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Post by Earl Purple on Jan 30, 2023 10:35:14 GMT 1
Summer of 1982 full of cheesy stuff. "I've Never Been To Me" has already been a hit in my chart but there's loads more to come, and "Murphy's Law" already entering this week.
But yeah, we know what's to come:
Captain Sensible - Happy Talk Trio - Da Da Da The Brat - Chalk Dust (The Umpire Strikes Back) The Firm - Arthur Daley (E's Alright).
The last of those hasn't shown up yet, the first 3 are all my next playlist, as is Ken Barrie with "Postman Pat".
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Post by Earl Purple on Jan 29, 2023 23:05:16 GMT 1
H8 Coventry City v Huddersfield Town H3 Hull City v Queens Park Rangers H2 Middlesbrough v Watford H1 Charlton Athletic v Bolton Wanderers (12:30) H4 Burton Albion v Oxford United A5 Milton Keynes Dons v Exeter City H6 Peterborough United v Portsmouth H7 Mansfield Town v Doncaster Rovers H9 Notts County v FC Halifax Town H10 Darlington v Spennymoor Town My lot let you down, but that's pretty close to a perfect score.
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Post by Earl Purple on Jan 28, 2023 20:46:13 GMT 1
1 ( 1 ) You're So Vain - Carly Simon < 6th week at #1 > 2 ( 8 ) Part Of The Union - Strawbs 3 ( 4 ) Whiskey In The Jar - Thin Lizzy 4 ( 2 ) Do It Again - Steely Dan (#2[2]) 5 ( 3 ) Dancing In The Moonlight - King Harvest (#3) 6 ( 12 ) Love Train - O'Jays 7 ( 7 ) Daniel - Elton John 8 ( 5 ) Wishing Well - Free (#5) 9 ( 11 ) Hocus Pocus - Focus 10 ( 6 ) Blockbuster - Sweet (#6)
11 ( -- ) The Cover Of Rolling Stone - Dr Hook 12 ( 13 ) Could It Be I'm Falling In Love - Spinners 13 ( 22 ) Sylvia - Focus 14 ( 14 ) Paper Plane - Status Quo 15 ( 25 ) Roll Over Beethoven - Electric Light Orchestra 16 ( 16 ) On A Saturday Night - Terry Dactyl & The Dinosaurs 17 ( 10 ) Hi Hi Hi - Wings (#7) 18 ( -- ) Killing Me Softly With His Song - Roberta Flack 19 ( 9 ) Superstition - Stevie Wonder (#2[4]) 20 ( -- ) Dueling Banjos - Eric Weissberg & Steve Mandell
21 ( 21 ) Dreidel - Don McLean 22 ( 29 ) (There's Gonna Be A) Showdown - Archie Bell & The Drells 23 ( 34 ) Take Me Girl I'm Ready - Junior Walker & The All Stars 24 ( 15 ) The Jean Genie - David Bowie (#3) 25 ( 18 ) Sing Don't Speak - Blackfoot Sue (#12) 26 ( 20 ) You Turn Me On I'm A Radio - Joni Mitchell (#16) 27 ( 17 ) Why Can't We Live Together - Timmy Thomas (#6) 28 ( 30 ) Do You Wanna Touch Me (Oh Yeah) - Gary Glitter 29 ( 19 ) C Moon - Wings (#5) 30 ( 32 ) I'll Be Your Shelter (In Time Of Storm) - Luther Ingram
31 ( 27 ) Big City - Dandy Livingstone (#26) 32 ( -- ) Peaceful Easy Feeling - Eagles 33 ( 26 ) Rocky Mountain Hight - John Denver (#22) 34 ( 23 ) Always On My Mind - Elvis Presley (#6) 35 ( 31 ) Relay - Who (#30) 36 ( 24 ) Angel - Rod Stewart (#8) 37 ( 35 ) Don't Expect Me To Be Your Friend - Lobo (#35) 38 ( 28 ) I'm On My Way To A Better Place - Chairmen Of The Board (#16) 39 ( -- ) I'm Never Gonna Be Alone Anymore - Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose 40 ( 33 ) The World Is A Ghetto - War (#21)
-- ( 36 ) Happy Xmas (War Is Over) - John Lennon Yoko Ono & The Harlem Community Choir (#1[3]) -- ( 37 ) Big Seven - Judge Dread (#17) -- ( 38 ) Solid Gold Easy Action - T.Rex (#8) -- ( 39 ) Trouble Man - Marvin Gaye (#26) -- ( 40 ) Desperate Dan - Lieutenant Pigeon (#18)
-- ( -- ) If It Wasn't For The Reason That I Love You - Miki Anthony -- ( -- ) The Shepherd's Song - Tony Osborne Sound
The highest new entry is what will be the biggest ever NM hit for Dr Hook.
