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I noticed that. Also, I see that Dr Hook got that the Record Business (week early) #1, during that "mistake" that BMRB had between Lena Martell & the former. This kind of tells us, that on the midweek scale, Dr Hook may well have been ahead anyway. Do we know, what caused the mis-hap, Robbie?

It's not on Singles, though. It's all Records & the Tape market, too. Though, that split is possibly some time between 80 & 84, when "Our Price" was the 2nd largest retailer of Records & Tapes. It's not from my figures (I nicked it from another)! Someone called Brian at Haven Forums in the "Lost Number Ones" Thread. He just happened to mention a few percentages of people, going into various shops. Either way, the figures are meaningless in regards to MRIB or Record Business, as bother never used info from Woolworths, or WHSmiths. More, like a big push towards HMV, again. Quite funny that Independant Radio (for Hit40UK) used Woolworths, as their sponsor! Though, Our Price definately was bigger in popularity to HMV in the early 80s, before WHSmith bought them in 1986. Then, in the late 80s Thorn-EMI owned "HMV" overtook it. Some of the managers of Our Price, left to form MVC (they were bought by Woolworths). WHSmith, then bought some Virgin Stores. So, Smiths had some Virgn & Our Price brands under their belt. These were sold to another division of the Virgin group in the 90s.

I do get where Graham's basis comes from. It's based on a "fact" that many an independant record shop wasn't included in sales info for Gallup, or whoever. Then on many a shipment that wasn't actually bought up. It actually edges more to the Indie charts, & a more rock chart. Something simliar did appear in Sounds, when MRIB did an alternative kind of chart, before giving their name to the "actual" run of the mill pop chart...though Graham has a few points. They can't be proven & we have to take it with a pinch of salt, Richard...Just like you say. Back to those Network Chart #1s: 1986 5th Jan 86 WEST END GIRLS - PET SHOP BOYS 19th Jan 86 THE SUN ALWAYS SHINES ON TV - A-HA 2nd Feb 86 ONLY LOVE - NANA MOUSKOURI not a Gallup #1, though close 9th Feb 86 WHEN THE GOING GETS TOUGH - BILLY OCEAN 2nd Mar 86 CHAIN REACTION - DIANA ROSS 23rd Mar 86 LIVIN' DOLL - CLIFF RICHARD & THE YOUNG ONES 13th Apr 86 A DIFFERENT CORNER - GEORGE MICHAEL Falco's "Rock Me Amadeus" was not a Network Chart #1 4th May 86 WHAT HAVE YOU DONE FOR ME LATELY - JANET JACKSON not a Gallup #1 11th May 86 ON MY OWN - PATTI LABELLE & MICHAEL MCDONALD not a Gallup #1, though close 18th May 86 THE CHICKEN SONG - SPITTING IMAGE On the week of 25th May, "Sledgehammer" & Peter Gabriel topped Alan Freeman's London chart 1st June 86 SPIRIT IN THE SKY - DR & THE MEDICS 8th June 86 HOLDING BACK THE YEARS - SIMPLY RED not a Gallup #1, but it was a close 2 weeks with Dr & The Medics, anyway 22nd June 86 EDGE OF HEAVEN E.P. - WHAM! 13th July 86 PAPA DON'T PREACH - MADONNA 27th July 86 LADY IN RED - CHRIS DE BURGH 24th Aug 86 I WANT TO WAKE UP WITH YOU - BORIS GARDINER 7th Sept 86 DON'T LEAVE ME THIS WAY - COMMUNARDS Now while ths was going on. On TV, that show called "The Chart Show" had begun. At first they were using the Network Chart, but then switched to a Tuesday chart. On "The Chart Show", Five Star's "Rain Or Shine" went to the top for a week 5th Oct 86 TRUE BLUE - MADONNA 12th Oct 86 EVERY LOSER WINS - NICK BERRY 9th Nov 86 TAKE MY BREATH AWAY - BERLIN Note: "The Final Countdown" & Europe was not a Network Chart #1 7th Dec 86 SOMETIMES - ERASURE not a Gallup #1, though close 14th Dec 86 CARAVAN OF LOVE - HOUSEMARTINS on the following week, Christmas proved sales were very close, as "Reet Petite" took the Gallup #1, but the Housemartins stayed at the top for Christmas on the Network Chart with the chart unveiled by Alan Freeman on the 21st December on the Independant Radio Network & what a great show, he did that week...a great early Xmas present for all On the 28th December 1986, David Jensen counted down the top 30 of 1986 & revealed Nick Berry's "Every Loser Wins" as the best seller of the year, confusing because Radio One & Bruno "I'm Shouting" Brookes revealed The Communards as the best seller of the year! So, was it that close in 1986? 4th Jan 87 REET PETITE - JACKY WILSON 18th Jan 87 JACK YOUR BODY - STEVE "SILK" HURLEY 1st Feb 87 I KNEW YOU WERE WAITING - ARETHA FRANKLIN & GEORGE MICHAEL 22nd Feb 87 STAND BY ME - BEN E. KING 15th Mar 87 EVERYTHING I OWN - BOY GEORGE 22nd Mar 87 RESPECTABLE - MEL & KIM 29th Mar 87 LET IT BE - FERRY AID 19th Apr 87 LA ISLA BONITA - MADONNA On Alan Freeman's London chart, "Judy Boucher's "Can't Be With You Tonight" was #1 on the 2nd May 10th May 87 NOTHING'S GONNA STOP US NOW - STARSHIP 31st May 87 I WANNA DANCE WITH SOMEBODY - WHITNEY HOUSTON 21st June 87 STAR TREKKIN' - THE FIRM 5th July 87 IT'S A SIN - PET SHOP BOYS 19th July 87 WHO'S THAT GIRL - MADONNA 2nd Aug 87 LA BAMBA - LOS LOBOS 16th Aug 86 I JUST CAN'T STOP LOVING YOU - MICHAEL JACKSON & SIEADAH GARRETT 23rd Aug 87 NEVER GONNA GIVE YOU UP - RICK ASTLEY 20th Sept 87 PUMP UP THE VOLUME - M/A/R/R/S On 10th Oct on Alan Freeman's London Chart "Full Metal Jacket" with Abigail Mead & Nigel Goulding was #1 for a week 18th Oct 87 YOU WIN AGAIN - BEE GEES 8th Nov 87 WHENEVER YOU NEED SOMEBODY - RICK ASTLEY not a Gallup #1 15th Nov 87 CHINA IN YOUR HAND - T'PAU 13th Dec 87 WHEN I FALL IN LOVE - RICK ASTLEY not a Gallup #1, but a close week 20th Dec 87 ALWAYS ON MY MIND - PET SHOP BOYS

Looking at what you say, yep. I forgot about that Saturday of the 28th. I would have said it was more likely to have been a case of 21, 10, 2 in that case & possibly Wings were denied the #1 slot, because of it, as they Paul & the gang did go to #1 in Melody Maker.

I didn't know about the Feb/March 77 one. Hardly surprised though. Talking about the "Dancing Queen" 23 to 16. We can surmise, what may have happened had Saturday sales, be included (that week). If we look at the top 20 section, from the same week of EMI' compiled chart & comparing it. EMI (27th Aug 76) 01 01 Elton & Kiki (#1 BMRB) 02 07 Wings (#2 BMRB) 03 04 Johnny Wakelin (#5 BMRB) 04 02 Dr Hook (#3 BMRB) 05 03 David Dundas (#4 BMRB) 06 08 Bee Gees (#6 BMRB) 07 05 Jimmy James (#10 BMRB) 08 16 Billie Jo Spears (#13 BMRB) 09 09 5000 Volts (#8 BMRB) 10 11 Steve Harley (#15 BMRB) 11 06 Tavares (#7 BMRB) 12 14 Chi-lites (#9 BMRB) 13 10 Bryan Ferry (#14 BMRB) 14 27 ABBA (#16 BMRB) 15 19 Stylistics (#12 BMRB) 16 13 Status Quo (#17 BMRB) 17 28 Rod Stewart (#18 BMRB) 18 18 Lou Rawls (#11 BMRB) 19 12 Dorothy Moore (#19 BMRB) 20 25 Jesse Green (#22 BMRB) Now we see that EMI put ABBA at #14. This is the divide: NME #12, Melody Maker #18 + 10% EMI sales quota (Mon to Thur) = #14. If we then, compare BMRB to the final EMI list, we notice the top 6 is hardly any different. The bigger difference (further down) are Billie Jo Spears & Steve Harley (mainly because of the sales days of NME & MM differ i.e. Thursday & Friday sales of the week before). We're pretty safe in saying ABBA would not have gone from 23 to 1 (that goes without saying). Especially considering on 4th Sept in NME & MM "Dancing Queen" only went up to #7. Plus I do know that on 4th Sept, there was only a handful of copies, seperating the 1, 2, & 3 anyway. ABBA were #3 on the EMI Chart, that week. So, we're looking at somewhere between 7 to 14 for 28th Aug. Sales are apparently very near to that of Steve Harley/Bryan Ferry/Billie Jo Spears & on not really overly far from Stylistics & Lou Rawls, but not that near Chi-lites...So, we can plump for a "real" #10/11 position. Jimmy James is listed for #10 for BMRB that week, but takes a big tumble to #20 on 4th Sept. So, likely ABBA would have gone up to #10 for 28th Aug 76. 30th Aug 76 was the Late August Bank Holiday, but that would appear on 11th Sept, as the sales period was 28th Aug to 3rd Sept. I Think! Interesting point to note: "Let 'Em In" & Wings was #1 on the airplay chart, the week BMRB put ABBA at #1.

Here comes the MRIB #1s (again, though this time) from start to the very end (1984 - 2008). The Network Chart was a re-creation of the defunct Record Business Magazine chart for Independant Radio. It started on 30th September 1984 (although it was trialed out from August 1984 onwards). Just like Record Business had done, MRIB (Media Research & Information Bureau) compiled local area charts too. This included the chart that Alan Freeman played out on his POTP-Take Two from 29th Sept 1984. The charts were compiled from Monday - Weds/Thursday sales from 300 stores (excluding Woolworths), plus an added 10% of airplay to take into account, what might of sold on Fri/Sat. The Network Chart went out on Sundays at 5pm & was way ahead of Radio One's out of date Tuesday chart. Over time, the Network Chart got more listeners than Richard Skinner's fledging top 40 show. These were the number ones from the Network Chart, right through it's existence & until the very end of MRIB in April 2008. 30th Sept 84 I JUST CALLED TO SAY I LOVE YOU - STEVIE WONDER 5th week at the top 7th Oct 84 THE WAR SONG - CULTURE CLUB not a Gallup #1 14th Oct 84 FREEDOM - WHAM! 4th Nov 84 I FEEL FOR YOU - CHAKA KHAN 2nd Dec 84 I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN BETTER - JIM DIAMOND Frankie Goes To Hollywood's "The Power Of Love" was not a Network chart #1 9th Dec 84 DO THEY KNOW IT'S CHRISTMAS - BAND AID 1985 13th Jan 85 I WANT TO KNOW WHAT LOVE IS - FOREIGNER 27th Jan 85 1999/LITTLE RED CORVETTE - PRINCE not a Gallup #1 10th Feb 85 I KNOW HIM SO WELL - ELAINE PAIGE & BARBARA DICKSON 3rd Mar 85 YOU SPIN ME ROUND - DEAD OR ALIVE 17th Mar 85 EASY LOVER - PHIL COLLINS & PHILLIP BAILEY 21st Apr 85 WE ARE THE WORLD - USA FOR AFRICA 5th May 85 NINETEEN - PAUL HARDCASTLE 16th June 85 YOU'LL NEVER WALK ALONE - THE CROWD 23rd June 85 FRANKIE - SISTER SLEDGE 21st July 85 THERE MUST BE AN ANGEL - EURYTHMICS 4th Aug 85 INTO THE GROOVE - MADONNA 1st Sept 85 DANCING IN THE STREET - DAVID BOWIE & MICK JAGGER 29th Sept 85 PART TIME LOVER - STEVIE WONDER not a Gallup #1 & on Alan Freeman's London Chart, Bonnie Tyler was at the top with "Holding Out For A Hero" Midge Ure's "If I Was" was not a Network Chart #1 6th Oct 85 The Power Of Love - Jennifer Rush 17th Nov 85 I'M YOUR MAN - WHAM! it reached #1, two weeks before Gallup even thought about having at the top & on Alan Freeman's London chart, Feargal Sharkey's "A Good Heart" did make #1, but Feargal was not a Network chart #1 8th Dec 85 SAVING ALL MY LOVE FOR YOU - WHITNEY HOUSTON 22nd Dec 85 MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE - SHAKIN' STEVENS the top 2 was very close at Christmas 1985 & on Alan Freeman's London chart, Shakin Stevens did not make #1 at all, as Whitney stayed there until the New Year

