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Harvey Danger's nationality (American) is missing. Hazzards were vocal/instrumental. Tourniquet is mis-spelt in Headswim's entry. Jacqui Abbott's name is mis-spelt. Andrew Livingstone (Hed Boys) should have a cross-reference to Bamboo. Billy Hendrix should have a cross-ref to Three 'N' One. Apart from that, great stuff!

Same here! A couple of minor corrections (otherwise great stuff as usual): Halo's second hit was Sanctimonious. Ashley Hamilton was born 1/7/74 (according to Wikipedia). Calvin Harris is also a vocalist (on some of his tracks).

Going back a few years, The Polyphonic Spree had the potential to be big but never quite made it.

Klaxons - It's Not Over Yet

Macy Gray's middle name shouldn't be listed (according to note 3). Cee Lo Green's real name is Thomas Callaway. Paul Newman of Grifters also charted under several other names (e.g. Escrima, Camisra). Andy Cato of Groove Armada was also part of Weekend Players. Other than that, great stuff as usual!

Paul Hartnoll of Golden Girls was in Orbital. I have seen a claim that Andrea Brown is the sister of Kathy Brown (but neither of their Wikipedia articles mentions this). Kenny 'Dope' Gonzalez is one half of Masters At Work. It was Beth Gibbons (of Portishead), not Beth Ditto (of The Gossip) who teamed up with Rustin Man. Great stuff as usual, though!

Astrud Gilberto's hit was The Girl From Ipanema (and it was exactly the same recording as the Stan Getz & Joao Gilberto hit). Cory Monteith's d.o.d. is missing from hte Glee Cast bio. Apart from that, fantastic stuff as usual!

Laurent Garnier's second hit was The Man With The Red Face. Apart from that, brilliant stuff as usual (and I have to admit I had no idea Liam Gallagher's real name is William).

Kate Holmes of Frazier Chorus also had hits with Technique and Client. David Oliver of Freefaller was also in Point Break. Nicki French - Total Eclipse Of The Heart peaked in 1995. Great stuff as usual, though! (sorry I couldn't be any help on the G questions)

Mogwai - Friend Of The Night reached #38 in 2006.

Matt Schwartz of 4Tune500 is from Israel. Mick Jones of Foreigner is British (hence the band's name). Male is misspelt in the Four Pennies entry. Maria Rubia is misspelt in Fragma's entry. Other than that, great stuff!

Instrumental hits that have reached #1 (* = is regarded as instrumental but does contain a few words): Mantovani - The Song From The Moulin Rouge Eddie Calvert - Oh Mein Papa* Winifred Atwell - Let's Have Another Party Perez Prado - Cherry Pink And Apple Blossom White Eddie Calvert - Cherry Pink And Apple Blossom White Winifred Atwell - Poor People Of Paris Lord Rockingham's XI - Hoots Mon* Russ Conway - Side Saddle Russ Conway - Roulette Shadows - Apache Floyd Cramer - On The Rebound Shadows - Kon-Tiki Shadows - Wonderful Land B Bumble & The Stingers - Nut Rocker Tornados - Telstar Shadows - Dance On! Jet Harris & Tony Meehan - Diamonds Shadows - Foot Tapper Hugo Montenegro - The Good The Bad And The Ugly (has some grunting noises but no actual words) Fleetwood Mac - Albatross Pipes & Drums & Military Band Of The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards - Amazing Grace Lieutenant Pigeon - Mouldy Old Dough* Simon Park Orchestra - Eye Level Doop - Doop* Mr Oizo - Flat Beat* Martin Garrix - Animals* There are also other instrumentals that reached #1 but whose popularity was due to a vocal version/re-mix of the song e.g. Groovejet, Lola's Theme. Other relatively recent instrumentals that have not been mentioned: Steve Mac - Paddy's Revenge (entered the chart on this day in 2008) Alter Ego - Rocker Interestingly, if a strict definition is taken (i.e. no vocals at all), then since the last instrumental #1 in 1973 there have been 12 instrumentals that have reached #2: Space - Magic Fly Emerson Lake & Palmer - Fanfare For The Common Man Brighouse & Rastrick Brass Band - Floral Dance Ennio Morricone - Chi Mai Royal Philharmonic Orchestra - Hooked On Classics Tweets - The Birdie Song Harold Faltermeyer - Axel F Jan Hammer - Crockett's Theme Perez Prado - Guaglione Robert Miles - Children Mark Snow - X Files Eric Prydz - Pjanoo

A few additions: Fine Young Cannibals should have a link to Two Men A Drum Machine And A Trumpet. Nasir Jones and Inga Marchand of Firm are Nas and Foxy Brown. Reginald Penxten of Flesh & Bones also charted as part of Milk Inc. Flipmode Squad were credited on Busta Rhymes & Mariah Carey's hit I Know What You Want. Great stuff as usual, though!

