Chart dated: 21st July 1979
1. (1) Tubeway Army Are "Friends" Electric?
10. (13) The Dooleys Wanted
15. (NE) The Boomtown Rats I Don't Like Mondays
23. (48) Abba Angeleyes/Voulez-Vous
24. (24) The Knack My Sharona
35. (NE) Cliff Richard We Don't Talk Anymore
36. (31) Blondie Sunday Girl
48. (19) John Williams Cavatina (Original Soundtrack From "The Deer Hunter")
On 19/07/2020 12:27, Chris Brown wrote:
Chart dated: 21st July 1979
1.-a-a (1) Tubeway Army-a-a-a Are "Friends" Electric?
10. (13) The Dooleys-a-a-a Wanted
15. (NE) The Boomtown Rats-a-a-a I Don't Like Mondays
23. (48) Abba-a-a-a Angeleyes/Voulez-Vous
24. (24) The Knack-a-a-a My Sharona
35. (NE) Cliff Richard-a-a-a We Don't Talk Anymore
36. (31) Blondie-a-a-a Sunday Girl
48. (19) John Williams-a-a-a Cavatina (Original Soundtrack From "The Deer
Hunter")
Surprisingly few I remember.
On 20/07/2020 06:38, Vidcapper wrote:
On 19/07/2020 12:27, Chris Brown wrote:
Chart dated: 21st July 1979
Surprisingly few I remember.
I wouldn't want to miss out on mentioning the version songs, just in
case anyone cares:
On 19/07/2020 15:43, Robbie wrote:
Chart dated: 21st July 1979
I possibly mentioned this whenever you last posted this chart but 21
July 1979 was the day the family moved house. In a twist of fate and a
trip via a number of years in London I'm now living in the next street
to where we moved from 41 years ago. Talk about going full circle...
I've never lived outside North West London except when I was a student.
I barely knew even South London before I started working there (and obviously I haven't been there for a while).
3.-a-a (3) The Sex Pistols-a-a-a C'Mon Everybody
Talk about Flogging A Dead Horse. The brand really was getting watered
down now.
I know they made that part of the point, but who was buying this?
8.-a-a (5) Amii Stewart-a-a-a Light My Fire/137 Disco Heaven
I bought this from the bargain bin of my local record shop. Had it not
been 25p or whatever I doubt I would have bothered.
I hope it didn't have that awful edit that's on the Spotify version.
14. (17) Thom Pace-a-a-a Maybe
A rather sappy song from the TV programme "The Life And Times Of
Grizzly Adams".
It wasn't the same thing as Gentle Ben, was it?
22. (22) Donna Summer-a-a-a Bad Girls
Owned this too on 7". John Lydon gave this the thumbs down on his
Jukebox Jury appearance but I quite liked it.
I thought this would be up his street.
36. (31) Blondie-a-a-a Sunday Girl
A joint number 35 in fact.
How did they decide the order? Was it because Cliff was a new entry?
-a-a-a-aChris
On 26/07/2020 15:47, Chris Brown wrote:
On 19/07/2020 15:43, Robbie wrote:
Chart dated: 21st July 1979
I possibly mentioned this whenever you last posted this chart but 21
July 1979 was the day the family moved house. In a twist of fate and
a trip via a number of years in London I'm now living in the next
street to where we moved from 41 years ago. Talk about going full
circle...
I've never lived outside North West London except when I was a student.
I barely knew even South London before I started working there (and
obviously I haven't been there for a while).
Although I spent only a decade or so in London I rarely made it south of
the river unless it was for work related things such as a training
course or on secondment. I mostly lived, worked and socialised in north
west / west London and surrounding areas.
3.-a-a (3) The Sex Pistols-a-a-a C'Mon Everybody
Talk about Flogging A Dead Horse. The brand really was getting
watered down now.
I know they made that part of the point, but who was buying this?
I can't imagine it was the original fans of the band. Probably just
teens in general.
14. (17) Thom Pace-a-a-a Maybe
A rather sappy song from the TV programme "The Life And Times Of
Grizzly Adams".
It wasn't the same thing as Gentle Ben, was it?
I had to look up Gentle Ben. A 1960s programme from what I can see with
the titular Ben being a tame bear. Grizzly Adams was, according to IMDB
"An innocent fugitive from the law lives in the wilderness with a
grizzly bear companion and helps passers-by in the forest.". The bear
seems to have also been called Ben (real name: Bozo The Bear).