Sorry. Confusion with "In The Navy" at #2 that week! Arghh! :lol: I'm gonna carry on now (& hopefully not do that again)!! Of course, to Note: the RB UK Top 30 or 40, was ahead of Radio One on a Sunday (a la Network Chart). Yes, some records wouldn't have made a midweek charttopper, as Baker Street obviously wasn't, but many were actually midweek charttoppers. The chart being compiled from Monday-Thursday sales. You can talk about the word "Official", but even the BBC didn't start using the word to the mid eighties. Don't get me wrong I'm not knocking the BBC R1 chart, but in actual fact it can't really be taken as real "fact" until Gallup took it over in 1983 & remember that the Radio One chart didn't actually take in Northern Ireland sales until 1984, where as both Record Business Magazine & Melody Maker did...So did Baker Street actually sell more in Northern Ireland than England, Scotland & Wales? Possibly, yes. As well, as not including Northern Ireland sales, BMRB used Chart Panel Sales, not over the counter sales, but Record Business did for their top 30. BMRB alternated their shops from week to week, which messed up many a chart week on with some records springing up the chart, then springing down again only to shoot back up again. For instance Manhattan Transfer's "On A Little Street In Singapore" in 1978. BMRB were supposed to take sales from 300 chart panels, when infact it was little more than 200. It was also the Record Business act of compiling a top 120, that pushed BMRB to increase to a top 75. With the competion growing on various Independant Radio Stations that were playing top 30s & 40s...is reasonably why Radio One increase the speedy top 20 to a top 40 on a Sunday evening. Gallup got their act together in 1983, by getting sales from well over 1000 shops. We don't even have to mention the fact, that RB certainly had some better number ones along the way! 1980 13th Jan 80 BRASS IN POCKET - PRETENDERS 27th Jan 80 MY GUY - MADNESS not a BMRB #1 3rd Feb 80 TOO MUCH TOO YOUNG - SPECIALS 10th Feb 80 COWARD OF THE COUNTY - KENNY ROGERS 24th Feb 80 ATOMIC - BLONDIE 16th Mar 80 TOGETHER WE ARE BEAUTIFUL - FERN KINNEY 23rd Mar 80 GOING UNDERGROUND - JAM 6th Apr 80 DANCE YOURSELF DIZZY - LIQUID GOLD not a BMRB #1 20th Apr 80 CALL ME - BLONDIE 4th May 80 GENO - DEXY'S MIDNIGHT RUNNERS 11th May 80 WHAT'S ANOTHER YEAR - JOHNNY LOGAN 25th May 80 NO DOUBT ABOUT IT - HOT CHOCOLATE not a BMRB #1 1st June 80 THEME FROM MASH - THE MASH 15th June 80 CRYING - DON MACLEAN 6th July 80 XANADU - ELO & OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN 27th July 80 USE IT UP & WEAR IT OUT - ODDYSEY 3rd Aug 80 UPSIDE DOWN - DIANA ROSS not a BMRB #1 10th Aug 80 WINNER TAKES IT ALL - ABBA 24th Aug 80 ASHES TO ASHES - DAVID BOWIE 7th Sept 80 START - JAM 14th Sept 80 ONE DAY I'LL FLY AWAY - RANDY CRAWFORD not a BMRB #1 & on RB & most others, it prevented Kelly Marie from reaching the top...so we presume a close couple of weeks 28th Sept 80 DON'T STAND SO CLOSE TO ME - THE POLICE 26th Oct 80 WOMAN IN LOVE - BARBRA STREISAND 16th Nov 80 THE TIDE IS HIGH - BLONDIE 30th Nov 80 SUPER TROUPER - ABBA 14th Dec 80 STOP THE CAVALRY - JONA LEWIE not a BMRB #1, though it would have done it later, had John Lennon not been shot 21st Dec 80 STARTING OVER - JOHN LENNON the good news was that the St Winifred's School Choir did not make the top for RB, let alone NME or MM...So, who were these non chalants buying records in Woolworths? Was it kids buying records for Granny?! There wasn't a chart for 28th Dec 1980, as RB did a top 120 of the year & like BMRB, the Police took the honours with "Don't Stand So Close To Me". 4th Jan 81 IMAGINE - JOHN LENNON 25th Jan 81 IN THE AIR TONIGHT - PHIL COLLINS not a BMRB #1 8th Feb 81 WOMAN - JOHN LENNON 15th Feb 81 VIENNA - ULTRAVOX not a BMRB #1 & the truth is (although, later Joe Dolce stopped it), if John Lennon had not been killed, it would of been #1, anyway. For it was "Woman" that stopped it, before "Shaddup Your Face". 22nd Feb 81 SHADDUP YOUR FACE - JOE DOLCE no matter what we can't argue that these weeks must have been very close indeed. In a point that the late Roger Scott made on Capital at the time. On Melody Maker, Vienna actually returned to the top in March 8th Mar 81 JEALOUS GUY - ROXY MUSIC 22nd Mar 81 THIS OLE HOUSE - SHAKIN' STEVENS 5th Apr 81 MAKING YOUR MIND UP - BUCK'S FIZZ 26th Apr 81 CHI MAI - ENNIO MORRICONE not a BMRB #1 3rd May 81 STARS ON 45 - STARSOUND not a BMRB #1 10th May 81 STAND & DELIVER - ADAM & THE ANTS 7th June 81 BEING WITH YOU - SMOKEY ROBINSON 21st June 81 ONE DAY IN YOUR LIFE - MICHAEL JACKSON 12th July 81 GHOST TOWN - SPECIALS 26th July 81 CHANT NO' 1 - SPANDAU BALLET not a BMRB #1 2nd Aug 81 GREEN DOOR - SHAKIN' STEVENS 30th Aug 81 JAPANESE BOY - ANEKA 6th Sept 81 TAINTED LOVE - SOFT CELL 13th Sept 81 PRINCE CHARMING - ADAM & THE ANTS 18th Oct 81 IT'S MY PARTY - DAVE STEWART & BARBARA GASKIN 1st Nov 81 HAPPY BIRTHDAY - ALTERED IMAGES not a BMRB #1 8th Nov 81 EVERY LITTLE THING SHE DOES IS MAGIC - THE POLICE 22nd Nov 81 UNDER PRESSURE - QUEEN & DAVID BOWIE 6th Dec 81 BEGIN THE BEGUINE - JULIO IGLESIAS 13th Dec 81 DON'T YOU WANT ME - HUMAN LEAGUE 1982 10th Jan 82 LAND OF MAKE BELIEVE - BUCKS FIZZ 24th Jan 82 THE MODEL/COMPUTER LOVE - KRAFTWERK 7th Feb 82 TOWN CALLED MALICE/PRECIOUS - JAM 7th Mar 82 THE LION SLEEPS TONIGHT - TIGHT FIT It was round about now that the British Market Research Bureau, switched their chart compilation to a Saturday to Friday sales cut off, for economic reasons & to ensure they got their chart panel diaries in time. In actually meant that Record Business Magazine, was now more ahead in their Mon to Thurs sales cut off, which shows later with Adam Ant going to the top, a week before BMRB. 21st Mar 82 SEVEN TEARS - GOOMBAY DANCE BAND 11th Apr 82 MY CAMERA NEVER LIES - BUCKS FIZZ 25th Apr 82 EBONY & IVORY - PAUL MCCARTNEY & STEVIE WONDER 9th May 82 A LITTLE PEACE - NICOLE 23rd May 82 HOUSE OF FUN - MADNESS 6th June 82 GOODY TWO SHOES - ADAM ANT 27th June 82 I'VE NEVER BEEN TO ME - CHARLENE 4th July 82 HAPPY TALK - CAPTAIN SENSIBLE 11th July 82 FAME - IRENE CARA 1st Aug 82 COME ON EILEEN - DEXY'S MIDNIGHT RUNNERS 29th Aug 82 EYE OF THE TIGER - SURVIVOR 3rd Oct 82 PASS THE DUTCHIE - MUSICAL YOUTH 24th Oct 82 DO YOU REALLY WANT TO HURT ME - CULTURE CLUB 7th Nov 82 I DON'T WANNA DANCE - EDDY GRANT 28th Nov 82 BEAT SURRENDER - JAM 19th Dec 82 TIME (CLOCK OF THE HEART) - CULTURE CLUB not a BMRB #1 26th Dec 82 SAVE YOUR LOVE - RENEE & RENATO The 2nd Jan 1983 saw the best sellers of 1982 countdown & like BMRB, "Come On Eileen" was the biggest seller of the year. Then Record Business Magazine folded. Although I gather the late Barry Lazell (who formed MRIB in 1981) took over the chart portion. Barry (of course) brought us the very first Indie Chart in 1980. Now I'm not 100% certain if Capital Radio were still running the UK Top 30 in 1983 (as I was in Australia back then). If you know whether or not it was still running, do let me know! I know that Alan Freeman switched to using the NME chart for hit POTP-Take Two show, as the London Chart was no longer in play with Record Business defunct. The 1983 number ones were as follows: 9th Jan 83 YOU CAN'T HURRY LOVE - PHIL COLLINS 23rd Jan 83 DOWN UNDER - MEN AT WORK 13th Feb 83 TOO SHY - KAJAGOOGOO 27th Feb 83 BILLIE JEAN - MICHAEL JACKSON 12th Mar 83 TOTAL ECLIPSE OF THE HEART - BONNIE TYLER 26th Mar 83 IS THERE SOMETHING I SHOULD KNOW - DURAN DURAN 3rd Apr 83 LET'S DANCE - DAVID BOWIE 1st May 83 TRUE - SPANDAU BALLET 29th May 83 CANDY GIRL - NEW EDITION 5th June 83 EVERY BREATH YOU TAKE - THE POLICE 19th June 83 CHINA GIRL - DAVID BOWIE not a Gallup #1 26th June 83 BABY JANE - ROD STEWART 10th July 83 WHEREVER I LAY MY HAT - PAUL YOUNG 14th Aug 83 GIVE IT UP - K.C. AND THE SUNSHINE BAND 21st Aug 83 GOLD - SPANDAU BALLET not a Gallup #1 4th Sept 83 RED RED WINE - UB40 2nd Oct 83 KARMA CHAMELEON - CULTURE CLUB 6th Nov 83 UPTOWN GIRL - BILLY JOEL 27th Nov 83 NEVER NEVER - THE ASSEMBLY not a Gallup #1 4th Dec 83 ONLY YOU - FLYING PICKETS 1984 15th Jan 84 PIPES OF PEACE - PAUL MCCARTNEY 22nd Jan 84 RELAX - FRANKIE GOES TO HOLLYWOOD 26th Feb 84 99 RED BALLOONS - NENA 25th Mar 84 HELLO - LIONEL RICHIE From this point this point the chart appeared in the music paper "Sounds" & from then on was credited to MRIB 22nd Apr 84 YOU TAKE ME UP - THOMPSON TWINS not a Gallup #1 29th Apr 84 AGAINST ALL ODDS - PHIL COLLINS not a Gallup #1 12th Apr 84 THE REFLEX - DURAN DURAN 19th May 84 FOOTLOOSE - KENNY LOGGINS not a Gallup #1 26th May 84 LET'S HEAR IT FOR THE BOY - DENIECE WILLIAMS not a Gallup #1 3rd June 84 WAKE ME UP BEFORE YOU GO GO - WHAM! 17th June 84 TWO TRIBES - FRANKIE GOES TO HOLLYWOOD 12th Aug 84 CARELESS WHISPER - GEORGE MICHAEL 9th Sept 84 I JUST CALLED TO SAY I LOVE YOU - STEVIE WONDER From the point that George Michael reached #1, MRIB were doing some dummy runs for the new Independant Radio Network Top 30, which began on Sunday 30th Sept 1984 with Kid Jensen of course. The chart in "Sounds" music paper differed from this point, as The Network Chart was a Friday chart & featured airplay. The number ones in Sounds all matched the Network chart (as did most of the top 3s), but the rest of the chart differed greatly.

I will re-list the MRIB #1s, soon. But first (to stay in step with dates), here's the Record Business Magazine #1s. Record Business was a Magazine that ran from April 1978 to January 1983. It grew out of the ashes of chart that was compiled by EMI & another paper "Music Business". Record Business Magazine compiled a chart for Independant Radio Stations. Not only did they do National Charts, but they also did Local Charts for areas up & down the Country. The National chart was a top 120 based on a poll of 150 shops. The top 30 section was based on pure sales, but did not included sales from Woolworths. The rest of the chart...the 31-120 positions were based on sales & airplay with Records being dropped altogether, if they went down continuously for 2 weeks or more on a sliding scale. This National chart appeared on Radio Stations across the weekends, such as Capital Radio's UK Top 30 with Richard Allinson on Sundays at 2pm. Peter Young did the London Capital Countdown on Saturdays at 9am. Other Independant Radio Stations did their own versions of both shows, with their own local area chart in various places too. A Berkshire Radio Station featured the National Top 40 with Pete Drummond (former Radio One presenter) on Sundays between 5 & 8pm during 1979, right up against Simon Bates Top 40 show. The number ones on the National Record Business charts from 1978-1983 were as follows: Sunday 2nd April 1978 BAKER STREET - GERRY RAFFERTY strange that this made #1, as it on the BMRB chart it only made #3. Though on both NME & MM it made #2. Possibly the non inclusion of Woolworths sales affected this, hence Brian & Michael's "Matchstick Men & Matchstalk Cats & Dogs" did not get to #1 on Record Business. Though it never made it on NME or MM either. 16th April 78 NIGHT FEVER - BEE GEES 14th May 78 RIVERS OF BABYLON - BONEY M 11th June 78 YOUR'E THE ONE THAT I WANT - jOHN TRAVOLTA & OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN 13th Aug 78 THREE TIMES A LADY - COMMODORES 17th Sept 78 DREADLOCK HOLIDAY - 10CC 24th Sept 78 SUMMER NIGHTS - JOHN TRAVOLTA & OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN 12th Nov 78 RAT TRAP - BOOMTOWN RATS 3rd Dec 78 DO YA THINK I'M SEXY - ROD STEWART 17th Dec 78 MARY'S BOY CHILD-OH MY LORD - BONEY M 1979 7th Jan 79 YMCA - VILLAGE PEOPLE 21st Jan 79 HIT ME WITH YOUR RHTHYM STICK - IAN DURY 4th Feb 79 HEART OF GLASS - BLONDIE 4th Mar 79 OLIVER'S ARMY - ELVIS COSTELLO not a BMRB #1 11th Mar 79 TRAGEDY - BEE GEES 18th Mar 79 I WILL SURVIVE - GLORIA GAYNOR 8th Apr 79 BRIGHT EYES - ART GARFUNKEL 13th May 79 POP MUSIK - M not a BMRB #1 20th May 79 DANCE AWAY - ROXY MUSIC not a BMRB #1 27th May 79 SUNDAY GIRL - BLONDIE 10th June 79 RING MY BELL - ANITA WARD 1st July 79 ARE FRIENDS ELECTRIC - TUBEWAY ARMY 15th July 79 SILLY GAMES - JANET KAY not a BMRB #1 29th July 79 I DON'T LIKE MONDAYS - BOOMTOWN RATS 26th Aug 79 WE DON'T TALK ANYMORE - CLIFF RICHARD 16th Sept 79 CARS - GARY NUMAN 30th Sept 79 MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE - THE POLICE 14th Oct 79 VIDEO KILLED THE RADIO STAR - BUGGLES 28th Oct 79 ONE DAY AT A TIME - LENA MARTELL 4th Nov 79 WHEN YOU'RE IN LOVE WITH A BEAUTIFUL - DR HOOK 2nd Dec 79 WALKING ON THE MOON - THE POLICE 9th Dec 79 ANOTHER BRICK IN THE WALL - PINK FLOYD More soon...

