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Mark's Top 40 weekending 15th May 2026 1 (01) Ella Langley - Be Her 2 (02) Ella Langley - Choosin' Texas 3 (03) Madonna And Sabrina Carpenter - Bring Your Love 4 (04) Bruno Mars - Risk It All 5 (09) Westlife - Your Love Amazes Me 6 (06) Suzette Charles - Whenever You're Around 7 (08) Duran Duran And Nile Rodgers - Free To Love 8 (05) Madonna - I Feel So Free 9 (10) Delta Goodrem - Eclipse 10 (11) Rick Astley - Raindrops 11 (14) Jessie Ware - Automatic 12 (12) Barry Manilow - Sunshine 13 (13) Haircut 100 - Come Back To Me 14 (09) Take That - You're A Superstar 15 (15) Harry Styles - American Girls 16 (20) Bonnie Tyler - Only Love 17 (26) Matt Goss - Thank You For The Pain 18 (21) Hue And Cry - Make My Day 19 (24) Peter Gabriel - Won't Stand Down 20 (30) Westlife - First Time Feeling 21 (22) Teddy Swims - Mr Know It All 22 (25) Midge Ure - Just Words 23 (23) Dodgy - Summer Forever 24 (18) Alex Warren - Fever Dream 25 (32) Paul McCartney And Ringo Starr - Home To Us 26 (New) Rolling Stones - In The Stars 27 (34) Calvin Harris And Jazzy - Satisfy 28 (35) Charli XCX - Rock Music 29 (37) Dionne Warwick And John Legend - Where Is Your Heart 30 (New) Stella Lefty - Boston 31 (40) Rianne Downey - Beautiful View 32 (New) Niall Horan - Dinner Party 33 (39) La Roux - Cabin Fever 34 (17) Was Not Was - Out Come The Freaks 35 (19) T'Pau - Read My Lips 36 (New) Sienna Spiro - Material Lover 37 (16) Leo Sayer - I Will Fight For You 38 (New) Child - You Are My Destiny 39 (New) Squeeze - The Place We Call Mars 40 (38) Chaka Khan - Chakzilla

Mark's Album Chart - 15/05/2026 1. (01) Ella Langley - Dandelion 2. (02) Jessie Ware - Superbloom 3. (03) Kacey Musgraves - Middle Of Nowhere 4. (04) Jessie J - Don't Tease Me With A Good Time 5. (05) Perrie - Perrie 6. (06) Olivia Dean - The Art Of Loving 7. (07) Tori Amos - In Times Of Dragons 8. (08) Jack Savoretti - We Will Always Be The Way We Were 9. (09) Fairground Attraction - Beautiful Happening 10. (10) Melanie C - Sweat 11. (11) Mariah Carey - Here For It All 12. (12) Stevie Nicks - Bella 13. (13) The Cure - Songs From A Lost World 14. (14) Sophie Ellis-Bextor - Perimenopop 15. (15) Belinda Carlisle - Once Upon A Time In California 16. (16) Kim Wilde - Closer 17. (17) Pulp - More 18. (18) Louise - Confessions 19. (19) Taylor Swift - The Life Of A Showgirl 20. (20) Miley Cyrus - Something Beautiful

First Day On Spotify: 10th January 2009 (Thanks to Ricky (E-motion) for that) First Song: Irene Cara - Flashdance (What A Feeling) (Never would have guessed that one!) Top Songs Listened To: 9,929 Songs Most Streamed Artist: Cliff Richard Top 3 Songs: 1 Barry Crocker - Neighbours 2 Ella Henderson - Filthy Rich 3 The Kunts - Boris Johnson Is Still A F**** C****

