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Being Nobody out please - It’s My Life is an absolute banger.

SYBT and Wannabe were always going to be close… definitely Wannabe’s turn now

I’d have predicted Gayle 14th actually. Dave deserved higher IMO - one of the more tasteful uses of a sample lately.

Never knew about that :o I make it 13, which seems quite low to be the record!

I didn’t know that either. I guess some of the really big British females are either a bit too alternative like Kate Bush or not prolific enough like Adele.

 

Looks like Jess Glynne has since equalled the 13 with Alexa Christmas though. :D

Aww I almost gave Lene Marlin points which might well have got her through as we can’t be far from the cutoff now.

Nothing really standing out here but a few I enjoyed bopping along to and I'm giving Bill Haley his second win to top off a rather excellent year for him.

 

7 Bill Haley And His Comets Rock-A-Beatin' Boogie The usual style obviously but a very good tune and nice guitar solo

7 Perry Como Tina Marie Sounds like the backing singers have hiccups but it's a great upbeat number

7 Eve Boswell Pickin' A Chicken Picking a barbecued chicken apart is apparently a romantic thing to do - sounds messy to me but a really fun a catchy song

6 Jimmy Young Someone On Your Mind One of his more dynamic ones - has a Latin flavour and you can really feel his anguish

6 Anne Shelton Arrivederci Darling Her beau is departing on a train - this sounds very wartime but I do like it; some sweet instrumentation and her voice is strong

6 Alma Cogan Never Do A Tango With An Eskimo An oddly specific piece of advice and as usual she sounds far too chirpy when delivering it, but it's fun and catchy

5 Jo Stafford Suddenly There's A Valley Jo's last hit sadly but preferred Petula's version - this doesn't connect as well and it's a bit slow

5 Dickie Valentine The Old Pianna Rag It's a good and fun tune and I still really like his voice - shame about the rabble that joins in for the second half

4 Jimmy Shand Band Bluebell Polka A barndance accordian piece - it's fine

4 Big Ben Banjo Band Let's Get Together Again Much preferred their one from last year - this just sounds like a circus act accompaniment

4 Alma Cogan Twenty Tiny Fingers Preferred the group version by the Coronets; this is inessential

3 Boyd Bennett And His Rockets Seventeen Slightly more subtle than Ronnie's version but still not a fan of the song

3 Johnston Brothers And The George Chisholm Sour-Note Six Join In And Sing Again Just a disjointed medley of songs - I'm sure this served a purpose at the time but it's hard to see the point looking back

3 Harry Secombe On With The Motley He was part of "The Goon Show" but this just seems a fairly serious classical operatic piece; doesn't do much for me

 

 

This is the worst LadBaby for me definitely. I Love Sausage Rolls is just bizarre because it’s full of really cringeworthy innuendo.

 

Soon there’ll be enough material for a LadBaby rate hooray!

Perhaps the intern who’s putting together the data for these things keeps missing off the top row of the spreadsheet. Hence Folklore missing from this and Dandelions from the non Top 40 hits one. :lol:

You’re all gonna get delirious if you take this question too serious

In Gezza’s 90s #1 poll:

 

2 Become 1 20th

Say You’ll Be There 50th

Wannabe 51st

 

So definitely not surprised at 2B1 having the fewest votes. More widely I think it’s regarded as one of their best as well - you could argue it was the song that really embedded them as more than a novelty act.

The Xs again. Christina would be next though so not too bothered if it’s her.

Sticking up my finger again

 

:heart: :wub:

Well The Singing Dogs are definitely worth a listen... but not too many listens.

 

After 18 hits it's probably time for Frankie Laine to have a turn as the top pick. "Humming Bird" was also done by The Chordettes and by Les Paul & Mary Ford but only Frankie's was a hit here, and it's a really sweet number about being with someone who doesn't want to settle down.

