release!

I totally agree. To be honest I think Rihanna, is rather over-rated and as an all-round singer, not exactly that great. Even though good to look at. Though I always struggle to find a decent female singer anyway. I do prefer British girl singers.

There was some closeness between Rihanna and Ting Tings today, on the singles front. However downloads for Rihanna, are at a big high for her. With the physical out too, she must take the crown come Sunday.

Monday, and the boys have been busy checking what could happen next Sunday by adding pre-orders, Sun/Mon Sales locally in the South-East to come up with some idea. We checked out the likes of HMV, Woolworths, Smiths, Tesco, Sainsburys, Asda, Play.com, Amazon.co.uk. Starting with the albums (last week, we had 27 in the 30, 18 in the 20 and 9 in the 10). So today, we found this preview... 01 NE WE STARTED NOTHING - TING TINGS 02 01 HOME BEFORE DARK - NEIL DIAMOND 03 03 ROCKFERRY - DUFFY 04 06 JUMPING ALL OVER THE WORLD - SCOOTER 05 04 IN SILICO - PENDULUM 06 05 HARD CANDY - MADONNA 07 NE BETH ROWLEY - LITTLE DREAMER 08 NE TRIBUTE TO BOBBY - MICK HUCKNALL 09 NE DEFINITIVE OSMONDS COLLECTION - OSMONDS 10 07 CLUBLAND CLASSIX - VARIOUS 11 NE MINISTRY OF SOUND PRESENTS CHILLED - VARIOUS 12 13 SCOUTING FOR GIRLS - SCOUTING FOR GIRLS 13 08 NOW 69 - VARIOUS 14 09 CREAM 15 YEARS - VARIOUS 15 26 LESSONS TO BE LEARNED - GABRIELLA CILMI 16 NE R + B COLLECTION - VARIOUS 17 11 DAVE PEARCE TRANCE ANTHEMS - VARIOUS 18 12 SAM SPARRO - SAM SPARRO 19 NE CHANT - CISTERCIAN MONKS 20 14 MY OWN WAY - JAY SEAN 21 NE VERY BEST OF - JOHNNY RAY 22 22 BACK TO BLACK - AMY WINEHOUSE 23 NE STOP DROP AND ROLL - FOXBORO HOTTUBS 24 NE BEST OF - NEIL DIAMOND 25 18 SMASH HITS 80s - VARIOUS 26 23 VERY BEST OF - PLATTERS 27 33 RAISING SAND - PLANT/KRAUSS 28 25 19 - ADELE 29 19 NOTHING BUT THE BEST - FRANK SINATRA 30 17 VERY BEST OF - THE SEARCHERS New outside the 30 are THEA GILMORE in the top 40, and ANDY ABRAHAM and SCARLET JOHANSSON both grace the lower part of a top 75. The OSMONDS proving popular with up and coming dates. Also good to see the late JOHNNY RAY, a greatest hits collection was long in happening. Johnny passed away some years ago. The deaf singer shared his birthday with both Rod Stewart and me. I can not sing though! What do you mean, neither can Rod?!!! Actually, on the trivia front JOHNNY RAY`s last hit "I`LL NEVER FALL IN LOVE AGAIN" spent over 2 months in the chart in 1959/60, and only ever got to number 26! (Bearing in mind there was only a top 30, this is some feat, to be beaten. On the singles front, last week we had 10 in the 10, 18 in the 20, 27 in the 30, and 36 in the 40...again 4 downloads alone surprised us! So, today the preview thus... 01 10 TAKE A BOW - RIHANNA 02 03 THAT`S NOT MY NAME - TING TINGS 03 01 4 MINUTES - MADONNA 04 06 HEARTBREAKER - WILL I. AM 05 04 BLACK AND GOLD - SAM