I bet I'm going to be the only one charting this
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Post by Earl Purple on Jan 28, 2023 20:39:05 GMT 1
5 June 1982
1 ( 3 ) House Of Fun - Madness < 3rd #1 > 2 ( 9 ) Torch - Soft Cell 3 ( 2 ) The Look Of Love - ABC (#2[2]) 4 ( 1 ) Rosanna - Toto (#1[3]) 5 ( 8 ) Goody Two Shoes - Adam Ant 6 ( 5 ) Hungry Like The Wolf - Duran Duran (#5) 7 ( 4 ) Island Of Lost Souls - Blondie (#4) 8 ( 10 ) Temptation - New Order 9 ( 11 ) Paperlate - Genesis 10 ( 19 ) The Back Of Love - Echo & The Bunnymen
11 ( -- ) Do I Do - Stevie Wonder 12 ( 14 ) Cantonese Boy - Japan 13 ( 7 ) The Meaning Of Love - Depeche Mode (#5) 14 ( 6 ) Fantasy Island - Tight Fit (#3) 15 ( 12 ) I'm A Wonderful Thing Baby - Kid Creole & The Coconuts (#11) 16 ( 29 ) Because You're Young - Classix Nouveaux 17 ( 15 ) Rhythm Of The Jungle - Quick (#15) 18 ( 21 ) Hurts So Good - John Cougar 19 ( 17 ) The Number Of The Beast - Iron Maiden (#17) 20 ( 31 ) Work That Body - Diana Ross
21 ( -- ) Murphy's Law - Cheri 22 ( 23 ) Love's Been A Little Bit Hard On Me - Juice Newton 23 ( 13 ) The Telephone Always Rings - Fun Boy Three (#8) 24 ( -- ) I Want Candy - Bow Wow Wow 25 ( 26 ) Brave New World - Toyah 26 ( 27 ) Paris Is One Day Away - Mood 27 ( 22 ) Love Is All Is All Right - UB40 (#22) 28 ( 40 ) Only The Lonely - Motels 29 ( 25 ) Sun Of Jamaica - Goombay Dance Band (#25) 30 ( 33 ) Pinky Blue - Altered Images
31 ( 20 ) Club Country - Associates (#14) 32 ( 16 ) Only You - Yazoo (#1[2]) 33 ( 42 ) Fireworks - Siouxsie & The Banshees 34 ( -- ) Shakti (The Meaning Of Within) - Monsoon 35 ( 18 ) Heat Of The Moment - Asia (#6) 36 ( 43 ) The Hop - Theatre Of Hate 37 ( 45 ) One More Saturday Night - Matchbox 38 ( 32 ) Let It Whip - Dazz Band (#32) 39 ( 48 ) Play The Game Tonight - Kansas 40 ( 24 ) A Little Peace - Nicole (#11)
41 ( -- ) Key Largo - Bertie Higgins 42 ( 39 ) Grace - Band AKA (#39) 43 ( -- ) Since You're Gone - Cars 44 ( -- ) Break It Up - Foreigner 45 ( -- ) Iko Iko - Natasha 46 ( 37 ) Are You Hearing (What I Hear) - Level 42 (#33) 47 ( -- ) Personally - Karla Bonoff 48 ( 30 ) Fantastic Day - Haircut 100 (#4) 49 ( 34 ) We Have A Dream - Scotland World Cup Squad (#19) 50 ( 28 ) Night Birds - Shakatak (#1[3])
-- ( 35 ) Perfumed Garden - Rah Band (#21) -- ( 36 ) Instinction - Spandau Ballet (#7) -- ( 38 ) Tottenham Tottenham - Tottenham Hotspur FA Cup Final Squad (#23) -- ( 41 ) Without You (Not Another Lonely Night) - Franke & The Knockouts (#37) -- ( 44 ) I Won't Let You Down - PhD (#2[2]) -- ( 46 ) Crimson And Clover - Joan Jett & The Blackhearts (#44) -- ( 47 ) Papa's Got A Brand New Pigbag - Pigbag (#5) -- ( 49 ) Circles - Atlantic Starr (#47) -- ( 50 ) Black Coffee In Bed - Squeeze (#10)
-- ( -- ) Take Me Down - Alabama -- ( -- ) Early In The Morning - Gap Band -- ( -- ) One Hello - Randy Crawford
In July 2014 when the first retro combi-chart was done on here, the first chart was 19 June 1982 and the top 3 I submitted was the same 3 songs as are in the top 3 above but not quite in that order.
Madness get to #1 again, as this song did in the UK, just after failing to reach the top 10 with Cardiac Arrest. In this chart "Cardiac Arrest" reached #9 but there were a lot of strong songs out at the time.
After duetting with Paul McCartney, Stevie Wonder is back with his own song. His hit "Happy Birthday" was the 2nd biggest hit of 1981 and spent 6 weeks at #1, keeping out Soft Cell who are #2 again now behind Madness.
Two more covers, "I Want Candy" was NM #5 in for the Strangeloves and "Iko Iko" #23 for the Dixie Cups, both in 1965. The Belle Stars also had a version of Iko Iko and their next song will be a cover of the Clapping Song which was also a hit originally in 1965 for Shirley Ellis.