Andy's Allstars appears to be a charity fan campaign now at 3

Fat Dog - Go f*** Yourself

Mark's Top 40 weekending 8th May 2026 1 (03) Ella Langley - Be Her 2 (01) Ella Langley - Choosin' Texas 3 (10) Madonna And Sabrina Carpenter - Bring Your Love 4 (05) Bruno Mars - Risk It All 5 (04) Madonna - I Feel So Free 6 (06) Suzette Charles - Whenever You're Around 7 (09) Westlife - Your Love Amazes Me 8 (08) Duran Duran And Nile Rodgers - Free To Love 9 (02) Take That - You're A Superstar 10 (11) Delta Goodrem - Eclipse 11 (13) Rick Astley - Raindrops 12 (19) Barry Manilow - Sun Shine 13 (20) Haircut 100 - Come Back To Me 14 (24) Jessie Ware - Automatic 15 (12) Harry Styles - American Girls 16 (07) Leo Sayer - I Will Fight For You 17 (17) Soft Cell - Out Come The Freaks 18 (18) Alex Warren - Fever Dream 19 (14) T'Pau - Read My Lips 20 (35) Bonnie Tyler - Only Love 21 (27) Hue And Cry - Make My Day 22 (28) Teddy Swims - Mr Know It All 23 (30) Dodgy - Summer Forever 24 (31) Peter Gabriel - Won't Stand Down 25 (32) Midge Ure - Just Words 26 (33) Matt Goss - Thank You For The Pain 27 (16) Perrie - Woman In Love 28 (21) Taylor Swift - Elizabeth Taylor 29 (23) Hue And Cry - Stronger 30 (New) Westlife - First Time Feeling 31 (15) Rick Astley - Waiting On You 32 (New) Paul McCartney And Ringo Starr - Home To Us 33 (22) U2 - In A Life 34 (New) Calvin Harris And Jazzy - Satisfy 35 (New) Charli XCX - Rock Music 36 (26) Blue - Flowers 37 (New) Dionne Warwick And John Legend - Where Is Your Heart 38 (New) Chaka Khan - Chakzilla 39 (New) La Roux - Cabin Fever 40 (New) Rianne Downey - Beautiful View

Mark's Album Chart - 08/05/2026 1. (02) Ella Langley - Dandelion 2. (01) Jessie Ware - Superbloom 3. (New) Kacey Musgraves - Middle Of Nowhere 4. (09) Jessie J - Don't Tease Me With A Good Time 5. (04) Perrie - Perrie 6. (05) Olivia Dean - The Art Of Loving 7. (New) Tori Amos - In Times Of Dragons 8. (03) Jack Savoretti - We Will Always Be The Way We Were 9. (06) Fairground Attraction - Beautiful Happening 10. (New) Melanie C - Sweat 11. (07) Mariah Carey - Here For It All 12. (08) Stevie Nicks - Bella 13. (10) The Cure - Songs From A Lost World 14. (11) Sophie Ellis-Bextor - Perimenopop 15. (12) Belinda Carlisle - Once Upon A Time In California 16. (13) Kim Wilde - Closer 17. (14) Pulp - More 18. (15) Louise - Confessions 19. (17) Taylor Swift - The Life Of A Showgirl 20. (18) Miley Cyrus - Something Beautiful

Big Brother 3's Alex Sibley wins a Reform seat for Emerson Park, in Havering, West London https://metro.co.uk/2026/05/08/big-brother-star-alex-sibley-wins-seat-reform-local-elections-28284480/

Watching Grant and Max square up was hoping Grant was going to land one on him. It may yet happen if he keeps up.

Our local voting office said there were more people turning out to vote than ever before.

I like it i don't usually go for the NOW Summer albums but that looks ok, like the cover and the colour scheme too. Few of those you definately would expect to be on a NOW 80s Summer album even though some weren't summer hits. Surprised Life Is Life by Opus isn't on there as it was on the original NOW Summer album. But not a bad tracklist. Beach Boys Kokomo although not a summer hit does sound like a summer track. Glad they went with Circle In The Sand for Belinda Carl;isle. Yeah they've mostly been on comps before but the album itself is just nice and i like the look of it. Great track selection.

