Posts posted by Julian_
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I’m interested to know if the stat about the Backstreet Boys single being the lowest selling Top 10 of the 00s is based on sales just within the 2000s decade or if it’s still the case now? Is there any possibility that streaming units could have pushed it over something else?
Just based on Gezza’s thread:
http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?s...=157717&hl=
Yes pretty sure that just covered sales to 2009 (and it was done in 2013 anyway) so might well not be the lowest selling now.
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Week ending 16 March:
1 1 Flowers (1)
2 2 Boy’s a liar (2) YTD5
3 5 Die for you (3) YTD28
4 3 Kill bill (3)
5 4 Escapism (1)
6 6 Sure thing (4) YTD6
7 8 Calm down (6)
8 9 Ceilings (8) YTD39
9 7 Anti-hero (1)
10 17 People (10) YTD27
11 11 As it was (1)
12 12 Players (8) YTD24
13 14 I’m good (1)
14 10 Messy in heaven (4)
15 15 Creepin’ (8)
16 16 10:35 (12) YTD17
17 13 Unholy (1)
18 18 Us against the world (18) YTD54
19 26 Red flags (19) YTD36
20 27 Another love (10)
21 25 Made you look (3)
22 20 Green green grass (4)
23 19 Trustfall (19) YTD92
24 30 I ain’t worried (4)
25 23 Miss you (3)
26 24 Forget me (1)
27 22 Let go (6)
28 28 Cuff it (6)
29 31 Under the influence (8)
30 29 I’ll be waiting (25)
31 32 Until I found you (25)
32 33 If we ever broke up (32)
33 34 BOTA (1)
34 36 Bad habits (1)
35 21 Heaven (21)
36 37 Golden hour (30)
37 35 Pointless (1)
38 42 Mr Brightside (10)
39 39 Someone you loved (1)
40 38 Shivers (1)
41 43 Save your tears (3) YTD45
42 44 Afraid to feel (1)
43 47 Go (3)
44 40 Hide & seek (8)
45 41 Never gonna not dance again (36) YTD55
46 - Starboy (2) YTD73
47 49 Lavender haze (2) YTD47
48 45 Out of nowhere (12)
49 - Heat waves (7)
50 50 Viva la vida (1)
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A really good group today. It's the turn of the original "Volare" which came 3rd in Eurovision 1958 and is a great track. That certainly deserves a feature but I'm actually going to give the win to our very own Cliff with his debut hit "Move It". Yes he wasn't always making granny fodder - this is a fantastic song and he must have really felt like the British answer to Elvis at this point.
9 Cliff Richard And The Drifters Move It There's a relentlessness to the guitars on this which frame the lyrics perfectly - a brilliant rock 'n' roll song for Cliff's debut hit
9 Domenico Modugno Nel Blu Dipinto Di Blu (Volare) The entirely Italian original; has some great shimmery piano accompaniment and love how freely the verses are done on this
8 Elvis Presley King Creole Yet another Elvis #2 and another track that has an exciting urgency to it; the different guitar effects really make the track too
8 Duane Eddy And His Twangy Guitar Rebel Rouser Love the "twangy guitar" credit - the opening really makes a statement and it builds up to a chorus of yelling and sax; great first hit
7 Lonnie Donegan Lonesome Traveller A minor hit for Lonnie but it's really good and his usual build up from a slow start to a frenzy of skiffle
7 Russ Conway Got A Match Lovely from Russ; like how it builds up with clapping, guitar and banjo before the piano takes over and then the "do do" chorus
6 Perry Como Moon Talk A really sweet and catchy little song; another with a relentless bassline driving it forward
6 Johnny Mathis A Certain Smile Took some time to connect as it's not catchy as such but it's a really elegant ballad beautifully sung with majestic instrumentals
6 The Everly Brothers Bird Dog A slightly odd track; both the lyrics and the spoken parts, but it's still good - enjoy the sung harmonies and the rhythmic strumming
