davetaylor

It`ll do top 20, I should think.

You won`t find one! HMV do a pre-order album chart on their site. The pre-order singles are totally based on the physical format, I haven`t found a way to get pre-order download tracks yet. As the physical format is dying rapidly...we are likely to lose both pre-order singles & the physical chart altogether.

Yep...but we don`t say tery, we say tree! :lol:

The big finish, and the Top 75 lowdown. Compiled thus: The top 40 based on a mix of physicals & download sales, with the 41-75 on just downloads. All put together by our friends at DTR. TOP 75 AQUALUNG BIFFY CLYRO ALL TIME LOW TOP 70 RIHANNA - TE AMO ALICIA KEYS - TSWABH MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS GLEE - HELLO I LOVE YOU TOP 60 SKEPTA 27) EMINEM ETC - DTW MUMFORD AND SONS - THE CAVE 26) 7 inch KESHA - TT 25) BLACK EYED PEAS - IGF 24) JASON DERULO - RIDIN`SOLO GLEE - HELLO GOODBYE DRAKE ALL AMERICAN REJECTS 23) JAY Z/SWISS BEATZ 50 31 THE ONLY EXCEPTION - PARAMORE 49 36 SET THE FIRE TO THE 3RD BAR - SNOW PATROL 48 34 HEARTBEAT SONG - FUTUREHEADS 47 35 BAD ROMANCE - LADY GAGA 22) 46 NE HEY SOUL SISTER - TRAIN 45 NE FOR YOUR ENTERTAINMENT - ADAM LAMBERT 44 48 LOVE DRUNK - BOYS LIKE GIRLS 43 32 YOU GOT THE DIRTEE LOVE - DIZZEE AND FLORENCE 42 44 ALL NIGHT LONG - ALEXANDRA 41 37 STARSTRUCK - 3OH!3/KATY PERRY 40 39 DON`T STOP BELIEVIN - JOURNEY 39 41 DON`T STOP BELIEVIN - GLEE 38 42 STAY TOO LONG - PLAN B 21) 37 33 GRAVITY - PIXIE LOTT 36 29 IF WE EVER MEET AGAIN - TIMBALAND/KATY PERRY 20) 35 28 MY NAME - MCLEAN 19) 34 23 ROCK THAT BODY - BLACK EYED PEAS 18) 33 NE HELLO - GLEE 32 30 OPPOSITE OF ADULTS - CHIDDY BANG 17) 12 inch e.p. 31 RE YOU`LL NEVER WALK AGAIN - GERRY AND THE PACEMAKERS 16) 1963 30 27 SAY IT`S OVER - N-DUBZ 29 24 FIREFLIES - OWL CITY 28 25 DOG DAYS ARE OVER - FLORENCE 15) 7 inch 27 21 SKINNY GENES - ELIZA DOOLITTLE 26 22 EMPIRE STATE OF MIND II - ALICIA KEYS 25 20 IN MY HEAD - JASON DERULO 24 RE DON`T TRUST ME - 3OH!3 14) 23 17 PARACHUTE - CHERYL COLE 13) 22 11 I`D RATHER BE WITH YOU - JOSHUA RADIN 12) 21 19 STARRY EYED - ELLIE GOULDING 11) =20 20 18 BEDROCK - YOUNG MONEY 10) =19 19 15 DO WAH DOO - KATE NASH 9) =18 18 14 BABY - JUSTIN BIEBER/LUDACRIS =17 17 12 RUDE BOY - RIHANNA =16 16 16 MEMORIES - GUETTA/CUDI =15 15 10 HOT - INNA 8) =14 14 NE GIVES YOU HELL - GLEE 13 09 PASS OUT - TINIE TEMPAH =11 12 13 DIRTY PICTURE - TAIO/KESHA =12 11 07 TELEPHONE - GAGA/BEYONCE 7) =10 10 06 NATURALLY - SELENA GOMEZ 6) =9 09 RE THE BEST - TINA TURNER 5) 1989 =13 08 08 CARRY OUT - TIMBALAND/TIMBERLAKE =8 07 05 ACAPPELLA - KELIS =7 06 03 I NEED YOU TONIGHT - PROFESSOR GREEN 4) =6 05 02 THIS AIN`T A LOVE SONG - SFG 3) =5 04 04 SHE SAID - PLAN B 2) =4 03 NE UNTIL YOU WERE GONE - CHIPMUNK/ESMEE DENTERS =2 02 01 OMG - USHER/WILL I AM =3 01 NE ONCE - DIANA VICKERS 1) =1 ) Position without downloads alone = Position on Chart Show tv A severe lack of climbers this week, plus too many old songs in re-entries. Now the question that people are asking is...Will Usher get ahead of Diana, by Sunday? Not likely...though some programme called Big Top 40, a circus in it`s own right, might have it that way! DON`T FORGET...If you can recieve Eins Festival at 19.2 East on Satellite, there are 9 editions of Top Of The Pops on offer tonight in a selection from 1970-76 between the hours of 11pm & 5am. And Double Don`t Forget the Fresh Hit40UK will be on http://thesupertstation.info & Heart FM Spain on Sunday at 4pm...Take note of that, because if you are a listener, The Superstation will closing down in the near future...So you will have to switch to Heart FM Spain in order to listen. More new entries per hour, and the complete top 40 followed by the Ones To Watch from 7-8pm...You can`t go wrong!

There is simply no way, that they would not include airplay. I asked it before. Half of records not on Independant Radio`s Playlists never get played on the big top 40, in any case. As their playlists are so damn limited, there is no chance. Every Independant Radio Chart, has always featured airplay. It`s just that in the days of the Network Chart (for instance) the stations had a more varied playlist. Songs wouldn`t chart twice, like you say...because they`d just be missed out, with the ones below moving up places to avoid it. You`d never get the same song played twice in the Lockdown Top Ten, coz that`s the way it`s done. Unfortunately their playlists are crap. :lol: If you want wall to wall music, join http://www.thesuperstation.info at 4pm on Sundays, you will then hear the complete top 40 & that`s a little bit ahead of the game anyway.

Now 75 & Plan B must be pretty close, because at HMV Plan B are ahead of Now 75...

Bananarama got more physicals sold than the Prof! Truly we can say the physical is dead.

I don`t, possibly because it`s download only is it not?

