Generated by All in One SEO v4.9.0, this is an llms.txt file, used by LLMs to index the site. # Every UK Number 1 The stories behind the chart-toppers. Please note, this is an AI-free zone. ## Sitemaps - [XML Sitemap](https://everyuknumber1.com/sitemap.xml): Contains all public & indexable URLs for this website. ## Posts - [509. Culture Club - Do You Really Want to Hurt Me (1982)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2026/06/20/509-culture-club-do-you-really-want-to-hurt-me-1982/) - While I can understand Boy George's reticence, and fear that they may lose some of their edginess, Do You Really Want to Hurt Me is a really lovely song. Yes, the singer's appearance will have turned heads – but would have also put off a mainstream audience, too. The New Romantic era broadened sexual horizons, - [507. Survivor - Eye of the Tiger (1982)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2026/05/16/507-survivor-eye-of-the-tiger-1982/) - I loved the simple but oh-so effective theme to Rocky III as a child, strutting around and punching nothingness to the sledgehammer riff. Never a confident boy, I felt six-feet high as the record span on the family record player. Line after line of macho cliche conjured up an epic vision of masculinity, that actually - [508. Musical Youth - Pass the Dutchie (1982)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2026/05/23/508-musical-youth-pass-the-dutchie-1982/) - It's not just nostalgia for my musical youth that makes me love Pass the Dutchie. It's very refreshing to hear some reggae in this blog for the first time in a while. Yes, it's lacking the deep bass of the original, and by transforming it from a cannabis anthem to a pop song about being - [Every UK Number 1: The Beatles and Their Solo Years - signed copies available in the Store](https://everyuknumber1.com/2026/05/09/every-uk-number-1-the-beatles-and-their-solo-years-signed-copies-available-in-the-store/) - Every UK Number 1: The Beatles and Their Solo Years is out now on paperback! Click here to order the latest in my Every UK Number 1 series from Amazon for £9.99: You can also buy a signed copy from here for a whole 99p cheaper than Amazon. Every UK Number 1: The Beatles and - [505. Irene Cara - Fame (1982)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2026/04/25/505-irene-cara-fame-1982/) - I was too young to want anything to do with Fame at the time, and to be honest, even from a young age I would recoil a bit at stage show children and teenagers showing off. And there was certainly a lot of it about back then. So it's hard to judge the theme song - [506. Dexys Midnight Runners & The Emerald Express - Come On Eileen (1982)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2026/05/02/506-dexys-midnight-runners-the-emerald-express-come-on-eileen-1982/) - Come On Eileen is so lovable that I simply don't believe anyone who claims they're sick of hearing it. Mind you, it could be that they've been to more weddings than me. Rowland is a wayward genius but when he hits - this, Geno, the cover of Jackie Wilson Said (I'm in Heaven When You - [502. Adam Ant - Goody Two Shoes (1982)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2026/03/28/502-adam-ant-goody-two-shoes-1982/) - You can really feel the urgency in Goody Two Shoes due primarily to Hughes' echoing drumbeat, underpinning the song and not exactly light years from the Burundi beats of Kings of the Wild Frontier. However, it's less new wave than Adam and the Ants material and distinctly pop - actually reminiscent of 50s rock'n'roll thanks - [504. Captain Sensible - Happy Talk (1982)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2026/04/11/504-captain-sensible-happy-talk-1982/) - Never underestimate the great British public's love of latching onto a novelty track, whether good or bad. Thankfully, Sensible's Happy Talk falls into the 'good' category for me. Yes, the track is annoyingly sprightly (I like few musicals) anyway, and I've no time for the original. And the backing music brings to mind John Shuttleworth. - [503. Charlene - I‘ve Never Been to Me (1982)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2026/04/04/503-charlene-ive-never-been-to-me-1982/) - I've Never Been to Me is a terrible song. It's patronising, slushy tripe with terrible lyrics. Basically, the lyrical conceit revolves around this woman listing all these incredible things she's done - she's travelled the world, slept with kings, sipped champagne, all kinds of things that the poor wife and mother could only dream about. - [498. Bucks Fizz - My Camera Never Lies (1982)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2026/01/24/498-bucks-fizz-my-camera-never-lies-1982/) - We're off to a promising start with My Camera Never Lies. The intro brings to mind Trevor Horn's flashy, shiny production, and you can be fooled into thinking this could even potentially outdo The Land of Make Believe. There's some nice acoustic guitar that even sounds a little like The Smiths, who formed this year. - [499. Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder - Ebony and Ivory (1982)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2026/02/14/499-paul-mccartney-and-stevie-wonder-ebony-and-ivory-1982/) - Ah, Ebony and Ivory. Well, first off, I'm not stupid enough to call it either legend's finest 7-inch, but I'm not here to run it into the ground, either. The good: I've no doubt McCartney and Wonder's hearts were in the right place. Perhaps the former felt Ebony and Ivory would replicate Lennon's Imagine? Both - [500. Nicole - A Little Peace (1982)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2026/03/14/500-nicole-a-little-peace-1982/) - The effect of nostalgia is going to have an increasing impact on my reviews now, having been a young boy in the early 80s. And it will potentially muddy the waters, as it does here. Do I like Nicole's A Little Peace? It's certainly not the type of thing I'd listen to by choice and - [501. Madness - House of Fun (1982)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2026/03/21/501-madness-house-of-fun-1982/) - Like any boy with a sense of fun, an ear for a tune and a love of daft videos, I bloody loved Madness, and House of Fun was - along with Baggy Trousers - my favourite record by the Nutty Boys. Of course, I had no idea what the lyrics were about - I was - [Every UK Number 1: The Beatles and Their Solo Years – Kindle version available now on Amazon!](https://everyuknumber1.com/2026/02/28/every-uk-number-1-the-beatles-and-their-solo-years-kindle-version-available-now-on-amazon/) - The latest book in the Every UK Number 1 series is available now for Amazon Kindle devices. A paperback edition is coming very soon and will be available on Amazon, with signed copies to follow in my Store. Click here to buy the Kindle version, or read on for more info. The Beatles changed the - [473. John Lennon - Imagine (1981)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2024/06/13/473-john-lennon-imagine-1981/) - Where do you start with one of the most famous songs of all time? The reputation of Imagine is so huge, it's like writing about an ancient hymn. So it came as some surprise to discover it wasn't even released as a single in the UK until 1975. Why that is the case, I don't - [471. John Lennon - (Just Like) Starting Over (1980)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2024/05/12/471-john-lennon-just-like-starting-over-1980/) - Review (Just Like) Starting Over (the extra bit in brackets was added to avoid confusion with Dolly Parton's Starting Over Again) begins with a deliberate callback to Mother, the opening track on John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band 10 years previous. Whereas the bells that toll on Mother are slow and foreboding, and reminiscent of a funeral - [474. John Lennon - Woman (1981)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2024/06/22/474-john-lennon-woman-1981/) - Woman was the highlight of Double Fantasy. The LP is often guilty of being too slick, but the glossy production works in favour of this track, rather than against it. Although Lennon considered it a sequel to Girl, it's lyrically similar to Jealous Guy. He's directly apologising to Ono again for past behaviour (perhaps the - [416. Wings - Mull of Kintyre/Girls School (1977)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2021/10/03/416-wings-mull-of-kintyre-girls-school-1977/) - Reviews It was inevitable that eventually McCartney would join George Harrison in the ranks of former Beatles achieving a number 1. Little did anyone know that this would be the one to do it, let alone for nine weeks, toppling She Loves You as bestselling song. I get that Mull of Kintyre has a simplistic - [296. George Harrison - My Sweet Lord (1971)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2020/03/12/296-george-harrison-my-sweet-lord-1971/) - Opening with a low-key strum (in general, this is a pretty lo-fi recording by Spector's usual standards) that's much more 'Harrison', his version comes to life with some nice slide guitar work that's also unmistakably him, before he begins singing. Harrison is earnest, pleading almost, for God, in whichever form, to come into his life. - [497. Goombay Dance Band - Seven Tears (1982)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2026/01/17/497-goombay-dance-band-seven-tears-1982/) - Hmm, yeah. I recall Seven Tears stinking up the repeats of Top of the Pops on BBC Four years ago. I'm surprised to see it was only number 1 for three weeks, as the video seemed to outstay its welcome, massively. Coming hot on the heels of The Lion Sleeps Tonight really doesn't help it - [496. Tight Fit - The Lion Sleeps Tonight (1982)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2026/01/10/496-tight-fit-the-lion-sleeps-tonight-1982/) - Yes, Tight Fit's The Lion Sleeps Tonight is cheesy, but it's still lots of fun. All the elements of The Tokens' version are there but updated for a 1982 audience, featuring phased drums, effects on the 'wimoweh' chanting and keyboards replacing the operatic melodies of the 1961 version. Ward's vocal is great - why was - [495. The Jam - Town Called Malice/Precious (1982)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2026/01/03/495-the-jam-town-called-malice-precious-1982/) - Urgent, poetic and angry, Town Called Malice is Weller's finest song. It updates his fixations on class, disaffected youth and striving to escape a society that's left him out in the cold and brings them all strutting onto the dancefloor. And it's a change in tack from his first number 1, Going Underground. This time, - [494. Kraftwerk - The Model/Computer Love (1982)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2025/12/20/494-kraftwerk-the-model-computer-love-1982/) - The Model, originally Das Model in their homeland, was written primarily by Schult. The artist was dating a model at the time, and Hütter and Bartos knew he had something, but they reworked the guitar-driven tune to fit their sound better. From Radio-Activity onwards, Kraftwerk had chosen to release German and English language versions of their - [487. Dave Stewart With Barbara Gaskin - It’s My Party (1981)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2025/02/21/487-dave-stewart-with-barbara-gaskin-its-my-party-1981/) - Stewart and Gaskin's prog background is very much apparent on this single, in spite of it sounding like a New Romantic track due to the use of then-futuristic early 80s synths. It's like a mini-symphony, in which Stewart initially makes his bank of keyboards mirror Gaskin's trauma over her missing Johnny (stop sniggering), with lots - [488. The Police - Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic (1981)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2025/03/15/488-the-police-every-little-thing-she-does-is-magic-1981/) - It's clear that Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic meant a lot to Sting and had personal meaning for him as it meant he could express his forbidden love. But his determination to get Copeland and Summers to in effect play backing band to this solo outing understandably caused problems. However, Sting was ultimately - [489. Queen & David Bowie - Under Pressure (1981)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2025/08/24/489-queen-david-bowie-under-pressure-1981/) - Bowie was right. Something did indeed happen. Under Pressure is one of the finest number ones of the 80s and one of that holy list of songs that I will never, ever grow tire of. If anything, the lyrics take on added relevance with every passing year. However, how much better would it have been - [490. Julio Iglesias - Begin the Beguine (1981)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2025/09/06/490-julio-iglesias-begin-the-beguine-1981/) - It's astounding to think that this track managed a week at number 1 inbetween two all-time classics in Under Pressure and Don't You Want Me. It's very dated for 1981 and would have sounded more contemporary had it been released in the balmy summer of 1976. Over the lightest of disco backings, Iglesias sings about - [491. The Human League - Don’t You Want Me (1981)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2025/10/04/491-the-human-league-dont-you-want-me-baby-1981/) - You don't need me to tell you what a totally brilliant song Don't You Want Me is. But you might want me to explain why it not only endures as the years go by. Why it is never boring. It's never annoying, no matter how many times you hear it. Were it not for Pet - [492. Bucks Fizz - The Land of Make Believe (1982)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2025/11/22/492-bucks-fizz-the-land-of-make-believe-1982/) - Whether Hill's fairytale tune came first or not, Sinfield nonetheless wrote lyrics that shone a light on the darkness behind so many fairytales, and that queasy, eerie feeling they can conjure. Though the first verse seems traditional enough: 'Stars in your eyes, little oneWhere do you go to dreamTo a place, we all knowThe land - [493. Shakin’ Stevens - Oh Julie (1982)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2025/12/13/493-shakin-stevens-oh-julie-1982/) - Before Shaky fans shake their fists at me, let me say, fair play to Stevens for Oh Julie. It's a decent stab at songwriting, and a rather brave attempt to move away from only recording classic material. Anyone would have potentially come up short against rock'n'roll standards in that situation. But it's middling at best - [Store Back Open!](https://everyuknumber1.com/2025/12/08/store-back-open/) - So, in a sign of how little attention I've sadly given to this little site I love, I've discovered my shop has been shut and I don't know how long for. Sorry. Signed copies of both my books are back online, just in time for Christmas! Simply click the links below to begin. If you're - [382. Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody (1975)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2021/06/01/382-queen-bohemian-rhapsody-1975/) - There have been many interpretations of the lyrics of Bohemian Rhapsody. Is it Mercury dealing with personal issues? May has suggested it was, but that he never actually said so to the other band members. Could he be talking about his homosexuality? He hadn't come out to his then-partner Mary Austin at that point. Taylor - [486. Adam and the Ants - Prince Charming (1981)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2025/02/18/486-adam-and-the-ants-prince-charming-1981/) - At least Ant and co-writer/guitarist Marco Pirroni made it interesting, adding the trademark Ant wailing alongside the guitar. Ant's lyrics covered similar ground to Stand and Deliver!. That song concerned a dandy highwayman, whereas Prince Charming was lyrically inspired by Beau Brummel, the 18th-century dandy fashion leader, as well as the extravagance of men during - [479. Adam and the Ants - Stand & Deliver! (1981)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2024/08/31/479-adam-and-the-ants-stand-deliver-1981/) - It was inevitable that Stand and Deliver! should become Ant's first number 1, after several near misses. The drums are toned down from previous singles, now providing an exciting underpinning to pure brilliant pop, and Pirroni's guitar is more modern than the rockabilly sounds of what came before. There's memorable vocal hook after hook here, - [94. Emile Ford and The Checkmates - What Do You Want to Make Those Eyes at Me For? (1959)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2018/03/13/94-emile-ford-and-the-checkmates-what-do-you-want-to-make-those-eyes-at-me-for-1959/) - The Intro Here we are, then. The final number 1 single of the 1950s, and it shows how far the decade had progressed musically since that first number 1 by Al Martino in 1952. More so than I would have guessed before starting this blog, in fact. When I wrote about this song for Every - [93. Adam Faith - What Do You Want? (1959)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2018/03/11/93-adam-faith-what-do-you-want-1959/) - The Intro A new British star was born when Adam Faith went to number 1 for the first time with What Do You Want?. He was to remain one of the most popular UK pop singers of the next five years, and the song also helped producer John Barry make his name. Before Faith was - [92. Cliff Richard and The Shadows - Travellin' Light (1959)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2018/03/09/92-cliff-richard-and-the-shadows-travellin-light-1959-2/) - The Info Since the success of Living Doll , Cliff Richard's band, The Drifters, had run into trouble. Unlike most backing bands at the time, they had signed a separate contract to Cliff, meaning they could release material on their own. Their first single, Feelin' Fine, had to be withdrawn in the US when the - [91. Bobby Darin - Mack the Knife (1959)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2018/03/07/91-bobby-darin-mack-the-knife-1959/) - The Info It's the 50s, you've had a big hit that's resulted in you gaining a huge fan following, particularly of teenage girls who wish they could be your Dream Lover – how do you follow it up? Well, if you're Bobby Darin, you release a swinging celebration of a serial killer. Darin's version of - [90. Jerry Keller - Here Comes Summer (1959)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2018/03/05/90-jerry-keller-here-comes-summer-1959/) - The Intro Here Comes Summer is often considered one of the first tailor-made summer anthems. The problem is, in the UK at least, that it arrived late. It entered the charts in August 1959 and didn't reach number 1 until 9 October, toppling Only Sixteen by Craig Douglas. It was written and performed by wholesome - [89. Craig Douglas - Only Sixteen (1959)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2018/03/03/89-craig-douglas-only-sixteen-1959/) - The Intro Teenager Craig Douglas ended Living Doll's six weeks at pole position with this chirpy upbeat pop ditty. Before Douglas was born Terence Perkins, a twin in Newport, Isle of Wight on 12 August 1941. Before he became a singer he was known as the 'Singing Milkman' while doing his rounds. Winning a local - [88. Cliff Richard and The Drifters - Living Doll (1959)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2018/03/01/88-cliff-richard-and-the-drifters-living-doll-1959/) - The Intro 'Look out! Cliff!' It's hard to believe now, but when Sir Cliff Richard's first single Move It narrowly missed out on number 1 to Connie Francis's Carolina Moon/Stupid Cupid in 1958, he was considered edgy, and the closest we had to our own Elvis Presley. Tommy Steele's impersonation of 'the King' on Singing - [87. Bobby Darin - Dream Lover (1959)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2018/02/27/87-bobby-darin-dream-lover-1959/) - The Intro Bobby Darin is an interesting character. He was one of, if not the first teen idol to break free of what was expected and forge his own musical path. He was also, like Paul Anka and Buddy Holly, very musically gifted for someone so young. His private life was also fascinating. Before Born Walden Robert - [86. Russ Conway - Roulette (1959)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2018/02/25/86-russ-conway-roulette-1959/) - The Intro So here I am, still trying to get my head around a pop culture that is at times completely alien to me, wondering how pianist Russ Conway's instrumental Side Saddle got to number 1 when surrounded by the likes of songs by Buddy Holly and Elvis Presley, and now I have to review his - [85. Elvis Presley with The Jordanaires - A Fool Such As I/I Need Your Love Tonight (1959)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2018/02/24/85-elvis-presley-a-fool-such-as-i-i-need-your-love-tonight-1959/) - The Intro Elvis made it to the top once more with another double-A-side single of recordings he made before leaving to be a soldier in Germany. It was his fourth and final number 1 of the 50s. Reviews https://youtu.be/CbT_hxNHSEk Opening with a now comically deep baritone vocal from Jordanaire Ray Walker, A Fool Such As - [84. Buddy Holly - It Doesn't Matter Anymore (1959)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2018/02/21/84-buddy-holly-it-doesnt-matter-anymore-1959-2/) - The Intro Ah. Now, unlike Russ Conway's Side Saddle, here is a number 1 that I can clearly understand. Buddy Holly's It Doesn't Matter Anymore is the first posthumous UK chart-topper. The infamous plane crash that tragically cut short the lives