5 The Elegants Little Star Another that feels like a much bigger hit; the "twinkle twinkle" part is slightly naff but otherwise it's lovely and very well sung
5 The Poni-Tails Born Too Late "What a shame I can't sleep with you because I'm too young"; not sure about the sentiment but the track itself is very nice
4 Paul Anka Midnight "Midnight -night -night... lovers -ers -ers… quiet -et -et"; I don't think the backing works on this though it's a nice jolly track
3 Tony Brent Girl Of My Dreams The backing's quite nice but the vocal moves at such a slow pace that the song can't really get going, and the tune isn't great
2 Bernard Bresslaw Mad Passionate Love A comedy song from the "Carry On" actor with his thick Cockney accent and the birds singing in chipmunk style - not much fun
Next set:
#832 04/10/1958 Tommy Edwards It's All In The Game 1 25-13-12-6-6-{1}-1-1-2-3-4-5-4-8-11-15-27->17
#833 04/10/1958 Marino Marini And His Quartet Volare (Nel Blu Dipinto Di Blu) 13 26-{13}-17-16-14-23-16->7
#834 04/10/1958 The Olympics Western Movies 12 27-17-18-14-{12}-13-18-20->8
#835 11/10/1958 Marino Marini And His Quartet Come Prima 2 15-10-{2}-2-2-4-7-5-12-11-14-15-19-27->14
#836 11/10/1958 Frankie Vaughan Am I Wasting My Time On You 25 27-{25}-28R(12)-27->4
#837 11/10/1958 Jack Scott My True Love 9 28-20-25-18-11-{9}-15-16-18-30->10
#838 11/10/1958 Frankie Avalon Gingerbread 30 {30}->1
#839 18/10/1958 Jodie Sands Someday (You'll Want Me To Want You) 14 {14}-18-19-17-14-16-22-17-19-21->10
#840 18/10/1958 Malcolm Vaughan With The Michael Sammes Singers More Than Ever (Come Prima) 5 15-10-13-8-8-{5}-8-7-10-9-11-13-17-23->14
#841 18/10/1958 Robin Luke Susie Darlin' 23 24-25-29-{23}R(3)-23R(2)-24->6
#842 18/10/1958 Tommy Dorsey Orchestra Starring Warren Covington Tea For Two Cha Cha 3 26-27-21-12-11-10-11-6-5-4-4-{3}-4-6-7-11-11-15-20->19
#843 25/10/1958 Lord Rockingham's XI Hoots Mon 1 13-9-5-3-2-{1}-1-1-2-2-2-2-3-8-14-15-25->17
#844 25/10/1958 Charlie Drake Volare 28 {28}-30->2
#845 25/10/1958 Robert Earl More Than Ever (Come Prima) 26 30-{26}-28R(3)-28->4
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I chose a bad time to start reading this again - this 'Yakety Yak' slander will not stand, especially that offensive comparison to Ray Stevens! :angry: :lol:
(I have been skimming some recent posts in here again but think I will try and start keeping up properly and commenting a bit more again now, maybe one day will read back through the last however long I wasn't reading the thread properly :kink:)
No worries - even if people only read and comment on a little bit that’s fine by me and better than nothing! :)
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"Fever" in in a bit of a league of its own today - "Volare" also a classic and Dean does a good job with it but it's not the original and the lyrics are partly Anglicised.
9 Peggy Lee Fever Just a click and a bass and her excellent vocal performance and it makes for such a brilliantly sensual record
8 Dean Martin Volare (Nel Blu Dipinto Di Blu) The original is coming up but this cover, which alternates between English and Italian, is great and really suits Dean's voice
8 Connie Francis Stupid Cupid/Carolina Moon 75th #1: "Stupid Cupid" is brilliant - really fun and cheeky, and "Carolina Moon" a very pretty dreamy ballad
7 Buddy Holly Early In The Morning Another great rock 'n' roll performance from Buddy with a bit of sax and a nice call and response with the backing chorus
7 Bobby Helms Jacqueline Not sure why he pronounces it "Jac-woo-lin" but it's a really good sultry tune; his last hit for nearly 60 years!