Grizzly
(the fugitive) was being chased by Bounty Hunters, always had to keep
one step ahead etc. I just recall the programme as an inoffensive
Saturday tea-time programme that followed Final Score. Other than that I don't actually remember much.
22. (22) Donna Summer-a-a-a Bad Girls
Owned this too on 7". John Lydon gave this the thumbs down on his
Jukebox Jury appearance but I quite liked it.
I thought this would be up his street.
His words were something like "that's not the Donna Summers I know, it's awful" or words to that effect.
36. (31) Blondie-a-a-a Sunday Girl
A joint number 35 in fact.
How did they decide the order? Was it because Cliff was a new entry?
From the limited amount of joint positions I can find to this point the higher placed record from the previous week was always listed first. I
don't know why it's different here.
On 26/07/2020 16:43, Robbie wrote:
22. (22) Donna Summer-a-a-a Bad Girls
Owned this too on 7". John Lydon gave this the thumbs down on his
Jukebox Jury appearance but I quite liked it.
I thought this would be up his street.
His words were something like "that's not the Donna Summers I know,
it's awful" or words to that effect.
I suppose I can see where he might be coming from.
-a-a-a-aChris
On 26/07/2020 15:47, Chris Brown wrote:
On 19/07/2020 15:43, Robbie wrote:
Chart dated: 21st July 1979
I possibly mentioned this whenever you last posted this chart but 21
July 1979 was the day the family moved house. In a twist of fate and
a trip via a number of years in London I'm now living in the next
street to where we moved from 41 years ago. Talk about going full
circle...
I've never lived outside North West London except when I was a student.
I barely knew even South London before I started working there (and
obviously I haven't been there for a while).
Although I spent only a decade or so in London I rarely made it south of
the river unless it was for work related things such as a training
course or on secondment. I mostly lived, worked and socialised in north
west / west London and surrounding areas.
3.-a-a (3) The Sex Pistols-a-a-a C'Mon Everybody
Talk about Flogging A Dead Horse. The brand really was getting
watered down now.
I know they made that part of the point, but who was buying this?
I can't imagine it was the original fans of the band. Probably just
teens in general.
14. (17) Thom Pace-a-a-a Maybe
A rather sappy song from the TV programme "The Life And Times Of
Grizzly Adams".
It wasn't the same thing as Gentle Ben, was it?
I had to look up Gentle Ben. A 1960s programme from what I can see with
the titular Ben being a tame bear. Grizzly Adams was, according to IMDB
"An innocent fugitive from the law lives in the wilderness with a
grizzly bear companion and helps passers-by in the forest.". The bear
seems to have also been called Ben (real name: Bozo The Bear).
Grizzly
(the fugitive) was being chased by Bounty Hunters, always had to keep
one step ahead etc. I just recall the programme as an inoffensive
Saturday tea-time programme that followed Final Score. Other than that I don't actually remember much.
22. (22) Donna Summer-a-a-a Bad Girls
Owned this too on 7". John Lydon gave this the thumbs down on his
Jukebox Jury appearance but I quite liked it.
I thought this would be up his street.
His words were something like "that's not the Donna Summers I know, it's awful" or words to that effect.
36. (31) Blondie-a-a-a Sunday Girl
A joint number 35 in fact.
How did they decide the order? Was it because Cliff was a new entry?
From the limited amount of joint positions I can find to this point the higher placed record from the previous week was always listed first. I
don't know why it's different here.
On 24/07/2020 22:07, Mark Goodge wrote:
That said, some of my all-time favourites are in here, as well as
several other all-time classics. Plus a few fillers, of course, and
bands either past their best or not yet at their peak.
And maybe a few who never had a peak?
I've seen two acts in this chart play live, stood next to the lead
singer of another at the urinals of a pub in Manchester
That seems an odd venue to play live but I suppose the acoustic would be >interesting.
and got the
autograph of the drummer of another at an agricultural show in
Warwickshire. Even more tenuously, the main songwriter of another act
once retweeted me.
I'm going to take that phrase as implying that it's an act whose main >songwriter is not the lead singer/frontperson.
9. (4) Squeeze Up The Junction
Another all time classic and another of my all time favourite songs. One
of the things I like about Squeeze is that neither Glenn Tilbrook nor
Chris Difford are particularly gifted vocalists; they can hold a tune
well enough but don't have a particularly wide range or vocal power.
Definitely true of Difford, as I'm sure he'd acknowledge, but whilst >Tilbrook's vocals aren't showy he can (or at least could 41 years ago)
sing remarkably high, which isn't always obvious until you try to sing >along.
So
their songs are written to suit their abilities, which in turn makes
them easy to sing along to as any reasonably competant singer can
perform them. This is one of the few songs that I'm confident of doing
justice to on a karaoke machine, for that reason.
Karaoke isn't my scene.
15. (NE) The Boomtown Rats I Don't Like Mondays
Very controversial at the time due to its subject matter. The picture
sleeve of the single had a 1979 calendar on the back with every Monday
replaced by a bullet hole.
I'm not sure whether that's brilliant or terrible. Or both.
24. (24) The Knack My Sharona
Good song. A bit retro at the time, but it worked.
Interesting point that, it's talked about as a New Wave era track but
it's obviously harking back to mid-60s rock (as was a lot of that stuff,
of course).
I've always found it a bit seedy.
26. (42) UK Subs Stranglehold
Not all punk was great.
Indeed not.
27. (9) Quantum Jump The Lone Ranger
Amusing novelty single. I may do it an injustice by calling it novelty,
as it was a pretty good song.
I suppose that depends whether you think "novelty" records a re
necessarily bad.
Apparently this is atypical of the band's work.
28. (33) Siouxsie & The Banshees Playground Twist
Slightly strange song.
But not in a particularly interesting way.
29. (NE) David Bowie DJ
Almost forgotten, now. At the time, seen as yet more evidence that Bowie
was past his peak, having only reached the top ten once in three years
and coming nowhere near it with this.
Twice, surely? 'Sound And Vision' and 'Boys Keep Swinging'.
But of course that was only happening in the UK, his career had crashed
in the US.
Just over a year later, he would
release 'Ashes to Ashes',
As the follow-up to 'Alabama Song' of all things.
and nobody ever dismissed him again.
Well, not until Tin Machine, anyway.
36. (31) Blondie Sunday Girl
Great song. Apparently the band were unsure about releasing this as a
single, because they didn't think it was strong enough. How wrong they
were.
I suppose it wasn't entirely common practice to release a fourth single
from the album in those days.
41. (29) Roxy Music Dance Away
Classic song. One of my favourites at the time.
Not exactly my favourite, because I'm not that keen on Bryan Ferry, but
I can see it's got a lot of atmosphere.
48. (19) John Williams Cavatina (Original Soundtrack From "The Deer Hunter")
Bit of a left field chart hit. But a good tune.
Apparently the film is awful.
59. (37) The Shadows Theme From "The Deer Hunter" (Cavatina)
Bit of a left field chart hit. But a good tune.
I'm not sure they needed to do this as they were in competition with the >actual film.
71. (NE) Electric Light Orchestra The Diary of Horace Wimp
This was another hit that came out of nowhere. It wasn't originally
slated for a single release, but fan reaction prompted the record label
to release it.
What kind of evil did the fans perpetrate to deserve this?
On 24/07/2020 22:07, Mark Goodge wrote:
32. (10) Anita Ward-a-a-a Ring My Bell
Very much of its time.
Hello syndrums!
-a-a-a-aChris
On Fri, 31 Jul 2020 19:34:25 +0100, Chris Brown <extreme_rice@yahoo.com> wrote:
24. (24) The Knack My Sharona
Good song. A bit retro at the time, but it worked.
Interesting point that, it's talked about as a New Wave era track but
it's obviously harking back to mid-60s rock (as was a lot of that stuff,
of course).
I've always found it a bit seedy.
Well, I suppose lines like "I always get it up for the touch of the
younger kind" are not something you'd want to be innocently singing
along to these days if you're an MP. Although apparently the Sharona in question was actually the lead singer's girlfriend, so maybe that makes
it OK.
Mark
On 31/07/2020 22:46, Mark Goodge wrote:
On Fri, 31 Jul 2020 19:34:25 +0100, Chris Brown <extreme_rice@yahoo.com>
wrote:
24. (24) The Knack My Sharona
Good song. A bit retro at the time, but it worked.
Interesting point that, it's talked about as a New Wave era track but
it's obviously harking back to mid-60s rock (as was a lot of that stuff, >>> of course).
I've always found it a bit seedy.
Well, I suppose lines like "I always get it up for the touch of the
younger kind" are not something you'd want to be innocently singing
along to these days if you're an MP. Although apparently the Sharona in
question was actually the lead singer's girlfriend, so maybe that makes
it OK.
Although even that could be seen as being a bit creepy as when Doug
Fiege wrote the song he was 26 and Sharona (who was actually dating
someone else at the time and had yet to become Doug's girlfriend) had
just turned 17.
On 31/07/2020 19:34, Chris Brown wrote:
On 24/07/2020 22:07, Mark Goodge wrote:
32. (10) Anita Ward-a-a-a Ring My Bell
Very much of its time.
Hello syndrums!
I forgot to mention when I was doing my comments that this drop (10 to
32) was one of the biggest, maybe the biggest, fall from the top 10 in
the 1970s (I can't think of a bigger drop). Prior to this massive fall
the single had made a normal descent from the top 1-2-4-10 then this.
After this the record took a further month to fall off the top 75. I
wonder what caused the record to drop so quick in just one week?
On Fri, 31 Jul 2020 23:01:33 +0100, Robbie <ngrobbieuk@hotmail.com>
wrote:
On 31/07/2020 22:46, Mark Goodge wrote:
On Fri, 31 Jul 2020 19:34:25 +0100, Chris Brown <extreme_rice@yahoo.com> >>> wrote:
24. (24) The Knack My Sharona
Good song. A bit retro at the time, but it worked.
Interesting point that, it's talked about as a New Wave era track but
it's obviously harking back to mid-60s rock (as was a lot of that stuff, >>>> of course).
I've always found it a bit seedy.
Well, I suppose lines like "I always get it up for the touch of the
younger kind" are not something you'd want to be innocently singing
along to these days if you're an MP. Although apparently the Sharona in
question was actually the lead singer's girlfriend, so maybe that makes
it OK.
Although even that could be seen as being a bit creepy as when Doug
Fiege wrote the song he was 26 and Sharona (who was actually dating
someone else at the time and had yet to become Doug's girlfriend) had
just turned 17.
She did pose for the picture sleeve of the single, though, so presumably
she was OK with it.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Sharona#/media/File:MySharonaCover.jpg
Chart dated: 21st July 1979
1.-a-a (1) Tubeway Army-a-a-a Are "Friends" Electric?
2.-a-a (2) Janet Kay-a-a-a Silly Games
4.-a (21) Dave Edmunds-a-a-a Girls Talk
9.-a-a (4) Squeeze-a-a-a Up The Junction
10. (13) The Dooleys-a-a-a Wanted
15. (NE) The Boomtown Rats-a-a-a I Don't Like Mondays
32. (10) Anita Ward-a-a-a Ring My Bell
33. (58) Judie Tzuke-a-a-a Stay With Me Till Dawn
36. (31) Blondie-a-a-a Sunday Girl
52. (39) McFadden And Whitehead-a-a-a Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now
1979 was the last year of my favourite era (1976 - 1982) and my interest would slowly decline from the start of 1980.
Some great tracks here, with some amazing memories.
Chart dated: 21st July 1979
1.-a-a (1) Tubeway Army-a-a-a Are "Friends" Electric?
Not a fan I'm afraid.
4.-a (21) Dave Edmunds-a-a-a Girls Talk
Another great record. Written by Elvis Costello.
9.-a-a (4) Squeeze-a-a-a Up The Junction
My favourite Squeeze record, absolutely love the lyrics. Loosely based
on the film of the same name.-a The film was recently shown on TV, and I made a point of watching it, but gave up about a quarter of the way
through, as I found it a bit boring.
10. (13) The Dooleys-a-a-a Wanted
Their strongest hit, which I really enjoyed.
15. (NE) The Boomtown Rats-a-a-a I Don't Like Mondays
Although not as good as Rat Trap, it was still a great record and based
on a real life event.
36. (31) Blondie-a-a-a Sunday Girl
I was a massive fan of Blondie at the time and I think this is my all
time favourite record of theirs. The B side is a french version, which I preferred for some reason. Remember playing it to death one day in a pub
and the barmaid said, it's a good song, but do we have to hear it over
and over?
52. (39) McFadden And Whitehead-a-a-a Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now
My local radio station is soon to become Greatest Hits Radio and the playlist has moved over to all oldies.-a I've heard this song a couple of times on there since.
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