SPARRO 06 02 WEARING MY ROLEX - WILEY 07 12 WARWICK AVENUE - DUFFY 08 07 LOVE IN THIS CLUB - USHER 09 08 AMERICAN BOY - ESTELLE 10 05 VIOLET HILL - COLDPLAY 11 09 CRY FOR YOU - SEPTEMBER 12 11 LOW - FLO RIDA 13 21 PARTY PEOPLE - NELLY/FERGIE 14 NE DISCO`S REVENGE - GUSTO 15 32 OUTTA MY HEAD - ASHLEE SIMPSON 16 24 LOVE SONG - SARA BAREILLES 17 18 CLOSER - NE YO 18 16 PROPANE NIGHTMARES - PENDULUM 19 26 SWEET ABOUT ME - GABRIELLA CILMI 20 20 DAYLIGHT - KELLY ROWLAND 21 15 THIS IS AN EMERGENCY - PIGEON DETECTIVES 22 13 IN MY ARMS - KYLIE MINOGUE 23 NE I CAN BE - TAIO CRUZ/ESTELLE 24 17 HEARTBEAT - SCOUTING FOR GIRLS 25 22 WITH YOU - CHRIS BROWN 26 19 ALPHABEAT - FASCINATION 27 14 MERCY - DUFFY 28 23 ROCKSTAR - NICKELBACK 29 NE DUST - ROYWORLD 30 38 LES ARTISTES - SANTOGOLD 31 NE DEVILS BEAT - SANDI THOM 32 NE GIVE ME WHAT I WANT - KIDS IN GLASS HOUSES 33 30 COLD SHOULDER - ADELE 34 33 BETTER/FOOTSTEPS - LEONA LEWIS 35 RE BEAT IT - FALL OUT BOY 36 42 LIL` WAYNE - LOLLIPOP 37 35 ALWAYS WHERE I WANT TO BE - KOOKS 38 29 WE CRY - SCRIPT 39 34 TOUCH MY BODY - MARIAH CAREY 40 NE ANDY ABRAHAM - EVEN IF ANDY ABRAHAM has the worst ever betting for the Eurovision at 66-1, shall we take a chance? Definately not! Outside the top 40, in the 50 there are a lot of downloads alone, with ALPHABEAT, INDINA MENZEL, FRATELLIS, and ZUTONS. The FUTUREHEADS, JUSTICE and AMY MACDONALD look like flopping in the top 75. Top tip for FRATELLIS "MISTRESS MABEL", on pre-orders alone already would be number 9! Let us finish with a look back to Radio Luxembourg`s Next Week`s Top 30, in 1974. As I see an OSMOND tribute, a-foot... Weds 22nd May 1974 01 01 SUGAR BABY LOVE - RUBETTES 02 06 THIS TOWN AIN`T BIGGER ENOUGH FOR THE BOTH OF US - SPARKS 03 04 SHANG-A-LANG - BAY CITY ROLLERS 04 05 NIGHT CHICAGO DIED - PAPER LACE 05 02 DON`T STAY AWAY TOO LONG - PETERS AND LEE 06 16 THERE`S A GHOST IN MY HOUSE - R. DEAN TAYLOR 07 07 RED DRESS - ALVIN STARDUST 08 12 BREAK THE RULES - STATUS QUO 09 15 IF I DIDN`T CARE - DAVID CASSIDY 10 14 I CAN`T STOP - THE OSMONDS 11 03 WATERLOO - ABBA 12 20 GO - GIGLIOLA CINQUETTI 13 11 SPIDERS AND SNAKES - JIM STAFFORD 14 NE HEY ROCK N` ROLL - SHOWADDYWADDY 15 08 ROCK N` ROLL WINTER - WIZZARD 16 24 I SEE A STAR - MOUTH AND MCNEAL 17 NE THE IN CROWD - BRYAN FERRY 18 09 REMEMBER YOU`RE A WOMBLE - WOMBLES 19 10 HOMELY GIRL - CHI-LITES 20 25 JUDY TEEN - COCKNEY REBEL 21 27 YOU KEEP ME HANGING ON - CLIFF RICHARD 22 13 HE`S MISSTRA KNOW IT ALL - STEVIE WONDER 23 16 YEAR OF DECISION - THREE DEGREES 24 21 LONG LEGGED WOMAN - MUNGO JERRY 25 NE THE STREAK - RAY STEVENS 26 23 TSOP - MFSB 27 NE JARROW SONG - ALAN PRICE 28 NE W.O.L.D. - HARRY CHAPIN 29 26 SEASONS IN THE SUN - TERRY JACKS 30 NE MAN IN BLACK - COZY POWELL Talent show, and Eurovision galore in 1974. PETERS AND LEE (the late LENNY PETERS, DIANE still singing today) won OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS in 73, SHOWADDYWADDY won NEW FACES. Now I`m thinking did the RUBETTES originally appear on a talent show, or did I imagine they did? PAUL DA VINCI did the singing on "SUGAR BABY LOVE", but did not sing it on TOP OF THE POPS. ABBA, MOUTH AND MCNEIL, GIGLIOLA CINQUETTI and indeed our entry by OLIVIA NEWTON JOHN (LONG LIVE LOVE, out of this chart) were all the Eurovision smashes, of 74. THE OSMONDS tv series was on BBC1 Tuesdays at 7pm. I CAN`T STOP is a lesser heard hit. BRYAN FERRY (of ROXY MUSIC) covered a DOBIE GRAY 1965 hit. ALVIN STARDUST was married to actress LIZA GODDARD (who started her career in SKIPPY-THE BUSH KANGAROO). Want a THREE DEGREES joke? No, well hear goes anyway...At the latest THREE DEGREES concert, only SHEILA FERGUSON turned up...In the audience, everyone put on their coats and jackets...Well, It was minus 2 Degrees!!!! In May 74, Radio Luxembourg got 8 in the top 10, 18 in the 20, and 25 in the 30. Missing the ARROWS (who did the original of "I LOVE ROCK N` ROLL, the JOAN JETT hit in 1975), ISLEY BROTHERS, ELTON JOHN. CHARLIE RICH and LIMMIE AND THE FAMILY COOKIN` had already dropped from Luxy`s top 30.

Ahh, but what about the combined artists/compilation albums in 2001? 01 01 BRIDGET JONES DIARY - OST 02 02 SURVIVOR - DESTINYS CHILD 03 04 NO ANGEL - DIDO 04 06 HOT SHOT - SHAGGY 05 NE GREATEST HITS - EDDY GRANT 06 NE WINGSPAN - PAUL MCCARTNEY 07 03 NOW 48 - VARIOUS 08 07 RISE - GABRIELLE 09 08 THE ALBUM - VARIOUS 10 NE LOOK OF LOVE - VARIOUS 11 05 JUST ENOUGH EDUCATION - STEREOPHONICS 12 11 NOT THAT KIND - ANASTACIA 13 16 ULTIMATE COLLECTION - BILLY JOEL 14 12 HYBRID THEORY - LINKIN PARK 15 17 SONGBIRD - EVA CASSIDY 16 09 RONAN - RONAN KEATING 17 20 WHITE LADDER - DAVID GRAY 18 NE ASLEEP IN THE BACK - ELBOW 19 18 ONKA`S BIG MOCHA - TOPLOADER 20 10 FREE - ALL ANGELS Now, everyone thinks that the Toploader single "Dancin` in the Moonlight", was the original, but it wasn`t. Recorded by Hi-Breed in 1970, and a hit in the States for King Harvest in 1973.

Absolutely Robbie. Dave was saying the other day that he thinks, physicals should be released on Fridays. Like they were between the 50s and mid 80s. He could have an idea, there. What do you think?

I think if the physical versions, were released at the same time as the downloads, then the chart would be more speedier. So, would include more new entries. In which case Paramore and Cassie would then, I believe be in the top 40.

And next week they will hold the number one album, without a doubt.

Here is a quick Saturday Lunchtime update from Dave. Ashlee Simpson is heading down at the moment, from last night`s number 26 position, and Fall Out Boy have switched places with Utah Saints at 40 and 39 respectively. Nelly and Alphabeat have also switched places, at 19 and 18. Other than that, not much change at the top half of the top 50.