Now everyone knows about there not being an Official chart in the 50s & 60s, but was there a more definitive list than the average BBC charts? (The BBC Averaged Chart was just Melody Maker/NME/Disc/Record Mirror/Retailer positions added together) Yes, there was another. EMI produced a chart from 1957 to 1978, which did pop up in various HMV outlets. EMI produced their chart similar to the BBC, but also included a 10% sales quota & so did not have any tied positions. There was a downside though, EMI seperated all Double A sided singles until 1964. I'm going to attempt a complete list of averaged number ones starting here & will be contrasting them to both EMI & the BBC. Before we start though, I must expain a mis-comprehension. Some people seem to think that charts in Music Papers/Mags were based on actual sales from 1952 - 69. This is nonsense. All the Music papers did was recieve a top 50, of what was selling in various stores. Like, (say) NME would get top 50s from 100 shops or so, & just add all the positions, of those 100 charts, together to make their own chart. Every single paper did it the same way, but with varying numbers of stores charts. The BBC took (the finished charts in the 4 papers) & added those together too. EMI did the same, & then added in their 50 shop sample. From that, we can variably work, as to what was really #1 in a given week. Going to start in 1955, with a specially made averaged number one, based on Record Mirror & NME plus a combi from the Sheet Music chart. It is a fallacy that NME were the first to produce a Record Sales chart. Infact it was actually Melody Maker who first tried one, before the War, though we're not going back that far! So starting in 1955, these were the averaged number ones week on: 8th Jan 1955 FINGER OF SUSPICION - DICKIE VALENTINE 22nd Jan 55 MAMBO ITLIANO - ROSEMARY CLOONEY 19th Feb 55 SOFTLY SOFTLY - RUBY MURRAY 19th Mar 55 GIVE ME YOUR WORD - TENNESSEE ERNIE FORD 7th May 55 STRANGER IN PARADISE - TONY BENNETT 11th Jun 55 CHERRY PINK & APPLE BLOSSOM WHITE - EDDIE CALVERT 25th June 55 UNCHAINED MELODY - AL HIBBLER 9th July 55 DREAMBOAT - ALMA COGAN 30th July 55 ROSEMARIE - SLIM WHITMAN 8th Oct 55 THE MAN FROM LARAMIE - JIMMY YOUNG 12th Nov 55 ROCK AROUND THE CLOCK - BILL HALEY 24th Dec 55 CHRISTMAS ALPHABET - DICKIE VALENTINE Record Mirror printed it's first Record chart in January 1955, though some of it was open to question with one record on one week, at least being clumpt together with other versions as Various Artists...that record was Dickie Valentine's version of "A Blossom Fell". So, they were leaning to the Sheet Music Chart still. Another record that apparently got to the top in Record Mirror was "The Naughty Lady Of Shady Lane". Again it looks like Dean Martin's version was clump with at least some other versions, giving a false impression. The same could be said of "Happy Days & Lonely Nights" i.e. the Suzi Miller version! So, we define 1955 with a dozen number ones, & find that Al Hiddler did really sell more with Unchained Melody than Jimmy Young...though it may have been close. The tune came from the film "The Unchained" with Les Baxter's version being in the film itself. Another film "The Pyjama Game" was also about in 1955, inspiring Double A sides by the Johnston Brothers & Johnny Ray. They were "Hernando's Hideaway & "Hey There". According to NME, the Johnston Brothers sold enough to make number one, although both sides were seperated on it's chart. The record did not even make the top 3 on Record Mirror, & so it couldn't possibly had made it. Jimmy Young finally scored with "The Man From Laramie" another film, & this time the Al Hibbler version missed in the UK. Dickie Valentine turn the year into a sandwich, by starting the year at the top & finishing it too. With Slim Whitman achieving 10 weeks at the top between July & October making it an early version of Bryan Adams...well almost! 1956 7th Jan 56 ROCK AROUND THE CLOCK - BILL HALEY 14th Jan 56 SIXTEEN TONS - TENNESSEE ERNIE FORD 18th Feb 56 MEMORIES ARE MADE OF THIS - DEAN MARTIN 17th Mar 56 IT'S ALMOST TOMORROW - THE DREAMWEAVERS 14th Apr 56 POOR PEOPLE OF PARIS - WINIFRED ATWELL 12th May 56 NO OTHER LOVE - RONNIE HILTON 9th June 56 I'LL BE HOME - PAT BOONE 21st July 56 WHY DO FOOLS FALL IN LOVE - FRANKIE LYMON & THE TEENAGERS 11th Aug 56 WHATEVER WILL BE WILL BE - DORIS DAY 22nd Sep 56 LAY DOWN YOUR ARMS - ANNE SHELTON 20th Oct 56 A WOMAN IN LOVE - FRANKIE LAINE 10th Nov 56 JUST WALKING IN THE RAIN - JOHNNY RAY So 1956 came along & Bill Haley went back to the top. In April 56, the Melody Maker printed a top 20 singles chart & The British Forces Broadcasting Network started an averaged top 20, for use on their own Top 20 show. This was actually the very first time a UK list of best selling singles, was played on Radio. Radio Luxembourg were still broadcasting a Top 20 based on Sheet Music Sales & was introduced by Teddy Johnson from 1949, with Pete Murray taking over by 1956. The British Forces Network were 2 years ahead of the BBC's later copied style shows. The Melody Maker chart actually did something that no other did. They polled shops in Northern Ireland. No official chart did this, until Gallup from 1984 onwards. The NME did try to tell us that Kay Starr made the top with "Rock N' Roll Waltz", though this was unlikely because when Record Mirror & Melody Makers polls are added together, the shops tally double that the amount of NME. So, Kay gets an overall number 2 for a few weeks. Johnny Ray gets the biggest number of weeks at the top, 8 in total & the Christmas number one too. 1957: 5th Jan 57 SINGING THE BLUES - GUY MITCHELL 2nd Feb 57 GARDEN OF EDEN - FRANKIE VAUGHAN 23rd Feb 57 YOUNG LOVE - TAB HUNTER 13th Apr 57 CUMBERLAND GAP - LONNIE DONEGAN 18th May 57 BUTTERFLY - ANDY WILLIAMS 8th June 57 YES TONIGHT JOSEPHINE - JOHNNY RAY 6th July 57 PUTTIN' ON THE STYLE - LONNIE DONEGAN 13th July 57 ALL SHOOK UP - ELVIS PRESLEY 31st Aug 57 DIANA - PAUL ANKA Going to split 1957, because EMI started their chart on the week of the 28th September 1957. Strangely the same week that Alan Dell & Denys Jones introduced a current chart section on POTP. Actually POTP that week played 10 records in the same order that Record Mirror had them printed for the week of the 7th September...So, what they were really trying to do, I don't know! The EMI chart though, was compiled in a strange way. Yes, they took the Average from Melody Maker, NME, & Record Mirror. Then did a sales sweep of up to 50 shops, with a big percentage from HMVs around the Country, & still managed to list all Double A sided singles separately. Considered rather difficult by now, because from July 1957, Record Mirror listed them as one! So, we continue with 57 & Diana remain at the top until November: 2nd Nov 57 THAT'LL BE THE DAY - BUDDY HOLLY & THE CRICKETS 23rd Nov 57 MARY'S BOY CHILD - HARRY BELAFONTE Only 11 number ones in 1957 then. We do note, that NME & Record Mirror listed Tommy Steele's "Singing The Blues" at the top, though on neither chart we're they together, as they were not listed on the same weeks! Melody Maker say Tommy didn't make it at all. Points suggest it didn't, though it may have surpassed Guy Mitchell on some days at least, though not full weeks. Paul Anka won the year, with a total of 9 weeks at the top, most noteably keeping Pat Boone's "Love Letters In The Sand" pinned to the number 2 spot for at least 6 weeks. Harry Belafonte rounding off the year, with an early Christmas present in November & 6 weeks at the top. Jumping into 1958 4th Jan 58 MARY'S BOY CHILD - HARRY BELAFONTE 11th Jan 58 MA, HE'S MAKING EYES AT ME - JOHNNY OTIS SHOW 18th Jan 58 GREAT BALLS OF FIRE - JERRY LEE LEWIS 25th Jan 58 JAILHOUSE ROCK - ELVIS PRESLEY 15th Feb 58 STORY OF MY LIFE - MICHAEL HOLLIDAY 1st Mar 58 MAGIC MOMENTS - PERRY COMO Drawing breath, to say POTP started their top 20 on 29th March 1958. Though only played new entries, climbers & the top 3 plus the usual new releases, as David Jacobs took over the show for a 2nd stint. Strange but true...the Jackie Dennis record "La Dee Dah" was never, ever played on the show during 1958. Despite going right up in the top 5! Now continuing with those EMI number ones, & the first difference with the BBC: 19th Apr 58 WHOLE LOTTA WOMAN - MARVIN RAINWATER the BBC say there was a tie this week with Perry Como. EMI say no! 17th May 58 WHO'S SORRY NOW - CONNIE FRANCIS 28th June 58 ALL I HAVE TO DO IS DREAM - EVERLY BROTHERS 23rd Aug 58 WHEN - KALIN TWINS 27th Sept 58 STUPID CUPID - CONNIE FRANCIS 1st Nov 58 BIRD DOG - EVERLY BROTHERS 22nd Nov 58 HOOT'S MON - LORD ROCKINGHAM'S XI 20th Dec 58 IT'S ONLY MAKE BELIEVE - CONWAY TWITTY So, 14 number ones in 1958. Now if you own a copy of the Tony Jasper Top 20 Book series...I'll note that all the charts from the 9th Aug 58 onwards are all a week behind. This is because (for some strange reason) Tony Jasper says that there wasn't a chart in Record Mirror on the 2nd August. This is nonsense & it was not a repeat of the week before, as he states. This goes all the way up to December 1958, when actually the 27th December dated chart, is actually the 20th Dec. Tony then, misses the actual 27th Dec chart totally. There by missing a top 20 entry by Martinas & His Orchestra with "Cha Cha Momma Brown", which was a cha cha number based on "Knees Up Mother Brown". Again, I note that NME had both Vic Damone with "On The Street Where You Live" at the top, & also Tommy Edwards & "It's All In The Game". Neither of those topped any other chart, & so says the EMI poll as well. Neither of them made it to the top. 1959 3rd Jan 59 IT'S ONLY MAKE BELIEVE - CONWAY TWITTY 31st Jan 59 ONE NIGHT - ELVIS PRESLEY 21st Feb 59 AS I LOVE YOU - SHIRLEY BASSEY 7th Mar 59 SMOKE GETS IN YOU EYES - PLATTERS another EMI chart differing with the BBC. BBC listed Shirley Bassey & the Platters as a joint number one this week 14th Mar 59 SMOKE GETS IN YOUR EYES - PLATTERS 28th Mar 59 SIDESADDLE - RUSS CONWAY again BBC listed a joint number one with Russ & the Platters 4th Apr 59 SIDESADDLE - RUSS CONWAY 25th Apr 59 IT DOESN'T MATTER ANYMORE - BUDDY HOLLY 16th May 59 A FOOL SUCH AS I - ELVIS PRESLEY again a differ, BBC listed Elvis & Buddy Holly in a tie 23rd May 59 A FOOL SUCH AS I - ELVIS PRESLEY 20th June 59 ROULETTE - RUSS CONWAY 27th June 59 DREAM LOVER - BOBBY DARIN again a differ, BBC listed Bobby in a tie with Russ 4th July 59 DREAM LOVER - BOBBY DARIN 1st Aug 59 LIVIN' DOLL - CLIFF RICHARD 5th Sept 59 ONLY SIXTEEN - CRAIG DOUGLAS 10th Oct 59 HERE COMES SUMMER - JERRY KELLER another differ, BBC listed Craig & Jerry in a tie 17th Oct 59 HERE COMES SUMMER - JERRY KELLER 24th Oct 59 TRAVELLIN' LIGHT - CLIFF RICHARD 5th Dec 59 WHAT DO YOU WANT TO MAKE THOSE EYES AT ME FOR - EMILE FORD 12th Dec 59 WHAT DO YOU WANT - ADAM FAITH 15 number ones in 1959. Note that NME had Jane Morgan's "Day That The Rains Came" & Bobby Darin's "Mack The Knife" at the top, but no other chart did, as the poll of EMI confirms, they were not #1s! Cliff got 6 weeks at the top with "Travellin' Light" giving him 2 number ones in 1959. Other points to note: A huge Newspaper strike put Record Mirror, Melody Maker, & Disc out of action from June to August. Though all the papers still managed to get charts out on a special sheet. So, both EMI & the BBC still managed to compile a chart. 1960 2nd Jan 60 WHAT DO YOU WANT TO MAKE THOSE EYES AT ME FOR - EMILE FORD 30th Jan 60 STARRY EYED - MICHAEL HOLLIDAY 6th Feb 60 WHY - ANTHONY NEWLEY 5th Mar 60 POOR ME - ADAM FAITH 19th Mar 60 RUNNING BEAR - JOHNNY PRESTON 2nd Apr 60 MY OLD MAN'S A DUSTMAN - LONNIE DONEGAN 30th Apr 60 DO YOU MIND - ANTHONY NEWLEY 7th May 60 CATHY'S CLOWN - EVERLY BROTHERS 2nd July 60 GOOD TIMIN' - JIMMY JONES 23rd July 60 PLEASE DON'T TEASE - CLIFF RICHARD 20th Aug 60 APACHE - THE SHADOWS 1st Oct 60 TELL LAURA I LOVE HER - RICKY VALENCE 22nd Oct 60 ONLY THE LONELY - ROY ORBISON 5th Nov 60 IT'S NOW OR NEVER - ELVIS PRESLEY So, no differs from EMI to BBC in 1960. 14 number ones & we find that Eddie Cochran didn't get there with "Three Steps To Heaven" (he only made number 3 in some charts, with a #2 on EMI & the BBC). The same with Johnny Kidd's "Shakin All Over" (again number 3 on some charts, & #2 on EMI & BBC). Then at the end of the year Cliff's "I Love You" also missed #1 & got stuck at #2. Elvis getting the biggest seller in years, with "It's Now Or Never". Jimmy Savile's first played record on Luxembourg, was "Cathy's Clown" & 1960 was the year, when Radio Luxembourg began to use NME for it's Sunday top 20 show. They used that until 1966. Record Retailer's weekly chart started in March, with a miserly 30 shop poll. 23rd July 1960 saw Melody Maker increase it's shop poll to 110, from 60 with NME on 80 shops, Record Mirror changed their date of compilation...making it ahead, though they only polled 60 shops & it couldn't be used in an averaged chart anymore, because it didn't hit the stands until Fridays. Though in the 1950s, Record Mirror had had the biggest amount of polls at 60plus, & NME was around 50. Disc was polling 50 shops by mid 1960. So, overall an averaged chart was now based on 240 shops, plus for EMI a further 10% putting it at 264, again beating the BBC averaged chart. Though 9 times that of Record Retailer's very ignored dull, out of date top 50 where they ironed out lots of ties each week, by comparing falling sales figures, for the previous week! Yep, Record Retailer's early years were that bad, & it didn't improve much either. To make matters worse, if you saw the way that they used to deal with tied positions, then you'd immediately reach for the waste paper basket. It even happened with many number ones, along the way. Record Retailer's tie separation, involved looking at the previous week's positions i.e. "Stranger On The Shore" missed the number one in RR, although it was involved with Cliff Richard's "The Young Ones" in a tie on the 13th Jan 62! They gave Cliff, the edge because he was a new entry. 1961 7th Jan 61 POETRY IN MOTION - JOHNNY TILLOTSON 4th Feb 61 ARE YOU LONESOME TONIGHT - ELVIS PRESLEY 4th Mar 61 WALK RIGHT BACK - EVERLY BROTHERS 25th Mar 61 WOODEN HEART - ELVIS PRESLEY 22nd Apr 61 ARE YOU SURE - THE ALLISONS 29th Apr 61 WOODEN HEART - ELVIS PRESLEY 6th May 61 YOU'RE DRIVING ME CRAZY - TEMPERENCE SEVEN EMI differing to BBC here, because BBC had a tie with the Temperence Seven & the Marcels 13th May 61 BLUE MOON - MARCELS 27th May 61 RUNAWAY - DEL SHANNON 3rd June 61 SURRENDER - ELVIS PRESLEY 24th June 61 RUNAWAY - DEL SHANNON 15th July 61 TEMPTATION - EVERLY BROTHERS 29th July 61 WELL I ASK YOU - EDEN KANE 5th Aug 61 YOU DON'T KNOW - HELEN SHAPIRO 26th Aug 61 JOHNNY REMEMBER ME - JOHN LEYTON 7th Oct 61 MICHAEL ROW THE BOAT - HIGHWAYMEN 21st Oct 61 WALKIN' BACK TO HAPPINESS - HELEN SHAPIRO 11th Nov 61 HIS LATEST FLAME - ELVIS PRESLEY 2nd Dec 61 TAKE GOOD CARE OF MY BABY - BOBBY VEE 9th Dec 61 TOWER OF STRENGTH - FRANKIE VAUGHAN 30th Dec 61 MOON RIVER - DANNY WILLIAMS 19 number ones in 1961! Some record & we find that Petula Clark's "Sailor" & the Shadows "Kon Tiki" never made it, along with "Reach For The Stars" & Shirley Bassey. The Shadows & Shirley both struggled to make the top 3 on some charts plus the EMI polls, so none of them could of possibly made it to the top. Jimmy Savile persuaded the record companies to switch the Everly Brothers A side. Originally "Ebony Eyes" got the A side, but he managed to get "Walk Right Back" promoted. Then in November, Jimmy went to the States to give Colonel Parker the Gold disc, for Elvis & "His Latest Flame" Frankie Vaughan got the Christmas number one, with Danny Williams "Breakfast At Tiffany's" blockbuster taking him out of 1961, into the New Year. Do I need to mention Alan Freeman's takeover of POTP in Trad Tavern on 23rd Sept 1961? David Jacobs stepped down on his own accord, after 3 & a half years continous editions. Though, he already fronted the show in new release form, from Sept 1956 to Sept 1957. 1962 6th Jan 62 STRANGER ON THE SHORE - MR ACKER BILK 13th Jan 62 THE YOUNG ONES - CLIFF RICHARD 24th Feb 62 ROCK-HULA-BABY - ELVIS PRESLEY 3rd Mar 62 THE YOUNG ONES - CLIFF RICHARD 10th Mar 62 MARCH OF THE SIAMESE CHILDREN - KENNY BALL 17th Mar 62 WONDERFUL LAND - THE SHADOWS slight difference with EMI, & the BBC, as BBC had a tie with Kenny Ball & the Shadows 24th Mar 62 WONDERFUL LAND - THE SHADOWS 12th May 62 NUTROCKER - B. BUMBLE & THE STINGERS 19th May 62 GOOD LUCK CHARM - ELVIS PRESLEY 30th June 62 COME OUTSIDE - MIKE SARNE 7th July 62 A PICTURE OF YOU - JOE BROWN 14th July 62 I CAN'T STOP LOVIN' YOU - RAY CHARLES 28th July 62 I REMEMBER YOU - FRANK IFIELD 15th Sept 62 SHE'S NOT YOU - ELVIS PRESLEY on this week the BBC had Frank Ifield & Elvis in a tie, where as EMI did not 22nd Sept 62 SHE'S NOT YOU - ELVIS PRESLEY 6th Oct 62 TELSTAR - TORNADOES 10th Nov 62 LOVESICK BLUES - FRANK IFIELD 15th Dec 62 RETURN TO SENDER - ELVIS PRESLEY 29th Dec 62 THE NEXT TIME - CLIFF RICHARD EMI differing this week, as the BBC had Elvis at the top for a 3rd week 16 number ones in 1962, with 8 weeks at the top for the Shadows. Acker Bilk took the best seller of the year, with Stranger On The Shore being used for a kids tv show, & Acker himself being Eamonn Andrews victim on "This Is Your Life" during May. POTP got it's first Sunday teatime show. Record Mirror started to use a version of the IPC Record Retailer chart because of cost cutting measures. A downward fall for them, because Record Mirror used to poll 60 shops, & Record Retailer were still only using 30 for their top 50. By the end of 1962, not only were EMI, & the BBC using an averaged based chart...so was a newly launched magazine called Pop Weekly, & also Cashbox Magazine (the US Based one) for a weekly published UK Top 30. Up in Merseyside, a paper called "Mersey Beat" launched & it was the first paper to publish a UK Top 100. This changed it's name to "Music Echo" in 1963 & was taken over by Disc in April 1966. Mersey Beat/Music Echo polled 50 shops each week. From Sept - Dec 62, David Jacobs returned to POTP, with Alan returning in January 1963. 1963 5th Jan 63 THE NEXT TIME - CLIFF RICHARD 12th Jan 63 BACHELOR BOY - CLIFF RICHARD EMI had all double A sides listed separately, so Cliff knocked himself off the top. Though the BBC listed all double A's together... 26th Jan 63 DANCE ON - THE SHADOWS EMI differed to the BBC again, as the BBC had a tie at the top with both Cliff & the Shadows! 2nd Feb 63 DIAMONDS - JET HARRIS & TONY MEEHAN 23rd Feb 63 PLEASE PLEASE ME - THE BEATLES 9th Mar 63 SUMMER HOLIDAY - CLIFF RICHARD EMI again differed to the BBC, as BBC had a joint number one with Cliff & the Beatles 16th Mar 63 SUMMER HOLIDAY - CLIFF RICHARD 30th Mar 63 FOOT TAPPER - THE SHADOWS 6th Apr 63 HOW DO YOU DO IT - GERRY & THE PACEMAKERS 4th May 63 FROM ME TO YOU - THE BEATLES 8th June 63 DO YOU WANT TO KNOW A SECRET - BILLY J. KRAMER EMI differing to the BBC again. BBC had a tie with the Beatles & Billy 15th June 63 I LIKE IT - GERRY & THE PACEMAKERS 20th July 63 CONFESSIN' - FRANK IFIELD 10th Aug 63 SWEETS FOR MY SWEET - THE SEARCHERS 24th Aug 63 BAD TO ME - BILLY J. KRAMER 7th Sept 63 SHE LOVES YOU - THE BEATLES 5th Oct 63 DO YOU LOVE ME - BRIAN POOLE & THE TREMOLOES differing again here, as the BBC had Brian in a tie with the Beatles 12th Oct 63 DO YOU LOVE ME - BRIAN POOLE & THE TREMOLOES 26th Oct 63 YOU'LL NEVER WALK ALONE - GERRY & THE PACEMAKERS 23rd Nov 63 SHE LOVES YOU - THE BEATLES differing again for EMI, because BBC had a tie with both Gerry & the Beatles 30th Nov 63 SHE LOVES YOU - THE BEATLES 7th Dec 63 I WANNA HOLD YOUR HAND - THE BEATLES EMI again differing here, because BBC still had "She Loves You" at the top with "I Wanna Hold Your Hand" at number 2 14th Dec 63 I WANNA HOLD YOUR HAND - THE BEATLES 17 number ones in 1963. I note that both Frank Ifield's "Wayward Wind" & Elvis's "Devil In Disguise" missed the number one slots. No way could Elvis had been number one, because he only made #3 on some charts. Frank Ifield did make it in NME & RR, but not on the same weeks in total. NME had Frank in a tie on one week with the Beatles. He didn't make it at all in Disc or Melody Maker. By now NME polled 100 shops, MM also polled 100, Disc were on 70, & RR was still only on 30...hence the difference in number one positions! In August 1963, a new pop show begun on ITV. It was "Ready Steady Go" on a Friday evening. Then Don Moss took over POTP from Sept - Dec. 1964 4th Jan 64 I WANNA HOLD YOUR HAND - THE BEATLES 11th Jan 64 GLAD ALL OVER - DAVE CLARK FIVE EMI differed, as BBC had a tie with Dave & the Beatles 18th Jan 64 GLAD ALL OVER - DAVE CLARK FIVE 1st Feb 64 NEEDLES & PINS - THE SEARCHERS 22nd Feb 64 ANYONE WHO HAD A HEART - CILLA BLACK 21st Mar 64 LITTLE CHILDREN - BILLY J. KRAMER 28th Mar 64 CAN'T BUY ME LOVE - THE BEATLES 18th Apr 64 A WORLD WITHOUT LOVE - PETER & GORDON 2nd May 64 DON'T THROW YOUR LOVE AWAY - THE SEARCHERS 16th May 64 JULIET - THE FOUR PENNIES 30th May 64 YOU'RE MY WORLD - CILLA BLACK 19th June 64 IT'S OVER - ROY ORBISON 4th July 64 HOUSE OF THE RISING SUN - THE ANIMALS 18th July 64 A HARD DAY'S NIGHT - THE BEATLES 15th Aug 64 DO WAH DIDDY DIDDY - MANFRED MANN 29th Aug 64 HAVE I THE RIGHT - THE HONEYCOMBS 12th Sept 64 YOU REALLY GOT ME - THE KINKS BBC differed, as they had a tie with the Honeycombs 19th Sept 64 YOU REALLY GOT ME - THE KINKS 26th Sept 64 I'M INTO SOMETHING GOOD - HERMAN'S HERMITS 10th Oct 64 OH PRETTY WOMAN - ROY ORBISON 31st Oct 64 ALWAYS SOMETHING THERE TO REMIND ME - SANDIE SHAW 14th Nov 64 BABY LOVE - THE SUPREMES 5th Dec 64 I FEEL FINE - THE BEATLES 21 number ones, & we found out that the Beatles were far popular than the Rolling Stones, because twice they beat them as "It's All Over Now" & "Little Red Rooster" only actually made #2! The Bachelors with "Diane" only made number 3 in some charts, so they were not number one either. Radio Caroline began at Easter 1964 & started to countdown the Melody Maker Top 50 on Saturday lunchtimes with Tom Lodge. It was only Roy Orbison, who prevented another year of complete British number ones...Roy being the only Yankee, of course! Record Retailer suddenly decided that it would poll 85 shops, instead of 30...had they done it before the Spring of 64, then maybe "Please Please Me" would have top their chart in 63! Though 85 shops still was feeble for a top 50 chart. Melody Maker polled 150 for it's top 50 now, NME were also doing 150 for their top 30, & even Disc beat RR, with 100 shops. Probably the biggest TV event of 1964, was of course the start of Top Of The Pops on Wednesday 1st January, as the BBC drafted in Radio Luxembourg presenter Jimmy Savile...a strange feat, because he didn't actually work for BBC radio, until 1968! 1965 2nd Jan 65 I FEEL FINE - THE BEATLES 16th Jan 65 YEH YEH - GEORGIE FAME 23rd Jan 65 GO NOW - MOODY BLUES 6th Feb 65 YOU'VE LOST THAT LOVIN FEELIN' - RIGHTEOUS BROTHERS 13th Feb 65 TIRED OF WAITING FOR YOU - THE KINKS 20th Feb 65 I'LL NEVER FIND ANOTHER YOU - THE SEEKERS 6th Mar 65 IT'S NOT UNUSUAL - TOM JONES 13th Mar 65 THE LAST TIME - ROLLING STONES 10th Apr 65 CONCRETE & CLAY - UNIT 4 PLUS 2 17th Apr 65 TICKET TO RIDE - THE BEATLES 22nd May 65 WHERE ARE YOU NOW MY LOVE - JACKIE TRENT 29th May 65 LONG LIVE LOVE - SANDIE SHAW 19th June 65 CRYING IN THE CHAPEL - ELVIS PRESLEY 3rd July 65 I'M ALIVE - THE HOLLIES 17th July 65 MR TAMBOURINE MAN - THE BYRDS 31st July 65 HELP - THE BEATLES 28th Aug 65 I GOT YOU BABE - SONNY AND CHER 11th Sept 65 SATISFACTION - ROLLING STONES 25th Sept 65 MAKE IT EASY ON YOURSELF - WALKER BROTHERS 2nd Oct 65 TEARS - KEN DODD 6th Nov 65 GET OFF MY CLOUD - ROLLING STONES 27th Nov 65 THE CARNIVAL IS OVER - THE SEEKERS 11th Dec 65 DAYTRIPPER/WE CAN WORK IT OUT - THE BEATLES an EMI difference here, because BBC had The Seekers at the top for a 3rd week & the Beatles at #2 The Rolling Stones finally got their records before the Beatles new releases, & so got 3 their first real #1s! Cliff Richard missed out with "The Minute Your Gone". As, it got stuck at #2 for weeks. As did Roger Miller's "King Of The Road". Where as, Ken Dodd proved he was the king of the easy listening sound, much too Alan Freeman's annoyance! It gave 1965, a total of 23 number 1s. The NME chart was cited for hype, with Bob Dylan records entering their chart much higher up, than in other charts. The pirate Radio flag began for Radio London as BigL started. 1966 1st Jan 66 WE CAN WORK IT OUT/DAYTRIPPER - THE BEATLES 15th Jan 66 KEEP ON RUNNING - SPENCER DAVIS GROUP 29th Jan 66 MICHELLE - THE OVERLANDERS 12th Feb 66 THESE BOOTS ARE MADE FOR WALKIN' - NANCY SINATRA 19th Feb 66 NINETEENTH NERVOUS BREAKDOWN - ROLLING STONES 12th Mar 66 I CAN'T LET GO - THE HOLLIES EMI differ to BBC, as BBC have SHA LA LA LA LA LA LEE - SMALL FACES at #1. This is probably the closest ever top 3 of the 60s. 200 Shops say it was the Hollies, & on the hand it's the same equation for the Small Faces. Though Melody Maker & Disc agree it was indeed the Small Faces...the average say Small Faces, but the 50 shops of EMI when added make it The Hollies. I took it a step further to iron it out totally by looking at Music Echo. That only makes it worse, because the Small Faces were number one on their chart, & as they also polled 50 shops, the whole business ends in a tie anyway! Suppose you could got to Record Retailer to settle it, but they only list Small Faces at #6, & Hollies at #7. So taking that in the Small Faces get the edge. NOTE: Since I put this list together, likely evidence has come to light that Record Retailer mixed up Nancy Sinatra & the Small Faces sales on this week of 12th March, & it so works out, that the Small Faces should have been #1 on that week, & Nancy Sinatra should have been #6. This explains, how EMI had the Hollies at the top. A fault of Record Retailer & there were many others too, it seems. So, it means that the Small Faces should definately have come off top at EMI. 19th Mar 66 SUN AIN'T GONNA SHINE ANYMORE - WALKER BROTHERS 16th Apr 66 SOMEBODY HELP ME - SPENCER DAVIS GROUP 23rd Apr 66 YOU DON'T HAVE TO SAY YOU LOVE ME - DUSTY SPRINGFIELD 7th May 66 PRETTY FLAMINGO - MANFRED MANN 28th May 66 PAINT IT BLACK - ROLLING STONES 4th June 66 STRANGERS IN THE NIGHT - FRANK SINATRA 25th June 66 PAPERBACK WRITER - THE BEATLES 9th July 66 SUNNY AFTERNOON - THE KINKS 23rd July 66 GET AWAY - GEORGIE FAME 30th July 66 OUT OF TIME - CHRIS FARLOWE 6th Aug 66 WITH A GIRL LIKE YOU - THE TROGGS 20th Aug 66 YELLOW SUBMARINE/ELEANOR RIGBY - THE BEATLES 10th Sept 66 ALL OR NOTHING - SMALL FACES EMI disagree with the BBC, as BBC had a tie with the Small Faces & the Beatles 17th Sept 66 ALL OR NOTHING - SMALL FACES 24th Sept 66 DISTANT DRUMS - JIM REEVES 22nd Oct 66 REACH OUT I'LL BE THERE - FOUR TOPS 19th Nov 66 GOOD VIBRATIONS - BEACH BOYS 3rd Dec 66 GREEN GREEN GRASS OF HOME - TOM JONES Another 23 number ones in 1966. A year when it was a close week, when "Sha La La La La La Lee" took the top for the BBC, Melody Maker & Disc, because NME had "I Can't Let Go" & the Hollies at the top that week & in many HMV stores, "A Groovy Kind Of Love" & the Mindbenders took the helm & we've already discussed the EMI switcheroo! What was it with Record Retailer & the keeping Nancy Sinatra at the top for so long? The Rolling Stones, most certainly had one over her! 450 shops, over Record Retailer's small 85...Yep the Stones must have been #1. Also in 1966, Disc swallowed the Merseybeat paper "Music Echo" in April. Meaning Disc increased their chart to a top 50, though "Music Echo" had printed a top 100. Disc also started to print a top 10 album chart, & from that point no albums featured in the singles chart. Though NME still included them in it's listings. Radio Luxembourg got together with NME, to broadcast a new Saturday chart...this was slightly different to the one appearing in NME itself. Though the lists for it, did appear in Monday & Tuesdays local press, up & down the Country. Barry Alldis was the host on Luxembourg for that. Radio Caroline started their own averaged Top 40 (which ran until the end of 1968), & on TV "Ready Steady Go" was axed in December. 