of Holly and fellow stars Ritchie Valens and JP Richardson, aka The Big Bopper, occurred - [83. Russ Conway - Side Saddle (1959)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2018/02/19/83-russ-conway-side-saddle-1959/) - The Intro By the spring of 1959 it had been three years since Winifred Atwell had last topped the charts, with The Poor People of Paris. Despite the changes in musical tastes since then, there was still a market for jolly old honky tonk instrumentals that you could have a knees-up to. Who could fill - [82. The Platters - Smoke Gets in Your Eyes (1959)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2018/02/17/82-the-platters-smoke-gets-in-your-eyes-1959/) - The Info Although originally written in 1933 by Jerome Kern and Otto Harbach (co-writer of Rose Marie, which was a huge hit for Slim Whitman in 1955) for the musical Roberta, the 1959 number 1 version of Smoke Gets in Your Eyes by The Platters is widely considered to be the definitive version, and was - [81. Shirley Bassey with Wally Stott & His Orchestra - As I Love You (1959)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2018/02/15/81-shirley-bassey-as-i-love-you-1959-2/) - The Intro Shirley Bassey became the first Welsh artist to have a UK number 1 when As I Love You knocked Elvis Presley from the top. Before Born on 8 January 1937 in the large multi-ethnic area of Tiger Bay, Cardiff, Shirley Veronica Bassey's father was Nigerian and her mother was English. Bassey grew up - [80. Elvis Presley - I Got Stung/One Night (1959)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2018/02/13/80-elvis-presley-i-got-stung-one-night-1959/) - I Got Stung had been written for Presley by Aaron Schroeder and David Hill. Hill had released his version of All Shook Up before Elvis did, but had more success writing for 'The King' than releasing the same material as him. Elvis had recorded I Got Stung at his final Nashville session before leaving for - [79. Jane Morgan - The Day the Rains Came (1959)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2018/02/11/79-jane-morgan-the-day-the-rains-came-1959/) - The Intro The new year began with no change at the top for some time, as Conway Twitty's It's Only Make Believe kept its grip at number 1. This finally changed on 23 January when US singer Jane Morgan toppled him with her version of The Day the Rains Came. Before This was a cover - [77. Lord Rockingham's XI - Hoots Mon (1958)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2018/02/01/77-lord-rockinghams-xi-hoots-mon-1958-2/) - The Intro On 13 September 1958, Oh Boy!, the first all-music show for teenagers began on ITV. Producer Jack Good had previously worked on the BBC's Six-Five Special, but had wanted to make it music-only. When the BBC declined, he resigned. Before The show featured top stars and future hit-makers, including Cliff Richard, Shirley Bassey, - [78. Conway Twitty - It's Only Make Believe (1958)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2018/02/03/78-conway-twitty-its-only-make-believe-1958-2/) - The Intro Much like Andy Williams, Conway Twitty was somewhat of an Elvis copyist to begin with, before developing his own style, and sounding like Elvis is probably what garnered him a number one single. Before Twitty had been born Harold Lloyd Jenkins on 1 September 1933 in Coahoma County, Mississippi. The family moved to - [76. Tommy Edwards - It's All in the Game (1958)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2018/01/31/76-tommy-edwards-its-all-in-the-game-1958-2/) - The Intro Here's a song with an unusual history. It's All in the Game dates back to 1911, when banker Charles G Dawes wrote Melody in A Major. It soon also became known as Dawes's Melody, and followed him into his political career, and he came to hate it over this time. Dawes eventually became - [75. Connie Francis - Carolina Moon/Stupid Cupid (1958)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2018/01/28/75-connie-francis-carolina-moon-stupid-cupid-1958/) - The Intro Thanks to Who's Sorry Now? Connie Francis had become a star. MGM changed their minds and offered her a new contract. The problem now was, how do you follow it up? Her next two singles, I'm Sorry I Made You Cry and Heartaches, sank without trace. Francis needed another track that would appeal - [74. The Kalin Twins - When (1958)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2018/01/26/74-the-kalin-twins-when-1958/) - The Intro The Everly Brothers' All I Have to Do is Dream/Claudette outsold every other single in 1958, but after seven weeks, Don and Phil were usurped by another brotherly double act. Before The Kalin Twins, known to fans as Hal and Herbie, saw out most of the rest of the summer with five weeks at - [73. The Everly Brothers with Orchestra conducted by Archie Bleyer - All I Have to Do is Dream/Claudette (1958)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2018/01/24/73-the-everly-brothers-all-i-have-to-do-is-dream-claudette/) - The Intro The first of four number 1s for the country-influenced rock'n'roll duo in this country, and the best-selling single of 1958. All I Have to Do is Dream/Claudette enjoyed a seven-week run at the top of the charts and established The Everly Brothers as one of the biggest and most influential acts of the - [72. Vic Damone - On the Street Where You Live (1958)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2018/01/22/72-vic-damone-on-the-street-where-you-live-1958/) - The Intro The old-school swingers may have been on the wane, but they didn't go down without a fight. Vic Damone's On the Street Where You Live dates back to 1956. Written by Frederick Loewe and Alan Jay Lerner for the musical My Fair Lady, the show had enjoyed two years of huge stateside success - [70. Marvin Rainwater - Whole Lotta Woman (1958)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2018/01/18/70-marvin-rainwater-whole-lotta-woman-1958/) - The Info Enjoying a three-week stint at number 1, Marvin Rainwater's Whole Lotta Woman was a self-penned primitive rockabilly tune. Before Born in Wichita, Kansas on 2 July 1925, Marvin Karlton Rainwater had studied classical piano as a child, but he lost part of his right thumb in an accident as a teenager. He trained - [69. Perry Como with Mitchell Ayres' Orchestra and the Ray Charles Singers - Magic Moments (1958)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2018/01/16/69-perry-como-magic-moments-1958-2/) - The Intro Michael Holliday's The Story of My Life, a wistful easy listening ditty written by Burt Bacharach and Hal David in which a man looks back at his life with his loved one, was replaced at the top of the charts by – another wistful easy listening ditty written by Bacharach and David in - [68. Michael Holliday - The Story of My Life (1958)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2018/01/14/68-michael-holliday-the-story-of-my-life-1958/) - The Intro Jailhouse Rock ran out of steam after three weeks at the top, and after two barnstormers, the number 1 spot was taken by this pleasant easy listening ditty – the first bestseller from the legendary partnership of Burt Bacharach and Hal David, whose prolific work-rate saw them create many pop classics of the - [67. Elvis Presley - Jailhouse Rock (1958)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2018/01/12/67-elvis-presley-jailhouse-rock-1958/) - The Intro Elvis Presley's second chart-topper, Jailhouse Rock made history as the first single to go straight in at number 1 (and did so again when it was re-released in 2005 – making it the first single to repeat the feat). It deserved to. Unlike All Shook Up, which I was rather lukewarm about, Jailhouse - [66. Jerry Lee Lewis - Great Balls of Fire (1958)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2018/01/10/66-jerry-lee-lewis-great-balls-of-fire-1958/) - The Intro 1958's charts began with a bang. The simplicity and energy that rock'n'roll brought to popular music is perhaps never better showcased than in this song – one of the best number 1s of the decade, if not, the best. The only number 1 with an intro to rival it to date had been - [65. Harry Belafonte - Mary's Boy Child (1957)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2017/12/07/65-harry-belafonte-marys-boy-child-1957-2/) - The Intro Each year before 1957 had brought hints of the progression in music and popular culture that rock'n'roll brought about, but these were often few and far between, with the charts still dominated by fluffy, overwrought, orchestrated love songs, often performed by a revolving door of crooners. Before 1957 had changed all that. By - [64. The Crickets - That'll Be the Day (1957)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2017/12/05/64-the-crickets-thatll-be-the-day-1957-2/) - The Intro By the autumn, 1957 had proved to be an important year in the music charts, but there was more to come. Future My Way songwriter Paul Anka's Diana was prevented from a 10th week at the top by a new group known as The Crickets, led by the unassuming bespectacled figure Buddy Holly. - [63. Paul Anka - Diana (1957)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2017/12/03/63-paul-anka-diana-1957/) - The Intro All Shook Up ruled the charts for an impressive seven weeks, but its successor went beyond that, enjoying the longest run of 1957 with nine weeks at number 1. What makes this all the more impressive is that the singer wrote his own songs, which was unusual back then, and even more unusual - [62. Elvis Presley with The Jordanaires - All Shook Up (1957)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2017/12/01/62-elvis-presley-with-the-jordanaires-all-shook-up-1957/) - The Intro Ladies and gentlemen, Elvis has entered the building. One of the biggest cultural icons of all time. 21 UK number 1s – more than any other act. Despite his star perhaps dimming in recent years, Elvis still leaves behind a hell of a legacy. Whether you're a fan or not, you'd be a - [61. Lonnie Donegan - Gamblin' Man/Puttin' On the Style (1957)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2017/11/29/61-lonnie-donegan-gamblin-man-puttin-on-the-style-1957-2/) - The Intro Puttin' On the Style/Gamblin' Man, was the first ever double A-side to top the charts. It wasn't until The Beatles and Day Tripper/We Can Work It Out in 1965 that this became an official phenomenon... in 1957, an intended B-side could become known as the A-side simply because it was requested more in - [60. Johnnie Ray - Yes Tonight Josephine (1957)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2017/11/27/60-johnnie-ray-yes-tonight-josephine-1957/) - The Intro 'Mr Emotion' Johnnie Ray's third and final UK number 1 toppled the Andy Williams hit, Butterfly. Before Yes Tonight Josephine had been written by Winfield Scott, who later co-wrote Return to Sender for Elvis Presley (along with Otis Blackwell), and Dorothy Goodman, of which I know nothing. Unlike lots of Ray's material, this is - [59. Andy Williams with Orchestra conducted by Archie Bleyer - Butterfly (1957)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2017/11/25/59-andy-williams-butterfly-1957/) - The Intro So here we are, well into 1957, and still no UK number 1 from Elvis. We've had spoofs (Rock-a-Billy) and sound-a-likes (Singing the Blues) but still the top spot remained out of reach. Joining the artists who were clearly trying to emulate his sound is easy-listening legend Andy Williams. Butterfly is an odd - [58. Guy Mitchell with Jimmy Carroll - Rock-a-Billy (1957)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2017/11/10/58-guy-mitchell-rock-a-billy-1957/) - The Intro Following such an influential and exciting number 1 as Lonnie Donegan's Cumberland Gap, I guess the only way was down. It had only been a few months since easy listening and novelty record star Guy Mitchell had hit the top spot for the third time with Singing the Blues, and here he was again - [57. Lonnie Donegan & His Skiffle Group - Cumberland Gap (1957)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2017/11/09/57-lonnie-donegan-cumberland-gap-1957-2/) - The Intro It's only now that I finally get just why skiffle was so influential. There had been no number 1 like Cumberland Gap before. At 40 seconds in when Lonnie Donegan moves the song up a gear and it enters a breakneck speed, going so fast that he becomes breathless, you see why a - [56. Tab Hunter with Billy Vaughn's Orchestra & Chorus - Young Love (1957)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2017/11/08/56-tab-hunter-young-love-1957-2/) - The Intro The irrepressible Guy Mitchell's Singing the Blues knocked Frankie Vaughan's The Garden of Eden back off the top and enjoyed one final week at number 1, before clean-cut Hollywood actor Tab Hunter (how '50s movie star' is that name?) sent it back down the charts for good with the earnest pop ballad Young - [55. Frankie Vaughan - The Garden of Eden (1957)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2017/11/07/55-frankie-vaughan-the-garden-of-eden-1957/) - The Intro Erstwhile easy listening joker Guy Mitchell may have won the war with Tommy Steele & the Steelmen, as his version of Singing the Blues returned to number 1 after Steele had toppled him, but it was short-lived. Only a week later, on 25 January, Scouse crooner Frankie Vaughan began a four-week stint at - [54. Tommy Steele & The Steelmen - Singing the Blues (1957)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2017/11/06/54-tommy-steele-the-steelmen-singing-the-blues-1957-2/) - The Intro Guy Mitchell only enjoyed a week at the top of the charts with Singing the Blues before record buyers decided they preferred Tommy Steele's version. This bizarre turn of events had happened before in December 1953, when Frankie Laine's version of Answer Me knocked David Whitfield's from the top. Before Steele was enjoying - [53. Guy Mitchell with Ray Conniff & His Orchestra - Singing the Blues (1957)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2017/11/05/53-guy-mitchell-singing-the-blues-1957-2/) - The Intro 1957 began with happy-go-lucky crooner Guy Mitchell at the top for the third time, with his version of Singing the Blues. Before Previously recorded by country star Marty Robbins, it had been written by Mervin Endsley, a musician who had contracted polio at the age of three and had been in a wheelchair - [52. Johnnie Ray - Just Walkin' in the Rain (1956)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2017/10/23/52-johnnie-ray-just-walkin-in-the-rain-1956-2/) - The Intro The Christmas number 1 of 1956 was a rather downbeat affair, but a good one. This was Johnnie Ray's second number 1, after the lusty Such a Night in 1954. He had been immortalised in film too that year, starring in the famous musical-comedy-drama There's No Business Like Show Business alongside Marilyn Monroe. - [51. Frankie Laine with Percy Faith & His Orchestra - A Woman in Love (1956)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2017/10/22/51-frankie-laine-a-woman-in-love-1956-2/) - The Intro Throughout the short-lived but infamous Suez conflict (see below), the UK's number 1 single was Frankie Laine's fourth and final number 1 - this cover of A Woman in Love. Before A Woman in Love had been written by Frank Loesser for the Broadway musical Guys and Dolls. The Four Aces had some - [50. Anne Shelton with Wally Stott & His Orchestra - Lay Down Your Arms (1956)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2017/10/21/50-anne-shelton-lay-down-your-arms-1956-2/) - The Intro On 15 October, the RAF officially retired the last Lancaster bomber. Along with the Spitfire, the plane was synonymous with World War 2. Yet another sign that the country was moving on from the war. You wouldn't think that by looking at the number one single of the time, however. Before Lay Down Your Arms - [49. Doris Day - Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be) (1956)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2017/10/20/49-doris-day-whatever-will-be-will-be-1956/) - The Intro Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be) is a quintessential 50s standard that has long since surpassed its original use, which was to serve as a musical number for Doris Day in the Alfred Hitchcock thriller The Man Who Knew too Much (1956). Since Day's role in Calamity Jane (1953), she had - [48. The Teenagers Featuring Frankie Lymon - Why Do Fools Fall in Love (1956)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2017/10/19/48-the-teenagers-featuring-frankie-lymon-why-do-fools-fall-in-love/) - The Intro Following a few lacklustre affairs, here's a breath of fresh air at number 1. The Teenagers with Frankie Lymon became the youngest act to date to rule the roost, with this classic rock'n'roll and doo-wop number. Before Franklyn Joseph 'Frankie' Lymon was born 30 September 1942 in Harlem, New York. His parents were - [47. Pat Boone - I'll Be Home (1956)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2017/10/18/47-pat-boone-ill-be-home-1956-2/) - The Intro Elvis-mania was finally in full effect on these shores – Heartbreak Hotel, Blue Suede Shoes and I Want You I Need You I Love You had all bothered the charts, but surprisingly not one hit the top. Record buyers chose the safer option instead, and on 15 June, Pat Boone toppled Ronnie Hilton - [46. Ronnie Hilton with Choir and Orchestra conducted by Frank Cordell - No Other Love (1956)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2017/10/17/46-ronnie-hilton-no-other-love-1956/) - The Intro Hull-born singer Ronnie Hilton, born Adrian Hill on 26 January 1926, enjoyed a six-week stay at number one with the old-school No Other Love. Before Hill had left school at the age of 14 to work in an aircraft factory during World War Two, before becoming part of the Highland Light Infantry. Following demobilisation - [45. Winifred Atwell & Her 'Other' Piano - The Poor People of Paris (1956)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2017/10/16/45-winifred-atwell-the-poor-people-of-paris-1956-2/) - The Intro The Dream Weavers' It's Almost Tomorrow was knocked off the number 1 spot for the second and final time by Trinidadian pianist Winifred Atwell, scoring her second and final number 1 with her cover of The Poor People of Paris. Her fast-paced piano-playing and charming personality had seen her at number 1 during - [44. Kay Starr with Hugo Winterhalter's Orchestra & Chorus - (The) Rock and Roll Waltz (1956)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2017/10/15/44-kay-starr-the-rock-and-roll-waltz-1956-2/) - The Intro US jazz singer Kay Starr was the third person to have a UK number 1 back in 1953, and had added some much needed light relief after the previous two chart-toppers with the poppy Comes A-Long A-Love. Before Starr was ahead of her time and one of the main influences for the early - [43. The Dream Weavers - It's Almost Tomorrow (1956)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2017/10/14/43-the-dream-weavers-its-almost-tomorrow-1956-2/) - The Intro From one of music's most enduring stars to perhaps the first UK number 1-hit wonder. After a month at the top with Memories Are Made of This, Dean Martin relinquished the top spot to a group with a unique story. Before The Dream Weavers was primarily a vehicle for aspiring US songwriting duo - [42. Dean Martin - Memories Are Made of This (1956)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2017/10/12/42-dean-martin-memories-are-made-of-this-1956/) - The Intro It's funny how each person's opinion of legendary artists and their music can differ depending on their age and what stage the artist's career was at when they first fell in love with them. David Bowie was any number of characters: Ziggy Stardust, The Thin White Duke... but to me he was also - [41. Tennessee Ernie Ford with Orchestra conducted by Jack Fascinato - Sixteen Tons (1956)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2017/10/10/41-tennessee-ernie-ford-sixteen-tons-1956/) - The Intro Interest in Dickie Valentine's Christmas Alphabet understandably died down after the holidays, and the first new number 1 of the year was Rock Around the Clock, enjoying its second run at the top, before being usurped by a rather unique single. Before Sixteen Tons had originally been written and recorded by country singer-songwriter - [40. Dickie Valentine with Johnny Douglas & His Orchestra - Christmas Alphabet (1955)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2017/10/09/40-dickie-valentine-christmas-alphabet-1955-2/) - The Intro As winter 1955 dawned, Rock Around the Clock-mania had set in, and Bill Haley & His Comets were finally enjoying their stint at number 1. Although this was a seismic event in music, it would be wrong to think that from then on, the UK number 1s were constantly rock'n'roll numbers. Teenagers, as - [36. Slim Whitman - Rose Marie (1955)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2017/10/05/36-slim-whitman-rose-marie-1955/) - The Intro Influential country-western singer, guitarist and yodeller Slim Whitman's Rose Marie enjoyed a massive 11-week-long reign in 1955. It stood as the longest-running continuous number 1 until Bryan Adams spent 16 weeks at the top in 1991 with (Everything I Do) I Do It For You. Before Born Otis Dewey Whitman Jr in Tampa, Florida - [37. Jimmy Young with Bob Sharples & His Music - The Man from Laramie (1955)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2017/10/06/37-jimmy-young-the-man-from-laramie-1955-2/) - The Intro As well as the mambo craze of 1955, Britain was also in love with cowboys and country and western music. Slim Whitman's Rose Marie held the top spot for 11 weeks, and the first 'official' country song to hit number 1 happened earlier that year - Tennessee Ernie Ford's Give Me your Word - [39. Bill Haley & His Comets - Rock Around the Clock (1955)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2017/10/08/39-bill-haley-his-comets-rock-around-the-clock-1955-2/) - The Intro Finally! After nearly 40 blogs, rock'n'roll has arrived. Although not the first song of the genre (nobody really knows if such a song actually exists, although Rocket 88 by Jackie Brenston and His Delta Cats is often credited as such), and not the best either, Rock Around the Clock is understandably credited as the - [38. The Johnston Brothers with Johnny Douglas & His Orchestra - Hernando's Hideaway (1955)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2017/10/07/38-the-johnston-brothers-hernandos-hideaway-1955-2/) - Set to a very famous tango tune (is this tune stolen from a tango standard, or is this how it became famous?), the song concerns a dodgy-sounding Spanish dive where lovers can meet in private. Featuring atmospheric castanets and shouts of 'Ole!', the Johnston Brothers, at least, don't attempt comedy Spanish accents, and let's face - [35. Alma Cogan with Vocal Group & Orchestra by Frank Cordell - Dreamboat (1955)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2017/10/04/35-dreamboat-alma-cogan-1955-2/) - The Intro Alma Angela Cohen, better known as Alma Cogan, or 'The Girl with the Giggle in Her voice', scored her first and only number one with the poppy Dreamboat, written by Jack Hoffman. Before Born 19 May 1932 in Whitechapel, East London of Russian-Romanian Jewish descent, Cogan had been a star for a few - [34. Jimmy Young with Bob Sharples & His Music - Unchained Melody (1955)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2017/10/03/34-jimmy-young-unchained-melody-1955-2/) - The Intro Summer 1955 brought a heatwave to many parts of the country, particularly Yorkshire, and the UK enjoyed a modern record of low unemployment (barely 1% of the workforce). It was also the summer of Unchained Melody. Before Written for a little-known prison movie called Unchained, also released that year, the music came from - [32. Tony Bennett with Percy Faith & His Orchestra and Chorus - Stranger in Paradise (1955)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2017/10/01/32-tony-bennett-stranger-in-paradise-1955-2/) - The Intro One of many versions in the chart that year of Robert Wright and George Forrest's song from the 1953 musical Kismet, which had only just arrived in the UK, Stranger in Paradise marked the start of slick crooner Tony Bennett's international success. Before Anthony Dominick Benedetto, born 3 August 1926 in Queens, New - [33. Eddie Calvert - Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White (1955)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2017/10/02/33-eddie-calvert-cherry-pink-and-apple-blossom-white-1955/) - The Intro Tony Bennett's Stranger in Paradise was toppled from number 1 by Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White, but it wasn't Pérez 'Prez' Prado's version of Louiguy's mambo tune, which had topped the charts only a few weeks previously. This was a cover by popular British trumpeter Eddie Calvert, the 'Man with the Golden - [31. Pérez 'Prez' Prado & His Orchestra, The King of Mambo - Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White (1955)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2017/09/30/31-perez-prez-prado-his-orchestra-the-king-of-mambo-cherry-pink-and-apple-blossom-white-2/) - The Intro As mentioned in my blog for Mambo Italiano, the US and UK were going through something of a mambo craze in 1955. Rosemary Clooney's number 1 was a very successful attempt to cash in on this phenomenon, but it was a novelty song. Bandleader Perez Prado was the real deal, though, and the - [30. Tennessee Ernie Ford with Orchestra conducted by Billy May - Give Me Your Word (1955)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2017/09/29/30-tennessee-ernie-ford-give-me-your-word-1955/) - The Intro Give Me Your Word, by Tennessee Ernie Ford, became number 1 on 11 March. Written by bandleader George Wyle and lyricist Irving Taylor, it's considered the first country song to top the charts, although it isn't really. All the ingredients of 50s romantic, overwrought ballads are present and correct. The only thing remotely - [28. Rosemary Clooney with The Mellomen - Mambo Italiano (1955)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2017/09/27/28-rosemary-clooney-with-the-mellomen-mambo-italiano-1955/) - The Intro A lot of writers will tell you that sometimes their best work comes when they're hard-pushed to meet a deadline. This is how Bob Merrill came up with Mambo Italiano. He was already a renowned hitmaker. Indeed, this became his fourth UK number 1, after She Wears Red Feathers, (How Much is That) - [27. Dickie Valentine with the Stargazers and Johnny Douglas & His Orchestra - Finger of Suspicion (1955)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2017/09/26/27-dickie-valentine-with-the-stargazers-finger-of-suspicion-1955-2/) - The Intro By the time 1955 rolled around, people were a bit exhausted from a month of honky tonk madness courtesy of Winifred Atwell. Let's Have Another Party was toppled by Finger of Suspicion, sung by Dickie Valentine with The Stargazers. The Stargazers had twice before took number 1, with Broken Wings and I See the - [26. Winifred Atwell & Her 'Other' Piano - Let's Have Another Party (1954)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2017/09/25/26-winifred-atwell-lets-have-another-party-1954-2/) - The Intro As 1954 drew to a close, the charts were finally livening up. Rosemary Clooney's This Ole House had shown the way forward, and a certain song called Rock Around the Clock by Bill Haley & His Comets had been getting attention. Unlike the previous December, when record buyers had chosen the solemn Answer - [29. Ruby Murray with Ray Martin & His Orchestra - Softly, Softly (1955)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2017/09/28/29-ruby-murray-softly-softly-1955-2/) - The Intro The early months of 1955 saw freezing weather conditions across much of the UK. The plunge in temperature had begun in January, and despite a thaw at the end of the month, an icy blast returned. Sport and rail services were cancelled, the RAF were forced to drop food and medical supplies, and - [25. Rosemary Clooney with Buddy Cole & His Orchestra - This Ole House (1954)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2017/09/24/25-rosemary-clooney-this-ole-house-1954-2/) - The Intro It never occurred to me that This Ole House could be about anything other than, well, doing up an old house. To me, and probably most children of the late-70s or early-80s, it conjures up happy memories of Shakin' Stevens hanging around an old building in the video of his 1981 cover version. - [24. Vera Lynn with Frank Weir, His Saxophone, His Orchestra & Chorus - My Son, My Son (1954)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2017/09/23/24-vera-lynn-my-son-my-son-1954-2/) - ‘Vera, Vera, what has become of you?’ So Roger Waters sang on Pink Floyd's Vera from 1980 double album The Wall. It may well be partly because I love that album, but at some point I got it into my head that Dame Vera Lynn had died, a long time back. I was shocked upon researching - [23. Don Cornell with Orchestra directed by Jerry Carr - Hold My Hand (1954)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2017/09/22/23-don-cornell-hold-my-hand-1954/) - The Intro Frank Sinatra's three-week stint at number 1 with Three Coins in the Fountain came to an end when he was replaced by another crooner. Don Cornell (born Luigi Francisco Varlaro on 21 April 1919) was a super-smooth baritone singer from the Bronx. Before Sinatra had been a singing waiter, until a fight with - [22. Frank Sinatra with Orchestra conducted by Nelson Riddle - Three Coins in the Fountain (1954)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2017/09/21/22-frank-sinatra-three-coins-in-the-fountain-1954/) - The Intro The first true musical legend to appear in this blog, Frank Sinatra was one of the 20th-century's true icons, he remains an influential figure to this day, and the epitome of cool. If you choose to ignore his links to crime and the more unpleasant stories about him, that is. Before Francis Albert - [21. Kitty Kallen with Orchestra directed by Jack Pleis - Little Things Mean a Lot (1954)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2017/09/20/21-kitty-kallen-little-things-mean-a-lot-1954/) - David Whitfield and Mantovani's Cara Mia took up the number 1 spot for virtually the whole summer in 1954, somehow. As the nights started to grow darker, US singer Kitty Kallen finally got a look in with Little Things Mean a Lot. It had been written a year earlier, with lyrics by Edith Lindeman, a - [20. David Whitfield, with Chorus and Mantovani and His Orchestra - Cara Mia (1954)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2017/09/19/20-david-whitfield-with-chorus-and-mantovani-and-his-orchestra-cara-mia-1954/) - The Intro Doris Day's Secret Love had a second, lengthy eight-week stay at number 1 after toppling Johnnie Ray's Such a Night. Eventually Day ran out of steam and on 2 July, Hull's favourite soprano David Whitfield returned to number one with his version of Cara Mia, with dual credit going to popular conductor Mantovani and - [19. Johnnie Ray - Such a Night (1954)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2017/09/18/19-johnnie-ray-such-a-night-1954/) - The Intro 'Poor old Johnnie Ray sounded sad upon the radio He moved a million hearts in mono.' Immortalised in the video and opening line of Come On Eileen by Dexys Midnight Runners, it's a shame that it seems to be what US singer and songwriter Johnnie Ray is best known for these days. As great - [18. Doris Day with Orchestra conducted by Ray Heindorf - Secret Love (1954)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2017/09/17/18-doris-day-secret-love-1954/) - The Intro US smash-hit musical western Calamity Jane was first released in November 1953. Loosely based on the life of the title character and her alleged romance with notorious folk hero "Wild Bill" Hickok, it starred Doris Day and Howard Keel in the central roles. Before Day, born Doris Mary Kappelhoff on 3 April 1922 - [17. The Stargazers with Syd Dean & His Orchestra - I See the Moon (1954)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2017/09/16/17-the-stargazers-i-see-the-moon-1954-2/) - The Intro If Eddie Calvert's nine-week run seems odd now, well, I See the Moon having a five-week stint, followed by a further week later on, is just staggering. Before I See the Moon was written by US playwright and composer Meredith Wilson, who later became best known for being the man behind hit Broadway - [16. Eddie Calvert - Oh Mein Papa (1954)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2017/09/15/16-eddie-calvert-oh-mein-papa-1954/) - The Intro As 1954 began, Frankie Laine was loosening his grip on the charts, and it would be another two years before he topped them for the final time. On 8 January, trumpeter Eddie Calvert, from Preston in Lancashire, took over from Laine with his cover of Oh Mein Papa. Before Oh Mein Papa was, - [15. Frankie Laine with Paul Weston & His Orchestra - Answer Me (1953)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2017/09/14/15-frankie-laine-answer-me-1953-2/) - The Intro In a year in which US crooner Frankie Laine so completely dominated the fledgling UK charts, it seems fitting that he finished 1953 at the top. Before Even more so that it was with Answer Me, which as I mentioned here, is so typically of its time. Despite becoming banned by the BBC - [14. David Whitfield with Stanley Black & His Orchestra - Answer Me (1953)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2017/09/13/14-david-whitfield-answer-me-1953-2/) - The Intro Until the rise of The Beatles, most songs in the 50s and 60s charts tended to be covers, and often multiple versions of these songs were available at once. This led to the last two number 1s of 1953 being covers of the same track, and even, for one week, number 1 at - [13. Frankie Laine with Paul Weston & His Orchestra - Hey Joe (1953)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2017/09/10/13-frankie-laine-hey-joe-1963-2/) - The Intro Frankie Laine dominated the singles chart in 1953 in a way nobody else has since. His record-breaking dominance with I Believe was proof of this enough, but there was more to come. Before On 23 October, Laine's cover of Hey Joe ended the dominance of Guy Mitchell's Look at That Girl. A week - [12. Guy Mitchell - Look at That Girl (1953)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2017/09/08/guy-mitchell-look-at-that-girl-1953/) - The Intro The majority of number 1 singles so far have been a bit on the serious side, with maudlin ballads often ruling the roost. Finally, after Frankie Laine's I Believe's final three-week stint at the top (making a record-breaking total of 18), cheeky chap Guy Mitchell was back. Thankfully, this time he's avoiding the slight - [11. Mantovani & His Orchestra - The Song from The Moulin Rouge (1953)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2017/09/04/11-mantovani-the-song-from-the-moulin-rouge-1953-2/) - The Intro Tired of reading about easy listening crooners? Well, here's something slightly different. Eddie Fisher and Sally Sweetland's I'm Walking Behind You was knocked back off the top slot by Frankie Laine's mammoth I Believe, which stayed there for a further impressive six weeks. On 14 August, for the first time an instrumental became - [10. Eddie Fisher Featuring Sally Sweetland, with Hugo Winterhalter & His Orchestra - I'm Walking Behind You (1953)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2017/08/24/10-eddie-fisher-sally-sweetland-im-walking-behind-you-1953-2/) - The Intro On his previous number 1, Outside of Heaven, Eddie Fisher sounded like he was stalking an ex-partner by watching her in the crowd as she married someone else. This time, with accompaniment from the singer Sally Sweetland, his obsession has deepened – he's walking down the aisle behind the bride-to-be! Before This forgettable - [9. Frankie Laine with Paul Weston & His Orchestra - I Believe (1953)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2017/08/23/9-frankie-laine-i-believe-1953-2/) - The Intro US singer, songwriter and actor Frankie Laine's cover of I Believe stayed at number 1 for nine weeks, equalling the previous record held by Al Martino's Here in My Heart. However, following a week at number 1 for I'm Walking Behind You by Eddie Fisher and Sally Sweetland, it returned to the top spot - [8. Lita Roza - (How Much is) That Doggie in the Window? (1953)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2017/08/22/8-lita-roza-how-much-is-that-doggie-in-the-window/) - The Intro Here's one we all know. (How Much is) That Doggie in the Window? is known to most as a timeless nursery rhyme rather than a chart-topper. It is about as far removed from a modern number 1 as it's possible to get, but children of every generation since have grown up with it - [7. The Stargazers - Broken Wings (1953)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2017/08/21/7-the-stargazers-broken-wings-1953-2/) - The Info The 'comic' stylings of She Wears Red Feathers was knocked from number 1 on 10 April, and we were back to appropriately mournful ballad territory, but for the first time, it was a British vocal group. Before The Stargazers went through several incarnations following their inception in 1949. The original line-up consisted of - [6. Guy Mitchell with Mitch Miller & His Orchestra & Chorus - She Wears Red Feathers (1953)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2017/08/18/6-guy-mitchell-she-wears-red-feathers-1953/) - The Intro Hmm. Novelty songs were all the rage back in the 50s. I've nothing against novelty songs if done right, but these early ones came way before anyone had even thought of political correctness. She Wears Red Feathers is the bizarre tale of an English banker's love for a hula-hula girl, who apparently 'lives - [5. Perry Como with the Ramblers - Don't Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes (1953)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2017/08/15/5-perry-como-dont-let-the-stars-get-in-your-eyes-1953/) - The Intro The first number 1 by an artist I was aware of before taking on this project, US easy listening singer Perry Como was one of the biggest stars of the 50s, and one of the names that really conjures up the era that predates rock'n'roll. After two world wars and economic depression, this - [4. Eddie Fisher with Hugo Winterhalter's Orchestra & Chorus - Outside of Heaven (1953)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2017/08/14/4-eddie-fisher-outside-of-heaven-1953/) - The Intro In a week hit by not one but two tragedies (see 'Meanwhile...'). Outside of Heaven was a suitably gloomy song to rule the singles chart. Sammy Gallop and Chester Conn had written this from the perspective of a spurned lover on the outside looking in at his lost love's new life. Before Ironically, - [3. Kay Starr - Comes A-Long A-Love (1953)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2017/08/11/3-kay-starr-comes-a-long-a-love-1953/) - The Intro US pop and jazz singer Kay Starr hit number 1 with Comes A-Long A-Love (how '50s' is that title?). Unlike the first two top-selling tracks, this tune, written by former Tin Pan Alley songwriting veteran Al Sherman, was a chirpy, breezy little number, in which Starr extols the virtues of love. If you're - [2. Jo Stafford with Paul Weston & His Orchestra - You Belong to Me (1953)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2017/08/09/2-jo-stafford-you-belong-to-me-1953-2/) - The Intro US singer Jo Stafford's cover of You Belong to Me featured in the very first UK singles chart on 14 November 1952. When Al Martino's Here in My Heart finally lost its grip on the top slot, Stafford became the first female solo artist to be number 1 on 16 January 1953. Before - [1. Al Martino - Here in My Heart (1952)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2017/08/08/al-martino-here-in-my-heart-1952/) - This is the post excerpt. - [485. Soft Cell - Tainted Love (1981)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2024/12/21/485-soft-cell-tainted-love-1981/) - Soft Cell's Tainted Love is both very much a product of its time, and yet timeless. It's aged incredibly well, despite the primitive electronica on display, much like their beloved Kraftwerk. Like Hutter and co, it's a brilliant example of how the melding of man and machine can make for truly magical pop. In fact, - [484. Aneka - Japanese Boy (1981)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2024/11/16/484-aneka-japanese-boy-1981/) - The Intro In some ways, early 80s pop was progressive. New romantics were blurring the gender lines and make up was worn by many men in music videos. But then you have this example of cultural appropriation set to an admittedly very catchy tune. But understandably, Scottish folk singer Mary Sandeman, AKA one-hit wonder Aneka, - [483. Shakin’ Stevens - Green Door (1981)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2024/11/09/483-shakin-stevens-green-door-1981/) - I don't know if it's age or nostalgia, but here I am bigging up Shaky, whose version of Green Door is better than Lowe's and Laine's. It is very similar to the latter, but where normally I'd prefer an authentic primitive 50s production over a glossy 80s take, that isn't the case here. Producer Stuart - [482. The Specials - Ghost Town (1981)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2024/10/31/482-the-specials-ghost-town-1981/) - Pop, art and politics combine to spellbinding effect on Ghost Town. As a song, it's unique. As a number 1, it's incredible. Although written in response to riots in Bristol and Brixton in 1980, it landed at number 1 the day after rioting in cities across the country. Yes, chart-toppers had summed up the public - [481. Michael Jackson - One Day In Your Life (1981)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2024/10/12/481-michael-jackson-one-day-in-your-life-1981/) - It's fair to say that had One Day in Your Life been released as a single back in 1975, it wouldn't have become Jackson's first number 1. It's a pretty unremarkable Philly soul-style track, apart for one element – Jackson's soaring vocal. Here was a unique talent, waiting to be set free by his label - [480. Smokey Robinson - Being With You (1981)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2024/09/21/480-smokey-robinson-being-with-you-1981/) - There's no denying Robinson is a musical legend, blessed with the voice of an angel that you can hear on a number of classics such as You've Really Got a Hold on Me, The Tracks of My Tears and The Tears of a Clown. Not only does Being With You come nowhere near to these - [290. Smokey Robinson and The Miracles - The Tears of a Clown (1970)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2020/02/12/290-smokey-robinson-and-the-miracles-the-tears-of-a-clown-1970/) - The Intro Much like Marvin Gaye's I Heard It Through the Grapevine