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Mark's Top 40 weekending 1st May 2026 1 (02) Ella Langley - Choosin' Texas 2 (01) Take That - You're A Superstar 3 (04) Ella Langley - Be Her 4 (06) Madonna - I Feel So Free 5 (12) Bruno Mars - Risk It All 6 (07) Suzette Charles - Whenever You're Around 7 (03) Leo Sayer - I Will Fight For You 8 (10) Duran Duran And Nile Rodgers - Free To Love 9 (21) Westlife - Your Love Amazes Me 10 (New) Madonna And Sabrina Carpenter - Bring Your Love 11 (09) Delta Goodrem - Eclipse 12 (15) Harry Styles - American Girls 13 (11) Rick Astley - Raindrops 14 (05) T'Pau - Read My Lips 15 (08) Rick Astley - Waiting On You 16 (13) Perrie - Woman In Love 17 (18) Was Not Was - Out Come The Freaks 18 (19) Alex Warren - Fever Dream 19 (24) Barry Manilow - Sun Shine 20 (New) Haircut 100 - Come Back To Me 21 (14) Taylor Swift - Elizabeth Taylor 22 (17) U2 - In A Life 23 (22) Hue And Cry - Stronger 24 (28) Jessie Ware - Automatic 25 (16) Olivia Rodrigo - Drop Dead 26 (20) Blue - Flowers 27 (29) Hue And Cry - Make My Day 28 (33) Teddy Swims - Mr Know It All 29 (32) Raye - Nightingale Lane 30 (New) Dodgy - Summer Forever 31 (New) Peter Gabriel - Won't Stand Down 32 (New) Midge Ure - Just Words 33 (New) Matt Goss - Thank You For The Pain 34 (23) Joe Jackson - Fabulous People 35 (25) Bonnie Tyler - Only Love 36 (35) Miley Cyrus - Younger You 37 (26) Sienna Spiro - The Visitor 38 (30) Jessie Ware - I Could Get Used To This 39 (36) Mobiles - Dangerous Illusion 40 (31) Evanescence - Who Will You Follow

Mark's Album Chart - 01/04/2026 1. (01) Jessie Ware - Superbloom 2. (02) Ella Langley - Dandelion 3. (03) Jack Savoretti - We Will Always Be The Way We Were 4. (04) Perrie - Perrie 5. (05) Olivia Dean - The Art Of Loving 6. (06) Fairground Attraction - Beautiful Happening 7. (07) Mariah Carey - Here For It All 8. (08) Stevie Nicks - Bella 9. (09) Jessie J - Don't Tease Me With A Good Time 10. (10) The Cure - Songs From A Lost World 11. (11) Sophie Ellis-Bextor - Perimenopop 12. (12) Belinda Carlisle - Once Upon A Time In California 13. (13) Kim Wilde - Closer 14. (14) Pulp - More 15. (15) Louise - Confessions 16. (16) Kim Wilde - Close 17. (17) Taylor Swift - The Life Of A Showgirl 18. (18) Miley Cyrus - Something Beautiful 19. (19) Bryan Adams - Roll With The Punches 20. (20) Lady Gaga - Mayhem

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Music licensing merger Concord, the music licensing company with rights to artists like Phil Collins, is merging with BMG which owns music by Tina Turner and Paul Simon. It'll turn BMG into "the world’s fourth-largest music company" according to the LA Times. I wonder what it'll mean for NOW's access to tracks? Its new CEO, who's from Concord, says: "It’s about using scale to strengthen independence. Together, we will build a company that gives artists more reach and more flexibility". https://www.musicweek.com/labels/read/bmg-and-concord-combine-forces-to-strengthen-independence/094021

30th April 2026 From Swordfish Records, Birmingham More 45s Kim Wilde - Love In The Natural Way Taylor Dayne - With Every Beat Of My Heart Level 42 - Tracie Level 42 - It’s Over S-Express - Theme From S-Express (UK No.1) Liza Minnelli - Don’t Drop Bombs Liza Minnelli - Love Pains New Kids On The Block - I’ll Be Loving You Forever Feargal Sharkey - You Little Thief Johnny Hates Jazz - Shattered Dreams Erasure - Blue Savannah Erasure - It Doesn’t Have To Be Billy Ocean - Love Is Forever Alyson Williams - I Need Your Lovin’ Hollywood Beyond - What’s The Colour Of Money? The Bangles - I’ll Set You Free Steve Winwood - Roll With It Jennifer Rush - Higher Ground This Way Up - Tell Me Way Vicki Morgan - Always On My Mind