1967 7th Jan 67 GREEN GREEN GRASS OF HOME - TOM JONES 21st Jan 67 I'M A BELIEVER - THE MONKEES 18th Feb 67 THIS IS MY SONG - PETULA CLARK 4th Mar 67 RELEASE ME - ENGLEBERT HUMPERDINCK 15th Apr 67 SOMETHING STUPID - FRANK & NANCY SINATRA 22nd Apr 67 PUPPET ON A STRING - SANDIE SHAW EMI disagree with BBC, as BBC have a tie with Frank & Nancy & Sandie 29th Apr 67 PUPPET ON A STRING - SANDIE SHAW 20th May 67 SILENCE IS GOLDEN - THE TREMOLOES 10th June 67 A WHITER SHADE OF PALE - PROCOL HARUM 22nd July 67 ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE - THE BEATLES 12th Aug 67 SAN FRANCISCO - SCOTT MCKENZIE 9th Sept 67 THE LAST WALTZ - ENGLEBERT HUMPERDINCK 21st Oct 67 MASSACHUSETTES - BEE GEES 11th Nov 67 BABY NOW THAT I'VE FOUND YOU - THE FOUNDATIONS 25th Nov 67 LET THE HEARTACHES BEGIN - LONG JOHN BALDRY 9th Dec 67 HELLO GOODBYE - THE BEATLES Just 15 number ones in 1967. Including, Englebert twice & the first being when he managed to put a stop to the Beatles....Some feat! Though some weeks were that close. As 1967, became a very easy listening year. Radio Luxembourg changed their chart, to something that was more Airplay related with new host, Paul Burnett during the Spring. Hype hit Melody Maker & Disc, with Jimi Hendrix records & others, so both papers shrank their charts to a top 30 only. Both papers were owned by Spotlight publications (who were later responsible for Music Week) & from 2nd Sept 67, both papers began to use the same top 30. Melody Maker & Disc increasing their shop poll to 280 shops. NME will now on 200 shops, & cor blimey Record Retailer way behind & still on just 85! With EMI's own poll of 50 shops, it meant that their sweep cover over 600 shops in total....Wow! Oh, yeah & the Pirate Radio Stations were shutdown, apart from Radio Caroline who went into new waters. Then this thing called "Radio One" started. By 1968, this was the percentage of shops polled, by each Music paper/magazine: Melody Maker 48% NME 40% Disc & Music Echo 6% Record Retailer 6% This rather outlines, the daftness of books, like Guiness Hit Singles et al in using Record Retailer charts, for the 1960 - 69 period. A 6% poll, that really didn't mean much at all, & a rather naff way of seperating tied positions, for them 1968 6th Jan 68 HELLO GOODBYE - THE BEATLES 20th Jan 68 BALLAD OF BONNIE & CLYDE - GEORGIE FAME 27th Jan 68 EVERLASTING LOVE - LOVE AFFAIR 17th Feb 68 THE MIGHTY QUINN - MANFRED MANN 2nd Mar 68 CINDERELLA ROCKEFELLA - ESTHER & ABI OFARIM 30th Mar 68 LADY MADONNA - THE BEATLES 13th Apr 68 CONGRATULATIONS - CLIFF RICHARD 20th Apr 68 WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD/CABARET - LOUIS ARMSTRONG 18th May 68 YOUNG GIRL - UNION GAP 22nd June 68 JUMPING JACK FLASH - ROLLING STONES 6th July 68 BABY COME BACK - THE EQUALS 27th July 68 MONY MONY - TOMMY JAMES & THE SHONDELLS during the run at the top in NME...NME compilers put "Help Yourself" & Tom Jones at the top, for 2 weeks. Likely evidence, suggests that Tom Jones, was mixed up with Tommy James....same initials, see! The same kind of thing, that probably happened with Nancy Sinatra & the Small Faces for Record Retailer in 1966. This was because the list was in alphabetical order, with figures entered into different columns. Put them in the wrong column (by human error) & you get a totally different outcome. 31st Aug 68 THIS GUY'S IN LOVE WITH YOU - HERB ALPERT this is the big one & settles the BBC joint number one, where BBC had Herb in a tie, with the Bee Gees "I've Gotta Get A Message To You" & the Beach Boys "Do It Again". The Beach Boys were a Record Retailer #1, so 85 shops to over 600 couldn't be right. Another chart mag of the time "Top Pops" Magazine had the Bee Gees at the top this week. "Top Pops" itself was teen mag that made a chart from 12 branches of WH Smith. It lasted from 1968 to March 1971 NOTE: Since I put this list together, evidence seems to suggest that Record Retailer actually had a unlisted joint number one on 31st Aug 68, with both the Beach Boys & the Bee Gees. Which changes things a bit, because it means that the BBC average, should of showed the Bee Gees as sole number one, with Herb & the Beach Boys at joint #2. With EMI, a change to the Bee Gees at the top also, but Herb at #2 & the Beach Boys at #3. 7th Sept 68 I'VE GOTTA GET A MESSAGE TO YOU - BEE GEES 14th Sept 68 HEY JUDE - THE BEATLES 5th Oct 68 THOSE WERE THE DAYS - MARY HOPKIN 9th Nov 68 WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM MY FRIENDS - JOE COCKER 16th Nov 68 THE GOOD THE BAD & THE UGLY - HUGO MONTENEGRO 14th Dec 68 LILY THE PINK - THE SCAFFOLD 19 number ones in 1968. I note that Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick, & Tich & "The Legend Of Xanadu" never did overtake Esther & Abi Ofarim. Then neither did Des O' Connor "Pretend" that he hit the top, or that the Crazy World Of Arthur Brown & "Fire" overtook Tommy James & the Shondells, because they just couldn't of. We've discussed the non happening tie at the top, & it's sorted. The Bee Gees never hit the top of Melody Maker/Disc's chart at all, as the Beatles "Hey Jude" went straight in at #1 with them...I put that down to a case of advanced orders being included, if not a touch of the hype. On the last 2 weeks of September 68, Pete Murray hosted POTP, with Alan in the States (who told us about the U.S. scene) 1969 4th Jan 69 LILY THE PINK - THE SCAFFOLD 11th Jan 69 OB-LA-DI OB-LA-DA - MARMALADE 1st Feb 69 ALBATROSS - FLEETWOOD MAC That's about it for comparing EMI to BBC, because the British Market Research Bureau began the first computerised chart for the BBC on the w/k of the 15th Feb 69. Though the media did not fully except that chart until 1971. You can some up the previous years to the beginning of the Computerised charts, by saying that quite easily Record Retailer could never be taken seriously, as it polled so few shops from the start of the 60s right to the end, when they rubbished their own charts to publish the BBC/BMRB charts instead. EMI did continue to produce a chart until April 1978. I'm going to continue with it's number ones, but I've got to say that as Melody Maker & NME both cut down their polls to 100 shops by the end of 1969, & were compiled on Thursdays/Fridays & the new BMRB chart was Saturday chart, it pushes the EMI charts into a Midweek type of thing. BMRB were supposed to collate info from 300 stores each week, but didn't it was actually no more than 200 on some weeks. So in actual fact, you were getting less shops info, than you did for the BBC charts of before! EMI then got 400 shops in an average poll, with 50 more in their own poll but the compilation dates of Melody Maker & NME meant you lost Friday & Saturday sales by over 50%. 15th Feb 69 BLACKBERRY WAY - THE MOVE this one just missed number one for the BBC in the quick change to the BMRB chart, so fore didn't make it, though did for EMI & the rest 22nd Feb 69 HALF AS NICE - AMEN CORNER 1st Mar 69 WHERE DO YOU GO TO MY LOVELY - PETER SARSTEDT 29th Mar 69 I HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE - MARVIN GAYE 19th Apr 69 THE ISRAELITES - DESMOND DEKKER 3rd May 69 GET BACK - BEATLES it hit #1 the week before for BMRB 7th June 69 DIZZY - TOMMY ROE 21st June 69 BALLAD OF JOHN & YOKO - BEATLES it hit #1 the week before for BMRB 5th July 69 SOMETHING IN THE AIR - THUNDERCLAP NEWMAN 19th July 69 IN THE GHETTO - ELVIS certainly must've been a close call on this one & definately a midweek charttopper that did not make it for BMRB 26th July 69 HONKY TONK WOMEN - ROLLING STONES 30th Aug 69 IN THE YEAR 2525 - ZAGER & EVANS 20th Sept 69 BAD MOON RISING - CREEDANCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL 11th Oct 69 I'LL NEVER FALL IN LOVE AGAIN - BOBBIE GENTRY Jane Birkin & Serge Gainsbourg for #1 for BMRB this week, so another close one 1st Nov 69 SUGAR SUGAR - ARCHIES it hit #1 the week before for BMRB 13th Dec 69 RUBY DON'T TAKE YOUR LOVE TO TOWN - KENNY ROGERS another BMRB miss, they had "Sugar Sugar" for an 8th week. It may have been a close one, because NME had Kenny at the top & MM had Stevie Wonder. 20th Dec 69 TWO LITTLE BOYS - ROLF HARRIS 3 extra's for EMI in 1969 then...though with those couple of days missing, they were surely Midweek number ones. 1970 31st Jan 70 REFLECTIONS OF MY LIFE - MARMALADE another almost certain Midweek number one, with it being pipped by Edison Lighthouse 7th Feb 70 LOVE GROWS (WHERE MY ROSEMARY GOES) - EDISON LIGHTHOUSE 28th Feb 70 I WANT YOU BACK - JACKSON FIVE another one to miss BMRB, they had Love Grows again, but strangely that was only #3 on NME, MM, & EMI. It tells us that the whole top 4 for BMRB was very tight that week 7th Mar 70 WANDERIN' STAR - LEE MARVIN 28th Mar 70 BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER - SIMON & GARFUNKEL 25th Apr 70 SPIRIT IN THE SKY - NORMAN GREENBAUM number one a week early for EMI, NME, & MM. Dana did not make #1 for any of them, only BMRB...very strange because MM polled Northern Ireland 9th May 70 BACK HOME - ENGLAND WORLD CUP SQUAD this one a week early for EMI, MM, NME & now I'm starting to doubt BMRB's sales... 30th May 70 QUESTION - MOODY BLUES not #1 for BMRB 6th June 70 YELLOW RIVER - CHRISTIE 13th June 70 IN THE SUMMERTIME - MUNGO JERRY 18th July 70 ALL RIGHT NOW - FREE another miss for BMRB 1st Aug 70 LOLA - KINKS another miss for BMRB because Elvis took the honours 8th Aug 70 WONDER OF YOU - ELVIS 29th Aug 70 TEARS OF A CLOWN - SMOKEY ROBINSON #1 2 weeks before BMRB. Now I really doubt BMRB at this point 26th Sept 70 BAND OF GOLD - FREDA PAYNE BMRB beat them, as they had it on the 19th Sept 31st Oct 70 BLACK NIGHT - DEEP PURPLE only #5 that week on BMRB...was it a tight top 5 that week? Who knows! BMRB had "Woodsock" 7th Nov 70 WOODSTOCK - MATTHEWS SOUTHERN COMFORT 28th Nov 70 VOODOO CHILE - JIMI HENDRIX this must of been quite tight. Dave Edmunds topped BMRB, Jimi on NME, Don Fardon on MM 5th Dec 70 I HEAR YOU KNOCKING - DAVE EDMUNDS 19th Dec 70 WHEN I'M DEAD & GONE - MCGUINESS FLINT this ones bugged me for years & was definately the closest Christmas of all & for 2 weeks, as Dave Edmunds held on for BMRB 1971 2nd Jan 71 GRANDAD - CLIVE DUNN BMRB certainly lost out this week, because a chart was never published 30th Jan 71 MY SWEET LORD - GEORGE HARRISON 13th Mar 71 BABY JUMP - MUNGO JERRY it reached #1 the week before for BMRB, & it was about this point that BMRB were now really excepted as the #1 chart, which had followed a Postal Strike...So we were finally there & WHSmiths axed their "Top Pops" Magazine (which had been renamed "Music Now" in 1970). So, now Smiths, provided information, to the British Market Research Bureau, for the first time. 20th Mar 71 ANOTHER DAY - PAUL MCCARTNEY not a BMRB #1. That was T.REX 27th Mar 71 HOT LOVE - T.REX 1st May 71 DOUBLE BARREL - DAVE & ANSELL COLLINS 15th May 71 BROWN SUGAR - ROLLING STONES not #1 for BMRB. It was Dawn 22nd May 71 KNOCK THREE TIMES - DAWN 19th June 71 I DID WHAT I DID FOR MARIA - TONY CHRISTIE not #1 for BMRB 26th June 71 CHIRPY CHIRPY CHEEP CHEEP - MIDDLE OF THE ROAD 31st July 71 GET IT ON - T.REX 21st Aug 71 NEVER ENDING SONG OF LOVE - NEW SEEKERS not a BMRB #1, & MM had it as a tie with Diana Ross 28th Aug 71 I'M STILL WAITING - DIANA ROSS 18th Sept 71 HEY GIRL DON'T BOTHER ME - TAMS 2nd Oct 71 MAGGIE MAY - ROD STEWART beating BMRB by a week 13th Nov 71 COZ I LUV YOU - SLADE 4th Dec 71 ERNIE - BENNY HILL beating BMRB by a week 1972 8th Jan 72 I'D LIKE TO TEACH THE WORLD TO SING - NEW SEEKERS 5th Feb 72 TELEGRAM SAM - T.REX 19th Feb 72 SON OF MY FATHER - CHICORY TIP 11th Mar 72 AMERICAN PIE - DON MCLEAN this was another close one topping MM & EMI, with Nilsson topping BMRB & on POTP that week, Ed Stewart did his one & only show 18th Mar 72 WITHOUT YOU - NILSSON 22nd Apr 72 AMAZING GRACE - ROYAL SCOTS DRAGOON GUARDS 20th May 72 METAL GURU - T.REX 17th June 72 VINCENT - DON MACLEAN 8th July 72 TAKE ME BACK 'OME - SLADE another close call here. Donny Osmond topped BMRB, Slade topped NME, & Gary Glitter on MM 15th July 72 PUPPY LOVE - DONNY OSMOND 12th Aug 72 SCHOOL'S OUT - ALICE COOPER 2nd Sept 72 YOU WEAR IT WELL - ROD STEWART 16th Sept 72 MAMA WEER ALL CRAZEE NOW - SLADE 30th Sept 72 CHILDREN OF THE REVOLUTION - T.REX not a BMRB #1, though close 7th Oct 72 HOW CAN I BE SURE - DAVID CASSIDY 14th Oct 72 MOULDY OLD DOUGH - LIEUTENANT PIGEON 11th Nov 72 CLAIR - GILBERT O' SULLIVAN 25th Nov 72 MY DING-A-LING - CHUCK BERRY 23rd Dec 72 LONG HAIRED LOVER FROM LIVERPOLL - LITTLE JIMMY OSMOND 1973 20th Jan 73 THE JEAN GENIE - DAVID BOWIE not a BMRB #1, though close with Jimmy Osmond. David at number one in NME, MM, & EMI 27th Jan 73 BLOCKBUSTER - THE SWEET 24th Feb 73 PART OF THE UNION - STRAWBS not a BMRB #1, but NME, MM, & EMI 10th Mar 73 CUM ON FEEL THE NOIZE - SLADE 31st Mar 73 THE TWELTH OF NEVER - DONNY OSMOND 14th Apr 73 GET DOWN - GILBERT O' SULLIVAN 21st Apr 73 TIE A YELLOW RIBBON - DAWN 26th May 73 SEE MY BABY JIVE - WIZZARD 9th June 73 CAN THE CAN - SUZI QUATRO beating BMRB, by a week 30th June 73 RUBBER BULLETS - 10CC 7th July 73 SKWEEZE ME PLEEZE ME - SLADE 21st July 73 WELCOME HOME - PETERS AND LEE 4th Aug 73 I'M THE LEADER OF THE GANG - GARY GLITTER 1st Sept 73 YOUNG LOVE - DONNY OSMOND over in MM at this time, The Carpenters spent 3 weeks at #1 with "Yesterday Once More" starting from 18th Aug. 15th Sept 73 ANGEL FINGERS - WIZZARD a difference of opinion here. BMRB had Donny still at the top, but MM preffered Barry Blue...Possibly a close top 4 29th Sept 73 BALLROOM BLITZ - SWEET not #1 for BMRB, but NME, MM, & EMI 6th Oct 73 EYE LEVEL - SIMON PARK ORCHESTRA 3rd Nov 73 DAYDREAMER - DAVID CASSIDY 24th Nov 73 I LOVE YOU LOVE ME LOVE - GARY GLITTER 22nd Dec 73 MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYBODY - SLADE 1974 5th Jan 74 YOU WON'T FIND ANOTHER FOOL LIKE ME - NEW SEEKERS in these early weeks of 1974, the Country was knocked back by about a million strikes, the 3 day week & Edward Heath! So, BMRB chart returns were definately affected. So, it's quite easy to say that Slade didn't really manage to stay at #1 through January! 19th Jan 74 THE SHOW MUST GO ON - LEO SAYER not a BMRB #1, only NME, MM, & EMI 26th Jan 74 TEENAGE RAMPAGE - SWEET not a BMRB #1, just NME, & EMI 2nd Feb 74 TIGER FEET - MUD 23rd Feb 74 DEVIL GATE DRIVE - SUZI QUATRO 9th Mar 74 JEALOUS MIND - ALVIN STARDUST 23rd Mar 74 BILLY DON'T BE A HERO - PAPER LACE 13th Apr 74 SEASONS IN THE SUN - TERRY JACKS 27th Apr 74 THE CAT CREPT IN - MUD not a BMRB #1, it was NME, MM, & EMI 4th May 74 WATERLOO - ABBA 18th May 74 SUGAR BABY LOVE - RUBETTES 15th June 74 THE STREAK - RAY STEVENS MM, had Showaddywaddy at the top this week with "Hey Rock N" Roll" & on the 8th June, they had R. Dean Taylor! 29th June 74 ALWAYS YOURS - GARY GLITTER 6th July 74 SHE - CHARLES AZNAVOUR 27th July 74 ROCK YOUR BABY - GEORGE MCCRAE 17th Aug 74 WHEN WILL I SEE YOU AGAIN - THREE DEGREES 7th Sept 74 LOVE ME FOR A REASON - OSMONDS 21st Sept 74 KUNG FU FIGHTING - CARL DOUGLAS 19th Oct 74 SAD SWEET DREAMER - SWEET SENSATION NME had Peter Shelley at the top with "Gee Baby" 26th Oct 74 EVERYTHING I OWN - KEN BOOTHE 9th Nov 74 GONNA MAKE YOU A STAR - DAVID ESSEX on MM from the 16th Nov, "Killer Queen" went to the top for 2 weeks & on 7th Dec, Gary Glitter with "Oh Yes You're Beautiful" 14th Dec 74 YOU'RE THE FIRST THE LAST MY EVERYTHING - BARRY WHITE 21st Dec 74 LONELY THIS CHRISTMAS - MUD We note that John Denver's "Annie's Song" never made #1 apart from BMRB. In all the rest it was a #2. 1975 11th Jan 75 STREETS OF LONDON - RALPH MCTELL not a BMRB #1, it went to #1 in MM on the 18th Jan. This was the first week, that Woolworths, provided information to BMRB. Though, were never used by EMI. If you like percentages. Here was the scale of Record sales, through various Record shops towards the end of the 70s (According to Brian Hankin at Haven Forums on the "Lost Number Ones thread: Woolworths 35% Our Price 30% HMV 25% Others 10% 25th Jan 75 DOWN DOWN - STATUS QUO 1st Feb 75 MS GRACE - THE TYMES 8th Feb 75 JANUARY - PILOT 22nd Feb 75 MAKE ME SMILE - STEVE HARLEY & COCKNEY REBEL 8th Mar 75 IF - TELLY SAVALAS 22nd Mar 75 BYE BYE BABY - BAY CITY ROLLERS 3rd May 75 HONEY - BOBBY GOLDSBORO not #1 on BMRB, only NME, MM, & EMI 10th May 75 LOVING YOU - MINNIE RIPERTON not #1 on BRB, only NME, MM & EMI 17th May 75 STAND BY YOUR MAN - TAMMY WYNETTE on MM, Minnie Riperton stayed at the top for a 2nd & final week. Mud's "Oh Boy" did not go to #1 on NME, MM or EMI 7th June 75 WHISPERING GRASS - WINDSOR DAVIES & DON ESTELLE on NME, Showaddywaddy's "Three Steps To Heaven" went to the top for one week on the 14th June 28th June 75 I'M NOT IN LOVE - 10CC 12th July 75 TEARS ON MY PILLOW - JOHNNY NASH on MM, 10cc remained at the top for a 3rd & final week 26th July 75 GIVE A LITTLE LOVE - BAY CITY ROLLERS 2nd Aug 75 BARBADOS - TYPICALLY TROPICAL it went to the top before BMRB, on NME, MM & EMI 16th Aug 75 I CAN'T GIVE YOU ANYTHING BUT MY LOVE - STYLISTICS 6th Sept 75 SAILING - ROD STEWART it went to the top on NME on the 30th Aug 4th Oct 75 HOLD ME CLOSE - DAVID ESSEX on the 27th Sept on NME, Leo Sayer's "Moonlighting" went to the top for a week 25th Oct 75 I ONLY HAVE EYES FOR YOU - ART GARFUNKEL 8th Nov 75 SPACE ODDITY - DAVID BOWIE it went to the top on the 1st Nov, on MM 22nd Nov 75 D.I.V.O.R.C.E - BILLY CONNOLLY on MM, David Bowie had a 4th week at the top 29th Nov 75 YOU SEXY THING - HOT CHOCOLATE not #1 on BMRB, only NME, MM & EMI 6th Dec 1975 BOHEIMIAN RHAPSODY - QUEEN 1976 24th Jan 1976 GLASS OF CHAMPAGNE - SAILOR not #1 on BMRB or MM, only NME & EMI. MM had Abba at the top, a week early. So, a close top 3 that week 31st Jan 76 MAMMA MIA - ABBA 14th Feb 76 FOREVER & EVER - SLIK 21st Feb 76 DECEMBER 63 - FOUR SEASONS on MM, Abba returned to the top & on the 28th Feb, "Rodrigo's Guitar Concerto" went to the top 6th Mar 76 I LOVE TO LOVE - TINA CHARLES 27th Mar 76 SAVE YOUR KISSES FOR ME - BROTHERHOOD OF MAN on MM, Tina stayed at the top for a 4th & final week 1st May 76 FERNANDO - ABBA It has to be said, that during the Spring & Summer of 1976, BMRB were cutting costs of shipping chart panel diaries to their offices, & so switched to a Saturday to Friday chart, which answers some of the questions, as to why certain records did not top, other charts, or went to the top earlier. It also made BMRB's chart erratic, with some singles, bombing up & down the chart inconsistently. Another fault in the reliability of it. This also occured again around March 1982, for a while, which atcually cost BMRB to lose the chart to GALLUP in 1983. 5th June 76 NO CHARGE - J.J. BARRIE on NME, Abba had a 7th & final week at the top & on the 12th over on MM, The Wurzels went to the top 19th June 76 YOU TO ME ARE EVERYTHING - REAL THING on NME, "Silly Love Songs" & Wings went to the top & The Wurzels never made it on NME or EMI 10th July 76 YOUNG HEARTS RUN FREE - CANDI STATON not a BMRB #1, only NME, MM & EMI. Could've been a close week 17th July 76 FOREVER & EVER - DEMIS ROUSSOS on MM, Candi Staton stayed at the top for a 2nd & final week 24th July 76 DON'T GO BREAKING MY HEART - ELTON JOHN & KIKI DEE 11th Sept 76 DANCING QUEEN - ABBA on the 4th Sept on MM, "Let 'Em In" & Wings went to the top for a week 16th Oct 76 MISSISIPPI - PUSSYCAT 6th Nov 76 IF YOU LEAVE ME NOW - CHICAGO on MM, it went to the top on the 30th Oct 4th Dec 76 UNDER THE MOON OF LOVE - SHOWADDYWADDY 25th Dec 76 WHEN A CHILD I S BORN - JOHNNY MATHIS 1977 15th Jan 77 DON'T GIVE UP ON US - DAVID SOUL on MM, Showaddywaddy returned to the top for a week 29th Jan 77 DON'T CRY FOR ME ARGENTINA - JULIE COVINGTON getting to the top a couple of weeks early on NME, MM & EMI in what was definately a very close top 3 5th Feb 77 DON'T GIVE UP ON US - DAVID SOUL on MM, Julie stayed at the top for a 2nd & final week 12th Feb 77 DON'T CRY FOR ME ARGENTINA - JULIE COVINGTON on MM, Leo Sayer went to the top 19th Feb 77 WHEN I NEED YOU - LEO SAYER on NME, Julie staye at the top for another week 12th Mar 77 CHANSON D'AMOUR - MANHATTAN TRANSFER on MM, Heatwave's "Boogie Nights" went to the top for a week 2nd Apr 77 KNOWING ME KNOWING YOU - ABBA on NME, it went to the top on the 26th March & on MM, David Soul's "Going In With My Eyes Open" went to the top for a week on the 9th April 7th May 77 FREE - DENIECE WILLIAMS on the 14th May, MM had Rod Stewart at the top early 21st May 77 I DON'T WANNA TALK ABOUT IT/FIRST CUT IS THE DEEPEST - ROD STEWART on NME, Deniece had a 3rd & final week at the top & on MM, "Ain't Gonna Bump No More" & Joe Tex went to the top on the 4th June for a week 25th June 77 SHOW YOU THE WAY TO GO - THE JACKSONS in NME on the 18th June, the Sex Pistols went to the top when it was down to #9 on MM, & down to #4 on BMRB. "Lucille" & Kenny Rogers never topped NME, MM or EMI 9th July 77 SO YOU WIN AGAIN - HOT CHOCOLATE on NME, Boney M's "Ma Baker" went to the top on the 16th July 23rd July 77 I FEEL LOVE - DONNA SUMMER 27th Aug 77 FLOAT ON - THE FLOATERS on NME, Brotherhood Of Man's "Angleo" went to the top, but it never made #1 on MM or EMI 3rd Sept 77 WAY DOWN - ELVIS PRESLEY 10th Sept 77 MAGIC FLY - SPACE not a BMRB #1, only NME, MM & EMI in a couple of close weeks 24th Sept 77 WAY DOWN - ELVIS PRESLEY on NME, Space remained at the top for a 3rd & final week & MM had Jean Michel Jarre's "Oxygene" at the top for a week, with Space going back to the top on the 1st Oct for another week 15th Oct 77 SILVER LADY - DAVID SOUL on MM, La Belle Epoque's "Black Is Black" went to the top for 2 weeks 22nd Oct 77 YES SIR I CAN BOOGIE - BACCARA 29th Oct 77 YOU'RE IN MY HEART - ROD STEWART not a BMRB #1, only NME, MM & EMI 5th Nov 77 YES SIR I CAN BOOGIE - BACCARA on MM, Rod Stewart remained at the top for a 2nd & final week 12th Nov 77 NAME OF THE GAME - ABBA 26th Nov 77 ROCKIN' ALL OVER THE WORLD - STATUS QUO not a BMRB #1, only NME, MM & EMI 3rd Dec 77 MULL OF KINTYRE - WINGS 1978 4th Feb 78 UPTOWN TOP RANKING - ALTHIA & DONNA it went to the top on MM, on the 28th Jan & during these week's Brotherhood Of Man's "Figaro" never made the top on NME, MM or EMI 18th Feb 78 TAKE A CHANCE ON ME - ABBA 11th Mar 78 WUTHERING HEIGHTS - KATE BUSH on MM, Rose Royce's "Wishing On A Star" went to the top for a week 1st Apr 78 DENIS - BLONDIE not a BMRB #1 & it went to the top on MM, starting from the 25th March. These must have been close weeks That's it for the EMI number ones. At the start of April 1978, some of the people responsible for EMI & another old paper "Music Business" that ran between 1969 & 1971, started a new trade paper "Record Business Magazine". They compiled charts for Independant Radio. Actually they compiled a top 120, which was a top 30 sales chart & the 31-120 included airplay too, with sales on a sliding scale. I'll list the Record Business number ones in another thread. Many of the EMI & Record Business number ones, were heard on Alan Freeman's Pick Of The Pops-Take Two during the 1982-89 run on Capital FM. For interests sake here are the other records that made number one on either NME or Melody Maker from April 1978 to May 1988 but didn't make it on the "Official Chart": 8th Apr 78 DENIS - BLONDIE both NME & MM 15th Apr 78 I WONDER WHY - SHOWADDYWADDY NME & MM. MM had it there another week, but NME got in early with "Night Fever" 11th Nov 78 SANDY - JOHN TRAVOLTA was a MM #1 17th Feb 79 CHIQUITITA - ABBA was a NME #1 10th Mar 79 OLIVER'S ARMY - ELVIS COSTELLO was a MM #1 & went there on the 17th on NME 7th Apr 79 IN THE NAVY - VILLAGE PEOPLE was a NME #1 19th May 79 POP MUSIK - M was a NME & MM #1 26th May 79 DANCE AWAY - ROXY MUSIC was a MM #1 & went there on the 9th June on NME 21st June 79 SILLY GAMES - JANET KAY was a NME & MM #1 24th Nov 79 ETON RIFLES - JAM was a MM #1 for 2 weeks 2nd Feb 80 MY GIRL - MADNESS was a NME & MM #1 12th Apr 80 DANCE YOURSELF DIZZY - LIQUID GOLD was a NME #1 for 2 weeks 31st May 80 NO DOUBT ABOUT IT - HOT CHOCOLATE was a NME & MM #1 21st June 80 FUNKY TOWN - LIPPS INC was a NME #1 5th July 80 SIMON TEMPLAR/TWO PINTS OF LAGER - SPLOGDENESSABOUNDS was a MM #1 9th Aug 80 UPSIDE DOWN - DIANA ROSS was a NME & MM #1 20th Sept 80 ONE DAY I'LL FLY AWAY was a NME & MM #1 for 2 weeks 20th Dec 80 STOP THE CAVALRY - JONA LEWIE was a NME & MM #1. Staying at the top for 2 weeks on MM The 3rd Jan 1981 threw up a few surprises. Now, the BMRB chart was never made public that week (with the usual New Year chart, a repeat of Christmas). It is said that John Lennon's "Happy Xmas (War Is Over" did actually out sell "St Winifred's School Choir" that week. Funny thing was, NME claim that "Starting Over" was at #2 on 10th Jan 1981, with "Happy Christmas (War Is Over" at #6. With MM saying that "Starting Over" went back to the top on 10th Jan. Did both papers mix up "Starting Over" with "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)"? All is that the latter didn't really make it to the top, as people think it probably did? I've seen sales for the missing w/k ending 3rd Jan 1981 chart, & they seem to be very close with St Winifred's, Happy Xmas, Jona Lewie, & Starting Over. Those sales would of only covered 22nd/23rd/24th/27th Dec 1980, with the Christmas chart being sales of 15th/16th/17th/18th/19th/20th Dec & announced on Radio One on Tuesday 23rd Dec. So, you've got a missing chart covering 4 days only. I personally think that Starting Over, Grandma, & Stop The Calvary were very closely placed, but I don't reckon that "Happy Xmas" did really make it, as some reckon it did & so did only go to #2 on 10th Jan 1981. That missing chart (of my opinion) would have still had Grandma at the top, followed by Starting Over & Stop The Calvary in the 2nd & 3rd spots, with "Imagine" up to #4 & "Happy Xmas" slipping to 5, only to go back up to #2 the following week. "Imagine" sold over 300,000 in total over those first 3 weeks of re-entry. 24th Jan 81 ANT MUSIC - ADAM & THE ANTS was a MM #1 31st Jan 81 IN THE AIR TONIGHT - PHIL COLLINS was a MM #1 for 2 weeks. It went there on NME on the 7th Feb for 2 weeks 14th Feb 81 VIENNA - ULTRAVOX was a MM #1. It went there on the 21st Feb on NME 7th Mar 81 VIENNA - ULTRAVOX returning to the top on MM for a week 28th Mar 81 KIDS IN AMERICA - KIM WILDE was a MM #1 2nd May 81 CHI MAI - ENNIO MORRICONE was a #1 on NME & MM 9th May 81 STARS ON 45 - STARSOUND was a #1 on NME & MM 1st Aug 81 CHANT NO.1 - SPANDAU BALLET was an NME #1 1st Aug 81 HAPPY BIRTHDAY - STEVIE WONDER was a MM #1 15th Aug 81 HAPPY BIRTHDAY - STEVIE WONDER was a NME #1 22nd Aug 81 HOOKED ON CLASSICS - ROYAL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA was a MM #1 10th Oct 81 INVISIBLE SUN - POLICE was a MM #1 7th Nov 81 HAPPY BIRTHDAY - ALTERED IMAGES was a NME & MM #1 2nd Jan 82 ONE OF US - ABBA was a NME #1 6th Feb 82 GOLDEN BROWN was a MM #1 10th Apr 82 JUST AN ILLUSION - IMAGINATION was a MM #1 17th Apr 82 AIN'T NO PLEASING YOU - CHAS N' DAVE was a MM #1 15th May 82 I WON'T LET YOU DOWN - PHD was a NME #1 29th May 82 ONLY YOU - YAZOO was a MM #1 26th June 82 TORCH - SOFT CELL was a MM #1 17th July 82 ABRACADABRA - STEVE MILLER BAND was a NME #1 18th Sept 82 PRIVATE INVESTIGATIONS - DIRE STRAITS was a MM #1 25th Sept 82 PRIVATE INVESTIGATIONS - DIRE STRAITS was a NME & MM #1 2nd Oct 82 THE BITTEREST PILL - JAM was a NME & MM #1 27th Nov 82 HEARTBREAKER - DIONNE WARWICK was an NME #1 4th Dec 82 MIRROR MAN - HUMAN LEAUGE was a NME #1 25th Dec 82 TIME - CULTURE CLUB was a NME & MM #1 19th Feb 83 CHANGE - TEARS FOR FEARS was a MM #1 26th Mar 83 SPEAK LIKE A CHILD - STYLE COUNCIL was a MM #1 25th June 83 CHINA GIRL - DAVID BOWIE was a NME & MM #1 13th Aug 83 I.O.U - FREEEZ was a MM #1 27th Aug 83 GOLD - SPANDAU BALLET was a NME & MM #1 for 2 weeks 5th Nov 83 ALL NIGHT LONG - LIONEL RICHIE was a MM #1 26th Nov 83 SAY SAY SAY - PAUL MCCARTNEY & MICHAEL JACKSON was a MM #1 3rd Dec 83 NEVER NEVER - ASSEMBLY was a NME & MM #1 10th Dec 83 LOVE OF THE COMMON PEOPLE - PAUL YOUNG was a NME #1 18th Feb 84 RADIO GAGA - QUEEN was a NME & MM #1 28th Apr 84 AGAINST ALL ODDS - PHIL COLLINS was a MM #1 5th May 84 AGAINST ALL ODDS - PHIL COLLINS was a NME & MM #1 12th May 84 AGAINST ALL ODDS - PHIL COLLINS was a MM #1 for 2 weeks 26th May 84 AUTOMATIC - POINTER SISTERS was a NME & MM #1 2nd June 84 AUTOMATIC - POINTER SISTERS was a NME #1 13th Oct 84 THE WAR SONG - CULTURE CLUB was a MM #1 20th Oct 84 THE WAR SONG - CULTURE CLUB was a NME #1 19th Jan 85 EVERYTHING SHE WANTS - WHAM! was a NME & MM #1 2nd Feb 85 1999/LITTLE RED CORVETTE - PRINCE was a MM #1 9th Feb 85 LOVE & PRIDE - KING was a MM #1 16th Feb 85 LOVE & PRIDE - KING was a NME & MM #1 13th Apr 85 WELCOME TO THE PLEASUREDOME - FRANKIE GOES TO HOLLYWOOD was a NME #1 20th Apr 85 EVERYBODY WANTS TO RULE THE WORLD - TEARS FOR FEARS was a NME & MM #1 for 2 weeks 4th May 85 EVERYBODY WANTS TO RULE THE WORLD - TEARS FOR FEARS stayed at the top on NME for a 3rd & final week 29th June 85 CRAZY FOR YOU - MADONNA was a NME & MM #1 13th July 85 AXEL F - HAROLD FALTERMEYER was a MM #1 2nd Nov 85 TAKE ON ME - A-HA was a NME & MM #1 9th Nov 85 TAKE ON ME - A-HA stayed at the top on MM for a 2nd & final week 16th Nov 85 NIKITA - ELTON JOHN was a NME #1 8th Feb 86 ONLY LOVE - NANA MOUSKOURI was a MM #1 for 2 weeks 29th Mar 86 ABSOULTE BEGINNERS - DAVID BOWIE was a NME #1 10th May 86 WHAT HAVE YOU DONE FOR ME LATELY - JANET JACKSON was a MM #1 17th May 86 ON MY OWN - PATTI LABELLE & MICHAEL MCDONALD was a MM #1 7th June 86 SLEDGEHAMMER - PETER GABRIEL was a MM #1 14th June 86 HOLDING BACK THE YEARS - SIMPLY RED was a MM #1 21st June 86 I CAN'T WAIT - NU SHOOZ was a MM #1 13th Dec 86 SOMETIMES - ERASURE was a MM #1 31st Jan 87 C'EST LA VIE - ROBBIE NEVIL was a NME #1 25th Apr 87 LEAN ON ME - CLUB NOUVEAU was a MM #1 17th Oct 87 FULL METAL JACKET - ABIGAL MEAD & NIGEL GOULDING was a NME #1 7th Nov 87 FAITH - GEORGE MICHAEL was a NME & MM #1 14th Nov 87 FAITH - GEORGE MICHAEL stayed at the top on MM for a 2nd & final week 19th Dec 87 WHEN I FALL IN LOVE - RICK ASTLEY was a NME #1 5th Mar 88 BEAT DIS - BOMB THE BASS was a NME & MM #1 12th Mar 88 BEAT DIS - BOMB THE BASS stayed at the top on NME for a 2nd & final week 19th Mar 88 TOGETHER FOREVER - RICK ASTLEY was a NME #1 From 21st May 1988, both NME & MM began to use the MRIB Top 50 (The Network Chart). Which has been covered before, but we might do it again, on this thread... To sum up, this bit: By 1983, Melody Maker was slightly in front of NME because their chart was a Thursday chart & NME was a Wednesday chart. MM's chart was closer to the MRIB chart, than NME was...though both differed much of the time.

