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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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Post by Earl Purple on Jan 16, 2023 21:45:56 GMT 1
15 May 1982
1 ( 3 ) Rosanna - Toto < 1st #1 > 2 ( 1 ) Only You - Yazoo (#1[2]) 3 ( 4 ) Fantasy Island - Tight Fit 4 ( 2 ) Night Birds - Shakatak (#1[3]) 5 ( 16 ) Island Of Lost Souls - Blondie 6 ( 9 ) Heat Of The Moment - Asia 7 ( 17 ) The Meaning Of Love - Depeche Mode 8 ( 18 ) The Telephone Always Rings - Fun Boy Three 9 ( 5 ) Fantastic Day - Haircut 100 (#4) 10 ( -- ) The Look Of Love - ABC
11 ( 20 ) A Little Peace - Nicole 12 ( 7 ) Instinction - Spandau Ballet (#7) 13 ( -- ) Hungry Like The Wolf - Duran Duran 14 ( 6 ) I Won't Let You Down - PhD (#2[2]) 15 ( 24 ) Club Country - Associates 16 ( 8 ) Papa's Got A Brand New Pigbag - Pigbag (#5) 17 ( -- ) I'm A Wonderful Thing Baby - Kid Creole & The Coconuts 18 ( 11 ) Black Coffee In Bed - Squeeze (#10) 19 ( 19 ) We Have A Dream - Scotland World Cup Squad 20 ( 10 ) Promised You A Miracle - Simple Minds (#6)
21 ( 22 ) Perfumed Garden - Rah Band 22 ( 12 ) View From A Bridge - Kim Wilde (#8) 23 ( 23 ) Tottenham Tottenham - Tottenham Hotspur FA Cup Final Squad 24 ( 14 ) Talk Talk - Talk Talk (#11) 25 ( 13 ) Girl Crazy - Hot Chocolate (#9) 26 ( -- ) Rhythm Of The Jungle - Quick 27 ( 15 ) Forget Me Nots - Patrice Rushen (#12) 28 ( 26 ) Body Language - Queen (#26) 29 ( 21 ) Stand Or Fall - Fixx (#21) 30 ( 28 ) See Jungle - Bow Wow Wow (#28)
31 ( -- ) The Number Of The Beast - Iron Maiden 32 ( 25 ) La Folie - Stranglers (#25) 33 ( 33 ) My Girl - Donnie Iris 34 ( 44 ) Are You Hearing (What I Hear) - Level 42 35 ( -- ) Love Is All Is All Right - UB40 36 ( 37 ) Fantasy - Aldo Nova 37 ( -- ) Sun Of Jamaica - Goombay Dance Band 38 ( 49 ) Without You (Not Another Lonely Night) - Franke & The Knockouts 39 ( 40 ) Nobody - Toni Basil 40 ( 43 ) Know Your Rights - Clash
41 ( 30 ) Stay - Barry Manilow (#23) 42 ( 27 ) I Ran - A Flock Of Seagulls (#3) 43 ( -- ) Let It Whip - Dazz Band 44 ( 29 ) Ebony And Ivory - Paul McCartney & Stevie Wonder (#11) 45 ( 34 ) Empty Garden - Elton John (#25) 46 ( -- ) Grace - Band AKA 47 ( 31 ) This Time (We'll Get It Right) - England World Cup Squad (#14) 48 ( -- ) Crimson And Clover - Joan Jett & The Blackhearts 49 ( -- ) Circles - Atlantic Starr 50 ( 41 ) Shout Shout (Knock Yourself Out) - Rocky Sharpe & The Replays (#34)
-- ( 32 ) More Than This - Roxy Music (#7) -- ( 35 ) One Step Further - Bardo (#16) -- ( 36 ) Mama Used to Say - Junior (#13) -- ( 38 ) God's Kitchen - Blancmange (#28) -- ( 39 ) Really Saying Something - Bananarama (#20) -- ( 42 ) Ain't No Pleasing You - Chas & Dave (#1[2]) -- ( 45 ) Cat People (Putting Out Fire) - David Bowie (#24) -- ( 46 ) Still In Saigon - Charlie Daniels Band (#35) -- ( 47 ) Shanghai Breezes - John Denver (#43) -- ( 48 ) Save It For Later - Beat (#38) -- ( 50 ) Ever So Lonely - Monsoon (#15)
-- ( -- ) When It's Over - Loverboy -- ( -- ) I Feel Love Comin' On - Dana
Toto become the first American act to top the chart in 1982, and the first since Meat Loaf and Cher were #1 near the end of 1981 with "Dead Ringer for Love".
