UK singles chart.

[jezer]

Oh dear, this thread takes me back to the very early 60's when I wrote down the top 40 in a notebook every Sunday afternoon from the light program, possibly introduced by Brian Matthew? I used to read Disc magazine every week and I remember a headline from 1962 (when the Beatles had their first hit), saying 'Is Cliff finished?' Well, he kind of was but he still appears now and again I know I'm a boring old fart

[NATURAL ANKLING]

Hi,
Cliff (73) might be a boring old fart but was second only to Elvis for most sold singles around the world.
Oh.....sorrry your the old fart

[jezer]

I expect I am, but hey, I'm still riding my bike

[Mick F]

I didn't like either of them, especially Elvis. Euch.

[jezer]

I hope I didn't imply I was a fan of Cliff. In my view he's an example of someone who can have a long and successful career without any talent whatsoever

[NUKe]

The answer is tie a Yellow ribbon round the old oak tree
by Dawn Feat tony Orlando


http://www.officialcharts.com/archive-c ... 973-11-24/

[jezer]

Ah, Tony Orlando, another performer with no talent to speak of

[Mick F]

The answer is tie a Yellow ribbon round the old oak tree
by Dawn Feat tony Orlando


http://www.officialcharts.com/archive-c ... 973-11-24/

No it's not.

Actually, it may be right, but may be not correct.
That is what I've been saying all along.

The chart is shown as 24th Nov 1973.
That was a Saturday.
The charts were announced at lunch time on a Tuesdays right up until 1987 when it changed to Saturdays.

Therefore, what was No40 on Tuesday 20th Nov 1973?
It maybe the same record of course, but I'm being pernickety here!

Official Charts Website?
Ha Ha.

[gaz]

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[wrangler_rover]

Last week on Radio 2, they played "Tie a yellow ribbon 'round the old oak tree" the DJ (I can't remember who it was) said the record was by "Tony and Dawn Orlando"

[Mick F]

Some people just are not old enough!

The late - awful - Jimmy Saville had a prog on Radio 1 on a Sunday playing the old records, and he would ask the listening audience to "name that song" and "who sang it". He was accurate in his answers of course right down to the brackets and commas on the labels.

San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair) by Scott McKenzie was one of them as I remember.

[NUKe]

MIck the reason why the chart sites Saturdays is that when the polls closed. You are right that the charts did used to be announced on Tuesday but the date of the stats was for sales upto Saturday you asked what was a the topSo tie a yellow ribbon would have been the 40th best selling single to be announced on the Tuesday but the published chart on 24th would show the Hollies
THE DAY THAT CURLY BILLY SHOT CRAZY SAM MCGEE, having been announced onthe previous Tuesday

[Mick F]

If the polls closed on the previous Saturday, the public weren't informed for three whole days?

Somehow this doesn't seem correct. There was big pomp and ceremony on Tuesdays when the charts were announced. TOTP had terrible production issues to get the programme ready for Thursday evenings - and it was live. If they'd have known the chart positions on the Saturday, they'd have had much longer to get the acts together.

[NUKe]

If the polls closed on the previous Saturday, the public weren't informed for three whole days?

Somehow this doesn't seem correct. There was big pomp and ceremony on Tuesdays when the charts were announced. TOTP had terrible production issues to get the programme ready for Thursday evenings - and it was live. If they'd have known the chart positions on the Saturday, they'd have had much longer to get the acts together.

MIck this was pre computerdays Punch cards werew collected from a large number of Shops Processed Monday, things weren't quite so instant then
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UK_Singles_Chart

[Mick F]

I read that link.
Why did they not mention Tuesdays?
"No official charts until 1969"?
Try telling the Beatles that!

The charts could not have been announced on a Saturday back then despite what the websites imply.

I wonder if when they were announced on Tuesday there were some people who knew the results before?
From what I remember, there were relatively few record shops who took part. Telephone calls would have been used to relay their sales figures. No way would it have taken three days to get their act together. The money involved in the pop industry would have paid anything to get the info asap, even TOTP and the BBC.

As far as the general public were concerned, the No1 slot was filled on a Tuesday afternoon and stayed there all through the weekend, right up until the Tuesday morning.

I just wonder that it's simpler these days to consider Saturdays are the standard throughout. After all, it's nearly thirty years since they went to Saturdays.