• This old chart from 1988 might be missing a beat

    From Chris Brown@extreme_rice@yahoo.com to uk.music.charts on Sun Apr 18 16:56:46 2021
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    Took me so long to type this up IrCOm now too tired to say much about it. https://open.spotify.com/user/nowthats/playlist/13YRn7QC99hAKQZvM17CTz?si=8uDrN2mFQZed-cZisJH2eQ
    https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdiUvgvgpgNoaE1aKZH4y-Efli-es8aqz
    Chart dated: 23rd April 1988
    1. (1) Pet Shop Boys - Heart
    2. (3) Climie Fisher - Love Changes (Everything)
    3. (25) S-Express - Theme From S-Express
    4. (5) Fleetwood Mac - Everywhere
    5. (11) Natalie Cole - Pink Cadillac
    6. (9) Hazell Dean - WhorCOs Leaving Who?
    7. (14) Bananarama - I Want You Back
    8. (13) Pebbles - Girlfriend
    9. (2) Bros - Drop The Boy
    10. (31) The Jackson 5 - I Want You Back rCy88
    11. (8) Taylor Dayne - Prove Your Love
    12. (4) Tiffany - CouldrCOve Been
    13. (15) Jellybean ft Adele Bertei - Just A Mirage
    14. (NE) George Michael - One More Try
    15. (35) Danny Wilson - MaryrCOs Prayer
    16. (12) Glen Goldsmith - Dreaming
    17. (22) Jermaine Stewart - Get Lucky
    18. (7) Eighth Wonder - IrCOm Not Scared
    19. (29) Pat And Mick - LetrCOs All Chant
    20. (6) Sinitta - Cross My Broken Heart
    21. (34) Will Downing - A Love Supreme
    22. (10) Aswad - DonrCOt Turn Around
    23. (20) Def Leppard - Armageddon It
    24. (39) Patrick Swayze ft Wendy Fraser - SherCOs Like The Wind
    25. (NE) James Brown - The Payback Mix part 1
    26. (28) Brenda Russell - Piano In The Dark
    27. (16) Debbie Gibson - Only In My Dreams
    28. (26) Eurythmics - I Need A Man
    29. (23) TrCOPau - Sex Talk (Live)
    30. (40) All About Eve - Every Angel
    31. (19) Wet Wet Wet - Temptation
    32. (17) A-ha - Stay On These Roads
    33. (52) Luther Vandross - I Gave It Up (When I Fell In Love)
    34. (18) Iron Maiden - Can I Play With Madness
    35. (59) Fairground Attraction - Perfect
    36. (NE) The Mission - Beyond The Pale
    37. (21) Kylie Minogue - I Should Be So Lucky
    38. (46) Deacon Blue - When Will You (Make My Telephone Ring) {1988 reissue} 39. (49) Rob Base And DJ E-Z Rock - It Takes Two
    40. (27) AC/DC - ThatrCOs The Way I Wanna Rock NrCO Roll
    41. (51) The Adventures - Broken Land
    42. (24) Status Quo - AinrCOt Complaining
    43. (30) The Jesus And Mary Chain - Sidewalking
    44. (NE) Joyce Sims - Walk Away
    45. (57) Transvision Vamp - Tell That Girl To Shut Up
    46. (NE) Narada - Divine Emotions
    47. (NE) The Housemartins - There Is Always Something There To Remind Me
    48. (32) Heart - Never/These Dreams
    49. (NE) Rush - Prime Mover
    50. (47) Cher - We All Sleep Alone
    51. (43) Salt-N-Pepa - Push It/Tramp
    52. (33) Whitney Houston - Where Do Broken Hearts Go
    53. (66) Thomas Dolby - Airhead
    54. (62) Al B Sure! - Nite And Day
    55. (36) Simon Harris - Bass (How Low Can You Go)
    56. (65) Sugarcubes - Deus
    57. (38) The Primitives - Crash
    58. (68) The Kane Gang - DonrCOt Look Any Further
    59. (NE) Lloyd Cole & The Commotions - From The Hip EP
    [From The Hip (remix); Lonely Mile; Love Your Wife; Please]
    60. (55) Neal Hefti - Batman Theme
    61. (78) Midnight Oil - Beds Are Burning
    62. (74) Louis Armstrong - What A Wonderful World
    63. (50) Alice Cooper - Freedom
    64. (NE) Judas Priest - Johnny B. Goode
    65. (41) Belinda Carlisle - I Get Weak
    66. (NE) The Christians - Born Again
    67. (80) Penthouse 4 - Bust This House Down
    68. (37) Keith Sweat - I Want Her
    69. (61) The Men They CouldnrCOt Hang - The Colours
    70. (76) Heartbeat - The Winner
    71. (NE) Aztec Camera - Somewhere In My Heart
    72. (54) Paul Hardcastle - Walk In The Night
    73. (69) Aerosmith - Angel
    74. (48) Erasure - Ship Of Fools
    75. (42) Rick Astley - Together Forever
    76. (81) Habit - Lucy
    77. (NE) Gregg Diamond & Bionic Boogie - Hot Butterfly
    77. (NE) Prefab Sprout - The King Of Rock NrCO Roll
    79. (75) Kingdom Come - Get It On
    80. (NE) Powerhouse - On The Floor
    81. (73) DTI - Keep This Frequency Clear
    82. (70) Sting - Fragile
    83. (60) Cappella - Push The Beat - Bauhaus
    84. (NE) Star Turn On 45 (Pints) - Pump Up The Bitter
    85. (98) Alan Price - Changes
    86. (93) Cardiacs - Is This The Life
    87. (NE) Well Red - MFSB
    88. (83) Big Trouble - When The Love Is Good
    89. (NE) Daryl Hall And John Oates - Everything Your Heart Desires
    90. (Re) The Clash - I Fought The Law {1988 reissue}
    91. (89) Julia Fordham - The Comfort Of Strangers
    92. (88) Scott Fitzgerald - Go
    93. (84) Taurus Boyz - YourCOre The One
    94. (NE) Mac Thornhill - WhorCOs Gonna Ease The Pressure
    95. (NE) The Macc Lads - Pie Taster
    96. (79) Gwen Guthrie - CanrCOt Love You Tonight
    97. (NE) Loverboy - Break It To Me Gently
    98. (92) James - What For
    99. (87) T-Cut-F - House Reaction
    100(NE) Eddie Cochran - SomethinrCO Else {1988 reissue}
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  • From Vidcapper@vidcapper1@yahoo.co.uk to uk.music.charts on Mon Apr 19 06:43:42 2021
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    On 19/04/2021 00:56, Chris Brown wrote:

    Took me so long to type this up IrCOm now too tired to say much about it.

    You do realise that ukmix has an archive of all UK charts already? :)

    Chart dated: 23rd April 1988

    4. (5) Fleetwood Mac - Everywhere

    28. (26) Eurythmics - I Need A Man

    37. (21) Kylie Minogue - I Should Be So Lucky

    62. (74) Louis Armstrong - What A Wonderful World


    Expected to know more from a 1988 chart...
    --

    Paul Hyett, Cheltenham
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  • From Chris Brown@extreme_rice@yahoo.com to uk.music.charts on Mon Apr 19 15:01:59 2021
    From Newsgroup: uk.music.charts

    On Monday, April 19, 2021 at 6:43:48 AM UTC+1, vidcapper wrote:
    On 19/04/2021 00:56, Chris Brown wrote:

    Took me so long to type this up IrCOm now too tired to say much about it.
    You do realise that ukmix has an archive of all UK charts already? :)
    Yes, but thererCOs no way to change formatting without retyping it all.
    The main problem was that I was typing into the iPad so I had to use the shift key every time there was a number.
    Chart dated: 23rd April 1988

    4. (5) Fleetwood Mac - Everywhere
    28. (26) Eurythmics - I Need A Man
    37. (21) Kylie Minogue - I Should Be So Lucky
    62. (74) Louis Armstrong - What A Wonderful World
    Expected to know more from a 1988 chart...
    ThatrCOs most of the likely ones, except maybe the Jackson 5.
    I was slightly surprised to hear a track in the Top 20 that didnrCOt sound familiar (though IrCOd certainly heard of it).
    Chris
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  • From James Heaton@heatonandmoore@gmail.com.invalid to uk.music.charts on Mon Apr 19 22:03:34 2021
    From Newsgroup: uk.music.charts


    "Chris Brown" <extreme_rice@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:13522dab-1677-463e-bf6f-a664a2124db7n@googlegroups.com...
    Took me so long to type this up IrCOm now too tired to say much about it.

    https://open.spotify.com/user/nowthats/playlist/13YRn7QC99hAKQZvM17CTz?si=8uDrN2mFQZed-cZisJH2eQ

    https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdiUvgvgpgNoaE1aKZH4y-Efli-es8aqz

    Chart dated: 23rd April 1988

    9. (2) Bros - Drop The Boy

    Not their best but sold by the sackful

    15. (35) Danny Wilson - MaryrCOs Prayer

    Felt they deserved more success than they had

    18. (7) Eighth Wonder - IrCOm Not Scared

    Patsy Kensit?

    19. (29) Pat And Mick - LetrCOs All Chant

    Pretty mystifying hit to anyone outside Capital's reception area.

    35. (59) Fairground Attraction - Perfect

    Probably the only song in this chart with a guitarron. Hell, probably the only group this year to use it!

    38. (46) Deacon Blue - When Will You (Make My Telephone Ring) {1988
    reissue}

    Are we before or after Real Gone Kid at this point? Love their early stuff, lyrically very clever and descriptive, like Bogey with his sunblest bag with lunch in.

    61. (78) Midnight Oil - Beds Are Burning

    I think this was eventually a decent hit the next year

    77. (NE) Prefab Sprout - The King Of Rock NrCO Roll

    Moderate summer hit and still gets a lot of airplay

    84. (NE) Star Turn On 45 (Pints) - Pump Up The Bitter

    Pretty dreadful parody

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  • From Chris Brown@extreme_rice@yahoo.com to uk.music.charts on Fri Apr 23 16:48:10 2021
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    On Tuesday, April 20, 2021 at 12:52:05 PM UTC+1, James Heaton wrote:
    "Chris Brown" <extrem...@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:13522dab-1677-463e...@googlegroups.com...
    Took me so long to type this up IrCOm now too tired to say much about it.

    https://open.spotify.com/user/nowthats/playlist/13YRn7QC99hAKQZvM17CTz?si=8uDrN2mFQZed-cZisJH2eQ

    https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdiUvgvgpgNoaE1aKZH4y-Efli-es8aqz

    Chart dated: 23rd April 1988
    9. (2) Bros - Drop The Boy
    Not their best but sold by the sackful
    I enjoyed it more than I expected, ridiculous as it is.
    15. (35) Danny Wilson - MaryrCOs Prayer
    Felt they deserved more success than they had
    Yeah, this song is somewhat overplayed but their others are ignored.
    18. (7) Eighth Wonder - IrCOm Not Scared
    Patsy Kensit?
    Yep.
    19. (29) Pat And Mick - LetrCOs All Chant
    Pretty mystifying hit to anyone outside Capital's reception area.
    YourCOd think, although they did manage to get singles into the Top 40 when Radio 1 DJs doing records for Children In Need couldnrCOt. Eventually they even managed to make the US chart.
    35. (59) Fairground Attraction - Perfect
    Probably the only song in this chart with a guitarron. Hell, probably the only group this year to use it!
    Probably the only hit act, even with a bit of a roots rock revival at the time.
    38. (46) Deacon Blue - When Will You (Make My Telephone Ring) {1988 reissue}
    Are we before or after Real Gone Kid at this point?
    Before. They may have recorded it by now but it wasnrCOt released until October.
    Love their early stuff,
    lyrically very clever and descriptive, like Bogey with his sunblest bag with lunch in.
    The production seems of its time now, but the early songs are mostly good.
    61. (78) Midnight Oil - Beds Are Burning
    I think this was eventually a decent hit the next year
    Yep, so thatrCOs probably when I remember it from.
    77. (NE) Prefab Sprout - The King Of Rock NrCO Roll
    Moderate summer hit and still gets a lot of airplay
    A song which is possibly about a one-hit wonder becomes their only Top 20 single.
    84. (NE) Star Turn On 45 (Pints) - Pump Up The Bitter
    Pretty dreadful parody
    I think I have just the right level of distance to enjoy it. I do at least appreciate it when a bit of thought goes into a parody.
    Chris
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