Another Friday evening, with some more charts. We have the top films, dvds, albums, and Dave will complete with the singles. All that, and a look back to May 1992 as well. So here we go, with this week`s top films... w/k ending 23rd May 08 01 01 IRON MAN 02 NE WHAT HAPPENS IN VEGAS 03 02 FORGETTING SARAH MARSHALL 04 NE SPEED RACER 05 03 NIM`S ISLAND 06 NE DOOMSDAY 07 04 MADE OF HONOR 08 07 IN BRUGES 09 06 21 10 05 THE EYE 2 weeks at number one, for IRON MAN netting £10,159,752 in 2 weeks! The top films are compiled for uk box office by Screen International. Here are this week`s top dvds... w/k ending 23rd May 08 01 03 I AM LEGEND 02 NE CHARLIE WILSON`S WAR 03 01 GOLDEN COMPASS 04 03 ST. TRINIANS 05 24 SHROOMS 06 06 STARDUST 07 08 RUN FAT BOY RUN 08 05 ALVIN AND THE CHIPMUNKS 09 10 THE INVASION 10 07 RATATOUILLE Not a lot happening in the dvds this week. Hot weather early in the week, affecting sales. The top dvds are compiled by mrib/Blockbuster sales. The top albums, this week... w/k ending 23rd May 08 01 NE HOME BEFORE DARK - NEIL DIAMOND 02 NE IN SILICO - PENDULUM 03 02 JUMPING ALL OVER THE WORLD - SCOOTER 04 01 HARD CANDY - MADONNA 05 03 ROCKFERRY - DUFFY 06 04 CLUBLAND CLASSIX - VARIOUS 07 05 NOW 69 - VARIOUS 08 NE MY OWN WAY - JAY SEAN 09 06 CREAM 15 YEARS - VARIOUS 10 NE SOMEWHERE BACK IN TIME - IRON MAIDEN 11 15 SCOUTING FOR GIRLS - SCOUTING FOR GIRLS 12 09 SAM SPARRO - SAM SPARRO 13 10 DAVE PEARCE TRANCE ANTHEMS - VARIOUS 14 19 LESSONS TO BE LEARNED - GABRIELLA CILMI 15 11 SMASH HITS 80s - VARIOUS 16 21 VERY BEST OF - PLATTERS 17 20 BACK TO BLACK - AMY WINEHOUSE 18 14 KONK - KOOKS 19 22 RAISING SAND - ROBERT PLANT/ALISON KRAUSS 20 16 19 - ADELE Were we surprised at NEIL DIAMOND? Well Dave and me weren`t but maybe we didn`t think that Neil himself, would beat the number 2 album by 5,000 copies. (The album chart is compiled from stores, and downloads up to and including Wednesday Night). What was happening in 1992? Starting with the albums then... w/k ending 23rd May 1992 01 NE FEAR OF THE DARK - IRON MAIDEN 02 01 1992 THE LOVE ALBUM - CARTER USM 03 NE SOUTHERN HARMONY AND MUSICAL COMPANION - BLACK CROWES 04 02 STARS - SIMPLY RED 05 03 NOW 21 - VARIOUS 06 04 UP - RIGHT SAID FRED 07 06 GREATEST HITS - ZZ TOP 08 05 DIVA - ANNIE LENNOX 09 07 POWER OF TEN - CHRIS DE BURGH 10 24 WE CAN`T DANCE - GENESIS 11 NE GREATEST HITS - SQUEEZE 12 NE RAVE GENERATOR - VARIOUS 13 09 KAOS THEORY - VARIOUS 14 11 DIVINE MADNESS - MADNESS 15 NE REVENGE - KISS 16 12 MOODS 2 - VARIOUS 17 19 HORMONALLY YOURS - SHAKESPEARS SISTER 18 08 WISH - CURE 19 14 ADRENALIZE - DEF LEPPARD 20 15 GREATEST HITS II - QUEEN It`s just coincidence, that we find in 1992 the albums some what connected with 2008. IRON MAIDEN went all the way then! Maiden knocked CARTER (THE UNSTOPPABLE SEX MACHINE) off the top. The BLACK CROWES (American hard rockers) at 3. DEF LEPPARD (again in the chart in 2008) managed to stick in the chart for quite a while in 92. The CURE also back in 08. More rock with KISS, and GENESIS going back up the top 30. The COMMITMENTS album was also sailing up and down the chart, (This week at 21). 