ABC reached #2 with "Poison Arrow" and this week get the highest new entry with "The Look Of Love" ahead of another new-romantic classic "Hungry Like The Wolf" by Duran Duran, whose biggest hit to date "Girls On Film" reached #3 last year.
Among those not charting is Dana's cover of "I Feel Love Comin' On", originally NM #7 for Felice Taylor in 1967. That version isn't on Spotify, Dana's version is, but mistitled "I Feel Love". But listen to it, it's a cover of Felice Taylor not Donna Summer. It wasn't the only song she had out, "Yer Man" was Northern Ireland's world cup song (even though Dana is from Republic Of Ireland but it appeared they didn't care) and had that one reached the top 75 it's more likely I'd have charted it.
Among the other entries is a debut of Atlantic Starr and one for the Dazz Band who a couple of years would be letting it all blow..
Seven Years was not a big hit on this chart, but "Sun Of Jamaica" has actually out-performed its UK chart position where it didn't reach the top 40, but around Europe it was a big hit. "Crimson And Clover" is a cover of Tommy James & The Shondelles, who took their version to NM #24 at the start of 1969 (after entering in late 1968).
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Post by Earl Purple on Jan 15, 2023 22:14:55 GMT 1
I just saw "Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance With Somebody" today
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Post by Earl Purple on Jan 14, 2023 22:46:25 GMT 1
I was in primary school in 1973.
Towards the end of 1972 is when I first started learning piano
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Post by Earl Purple on Jan 14, 2023 19:06:16 GMT 1
1 ( 1 ) You're So Vain - Carly Simon < 4th week at #1 > 2 ( 3 ) Do It Again - Steely Dan 3 ( 5 ) Dancing In The Moonlight - King Harvest 4 ( 2 ) Superstition - Stevie Wonder (#2[4]) 5 ( 13 ) Wishing Well - Free 6 ( 14 ) Blockbuster - Sweet 7 ( 7 ) Hi Hi Hi - Wings 8 ( 4 ) The Jean Genie - David Bowie (#3) 9 ( -- ) Whiskey In The Jar - Thin Lizzy 10 ( 6 ) Why Can't We Live Together - Timmy Thomas (#6)
11 ( -- ) Daniel - Elton John 12 ( 9 ) C Moon - Wings (#5) 13 ( 12 ) Sing Don't Speak - Blackfoot Sue (#12) 14 ( 10 ) Always On My Mind - Elvis Presley (#6) 15 ( 11 ) Angel - Rod Stewart (#8) 16 ( 17 ) You Turn Me On I'm A Radio - Joni Mitchell 17 ( 27 ) Paper Plane - Status Quo 18 ( 8 ) Happy Xmas (War Is Over) - John Lennon Yoko Ono & The Harlem Community Choir (#1[3]) 19 ( 16 ) I'm On My Way To A Better Place - Chairmen Of The Board (#16) 20 ( 29 ) On A Saturday Night - Terry Dactyl & The Dinosaurs