The Almost Saturday Charts are a Mike Robinson production, & based on an average of positions from 5 download sites, iTunes sales, & the odd physical from HMV. Now, Mike is planning on finishing the Almost Saturday Charts. Mainly because it's run it's course & grown out of date. Mike (of course) did some work for MRIB before they went into recievership & the Almost Sats, have been based around those charts, since April 2008, when they stopped doing Music charts. These days, Mike concentrates on chart based material for Internet Radio & RSL Stations. The new look "Ultimate UK Chart" goes out on about 200 stations around the World & has doubled it's audience in the last few months. Why has that happened? Well, because it's ahead of anything else & Free To Air on any Radio station, without profits. Mike is a professional gambler & can afford to do it all for free, for those that believe in "Free" Radio. So, how does "The Ultimate UK Chart" work? Well, unlike iTunes it uses a partial day's sale & is practically a 16 hour chart based on sales & Internet Radio Airplay. This provides a "real" most up to date chart. Some compare it to iTunes, but iTunes only runs a hour to hour chart. You don't get the full chart in one. "The Ultimate UK Chart" runs over 4 hours & you get 54 songs & an extra rundown of 50 to 41. Now, if you are involved with or run an Internet Radio Station & want to run that chart. Here is an example of last Sunday's script: (as you can see, it's really not far away from any midweek charts) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sunday 4th March 2012 Week 10 of the Ultimate UK Chart, & if you were listening last week, then you'd of heard Gotye holding off Dappy & Brian May from the top of the chart. Dappy & Brian were our highest new entry at #2. Will they knock Gotye off, today? We'll find out later, but first here comes our 50 to 41 Sneaky Peak: 50 NE ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED? - DOT ROTTEN 49 RE TALK THAT TALK - RIHANNA 48 36 SOMEONE LIKE YOU - ADELE 59WKS 47 44 RAPTURE - NADIA ALI 12WKS 46 NE RACK CITY - TYGA Michael Stevenson is the 27 year old Californian, with his 15th single & first UK hit 45 37 HEAVEN - EMELI SANDE 44 RE PARTY ROCK ANTHEM - LMFAO 43 31 ROLLING IN THE DEEP -ADELE 60WKS 42 41 DEDICATION TO MY X - LLOYD 304,000 in 14WKS 41 33 VIDEO GAMES - LANA DEL REY 21WKS Out of last week's top 40 goes Lana Del Rey, Emeli Sande, Adele x 2, Demi Lovato, Christina Perri, One Direction, & Ed Sheeran. Leaving room for: 6 New Entries, 2 Re-Entries, 9 Up, 18 Down, & 5 Stuck 40 45 TAKE CARE - DRAKE/RIHANNA 16WKS in, & a re-entry this week 39 RE WHAT CAN YOU DO FOR ME - UTAH SAINTS VS DRUMSOUND & BASSLINE SMITH a re-mix of the 1991 #10 single 38 NE MAN OR MUPPET - JASON SEGEL & WALTER from the new Muppet movie, it's Jason Segel, the US actor puppeteer. The last time the Muppets were in the charts, was when "Don't Dilly Dally On The Way" went to #19 in January 1978 37 NE TWENTY SEVEN MILLION - MATT REDMAN/LZ7 arraising awareness of human slave trafficking & supporting the a21 campaign to abolish modern slavery, it's LZ7 (a Christian rap & dance outfit from Manchester) joining Matt Redman (a christian worship leader) 36 30 CHARLIE BROWN - COLDPLAY 20,000 in 2WKS 35 NE R U MINE? - ARCTIC MONKEYS the 14th top 50 single for the Sheffield boys 34 22 ICARUS - MADEON 2WKS 33 28 WANT U BACK - CHER LLOYD 9WKS 32 32 GOOD FEELING - FLO RIDA 389,000 in 17WKS, & back up to #7 in the States 31 39 MOVES LIKE JAGGER - MAROON FIVE 1 million, 1 hundred & 80 thousand IN 30wks In the top 30: 3 New, 8 Up, 15 Down, & 4 Stuck 30 20 LEGO HOUSE - ED SHEERAN 498,000 in 26WKS 29 27 DANCE WITH ME TONIGHT - OLLY MURS 541,000 in 16WKS 28 26 PARADISE - COLDPLAY 730,000 in 25WKS (this week, you're buying the Fedde Le Grande re-mix, so we're playing that version) 27 34 NIGGAS IN PARIS - JAY Z/KANYE WEST 20,000 in 2WKS 26 29 BREATHING - JASON DERULO 6WKS 25 17 BORN TO DIE - LANA DEL REY 139,000 in 7WKS 24 25 WE FOUND LOVE - RIHANNA/CALVIN HARRIS 1 million, 36 thousand in 23wks, & back up to #6 in the States 23 21 TWILIGHT - COVER DRIVE 233,000 in 7WKS 22 19 ALONE AGAIN - ALYSSA REID 192,000 in 6WKS 21 10 T.H.E. - WILL I. AM 140,000 in 5WKS In the top 20: 3 New, 5 Up, 8 Down, & 4 Stuck 20 14 ASS BACK HOME - GYM CLASS HEROES 51,000 in 3WKS 19 12 RAY CHARLES - CHIDDY BANG 2WKS 18 24 MIRROR - LIL' WAYNE 55,000 in 5WKS 17 18 INTERNATIONAL LOVE - PITBULL/CHRIS BROWN 166,000 in 10WKS, & up to #13 in the States 16 16 SEXY AND I KNOW IT - LMFAO 561,000 in 27WKS 15 13 MAMA DO THE HUMP - RIZZLE KICKS 387,000 in 15WKS 14 14 WHAT DOESN'T KILL YOU MAKES YOU STRONGER - KELLY CLARKSON 205,000 in 11WKS, & #1 in the States 13 11 DRUNK - ED SHERAN 125,000 in 6WKS 12 02 ROCKSTAR - DAPPY/BRIAN MAY 2WKS 11 08 DOMINO - JESSIE J 460,000 in 14WKS, & up to #14 in the States In the top 10: 3 New, 3 Up, 2 Down, & 2 Stuck 10 NE LOVE ME - STOOSHE/TRAVIE MCCOY Stooshe are a trio from London, joining Gym Class Heroes, Travie McCoy 09 09 TURN ME ON - DAVID GUETTA/NICKI MINAJ 110,000 in 6WKS, & #8 in the States 08 07 TITANIUM - DAVID GUETTA/SIA 10wks in, & 505,000 sold since last year 07 NE BRIGHT LIGHTS - TINCHY STRYDER/PIXIE LOTT Tinchy Stryder gets his 17th top 50 single, as he joins Pixie Lott for her 13th hit 06 04 HOT RIGHT NOW - DJ FRESH 260,000 in 9WKS 05 NE SEVEN NATION ARMY - MARCUS COLLINS 04 05 WILD ONES - FLO RIDA/SIA 275,000 in 7WKS 03 03 NEXT TO ME - EMELI SANDE 260,000 in 4WKS 02 06 STARSHIPS - NICKI MINAJ 105,000 in 4WKS, & down to #10 in the States 01 01 SOMEBODY I USED TO KNOW - GOTYE/KIMBRA 450,000 in 9wks, & only #16 in the States TOP TEN ALBUMS 10 11 DREAMBOATS & PETTICOATS: THE PETTICOAT COLLECTION - VARIOUS ARTISTS 09 06 MYLO XYLOTO - COLDPLAY 08 05 MAKING MIRRORS - GOTYE 07 NE SECRET SYMPHONY - KATIE MELUA 06 04 BORN TO DIE - LANA DEL REY 05 03 PLUS - ED SHEERAN 04 01 21 - ADELE 03 02 OUR VERSION OF EVENTS - EMELI SANDE 02 NE IN MY DREAMS - MILITARY WIVES 01 NE WRECKING BALL - BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN Ones To Watch 01 BETTER THAN I KNOW MYSELF - ADAM LAMBERT the Indiana singer/songwriting actor looks for a 3rd top 50 single. His last was "Can't Let You Go" & that made #34 in 2010 02 ELEPHANT - ALEXANDRA BURKE & ERICK MORILLO Alexandra Burke the winner of series 5 of X Factor, looks for a 7th top 50 single, as she joins up with Colombian, Erick Morillo...who apparently thinks Alexandra is an Elephant! 03 GO IN GO HARD - ANGEL & WRETCH 32 Wretch 32, the grimestar from Tottenham looks for a 6th top 50 single, as he teams up with Angel 04 FILL US WITH FIRE - ERASURE Vince Clark & Andy Bell the synth-pop duo return looking for a 33rd top 50 single. "Be With You" was their last single. It didn't do much, though a few people did buy it, in the shops & it made the physical top 10, but miss the proper top 200 05 DUTY TO THE BEBTOR - HUE & CRY Pat & Greg Kane return. They are the Scottish brothers (of course) & seek to find a 10th top 50 single. They haven't been in the charts, since 1993, when a re-mix of "Labour Of Love" made #25 06 BETTER THAN A DREAM - KATIE MELUA the part Russian come Georgian looks for a 17th top 50 single. "To Kill You With A Kiss" was her last hit & that made #19 in 2010 07 ENDLESS LOVE - LIONEL RICHIE/SHANIA TWAIN Lionel Richie teams up with Country star, Shania Twain & re-hashes his 1981 duet with Diana Ross...So, it looks like flop time for him! 08 FEEL TO FOLLOW - MACCABEES the 6piece Indie band looking for a 5th top 50 single, though the last single, only made #75 & that was "Pelican" in January 09 I'M GETTING READY - MICHAEL KIWANUKA the British-Ugandan fom Muswell Hill seeks a 2nd hit, after "Home Again" made #29 last year 10 PADDLING OUT - MIIKE SNOW not to be confused with the instrumentalist, that performed the theme to the X Files in 1995, this is the Stockholm rock band's 6th single. They always struggle in the UK, but "Black & Blue" did #64 in 2009 11 DREAM ON - NOEL GALLAGHER'S HIGH FLYING BIRDS Noel Gallagher & the Manchester 5some, looking for a 3rd top 20 single 12 THAT DANGEROUS AGE - PAUL WELLER the 53 year old from Woking seeking a 35th solo top 50 single. "Around The Lake" was his last single, but that sunk in November! 13 GOLD ON THE CEILING - BLACK KEYS the Rock duo from Ohio with their 19th Single. They do slightly better with albums usually & their biggest single was "Til I Get My Way" which only made #62 in 2004 14 CHANGING THE RAIN - THE HORRORS the fivepiece post punk sound from Southend, with their 12th single. So far, they've only made the the top 40 once & that was with "Gloves" the #34 in 2007 .............................................................................................. Here comes this week's Almost Sats. Top Physicals 01 NE MARCUS COLLINS 02 01 ONE DIRECTION 03 02 ED SHEERAN (DRUNK) 04 03 MILITARY WIVES 05 04 COVER DRIVE Top 15 Combined Albums 01 NE BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN 02 NE MILITARY WIVES 03 01 EMELI SANDE 04 02 ADELE 05 NE KATIE MELUA 06 03 + - ED SHEERAN 07 NE LIONEL RICHIE 08 04 LANA DEL REY 09 09 DREAMBOATS & PETTICOATS: THE PETTICOAT COLLECTION - VARIOUS 10 NE POP PRINCESSES 2012 - VARIOUS 11 08 COLDPLAY 12 06 GOTYE 13 NE MINISTRY OF SOUND PRESENTS: ONE R + B - VARIOUS 14 11 BE MY BABY - VARIOUS 15 14 DAVID GUETTA Top 75 Songs TRACEY CHAPMAN Top 70 KASABIAN Top 60 60 LISSIE 59 DAVID GUETTA/USHER 58 ADELE - RITD 57 AVICCI 56 ONE DIRECTION - OT 9) 55 REDLIGHT 54 EMELI SANDE - HEAVEN 53 ADELE - SLY 52 UTAH SAINTS 12inch 8) 51 LMFAO - SFPR 50 CHRISTINA PERRI 49 LMFAO - PRA 48 TAIO CRUZ/FLO RIDA 47 DEMI LOVATO 46 M.I.A. 45 NADIA ALI 44 LLOYD 43 MADEON 42 DOT ROTTEN 41 CHER LLOYD 40 AZEALIA BANKS 39 TYGA 38 COLDPLAY - CB 37 DRAKE/RIHANNA 36 FLO RIDA - GF 35 ARCTIC MONKEYS 34 LABRINTH 33 ED SHEERAN - LEGO HOUSE 7) 32 LANA DEL REY - VG 7inch 6) 31 MAROON FIVE 30 RIHANNA - TTT 29 COLDPLAY - PARADISE 28 JASON DERULO 27 LANA DEL REY - BTD 7inch 5) 26 RIHANNA/CALVIN HARRIS 25 COVER DRIVE 4) 24 OLLY MURS 23 WILL I. AM 22 PITBULL 21 GYM CLASS HEROES 20 CHIDDY BANG 19 ALYSSA REID 18 JAY Z/KANYE WEST 17 LIL' WAYNE 16 RIZZLE KICKS 15 LMFAO 14 ED SHEERAN - DRUNK 3) 13 DAPPY/BRIAN MAY 12 KELLY CLARKSON 11 JESSIE J 10 DAVID GUETTA/SIA 09 DAVID GUETTA/NICKI MINAJ 08 MARCUS COLLINS 2) 07 DJ FRESH 12inch 1) 06 STOOSHE 05 TINCHY STRYDER 04 FLO RIDA/SIA 03 NICKI MINAJ 02 EMELI SANDE 01 GOTYE/KIMBRA ) Without downloads alone Way way ahead for Gotye, though Emeli & Nicki are neck & neck.