6 Ricky Nelson Poor Little Fool The first big hit for this teen idol - he sounds very good on it and it's a nice midtempo Elvis style heartbreak ballad
5 Doris Day Everybody Loves A Lover Quite a nice one this - particularly enjoy the last verse when she duets with herself; her last hit for a long time
5 Harry Belafonte Little Bernadette A song about a 19th century French girl who became a saint - why not, quite sweet and Harry's storytelling is really good as ever
4 Max Bygraves Little Train/Gotta Have Rain "Little Train" isn't bad and has many nice trainlike effects; "Gotta Have Rain" is quite charming but some of the child vocals are awful
4 Pat Boone If Dreams Came True Not bad this - the usual slightly dreary Pat style but some lovely instrumentation and backing singing; almost manages to be tender
3 The Coasters Yakety Yak The melody and style remind me a bit of "The Streak" - not a good thing; quite a silly song partly redeemed by the saxophone solo
2 David Whitfield The Right To Love "You need me as much as I need you" - indeed David; I've enjoyed not enjoying your records and this is the last of the 18 Top 40s
2 Frankie Vaughan Wonderful Things There's competition but think this wins dirge of the day as it's just so terribly twee and the tune unmemorable
1 Charlie Drake Splish Splash Already a novelty record and now we get a "comedy" version of it - dear me
Next group:
#818 30/08/1958 Russ Conway Got A Match 30 {30}->1
#819 06/09/1958 Domenico Modugno Nel Blu Dipinto Di Blu (Volare) 10 15-{10}-11-14-22-12-13-17-17-21-22-30->12
#820 06/09/1958 Tony Brent Girl Of My Dreams 16 20-18-{16}-18-18-25-30->7
#821 06/09/1958 Perry Como Moon Talk 17 24-25-25-24-20-19-23-22-22-{17}-18->11
#822 06/09/1958 Bernard Bresslaw Mad Passionate Love 6 25-12-11-7-{6}-8-9-11-15-15-26->11
#823 06/09/1958 Duane Eddy And His Twangy Guitar Rebel Rouser 19 26-{19}-20-21-24-22-19-20-20-30->10
#824 13/09/1958 The Everly Brothers Bird Dog 2 16-16-8-5-6-6-5-3-3-{2}-3-7-13-15-20-19->16
#825 13/09/1958 Cliff Richard And The Drifters Move It 2 29-27-20-12-5-4-{2}-4-7-7-8-10-15-25-24-21-27->17
#826 20/09/1958 The Poni-Tails Born Too Late 5 19-13-11-7-{5}-7-8-10-12-18-26->11
#827 27/09/1958 Johnny Mathis A Certain Smile 4 22-14-10-7-7-5-6-5-{4}-4-5-11-13-14-24-20->16
#828 27/09/1958 The Elegants Little Star 25 {25}-29->2
#829 27/09/1958 Paul Anka Midnight 26 {26}->1
#830 27/09/1958 Lonnie Donegan Lonesome Traveller 28 {28}->1
#831 04/10/1958 Elvis Presley King Creole 2 9-4-{2}-4-7-9-10-12-20-27-27-22-29-22-26->15
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Classic 1 hit wonder klaxon for "When"!
9 The Kalin Twins When 74th #1: just a fabulous song, from the saxophone intro to the stonking melody to the phrasing and the clickety rhythm
8 Perez 'Prez' Prado And His Orchestra Patricia The long awaited follow up hit to "Cherry Pink…" and it's a brilliant organ, brass and percussion number
8 Marty Wilde Endless Sleep This is excellent - sounds like it could be an Elvis track with the echo on the vocals and twanging guitar
7 The Crickets Think It Over Something about the vocals on this almost makes it sound like a Beatles track; anyway it's another really sold rock 'n' roll number
7 Little Richard Ooh! My Soul All the elements that make him great are there, and I love the way he squeaks the "ooh"s, but not the most distinctive track
6 Elvis Presley Hard Headed Woman Another #2 for Elvis - it's good but the style, structure and beat are a bit too similar to "Jailhouse Rock"
6 Lonnie Donegan Sally Don't You Grieve/Betty, Betty, Betty "Sally Don't You Grieve" in particular is really good and has the usual Lonnie skiffle elements; the other side feels a bit more folky
5 Joe 'Mr Piano' Henderson Trudie His only hits to date have been rather pointless seeming medleys so nice that this is a really good bluesy piano instrumental
5 George Hamilton IV I Know Where I'm Goin' Laid back country style to this and there's a simple charm to it somehow, as the backing vocals and guitars bob along in sympathy
5 Michael Holliday I'll Always Be In Love With You A nice twinkly ballad with Michael's deep, effortless vocals - very pleasant all in all
4 Bobby Darin Splish Splash Water sound effects begin and end this so you're in no doubt it's a rock 'n' roll song about taking a bath - silly but quite fun
4 Tommy Steele And The Steelmen The Only Man On The Island He's alone on an island with 150 women and he's terribly smug about it - Tommy plays the eligible bachelor part well though
3 Julius La Rosa Torero An English version of this song about bullfighting; much prefer the Italian version as it has a much more authentic feel to it
2 Vic Damone The Only Man On The Island We really didn't need another version of this boorish song and Vic doesn't bring it off as well as Tommy
Tomorrow's:
#804 02/08/1958 Bobby Helms Jacqueline 20 29-{20}-27->3
#805 02/08/1958 Frankie Vaughan Wonderful Things 22 30-{22}-26-27R(4)-28-30->6
#806 09/08/1958 Charlie Drake Splish Splash 7 28-20-10-11-10-{7}-8-9-8-18-29->11
#807 09/08/1958 David Whitfield The Right To Love 30 {30}->1
#808 16/08/1958 The Coasters Yakety Yak 12 19-16-17-{12}-14-15-15-23->8
#809 16/08/1958 Peggy Lee Fever 5 29-15-8-7-9-7-{5}-10-16-28-29->11
#810 16/08/1958 Doris Day Everybody Loves A Lover 25 30-{25}-27-27R(4)->4
#811 23/08/1958 Ricky Nelson Poor Little Fool 4 12-13-9-8-6-6-{4}-9-11-12-11-16-17-28R(2)->14
#812 23/08/1958 Connie Francis Stupid Cupid/Carolina Moon 1 19-6-4-2-2-{1}-1-1-1-1-1-4-6-9-13-16-20-25-28->19
#813 23/08/1958 Harry Belafonte Little Bernadette 16 20-{16}-16-20-24-28-28->7
#814 23/08/1958 Max Bygraves Little Train/Gotta Have Rain 28 {28}-29->2
#815 30/08/1958 Dean Martin Volare (Nel Blu Dipinto Di Blu) 2 14-5-4-3-{2}-2-2-3-9-10-14-15-30-27->14
#816 30/08/1958 Buddy Holly Early In The Morning 17 20-{17}-24-26->4
#817 30/08/1958 Pat Boone If Dreams Came True 16 30-26-25-18-18-{16}-20-20-21-25-27->11
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No obvious winner today but a few highlights and I’m going with “Big Man” as it’s held up very well and there’s something very soulful about it.
