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Number 37: Lionel goes all soppy for the first time! B4dl6JSf-bc Number One in August 1978 & 777,300 copies sold.

Number 38: The Hook's back cxpYN-NK54Y Oh, yeah another British Market Research Bureau error in force. Paul Burnett annouced it, as the new number one (a week early) due another mess up. It sold 775,000 & was Number One in November.

Number 39: Father who? kWbMikrZ91U Why wasn't it Number One in the UK? Well John & Olivia were not to blame, oh no. Decca records had pressing problems & couldn't keep up demand & estimated in a loss of 90,000 orders in the week beginning 26th June 1978. It would of almost certainly have gone to the top & sold 40,000 more than "You're The One That I Want" that week, but it didn't. It topped out at Number 2 & sold 766,360....Should it of sold 856,000? Who knows!

Number 40: And they called it...A Paul Anka copycat! zI2hgm65WhE Number One in July 1972, when Radio One announced that "Pick Of The Pops" would end in September, to be replaced by actor Tom Browne in "Solid Gold Sixty", which would include the non top 20 Radio One Airplay chart. "Puppy Love" sold 756,000 copies & went to Number One in a week, when some crazed looney decided to set fire to Alan Freeman's script at 12.30 on a Tuesday lunchtime. So, whatever happened to Travis? Oh yeah, Mark Williams-Thomas struck!

The Top 40 looms. But let's remind ourselves of every single 70s Number One: L9zrvGHpTNg Y-INfhGHV60 mqyeHvLOvEE Some awful versions in there (especially Pink Floyd) ...but worth it just for that & they didn't bother with the great Rolf. Shocking!

Number 41: And I don't either! -Kobdb37Cwc American School kid shoots her classmates...Call Mark Williams-Thomas! Bob Geldof gets a huge August 1979 Number One & sells 754,000 copies.

Number 42: Please Sir, can I have some more?! ilGndjgIgc0 They also did better. But over commercialisation took over & they got stuck behind Elton John & Kiki Dee. It was Number 2 in August 76, just before the heavens opened & it pour with rain, for the late August Bank Holiday! They sold 750,000 copies.

Number 43: Little Leo...Who did better F__3knotwGY Number One in February 1977 & 748,000 sold.

Number 45: Not my fav of '79! ZBR2G-iI3-I The U.S. copy had "Substitute" on the B side. The UK version didn't, but Glo was Number One in March 1979 & sold 723,860 copies.

Number 46: My fav of '77 bG6rmGGx64k Number One in October 1977 & 722,500 copies sold.

Number 47: The Swedes return iUrzicaiRLU Notice a pattern forming? 1977, 1978 & 1979 were the biggest sales of 1970s singles. ABBA were Sweden's biggest export in 1977 & sold 719,950 copies of "Knowing Me Knowing You" & were Number One in April.

Number 48: Never touch your friend! zs-eFRbgn6M The singer & pilot with his first hit. Going to Number One in June 1979 & selling 717,820 copies.

Number 49: LaDonna Gaines felt it...Ooh Matron! C2q2bis6eLE Didn't like drinking, didn't like smoking & only had one child! The late great Donna was Number One in July 1977 & sold 714,850 copies.

Number 50: The Rollers rolled out an old Four Seasons number yUwW108ITzw The biggest seller of 1975, Rod Stewart couldn't catch it. He sold 651,000 in 75, but the Rollers got 63,000 more in.

Number 51: The King was dead NZqs1d-NHXk A strange fella silhouetted an image, behind a white screen on Top Of The Pops, during it's Number One reign. The silhouetted figure was actually Shakin' Stevens. An odds on certainty says it took Elvis' death to propel him to Number One. Stalling at #42, the week before he died & only on 10,000 at that point. All of a sudden 704,000 more copies, sold by October 1977.

To prevent these posts being copied elsewhere, all the rest of the positions are out of sequence. Number 44: Did they open a video rental shop?! -cBxdVV4pmo One of those songs that got it's first airing in the December of the year, before release. Many times guaranteeing a Number One, the following year. Trying to think of some other examples...Certainly Slik's "Forever & Ever" featured over Christmas 1975 on "Crackerjack" I think? The New Seekers got the first Number One of 1974, after appearing on The Morecambe & Wise Christmas Show 1973. Though, that was already in the top 5 at the time. But there are others, that escape me at the moment. The Sweet sold 745,000 & were Number One in January/February 1973, just overtaking "Part Of THe Union" in time for the big Friday/Saturday sale. Radio One made a big thing about saying that "Blockbuster" had one of the biggest sales for years.

Number 52: How Mary Whitehouse complained. Was she really Mark Williams-Tosspot? UaEC-lWSlmI I had a ding-a-ling for Christmas once. Except it wasn't bells on a string. It was a wooden stick with wheel like bells on it. Remember them? Chuck sold 710,000 in total in November/December 1972 & was stilling selling 133,000, when he fell to Number 2. But Jimmy Osmond got the better of him. Yeah....A real live ding-a-ling!

Number 53: Mr Liza Goddard returns p28Jdk_fZ4U Some people (usually older people) used to mix him up with Gary Glitter. Not a huge mistake in December 1973. Coo Ca Choo made Number 2 & sold 708,000 copies.

Number 54: His name was Ernie, but he never won with his Premium Bonds! 8e1xvyTdBZI Number One in November & December 1971 & 705,000 sold. Strangely never performed on his Thames TV series.

Number 55: The return of the Teeth! -ihs-vT9T3Q Number One in April 1978 & 705,000 sold.

Number 56: Dance Bryan! NavzcV_gRiE Mr Suit & a Number 2 in May 1979, that sold 705,000.

Number 57: One day Lena Sin7-guGpko The best Number One of 1979, by far....Well it could of been worse. It might have been Gloria Hunniford's version! Lena sold 703,680 by New Year's Eve 1979.

Number 58: More overplayed Mud. A shame because they did make better stuff d2sMuVPMkkk The biggest seller of 1974 & 695,000 sold.

Number 59: Herbie Flowers gives Corporal Jones, a hit! XC5fqzKxau8 It went to Number One, on a week that the British Market Research Bureau never compiled a chart. McGuiness Flint were neck & neck with Dave Edmunds & then BANG, Dunn! So, he was Number One from the end of December 1970 & sold 695,000 in total.

Number 60: Merry Christmas Elvis! NJ6kJ7GWtv0 Les Gray & co topping the Christmas chart of 1974. Not enormous sales, although it shifted 694,000 in total.