in 1969, The Tears of a Clown was an album track by Motown legends, several years old, that could have easily languished as a forgotten album track, but is now considered a soul classic. Before William Robinson Jr was born 19 February 1940 - [478. Bucks Fizz - Making Your Mind Up (1981)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2024/08/17/478-bucks-fizz-making-your-mind-up-1981/) - The Intro One of the most enduring pop images of the early 80s is the skirt-ripping routine of 1981 Eurovision Song Contest winners Bucks Fizz. This is the story of how their entry, Making Your Mind Up, brought about their creation and became their first of three number 1 singles. Before Allegedly, songwriter Andy Hill - [477. Shakin’ Stevens - This Ole House (1981)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2024/07/28/477-shakin-stevens-this-ole-house-1981/) - I gave Clooney's recording of this song – featuring Thurl Ravenscroft, voice of Tony the Tiger, a thumbs up, and I stand by it. It's one of the best pre-rock'n'roll chart-toppers, and one of the rare number 1s of those first few years you can genuinely enjoy. I also commented on my thoughts on Shaky - [476. Roxy Music - Jealous Guy (1981)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2024/07/13/476-roxy-music-jealous-guy-1981/) - Roxy Music were at their best in the early years, when their music was more adventurous. Eno leaving was a big loss, and the more Ferry seemed to transform into a real-life posh playboy, the less interesting his band were. This version of Jealous Guy is inferior to the delicate original. Phil Spector was not - [475. Joe Dolce Music Theatre - Shaddap You Face (1981)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2024/06/30/475-joe-dolce-music-theatre-shaddap-you-face-1981/) - My opinion on Shaddap You Face is divided. Clearly, we're not talking about high art here. Dolce's one-hit wonder is catchy to the point of extreme irritation. The over-the-top Italian-American accent is annoying and highly cliched, annoyingly shifting between spoken word and singing, and the tune is simplistic in the extreme, never shifting a gear. - [472. St. Winifred's School Choir - There's No One Quite Like Grandma (1980)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2024/05/18/472-st-winifreds-school-choir-theres-no-one-quite-like-grandma-1980/) - Review There are no positives to mention when discussing There's No One Quite Like Grandma. The worst number 1 in many years, and the worst festive chart-topper of the 80s, is an abomination, plain and simple. It's painful to listen to, with wretched production, and is an example of how shameless and cynical the music - [324. Little Jimmy Osmond with The Mike Curb Congregation - Long Haired Lover from Liverpool (1972)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2020/10/01/324-little-jimmy-osmond-with-the-mike-curb-congregation-long-haired-lover-from-liverpool-1972/) - Review A few years back I listened and reviewed every Christmas number 1 in one sitting here. I rated Long Haired Lover from Liverpool as the worst of the 70s, and I stand by that. Comments included 'Jesus Christ. That's the only thing I can say about this that's remotely festive, but it's not meant - [470. ABBA - Super Trouper (1980)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2024/04/21/470-abba-super-trouper-1980/) - Review Super Trouper is a suitably great way for ABBA to bow out of this blog. It's classic ABBA, featuring a beautiful plaintive piano melody from Andersson and a yearning sound to the verses, before turning into a mix of synth-disco and schlager music for the chorus – the latter coming from the backing vocals. - [469. Blondie - The Tide Is High (1980)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2024/04/10/469-blondie-the-tide-is-high-1980/) - Review The late 70s and early 80s saw Blondie amass quite the collection of chart-toppers. One of the best, in fact, particularly Heart of Glass and Call Me. Keeping up that standard would be a tall order for even the greatest bands. So it is perhaps inevitable – especially as they approached the twilight of - [468. Barbra Streisand - Woman in Love (1980)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2024/04/06/468-barbra-streisand-woman-in-love-1980/) - You can always tell when a song has been written by the Gibb brothers, even if they don't record it. Their marks are all over it – all you have to do is imagine the vocals made a lot higher. This rule works here. Unfortunately, that's about the most interesting thing I can say about - [451. Kenny Rogers - Coward of the County (1980)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2023/11/24/451-kenny-rogers-coward-of-the-county/) - The Intro Three years after his first chart-topper, Lucille, country superstar Kenny Rogers returned to the summit of the hit parade with this tale about a pacifist that is pushed too far. Before Lucille was quickly followed up with a new album, Daytime Friends, but its singles couldn't get near the crossover success of the - [452. Blondie - Atomic (1980)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2023/11/29/452-blondie-atomic/) - Review Coward of the County spoiled a very impressive run of number 1 singles but Atomic puts us firmly back on track. What a single. It doesn't matter that the lyrics are somewhat basic because they fit the mood and get the message across perfectly. It's a night out, and a girl wants a man - [453. Fern Kinney - Together We Are Beautiful (1980)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2023/12/03/453-fern-kinney-together-we-are-beautiful-1980/) - Review Kinney's version, in which she purrs over a slinky light disco groove, is easily the best of the three versions. She swaps the roles around but the conceit remains, so it's still a weird one to enjoy. But it's nice in a very early 80s way. Still, it's understandable that this isn't up there - [454. The Jam - Going Underground/The Dreams of Children (1980)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2023/12/16/454-the-jam-going-underground-the-dreams-of-children-1980/) - It seems obvious in retrospect that Going Underground deserved to be the A-side. And what a number 1 as the Thatcher era was just getting started. In just a few minutes, Weller succinctly wipes away any doubt of whose side he's on. And he does it with no small measure of belligerence and fire in - [455. The Detroit Spinners - Working My Way Back to You (1980)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2023/12/20/455-the-detroit-spinners-working-my-way-back-to-you-1980/) - Review The Detroit Spinners' UK number 1 is an average dose of dated disco. The tune is an earworm, working its way into your head and staying there a fair while, but not in a very welcome way. The disco element seems tacked on in an attempt to update their sound. It's no Rock Your - [456. Blondie - Call Me (1980)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2024/01/03/456-blondie-call-me-1980/) - Review Moroder and Blondie are two of the greatest names in disco, so it's a given that any collaboration between the two would be great. Call Me and Atomic are like sisters, both showing Blondie at the top of their game, melding disco, pop and rock in a totally natural way. And although only Harry - [457. Dexy’s Midnight Runners - Geno (1980)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2024/01/07/457-dexys-midnight-runners-geno-1980/) - Review Discovering the riff isn't entirely original has perhaps slightly taken the shine off the sheer catchiness of Geno. But only a little, because as Rowland said, they tried to capture the power of a Washington show, and what a performance it is. Gritty and determined, Geno is about Rowland as much as it is - [458. Johnny Logan - What’s Another Year (1980)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2024/01/14/458-johnny-logan-whats-another-year-1980/) - Review What's Another Year isn't much more pleasing to the ears than Dana's song, sadly. The saxophone at the start is probably the highlight, because it brings to mind Gerry Rafferty's Baker Street. It's downhill from there. This is bog-standard MOR dross, in which a lovelorn Logan moans about yet another anniversary of being alone. - [459. The Mash - Theme from M*A*S*H (Suicide Is Painless) (1980)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2024/01/24/459-the-mash-theme-from-mash-suicide-is-painless-1980/) - As unusual as this is, it's a fascinating number 1 - and genuinely great too. The producer - Thomas Z Shephard - was an expert in musical theatre, classical and opera albums, and it really shows. The minimalistic production is spellbinding, capturing the genius of Mandel's tune through a simple folk sound of acoustic guitar - [460. Don McLean - Crying (1980)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2024/01/28/460-don-mclean-crying-1980/) - McLean's version starts promising with just his acoustic strum and voice. And what a voice - it hits home here much more than on his previous UK hits what a great singer McLean is. It bodes well for a great cover of a classic break-up song. The trouble is, as impressive as McLean's singing is, - [461. Olivia Newton-John/Electric Light Orchestra - Xanadu (from the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (1980)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2024/02/11/461-olivia-newton-john-electric-light-orchestra-xanadu-from-the-original-motion-picture-soundtrack-1980/) - Review Xanadu was written by Lynne as an ELO song with Newton-John in his place as lead singer. It's easy to see why people rushed out to make it number 1 for a fortnight in the summer of 1980. Especially as there had been two months of sad ballads in the top spot beforehand. Although - [462. Odyssey - Use It Up and Wear It Out (1980)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2024/02/16/462-odyssey-use-it-up-and-wear-it-out-1980/) - Review Use It Up and Wear It Out is an infectious combination of disco and salsa, which had been all the rage a few years previous when Saturday Night Fever was everywhere. But then came the 'Disco Sucks' movement. From an acid-fuelled club movement in the mid-70s, disco was now attempted by most mainstream artists, - [463. ABBA - The Winner Takes It All (1980)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2024/02/25/463-abba-the-winner-takes-it-all-1980/) - Review The sadness in The Winner Takes It All is so real, it can actually be unbearable if it gets you at a bad time. Compare it with What's Another Year – workmanlike maudlin misery with no sense of authenticity. Ulvaeus' lyrics are painfully honest – I believe him when he says they're not directly - [464. David Bowie - Ashes to Ashes (1980)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2024/03/10/464-david-bowie-ashes-to-ashes-1980/) - Review Bowie wrote lots of great music after Ashes to Ashes, but it's most probably his final absolute classic, in effect waving goodbye to a decade of startling creativity. In his excellent Bowie blog, Pushing Ahead of the Dame, Chris O'Leary has a very good point in calling it his last song. It's a dark - [465. The Jam - Start! (1980)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2024/03/16/465-the-jam-start-1980/) - Another great 1980 number 1 from Weller and co here. It's short, sweet and doesn't outstay its welcome, just like Going Underground. And it also shows a growing versatility. Yes, it's not very original, but the soul bounce of Start! proves there's more to The Jam than their rockier material, and it really shows off - [466. Kelly Marie - Feels Like I'm in Love (1980)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2024/03/22/466-kelly-marie-feels-like-im-in-love-1980/) - The Intro 'BOO BOO! BOO BOO! BOO BOO! BOO BOO!' It's cheap. It's tacky. It's the arse-end of disco. But I love Kelly Marie's Feels Like I'm in Love and I'm not ashamed of it. Before By 1977, Mungo Jerry's fame was drying up. It was seven years since In the Summertime, six since their - [467. The Police - Don't Stand So Close to Me (1980)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2024/03/27/467-the-police-dont-stand-so-close-to-me-1980/) - Opening with a dark and brooding synth, Don't Stand So Close to Me starts very strong. Sting's lyrics are compelling and not the subject matter of your average pop song. The first verse is purely focused on the schoolgirl's desire for the teacher. So far, so very good. But when it gets to the chorus, - [421. Brian and Michael - Matchstalk Men and Matchstalk Cats and Dogs (Lowry’s Song) (1978)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2021/10/29/421-brian-and-michael-matchstalk-men-and-matchstalk-cats-and-dogs-lowrys-song/) - The Intro One-hit wonders Brian and Michael, aka Michael Coleman and Kevin Parrott (I'll explain) toppled Kate Bush from her deservedly lofty perch with this tribute to Lancashire artist LS Lowry's depictions of the industrial north west. Yes, Don McLean wasn't the only singer to immortalise a painter in a number 1 song. Before Brian - [330. Wizzard (Vocal backing: The Suedettes) - See My Baby Jive (1973)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2020/11/04/330-wizzard-vocal-backing-the-suedettes-see-my-baby-jive-1973/) - Review In his excellent book Yeah Yeah Yeah: The Story of Modern Pop, Bob Stanley noted that 'Roy Wood loved pop. He was a superfan. He wanted to be all of pop, all at the same time.' This is certainly apparent on See My Baby Jive, a joyous audio romp in which a million things - [January Sale](https://everyuknumber1.com/2024/01/29/january-sale/) - ‘January, sick and tired, you’ve been hanging on me’. Yes, the month that never ends isn’t over yet. It’s not all bad though, because it means there’s still time for a January sale. The digital version of my book Every UK Number 1: The 60s is available for seven days on Kindle for 99p. That’s - [It’s Chrisssssssstmas!](https://everyuknumber1.com/2023/12/06/its-chrisssssssstmas/) - There’s only a couple of weeks left to buy a chunky stocking filler or two for fans of 50s and 60s music, nostalgia, social history and pop culture. Every UK Number 1: The 60s is out now in paperback and Kindle on Amazon, with signed copies on everyuknumber1.com/store. Prices from £4.99 to £16 depending on - [449. Pretenders - Brass in Pocket (1980)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2023/11/11/449-pretenders-brass-in-pocket-1980/) - Review Thinking back to 1980, anyone who knew of Hynde's background but hadn't heard any Pretenders before Brass in Pocket must have been surprised. There's no punk element to be found, and hardly even any rock. What Brass in Pocket has embodied to most listeners through the years, is that confident swagger Hynde has always - [450. The Special A.K.A. Featuring Rico - Too Much Too Young – The Special A.K.A. Live! (EP) (1980)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2023/11/17/450-the-special-a-k-a-featuring-rico-too-much-too-young-the-special-a-k-a-live-ep-1980/) - The title track is of course one of the most beloved by The Special AKA. Loosely based on the 1969 song Birth Control by reggae singer and producer Lloyd Charmers, Too Much Too Young was originally recorded and released on The Specials. Inspired by Dammers considering a relationship with a married woman who had a - [444. The Buggles - Video Killed the Radio Star (1979)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2022/02/14/444-the-buggles-video-killed-the-radio-star-1979/) - The Intro No song sums up the dawning of a new decade and changing times like Video Killed the Radio Star. It heralded the video age, with MTV choosing it to kick the channel off. And it introduced the world to one of the best producers of the 80s. Before Trevor Charles Horn was born - [448. Pink Floyd - Another Brick in the Wall (Part II) (1979)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2022/02/26/448-pink-floyd-another-brick-in-the-wall-part-ii-1979/) - The Intro One of the biggest bands of the 70s, prog rock legends Pink Floyd hadn't released a single since 1968. Their dystopian disco classic Another Brick in the Wall (Part II) gave them their sole number 1 and was the final chart-topper of the decade, striking a sombre tone for the advent of the - [443. The Police - Message in a Bottle (1979)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2022/02/11/443-the-police-message-in-a-bottle-1979/) - The Intro Formed in the ashes of punk, The Police were one of the most successful new wave bands, combining rock, punk, reggae and jazz influences. They had five UK number 1s between 1979 and 1983 and sold over 75 million records, making them one of the bestselling bands of all time. And singer-songwriter Sting - [442. Gary Numan - Cars (1979)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2022/02/08/442-gary-numan-cars-1979/) - The Intro Four days after Tubeway Army went to number 1 with the influential new wave sound of Are 'Friends' Electric?, singer-songwriter and producer Gary Numan had dropped the band name and recorded a John Peel session as a solo artist. His next single, Cars, was a stone cold electro-pop classic and a deserved second - [441. Cliff Richard - We Don't Talk Anymore (1979)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2022/02/05/441-cliff-richard-we-dont-talk-anymore-1979/) - The Intro Remember this guy? Once a mainstay of this blog, the 'Peter Pan of Pop' hadn't topped the charts since Congratulations won Eurovision in 1968. 11 years later, Cliff Richard's comeback, which began with Devil Woman, was complete with this 10th number 1. Before The Shadows, who often acted as Richard's backing band, with - [439. Tubeway Army - Are 'Friends' Electric? (1979)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2022/01/30/439-tubeway-army-are-friends-electric-1979/) - Review By not being as musically gifted as Bowie, nor as refined as Kraftwerk, Numan created something influenced by them, yet totally new. It's such an odd number 1, even for the time it was released. As the decade came to an end and Thatcherism began its iron grip, there was clearly an air of - [436. Art Garfunkel - Bright Eyes (1979)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2022/01/21/436-art-garfunkel-bright-eyes-1979/) - Review I think critics of Bright Eyes hear the orchestral opening and Garfunkel's spectral wailing and think it's a soppy song about dying cartoon rabbits. But to me and other fans, it's a deep and bleak song about death that can really hit hard at the right (or wrong times). Garfunkel is blessed with one - [435. Gloria Gaynor - I Will Survive (1979)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2022/01/18/435-gloria-gaynor-i-will-survive-1979/) - The Intro US soul singer Gloria Gaynor's disco classic I Will Survive was originally an afterthought, a B-side, with little studio sheen added. It's now considered a feminist and LGBTQ+ anthem and is a karaoke mainstay. Before Gaynor was born Gloria Fowles on 7 September 1943 in Newark, New Jersey. Music was a constant in - [434. The Bee Gees - Tragedy (1979)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2022/01/15/434-the-bee-gees-tragedy-1979/) - The Intro The Bee Gees rounded off an astounding few years with a fourth number 1. It was to mark the start of another downward slide in their fortunes, however. Before Thanks to the disco boom and their part in the soundtrack to Saturday Night Fever, the Gibb brothers were everywhere in the late-70s. After - [433. Blondie - Heart of Glass (1979)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2022/01/12/433-blondie-heart-of-glass-1979/) - The Intro Simultaneously one of the hottest and coolest new wave bands, US six-piece Blondie were also one of the most successful, notching up five UK number 1s in under two years (and another in 1999). Heart of Glass melded new wave, rock, disco and pop with a slither of punk attitude, and it's their - [432. Ian Dury and The Blockheads - Hit Me with Your Rhythm Stick (1979)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2022/01/09/432-ian-dury-and-the-blockheads-hit-me-with-your-rhythm-stick-1979/) - The Intro In 1979, anything seemed possible in pop. Need proof? How about outsider misfits Ian Dury and The Blockheads scoring a number 1 with the new wave classic Hit Me with Your Rhythm Stick? Before Frontman Ian Robins Dury was born 12 May 1942 in Harrow Weald, Middlesex. His father William was absent for - [431. Village People - Y.M.C.A. (1979)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2022/01/06/431-village-people-y-m-c-a-1979/) - The Intro An unmistakeable blast of brass from an enduring classic heralds the start of one of the best years for number 1s the UK has ever seen. Before Village People sprang from an idea formed in the heads of French producers Jacques Morali and Henri Belolo. As Can't Stop Productions, they had enjoyed a - [430. Boney M - Mary’s Boy Child/Oh My Lord (1978)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2021/11/25/430-boney-m-marys-boy-child-oh-my-lord-1978/) - The Intro So we reach the end of 1978. Finally, the singles chart and pop in general has become important to the public once more. Singles by Wings, Boney M and John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John remain among the biggest sellers of all time. Punk may have never officially had a number 1, but its - [426. 