The Almost Saturday Charts are a Mike Robinson Production, based on an average of download sites, iTunes Sales & the odd physical from HMV. The Top Physicals 01 01 ONE THING - ONE DIRECTION 02 NE DRUNK - ED SHEERAN 03 02 MILITARY WIVES Top Ten Combined Albums 10 07 19 - ADELE 09 22 ESSENTIAL - WHITNEY HOUSTON 08 NE DREAMBOATS & PETTICOATS: THE PETTICOAT COLLECTION - VARIOUS 07 06 MYLO XYLOTO - COLDPLAY 06 05 MAKING MIRRORS - GOTYE 05 NE HELL IN A HANDBASKET - MEAT LOAF 04 04 BORN TO DIE - LANA DEL REY 03 03 + - ED SHEERAN 02 01 21 - ADELE 01 02 OUR VERSION OF EVENTS - EMELI SANDE Top 75 Songs JENNIFER LOPEZ - ON THE FLOOR BLACK KEYS BEN HOWARD Top 70 FLORENCE & THE MACHINE - SHAKE IT OUT KANYE WEST - GOLDDIGGER Top 60 60 KATY PERRY 59 MONKEES - DAYDREAM BELIEVER 58 FRICTION 57 AZEALIA BANKS 56 M83 55 VERVE 54 BEYONCE 53 MIA 52 JASON SEGEL & WALDORF 51 ADELE - SFTTR 50 LABRINTH 49 AVICCI 48 ADELE - SLY 47 REDLIGHT 46 ED SHEERAN - A TEAM 9) 45 NADIA ALI 44 TYGA 43 ADELE - RITD 8) 42 EMELI SANDE - HEAVEN 41 ONE DIRECTION - ONE THING 7) 40 DRAKE/RIHANNA 39 LLOYD 38 CHRISTINA PERRI 37 COLDPLAY - CHARLIE BROWN 36 MAROON FIVE 35 CHER LLOYD 34 LANA DEL REY - VIDEO GAMES 7inch 6) 33 FLO RIDA 32 OLLY MURS 31 DEMI LOVATO 30 COLDPLAY - PARADISE 29 JAY Z/KANYE WEST 28 ED SHEERAN - LEGO HOUSE 5) 27 UTAH SAINTS 26 COVER DRIVE 4) 25 RIHANNA/CALVIN HARRIS 24 ARTCIC MONKEYS 23 JASON DERULO 22 LANA DEL REY - BORN TO DIE 7inch 3) 21 LIL' WAYNE 20 ALYSSA REID 19 PITBULL/CHRIS BROWN 18 MADEON 17 LMFAO 16 WILL I. AM 15 GYM CLASS HEROES 14 MATT REDMAN 13 RIZZLE KICKS 12 CHIDDY BANG 11 JESSIE J 10 GUETTA/MINAJ 09 ED SHEERAN - DRUNK 2) 08 KELLY CLARKSON 07 DAVID GUETTA/SIA 06 NICKI MINAJ 05 DJ FRESH 12inch 1) 04 FLO RIDA/SIA 03 EMELI SANDE 02 DAPPY/BRIAN MAY 01 GOTYE/KIMBRA ) Without downloads alone