Is the sky blue, Tom? :lol:

Friday 30th April Slightly less chat from me this week, but it can`t be helped...time restraints! All the info, is here though. Most of all a Happy Birthday to old Mikey, we think he`s 42...but he`s wearing well! :lol: The Top Books: 01 01 GIRL WHO KICKED THE HORNETS NEST - STIEG LARSSON 02 03 HARD GIRLS - MARTINA COLE 03 04 GIRL WHO PLAYED WITH FIRE - STIEG LARSSON 04 02 ROADSIDE CROSSES - JEFFERY DEAVER 05 NE WHITE QUEEN - PHILIPPA GREGORY 06 05 8TH CONFESSION - JAMES PATTERSON 07 06 BEST OF TIMES - PENNY VINCENZI 08 08 GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO - STIEG LARSSON 09 NE GENESIS - KARIN SLAUGHTER 10 10 WOLF HALL - HILARY MANTEL The Top Games: 01 01 JUST DANCE 02 02 TOM CLANCYS SPLINTER CELL 03 03 GRAND THEFT AUTO 04 04 GOD OF WAR 3 05 05 LEGO INDIANA JONES 06 07 GUITAR HERO WORLD TOUR 07 08 SOLUS 08 06 ALIEN VS PREDATOR: HUNTER 09 NE SUPER STREET FIGHTER IV 10 RE FOOTBALL MANAGER 2010 The Top Dvd Films: 01 NE AVATAR 02 01 LAW ABIDING CITIZEN 03 02 2012 04 03 TWILIGHT SAGA-NEW MOON 05 07 INGLOURIUS BASTERDS 06 04 NINE 07 05 MEN WHO STARE AT GOATS 08 06 THE BOX 09 08 4TH KIND 10 09 MARINE 2 The Top Box Office Films (from Screen International) 01 NE DATE NIGHT 02 02 CLASH OF THE TITANS 03 03 HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON 04 01 DEAR JOHN 05 04 KICK ASS 06 06 THE GHOST 07 NE IT`S A WONDERFUL AFTERLIFE 08 05 NANNY MCPHEE 2 09 08 ALICE IN WONDERLAND 10 NE THE JONESES The Top TV Programmes: 01 NE BRITAIN`S GOT TALENT 11.87 02 NE FIRST ELECTION DEBATE 9.68 03 01 CORONATION STREET 9.62 04 04 EASTENDERS 9.53 05 07 FOYLE`S WAR 8.09 06 05 DR WHO 7.82 07 06 EMMERDALE 7.07 08 21 COUNTRYFILE 6.97 09 10 CASUALTY 6.09 10 NE NEWS AT TEN 6.02 11 18 A PASSIONATE WOMAN 5.97 11 19 HOLBY CITY 5.97 13 15 ASHES TO ASHES 5.89 14 09 OUTNUMBERED 5.82 15 RE MIDSOMER MURDERS 5.48 15 15 ANTIQUES ROADSHOW 5.48 17 24 BBC NEWS SAT 5.33 18 14 HAVE I GOT NEWS FOR YOU 4.97 19 20 WATERLOO RD 4.90 20 17 OVER THE RAINBOW 4.84 20 26 10 O`CLOCK NEWS 4.84 22 NE LUMLEY`S NILE 4.80 23 22 LIFE OF RILEY 4.58 24 NE DIY SOS 4.52 24 NE WHOLE 19 YARDS 4.52 26 23 ONE SHOW 4.41 27 RE ITV WEEKEND NEWS 4.37 28 27 6 O`CLOCK NEWS 4.35 29 RE MATCH OF THE DAY 4.25 30 13 WHO DARES WINS 4.25 The Top Albums: 01 NE RAYMOND VS RAYMOND - USHER 02 03 DEFAMATION OF STRICKLAND BANKS - PLAN B 03 NE POWER OF MADONNA - GLEE 04 02 IRON MAN 2 - AC/DC 05 04 NOW 75 - VARIOUS 06 12 CLUBLAND SMASHED - VARIOUS 07 NE FEVER - BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE 08 01 WAKE UP THE NATION - PAUL WELLER 09 08 THE FAME - LADY GAGA 10 NE PORT ISAAC`S FISHERMAN`S FRIENDS 11 06 EVERYBODY WANTS TO BE ON TV - SFG 12 09 SUNNY SIDE UP - PAOLO NUTINI 13 NE EIGHTY NOT OUT - JAMES LAST 14 05 HANG COOL TEDDY BEAR - MEAT LOAF 15 15 DAVE PEARCE`S TRANCE ANTHEMS 2010 - VARIOUS 16 14 LUNGS - FLORENCE AND THE MACHINE 17 11 MY WORLD - JUSTIN BIEBER 18 RE CELEBRATION - MADONNA 19 NE VERY BEST OF - BILLY OCEAN 20 16 FLOORFILLERS 90s CLUBCLASSICS - VARIOUS 21 23 ELEMENT OF FREEDOM - ALICIA KEYS 22 32 E.N.D. - BLACK EYED PEAS 23 18 VERY BEST OF - FREE/BAD COMPANY 24 NE BIG TUNES BACK TO THE 80s - VARIOUS 25 21 GLEE 1 - GLEE 26 22 GLEE 2 - GLEE 27 17 BROTHER - BOYZONE 28 24 SIGH NO MORE - MUMFORD AND SONS 29 10 KISS AND TELL - SELENA GOMEZ 30 28 POP PRINCESSES 2010 - VARIOUS The Flashback Charts in April 1985: The Top TV in 1985 01 CORONATION STREET 15.80 02 WIDOWS 13.10 03 HAWK THE SLAYER 13.00 04 MINDER 12.70 05 EASTENDERS 12.50 06 DALLAS 12.30 07 EMMERDALE FARM 12.00 08 DYNASTY 12.00 09 HOME TO ROOST 11.90 10 BUSMAN`S HOLIDAY 11.90 11 CROSSROADS 11.90 12 BLOODLINE 11.60 13 OPERATION CROSSBOW 11.60 14 FAMILY FORTUNES 11.50 15 THAT`S LIFE 11.20 16 A FINE ROMANCE 11.20 17 CATS EYES 11.20 18 THREE UP TWO DOWN 11.10 19 THE PRICE IS RIGHT 10.90 20 KENNY EVERETT TELEVISION SHOW 10.80 The Top Albums in 1985: 01 01 HITS 2 - VARIOUS 02 03 NO JACKET REQUIRED - PHIL COLLINS 03 04 SONGS FROM THE BIG CHAIR - TEARS FOR FEARS 04 02 THE SECRET ASSOCIATION - PAUL YOUNG 05 05 BORN IN THE USA - BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN 06 06 GO WEST/BANGS AND CRASHES - GO WEST 07 NE AROUND THE WORLD IN A DAY - PRINCE 08 07 DREAM INTO ACTION - HOWARD JONES 09 08 REQUIEM - ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER 10 17 LOVE NOT MONEY - EVERYTHING BUT THE GIRL 11 09 ALF - ALISON MOYET 12 12 RECKLESS - BRYAN ADAMS 13 11 WELCOME TO THE PLEASUREDOME - FRANKIE GOES TO HOLLYWOOD 14 14 SO WHERE ARE YOU - LOOSE ENDS 15 NE VIRGINS AND PHILISTINES - COLOUR FIELD 16 15 PRIVATE DANCER - TINA TURNER 17 16 LIKE A VIRGIN - MADONNA 18 13 SOUTHERN ACCENTS - TOM PETTY 19 21 AGE OF CONSENT - BRONSKI BEAT 20 10 THE POWER STATION - POWER STATION The Top Singles in 1985: In the Network Top 30, sponsored by Nescafe! Phyllis Nelson never made it to the top with David Jensen. 01 01 WE ARE THE WORLD - USA FOR AFRICA 02 03 MOVE CLOSER - PHYLLIS NELSON 03 02 EVERYBODY WANTS TO RUN THE WORLD - TEARS FOR FEARS 04 04 ONE MORE NIGHT - PHIL COLLINS 05 15 I FEEL LOVE MEDLEY - BRONSKI BEAT/MARC ALMOND 06 05 CLOUDS ACROSS THE MOON - RAH BAND 07 13 DON`T YOU FORGET ABOUT ME - SIMPLE MINDS 08 07 COULD IT BE I`M FALLING IN LOVE - DAVID GRANT/JAKI GRAHAM 09 NE NINETEEN - PAUL HARDCASTLE 10 14 LOVER COME BACK TO ME - DEAD OR ALIVE 11 12 LOOK MAMA - HOWARD JONES 12 06 WE CLOSE OUR EYES - GO WEST 13 26 FEEL SO REAL - STEVE ARRINGTON 14 24 EYE TO EYE - CHAKA KHAN 15 17 BLACK MAN RAY - CHINA CRISIS 16 NE I WAS BORN TO LOVE YOU - FREDDIE MERCURY 17 08 EASY LOVER - PHIL COLLINS/PHILIP BAILEY 18 10 WELCOME TO THE PLEASURE DOME - FRANKIE GOES TO HOLLYWOOD 19 NE THE UNFORGETTABLE FIRE - U2 20 25 SO FAR AWAY - DIRE STRAITS 21 11 SPEND THE NIGHT - COOL NOTES 22 09 LIFE IN A NORTHERN TOWN - DREAM ACADEMY 23 NE RHYTHM OF THE NIGHT - DEBARGE 24 19 LOVE IS A BATTLEFIELD - PAT BENATAR 25 28 STAINSBY GIRLS - CHRIS REA 26 18 THE HEAT IS ON - GLEN FREY 27 NE WOULD I LIE TO YOU - EURYTHMICS 28 23 THAT WAS YESTERDAY - FOREIGNER 29 21 CAN`T FIGHT THIS FEELING - REO SPEEDWAGON 30 NE I WANT YOUR LOVIN`- CURTIS HAIRSTON The Top Pre-Order Singles this week: 01 DIRTY PICTURE - TAIO CRUZ 3rd May 02 BITTERSWEET - SOPHIE ELLIS BEXTOR 3rd May 03 ALL NIGHT LONG - ALEXANDRA 17th May 04 HEY SOUL SISTER - TRAIN 3rd May The Top Pre-Order Albums: 01 SONGS FROM THE TAINTED CHERRY TREE - DIANA VICKERS 3rd May 02 FOR YOUR ENTERTAINMENT - ADAM LAMBERT 3rd May 03 THE NATIONAL - HIGH VIOLET 10th May 04 EXILE ON MAIN STREET - ROLLING STONES 17th May 05 SLASH - SLASH 10th May Hang on for the up to minute singles lowdown...

