Raj Posted 31 March 2008 Posted 31 March 2008 Knock Three Times - Dawn. 1971 was a great year for POP!!!
MikeyT Posted 31 March 2008 Author Posted 31 March 2008 The One And Only - Chesney Hawkes Hahaha! Genius!!!
Ultra Posted 31 March 2008 Posted 31 March 2008 UK: Sweets For My Sweet - The Searchers (a band I saw some decades later at Abbey Park). . US: Fingertips (Part 2) - Little Stevie Wonder Also in this month, City reached top spot in the top flight, a peak they never reached again until October 2000!
C-man Posted 31 March 2008 Posted 31 March 2008 World in Motion - New World Order Might have something to do with me being born on the day England played Ireland at the 1990 world cup.
Leicester Lass Posted 31 March 2008 Posted 31 March 2008 World in Motion - New World OrderMight have something to do with me being born on the day England played Ireland at the 1990 world cup. Same song for me
Thracian Posted 1 April 2008 Posted 1 April 2008 US chart: ====== First week Number of weeks Title Artist January 8, 1949 1 "All I Want For Christmas" Spike Jones January 15, 1949 1 "Buttons and Bows" Dinah Shore February 22, 1949 7 "A Little Bird Told Me" Evelyn Knight March 12, 1949 2 "Cruising Down the River" Blue Barron March 26, 1949 7 "Cruising Down the River" Russ Morgan May 14, 1949 11 "Riders In the Sky" Vaughn Monroe July 30, 1949 5 "Some Enchanted Evening" Perry Como September 3, 1949 4 "You're Breaking My Heart" Vic Damone October 1, 1949 8 "That Lucky Old Sun" Frankie Laine November 26, 1949 6 "Mule Train" Frankie Laine NME (New Musical Express) launched the first UK singles sales chart (a top 12) on 14 November 1952, initially compiled on a points system, from a sample of 15-30 from a pool of 53 shops. The chart was expanded to a Top 20 from 1 October 1954, a Top 30 from 13 April 1956 and a Top 50 from April 1983. The sample size was initially 15-30 shops, expanded to 70 by the early 1960s and 150 by June 1963. NME compiled its own chart until 28 May 1988, after which it used the Network Chart (compiled by MRIB for broadcast on commercial radio in the UK in direct competition to the official chart show on Radio 1, and hosted at the time by David Jensen) for some years.
Manwell Pablo Posted 1 April 2008 Posted 1 April 2008 The One And Only - Chesney Hawkes you lot, Bryan Adams and Chesney Hawkes, fantastic. Hold on lemme see what mine is. Two Tribes - Frankie Goes to Hollywood (uk) legendery Although not as legendery as Ghostbusters - Ray Parker Jr (us)
Webbo Posted 1 April 2008 Posted 1 April 2008 The frightening thing is I remember most of these records in the chart.
The Stig Posted 1 April 2008 Posted 1 April 2008 Bryan Adams- Everything I DoAlthough that was number one for sixteen weeks so anybody born around me will have this too Yep I certainly do. I did laugh when I heard it was that though. Four months that was top for. Is that a record?
Manwell Pablo Posted 2 April 2008 Posted 2 April 2008 Yep I certainly do. I did laugh when I heard it was that though. Four months that was top for. Is that a record? That and Wet Wet Wet must be close.
MikeyT Posted 2 April 2008 Author Posted 2 April 2008 That and Wet Wet Wet must be close. Bryan Adams holds the record of longest number 1 for 16 weeks followed second by Whitney Houston - I Will Always Love you which was for 14 weeks.
grth2004 Posted 3 April 2008 Posted 3 April 2008 Bryan Adams holds the record of longest number 1 for 16 weeks followed second by Whitney Houston - I Will Always Love you which was for 14 weeks. donny osmond - puppy love (why me?)
Miquel The Work Geordie Posted 4 April 2008 Posted 4 April 2008 World in Motion - New World Order Same song for me I'm New Order as well.
The People's Hero Posted 4 April 2008 Posted 4 April 2008 Billy Joel - Uptown Girl Same. When were you born big man?
Raj Posted 4 April 2008 Posted 4 April 2008 This thread is CRAP! It makes me feel even older than i am. No wonder Awoww is keeping away!!!
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