10cc - Dreadlock Holiday (1978)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2021/11/13/426-10cc-dreadlock-holiday-1978/) - The Intro By the time of their third and final number 1, 10cc weren't half the band they used to be. Literally. Despite the success of their masterpiece, I'm Not in Love, creative differences had come to a head. Before While recording fourth LP How Dare You!, the two separate songwriting partnerships – Kevin Godley - [424. John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John - You’re the One That I Want (1978)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2021/11/07/424-john-travolta-olivia-newton-john-youre-the-one-that-i-want-1978/) - The Intro 1978 was the year of Grease. Romantic leads John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John remained at number 1 for most of the summer with a song that was never in the original stage musical. Before The stage show had been created by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey and premiered in a Chicago, Illinois nightclub - [422. The Bee Gees - Night Fever (1978)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2021/11/01/422-the-bee-gees-night-fever-1978/) - The Intro In the 10 years since their last number 1, The Bee Gees had split, reunited and suffered wilderness years before a remarkable comeback. They rode the disco wave and set the charts alight with a string of hits and eventually returned to the top of the charts once more with this smooth song - [419. ABBA - Take a Chance on Me (1978)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2021/10/23/419-abba-take-a-chance-on-me-1978/) - The Intro ABBA broke Slade's record for most UK number 1s in the 70s with this, their seventh. A return to the uplifting pop that made their name, Take a Chance on Me is one of their biggest anthems. Before The Swedish superstars released their fifth and most ambitious LP to date, ABBA: The Album - [418. Brotherhood of Man - Figaro (1978)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2021/10/20/418-brotherhood-of-man-figaro-1978/) - The Intro Brotherhood of Man took their perceived similarity too far with their second number 1 Angelo. When their next single tanked they followed it up with another song named after a man with a similar name to Fernando. It paid off yet again and gave them a hat trick of chart toppers. Before The - [417. Althia & Donna - Up Town Top Ranking (1978)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2021/10/17/417-althia-donna-up-town-top-ranking-1978/) - The Intro It was starting to look like Wings would be at number 1 forever in those first few freezing weeks of 1978. It took two Jamaican teenagers to knock Mull of Kintyre/Girls School from the top. Before 17-year-old Althea Forrest and Donna Reid, 18, started out singing on the sidewalks of Kingston, Jamaica. They - [415. ABBA - The Name of the Game (1977)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2021/09/30/415-abba-the-name-of-the-game-1977/) - The Intro ABBA's impressive run of chart-toppers continued with this, their sixth. The Name of the Game can be seen as the sequel to their previous number 1, Knowing Me, Knowing You and it shows their continuing progression into serious, mature pop. Before In May 1977 the Swedish superstars began work on their fifth studio - [414. Baccara - Yes Sir, I Can Boogie (1977)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2021/09/27/414-baccara-yes-sir-i-can-boogie-1977/) - Review I was very surprised to see this single ranked so highly among the bestselling of all time. In my mind, Yes Sir, I Can Boogie was a minor entry in the canon of 70s disco hits, but it was very popular around Europe, reaching the top of the charts in Ireland, Belgium, Germany, the - [413. David Soul - Silver Lady (1977)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2021/09/24/413-david-soul-silver-lady-1977/) - Review As with many of Macaulay's number 1s, Silver Lady is OK. Decent chart fodder and fairly memorable but disposable. I prefer it to Don't Give Up On Us as it's a bit edgier. Soul seems to be down on his luck through his own mistakes and is regretting where he's ended up. Trouble is, - [412. Elvis Presley - Way Down (1977)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2021/09/21/412-elvis-presley-way-down-1977/) - Review Despite the concern over the state of Presley, nobody knew Way Down would be the last single released in his lifetime. So that title proved rather ironic. It's a strange beast, because the opening is really promising. It sounds as if The King was about to discover disco! The lyrics are pretty exciting too. - [411. The Floaters - Float On (1977)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2021/09/18/411-the-floaters-float-on-1977/) - Review So Float On is understandably considered a bit of a joke. It's very cheesy and camp, with each singer introducing themselves as if they're taking part in video dating. It is considered all-important by The Floaters that all the ladies out there know their horoscope, which I assume was very popular in the 70s. - [410. Brotherhood of Man - Angelo (1977)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2021/09/15/410-brotherhood-of-man-angelo-1977/) - Review They did at least manage to change the story of Angelo. But they forgot to add much detail. Fernando was about two former revolutionaries reminiscing over the war in Mexico. Angelo was a death disc about a shepherd boy in the mountains of, yes, Mexico. He and a girl from a rich family fell - [409. Donna Summer - I Feel Love (1977)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2021/09/12/409-donna-summer-i-feel-love-1977/) - Review There simply aren't enough superlatives to describe this song. It's far too big to even be called a song. It's a cultural touchstone. A landmark in music. And unlike some of the greatest songs of all time, I think it's actually impossible to tire of it. While researching it I fell down a rabbit - [408. Hot Chocolate - So You Win Again (1977)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2021/09/09/408-hot-chocolate-so-you-win-again-1977/) - Review Look past the catchy chorus and the 'do do do do' backing vocals and So You Win Again is a pretty bleak song. Brown takes on the roll of 'the loser', who's love has ditched him. And not for the first time. Brown knows that to her their love was just a game, and - [407. The Jacksons - Show You the Way to Go (1977)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2021/09/06/407-the-jacksons-show-you-the-way-to-go-1977/) - The Jacksons, when known as The Jackson 5, were one of the most successful acts of the early 70s. But it took until 1977 for them to hit number 1 in the UK. - [406. Kenny Rogers - Lucille (1977)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2021/09/03/406-kenny-rogers-lucille-1977/) - Review Lucille was a slow, unassuming country tale by Roger Bowling and Hal Bynum. I'm no country fan (I may have said this once or 20 times on this blog) and musically, this leaves little impact with me. Compared to what could have been the 406th number 1 (see First Cut Is the Deepest/I Don't - [405. Rod Stewart - First Cut Is the Deepest/I Don't Want to Talk About It (1977)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2021/08/31/405-rod-stewart-first-cut-is-the-deepest-i-dont-want-to-talk-about-it-1977/) - Reviews The First Cut Is the Deepest had been the second track on A Night on the Town. Originally one of Cat Stevens' earliest songs, the most famous version was recorded by US soul singer PP Arnold in 1967. He had sold it to her for £30. Stewart's version is a decent retread. Not up - [404. Deniece Williams - Free (1977)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2021/08/28/404-deniece-williams-free-1977/) - Review This sprawling sophisticated soul stretches out to 5.58 on the album, but unfortunately it's hacked back to 2.50 in its single form. It's a shame as it does take away some of its beauty. But then again, it's too good a song to keep as just an LP track. Williams puts in a gorgeous - [403. ABBA - Knowing Me, Knowing You (1977)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2021/08/25/403-abba-knowing-me-knowing-you-1977/) - The Intro Following the rightful success of one of the greatest singles of all time – namely Dancing Queen, ABBA were becoming superstars. They followed it up with another of their most famous songs. But Money, Money, Money didn't become their fifth UK number 1, narrowly missing out by peaking at two. Their fourth album - [402. Manhattan Transfer - Chanson D'Amour (1977)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2021/08/22/402-manhattan-transfer-chanson-damour-1977/) - The Intro Manhattan Transfer were, like many chart-toppers of the 70s, in thrall to the past. But they went further back then the rock'n'roll retro bands like Showaddywaddy. They paid tribute to swing, jazz and acapella music. Surprisingly, the second incarnation of the group found themselves at number 1 in the UK for three weeks - [401. Leo Sayer - When I Need You (1977)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2021/08/19/401-leo-sayer-when-i-need-you-1977/) - The Intro Diminutive singer-songwriter Leo Sayer may be short in stature, but he was a big star in the 70s. From 1973 onwards he was a regular in the top 10 but it took four years to finally reach the pinnacle of the charts with the soft rock ballad When I Need You. Before Gerard - [400. Julie Covington - Don't Cry for Me Argentina (1977)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2021/08/16/400-julie-covington-dont-cry-for-me-argentina-1977/) - Review Stirring, stately strings set the tone as the song begins. We are to picture Covington as Evita, addressing the crowd from the balcony of the Casa Rosada. It's a powerful performance from Covington, full of nuance, sometimes gentle and hesitant in the opening, other times defiant. It's as complex a rendition as Rice's lyrics, - [399. David Soul - Don't Give Up on Us (1977)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2021/08/13/399-david-soul-dont-give-up-on-us-1977/) - Review Soul's first number 1 is a very typical 70s slushy ballad, and very similar to If You Leave Me Now. Unfortunately the hook isn't as catchy as Chicago's, but the song as a whole is perhaps stronger, as it doesn't tail away into nothingness. It's lyrically similar too. Soul and his love have had - [398. Johnny Mathis - When a Child is Born (Soleado) (1976)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2021/07/30/398-johnny-mathis-when-a-child-is-born-soleado-1976/) - Review So is When a Child is Born (Soleado) a Christmas song or not? Strictly speaking, no. You can easily take the lyrics and say they're a retelling of the Nativity, with a child's birth bringing about a 'brand new morn' and talk of 'walls of doubt, crumble tossed and torn'. It all sounds very - [397. Showaddywaddy - Under the Moon of Love (1976)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2021/07/27/397-showaddywaddy-under-the-moon-of-love-1976/) - Review Showaddywaddy's version was produced by Mike Hurst, who had been part of The Springfields before Dusty went solo. He had also produced Manfred Mann's number 1 Mighty Quinn in 1968. It's not very different from the original, and that's no bad thing, because there's a lot to like about Under the Moon of Love. - [396. Chicago - If You Leave Me Now (1976)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2021/07/24/396-chicago-if-you-leave-me-now-1976/) - Review The first 40 seconds of If You Leave Me Now are great. Opening with that memorable horn hook, Cetera pleads with his love not to go. OK, this is hardly a new subject matter in pop, but it's a very slick production and 'If you leave me now, you'll take away the biggest part - [395. Pussycat - Mississippi (1976)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2021/07/21/395-pussycat-mississippi-1976/) - The Intro The narrative of 70s pop is well-known. Punk came along and changed everything, sweeping away a stale music scene. What brought it home to me more than anything was the start of BBC Four's repeats of Top of the Pops in 2011. As 1976 was the first year in which they could amass - [394. ABBA - Dancing Queen (1976)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2021/07/19/394-abba-dancing-queen-1976/) - The Intro Simply magnificent. Right that's Dancing Queen covered. I'm joking, but really, what can be said about Dancing Queen that hasn't already been said? How does one analyse the ecstasy contained within those three minutes and 52 seconds? In a moribund year of number 1s, this stands out not only as the best, it's - [393. Elton John & Kiki Dee - Don’t Go Breaking My Heart (1976)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2021/07/15/393-elton-john-kiki-dee-dont-go-breaking-my-heart-1976/) - Review While I don't deny John's talent, and a few of the songs I've mentioned above are undeniable classics, I'm not always a fan, particularly of his 80s output onwards. So it's a shame some of his more deserving tracks didn't top the charts but the later material did. So it goes. Don't Go Breaking - [392. Demis Roussos - Excerpts From ‘The Roussos Phenomenon’ (EP)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2021/07/12/392-demis-roussos-excerpts-from-the-roussos-phenomenon-ep/) - Reviews First up is the most well-known Roussos track. Forever and Ever, sharing its title with a number 1 by Slik earlier this year, was originally released in 1973 as the title track to an album. It reached number 1 in Belgium and Mexico. It's the highlight of the EP and despite being considered somewhat - [391. The Real Thing - You to Me Are Everything (1976)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2021/07/09/391-the-real-thing-you-to-me-are-everything-1976/) - The Intro Number 1 throughout the most memorable heatwave of the past 50 years, Liverpool soul quartet The Real Thing stepped out of David Essex's shadow in style with the disco stylings of You to Me Are Everything. Before They formed in 1970 with Chris Amoo as lead singer, along with Dave Smith, Kenny Davis - [390. The Wurzels - The Combine Harvester (Brand New Key) (1976)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2021/07/06/390-the-wurzels-the-combine-harvester-brand-new-key-1976/) - Review Yes, The Combine Harvester (Brand New Key) may seem unfunny and even offensive now by playing to a common insulting stereotype of Westcountry farmers. However, it's very catchy, and everyone is having such a good time, it's hard to take it as anything but a bit of knockabout old-fashioned fun. The site of Budd - [389. J.J. Barrie - No Charge (1976)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2021/07/03/389-j-j-barrie-no-charge-1976/) - Review It is well documented on this site that I'm not much of a fan of country music and I'm not a fan of spoken word moments in songs. There are of course exceptions to these rules, but definitely not in this case, which combines the two to disgusting effect. Barrie drawls his way through - [388. ABBA - Fernando (1976)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2021/06/30/388-abba-fernando-1976/) - Review Fernando is one of ABBA's best-known and biggest-selling singles, but it's my least favourite of their number 1s. I find it leaden and overwrought and I'm not really interested in hearing about what two 19th-century soldiers have to say. Give me their relationship drama and we've something to work with. It also suffers coming - [387. Brotherhood of Man - Save Your Kisses for Me (1976)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2021/06/27/387-brotherhood-of-man-save-your-kisses-for-me-1976/) - Review Save Your Kisses for Me draws up immediate comparisons with Dawn's Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree. Lightweight, slushy and catchy as hell. I prefer Brotherhood of Man, if I had to pick, because the chorus really gets under my skin. It's impossible to hear without the image of the foursome - [386. Tina Charles - I Love to Love (But My Baby Loves to Dance) (1976)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2021/06/24/386-tina-charles-i-love-to-love-but-my-baby-loves-to-dance-1976/) - Review I Love to Love (But My Baby Loves to Dance) starts very promisingly, bouncing along to a nifty disco groove played by Manchester musicians Richie Close (keyboard), Clive Allen (guitar), Des Browne (bass) and Tom Daley (percussion). The conceit appears to be, Charles wants to make love, but her partner is too busy dancing. - [385. The Four Seasons - December, 1963 (Oh, What a Night) (1976)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2021/06/21/385-the-four-seasons-december-1963-oh-what-a-night-1976/) - The Intro The Four Seasons are one of the the US's most influential doo-wop and pop groups, and along with The Beach Boys, the only ones to enjoy chart success before, during and after the British Invasion of the 60s. Those Jersey boys had five number 1s in the US (plus two solo singles by - [384. Slik - Forever and Ever (1976)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2021/06/18/384-slik-forever-and-ever-1976/) - Review I can still recall the first time I saw this on a BBC Four repeat of Top of the Pops. It blew my mind. Who the hell decided the opening section should insinuate we were about to hear some proggy, concept single or Black sabbath style metal obscurity? Considering Kenny and Slik's version starts - [383. ABBA - Mamma Mia (1976)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2021/06/15/383-abba-mamma-mia-1976/) - Review As I stated in my blog for Waterloo, I'm far from ABBA's biggest fan, and was turned off by them in general for many years, but there are exceptions to my rule. Where does Mamma Mia rate in my opinion? Well, it's chock full of hooks and an excellent introduction to the songwriting of - [362. Mud - Lonely This Christmas (1974)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2021/03/08/362-mud-lonely-this-christmas-1974/) - It's not for everyone. It certainly doesn't have the universal appeal of Slade or Wizzard's festive classics, and the only way you could get emotionally attached to it would be if you really were unlucky enough to be going through a break-up with someone, and even then, you can't, because the whole song is a - [361. Barry White - You're the First, the Last, My Everything (1974)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2021/03/05/361-barry-white-youre-the-first-the-last-my-everything-1974/) - The Intro Literally one of the biggest soul stars of the 70s, US singer-songwriter-producer-arranger Barry White was a disco pioneer, and You're the First, My Last, My Everything is a prime example of his smooth, sexy résumé. Jokes about his weight aside, the 'Walrus of Love' sold millions in his lifetime, making him a chart - [358. Sweet Sensation - Sad Sweet Dreamer (1974)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2021/02/24/358-sweet-sensation-sad-sweet-dreamer-1974/) - Review It's a fair approximation of Gamble & Huff's masterful work, and tracks by The Stylistics, but it feels a bit stiff, low budget and 'British' by comparison. King's falsetto is appealing and it's ironic to hear a teen singing about putting things down to experience, but it feels more like a song to fill - [352. Charles Aznavour (Arranged & Conducted by Del Newman) - She (Theme from the TV Series 'Seven Faces of Woman') (1974)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2021/02/06/352-charles-aznavour-she-theme-from-the-tv-series-seven-faces-of-woman-1974/) - Review She is cheesy, in a 'Hallmark card for Valentine's Day' way, but I found myself warming to it over the years. Am I getting soft in my old age?The Brits (used) to love a bit of European 'sophistication' and obviously, Aznavour fits our stereotype of the French and their love of romance. He's like - [346. Paper Lace - Billy – Don't Be a Hero (1974)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2021/01/19/346-paper-lace-billy-dont-be-a-hero-1974/) - Review Opening to a chirpy military drumbeat and whistling, Paper Lace's solo number 1 is the weakest chart-topper of 1974 thus far. It sounds more like a single from the golden era of death discs and it's too cheesy and naff to get much enjoyment out of. As an anti-war song, some suspect it was - [342. The New Seekers Featuring Lyn Paul (Arranged by Gerry Shury) - You Won't Find Another Fool Like Me (1974)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2021/01/07/342-the-new-seekers-featuring-lyn-paul-arranged-by-gerry-shury-you-wont-find-another-fool-like-me-1974/) - Review Opening with a bawdy blast of brass, You Won't Find Another Fool Like Me is too upbeat sounding for its theme, really. Paul gives a great performance, belting the lyrics with gusto, but it's a pretty sad song deep down, seemingly about a girl who's in love with someone in a relationship elsewhere, who - [376. The Stylistics - Can't Give You Anything (But My Love) (1975)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2021/05/14/376-the-stylistics-cant-give-you-anything-but-my-love-1975/) - Review There's no escaping the fact working with Hugo & Luigi was considered a step down for The Stylistics, despite their new producers having an impressive pedigree themselves. I have mixed feelings about Can't Give You Anything (But My Love) because it's grown on me and if it is less slick, it's a great chorus - [368. Bay City Rollers - Bye Bye Baby (1975)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2021/04/20/368-bay-city-rollers-bye-bye-baby-1975/) - Review The Rollers' version is much better, with fuller instrumentation and a faster, more effective rhythm. It opens with a mournful McKeown coming to terms with the fact his time with his loved one is up because he has to leave. But it's not for the usual reasons you'd find in love songs – especially - [381. Billy Connolly - D.I.V.O.R.C.E. (1975)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2021/05/29/381-billy-connolly-d-i-v-o-r-c-e-1975/) - Review Connolly made it about a dog that was going into 'Q.U.A.R.A.N.T.I.N.E' because it's bitten him, caused he and his wife to have an argument, in which she bit his arse, and then the dog bit the vet too. As a result of which, Connolly has decided to get a D.I.V.O.R.C.E. Yes, all a bit - [380. David Bowie - Space Oddity (1975)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2021/05/26/380-david-bowie-space-oddity-1975/) - Review Space Oddity long since transcended being remotely considered a novelty, and that's thanks to Bowie, then 22, already showing an existential insight into the human condition, covering alienation and emptiness, all wrapped up in one of his other favourite recurring subjects – space. I don't feel enough credit is given to Dudgeon here. Visconti - [379. Art Garfunkel - I Only Have Eyes for You (1975)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2021/05/23/379-art-garfunkel-i-only-have-eyes-for-you-1975/) - Review You can't really go wrong combining as beautiful a song as this with the always-lovely singing of Garfunkel. And with a lush production from Richard Perry (who produced Without You), it's a song you can wrap yourself in like a warm blanket. Having said that, it might not be to everyone's taste. Some may - [378. David Essex - Hold Me Close (1975)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2021/05/20/378-david-essex-hold-me-close-1975/) - Review This information perhaps explains one of the problems with Hold Me Close. Now, Essex was a proper bona fide working-class Londoner, but he definitely played up to stereotypes and laid on the friendly cockney schtick too much at times on this vocal. And that, combined with Wayne's cheesy production, makes this number 1 seem - [377. Rod Stewart - Sailing (1975)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2021/05/17/377-rod-stewart-sailing-1975/) - The Intro 1975 was a pivotal year for Rod Stewart. He switched labels, left the UK, released this, his most popular of six number 1s, and lost his bandmates when Faces split. He became a superstar and lost credibility at the same time. Before Such was Stewart's popularity when his previous chart-topper, You Wear It - [375. Typically Tropical - Barbados (1975)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2021/05/11/375-typically-tropical-barbados-1975/) - Review Oh dear. If you're equipped with the knowledge that the men behind this are two white Welshmen pretending to be black, it makes it pretty hard to stomach. Talk about racial stereotyping... the intro begins with 'Captain Tobias Willcock welcoming you aboard Coconut Airways Flight 372'... The song is sung from the point of - [374. Bay City Rollers - Give a Little Love (1975)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2021/05/08/374-bay-city-rollers-give-a-little-love-1975/) - The Intro In the summer of 75, Bay City Rollers were the biggest band in the UK. Their cover of The Four Seasons' Bye Bye Baby had become the biggest seller of the year, they had their own ITV series, Shang-a-Lang, and 'Rollermania' was considered the new 'Beatlemania'. There was one more number 1 to - [373. Johnny Nash - Tears on My Pillow (I Can't Take It) (1975)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2021/05/06/373-johnny-nash-tears-on-my-pillow-i-cant-take-it-1975/) - Review It's baffling to me how this overtook I'm Not in Love as number 1 - though there's some continuity considering that contained the famous 'Be quiet, big boys don't cry' line. It's a nice enough dose of light reggae, but there's nothing to make it stand out really. Also, it's a bit too upbeat - [372. 10 cc - I'm Not in Love (1975)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2021/05/02/372-10-cc-im-not-in-love-1975/) - Review A common criticism of 10 cc is that, while they were clearly uncommonly stuffed with talent and brimming with ideas, their songs lacked heart and soul. You can't say that here. I'm Not in Love was one of the most beautifully intelligent songs yet to top the charts, and a fascinating glimpse into the - [371. Windsor Davies as B.S.M. Williams and Don Estelle as Gunner Sugden (Lofty) - Whispering Grass (1975)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2021/04/29/371-windsor-davies-as-b-s-m-williams-and-don-estelle-as-gunner-sugden-lofty-whispering-grass-1975/) - Review This is understandably considered a novelty number 1, and is certainly a weird idea, especially for anyone not around at the time. However, once I got past Davies' in-character recital of some of the lyrics, I was pleasantly surprised. Estelle really does have a lovely voice, and other than Davies popping up again in - [370 Tammy Wynette - Stand by Your Man (1975)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2021/04/26/370-tammy-wynette-stand-by-your-man-1975/) - The Intro One of America's biggest-selling singers, Tammy Wynette was known as the 'First Lady of Country Music'. However, her most famous hit, Stand by Your Man, has long been derided by feminists for its slavish devotion to men, and it takes on new meaning when her stormy marriage to singer-songwriter George Jones is considered. - [364. The Tymes - M/s Grace (1975)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2021/04/08/364-the-tymes-m-s-grace-1975/) - Review M/s Grace has an elaborate opening, bringing to mind Gamble and Huff's slick work. But it then turns into a more old-school, upbeat soul number, which is difficult to dislike. But I'm not sure there's enough there to really love. It's one of the more minor number 1s of the decade, but nonetheless, it - [365. Pilot - January (1975)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2021/04/11/365-pilot-january-1975/) - The Intro Scottish pop-rockers Pilot are best known for their single Magic, yet it was this timely ode to January that earned them their only number 1. Except that happened in February. Ah well, better late than never. Before Pilot were formed in 1973 by singer and bassist David Paton and keyboardist Billy Lyall. Both - [366. Steve Harley and Cockney Rebel - Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me) (1975)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2021/04/14/366-steve-harley-and-cockney-rebel-make-me-smile-come-up-and-see-me-1975/) - The Intro Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me) is one of the best examples of a song where the original intention of the writer is largely ignored by the masses. Like REM's The One I Love, a spiteful song that has, because of its title, become popular at weddings, for example, with little - [367. Telly Savalas - If (1975)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2021/04/17/367-telly-savalas-if-1975/) - Review Savalas's version is very similar... well, apart from the one glaring difference. Whether it was because he was never going to reach the high notes of Gates, or a stylistic choice, he chose to use his deepest, most sincere and meaningful voice and recite the lyrics instead over a melodramatic production. It's... well, it's - [369. Mud - Oh Boy (1975)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2021/04/23/369-mud-oh-boy-1975/) - Review I can't work out why Chapman and Chinn, who had proven time and time again how to get the best out of pop for several years by this point, chose to suck this rock'n'roll classic of all its energy and turn it into a stately stadium rock-style stompalong. It does the song and Mud - [363. Status Quo - Down Down (1975)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2021/04/05/363-status-quo-down-down-1975/) - The story of Status Quo, who hold the record for most hits by any single band in chart history. Yet they only achieved one official number 1 single, Down Down. - [359. Ken Boothe - Everything I Own (1974)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2021/02/27/359-ken-boothe-everything-i-own-1974/) - Review Although a minor number 1 (strong enough to top the charts once more when Boy George released it in 1987, though), Boothe's cover is a pleasant slice of light reggae-pop – the type of reggae I'd normally avoid (don't get me started on UB40, plenty of time for that when I reach the 80s). - [354. The Three Degrees - When Will I See You Again (1974)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2021/02/13/354-the-three-degrees-when-will-i-see-you-again-1974/) - Review And she was wrong, as it's a lovely song and rightly considered a soul classic. It's worth it just for those angelic sighs, really – The Three Degrees' harmonies really are something special. They make the yearning at the heart of the song seem real and identifiable. Ferguson is in love, but she's being - [348. ABBA (Bjorn, Benny, Anna & Frida) - Waterloo (1974)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2021/01/25/348-abba-bjorn-benny-anna-frida-waterloo-1974/) - The Intro I'm not giving you earth-shattering news when I point out that ABBA are one of the best-selling groups of all time. But here's a few statistics to set the ball rolling. With nine UK number 1s between 1974 and 1980, they've had more than any other mixed-sex group in history. Seven of those - [345. Alvin Stardust - Jealous Mind (1974)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2021/01/16/345-alvin-stardust-jealous-mind-1974/) - Review Unfortunately, despite second single Jealous Mind getting the all-important top spot, it's not half as memorable as My Coo Ca Choo and is barely remembered these days. I'd guess that Shelley quickly knocked this off to capitalise on the momentum, in the hope that more of the same would suffice, which it did, but - [341. Slade - Merry Xmaƨ Everybody (1973)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2020/12/07/341-slade-merry-xmaƨ-everybody-1973/) - The Intro 'IT'S CHRISTMAAAASSSSSSS!'. It's not. It's currently mid-August 2020 and we're coming to the end of a blistering heatwave, which, if you know the story behind Slade's final number 1, you'll know is how the song was recorded. Little did they know it would become not only the most famous of their six number - [339. David Cassidy - Daydreamer/The Puppy Song (1973)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2020/12/01/339-david-cassidy-daydreamer-the-puppy-song-1973/) - Reviews Daydreamer was written by South African professional songwriter Terry Dempsey, who had written for many big names including Cliff Richard and The New Seekers. In 2910, Dempsey was killed in a bizarre accident when he was struck by the blades of a gyrocscope making an emergency landing during a ceremony in which the family - [338. The Simon Park Orchestra - Eye Level (Theme from the Thames T.V. Series 'Van der Valk') (1973)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2020/11/28/338-the-simon-park-orchestra-eye-level-theme-from-the-thames-t-v-series-van-der-valk-1973/) - Review So, an unusual number 1 indeed. I think it's the first time library music had been in pole position, and the first example of a TV theme gaining that spot. Russ Conway's Side Saddle in 1959 was from a TV show, but that was incidental music. But while it's certainly a strange sight to - [337. Wizzard (Vocal Backing – The Suedettes and The Bleach Boys) - Angel Fingers (A Teen Ballad) (1973)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2020/11/25/337-wizzard-vocal-backing-the-suedettes-and-the-bleach-boys-angel-fingers-a-teen-ballad-1973/) - Review Angel Fingers (A Teen Ballad) may not be as instant as See My Baby Jive or I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday, but it's a lovely track with a real yearning quality, as Wood strives to capture the feeling of young love, rock'n'roll and those magical teenage years. It's also slightly less cluttered, - [335. Gary Glitter - I'm the Leader of the Gang (I Am!) (1973)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2020/11/19/335-gary-glitter-im-the-leader-of-the-gang-i-am-1973/) - Review So here I am listening to Gary Glitter songs in full for the first time in over 20 years. It's a weird experience to say the least. When the Michael Jackson documentary Leaving Neverland was shown last year, I wondered if I could ever listen to his music again, but I have done, from - [334. Peters and Lee (Orchestra directed by Peter Knight) - Welcome Home (1973)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2020/11/16/334-peters-and-lee-orchestra-directed-by-peter-knight-welcome-home-1973/) - Review Originally written by Jean Alphonse Dupre and Stanislas Beldone in French, with English lyrics courtesy of Bryan Blackburn, Welcome Home is a simple, old-fashioned but pretty likeable slab of MOR pop. A man is missing his love and imagining what it'll be like when she returns. From the word 'someday' in there, I'll wager - [326. Slade - Cum On Feel the Noize (1973)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2020/10/22/326-slade-cum-on-feel-the-noize-1973/) - Review This brilliant call-to-arms stomp is Slade firing on all cylinders. Were it not for Merry Xmaƨ Everybody, it would probably be even better recognised, but this is a Slade single that's for life, not just for Christmas. The lyrics, as always with Slade, are pretty simple, but there's some wit displayed here, as Holder - [321. Lieutenant Pigeon - Mouldy Old Dough (1972)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2020/09/22/321-lieutenant-pigeon-mouldy-old-dough-1972/) - The Intro 1972 was a particularly strange year in the singles chart. Glam rock was yet to totally take over the charts, and some real oddities not only did well, they became huge. The year's biggest seller was a bagpipe cover of Amazing Grace, and the second was this dirty knees-up from experimental musicians recorded - [319. Slade - Mama Weer All Crazee Now (1972)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2020/09/16/319-slade-mama-weer-all-crazee-now-1972/) - The Intro In 1972 Slade were becoming wise to the glam rock movement springing up around them. They were already changing from their skinhead look, growing their hair out again, but they also began wearing increasingly outlandish outfits – particularly guitarist Dave Hill. Before They also became obsessed with the idea of entering the charts - [315. Slade - Take Me Bak 'Ome (1972)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2020/09/04/315-slade-take-me-bak-ome-1972/) - Review Of Slade's six number 1s, this ranks as the least memorable. It's only really worth hearing to get a better insight into how the band were striving and struggling to find the winning formula that they achieved from their next number 1 onwards. It's meat-and-potatoes rock without the unique element of danger in Coz - [310. Chicory Tip - Son of My Father (1972)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2020/08/20/310-chicory-tip-son-of-my-father-1972/) - Review For such a historically important number 1, Son of My Father is a rather unassuming little song, but a decent one, and yes, that's mainly down to that infectious Moog running through the track. And yet, this isn't some brave new world we're hearing – it's no I Feel Love or Autobahn. It doesn't - [308. The New Seekers - I’d Like to Teach the World to Sing (In Perfect Harmony) (1972)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2020/08/14/308-the-new-seekers-id-like-to-teach-the-world-to-sing-in-perfect-harmony-1972/) - Review There's no denying the infectious quality of Cook and Greenaway's tune – so much so that expert pilferer Noel Gallagher adopted it for one of my favourite Oasis singles, Shakermaker. And obviously, the message of the Coke advert really struck a chord with America in particular, a country desperately in need of peace, love - [307. Benny Hill (Arranged & Conducted by Harry Robinson, with The Ladybirds) - Ernie (The Fastest Milkman in the West) (1971)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2020/04/14/307-benny-hill-ernie-the-fastest-milkman-in-the-west/) - Review I can remember Ernie (The Fastest Milkman in the West) being played to me at school when I was pretty young, and most of the innuendo was lost on me, despite growing up watching Carry On films. Looking at the lyrics now, I can see that's because it's not actually very rude at all. - [306. Slade - Coz I Luv You (1971)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2020/04/11/306-slade-coz-i-luv-you-1971/) - The Intro "Get down and get with it!" Wolverhampton glam rockers Slade are one of the most fondly remembered bands of the 70s. Six number 1s between 1971-73, 17 consecutive top 20 singles, and according to The British Hit Singles & Albums, they were the most successful British group of the decade for singles sales. - [304. The Tams - Hey Girl, Don't Bother Me (1971)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2020/04/05/304-the-tams-hey-girl-dont-bother-me-1971/) - Review Hey Girl, Don't Bother Me is built around the song's title, sung repeatedly by the backing singers, while Joe (who does have a sweet, distinctive voice) tries and fails to convince the listener that he wants no part of this girl, as he's been warned she's bad news. He doesn't want to be added - [303. Diana Ross - I'm Still Waiting (1971)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2020/04/02/303-diana-ross-im-still-waiting-1971/) - Review I'm baffled as to why this is the case. For me, I'm Still Waiting should have remained an album track. It's dated, melodramatic and rather unmemorable. Ross sings from the point of view of a woman who met the love of her life when she was five and he was 10. He would tease - [300. Dawn (Arranged by Norman Bergen) - Knock Three Times (1971)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2020/03/24/300-dawn-knock-three-times-1971/) - Review If it wasn't for the weird lyrics, Knock Three Times wouldn't make an impression at all. It's an old-fashioned lightweight pop cheesefest, but the singer's obsession gives it a sinister edge, at least, to a cynic like me. It would appear Orlando has fallen for this woman after laying on the ground and listening - [299. Dave and Ansil Collins - Double Barrel (1971)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2020/03/21/299-dave-and-ansil-collins-double-barrel-1971/) - Review Double Barrel is essentially very similar to The Harry J All Stars' excellent instrumental The Liquidator from 1969. It's a charming, quirky reggae/rocksteady track led by Collins' nimble work at the piano, with organ at times. What made it edge to the top when The Liquidator (which is a superior tune) didn't is likely - [298. T. Rex - Hot Love (1971)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2020/03/18/298-t-rex-hot-love-1971/) - Review Although Ride a White Swan served notice that Bolan was moving on from his old self-limited sonic boundaries, the lyrics were still very much the Tolkien whimsy of your average Tyrannosaurus Rex track. Hot Love featured a more simplistic, direct lyrical approach. Bolan is merely telling you about his lover. Taken as read, much - [294. Dave Edmunds - I Hear You Knocking (1970)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2020/02/24/294-dave-edmunds-i-hear-you-knocking-1970/) - The Intro As 1970 drew to a close, November's number 1s seemed to symbolically bid farewell to the 60s. So, what next? Glam was around the corner, but in the meantime, the Christmas number 1 looked back to pop's past, as Welsh singer-songwriter spent six weeks at the top with a cover of a 50s - [292. Matthews Southern Comfort - Woodstock (1970)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2020/02/18/292-matthews-southern-comfort-woodstock-1970/) - The Intro Matthews Southern Comfort, led by former Fairport Convention singer Ian Matthews, had a surprise number 1 with this beautiful cover of Joni Mitchell's epitaph to the Woodstock Music and Arts Festival 1969, which also seemed to mourn the end of the optimism of the hippy movement, and touched a nerve following the recent - [289. Elvis Presley - The Wonder of You (1970)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2020/02/09/289-elvis-presley-the-wonder-of-you-1970/) - The Intro The Wonder of You was Elvis Presley's 16th and final number 1 in his lifetime. In the five years since his last number 1, Crying in the Chapel (which dated back to 1960), the King's career had reached the doldrums, before a dramatic comeback. Sadly, though, The Wonder of You marked the beginning - [287. Christie - Yellow River (1970)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2020/02/03/287-christie-yellow-river-1970/) - The Intro Here's a number 1 with an unusual story. Yellow River, Christie's sole chart-topper, could in a sense also be classed as The Tremeloes' third number 1, if they hadn't thrown it away. Before Leeds-born singer-songwriter Jeff Christie, born Jeffrey Christie on 12 July 1946, had been a member of rock band The Outer - [286. England World Cup Squad '70 - Back Home (1970)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2020/01/31/286-england-world-cup-squad-70-back-home-1970/) - The Intro Seems rather fitting that on the day Brexit finally happens, that this blog covers an event from 50 years ago in which this country was embarrassed on the world stage, doesn't it? Before Three weeks before the England football team began their defense of the FIFA World Cup in Mexico, they had their - [285. Norman Greenbaum - Spirit in the Sky (1970)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2020/01/28/285-norman-greenbaum-spirit-in-the-sky-1970/) - The Intro The devil doesn't always have the best tunes. Dana's old-fashioned All Kinds of Everything was booted from the top by one of the most memorable one-hit wonders of all time. Norman Greenbaum's Spirit in the Sky heralded a new decade with its fuzz-guitar sound and could be considered a forerunner to the glam - [284. Dana - All Kinds of Everything (1970)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2020/01/25/284-dana-all-kinds-of-everything-1970/) - The Intro Somehow, Bridge over Troubled Water was replaced at number 1 after three weeks, by... this. The Eurovision Song Contest winner of 1970, Irish 19-year-old warbler Dana's ultra-twee All Kinds of Everything is an early contender for worst number 1 of the 70s. Before Rosemary Brown, born 30 August 1951, was born in Islington, - [282. Lee Marvin (Orchestra Conducted by Nelson Riddle) - Wand'rin' Star (From the Soundtrack Album of the Paramount Picture "Paint Your Wagon") (1970)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2020/01/18/282-lee-marvin-wandrin-star-1970/) - The Intro Here's a strange one. Taking up the top spot for most of March was Academy Award-winning Hollywood actor Lee Marvin – definitely not a professional singer – and Wand'rin' Star, from the 1969 western musical film Paint Your Wagon, based on the 1951 stage show. Set in a mining camp during the Gold - [281. Edison Lighthouse - Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes) (1970)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2020/01/15/281-edison-lighthouse-love-grows-where-my-rosemary-goes-1970/) - The Intro It’s time to delve into the 70s. A fascinating decade, if not always an enjoyable one, when it comes to number 1 singles, but rarely dull. In 1970, The Beatles were (nearly) gone, and pop scratched its head in search of its next move. There was a year to go until glam rock - [357. John Denver - Annie's Song (1974)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2021/02/21/357-john-denver-annies-song-1974/) - Review Sure, Annie's Song is a very pretty melody, and Denver's voice has a charm, but it's never done much for me. Rather like Don McLean's Vincent, the intro is very strong, but it's downhill from there. 