Mark's Top 40 weekending 24th April 2026 1 (01) Take That - You're A Superstar 2 (04) Ella Langley - Choosin' Texas 3 (03) Leo Sayer - I Will Fight For You 4 (05) Ella Langley - Be Her 5 (02) T'Pau - Read My Lips 6 (New) Madonna - I Feel So Free 7 (10) Suzette Charles - Whenever You're Around 8 (07) Rick Astley - Waiting On You 9 (08) Delta Goodrem - Eclipse 10 (New) Duran Duran And Nile Rodgers - Free To Love 11 (09) Rick Astley - Raindrops 12 (New) Bruno Mars - Risk It All 13 (06) Perrie - Woman In Love 14 (21) Taylor Swift - Elizabeth Taylor 15 (New) Harry Styles - American Girls 16 (New) Olivia Rodrigo - Drop Dead 17 (New) U2 - In A Life 18 (30) Soft Cell - Out Come The Freaks 19 (New) Alex Warren - Fever Dream 20 (12) Blue - Flowers 21 (New) Westlife - Your Love Amazes Me 22 (11) Hue And Cry - Stronger 23 (13) Joe Jackson - Fabulous People 24 (15) Barry Manilow - Sun Shine 25 (16) Bonnie Tyler - Only Love 26 (14) Sienna Spiro - The Visitor 27 (18) Marty Wilde - Let's Rock This Place 28 (19) Jessie Ware - Automatic 29 (20) Hue And Cry - Make My Day 30 (25) Jessie Ware - I Could Get Used To This 31 (32) Evanescence - Who Will You Follow 32 (40) Raye - Nightingale Lane 33 (36) Teddy Swims - Mr Know It All 34 (38) Myles Smith - My Mess 35 (29) Miley Cyrus - Younger You 36 (28) Mobiles - Dangerous Illusion 37 (23) Taylor Swift - Opalite 38 (17) Paul McCartney - Days We Left Behind 39 (24) Jane McDonald - Don't Mind If I Do 40 (27) The Bell Boys And Steve Ellis - Brighton's Calling

Mark's Album Chart - 24/04/2026 1. (New) Jessie Ware - Superbloom 2. (01) Ella Langley - Dandelion 3. (02) Jack Savoretti - We Will Always Be The Way We Were 4. (03) Perrie - Perrie 5. (04) Olivia Dean - The Art Of Loving 6. (05) Fairground Attraction - Beautiful Happening 7. (06) Mariah Carey - Here For It All 8. (07) Stevie Nicks - Bella 9. (08) Jessie J - Don't Tease Me With A Good Time 10. (09) The Cure - Songs From A Lost World 11. (10) Sophie Ellis-Bextor - Perimenopop 12. (11) Belinda Carlisle - Once Upon A Time In California 13. (12) Kim Wilde - Closer 14. (13) Pulp - More 15. (20) Louise - Confessions 16. (14) Kim Wilde - Close 17. (15) Taylor Swift - The Life Of A Showgirl 18. (16) Miley Cyrus - Something Beautiful 19. (17) Bryan Adams - Roll With The Punches 20. (18) Lady Gaga - Mayhem

She isn't happy about not being credited https://www.facebook.com/sybil.lynchnewman

Love this, and the TOTP style video!