1992`s singles... w/k ending 23rd May 1992 01 01 PLEASE DON`T GO/GAME BOY - KWS 02 03 HANG ON IN THERE BABY - CURIOSITY 03 20 MY LOVIN`- EN VOGUE 04 NE KNOCKIN` ON HEAVEN`S DOOR - GUN`S N` ROSES 05 02 ON A RAGGA TIP - SL2 06 NE BEAUTY AND THE BEAST - CELINE DION AND PEABO BRYSON 07 18 I DON`T CARE - SHAKESPEARS SISTER 08 32 EVERYTHING ABOUT YOU - UGLY KID JOE 09 10 ALWAYS THE LAST TO KNOW - DEL AMITRI 10 11 WORKAHOLIC - 2UNLIMITED 11 04 DAYS OF PEARLY SPENCER - MARC ALMOND 12 24 HAZARD - RICHARD MARX 13 05 DEEPLY DIPPY - RIGHT SAID FRED 14 09 SONG FOR LOVE - EXTREME 15 NE KEEP ON WALKIN` - CE CE PENISTON 16 06 YOU`RE ALL THAT MATTERS TO ME - CURTIS STIGERS 17 23 MISSING YOU NOW - MICHAEL BOLTON 18 33 NOW THE MAGIC HAS GONE - JOE COCKER 19 13 LOVE IS HOLY - KIM WILDE 20 38 CLOSE BUT NO CIGAR - THOMAS DOLBY 21 21 BOY FROM NEW YORK CITY - ALISON JORDAN 22 26 LOVE MAKES THE WORLD GO ROUND - DON-E 23 NE 15 YEARS E.P. - LEVELLERS 24 29 JOIN OUR CLUB/PEOPLE GET REAL - ST. ETIENNE 25 14 YOU - TEN SHARP 26 35 ONE STEP OUT OF TIME - MICHAEL BALL 27 12 NOTHING ELSE MATTERS - METALLICA 28 NE SYMPATHY - MARILLLION 29 07 IN THE CLOSET - MICHAEL JACKSON 30 NE YOU WON`T SEE ME CRY - WILSON PHILLIPS 31 28 DO IT TO ME ONCE AGAIN - LIONEL RICHIE 32 15 TIRED OF BEING ALONE - TEXAS 33 NE KILLJOY WAS HERE - KINGMAKER 34 40 STAY WITH ME - JOHN O` KANE 35 NE PAPUA NEW GUINEA - FUTURE SOUND OF LONDON 36 19 SAVE THE BEST FOR LAST - VANESSA WILLIAMS 37 NE BETTER DAYS - BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN 38 17 FINER FEELINGS - KYLIE MINOGUE 39 NE LISTEN LIKE THIEVES - WAS NOT WAS 40 NE JUST TAKE MY HEART - MR BIG 41 22 THRILL ME - SIMPLY RED 42 NE LET`S GET HAPPY - MASS ORDER 43 49 STORY OF THE BLUES - GARY MOORE 44 08 TEMPLE OF LOVE 92 - SISTERS OF MERCY 45 37 DO YOU WANT IT RIGHT NOW - DEGREES OF MOTION/BITI 46 42 SHIVERING SAND - MEGA CITY FOUR 47 36 PLEASE DON`T GO - DOUBLE YOU 48 NE TAKE ME BACK TO LOVE AGAIN - KATHY SLEDGE 49 19 COME PLAY WITH ME - WEDDING PRESENT 50 NE PASSION - GAT DECOR Big, big hits in 92. KWS beating the DOUBLE YOU re-working on PLEASE DON`T GO (the KC AND THE SUNSHINE BAND hit from 79). GUNS N` ROSES sang BOB DYLAN. CURIOSITY dropped the KILLED THE CAT, and sang a 1974 JOHNNY BRISTOL top ten hit. MARC ALMOND sang DAVID MCWILLIAMS (a missed hit from 68). RICHARD MARX seemed to be forever on the Radio 2 playlist. We all loved 2UNLIMITED, didn`t we?! MICHAEL BALL was ONE STEP OUT of the EUROVISION SONG CONTEST, and lost. Dodgy titles around for LIONEL RICHIE and also the DEGREES OF MOTION hit. SIMPLY RED must have released most of the album, "STARS", on Single! The WEDDING PRESENT were still releasing a new single every month, for the whole of 1992. SHAKESPEAR`s SISTER had problems following up, "STAY", but the album HORMONALLY YOURS kept them going. My fav SISTERS OF MERCY crashed out of the top 40, down 36 places...but I was laughing at the time (because I can`t stand Michael Jackson, and he smashed down 22 places)!! Hang on for Mr Dave Taylor, who will put up his added sales, up to the minute singles chart shortly and a quick tribute to the anniversary of the Radio One top 40. So, hang around....

Don`t under estimate the team then Ben! ;) Tell you what, I think James definately did not think Scooter would hit even the top 3, last week...and of course it started the mids at no` 2, and took until Sunday to get to the top! Good Here, ain`t it! :lol:

Personally (having seen Neil "live" a couple of times) I would say that I, prefer him as a studio recording man. The "live" concerts, do not quite do the same thing for me. I am trying to think when Neil, was at his best...and I think that (for me) was his 1979 recording of "Forever In Blue Jeans" (money talks, but it don`t sing and dance and it don`t walk etc)!

