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I’m marking each of the singles out of 10. Marks will vary according to my mood and circumstances as well as by the quality of the record. No consistency is intended and none should be assumed – take them as seriously as you like. If you’re registered and logged in, you can give your OWN mark out of 10 in each of the posts for a record.

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19^th February 1966	NANCY SINATRA - "These Boots Were Made For Walking"
20^th August 1966	THE BEATLES - "Eleanor Rigby"/"Yellow Submarine"
19^th April 1969	DESMOND DEKKER AND THE ACES - "Israelites"
20^th March 1971	T REX - "Hot Love"
4^th September 1976	ABBA - "Dancing Queen"
11^th March 1978	KATE BUSH - "Wuthering Heights"
1^st March 1980	BLONDIE - "Atomic"
9^th August 1980	ABBA - "The Winner Takes It All"
11^th July 1981	THE SPECIALS - "Ghost Town"
7^th August 1982	DEXYS MIDNIGHT RUNNERS - "Come On Eileen"
16^th June 1984	FRANKIE GOES TO HOLLYWOOD - "Two Tribes"
3^rd October 1987	M/A/R/R/S - "Pump Up The Volume"/"Anitina (The First Time I See She Dance)"
19^th December 1987	PET SHOP BOYS - "Always On My Mind"
25^th March 1989	MADONNA - "Like A Prayer"
3^rd February 1990	SINEAD O'CONNOR - "Nothing Compares 2 U"
13^th May 2000	BRITNEY SPEARS - "Oops!... I Did It Again"
4^th May 2002	SUGABABES - "Freak Like Me"
13^th March 2004	BRITNEY SPEARS - "Toxic"
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20^th January 1956	TENNESSEE ERNIE FORD - "Sixteen Tons"
28^th November 1958	LORD ROCKINGHAM'S XI – 'Hoots Mon'
6^th May 1961	THE MARCELS - "Blue Moon"
2^nd September 1961	JOHN LEYTON - "Johnny Remember Me"
30^th December 1961	DANNY WILLIAMS - "Moon River"
6^th October 1962	THE TORNADOS - "Telstar"
27^th June 1964	ROY ORBISON - "It's Over"
11^th September 1965	THE ROLLING STONES - "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction"
2^nd October 1965	KEN DODD - "Tears" / THE ROLLING STONES - "Get Off Of My Cloud"
28 May 1966	THE ROLLING STONES - "Paint It, Black"
25^th June 1966	THE BEATLES - "Paperback Writer"
30^th July 1966	CHRIS FARLOWE - "Out Of Time"
29^th October 1966	THE FOUR TOPS - "Reach Out I'll Be There"
19^th November 1966	THE BEACH BOYS - "Good Vibrations"
22^nd June 1968	THE ROLLING STONES - "Jumpin' Jack Flash"
29^th March 1969	MARVIN GAYE - "I Heard It Through The Grapevine"
14^th October 1972	LIEUTENANT PIGEON - "Mouldy Old Dough"
27^th January 1973	THE SWEET - "Block Buster"
15^th December 1973	SLADE - "Merry Xmas Everybody"
4^th May 1974	ABBA - "Waterloo"
12^th August 1974	THE THREE DEGREES - "When Will I See You Again?"
22^nd February 1975	STEVE HARLEY AND COCKNEY REBEL - "Make Me Smile (Come Up And See Me)"
23^rd July 1977	DONNA SUMMER - "I Feel Love"
4^th February 1978	ALTHEA AND DONNA - "Uptown Top Ranking"
27^th January 1979	IAN DURY AND THE BLOCKHEADS - "Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick"
3^rd February 1979	BLONDIE - "Heart Of Glass"
29^th October 1979	BUGGLES - "Video Killed The Radio Star"
22^nd March 1980	THE JAM - "Going Underground"/"Dreams Of Children"
23^rd August 1980	DAVID BOWIE - "Ashes To Ashes"
9^th May 1981	ADAM AND THE ANTS - "Stand And Deliver"
5^th September 1981	SOFT CELL - "Tainted Love"
12^th December 1981	THE HUMAN LEAGUE - "Don't You Want Me"
5^th March 1983	MICHAEL JACKSON - "Billie Jean"
10^th November 1984	CHAKA KHAN - "I Feel For You"
9^th March 1985	DEAD OR ALIVE - "You Spin Me Round (Like A Record)"
3^rd August 1985	MADONNA - "Into The Groove"
11^th January 1986	PET SHOP BOYS - "West End Girls"
12^th July 1986	MADONNA - "Papa Don't Preach"
30^th April 1988	S'EXPRESS - "Theme From S'Express"
18^th June 1988	THE TIMELORDS - "Doctorin The Tardis"
3^rd March 1990	BEATS INTERNATIONAL ft LINDY LAYTON - "Dub Be Good To Me"
14^th April 1990	MADONNA - "Vogue"
13^th May 1995	LIVIN' JOY - "Dreamer"
28^th October 1995	COOLIO ft LV - "Gangsta's Paradise"
20^th January 1996	GEORGE MICHAEL - "Jesus To A Child"
30^th March 1996	THE PRODIGY - "Firestarter"
27^th July 1996	SPICE GIRLS - "Wannabe"
12^th October 1996	THE CHEMICAL BROTHERS - "Setting Sun"
28^th February 1998	CORNERSHOP - "Brimful Of Asha (Norman Cook Remix)"
16^th January 1999	FATBOY SLIM - "Praise You"
21^st February 1999	BRITNEY SPEARS - "...Baby One More Time"
26^th August 2000	SPILLER - "Groovejet (If This Ain't Love)"
14^th October 2000	ALL SAINTS - "Black Coffee"
28^th April 2001	DESTINYS CHILD - "Survivor"
18^th August 2001	SO SOLID CREW - "21 Seconds"
29^th September 2001	KYLIE MINOGUE - "Can't Get You Out Of My Head"
19^th January 2002	AALIYAH - "More Than A Woman"
28^th December 2002	GIRLS ALOUD - "Sound Of The Underground"
12^th July 2003	BEYONCÉ - "Crazy In Love"
15^th January 2005	ELVIS PRESLEY - "Jailhouse Rock"
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16^th April 1954	DORIS DAY - "Secret Love"
29^th July 1955	SLIM WHITMAN - "Rose Marie"
12^th April 1957	LONNIE DONEGAN - "Cumberland Gap"
28^th June 1957	LONNIE DONEGAN - "Putting On The Style"/"Gamblin Man"
10^th January 1958	JERRY LEE LEWIS - "Great Balls Of Fire"
4^th July 1958	THE EVERLY BROTHERS - "All I Have To Do Is Dream"/"Claudette"
6^th August 1960	JOHNNY KIDD AND THE PIRATES - "Shaking All Over"
28 January 1961	ELVIS PRESLEY - "Are You Lonesome Tonight?"
9^th December 1961	FRANKIE VAUGHAN - "Tower Of Strength"
24^th March 1962	THE SHADOWS - "Wonderful Land"
14^th September 1963	THE BEATLES - "She Loves You"
25^th July 1964	THE BEATLES - "A Hard Day's Night"
29^th August 1964	THE HONEYCOMBS - "Have I The Right?"
10^th October 1964	ROY ORBISON - "Oh, Pretty Woman"
21^st November 1964	THE SUPREMES - "Baby Love"
6^th February 1965	THE RIGHTEOUS BROTHERS - "You've Lost That Loving Feeling"
24^th April 1965	THE BEATLES - "Ticket To Ride"
24^th July 1965	THE BYRDS - "Mr. Tambourine Man"
22^nd January 1966	SPENCER DAVIS GROUP - "Keep On Running"
19^th March 1966	THE WALKER BROTHERS - "The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore"
9^th July 1966	THE KINKS - "Sunny Afternoon"
3^rd February 1968	THE LOVE AFFAIR - "Everlasting Love"
23^rd March 1968	DAVE DEE, DOZY BEAKY MICK AND TICH - "The Legend Of Xanadu"
30^th March 1968	THE BEATLES - "Lady Madonna"
1^st February 1969	FLEETWOOD MAC - "Albatross"
25^th October 1969	THE ARCHIES - "Sugar, Sugar"
12^th September 1970	SMOKEY ROBINSON AND THE MIRACLES - "Tears Of A Clown"
19^th September 1970	FREDA PAYNE - "Band Of Gold"
1^st May 1971	DAVE AND ANSEL COLLINS - "Double Barrel"
24^th July 1971	T REX - "Get It On"
9^th October 1971	ROD STEWART - "Maggie May"
19^th February 1972	CHICORY TIP - "Son Of My Father"
20^th May 1972	T REX - "Metal Guru"
12^th August 1972	ALICE COOPER - "School's Out"
4^th March 1973	SLADE - "Cvm On Feel The Noize"
18^th May 1974	THE RUBETTES - "Sugar Baby Love"
27^th July 1974	GEORGE McCRAE - "Rock Your Baby"
28^th June 1975	10cc - "I'm Not In Love"
8^th November 1975	DAVID BOWIE - "Space Oddity"
29^th November 1975	QUEEN - "Bohemian Rhapsody"
12^th February 1977	JULIE COVINGTON - "Don't Cry For Me Argentina"
2^nd April 1977	ABBA - "Knowing Me Knowing You"
18^th February 1978	ABBA - "Take A Chance On Me"
6^th January 1979	VILLAGE PEOPLE - "Y.M.C.A."
16^th June 1979	ANITA WARD - "Ring My Bell"
22^nd September 1979	GARY NUMAN - "Cars"
2^nd February 1980	THE SPECIALS - The Special AKA Live! (EP)
19^th September 1981	ADAM AND THE ANTS - "Prince Charming"
21^st November 1981	QUEEN AND DAVID BOWIE - "Under Pressure"
6^th February 1982	KRAFTWERK - "The Model"/"Computer Love"
12^th March 1983	BONNIE TYLER - "Total Eclipse Of The Heart"
24^th September 1983	CULTURE CLUB - "Karma Chameleon"
28^th January 1984	FRANKIE GOES TO HOLLYWOOD - "Relax"
3^rd March 1984	NENA - "99 Red Balloons"
25^th January 1986	A-HA - "The Sun Always Shines On TV"
19^th April 1986	GEORGE MICHAEL - "A Different Corner"
24^th January 1987	STEVE "SILK" HURLEY - "Jack Your Body"
6^th June 1987	WHITNEY HOUSTON - "I Wanna Dance With Somebody"
4^th July 1987	PET SHOP BOYS - "It's A Sin"