8 The Four Preps Big Man Only big hit for this American quartet and it's a great heartfelt close harmony number with a rich piano led accompaniment
8 Buddy Holly Rave On Really lives up to its name with the relentless beat underpinning the excellent vocals and well composed melody
7 The Mudlarks Book Of Love A doo wop song which is a cover of an American hit version but very well done and it's a bouncy vibrant number
7 Eddie Calvert Little Serenade One of Eddie's best - as well as the usual bending trumpet has a good beat, strident male backing "la la la" and a distant soprano voice
6 Renato Carosone And His Sextet Torero-Cha Cha Cha An Italian singer singing about meeting a bullfighter in Barcelona - as a very authentic feel to it and a strong melody
5 Connie Francis I'm Sorry I Made You Cry Was always going to be difficult to follow up her debut her voice swoops and bends beautifully on this but the song isn't brilliant
5 Sheb Wooley The Purple People Eater The points for this are very much for originality as like "Witch Doctor" it doesn't bear too many listens, but it's good fun
4 Dean Martin Return To Me Another of Dean's Italian style ones; has quite a nice atmosphere with the strings and backing vocals but not sure it quite comes off
4 Fats Domino Sick And Tired The usual style from Fats; classy rich vocals on a soulful sax laden bluesy track, but the song itself is something of a dud
4 Valerie Carr When The Boys Talk About The Girls Her only hit and another terribly slow ballad; really like her voice and performance but the song really stays in one place
3 Doris Day A Very Precious Love Nice violins and not at all unpleasant but a rather limp ballad that doesn't really draw you in and the tune isn't memorable
3 Ted Heath And His Music Tom Hark My least favourite Ted cover yet as it takes the ragged haphazard charm out of the song by playing it in an orderly and sanitised way
2 Jackie Dennis The Purple People Eater This combines 3 of my least favourite things - an irritating novelty song, a child star and a cover that adds little, but he gives it welly
2 Pat Boone Sugar Moon Yes Pat wins dirge of the day again with a glacial pace ballad with no real development, memorable melody or discernible emotion
Next up:
#790 05/07/1958 Julius La Rosa Torero 15 30-29-25-28-{15}-17-17-26-25->9
#791 12/07/1958 Lonnie Donegan Sally Don't You Grieve/Betty, Betty, Betty 11 14-{11}-11-14-12-16-24->7
#792 12/07/1958 Marty Wilde Endless Sleep 4 23-12-9-8-7-6-5-{4}-6-6-10-10-16-23->14
#793 12/07/1958 Michael Holliday I'll Always Be In Love With You 27 {27}->1
#794 12/07/1958 Little Richard Ooh! My Soul 22 30-23R(2)-{22}-27->4
#795 19/07/1958 Tommy Steele And The Steelmen The Only Man On The Island 16 {16}-21-26-18-20-22-23-29->8
#796 19/07/1958 The Kalin Twins When 1 24-15-6-3-2-{1}-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-8-15-16-20-27->18
#797 19/07/1958 George Hamilton IV I Know Where I'm Goin' 23 29-25R(3)-{23}-30->4
#798 26/07/1958 Elvis Presley Hard Headed Woman 2 6-{2}-2-4-4-7-11-14-21-23-30->11
#799 26/07/1958 Joe 'Mr Piano' Henderson Trudie 14 25-23-20-{14}-21-26-19-23-14-17-20-24-23R(2)-27->14
#800 26/07/1958 Perez 'Prez' Prado And His Orchestra Patricia 8 26-21-13-10-9-9-{8}-11-9-11-13-20-22-19-23-26->16
#801 26/07/1958 The Crickets Think It Over 11 28-20-16-13-{11}-15-23->7
#802 02/08/1958 Vic Damone The Only Man On The Island 24 26-{24}-25->3
#803 02/08/1958 Bobby Darin Splish Splash 19 28-28R(2)-23-{19}-28-21-30->7
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I'm being basic and putting the two #1s at the top today!