Here is the weekly thread preview, of what could happen in next Sunday`s charts. With a big thanks to Peter Jay and John McManus in their 2 Music stores. Info taken from HMV, Asda, Smiths, Sainsbury, Woolworths, Tesco, iTunes, Play.co.uk, Amazon.co.uk etc. So today for Albums including Sales and Preorders, we find the following... 01 NE HOME BEFORE DARK - NEIL DIAMOND 02 01 HARD CANDY - MADONNA 03 02 ROCK FERRY - DUFFY 04 NE IN SILICO - PENDULUM 05 NE SOMEWHERE BACK IN TIME - IRON MAIDEN 06 03 JUMPING ALL OVER THE WORLD - SCOOTER 07 06 CLUBLAND CLASSIX - VARIOUS 08 07 NOW 69 - VARIOUS 09 08 CREAM 15 YEARS - VARIOUS 10 NE HERE AND NOW-80s - VARIOUS 11 10 TRANCE ANTHEMS-DAVE PEARCE - VARIOUS 12 04 SAM SPARRO - SAM SPARRO 13 16 SCOUTING FOR GIRLS 14 NE MY OWN WAY - JAY SEAN 15 05 THIRD - PORTISHEAD 16 NE ULTIMATE EUROVISION PARTY - VARIOUS 17 NE VERY BEST OF - THE SEARCHERS 18 09 SMASH HITS-THE 80s - VARIOUS 19 NE NOTHING BUT THE BEST - FRANK SINATRA 20 NE MS KELLY - KELLY ROWLAND 21 11 AGE OF UNDERSTATEMENT - LAST SHADOW PUPPETS 22 27 BACK TO BLACK - AMY W 23 30 VERY BEST OF - PLATTERS 24 12 KONK - KOOKS 25 21 19 - ADELE 26 15 LESSONS TO BE LEARNED - GABRIELLA CILMI 27 17 ADDICTED TO BASSLINE - VARIOUS 28 26 101 DRIVING SONGS - VARIOUS 29 14 SPIRIT - LEONA LEWIS 30 NE AWAKE LIVE! - JOSH GROBAN Outside the 30 albums are 101 CLASSICAL HITS at 31, BOBBY VEE, SANTOGOLD, CHARLATANS all in the top 40. Further down PARAMORE, RIHANNA go back up...while other entries from DAN LE SAC, ISOBEL CAMPBELL, DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE, MARTHA WAINWRIGHT, FLIGHT OF THE CONCHORDS, ALPHABEAT, BON IVOR, and last but not least GEMMA HAYES. What a healthy album chart! In the singles/tracks today it was like this... 01 01 4 MINUTES - MADONNA 02 02 WEAR MY ROLEX - WILEY 03 NE THAT`S NOT MY NAME - TING TINGS 04 03 BLACK AND GOLD - SAM SPARRO 05 NE VIOLET HILL - COLDPLAY 06 04 HEARTBREAKER - WILL I. AM 07 06 LOVE IN THIS CLUB - USHER 08 05 AMERICAN BOY - ESTELLE 09 07 CRY FOR YOU - SEPTEMBER 10 NE TAKE A BOW - RIHANNA 11 08 LOW - FLO RIDA 12 23 WARWICK AVENUE - DUFFY 13 18 IN MY ARMS - KYLIE 14 12 MERCY - DUFFY 15 NE THIS IS AN EMERGENCY - PIGEON DETECTIVES 16 09 PROPANE NIGHTMARES - PENDULUM 17 11 HEARTBEAT - SCOUTING FOR GIRLS 18 NE CLOSER - NEYO 19 14 FASCINATION - ALPHABEAT 20 10 DAYLIGHT - KELLY ROWLAND 21 16 PARTY PEOPLE - NELLY 22 15 WITH YOU - CHRIS BROWN 23 13 ROCKSTAR - NICKELBACK 24 36 LOVE SONG - SARAH BARIELLES 25 NE SHAWTY GET LOOSE - LIL` MAMA 26 20 SWEET ABOUT ME - GABRIELLA CILMI 27 NE THAT`S WHAT YOU GET - PARAMORE 28 NE IS IT YOU - CASSIE 29 21 WE CRY - SCRIPT 30 22 COLD SHOULDER - ADELE 31 38 BLUEBIRDS FLYING HIGH - JAMES FOXX/CARDIFF CITY FC 32 27 OUTTA MY HEAD - ASHLEE SIMPSON 33 24 BETTER IN TIME - LEONA 34 26 TOUCH MY BODY - MARIAH CAREY 35 28 ALWAYS WHERE I NEED TO BE - KOOKS 36 25 BREAK THE ICE - BRITNEY SPEARS 37 29 COPS AND