Actually there have been a lot of covers of Smokey Robinson & The Miracles and there are more to come. It started with the Beat doing "Tears Of A Clown" at the end of 1979, then shortly after "More Love" by Kim Carnes, and then we had "Tracks Of My Tears" by Colin Blunstone a few weeks ago. The Rolling Stones have a cover of "Going To A Go-Go" and Japan's version of "I Second That Emotion" is just around the corner too. I should make a poll on the best cover version in 1982.
My next playlist has 3 of 4 consecutive number ones of 1982, and would have "Fame" too but it was already a hit in my chart in 1980. The first of those 4 was a cover version that flew up to #1 then down again very quickly.
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Post by Earl Purple on Jan 28, 2023 20:03:18 GMT 1
I've always loved Babooshka, and Army Dreamers is a classic too. Of course they are both classics, Army Dreamers should never have got Kate Bush into a sing-off. Babooshka was up against Haven darling "It Must Have Been Love" by still only narrowly lost.
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Post by Earl Purple on Jan 28, 2023 20:00:24 GMT 1
59 Ambrosia - One Eighty
This is probably the last act on the list that are pretty unknown to most here. they are a Californian rock band who had been going since 1970, who had several top 5 and top 20 hits in the US. I discovered them through a Spotify playlist focused on AOR a few years ago. This was their fourth album and biggest success let by the top 3 US hit "Biggest Part of Me". The album reached #25 in the US. As an Air Supply/Styx fan, did you know these guys as well Earl Purple ? 3/5 "Biggest Part Of Me" NM #5 in 1980, plus two smaller hits "Holdin' On To Yesterday" (#31 in 1975) and "You're The Only Woman" (#37 in 1980)
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Post by Earl Purple on Jan 27, 2023 12:09:35 GMT 1
I hate predicting Charlton! They have beaten us the last 3 times though.
H3 Coventry City v Huddersfield Town D1 Hull City v Queens Park Rangers H8 Middlesbrough v Watford A2 Charlton Athletic v Bolton Wanderers (12:30) A4 Burton Albion v Oxford United A5 Milton Keynes Dons v Exeter City H9 Peterborough United v Portsmouth H6 Mansfield Town v Doncaster Rovers H10 Notts County v FC Halifax Town H7 Darlington v Spennymoor Town
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Post by Earl Purple on Jan 26, 2023 23:23:07 GMT 1
1 ( 1 ) Innuendo - Queen < 2nd week at #1 > 2 ( 10 ) The King Is Half Undressed - Jellyfish 3 ( 5 ) 3am Eternal - KLF 4 ( 2 ) All This Time - Sting (#2[2]) 5 ( 4 ) Get Here - Oleta Adams (#4) 6 ( 6 ) International Bright Young Thing - Jesus Jones 7 ( 16 ) Bloodsport For All - Carter The Unstoppable Sex Machine 8 ( 3 ) Crazy - Seal (#1[4]) 9 ( 18 ) The Shoop Shoop Song (It's In His Kiss) - Cher 10 ( 19 ) Cry For Help - Rick Astley
11 ( 8 ) X Y And Zee - Pop Will Eat Itself (#8) 12 ( -- ) Show Me The Way - Styx 13 ( 15 ) Just Can't Say Goodbye - Associates 14 ( 24 ) Coming Out Of The Dark - Gloria Estefan 15 ( -- ) I Believe - EMF 16 ( 11 ) Where Does My Heart Beat Now - CĂ©line Dion (#11) 17 ( 7 ) Disappear - Inxs (#2[1]) 18 ( -- ) What Do I Have To Do - Kylie Minogue 19 ( 28 ) Good Times - Jimmy Barnes & Inxs 20 ( -- ) Which Way Should I Jump - Milltown Brothers
21 ( 9 ) All The Man I Need - Whitney Houston (#3) 22 ( 12 ) Mercy Mercy Me I Want You - Robert Palmer (#9) 23 ( 22 ) Freedom - London Boys (#22) 24 ( -- ) Love Rears Its Ugly Head - Living Colour 25 ( 20 ) Breakaway - Donna Summer (#20) 26 ( 17 ) All True Man - Alexander O'Neal (#17) 27 ( 35 ) Dedication - Thin Lizzy 28 ( 26 ) If You Lean On Me - Colin James (#26) 29 ( 13 ) Sadeness Part 1 - Enigma (#4) 30 ( -- ) If This Is Love - JJ 31 ( 14 ) Bring Your Daughter To The Slaughter - Iron Maiden (#6)
32 ( -- ) Only The Ones We Love - Tanita Tikaram 33 ( -- ) Motown Junk - Manic Street Preachers 34 ( 21 ) Jordan - Prefab Sprout (#17) 35 ( 32 ) American Dream - Power Of Dreams (#32) 36 ( -- ) You Got The Love - Source ft Candi Staton 37 ( 27 ) Miss America - Big Dish (#27) 38 ( -- ) Sliver - Nirvana 39 ( 31 ) A Lil' Ain't Enough - David Lee Roth (#31) 40 ( -- ) It's Too Late - Quartz ft Dina Carroll
