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Jason Maloney reviews
V o l u m e # 1 7 |
Beatles protege Mary Hopkin, the first signing to the band's Apple label, had just spent three weeks at #2 with Goodbye. Initially, it was Desmond Dekker & The Aces' The Israelites which denied it top billing. Goodbye now dropped to #5 - swapping places with My Sentimental Friend by Herman's Hermits, while The Israelites was still in the top 10, falling gently from #6 to #8. |
At #6 was the single which continues to hold the title for most weeks on the UK chart of all-time. My Way by Frank Sinatra, up 3 places from #9, would soon peak at #5 but eventually registered an incredible 124 appearances on the chart before bowing out. Not averse to holding a few longevity records of their own, Simon & Garfunkel's latest opus The Boxer was climbing from #15 to #9. Throughout the first half of the 1970s, their Greatest Hits set would dominate the UK album chart while Bridge Over Troubled Water clocked up in excess of 300 weeks on the Top 100. |
Classics-in-the-making included I Heard It Through The Grapevine by Marvin Gaye (still charting after 14 weeks), Smokey Robinson & The Miracles' Tracks Of My Tears (advancing to #30 on its second week; it would ultimately reach the Top 10), and Jackie Wilson's Your Love Keeps Lifting Me Higher And Higher (new at #39). Harlem Shuffle, at #13 and on its way down the chart for Bob and Earl, would return to the top 40 in 1986 thanks to the Rolling Stones. The song at #11 - Dizzy by Tommy Roe - went on to top the chart for a solitary week inbetween The Beatles' Get Back and The Ballad Of John & Yoko. It also became a UK #1 in 1994 for Vic Reeves & The Wonder Stuff. |
(DVDfever.co.uk Dom adds: "How come all the people reviewing Des' album (right) are talking about Oasis?!") |
The following is a list of Jason's Jukeboxes online for week ending:
Vol.40: The 40 Best Singles That Missed The UK Top 40 (20/12/2004) Vol.39: November 12th 1977 (12/11/2004) Vol.38: October 29th 1984 (29/10/2004) Vol.37: October 15th 1987 (15/10/2004) Vol.36: October 6th 1973 (08/10/2004) Vol.35: September 30th 1995 (30/09/2004) Vol.34: September 22nd 1979 (24/09/2004) Vol.33: September 13th 1986 (16/09/2004) Vol.32: September 9th 1989 (09/09/2004) Vol.31: September 4th 1982 (02/09/2004) Vol.30: August 26th 1978 (26/08/2004) Vol.29: August 21st 1976 (19/08/2004) Vol.28: August 13th 1983 (12/08/2004) Vol.27: August 3rd 1985 (06/08/2004) Vol.26: July 25th 1981 (29/07/2004) Vol.25: July 21st 1979 (22/07/2004) Vol.24: July 4th 1992 (08/07/2004) Vol.23: June 24th 1965 (01/07/2004) Vol.22: June 16th 1984 (17/06/2004) Vol.21: June 11th 1977 (10/06/2004) Vol.20: June 8th 1967 (03/06/2004) Vol.19: May 29th 1971 (27/05/2004) Vol.18: May 18th 1991 (20/05/2004) Vol.17: May 14th 1969 (13/05/2004) Vol.16: May 8th 1982 (06/05/2004) Vol.15: May 3rd 1980 (29/04/2004) Vol.14: April 19th 1986 (20/04/2004) Vol.13: April 14th 1990 (13/04/2004) Vol.12: April 8th 1989 (08/04/2004) Vol.11: April 2nd 1983 (06/04/2004) Vol.10: March 24th 1979 (23/03/2004) Vol.9: March 19th 1988 (16/03/2004) Vol.8: March 9th 1985 (09/03/2004) Vol.7: March 3rd 1973 (02/03/2004) Vol.6: February 28th 1987 (24/02/2004) Vol.5: February 20th 1993 (17/02/2004) Vol.4: February 11th 1978 (10/02/2004) Vol.3: February 3rd 1966 (03/02/2004) Vol.2: January 31st 1981 (27/01/2004) Vol.1: January 21st 1984 (20/01/2004)
And in chronological order:
June 24th 1965: Vol.23 (01/07/2004) February 3rd 1966: Vol.3 (03/02/2004) June 8th 1967: Vol.20 (03/06/2004) May 14th 1969: Vol.17 (13/05/2004) May 29th 1971: Vol.19 (27/05/2004) March 3rd 1973: Vol.7 (02/03/2004) August 21st 1976: Vol.29 (19/08/2004) June 11th 1977: Vol.21 (10/06/2004) November 12th 1977: Vol.39 (12/11/2004) February 11th 1978: Vol.4 (10/02/2004) August 26th 1978: Vol.30 (26/08/2004) March 24th 1979: Vol.10 (23/03/2004) July 21st 1979: Vol.25 (22/07/2004) September 22nd 1979: Vol.34 (24/09/2004) May 3rd 1980: Vol.15 (29/04/2004) January 31st 1981: Vol.2 (27/01/2004) July 25th 1981: Vol.26 (29/07/2004) May 8th 1982: Vol.16 (06/05/2004) September 4th 1982: Vol.31 (02/09/2004) April 2nd 1983: Vol.11 (06/04/2004) August 13th 1983: Vol.28 (12/08/2004) January 21st 1984: Vol.1 (20/01/2004) June 16th 1984: Vol.22 (17/06/2004) October 29th 1984: Vol.38 (29/10/2004) March 9th 1985: Vol.8 (09/03/2004) August 3rd 1985: Vol.27 (06/08/2004) April 19th 1986: Vol.14 (20/04/2004) September 13th 1986: Vol.33 (16/09/2004) February 28th 1987: Vol.6 (24/02/2004) October 15th 1987: Vol.37 (15/10/2004) March 19th 1988: Vol.9 (16/03/2004) April 8th 1989: Vol.12 (08/04/2004) September 9th 1989: Vol.32 (09/09/2004) April 14th 1990: Vol.13 (13/04/2004) May 18th 1991: Vol.18 (20/05/2004) July 4th 1992: Vol.24 (08/07/2004) February 20th 1993: Vol.5 (17/02/2004) September 30th 1995: Vol.35 (30/09/2004) The 40 Best Singles That Missed The UK Top 40: Vol.40 (20/12/2004)
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