ROBBERS - HOOSIERS 38 30 LES ARTISTES - SANTOGOLD 39 28 CAN`T SPEAK FRENCH - GIRLS ALOUD 40 17 DADDY O - WIDEBOYS 12 in a row going down there. Meanwhile Chanelle Hayes slips in at 45, but above that is Lil` Wayne and also Cardiff City Fans (Do the Ayatollah) is 41. David Jordan is on the edge of the top 50, along with Hot Chip. Further down download only entries too for, TAIO CRUZ, VAMPIRE WEEKEND and WILL SMITH. Last week we got 37 in the 40, 29 in the 30, 16 in the 20, and 8 in the top 10...Not bad! In the albums 9 in the combined top 10, 16 in the 20, and 27 in the 30. We end today with a look back to 1978. Radio Luxembourg gave us this preview, on Tues 16th May 1978... 01 01 RIVERS OF BABYLON - BONEY M. 02 02 NIGHT FEVER - BEE GEES 03 03 TOO MUCH TOO LITTLE TOO LATE - JOHNNY MATHIS/DENIECE WILLIAMS 04 05 AUTOMATIC LOVER - DEE DEE JACKSON 05 07 BECAUSE THE NIGHT - PATTI SMITH GROUP 06 13 BOY FROM NEW YORK CITY - DARTS 07 04 NEVER LET HER SLIP AWAY - ANDREW GOLD 08 06 LET`S ALL CHANT - MICHAEL ZAGER BAND 09 NE LOVE IS IN THE AIR - JOHN PAUL YOUNG 10 NE IF I CAN`T HAVE YOU - YVONNE ELLIMAN 11 15 SHE`S SO MODERN - BOOMTOWN RATS 12 14 EVERYBODY DANCE - CHIC 13 10 JACK AND JILL - RAYDIO 14 19 DO IT DO IT AGAIN - RAFFAELLA CARRA 15 20 I`M ALWAYS TOUCHED BY YOUR PRESENCE DEAR - BLONDIE 16 NE MORE THAN A WOMAN - TAVARES 17 09 IF YOU CAN`T GIVE ME LOVE - SUZI QUATRO 18 NE NICE AND SLEAZY - STRANGLERS 19 NE HI TENSION - HI TENSION 20 16 BAD OLD DAYS - COCO Now in 1978, Luxembourg got 17 in the 20...missing with ROSE ROYCE and RUBY WINTERS. I remember 78, a lot because like Dave said yesterday, it was the first time Radio One followed the top 40 (increased from the top 30). It was also the first time we had a May Day Bank Holiday. The World Cup (in Argentina) with a theme provided by ROD ARGENT, "ARGENTINE MELODY" under the guise of SAN HOSE, for Rod. The Eurovision Song Contest was won by Israel, and IZHAR COHEN. Our entry came about 12th for COCO, featuring CHERYL BAKER (later of BUCK`s FIZZ fame). BECAUSE THE NIGHT and PATTI SMITH was a BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN penned song, RAYDIO was RAY PARKER JNR`s first outing. My favourite female singer YVONNE ELLIMAN struck another top tenner (the Hawaiian singer, who appeared in Jesus Christ Superstar) and sung I DON`T KNOW HOW TO LOVE HIM. Strange but true, my favourite British female singer PETULA CLARK also sang the very same song, in another production, 2 absolutely brilliant female acts with absoloute class, in my humble opinion. Don`t miss Yvonne singing "I CAN`T GET YOU OUT OF MY MIND", on Youtube...and Petula, with, "THE OTHER MAN`s GRASS. Great stuff! Here is some useless info to end with...The MICHAEL ZAGER BAND were number 8, in 78 with "Let`s All Chant", later done by PAT and MICK for charity, but ZAGER is a slang word for "watch", as in wrist watch! Bet you never knew that! :lol: