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Post by vastar iner on May 26, 2017 23:14:15 GMT 1
There was a time when it looked as if Beverley Craven could have become a very, very big deal indeed. Trouble is - at least from a pop perspective - motherhood got in the way. Three children later and all the momentum from a massive initial hit had gone.
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Post by Wanderlust on May 30, 2017 12:52:22 GMT 1
Really liked some of Beverley's. 'Holding On' and 'Woman To Woman' are perhaps even more forgotten than this biggie.
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Post by Earl Purple on May 30, 2017 12:57:39 GMT 1
The later singles from the album had already performed poorly so really she was set to be mostly an albums artist.
I bought her album too.
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Post by LT on May 30, 2017 17:16:21 GMT 1
Totally forgot about Beverly cravendale
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Post by Whitneyfan on May 30, 2017 17:53:59 GMT 1
Beverley had a great voice, and I own all of the first 3 albums. Love Scenes is even more underrated than the first album - there are some cracking songs on there.
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Post by Wanderlust on May 31, 2017 10:12:47 GMT 1
Harmonix - Landslide. This is the extended version. Went top 30 in 1996.
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Post by vastar iner on Jun 10, 2017 21:46:41 GMT 1
Madness lost their way after El Barso left, the melancholic "Yesterday's Men" proved prophetic as it only just made the top 20, and a return to the nuttier sound of "Uncle Sam" became their first single to miss that particular mark. The sessions for Mad Not Mad accelerated the differences and a pointless cover of a poor Scritti Politti record seemed to be pretty much the nadir.
But after a short break four of them got back together with the addition of a definite article. And they were right back on form wich this magnificent cut. They deliberately pitched themselves as being more serious - despite Kix' video histrionics - and when they were introduced on Friday Night Live via a manic "you're all mad" type preface Suggs specifically stated 'we're not mad".
Alas the ghost train had missed the station. Somehow this not only missed the 20, it missed the 40.
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Post by vastar iner on Jun 22, 2017 23:25:45 GMT 1
Even "Airport" is perhaps less remembered nowadays for the tune than for them dressing as if they were in Cabin Pressure on TOTP, but this is a complete, total and utter stormer, that somehow missed the top 40.
To think that the no. 1 at the time this reached its peak was David Soul, and the no. 40 was a pointless Kenny Rogers non-mover, one wonders whether they were unlucky not to go all "Young Guns" with it.
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Post by vastar iner on Jun 27, 2017 20:40:23 GMT 1
The Billboard books will tell you that James Brown has had most hit singles without a number 1. But he did top the Record World charts with "I Got You". His 40th hit overall, incidentally.
Which means that the chap with most hits sans a chart-topper all told is Brook Benton. This half-century-old folk blues song was his biggest hit; it topped out at no. 2 in the three main charts in 1961, stuck behind Bobby Lewis' "Tossin' And Turnin'". This song did however top the Adult Contemporary charts, and Brook had half-a-dozen number 1s in the R&B charts.
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Post by andrew07 on Jul 7, 2017 10:20:11 GMT 1
I was watching the Only Fools & Horses feature length episode "Miami Twice" on dvd recently and suddenly my ears went up when I heard this song in the background. To be perfectly honest, I don't think any radio stations have actually played this song since it charted at No.17 in 1991? Or have they??
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Post by andrew07 on Jul 7, 2017 11:19:05 GMT 1
Not one, but two for the price of one here. I have absolutely no memory of this split-single charting at all in 1993, I didn't get to hear this song from Nirvana until I bought the With The Lights Out box set in 2005. This never appeared on any studio album, so I reckon the reason this single charted at No.12 was because Nirvana fans were waiting for new material, and this came out before they released In Utero that same year. I notice this version I posted doesn't have the lighter clicks that you hear on the beginning of the single version.
And on the flipside was this, I didn't get to hear this either until I saw the video on youtube a few years ago. I doubt this got played at all say for a short snippet on The ITV Chart Show when this charted on their indie chart back then. The promo video was banned by all television networks. I don't think either side of this single got played on Top Of The Pops either, even though I did read that Jesus Lizard did get an invite to perform this on TOTP, not sure if they did in the end.
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Post by SheriffFatman on Jul 11, 2017 0:16:27 GMT 1
I bought Oh, The Guilt on 7" vinyl, it's in the loft, I wonder if it's worth anything?! I read about it in advance in the NME and ordered a copy weeks before it was released, very limited edition I think.
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Post by thehitparade on Jul 12, 2017 18:23:01 GMT 1
Yep, as it was released on another label Geffen would only allow a limited number of copies to be pressed.
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Post by Wanderlust on Jul 13, 2017 15:31:29 GMT 1
Deuce - On The Bible
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Post by Wanderlust on Jul 13, 2017 15:33:37 GMT 1
Berri - Shine Like A Star. The follow up to 'Sunshine After The Rain'.
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Post by Wanderlust on Jul 13, 2017 15:37:58 GMT 1
Black Duck - Whiggle In Line sounds familiar...
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Post by SheriffFatman on Jul 19, 2017 0:08:54 GMT 1
Barely at hit at all in fact, with one week at number 37 in 2008, but an absolutely gorgeous track, one of his very best
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Post by vastar iner on Jul 27, 2017 21:40:35 GMT 1
If you ever ask for "Everybody Knows" by Dave Clark Five, you're likely to get this rather sizeable hit.
Which makes this particular hit doubly forgotten.
Same group, same title; but different song. I suppose even the band wanted to forget this very minor hit, hence them not thinking of a new title for the second go at the rodeo.
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Post by vastar iner on Aug 6, 2017 22:22:38 GMT 1
Kim Wilde is obviously known for her new wave and power pop. Who recalls this rather touching ballad? Definitely against her usual grain and showed her interpretation skills were definitely wider than she had been allowed to show hitherto.
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Post by thehitparade on Aug 12, 2017 0:51:18 GMT 1
Staying with that kind of theme...'Rhinestone Cowboy' Just been looking through the thread to see if anyone had posted this before and indeed they had.
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