9 The Everly Brothers All I Have To Do Is Dream/Claudette 73rd #1: the blend of their voices creates the beautiful dreamy quality here and the other side is a very well done Orbison cover
8 Vic Damone On The Street Where You Live 72nd #1: also a classic and it's great, though comparing it with the above I feel the Everlys hit has more sparkle
8 The Platters Twilight Time The Platters back to their best - a very atmospheric ballad beautifully sung; a warm hug of a record
7 Ella Fitzgerald Swingin' Shepherd Blues Interesting that a vocal version of this was done and became a hit after the instrumentals - turns it into a really lovely jazz song
7 Michael Holliday Stairway Of Love It's a very pleasant jolly tune with nice "bom bom bom" from the backing singers - very enjoyable in a gentle unchallenging way
6 Paul Anka Crazy Love Like his last one it's a wailing angst ridden ballad in a minor key with sympathetic saxes and it works nicely
5 Terry Dene Stairway Of Love Prefer Michael's voice and otherwise this is quite a similar cover with "doo-bee" "doo-bee" instead of "bom bom" backing
4 Marvin Rainwater I Dig You Baby The follow up to his #1 and it's just an inferior version of that; not too surprised that he had no more hits
4 Don Lang And His Frantic Five Witch Doctor A 50s novelty hit - it's catchy I'll give it that, and I really like Don Lang - see his hit "Cloudburst" which I gave a 9 in 1955
3 Alvin And The Chipmunks Witch Doctor Like this one slightly less; all in all the song has limited replay value but interesting that the biggest version will come in 40 years
3 David Whitfield On The Street Where You Live Similar to the chart topping version but with David's ruinous pseudo-operatic vocals
2 Perry Como I May Never Pass This Way Again What a way to follow up "Catch A Falling Star" - third version of this and just as turgid as the others
2 Johnny Mathis Teacher, Teacher The 50s version of "What I Go To School For" perhaps - first hit for Johnny Mathis and I'm afraid I don't like the lyrics or melody
1 Michael Medwin, Bernard Bresslaw, Alfie Bass And Leslie Fyson The Signature Tune Of 'The Army Game' A sitcom theme - it's a march style song with military band and very ropey singing and shouting - no doubt works with the show
Next group:
#776 07/06/1958 The Mudlarks Book Of Love 8 26-19-13-9-{8}-8-9-14-23->9
#777 14/06/1958 The Four Preps Big Man 2 21-16-10-5-5-{2}-2-3-4-7-7-12-18-22R(2)->14
#778 14/06/1958 Dean Martin Return To Me 2 24-24-17-23-20-19-13-9-5-3-3-3-{2}-3-4-4-7-10-16-24-28-25->22
#779 14/06/1958 Doris Day A Very Precious Love 16 27-25-27-20-19-18-17-{16}-22-22-28->11
#780 21/06/1958 Sheb Wooley The Purple People Eater 12 22-14-13-{12}-13-20-16-26->8
#781 21/06/1958 Eddie Calvert Little Serenade 28 29-{28}->2
#782 21/06/1958 Buddy Holly Rave On 5 29-15-15-10-8-7-{5}-8-8-7-10-13-17-23->14
#783 28/06/1958 Pat Boone Sugar Moon 6 19-12-7-{6}-8-13-10-11-13-18-22-27->12
#784 28/06/1958 Connie Francis I'm Sorry I Made You Cry 11 29-19-17-15-12-12-{11}-17-26-21->10
#785 28/06/1958 Jackie Dennis The Purple People Eater 29 {29}->1
#786 05/07/1958 Renato Carosone And His Sextet Torero-Cha Cha Cha 25 {25}->1
#787 05/07/1958 Fats Domino Sick And Tired 26 {26}->1
#788 05/07/1958 Ted Heath And His Music Tom Hark 24 27-{24}->2
#789 05/07/1958 Valerie Carr When The Boys Talk About The Girls 29 {29}-30R(2)->2
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