 

8 Frankie Laine Humming Bird A really lovely little song breautifully done by Franki

7 Pat Boone Ain't That A Shame A Fats Domino cover but I love the song and actually it's quite nicely done

7 The Four Aces Love Is A Many Splendored Thing Oscar winning song for a film of the same name; really good and like the rich harmonies

7 Petula Clark Suddenly There's A Valley A very sweet wistful ballad and a great performance from Petula

6 The Coronets Twenty Tiny Fingers Fun light song about having twins and nicely arranged and sung in this my favourite of the 3 versions

5 Dickie Valentine Christmas Alphabet 40th #1: a pleasant festive chart toppere which reels off some nice things about Christmas but it's quite pedestrian and not a classic

5 Lee Lawrence Suddenly There's A Valley Still nice but doesn't flow like Petula's and the vocals are good but don't have the same impact

4 The Stargazers Twenty Tiny Fingers More ragged than The Coronets' version but they haven't ruined this one

4 David Whitfield With Mantovani And His Orchestra And Chorus When You Lose The One You Love Maybe Mantovani's influence but this is decent for David - has quite a nice tune and the vocals don't make me wince too much

4 The Singing Dogs The Singing Dogs (Medley) Plenty of points for ingenuity though doesn't bear many listens - dogs barking to the tune of Jingle Bells and nursery rhymes

3 Frankie Laine Hawk-Eye He's so talented he can spot a pretty girl a mile away apparently: a bit boorish this one and a sharp contrast with "Humming Bird"

3 Max Bygraves Meet Me On The Corner Tolerable by Max's standards; no ridiculous talking over the record but his singing is still quite coarse

3 Ronnie Hilton The Yellow Rose Of Texas Another version of this… it's done fine but think Mitch Miller's was the best and that also only got a 3 haha

2 Frankie Vaughan Seventeen I don't share Frankie's feverish excitement about this 17 year old girl, and there isn't much of a tune either

 

 

 

And with the next group we reach the end of the year:

 

#317 10/12/1955 Harry Secombe On With The Motley 16 17-{16}-17->3

#318 10/12/1955 Big Ben Banjo Band Let's Get Together Again 18 19-{18}R(3)->2

#319 10/12/1955 Jo Stafford Suddenly There's A Valley 12 20-15-{12}-13-16-19R(4)->6

#320 17/12/1955 Alma Cogan Twenty Tiny Fingers 17 {17}->1

#321 17/12/1955 Anne Shelton Arrivederci Darling 17 19-18-{17}-19->4

#322 17/12/1955 Dickie Valentine The Old Pianna Rag 15 20-20-18-{15}-18->5

#323 24/12/1955 Alma Cogan Never Do A Tango With An Eskimo 6 13-10-{6}-6-12->5

#324 24/12/1955 Boyd Bennett And His Rockets Seventeen 16 {16}-23->2

#325 24/12/1955 Jimmy Young Someone On Your Mind 13 19-16-14-{13}-18->5

#326 24/12/1955 Jimmy Shand Band Bluebell Polka 20 {20}-20->2

#327 31/12/1955 Johnston Brothers And The George Chisholm Sour-Note Six Join In And Sing Again 9 {9}->1

#328 31/12/1955 Bill Haley And His Comets Rock-A-Beatin' Boogie 4 21-5-{4}-4-7-6-6-15-19->9

#329 31/12/1955 Perry Como Tina Marie 24 {24}->1

#330 31/12/1955 Eve Boswell Pickin' A Chicken 9 25-20-15-13-12-{9}-15-18R(3)-16-17-20R(3)-26-23->13

 

Poor Fugees! Digging my heels in like the stubborn fella I am and sticking with Wannabe.

Maybe there's something about the jazzy records from this period - I think they sound much less of their time and more like they could be recorded now than many of the more mainstream hits. And so there's more jazz and even more crazy scatting from today's winner, which really made my jaw hit the floor when I heard it. Don Lang was an English trombonist and singer, and I really think "Cloudburst" is a fabulous, presumably pretty unknown, record. Unfortunately it only made #16 and his only Top 10 will come via a cover of "Witch Doctor" in a few years. D'oh!

 

9 Don Lang With The Mairants-Langhorn Big Six Cloudburst A remarkable frenzy of scatting over brass and bass - this really blew my mind

8 Johnston Brothers Hernando's Hideaway 38th #1: a great tango pop number and the deep slightly sinister vocals really add to it

7 Johnnie Ray Song Of The Dreamer Classic Johnnie with a really assertive and heartfelt delivery and some nice punchy backing singer parts

6 Johnnie Ray Hernando's Hideaway He sings this extremely well of course but I prefer the Johnston Brothers' more disinterested style for this song

6 Winifred Atwell Let's Have A Ding Dong The usual joyous whirlwind medley from Winifred that's over before you know it

6 Sammy Davis Jr Hey There Definitely the best version of this with incredible vocals from Sammy but I still don't love the song