23rd April 2026 From HMV, Bullring George Michael - Faith (Vinyl) Madonna - True Blue (Vinyl) Mica Paris - So Good Deluxe Edition (CD) From The Diskey 45s Madonna - Papa Don’t Preach (UK No.1) Madonna - Borderline George Michael - I Want You Sex Wham! - Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go (UK No.1) Limahl - Only For Love Russ Abbot - All Night Holiday Bros - I Owe You Nothing (UK No.1) Bros - Cat Among The Pigeons/Silent Night Anita Dobson - Anyone Can Fall In Love Marti Webb - Always There New Kids On The Block - Hangin’ Tough (UK No.1) New Kids On The Block - Didn’t I Blow Your Mind/Let’s Try It Again Stefan Dennis - Don’t It Make You Feel Good Beach Boys - Kokomo Phil Collins - In The Air Tonight ‘88 Phil Collins - You Can’t Hurry Love (UK No.1) Whitney Houston - One Moment In Time (UK No.1) The Hollies - He Ain’t Heavy He’s My Brother (UK No.1) The Marines - Say Goodbye Will To Power - Fading Away Genesis - Land Of Confusion Bee Gees - You Win Again (UK No.1) Survivor - Eye Of The Tiger (UK No.1) Shakin’ Stevens - Merry Christmas Everyone (UK No.1) Janet Jackson And Cliff Richard - Two To The Power Behind The Bike Sheds - Songs From The ITV Series Billy Idol - Sweet Sixteen Jive Bunny And The Mastermixers - Swing The Mood (UK No.1) Jive Bunny And The Mastermixers - That’s What I Like (UK No.1) Jive Bunny And The Mastermixers - Let’s Party (UK No.1)

Well that explains why the booklet sleeve notes stopped. I miss those.

Mark's Top 40 weekending 17th April 2026 1 (02) Take That - You're A Superstar 2 (01) T'Pau - Read My Lips 3 (New) Leo Sayer - I Will Fight For You 4 (04) Ella Langley - Choosin' Texas 5 (New) Ella Langley - Be Her 6 (05) Perrie - Woman In Love 7 (03) Rick Astley - Waiting On You 8 (06) Delta Goodrem - Eclipse 9 (10) Rick Astley - Raindrops 10 (16) Suzette Charles - Whenever You're Around 11 (07) Hue And Cry - Stronger 12 (11) Blue - Flowers 13 (09) Joe Jackson - Fabulous People 14 (08) Sienna Spiro - The Visitor 15 (14) Barry Manilow - Sun Shine 16 (17) Bonnie Tyler - Only Love 17 (12) Paul McCartney - Days We Left Behind 18 (13) Marty Wilde - Let's Rock This Place 19 (22) Jessie Ware - Automatic 20 (32) Hue And Cry - Make My Day 21 (20) Taylor Swift - Elizabeth Taylor 22 (18) Morrissey - Happy New Tears 23 (15) Taylor Swift - Opalite 24 (34) Jane McDonald - Don't Mind If I Do 25 (33) Jessie Ware - I Could Get Used To This 26 (19) Madonna - Into The Groove 27 (21) The Bell Boys And Steve Ellis - Brighton's Calling 28 (31) The Mobiles - Dangerous Illusion 29 (30) Miley Cyrus - Younger You 30 (29) Soft Cell - Out Come The Freaks 31 (23) The Damned - There's A Ghost In My House 32 (New) Evanescence - Who Will You Follow 33 (25) Suzi Quatro - Freedom 34 (24) Natasha Hamilton - Fantasy 35 (26) Rozalla - Believe In Yourself 36 (New) Teddy Swims - Mr. Know It All 37 (27) Le Flex - Lust To Love 38 (New) Myles Smith - My Mess 39 (28) Owen Paul - Not Fade Away 40 (35) Raye - Nightingale Lane

Mark's Album Chart - 17/04/2026 1. (New) Ella Langley - Dandelion 2. (New) Jack Savoretti - We Will Always Be The Way We Were 3. (01) Perrie - Perrie 4. (02) Olivia Dean - The Art Of Loving 5. (03) Fairground Attraction - Beautiful Happening 6. (04) Mariah Carey - Here For It All 7. (New) Stevie Nicks - Bella 8. (07) Jessie J - Don't Tease Me With A Good Time 9. (05) The Cure - Songs From A Lost World 10. (10) Sophie Ellis-Bextor - Perimenopop 11. (06) Belinda Carlisle - Once Upon A Time In California 12. (09) Kim Wilde - Closer 13. (11) Pulp - More 14. (12) Kim Wilde - Close 15. (13) Taylor Swift - The Life Of A Showgirl 16. (14) Miley Cyrus - Something Beautiful 17. (15) Bryan Adams - Roll With The Punches 18. (16) Lady Gaga - Mayhem 19. (17) Bon Jovi - Legendary 20. (18) Louise - Confessions