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The 6th of June 2025
A Playlist, in descending order, from No.100 to No.1
The United Kingdom’s Official Singles Chart results, from No.100 to No.1, for the week commencing Friday the 6th to Thursday the 12th of June 2025
Cut-off for sales figures is up to the end of Thursday the 5th of June.
Results counted from midnight (British Summer Time) on Friday the 6th,
broadcast begins on B.B.C. Radio 1 at 4:00pm,
and results publicly released by the Official Charts at 5:45pm on Friday the 6th of June 2025.
The whole playlist, in descending order, from No.100 to No.1
The United Kingdom’s Official Singles Chart, from No.100 to No.1, for the week commencing Friday the 6th of June 2025.
If you prefer the chart in CD length units, here’s a 5 disc box-set.
Disc1: 100 to 81
The United Kingdom’s Official Singles Chart, from No.100 to No.81, for the week commencing Friday the 6th of June 2025.
Disc 2: 80 to 61
The United Kingdom’s Official Singles Chart, from No.80 to No.61, for the week commencing Friday the 6th of June 2025.
Disc 3: 60 to 41
The United Kingdom’s Official Singles Chart, from No.60 to No.41, for the week commencing Friday the 6th of June 2025.
Disc 4: 40 to 21
The United Kingdom’s Official Singles Chart, from No.40 to No.21, for the week commencing Friday the 6th of June 2025.
Disc 5: 20 to 1
The United Kingdom’s Official Singles Chart, from No.20 to No.1, for the week commencing Friday the 6th of June 2025.
Prefer the chart as if it’s on vinyl..? Here’s a 10 album box-set.
Album 1: 100 – 91
Side 1: No.s 100 to 96
The United Kingdom’s Official Singles Chart, from No.100 to No.96, for the week commencing Friday the 6th of June 2025.
At No.100, with a 19th re-entry this week since originally leaving the chart on the 28th of December 2013, is Vance Joy with “Riptide”.
At No.99, holding the same position as last week, is Natasha Bedingfield with “Unwritten”.
At No.98, down 5 places from No.93, is Gravagerz/Kiki/Wera with “Pool”.
At No.97, down 18 places from No.79, is Sleep Token with “Caramel”.
At No.96, down 6 places from No.90, is Coldplay with “Viva La Vida”.
Side 2: No.s 95 to 91
The United Kingdom’s Official Singles Chart, from No.95 to No.91, for the week commencing Friday the 6th of June 2025.
At No.95, down 4 places from No.91, is Dasha with “Austin (Boots stop Workin’)”.
At No.94, up 3 places from No.97, is In Parallel with “Now It’s Gone”.
At No.93, down 12 places from No.81, is Katseye with “Gnarly”.
At No.92, a re-entry this week since originally leaving the chart on the 22nd of May, is Wifiskeleton / O Lantern with “Nope Your Too Late I Already Died”
At No.91, down 22 places from No.69, is Renee Rapp with “Leave Me Alone”.
Album 2: 90 – 81
Side 3: No.s 90 to 86
The United Kingdom’s Official Singles Chart, from No.90 to No.86, for the week commencing Friday the 6th of June 2025.
At No.90, a New Entry this week, is CMAT with “Take A Sexy Picture Of Me”.
At No.89, down 3 places from No.86, is Post Malone / Morgan Wallen with “I Had Some Help”.
At No.88, down 3 places from No.85, is Charli XCX with “Girl So Confusing”.
At No.87, down 14 places from No.73, is Selena Gomez / Benny Blanco with “Bluest Flame”.
At No.86, up 3 places from No.89, is Sub Focus & bbyclose with “On & On”.
Side 4: No.s 85 to 81
The United Kingdom’s Official Singles Chart, from No.85 to No.81, for the week commencing Friday the 6th of June 2025.
At No.85, up 11 places from No.96, is Fleetwood Mac with “Everywhere”.
At No.84, down 21 places from No.63, is Nathan Dawe / Shayan with “Over You”.
At No.83, a re-entry this week since originally leaving the chart on the 22nd of May, is Miley Cyrus with “End Of The World”.
At No.82, down 10 places from No.72, is ATLXS with “Passo Bem Solto”.
At No.81, down 4 places from No.77, is Chappell Roan with “The Giver”.
Album 3: 80 – 71
Side 5: No.s 80 to 76
The United Kingdom’s Official Singles Chart, from No.80 to No.76, for the week commencing Friday the 6th of June 2025.
At No.80, down 2 places from No.78, is Leon Thomas with “Mutt”.
At No.79, down 13 places from No.66, is D4VD with “Feel It”.
At No.78, down 4 places from No.74, is Sonny Fodera / Jazzy / D O D with “Somedays”.
At No.77, down 6 places from No.71, is Noah Kahan with “Stick Season”.
At No.76, with the 8th highest New Entry this week, is Lil Tecca with “Owa Owa”
Side 6: No.s 75 to 71
The United Kingdom’s Official Singles Chart, from No.75 to No.71, for the week commencing Friday the 6th of June 2025.
At No.75, up 7 places from No.82, is Rudimental & Khalid with “All I Know”.
At No.74, up 13 places from No.87, is Pinkpantheress with “Illegal”.
At No.73, with the 7th highest New Entry this week, is Yungblud with “Zombie”.
At No.72, down 11 places from No.61, is the Killers with “Mr Brightside”.
At No.71, down 3 places from No.68, is the Goo Goo Dolls with “Iris”.
Album 4: 70 – 61
Side 7: No.s 70 to 66
The United Kingdom’s Official Singles Chart, from No.70 to No.66, for the week commencing Friday the 6th of June 2025.
At No.70, down 26 places from No.44, is Doechii with “Anxiety”.
At No.69, down 9 places from No.60, is Hozier with “Too Sweet”.
At No.68, up 12 places from No.80, is Josh Baker & Omar+ with “Back It Up”
At No.67, down 2 places from No.65, is Dire Straits with “Sultans of Swing”.
At No.66, down 1 place from No.67, is Lil Tecca with “Dark Thoughts”
Side 8: No.s 65 to 61
The United Kingdom’s Official Singles Chart, from No.65 to No.61, for the week commencing Friday the 6th of June 2025.
At No.65, up 2 places from No.67, is Addison Rae with “Headphones On”
At No.64, with the 6th highest New Entry this week, is Miley Cyrus with “Easy Lover”.