41 ( 23 ) Wicked Game - Chris Isaak (#1[1]) 42 ( 50 ) Ride - Parchman 43 ( -- ) Boneyard - Little Angels 44 ( 25 ) Anything Is Possible - Debbie Gibson (#10) 45 ( 39 ) Satan - Orbital (#39) 46 ( 40 ) Can I Kick It - A Tribe Called Quest (#40) 47 ( 29 ) Preacher Man - Bananarama (#21) 48 ( -- ) If You Need Somebody - Bad Company 49 ( 30 ) Well Did You Evah - Deborah Harry & Iggy Pop (#22) 50 ( -- ) Only You - Praise
-- ( 33 ) Summer Rain - Belinda Carlisle (#7) -- ( 34 ) Freedom ('90) - George Michael (#1[6]) -- ( 36 ) Prodigal Blues - Billy Idol (#13) -- ( 37 ) Doctor Jeep - Sisters Of Mercy (#14) -- ( 38 ) Twice As Hard - Black Crowes (#35) -- ( 41 ) Altogether Now - Farm (#6) -- ( 42 ) Got The Time - Anthrax (#33) -- ( 43 ) Superficial People - Ten City (#23) -- ( 44 ) Don't Believe Her - Scorpions (#40) -- ( 45 ) I Saw Red - Warrant (#41) -- ( 46 ) Calling You - Paul Young (#36) -- ( 47 ) Grease Megamix - John Travolta & Olivia Newton John (#24) -- ( 48 ) My Book - Beautiful South (#8) -- ( 49 ) Gonna Make You Sweat - C&C Music Factory (#11)
-- ( -- ) The Wagon - Dinosaur Jr -- ( -- ) Morning Will Come - Junior Giscombe -- ( -- ) To Hell With Poverty - Gang Of Four
More early 90s indie:
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Post by Earl Purple on Jan 26, 2023 19:28:32 GMT 1
Breaking Glass is an incredible album, and of course includes the wonderful Will You.
My favourite song on the album that wasn't a single is "Writing On The Wall"
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Post by Earl Purple on Jan 25, 2023 16:59:14 GMT 1
1 ( 1 ) You're So Vain - Carly Simon < 5th week at #1 > 2 ( 2 ) Do It Again - Steely Dan 3 ( 3 ) Dancing In The Moonlight - King Harvest 4 ( 9 ) Whiskey In The Jar - Thin Lizzy 5 ( 5 ) Wishing Well - Free 6 ( 6 ) Blockbuster - Sweet 7 ( 11 ) Daniel - Elton John 8 ( -- ) Part Of The Union - Strawbs 9 ( 4 ) Superstition - Stevie Wonder (#2[4]) 10 ( 7 ) Hi Hi Hi - Wings (#7)
11 ( 21 ) Hocus Pocus - Focus 12 ( -- ) Love Train - O'Jays 13 ( 23 ) Could It Be I'm Falling In Love - Spinners 14 ( 17 ) Paper Plane - Status Quo 15 ( 8 ) The Jean Genie - David Bowie (#3) 16 ( 20 ) On A Saturday Night - Terry Dactyl & The Dinosaurs 17 ( 10 ) Why Can't We Live Together - Timmy Thomas (#6) 18 ( 13 ) Sing Don't Speak - Blackfoot Sue (#12) 19 ( 12 ) C Moon - Wings (#5) 20 ( 16 ) You Turn Me On I'm A Radio - Joni Mitchell (#16)
21 ( 28 ) Dreidel - Don McLean 22 ( -- ) Sylvia - Focus 23 ( 14 ) Always On My Mind - Elvis Presley (#6) 24 ( 15 ) Angel - Rod Stewart (#8) 25 ( -- ) Roll Over Beethoven - Electric Light Orchestra 26 ( 22 ) Rocky Mountain Hight - John Denver (#22) 27 ( 26 ) Big City - Dandy Livingstone (#26) 28 ( 19 ) I'm On My Way To A Better Place - Chairmen Of The Board (#16) 29 ( -- ) (There's Gonna Be A) Showdown - Archie Bell & The Drells 30 ( 37 ) Do You Wanna Touch Me (Oh Yeah) - Gary Glitter
31 ( 30 ) Relay - Who (#30) 32 ( 38 ) I'll Be Your Shelter (In Time Of Storm) - Luther Ingram 33 ( 24 ) The World Is A Ghetto - War (#21) 34 ( -- ) Take Me Girl I'm Ready - Junior Walker & The All Stars 35 ( 35 ) Don't Expect Me To Be Your Friend - Lobo 36 ( 18 ) Happy Xmas (War Is Over) - John Lennon Yoko Ono & The Harlem Community Choir (#1[3]) 37 ( 27 ) Big Seven - Judge Dread (#17) 38 ( 25 ) Solid Gold Easy Action - T.Rex (#8) 39 ( 31 ) Trouble Man - Marvin Gaye (#26) 40 ( 29 ) Desperate Dan - Lieutenant Pigeon (#18)
-- ( 32 ) Your Mama Don't Dance - Loggins & Messina (#7) -- ( 33 ) Separate Ways - Elvis Presley (#25) -- ( 34 ) The Love In Your Eyes - Vicky Leandros (#21) -- ( 36 ) Ball Park Incident - Wizzard (#12) -- ( 39 ) Been To Canaan - Carole King (#26) -- ( 40 ) Can't Keep It In - Cat Stevens (#13)
-- ( -- ) Last Song - Edward Bear
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Post by Earl Purple on Jan 25, 2023 11:47:38 GMT 1
My favourite track on Get Happy is "New Amsterdam" but it wasn't a big hit and I think I ended up not playing it although it was on my list of possible songs to play. I didn't think much of "High Fidelity". I did play "I Can't Stand Up For Falling Down" of course, but that was my first round choice as I wasn't confident on that either.
From "Almost Blue" I played "Good Year For The Roses", which is a great cover version.
"Imperial Bedroom" is back to the normal Elvis Costello & The Attractions, except it feels a bit like it isn't. "You Little Fool" didn't reach the top 40 but is on my 1982 playlist now, but it won't be a big hit for me either.
The only songs I played from this point on are "Every Day I Write The Book" from Punch The Clock, but "Shipbuilding" is also a great song from that album, and "Veronica" from "Spike".
So I wonder which albums appeal to you, but I'd say Punch The Clock is his best 80s album.
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Post by Earl Purple on Jan 24, 2023 11:46:40 GMT 1
The year these artists had their first top 40 hit single, or top 40 hit album if earlier
ADELE 2008 BILLY OCEAN 1976 BRUTUS CHEMICAL BROTHERS 1995 CRANBERRIES 1994 CYNDI LAUPER 1984 DIRE STRAITS 1979 EVERYTHING BUT THE GIRL 1984 FIRST AID KIT (albums 2012) GHOST 2022 (albums 2015) LINKIN PARK 2001 SHAGGY 1993 SHERYL CROW 1994 SQUEEZE 1978 TALK TALK 1982 TRAVIS 1997
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Post by Earl Purple on Jan 24, 2023 10:57:04 GMT 1
Interesting just after we were discussing the Rolling Stones, Queen and Stevie Wonder came up, with Kate Bush having been mentioned too. Wondering if Madness, Bon Jovi or Elvis Costello would come up next..
"Happy Birthday" was Stevie Wonder's biggest ever hit in my chart. Spent 6 weeks at #1 in 1981, keeping Soft Cell's "Tainted Love" off the top in the process. That and "Sir Duke" both finished #2 of the year.
"Songs In The Key Of Life" and "Hotter Than July" are to me his two most classic albums. In between was the rather poor "Journey Into The Secret Life Of Plants" which did contain the song "Send Her Your Love" which was a top 5 hit in the USA but didn't do anything in the UK. Not much else on it worth noting.
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Post by Earl Purple on Jan 22, 2023 22:50:22 GMT 1
29 May 1982
1 ( 1 ) Rosanna - Toto < 3rd week at #1 > 2 ( 2 ) The Look Of Love - ABC 3 ( 10 ) House Of Fun - Madness 4 ( 4 ) Island Of Lost Souls - Blondie 5 ( 7 ) Hungry Like The Wolf - Duran Duran 6 ( 3 ) Fantasy Island - Tight Fit (#3) 7 ( 5 ) The Meaning Of Love - Depeche Mode (#5) 8 ( 15 ) Goody Two Shoes - Adam Ant 9 ( -- ) Torch - Soft Cell 10 ( 18 ) Temptation - New Order
11 ( 20 ) Paperlate - Genesis 12 ( 11 ) I'm A Wonderful Thing Baby - Kid Creole & The Coconuts (#11) 13 ( 8 ) The Telephone Always Rings - Fun Boy Three (#8) 14 ( 22 ) Cantonese Boy - Japan 15 ( 16 ) Rhythm Of The Jungle - Quick 16 ( 6 ) Only You - Yazoo (#1[2]) 17 ( 19 ) The Number Of The Beast - Iron Maiden 18 ( 9 ) Heat Of The Moment - Asia (#6) 19 ( -- ) The Back Of Love - Echo & The Bunnymen 20 ( 14 ) Club Country - Associates (#14)
21 ( 29 ) Hurts So Good - John Cougar 22 ( 23 ) Love Is All Is All Right - UB40 23 ( 31 ) Love's Been A Little Bit Hard On Me - Juice Newton 24 ( 13 ) A Little Peace - Nicole (#11) 25 ( 26 ) Sun Of Jamaica - Goombay Dance Band 26 ( 35 ) Brave New World - Toyah 27 ( 36 ) Paris Is One Day Away - Mood 28 ( 12 ) Night Birds - Shakatak (#1[3]) 29 ( -- ) Because You're Young - Classix Nouveaux 30 ( 17 ) Fantastic Day - Haircut 100 (#4)
31 ( -- ) Work That Body - Diana Ross 32 ( 34 ) Let It Whip - Dazz Band 33 ( 43 ) Pinky Blue - Altered Images 34 ( 24 ) We Have A Dream - Scotland World Cup Squad (#19) 35 ( 25 ) Perfumed Garden - Rah Band (#21) 36 ( 21 ) Instinction - Spandau Ballet (#7) 37 ( 33 ) Are You Hearing (What I Hear) - Level 42 (#33) 38 ( 28 ) Tottenham Tottenham - Tottenham Hotspur FA Cup Final Squad (#23) 39 ( 40 ) Grace - Band AKA 40 ( -- ) Only The Lonely - Motels
41 ( 37 ) Without You (Not Another Lonely Night) - Franke & The Knockouts (#37) 42 ( -- ) Fireworks - Siouxsie & The Banshees 43 ( -- ) The Hop - Theatre Of Hate 44 ( 27 ) I Won't Let You Down - PhD (#2[2]) 45 ( -- ) One More Saturday Night - Matchbox 46 ( 44 ) Crimson And Clover - Joan Jett & The Blackhearts (#44) 47 ( 30 ) Papa's Got A Brand New Pigbag - Pigbag (#5) 48 ( -- ) Play The Game Tonight - Kansas 49 ( 47 ) Circles - Atlantic Starr (#47) 50 ( 32 ) Black Coffee In Bed - Squeeze (#10)
-- ( 38 ) Promised You A Miracle - Simple Minds (#6) -- ( 39 ) Body Language - Queen (#26) -- ( 41 ) View From A Bridge - Kim Wilde (#8) -- ( 42 ) See Jungle - Bow Wow Wow (#28) -- ( 45 ) My Girl - Donnie Iris (#33) -- ( 46 ) Talk Talk - Talk Talk (#11) -- ( 48 ) Fantasy - Aldo Nova (#36) -- ( 49 ) Stand Or Fall - Fixx (#21) -- ( 50 ) Girl Crazy - Hot Chocolate (#9)
-- ( -- ) Any Day Now - Ronnie Milsap -- ( -- ) Friends In Love - Dionne Warwick & Johnny Mathis -- ( -- ) Tracks Of My Tears - Colin Blunstone
ABC fail to dislodge Toto with Madness moving up to #3 to challenge for the top, on the week they rise to the top in the UK chart.
Soft Cell get the highest entry at #9 with a single that reached #2 in the UK.
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Post by Earl Purple on Jan 22, 2023 12:58:54 GMT 1
83 The Rolling Stones - Emotional Rescue
Not the best album we will hear from them in the 80s but it did return them to major chart success especially in the US. It's fine and has a few highlights but not really for me. It did reach #1 in the UK and US, the first to do so on this list. Awful sleeve art as well. 3/5 What about the title track? You were running that Haven Factor.
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Gigs 2023
Jan 22, 2023 1:16:10 GMT 1
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Post by Earl Purple on Jan 22, 2023 1:16:10 GMT 1
Not really a gig or concert person, but one of my friends said they had managed to get extra tickets for Shakatak later in the year. I thought they were joking. They were not, Shakatak actually are still going. I would love to see them.. Just got back from seeing Dropkick Murphys at Wembley Arena
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Post by Earl Purple on Jan 20, 2023 2:00:32 GMT 1
Saturday 21st January H3 Liverpool v Chelsea (12:30) D1 AFC Bournemouth v Nottingham Forest A8 Leicester City v Brighton & Hove Albion A7 Southampton v Aston Villa D2 West Ham United v Everton A9 Crystal Palace v Newcastle United A4 Leeds United v Brentford (Sunday) H10 Manchester City v Wolverhampton Wanderers (Sunday) H5 Arsenal v Manchester United (Sunday) A6 Fulham v Tottenham Hotspur (Monday)
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Post by Earl Purple on Jan 20, 2023 0:45:56 GMT 1
1 ( -- ) Innuendo - Queen 2 ( 2 ) All This Time - Sting 3 ( 1 ) Crazy - Seal (#1[4]) 4 ( 5 ) Get Here - Oleta Adams 5 ( 13 ) 3am Eternal - KLF 6 ( 8 ) International Bright Young Thing - Jesus Jones 7 ( 3 ) Disappear - Inxs (#2[1]) 8 ( 10 ) X Y And Zee - Pop Will Eat Itself 9 ( 4 ) All The Man I Need - Whitney Houston (#3) 10 ( -- ) The King Is Half Undressed - Jellyfish
11 ( 12 ) Where Does My Heart Beat Now - CĂ©line Dion 12 ( 9 ) Mercy Mercy Me I Want You - Robert Palmer (#9) 13 ( 6 ) Sadeness Part 1 - Enigma (#4) 14 ( 7 ) Bring Your Daughter To The Slaughter - Iron Maiden (#6) 15 ( 24 ) Just Can't Say Goodbye - Associates 16 ( -- ) Bloodsport For All - Carter The Unstoppable Sex Machine 17 ( 18 ) All True Man - Alexander O'Neal 18 ( -- ) The Shoop Shoop Song (It's In His Kiss) - Cher 19 ( -- ) Cry For Help - Rick Astley 20 ( 25 ) Breakaway - Donna Summer