5 Alma Cogan Go On By The usual from Alma - terribly chirply, bouncy and qutie catchy

5 Lita Roza Hey There My second favourite version of this with some interesting backing instrumentation

4 Ruby Murray I'll Come When You Call Quite a nice tune, just very soft and slow and not that memorable

4 Ron Goodwin Blue Star (The 'Medic' Theme) An instrumental version of this - quite nice but definitely preferred it with the vocals

4 Johnnie Ray Hey There A rather plodding version of an already dull song

3 Doris Day I'll Never Stop Loving You Another of those terribly soft ballads that's just not memorable and it's not hummable either unlike Ruby's

3 Central Band Of The Royal Air Force The Dambusters March This is very much the Dambusters march performed competently but it's not a piece of music that excites me much

2 Gary Miller The Yellow Rose Of Texas This appears on an album called "100 Nursery Rhymes", and Gary's fine on it but the backing singing sounds quite childish

 

 

Next group:

 

#303 12/11/1955 Ronnie Hilton The Yellow Rose Of Texas 15 {15}-15->2

#304 12/11/1955 Frankie Laine Humming Bird 16 {16}->1

#305 12/11/1955 The Stargazers Twenty Tiny Fingers 4 17-13-10-7-5-5-6-6-{4}-8-16->11

#306 19/11/1955 The Four Aces Love Is A Many Splendored Thing 2 11-{2}-2-3-3-3-5-3-3-5-5-7-13->13

#307 19/11/1955 Max Bygraves Meet Me On The Corner 2 19-11-9-6-5-4-3-{2}-5-8-15->11

#308 19/11/1955 Pat Boone Ain't That A Shame 7 20-9-8-{7}-10-14-14-12-17-25R(52)-22->11

#309 26/11/1955 Dickie Valentine Christmas Alphabet 1 12-4-2-{1}-1-1-9->7

#310 26/11/1955 The Singing Dogs The Singing Dogs (Medley) 13 16-16-{13}-13->4

#311 26/11/1955 David Whitfield With Mantovani And His Orchestra And Chorus When You Lose The One You Love 7 17-15-11-{7}-10-12-11-12-14-11-12->11

#312 26/11/1955 Petula Clark Suddenly There's A Valley 7 18-14-9-12-9-8-{7}-10-15-17->10

#313 26/11/1955 Frankie Laine Hawk-Eye 7 20-17-12-11-{7}-7-8-14->8

#314 26/11/1955 The Coronets Twenty Tiny Fingers 20 {20}->1

#315 03/12/1955 Lee Lawrence Suddenly There's A Valley 14 19-{14}R(2)-15-22->4

#316 03/12/1955 Frankie Vaughan Seventeen 18 20-{18}-18->3

 

Week 3 2023 ending 26 Jan. Flowers ahead of Pointless in the YTD chart after its 1st week. :lol:

 

1 - Flowers (1) YTD4

2 2 Escapism (1)

3 3 Kill bill (3) YTD2

4 4 Anti-hero (1)

5 5 Messy in heaven (4)

6 7 Let go (6)

7 9 I’m good (1)

8 15 Creepin’ (8) YTD14

9 6 Unholy (1)

10 10 Calm down (10)

11 11 Miss you (3)

12 8 Made you look (3)

13 20 Sure thing (13) YTD21

14 1 Pointless (1)

15 13 As it was (1)

16 16 Another love (10)

17 14 Forget me (1)

18 17 I ain’t worried (4)

19 12 Out of nowhere (12)

20 18 BOTA (1)

21 19 Psycho (6)

22 27 10:35 (22) YTD26

23 21 Hide & seek (8)

24 23 Cuff it (6)

25 34 Lionheart (25) YTD31

26 24 Afraid to Feel (1)

27 22 Under the influence (8)

28 33 Golden hour (28) YTD33

29 30 Bad habits (1)

30 26 Rich flex (3)

31 29 Bad habit (9)

32 32 I’ll be waiting (32) YTD40

33 37 Green green grass (4)

34 - Red flags (34)

35 25 Until I find you (25)

36 31 Shivers (1)

37 38 How do I say goodbye (37) YTD38

38 - People (38) YTD93

39 28 Rumble (28) YTD59

40 46 Someone you loved (1) YTD45

41 36 Kiss me (27)

42 45 Mr Brightside (10)

43 - Dave flow (43)

44 42 Go (3)

45 40 Heat waves (7)

46 - Bzrp music sessions - vol 3 (46)

47 32 Last last (5)

48 43 Bloody Mary (40)

49 30 Shirt (27)

50 41 Celestial (6)

Well, that serves me right for not looking at the 70s list properly.