'You fill up my senses' is a great lyric, but the subsequent outpouring of comparisons doesn't hold the - [356. Carl Douglas - Kung Fu Fighting (1974)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2021/02/18/356-carl-douglas-kung-fu-fighting-1974/) - Review You may have heard it a million times, and not consider it something you'd ever need to listen to again by choice, but I'd defy anyone to not have a soft spot for Kung Fu Fighting. Sure, it's cheesy, but it's also bloody funky, and I'm a sucker for some wah-wah guitar and a - [355. The Osmonds (Arranged by HB Barnum) - Love Me for a Reason (1974)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2021/02/15/355-the-osmonds-love-me-for-a-reason-1974/) - The Intro With three number 1s from Donny Osmond and a Christmas chart-topper from Little Jimmy Osmond, this blog has been no stranger to the 70s musical Mormon family phenomenon. But The Osmonds, the group that started it all, only scored one number 1. It is the best of (a poor) bunch, though. Before The - [353. George McCrae - Rock Your Baby (1974)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2021/02/12/353-george-mccrae-rock-your-baby-1974/) - Review KC and the Sunshine Band are mainly remembered these days for catchy disco anthems, great blasts of fun, but perhaps short on substance. With Rock Your Baby, they created something magnificent, entering unchartered territory by adding the sweet soul voice of McCrae to a drum machine with a holy melding of man and machine. - [351. Gary Glitter - Always Yours (1974)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2021/02/03/351-gary-glitter-always-yours-1974/) - After If you were in any doubt as to where the talent was in the Glitter and Leander partnership, consider that after Always Yours, 'The Leader' had only three more top 10 hits in the 70s – Oh Yes! You're Beautiful (number two) in 1974 and Love Like You and Me (number 10) and Doing - [350. Ray Stevens - The Streak (1974)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2021/01/31/350-ray-stevens-the-streak-1974/) - Review The naked truth is, The Streak is dross. Over a hoedown-style backing, Stevens plays a news reporter interviewing a redneck (also Stevens) at various disturbances caused by 'The Streak'. Despite the redneck shouting 'Don't look Ethel!' every time the naked guy appears, Ethel has a gander, and by the end, she's joined in the - [349. The Rubettes (Arranged by Gerry Shury) - Sugar Baby Love (1974)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2021/01/28/349-the-rubettes-arranged-by-gerry-shury-sugar-baby-love-1974/) - With the song demos finished, they offered the material to Leicester-based rock'n'roll revivalists Showaddywaddy (which would have been highly appropriate) who turned them down, as did former vocalist with The Move, Carl Wayne. Bickerton and Waddington decided to clean up Sugar Baby Love but in essence release the original demo, under a random 50s-sounding name, hence - [347. Terry Jacks - Seasons in the Sun (1974)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2021/01/22/347-terry-jacks-seasons-in-the-sun-1974/) - The Intro It's another death disc! And one of the most famous, and controversial, as Canadian singer Terry Jacks' loose cover of Jacques Brel's Le Moribond (The Dying Man) has as many critics as it does fans. Before Terrence Ross Jacks was born 29 March 1944 in Winnipeg, Manitoba. The family moved to Vancouver in - [343. Mud - Tiger Feet (1974)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2021/01/10/343-mud-tiger-feet-1974/) - The Intro Early 1974 was peak 'Chinnichap', with the writers/producers responsible for two number 1s in a row. This first one took Mud out of the minor leagues and made them one of the biggest names in glam rock. And rightly so, because Tiger Feet is a classic pop anthem and one of my favourite - [336. Donny Osmond - Young Love (1973)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2020/11/22/336-donny-osmond-young-love-1973/) - Review When I reviewed Hunter's version (available in my book Every UK Number 1: The 50s), I remarked how Warner Bros. Records were really on to something, picking a good-looking film star to sing a dreamy love song for the teenage girls to go wide-eyed over. 16 years on and the girls are still going - [333. Slade - Skweeze Me, Pleeze Me (1973)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2020/11/13/333-slade-skweeze-me-pleeze-me-1973/) - Review Unfortunately, Skweeze Me, Pleeze Me is a bit mediocre, especially compared to Slade's other number 1s. It's better than Take Me Bak 'Ome, but that's lukewarm praise. The chorus gets very repetitive, and for once, Noddy Holder's vocal is veering into irritating territory. The lyrics are a bit iffy, too: 'And I thought you - [332. 10c.c. - Rubber Bullets (1973)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2020/11/10/332-10c-c-rubber-bullets-1973/) - Review 10cc have always claimed Rubber Bullets was a sequel-of-sorts to Elvis Presley's Jailhouse Rock, told from the point of view of the authorities, intent on putting a halt to the celebrations at the local county jail. This may well be the case (and there's also a touch of the Beach Boys, particularly in Creme's - [331. Suzi Quatro - Can the Can (1973)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2020/11/07/331-suzi-quatro-can-the-can-1973/) - The Intro Finally, a woman! The early-70s weren't a great time for female-fronted number 1s. Most were either relegated to providing sweet harmonies in male-dominated groups or performing sickly solo ballads. US singer and bassist Suzi Quatro proved women could be rock stars too. Before Susan Kay Quatro, born 3 June 1950, was born and - [329. Dawn (Featuring Tony Orlando) - Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree (1973)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2020/11/01/329-dawn-featuring-tony-orlando-tie-a-yellow-ribbon-round-the-ole-oak-tree-1973/) - Review It's a very weird one, this. A happy, jolly ditty in which we're meant to feel sympathetic towards a former prisoner, who may also be a serial shagger. Had they made him a solider, I might feel a bit more sympathy. Orlando's performance is soulless. He doesn't sound concerned in the slightest about this - [325. The Sweet - Block Buster ! (1973)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2020/10/20/325-the-sweet-block-buster-1973/) - Review With those sirens blaring, backing vocals wailing and an incredibly catchy Bo Diddley-style riff, Block Buster ! remains one of the great glam number 1s. Of course, no coverage of this song would be complete without mentioning the similarity to David Bowie's The Jean Genie, in the charts at the same time and just - [323. Chuck Berry - My Ding-a-Ling (1972)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2020/09/28/323-chuck-berry-my-ding-a-ling-1972/) - Review I of course was within my rights to think this was a skit, of course, because it's bloody awful. Thankfully hacked down from over 11 minutes on the album, it may well be that Berry had no say in the release of this as a single, but whether it was him or Chess, what - [322. Gilbert O’Sullivan - Clair (1972)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2020/09/25/322-gilbert-osullivan-clair-1972/) - Review Clair begins as a straightforward love song. O'Sullivan and Clair began as friends, but he knew from the start this was special, and his feelings grew even more as the friendship did. But hang on, there's an age gap, which has clearly thrown a spanner in the works: 'But why in spite of our - [320. David Cassidy (Strings and Horns Arranged by Mike Melvoin) - How Can I Be Sure (1972)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2020/09/19/320-david-cassidy-strings-and-horns-arranged-by-mike-melvoin-how-can-i-be-sure-1972/) - Review I often admire and sympathise with any pop star who tries to break out of the straitjacket being one often creates, and Cassidy is no exception. The introspective, uncertain lyrics of this song are certainly more palatable to my ears than Donny Osmond's insipid Puppy Love that's for sure. Unfortunately, this doesn't quite achieve - [318. Rod Stewart - You Wear It Well (1972)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2020/09/13/318-rod-stewart-you-wear-it-well-1972/) - Review As with Maggie May, Stewart is very good at telling a story and creating compelling characters. I don't know what went wrong, but Stewart was clearly a great songwriter back then. His style was intelligent and impressive and it's not easy to tell such vivid stories in pop songs. You can forgive him his - [316. Donny Osmond - Puppy Love (1972)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2020/09/07/316-donny-osmond-puppy-love-1972/) - Review It's very hard as a 41-year-old cynical old sod to relate to this, and it's really not helped by the fact Donny sounds even younger than his true age of 15 back then. His overacted whining of 'Someone help me/Help me please' is nauseating, but to be fair, not as annoying as Anka's own - [314. Don McLean - Vincent (1972)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2020/09/01/314-don-mclean-vincent-1972/) - Review The Starry Night is a beautiful painting, and the opening to Vincent is too. 'Starry starry nightPaint your palette blue and greyLook out on a summer's dayWith eyes that know the darkness in my soul' Unfortunately, it's downhill from there. I must admit Vincent has never interested me beyond that intro and upon further - [313. T. Rex - Metal Guru (1972)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2020/08/29/313-t-rex-metal-guru-1972/) - Review Fortunately the music behind Metal Guru is better. No great change to what had come before, but the similarities aren't as obvious as Telegram Sam, and the sound is bigger and more muscular without sounding bloated, which it often became once Visconti stopped working with Bolan. The 'yeah, yeah, yeah' chant brings to mind - [312. The Pipes and Drums and the Military Band of the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards (Carabiniers & Greys) Bandmaster W.O.I.CI. Herbert. Pipe Major W.O.II. J. Pryde - Amazing Grace (1972)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2020/08/26/312-the-pipes-and-drums-and-the-military-band-of-the-royal-scots-dragoon-guards-amazing-grace-1972/) - Review Clearly, there must have been a love for bagpipes in the UK in the 70s, as this number 1 can't help but bring to mind the fact that Mull of Kintyre, five years later, became one of the biggest-sellers of all time. Why was this? I can find no point of reference upon investigation. - [309. T. Rex - Telegram Sam (1972)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2020/08/17/309-t-rex-telegram-sam-1972/) - Review It may have enjoyed a two-week run at number 1, but Telegram Sam is the first sign of Bolan's well beginning to run dry. Yes, the sound is heavier, but it's really just Get It On all over again, only not as good. And the lyrics, where they used to sound inspired and were - [305. Rod Stewart - Reason to Believe/Maggie May (1971)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2020/04/08/305-rod-stewart-reason-to-believe-maggie-may-1971/) - Reviews Reason to Believe (the bracketed bit dropped upon its single release) was the final track on the accompanying album. It's a cover of a Tim Hardin track, which the folk singer had released on his debut album in 1965, and The Carpenters covered it in 1970. Stewart plays the wounded lover, whose girl has - [302. T. Rex - Get It On (1971)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2020/03/30/302-t-rex-get-it-on-1971/) - Review Built around that formidable Berry riff, steeped in sexuality and with some brilliant lyrics, Get It On is the sound of an artist at the top of his game. Coming after the last two number 1s, it's a blessed relief, and it might well be the 'coolest' chart-topper up to this point. It's less - [301. Middle of the Road - Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep (1971)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2020/03/27/301-middle-of-the-road-chirpy-chirpy-cheep-cheep-1971/) - The Intro You can be the greatest lyricist in the world but unfortunately, the bottom line is, millions of people don’t care about words in pop songs. To them, if the tune is good, they'll sing anything. And if you want proof, listen to Middle of the Road's Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep. An upbeat song - [297. Mungo Jerry - Baby Jump (1971)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2020/03/15/297-mungo-jerry-baby-jump-1971/) - Review Baby Jump is a real curio. If you didn't know it, you'd think it was a different band. Perhaps even an early Tom Waits number. The light touch of their debut is replaced by raw rocking noise and Ray Dorset adopts a growling, shouting voice. The track sounds like it's been dropped in a - [295. Clive Dunn - Grandad (1971)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2020/03/09/295-clive-dunn-grandad-1971/) - Review Over a leaden backing featuring ukelele, Flowers' bass (I assume), and parping brass, Dunn recalls penny farthings, penny dreadfuls, 'talking things', and best of all, how 'Motorcars were funny things, frightening', when he was a lad. At the exact point you're hoping his nurse will interject and give him his medication or clean him - [293. The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Voodoo Chile (1970)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2020/02/21/293-the-jimi-hendrix-experience-voodoo-chile-1970/) - The Intro 30 years on, I can still remember the first time I saw Jimi Hendrix. I can pinpoint the date because it was a clip on Good Morning Britain in which the presenters were talking about the 20th anniversary of his death, so I was 11. I'd never seen anything like this otherworldly flamboyant - [291. Freda Payne - Band of Gold (1970)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2020/02/15/291-freda-payne-band-of-gold-1970/) - The Intro Multi-talented American singer Freda Payne enjoyed an impressive six weeks at number 1 with this soul track, featuring noteworthy lyrics that have been much misunderstood over the years due to cuts made before its release. Before Freda Charcillia Payne was born in Detroit, Michigan on 19 September 1942. Her younger sister was Scherrie, - [288. Mungo Jerry - In the Summertime (1970)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2020/02/06/288-mungo-jerry-in-the-summertime-1970/) - The Intro For a while, weirdly, it looked like Mungo Jerry may be the heirs to The Beatles' throne. This rock/pop/skiffle/jug band scored 1970's biggest-selling number 1, and one of the most memorable songs about summer of all time with their debut single In the Summertime. 'Mungomania' was a very real thing. Before Mungo Jerry - [283. Simon & Garfunkel - Bridge over Troubled Water (1970)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2020/01/22/283-simon-garfunkel-bridge-over-troubled-water-1970/) - The Intro The first classic number 1 of the 70s, Bridge over Troubled Water's message of the importance of friendship in times of emotional pain made it one of the most famous songs of all time, and yet it did further damage to Simon & Garfunkel's already strained relationship, and helped quicken their disintegration. Before - [447. The Police - Walking on the Moon (1979)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2022/02/23/447-the-police-walking-on-the-moon-1979/) - The Intro Hot on the heels of their first number 1, Message In a Bottle, new-wave/reggae three-piece The Police were ruling the charts once again with this follow-up. And in a year of really hip number 1s, Walking on the Moon is one of the coolest. Before Their second album, Regatta de Blanc (which loosely - [446. Dr. Hook - When You're in Love with a Beautiful Woman (1979)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2022/02/20/446-dr-hook-when-youre-in-love-with-a-beautiful-woman-1979/) - The Intro From the cover of Rolling Stone to UK number 1, New Jersey country rock band Dr Hook enjoyed three weeks at the top with this disco-flecked look at the perils of punching above your weight. Before Dr Hook and the Medicine Show: Tonic for the Soul formed in 1968. Guitarist George Cummings had - [445. Lena Martell - One Day at a Time (1979)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2022/02/17/445-lena-martell-one-day-at-a-time-1979/) - The Intro As we reach the end of 1979's number 1s, we've been really spoiled by some true classics – the most in any one year since the 60s. New wave had made a real impact and pop was changing once more. This dreary country track sticks out like a sore thumb and takes us - [440. The Boomtown Rats - I Don't Like Mondays (1979)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2022/02/02/440-the-boomtown-rats-i-dont-like-mondays-1979/) - The Intro The Boomtown Rats had been the first new wave act to score a number 1, in 1978 with Rat Trap. Far better known is the Dublin outfit's second, this piano-led ballad about a real-life school shooting spree. Before 16-year-old Brenda Ann Spencer lived in poverty across the road from Grover Cleveland Elementary School - [438. Anita Ward - Ring My Bell (1979)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2022/01/27/438-anita-ward-ring-my-bell-1979/) - The Intro Originally intended to be sung by an 11-year-old, disco song Ring My Bell was an innocent tune about children talking on the phone. With new, saucy lyrics, it became a one-hit wonder for US singer Anita Ward. Before Ward was born 20 December 1957 in Memphis, Tennessee. She loved gospel from an early - [437. Blondie - Sunday Girl (1979)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2022/01/24/437-blondie-sunday-girl-1979/) - The Intro Blondie's third album Parallel Lines is understandably regarded as their best. It's certainly the most successful, selling more than 20 million and containing some of their best-known songs, including first number 1 Heart of Glass and their next chart-topper, Sunday Girl. Before It didn't get off to the best of starts in June - [429. Rod Stewart - Da 'Ya' Think I’m Sexy? (1978)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2021/11/22/429-rod-stewart-da-ya-think-im-sexy-1978/) - The Intro Rod Stewart was derided by many for jumping on the disco bandwagon with Da 'Ya' Think I'm Sexy? and it began his transformation into a figure of fun. However, it's one of the more enjoyable of his six number 1s. Before After his fourth chart-topping single kept The Sex Pistols from number 1 - [Every UK Number 1: The 60s - Signed Paperback now available in the Store](https://everyuknumber1.com/2023/09/06/every-uk-number-1-the-60s-signed-paperback-now-available-in-the-store/) - You can now buy signed copies of Every UK Number 1: The 60s directly from my Store page, for £16 with free delivery. Signed copies of my previous book on the 50s are also still for sale there too, priced £10. https://everyuknumber1.com/store/ - [428. The Boomtown Rats - Rat Trap (1978)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2021/11/19/428-the-boomtown-rats-rat-trap-1978/) - The Intro After a total of 16 weeks at the top of the charts in 1978, suddenly John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John were served notice. In a real changing of the guard moment, The Boomtown Rats became the first new wave act (and first Irish band) to have a number 1. They commemorated this on - [427. John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John - Summer Nights (1978)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2021/11/16/427-john-travolta-olivia-newton-john-summer-nights-1978/) - The Intro John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John spent 16 weeks at the top of the charts in 1978 thanks to their starring roles in the film adaptation of Grease. First You're the One That I Want for nine weeks and then this for seven more. If you weren't a fan of Travolta, this period must - [425. Commodores - Three Times a Lady (1978)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2021/11/10/425-commodores-three-times-a-lady-1978/) - The Intro Alabama funk outfit Commodores developed a softer soul sound thanks largely to chief songwriter Lionel Richie, who eventually left to become one of the biggest pop stars of the 80s. This was their most famous hit and sole chart-topper. Before The seven-piece formed from the ashes of two former student groups at Tuskegee - [423. Boney M - Rivers of Babylon (1978)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2021/11/04/423-boney-m-rivers-of-babylon-1978/) - The Intro Boney M were one of the most popular disco acts of the 70s and scored one of the biggest number 1s of all time with this cover of a Rastafari song by The Melodians. In a year in which the singles charts were returning to importance after years of dominance by albums, Boney - [420. Kate Bush - Wuthering Heights (1978)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2021/10/26/420-kate-bush-wuthering-heights-1978/) - The Intro Only 19 when this debut single was released, Wuthering Heights introduced the world to one of our most unique singer-songwriters. In an era where ABBA rip-off merchants could get to the top of the charts with dated pap, this Kate Bush song captured the hearts and minds of record buyers while being based - [Every UK Number 1: The 60s paperback now available](https://everyuknumber1.com/2023/07/28/every-uk-number-1-the-60s-paperback-now-available/) - The paperback version of Every UK Number 1: The 60s is now available. More than 660 pages chronicling arguably the greatest era in pop. Available for £15.99 on Amazon - link in bio. ‘I cannot stress enough how well researched this book is (god knows how much Rob Barker had to leave out) and yet - [360. David Essex - Gonna Make You a Star (1974)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2021/03/02/360-david-essex-gonna-make-you-a-star-1974/) - Review Had Essex carried on down the path Rock On set out, he may be considered a more credible artist than he is. Instead, his two number 1s widened his fanbase by taking him down the family-friendly, lovable entertainer route, and to be fair, it certainly worked for him. Although Gonna Make You a Star - [Every UK Number 1: The 60s - out now on Kindle!](https://everyuknumber1.com/2023/06/28/every-uk-number-1-the-60s-out-now-on-kindle/) - [344. Suzi Quatro - Devil Gate Drive (1974)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2021/01/13/344-suzi-quatro-devil-gate-drive-1974/) - Review Devil Gate Drive is Quatro's most famous song, very similar in style to Can the Can, but more pop-friendly. It's more overtly indebted to rock'n'roll – Chinnichap's favourite era, clearly. The Devil Gate Drive in question seems to be the actual gates to hell, and Quatro points out how humans start sinning as young - [340. Gary Glitter - I Love You Love Me Love (1973)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2020/12/04/340-gary-glitter-i-love-you-love-me-love-1973/) - Review I'm procrastinating to avoid the awkwardness of reviewing another song by this bastard. Sad fact is, it didn't upset me to hear it as much as his first number 1. Perhaps because it wasn't so self-referential and you could imagine someone else covering it (yeah, right). It's a swaying, drunken, stupid lurch of a - [328. Gilbert O'Sullivan (Music Director: Laurie Holliday) - Get Down (1973)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2020/10/29/328-gilbert-osullivan-music-director-laurie-holliday-get-down-1973/) - Review Get Down is a very different beast to O'Sullivan's previous best-seller and ode to a little girl, Clair, but is problematic for a different reason. Either we take Get Down literally and it's a bit of froth about his dog, or he's talking down to a woman in a very derogatory way: 'Told you - [327. Donny Osmond - The Twelfth of Never (1973)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2020/10/26/327-donny-osmond-the-twelfth-of-never-1973/) - Review Coming after Block Buster ! and Cum On Feel the Noize only makes The Twelfth of Never seem that much duller than it already is. Osmond's voice may have broken but he still seems too young to be singing about how he'll love his girl forever. It needs a crooner with gravitas, and is - [317. Alice Cooper - School’s Out (1972)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2020/09/10/317-alice-cooper-schools-out-1972/) - Review So ingrained is School's Out in popular culture, it's hard to critically assess it with fresh ears. That mighty riff from Buxton is very memorable, and fits in perfectly with the glam rock scene in the UK. But of course, a song with lyrics about blowing up your school, featuring the nursery rhyme 'No - [New book announcement](https://everyuknumber1.com/2023/05/04/new-book-announcement/) - Thrilled to announce my second book… The digital version of Every UK Number 1: The 60s is now available to pre-order and is released on Amazon Kindle devices for £4.99 on 29th June. A big paperback version will follow later this year. Many, many thanks to Hadrian Summers for the artwork. The UK singles chart - [311. Nilsson - Without You (1972)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2020/08/23/311-nilsson-without-you-1972/) - The Intro One of the earliest, finest power ballads, reaching number 1 in the 70s and 90s, Without You is a tune surrounded by tragedy. This version, by maverick singer-songwriter Nilsson, is the best. Before Harry Edward Nilsson III, born in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn on 15 June 1941, came from a family of circus performers on - [Info on the next book and the front cover reveal incoming…](https://everyuknumber1.com/2023/05/03/info-on-the-next-book-and-the-front-cover-reveal-incoming/) - [Happy 70th birthday to the singles chart/book offer!](https://everyuknumber1.com/2022/11/15/happy-70th-birthday-to-the-singles-chart-book-offer/) - Happy birthday to the UK singles chart! It’s 70 years ago today that Al Martino was recognised as the first number one artist, with Here in My Heart. To celebrate, my book Every UK Number 1: The 50s, will be free to download on Kindle, from Tuesday 15th to Friday 18th November! - [Every 70s Number 2](https://everyuknumber1.com/2022/06/02/every-70s-number-2/) - The Intro I'm just about done with the 70s for the time being, but before I get on with Every UK Number 1: The 60s, here's one more look at the decade. As usual when I finish choosing my highs and lows of a decade, I take a look at the number 2s (oo-er). Why? - [Every 60s Number 2](https://everyuknumber1.com/2022/04/15/every-60s-number-2/) - The Intro Back to my occasional number 2 spin-offs. I've nearly finished writing my reviews of every 70s number 1, and realised I hadn't yet done the runners-up of the 60s. And it's a wonder, because some of the greatest number 2s in history came about in the 60s. One in particular is so good, - [Every 70s Number 1](https://everyuknumber1.com/2022/04/29/every-70s-number-1/) - The Intro In just over two years I've covered all the chart-toppers of the 70s. 168 blogs covering some of the best and worst pop songs of the decade. It was a decade of predictable highs and some unexpectedly huge lows. The 60s were an incredible decade of transformation in music, thanks to pioneers like - [Every 50s Number 2](https://everyuknumber1.com/2021/03/29/every-50s-number-2/) - The Intro Breaking off from the 70s briefly, I noticed over Christmas 2020 that my blog on Every Christmas Number 2 was getting a lot of attention, and in the year that my first book, Every UK Number 1: The 50s was released, I decided to combine the two and give a (very) brief review - [Every 60s Number 1](https://everyuknumber1.com/2019/10/19/every-60s-number-1/) - The Intro I've done it. 186 blogs in 17 months and I've now reviewed all the chart-toppers in that most incredible decade of transformation in pop culture. It's been fascinating, exciting, dreary and terrifying at times, and sometimes, while listening to songs such as Cinderella Rockefeller, it’s been all those things at once. The 60s, - [Christmas book plug](https://everyuknumber1.com/2021/12/11/christmas-book-plug/) - Need a Christmas present for a fan of music, nostalgia, social history and pop culture? Try Every UK Number 1: The 50s, available on Amazon for £10.99 in paperback, £3.99 on Kindle or signed copies are available in the Store section here for £10. The UK singles chart is the soundtrack to our lives and - [Every Christmas Number 1](https://everyuknumber1.com/2017/12/16/every-christmas-number-1/) - 1953: Frankie Laine with Paul Weston & His Orchestra - Answer Me 1954: Winifred Atwell & Her 'Other' Piano - Let's Have Another Party 1955: Dickie Valentine with Johnny Douglas & His Orchestra - Christmas Alphabet 1956: Johnnie Ray - Just Walkin' in the Rain 1957: Harry Belafonte - Mary's Boy Child 1958: Conway Twitty: - [Every UK Number 1 Store is live!](https://everyuknumber1.com/2021/04/04/every-uk-number-1-store-is-live/) - You can buy signed copies of my first book, Every UK Number 1: The 50s, here! And at £10, you're saving 99p compared to Amazon. Give to me, not Jeff B! The UK singles chart is the soundtrack to our lives and a barometer of the nation’s mood and tastes. And ever since 1952, the - [Christmas!](https://everyuknumber1.com/2020/12/09/christmas/) - Need a Christmas present for a fan of music, nostalgia, social history and pop culture? Try Every UK Number 1: The 50s, available on Amazon for £10.99 in paperback, £3.99 on Kindle. The UK singles chart is the soundtrack to our lives and a barometer of the nation’s mood and tastes. And ever since 1952, - [Half-price!](https://everyuknumber1.com/2020/11/08/half-price/) - Every UK Number 1: The 50s is currently £1.99 on Amazon’s Kindle store until Monday 9 November! Link here - [Need a book for lockdown two?](https://everyuknumber1.com/2020/11/05/need-a-book-for-lockdown-two/) - Well, Every UK Number 1: The 50s is only 99p on Kindle for the next two days. NINETY-NINE NEW PENCE! See here. . #everyuknumber1 #numberonesingles #chartmusic #nostalgia #popculture #musicblog #musicnostalgia #vinyl #booksofinstagram #kindlecountdowndeal #1950s - [Book news for US readers](https://everyuknumber1.com/2020/10/08/book-news-for-us-readers/) - Hello America! You can currently buy the Kindle version of my book Every UK Number 1: The 50s for 99 cents! The offer lasts until Tuesday 13 October. Link here. - [Happy birthday, and another Kindle Countdown Deal](https://everyuknumber1.com/2020/08/10/happy-birthday-and-another-kindle-countdown-deal/) - This week is the third anniversary of Every UK Number 1, and July was the best month to date for the blog. To celebrate, the Kindle version of Every UK Number 1: The 50s is 99p here until 15 August. Also, Thursday sees the start of my look at 1972's number 1s. And what a - [Every UK Number 1: The 50s out now on paperback!](https://everyuknumber1.com/2020/07/14/every-uk-number-1-the-50s-out-now-on-paperback/) - I’m thrilled to announce my first book is now available on paperback! Every UK Number 1: The 50s is £10.99 via this link. At over 350 pages, it’s packed full of facts and opinions on all the number one singles from the start of the chart in 1952 to 1959, plus a look at the - [Hurry hurry! Sale must end!](https://everyuknumber1.com/2020/06/24/hurry-hurry-sale-must-end/) - Ok, I really should have done this sooner, but the ebook version of Every UK Number 1: The 50s is currently on sale as a Kindle Countdown Deal on Amazon. There's only a day left, so buy now to get it at the stupidly cheap price of £2.99! You can buy here. And if you - [Every UK Number 1: The 50s - Out Now on Kindle!](https://everyuknumber1.com/2020/05/07/every-uk-number-1-the-50s/) - Today sees the release of my first book! Every UK Number 1: The 50s is available on Amazon's Kindle Store at £3.99 here. Members of Kindle Unlimited are able to read for free via their monthly subscriptions. If you're into vintage music, pop culture and social history, it would make for great lockdown reading. Hope - [Book news!!!](https://everyuknumber1.com/2020/04/16/book-news/) - Proud to announce I have written a book! Every UK Number 1: The 50s takes an in-depth look at the initial seven years of chart-toppers, featuring brand new and improved content from everyuknumber1.com. Released on 7 May, it’s available to pre-order for £3.99 as a Kindle eBook on Amazon here, with a paperback version to - [The Daily Mirror Boxing Day 2019 Feature](https://everyuknumber1.com/2019/12/26/stop-press/) - Every UK Number 1 has made it to a national newspaper! So chuffed to have my feature on Christmas number ones in the Boxing Day edition of The Daily Mirror! - [170. Cilla Black (Accompaniment directed by Johnny Pearson) - You're My World (Il Mio Mondo) (1964)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2018/09/24/170-cilla-black-youre-my-world-1964/) - Three months since her first number 1, Anyone Who Had a Heart, Cilla Black was at number 1 again, with You're My World. This ballad was an English language version of the Italian Il Mio Mondo, written by Umberto Bindi and Gino Paoli. The original was not a hit, but George Martin saw enough in - [154. Elvis Presley with The Jordanaires - (You're the) Devil in Disguise (1963)](https://everyuknumber1.com/2018/08/18/154-elvis-presley-with-the-jordanaires-youre-the-devil-in-disguise-1963/) - Singer Tasmin Archer - 3 August Disc jockey Gary King - 4 August ## Pages - [1982](https://everyuknumber1.com/archive/1980s/1982-2/) - Bucks Fizz - The Land of Make Believe Shakin’ Stevens - Oh Julie Kraftwerk - The Model/Computer Love The Jam - Town Called Malice/Precious Tight Fit - The Lion Sleeps Tonight Goombay Dance Band - Seven Tears Bucks Fizz - My Camera Never Lies Paul McCartney & Stevie Wonder - Ebony & Ivory Nicole - - [1980s](https://everyuknumber1.com/archive/1980s/) - 1980 1981 1982 - [1981](https://everyuknumber1.com/archive/1980s/1981-2/) - John Lennon - Imagine John Lennon - Woman Joe Dolce Music Theatre - Shaddap You Face Roxy Music - Jealous Guy Shakin’ Stevens - This Ole House Bucks Fizz - Making Your Mind Up Adam and the Ants - Stand and Deliver! Smokey Robinson - Being With You The Specials - Ghost Town Shakin’ Stevens - [1959](https://everyuknumber1.com/archive/1950s/1959-2/) - Jane Morgan - The Day the Rains Came Elvis Presley - I Got Stung/One Night Shirley Bassey with Wally Stott & His Orchestra - As I Love You The Platters - Smoke Gets In Your Eyes Russ Conway - Side Saddle Buddy Holly - It Doesn't Matter Anymore Elvis Presley with The Jordanaires - A - [1958](https://everyuknumber1.com/archive/1950s/1958-2/) - Jerry Lee Lewis - Great Balls of Fire Elvis Presley - Jailhouse Rock Michael Holliday - The Story of My Life Perry Como with Mitchell Ayres' Orchestra and The Ray Charles Singers - Magic Moments Marvin Rainwater - Whole Lotta Woman Connie Francis - Who's Sorry Now? Vic Damone - On the Street Where You - [1957](https://everyuknumber1.com/archive/1950s/1957-2/) - Guy Mitchell with Ray Connif & His Orchestra - Singing the Blues Tommy Steele & The Steelmen - Singing the Blues Frankie Vaughan - The Garden of Eden Tab Hunter with Billy Vaughn's Orchestra & Chorus - Young Love Lonnie Donegan & His Skiffle Group - Cumberland Gap Guy Mitchell with Jimmy Carroll - Rock-a-Billy - [1956](https://everyuknumber1.com/archive/1950s/1956-2/) - Tennessee Ernie Ford with Orchestra conducted by Jack Fascinato - Sixteen Tons Dean Martin - Memories Are Made of This The Dream Weavers - It's Almost Tomorrow Kay Starr with Hugo Winterhalter's Orchestra & Chorus - (The) Rock and Roll Waltz Winifred Atwell & Her 'Other' Piano - The Poor People of Paris Ronnie Hilton - [1955](https://everyuknumber1.com/archive/1950s/1955-2/) - Dickie Valentine with The Stargazers and Johnny Douglas & His Orchestra - Finger of Suspicion Rosemary Clooney with The Mellomen - Mambo Italiano Ruby Murray with Ray Martin & His Orchestra - Softly, Softly Tennessee Ernie Ford with Orchestra conducted by Billy May- Give Me Your Word Perez 'Prez' Prado & His Orchestra, The King - [1954](https://everyuknumber1.com/archive/1950s/1954-2/) - Eddie Calvert - Oh Mein Papa The Stargazers with Syd Dean & His Orchestra - I See the Moon Doris Day with Orchestra conducted by Ray Heindorf - Secret Love Johnnie Ray - Such a Night David Whitfield, with Chorus and Mantovani and His Orchestra - Cara Mia Kitty Kallen with Orchestra directed by Jack - [1953](https://everyuknumber1.com/archive/1950s/1953-2/) - Jo Stafford with Paul Weston & His Orchestra - You Belong to Me Kay Starr - Comes A-Long A-Love Eddie Fisher with Hugo Winterhalter's Orchestra & Chorus - Outside of Heaven Perry Como with the Ramblers - Don't Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes Guy Mitchell with Mitch Miller & His Orchestra & Chorus - [1950s](https://everyuknumber1.com/archive/1950s/) - 1952 1953 Every UK Number 1: The 50s Every UK Number 1: The 50s - Signed Paperback Every 50s Number 2 - [1952](https://everyuknumber1.com/archive/1950s/3447-2/) - Al Martino – Here in My Heart - [1980](https://everyuknumber1.com/archive/1980s/1980-2/) - Pretenders - Brass in Pocket The Special A.K.A. Featuring Rico - Too Much Too Young - The Special A.K.A. Live! (EP) Kenny Rogers - Coward of the County Blondie - Atomic Fern Kinney - Together We Are Beautiful The Jam - Going Underground/The Dreams of Children The Detroit Spinners - Working My Way Back to - [1971](https://everyuknumber1.com/archive/1970s/1971-2/) - Clive Dunn - Grandad George Harrison - My Sweet Lord Mungo Jerry - Baby Jump T. Rex - Hot Love Dave and Ansil Collins - Double Barrel Dawn (Arranged by Norman Bergen) - Knock Three Times Middle of the Road - Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep T. Rex - Get It On Diana Ross - I’m - [About](https://everyuknumber1.com/about/) - I’m a Comms Officer for the NHS in East Yorkshire, and I’ve an obsession with music and pop culture. I often complain I have no free time, yet I've decided here to set myself the mammoth task of reviewing every single UK number one single, in order, starting all the way back at 1952. 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Ian Dury and The Blockheads - Hit Me with Your Rhythm Stick Blondie - Heart of Glass The Bee Gees - Tragedy Gloria Gaynor - I Will Survive Art Garfunkel - Bright Eyes Blondie - Sunday Girl Anita Bell - Ring My Bell Tubeway Army - Are ‘Friends’ Electric? The Boomtown - [1976](https://everyuknumber1.com/archive/1970s/1976-2/) - ABBA - Mamma Mia Slik - Forever and Ever The Four Seasons - December, 1963 (Oh, What a Night) Tina Charles - I Love to Love (But My Baby Loves to Dance) Brotherhood of Man - Save Your Kisses for Me ABBA - Fernando J.J. Barrie - No Charge The Wurzels - The Combine Harvester - [1975](https://everyuknumber1.com/archive/1970s/1975-2/) - Status Quo - Down Down The Tymes - M/s Grace Pilot - January Steve Harley and Cockney Rebel - Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me) Telly Savalas - If Bay City Rollers - Bye Bye Baby Mud - Oh Boy Tammy Wynette - Stand by Your Man Windsor Davies as B.S.M. Williams and - [1974](https://everyuknumber1.com/archive/1970s/1974-2/) - The New Seekers Featuring Lyn Paul - You Won't Find Another Fool Like Me Mud - Tiger Feet Suzi Quatro - Devil Gate Drive Alvin Stardust - Jealous Mind Paper Lace - Billy - Don’t Be a Hero Terry Jacks - Seasons in the Sun ABBA (Bjorn, Benny, Anna & Frida) - Waterloo The Rubettes - [Store](https://everyuknumber1.com/store/) ## Categories - [Uncategorized](https://everyuknumber1.com/category/uncategorized/) - [1952](https://everyuknumber1.com/category/1952/) - [1953](https://everyuknumber1.com/category/1953/) - [1954](https://everyuknumber1.com/category/1954/) - [1955](https://everyuknumber1.com/category/1955/) - [1956](https://everyuknumber1.com/category/1956/) - [1957](https://everyuknumber1.com/category/1957/) - [1958](https://everyuknumber1.com/category/1958/) - [1959](https://everyuknumber1.com/category/1959/) - [1963](https://everyuknumber1.com/category/1963/) - [1964](https://everyuknumber1.com/category/1964/) - 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