21 ( 17 ) Jordan - Prefab Sprout (#17) 22 ( 32 ) Freedom - London Boys 23 ( 11 ) Wicked Game - Chris Isaak (#1[1]) 24 ( -- ) Coming Out Of The Dark - Gloria Estefan 25 ( 14 ) Anything Is Possible - Debbie Gibson (#10) 26 ( 34 ) If You Lean On Me - Colin James 27 ( 27 ) Miss America - Big Dish 28 ( -- ) Good Times - Jimmy Barnes & Inxs 29 ( 21 ) Preacher Man - Bananarama (#21) 30 ( 22 ) Well Did You Evah - Deborah Harry & Iggy Pop (#22)
31 ( 31 ) A Lil' Ain't Enough - David Lee Roth 32 ( 39 ) American Dream - Power Of Dreams 33 ( 16 ) Summer Rain - Belinda Carlisle (#7) 34 ( 15 ) Freedom ('90) - George Michael (#1[6]) 35 ( -- ) Dedication - Thin Lizzy 36 ( 19 ) Prodigal Blues - Billy Idol (#13) 37 ( 20 ) Doctor Jeep - Sisters Of Mercy (#14) 38 ( 35 ) Twice As Hard - Black Crowes (#35) 39 ( 42 ) Satan - Orbital 40 ( 44 ) Can I Kick It - A Tribe Called Quest
41 ( 23 ) Altogether Now - Farm (#6) 42 ( 33 ) Got The Time - Anthrax (#33) 43 ( 28 ) Superficial People - Ten City (#23) 44 ( 40 ) Don't Believe Her - Scorpions (#40) 45 ( 41 ) I Saw Red - Warrant (#41) 46 ( 36 ) Calling You - Paul Young (#36) 47 ( 30 ) Grease Megamix - John Travolta & Olivia Newton John (#24) 48 ( 26 ) My Book - Beautiful South (#8) 49 ( 29 ) Gonna Make You Sweat - C&C Music Factory (#11) 50 ( -- ) Ride - Parchman
-- ( 37 ) High Tension Line - Fall (#20) -- ( 38 ) You're Amazing - Robert Palmer (#30) -- ( 43 ) The One To Sing The Blues - Motorhead (#41) -- ( 45 ) Just Another Dream - Cathy Dennis (#10) -- ( 46 ) I Call Your Name - A-Ha (#17) -- ( 47 ) Deal For Life - John Waite (#25) -- ( 48 ) Anniversary Waltz Part 2 - Status Quo (#13) -- ( 49 ) Play That Funky Music - Vanilla Ice (#29) -- ( 50 ) Kinky Boots - Patrick MacNee & Honor Blackman (#3)
-- ( -- ) Couldn't Say Goodbye - Tom Jones -- ( -- ) Breathe - Maria McKee -- ( -- ) Everywhere I Look - Daryl Hall & John Oates -- ( -- ) Cool Jerk - Go Gos -- ( -- ) Someday - Mariah Carey -- ( -- ) What's It Gonna Be - Jellybean -- ( -- ) Do The Bartman - Simpsons
When an act gets to #1 I usually put in the comments how many number ones they have had up to that point, but I haven't counted it up for Queen - they've just had loads. In the UK this was only their 3rd number one though and one of those was with David Bowie. And like Iron Maiden just before them it fell like a stone. Of course later in the 90s that wasn't uncommon but in 1991 it was quite unexpected, although U2 had done similarly with Desire and would do the same again in the year with The Fly. Happy Talk by Captain Sensible is another that comes to mind but it spent 6 weeks in the top 10 compared to only 4 for Iron Maiden, Queen and U2's "The Fly". Beetlebum by Blur spent just 3 weeks in the top 40.
Jellyfish - actually I thought I was listening to the Manic Street Preachers when I listened back at it, and their single "Motown Junk" isn't far away either.
The Gulf War officially started at this time and I recall it had an impact on KLF, Queen and Carter USM, with the latter getting no airplay because of the war.
Cher charting with that already - yes it's in the US top 40.
3 of the acts in the list of those who didn't chart have had NM #1s, Hall & Oates have not but they had many hits, and Jane Wiedlin of the Go-Gos also had an NM #1.
So it looks like 1991 has finally picked up a bit, but March is brutal with 3 classics all on the same week.