 

I missed one of my favourite songs of all time - Carpenters Top of the World.

 

Argh! :nocheer:

:arrr:

 

I lost that, Gabrielle and Hot Butter, all high scores. Pretty standard day for me then in this. :lol:

Thanks for sharing this! Although the more I read the more horrified I am by the taste on display haha. What’s with all the death records and the lack of Beatles in particular? I do actually quite like Young Girl though, and there are some other classics in the Top 10.

It's all about Sammy Davis Jr. today as his two are my favourites of the bunch - I just love his style.

 

9 Sammy Davis Jr Love Me Or Leave Me Such a dynamic rendition of this and I love a bit of scatting

8 Sammy Davis Jr That Old Black Magic Brilliant as well, so much character in his singing

7 Cyril Stapleton Orchestra With Julie Dawn Blue Star (The 'Medic' Theme) A lovely version of this TV theme with dreamy vocals and a great piano part

6 Jimmy Young The Man From Laramie 37th #1: theme song to a Western of the same name and it's good; a big improvement on his limp "Unchained Melody"

6 Alma Cogan The Banjo's Back In Town A catchy song with banjos; nothing not to like (other than her sounding unreasonably happy as usual)

6 Doris Day Love Me Or Leave Me A much more sedate version than Sammy's and it's still a really good song but lacks the impact

5 Slim Whitman China Doll Be prepared for a lot of yodeling on this and the instruments even seem to be sliding in sympathy - I quite like it though

5 Al Martino The Man From Laramie The version that was bigger in America apparently; prefer Jimmy's smoother delivery

5 Charlie Applewhite Blue Star (The 'Medic' Theme) Another good version of this but think the vocals are too big for what's meant to be a relaxing, dreamy number

4 Tony Bennett Close Your Eyes A nice jazzy number with a sax solo but the tune just isn't memorable

4 Rosemary Clooney Hey There Another where there are several versions coming and I don't like the song much in the first place, but a nice jazzy arrangement

3 Joe 'Mr Piano' Henderson Sing It Again With Joe Sounds a bit more polished than the original "Sing It With Joe" but still an inessential medley

3 Mitch Miller And His Orchestra And Chorus The Yellow Rose Of Texas A traditional American Western style folksong - not really my thing and not sure why all these versions popped up around this time

1 The Stargazers Close The Door "Ba da da duh, da duh" - it's like they're trying to see how hideous they can make it and still get a hit

 

 

Next group:

 

#289 08/10/1955 Johnston Brothers Hernando's Hideaway 1 11-11-10-4-2-{1}-1-3-5-10-8-11-15->13

#290 08/10/1955 Lita Roza Hey There 17 {17}-20->2

#291 08/10/1955 Sammy Davis Jr Hey There 19 {19}->1

#292 08/10/1955 Johnnie Ray Hernando's Hideaway 11 20-{11}-12-11-14->5

#293 15/10/1955 Johnnie Ray Hey There 5 16-9-10-6-{5}-5-7-11-14->9

#294 15/10/1955 Ruby Murray I'll Come When You Call 6 19-15-13-10-{6}-9-14->7

#295 15/10/1955 Alma Cogan Go On By 16 20-20-{16}-20->4

#296 22/10/1955 Doris Day I'll Never Stop Loving You 17 {17}-19-19R(4)->3

#297 22/10/1955 Central Band Of The Royal Air Force The Dambusters March 18 {18}->1

#298 22/10/1955 Gary Miller The Yellow Rose Of Texas 13 19-17-15-{13}-17->5

#299 29/10/1955 Johnnie Ray Song Of The Dreamer 10 18-12-11-{10}-15->5

#300 29/10/1955 Ron Goodwin Blue Star (The 'Medic' Theme) 20 {20}->1

#301 05/11/1955 Don Lang With The Mairants-Langhorn Big Six Cloudburst 16 {16}-18-18R(3)-20R(6)->4

#302 05/11/1955 Winifred Atwell Let's Have A Ding Dong 3 18-10-8-4-{3}-4-4-5-4-10->10

Wannabe - the Spice vote is splitting meaning other songs are coming through ahead of them

Went for Miley, Mimi, Bizarrap, and Lizzy.

Yeah Real To Ne because of the comically bad lyrics, but a few other stinkers here

Being Nobody - just seems a fairly average cover to me but I know some people love it

Kate to win and LF System to finish very high please!