1^st August 1987	LOS LOBOS - "La Bamba"
24^th June 1989	SOUL II SOUL ft CARON WHEELER - "Back To Life (How Ever Do You Want Me)"
12^th May 1990	ADAMSKI - "Killer"
9^th June 1990	ENGLANDNEWORDER - "World In Motion"
3^rd November 1990	THE RIGHTEOUS BROTHERS - "Unchained Melody"
2^nd February 1991	THE KLF ft THE CHILDREN OF THE REVOLUTION - "3AM Eternal"
22^nd February 1992	SHAKESPEARS SISTER - "Stay"
21^st November 1992	CHARLES AND EDDIE - "Would I Lie To You?"
22^nd May 1993	ACE OF BASE - "All That She Wants"
26^th November 1994	BABY D - "Let Me Be Your Fantasy"
23^rd September 1995	SHAGGY - "Boombastic"
30^th March 1996	MARK MORRISON - "Return Of The Mack"
21^st September 1996	FUGEES - "Ready Or Not"
26^th October 1996	SPICE GIRLS - "Say You'll Be There"
7^th June 1997	HANSON - "MMMBop"
7^th March 1998	MADONNA - "Frozen"
3^rd October 1998	B*WITCHED - "Rollercoaster"
31^st October 1998	CHER - "Believe"
27^th March 1999	B*WITCHED - "Blame It On The Weatherman"
15^th May 1999	THE BACKSTREET BOYS - "I Want It That Way"
16^th October 1999	CHRISTINA AGUILERA - "Genie In A Bottle"
26^th February 2000	ALL SAINTS - "Pure Shores"
15^th April 2000	CRAIG DAVID - "Fill Me In"
6^th May 2000	OXIDE AND NEUTRINO - "Bound 4 Da Reload (Casualty)"
21^st October 2000	U2 - "Beautiful Day"
18^th November 2000	A1 - "Same Old Brand New You"
2^nd December 2000	DESTINY'S CHILD - "Independent Women, Part 1"
16^th December 2000	EMINEM - "Stan"
24^th August 2002	SUGABABES - "Round Round"
23^rd November 2002	CHRISTINA AGUILERA ft REDMAN - "Dirrty"
14^th December 2002	EMINEM - “Lose Yourself”
25^th October 2003	SUGABABES - "Hole In The Head"
22^nd November 2003	BUSTED - "Crashed The Wedding"
27^th March 2004	USHER ft LIL JON & LUDACRIS - "Yeah"
24^th July 2004	SHAPESHIFTERS - "Lola's Theme"
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23^rd January 1953	KAY STARR – 'Comes A-Long A-Love'
30^th April 1954	JOHNNIE RAY - "Such A Night"
25^th November 1955	BILL HALEY AND THE COMETS - "Rock Around The Clock"
16^th March 1956	DREAMWEAVERS - "It's Almost Tomorrow"
10^th August 1956	DORIS DAY - "Que Sera, Sera"
12^th July 1957	ELVIS PRESLEY - "All Shook Up"
24^th January 1958	ELVIS PRESLEY - "Jailhouse Rock"
16^th May 1958	CONNIE FRANCIS - "Who's Sorry Now?"
26^th September 1958	CONNIE FRANCIS - "Carolina Moon"/"Stupid Cupid"
19^th December 1958	CONWAY TWITTY – 'It's Only Make Believe'
20^th March 1959	THE PLATTERS - Smoke Gets In Your Eyes
24^th April 1959	BUDDY HOLLY – 'It Doesn't Matter Anymore'
16^th October 1959	BOBBY DARIN - "Mack The Knife"
18^th December 1959	EMILE FORD AND THE CHECKMATES - "What Do You Want To Make Those Eyes At Me For?"
7^th May 1960	THE EVERLY BROTHERS - "Cathy's Clown"
27^th August 1960	THE SHADOWS - "Apache"
1^st July 1961	DEL SHANNON - "Runaway"
22^nd July 1961	THE EVERLY BROTHERS - "Temptation"
11^th November 1961	ELVIS PRESLEY - "His Latest Flame"
14^th July 1962	RAY CHARLES - "I Can't Stop Loving You"
28^th July 1962	FRANK IFIELD - "I Remember You"
4^th May 1963	THE BEATLES - "From Me To You"
24^th August 1963	BILLY J KRAMER AND THE DAKOTAS - "Bad To Me"
14^th December 1963	THE BEATLES - "I Want To Hold Your Hand"
18^th January 1964	THE DAVE CLARK FIVE - "Glad All Over"
18^th July 1964	THE ROLLING STONES - "It's All Over Now"
12^th September 1964	THE KINKS - "You Really Got Me"
30^th January 1965	THE MOODY BLUES - "Go Now"
15^th May 1965	ROGER MILLER - "King Of The Road"
7^th August 1965	THE BEATLES - "Help!"
28^th August 1965	SONNY AND CHER - "I Got You Babe"
18^th December 1965	THE BEATLES - "Day Tripper"/"We Can Work It Out"
21^st January 1967	THE MONKEES - "I'm A Believer"
11^th November 1967	THE FOUNDATIONS - "Baby Now That I've Found You"
17^th February 1968	MANFRED MANN - "Quinn The Eskimo (The Mighty Quinn)"
6^th July 1968	THE EQUALS - "Baby Come Back"
20^th September 1969	CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL - "Bad Moon Rising"
2^nd May 1970	NORMAN GREENBAUM - "Spirit In The Sky"
13^th June 1970	MUNGO JERRY - "In The Summertime"
31^st October 1970	MATTHEWS SOUTHERN COMFORT - "Woodstock"
30^th January 1971	GEORGE HARRISON - "My Sweet Lord"
2^nd September 1972	ROD STEWART - "You Wear It Well"
16^th June 1973	SUZI QUATRO - "Can The Can"
22^nd September 1973	WIZZARD - "Angel Fingers"
23^rd February 1974	SUZI QUATRO - "Devil Gate Drive"
21^st September 1974	CARL DOUGLAS - "Kung Fu Fighting"
7^th December 1974	BARRY WHITE - "You're The First, The Last, My Everything"
21^st December 1974	MUD - "Lonely This Christmas"
16^th August 1975	THE STYLISTICS - "I Can't Give You Anything But My Love"
31^st January 1976	ABBA - "Mamma Mia"
8^th May 1976	ABBA - "Fernando"
7^th May 1977	DENIECE WILLIAMS - "Free"
29^th October 1977	BACCARA - "Yes Sir, I Can Boogie"
5^th November 1977	ABBA - "The Name Of The Game"
29^th April 1978	THE BEE GEES - "Night Fever"
3^rd March 1979	THE BEE GEES - "Tragedy"
17^th March 1979	GLORIA GAYNOR - "I Will Survive"
30^th June 1979	TUBEWAY ARMY - "Are 'Friends' Electric?"
8^th December 1979	THE POLICE - "Walking On The Moon"
26^th April 1980	BLONDIE - "Call Me"
26^th July 1980	ODYSSEY - "Use It Up And Wear It Out"
6^th September 1980	THE JAM - "Start!"
29^th November 1980	ABBA - "Super Trouper"
14^th March 1981	ROXY MUSIC - "Jealous Guy"
16^th January 1982	BUCKS FIZZ - "The Land Of Make Believe"
29^th May 1982	MADNESS - "House Of Fun"
12^th June 1982	ADAM ANT - "Goody Two Shoes"
26^th June 1982	CHARLENE - "I've Never Been To Me"
2^nd October 1982	MUSICAL YOUTH - "Pass The Dutchie"
23^rd October 1982	CULTURE CLUB - "Do You Really Want To Hurt Me?"
9^th April 1983	DAVID BOWIE - "Let's Dance"
30^th April 1983	SPANDAU BALLET - "True"
5^th May 1984	DURAN DURAN - "The Reflex"
18^th August 1984	GEORGE MICHAEL - "Careless Whisper"
8^th December 1984	FRANKIE GOES TO HOLLYWOOD - "The Power Of Love"
27^th July 1985	EURYTHMICS - "There Must Be An Angel (Playing With My Heart)"
14^th December 1985	WHITNEY HOUSTON - "Saving All My Love For You"
6^th December 1986	EUROPE - "The Final Countdown"
27^th December 1986	JACKIE WILSON - "Reet Petite"
21^st February 1987	BEN E KING - "Stand By Me"
28^th March 1987	MEL AND KIM - "Respectable"
25^th April 1987	MADONNA - "La Isla Bonita"
29^th August 1987	RICK ASTLEY - "Never Gonna Give You Up"
9^th April 1988	PET SHOP BOYS - "Heart"
6^th August 1988	YAZZ AND THE PLASTIC POPULATION - "The Only Way Is Up"
28^th January 1989	MARC ALMOND WITH GENE PITNEY - "Something's Gotten Hold Of My Heart"
13^th May 1989	KYLIE MINOGUE - "Hand On Your Heart"
9^th September 1989	BLACK BOX - "Ride On Time"
2^nd November 1991	U2 - "The Fly"
23^rd November 1991	MICHAEL JACKSON - "Black Or White"
17^th October 1992	TASMIN ARCHER - "Sleeping Satellite"
13^th February 1993	2 UNLIMITED - "No Limit"
20^th March 1993	SHAGGY - "Oh Carolina"
14^th August 1993	FREDDIE MERCURY - "Living On My Own"
28^th August 1993	CULTURE BEAT - "Mr Vain"
25^th September 1993	JAZZYJEFF AND THE FRESH PRINCE - "Boom! Shake The Room"
23^rd October 1993	MEAT LOAF - "I Would Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That)"
19^th March 1994	DOOP - "Doop"
17^th September 1994	WHIGFIELD - "Saturday Night"
10^th December 1994	EAST 17 - "Stay Another Day"
8^th April 1995	TAKE THAT - "Back For Good"
9^th December 1995	MICHAEL JACKSON - "Earth Song"
23^rd November 1996	PRODIGY - "Breathe"
28^th December 1996	SPICE GIRLS - "2 Become 1”
18^th January 1997	TORI AMOS - "Professional Widow (It's Got To Be Big)"
25^th January 1997	WHITE TOWN - "Your Woman"
22^nd February 1997	NO DOUBT - "Don't Speak"
5^th April 1997	THE CHEMICAL BROTHERS - "Block Rockin' Beats"
3^rd May 1997	MICHAEL JACKSON - "Blood On The Dancefloor"
7^th February 1998	AQUA - "Doctor Jones"
6^th June 1998	B*WITCHED - "C'Est La Vie"
25^th July 1998	JAMIROQUAI - "Deeper Underground"
5^th September 1998	THE MANIC STREET PREACHERS - "If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next"
6^th February 1999	ARMAND VAN HELDEN - "You Don't Know Me"
3^rd April 1999	MR OIZO - "Flat Beat"
29^th May 1999	SHANKS AND BIGFOOT - "Sweet Like Chocolate"
