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May 27, 2022
With all of their hits on the Mute label,
Depeche Mode first entered the charts in 81,
with ‘Dreaming Of Me’, at No.57, and ‘New Life’, at No.11,
and also, ‘Just Can’t Get Enough’, at No.8, followed on.
In 82, ‘See You’, peaked at No.6,
and ‘The Meaning Of Love’, was a No.12 hit.
Lastly, in 82, ‘Leave In Silence’, reached No.18,
and opening 83, ‘Get The Balance Right’, was a No.13 fit.
Also in 83, ‘Everything Counts’, was their second No.6,
with ‘Love In Itself.2’, reaching the No.21 line.
In 84, ‘People Are People’, was a Top 4,
and ‘Master And Servant’, peaked at No.9.
Ending 84, ‘Somebody’/’Blasphemous Rumours’, a No.16,
and in 85, ‘Shake The Disease’, reached No.18.
Also in 85, ‘It’s Called A Heart’, rose to No.18,
and in 86, ‘Stripped’, peaked at No.15.
Still in 86, ‘A Question Of Lust’, made No.28,
and ‘A Question Of Time’, to No.17, flew.
In 87, ‘Strangelove’, was at No.16,
followed by, ‘Never Let Me Down Again’, at No.22.
In 88, ‘Behind The Wheel’, reached No.21,
And ‘Little 15 (import)’, at No.60 was seen.
In 89, ‘Everything Counts’, peaked at No.22,
And, ‘Personal Jesus’, rose to No.13.
In 90, ‘Enjoy The Silence’, was a Top 6,
And ‘Policy Of Truth’, was a No.16 hit.
Lastly, in 90, ‘World In My Eyes’, rose to No.17,
And in 93, ‘I Feel You’, at No.8, did sit.
Still in 93, ‘Walking In My Shoes’, made No.14,
And lastly, in 93, ‘Condemnation’, reached No.9.
In 94, ‘In The Room’, rose to No.8,
And in 97, ‘Barrel Of A Gun’, made the Top 4 line.
Also in 97, ‘It’s No Good’, was a Top 5,
followed by ‘Home’, making No.23.
And finally in 97, ‘Useless’, reached No.28,
And in 98, ‘Only When I Lose Myself’, a No.17, was to be.
In 01, ‘Dream On’, rose to No.6,
And ‘I Feel Loved’, made a No.12 heaven.
Ending 01, ‘Freelove’, peaked at No.19,
and in 04, ‘Enjoy The Silence’, was at No.7
Ending 04, ‘Something To Do’, made No.75,
And in 05, ‘Precious’, was a Top 4.
Also in 05, ‘A Pain That I’m Used To’, rose to No.15,
And in 06, ‘Suffer Well’, reached a No.12 score.
Also in 06, ‘John The Revelator’/’Lilian’, was at No.18,
And also, ‘Martyr’, a No.13 fix.
In 09, ‘Wrong’, rose to No.24,
And ‘Peace’, at No.57, ends this mix.
R I P
Andy Fletcher 1961 – 2022
Thank you for the music.
May 22, 2022
1 DOM MASSON
2 LES BRADD
3 JIMMY SIRREL
4 NEAL BISHOP
5 ALBERT IREMONGER
6 TOMMY LAWTON
7 HARRY DAFT
8 RADOJKO AVRAMOVIC
9 JACKIE SEWELL
10 HARRY ARTER
11 MICHAEL JOHNSON
12 STEVE FINNAN
13 JIM O’BRIEN
14 CRAIG SHORT
15 FRANK VINCENT
16 DEAN YATES
17 JOHN THOMPSON
18 MARK STALLARD
19 KEVIN PILKINGTON
20 BILLY FLINT
21 GARY JONES
22 RUBEN RODRIGUES
23 TRISTAN BENJAMIN
24 ZAK BRUNT
25 ALAN SMITH
26 JEFF ASTLE
27 MIKE EDWARDS
28 TONY AGANA
29 AARON NEMANE
30 BLAIR ADAMS
31 MICHAEL BROUGH
32 DELE ADEBOLA
33 IAIN McCULLOCH
34 RICHARD BRINDLEY
35 RAY O’BRIEN
36 CHARLIE PALMER
37 TREVOR CHRISTIE
38 COLIN SLATER
39 GARY LUND
40 IAN McPARLAND
41 BRIAN STUBBS
42 DANNY ALLSOPP
43 YOANN ARQUIN
44 STEVE CARTER
45 VITEZSLAV JAROS
46 PEDRO RICHARDS
47 JOHN MOUNTENEY
48 STEVE CHERRY
49 DAVID NEEDHAM
50 CALLUM ROBERTS
51 PAUL BOLLAND
52 GARY MILLS
53 ARTHUR MANN
54 TOM JOHNSTON
55 PHIL TURNER
56 SHOLA AMEOBI
57 ANDRE BOUCAUD
58 PERCY HUMPHREYS
59 KYLE WOOTTON
60 IAN RICHARDSON
61 ADE AKINBIYI
62 ARTHUR MANN
63 STANLEY ABORAH
64 SHAUN DERRY
65 TONY HATELEY
66 ANDREW BOYCE
67 JAYDEN RICHARDSON
68 DAVID McVAY
69 BARTOSZ BIALKOWSKI
70 TEDDY EMBERTON
71 BRIAN KILCLINE
72 JASON BANTON
73 ROY HOROBIN
74 ELISHA SAM
75 MATT PALMER
76 KWESI APPIAH
77 ADAM CHICKSEN
78 RACHID HARKOUK
79 ED FRANCIS
80 MICHAEL DOYLE
81 CONNELL RAWLINSON
82 ARTHUR CLAMP
83 KYLE CAMERON
84 ALEX LACEY
85 SAM SLOCOMBE
86 JAKE KEAN
87 BERT MORLEY
88 DION KELLY – EVANS
89 KAIRO MITCHELL
90 JOEL TAYLOR
91 TIERNAN BROOKS
oops No.53 & No.62 are the same person – sorry
compiled by Harriet Blackbury
April 2022
(usual copyright rules apply)
Thank you for visiting my website. Regards Harriet.
In 97, Sheryl Crow peaked at No.12,
with ‘Tomorrow Never Dies’, on A & M.
And in 98, ‘Daysleeper’, on Warner Brothers,
reached No. 6, for R.E.M.
In 56, Patience & Prudence made No.28,
on London, with ‘Tonight You Belong To Me’.
And in 61, ‘Tomorrow’s Clown’, on Philips,
for Marty Wilde, rose to No.33.
In 73, ‘Tomorrow Rising’, on EMI,
gave Cliff Richard a No.29.
And in 83, Randy Crawford reached No.51,
on Warner Brothers, with ‘Night Line’.
In 65, ‘Here Comes The Night’, on Decca,
was a Top 2 for Them.
And in 79, The UK Subs peaked at No.28,
with ‘Tomorrow’s Girl’, on Gem.
In 02, Ronan Keating reached No.1,
with ‘If Tomorrow Never Comes’, on Polydor.
And in 09, ‘If Today Was Your Last Day’, on Roadrunner,
took Nickel Back, to No.64.
In 96, ‘The Day We Caught The Train’, on MCA,
was a Top 4, for Ocean Colour Scene.
And in 08, ‘The Day That Never Came’, on Mercury,
gave Metallica a No.19.
In 71, ‘Tomorrow Night’, on B & C,
for Atomic Rooster, was at No.11.
And in 97, ‘Today’s The Day’, on Parlophone,
for Sean Maguire, rose to No.27.
In 74, Paper Lace, had a US No.1 & UK Top 3,
on Bus Stop, with ‘The Night Chicago Died’.
And in 90, ‘Today Forever’, on Creation,
was at No.14, for Ride.
In 65, ‘Come Tomorrow’, on HMV,
was a Top 4 for Manfred Mann.
And in 92, ‘Always Tomorrow’, on Epic,
peaked at No.24, for Gloria Estefan.
In 75, ‘What A Difference A Day Makes’, on Kudu,
for Esther Phillips rose to No.6.
And in 95, ‘Tomorrow Robins Will Sing’, on Motown,
was at No.71, for Stevie Wonder, ending this mix.
May 9, 2022
In 82, ‘Best Years Of Our Lives’, on WEA,
gave Modern Romance a silver selling Top 4.
And in 07, The Kaiser Chiefs had a No 1,
with ‘Ruby’ on B Unique/Polydor.
In 75, ‘Right Back Where We Started From’,
on United Artists, for Maxine Nightingale, a No.8 entry.
And in 99, ‘Take Me To Your Heaven’, on Arista,
saw Charlotte Nilsson with a Top 20.
In 68, Mama Cass rose to No.11,
with ‘Dream A Little Dream Of Me’, on RCA.
And in 88, Mica Paris reached No.7,
with ‘My One Temptation’, on Fourth & Broadway.
In 70, Clint Eastwood, peaked at No.18,
on Paramount with ‘I Talk To The Trees’,
And in 74, The Isley Brothers, on Epic,
rose to No 16, with ‘Summer Breeze’.
In 72, Holly Sherwood reached No 29,
on Bell with ‘Day By Day’.
And in 06, Kelly Clarkson made No.22,
with ‘Breakaway’, on RCA.
In 82, The Maisonettes rose to No.7,
on Ready Steady Go, with ‘Heartache Avenue’.
And in 09, ‘Don’t Upset The Rhythm (Go Baby Go)’,
on Vertigo, gave The Noisettes a Top 2.
In 98, ‘Searchin’ My Soul’, on Epic,
saw Vonda Shepard, with a Top 10 success.
And in 03, Paul Young had a UK gold selling No.1,
with ‘Wherever I Lay My Hat (That’s My Home)’, on CBS.
In 88, Tanita Tikaram rose to N0.22,
with ‘Twist In My Sobriety’, on WEA.
And in 04, ‘If I Thought You’d Change Your Mind’,
gave Agnetha Faltskog a No.11, also on Wea.
In 01, ‘Here With Me’, on Cheeky,
for Dido, was a Top 4.
And in 06, James Morrison, had a Top 5,
with ‘You Give Me Something’, on Polydor.
In 82, Christopher Cross, on Warner Brothers, had a
UK & US No.1, with ‘Arthur’s Theme (Best That You Can Do)’.
And in 83, The Lotus Eaters reached No.15,
on Sylvan, with ‘First Picture of You’.
May 2, 2022
In 86, Lionel Richie, on Motown,
had a Top 7, with ‘Dancing On The Ceiling’.
And in 91, Bizarre Inc, reached No.13,
on Vinyl Solution, with ‘Such A Feeling’.
In 64, ‘Dancing In The Street’, on Stateside,
gave Martha Reeves & The Vandellas, a Top 4.
And in 77, The Steve Gibbons Band, peaked at No.12,
with ‘Tulane’, on Polydor.
In 74, ‘Rock Your Baby’, on Jayboy,
was a UK & US, gold selling No.1, for George McCrae.
And in 80, The Average White Band’, made No.12,
with ‘Let’s Go Round Again Part 1’, on RCA.
In 79, ‘Shake Your Body (Down To The Ground)’, on Epic,
gave The Jacksons, a Top 4 success.
And in 91, Technotronic ftg Reggie, was at No.12,
with ‘Move That Body’, on ARS.
In 80, ‘Dance Yourself Dizzy’, on Polo,
for Liquid Gold, a Top 2, was to be.
And in 84, ‘Dancing With Tears In My Eyes’,
on Chrysalis, gave Ultravox a Top 3.
In 62, The Four Seasons had a UK No.8 & US No.1,
on Stateside, with ‘Sherry’.
And in 76, ‘Play That Funky Music’, on Epic,
was a UK No.7 & US No.1, for Wild Cherry.
In 74, ‘All Of My Life’, on Tamla Motown,
reached No.9, for Diana Ross.
And in 04, ‘Dance With My Father’, on J Records,
made No.21, for Luther Vandross.
In 62, Gene Pitney, was at No.32,
on HMV, with ‘Town Without Pity’.
And in 78, Marshall Hain had a Top 3,
on Harvest, with ‘Dancing In The City’.
In 77, ‘Boogie Nights’, on GTO,
gave Heatwave, a Top 2.
And in 03, Lemar, also had a Top 2,
on Sony Music, with ‘Dance (With U)’.
In 67, Otis Redding, on Stax,
peaked at No.28, with ‘Shake’.
And in 74, Millican & Nesbitt, on Pye,
made a No.38, with ‘For Old Time’s Sake’.
In 86, Madonna, had a UK No.1,
on Sire, with ‘True Blue’.
And in 93, ‘Moving On Up’, on Deconstruction,
for M People, was a Top 2.
In 67, ‘Groovin’, on Atlantic,
gave The Young Rascals, a UK No.8 & US No.1.
And in 73, Marvin Gaye, on Tamla Motown,
had a UK No.31 & US No.1, with ‘Let’s Get It On’.