When The Sun Goes Down (2004 collaboration with DJ Fresh) is missing from Adam F's entry. Faithless' 2005 hit was called Why Go? Harold Faltermeyer's 2nd hit was Fletch Theme. Fargetta was a member of The Tamperer. Other than that, great stuff as usual!

A few points to note (some of which have been alluded to above): 1. It isn't as big a deal as several years ago, as now we have Youtube, illegal downloads, fake versions, streaming etc, whereas in (say) the 1990s you pretty much had to wait until the record was released (unless you could get an expensive import copy). 2. Making everything on-air-on-sale would slow down the chart (and lead to many songs not charting as high), which would lead to people moaning that the chart is too slow and wishing things would go back to the old days. 3. A lot of held-back releases do still hang around on the chart for a decent amount of time, suggesting that they don't lose too many sales due to the release delay. 4. It is somewhat harsh to blame this situation on 'UK record companies', given that most of the (mainly non-UK) artists involved are signed to global record companies/labels. If the current situation is to change, I believe at least one of the following will need to happen: 1. I-Tunes announces a strict 'no discrimination' policy i.e. any track available in one country will also be made available in every other country. 2. I-Tunes removes all pre-orders from their chart. Perhaps they could even promote fake versions of unreleased tracks, especially if those who download fakes generally download the 'proper' track on release (I-Tunes would get 2 sales instead of 1 this way). 3. The OCC disqualifies pre-orders from the chart (especially those that are downloaded automatically on release). 4. Artists allow another record label to release any song that their main record label does not wish to release. This situation is slightly similar to what happened in 1969 (yes, I know things were somewhat different back then!) when Fontana deleted Je T'Aime ... Moi Non Plus just before it was set to hit #1 (possibly because they were embarrassed), at which point Major Minor said 'thank you very much', released the track on their label, and got a #1 in 2 weeks.

Should be 'Prince Elwood Strickland III', and he is a singer/songwriter (not 'songewriter'). Guilty Conscience was Eminem ft Dr Dre. Emmie was a member of Indien (who charted in 2003). Enemy's first hit was Away From Here. Harry Enfield was Kevin of Kevin & Perry (who featured on the Precocious Brats' hit from 2000). Enya was credited on Mario Winans' hit I Don't Wanna Know (she is sampled on both that and You Should Really Know). You Should Really Know also credited Naila Boss. Eye To Eye also charted as part of Narcotic Thrust. Eyeopener's members also charted as members of other acts (LMC, Flip & Fill, Bus Stop). Great stuff as usual, though!

Andre Williams (Ebony Dubsters) = Shy FX. Dave Edmunds was a member of Love Sculpture who had 1 hit. Should be 'Rise Of The Eagles', not 'Off'. Ludovico Einaudi's hit was I Giorni. Should be Panamanian, not Panamaian. Great stuff as usual, though!

Joe Loss - Wheels Cha Cha: 43-23-25-28-36-31-27-33-28-23-23-25-{21}-22-21-26-27-33-34-36-46->21 19 consecutive weeks in the top 40 without going top 20.

DJ Nation - Harder Edition charted in 2003 (may have been credited to Various Artists). Apart from that, great stuff as usual!

W/e 17/6/2006 was a good one - quite a few novelty football songs did well that week, and also there was a ding-dong battle for #1 (I believe the lead changed hands 3 times and there were only just over 200 copies in it in the end). In terms of WTF-ery - I would have to nominate w/e 7/1/2006, as it was the first year of the post-Xmas gift card effect with a lot of old songs shooting back up in a way that was unprecedented at the time.

A couple of slight errors in Dillinja's entry: his 5th hit was called Fast Car, and his last hit was Thugged Out B***h/Rainforest (Polyhex lists the word as uncensored). Apart from that, great stuff as usual!

The Dare who charted in 2003 were a different act to the one that recorded all the other hits. And I believe Kelly Rowland was in Destiny's Child from the beginning (at least from their first hit). Other than that, great stuff!

Cradle Of Filth's hit seems to have been split into 2 hits (I believe the Babalon spelling is correct). And it should be Silver Bells, not Silver Balls. Other than that, great stuff!

According to Wikipedia, Charlene's birth surname was D'Angelo - Oliver is a married surname. Great stuff as usual, though!

Melanie C featuring on a Christmas #1. A song spending 7 weeks at #2 behind 6 different songs. Dizzee Rascal scoring 2 #1s in the space of 3 weeks. A song moving 1-4-1 over a 3-week period.