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Mark's Top 40 weekending 21st March 2025 1 (1) Lady Gaga - Abracadabra 2 (7) Deacon Blue - Turn Up Your Radio 3 (5) Matt Goss - We Are Not Broken 4 (8) Sam Fender - Arm's Length 5 (4) Louise - Confession 6 (28) Doechii - Anxiety 7 (30) 1+1 ft Michael Armstrong - The Greatest Thing 8 (23) Gary Kemp - I Don't Know Where I'm Going 9 (26) Lady Gaga - Garden Of Eden 10 (New) Chappell Roan - The Giver 11 (6) Perrie - Rollercoaster 12 (New) Five Star - Five Star Stedman Tribute Mix 13 (32) Ravyn Lenae - Love Me Not 14 (13) Billy Idol - Still Dancing 15 (17) Limahl - Horse With No Name 16 (36) Diesel Park West - Hole In One 17 (35) Benson Boone - Sorry I'm Here For Someone Else 18 (New) Lauren Mayberry - Punch Drunk 19 (New) Jade Thirlwall - FUFN 20 (2) Chappell Roan - Pink Pony Club 21 (3) Def Leppard - Stand By Me 22 (9) Joey McIntyre - Freedom 23 (11) Daniel James - Promises 24 (24) LeFlex And Jaki Graham - Don't Look Any Further 25 (25) Owen Paul - Mad About The Girl 26 (27) Gary Kemp - Put Your Head Up 27 (10) Betty Boo - Barberella 28 (12) Rita Ora - Praising You 29 (15) Ella Henderson - Filthy Rich 30 (14) Raye - Oscar Winning Tears 31 (20) AJ Tracey ft Jorja Smith - Crush 32 (16) Sam Fender - People Watching 33 (19) Supersister - Lock Up Your Daughters 34 (31) Lisa/Raye/Doja Cat - Born Again 35 (New) HAIM - Relationships 36 (New) Chesney Hawkes - Loud! 37 (New) Andy Bell (Erasure) - Don't Cha Know 38 (New) Bryan Adams - Make Up Your Mind 39 (New) Sugababes - Jungle 40 (New) Doobie Brothers - Learn To Let Go

The longest running band in pop history The Searchers are calling it a day with a final show at the Glastonbury festival BBC NewsThe Searchers to end 68-year stint with debut at GlastonburyKnown as the "longest-running band in pop history", The Searchers' hits included Sweets For My Sweet.

There was a compilation album called Hot Wax released in 1980 https://www.discogs.com/release/2112908-Various-Hot-Wax?srsltid=AfmBOorYt0AbSX9Eoqdg0pMLqKecETDk1w0v0oo9mI2gMdwq1nM0LG00 It reached No.3 in the charts https://www.officialcharts.com/albums/various-artists-hot-wax/

Mark's Top 40 weekending 14th March 2025 1 (7) Lady Gaga - Abracadabra 2 (1) Chappell Roan - Pink Pony Club 3 (2) Def Leppard - Stand By Me 4 (4) Louise - Confession 5 (6) Matt Goss - We Are Not Broken 6 (5) Perrie - Rollercoaster 7 (14) Deacon Blue - Turn Up Your Radio 8 (24) Sam Fender - Arm's Length 9 (3) Joey McIntyre - Freedom 10 (8) Betty Boo - Barbarella 11 (9) Daniel James - Promises 12 (12) Rita Ora - Praising You 13 (15) Billy Idol - Still Dancing 14 (10) Raye - Oscar Winning Tears 15 (13) Ella Henderson - Filthy Rich 16 (27) Sam Fender - People Watching 17 (32) Limahl - Horse With No Name 18 (11) Natasha Hamilton - Burning Letters 19 (30) Supersister - Lock Your Boyfriends Up 20 (25) AJ Tracey And Jorja Smith - Crush 21 (16) Lenny Kravitz - Honey 22 (17) Lola Young - Messy 23 (18) Gary Kemp - I Know Where I'm Going 24 (36) Leflex And Jaki Graham - Don't Look Any Further 25 (34) Owen Paul - Mad About The Girl 26 (New) Lady Gaga - Garden Of Eden 27 (20) Gary Kemp - Put Your Head Up 28 (New) Doechii - Anxiety 29 (19) Coldplay - All My Love 30 (New) 1+1 feat. Michael Armstrong - The Greatest Thing 31 (21) Lisa/Doja Cat/Rae - Born Again 32 (New) Ravyn Lenae - Love Me Not 33 (New) Benson Boone - Sorry I'm Here For Someone Else 34 (23) Lauren Mayberry - Crocodile Tears 35 (22) Kylie Minogue - Someone For Me 36 (New) Diesel Park West - Hole In One 37 (New) Olivia Dean - It Isn't Perfect But It Might Be 38 (35) Deacon Blue - Late '88 39 (33) Chappell Roan - Red Wine Supernova 40 (26) Rose' And Bruno Mars - Apt. A