21 ( -- ) Hocus Pocus - Focus 22 ( 24 ) Rocky Mountain Hight - John Denver 23 ( -- ) Could It Be I'm Falling In Love - Spinners 24 ( 21 ) The World Is A Ghetto - War (#21) 25 ( 15 ) Solid Gold Easy Action - T.Rex (#8) 26 ( 32 ) Big City - Dandy Livingstone 27 ( 19 ) Big Seven - Judge Dread (#17) 28 ( -- ) Dreidel - Don McLean 29 ( 20 ) Desperate Dan - Lieutenant Pigeon (#18) 30 ( 35 ) Relay - Who
31 ( 26 ) Trouble Man - Marvin Gaye (#26) 32 ( 18 ) Your Mama Don't Dance - Loggins & Messina (#7) 33 ( 25 ) Separate Ways - Elvis Presley (#25) 34 ( 23 ) The Love In Your Eyes - Vicky Leandros (#21) 35 ( 40 ) Don't Expect Me To Be Your Friend - Lobo 36 ( 22 ) Ball Park Incident - Wizzard (#12) 37 ( -- ) Do You Wanna Touch Me (Oh Yeah) - Gary Glitter 38 ( -- ) I'll Be Your Shelter (In Time Of Storm) - Luther Ingram 39 ( 31 ) Been To Canaan - Carole King (#26) 40 ( 28 ) Can't Keep It In - Cat Stevens (#13)
-- ( 30 ) GudBuy T'Jane - Slade (#3) -- ( 33 ) I Wanna Be With You - Raspberries (#23) -- ( 34 ) Crocodile Rock - Elton John (#1[3]) -- ( 36 ) Getting A Drag - Lynsey De Paul (#19) -- ( 37 ) The Men - Isaac Hayes (#14) -- ( 38 ) Keeper Of The Castle - Four Tops (#18) -- ( 39 ) Alive - Bee Gees (#26)
-- ( -- ) Do You Want To Dance - Bette Midler
1973 is a brilliant year for music, by the way.
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Post by Earl Purple on Jan 13, 2023 11:31:51 GMT 1
Saturday 14th Fixtures
H5 Manchester United v Manchester City (12:30) A4 Brighton & Hove Albion v Liverpool H3 Everton v Southampton D2 Nottingham Forest v Leicester City D1 Wolverhampton Wanderers v West Ham United H7 Brentford v AFC Bournemouth H9 Burnley v Coventry City H8 Chelsea v Crystal Palace (Sunday) H10 Newcastle United v Fulham (Sunday) A6 Tottenham Hotspur v Arsenal (Sunday)
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Post by Earl Purple on Jan 12, 2023 23:16:08 GMT 1
1 ( 1 ) Crazy - Seal < 4th week at #1 > 2 ( 8 ) All This Time - Sting 3 ( 2 ) Disappear - Inxs (#2[1]) 4 ( 3 ) All The Man I Need - Whitney Houston (#3) 5 ( 11 ) Get Here - Oleta Adams 6 ( 4 ) Sadeness Part 1 - Enigma (#4) 7 ( 6 ) Bring Your Daughter To The Slaughter - Iron Maiden (#6) 8 ( 17 ) International Bright Young Thing - Jesus Jones 9 ( 12 ) Mercy Mercy Me I Want You - Robert Palmer 10 ( 20 ) X Y And Zee - Pop Will Eat Itself
11 ( 5 ) Wicked Game - Chris Isaak (#1[1]) 12 ( 22 ) Where Does My Heart Beat Now - Céline Dion 13 ( -- ) 3am Eternal - KLF 14 ( 10 ) Anything Is Possible - Debbie Gibson (#10) 15 ( 7 ) Freedom ('90) - George Michael (#1[6]) 16 ( 9 ) Summer Rain - Belinda Carlisle (#7) 17 ( 18 ) Jordan - Prefab Sprout 18 ( 28 ) All True Man - Alexander O'Neal 19 ( 13 ) Prodigal Blues - Billy Idol (#13) 20 ( 14 ) Doctor Jeep - Sisters Of Mercy (#14)
