The Ultimate Averaged Chart - The BBC Chart Re-Imagined
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More BBC errors for 14/2/59: 19 Beverly Sisters - Little Drummer Boy (77)
20= Tommy Dorsey - Tea For Two Cha Cha (78)
20= Pat Boone - I'll Remember Tonight (78)
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He worked with a lot of artists in his TV show and added his name to make them sell a bit more and start off. I think he did that with Kenny Ball in 1962 but am
unsure….. I know he did something at that point like ‘lonnie donegan presents…’ but might have the artist wrong!Leave a comment:
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It might come as a surprise to some people but later this year those popular crooners of the day Miki and Griff will have a minor hit with The Lonnie Donegan Skiffle Group. Apparently Lonnie's backing accompanied a few of their songs.Leave a comment:
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McCartney must have been an early admirer as he went to a Donegan concert on 11th November 1956, according to The Beatles Bible.
(Alan Smith posted on that site earlier this year - so presumably is still around.)
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Pub With No Beer is one my dad used to sing (he played the guitar and did perform in some clubs in the early 1970’s). I liked the song a lot
I think Lonnie was doing stuff that got people in and the act developed into that. When I saw him in about 1989 the act was the classic songs because that’s what people wanted. In the 1950’s you had that mix of music and odd acts. Look at for example Ken Dodd and those Victorian music hall type shows on bbc 4.Leave a comment:
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'A Pub With No Beer' the first Australian record in the UK charts, I believe. (I like The Dubliners later cover.)
Although Lonnie's first novelty song his stage show always had a humorous streak running through it. Watching him on YouTube I get the impression he saw himself as an entertainer rather than just a singer.👍 1Leave a comment:
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How weird, two months after Christmas and two versions of The Little Drummer boy chart in time for Valentine's Day.
Lonnie Donegan moves on to show his novelty side for the first time but it won't be his last.
Huge variations with Petite Fleur, 14 and 15 in two charts and 27 and nowhere on the other two.Leave a comment:
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Greetings Pop Pickers
Here is the next Ultimate Averaged Chart for Week Ending February 14th 1959
Here are all '' the uppers, the downers, the just hanging 'arounders '
The Ultimate Averaged Chart - Week Ending February 14th 1959 NME MM DISC RM Total Last This The Sound Survey 75 25 40 60 Points Week Week The Top 30 Singles Chart BBC TOP 30 Scored 1 1 I Got Stung / One Night - Elvis Presley 1 1 1 1 1 6000 2 2 To Know Him Is To Love Him - The Teddy Bears 2 4 2 4 2 5570 4 3 Kiss Me Honey Honey Kiss Me - Shirley Bassey 3= 3 5 2 4 5530 5 4 As I Love You - Shirley Bassey 3= 2 3 3 6 5495 3 5 Baby Face - Little Richard 5 5 4 7 3 5265 10 6 Does Your Chewing Gum Lose It's Flavour - Lonnie Donegan 6 6 7 5 5 5075 6 7 Problems - The Everly Brothers 7= 8 8 6 7 4740 7 8 Smoke Gets In Your Eyes - The Platters 7= 7 6 8 8 4725 8 9 The Day The Rains Came - Jane Morgan 9 9 11 13 9 4190 22 10 A Pub With No Beer - Slim Dusty 10 11 10 15 10 3925 11 11 High School Confidential - Jerry Lee Lewis 12 12 16 9 13 3760 9 12 It's Only Make Believe - Conway Twitty 11 13 9 11 15 3660 16 13 (All Of A Sudden) My Heart Sings - Paul Anka 14 10 13 16 14 3645 18 14 I'll Be With You In Apple Blossom Time - Rosemary June 13 14 12 14 12 3570 19 15 Wee Tom - Lord Rockingham's XI 15 16 12 11 3085 NEW 16 The Little Drummer Boy - The Beverly Sisters 20 16 19 1845 NEW 17 Petite Fleur - Chris Barber 16 27 14 15 1685 17 18 Chantilly Lace - The Big Bopper 26 20 20 1475 24 19 Livin' Lovin' Doll - Cliff Richard 20 17 1385 13 20 Hoots Mon - Lord Rockingham's XI 18 25 15 18 1370 26 21 I'll Remember Tonight - Pat Boone 19 17 1320 25 22 The World Outside - The Four Aces 18 20 1250 NEW 23 My Happiness - Connie Francis 19 18 1225 12 24 Tea For Two Cha-Cha - The Tommy Dorsey Orchestra 19 15 1200 15 25 Tom Dooley - Lonnie Donegan 22 17 1025 NEW 26 Stagger Lee - Lloyd Price 29 18 930 20 27 You Always Hurt The One You Love - Connie Francis 17 10 840 NEW 28 Gigi - Billy Eckstine 20 825 23 29 The World Outside - Ronnie Hilton 22 675 NEW 29 The Little Drummer Boy - The Harry Simeone Chorale 22 675 29 You're The Top Cha - Al Saxon 19 300 14 Tom Dooley - The Kingston Trio 28 225 The Wonderful Secret Of Love - Robert Earl 29 150 21 Love Makes The World Go 'Round / Mandolins In The Moonlight - Perry Como 27 Come On Let's Go - Tommy Steele 27 That's My Doll - Frankie Vaughan 👍 3Leave a comment:
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I wonder whether the BBC decided to split the titles because they were in the top 3 - not sure how though - I was going to say that they split it based on the fact that Little Richard is staying at 2 while The Teddy bears would be climbing to 2, but it would make more sense to be the other way round, so maybe its just that somebody couldn't count??Last edited by braindeadpj; Tue May 17, 2022, 02:18.👍 1Leave a comment:
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Great info.
I suppose you know that Feb-59 was a special time for British records, because 3 of them were in the upper echelons of the Billboard chart simultaneously - inciuding that Chris Barber one you mention.👍 2Leave a comment:
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1952 20th December Kay Starr Comes-A-Long-A-Love from #3
1959 28th February Petite Fleur Chris Barber from #8
But the first volume also corrected the following error made in the paper at the time.
1972 25th March Donnie Elbert I Can't Help Myself which in the book was slotted in as extra #10 with Floy Joy by The Supremes.
In 1974 19th January Diana Ross All Of My Life was omitted from the paper and was added in later as an extra #17 with Street Life by Roxy Music.
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There is a very peculiar claim across the web that 'Livin Lovin Doll' was released to pretend that he was fulfilling an obligation to release 'Livin Doll' - as if they wouldn't notice the difference!
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When the NME chart book came out they said it included some corrections. Have these been identified?Leave a comment:
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15 27 High Class Baby - Cliff Richard
NEW 28 Livin' Lovin' Doll - Cliff Richard
A much weaker follow-up to his previous hits. A long wait for his first number one?Leave a comment:
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One obvious difference is that the BBC is only counting NMEs top 20. For example, Connie Francis is given only 21 points for NME instead of 26. But neither way is ideal; you really need all 4 inputting Top 30s or more for a robust Top 20 output.Leave a comment:
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Yet another calculation/transcript error on the BBC chart again this week.
I think by now it is blatantly obvious that the level of errors in calculation on the BBC chart far exceeds the level previously thought to be the case. This has only been brought to light because the UAC compilation has initiated a level of scrutiny on the BBC figures previously not undertaken. Until this the figures have been totally accepted and taken at face value.
At the onset my goal was to produce an averaged music paper chart that aside from averaging out simple chart positions, as done by the BBC chart, would also be made more robust by factoring in approximate numbers of shop dealer returns as well as not all charts were equal in that respect. This 'extra level' was designed to eradicate the large number of ties that existed in the BBC chart and to correct the few known errors that were already known to exist within the BBC chart.
But now we know differently following this exercise. The BBC chart can no longer be accepted as a robust, accurate, or viable chart for reference purposes as it seriously flawed both in compilation and authority.
Furthermore I have just pointed out the obvious errors that jumped out of the page at me when transferring the figures to the spreadsheet for the UAC. There are obviously lots more if you look even closer as David (braindeadpj) discovered and mentions above.