Mark's Album Chart - 14/03/2025 1. (01) Lady Gaga - Mayhem 2. (Re) Five Star - Silk And Steel 3. (03) Kim Wilde - Closer 4. (02) Manic Street Preachers - Critical Thinking 5. (04) Lauren Mayberry - Vicious Creature 6. (05) Betty Boo - Rip Up The Rulebook 7. (06) Chappell Roan - The Fall And Rise Of A Midwest Princess 8. (07) Fairground Attraction - Beautiful Happening 9. (09) Madness - Theatre Of The Absurd Pts C'est La Vie 10. (10) Paul Heaton - The Mighty Several 11. (08) Gary Kemp - This Destination 12. (11) Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Bauhaus Staircase 13. (12) The Cure - Songs From A Lost World 14. (13) Kylie Minogue - Tension II 15. (14) Taylor Swift - The Tortured Poets Department 16. (15) Sabrina Carpenter - Short N' Sweet 17. (16) Crowded House - Gravity Stairs 18. (17) Duran Duran - Dance Macabre 19. (18) Bon Jovi - Forever 20. (20) Will Young - Light It Up

Mark's Top 40 weekending 7th March 2025 1 (17) Chappell Roan - Pink Pony Club 2 (1) Def Leppard - Stand By Me 3 (2) Joey McIntyre - Freedom 4 (6) Louise - Confession 5 (7) Perrie - Rollercoaster 6 (8) Matt Goss - We Are Not Broken 7 (9) Lady Gaga - Abracadabra 8 (3) Betty Boo - Barbarella 9 (4) Daniel James - Promises 10 (5) Raye - Oscar Winning Tears 11 (10) Natasha Hamilton - Burning Letters 12 (13) Rita Ora - Praising You 13 (11) Ella Henderson - Filthy Rich 14 (22) Deacon Blue - Turn Up Your Radio 15 (25) Billy Idol - Still Dancing 16 (18) Lenny Kravitz - Honey 17 (12) Lola Young - Messy 18 (16) Gary Kemp - I Know Where I'm Going 19 (20) Coldplay - All My Love 20 (15) Gary Kemp - Put Your Head Up 21 (19) Lisa/Doja Cat/Raye - Born Again 22 (14) Kylie Minogue - Someone For Me 23 (21) Lauren Mayberry - Crocodile Tears 24 (26) Sam Fender - Arm's Length 25 (35) AJ Tracey And Jorja Smith - Crush 26 (24) Rose' And Bruno Mars - Apt. 27 (30) Sam Fender - People Watching 28 (39) Fontaines DC - It's Amazing To Be Young 29 (40) The Birthday Massacre - Sleep Tonight 30 (New) Supersister - Lock Your Boyfriends Up 31 (32) Sam Fender - Little Bit Closer 32 (New) Limahl - Horse With No Name 33 (36) Chappell Roan - Red Wine Supernova 34 (New) Owen Paul - Mad About The Girl 35 (33) Deacon Blue - Late '88 36 (New) Le Flex And Jaki Graham - Don't Look Any Further 37 (38) Chappell Roan - Hot To Go! 38 (New) Jo Boxers - A Thorn In My Side 39 (New) Suzanne Vega - Speakers Corner 40 (New) Spin Doctors - Rock And Roll Heaven