86,725ish...but that was last week. Plan B are not so far behind this week.

Here is the Big Finish with the top 75 lowdown. Compiled thus: The top 40 based on download/physical sales with 41-75 based on total downloads. All put together by DTR. Top 75 Aqualung Marina (I Am Not A Robot) Top 70 Justin Bieber NLYG Chase and Status 38) Sidney Samson 37) Leona 36) Cheryl Cole FFTL 35) Gramophonedzie 34) Wiley 33) All Time Low Beyonce/Kanye Train Top 60 Black Eyed Peas MMH 32) 30 Seconds To Mars Eminem/Lil`Wayne Plan B STL 31) Adam Lambert Black Eyed Peas IGF 30) Jason Derulo RS Skepta 29) Kesha/3OH!3 28) Florence YGTL 27) Top 50 50 29 GAVE IT ALL AWAY - BOYZONE 26) 49 37 ONE SHOT - JLS 25) 48 34 REPLAY - IYAZ 47 39 TIK TOK - KESHA 24) 46 NE LOVE DRUNK - BOYS LIKE GIRLS 45 38 EMPIRE STATE OF MIND - JAY Z/ALICIA KEYS 23) 44 35 EGO - SATURDAYS 22) 43 27 ON A MISSION - GABRIELLA CILMI 21) 42 NE ALL NIGHT LONG - ALEXANDRA 41 28 DON`T STOP BELIEVIN - GLEE 40 31 DON`T STOP BELIEVIN - JOURNEY 39 30 THE CAVE - MUMFORD AND SONS 20) 7" Vinyl 38 NE ON TO THE NEXT ONE - JAY Z 37 25 STARSTRUCK - 3OH!3/KATY PERRY 19) 36 44 SET THE FIRE TO THE 3RD BAR - SNOW PATROL 35 26 BAD ROMANCE - LADY GAGA 18) 34 NE HEARTBEAT SONG - FUTUREHEADS 33 23 GRAVITY - PIXIE LOTT 32 20 YOU GOT THE DIRTEE LOVE - FLORENCE/DIZZEE 31 33 THE ONLY EXCEPTION - PARAMORE 30 21 OPPOSITE OF ADULTS - CHIDDY BANG 17) 12" EP 29 19 IF WE EVER MEET AGAIN - TIMBALAND 16) 28 22 MY NAME - MCLEAN 15) 27 32 SAY ITS NOT OVER - N-DUBZ 26 NE NO TEARS TO CRY/WAKE UP THE NATION - PAUL WELLER 14) 25 24 DOG DAYS - FLORENCE 13) 7" Vinyl 24 18 FIREFLIES - OWL CITY 23 17 ROCK THAT BODY - BLACK EYED PEAS 12) 22 14 EMPIRE STATE OF MIND II - ALICIA 21 11 IN MY HEAD - JASON DERULO =20 20 NE SKINNY GENES - ELIZA DOOLITTLE 19 12 STARRY EYED - ELLIE GOULDING 11) =19 18 15 BEDROCK - YOUNG MONEY 10) 17 16 MEMORIES - GUETTA/CUDI =15 16 10 PARACHUTE - CHERYL COLE 9) =18 15 NE DO WAH DOO - KATE NASH 8) =13 14 09 BABY - JUSTIN BIEBER =14 13 56 DIRTY PICTURES - TAIO/KESHA =17 12 08 RUDE BOY - RIHANNA =12 11 13 I`D RATHER BE WITH YOU - JOSHUA RADIN 7) =11 10 07 HOT - INNA 6) =10 09 05 PASS OUT - TINIE TEMPAH =9 08 06 CARRY OUT - TIMBALAND/TIMBERLAKE =8 07 03 TELEPHONE - LADY GAGA/BEYONCE 5) =7 06 NE NATURALLY - SELENA GOMEZ 4) =5 05 NE ACAPELLA - KELIS =6 04 04 SHE SAID - PLAN B 3) =4 03 NE I NEED YOU TONIGHT - PROFESSOR GREEN 2) =3 02 01 THIS AIN`T A LOVE SONG - SFG 1) =1 01 02 OMG - USHER/WILL I AM =2 ) Position without downloads alone = Position on Chart Show tv What`s this 10 new entries in the top 50 (Stands Back In Amazement)!!!!!!! :lol:

Well never mind! At least it finished coming 6th. As the winner was Don`t Push It, which was clearly strange when you consider in the space of 20 minutes it went from 66-1 to 33-1 to 20-1 to 12-1 to 10-1favourite....I would say that there is something funny. I think one of those pay for phoneline bets, happened here. Set out to win, it happens in at least one race a week, if you follow racing & spend most of the week in the Bookies, like me! :teresa:

Friday 23rd April The Top Books: 01 01 GIRL WHO KICKED THE HORNET`S NEST - STIEG LARSSON 02 08 ROADSIDE CROSSES - JEFFERY DEAVER 03 NE HARD GIRLS - MARTINA COLE 04 02 GIRL WHO PLAYED WITH FIRE - STIEG LARSSON 05 03 8TH CONFESSION - JAMES PATTERSON 06 04 BEST OF TIMES - PENNY VINCENZI 07 NE REMARKABLE CREATURES - TRACY CHEVALIER 08 06 GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO - STIEG LARSSON 09 07 BLOOD LINE - MARK BILLINGHAM 10 05 WOLF HALL - HILARY MANTEL The Top Games: 01 01 JUST DANCE 02 02 TOM CLANCYS SPLINTER CELL: CONVICTION 03 03 GRAND THEFT AUTO: EPISODES FROM LIBERTY CITY 04 06 GOD OF WAR 3 05 04 LEGO INDIANA JONES 06 05 ALIEN VS PREDATOR: HUNTER 07 RE GUITAR HERO: WORLD TOUR 08 07 SOLUS 09 08 GRAND THEFT AUTO IV: PLATINUM 10 09 HEAVY RAIN The Top Dvd Films: 01 01 LAW ABIDING CITIZEN 02 02 2012 03 03 TWILIGHT SAGA NEW MOON 04 NE NINE 05 NE MEN WHO STARE AT GOATS 06 NE THE BOX 07 04 INGLOURIUS BASTERDS 08 08 PARANORMAL ACTIVITY 09 NE MARINE 2 10 05 DESCENT 2 The Top UK Box Office Films: Supplied By Screen International 01 NE DEAR JOHN £1,995,301 02 01 CLASH OF THE TITANS 03 02 HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON 04 03 KICK ASS 05 04 NANNY MCPHEE AND THE BIG BANG 06 NE THE GHOSTWRITER £853,679 07 NE CEMETERY JUNCTION £641,218 08 05 ALICE IN WONDERLAND 09 06 BLINDSIDE 10 07 REMEMBER ME Note this Ricky Gervais directed/written film..We pronounce it "Sem-ma-tree", not "Sem-ma-terry. Here endeth, todays lesson! The Top TV: 01 01 CORONATION STREET 10.93 02 04 A TOUCH OF FROST 9.94 03 NE ITV NEWS HEADLINES MON 9.63 04 02 EASTENDERS 9.29 05 03 DR WHO 7.91 06 05 EMMERDALE 7.89 07 NE FOYLE`S WAR 7.08 08 08 UEFA CHAMPION`S LEAGUE SOCCER 7.04 09 NE OUTNUMBERED 6.70 10 09 CASUALTY 6.33 11 NE HARRY POTTER 6.16 12 17 MASTERCHEF 6.13 13 13 WHO DARES WINS 6.09 14 12 HAVE I GOT NEWS FOR YOU 6.00 15 06 ASHES TO ASHES 6.62 16 14 ANTIQUES ROADSHOW 5.75 17 11 OVER THE RAINBOW 5.61 18 NE A PASSIONATE WOMAN 5.57 19 10 HOLBY CITY 5.42 20 RE WATERLOO RD 5.13 21 RE COUNTRYFILE 4.92 22 16 LIFE OF RILEY 4.79 23 15 ONE SHOW 4.73 24 18 BBC NEWS 4.72 25 NE OUTTAKE TV 4.65 26 21 10 O`CLOCK NEWS 4.60 27 19 6 O`CLOCK NEWS 4.35 28 RE TOTAL WIPEOUT 4.25 29 NE FA CUP SOCCER 3.97 30 RE COUNTRYWISE 3.90 The Top Albums: Based on a rota of sales Thurs to Weds, with adjusted figures for new entries 01 NE WAKE UP THE NATION - PAUL WELLER 02 NE IRON MAN - AC/DC 03 01 DEFAMATION OF STRICKLAND BANKS - PLAN B 04 02 NOW 75 - VARIOUS 05 NE HANG COOL TEDDY BEAR - MEAT LOAF 06 03 EVERYBODY WANTS TO BE ON TV - SFG 07 NE MY BEST FRIEND IS YOU - KATE NASH 08 05 THE FAME - LADY GAGA 09 08 SUNNY SIDE UP - PAOLO NUTINI 10 NE KISS AND TELL - SELENA GOMEZ 11 06 MY WORLD - JUSTIN BIEBER 12 16 FLOORFILLERS 90s CLUB CLASSICS - VARIOUS 13 NE CLUBLAND-SMASHED - VARIOUS 14 09 LUNGS - FLORENCE AND THE MACHINE 15 07 BROTHER - BOYZONE 16 12 VERY BEST OF - FREE AND BAD COMPANY 17 13 SIMPLE TIMES - JOSHUA RADIN 18 04 CONGRATULATIONS - MGMT 19 14 GLEE VOL 1 20 11 GLEE VOL 2 21 17 POP PRINCESSES - VARIOUS 22 15 ELEMENT OF FREEDOM - ALICIA KEYS 23 10 SIGH NO MORE - MUMFORD AND SONS 24 18 WEEKEND ANTHEMS - VARIOUS 25 NE DAVE PEARCE`S TRANCE ANTHEMS 2010 - VARIOUS 26 26 SEXY R + B - VARIOUS 27 28 ASHES TO ASHES 3 - VARIOUS 28 19 TURN IT UP - PIXIE LOTT 29 24 ONLY BY THE NIGHT - KOL 30 28 FOREVER VIENNA - ANDRE RIEU The Flashback Charts to April 1982 compiled by MRIB The Top TV, back then: 01 CORONATION STREET 16.90...the good old days of the soap with Annie Walker/Fred Gee/Bet Lynch/Elsie Tanner/the Ogdens et al 02 THE BENNY HILL SHOW 16.20...with Henry McGee & Jackie Wright. Once you`d seen one show, you`d seem them all 03 CORONATION STREET 15.40 04 MINDER 15.00...Arthur sells a car for a Scotsman, but it contains drugs. So Terry intervenes when Arthur is arrested 05 3-2-1 13.80...Ted Rodgers in series 5 of the quiz come solve the clues to avoid the bin show 06 BBC NEWS AND SPORT SAT 13.80 07 GIVE US A CLUE 13.30...Michael Aspel resides in the charades based game with Una Stubbs & Lionel Blair 08 DALLAS 13.20...Larry Hagman and co 09 WHERE THERE`S LIFE 12.80...Dr Miriam Stoppard joins Rob Buckley in the fact based show on Wednesdays at 7pm for ITV 10 FAMILY FORTUNES 12.80...the late great Bob Monkhouse hosts series 3 of the Mr Babbage survey quiz 11 CROSSROADS MON 12.60...more goings on at the Motel after the fire 12 OPEN ALL HOURS 12.40...Ronnie Barker & David Jason in another repetitive Roy Clarke sitcom 13 CROSSROADS TUES 12.40 14 WORLD SUPERSTARS 1982 12.20...Sportstars around the world compete in this annual event. This year coming from Florida 15 TOP OF THE POPS 12.00...David Jensen presents the weekly pop show, with Spandau Ballet, Roxy Music, Shakatak, Dollar, Simple Minds, Monsoon, Bardo & Bucks Fizz 16 KENNY EVERETT TELEVISION SHOW 11.70...following TOTP at 8pm it was the cuddly Ken Show 17 CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG 11.50...a BBC Saturday showing of the classic fantasy film from 1968 with Dick Van Dyke et al 18 CROSSROADS WEDS 11.30 19 CROSSROADS THURS 11.10 20 A WHALE FOR THE KILLING 10.50..."A tv movie version of the book by Farley Mowat starring Peter Strauss as Charles Landon Just outside the top 20 we celebrated "11 YEARS OF PARKINSON" featuring highlights of Michael Parkinson on tv. With the likes of Muhammad Ali, Rod Hull & Emu...complete with the bit where Billy Connolly says "If you try that on me, I`ll break his beak & your hand". He never had an easy show did he? Poor old Michael! Even having a cardboard cut-out on the Kenny Everett show, along with "Cupid Stunt". The Top Singles in April 1982 01 01 MY CAMERA NEVER LIES - BUCKS FIZZ...the 3rd number one for the ex-Eurovision winners 02 05 EBONY AND IVORY - STEVIE WONDER/PAUL MCCARTNEY...that piano, and those vocals of Stevie & Paul 03 02 AIN`T NO PLEASING YOU - CHAS N DAVE...the biggest hit for the duo, actually topping the Melody Maker chart in 1982! 