21 ( 21 ) Preacher Man - Bananarama 22 ( 23 ) Well Did You Evah - Deborah Harry & Iggy Pop 23 ( 15 ) Altogether Now - Farm (#6) 24 ( -- ) Just Can't Say Goodbye - Associates 25 ( 39 ) Breakaway - Donna Summer 26 ( 16 ) My Book - Beautiful South (#8) 27 ( 40 ) Miss America - Big Dish 28 ( 24 ) Superficial People - Ten City (#23) 29 ( 19 ) Gonna Make You Sweat - C&C Music Factory (#11) 30 ( 25 ) Grease Megamix - John Travolta & Olivia Newton John (#24)
31 ( 43 ) A Lil' Ain't Enough - David Lee Roth 32 ( -- ) Freedom - London Boys 33 ( 34 ) Got The Time - Anthrax 34 ( -- ) If You Lean On Me - Colin James 35 ( 47 ) Twice As Hard - Black Crowes 36 ( 37 ) Calling You - Paul Young 37 ( 26 ) High Tension Line - Fall (#20) 38 ( 31 ) You're Amazing - Robert Palmer (#30) 39 ( -- ) American Dream - Power Of Dreams 40 ( 48 ) Don't Believe Her - Scorpions
41 ( 49 ) I Saw Red - Warrant 42 ( -- ) Satan - Orbital 43 ( 41 ) The One To Sing The Blues - Motorhead (#41) 44 ( -- ) Can I Kick It - A Tribe Called Quest 45 ( 27 ) Just Another Dream - Cathy Dennis (#10) 46 ( 29 ) I Call Your Name - A-Ha (#17) 47 ( 33 ) Deal For Life - John Waite (#25) 48 ( 30 ) Anniversary Waltz Part 2 - Status Quo (#13) 49 ( 36 ) Play That Funky Music - Vanilla Ice (#29) 50 ( 32 ) Kinky Boots - Patrick MacNee & Honor Blackman (#3)
-- ( 35 ) The Best Christmas Of Them All - Shakin Stevens (#14) -- ( 38 ) Situation - Yazoo (#9) -- ( 42 ) Lose Control - James (#15) -- ( 44 ) Keep On Running - Milli Vanilli (#36) -- ( 45 ) I Can't Say Goodbye - Kim Wilde (#29) -- ( 46 ) Crazy Party Mixes - Jive Bunny (#38) -- ( 50 ) Helping Hand - Arthur Miles (#34)
-- ( -- ) Love Makes Things Happen - Pebbles
Not enough love yet for this
Those two songs that sample classics enter together but unfortunately Soho were out last year and failed to get in my chart when it was stronger, whereas A Tribe Called Quest do get in now albeit only just.
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Post by Earl Purple on Jan 12, 2023 23:07:54 GMT 1
You haven't posted the UK chart on which it will be based. It's the one when Enigma take over at #1 with Seal behind (the reverse of here) and KLF enter at #5.
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Post by Earl Purple on Jan 9, 2023 22:30:51 GMT 1
I reckon that my top act of 1991 will be a band and their lead singer will die near the end of the year.
I reckon that my top act of 1992 will release a single every month that year.
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Post by Earl Purple on Jan 8, 2023 21:12:41 GMT 1
I didn't know Pat Butcher was dead. Pam St Clement is still alive, aged 80.
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Post by Earl Purple on Jan 8, 2023 10:54:16 GMT 1
Pat Benatar will be 70 on Tuesday. As she was in the contest 2 series ago we can mention as many of her songs as we like.
As Sheryl Crow is in this contest we can't.
I mentioned "Hit Me With Your Best Shot" and "We Belong" which are Pat Benatar songs.