Mark's Album Chart - 07/03/2025 1. (New) Lady Gaga - Mayhem 2. (01) Manic Street Preachers - Critical Thinking 3. (02) Kim Wilde - Closer 4. (03) Lauren Mayberry - Vicious Creature 5. (04) Betty Boo - Rip Up The Rulebook 6. (05) Chappell Roan - The Fall And Rise Of A Midwest Princess 7. (06) Fairground Attraction - Beautiful Happening 8. (07) Gary Kemp - This Destination 9. (08) Madness - Theatre Of The Absurd Pts C'est La Vie 10. (09) Paul Heaton - The Mighty Several 11. (10) Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Bauhaus Staircase 12. (11) The Cure - Songs From A Lost World 13. (12) Kylie Minogue - Tension II 14. (13) Taylor Swift - The Tortured Poets Department 15. (14) Sabrina Carpenter - Short N' Sweet 16. (15) Crowded House - Gravity Stairs 17. (16) Duran Duran - Dance Macabre 18. (17) Bon Jovi - Forever 19. (19) Travis - L.A. Times 20. (20) Will Young - Light It Up

Yes i think that's a great idea too and it would give the sales chart more exposure though, maybe encouraging more sales.

Shaun Tilley hosts a retro chart every Sunday lunchtime on Heritage Chart Radio 1988 and 2000 this week. http://www.heritagechart.co.uk

As far as Radio 2 artists go i was hoping Kim Wilde would make her first NOW appearance since NOW 25. Nevermind.

Mark's Top 40 weekending 28th February 2025 1 (2) Def Leppard - Stand By Me 2 (3) Joey McIntyre - Freedom 3 (1) Betty Boo - Barbarella 4 (4) Daniel James - Promises 5 (5) Raye - Oscar Winning Tears 6 (8) Louise - Confession 7 (9) Perrie - Rollercoaster 8 (10) Matt Goss - We Are Not Broken 9 (11) Lady Gaga - Abracadabra 10 (12) Natasha Hamilton - Burning Letters 11 (6) Ella Henderson - Filthy Rich 12 (7) Lola Young - Messy 13 (13) Rita Ora - Praising You 14 (18) Kylie Minogue - Someone For Me 15 (15) Gary Kemp - Put Your Head Up 16 (20) Gary Kemp - I Know Where I'm Going 17 (23) Chappell Roan - Pink Pony Club 18 (26) Lenny Kravitz - Honey 19 (40) Lisa, Doja Cat And Raye - Born Again 20 (17) Coldplay - All My Love 21 (21) Lauren Mayberry - Crocodile Tears 22 (New) Deacon Blue - Turn Up Your Radio 23 (14) Chris De Burgh - Be My Valentine 24 (19) Rose' And Bruno Mars - Apt. 25 (New) Billy Idol - Still Dancing 26 (Re) Sam Fender - Arm's Length 27 (16) Owen Paul - Fly With Me 28 (22) Cher Lloyd - Head Down 29 (24) Sabrina Carpenter - Busy Woman 30 (Re) Sam Fender - People Watching 31 (25) The Weeknd - Cry For Me 32 (New) Sam Fender - Little Bit Closer 33 (21) Deacon Blue - Late '88 34 (33) Fairground Attraction - Sing Anyway 35 (New) AJ Tracey And Jorja Smith - Crush 36 (38) Chappell Roan - Red Wine Supernova 37 (New) Jennie And Doechii - ExtraL 38 (39) Chappell Roan - Hot To Go! 39 (New) Fontaines DC - It's Amazing To Be Young 40 (New) The Birthday Massacre - Sleep Tonight

Mark's Album Chart - 28/02/2025 1. (New) Manic Street Preachers - Critical Thinking 2. (01) Kim Wilde - Closer 3. (02) Lauren Mayberry - Vicious Creature 4. (03) Betty Boo - Rip Up The Rulebook 5. (04) Chappell Roan - The Fall And Rise Of A Midwest Princess 6. (05) Fairground Attraction - Beautiful Happening 7. (06) Gary Kemp - This Destination 8. (07) Madness - Theatre Of The Absurd Pts C'est La Vie 9. (08) Paul Heaton - The Mighty Several 10. (09) Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Bauhaus Staircase 11. (10) The Cure - Songs From A Lost World 12. (11) Kylie Minogue - Tension II 13. (12) Taylor Swift - The Tortured Poets Department 14. (13) Sabrina Carpenter - Short N' Sweet 15. (14) Crowded House - Gravity Stairs 16. (15) Duran Duran - Dance Macabre 17. (16) Bon Jovi - Forever 18. (17) Simply Red - Time 19. (19) Travis - L.A. Times 20. (20) Will Young - Light It Up

They'll be one once Yearbook 1989 + extra version has been done i expect. If that is the next yearbook, we get a final chapter 1985-1989 later in the year.

Mark's Top 40 weekending 21st February 2025 1 (1) Betty Boo - Barbarella 2 (9) Def Leppard - Stand By Me 3 (10) Joey McIntyre - Freedom 4 (8) Daniel James - Promises 5 (12) Raye - Oscar Winning Tears 6 (2) Ella Henderson - Filthy Rich 7 (6) Lola Young - Messy 8 (13) Louise - Confession 9 (15) Perrie - Rollercoaster 10 (18) Matt Goss - We Are Not Broken 11 (14) Lady Gaga - Abracadabra 12 (19) Natasha Hamilton - Burning Letters 13 (16) Rita Ora - Praising You 14 (3) Chris De Burgh - Be My Valentine 15 (4) Gary Kemp - Put Your Head Up 16 (5) Owen Paul - Fly With Me 17 (7) Coldplay - All My Love 18 (22) Kylie Minogue - Someone For Me 19 (11) Rose' And Bruno Mars - Apt. 20 (17) Gary Kemp - I Know Where I'm Going 21 (20) Lauren Mayberry - Crocodile Tears 22 (21) Cher Lloyd - Head Down 23 (37) Chappell Roan - Pink Pony Club 24 (New) Sabrina Carpenter - Busy Woman 25 (40) The Weeknd - Cry For Me 26 (34) Lenny Kravitz - Honey 27 (23) T'Pau - Miles And Miles 28 (25) Kim Wilde - Midnight Train 29 (24) OMD - Look At You Now 30 (29) Rianne Downey - The Voice Of Old Glencoe 31 (30) Deacon Blue - Late '88 32 (28) Leo Sayer - Rainbow's End 33 (27) Fairground Attraction - Sing Anyway 34 (35) Chesney Hawkes - Live Forever 35 (36) Lady Gaga And Bruno Mars - Die With A Smile 36 (33) Black Country New Road - Besties 37 (32) Travis - Raze The Bar 38 (38) Chappell Roan - Red Wine Supernova 39 (39) Chappell Roan - Hot To Go! 40 (New) Lisa/Doja Cat/Raye - Born Again https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6EO3uTjQl...cRxSsgi3HSAzk6g

Mark's Album Chart - 21/02/2025 1. (01) Kim Wilde - Closer 2. (02) Lauren Mayberry - Vicious Creature 3. (12) Betty Boo - Rip Up The Rulebook 4. (04) Chappell Roan - The Fall And Rise Of A Midwest Princess 5. (05) Fairground Attraction - Beautiful Happening 6. (03) Gary Kemp - This Destination 7. (06) Madness - Theatre Of The Absurd Pts C'est La Vie 8. (07) Paul Heaton - The Mighty Several 9. (08) Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Bauhaus Staircase 10. (09) The Cure - Songs From A Lost World 11. (10) Kylie Minogue - Tension II 12. (11) Taylor Swift - The Tortured Poets Department 13. (13) Sabrina Carpenter - Short N' Sweet 14. (14) Crowded House - Gravity Stairs 15. (15) Duran Duran - Dance Macabre 16. (16) Bon Jovi - Forever 17. (17) Simply Red - Time 18. (18) Snow Patrol - The Forest Is The Path 19. (19) Travis - L.A. Times 20. (20) Will Young - Light It Up

Well that was brilliant, and what a surprise to see Angie.

Pick Of The Pops to move to Sundays 5-7 in May. Mark Goodier back hosting a Sunday chart show again which will be live. He will also be up against Neil Fox who hosts a retro Network chart show on Nation Radio UK as well as Mike Read's Heritage Chart and R1's Official Chart First Look. https://radiotoday.co.uk/2025/02/new-show-f...on-bbc-radio-2/

Bobby is a good shout actually.

Looking at the cast list for next all appear to be present apart from one

yeah i'm thinking that too, not sure about Max he didn't know Cindy. Unless he did it for Lauren. And i don't think she would have that reaction to shoot one of her kids if they did it or not. Yeah could be but you're right she wouldn't point a gun at Peter. No mention of Della and Binnie who were the first mixed race lesbian couple in the 90s. They're quite forgotten about these days.

Mark's Top 40 weekending 14th February 2025 1 (2) Betty Boo - Barbarella 2 (1) Ella Henderson - Filthy Rich 3 (5) Chris De Burgh - Be My Valentine 4 (7) Gary Kemp - Put Your Head Up 5 (3) Owen Paul - Fly With Me 6 (6) Cher Lloyd - Messy 7 (8) Coldplay - All My Love 8 (13) Daniel James - Promises 9 (15) Def Leppard - Stand By Me 10 (14) Joey McIntyre - Freedom 11 (4) Rose' And Bruno Mars - Apt. 12 (33) Raye - Oscar Winning Tears 13 (New) Louise - Confession 14 (37) Lady Gaga - Abracadabra 15 (New) Perrie - Rollercoaster 16 (32) Rita Ora - Praising You 17 (24) Gary Kemp - I Know Where I'm Going 18 (New) Matt Goss - We Are Not Broken 19 (28) Natasha Hamilton - Burning Letters 20 (10) Lauren Mayberry - Crocodile Tears 21 (9) Cher Lloyd - Head Down 22 (12) Kylie Minogue - Someone For Me 23 (11) T'Pau - Miles And Miles 24 (29) OMD - Look At You Now 25 (22) Kim Wilde - Midnight Train 26 (New) Backstreet Boys - Hey 27 (21) Fairground Attraction - Sing Anyway 28 (16) Leo Sayer - Rainbow's End 29 (18) Rianne Downey - The Voice Of Old Glencoe 30 (17) Deacon Blue - Late '88 31 (19) Boyzlife - Dancing With The Echoes 32 (20) Travis - Raze The Bar 33 (23) Black Country New Road - Besties 34 (25) Lenny Kravitz - Honey 35 (31) Chesney Hawkes - Live Forever 36 (39) Lady Gaga And Bruno Mars - Die With A Smile 37 (36) Chappell Roan - Pink Pony Club 38 (34) Chappell Roan - Red Wine Supernova 39 (38) Chappell Roan - Hot To Go! 40 (40) The Weeknd - Cry For Me https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7pJrmunI3...VSDqEc7p_cnjcoA