17^th July 1999	RICKY MARTIN - "Livin' La Vida Loca"
6^th November 1999	FIVE - "Keep On Movin'"
29^th January 2000	BRITNEY SPEARS - "Born To Make You Happy"
1^st April 2000	MELANIE C ft LISA "LEFT-EYE" LOPES - "Never Be The Same Again"
8^th July 2000	EMINEM - "The Real Slim Shady"
16^th September 2000	MODJO - "Lady (Hear Me Tonight)"
2^nd June 2001	DJ PIED PIPER AND THE MASTER OF CEREMONY - "Do You Really Like It?"
26^th October 2002	NELLY ft KELLY ROWLAND - “Dilemma”
8^th February 2003	T.A.T.U. - "All The Things She Said"
10^th May 2003	TOMCRAFT - "Loneliness"
6^th September 2003	ELTON JOHN - "Are You Ready For Love?"
13^th September 2003	THE BLACK EYED PEAS ft JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE - "Where Is The Love?"
1^st November 2003	FATMAN SCOOP ft CROOKLYN CLAN - "Be Faithful"
15^th November 2003	KYLIE MINOGUE - "Slow"
6^th December 2003	WILL YOUNG - "Leave Right Now"
26^th June 2004	BRITNEY SPEARS - "Everytime"
10^th July 2004	USHER - "Burn"
21^st August 2004	3 OF A KIND - "Baby Cakes"
16^th October 2004	ROBBIE WILLIAMS - "Radio"
22^nd January 2005	ELVIS PRESLEY - "One Night" / "I Got Stung"
12^th February 2005	EMINEM - "Like Toy Soldiers"
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16^th January 1953	JO STAFFORD - "You Belong To Me"
3^rd December 1954	WINIFRED ATWELL - "Let's Have Another Party"
29^th April 1955	PEREZ 'PREZ' PRADO AND HIS ORCHESTRA - "Cherry Pink And Apple Blossom White"
20^th July 1956	FRANKIE LYMON AND THE TEENAGERS - "Why Do Fools Fall In Love?"
16^th November 1956	JOHNNIE RAY - "Just Walking In The Rain"
7^th June 1957	JOHNNIE RAY - "Yes Tonight Josephine"
28^th February 1958	PERRY COMO - "Magic Moments"
7^th November 1958	TOMMY EDWARDS – 'All In The Game'
30^th January 1959	ELVIS PRESLEY – 'I Got Stung' / 'One Night'
15^th May 1959	ELVIS PRESLEY – 'A Fool Such As I'
9^th October 1959	JERRY KELLER - "Here Comes Summer"
30^th October 1959	CLIFF RICHARD - "Travellin' Light"
10^th March 1960	ADAM FAITH - "Poor Me"
9^th July 1960	JIMMY JONES - "Good Timin'"
22^nd October 1960	ROY ORBISON - "Only The Lonely"
14^th January 1961	JOHNNY TILLOTSON - "Poetry In Motion"
7^th October 1961	THE SHADOWS - "Kon-Tiki"
14^th October 1961	THE HIGHWAYMEN - "Michael"
19^th May 1962	B.BUMBLE AND THE STINGERS - "Nut Rocker"
15^th December 1962	ELVIS PRESLEY - "Return To Sender"
2^nd February 1963	JET HARRIS AND TONY MEEHAN - "Diamonds"
23^rd February 1963	FRANK IFIELD - "The Wayward Wind"
16^th March 1963	CLIFF RICHARD AND THE SHADOWS - "Summer Holiday"
3^rd August 1963	ELVIS PRESLEY - "(You're The) Devil In Disguise"
12^th October 1963	BRIAN POOLE AND THE TREMELOES - "Do You Love Me?"
1^st February 1964	THE SEARCHERS - "Needles And Pins"
4^th April 1964	THE BEATLES - "Can't Buy Me Love"
23^rd May 1964	THE FOUR PENNIES - "Juliet"
11^th July 1964	THE ANIMALS - "House Of The Rising Sun"
26^th September 1964	HERMAN'S HERMITS - "I'm Into Something Good"
24^th October 1964	SANDIE SHAW - "Always Something There To Remind Me"
5^th December 1964	THE ROLLING STONES - "Little Red Rooster"
12^th December 1964	THE BEATLES - "I Feel Fine"
20^th February 1965	THE KINKS - "Tired Of Waiting For You"
20^th March 1965	THE ROLLING STONES - "The Last Time"
10^th April 1965	UNIT FOUR PLUS TWO - "Concrete And Clay"
25^th September 1965	THE WALKER BROTHERS - "Make It Easy On Yourself"
30^th April 1966	DUSTY SPRINGFIELD - "You Don't Have To Say You Love Me"
12^th August 1967	SCOTT MCKENZIE - "San Francisco (Be Sure To Wear Some Flowers In Your Hair)"
14^th October 1967	THE BEE GEES - "Massachusetts"
9^th December 1967	THE BEATLES - "Hello Goodbye"
3^rd August 1968	TOMMY JAMES AND THE SHONDELLS - "Mony Mony"
17^th August 1968	THE CRAZY WORLD OF ARTHUR BROWN - "Fire"
31^st August 1968	THE BEACH BOYS - "Do It Again"
28^th September 1968	MARY HOPKIN - "Those Were The Days"
16^th November 1968	HUGO MONTENEGRO AND HIS ORCHESTRA - "The Good, The Bad And The Ugly"
8^th February 1969	THE MOVE - "Blackberry Way"
26^th July 1969	THE ROLLING STONES - "Honky Tonk Women"
18^th October 1969	BOBBIE GENTRY - "I'll Never Fall In Love Again"
31^st January 1970	EDISON LIGHTHOUSE - "Love Grows Where My Rosemary Goes"
6^th June 1970	CHRISTIE - "Yellow River"
21^st November 1970	THE JIMI HENDRIX EXPERIENCE - "Voodoo Chile"
21^st August 1971	DIANA ROSS - "I'm Still Waiting"
11^th December 1971	BENNY HILL - "Ernie, The Fastest Milkman In The West"
5^th February 1972	T REX - "Telegram Sam"
11^th March 1972	NILSSON - "Without You"
9^th September 1972	SLADE - "Mama Weer All Crazee Now"
30^th September 1972	DAVID CASSIDY - "How Can I Be Sure?"
19^th May 1973	WIZZARD - "See My Baby Jive"
30^th June 1973	SLADE - "Skweeze Me Pleeze Me"
27^th October 1973	DAVID CASSIDY - "Daydreamer"/"The Puppy Song"
26^th January 1974	MUD - "Tiger Feet"
6^th April 1974	TERRY JACKS - "Seasons In The Sun"
31^st August 1974	THE OSMONDS - "Love Me For A Reason"
26^th October 1974	KEN BOOTHE - "Everything I Own"
18^th January 1975	STATUS QUO - "Down Down"
25^th January 1975	THE TYMES - "Ms. Grace"
3^rd May 1975	TAMMY WYNETTE - "Stand By Your Man"
25^th October 1975	ART GARFUNKEL - "I Only Have Eyes For You"
14^th February 1976	SLIK - "Forever And Ever"
21^st February 1976	FOUR SEASONS - "December 1963 (Oh What A Night)"
6^th March 1976	TINA CHARLES - "I Love To Love"
26^th June 1976	THE REAL THING - "You To Me Are Everything"
25^th June 1977	THE JACKSONS - "Show You The Way To Go"
2 July 1977	HOT CHOCOLATE - "So You Win Again"
8^th October 1977	DAVID SOUL - "Silver Lady"
17^th June 1978	OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN AND JOHN TRAVOLTA - "You're The One That I Want"
30^th September 1978	JOHN TRAVOLTA AND OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN - "Summer Nights"
18^th November 1978	THE BOOMTOWN RATS - "Rat Trap"
14^th April 1979	ART GARFUNKEL - "Bright Eyes"
26^th May 1979	BLONDIE - "Sunday Girl"
25^th August 1979	CLIFF RICHARD - "We Don't Talk Anymore"
12^th April 1980	THE DETROIT SPINNERS - "Working My Way Back To You"
2^nd May 1980	DEXY'S MIDNIGHT RUNNERS - "Geno"
12^th July 1980	OLIVIA NEWTON JOHN AND ELO - "Xanadu"
13^th September 1980	KELLY MARIE - "Feels Like I'm In Love"
15^th November 1980	BLONDIE - "The Tide Is High"
20^th December 1980	JOHN LENNON - "(Just Like) Starting Over"
14^th November 1981	THE POLICE - "Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic"
13^th February 1982	THE JAM - "A Town Called Malice"/"Precious"
4^th September 1982	SURVIVOR - "Eye Of The Tiger"
4^th December 1982	THE JAM - "Beat Surrender"
26^th March 1983	DURAN DURAN - "Is There Something I Should Know"
28^th May 1983	NEW EDITION - "Candy Girl"
23^rd July 1983	PAUL YOUNG - "Wherever I Lay My Hat (That's My Home)"
13^th August 1983	KC AND THE SUNSHINE BAND - "Give It Up"
5^th November 1983	BILLY JOEL - "Uptown Girl"
2^nd June 1984	WHAM! - "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go"
20^th October 1984	WHAM! - "Freedom"
15^th December 1984	BAND AID - "Do They Know It's Christmas"
23^rd March 1985	PHILIP BAILEY (DUET WITH PHIL COLLINS) - "Easy Lover"
4^th May 1985	PHYLLIS NELSON - "Move Closer"
11^th May 1985	PAUL HARDCASTLE - "19"
30^th November 1985	WHAM! - "I'm Your Man"
8^th March 1986	DIANA ROSS - "Chain Reaction"
10^th May 1986	FALCO - "Rock Me Amadeus"
11^th October 1986	MADONNA - "True Blue"
16^th January 1988	BELINDA CARLISLE - "Heaven Is A Place On Earth"
20^th February 1988	KYLIE MINOGUE - "I Should Be So Lucky"
29^th October 1988	ENYA - "Orinoco Flow"
31^st March 1990	SNAP! - "The Power"
5^th January 1991	IRON MAIDEN - "Bring Your Daughter... To The Slaughter"
4^th May 1991	CHER - "The Shoop Shoop Song (It's In His Kiss)"
8^th June 1991	COLOR ME BADD - "I Wanna Sex You Up"
21^st December 1991	QUEEN - "Bohemian Rhapsody"/"These Are The Days Of Our Lives"
19^th September 1992	THE SHAMEN - "Ebeneezer Goode"
17^th July 1993	TAKE THAT - "Pray"
18^th December 1993	TAKE THAT - "Babe"
8^th January 1994	CHAKA DEMUS AND PLIERS - "Twist And Shout"
