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Post by admin on Feb 21, 2022 22:34:26 GMT
22 Feb 1992 Shakespears Sister started an eight-week run at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Stay'. The duo was made up of ex Bananarama member Siobhan Fahey and singer Marcella Detroit (who co-wrote 'Lay Down Sally' with Eric Clapton). One of the longest running UK No.1's in chart history and the longest by an all-female act.
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Post by admin on Feb 21, 2022 23:06:04 GMT
22 Feb 2001 Winners at the 43rd Grammy Awards included U2, record of the year and song of the year with 'Beautiful Day',
I was going to put that I seem to recall this being played on the big screens at Cardiff prior to Ryan Sullivan winning the "B" final? But at 2h 43 of the meeting video you can hear it. I'd forgotten the bloody constant hum from Australia v Pakistan at Sophia Gardens (Millard mentions the cricket).
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Post by admin on Feb 21, 2022 23:26:11 GMT
born 22 Feb 1953 English actor Nigel Planer, (who played Neil in the BBC comedy The Young Ones) and had the 1984 UK No.2 single with his version of the 1967 hit for Traffic, 'Hole In My Shoe'.
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Post by admin on Feb 24, 2022 21:24:59 GMT
24 Feb 1982 Winners at the Grammy Awards included John & Yoko Album of the year with 'Double Fantasy, Kim Carnes for Song of the year with 'Bette Davis Eyes', Quincy Jones won producer of the year and Sheena Easton best new act.
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Post by admin on Feb 24, 2022 21:37:38 GMT
born 24 Feb 1948 Dennis Waterman, British singer, actor who had the1980 UK No.3 single with the theme from UK TV show 'Minder', 'I Could Be So Good For You'.
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Post by admin on Feb 24, 2022 21:46:18 GMT
25 Feb 1977 The Jam signed to Polydor Records UK for £6,000 ($10,200). They went on to have 18 consecutive Top 40 singles in the UK, from their debut in 1977 to their break-up in December 1982, including four No.1 hits. As of 2007, 'That's Entertainment' and 'Just Who Is the 5 O'Clock Hero?' remained the best-selling import singles of all time in the UK.
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Post by admin on Feb 24, 2022 21:48:18 GMT
25 Feb 1984 'Jump', by Van Halen started a five-week run at No.1 on the US singles chart, (a No.7 hit in the UK). Singer David Lee Roth wrote the lyrics after seeing a television news report about a man who was threatening to commit suicide by jumping off a high building. Roth thought that one of the onlookers of such a scene would probably shout "go ahead and jump".
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Post by admin on Feb 24, 2022 21:52:35 GMT
25 Feb 1989 Simple Minds were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Belfast Child.' At 6 minutes 39 seconds it became the second-longest running No.1 after The Beatles ‘Hey Jude’.
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Post by admin on Feb 24, 2022 21:57:44 GMT
25 Feb 2019 Mark Hollis, English musician and singer-songwriter died age 64. He achieved commercial success and critical acclaim in the 1980s and 1990s as the co-founder, lead singer and principal songwriter of the band Talk Talk. Hollis wrote or co-wrote most of Talk Talk's music, including hits like 'It's My Life' (1984) and 'Life's What You Make It' (1986).
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Post by Hodgy on Feb 25, 2022 11:00:52 GMT
24 Feb 1982 Winners at the Grammy Awards included John & Yoko Album of the year with 'Double Fantasy, Kim Carnes for Song of the year with 'Bette Davis Eyes', Quincy Jones won producer of the year and Sheena Easton best new act. b0252 ‘Bette Davis’s Eyes’. A real classic, great song. b0252 As you may have guessed, Sheena most definitely on the Hodgy list
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Post by admin on Feb 25, 2022 22:08:18 GMT
26 Feb 2011 It was announced that Queen's We Will Rock You was still the most-played song at US sporting events, according to a new survey from BMI, the royalty-distribution service. According to its data, based off of MLB, NFL and NHL games in 2009-2010, We Will Rock You was the No.1 song overall, as well as for the NFL specifically.
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Post by admin on Feb 26, 2022 22:35:31 GMT
27 Feb 1988 George Michael scored his sixth No.1 US single with 'Father Figure' a No. 11 hit in the UK - the first time Michael had failed to reach the top ten in his home country. - Jeez, how did that not make the top ten - best Freddy Mercury cover you'll ever see.
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Post by admin on Feb 26, 2022 22:43:57 GMT
born 27 Feb 1951 English singer and songwriter Steve Harley best known as the frontman with Cockney Rebel who had the 1975 UK No.1 single 'Make Me Smile, (Come Up And See Me') as well as hits with 'Mr Soft' and 'Judy Teen'. Harley has released over five solo albums and has also worked as a radio presenter.
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Post by admin on Feb 26, 2022 22:59:21 GMT
born 27 Feb 1960 Johnny Roy Van Zant, American musician and the current lead vocalist of Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd. He is the younger brother of the late Lynyrd Skynyrd co-founder and former lead vocalist Ronnie Van Zant and of the 38 Special founder Donnie Van Zant.
- Ronnie Van Zant died on October 20, 1977 in a plane carrying the band between shows from Greenville, South Carolina, to Baton Rouge, Louisiana when it ran out of fuel outside Gillsburg, Mississippi.
- Johnny Roy Van Zant
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Post by admin on Feb 26, 2022 23:04:19 GMT
born 27 Feb 1960 Paul Humphreys, keyboards and vocals with Liverpool duo Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark who released their debut single, 'Electricity, in 1979, and gained popularity throughout Europe with the 1980 anti-war song 'Enola Gay'.
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Post by Hodgy on Feb 27, 2022 11:10:45 GMT
27 Feb 1988 George Michael scored his sixth No.1 US single with 'Father Figure' a No. 11 hit in the UK - the first time Michael had failed to reach the top ten in his home country. - Jeez, how did that not make the top ten - best Freddy Mercury cover you'll ever see. George Michael was such a talent. I went one of his concerts at Earls Court, might have been his last ever. Tragic waste of life - he sadly had his demons. Have to agree, how did ‘Father Figure’ not make the top 10. Great tune.
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Post by admin on Feb 27, 2022 16:18:54 GMT
George Michael was such a talent. I went one of his concerts at Earls Court, might have been his last ever. Tragic waste of life - he sadly had his demons. Have to agree, how did ‘Father Figure’ not make the top 10. Great tune. Was a reasonably decent 10 at the time but FF was better than most, if not all, of these: 10. Tiffany – “I Think We’re Alone Now” Former chart topper Tiffany is down five places in her seventh week inside the UK top ten, one of two females artists on this week chart who can claim both a UK and a US chart topping single recently. 9. Coldcut featuring Yazz and The Plastic Population – “Doctorin’ The House” One of last week’s joint highest climbers came from Coldcut with Yazz and her gang with their equally collective debut single, that rises one more place seven days on. 8. Eddy Grant – “Gimme Hope Jo’anna” While Eddy Grant freezes this week with his first top ten entry for five years, moving absolutely nowhere at all. 7. Vanessa Paradis – “Joe Le Taxi” Last week’s other highest climber came from France’s Vanessa Paradis with her former eleven week chart topper there, that’s up seven this week and into the UK top ten, surely now a big contender for a British number one…? 6. Taylor Dayne – “Tell It To My Heart” Sliding slowly downwards is Taylor Dayne, two places for her this week, with her debut hit that’s been much bigger here than it was in her home country. 5. Morrissey – “Suedehead” Last week’s highest new entry saw former Smith’s leading man Morrissey make his chart debut with his first solo single, which is up one this week and into the top five. 4. Rick Astley – “Together Forever” Rick Astley was the second of last week’s two top ten entries with the fourth single to come from his debut album “Whenever You Need Somebody“. He goes up five places and into the top five, his fourth consecutive out of four singles released. 3. Billy Ocean – “Get Outta My Dreams, Get Into My Car” Billy Ocean gets a non-mover this week with his biggest UK chart single since “When The Going Gets Tough, The Tough Get Going”, over two years ago. 2. Bomb The Bass – “Beat Dis” And so is DJ and producer Tim Simenon (Bomb The Bass), with his debut single not moving a muscle at all this week. 1. Kylie Minogue – “I Should Be So Lucky” Which means the 19 year old actress from down under remains on top for a third week with her debut single also. Can Kylie Minogue make it a fourth in a row or can Bomb The Bass, Billy, Rick or someone else stop her? There’s only one way to find out…
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Post by Hodgy on Feb 27, 2022 17:29:05 GMT
George Michael was such a talent. I went one of his concerts at Earls Court, might have been his last ever. Tragic waste of life - he sadly had his demons. Have to agree, how did ‘Father Figure’ not make the top 10. Great tune. Was a reasonably decent 10 at the time but FF was better than most, if not all, of these: 10. Tiffany – “I Think We’re Alone Now” Former chart topper Tiffany is down five places in her seventh week inside the UK top ten, one of two females artists on this week chart who can claim both a UK and a US chart topping single recently. 9. Coldcut featuring Yazz and The Plastic Population – “Doctorin’ The House” One of last week’s joint highest climbers came from Coldcut with Yazz and her gang with their equally collective debut single, that rises one more place seven days on. 8. Eddy Grant – “Gimme Hope Jo’anna” While Eddy Grant freezes this week with his first top ten entry for five years, moving absolutely nowhere at all. 7. Vanessa Paradis – “Joe Le Taxi” Last week’s other highest climber came from France’s Vanessa Paradis with her former eleven week chart topper there, that’s up seven this week and into the UK top ten, surely now a big contender for a British number one…? 6. Taylor Dayne – “Tell It To My Heart” Sliding slowly downwards is Taylor Dayne, two places for her this week, with her debut hit that’s been much bigger here than it was in her home country. 5. Morrissey – “Suedehead” Last week’s highest new entry saw former Smith’s leading man Morrissey make his chart debut with his first solo single, which is up one this week and into the top five. 4. Rick Astley – “Together Forever” Rick Astley was the second of last week’s two top ten entries with the fourth single to come from his debut album “Whenever You Need Somebody“. He goes up five places and into the top five, his fourth consecutive out of four singles released. 3. Billy Ocean – “Get Outta My Dreams, Get Into My Car” Billy Ocean gets a non-mover this week with his biggest UK chart single since “When The Going Gets Tough, The Tough Get Going”, over two years ago. 2. Bomb The Bass – “Beat Dis” And so is DJ and producer Tim Simenon (Bomb The Bass), with his debut single not moving a muscle at all this week. 1. Kylie Minogue – “I Should Be So Lucky” Which means the 19 year old actress from down under remains on top for a third week with her debut single also. Can Kylie Minogue make it a fourth in a row or can Bomb The Bass, Billy, Rick or someone else stop her? There’s only one way to find out… OMG! That is a shocking top ten. FF was on another level.
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Post by admin on Feb 27, 2022 22:00:09 GMT
28 Feb 1970 Simon and Garfunkel started a six week run at the top of the US singles chart with 'Bridge Over Troubled Water', also No.1 in the UK in March the same year. It became one of the most performed songs of the twentieth century, with over 50 artists, among them Elvis Presley and Aretha Franklin, covering the song.
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Post by admin on Feb 27, 2022 22:12:56 GMT
28 Feb 1983 U2 released their third studio album War. Produced by Steve Lillywhite, the album has come to be regarded as U2's first overtly political album, in part because of songs like 'Sunday Bloody Sunday' and 'New Year's Day.' War became the band's first No.1 album in the UK (knocking Michael Jackson's Thriller from the top of the charts). The boy on the cover of the album is Peter Rowen (the brother of Bono's friend, Guggi from The Virgin Prunes).
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Post by admin on Feb 27, 2022 22:20:29 GMT
28 Feb 1986 George Michael announced that Wham! would officially split during the summer. Wham became one of the most successful pop acts of the 1980s, selling more than 30 million records worldwide from 1982 to 1986. The singles 'Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go', 'Everything She Wants' and 'Careless Whisper', all topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the US.
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Post by admin on Feb 27, 2022 22:25:46 GMT
born 28 Feb 1994 English singer and songwriter Jake Bugg, (born Jake Edwin Kennedy). His self-titled debut album, largely co-written with songwriters Iain Archer, Matt Prime and Crispin Hunt, was released in late 2012 and reached No.1 on the UK Albums Chart. Memories of Kenneth Bjerre (or 3, 3, 2, 1, 0 when it mattered as he was affectionately known)
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Post by admin on Feb 28, 2022 23:36:20 GMT
born 1 Mar 1944 English singer and actor Roger Daltrey, The Who. They scored the 1965 UK No.2 single My Generation plus over 20 other UK hit singles, 16 US Top 40 singles, and the rock opera albums Tommy and Quadrophenia. Daltrey had the 1973 solo UK No.5 single 'Giving It All Away'. The Who are considered one of the most influential rock bands of the 20th century, selling over 100 million records worldwide. He and Pete Townshend received Kennedy Center Honors in 2008 and The George and Ira Gershwin Award for Lifetime Musical Achievement at UCLA in 2016.
- I've got this!
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Post by admin on Feb 28, 2022 23:51:42 GMT
born 1 Mar 1958 Nik Kershaw, English singer, songwriter, producer, who had the 1984 solo UK No.2 single 'I Won't Let The Sun Go Down On Me', as well as hits with 'Wouldn't It Be Good', 'Human Racing', 'The Riddle' and 'Don Quixote'. Kershaw appeared at the Live Aid in 1985 and has also penned a number of hits for other artists, including a UK No.1 single in 1991 for Chesney Hawkes, 'The One and Only'. - The very best? That's it isn't it
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Post by admin on Feb 28, 2022 23:55:31 GMT
born 1 Mar 1987 Kesha Rose Sebert, (Kesha), 2009 US No.1 single with Flo Rida, ‘Right Round’, solo US No.1 single ‘Tik Tok’. Her third studio album Rainbow went to No.1 on the US chart in 2017.
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