That's the way they do it. Wouldn't be surprised to see Mills on Radio 2, before long. Well he does a lot on Eurovision, these days & Ken Bruce maybe on his way out on 2, as he fast approaches retirement. Shocking stuff. Obviously, Mr Yates will be put out at some point. Top tip for his replacement has to be Dev. Mainly, because I know the way the BBC work today.

You'll never lose Reggie. With the new Video Top 10, just launched on the top 40, there's no way it's time up. Despite the big mistake (last Sunday) when they put a caption up, before the top 10, telling the #1 an hour early! That's the way to launch a new idea...mess it up, the first week! Personally, can't understand why they aren't bothered that Big Top 40's audience is now larger than ever, with Radio One's 40 dropping below 1 million listeners & losing over 2 million (overall) listeners in 10 years. The equivalent figures for Big Top 40 only show, a 0.3 million lost to it's own equivalent (The Pepsi Chart) in 2002.

The Almost Saturday Charts are a Mike Robinson Production, based on an average of 5 download sites, iTunes sales & the odd physical (which this week are very odd & few & far between). And thanks for the viewer that sent us, a certain nude picture this week. It was interesting, but what a horrible looking body! :puke2: She does need to lose weight & no mistake... The Top Physicals (hardly worth a mention) 01 01 ONE THING - ONE DIRECTION slumping on physical sales by some 75% 02 02 MILITARY WIVES 03 03 COVER DRIVE Top Combined Albums 01 02 21 - ADELE 02 01 EMELI SANDE 03 05 ED SHEERAN 04 02 LANA DEL REY 05 04 GOTYE 06 11 19 - ADELE 07 06 MAVERICK SABRE 08 14 COLDPLAY 09 NE BRIT AWARDS 2012 - VARIOUS 10 10 JESSIE J 11 08 BE MY BABY - VARIOUS 12 28 CEREMONIALS - FLORENCE AND THE MACHINE 13 21 NOEL'S HIGH FLYING BIRDS 14 09 R N' B SLOW JAMZ - VARIOUS 15 20 BRUNO MARS Top 75 Proper JUST THE WAY YOU ARE - BRUNO MARS Top 70 68 SONG 2 - BLUR 65 GIRLS & BOYS - BLUR 64 SHAKE IT OUT - FLORENCE AND THE MACHINE 62 SKRILLEX 61 AKA...WHAT A LIFE - NOEL'S HIGH FLYING BIRDS 12) Top 60 60 HEART SKIPS A BEAT - OLLY MURS 11) 59 NO LIGHT NO LIGHT - FLORENCE AND THE MACHINE 58 I WANNA DANCE WITH SOMEBODY - WHITNEY HOUSTON 57 GUETTA/MINAJ 56 YOU DA ONE - RIHANNA 55 KATY PERRY 54 M83 53 REDLIGHT 52 ONE DIRECTION 10) 51 CHARLENE SORAIA 50 CHRISTINA PERRI 49 READ ALL ABOUT IT PART 2 - EMELI SANDE 48 TYGA 47 M.I.A. 46 SET FIRE TO THE RAIN - ADELE 45 PIXIE LOTT 44 BEYONCE 43 PARTY ROCK ANTHEMS - LMFAO 42 REBECCA FERGUSON 41 NADIA ALI 40 I WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU - WHITNEY HOUSTON 39 DRAKE/RIHANNA 38 LABRINTH/TINIE TEMPAH 37 JAY Z/KANYE WEST 36 AVICCI 35 JASON DERULO 34 MAROON FIVE 33 CHARLIE BROWN - COLDPLAY 32 LLOYD 31 A TEAM - ED SHEERAN 9) 30 SOMEONE LIKE YOU - ADELE 29 GOOD FEELING - FLO RIDA 28 OLLY MURS 27 ROLLING IN THE DEEP - ADELE 7) 26 HEAVEN - EMELI SANDE 25 CHER LLOYD 24 ONE DIRECTION 6) 23 RIHANNA/CALVIN HARRIS 22 COLDPLAY 21 LIL' WAYNE 20 VIDEO GAMES - LANA DEL REY 7inch 5) 19 COVER DRIVE 4) 18 LEGO HOUSE - ED SHEERAN 3) 17 PITBULL/CHRIS BROWN 16 RIZZLE KICKS 15 LMFAO 14 BORN TO DIE - LANA DEL REY 7inch 2) 13 KELLY CLARKSON 12 DRUNK - ED SHEERAN 11 ALYSSA REID 10 WILL I. AM 09 GUETTA/MINAJ 08 GYM CLASS HEROES 07 NICKI MINAJ 06 JESSIE J. 05 GUETTA/SIA 04 FLO RIDA/SIA 03 DJ FRESH/RITA ORA 12inch 1) 02 EMELI SANDE 01 GOTYE/KIMBRA ) Without downloads alone Pretty wrapped up top 10 this week. Nothing more to say. Don't forget the Ultimate UK Chart runs every Sunday, if you can't tolerate Reggie's voice plus it's nearly a week ahead anyway.

And we know how Ray Parker Jnr plagiarised M's "Pop Muzik".

I've spotted a couple of wrong suggestions. The Birdie Song was originally recorded by Cash & Carry in 1974. They were from Belgium & the song was called "Cheep Cheep". King Harvest did not do the original of "Dancing In The Moonlight". They were the 3rd act to do it. The 2nd was a group called Hi-Broom...the original version escapes me, but it was in 1970. Then the big one is "Whole Lotta Love". Not originally a Led Zeppelin song.