Mark's Album Chart - 14/02/2025 1. (01) Kim Wilde - Closer 2. (New) Lauren Mayberry - Vicious Creature 3. (New) Gary Kemp - This Destination 4. (02) Chappell Roan - The Fall And Rise Of A Midwest Princess 5. (03) Fairground Attraction - Beautiful Happening 6. (04) Madness - Theatre Of The Absurd Pts C'est La Vie 7. (05) Paul Heaton - The Mighty Several 8. (06) Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Bauhaus Staircase 9. (07) The Cure - Songs From A Lost World 10. (08) Kylie Minogue - Tension II 11. (09) Taylor Swift - The Tortured Poets Department 12. (10) Betty Boo - Rip Up The Rulebook 13. (11) Sabrina Carpenter - Short N' Sweet 14. (12) Crowded House - Gravity Stairs 15. (13) Duran Duran - Dance Macabre 16. (14) Bon Jovi - Forever 17. (15) Simply Red - Time 18. (16) Snow Patrol - The Forest Is The Path 19. (17) Travis - L.A. Times 20. (18) Will Young - Light It Up

Watching EastEnders Sings At The BBC, enjoying it. About time Shona McGarty got a recording contract. Great to see that Blue Peter performance of Get Ready with Michelle Collins. Never knew Samantha Womack was in EastEnders before as Wicksy's girlfriend. Must have been around 1989/1990. They coiuld have done with losing the Busted, Blue, Blur and Spandau clips though think there was a lot more they could have included maybe making it 2hrs. More CIN performances, Royal Variety Performance, plus Sid Owen & Patsy Palmer - Better Believe It Tom Watt (Lofty) - Subterranean Homesick Blues Mike Sarne & Wendy Richard - Come Outside (all though there probably wasn't anything visual for that) Jan Graveson (Disa) - Anyone Who Had A Heart There was an error when they said the Taveniers were the first black family when it was actually the Carpenters at the very beginning in 1985

Mark's Top 40 weekending 7th February 2025 1 (1) Ella Henderson - Filthy Rich *5th Week* 2 (3) Betty Boo - Barbarella 3 (5) Owen Paul - Fly With Me 4 (2) Rose' And Bruno Mars - Apt. 5 (19) Chris De Burgh - Be My Valentine 6 (7) Lola Young - Messy 7 (10) Gary Kemp - Put Your Head Up 8 (6) Coldplay - All My Love 9 (4) Cher Lloyd - Head Down 10 (9) Lauren Mayberry - Crocodile Tears 11 (8) T'Pau - Miles And Miles 12 (13) Kylie Minogue - Someone For Me 13 (17) Daniel James - Promises 14 (27) Joey McIntyre - Freedom 15 (32) Def Leppard - Stand By Me 16 (11) Leo Sayer - Rainbow's End 17 (12) Deacon Blue - Late '88 18 (14) Rianne Downey - The Voice Of Old Glencoe 19 (15) Boyzlife - Dancing With The Echoes 20 (18) Travis - Raze The Bar 21 (20) Fairground Attraction - Sing Anyway 22 (22) Kim Wilde - Midnight Train 23 (31) Black Country New Road - Besties 24 (23) Gary Kemp - I Know Where I'm Going 25 (24) Lenny Kravitz - Honey 26 (16) Manic Street Preachers - People Ruin Paintings 27 (28) Sam Fender - Arm's Length 28 (34) Natasha Hamilton - Burning Letters 29 (30) OMD - Look At You Now 30 (40) Stereophonics - There's Always Gonna Be Something 31 (39) Chesney Hawkes - Live Forever 32 (New) Rita Ora - Praising You 33 (New) Raye - Oscar Winning Tears 34 (37) Chappell Roan - Red Wine Supernova 35 (New) Usher - Kissing Strangers 36 (Re) Chappell Roan - Pink Pony Club 37 (New) Lady Gaga - Abracadabra 38 (38) Chappell Roan - Hot To Go! 39 (36) Lady Gaga And Bruno Mars - Die With A Smile 40 (New) The Weeknd - Cry For Me https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3KIgKpf4g..._TJGEivi1Bs5u1A