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Post by Earl Purple on Jan 7, 2023 21:05:29 GMT 1
1 ( 1 ) You're So Vain - Carly Simon < 3rd week at #1 > 2 ( 2 ) Superstition - Stevie Wonder 3 ( 5 ) Do It Again - Steely Dan 4 ( 3 ) The Jean Genie - David Bowie (#3) 5 ( 14 ) Dancing In The Moonlight - King Harvest 6 ( 6 ) Why Can't We Live Together - Timmy Thomas 7 ( 10 ) Hi Hi Hi - Wings 8 ( 4 ) Happy Xmas (War Is Over) - John Lennon Yoko Ono & The Harlem Community Choir (#1[3]) 9 ( 7 ) C Moon - Wings (#5) 10 ( 8 ) Always On My Mind - Elvis Presley (#6)
11 ( 9 ) Angel - Rod Stewart (#8) 12 ( 12 ) Sing Don't Speak - Blackfoot Sue 13 ( -- ) Wishing Well - Free 14 ( -- ) Blockbuster - Sweet 15 ( 11 ) Solid Gold Easy Action - T.Rex (#8) 16 ( 16 ) I'm On My Way To A Better Place - Chairmen Of The Board 17 ( 22 ) You Turn Me On I'm A Radio - Joni Mitchell 18 ( 13 ) Your Mama Don't Dance - Loggins & Messina (#7) 19 ( 17 ) Big Seven - Judge Dread (#17) 20 ( 18 ) Desperate Dan - Lieutenant Pigeon (#18)
21 ( 24 ) The World Is A Ghetto - War 22 ( 15 ) Ball Park Incident - Wizzard (#12) 23 ( 21 ) The Love In Your Eyes - Vicky Leandros (#21) 24 ( 33 ) Rocky Mountain Hight - John Denver 25 ( 25 ) Separate Ways - Elvis Presley 26 ( 30 ) Trouble Man - Marvin Gaye 27 ( -- ) Paper Plane - Status Quo 28 ( 20 ) Can't Keep It In - Cat Stevens (#13) 29 ( -- ) On A Saturday Night - Terry Dactyl & The Dinosaurs 30 ( 19 ) GudBuy T'Jane - Slade (#3)
31 ( 27 ) Been To Canaan - Carole King (#26) 32 ( -- ) Big City - Dandy Livingstone 33 ( 26 ) I Wanna Be With You - Raspberries (#23) 34 ( 23 ) Crocodile Rock - Elton John (#1[3]) 35 ( -- ) Relay - Who 36 ( 29 ) Getting A Drag - Lynsey De Paul (#19) 37 ( 28 ) The Men - Isaac Hayes (#14) 38 ( 36 ) Keeper Of The Castle - Four Tops (#18) 39 ( 32 ) Alive - Bee Gees (#26) 40 ( -- ) Don't Expect Me To Be Your Friend - Lobo
-- ( 31 ) Eye Level - Simon Park Orchestra (#6) -- ( 34 ) Ben - Michael Jackson (#9) -- ( 35 ) Walk On Water - Neil Diamond (#21) -- ( 37 ) Me And Mrs Jones - Billy Paul (#3) -- ( 38 ) Crazy Horses - Osmonds (#2[2]) -- ( 39 ) Borsalino - Bobby Crush (#6) -- ( 40 ) Reelin' & Rockin' - Chuck Berry (#40)
-- ( -- ) Harry Hippie - Bobby Womack & Peace -- ( -- ) You Are Awful (But I Love You) - Dick Emery
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Post by Earl Purple on Jan 7, 2023 20:12:30 GMT 1
Pat Benatar was in a different HF, so I can't see an issue in naming her songs here.
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Post by Earl Purple on Jan 7, 2023 19:39:25 GMT 1
I didn't know that she is so old + time is very fast. Yeah, she was already 32 when she had her first hit. That doesn't add up. If she was 32 in early 1985 that would make her 70 now, and that's when "We Belong" was in the chart. "Hit Me With Your Best Shot" was 1980 (actually her first hit in my chart was Heartbreaker at the start of 1980 but HMWYBS was a much bigger hit and a better known song).
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Post by Earl Purple on Jan 7, 2023 19:06:37 GMT 1
Interesting list of acts but I have selected my choices of song and it makes no real difference what the other acts are.
Every act on this list clearly has some very strong songs but obviously as we know we can't play them every round and we also can't tell how we might do when we play their others.
There is no obvious winner from this list.