4^th February 1995	CELINE DION - "Think Twice"
6^th May 1995	OASIS - "Some Might Say"
5^th August 1995	TAKE THAT - "Never Forget"
26^th August 1995	BLUR - "Country House"
4^th May 1996	GEORGE MICHAEL - "Fastlove"
25^th May 1996	GINA G - "Ooh Aah... Just A Little Bit"
1^st June 1996	BADDIEL AND SKINNER AND THE LIGHTNING SEEDS - "Three Lions"
8^th June 1996	FUGEES - "Killing Me Softly"
21^st December 1996	DUNBLANE - "Throw These Guns Away" / "Knockin' On Heaven's Door"
15^th March 1997	SPICE GIRLS - "Who Do You Think You Are?" / "Mama"
12^th April 1997	R. KELLY - "I Believe I Can Fly"
31^st May 1997	ETERNAL ft BEBE WINANS - "I Wanna Be The Only One"
1^st November 1997	AQUA - "Barbie Girl"
29^th November 1997	VARIOUS ARTISTS - "Perfect Day"
27^th December 1997	SPICE GIRLS - "Too Much"
17^th January 1998	ALL SAINTS - "Never Ever"
31^st January 1998	USHER - "You Make Me Wanna..."
16^th May 1998	AQUA - "Turn Back Time"
30^th May 1998	THE TAMPERER featuring MAYA - "Feel It"
11^th July 1998	BILLIE - "Because We Want To"
1^st August 1998	SPICE GIRLS - "Viva Forever"
19^th September 1998	ROBBIE WILLIAMS - "Millennium"
19^th December 1998	B*WITCHED - "To You I Belong"
26^th December 1998	SPICE GIRLS - "Goodbye"
2^nd January 1999	CHEF - "Chocolate Salty Balls"
9^th January 1999	STEPS - "Heartbeat" / "Tragedy"
25^th September 1999	EIFFEL 65 - "Blue (Da Ba Dee)"
22^nd April 2000	FRAGMA - "Toca's Miracle"
20^th May 2000	MADISON AVENUE - "Don't Call Me Baby"
24^th June 2000	BLACK LEGEND - "You See The Trouble With Me"
22^nd July 2000	RONAN KEATING - "Life Is A Rollercoaster"
12^th August 2000	ROBBIE WILLIAMS - "Rock DJ"
2^nd September 2000	MADONNA - "Music"
23^rd December 2000	BOB THE BUILDER - "Can We Fix It?"
20^th January 2001	JENNIFER LOPEZ - "Love Don't Cost A Thing"
10^th February 2001	ATOMIC KITTEN - "Whole Again"
10^th March 2001	SHAGGY feat. RIKROK - "It Wasn't Me"
5^th May 2001	S CLUB 7 - "Don't Stop Movin'"
14^th July 2001	ROGER SANCHEZ - "Another Chance"
8^th December 2001	DANIEL BEDINGFIELD - "Gotta Get Thru This"
26^th January 2002	GEORGE HARRISON - "My Sweet Lord" (2002 re-issue)
11^th May 2002	HOLLY VALANCE - "Kiss Kiss"
25^th May 2002	LIBERTY X - "Just A Little"
8^th June 2002	WILL YOUNG - "Light My Fire"
20^th July 2002	GARETH GATES - "Anyone Of Us (Stupid Mistake)"
28^th September 2002	PINK - "Just Like A Pill"
8^th March 2003	CHRISTINA AGUILERA - "Beautiful"
14^th June 2003	EVANESCENCE - "Bring Me To Life"
9^th August 2003	BLU CANTRELL ft SEAN PAUL - "Breathe"
7^th February 2004	LMC ft U2 - "Take Me To The Clouds Above"
22^nd May 2004	FRANKEE - "F.U.R.B (F U Right Back)"
20^th November 2004	U2 - "Vertigo"
29^th January 2005	CIARA ft PETEY PABLO - "Goodies"
12^th March 2005	STEREOPHONICS - "Dakota"
5
30^th January 1953	EDDIE FISHER – 'Outside Of Heaven'
26^th June 1953	EDDIE FISHER – 'I'm Walking Behind You'
15^th August 1953	MANTOVANI - "Moulin Rouge Theme"
23^rd October 1953	FRANKIE LAINE - "Hey Joe"
10^th September 1954	KITTY KALLEN - "Little Things Mean A Lot"
17^th September 1954	FRANK SINATRA - "Three Coins In A Fountain"
7^th January 1955	DICKIE VALENTINE - "Finger Of Suspicion"
14^th January 1955	ROSEMARY CLOONEY - "Mambo Italiano"
27^th May 1955	EDDIE CALVERT - "Cherry Pink And Apple Blossom White"
15^th July 1955	ALMA COGAN - "Dreamboat"
11^th November 1955	THE JOHNSTON BROTHERS - "Hernando's Hideaway"
30^th March 1956	KAY STARR - 'Rock And Roll Waltz'
13^th April 1956	WINIFRED ATTWELL - "The Poor People Of Paris"
4^th January 1957	GUY MITCHELL - "Singing The Blues" TOMMY STEELE - "Singing The Blues"
22^nd February 1957	TAB HUNTER - "Young Love"
12^th May 1957	GUY MITCHELL - "Rock-A-Billy"
1^st November 1957	BUDDY HOLLY AND THE CRICKETS - "That'll Be The Day"
14^th February 1958	MICHAEL HOLLIDAY - "The Story Of My Life"
27^th June 1958	VIC DAMONE – "On The Street Where You Live"
22^nd August 1958	THE KALIN TWINS - "When"
4^th December 1959	ADAM FAITH - "What Do You Want"
29^th January 1960	MICHAEL HOLLIDAY - "Starry Eyed"
17^th March 1960	JOHNNY PRESTON - "Running Bear"
25 June 1960	EDDIE COCHRAN - "Three Steps To Heaven"
4^th March 1961	EVERLY BROTHERS - "Walk Right Back"
20^th May 1961	FLOYD CRAMER - "On The Rebound"
27^th May 1961	THE TEMPERANCE SEVEN - "You're Driving Me Crazy"
5^th August 1961	EDEN KANE - "Well I Ask You"
24^th February 1962	ELVIS PRESLEY - "Can't Help Falling In Love"
26^th May 1962	ELVIS PRESLEY - "Good Luck Charm"
15^th January 1963	CLIFF RICHARD - "The Next Time"
26^th January 1963	THE SHADOWS - "Dance On!"
20^th July 1963	FRANK IFIELD - "I'm Confessin'"
25^th April 1964	PETER AND GORDON - "A World Without Love"
9^th May 1964	THE SEARCHERS - "Don't Throw Your Love Away"
16^th January 1965	GEORGIE FAME AND THE BLUE FLAMES - "Yeh Yeh"
26^th June 1965	THE HOLLIES - "I'm Alive"
16^th April 1966	SPENCER DAVIS GROUP - "Somebody Help Me"
7^th May 1966	MANFRED MANN - "Pretty Flamingo"
4^th June 1966	FRANK SINATRA - "Strangers In The Night"
15^th April 1967	FRANK AND NANCY SINATRA - "Something Stupid"
29^th April 1967	SANDIE SHAW - "Puppet On A String"
10^th June 1967	PROCOL HARUM - "A Whiter Shade Of Pale"
22^nd July 1967	THE BEATLES - "All You Need Is Love"
25^th November 1967	LONG JOHN BALDRY - "Let The Heartaches Begin"
25^th May 1968	GARY PUCKETT AND THE UNION GAP - "Young Girl"
26^th April 1969	THE BEATLES WITH BILLY PRESTON - "Get Back"
5^th July 1969	THUNDERCLAP NEWMAN - "Something In The Air"
30^th August 1969	ZAGER AND EVANS - "In The Year 2525 (Exordium And Terminus)"
11^th October 1969	SERGE GAINSBOURG AND JANE BIRKIN - "Je T'Aime...Moi Non Plus"
7^th March 1970	LEE MARVIN - "Wand'rin Star"
28^th March 1970	SIMON AND GARFUNKEL - "Bridge Over Troubled Water"
28^th November 1970	DAVE EDMUNDS - "I Hear You Knocking"
18^th September 1971	THE TAMS - "Hey Girl, Don't Bother Me"
13^th November 1971	SLADE - "Coz I Luv You"
15^th April 1972	THE PIPES AND DRUMS AND MILITARY BAND OF THE ROYAL SCOTS DRAGOON GUARDS - "Amazing Grace"
1^st July 1972	SLADE - "Take Me Bak 'Ome"
7^th April 1973	GILBERT O'SULLIVAN - "Get Down"
23^rd June 1973	10CC - "Rubber Bullets"
19^th January 1974	THE NEW SEEKERS - "You Won't Find Another Fool Like Me"
22^nd June 1974	GARY GLITTER - "Always Yours"
19^th October 1974	SWEET SENSATION - "Sad Sweet Dreamer"
1^st February 1975	PILOT - "January"
22^nd March 1975	BAY CITY ROLLERS - "Bye Bye Baby"
12^th July 1975	JOHNNY NASH - "Tears On My Pillow"
22^nd November 1975	BILLY CONNOLLY - "D.I.V.O.R.C.E."
12^th June 1976	THE WURZELS - "Combine Harvester (Brand New Key)"
24^th July 1976	ELTON JOHN AND KIKI DEE - "Don't Go Breaking My Heart"
13^th November 1976	CHICAGO - "If You Leave Me Now"
19^th February 1977	LEO SAYER - "When I Need You"
21^st May 1977	ROD STEWART - "I Don't Want To Talk About It"/"The First Cut Is The Deepest"
20^th August 1977	BROTHERHOOD OF MAN - "Angelo"
3^rd September 1977	ELVIS PRESLEY - "Way Down"
13^th May 1978	BONEY M - "Rivers Of Babylon"
29^th September 1979	THE POLICE - "Message In A Bottle"
17^th November 1979	DR HOOK - "When You're In Love With A Beautiful Woman"
15^th December 1979	PINK FLOYD - "Another Brick In The Wall (Part 2)"
19^th January 1980	THE PRETENDERS - "Brass In Pocket"
15^th March 1980	FERN KINNEY - "Together We Are Beautiful"
27^th September 1980	THE POLICE - "Don't Stand So Close To Me"
25^th October 1980	BARBRA STREISAND - "Woman In Love"
18^th April 1981	BUCKS FIZZ - "Making Your Mind Up"
13^th June 1981	SMOKEY ROBINSON - "Being With You"
27^th June 1981	MICHAEL JACKSON - "One Day In Your Life"
5^th December 1981	JULIO IGLESIAS - "Begin The Beguine"
17^th April 1982	BUCKS FIZZ - "My Camera Never Lies"
17^th July 1982	IRENE CARA - "Fame"
29^th January 1983	MEN AT WORK - "Down Under"
19^th February 1983	KAJAGOOGOO - "Too Shy"
10^th December 1983	THE FLYING PICKETS - "Only You"
14^th January 1984	PAUL MCCARTNEY - "Pipes Of Peace"
24^th March 1984	LIONEL RICHIE - "Hello"
19^th January 1985	FOREIGNER - "I Want To Know What Love Is"
9^th February 1985	ELAINE PAIGE AND BARBARA DICKSON - "I Know Him So Well"
8^th February 1986	BILLY OCEAN - "When The Going Gets Tough, The Tough Get Going"
13^th September 1986	THE COMMUNARDS - "Don't Leave Me This Way"
8^th November 1986	BERLIN - "Take My Breath Away"
20^th December 1986	THE HOUSEMARTINS - "Caravan Of Love"
25^th July 1987	MADONNA - "Who's That Girl"
15^th August 1987	MICHAEL JACKSON - "I Just Can't Stop Loving You"
30^th January 1988	TIFFANY - "I Think We're Alone Now"
15^th April 1989	BANGLES - "Eternal Flame"
11^th November 1989	LISA STANSFIELD - "All Around The World"
15^th September 1990	STEVE MILLER BAND - "The Joker"
26^th January 1991	QUEEN - "Innuendo"
13^th June 1992	ERASURE - ABBA-Esque EP
8^th August 1992	SNAP - "Rhythm Is A Dancer"
5^th December 1992	WHITNEY HOUSTON - "I Will Always Love You"
9^th October 1993	TAKE THAT ft LULU - "Relight My Fire"
19^th February 1994	MARIAH CAREY - "Without You"
29^th October 1994	PATO BANTON - "Baby Come Back"
1^st February 1997	BLUR - "Beetlebum"
17^th May 1997	OLIVE - "You're Not Alone"
16^th August 1997	WILL SMITH - "Men In Black"
13^th December 1997	TELETUBBIES - "Teletubbies Say Eh-Oh!"
21^st March 1998	RUN DMC vs JASON NEVINS - "It's Like That"
9^th May 1998	ALL SAINTS - "Lady Marmalade" / "Under The Bridge"
20^th June 1998	BADDIEL, SKINNER AND THE LIGHTNING SEEDS - "Three Lions '98"
24^th October 1998	SPACEDUST - "Gym And Tonic"
30^th January 1999	THE OFFSPRING - "Pretty Fly (For A White Guy)"
13^th February 1999	BLONDIE - "Maria"
3^rd July 1999	ATB - "9PM (Til I Come)"
21^st August 1999	WESTLIFE - "If I Let You Go"
28^th August 1999	GERI HALLIWELL - "Mi Chico Latino"
5^th February 2000	GABRIELLE - "Rise"
27^th May 2000	BILLIE PIPER - "Day And Night"
1^st July 2000	KYLIE MINOGUE - "Spinning Around"
15^th July 2000	THE CORRS - "Breathless"
19^th August 2000	MELANIE C - "I Turn To You"
9^th September 2000	A1 - "Take On Me"
24^th November 2000	LEANN RIMES - "Can't Fight The Moonlight"
14^th April 2001	EMMA BUNTON - "What Took You So Long?"
30^th June 2001	CHRISTINA AGUILERA, LIL KIM, MYA AND PINK - "Lady Marmalade"
22^nd July 2001	ROBBIE WILLIAMS - "Eternity" / "The Road To Mandalay"
25^th August 2001	FIVE - "Let's Dance"
1^st December 2001	S CLUB 7 - "Have You Ever"
2^nd February 2002	ENRIQUE IGLESIAS - "Hero"
19^th October 2002	LAS KETCHUP - "Asereje (The Ketchup Song)"
9^th November 2002	DJ SAMMY & YANOU ft DO - "Heaven"
3^rd May 2003	BUSTED - "You Said No"
26^th November 2003	WESTLIFE - "Mandy"
10^th April 2004	MCFLY - "5 Colours In Her Hair"
24^th April 2004	EAMON - "F**k It (I Don't Want You Back)"
31^st July 2004	THE STREETS - "Dry Your Eyes"
7^th August 2004	BUSTED - "Thunderbirds Are Go"/"3 AM"
28^th August 2004	NATASHA BEDINGFIELD - "These Words"
11^th September 2004	NELLY - "My Place" / "Flap Your Wings"
19^th February 2005	U2 - "Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own"
26^th February 2005	JENNIFER LOPEZ - "Get Right"
4
14^th November 1952	AL MARTINO – "Here In My Heart"
10^th April 1953	THE STARGAZERS - "Broken Wings"
17^th April 1953	LITA ROZA - "How Much Is That Doggie In The Window?"
13^th November 1953	FRANKIE LAINE - "Answer Me"
8^th January 1954	EDDIE CALVERT- "Oh Mein Papa"
26^th November 1954	ROSEMARY CLOONEY - "This Ole House"
18^th February 1955	RUBY MURRAY - "Softly, Softly"
13^th May 1955	TONY BENNETT - "Stranger In Paradise"
14^th October 1955	JIMMY YOUNG - "The Man From Laramie"
16^th December 1955	DICKIE VALENTINE - "Christmas Alphabet"
17^th February 1956	DEAN MARTIN - "Memories Are Made Of This"
25^th January 1957	FRANKIE VAUGHAN - "The Garden Of Eden"
30^th August 1957	PAUL ANKA - "Diana"
25^th April 1958	MARVIN RAINWATER - "Whole Lotta Woman"
27^th March 1959	RUSS CONWAY – 'Side Saddle'
19^th June 1959	RUSS CONWAY – 'Roulette'
3^rd July 1959	BOBBY DARIN – 'Dream Lover'
30^th April 1960	ANTHONY NEWLEY - "Do You Mind?"
1^st October 1960	RICKY VALANCE - "Tell Laura I Love Her"
5^th November 1960	ELVIS PRESLEY - "It's Now Or Never"
25^th February 1961	PETULA CLARK - "Sailor"
3^rd June 1961	ELVIS PRESLEY - "Surrender"
12^th August 1961	HELEN SHAPIRO - "You Don't Know"
15^th September 1962	ELVIS PRESLEY - "She's Not You"
10^th November 1962	FRANK IFIELD - "Lovesick Blues"
30^th March 1963	THE SHADOWS - "Foot Tapper"
13^th April 1963	GERRY AND THE PACEMAKERS - "How Do You Do It?"
10^th August 1963	THE SEARCHERS - "Sweets For My Sweet"
22^nd February 1964	THE BACHELORS - "Diane"
29^th February 1964	CILLA BLACK - "Anyone Who Had A Heart"
25^th February 1965	THE SEEKERS - "I'll Never Find Another You"
13^th March 1965	TOM JONES - "It's Not Unusual"
17^th April 1965	CLIFF RICHARD - "The Minute You're Gone"
29^th May 1965	SANDIE SHAW - "Long Live Love"
27^th November 1965	THE SEEKERS - "The Carnival Is Over"
6^th August 1966	THE TROGGS - "With A Girl Like You"
17^th September 1966	THE SMALL FACES - "All Or Nothing"
4^th March 1967	ENGELBERT HUMPERDINCK - "Release Me"
20^th May 1967	THE TREMELOES - "Silence Is Golden"
27^th April 1968	LOUIS ARMSTRONG - "What A Wonderful World"
7^th September 1968	THE BEE GEES - "I Gotta Get A Message To You"
14^th September 1968	THE BEATLES - "Hey Jude"
15^th February 1969	AMEN CORNER - "(If Paradise Is) Half As Nice"
7^th June 1969	TOMMY ROE - "Dizzy"
14^th June 1969	THE BEATLES - "The Ballad Of John And Yoko"
16^th May 1970	ENGLAND WORLD CUP SQUAD 1970 - "Back Home"
6^th March 1971	MUNGO JERRY - "Baby Jump"
15^th May 1971	TONY ORLANDO AND DAWN - "Knock Three Times"
19^th June 1971	MIDDLE OF THE ROAD - "Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep"
31^st March 1973	DONNY OSMOND - "The Twelfth Of Never"
21^st July 1973	PETERS AND LEE - "Welcome Home"
28 July 1973	GARY GLITTER - "I'm The Leader Of The Gang (I Am)"
25^th August 1973	DONNY OSMOND - Young Love
29^th September 1973	THE SIMON PARK ORCHESTRA - "Eye Level"
17^th November 1973	GARY GLITTER - "I Love You Love Me Love"
9^th March 1974	ALVIN STARDUST - "Jealous Mind"
16^th March 1974	PAPER LACE - "Billy, Don't Be A Hero"
12^th October 1974	JOHN DENVER - "Annie's Song"
16^th November 1974	DAVID ESSEX - "Gonna Make You A Star"
3^rd May 1975	MUD - "Oh Boy"
11^th October 1976	PUSSYCAT - "Mississippi"
15^th January 1977	DAVID SOUL - "Don't Give Up On Us"
12^th March 1977	MANHATTAN TRANSFER - "Chanson D'Amour"
18^th June 1977	KENNY ROGERS - "Lucille"
27^th August 1977	THE FLOATERS - "Float On"
23^rd September 1978	10cc - "Dreadlock Holiday"
2^nd December 1978	ROD STEWART - "Do Ya Think I'm Sexy?"
30^th May 1980	MASH - "Theme From MAS*H (Suicide Is Painless)"
28^th March 1981	SHAKIN' STEVENS - "This Ole House"
1^st August 1981	SHAKIN' STEVENS - "Green Door"
29^th August 1981	ANEKA - "Japanese Boy"
17^th October 1981	DAVE STEWART AND BARBARA GASKIN - "It's My Party"
6^th March 1982	TIGHT FIT - "The Lion Sleeps Tonight"
13^th November 1982	EDDY GRANT - "I Don't Wanna Dance"
15^th January 1983	PHIL COLLINS - "You Can't Hurry Love"
4^th June 1983	THE POLICE - "Every Breath You Take"
1^st December 1984	JIM DIAMOND - "I Should Have Known Better"
29^th June 1985	SISTER SLEDGE - "Frankie"
12^th October 1985	JENNIFER RUSH - "The Power Of Love"
29^th March 1986	CLIFF RICHARD AND THE YOUNG ONES ft HANK MARVIN - "Living Doll"
28^th June 1986	WHAM! - "Edge Of Heaven"
23^rd August 1986	BORIS GARDINER - "I Want To Wake Up With You"
7^th February 1987	GEORGE MICHAEL AND ARETHA FRANKLIN - "I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)"
9^th May 1987	STARSHIP - "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now"
17^th October 1987	BEE GEES - "You Win Again"
14^th November 1987	T'PAU - "China In Your Hand"
26^th March 1988	ASWAD - "Don't Turn Around"
21^st May 1988	WET WET WET - "With A Little Help From My Friends" / BILLY BRAGG ft CARA TIVEY - "She's Leaving Home"
25^th June 1988	BROS - "I Owe You Nothing"
10^th September 1988	PHIL COLLINS - "A Groovy Kind Of Love"
8^th October 1988	U2 - "Desire"
11^th March 1989	JASON DONOVAN - "Too Many Broken Hearts"
20^th May 1989	THE CHRISTIANS, HOLLY JOHNSON, PAUL MCCARTNEY, GERRY MARSDEN, STOCK AITKEN AND WATERMAN - "Ferry Cross The Mersey"
25^th November 1989	NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK - "You Got It (The Right Stuff)"
27^th January 1990	KYLIE MINOGUE - "Tears On My Pillow"
28^th July 1990	PARTNERS IN KRYME - "Turtle Power"
25^th September 1990	MARIA McKEE - "Show Me Heaven"
27^th October 1990	THE BEAUTIFUL SOUTH - "A Little Time"
29^th December 1990	CLIFF RICHARD - "Saviour's Day"
19^th January 1991	ENIGMA - "Sadness Part 1"
16^th February 1991	THE SIMPSONS - "Do The Bartman"
30^th March 1991	CHESNEY HAWKES - "The One And Only"
13^th July 1991	BRYAN ADAMS - "(Everything I Do) I Do It For You"
9^th November 1991	VIC REEVES AND THE WONDER STUFF - "Dizzy"
18^th April 1992	RIGHT SAID FRED - "Deeply Dippy"
18^th July 1992	JIMMY NAIL - "Ain't No Doubt"
31^st October 1992	BOYZ II MEN - "End Of The Road"
1^st May 1993	GEORGE MICHAEL AND QUEEN - Five Live EP
26^th June 1993	GABRIELLE - "Dreams"
22^nd January 1994	D:REAM - "Things Can Only Get Better"
9^th April 1994	TAKE THAT - "Everything Changes"
7^th May 1994	TONY DI BART - "The Real Thing"
15^th October 1994	TAKE THAT - "Sure"
14^th January 1995	REDNEX - "Cotton Eye Joe"
1^st April 1995	THE OUTHERE BROTHERS - "Don't Stop (Wiggle Wiggle)"
8^th July 1995	THE OUTHERE BROTHERS - "Boom Boom Boom"
9^th September 1995	MICHAEL JACKSON - "You Are Not Alone"
30^th September 1995	SIMPLY RED - "Fairground"
27^th January 1996	BABYLON ZOO - "Spaceman"
2^nd March 1996	OASIS - "Don't Look Back In Anger"
9^th March 1996	TAKE THAT - "How Deep Is Your Love?"
8^th February 1997	LL COOL J - "Ain't Nobody"
10^th May 1997	GARY BARLOW - "Love Won't Wait"
19^th July 1997	OASIS - "D'You Know What I Mean?"
13^th September 1997	THE VERVE - "The Drugs Don't Work"
25^th October 1997	SPICE GIRLS - "Spice Up Your Life"
18^th July 1998	ANOTHER LEVEL - "Freak Me"
12^th September 1998	ALL SAINTS - "Bootie Call"
17^th October 1998	BILLIE - "Girlfriend"
1^st May 1999	WESTLIFE - "Swear It Again"
19^th June 1999	S CLUB 7 - "Bring It All Back"
26^th June 1999	THE VENGABOYS - "Boom Boom Boom Boom"
4^th September 1999	LOU BEGA - "Mambo No.5 (A Little Bit Of...)"
20^th November 1999	ROBBIE WILLIAMS - "She's The One" / "It's Only Us"
27^th November 1999	WAMDUE PROJECT - "King Of My Castle"
22^nd January 2000	MANIC STREET PREACHERS - "The Masses Against The Classes"
19^th February 2000	OASIS - "Go Let It Out"
11^th March 2000	MADONNA - "American Pie"
25^th March 2000	GERI HALLIWELL - "Bag It Up"
3^rd June 2000	SONIQUE - "It Feels So Good"
5^th August 2000	CRAIG DAVID - "7 Days"
28^th October 2000	STEPS - "Stomp"
9^th December 2000	S CLUB 7 - "Never Had A Dream Come True"
13^th January 2001	RUI DA SILVA ft CASSANDRA - "Touch Me"
17^th March 2001	WESTLIFE - "Uptown Girl"
24^th March 2001	HEAR'SAY - "Pure And Simple"
12^th May 2001	GERI HALLIWELL - "It's Raining Men"
9^th June 2001	SHAGGY ft RAYVON - "Angel"
8^th September 2001	BLUE - "Too Close"
15^th September 2001	BOB THE BUILDER - "Mambo No. 5"
27^th October 2001	AFROMAN - "Because I Got High"
24^th November 2001	BLUE - "If You Come Back"
22^nd December 2001	ROBBIE WILLIAMS AND NICOLE KIDMAN - "Somethin' Stupid"
27^th April 2002	OASIS - "The Hindu Times"
1^st June 2002	EMINEM - "Without Me"
10^th August 2002	DARIUS - “Colourblind”
31^st August 2002	BLAZIN' SQUAD - "Crossroads"
7^th December 2002	DANIEL BEDINGFIELD - "If You're Not The One"
21^st February 2004	SAM & MARK - "With A Little Help From My Friends"
6^th March 2004	PETER ANDRE - "Mysterious Girl"
20^th March 2004	DJ CASPER - "Cha Cha Slide"
12^th June 2004	MARIO WINANS ft ENYA & P DIDDY - "I Don't Wanna Know"
3^rd July 2004	McFLY - "Obviously"
27^th November 2004	GIRLS ALOUD - "I'll Stand By You"
5^th February 2005	ELVIS PRESLEY - "It's Now Or Never"
5^th March 2005	NELLY ft TIM McGRAW - "Over And Over"
19^th March 2005	McFLY - "All About You"/"You've Got A Friend"
26^th March 2005	TONY CHRISTIE 'ft' PETER KAY - "Is This The Way To Amarillo?"
3
6^th February 1953	PERRY COMO - "Don't Let The Stars Get In Your Eyes"
24^th April 1953	FRANKIE LAINE - "I Believe"
11^th September 1953	GUY MITCHELL - "Look At That Girl"
10^th October 1954	DON CORNELL - "Hold My Hand"
11^th March 1955	TENNESSEE ERNIE FORD - "Give Me Your Word"
4^th May 1956	RONNIE HILTON - "No Other Love"
21^st September 1956	ANNE SHELTON - "Lay Down Your Arms"
25^th May 1957	ANDY WILLIAMS - "Butterfly"
22^nd November 1957	HARRY BELAFONTE - "Mary's Boy Child"
23^rd January 1959	JANE MORGAN – 'The Day The Rains Came'
31^st July 1959	CLIFF RICHARD – 'Living Doll'
30^th July 1960	CLIFF RICHARD - "Please Don't Tease"
21^st October 1961	HELEN SHAPIRO - "Walking Back To Happiness"
13^th January 1962	CLIFF RICHARD AND THE SHADOWS - "The Young Ones"
22^nd June 1963	GERRY AND THE PACEMAKERS - "I Like It"
2^nd November 1963	GERRY AND THE PACEMAKERS - "You'll Never Walk Alone"
30^th May 1964	CILLA BLACK - "You're My World"
22^nd May 1965	JACKIE TRENT - "Where Are You Now (My Love)?"
29^th January 1966	THE OVERLANDERS - "Michelle"
23^rd July 1966	GEORGIE FAME AND THE BLUE FLAMES - "Get Away"
3^rd December 1966	TOM JONES - "Green Green Grass Of Home"
27^th January 1968	GEORGIE FAME - "The Ballad Of Bonnie And Clyde"
13^th April 1968	CLIFF RICHARD - "Congratulations"
27^th July 1968	DES O'CONNOR - "I Pretend"
9^th November 1968	JOE COCKER - "With A Little Help From My Friends"
14^th December 1968	SCAFFOLD - "Lily The Pink"
4^th January 1969	MARMALADE - "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da"
1^st March 1969	PETER SARSTEDT - "Where Do You Go To My Lovely?"
20^th December 1969	ROLF HARRIS - "Two Little Boys"
1^st August 1970	ELVIS PRESLEY - "The Wonder Of You"
8^th July 1972	DONNY OSMOND - "Puppy Love"
11^th November 1972	GILBERT O'SULLIVAN - "Clair"
21 April 1973	TONY ORLANDO AND DAWN - "Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round The Old Oak Tree"
15^th June 1974	RAY STEVENS - "The Streak"
29^th June 1974	CHARLES AZNAVOUR - "She"
8^th March 1975	TELLY SAVALAS - "If"
19^th July 1975	BAY CITY ROLLERS - "Give A Little Love"
6^th September 1975	ROD STEWART - "Sailing"
17^th July 1976	DEMIS ROUSSOS - The Roussos Phenomenon (EP)
4^th December 1976	SHOWADDYWADDY - "Under The Moon Of Love"
25^th December 1976	JOHNNY MATHIS - "When A Child Is Born (Soleado)"
8^th April 1978	BRIAN AND MICHAEL - "Matchstalk Men And Matchstalk Cats And Dogs"
19^th August 1978	THE COMMODORES - "Three Times A Lady"
9^th December 1978	BONEY M - "Mary's Boy Child/Oh My Lord"
17^th May 1980	JOHNNY LOGAN - "What's Another Year?"
21^st February 1981	JOE DOLCE MUSIC THEATRE - "Shaddap You Face"
27^th March 1982	GOOMBAY DANCE BAND - "Seven Tears"
3^rd July 1982	CAPTAIN SENSIBLE - "Happy Talk"
2^nd July 1983	ROD STEWART - "Baby Jane"
3^rd September 1983	UB40 - "Red Red Wine"
8^th September 1984	STEVIE WONDER - "I Just Called To Say I Love You"
20^th April 1985	USA FOR AFRICA - "We Are The World"
15^th June 1985	THE CROWD - "You'll Never Walk Alone"
7^th September 1985	DAVID BOWIE AND MICK JAGGER - "Dancing In The Street"
16^th November 1985	FEARGAL SHARKEY - "A Good Heart"
7^th June 1986	DOCTOR AND THE MEDICS - "Spirit In The Sky"
14^th March 1987	BOY GEORGE - "Everything I Own"
14^th May 1988	FAIRGROUND ATTRACTION - "Perfect"
24^th September 1988	THE HOLLIES - "He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother"
19^th November 1988	ROBIN BECK - "First Time"
10^th December 1988	CLIFF RICHARD - "Mistletoe And Wine"
7^th January 1989	KYLIE MINOGUE AND JASON DONOVAN - "Especially For You"
10^th June 1989	JASON DONOVAN - "Sealed With A Kiss"
22^nd July 1989	SONIA - "You'll Never Stop Me Loving You"
21^st October 1989	JIVE BUNNY AND THE MASTERMIXERS - "That's What I Like"
13^th January 1990	NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK - "Hangin' Tough"
23^rd June 1990	ELTON JOHN - "Sacrifice"/"Healing Hands"
1^st December 1990	VANILLA ICE - "Ice Ice Baby"
9^th March 1991	THE CLASH - "Should I Stay Or Should I Go"
7^th December 1991	GEORGE MICHAEL AND ELTON JOHN - "Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me"
9^th May 1992	KWS - "Please Don't Go"/"Game Boy"
3^rd April 1993	THE BLUEBELLS - "Young At Heart"
12^th June 1993	UB40 - "I Can't Help Falling In Love With You"
14^th May 1994	STILTSKIN - "Inside"
25^th March 1995	CHER, CHRISSIE HYNDE AND NENEH CHERRY WITH ERIC CLAPTON - "Love Can Build A Bridge"
14^th September 1996	PETER ANDRE - "Flava"
5^th October 1996	DEEP BLUE SOMETHING - "Breakfast At Tiffany's"
7^th December 1996	PETER ANDRE - "I Feel You"
28^th June 1997	PUFF DADDY, FAITH EVANS AND 112 - "I'll Be Missing You"
24^th January 1998	OASIS - "All Around The World"
21^st February 1998	CELINE DION - "My Heart Will Go On"
26^th September 1998	MELANIE B ft MISSY ELLIOTT - "I Want You Back"
20^th February 1999	LENNY KRAVITZ - "Fly Away"
17^th April 1999	MARTINE McCUTCHEON - "Perfect Moment"
22^nd May 1999	BOYZONE - "You Needed Me"
18^th September 1999	THE VENGABOYS - "We're Going To Ibiza!"
30^th October 1999	WESTLIFE - "Flying Without Wings"
25^th December 1999	WESTLIFE - "I Have A Dream"/"Seasons In The Sun"
18^th March 2000	CHICANE ft BRYAN ADAMS - "Don't Give Up"
8^th April 2000	WESTLIFE - "Fool Again"
4^th November 2000	SPICE GIRLS - "Holler"/"Let Love Lead The Way"
11^th November 2000	WESTLIFE - "My Love"
7^th July 2001	HEAR'SAY - "The Way To Your Love"
2^nd March 2002	WESTLIFE - "World Of Our Own"
9^th March 2002	WILL YOUNG - "Anything Is Possible" / "Evergreen"
30^th March 2002	GARETH GATES - "Unchained Melody"
22^nd June 2002	ELVIS VS JXL - "A Little Less Conversation"
21^st December 2002	BLUE ft ELTON JOHN - "Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word"
22^nd March 2003	GARETH GATES ft THE KUMARS - "Spirit In The Sky"
5^th April 2003	ROOM 5 ft OLIVER CHEATHAM - "Make Luv"
2^nd August 2003	DANIEL BEDINGFIELD - "Never Gonna Leave Your Side"
27^th December 2003	GARY JULES ft MICHAEL ANDREWS - "Mad World"
17^th January 2004	MICHELLE McMANUS - "All This Time"
18^th September 2004	BRIAN MCFADDEN - "Real To Me"
25^th September 2004	ERIC PRYDZ - "Call On Me"
6^th November 2004	JA RULE ft R KELLY & ASHANTI - "Wonderful"
13^th November 2004	EMINEM - "Just Lose It"
11^th December 2004	BAND AID 20 - "Do They Know It's Christmas?"
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13^th March 1953	GUY MITCHELL – 'She Wears Red Feathers'
6^th November 1953	DAVID WHITFIELD - 'Answer Me'
2^nd July 1954	DAVID WHITFIELD - "Cara Mia"
5^th November 1954	VERA LYNN - "My Son My Son"
24^th June 1955	JIMMY YOUNG - "Unchained Melody"
15^th June 1956	PAT BOONE - "I'll Be Home"
19^th October 1956	FRANKIE LAINE - "A Woman In Love"
20^th February 1959	SHIRLEY BASSEY – 'As I Love You'
11^th September 1959	CRAIG DOUGLAS – 'Only Sixteen'
5^th February 1960	ANTHONY NEWLEY - "Why?"
31^st December 1960	CLIFF RICHARD - "I Love You"
25 March 1961	ELVIS PRESLEY - "Wooden Heart"
23^rd September 1961	SHIRLEY BASSEY - "I Reach For The Stars"
30^th June 1962	MIKE SARNE WITH WENDY RICHARD - "Come Outside"
21^st March 1964	BILLY J KRAMER AND THE DAKOTAS - "Little Children"
15^th August 1964	MANFRED MANN - "Do Wah Diddy Diddy"
19^th June 1965	ELVIS PRESLEY - "Crying In The Chapel"
2^nd October 1965	KEN DODD - "Tears" / THE ROLLING STONES - "Get Off Of My Cloud"
24^th September 1966	JIM REEVES - "Distant Drums"
2^nd March 1968	ESTHER AND ABI OFARIM - "Cinderella Rockefeller"
18^th April 1970	DANA - "All Kinds Of Everything"
9^th January 1971	CLIVE DUNN - "Grandad"
8^th January 1972	THE NEW SEEKERS - "I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing"
4^th November 1972	CHUCK BERRY - "My Ding-A-Ling"
7^th June 1975	WINDSOR DAVIES AND DON ESTELLE - "Whispering Grass"
9^th August 1975	TYPICALLY TROPICAL - "Barbados"
4^th October 1975	DAVID ESSEX - "Hold Me Close"
27^th March 1976	BROTHERHOOD OF MAN - "Save Your Kisses For Me"
2^nd June 1976	JJ BARRIE - "No Charge"
4^th December 1977	WINGS - "Mull Of Kintyre"/"Girls School"
11^th February 1978	BROTHERHOOD OF MAN - "Figaro"
28^th July 1979	THE BOOMTOWN RATS - "I Don't Like Mondays"
27^th October 1979	LENA MARTELL - "One Day At A Time"
16^th February 1980	KENNY ROGERS - "Coward Of The County"
21^st June 1980	DON MCLEAN - "Crying"
10^th January 1981	JOHN LENNON - "Imagine"
7^th February 1981	JOHN LENNON - "Woman"
30^th January 1982	SHAKIN' STEVENS - "Oh Julie"
15^th May 1982	NICOLE - "A Little Peace"
31^st August 1985	UB40 and CHRISSIE HYNDE - "I Got You Babe"
5^th October 1985	MIDGE URE - "If I Was"
28^th December 1985	SHAKIN' STEVENS - "Merry Christmas Everyone"
17^th May 1986	SPITTING IMAGE - "The Chicken Song"
4^th April 1987	FERRY AID - "Let It Be"
9^th July 1988	GLENN MEDEIROS - "Nothing's Gonna Change My Love For You"
15^th October 1988	WHITNEY HOUSTON - "One Moment In Time"
5^th August 1989	JIVE BUNNY AND THE MASTERMIXERS - "Swing The Mood"
23^rd December 1989	BAND AID II - "Do They Know It's Christmas?"
29^th June 1991	JASON DONOVAN - "Any Dream Will Do"
25^th January 1992	WET WET WET - "Goodnight Girl"
11^th December 1993	MR BLOBBY - "Mr Blobby"
21^st May 1994	MANCHESTER UNITED FOOTBALL SQUAD - "Come On You Reds"
4^th June 1994	WET WET WET - "Love Is All Around"
20^th May 1995	ROBSON AND JEROME - "Unchained Melody"/"The White Cliffs Of Dover"
11^th November 1995	ROBSON AND JEROME - "I Believe"/"Up On The Roof"
19^th October 1996	BOYZONE - "Words"
9^th November 1996	ROBSON AND JEROME - "What Becomes Of The Brokenhearted?" / "Saturday Night At The Movies" / "You'll Never Walk Alone"
14^th December 1996	BOYZONE - "A Different Beat"
15^th February 1997	U2 - "Discotheque"
20^th September 1997	ELTON JOHN - "Candle In The Wind '97" / "Something About The Way You Look Tonight"
2^nd May 1998	BOYZONE - "All That I Need"
23 January 1999	911 - "A Little Bit More"
13^th March 1999	BOYZONE - "When The Going Gets Tough"
7^th August 1999	RONAN KEATING - "When You Say Nothing At All"
13^th November 1999	GERI HALLIWELL - "Lift Me Up"
29^th July 2000	FIVE + QUEEN - "We Will Rock You"
30^th September 2000	MARIAH CAREY AND WESTLIFE - "Against All Odds"
27^th January 2001	LIMP BIZKIT - "Rollin' (Air Raid Vehicle)"
4^th August 2001	ATOMIC KITTEN - "Eternal Flame"
17^th November 2001	WESTLIFE - "Queen Of My Heart"
18^th May 2002	RONAN KEATING - "If Tomorrow Never Comes"
7^th September 2002	ATOMIC KITTEN - "The Tide Is High (Get The Feeling)"
5^th October 2002	GARETH GATES AND WILL YOUNG - "The Long And Winding Road"
16^th November 2002	WESTLIFE - "Unbreakable"
20^th December 2003	OZZY AND KELLY OSBOURNE - "Changes"
28^th February 2004	BUSTED - "Who's David?"
8^th January 2005	STEVE BROOKSTEIN - "Against All Odds"
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12^th March 1954	THE STARGAZERS - "I See The Moon"
2^nd April 1960	LONNIE DONEGAN - "My Old Man's A Dustman"
18^th February 1967	PETULA CLARK - "This Is My Song"
9^th September 1967	ENGELBERT HUMPERDINCK - "The Last Waltz"
17^th June 1972	DON McLEAN - "Vincent"
23^rd December 1972	LITTLE JIMMY OSMOND - "Long Haired Lover From Liverpool"
27^th December 1980	ST WINIFRED'S SCHOOL CHOIR - "There's No One Quite Like Grandma"
24^th April 1982	PAUL MCCARTNEY AND STEVIE WONDER - "Ebony And Ivory"
18^th December 1982	RENEE AND RENATO - "Save Your Love"
2^nd August 1986	CHRIS DE BURGH - "The Lady In Red"
18^th October 1986	NICK BERRY - "Every Loser Wins"
20^th June 1987	THE FIRM - "Star Trekkin"
25^th February 1989	SIMPLE MINDS - "Belfast Child"
16^th December 1989	JIVE BUNNY AND THE MASTERMIXERS - "Let's Party"
25^th August 1990	BOMBALURINA - "Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny Yellow Polka Dot Bikini"
23^rd March 1991	HALE AND PACE - "The Stonk"
20^th July 1996	GARY BARLOW - "Forever Love"
15^th August 1998	BOYZONE - "No Matter What"
12^th June 1999	BAZ LUHRMANN - "Everybody's Free (To Wear Sunscreen)"
4^th December 1999	CLIFF RICHARD - "The Millennium Prayer"
22^nd September 2001	DJ OTZI - "Hey Baby (Uhh, Ahh)"
25^th January 2003	DAVID SNEDDON - "Stop Living The Lie"
X
7^th June 1977	THE SEX PISTOLS - "God Save The Queen"
0
17^th May 2003	R. KELLY - "Ignition (Remix)"