04 06 GIVE ME BACK MY HEART - DOLLAR...David & Therese with a bit of a 70s feel to this chart all round 05 14 PAPA`S GOT A BRAND NEW PIGBAG - PIGBAG...post punk from Cheltenham & Birmingham, and what an instrumental 06 04 MORE THAN THIS - ROXY MUSIC...Bryan Ferry & his suit! 07 03 SEVEN TEARS - GOOMBAY DANCE BAND...the German based sound, that could`ve been Boney M 08 17 BLUE EYES - ELTON JOHN...63 last month it`s Reg Dwight returning to the top ten after a break 09 21 ONE STEP FURTHER - BARDO...the UK entry to Eurovision 1982, that was 2nd only to Germany`s Nicole 10 07 GHOSTS - JAPAN...David Sylvian up to his tricks with those looks and sounds 11 18 FANTASTIC DAY - HAIRCUT 100...old Nick & the boys 12 13 NIGHT BIRDS - SHAKATAK...Jazz funk and the 1st of 2 top ten hits 13 27 I CAN MAKE YOU FEEL GOOD - SHALAMAR...always seen in the chart with Shakatak by coincidence, and masterminded by Don Cornelius of "Soul Train" fame 14 08 JUST AN ILLUSION - IMAGINATION...Leee John and the bunch 15 12 SEE THOSE EYES - ALTERED IMAGES...the lovely Clare Grogan, on many a wall 16 10 DEAR JOHN - STATUS QUO...Frances, Rick and the boys, probably still getting Rabbito One airplay in 1982 17 26 THIS TIME - ENGLAND WORLD CUP SQUAD...our go at the World Cup in 1982, which was in Spain. Finished with Italy winning 18 23 REALLY SAYING SOMETHING - BANANARAMA...the first solo outing away from the Fun Boy Three. The original Spice Girls there! 19 15 DON`T LOVE ME TOO HARD - NOLANS...those Irish lassies from the 70s Talent show "Opportunity Knocks", supported Frank Sinatra in 1975 on tour. In 1979, they were tipped to win the Song For Europe with "Harry My Honolulu Lover" but came fourth, as the dodgy "Mary Anne" from Black Lace went to represent us in Eurovision. It took the Nolan Sisters five years to get a UK hit. The first being "Spirit Body & Soul" in October 1979 20 11 IS IT A DREAM - CLASSIX NOUVEAU...Sal Solo and co, getting number ones in Europe, but not the UK 21 09 HAVE YOU EVER BEEN IN LOVE - LEO SAYER...the return for Leo, who was doing a BBC2 series at the time 22 29 EVER SO LONELY - MONSOON...world fusion sound, thei first hit. The 2nd was "Shakti" and the video was directed by Midge Ure 23 16 LAYLA - DEREK AND THE DOMINOES...the re-issued Eric Clapton hit 24 20 DAMNED DON`T CRY - VISAGE...Steve Strange and that New Romantic sound, that had Midge Ure connections yet again 25 11 YOURS - JULIO IGLESIAS...that Spaniard, who used to play soccer, but had an injury. So, went to singing. Vera Lynn had a number one with it in January 1942 26 24 HOUSE ON FIRE - BOOMTOWN RATS...Bob Geldof and the boys, who finally bit the dust in 1986. In Jan 1981, they released a song called "Up All Night" that flopped, but I always thought it should`ve been a hit 27 NE SHIRLEY - SHAKIN`STEVENS...another cover for the Welshman, most certainly the Dave Edmunds of the eighties! 28 39 FREEZE-FRAME - J GEILS BAND...following up "Centrefold". They formed in 1967, had many a US hit and took 25 years to even do that in the UK 29 28 CAT PEOPLE - DAVID BOWIE...David Jones was 63 in January. Mr always different, I think we could say, as well as multi-talented. He was born in Brixton you know 30 22 A BUNCH OF TIME - FOSTER AND ALLEN...those lovely Irish men, Tony Allen/Mick Foster still doing the rounds in 2010 31 43 PROMISED YOU A MIRACLE - SIMPLE MINDS...up to Glasgow for Jim Kerr and co 32 NE VIEW FROM A BRIDGE - KIM WILDE...Marty`s girl in to year 2 of her career, but tending to slip into decline 33 44 INSTINCTION - SPANDAU BALLET...the Kemps in better days, and I would say better sound. I mean I couldn`t stand the overplayed hits of True & Gold etc 34 31 IRON FIST - MOTORHEAD...Ian Kilmister and co. So much rock around in the chart in 1982. Did we blame Tommy Vance on the Top 40, although he was making like a million mistakes every Sunday! Or were you tuning in to Richard Allinson and the UK Top 30 on Capital?! Well, it was a week ahead! And in those days Richard actually turned up, unlike last Saturday morning when he went awol from his radio 2 show & Colin Berry took the reigns and had no sleep! 35 30 ARE YOU LONESOME TONIGHT (THE LAUGHING VERSION) - ELVIS PRESLEY...a 70s live version, where Elvis starts laughing because lyrics were changed around 36 25 POISON ARROW - ABC...Martin Fry and co, and the Trevor Horn produced "Lexicon Of Love" LP 37 NE I WON`T LET YOU DOWN - PHD...Jim Diamond`s outfit, who couldn`t get a follow up in the UK. "Suzi`s On The Up" was the follow up. There were 3 others, and they all flopped too 38 NE PRIVATE EYES - HALL & OATES...So many US hits, but the UK had very few big ones 39 NE GIRL CRAZY - HOT CHOCOLATE...Errol Brown doing the business again, proving once again a 1970s feel in 1982 40 36 STONE COLD - RAINBOW...Ritchie Blackmore led the group, after Deep Purple. Cozy Powell was a 70s member & Graham Bonnet was there between 1979/80. The Top Albums in April 1982: With Ms Streisand holding off Nick Heyward & those rock giants Iron Maiden & Motorhead! 01 02 LOVE SONGS - BARBRA STREISAND 02 03 PELICAN WEST - HAIRCUT 100 03 01 NUMBER OF THE BEAST - IRON MAIDEN 04 16 IRON FIST - MOTORHEAD 05 04 ALL FOR A SONG - BARBARA DICKSON 06 10 JAMES BONDS GREATEST HITS - VARIOUS 07 14 PORTRAIT - NOLANS 08 08 THE GIFT - JAM 09 05 TIN DRUM - JAPAN 10 09 SKY 4 FORTHCOMING - SKY 11 06 BEGIN THE BEGUINE - JULIO IGLESIAS 12 19 CHARIOTS OF FIRE - VANGELIS 13 07 THE ANVIL - VISAGE 14 12 PEARLS - ELKIE BROOKS 15 NE 1982 - STATUS QUO 16 15 FIVE MILES OUT - MIKE OLDFIELD 17 21 BAT OUT OF HELL - MEATLOAF 18 20 ASIA - ASIA 19 NE SEVEN TEARS - GOOMBAY DANCE BAND 20 17 ACTION TRAX - VARIOUS The Top Physicals, thie week: 01 NE DIANA VICKERS 02 01 PAUL WELLER 03 03 GAGA 04 02 SFG 05 04 INNA 06 09 PROFESSOR GREEN 07 10 SELENA GOMEZ 08 08 PLAN B 09 05 KATE NASH 10 06 BOYZONE The Top Pre-Order Singles: 01 CARRY OUT - TIMBALAND/TIMBERLAKE 26th Apr 02 DIRTY PICTURE - TAIO/KESHA 3rd May 03 I AM NOT A ROBOT - MARINA 26th Apr 04 ALL NIGHT LONG - ALEXANDRA 17th May 05 BITTERSWEET - SOPHIE ELLIS BEXTOR 3rd May 06 SCARS - NATALIE IMBRUGLIA 26th Apr 07 HEY SOUL SISTER - TRAIN 3rd May The Top Pre-Order Albums: 01 SONGS FROM THE TAINTED CHERRY TREE - DIANA VICKERS 3rd May 02 RAYMOND VS RAYMOND - USHER 26th Apr 03 FEVER - BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE 26th Apr 04 TIME FLIES - OASIS 14th June 05 FOR YOUR ENTERTAINMENT - ADAM LAMBERT 3rd May Hang on for the top 75 lowdown, coming soon...

