September 3, 2018

 

 

’25 OR 6 TO 4′ by Chicago on CBS –

reaching No.7 in 70 – the first track in this mix,

and in 66, Wilson Pickett, on Atlantic

took ‘634 -5789’ to No.36

 

‘747 (Strangers In The Night)’ by Saxon,

on the Carrere label, in 80, at No.13 shone,

and on Epic in 84, Nena,

took ’99 Red Balloons’ to No.1

 

In 76, ’16 Bars’ by The Stylistics

on the H & L label, at No.7, we did see,

and at No.2  ‘1999’ by Prince & The Revolution,

on Warner Brothers,  appeared in 83.

 

In 68, at No.4 on the Columbia label

came  ‘1-2-3  O’Leary’ from Des O’Connor,

and in 96, The Spice Girls on Virgin

with  ‘2 become 1’,  gained another No.1 honour.

 

In 77,  at No.5, on EMI, was ‘2-4-6-8 Motorway’

by The Tom Robinson Band,

and in 09 on the Regal label

with ’22’,  Lily Allen made a No. 14 stand. 

 

In 04, ‘Thunderbirds/3AM’ on Universal

gave Busted their fourth No.1 so far,

and in 67,  ’59th Street Bridge Song (Feeling Groovy)’

on Warner Brothers, a Top 40 for Harpers Bizarre.

 

 

 

 

Tune in to

Tony’s Time Machine

at Noon on Tuesday 4th September

for another fast moving hour of music and chat

 

The Show also includes

This Week In Rock History

 

and Tony will be reading the poem

 

‘For The Love Of Madonna’

written by 

Harriet Blackbury

 

 

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