At No.63, up 13 places from No.76, is Fleetwood Mac with “Dreams”.
At No.62, with the 5th highest New Entry this week, is Lorde with “Man Of The Year”.
At No.61, down 5 places from No.56, is Sabrina Carpenter with “Busy Woman”.
Album 5: 60 – 51
Side 9: 60 to 56
The United Kingdom’s Official Singles Chart, from No.60 to No.56, for the week commencing Friday the 6th of June 2025.
At No.60, down 1 place from No.59, is David Guetta featuring Sia with “Beautiful People”.
At No.59, down 8 places from No.51, is Jorja Smith with “The Way I Love You”
At No.58, down 8 places from No.49, is Denon Reed & CRU2 with “I Need To Know”.
At No.57, up 1 place from No.58, is Ely Oaks & Lavinia with “Borderline”.
At No.56, down 3 places from No.53, is Gigi Perez with “Sailor Song”.
Side 10: 55 to 51
The United Kingdom’s Official Singles Chart, from No.55 to No.51, for the week commencing Friday the 6th of June 2025.
At No.55, down 1 place from No.54, is Shaboozey with “A Bar Song (Tipsy)”.
At No.54, up 10 places from No.64, is Rachel Chinouriri with “All I Ever Asked”.
At No.53, down 3 places from No.50, is Jazzy / Kilimanjaro with “No Bad Vibes”.
At No.52, down 4 places from No.48, is Sabrina Carpenter with “Espresso”.
At No.51, down 5 places from No.46, is Sabrina Carpenter with “Taste”.
Album 6: 50 – 41
Side 11: 50 to 46
The United Kingdom’s Official Singles Chart, from No.50 to No.46, for the week commencing Friday the 6th of June 2025.
At No.50, up 2 places from No.52, is James Hype with “Don’t Wake Me Up”.
At No.49, down 4 places from No.45, is Teddy Swims with “The Door”.
At No.48, down 6 places from No.42, is Myles Smith with “Stargazing”.
At No.47,down 7 places from No.40, is the Weeknd / Playboi Carti with “Timeless”.
At No.46, with the 4th highest New Entry, is Sammy Virji / Skepta with “Cops & Robbers”.
Side 12: 45 to 41
The United Kingdom’s Official Singles Chart, from No.45 to No.41, for the week commencing Friday the 6th of June 2025.
At No.45, down 2 places from No.43, is Teddy Swims with “Lose Control”.
At No.44, down 3 places from No.41, is Nathan Dawe & Abi Flynn with “Here In Your Arms”.
At No.43, down 4 places from No.39, is Chappell Roan with “Good Luck Babe”.
At No.42, down 5 places from No.37, is Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars with “Die With A Smile”.
At No.41, down 3 places from No.38, is Gracie Abrams with “That’s So True”.
Album 7: 40 – 31
Side 13: 40 to 36
The United Kingdom’s Official Singles Chart, from No.40 to No.36, for the week commencing Friday the 6th of June 2025.
At No.40, down 7 places from No.33, is Tate McRae with “Sports Car”.
At No.39, down 7 places from No.32, is Myles Smith with “Gold”.
At No.38, down 2 places from No.36, is Chrystal with “The Days”.
At No.37, up 10 places from No.47, is Levi Heron with “The Glen”.
At No.36, down 5 places from No.31, is MGK with “Cliche”.
Side 14: 35 to 31
The United Kingdom’s Official Singles Chart, from No.35 to No.31, for the week commencing Friday the 6th of June 2025.
At No.35, down 5 places from No.30, is Morgan Wallen / Tate McRae with “What I Want”.
At No.34, holding the same position as last week, is Billie Eilish with “Birds Of A Feather”.
At No.33, up 2 places from No.35, is Lorde with “What Was That”
At No.32, down 6 places from No.26, is Ed Sheeran with “Old Phone”.
At No.31, down 4 places from No.27, is Rose & Bruno Mars with “APT”.
Album 8: 30 – 21
Side 15: 30 to 26
The United Kingdom’s Official Singles Chart, from No.30 to No.26, for the week commencing Friday the 6th of June 2025.
At No.30, down 1 place from No.29, is Morgan Seatree with “Say My Name”.
At No.29, down 8 places from No.21, is Jack Black with “Steve’s Lava Chicken”.
At No.28, with the 3rd highest New Entry, is Olivia Dean with “Nice To Each Other”.
At No.27, with the 2nd highest New Entry, is Addison Rae with “Fame Is A Gun”.
At No.26, down 1 place from No.25, is Benson Boone with “Sorry I’m Here For Someone Else”.
Side 16: 25 to 21
The United Kingdom’s Official Singles Chart, from No.25 to No.21, for the week commencing Friday the 6th of June 2025.
At No.25, up 3 places from No.28, is Sonny Fodera / Douglas with “Tell Me”.
At No.24, holding the same position as last week, is Lola Young with “Messy”.
At No.23, holding the same position as last week, is Drake with “Nokia”.
At No.22, down 17 places from No.5, is WizTheMC / Bees & Honey with “Show Me Love”.
At No.21, down 1 place from No.20, is Charli XCX with “Party 4 U”.
Album 9: 20 – 11
Side 17: 20 to 16
The United Kingdom’s Official Singles Chart, from No.20 to No.16, for the week commencing Friday the 6th of June 2025.
At No.20, down 3 places from No.17, is Tate McRae with “Revolving Door”.
At No.19, up 3 places from No.22, is Lola Young with “One Thing”.
At No.18, down 3 places from No.15, is Teddy Swims with “Bad Dreams”.
At No.17, down 3 places from No.14, is Myles Smith with “Nice To Meet You”.
At No.16, down 4 places from No.12, is Alex Warren with “Carry You Home”.
Side 18: 15 to 11
The United Kingdom’s Official Singles Chart, from No.15 to No.11, for the week commencing Friday the 6th of June 2025.
At No.15, up 1 place from No.16, is Skye Newman with “Hairdresser”.
At No.14, up 4 places from No.18, is Benson Boone with “Mystical Magical”.
At No.13, up 6 places from No.19, is Max Dean / Locky / Luke Dean with “Can’t Decide”.
At No.12, up 1 place from No.13, is Moliy & Silent Addy with “Shake It To The Max (Fly)”.
At No.11, down 1 place from No.10, is Benson Boone with “Beautiful Things”.
Album 10: 10 – 1
Side 19: 10 to 6
The United Kingdom’s Official Singles Chart, from No.10 to No.6, for the week commencing Friday the 6th of June 2025.
At No.10, down from No.9, is Alex Warren featuring Jelly Roll with “Bloodline”.
At No.9, up 2 places from No.11, is Sombre with “Back To Friends”.
At No.8, holding the same position as last week, is Ed Sheeran, with “Azizam”.
At No.7, holding the same position as last week, is Calvin Harris / Douglas with “Blessings”.
At No.6, and this week’s highest New Entry, is Tate McRae with “Just Keep Watching”.
Side 20: 5 to 1
The United Kingdom’s Official Singles Chart, from No.5 to No.1, for the week commencing Friday the 6th of June 2025.
At No.5, up 1 place from No.6, is Skye Newman with “Family Matters”.
At No.4, holding the same position as last week, is Sombre with “Undressed”.
At No.3, down from No.2, is Chappell Roan with “Pink Pony Club”.
At No.2, up 1 place from No.3, is Ravyn Lenae with “Love Me Not”.
At No.1, holding the same position and achieving a 12th week at the Top, is Alex Warren with “Ordinary”
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Gracie Abrams
Gravagerz – Topic
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Sub Focus
Pinkpantheress
Post Malone
Charli xcx
Rudimental
KATSEYE
Josh Baker – Topic
Sleep Token
Leon Thomas
Chappell Roan
Sonny Fodera
Selena Gomez
ATLXS
Noah Kahan
Lady Gaga
Reneé Rapp
Goo Goo Dolls
Addison Rae
d4vd
Dire Straits
Rachel Chinouriri
Nathan Dawe
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Hozier
David Guetta
Ely Oaks
Lil Tecca
Sabrina Carpenter
Shaboozey
Gigi Perez
James Hype
Jorja Smith
Jazzy
Denon Reed
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The Weeknd
Bruno Mars
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Tate McRae
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Lola Young
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The 30th of May 2025
A Playlist, in descending order, from No.100 to No.1
The United Kingdom’s Official Singles Chart results, from No.100 to No.1, for the week commencing Friday the 30th of May to Thursday the 5th of June 2025
Cut-off for sales figures is up to the end of Thursday the 29th of May.
Results counted from midnight (British Summer Time) on Friday the 30th,
broadcast begins on B.B.C. Radio 1 at 4:00pm,
and results publicly released by the Official Charts at 5:45pm on Friday the 30th of May 2025.
The whole playlist, in descending order, from No.100 to No.1
If you prefer the chart in CD length units, here’s a 5 disc boxset.
Disc1: 100 to 81
The United Kingdom’s Official Singles Chart, from No.100 to No.81, for the week commencing Friday the 30th of May 2025.
Disc 2: 80 to 61
The United Kingdom’s Official Singles Chart, from No.80 to No.61, for the week commencing Friday the 30th of May 2025.
Disc 3: 60 to 41
The United Kingdom’s Official Singles Chart, from No.60 to No.41, for the week commencing Friday the 30th of May 2025.
Disc 4: 40 to 21
The United Kingdom’s Official Singles Chart, from No.40 to No.21, for the week commencing Friday the 30th of May 2025.
Disc 5: 20 to 1
The United Kingdom’s Official Singles Chart, from No.20 to No.1, for the week commencing Friday the 30th of May 2025.
Prefer the chart as if it’s on vinyl..? Here’s a 10 album box-set.
Album 1: 100 – 91
Side 1: No.s 100 to 96
The United Kingdom’s Official Singles Chart, from No.100 to No.96, for the week commencing Friday the 30th of May 2025.
At No.100, down from No.48 last week, is KAJ with “Bara Bada Bastu”.
At No.99, a re-entry this week, is Natasha Bedingfield with “Unwritten”.
At No.98, down from No.75 last week, is Morgan Wallen with “Just In Case”.
At No.97, down from No.93 last week, is IN PARALLEL with “NOW IT’S GONE”.
At No.96, up from No.99 last week, is Fleetwood Mac with “Everywhere”.
Side 2: No.s 95 to 91
The United Kingdom’s Official Singles Chart, from No.96 to No.91, for the week commencing Friday the 30th of May 2025.
At No.95, a re-entry this week, is Billie Eilish with “WILDFLOWER”.
At No.94, up from No.100 last week, is Gracie Abrams with “Close To You”.
At No.93, up from No.98 last week, is Gravagerz/Kiki/Wera with “Pool”.
At No.92, down from No.91 last week, is Shallipopi with “Laho”.
At No.91, up from No.97 last week, is Dasha with “Austin (Boots stop Workin’)”.
Album 2: 90 – 81
Side 3: No.s 90 to 86
The United Kingdom’s Official Singles Chart, from No.90 to No.86, for the week commencing Friday the 30th of May 2025.
At No.90, a re-entry this week, is Coldplay with “Viva La Vida”.
At No.89, up from No.92, is Sub Focus with On & On.
At No.88, down from No.31, is Remember Monday with “What The Hell Just Happened”.
At No.87, up from No.94, is Pinkpantheress with “Illegal”.
At No.86, up from No.88, is Post Malone / Morgan Wallen with “I Had Some Help”.
Side 4: No.s 85 to 81
The United Kingdom’s Official Singles Chart, from No.86 to No.81, for the week commencing Friday the 30th of May 2025.
At No.85, down from No.82, is Charli XCX with “Girl So Confusing”.
At No.84, a new entry this week, is Burna Boy ft Travis Scott with “TaTaTa”.
No.83, down from No.81, is BL3SS/Camrinwatsin/bbyclose with “Kisses”.
At No.82, down from No.80, is Rudimental & Khalid with “All I Know”.
At No.81, up from No.90, is Katseye with “Gnarly”.
Album 3: 80 – 71
Side 5: No.s 80 to 76
The United Kingdom’s Official Singles Chart, from No.80 to No.76, for the week commencing Friday the 30th of May 2025.
At No.80, up from No.95, is Josh Baker & Omar+ with “Back It Up”.
At No.79, down from No.62, is Sleep Token with “Caramel”.
At No.78, down from No.24, is Leon Thomas with “Mutt”.
At No.77, up from No.85, is Chappell Roan with “The Giver”.
At No.76, up from No.78, is Fleetwood Mac with “Dreams”.
Side 6: No.s 75 to 71
The United Kingdom’s Official Singles Chart, from No.75 to No.71, for the week commencing Friday the 30th of May 2025.
At No.75, down from No.34, is Abor & Tynna with “Baller”.
At No.74, down from No.68, is Sonny Fodera / Jazzy / D O D with “Somedays”.
At No.73, up from No.77, is Selena Gomez / Benny Blanco with “Bluest Flame”.
At No.72, up from No.87, is ATLXS with “Passo Bem Solto”.
At No.71, up from No.76, is Noah Kahan with “Stick Season”.
Album 4: 70 – 61
Side 7: No.s 70 to 66
The United Kingdom’s Official Singles Chart, from No.70 to No.66, for the week commencing Friday the 30th of May 2025.
At No.70, up from No.74, is Lady Gaga with “Abracadabra”.
At No.69, a new entry this week, is Renee Rapp with “Leave Me Alone”.
At No.68, up from No.84, is the Goo Goo Dolls with “Iris”.
At No.67, down from No.66, is Addison Rae with “Headphones On”.
At No.66, up from No.73, is D4VD with “Feel It”.
Side 8: No.s 65 to 61
The United Kingdom’s Official Singles Chart, from No.66 to No.61, for the week commencing Friday the 30th of May 2025.
At No.65, down from No.64, is Dire Straits with “Sultans of Swing”.
At No.64, up from No.70, is Rachel Chinouriri with “All I Ever Asked”.
At No.63, a new entry this week, is Nathan Dawe / Shayan with “Over You”.
At No.62, down from No.40, is Tommy Cash with “Espresso Macchiato”.
At No.61, up from No.71, is the Killers with “Mr Brightside”.
Album 5: 60 – 51
Side 9: 60 to 56
The United Kingdom’s Official Singles Chart, from No.60 to No.56, for the week commencing Friday the 30th of May 2025.
At No.60, up from No.67, is Hozier with “Too Sweet”.
At No.59, up from No.60, is David Guetta featuring Sia with “Beautiful People”.
At No.58, down from No.44, is Ely Oaks & Lavinia with “Borderline”.
At No.57, holding the same position, is Lil Tecca with “Dark Thoughts”
At No.56, down from No.18, is Sabrina Carpenter with “Busy Woman”.
Side 10: 55 to 51
The United Kingdom’s Official Singles Chart, from No.55 to No.51, for the week commencing Friday the 30th of May 2025.
At No.55, up from No.56, is Ariana Grande with “Twilight Zone”.
At No.54, up from No.59, is Shaboozey with “A Bar Song (Tipsy)”.
At No.53, up from No.61, is Gigi Perez with “Sailor Song”.
At No.52, up from No.69, is James Hype with “Don’t Wake Me Up”
At No.51, up from No.54, is Jorja Smith with “The Way I Love You”
Album 6: 50 – 41
Side 11: 50 to 46
The United Kingdom’s Official Singles Chart, from No.50 to No.46, for the week commencing Friday the 30th of May 2025.
At No.50, up from No.55, is Jazzy / Kilimanjaro with “No Bad Vibes”.
At No.49, up from No.50, is Denon Reed & CRU2 with “I Need To Know”.
At No.48, up from No.52, is Sabrina Carpenter with “Espresso”.
At No.47, up from No.63, is Levi Heron with “The Glen”.
At No.46, up from No.51, is Sabrina Carpenter with “Taste”.
Side 12: 45 to 41
The United Kingdom’s Official Singles Chart, from No.45 to No.41, for the week commencing Friday the 30th of May 2025.
At No.45, up from No.47, is Teddy Swims with “The Door”.
At No.44, up from No.46, is Doechii with “Anxiety”.
At No.43, up from No.45, is Teddy Swims with “Lose Control”.
At No.42, up from No.49, is Myles Smith with “Stargazing”.
At No.41, down from No.38, is Nathan Dawe & Abi Flynn with “Here In Your Arms”.
Album 7: 40 – 31
Side 13: 40 to 36
The United Kingdom’s Official Singles Chart, from No.40 to No.36, for the week commencing Friday the 30th of May 2025.
At No.40, down from No.35, is the Weeknd / Playboi Carti with “Timeless”.
At No.39, up from No.43, is Chappell Roan with “Good Luck Babe”.
At No.38, up from No.41, is Gracie Abrams with “That’s So True”.
At No.37, up from No.42, is Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars with “Die With A Smile”.
At No.36, down from No.33, is Chrystal with “The Days”.
Side 14: 35 to 31
The United Kingdom’s Official Singles Chart, from No.35 to No.31, for the week commencing Friday the 30th of May 2025.
At No.35, down from No.29, is Lorde with “What Was That”.
At No.34, up from No.36, is Billie Eilish with “Birds Of A Feather”.
At No.33, up from No.37, is Tate McRae with “Sports Car”.
At No.32, a new entry this week, is Myles Smith with “Gold”.
At No.31, a new entry this week, is MGK with “Cliche”.
Album 8: 30 – 21
Side 15: 30 to 26
The United Kingdom’s Official Singles Chart, from No.30 to No.26, for the week commencing Friday the 30th of May 2025.
At No.30, up from No.32, is Morgan Wallen / Tate McRae with “What I Want”.
At No.29, up from No.30, is Morgan Seatree with “Say My Name”.
At No.28, down from No.26, is Sonny Fodera / Douglas with “Tell Me”.
At No.27, up from No.28, is Rose & Bruno Mars with “APT”.
At No.26, up from No.27, is Ed Sheeran with “Old Phone”.
Side 16: 25 to 21
The United Kingdom’s Official Singles Chart, from No.25 to No.21, for the week commencing Friday the 30th of May 2025.
At No.25, down from No.23, is Benson Boone with “Sorry I’m Here For Someone Else”.
At No.24, down from No.22, is Lola Young with “Messy”.
At No.23, down from No.20, is Drake with “Nokia”.
At No.22, up from No.25, is Lola Young with “One Thing”.
At No.21, holding the same position, is Jack Black with “Steve’s Lava Chicken”.
Album 9: 20 – 11
Side 17: 20 to 16
The United Kingdom’s Official Singles Chart, from No.20 to No.16, for the week commencing Friday the 30th of May 2025.
At No.20, down from No.19, is Charli XCX with “Party 4 U”
At No.19, a new entry this week, is Max Dean / Locky / Luke Dean with “Can’t Decide”.
At No.18, down from No.15, is Benson Boone with “Mystical Magical”.
At No.17, holding the same position, is Tate McRae with “Revolving Door”.
At No.16, holding the same position, is Skye Newman with “Hairdresser”.
Side 18: 15 to 11
The United Kingdom’s Official Singles Chart, from No.15 to No.11, for the week commencing Friday the 30th of May 2025.
At No.15, down from No.11, is Teddy Swims with “Bad Dreams”.
At No.14, down from No.13, is Myles Smith with “Nice To Meet You”.
At No.13, up from No.14, is Moliy & Silent Addy with “Shake It Too The Max (Fly)”.
At No.12, down from No.10, is Alex Warren with “Carry You Home”.
At No.11, up from No.12, is Sombre with “Back To Friends”.
Album 10: 10 – 1
Side 19: 10 to 6
The United Kingdom’s Official Singles Chart, from No.10 to No.6, for the week commencing Friday the 30th of May 2025.
At No.10, down from No.9, is Benson Boone with “Beautiful Things”.
At No.9, and this weeks highest new entry, is Alex Warren featuring Jelly Roll with “Bloodline”.
At No.8, down from No.6, is Ed Sheeran, with “Azizam”.
At No.7, holding the same position, is Calvin Harris / Douglas with “Blessings”.
At No.6, up from No.8, is Skye Newman with “Family Matters”.
Side 20: 5 to 1
The United Kingdom’s Official Singles Chart, from No.5 to No.1, for the week commencing Friday the 30th of May 2025.
At No.5, holding the same position, is WizTheMC / Bees & Honey with “Show Me Love”.
At No.4, holding the same position, is Sombre with “Undressed”.
At No.3, down from No.2, is Ravyn Lenae with “Love Me Not”.
At No.2, up from No.3, is Chappell Roan with “Pink Pony Club”.
At No.1, holding the same position is Alex Warren with “Ordinary”
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Ed Sheeran
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Tuesday the 20th of February 1973 to Tuesday the 19th of February 1974
Elton John
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Charting in this year of 1973, on the 23rd of September, is Elton John with the single “Goodbye Yellow Brick Road”.
I remember hearing this, most probably on the radio,..
…all the time. But I liked this one a lot.
From the album of the same name, Elton by this point was achieving artistic triumph again and again. And his star was shining brighter with every release.
The single will enter the chart…
…at No.43, and then jump straight up to No.16 the following week.
Two weeks later it hits the Top 10 at No.10, and by the 21st of October, gets as high as it can go, when it peaks at No.6 and stays there for two weeks.
The climb down will be a much slower affair than the climb up, beginning with a further week in the Top 10, before it falls more dramatically to settle around the Top 40 perimeter, which will see it through into the new year of 1974.
The end will come as the middle of January approaches, with the single skipping away after the 12th of that month.
Although the number one slot in the U.K. was still proving elusive,..
…the album proved to be his 2nd solid No.1 album, even more impressive, as it was a double, which meant the music buying public were paying more out of their pocket to get it there, than other worthy single disc contenders.
The lyrics to this particular single however were in sharp contrast to Elton and Bernie Taupin’s ascendancy to fame and ever-growing stardom.
Bernie, the lyricist, was now at a stage…
…where the tug of stardom wasn’t as alluring as before, and the need to ground himself back into reality became a desire strong enough to put down in writing.
I love the words to this song, it’s basically about Bernie defying the ones who are trying to control him, manipulate him, that all of it doesn’t matter. He’d take the peaceful life and happiness over stardom any day. He won’t be selling his soul.
This is Taupin, rooting himself back into his childhood where, living on a farm in Lincolnshire, which seemed like another planet away, now seemed a more alluring prospect, with no scheduled rockets set for a return journey arriving to take him home there anytime soon.
Back when this was first receiving airplay,..
…there wouldn’t have been anything else like it for the sheer brilliance of a tune.
Packed into 3 minutes and 12 seconds, by the end of that time, it feels as if you have been to a mystical faraway land yourself.
The “A” Side
The “B” Side
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The Simon Park Orchestra
Eye Level (Theme from the Thames T.V. series “Van der Valk”).
Charting in the year of 1973, on the 9th of September, is The Simon Park Orchestra with the single “Eye Level (Theme from the Thames T.V. series “Van der Valk”).”.
Originally released in ‘72…
…but hitting the U.K. Singles Chart hard in ‘73, now this was definitely music I remember.
Nobody I know had bought the single so the memory of it must have come from this being played constantly on the airwaves, whether that was the TV or the radio.
It came from the ITV show ‘Van Der Valk’ which was a detective show set in Holland. The “B” side was also a theme from another popular ITV programme. Granada TV’s ‘Crown Court’.
Back to the subject of the “A” side, I also remember the actor Barry Foster from Van Der Valk too. Whether that means I was up late taking it in I’m not sure but I distinctly remember it.
The piece itself was written by a Dutch composer Jan Stoeckart,..
…who worked under other pseudonyms, the most notable being Jack Trombey.
In the sixties, he came over to the U.K. and signed up to the music production company De Wolfe Music, and ended up writing hundreds of compositions in the form of library music (recorded music that can be licensed to customers for use in film, television, radio and other media).
In this capacity, Trombey’s work was used for TV shows like “Callan” and also for films such as (and this is my personal favourite) “Monty Python and the Holy Grail.”
Whenever I hear Trombey’s “Homeward Bound” I will forever picture King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table skipping along the English countryside clip-clopping a couple of coconuts (try saying that after a drink or three).
Stoeckart’s most popular composition though…
…was undoubtedly the piece which would eventually become the theme to “Van der Valk”.
The tune, based loosely on a German/Dutch 18th century nursery rhyme, was originally called “Amsterdam”. It also took its opening few bars from non other than a segment of Mozart’s “The Marriage of Figaro”.
Once ITV acquired the music to use, they enlisted The Simon Park Orchestra to arrange it with a little assistance from Stoeckart himself, who adapted the original tune and added a new top line under the Trombey name.
Apparently, the title change to “Eye Level” is still in keeping with the Dutch feel as it refers to the ever-present horizon in the Low Countries, which is always “at eye level to the beholder”.
When it was first released the year before,..
…it hardly dented the chart at all. Entering on the 19th of November 1972 at No.45, and spending only 2 weeks in the low top 50.
Once re-issued in September 1973, it re-entered on the 9th at No.48, but catapulted up the charts to No.14 the following week.
Before September was through, it went all the way up to No.1 and stayed there for 4 weeks. It took one notch down to No.2 from the 21st of October for another couple of weeks after that, and dropped out of the Top 10 after the 10th of November.
Even though there was nowhere else to go but down, the single took a long time doing so. In fact it would be well into the new year, and almost my 2nd Birthday, before it finally left after the 9th of February 1974, by then having sold just over a million units.
Going back through its run to the end of Autumn 1973, Matt Monro, one of the very best singers to ever grace anyone’s ears, released a vocal version entitled “And You Smiled”, with lyrics written by Melvyn Taggart. It would become Matt’s final hit single.
A year later, in1974, Stoeckart would release his own version under the name Jack Trombey’s Brass.
I’m always fascinated by the fact that,..
…in a De Wolfe archive somewhere, there lies between 1200 to 1300 pieces of music which Stoeckart has composed, under various guises. Some of these can be found on YouTube if you care to look for them.
That’s one hell of a body of work, and always captivating to listen to. There may be a good chance that one day, one of those tunes may surface into the public consciousness.
The “A” Side
The “B” Side
Top Of The Pops appearance:
Matt Monro – And You Smiled (Eye Level Theme from TV Series “Van der Valk”)
Jack Trombey’s Brass – Eye Level
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Tuesday the 20th of February 1973 to Tuesday the 19th of February 1974
Osmonds
The Plan
Charting in the year of 1973, on the 19th of August, is The Osmonds with the album “The Plan”.
There are certain pieces of music,..
…or artists, which dive right back into the depths of my living memory.
One such example is this album by the Osmonds.
Again, my eldest sister’s influence here. She had the album ‘The Plan’ and swears to this day that it’s one of the best albums ever made by anyone.
It is certainly an ambitious project…
…and it’s certainly an ambitious album.Based upon their Mormon beliefs from the miracle of one’s creation at birth, to the enlightenment and return at the end of one’s days. Moulded with compassion and love, just as is depicted on the cover with the hand of God holding the ball of clay (which had become, not just a logo for their own record business, but more as an emblem for everything they stood for).That’s a lot to accomplish on two sides of a vinyl record which lasts less than an hour. But they gave it their best shot.
In my opinion, with the stigma that the media gave to them, they had so many ideas, so many styles, that the critics in the end didn’t know what to do with them.So they do what critics do, they criticised them.
I joined the Osmonds life story after they’d been the Osmond Brothers, the squeaky clean barber shop set-up, and when they’d added Donny to the line up and became The Osmonds.With this album they were now just “Osmonds” in an attempt to distance themselves even further from their “One Bad Apple” days, where the music was chosen for them, and they were just a vehicle for somebody else’s songs (I tend to think of it a little like the ‘Jackson 5’ becoming ‘The Jacksons’).
They were now not just performers but songwriters and composers too.
So, to me, they were an extremely close, loving, talented, and extraordinarily entertaining family.They played their own instruments.They had fantastic ideas, and with this effort, they put them all in there; and that’s probably why everyone got confused.One minute they’re heavy, the next they’re schmaltzy. Another moment they’re playful, then serious.For me personally, it maybe because it lacked a coherent musical theme, that it didn’t get to where it initially should have been.If they’d made a box set and had a different style for each side, then that may well have worked. But either they, nor the record company, weren’t going down that road.So in the end you’ve got something that sounds to me like a highlights album from an epic (and unrealised) 4 hour production.
On the subject of highlights,..
…to publicise it, they performed a 10 minute taster focusing on a selection of the songs.You can tell they were immensely proud of this work. And, I think the fans either loved it or hated it – ok hated is a bit strong, probably more like felt more uncomfortable with it.
Even back then, my sister would discuss anything Osmonds with anyone, including me. I always think of her, when I was young, as around 15 when in fact at this stage she was only 10.
She was the one whom I found out that they were all brothers, as I knew Donny was his own star, but he was also in the band.The subject of brothers was one that, even back then, something (or someone) I yearned for. But strangely back then, it wasn’t a younger brother but an older one that I missed.
My sisters favourite was Merrill, and to me I can see why, with a fantastic voice that could really punch.Due to the big brother thing, I was drawn to Wayne. I felt a little envious that they had him as a brother.
But yeah, the songs they made for this album went straight into me too. In fact “Movie Man” gave me the creeps a little. It used to make me think even I was in trouble (well, I was around the age of 2, so go easy on me).
But, for them, this really was their most personal album as a family unit, which they truly and seriously put everything into, including their hearts, souls, and beliefs.
The album hits the U.K. Album Chart…
on the 19th of August 1973, crashing into the Top 10 at No.7.
By the following week it will hit it’s peak position, one place higher at No.6, and sit there for a couple of weeks.
After one further week in the Top 10, where it goes back to No.7, it will settle further back in the mid-chart positions during the months of September and October.
A further wave of attention will edge it back into the Top 10 by mid-November for a week, before it eventually settles just outside of it during December and it continues into January 1974, before falling away from the chart altogether after the 12th of that month.
After a short rest, it will enter back into the lower end of the Top 50 from the 20th of the same month, and stick around for a further 4 weeks before leaving for good after the 16th of February. Just a few days before my 2nd birthday.
To me, it’s not so much an album,..
…as more a movie soundtrack, or an event, and having given it some thought, I would have used this album as a basis for a West End (or Broadway) musical.
Abba did it. Queen did it. You’ve got Michael Jackson’s Thriller out there, Whitney Houston, and so many others too.
There’s loads of them out there, Why not the Osmonds?
The Musical.
The Event.
“The Plan”.
I’ve created my own separate playlists for Sides 1 and 2 of this album with (I hope) the correct versions and the original track sequencing order for the U.K. release.
Side 1
Side 2
The Osmonds – The Plan Medley (Video Promo):
“Movie Man” (TV appearance):
“Let Me In” (“Musik Laden” TV Appearance):
“One Way Ticket To Anywhere” Video Promo:
“Are You Up There?” Video Promo:
“The Last Days” Video Promo:
“Goin’ Home” Video Promo:
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Tuesday the 20th of February 1973 to Tuesday the 19th of February 1974
Limmie and Family Cookin’
You Can Do Magic
Charting in the year of 1973, on the 15th of July, is Limmie and Family Cookin’ with the single “You Can Do Magic”.
My sister owns this…
…so that’s where this earworm has come from.
To me it sounds much older, like it belongs in the mid-sixties.
Limmie was Limme Frank Snell Jr. ..
…The Family Cookin’ were his sisters Martha and Jimmie.
Although based in Ohio, United States, the group had much better success in the U.K.
Before he teamed up with his two siblings, he’d previously had some success a decade before when, aged only 11, he began a sporadic recording career with Columbia with the name Limmie B. Goode (obviously a play on Chuck Berry’s “Johnny B. Goode” which had released a few years previously)
Several years passed before he first teamed up with his sisters and initially called themselves the Sugar Cakes.
Once the group had changed their name again and signed to AVCO, the same home as the up-and-coming Stylistics, they had some success, mainly in the U.K. So much so that Limmie visited the U.K. and never really went home again, becoming part of the future disco scene in the late ‘70’s and early ‘80’s.
This single enters the chart…
in the middle of July at No.46. Two weeks later it will break the Top 20, and two weeks after that it will break the Top 10. Another two weeks along, near the end of the summer on the 26th of August, it will hit its top position of No.3.
It will stay in the Top 10 until the middle of September, before it starts making its way back down the chart, finally leaving after the 13th of October with a total of 13 weeks on chart.
Another couple of singles will follow after this one, but “You Can Do Magic” would end up becoming their biggest hit here in the U.K.
Unfortunately, Limmie died quite early in life, aged only 38. But he left us with this song which still lives on.
The “A” Side
The “B” Side
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Perry Como
And I Love You So
Charting in the year of 1973, on the 1st of July, is Perry Como with the album “And I Love You So”.
Probably the most listened to album I heard in this, my 2nd year,..
…came from this man, due to my mother buying it and playing it most of the time.
So what comes back to me about this music?
Well, to me I get a picture of sunshine coming through the dining room window. Probably mid-morning, springtime. I remember the record player being positioned side on, with the arm of the player along the front, the starting mechanism push towards the left, on top of the low level unit. I remember I was tall enough to be able to operate it myself, she showed me how to do it.
This was safe music, my mother could get on with things without my other sisters and my father there.
It’s an atmosphere of calm. A feeling of comfort.
Perry is my mother’s favourite music artist.
To me, back then, he was old, he had grey hair, but he was also happy, and that made him seem younger. Something I didn’t see so much in my own father at that time.
Even then I could tell that Perry’s singing style was an old type of style.
So this is what old people listened to. Nothing like the stuff my sisters were playing.
A year or so later, to make her happy, I remember drawing a picture of the album cover on a sheet of paper. His head was the size of the page and I probably tried to fill in the colours the same as the background on the album cover.
I liked the cover of the LP because of the colours. This was a warm sunny album with an old, grey haired man who looked young.
The album enters the chart…
…on the first day of July and goes straight to No.3, and even though it relaxes its hold a little, the LP stays comfortably in the Top 10 until the summer month of August closes out.
This period is only brief as, before the close of September, he’s back in the Top 10 once again. An exclusive club which he’ll stay a constant member of, all the way up to the end of 1973.
With that sort of behaviour in the chart, he’ll of course visit me again when I celebrate another birthday, so we’ll catch up with him, and this album then, when the future gets even brighter.
Perry, of course, had been around for years,..
…prior to this new album.
Beginning his singing career in the late 1930’s, my elder Auntie, on my mother’s side, had his 1958 hit “Catch a Falling Star” on a 78RPM.
Before he became a crooner, he was a barber, and he always thought that if the singing career gave out, at least he’d have that profession to fall back on. He needn’t have worried.
When I came along he was making something of a comeback. It was also the time when Elvis Presley was basically doing the same type of music.
To put into this artist into a more up to date context, my mum was basically getting a comeback album from a singer who was hugely popular in the mid fifties. That would have been 18 years before.
For 2024 (as I write this), that would be 2006. That’s like Justin Timberlake making a comeback album today. Oh hang on…he is.
That just doesn’t seem the same to me.
I’ve created my own separate playlists for Sides 1 and 2 of this album with (I hope) the correct versions and the original track sequencing order for the U.K. release.
Side 1
Side 2
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Peters and Lee
Welcome Home
Charting in the year of 1973, on the 20th of May, is Peters and Lee with the single “Welcome Home”.
This song was everywhere…
…well that’s what I recall anyway.
I remember these two being on TV a lot singing this. That also shows how middle aged my parents were by this time, and the programmes they were watching. Then again, there were only 3 TV channels, so there wasn’t that much of a choice.
Any entertainment show, whether it be a game show, comedy show, music show etc. If it had a half-way musical segment, this was on it.At one point, they even had their own TV series themselves, ”Meet Peters and Lee”.
Lennie Peters and Dianne Lee…
…had teamed up together a couple of years before in 1970.
Before then, Lennie, who had lost the sight in one eye at the age of 5 from a car accident, and had then lost the sight in the other eye at the age of 16 from a brick which had been thrown and had tragically struck him on the head, had since earned his living playing piano around the London pub circuit and had already released a few singles in the mid-to-late 1960’s.
Dianne was an actress and dancer who, at 21 years of age when she’d met and teamed up with Lennie, had been 18 years his junior.
Before they officially became a duo, Diane would provide backing vocals for Lennie’s’ solo performances, while she also earned a living part time as half of a dance act duo with one of her cousins.
Shortly afterwards, Diane would join Lennie at the front of the stage and they became known as ‘Lennie Peters & Melody’. It wasn’t until their management company suggested using both their surnames, thus giving Diane equal billing, that they became ‘Peters and Lee’.
They entered the talent show Opportunity Knocks a couple of years later and proved extremely popular, winning the show an impressive 7 times. That sort of publicity naturally led to a recording contract, a suitable song was found for them, and soon after, “Welcome Home” went into the charts at No.46 in the late Spring of 1973. It subsequently leapt up twenty places to No.26 the following week, broke the Top 20 by June, and leapt up to the Top 5 mid-way through that Summer month.