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Post by Earl Purple on Jan 18, 2023 10:45:20 GMT 1
22 May 1982
1 ( 1 ) Rosanna - Toto < 2nd week at #1 > 2 ( 10 ) The Look Of Love - ABC 3 ( 3 ) Fantasy Island - Tight Fit 4 ( 5 ) Island Of Lost Souls - Blondie 5 ( 7 ) The Meaning Of Love - Depeche Mode 6 ( 2 ) Only You - Yazoo (#1[2]) 7 ( 13 ) Hungry Like The Wolf - Duran Duran 8 ( 8 ) The Telephone Always Rings - Fun Boy Three 9 ( 6 ) Heat Of The Moment - Asia (#6) 10 ( -- ) House Of Fun - Madness
11 ( 17 ) I'm A Wonderful Thing Baby - Kid Creole & The Coconuts 12 ( 4 ) Night Birds - Shakatak (#1[3]) 13 ( 11 ) A Little Peace - Nicole (#11) 14 ( 15 ) Club Country - Associates 15 ( -- ) Goody Two Shoes - Adam Ant 16 ( 26 ) Rhythm Of The Jungle - Quick 17 ( 9 ) Fantastic Day - Haircut 100 (#4) 18 ( -- ) Temptation - New Order 19 ( 31 ) The Number Of The Beast - Iron Maiden 20 ( -- ) Paperlate - Genesis
21 ( 12 ) Instinction - Spandau Ballet (#7) 22 ( -- ) Cantonese Boy - Japan 23 ( 35 ) Love Is All Is All Right - UB40 24 ( 19 ) We Have A Dream - Scotland World Cup Squad (#19) 25 ( 21 ) Perfumed Garden - Rah Band (#21) 26 ( 37 ) Sun Of Jamaica - Goombay Dance Band 27 ( 14 ) I Won't Let You Down - PhD (#2[2]) 28 ( 23 ) Tottenham Tottenham - Tottenham Hotspur FA Cup Final Squad (#23) 29 ( -- ) Hurts So Good - John Cougar 30 ( 16 ) Papa's Got A Brand New Pigbag - Pigbag (#5)
31 ( -- ) Love's Been A Little Bit Hard On Me - Juice Newton 32 ( 18 ) Black Coffee In Bed - Squeeze (#10) 33 ( 34 ) Are You Hearing (What I Hear) - Level 42 34 ( 43 ) Let It Whip - Dazz Band 35 ( -- ) Brave New World - Toyah 36 ( -- ) Paris Is One Day Away - Mood 37 ( 38 ) Without You (Not Another Lonely Night) - Franke & The Knockouts 38 ( 20 ) Promised You A Miracle - Simple Minds (#6) 39 ( 28 ) Body Language - Queen (#26) 40 ( 46 ) Grace - Band AKA
41 ( 22 ) View From A Bridge - Kim Wilde (#8) 42 ( 30 ) See Jungle - Bow Wow Wow (#28) 43 ( -- ) Pinky Blue - Altered Images 44 ( 48 ) Crimson And Clover - Joan Jett & The Blackhearts 45 ( 33 ) My Girl - Donnie Iris (#33) 46 ( 24 ) Talk Talk - Talk Talk (#11) 47 ( 49 ) Circles - Atlantic Starr 48 ( 36 ) Fantasy - Aldo Nova (#36) 49 ( 29 ) Stand Or Fall - Fixx (#21) 50 ( 25 ) Girl Crazy - Hot Chocolate (#9)
-- ( 27 ) Forget Me Nots - Patrice Rushen (#12) -- ( 32 ) La Folie - Stranglers (#25) -- ( 39 ) Nobody - Toni Basil -- ( 40 ) Know Your Rights - Clash -- ( 41 ) Stay - Barry Manilow (#23) -- ( 42 ) I Ran - A Flock Of Seagulls (#3) -- ( 44 ) Ebony And Ivory - Paul McCartney & Stevie Wonder (#11) -- ( 45 ) Empty Garden - Elton John (#25) -- ( 47 ) This Time (We'll Get It Right) - England World Cup Squad (#14) -- ( 50 ) Shout Shout (Knock Yourself Out) - Rocky Sharpe & The Replays (#34)
-- ( -- ) Caught Up In You - 38 Special -- ( -- ) I Love A Man In Uniform - Gang Of Four -- ( -- ) I Don't Know Where To Start - Eddie Rabbitt -- ( -- ) Faithless - Scritti Politti
The biggest act of the year in 1980 was Madness and in 1981 was Adam & The Ants, and so this week saw them go head-to-head with new entries, but with Adam Ant now solo, and in the UK Madness had never gone higher than #3 (but then Blur had never got higher than #5 in the UK singles chart before their battle with Oasis).
In any case, in the UK it was Adam Ant who made the best start, entering at #5 compared to Madness at #8. But then it turned around and Madness spent two weeks at #1 with Adam Ant at #2. But the next week that changed again and Adam Ant moved up to #1 and also stayed on top 2 weeks. Adam Ant ended up the overall bigger seller in the chart of the year. He would never get to #1 again, but both acts had top 5 hits near the end of 1983 with Madness then having just one more new top 10 hit in a comeback in 1999 but otherwise they both continued with smaller hits. Madness would get to #2 in 1983 whilst for Adam Ant that #5 would be his only further top 5 hit.
Thus far on the NM chart Madness have had two #1s and Adam & The Ants had 3.
New Order haven't had a #1 but most of the members did as part of Joy Division in 1980. Subsequently "Ceremony" and "Procession" didn't do that well, #38 and #37 respectively in 1981 but "Temptation" has already beaten both of those.
Top acts of the year mentioned so far, Genesis will achieve that in 1986 if the replay chart goes the same way as the chart did at the time, and I see no reason why they won't end up there. Paperlate was the lead track from 3x3 EP.
Among the others, for Juice Newton she finally breaks in after two flops.
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Post by Earl Purple on Jan 17, 2023 10:21:21 GMT 1
I just read up about Dana - she was born in London, her father was from Northern Ireland and they moved there when she was 5, but it appears she's Catholic, and later she got involved in politics and was at one time a Member of the European Parliament.
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