I remember the week well. It was a pretty good week weatherwise in Southern England. I believe Sounds also disappeared in April 1991. I used to enjoy their spoof on Piers Morgan, with a column called "Prize Moron"!! So many Music Papers gone now. It was in 1990, that Number One magazine was swallowed up by the BBC, which meant no one any longer printed the Network Top 75. Only a Top 50 via NME & Melody Maker.

No I`m not saying that, but it will come pretty close. Showing tonight at 71. And big falls throughout the week. Number 59 yesterday officially, someone said elsewhere! Was it number 40 on Wednesday? Will it be the biggest faller in "History"???? :lol:

It doesn`t happen that often. The last time was when there were 4 new films in the top 4 on 17th Jan 2009. Averaging twice a year. The Top 4 on 17th Jan 2009 was: 01 Role Models 02 Slumdog Millionaire 03 Bride Wars 04 Defiance It also happened with 3 new in the top 3 on 2nd Jan 2009: 01 Yes Man 02 Bedtime Stories 03 Australia And 28th March 2008: a new top 4 01 Horton Hears A Who! 02 Spiderwick Chronicles 03 Step Up 2: The Streets 04 Meet The Spartans Also 14th March 2008: a new top 3 01 Vantage Point 02 The Other Boleyn Girl 03 The Game Plan