There are some names I don't know that well.
Two of them at least I can probably place their mentor, and I wonder how many will be able to guess my act this time.
By the way, it is not the strongest ever line-up. I think HF1 and HF3 had the strongest line-ups, and after that HF7.
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Post by Earl Purple on Jan 6, 2023 13:49:58 GMT 1
8 May 1982
1 ( 1 ) Only You - Yazoo < 2nd week at #1 > 2 ( 2 ) Night Birds - Shakatak (#1[3]) 3 ( -- ) Rosanna - Toto 4 ( 14 ) Fantasy Island - Tight Fit 5 ( 4 ) Fantastic Day - Haircut 100 (#4) 6 ( 3 ) I Won't Let You Down - PhD (#2[2]) 7 ( 7 ) Instinction - Spandau Ballet 8 ( 5 ) Papa's Got A Brand New Pigbag - Pigbag (#5) 9 ( 17 ) Heat Of The Moment - Asia 10 ( 6 ) Promised You A Miracle - Simple Minds (#6)
11 ( 10 ) Black Coffee In Bed - Squeeze (#10) 12 ( 8 ) View From A Bridge - Kim Wilde (#8) 13 ( 9 ) Girl Crazy - Hot Chocolate (#9) 14 ( 11 ) Talk Talk - Talk Talk (#11) 15 ( 12 ) Forget Me Nots - Patrice Rushen (#12) 16 ( -- ) Island Of Lost Souls - Blondie 17 ( -- ) The Meaning Of Love - Depeche Mode 18 ( -- ) The Telephone Always Rings - Fun Boy Three 19 ( 27 ) We Have A Dream - Scotland World Cup Squad 20 ( -- ) A Little Peace - Nicole
21 ( 22 ) Stand Or Fall - Fixx 22 ( 31 ) Perfumed Garden - Rah Band 23 ( 33 ) Tottenham Tottenham - Tottenham Hotspur FA Cup Final Squad 24 ( -- ) Club Country - Associates 25 ( 26 ) La Folie - Stranglers 26 ( 35 ) Body Language - Queen 27 ( 13 ) I Ran - A Flock Of Seagulls (#3) 28 ( 37 ) See Jungle - Bow Wow Wow 29 ( 16 ) Ebony And Ivory - Paul McCartney & Stevie Wonder (#11) 30 ( 23 ) Stay - Barry Manilow (#23)
31 ( 18 ) This Time (We'll Get It Right) - England World Cup Squad (#14) 32 ( 15 ) More Than This - Roxy Music (#7) 33 ( 39 ) My Girl - Donnie Iris 34 ( 25 ) Empty Garden - Elton John (#25) 35 ( 20 ) One Step Further - Bardo (#16) 36 ( 19 ) Mama Used to Say - Junior (#13) 37 ( 42 ) Fantasy - Aldo Nova 38 ( 28 ) God's Kitchen - Blancmange (#28) 39 ( 24 ) Really Saying Something - Bananarama (#20) 40 ( 45 ) Nobody - Toni Basil
41 ( 34 ) Shout Shout (Knock Yourself Out) - Rocky Sharpe & The Replays (#34) 42 ( 21 ) Ain't No Pleasing You - Chas & Dave (#1[2]) 43 ( 50 ) Know Your Rights - Clash 44 ( -- ) Are You Hearing (What I Hear) - Level 42 45 ( 30 ) Cat People (Putting Out Fire) - David Bowie (#24) 46 ( 36 ) Still In Saigon - Charlie Daniels Band (#35) 47 ( 43 ) Shanghai Breezes - John Denver (#43) 48 ( 38 ) Save It For Later - Beat (#38) 49 ( -- ) Without You (Not Another Lonely Night) - Franke & The Knockouts 50 ( 29 ) Ever So Lonely - Monsoon (#15)
-- ( 32 ) My Camera Never Lies - Bucks Fizz (#6) -- ( 40 ) Edge Of Seventeen - Stevie Nicks (#2[1]) -- ( 41 ) Beatles Movie Medley - Beatles (#29) -- ( 44 ) The Other Woman - Ray Parker Jr (#30) -- ( 46 ) Hang Fire - Rolling Stones (#40) -- ( 47 ) Ghosts - Japan (#3) -- ( 48 ) Celtic Soul Brothers - Dexy's Midnight Runners (#8) -- ( 49 ) I've Never Been To Me - Charlene (#13)
-- ( -- ) Under My Wheels - Alice Cooper -- ( -- ) Baby It's True - Mari Wilson -- ( -- ) Walk On By - D Train -- ( -- ) Attack - Exploited
Crashing in at #3, after being way ahead of anything else on that playlist, Toto return to the chart with "Rosanna". Apart from "Hold The Line" (#6 in 1978) they also had a lesser hit with "99" (#26 in 1980). In the UK this song wasn't a hit until a year later, when it was re-released after the success of "Africa" and reached the top 20. In the USA it spent 5 weeks at #2 unable to budge "Ebony & Ivory", but "Africa" spent a single week at #1 there. I had a neighbour called Rosanna, but it's possible the song title was at least inspired by Rosanna Arquette, although not necessarily about her even though she was personally close to one of the members.
A bunch of entries just inside the top 20, Blondie's "Island Of Lost Souls" slightly under-performed in the UK chart, then the rather poor "War Child" and a gap of nearly 17 years. Behind them, Depeche Mode follow up the NM #1 "See You" with "The Meaning Of Love", a cheerful pop song, and the Fun Boy Three go back to doing original material without the help of Bananarama.
Eurovision was 2 weeks ago, but it was the first time in a few years I didn't watch any of it and only watched the scoring, where it was clear Germany were winning by a clear margin. Then came on the girl to do her entry and she sang parts of it in 4 different languages including English, and it became the 3rd winner in a row to reach #1 in the UK, but apart from the UK and Ireland winners, the only other Eurovision winner ever to reach #1 in the UK were Abba. Unlike Abba however, she failed to have any kind of career in the UK afterwards. The song was written by Ralph Siegel who had written many Eurovision songs before including both my favourites of 1979 and 1980. The song is ok, but not as good as either of those two.
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Post by Earl Purple on Jan 6, 2023 13:37:08 GMT 1
01 Dimples D – Sucker DJ (9 wks) The musical riff on which this is based is actually by Hugo Montenegro. He didn't write the theme for "The Good The Bad And The Ugly" which was written by Ennio Morricone, but he did write that music.
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Post by Earl Purple on Jan 6, 2023 10:26:09 GMT 1
As a whole in 1991, songs that could be big hits, with 4 of them out at pretty much the same time (when the chart gets brutal)
Roxette - Joyride (around March) R.E.M - Losing My Religion (also around March) James - Sit Down {1991} (re-recording of their 1989 song, a massive hit, also March) Wonder Stuff - The Size Of A Cow (early April)
and a bit later in the year:
Bryan Adams - Everything I Do (I Do It For You). Enters June then tops the UK chart at the start of July for 4 whole months.
Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit
I notice Styx already in the combi-chart, that is on my playlist of 26 January so 3 charts after the one I just posted.
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Post by Earl Purple on Jan 6, 2023 9:31:07 GMT 1
I just ran predicta in Time Machine. I am not going to run it here. I would be happy for there to be no predicta but will still pre-predict the final order when I see the list as well as who took each act.
And yes, of course I also won the event, so it seems there's a link between running predictas and winning, although unlike with Haven Factor, I'd already submitted all my songs up front so it can't have influenced anything. In addition, the predicta itself I came joint first due to pre-predicta which was done right at the start before anyone had predicted. In the main round-by-round event I finished 8 points behind the leader.
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Post by Earl Purple on Jan 6, 2023 0:32:37 GMT 1
Mine is Chumbawamba. So I'll have a whisky drink, I'll have a vodka drink, I'll have a lager drink, I'll have a cider drink...
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