That to me is the big question here
Graham76man
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But can we take this as a sign that Tony's love affair with the OCC is on the decline?
That to me is the big question here
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60's
1 Solomon Burke - Cry to Me
2 The Beatles - Here Comes the Sun
3 Frank Sinatra - Fly Me to the Moon (feat. Count Basie and His...Leave a comment:
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Friday Singles
Top Ten
1 (1) Steps & Michelle Visage - Heartbreak in This City (Single Mix)
2 Tom Grennan - Little Bit of Love...Leave a comment:
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Every record at the BBC had to be approved. Many had labels attached saying things like not to be played. Or not for daytime etc. That's why the BBC called... -
"The Definitive Chart Of The Fifties And Sixties" is pretentious to say the least. Not at least the ones done at the time! Some might object... -
Melody Maker 110 shops each only needed to sell about 1,818 to clear the 200,000 figure.
As you constantly quote the Sun article, I will too and...Leave a comment:
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Since the Real Chart is based on ALL shops and actual sales, not a point based system based on what some shop says is the top ten seller. Or a combination... -
Having a playlist meant the BBC didn't have to play the risky records and the none chart format avoided the USA top 40 style which the BBC hated. -
If you think that's bad all the other charts have the wrong number one too! For the week ending 16, 23 and 30 it was Sam Cook - Cupid top!
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The show was however carefully scripted even down to his his catch phrase saying! -
45 Cat list it as being out in July and a review in Melody Maker is dated 15 July 1961. So it was hitting the charts a bit late.
Using the owns...Leave a comment:
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60's
1 Skeeter Davis - The End of the World
2 Solomon Burke - Cry to Me
3 Neil Diamond - Sweet Caroline
4 Frank Sinatra - My Way...Leave a comment:
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Friday Singles
Top ten
1 (1) Tiësto - The Business
2 Riton & Nightcrawlers - Friday (feat. Mufasa & Hypeman) [Dopamine Re-Edit]...Leave a comment:
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Not true on Je T'aime, they played an instrumental version only. -
The record was banned, the BBC was slow however to react sometimes to the banning calls sometimes. And a record that was played at one time wasn't played... -
It was banned by the BBC as it was featured on a BBC Four documentary repeated only last week about records and tunes banned by the BBC. The reason wasn't...Leave a comment:
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The famous death discs banned by the BBC and John Leyton. The driving force of the sales was Brian Epstein shops in Liverpool NEMS. He ordered stacks...Leave a comment:
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As I have said before it was very easy to hype the top 30 of any chart. Jeff Beck being the best example I know for certain. It was in the top 30 of several...Leave a comment:
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It's all down to Music Week. The paper put a pull out section for Record Shops to display (often on the Window to the store) this was a Top 75. Due to...Leave a comment:
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I wonder why the NME stuck with just 30 positions during the 60's? They had enough shops on the book to get to the top 50 of the Record Retailer and Melody...Leave a comment:
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