The Big Finish...The Top 75 lowdown, compiled thus: The Top Forty based on Physical/Download sales, with 41-75 based on just downloads. All done with thanks to Data & Technical Research. Thanks boys! TOP 75 Half Man Half Biscuit Adam Lambert TOP 70 Cheryl Lynn Mumford & Sons LLM 38) GaGa PF 37) Ludacris Justin Bieber NLYG Plan B STL 36) Beyonce/Kanye Jay Sean 35) Sugababes 34) Jay Z OTTNO Top 60 N-Dubz PWF 33) Darwin Dez Glee Halo Daisy Dares You 32) Glee MLWSW Taio Cruz/Kesha DP Sidney Samson 31) Derulo RS Cheryl Cole FFTL 30) Alexandra ANL (for some reason the initials here put a smile on my face)!!!! TOP 50 50 50 BROKEN HEELS - ALEXANDRA 29) 49 47 MEET ME HALFWAY - BLACK EYED PEAS 28) 48 59 THIS IS WAR - 30 SECONDS TO MARS 47 RE DROP THE WORLD - EMINEM/LIL`WAYNE 46 48 I GOTTA FEELING - BLACK EYED PEAS 27) 45 RE SET THE FIRE TO THE 3RD BAR - SNOW PATROL/MARTHA WAINWRIGHT 44 44 I GOT YOU - LEONA 26) 43 37 WHY DON`T YOU - GRAMOPHONEDZIE 25) 42 38 NEVER BE YOUR WOMAN - WILEY/EMELI SANDE 24) 41 41 YOU`VE GOT THE LOVE - FLORENCE 23) 40 36 BAD BOY - SKEPTA 22) 39 39 TIK TOK - KESHA 21) 38 35 EMPIRE STATE OF MIND - JAY Z/ALICIA 20) 37 30 ONE SHOT - JLS 19) 36 33 BLAH BLAH BLAH - KESHA 18) 35 45 EGO - SATURDAYS 17) 34 29 REPLAY - IYAZ 33 57 THE ONLY EXCEPTION - PARAMORE 32 40 SAY IT`S OVER - N-DUBZ 31 28 DON`T STOP BELIEVIN - JOURNEY 30 32 CAVE - MUMFORD AND SONS 16) 7 inch vinyl 29 22 GAVE IT ALL AWAY - BOYZONE 15) 28 27 DON`T STOP BELIEVIN - GLEE 27 23 ON A MISSION - GABRIELLA CILMI 14) 26 25 BAD ROMANCE - GAGA 13) 25 26 STARSTRUCK - 3OH!3/KATY 24 34 DOG DAYS ARE OVER - FLORENCE 23 24 GRAVITY - PIXIE LOTT 22 20 MY NAME - MCLEAN 12) 21 21 OPPOSITE OF ADULTS - CHIDDY BANG 11) 12 inch EP 20 15 YOU GOT THE DIRTEE LOVE - FLORENCE/DIZZEE =20 19 19 IF WE EVER MEET AGAIN - TIMBALAND/KATY 10) =17 18 16 FIREFLIES - OWL CITY =16 17 14 ROCK THAT BODY - BLACK EYED PEAS 9) =15 16 31 MEMORIES - GUETTA/CUDI =19 15 18 BEDROCK - YOUNG MONEY 8) =18 14 13 EMPIRE STATE OF MIND II - ALICIA KEYS =13 13 NE I`D RATHER BE WITH YOU - JOSHUA RADIN 7) =14 12 12 STARRY EYED - ELLIE GOULDING 6) =12 11 11 IN MY HEAD - JASON DERULO =11 10 10 PARACHUTE - CHERYL COLE 5) =10 09 06 BABY - JUSTIN BIEBER/LUDACRIS =6 08 07 RUDE BOY - RIHANNA =7 07 09 HOT - INNA 4) =9 06 17 CARRY OUT - TIMBALAND/JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE =8 05 04 PASS OUT - TINIE TEMPAH =5 04 02 SHE SAID - PLAN B 3) =3 03 03 TELEPHONE - GAGA/BEYONCE 2) =2 02 08 OMG - USHER/WILL I AM =4 01 01 THIS AIN`T A LOVE SONG - SFG 1) =1 ) Position with downloads alone = Position on Chart Show tv 2 weeks a-top for SFG (ghastly stuff), Usher far away in sales & nearer GaGa. The new entries very scarce, with only 2 and that re-rising "Ego" of the Saturdays. Don`t forget to stay ahead with the chart that`s always first, join Jason Scott with the best Countdown around on Sundays at 4pm, followed by those new releases & bubblers in the Ones To Watch at 7pm. All on http://www.thesuperstation.info You can`t go wrong, with more hits and new entries per hour every week! And the winner of the Grand National tomorrow will be? Snowy Morning. See you soon!

iTunes, so far this week (Sun to Tonight) 01 SFG 02 GaGa 03 Usher 04 Plan B 05 Tinie Tempah 06 Rihanna 07 Timbaland/Timberlake 08 Justin Bieber 09 Cheryl 10 Inna 11 Derulo 12 Ellie 13 Joshua 14 Alicia 15 Black Eyed Peas RTB 16 Florence/Dizzee 17 Owl City 18 Timbaland/Perry 19 Young Money 20 Chiddy 21 Pixie 22 McLean 23 Mumford And Sons 24 GaGa 25 3OH!3/Perry 26 Florence DD 27 Journey 28 Cilmi 29 N-Dubz 30 JLS 31 Glee DSB 32 Iyaz 33 Paramore 34 Skepta 35 Boyzone 36 Saturdays 37 Kesha/3OH!3 38 Black Eyed Peas IGF 39 Florence YGTL 40 Kesha TT 41 Leona 42 Snow Patrol 43 Jay Z 44 Eminem/Lil` 45 30 Seconds To Mars 46 Jason Derulo RS 47 Alexandra ANL 48 Glee MLWSW 49 Gramophonedzie 50 Black Eyed Peas MMH 51 Alexandra BH 52 Glee Halo 53 Daisy Dares You 54 Delrious 55 Chery FFTL 56 Wiley/Emeli 57 Jay Z OTTNO 58 Sugababes 59 Beyonce/Kanye 60 Cheryl Lynn 61 Darwin Deez 62 Ludacris HC 63 Mumford And Son LLM 64 N-Dubz PWF 65 Jay Sean And Co 66 Chris Brown Crawl 67 Sidney Samson 68 Jay Z/Mr Hudson YF 69 Justin Bieber NLYG 70 GaGa PF I deduce from this, that on tomorrows official mids, Delirious will be replaced in the top 40 by Skepta (who are at 41 in the mids today).

Sunday 13th April 1958 The usual programme format. 01 01 MAGIC MOMENTS/CATCH A FALLING STAR - PERRY COMO 02 03 WHOLE LOTTA WOMAN - MARVIN RAINWATER 03 03 NAIROBI - TOMMY STEELE 04 05 MAYBE BABY - CRICKETS 05 02 DON`T/I BEG OF YOU - ELVIS PRESLEY 06 09 SWINGING SHEPHERD BLUES - TED HEATH AND HIS MUSIC 07 07 LA DEE DAH - JACKIE DENNIS 08 06 THE STORY OF MY LIFE - MICHAEL HOLLIDAY 09 13 TEQUILA - THE CHAMPS 10 17 A WONDERFUL TIME UP THERE/TOO SOON TO KNOW - PAT BOONE 11 10 GOOD GOLLY MISS MOLLY - LITTLE RICHARD 12 10 JAILHOUSE ROCK - ELVIS PRESLEY 13 12 MANDY - EDDIE CALVERT 14 NE WHO`S SORRY NOW - CONNIE FRANCIS 15 08 AT THE HOP - DANNY AND THE JUNIORS 16 18 TO BE LOVED - MALCOM VAUGHAN 17 20 THE BIG BEAT - FATS DOMINO 18 14 APRIL LOVE - PAT BOONE 19 19 OH OH I`M FALLING IN LOVE AGAIN - JIMMIE RODGERS 19 16 BABY LOVER - PETULA CLARK Another little known fact, as Danny And The Juniors were on their last week in the top 20, not many people realise that this was not actually the original version. The original had be recorded a few weeks before them by Nick Todd who was the younger brother of Pat Boone. Nick`s version did manage to chart in a top 20 in February 1958. There was just the one new entry with Connie Francis, on the way to the top. Bubblers that week were, "To Be Loved" Jackie Wilson, Frank Sinatra (again), "Breathless" Jerry Lee Lewis, who tied with Frankie Vaughan`s double A side "Can`t Get Along Without You/We Are Not Alone".