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Magnus

31 August 2006 00:34

I haven’t counted, but by eye you seem to mark on a sort of flattened, short-tailed bell curve.

Tom

31 August 2006 08:46

Yes – there’s a kind of rough attempt at normal distribution being made (i.e. 10s should be rarer than 9s should be rarer than 8s – 5s and 6s should be the most common).

Tom

31 August 2006 09:54

The average mark so far is 5.36.

The stats suggest that I should have made a couple more things 10 so far.

Steve Mannion

31 August 2006 11:29

Is ‘Everlasting Love’ missing from this list? Can’t see it.

Tom

31 August 2006 11:31

It’s not been updated since “The Ballad Of Bonnie And Clyde”. I’m going to update end of every month I think.

steve m

13 July 2007 13:19

update please!

Tom

13 July 2007 14:02

End of every Plutonian Space Month.

Admin

31 July 2007 14:52

Tom, I’ve put in place the automatic index scheme i outlined to you. Let me know how you like it – and what you want to do with the ongoing Popular ‘meta data’. (I’ve got a copy of your old manual text, just in case)

Tom

31 July 2007 15:03

Alan – sorry I didn’t reply – I wuv it!

I will try and conform to the meta data – of course I need to write moar entries first.

Tom

31 July 2007 17:26

OK, clearly I will have to work out how to do the meta data

Alan

31 July 2007 19:10

Don’t worry – yr golden. You were fooled by the aggressive caching we do on FT. I’ll see if I can work out a way to ‘expire’ this page when you do a new popular post.

(However, next time you want to do a ‘twofer’ – like dodd/stones – i might need to tweak the presentation of the post. though if you look at that post you can see how the metadata works for that.)

admin

22 April 2009 23:48

Introducing: the FT Readers’ top 100

AndyPandy

24 April 2009 16:22

Howe often is this updated as there are some with 5 votes or more and a higher than 5.8 average score and there not listed in this Top 100.

admin

24 April 2009 19:00

It was updating twice a day, but i just changed it to 4 times a day, which is still a bit stingy as the calculation isn’t all that resource greedy. still the data won’t change that often, so seems not too bad.

Tom

30 April 2009 10:44

Highest ranked 10: “Israelites” (#2) – I’m amazed at this! Tho not displeased.
Highest ranked 9: “Good Vibration” (#1) – Fair enough
Highest ranked 8: “Space Oddity” (#9) – Hmmm
Highest ranked 7: “The Name Of The Game” (#17) – I can see why it’s loved so much.
Highest ranked 6: “Geno” (#23) – still wildly overrated I reckon.
Highest ranked 5: “A Whiter Shade Of Pale” (#34) – Hands up, I was wrong about this.

Not sure what the highest rated 4-3-2-1 are (not counting K Dodd obv!). I’m guessing “Imagine” and “Vincent” for the 2 and 1.

Tom

30 April 2009 11:08

Highest ranked 4:”What A Wonderful World” (#100) – still too corny for me.
Highest ranked 3:”She” (#190) – was wrong about this one too.
Highest ranked 2:”Hold Me Close” (#305) – a bit harsh possibly.
Highest ranked 1:”Vincent” (#224) – bah!

Tom

30 April 2009 11:16

And going the other way:

Lowest ranked 10:”Atomic” (#41) – would probably be my lowest too
Lowest ranked 9: “Out Of Time” (#152) – OK, I’m not sure why I gave it 9 either
Lowest ranked 8: “Lady Madonna” (#185) – surprised how relatively disliked this is
Lowest ranked 7: “I’ve Never Been To Me” (#329) – nor have you lot
Lowest ranked 6: “Summer Nights” (#342) – this is total fun hating
Lowest ranked 5: “Amazing Grace” (#374) – only I appreciate its dronelike qualities
Lowest ranked 4: “Billy, Don’t Be A Hero” (#368) – not as bad as all that
Lowest ranked 3: “Seven Tears” (#383) – harsh!
Lowest ranked 2: “Figaro” (#384) – there are worse things
Lowest ranked 1: “Long Haired Lover” and “No-One Quite Like Grandma” (equal #385 – after 385 we’re in the land of <5 votes)

AndyPandy

13 May 2009 18:53

It’s not letting me vote on any songs at the moment or showing me what other people have averaged

AndyPandy

13 May 2009 20:05

Problem solved – now I’ve gone back to “pink”

admin

14 May 2009 08:49

oopsy. i will update the css with the new additions used by the voting feature

(We changed it so that you can’t see averages until you have voted)

Tom

23 May 2009 08:00

Jacko into the Top 20 I see!

admin

19 June 2009 11:26

should the simple chronological list be reversed, so recent entries are at the top?

Tom

19 June 2009 12:02

Let’s give it a go!

rosie

6 July 2009 11:13

From the point of view of somebody trying to make a comment on the very first entry, this is inconvenient to say the least. Recent entries I can find easily, but I did think one of the points of this index was to be able to find older entries quickly…

Tom

6 July 2009 13:07

Duly noted! Once we’ve had it this way for a month or so I’ll do some analytics fu and I can work out which is more effective for getting people to entries that have dropped off the front page.

Ooh – how about a “random entry” function?

Alan

6 July 2009 13:51

The ‘?’ random link on the banner goes to a random FT post

it could be tied to a random popular post if clicked from a popular post or the /popular page.

Erithian

6 July 2009 13:57

No strong feelings either way, but I would have thought people were more likely to want to comment on fairly recent entries than on the very earliest entries, and if they want to comment on something from the 60s or 70s it doesn’t take long to scroll down whichever way the chronological list is ordered, once you get used to it.

Tom

6 July 2009 14:03

#26 – it could be but I’d prefer keeping the “?” as is and having a separate random entry link I could put in the text box.

Under the Moon of Love « The Hits Just Keep On Comin’

10 August 2009 19:54

[…] If you’d like to read about these records (and everything else that topped the UK charts from 1952 forward), prepare to kill hours and hours reading Popular. The complete list of records Tom has covered so far is here. […]

Tom

2 September 2009 08:42

OMG go Doris Day!

admin

2 September 2009 09:50

hope you don’t mind me disclosing the current votes for the 2 exact ‘9’s currently on populist
secret love: 10 10 9 8 8
dancing queen: 10 10 10 10 9 9 9 9 9 8 6

they love to love, but our readers just equally love to dance

ottersteve

3 September 2009 19:16

Hi Tom.
Fun idea you have here with just one little criticism of the scoring methods. Ideally you would have just asked everyone to ONLY score those songs they would give a 10 to, and no other score.

There are people out there who will truly love a great song and give it 10.

Other people however will absolutely HATE the same song and score 1 just to try and get it off the top 100 list.

An example will surely be “Bohemian Rhapsody” which, over the last 34 years has been shown to be loved and hated in equal measues! You will end up with a kind of tug-of-war going on over quite a few of the songs! Or maybe that was part of your intention – if so – tee hee.

admin

3 September 2009 20:37

there are strengths and weaknesses in any scoring system, but

“Ideally you would have just asked everyone to ONLY score those songs they would give a 10 to, and no other score”

would give an average of 10 for everything! we could only count the number of votes

ottersteve

4 September 2009 15:57

Fair point, but you would still have a top 100, with the record scoring most 10’s being top of the list.

Tom

4 September 2009 16:30

Ottersteve – we kind of do have this, in that we do polls at the end of each (chart) year which are binary yes/no ones (though based on 6 or above, not 10). I’ve not actually bothered running a comparison yet though (rubs hands in statistical glee…)

Tom

25 September 2009 07:41

Hello everyone, we’re in The Times today. http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/article6847964.ece

Very exciting, though the interview happened 2 weeks post-new-baby and I’m left wondering what I meant sometimes!

Tom

7 October 2009 20:32

A few notes on comments – from the shiny new features Alan has installed:

The most-commented Popular post is “No Charge” by JJ Barrie, with 272.

Two other posts have got more than 200 comments – “Dancing Queen” and “Night Fever”.

25 more posts are comment centurions – most recently The Crowd – so that’s 28 in all that have got into triple figures.

At the other end of the scale, 8 posts have 0 comments, and 30 only have one (in some cases I know this to be a spambot that slipped through the net)

ottersteve

11 October 2009 12:06

Tom.
Re your comment at 35. Your end of each year chart is a great idea, but not all of the years seem to have this feature. I’d love to see all years accounted for as I enjoy putting my ten pen’th in.

On the subject of the readers poll. I suspect that many of the voters have been swayed by your wise words on a few of the songs. It’s my guess that’s because many readers were simply too young or not even born when certain (high-ranked, on the above chart) tracks were at No.1

I was fortunate to be around to fully enjoy the 60’s “pop boom” and I believe most Beatles fans would not put down Yellow Submarine/Eleanor Rigby as the best of the Beatles No.1’s. For me, personally, “She Loves you” was the true trigger of the wave of musical euphoria that swept the country at that time (I was 9 years old). Hey Jude comes a close 2nd for me. If you had given a high score of your own to these tracks – I’m convinced they would have been in the readers top 10 too.

Just an observation – not taking it all TOO seriously.
Steve

admin

12 October 2009 11:44

i’ve just tagged up the 14 ‘year-poll’ posts with ‘popular year poll’ so they appear here:

enitharmon

12 October 2009 12:37

So, are we ever going to be able to vote in the outstanding year polls?

admin

12 October 2009 12:45

it won’t take a lot to set them up – but it’s Tom’s call. He was setting up the old ones as a way to take up comment crew slack when he’s busy.

Tom

12 October 2009 15:44

Today would be a good day to put one up – though I’m too busy even to do a poll at the moment!

admin

12 October 2009 16:41

i’ll put up ’74 later on then if you like? it’s also a matter of bringing it to the attention of the crew. i guess by a comment on that (back in time) post and on the most recent popular post?

Tom

12 October 2009 22:52

Cool, thanks Alan!

What I think I’ll do is frontpage it for a day or two so the regulars all see it, then it can be plunged back into the Mud.

Tom

15 October 2009 17:22

I was doing a little playing around w/my scores today, having set up a better excel file for them (NON-NERDS LOOK AWAY). I wanted to answer the qn: what is the best run of #1 hits?

My answer (so far at least), if you take a 10-song average, is the stretch which starts inauspiciously with Boney M’s “Mary’s Boy Child” and runs until “Are ‘Friends’ Electric” (#430-439).

But, if you look at my best ERA for pop – defined as a 50-song average – it’s #171-#220 – starting with Roy Orbison’s “It’s Over” and ending with Chris Farlowe’s “Out Of Time” – so mid-64 to mid-66.

I want to do this with the reader marks and will pester the relevant ppl for a .csv file 🙂

admin

15 October 2009 20:54

Tom, i’ve sent a 40K tab file to freakytrigger gmail. it’s pop_no, post_title and scores.

the scores column has individual scores comma separated. if i get you right, you’re just after the average score, so i could have just given you the ave score, but i figured you might want to go wild on the stats, so you could get #of10 scores, #of9 scores, etc, and all manner of statpr0n.

if you can’t parse the data and you’d rather just have the ave, let me know.

quick fact: Come On Eileen has the highest number of votes by some distance.

(i have deleted all user ID info, so the scoring given in the file is anonymous BTW.)

Tom

16 October 2009 00:25

I have been parsing away for about an hour. Lovely stuff.

Rory

12 February 2010 11:27

Can we have an Unpopulist as well? On the readers’ scores? The bottom 20 or 50 would satisfy curiosity…

admin

12 February 2010 11:59

i spoil you i really do.

i wasn’t sure what to do about the numbering, but the 100th is the worst (as you can see from the score).

Tom

12 February 2010 12:55

It will take quite a bad record to shift that one I think. Or a sudden surge in wuv for St Wins.

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