The Almost Saturday Charts are a Mike Robinson Production, based on an average from 5 Download sites, iTunes Sales & the odd physical. Top Physicals 05 03 FEEDER 04 04 JLS 03 02 COVER DRIVE 02 01 MILITARY WIVES 01 NE ONE DIRECTION Top 10 Albums 10 09 WHO YOU ARE - JESSIE J 09 08 R + B SLOW JAMZ - VARIOUS 08 07 BE MY BABY - VARIOUS 07 RE GREATEST HITS - WHITNEY HOUSTON 06 02 LONELY ARE THE BRAVE - MAVERICK SABRE 05 04 + - ED SHEERAN 04 NE MAKING MIRRORS - GOTYE 03 05 21 - ADELE 02 01 BORN TO DIE - LANA DEL REY 01 NE OUR VERSION OF EVENTS - EMELI SANDE Top 70 Proper WHITNEY - IT'S NOT RIGHT LMFAO - PARTY ROCK ANTHEM MIA WHITNEY - MILLION DOLLAR BILL WHITNEY - GREATEST LOVE OF ALL NERO Top 60 60 MAVERICK SABRE - LET ME GO 59 ED SHEERAN - THE A TEAM 9) 58 BIRDY 57 ADELE - SET FIRE 56 WHITNEY - SAVING ALL MY LOVE FOR YOU 55 WHITNEY - HOW WILL I KNOW 54 NADIA ALI 53 MADONNA 52 ONE DIRECTION - WHAT MAKES YOU BEAUTIFUL 8) 51 SKRILLEX 50 SWEDISH HOUSE MAFIA VS KNIFE PARTY 49 WHITNEY - I HAVE NOTHING 48 M83 47 JASON DERULO 46 WHITNEY - MY LOVE IS YOUR LOVE 45 REDLIGHT 44 WHITNEY - ONE MOMENT IN TIME 43 ADELE - SOMEONE LIKE YOU 42 CHER LLOYD 41 KATY PERRY 40 EMELI SANDE - READ ALL ABOUT IT PART 2 39 ADELE - ROLLING IN THE DEEP 7) 38 BEYONCE 37 ED SHEERAN - LEGO HOUSE 6) 36 CHRISTINA PERRI 35 RIHANNA/CALVIN HARRIS 34 EMELI SANDE - HEAVEN 33 DRAKE 32 MAROON FIVE 31 REBECCA FERGUSON 30 OLLY MURS 29 AVICCI 28 CHARLENE SORAIA 27 LMFAO 26 PIXIE LOTT 25 LABRINTH 24 COLDPLAY 23 FLO RIDA - GOOD FEELING 22 LIL' WAYNE 21 LLOYD 20 WHITNEY - I WANNA DANCE WITH SOMEBODY 19 PITBULL 18 LANA DEL REY - VIDEO GAMES 7inch 5) 17 NICKI MINAJ - STARSHIPS 16 ED SHEERAN - DRUNK 15 WHITNEY - I WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU 14 LANA DEL REY - BORN TO DIE 7inch 4) 13 KELLY CLARKSON 12 DAVID GUETTA/NICKI MINAJ 11 RIZZLE KICKS 10 COVER DRIVE 3) 09 ONE DIRECTION - ONE THING 2) 08 WILL I AM 07 ALYSSA REID 06 JESSIE J 05 FLO RIDA/SIA 04 DAVID GUETTA/SIA 03 GOTYE/KIMBRA 02 EMELI SANDE 01 DJ FRESH/RITA ORA 12inch 1) ) Without downloads alone

Tuesday evening by Mike (with Tues mids in brackets with no bracket!) 60 63 NADIA ALI 59 57 WHERE DO BROKEN HEARTS GO - WHITNEY 58 NE READ ALL ABOUT IT PART 2 - EMELI SANDE 57 60 SKRILLEX 56 52 RUN TO YOU - WHITNEY 55 56 ONE DIRECTION - WMYB 54 53 LET ME GO - MAVERICK SABRE 53 51 SWEDISH HOUSE MAFIA 52 49 JASON DERULO 51 48 MADONNA 50 45 MILLION DOLLAR BILL - WHITNEY 49 50 HEAVEN - EMELI SANDE 48 44 BIRDY 47 47 CHER LLOYD 46 42 GREATEST LOVE OF ALL - WHITNEY 45 55 SOMEONE LIKE YOU - ADELE 44 58 ROLLING IN THE DEEP - ADELE 43 46 WE FOUND LOVE - RIHANNA 42 43 JAR OF HEARTS - CHRISTINA PERRI 41 41 REDLIGHT 40 37 SAVING ALL MY LOVE FOR YOU - WHITNEY 39 38 HOW WILL I KNOW - WHITNET 38 39 BEYONCE 37 35 KATY PERRY 36 36 LEGO HOUSE - ED SHEERAN 35 34 REBECCA FERGUSON 34 33 MAROON FIVE 33 32 DRAKE 32 30 I HAVE NOTHING - WHITNEY 31 31 AVICCI 30 28 MY LOVE IS YOUR LOVE - WHITNEY 29 40 LIL' WAYNE 28 29 LMFAO 27 25 ONE MOMENT IN TIME - WHITNEY 26 26 COLDPLAY 25 27 CHARLENE SORAIA 24 24 PIXIE LOTT 23 23 FLO RIDA 22 21 LABRINTH 21 22 LLOYD 20 20 OLLY MURS 19 19 PITBULL/CHRIS BROWN 18 17 VIDEO GAMES - LANA DEL REY 17 18 DRUNK - ED SHEERAN 16 16 BORN TO DIE - LANA DEL REY 15 13 I WANNA DANCE WITH SOMEBODY - WHITNEY 14 15 GUETTA/MINAJ 13 14 KELLY CLARKSON 12 12 RIZZLE KICKS 11 10 I WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU - WHITNEY 10 11 COVER DRIVE 09 09 ONE DIRECTION 08 08 ALYSSA REID 07 07 WILL I AM 06 05 JESSIE J 05 06 FLO RIDA/SIA 04 04 GUETTA/SIA 03 03 GOTYE 22748 02 02 EMELI SANDE 31856 01 01 DJ FRESH 33025

The Monday Chart is a Mike Robinson Production, based on an average of 5 download sites & iTunes sales plus the odd physical in the HMV barrel. The Top 10 Albums 10 08 R + B SLOW JAMZ - VARIOUS 09 07 BE MY BABY - VARIOUS 08 05 21 - ADELE 07 04 + - ED SHEERAN 06 RE ULTIMATE COLLECTION - WHITNEY HOUSTON 05 02 LONELY ARE THE BRAVE - MAVERICK SABRE 04 NE MAKING MIRRORS - GOTYE 03 01 BORN TO DIE - LANA DEL REY 02 NE OUR VERSION OF EVENTS - EMELI SANDE 01 RE GREATEST HITS - WHITNEY HOUSTON Ain't it funny that it takes someone's death, to make the enormously popular again?! And arent there some cruel jokes, going around. The sort of thing that really is sick...Have a bit of consideration. I mean these poor stars, really put themselves through it & we thought it was hard working in Retail. It certainly makes you think, that the easy life is better. Meanwhile, Whitney has 13 songs in the top 75 today & 4 more just outside. 12 in the top 60, 8 in the top 50, 6 in the top 40, 4 in the top 30, & 2 in the top 20. So, has she beaten Jackson's death record? The Top Songs 70 36 R.I.O. 69 56 JAMES MORRISON 68 57 WHEN I WAS A YOUNGSTER - RIZZLE KICKS 67 47 YOU DA ONE - RIHANNA 66 64 SET FIRE TO THE RAIN - ADELE 65 RE DIDN'T WE ALMOST HAVE IT ALL - WHITNEY HOUSTON 740 64 45 NADIA ALI 63 53 READ ALL ABOUT IT - PROFESSOR GREEN/EMELI SANDE 62 44 SKRILLEX 61 46 I NEED - MAVERICK SABRE 60 76 ROLLING IN THE DEEP - ADELE 9) 59 RE RUN TO YOU - WHITNEY HOUSTON 998 58 52 THE A TEAM - ED SHEERAN 8) 57 41 WHAT MAKES YOU BEAUTIFUL - ONE DIRECTION 7) 56 58 SOMEONE LIKE YOU - ADELE 55 RE GREATEST LOVE OF ALL - WHITNEY HOUSTON 1052 54 RE WHERE DO BROKEN HEARTS GO - WHITNEY HOUSTON 1072 53 RE IT'S NOT RIGHT BUT IT'S OK - WHITNEY HOUSTON 1088 52 40 M83 51 39 LET ME GO - MAVERICK SABRE 50 25 SWEDISH HOUSE MAFIA VS KNIFE PARTY 49 49 HEAVEN - EMELI SANDE 48 42 BREATHING - JASON DERULO 47 RE MILLION DOLLAR - WHITNEY HOUSTON 1172 46 RE SAVING ALL MY LOVE FOR YOU - WHITNEY HOUSTON 1326 45 37 MADONNA/MINAJ/M.I.A. 44 43 CHER LLOYD 43 32 RIHANNA/CALVIN HARRIS 42 22 BIRDY 41 33 CHRISTINA PERRI 40 RE HOW WILL I KNOW - WHITNEY HOUSTON 1510 39 23 REDLIGHT 38 38 LIL' WAYNE/BRUNO MARS 37 29 BEYONCE 36 31 LEGO HOUSE - ED SHEERAN 6) 35 27 KATY PERRY 34 RE MY LOVE IS YOUR LOVE - WHITNEY HOUSTON 1774 33 34 REBECCA FERGUSON 32 30 MAROON FIVE 31 28 DRAKE 30 RE I HAVE NOTHING - WHITNEY HOUSTON 1822 29 RE ONE MOMENT IN TIME - WHITNEY HOUSTON 1830 28 20 AVICCI 27 24 LMFAO 26 35 CHARLENE SORAIA 25 21 COLDPLAY 24 18 PIXIE LOTT 23 17 GOOD FEELING - FLO RIDA 22 15 LLOYD/ANDRE 3000/LIL' WAYNE 21 19 LABRINTH/TINIE TEMPAH 20 16 OLLY MURS 19 12 PITBULL/CHRIS BROWN 18 14 DRUNK - ED SHEERAN 17 13 VIDEO GAMES - LANA DEL REY 7inch 5) 16 10 BORN TO DIE - LANA DEL REY 7inch 4) 15 11 GUETTA/MINAJ 14 RE I WANNA DANCE WITH SOMEBODY - WHITNEY HOUSTON 3618 13 09 KELLY CLARKSON 12 RE I WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU - WHITNEY HOUSTON 4461 11 08 RIZZLE KICKS 10 07 COVERDRIVE 3) 09 26 ONE THING - ONE DIRECTION 2) 08 05 ALYSSA REID 07 03 WILL I AM/MICK JAGGER/JENNIFER LOPEZ 06 06 WILD ONES - FLO RIDA/SIA 05 04 JESSIE J 04 02 GUETTA/SIA 03 01 GOTYE/KIMBRA 14864 02 NE NEXT TO ME - EMELI SANDE 16552 01 NE HOT RIGHT NOW - DJ FRESH/RITA ORA 12inch 1) 21682 ) Without downloads alone

The Almost Saturday Chart is a Mike Robinson Production, based on average downloads, iTunes sales, & the odd physical from HMV. The Top Physicals 05 03 METALLICA 04 05 JLS 03 01 FEEDER 02 04 COVERDRIVE 01 02 MILITARY WIVES The Top 10 Albums 10 07 WHO YOU ARE - JESSIE J 09 09 R + B SLOW JAMZ - VARIOUS 08 08 ANTHEMS HIP HOP II - VARIOUS 07 06 BE MY BABY - VARIOUS 06 04 21 - ADELE 05 NE DIFFERENT KIND OF TRUTH - VAN HALEN 04 03 + - ED SHEERAN 03 NE KISSES ON THE BOTTOM - PAUL MCCARTNEY 02 NE LONELY ARE THE BRAVE - MAVERICK SABRE 01 01 BORN TO DIE - LANA DEL REY Emeli Sande for next week's #1, so says Mike Top 75 Proper LUNIZ Top 70 LADY GAGA - EOG JESSIE J - WYA ADELE - SFTTR RIZZLE KICKS - WIWAY ED SHEERAN - AT REDD KELLY ROWLAND Top 60 FLORENCE AND THE MACHINE - NLNL MAVERICK SABRE - NO ONE PROFESSOR GREEN/EMELI SANDE FOSTER THE PEOPLE EMELI SANDE - HEAVEN PROFESSOR GREEN - NBART MIA JLS 6) MAVERICK SABRE - I NEED ADELE - SLY Top 50 50 PRICE TAG - JESSIE J 5) 49 JAMES MORRISON 48 NADIA ALI 47 GUETTA/USHER 46 RIHANNA - YDO 45 MAVERICK SABRE - LET ME GO 44 TAIO CRUZ 43 SKRILLEX 42 CHER LLOYD 41 JASON DERULO 40 M83 39 ONE DIRECTION - WMYB 4) 38 MADONNA 37 LIL' WAYNE 36 REBECCA RUMBELOW 35 R.I.O. 34 CHRISTINA PERRI 33 CHARLENE SORAIA 32 RIHANNA/CALVIN HARRIS 31 ED SHEERAN - LEGO HOUSE 3) 30 MAROON FIVE 29 BEYONCE 28 LMFAO 27 ONE DIRECTION - ONE THING 26 KATY PERRY 25 DRAKE 24 SWEDISH HOUSE MAFIA 23 REDLIGHT 22 AVICCI 21 COLDPLAY 20 BIRDY 19 LABRINTH 18 FLO RIDA 17 PIXIE LOTT 16 OLLY MURS 15 LLOYD 14 ED SHEERAN - DRUNK 13 LANA DEL REY - VIDEO GAMES 2) 12 GUETTA/MINAJ 11 PITBULL/CHRIS BROWN 10 KELLY CLARKSON 09 LANA DEL REY - BORN TO DIE 1) 08 RIZZLE KICKS 07 COVER DRIVE 06 FLO RIDA 05 JESSIE J 04 ALYSSA 03 WILL I AM 02 GOTYE 01 GUETTA/SIA ) Without downloads alone There I was earlier, talking to this presenter from Heart. He was saying to me, how he's fed up working for this boring network & having to constantly play Beyonce & Rihanna, for the play safe, diehard programmers. Quite frankly, I blame the "niche" that listen to it & advertise on it. If it had neither, it wouldn't exist. They don't care, they are just there for the money. Same goes for all the other groups, like Capital & the nonsense that is the other Heart owned station called "Gold"...or should it be "Cold!!" They are definately not the only ones with this "niche" there are many others. The only thing you can do with these type of Radio Stations, is to swamp them with complaints continuously. Then, they may take notice. Now, this regular thread is due to stop, in a few weeks time, because old Dave is taking up a new Radio project. Mike R refuses to post on forums or social networks, due to some of the hob goblins, they draw in. But if you want to recieve these listings, email: mikerobinson67@hotmail.co.uk & he'll send them to your inbox.

Pretty Vacant would be a better choice. John does another Norman Wisdom impression... or perhaps "Ghost Town" & the Specials.

Redd/Akon/Snoop Dogg (I'm Daydreaming)

The Monday Chart is a Mike Robinson Production, based on an average of 5 download sites, iTunes sales, & physicals from HMV. The Top 10 Albums 01 NE LONELY ARE THE BRAVE - MAVERICK SABRE 02 01 BORN TO DIE - LANA DEL REY 03 NE KISSES ON THE BOTTOM - PAUL MCCARTNEY 04 03 + - ED SHEERAN 05 04 21 - ADELE 06 06 BE MY BABY - VARIOUS ARTISTS 07 07 WHO YOU ARE - JESSIE J 08 09 R + B SLOW JAMZ - VARIOUS ARTISTS 09 NE FORMAT - PET SHOP BOYS 10 08 ANTHEMS HIP HOP 2 - VARIOUS ARTISTS The Top 65 Songs 65 69 KELLY ROWLAND/BIG SEAN 64 RE LUNIZ 63 NE REDD 62 76 NO LIGHT NO LIGHT - FLORENCE AND THE MACHINE 61 62 OLLY MURS 9) 60 56 LMFAO 59 57 RIZZLE KICKS 58 59 SET FIRE TO THE RAIN - ADELE 57 48 THE A TEAM - ED SHEERAN 8) 56 49 PROFESSOR GREEN/EMELI 55 43 FOSTER THE PEOPLE 54 55 WHO YOU ARE - JESSIE J 53 54 EDGE OF GLORY - LADY GAGA 52 NE MIA 51 46 JLS 7) 50 44 NADIA ALI 49 40 PROFESSOR GREEN 48 41 JAMES MORRISON 47 45 JASON DERULO 46 61 PRICE TAG - JESSIE J 6) 45 37 SKRILLEX 44 39 CHER LLOYD 43 42 GUETTA/USHER 42 47 WHAT MAKES YOU BEAUTIFUL - ONE DIRECTION 5) 41 35 YOU DA ONE - RIHANNA 40 68 MIRROR - LIL' WAYNE 39 67 REBECCA FERGUSON 38 31 TAIO CRUZ 37 34 M83 36 28 WE FOUND LOVE - RIHANNA/CALVIN HARRIS 35 29 CHARLENE SORAIA 34 22 JAR OF HEARTS - CHRISTINA PERRI 33 36 R.I.O. 32 32 LEGO HOUSE - ED SHEERAN 4) 31 38 ONE THING - ONE DIRECTION 30 27 MAROON FIVE 29 23 KATY PERRY 28 25 LMFAO 27 21 REDLIGHT 26 30 DRAKE 25 18 SWEDISH HOUSE MAFIA 24 26 BEYONCE 23 20 COLDPLAY 22 24 BIRDY 21 19 AVICCI 20 14 LABRINTH 19 NE MADONNA/NICKI MINAJ/MIA 18 12 FLO RIDA 17 16 OLLY MURS 16 11 PIXIE LOTT 15 13 LLOYD 14 15 DRUNK - ED SHEERAN 13 17 VIDEO GAMES - LANA DEL REY 3) 12 33 TURN ME ON - GUETTA/MINAJ 11 10 PITBULL/CHRIS BROWN 10 08 KELLY CLARKSON 09 10 BORN TO DIE - LANA DEL REY 1) 08 07 RIZZLE KICKS 07 06 COVER DRIVE 06 05 FLO RIDA 05 02 ALYSSA REID/JUMP SMOKERS 04 04 JESSIE J 03 NE WILL I AM/MICK JAGGER/JENNIFER LOPEZ 8000 behind #2 02 03 GOTYE 01 01 DAVID GUETTA/SIA 2600 in front ) Without downloads alone

Never mind! Remember all those smokey jumpers, after an evening down the pub pre 2006? P. Reign was on the original, I believe.