Sunday 6th April 1958 David Jacobs presents at 10.40pm on the Light Programme, with the usual Top 20 highlights, the top 3, and new releases. 01 01 MAGIC MOMENTS/CATCH A FALLING STAR - PERRY COMO 02 02 DON`T/I BEG OF YOU - ELVIS PRESLEY 03 03 NAIROBI - TOMMY STEELE 03 06 WHOLE LOTTA WOMAN - MARVIN RAINWATER 05 08 MAYBE BABY - CRICKETS 06 03 THE STORY OF MY LIFE - MICHAEL HOLLIDAY 07 10 LA DEE DAH - JACKIE DENNIS 08 06 AT THE HOP - DANNY AND THE JUNIORS 09 15 SWINGING SHEPHERD BLUES - TED HEATH AND HIS MUSIC 10 05 JAILHOUSE ROCK - ELVIS PRESLEY 10 11 GOOD GOLLY MISS MOLLY - LITTLE RICHARD 12 14 MANDY - EDDIE CALVERT 13 NE TEQUILA - THE CHAMPS 14 13 APRIL LOVE - PAT BOONE 15 09 YOU ARE MY DESTINY - PAUL ANKA 16 17 BABY LOVER - PETULA CLARK 17 NE A WONDERFUL TIME UP THERE/IT`S TOO SOON TO KNOW - PAT BOONE 18 20 TO BE LOVED - MALCOM VAUGHAN 19 NE OH OH I`M FALLING IN LOVE - JIMMIE RODGERS 20 NE THE BIG BEAT - FATS DOMINO 4 new entries that week. It has to be said that David Jacobs was rather bias, while presenting Pick Of The Pops. He appeared not to be a Rock N`Roll fan, and a little known fact was that he never once played Jackie Dennis & "La Dee Dah", even though it was up in the top ten! It has to be noted that in his end of year review, which was supposed to feature the number ones of 1958 in December, he still managed to play "Fever" by Peggy Lee despite it never even making the top 5! Just outside the top 20, that week were "Oh Boy" the Crickets (falling out), Frank Sinatra was also out with "All The Way/Chicago" (the double A side), Tony Brent "The Clouds Will Soon Roll By", & Jackie Wilson "Too Be Loved".

This week was the anniversary of the very first BBC Top 20, to be featured on Pick Of The Pops. Over every week, I shall post the actual charts used by the BBC, up until the very first computerised chart compiled by the British Market Research Bureau on Tuesday 11th Feb 1969. So, on Sunday 30th March 1958...David Jacobs returned to the Pick Of The Pops at 11pm, taking over from the late Alan Dell and featuring Top 20 highlights, the complete top 3, and half an hour of new releases. This was David Jacobs first Top 20 countdown: (Based on an average of lists featured in NME, Melody Maker, Record Mirror, & Disc and compiled by Derek Chinnery) Note: The BBC listed all double A sided records together, as they should`ve been) 01 01 MAGIC MOMENTS/CATCH A FALLING STAR - PERRY COMO 02 03 DON`T/I BEG OF YOU - ELVIS PRESLEY 03 02 THE STORY OF MY LIFE - MICHAEL HOLLIDAY 03 03 NAIROBI - TOMMY STEELE 05 04 JAILHOUSE ROCK - ELVIS PRESLEY 06 06 AT THE HOP - DANNY AND THE JUNIORS 06 11 WHOLE LOTTA WOMAN - MARVIN RAINWATER 08 10 MAYBE BABY - CRICKETS 09 07 YOU ARE MY DESTINY - PAUL ANKA 10 20 LA DEE DAH - JACKIE DENNIS 11 08 GOOD GOLLY MISS MOLLY - LITTLE RICHARD 12 09 OH BOY - CRICKETS 13 14 APRIL LOVE - PAT BOONE 14 16 MANDY - EDDIE CALVERT 15 14 ALL THE WAY/CHICAGO - FRANK SINATRA 15 18 SWINGING SHEPHERD BLUES - TED HEATH AND HIS MUSIC 17 17 BABY LOVER - PETULA CLARK 18 15 CAN`T GET ALONG WITHOUT YOU/WE ARE NOT ALONE - FRANKIE VAUGHAN 19 13 LOVE ME FOREVER - MARION RYAN 20 NE TO BE LOVED - MALCOM VAUGHAN Only one new entry to the top 20. Buddy Holly`s "Peggy Sue" had fallen out from the last week`s joint 18, as Derek Chinnery (as compiler) had done a complete list for the previous week. Bubblers were Fats Domino "The Big Beat", Alma Cogan "Sugartime", Moe Kauffman "Swingin`Shepherd Blues" & Jackie Wilson "To Be Loved". Join me next week for Sunday 6th April 1958. My goodness, this could take 11 years!

It`s incorrect! The Radio One Top 40 was Sunday 28th, and the new number one was Cher "The Shoop Shoop Song". It`s wrong because Guiness gives the week ending dates! From 1987, as the new chart was announced on a Sunday...the week ending dates are 6 days behind.

Well we know that Radio One announced their chart on a Tuesday before October 1987 (a Wednesday if there was a Bank Holiday Monday). The date would therefore be 4 days earlier than the week end date given in Guiness. From October 1987, Radio One announced the new chart on a Sunday, even though the Tuesday countdown had also broken off on a Saturday. The Sunday chart date would be 6 days before the date given for the week ending in Guiness. But ignore Guiness before 15th Feb 1969, because the chart doesn`t count, and is nonsense and no one ever used it NME was compiled on a Tuesday during the 50s/60s, moving to Wednesdays in the 70s. NME`s shop sample was around 120 in total by 1968. This drop to 100 after 1969. NME claim to have been Britain`s first chart based on Record Sales in November 1952, but they weren`t! Read on Melody Maker was a Monday chart, but switched to Thursday in 1983 thus more ahead than NME. By 1968 it was sampling the biggest number of shops, 150 in total. Like NME, it dropped to 100 after 1969. Contrary to belief Melody Maker compiled the first Record sales chart in the 40s, but stopped it before bringing it back in April 1956 Disc was a Monday chart from Mar 1958 - Sept 1967, when they switched to using the Melody Maker chart. Previous to Sept 1967, the shop samples by Disc were much lower than that of Melody Maker, only around 50 in total Record Retailer was always a week out because it was Saturday compiled. By the time their paper was published, the chart was 5 days out of date, and used a small sample in it`s sales info, sometimes less than 30 shops (hence "Please Please Me" missing number one) that`s why it was nonsense until the British Market Bureau took over compilation Record Mirror was more ahead during the Jan 1955-Mar 1962 period going to print on a Thursday, hitting the shops on Friday mornings. It ceased to be more ahead, when it switched to the Record Retailer chart on Friday 23rd March 1962 Sounds began in 1971, and used the Radio One chart. Later they used the MRIB chart from April 1984, but it was different to the Network Chart, because it didn`t use any airplay. Like the Network Chart it went up to Friday morning. That was originated from Record Business Charts, who compiled it from April 1978 - 1983. It did exist as an EMI chart from 1957, but was based on an average of 4 charts, and 10% sales research of their own The BBC`s own chart was compiled on a Friday from 28th March 1958 - April 61, then switched to Thursday. 31st Dec 1963 was the first BBC Tuesday chart. It was from the December 63 point, when NME, MM, DISC & RR all supplied the chart to the BBC, for their average working. Worked out by Derek Chinnery & later Denys Jones. Thus compiled from over 300 shops, and widely followed by Joe Public. British Market Research Bureau provided the BBC with the first computer based sales chart on Tuesday 11th February 1969 (covering the period Mon - Sat) for the first time

Totally agree. The even more annoying thing is that damn song, will stay on Independant Radio`s playlist for months! :puke2: