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Post by Earl Purple on Jun 2, 2020 19:46:19 GMT 1
Do I Do reached #10 in 1982
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Post by Panda on Jun 2, 2020 19:58:49 GMT 1
So it did. Thanks for your contribution.
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Post by o on Jun 2, 2020 20:16:01 GMT 1
37(51) LANDSCAPE - Einstein A Go-Go (253 points) Top 40 run: 38-21-11-8-5-5-6-9-20-34
Loved this and Do the Hucklebuck!
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Post by Panda on Jun 2, 2020 20:34:38 GMT 1
Part 4 (25-21):
25(35) IMAGINATION - Body Talk (293 points) Top 40 run: 31-19-11-7-6-4-5-8-13-20-34
The first of a string of hits for the group during the early 80s.
24(25) ENNIO MORRICONE - Chi Mai (293 points) Top 40 run: 19-4-2-2-3-5-9-20-28-39
The only chart appearance for the legendary Italian film score composer. Originally written and recorded 10 years earlier, it was released in the UK and became a big hit after it was used as the theme tune for the BBC drama "The Life And Times Of David Lloyd George".
23(8) JOE DOLCE MUSIC THEATRE - Shaddap You Face (295 points) Top 40 run: 30-3-1-1-1-3-10-25-34
From a real Italian to a fake one. Well, not quite. Dolce is of Italian descent but he is originally from Ohio and later re-located to Australia, where this topped the charts for 8 weeks. Here, it's more famous for keeping Ultravox off the top for 3 weeks. This was his only UK hit but continued to have some success in Australia and has since plied a trade as a poet and essayist.
22(29) BAD MANNERS - Can Can (298 points) Top 40 run: 18-3-3-3-3-6-6-16-26-36
It's Bad Manners doing the Can Can. Somehow this spent 4 weeks at no.3.
21(22) ROXY MUSIC - Jealous Guy (299 points) Top 40 run: 21-6-3-1-1-3-7-18-34
Released as a tribute to John Lennon months after his death, this was Roxy Music's only chart topper and came just a year ahead of their final album. Bryan Ferry resumed his solo career afterwards but never found the success of his initial 70s solo stint with "Slave To Love" being his only subsequent top 10 hit. Keyboard player Paul Carrack would go on to be a vocalist with Mike & The Mechanics, who had a huge hit in 1989 with "The Living Years".
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Post by Good Old Days on Jun 3, 2020 6:27:32 GMT 1
I prefer "Little Lady" over "Japanese Boy", but both songs were # 1s in my chart. "Japanese Boy" became a hit in the most European countries, especially in Switzerland with 5 weeks at # 1.
"Shaddap Your Face" is fun.
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Post by musicchronicle on Jun 3, 2020 7:32:48 GMT 1
I will start counting down from 40 on Tuesday and also post, for comparison purposes, each song's position in the end-of-year sales chart (as posted on here by Robbie in 2008). We look forward to reading this Panda.
Incidentally, there are two end-of-year sales charts for 1981 in circulation. Both are wrong. One misses the last 3 weeks of sales, and the other misses the last 2 weeks. The one being quoted here only misses 2 weeks, but it also has two errors in it, whereby two records were allocated sales that they didn't accumulate.
The Music Chronicle 1981 is in preparation, and should be published before the end of this year. This book will include, for the very first time, the Top 207 Best Selling singles of 1981, including those crucial missing weeks, and with the errors corrected.
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Post by Earl Purple on Jun 3, 2020 8:29:26 GMT 1
I remember seeing the end of year chart where "Hand Held In Black And White" by Dollar was extremely high for a single that only just scraped the top 20. It was a great song in my opinion, but the chart of the year is based on sales and that one certainly didn't sell enough.
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Post by o on Jun 3, 2020 9:12:33 GMT 1
Thank goodness Joe Dolce is nice and low, not low enough, but.
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Post by Earl Purple on Jun 3, 2020 11:41:08 GMT 1
1981 has both my worst #3 and my worst #4 of the decade. Not my worst #1 as St Winifred's School Choir is worse than Joe Dolce.
Not sure about my worst #2. Not sure if it's Laurie Anderson, there's something so weird about that song that makes it too interesting to be considered the worst number 2.
Incidentally my worst #1 of 1976 and my worst #1 of 1979, which are both terrible, came up in earlier versions in my 1974 retro playlists. Both got instantly removed.
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Post by Panda on Jun 3, 2020 17:01:03 GMT 1
I will start counting down from 40 on Tuesday and also post, for comparison purposes, each song's position in the end-of-year sales chart (as posted on here by Robbie in 2008). We look forward to reading this Panda.
Incidentally, there are two end-of-year sales charts for 1981 in circulation. Both are wrong. One misses the last 3 weeks of sales, and the other misses the last 2 weeks. The one being quoted here only misses 2 weeks, but it also has two errors in it, whereby two records were allocated sales that they didn't accumulate.
The Music Chronicle 1981 is in preparation, and should be published before the end of this year. This book will include, for the very first time, the Top 207 Best Selling singles of 1981, including those crucial missing weeks, and with the errors corrected.
Thank you, interesting stuff about the end-of-year charts! I remember seeing the end of year chart where "Hand Held In Black And White" by Dollar was extremely high for a single that only just scraped the top 20. It was a great song in my opinion, but the chart of the year is based on sales and that one certainly didn't sell enough. I noticed that too and thought it didn't look right at all. I only calculated points for songs that reached the top 10 but I did notice some non-top 10 hits in the end-of-year top 100 so I did look up their points to see where they would have been. Of those, only Depeche Mode's "New Life" would have made the top 100 on points. I don't know if any others would have but certainly none would've got near the top 40.
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Post by Panda on Jun 3, 2020 17:39:59 GMT 1
Part 5 (20-16):
20(23) KIM WILDE - Kids In America (300 points) Top 40 run: 18-6-3-2-2-4-11-14-23
One of the outstanding pop debuts of the decade. Nothing Kim Wilde did afterwards could ever quite live up to this but she was a consistent presence in the charts throughout the 1980s. She has since turned her hand to gardening and won a gold award at the Chelsea Flower Show.
19(15) OTTAWAN - Hands Up (Give Me Your Heart) (302 points) Top 40 run: 28-11-4-3-3-5-7-13-20-23-36
A staple of my sister's disco dancing practices. Not quite as big as D.I.S.C.O but still a strong chart performance. They never reached the top 40 again.
18(30) ADAM & THE ANTS - Antmusic (305 points) Top 40 run: 4-2-2-4-6-9-18-20-28-28-37
Released at the back end of the previous year but came into its own once the Christmas stuff had been cleared out of the way. It wasn't their first hit but set them on the way to becoming absolutely massive, only for Adam Ant to disband the group the following year.
17(17) STARSOUND - Stars on 45 (313 points) Top 40 run: 17-3-2-3-3-3-7-13-24-36
At the forefront of the medley craze that was prevalent in the early 80s, this featured Dutch session musicians covering short bits of well-known songs. Volume 2 would follow in the summer, also reaching no.2 (just missing the top 40 on this list) and a less successful volume 3 and a Stevie Wonder special. This holds the record for the longest title on the Billboard charts due to its rules dictating that all songs featured as part of track must be named.
16(18) SHAKIN' STEVENS - Green Door (318 points) Top 40 run: 22-1-1-1-1-4-8-21-32
Who'd have thought two of the year's biggest acts would be a dandy highwayman and a Welsh Elvis impersonator? This song jumped from 22 to 1 - I'm sure someone will be able to say if this was a record at the time (I know it was broken by Captain Sensible in 1982). Like many of Shaky's hits, this was a cover, originally recorded by Jim Lowe in 1956.
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Post by Panda on Jun 3, 2020 19:38:00 GMT 1
Part 6 (15-11):
15(16) JOHN LENNON - Woman (319 points) Top 40 run: 3-2-1-1-3-4-11-23-32
Released posthumously at the start of the year, this was the second single from the album "Double Fantasy", which came out 3 weeks before Lennon was murdered. Not surprisingly, Lennon's music both past and present featured heavily at the top of the charts following his death. What is often forgotten is reviews for the album, Lennon's first new music in 5 years, were initially quite negative, with some pulled due to the murder taking place between the time of writing and publication. It was only later that the album was held in high regard.
14(10) SHAKIN' STEVENS - You Drive Me Crazy (322 points) Top 40 run: 39-5-2-2-2-2-7-10-16-28-40
Another appearance for Welsh-vis and a rare original song. This was no.2 for 4 weeks, kept off the top spot by a song we'll see later.
13(19) JOHN LENNON - Imagine (323 points) Top 40 run: 1-1-1-1-4-6-17-23-32
Lennon's defining song (as a solo artist anyway). It originally reached no.6 in 1975 and was re-released after his death, appearing at no.9 in the Christmas chart (and the following week's 'frozen' chart) before climbing to no.1 in the new year. It spent 4 weeks at the top before being replaced by "Woman". This was also the song that was at the top of the charts on the day I was born.
12(13) SMOKEY ROBINSON - Being With You (324 points) Top 40 run: 39-23-7-3-1-1-2-5-8-27-39
An unlikely career revival for a Motown legend. Smokey hadn't had a top 10 hit in the UK since "Tears Of A Clown" with the Miracles in 1971. Since then, his own music took a backseat while he served as vice-president of Motown but after a decade of semi-retirement (despite only being in his 30s), he found a winning formula with a song that was also his biggest hit in the US. It would be his last solo top 40 appearance in the UK, though he did appear with the Four Tops on their single "Indestructable" in 1989.
11(20) JULIO IGLESIAS - Begin The Beguine (Volver A Empezar) (326 points) Top 40 run: 33-21-7-3-2-1-3-6-14-14
Fate is a strange thing. During the 1960s Julio Iglesias was a goalkeeper playing for Real Madrid's reserve team in the Spanish second division but his career was ended by car crash which left him unable to walk for two years. He later turned to singing and represented Spain at Eurovision in 1970, finishing 4th. He enjoyed a fair degree of success across Europe during the 70s but made little impression in the UK until he released a smooth disco version of this Cole Porter song.
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Post by Earl Purple on Jun 3, 2020 20:12:15 GMT 1
The 1980s had covers of songs from the 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s and 1970s reach number one (as well as covers of 1980s songs and original 1980s songs).
Begin The Beguine was from the 1930s originally.
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Post by Panda on Jun 3, 2020 22:09:36 GMT 1
Part 7 (10-6):
10(12) DAVE STEWART & BARBARA GASKIN - It's My Party (335 points) Top 40 run: 36-17-8-1-1-1-1-6-15-29
Not THAT Dave Stewart. This is Dave Stewart who was part of several experimental Canterbury scene bands in the 70s. He had a top 20 hit earlier in the year with a cover of "What Becomes Of The Broken Hearted?" with vocals from Zombies singer Colin Brunstone. He then recruited Barbara Gaskin to sing on this cover of "It's My Party" and it somehow became a big hit despite not really possessing any redeeming qualities whatsoever.
9(3) ADAM & THE ANTS - Prince Charming (343 points) Top 40 run: 2-1-1-1-1-4-14-23-25
In terms of points, this one probably suffered from having high sales early on rather than a gradual climb to the top. This was their second no.1 of the year, with the other still to be seen on this list...
8(7) BUCKS FIZZ - Making Your Mind Up (364 points) Top 40 run: 24-5-2-1-1-1-4-6-16-26-37
Released a few weeks before Eurovision, this song shot up the charts as the contest approached and climbed to the top spot a week after the group's win in Dublin. The victory and song launched a successful career and they had two further no.1s in 1982 and enjoyed regular hits during the early 80s, until a coach crash left all members of the group with injuries, particularly Mike Nolan, who fell into a coma and almost died. Nolan eventually recovered but with their early momentum gone, they never enjoyed the same kind of success and the sudden departure of Jay Aston resulted in much tabloid dirty laundry being aired. The group continued to perform live, capitalising on their early success and continues to this day, though Bobby G is the only original member left and David Van Day got involved somewhere and effectively tried to steal the group.
7(6) MICHAEL JACKSON - One Day In Your Life (369 points) Top 40 run: 24-12-3-2-1-1-2-5-13-22-31
The first of 7 solo no.1 singles in the UK for Michael who had already emerged from the shadow of the Jacksons to establish himself as a solo artist with his "Off The Wall" album. While this tender ballad was a big hit, it in no way signalled the level of superstardom and success that was to follow...
6(2) ADAM & THE ANTS - Stand And Deliver (377 points) Top 40 run: 1-1-1-1-1-5-7-13-26-28-40
Entering the chart at no.1 was very rare back then and it shows just how much the group's popularity exploded during the year. Who knows whether that level of success would've been maintained for a second album? Instead, Adam Ant effectively fired the rest of the band and went solo. Although he would top the chart with "Goody Two Shoes", his career soon fizzled out and for many years, his much-documented mental health problems prevented any sustained attempt to get it back on track. His later recovery led to a return to recording and performing and he achieved a top 30 album in 2013 with "Adam Ant Is the Blueback Hussar in Marrying the Gunner's Daughter", his first album for 18 years.
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Post by Panda on Jun 3, 2020 23:57:27 GMT 1
Part 8 (5-1):
5(11) SPECIALS - Ghost Town (390 points) Top 40 run: 21-6-2-1-1-1-2-5-12-22-30
The band's second no.1, which should have been their crowning glory but instead was their death knell. Internal conflicts were already stretching the band to their limits when they recorded this non-album single. Released around the time of the Brixton riots, it soon shot to no.1 but Lynval Golding, Neville Staple and Terry Hall would soon quit to form Fun Boy Three (they announced the news to the rest of the band at the TOTP recording for "Ghost Town"). The rest of the band, led by keyboard player Jerry Dammers, limped on with numerous line-up changes (under their former Special AKA moniker), and scored a top 10 hit in 1984 with "Nelson Mandela". A subsequent reunion happened decades later when Hall and Golding were brought together by Lily Allen to play during her Glastonbury set. That led to the group's reformation, with bass player Horace Panter back in the fold though Dammers refused to take part. The reunion was initially based around touring but they eventually recorded new material and last year, "Encore" gave the specials their first no.1 album since 1980.
4(5) ULTRAVOX - VIENNA (395 points) Top 40 run: 16-6-3-2-2-2-2-4-7-16-22
Named by many as their favourite no.2 single never to hit the top spot it's often seen as a travesty this song never hit no.1 but then the fact it was kept off by Joe Dolce for 3 weeks perhaps adds to its mystique. The group was formed in 1973 with John Foxx as lead singer but it wasn't until he left and Midge Ure joined the band that they saw chart success. "Sleepwalk" was a top 40 hit in 1980 but it was "Vienna" that put the band on the map. They would have regular top 20 hits throughout the 80s, and reached no.3 in 1984 with "Dancing With Tears In My Eyes" but nothing would ever replicate the success of "Vienna". Midge Ure would also co-write "Do They Know It's Christmas?" with Bob Geldof and had a solo no.1 in 1985 with "If I Was", perhaps taking away some of the pain of 'the one that got away' 4 years earlier.
3(4) SHAKIN' STEVENS - This Ole' House (395 points) Top 40 run: 29-7-2-1-1-1-2-3-7-19-28
The biggest of Shaky's hits in 1981, this was a cover of an old song which Rosemary Clooney took to no.1 in 1954. In fact, it was actually a cover of a cover with this arrangement being performed by NRBQ in 1979. This was the song that really made Shaky a star and he remained surprisingly durable despite his limited repertoire, notching up a string of top 10 hits throughout the decade. He would have another no.1 in 1982 with "Oh Julie" and was Christmas no.1 in 1985 with "Merry Christmas Everyone" (somewhat cynically delayed a year to avoid Band Aid). Other than Christmas re-entries, he made a brief return to the chart in 2005 after winning the talent show "Hit Me Baby One More Time". A double A-side which saw "This Ole House" paired with a cover of Pink's "Trouble" reached no.20. He continues to record and perform live, opening the Pyramid Stage at Glastonbury in 2008.
2(1) SOFT CELL - Tainted Love (402 points) Top 40 run: 26-9-2-1-1-2-2-8-12-20-22-28-36
Another synth-pop classic in the top 5 but this was actually a cover of a song written by Ed Cobb and first performed by Gloria Jones in 1964, making little impact. It wasn't until the 70s that people in the UK started to become aware of it when it became a Northern Soul favourite. Marc Almond was working as cloakroom attendant when he first heard the song and started performing it live with Soft Cell. They eventually recorded the song and it transformed their fortunes from an act on the verge of being dropped by their label to one of the most successful acts of the era and it would end up as the biggest-selling single of 1981. It was also a massive hit in the States, spending 43 weeks on the Billboard chart. Their next 4 singles all reached the top 5 in the UK, though their fortunes declined as the decade went on. Almond would enjoy later success as a solo artist, reaching no.1 in 1989 dueting with Gene Pitney on "Something's Gotten Hold of My Heart".
1(9) TWEETS - The Birdie Song (417 points) Top 40 run: 25-8-7-2-2-3-5-9-16-22-22-31-29-28-22-22
Well who saw this coming? The 9th-best-selling single (and for some the worst) of the year ends up topping the chart on points. Its top spot on this list is very much a case of perfect timing. At the start of December, the song had dropped out of the top 30 and its chart life looked to be at an end. But then the Christmas party season got into full swing and it started climbing back up the charts, staying around long enough to overhaul Soft Cell in the final week of the year. That was a 'frozen' chart, meaning the 19 points for a second week took it to the top but there's every chance it would have been higher had a new chart been compiled. But had it been released a week later, it would've been no.2. And yes, it's terrible. Truly awful. It was actually voted "The Most Annoying Song Of All Time" by Haven's predecessor site Dotmusic. But it knows it's awful. It doesn't pretend to be anything else. The tune actually dates back to the 1950s and was composed by Swiss accordion player Werner Thomas and is more widely known as "The Chicken Dance". This version was put together by promoter/manager/producer Henry Hadaway. He was awarded an MBE in 2013. There was a bit of a novelty record trend underway in the early 80s and this was as big as any of them but we would hear much, much worse...
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Post by Panda on Jun 4, 2020 3:05:31 GMT 1
Full top 100:
1(9) Tweets - The Birdie Song 2(1) Soft Cell - Tainted Love 3(4) Shakin' Stevens - This Ole House 4(5) Ultravox - Vienna 5(11) Specials - Ghost Town 6(2) Adam & The Ants - Stand And Deliver 7(6) Michael Jackson - One Day In Your Life 8(7) Bucks Fizz - Making Your Mind Up 9(3) Adam & The Ants - Prince Charming 10(12) Dave Stewart & Barbara Gaskin - It's My Party 11(20) Julio Iglesias - Begin The Beguine 12(13) Smokey Robinson - Being With You 13(19) John Lennon - Imagine 14(10) Shakin' Stevens - You Drive Me Crazy 15(16) John Lennon - Woman 16(18) Shakin' Stevens - Green Door 17(17) Starsound - Stars On 45 18(30) Adam & The Ants - Antmusic 19(15) Ottawan - Hands Up (Give Me Your Heart) 20(23) Kim Wilde - Kids In America 21(22) Roxy Music - Jealous Guy 22(29) Bad Manners - Can Can 23(8) Joe Dolce Music Theatre - Shaddap You Face 24(25) Ennio Morricone - Chi Mai 25(35) Imagination - Body Talk 26(31) Coast To Coast - (Do) The Hucklebuck 27(24) Aneka - Japanese Boy 28(26) Royal Philharmonic Orchestra - Hooked On Classics 29(32) Electric Light Orchestra - Hold On Tight 30(37) Stevie Wonder - Lately 31(53) Jacksons - Can You Feel It? 32(34) Human League - Love Action (I Believe In Love) 33(14) Altered Images - Happy Birthday 34(39) Odyssey - Going Back To My Roots 35(43) Stevie Wonder - Happy Birthday 36(49) Toyah - Four From Toyah EP 37(51) Landscape - Einstein A Go-Go 38(47) Champaign - How 'Bout Us 39(38) Phil Collins - In The Air Tonight 40(40) Queen & David Bowie - Under Pressure 41(27) Cliff Richard - Daddy's Home 42(36) Starsound - Stars On 45 Vol. 2 43(28) Orchestral Maneouvres In The Dark - Souvenir 44(42) The Police - Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic 45(45) Rainbow - I Surrender 46(54) Diana Ross - Why Do Fools Fall In Love? 47(33) Kate Robbins & Beyond - More Than In Love 48(50) Earth, Wind And Fire - Let's Groove 49(69) Third World - Dancing On The Floor (Hooked On Love) 50(87) Nolans - Attention To Me 51(21) Human League - Don't You Want Me? 52(44) Adam & The Ants - Kings Of The Wild Frontier 53(56) Soft Cell - Bedsitter 54(41) Godley & Creme - Under Your Thumb 55(55) Spandau Ballet - Chant No.1 (I Don't Need This Pressure) 56(63) Duran Duran - Girls On Film 57(82) Whispers - It's A Love Thing 58(73) Sugar Minott - Good Thing Going 59(71) Madness - Return Of The Los Palmas Seven 60(46) Alvin Stardust - Pretend 61(80) Toyah - I Want To Be Free 62(72) Tight Fit - Back To The 60s 63(89) Sheena Easton - For Your Eyes Only 64(83) Tenpole Tudor - Swords Of A Thousand Men 65(48) Diana Ross & Lionel Richie - Endless Love 66(57) Elvis Costello - A Good Year For The Roses 67(59) Cliff Richard - Wired For Sound 68(58) Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Joan Of Arc 69(68) Elaine Paige - Memory 70(91) Madness - Grey Day 71(61) Olivia Newton-John - Physical 72(66) Human League - Open Your Heart 73(64) Four Tops - When She Was My Girl 74(84) REO Speedwagon - Keep On Loving You 75(67) Squeeze - Labelled With Love 76(-) Graham Bonnet - Night Games 77(94) Linx - Intuition 78(96) UB40 - One In Ten 79(85) Lobo - The Caribbean Disco Show 80(-) Dire Straits - Romeo And Juliet 81(62) Toyah - Thunder In The Mountains 82(92) Kim Wilde - Chequered Love 83(-) Yarbrough & Peoples - Don't Stop The Music 84(77) Depeche Mode - I Just Can't Get Enough 85(100) Bob Marley - No Woman No Cry 86(74) Rod Stewart - Tonight I'm Yours 87(-) Visage - Fade To Grey 88(75) Pointer Sisters - Slow Hand 89(60) Haircut 100 - Favourite Shirts (Boy Meets Girl) 90(81) Freeez - Southern Freeez 91(-) Tom Tom Club - Wordy Rappinghood 92(65) The Police - Invisible Sun 93(98) Blondie - Rapture 94(99) Hazel O'Connor - Will You 95(70) Madness - Shut Up 96(-) Pretenders - I Go To Sleep 97(-) Fred Wedlock - The Oldest Swinger In Town 98(86) Teardrop Explodes - Reward 99(-) Adam & The Ants - Young Parisians 100(-) The Look - I Am The Beat
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Post by Earl Purple on Jun 4, 2020 9:00:09 GMT 1
I recall a vocal version of the Birdie Song but it's best as an instrumental. The main problem with it is it just repeats the same thing again and again. Perhaps someone could write a decent middle-8 for it.
It is by no means for me the worst number one and looking at that list I'd go for Kate Robbins as possibly my least favourite #2 of the year, with Cliff Richard also a contender. (I like Wired For Sound but really not into Daddy's Home. Shep & The Limelites got to #19 in my chart with it in 1961 at the same time as Cliff Richard was getting to #6 in my chart with Gee Whiz It's You).
The worst #3 and #4 of the decade at least are not in the top 100. Whilst my favourite single of the year which only peaked at #8 is in there at #94.
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Post by Earl Purple on Jun 4, 2020 9:22:06 GMT 1
Terry Hall, Neville Staples and Lynval Golding were not actually main songwriters for the Specials. I think Terry only wrote one song for them and that wasn't one of the hits. Jerry Dammers wrote most of the songs so I don't really see the split as a reason for the lack of success for the remaining band.
The Fun Boy Three did write most of their own hits and I think it was a control thing - they had wanted to write songs for the Specials but Jerry Dammers wouldn't let them so they split.
I don't think the rest of the "Ants" made that much of a contribution and Marco remained with him during his solo period. Not sure "Friend Or Foe" or "Puss In Boots" would have been number ones had they been by Adam & The Ants and British Hit Singles used to combine them. In reality I think the sensation just went away as happens with many artists. But yes, their number ones sold high numbers during the weeks they were number one which is why they were 2nd and 3rd of the year in selling terms.
Michael Jackson had a solo career for a long time as well as being with the Jackson Five / Jacksons and "One Day In Your Life" is an old song from 1976 that was released as a single between albums. His first solo album proper "Off The Wall" was quite massive although not as big as the later ones, and he only wrote one of his hits from it (Don't Stop Til You Get Enough), but that really marked the later "solo" career.
A lot of cover versions that were hits in 1981, including "Tainted Love" and "It's Your Party", the latter was a totally different arrangement from the original which gives it a lot of credit albeit it appears you don't like this arrangement but I think it's quite a spectacular interpetation and brings more emotion into the lyrical content than Lesley Gore's version did.
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Post by o on Jun 4, 2020 16:53:17 GMT 1
I did notice the Birdie Song was in this year and dreaded that it might do that well, as I remember it's chart run was a long one, I just hoped I was wrong, sadly not Good work misterh!
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