Yes, Tracie Young, who was signed to Paul Weller's short lived Respond record label, who also sang backing vocals on the Jam's "Beat Surrender" and some of the early Style Council hits. I think Weller may have picked her up from an advert he placed in Smash Hits. I can recall reading how much Tracie hated the mix of "The House That Jack Built". Apparently, Weller went back into the studio to give the song a more contemporary 1983 feel. I can remember Tracie's other hit "Give It Some Emotion", which was much smaller.. Thereafter, she began to fade. I think she now works as a successful regional radio DJ.
But he never released another five magnificent singles in a row as he did between June 1972 and June 1973 under the Ziggy persona.
Personally I'd extend that run to 1971 - 1978 an almost immaculate run from from 'Moonage Daydream' to 'Boys keep Swinging'.
Had to look it up but that's 28 magnificent singles!
And he nearly did it again in 1980 - 1985, another 19 (with the exception of that execrable Christmas single with Bung Frisbee).
Never quite looked at his output as a whole - thanks for that
But he never released another five magnificent singles in a row as he did between June 1972 and June 1973 under the Ziggy persona.
I think often with David it depends on how willing you are to buy into his various personas. Each album, for me, is like a snapshot of a slightly different pose etc. with some poses seemingly more naturally convincing than others. The Ziggy Stardust era worked so well because primarily Bowie's Ziggy character seemed pretty unique and unusual at the time, and the music was very accessible too, with plenty of more traditional musical arrangements, like conventional guitar/piano/drums/strings etc. However, i'm not quite so convinced by Bowie's soul phase which came into full fruition following the 'Diamond Dogs' album. In fact i would say 'David Live' and 'Young Americans' are perhaps amongst David's least satisfying albums of the seventies. I think the live single release of his cover of ''Knock On Wood'' is a long way from the quality of those Ziggy era single releases, although David did redeem himself with the later ''Fame'' and ''Young Americans'', which were truly fine and inspiring singles. The single ''Young Americans'' finds David's soul urges working remarkably convincingly, but i think the album itself as a whole shows Bowie seemingly too stiff and contrived vocally to ever come close to passing himself off as possessing a genuine 'soul' feel. For me, the album is truly an ill fitting suit for David, although it has proved very influential for many of those up and coming white soul bands of the eighties.
If you are talking of classic Bowie albums, possessing an emotional depth, and consistent level of conventionally memorable songs comparable to say, an album like The Beatles 'Revolver', Carole King's 'Tapestry' or Joni Mitchell's 'Court And Spark', i'd guess that 'Hunky Dory' perhaps comes closest.
In the early months of 1982 there was a series on Radio One called 'The Producers' which followed the Top Forty countdown at 7.00pm. Each programme lasted an hour and featured renowned record producer(s) e.g. Chinn and Chapman, Glyn Johns, Chris Thomas, Todd Rundgren, Richard Perry and Tony Visconti who produced most of Marc Bolan's early recordings. Visconti said that by mid 1972 he had got the "T . Rex sound" down to a fine art and he could be woken in the middle of the night and be able to set up a Marc Bolan sound on the desk or a Marc Bolan mix within five minutes. He related an anecdote about how after they had finished mixing 'Metal Guru' together and the standard T. Rex hallmarks of strings, backing vocals and other special effects had been added Bolan just looked at him and said "cheap isn't it?" at which point they both burst out laughing. Sure enough the record in question was a surefire No. 1 smash - but If Marc had made the same joke 18 months later he would have had egg on his face as by that time the T. Rex formula had worn thin, the tastes of the record buying public had moved on and he never scored another to ten hit after mid 1973.
Tony Visconti fell out with Marc during the recording of 'Zinc Alloy' in 1973, and Marc finished producing the album himself. I believe the album marked a change in direction, incorporating a stronger soul/funk influence, although overwhelmingly the album sounded not too dissimilar to what had gone before. There was an excessive quality to the album, though, not least in part due to the participation of Marc's girlfriend, Gloria Jones, who displayed little of the restraint of Marc's previous backing vocalists, Marc Volman and Howard Kaylan. Although not critically acclaimed, and rather overblown in many ways, i was at least relieved it wasn't purely a repeat of Marc's previous album 'Tanx', which was the case with 'Tanx' in relation to the previous album 'The Slider'.
17 SOUP DRAGONS FEAT. JUNIOR REID - Well I'm truly shocked. I'd no idea, until I just Googled, that this was a cover of a Rolling Stones song - yet the "hold me, love me" bit is surely nicked from Eight Days A Week, or vice versa. As for this version, I love the baggy, Madchester, vibe to it, but it's spoilt by the rapping.
Yes, The Rolling Stones ''I'm Free'' may have been influenced by the Beatles ''Eight Days A Week'', although i tend to think also those lines were typical of the sentiments of many of the songs from that period. Unlike you, i was quite bemused at the time that the Soup Dragons would choose to cover that particular song (kind of like my feelings also of the Happy Mondays covering John Kongas ''Step On'' from that same period). ''I'm Free'' originates from the Rolling Stones 1965 album 'Out Of Our Heads', and is one of their early songwriting efforts. It has a soul vibe originally, although when played live in 1969, during the Mick Taylor period, it became a heavier, and slower, and more blues influenced song. I think there are lots of hidden treasures within the Stones catalogue just waiting to be discovered. I was surprised too, at Susan Boyle releasing the Stones song ''Wild Horses'' as a single. Also not forgetting The Verve's 'borrowing' of the orchestral arrangement of the Stones song ''The Last Time'' for ''Bittersweet Symphony''.
Sometimes i think the Stones image tends to overshadow what truly fine songwriters they were in their prime.
(19) THE SUPREMES – Nathan Jones (crowd dancing) (and charts)
(5) DAWN feat. TONY ORLANDO – What Are You Doing Sunday
(17) NANCY SINATRA & LEE HAZELWOOD – Did You Ever (video)
(NEW) PETULA CLARK – The World Song
(NEW) ENGELBERT HUMPERDINCK – Another Time, Another Place
(36) JAMES TAYLOR – You’ve Got A Friend (video)
(16) GILBERT O’SULLIVAN – We Will ®
(28) DANIEL BOONE – Daddy Don’t You Walk So Fast
(26) SHIRLEY BASSEY – For All We Know ®
(50) MIDDLE OF THE ROAD – Tweedle Dee, Tweedle Dum
(1) DIANA ROSS– I’m Still Waiting (crowd dancing)
(3) THE TAMS – Hey Girl Don’t Bother Me (crowd dancing) (and credits)
TOTP -
07/09/89 (Bruno Brookes)
Marillion – “Hooks In You” (32) WATCH
Richard Marx – “Right Here Waiting” (15) (video)
Starlight – “Numero Uno” (9) (video)
Prince – “Partyman” (20) (video)
Alyson Williams – “I Need Your Lovin’” (11) (rpt from 24/08/89)
Depeche Mode – “Personal Jesus” (25) (video)
Janet Jackson – “Miss You Much” (30) (video)
Jason Donovan – “Everyday (I Love You More)” (3) WATCH
Black Box – “Ride On Time” (1) (rpt) WATCH
The Cure – “Lovesong (33) (video/credits)
TOTP -
07/09/89 (Bruno Brookes)
Marillion – “Hooks In You” (32) WATCH
Richard Marx – “Right Here Waiting” (15) (video)
Starlight – “Numero Uno” (9) (video)
Prince – “Partyman” (20) (video)
Alyson Williams – “I Need Your Lovin’” (11) (rpt from 24/08/89)
Depeche Mode – “Personal Jesus” (25) (video)
Janet Jackson – “Miss You Much” (30) (video)
Jason Donovan – “Everyday (I Love You More)” (3) WATCH
Black Box – “Ride On Time” (1) (rpt) WATCH
The Cure – “Lovesong (33) (video/credits)
Apart from Depeche Mode and Black Box that was a dreadful show.
I thought it was really funny when Tony said 'And here's Guns n'Roses' you could almost hear the dismay in his voice!
I enjoyed that track, so nice to hear a bit of GnR that's not the same of predictable couple of songs. That said, I'd have preferred either Starlight or the Beatmasters/Betty Boo track to be played rather than the much-heard Alice Cooper song - Absolute 80s have made really come to grow sick of hearing that song.
The Alyson Williams song I've always liked too and of course I just loved all the SAW stuff! Even the Jason Donovan song, who clearly thought it was going to be a #1 song. Speaking of #1, does the awesome 'Ride on Time' just sound even better with every year that passes? I can't believe it's now quarter of a century since I was hoping it was finally going to knock Jive Bunny off the top spot 'Ride on Time' is one of the most perfect pieces of pop ever
The thing I noticed that wasn't so good was a really long and intruding ad for Children in Need at ten to three. It went on, and on, and on. I guess that's why the end of 'Ride on Time' had to be cut off >:(
Just caught up with last weeks show, 1967 and 1990. I wonder how many times before, if any, that the two featured years have included the same song title with a different song? "I'll Never Fall In Love Again".
Top 20
20 THE KING OF WISHFUL THINKING - GO WEST - I liked Go West, and it was good to see them back in the charts again, though that was obviously helped by this being on the Pretty Woman soundtrack.
18 BLAZE OF GLORY - JON BON JOVI - I get this and Wanted Dead Or Alive mixed up in my head, which tells you how bothered I was about it. I'd much rather hear Jon Bon Jovi doing more rocking stuff
16 VISION OF LOVE - MARIAH CAREY - I've no time at all for what Mariah has done since about the mid 90s, but loved her earlier stuff. Can never resist singing along to this in a vain attempt trying to copy her vocal style.
15 U CAN'T TOUCH THIS - MC HAMMER - Hammer time! The only hit of his anyone remembers, and rightly so, even if it's just because of the ridiclous "pants" her wore in the video! It was a long while afterwards that I heard Superfreak, that it samples, but this is too ingrained on my mind to separate the two.
14 THE JOKER - STEVE MILLER BAND - I seriously doubt this would have been a hit, let alone a number one, if it hadn't been in Levi's ad. Such an injustice it deprived Groove Is In The Heart from being No.1.
13 GROOVE IS IN THE HEART - DEEE-LITE - Speaking of which... Definitely a stand out record at the time, and it still sounds great today. I'll never tire of hearing it, and it will always make me want to get up and dance.
11 WHAT TIME IS LOVE? - KLF FEAT. CHILDREN OF THE REVOLUTION - Wrong version played, not that I'm particularly fussed other either version. The only time the KLF really interested me was when they did Justified And Ancient with Tammy Wynette.
10 SILHOUETTES - CLIFF RICHARD - I can't remember if I know this song from then, or from about 10 years later when I got his greatest hits double CD. I do really like it, certainly compared to the Stock/Aitken/Waterman stuff he did around this time.
07 LISTEN TO YOUR HEART/DANGEROUS - ROXETTE - This didn't sound like the right version to me - I'm guessing this was the original release. Too similar to, and not as good, as It Must Have Been Love.
06 PRAYING FOR TIME - GEORGE MICHAEL - Being a huge fan of George's Faith album, I couldn't wait to hear Listen Without Prejudice. Sadly I think I was a bit too young to apprecaite it, and found it a bit too serious. I feel ashamed for not realising at the time what a great song this is and, sadly, the lyrics are probably more apt to describe the world now as they were back then.
05 TOM'S DINER - DNA FEAT. SUZANNE VEGA - I youtubed the original version of this, as I didn't recall ever hearing it and, in my opinion, this version is a million times better. She must think so too, as it seems she adds the der der der der der der der der bit when she performs it.
04 WHERE ARE YOU BABY? - BETTY BOO - My fave of her hits, and the only one I bought - although I think that was after it was in the chart. I do like the sung chorus better than the rapped verses.
03 TONIGHT - NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK - I didn't think much of this at time, though reappraised it when it was played a few time on Sean Rowley's Guilty Pleasures radio show. I like it now because it's different from the boy band sound whereas before it was the opposite. From comments I read online, it seems this is the New Kids song it's okay to admit to liking.
02 FOUR BACHARACH AND DAVID SONGS (EP) - DEACON BLUE - I'll Never Fall In Love is without doubt my favourite song in this chart. An absolute gem! I find this version far more touching than Bobbie Gentry's, which is the only other version I'm familiar with though I'm sure there are many others.
01 ITSY BITSY TEENY WEENY YELLOW POLKA DOT BIKINI - BOMBALURINA - No problem with this being played at all. Yes, it's a silly, summer novelty song, of which there'd been many prior to 1990. I find hearing this once in a while on retro chart shows far less irritating than certain overplayed "classics". Stil can't get my head around how Andrew Lloyd Webber came up with the idea of this, though!
Not played
20 HARDCORE UPROAR - TOGETHER - The title's certainly misleading. There's nothing hardcore or uproarious about this at all - it's just a generic dance track with nothing about it that makes it stand out from the many others that were released during this time.
17 SOUP DRAGONS FEAT. JUNIOR REID - Well I'm truly shocked. I'd no idea, until I just Googled, that this was a cover of a Rolling Stones song - yet the "hold me, love me" bit is surely nicked from Eight Days A Week, or vice versa. As for this version, I love the baggy, Madchester, vibe to it, but it's spoilt by the rapping.
12 PARTNERS IN KRYME - Can't think of much that was of less interest to me in 1990 than Teenage Hero/Ninja Mutant Turtles and this song. Definitely one for the kiddies.
09 NAKED IN THE RAIN BLUE PEARL - Shame this wasn't played. I'd definitely class it as one of the songs of summer 1990.
08 JIVE BUNNY AND THE MASTERMIXERS - The phrase "scraping the bottom of the barrel" springs to mind. By this point it seems the had to do poor sound-a-like recordings of the various songs, the worst being Greased Lighting, although it is Dave Bartram's vocals on Dancin' Party.
I thought the same Clare. The "Music Played" website lists this as taken from the compilation album "Missing You". Quite right, as I have this album, but it certainly wasn't the inferior version that they played, so their playout system doesn't match up with their listings. Very strange. Good song though, but agree with you that it's not as good as "It Must Have Been Love".
Just caught up with last weeks show, 1967 and 1990. I wonder how many times before, if any, that the two featured years have included the same song title with a different song? "I'll Never Fall In Love Again".
It's a shame that Deacon Blue's biggest single was with this slow cover version
I really liked some of their other singles like Chocolate Girl, Fergus Sings The Blues, Wages Day and Real Gone Kid that didn't really get that high in the charts. But their single sales never matched their decent album sales and chart placings
It's a shame that Deacon Blue's biggest single was with this slow cover version
I really liked some of their other singles like Chocolate Girl, Fergus Sings The Blues, Wages Day and Real Gone Kid that didn't really get that high in the charts. But their single sales never matched their decent album sales and chart placings
Their best by far (IMO) was "When Will You Make My Telephone Ring".
Who here remembers another long forgotten top ten single also called The House That Jack Built by an artist known simply as Tracie, a top ten single in April 1983. It was quite a catchy pop tune - "Ooh aah, the house that Jack built".
Then 5 years later you had The Jack That House Built, by Jack 'n' Chill from January 1988 which I think I recall Tony playing on POTP at the start of this year.
The sales of The Joker and Groove Is In The Heart were absolutely identical in one week of September 1990 and they were effectively joint No1's but the charts would no longer allow for that possibility so The Joker was awarded the No1 position on the basis that its sales had increased more over the sales week than those of Groove Is In The Heart. This caused some considerable consternation at the time.
The Joker by Steve Miller Band had already been a US No1 many years earlier, back in January 1974 for a week.
Yes, Tracie Young, who was signed to Paul Weller's short lived Respond record label, who also sang backing vocals on the Jam's "Beat Surrender" and some of the early Style Council hits. I think Weller may have picked her up from an advert he placed in Smash Hits. I can recall reading how much Tracie hated the mix of "The House That Jack Built". Apparently, Weller went back into the studio to give the song a more contemporary 1983 feel. I can remember Tracie's other hit "Give It Some Emotion", which was much smaller.. Thereafter, she began to fade. I think she now works as a successful regional radio DJ.
Yes, I know all these Tracie songs, and occasionally listen to Tracie as a DJ online.
Yesterday I was pleased when Tony played Curved Air with Back Street Luv from 1971 in particular. I wished he'd have played Bon Jovi's Lay Your Hands On Me from 1989, especially as he played 4 Scott Aitken & Waterman songs. Could he not have sacrificed just one of these?
39 MIXED EMOTIONS - ROLLING STONES - Switched on in while this was playing and thought I'd got it wrong which chart it was. Obviously played in an attempt to keep older listeners tuned on. Wasn't to impressed on first listen, but listened again and thought it wasn't too bad.
20 PARTYMAN - PRINCE - Not one I remembered, or am in a hurry to hear again. Can't say I was that struck on Batdance, but even that was better than this.
17 NIGHTRAIN - GUNS N' ROSES - Yet another song I've no memory of from 1989, though I'm not a big rock fan. A nice change from hearing either Sweet Child Of Mine or Paradise City. Hope Tony's now over the shock of playing it!
16 THE BEST - TINA TURNER - I knew there'd be no way this wasn't played. It's a shame this is the one of the songs that gets played to death, when she's done far better stuff over the years.
15 RIGHT HERE WAITING - RICHARD MARX - Awwww, I must confess I do like this one, knowing that he wrote it about being separated from his wife. I think it worked well in the context of the chart, with it being the only love ballad.
14 WOULDN'T CHANGE A THING - KYLIE MINOGUE - While it was obviously this would do well because of her profile at the time, it seems more like an album filler than a single. From her hits that year I prefered her next single Never Too Late, especially the 12" version.
11 I NEED YOUR LOVIN' - ALYSON WILLIAMS - I enjoyed hearing this one for the first time in ages. Love the groove of it - that Soul II Soul beat was definitely the sound of the summer of 89.
10 TOY SOLDIERS - MARTIKA - Not sure what happened to Martika, but I did like a few of her singles, this included. I didn't buy this, but bought the follow up I Feel The Earth Move.
08 POISON - ALICE COOPER - It was certainly a surprise seeing Alice back in the charts, and a shame he didn't get another number one with this. A great track that obviously appealed to a lot of people like me who aren't big rock fans.
06 SOWING THE SEEDS OF LOVE - TEARS FOR FEARS - I'm not sure exactly why I've never been that keen on this - maybe because I find it a bit OTT. I think their other singles from this period - Woman In Chains and Advice For The Young At Heart are better.
05 I JUST DON'T HAVE THE HEART - CLIFF RICHARD - I've already made clear that I don't like the stuff Cliff did with Stock, Aitken and Waterman. When I hear this it just makes me cringe, thinking of the vid and his dance moves!
04 BLAME IT ON THE BOOGIE - BIG FUN - At a push I'd say my fave version of this song is Mick Jackson's, though I like all the three hit versions - this one in particular for inventing a dance routine to go along with it!
03 EVERY DAY (I LOVE YOU MORE) - JASON DONOVAN - Well 1989 was certainly Jason's year, but I'd say this is my least favourite of his hits from this year - not a ballad, but not poppy and I don't think the chorus is that catchy.
02 SWING THE MOOD - JIVE BUNNY AND THE MASTERMIXERS - I wouldn't have minded this as a one off novelty, but they just kept on releasing the same kind of singles. I'd have sooner heard the lesser known track of theirs played in last week's 1990 chart.
01 RIDE ON TIME - BLACK BOX - I can't understand why Milli Vanilli were totally ridiculed and their songs pretty much blacklisted, when it was revealed they didn't use the actual singers, yet others, like this, are just accepted and played. I can't believe that anyone believed it was the skinny model they had fronting this was singing that big vocal.
Not played
19 WARNING - ADVEA - Not bothered about this one being skipped. Not a fan of her voice at all.
18 LAY YOUR HANDS ON ME - BON JOVI - I definitely prefer this to the solo effort from Jon Bon Jovi in last week's 1990 chart.
13 FRENCH KISS - LIL' LOUIS - I think this is only remembered because of the bit where the woman is groaning! When I listened to charts at this time, usually quite loudly, I'd always be ready to turn down the volume when that bit came on, as they never seemed to cut it off at that point.
12 DAMIAN - Apologies to any Rocky Horror Show fans but I've never seen it, so to me this will always be the proper version of The Time Warp. Brings back memories of dancing to it in the aisle of the coach coming back from a school trip to France.
09 STARLIGHT- NUMERO UNO - While this doesn't stick out in my mind from the time, listening back to to it now, I think it's quite good as far as dance records go.
07 BEATMASTERS FEAT. BETTY BOO - Like with her solo track last week, its the sung chorus rather than the rapping that sells it to me. Some silly lyrics, but it did a great job in annoucing her arrival.
The bloke with long dark hair on the far left of the picture was their road manager in 1974 who became romantically linked with the female lead vocalist who he eventually married. He assumed the role of drummer in 1975 and when Curved Air disbanded the following year he bleached his hair and formed another group whose first two No. 1 hits will feature on TOTP 1979 on BBC Four between now and Christmas.
The bloke with long dark hair on the far left of the picture was their road manager in 1974 who became romantically linked with the female lead vocalist who he eventually married. He assumed the role of drummer in 1975 and when Curved Air disbanded the following year he bleached his hair and formed another group whose first two No. 1 hits will feature on TOTP 1979 on BBC Four between now and Christmas.
Do you mean the one standing a bit too close to the group?
The Tony Blackburn fans on here may be interested to know that he is doing The Tracks Of My Years on Ken Bruce's show next week.
Apparently Monday is The Move and Diana Ross, no prizes for guessing the tracks there:)
No sign of Guns 'N Roses:D
A while ago I got the mistaken impression he didn't like Elvis and said so here. Apparently he then played some Elvis to prove me wrong on a radio show. Maybe he'll have a morning of GnR on Monday to show how much he loves them!
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But he never released another five magnificent singles in a row as he did between June 1972 and June 1973 under the Ziggy persona.
Had to look it up but that's 28 magnificent singles!
And he nearly did it again in 1980 - 1985, another 19 (with the exception of that execrable Christmas single with Bung Frisbee).
Never quite looked at his output as a whole - thanks for that
I think often with David it depends on how willing you are to buy into his various personas. Each album, for me, is like a snapshot of a slightly different pose etc. with some poses seemingly more naturally convincing than others. The Ziggy Stardust era worked so well because primarily Bowie's Ziggy character seemed pretty unique and unusual at the time, and the music was very accessible too, with plenty of more traditional musical arrangements, like conventional guitar/piano/drums/strings etc. However, i'm not quite so convinced by Bowie's soul phase which came into full fruition following the 'Diamond Dogs' album. In fact i would say 'David Live' and 'Young Americans' are perhaps amongst David's least satisfying albums of the seventies. I think the live single release of his cover of ''Knock On Wood'' is a long way from the quality of those Ziggy era single releases, although David did redeem himself with the later ''Fame'' and ''Young Americans'', which were truly fine and inspiring singles. The single ''Young Americans'' finds David's soul urges working remarkably convincingly, but i think the album itself as a whole shows Bowie seemingly too stiff and contrived vocally to ever come close to passing himself off as possessing a genuine 'soul' feel. For me, the album is truly an ill fitting suit for David, although it has proved very influential for many of those up and coming white soul bands of the eighties.
If you are talking of classic Bowie albums, possessing an emotional depth, and consistent level of conventionally memorable songs comparable to say, an album like The Beatles 'Revolver', Carole King's 'Tapestry' or Joni Mitchell's 'Court And Spark', i'd guess that 'Hunky Dory' perhaps comes closest.
Tony Visconti fell out with Marc during the recording of 'Zinc Alloy' in 1973, and Marc finished producing the album himself. I believe the album marked a change in direction, incorporating a stronger soul/funk influence, although overwhelmingly the album sounded not too dissimilar to what had gone before. There was an excessive quality to the album, though, not least in part due to the participation of Marc's girlfriend, Gloria Jones, who displayed little of the restraint of Marc's previous backing vocalists, Marc Volman and Howard Kaylan. Although not critically acclaimed, and rather overblown in many ways, i was at least relieved it wasn't purely a repeat of Marc's previous album 'Tanx', which was the case with 'Tanx' in relation to the previous album 'The Slider'.
Yes, The Rolling Stones ''I'm Free'' may have been influenced by the Beatles ''Eight Days A Week'', although i tend to think also those lines were typical of the sentiments of many of the songs from that period. Unlike you, i was quite bemused at the time that the Soup Dragons would choose to cover that particular song (kind of like my feelings also of the Happy Mondays covering John Kongas ''Step On'' from that same period). ''I'm Free'' originates from the Rolling Stones 1965 album 'Out Of Our Heads', and is one of their early songwriting efforts. It has a soul vibe originally, although when played live in 1969, during the Mick Taylor period, it became a heavier, and slower, and more blues influenced song. I think there are lots of hidden treasures within the Stones catalogue just waiting to be discovered. I was surprised too, at Susan Boyle releasing the Stones song ''Wild Horses'' as a single. Also not forgetting The Verve's 'borrowing' of the orchestral arrangement of the Stones song ''The Last Time'' for ''Bittersweet Symphony''.
Sometimes i think the Stones image tends to overshadow what truly fine songwriters they were in their prime.
Thanks.
Very Interesting !
TOTP -
2-9-71: Presenter: Ed Stewart (Wiped)
(19) THE SUPREMES – Nathan Jones (crowd dancing) (and charts)
(5) DAWN feat. TONY ORLANDO – What Are You Doing Sunday
(17) NANCY SINATRA & LEE HAZELWOOD – Did You Ever (video)
(NEW) PETULA CLARK – The World Song
(NEW) ENGELBERT HUMPERDINCK – Another Time, Another Place
(36) JAMES TAYLOR – You’ve Got A Friend (video)
(16) GILBERT O’SULLIVAN – We Will ®
(28) DANIEL BOONE – Daddy Don’t You Walk So Fast
(26) SHIRLEY BASSEY – For All We Know ®
(50) MIDDLE OF THE ROAD – Tweedle Dee, Tweedle Dum
(1) DIANA ROSS– I’m Still Waiting (crowd dancing)
(3) THE TAMS – Hey Girl Don’t Bother Me (crowd dancing) (and credits)
He's just replied to a listener, and said....."Won't get fooled again" is NOT in the show!:o
Err, you just played it ten minutes ago!
TOTP -
07/09/89 (Bruno Brookes)
Marillion – “Hooks In You” (32) WATCH
Richard Marx – “Right Here Waiting” (15) (video)
Starlight – “Numero Uno” (9) (video)
Prince – “Partyman” (20) (video)
Alyson Williams – “I Need Your Lovin’” (11) (rpt from 24/08/89)
Depeche Mode – “Personal Jesus” (25) (video)
Janet Jackson – “Miss You Much” (30) (video)
Jason Donovan – “Everyday (I Love You More)” (3) WATCH
Black Box – “Ride On Time” (1) (rpt) WATCH
The Cure – “Lovesong (33) (video/credits)
Apart from Depeche Mode and Black Box that was a dreadful show.
I enjoyed that track, so nice to hear a bit of GnR that's not the same of predictable couple of songs. That said, I'd have preferred either Starlight or the Beatmasters/Betty Boo track to be played rather than the much-heard Alice Cooper song - Absolute 80s have made really come to grow sick of hearing that song.
The Alyson Williams song I've always liked too and of course I just loved all the SAW stuff! Even the Jason Donovan song, who clearly thought it was going to be a #1 song. Speaking of #1, does the awesome 'Ride on Time' just sound even better with every year that passes? I can't believe it's now quarter of a century since I was hoping it was finally going to knock Jive Bunny off the top spot
The thing I noticed that wasn't so good was a really long and intruding ad for Children in Need at ten to three. It went on, and on, and on. I guess that's why the end of 'Ride on Time' had to be cut off >:(
I thought the same Clare. The "Music Played" website lists this as taken from the compilation album "Missing You". Quite right, as I have this album, but it certainly wasn't the inferior version that they played, so their playout system doesn't match up with their listings. Very strange. Good song though, but agree with you that it's not as good as "It Must Have Been Love".
It's a shame that Deacon Blue's biggest single was with this slow cover version
I really liked some of their other singles like Chocolate Girl, Fergus Sings The Blues, Wages Day and Real Gone Kid that didn't really get that high in the charts. But their single sales never matched their decent album sales and chart placings
Their best by far (IMO) was "When Will You Make My Telephone Ring".
Yes, I know all these Tracie songs, and occasionally listen to Tracie as a DJ online.
Yesterday I was pleased when Tony played Curved Air with Back Street Luv from 1971 in particular. I wished he'd have played Bon Jovi's Lay Your Hands On Me from 1989, especially as he played 4 Scott Aitken & Waterman songs. Could he not have sacrificed just one of these?
39 MIXED EMOTIONS - ROLLING STONES - Switched on in while this was playing and thought I'd got it wrong which chart it was. Obviously played in an attempt to keep older listeners tuned on. Wasn't to impressed on first listen, but listened again and thought it wasn't too bad.
20 PARTYMAN - PRINCE - Not one I remembered, or am in a hurry to hear again. Can't say I was that struck on Batdance, but even that was better than this.
17 NIGHTRAIN - GUNS N' ROSES - Yet another song I've no memory of from 1989, though I'm not a big rock fan. A nice change from hearing either Sweet Child Of Mine or Paradise City. Hope Tony's now over the shock of playing it!
16 THE BEST - TINA TURNER - I knew there'd be no way this wasn't played. It's a shame this is the one of the songs that gets played to death, when she's done far better stuff over the years.
15 RIGHT HERE WAITING - RICHARD MARX - Awwww, I must confess I do like this one, knowing that he wrote it about being separated from his wife. I think it worked well in the context of the chart, with it being the only love ballad.
14 WOULDN'T CHANGE A THING - KYLIE MINOGUE - While it was obviously this would do well because of her profile at the time, it seems more like an album filler than a single. From her hits that year I prefered her next single Never Too Late, especially the 12" version.
11 I NEED YOUR LOVIN' - ALYSON WILLIAMS - I enjoyed hearing this one for the first time in ages. Love the groove of it - that Soul II Soul beat was definitely the sound of the summer of 89.
10 TOY SOLDIERS - MARTIKA - Not sure what happened to Martika, but I did like a few of her singles, this included. I didn't buy this, but bought the follow up I Feel The Earth Move.
08 POISON - ALICE COOPER - It was certainly a surprise seeing Alice back in the charts, and a shame he didn't get another number one with this. A great track that obviously appealed to a lot of people like me who aren't big rock fans.
06 SOWING THE SEEDS OF LOVE - TEARS FOR FEARS - I'm not sure exactly why I've never been that keen on this - maybe because I find it a bit OTT. I think their other singles from this period - Woman In Chains and Advice For The Young At Heart are better.
05 I JUST DON'T HAVE THE HEART - CLIFF RICHARD - I've already made clear that I don't like the stuff Cliff did with Stock, Aitken and Waterman. When I hear this it just makes me cringe, thinking of the vid and his dance moves!
04 BLAME IT ON THE BOOGIE - BIG FUN - At a push I'd say my fave version of this song is Mick Jackson's, though I like all the three hit versions - this one in particular for inventing a dance routine to go along with it!
03 EVERY DAY (I LOVE YOU MORE) - JASON DONOVAN - Well 1989 was certainly Jason's year, but I'd say this is my least favourite of his hits from this year - not a ballad, but not poppy and I don't think the chorus is that catchy.
02 SWING THE MOOD - JIVE BUNNY AND THE MASTERMIXERS - I wouldn't have minded this as a one off novelty, but they just kept on releasing the same kind of singles. I'd have sooner heard the lesser known track of theirs played in last week's 1990 chart.
01 RIDE ON TIME - BLACK BOX - I can't understand why Milli Vanilli were totally ridiculed and their songs pretty much blacklisted, when it was revealed they didn't use the actual singers, yet others, like this, are just accepted and played. I can't believe that anyone believed it was the skinny model they had fronting this was singing that big vocal.
Not played
19 WARNING - ADVEA - Not bothered about this one being skipped. Not a fan of her voice at all.
18 LAY YOUR HANDS ON ME - BON JOVI - I definitely prefer this to the solo effort from Jon Bon Jovi in last week's 1990 chart.
13 FRENCH KISS - LIL' LOUIS - I think this is only remembered because of the bit where the woman is groaning! When I listened to charts at this time, usually quite loudly, I'd always be ready to turn down the volume when that bit came on, as they never seemed to cut it off at that point.
12 DAMIAN - Apologies to any Rocky Horror Show fans but I've never seen it, so to me this will always be the proper version of The Time Warp. Brings back memories of dancing to it in the aisle of the coach coming back from a school trip to France.
09 STARLIGHT- NUMERO UNO - While this doesn't stick out in my mind from the time, listening back to to it now, I think it's quite good as far as dance records go.
07 BEATMASTERS FEAT. BETTY BOO - Like with her solo track last week, its the sung chorus rather than the rapping that sells it to me. Some silly lyrics, but it did a great job in annoucing her arrival.
Apparently Monday is The Move and Diana Ross, no prizes for guessing the tracks there:)
No sign of Guns 'N Roses:D
The link below leads to a photograph of a later incarnation of Curved Air (circa 1975-1976).
http://images.tunewiki.com.s3.amazonaws.com/ArtistArt/medium/a36c464fa0dd67fcbb39c2a8f0abee57.jpg
The bloke with long dark hair on the far left of the picture was their road manager in 1974 who became romantically linked with the female lead vocalist who he eventually married. He assumed the role of drummer in 1975 and when Curved Air disbanded the following year he bleached his hair and formed another group whose first two No. 1 hits will feature on TOTP 1979 on BBC Four between now and Christmas.
Do you mean the one standing a bit too close to the group?
A while ago I got the mistaken impression he didn't like Elvis and said so here. Apparently he then played some Elvis to prove me wrong on a radio show. Maybe he'll have a morning of GnR on Monday to show how much he loves them!
Tuesday will be Michael Jackson and R & J Stone
Wednesday will be Four Seasons and Doris Day:o