1967
The charts as published in New Spotlight magazine for the years 1967 to 1969. It only started publishing weekly in May 1967 so for the weeks before that some of the top tens were published in Billboard courtesy of New Spotlight so I can begin with those.
The charts were also a Top 30 which differs to what is recorded on www.irishcharts.ie and The Larry Gogan Book of Irish Chart Hits (which the website is based on). They only use Top 15/20 for this period. New Spotlight reverted to a Top 20 in 1968.
So to begin, the charts in Billboard for the start of January are not from New Spotlight and don't seem to correspond to the official listings from Larry's book. The first one that does corresponds to date 16th January from Larry's book or week ending 25th January if I follow New Spotlight's method of cover dates. As I'll be using New Spotlight's dates later on I'll begin with their equivalent date.
Where I've listed records that should be in the chart for a particular week it's only based on the Top 20 data from Larry's book.
January 25th, 1967
TW LW Artist Title
01 xx THE MONKEES - I'M A BELIEVER
02 xx TOM JONES - GREEN GREEN GRASS OF HOME
03 xx CLIFF RICHARD & THE SHADOWS - IN THE COUNTRY
04 xx DONOVAN - SUNSHINE SUPERMAN
05 xx THE SEEKERS - MORNINGTOWN RIDE
06 xx VAL DOONICAN - WHAT WOULD I BE
07 xx THE KINKS - DEAD END STREET
08 xx DERMOT O'BRIEN & HIS CLUBMEN - HOME BOYS HOME
09 xx JOHNNY MCEVOY - MUIRSHEEN DURKIN
10 xx DAVE DEE DOZY BEAKY MICK AND TICH - SAVE ME
What Would I Be is missing from Larry's book and www.irishcharts.ie
The charts as published in New Spotlight magazine for the years 1967 to 1969. It only started publishing weekly in May 1967 so for the weeks before that some of the top tens were published in Billboard courtesy of New Spotlight so I can begin with those.
The charts were also a Top 30 which differs to what is recorded on www.irishcharts.ie and The Larry Gogan Book of Irish Chart Hits (which the website is based on). They only use Top 15/20 for this period. New Spotlight reverted to a Top 20 in 1968.
So to begin, the charts in Billboard for the start of January are not from New Spotlight and don't seem to correspond to the official listings from Larry's book. The first one that does corresponds to date 16th January from Larry's book or week ending 25th January if I follow New Spotlight's method of cover dates. As I'll be using New Spotlight's dates later on I'll begin with their equivalent date.
Where I've listed records that should be in the chart for a particular week it's only based on the Top 20 data from Larry's book.
January 25th, 1967
TW LW Artist Title
01 xx THE MONKEES - I'M A BELIEVER
02 xx TOM JONES - GREEN GREEN GRASS OF HOME
03 xx CLIFF RICHARD & THE SHADOWS - IN THE COUNTRY
04 xx DONOVAN - SUNSHINE SUPERMAN
05 xx THE SEEKERS - MORNINGTOWN RIDE
06 xx VAL DOONICAN - WHAT WOULD I BE
07 xx THE KINKS - DEAD END STREET
08 xx DERMOT O'BRIEN & HIS CLUBMEN - HOME BOYS HOME
09 xx JOHNNY MCEVOY - MUIRSHEEN DURKIN
10 xx DAVE DEE DOZY BEAKY MICK AND TICH - SAVE ME
What Would I Be is missing from Larry's book and www.irishcharts.ie
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