So, for those of us who like me believe an averaged chart best represents this time period before actual shop sales figures were used by the BMRB I'd like to think I have offered a suitable alternative by introducing the UAC. The BBC principle was correct but too simplistic and poorly executed. The UAC is far from perfect after all it's based on imperfect data from a points system in dealer returns to music papers. Human error would play a part in these returns, manipulation, flawed information downright untruths at times even. But that was the times and these are our only historical records of what was passing across counters at the time.
That is why I believe the averaging process provides the most robust chart. At least if one paper gets it wrong, and they do, just look at any of the chart comparisons on the UAC page and you will see just how often that happens that one is out of sync with the others but the other papers help smooth this out to provide a more balanced chart.
At least I'm satisfied that the UAC is as accurate as possible to the data provided. Being human and in dealing with multiple figures I too have made some errors along the way, some I noticed and corrected as I went along and others you picked up on and I corrected.
I'm therefore satisfied the goal is being met the BBC has been not only been 're-imagined' but restructured as well.👍 3Leave a comment:
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Greetings Pop Pickers
Here is the next Ultimate Averaged Chart for Week Ending February 7th 1959
Here are all '' the uppers, the downers, the just hanging 'arounders '
The Ultimate Averaged Chart - Week Ending February 7th 1959 NME MM DISC RM Total Last This The Sound Survey 75 25 40 60 Points Week Week The Top 30 Singles Chart BBC TOP 30 Scored 1 1 I Got Stung / One Night - Elvis Presley 1 1 1 1 1 6000 3 2 To Know Him Is To Love Him - The Teddy Bears * 3 2 2 3 3 5700 2 3 Baby Face - Little Richard * 2 3 3 2 2 5700 5 4 Kiss Me Honey Honey Kiss Me - Shirley Bassey 4 3 5 4 4 5450 8 5 As I Love You - Shirley Bassey 5 3 4 8 6 5195 7 6 Problems - The Everly Brothers 6= 6 8 6 5 5010 9 7 Smoke Gets In Your Eyes - The Platters 6= 7 6 5 7 4905 4 8 The Day The Rains Came - Jane Morgan 8 7 7 9 8 4660 6 9 It's Only Make Believe - Conway Twitty 9 10 9 7 9 4405 NEW 10 Does Your Chewing Gum Lose It's Flavour - Lonnie Donegan 10= 9 11 17 12 3850 17 11 High School Confidential - Jerry Lee Lewis 10= 14 15 10 10 3775 12 12 Tea For Two Cha-Cha - The Tommy Dorsey Orchestra 12 11 14 18 11 3645 14 13 Hoots Mon - Lord Rockingham's XI 13= 15 13 13 15 3330 11 14 Tom Dooley - The Kingston Trio 13= 18 12 12 14 3230 10 15 Tom Dooley - Lonnie Donegan 16 13 17 15 19 3060 19 16 (All Of A Sudden) My Heart Sings - Paul Anka 13= 12 10 13 3030 15 17 Chantilly Lace - The Big Bopper 17 17 14 18 2510 23 18 I'll Be With You In Apple Blossom Time - Rosemary June 18= 16 19 17 2265 NEW 19 Wee Tom - Lord Rockingham's XI 21 18 16 1975 18 20 You Always Hurt The One You Love - Connie Francis 18= 26 11 20 1835 13 21 Love Makes The World Go 'Round / Mandolins In The Moonlight - Perry Como 20 24 16 16 1500 26 22 A Pub With No Beer - Slim Dusty 20 19 1305 21 23 The World Outside - Ronnie Hilton 18 975 28 24 Livin' Lovin' Doll - Cliff Richard 25 20 890 30 25 The World Outside - The Four Aces 23 20 875 20 26 I'll Remember Tonight - Pat Boone 21 750 16 27 Come On Let's Go - Tommy Steele 28 225 NEW 27 That's My Doll - Frankie Vaughan 28 225 22 29 You're The Top Cha - Al Saxon 30 75 Mandolins In The Moonlight - Perry Como (B) 27 24 Someday (You'll Want Me To Want You) - Ricky Nelson 25 There Must Be A Way - Joni James 27 High Class Baby - Cliff Richard 29 Cannonball - Duane Eddy 30 Last Night On The Back Porch - Alma Cogan * Either the BBC or the manuscipt is wrong again as it lists a #2 and #3 but the points clearly indicate a tie.
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