On the first day of July, it had eaten up a few more places to take it all the way to No.2, where it would sit behind Slade for two weeks before it seized its chance, and became the biggest selling single for the week, hitting No.1 between the 15th and the 21st of July.
The week after, it got knocked back to No.2 by Gary Glitter but stayed at that position all the way until mid-August.
It eventually left the Top 10 at the beginning of September, and began to slowly slip back down the chart, as Autumn took hold, before leaving altogether at the beginning of November, by which point it had accrued 24 total weeks in the U.K. Singles Chart, and had sold over an astonishing 800,000 copies.
An album followed, selling a quarter of a million units in itself.
A few more hit singles and TV appearances…
…kept them buoyant throughout the seventies until they eventually split in 1980.
Diane Lee went back to the theatre and embarked on some acting projects while Lennie Peters once again became a solo artist.
A few years later, after missing the success of their glory days together, the pair eventually teamed up once again in the mid eighties, releasing new material and becoming a regular live act once more.
Sadly, Lennie Peters passed away in 1992 from Bone Cancer. Dianne Lee carried on entertaining and eventually married music artist Rick Price, with whom she would perform as a duo once again until Rick died in 2022.
Personally I always thought Lennie Peters looked suspiciously like the british sports commentator David Vine, and those glasses were a disguise to try and hide the fact that, a few days after appearing on Top of the Pops, he’d be back on the TV presenting Ski Sunday.
The “A” Side
The “B” Side
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No.1 on “The Top 50 U.K. Albums Chart” on my 1st Birthday
The Top 50 U.K. Singles Chart Playlist for the week of my 1st Birthday:
The Official Top 50 UK Singles Chart: 18th – 24th February 1973
The Top 50 U.K. Singles Chart Playlist for the day I was born:
The Official Top 50 UK Singles Chart: 20th – 26th February 1972
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The 20th of February 1973
Official U.K. Albums Chart results from Sunday the 18th to Saturday the 24th of February 1973
Cut-off for sales figures was up to the end of Saturday the 17th of February
Results counted from Sunday the 18th,
announced on Wednesday the 21st,
and broadcast on B.B.C. Radio 1 on Sunday the 25th of February 1973.
Elton John
Don’t Shoot Me I’m Only The Piano Player
At No.1, on the “The Top 50 U.K. Albums Chart”, the week of my 1st Birthday, is Elton John with “Don’t Shoot Me I’m Only The Piano Player”.
I’ve actually got this album.
Not from back then (though that would be impressive), but picked up from somewhere at some point. Up until now I’d probably only played it once.
This is the one that had the hits ‘Daniel’, (which was currently featuring in the U.K. Singles Chart in this same featured week) which I used to hear all the time at one point or other in the late ‘80’s onwards, and ‘Crocodile Rock’ which I used to think was a bit cheesy. It’s all gained more respect from me since then.
I think it will get played a bit more in the future…
No.7 on “The Top 50 U.K. Singles Chart” on my 1st Birthday
I do like the early Elton output,..
…and himself and Bernie Taupin were churning out a hell of a lot back then.
Although he famously didn’t hit No.1 in the UK singles chart for about 20 years, his albums regularly hit the top of the tree. In fact this was Elton’s first album to hit the spot.
The title of this album could have originated from a number of ideas and directions.
One of them is a quote from Oscar Wilde “Don’t shoot the piano player, he’s doing his best” which Wilde reportedly spotted in a saloon bar while on a visit to the U.S.
Another is a nod to a Francois Truffaut film “Shoot The Piano Player”.
The biggest answer references that the line was actually spoken by Elton himself, at a party Groucho Marx threw, and which Elton played piano at.
The story goes that Groucho constantly teased Elton during the evening, eventually holding two of his fingers out with his thumb in the air, as if imitating a gun and pointing it at Elton as if to shoot him, a motion which Elton responded by turning to face him with his hands up in a gesture of surrender and shouting “Don’t Shoot Me I’m Only The Piano Player”! (probably himself nodding to the first two theories above).There’s also a nod to Groucho on the front cover in the form of the movie poster. He’s not the only one to get a nod either.A few tracks give a tip of the hat to other artists such as Van Morrison, Bobby Vee, The Rolling Stones, and Elton’s close friend Marc Bolan.
For me, from this distance in time, the LP still sounds fresh, an album by an up and coming artist who, even though he’d now successfully scaled the mountain of the U.K. Albums Chart, was still to reach his artistic peak, and you can tell at this point he was still enjoying himself.
The album had been the highest new entry a couple of weeks before,..
…when it had shot in like a bullet, straight to the top of the charts, on the 4th of Feb.
This week would be its third at No.1, and Elton could look forward to three more at that position for the next few weeks, after which, the album will relent and begin to fall away, very gradually at first, then gain momentum, before falling out of the chart altogether after the 7th of July.
It would resurface, to see out the end of that summer month for a two week stay, before coming back for another couple of weeks in mid-August, after which there will only be a couple of week-long autumn appearances, in September and November, to round off this current year.
He’ll be back briefly the following year of 1974, to see this album appear again for another three weeks, as the very end of February turns to March, before a more substantial run, which would occupy 9 consecutive weeks, from the last day of that early Spring month to the first Summer day of June 1974, with another week tacking onto the middle of that month.
Elton’s final week on the U.K. Chart, with this album to date, will be one final week in July that year, before the album falls away for good, with a total of 42 weeks on chart.
I’ve created my own separate playlists for Sides 1 and 2 of this album with (I hope) the correct versions and the original track sequencing order for the U.K. release.
Side 1
Side 2
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Elton John
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The Top 50 U.K. Singles Chart Playlist for the week of my 1st Birthday:
The Official Top 50 UK Singles Chart: 18th – 24th February 1973
The Top 50 U.K. Singles Chart Playlist for the day I was born:
The Official Top 50 UK Singles Chart: 20th – 26th February 1972
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The 20th of February 1973
Official U.K. Albums Chart results from Sunday the 18th to Saturday the 24th of February 1973
Cut-off for sales figures was up to the end of Saturday the 17th of February
Results counted from Sunday the 18th,
announced on Wednesday the 21st,
and broadcast on B.B.C. Radio 1 on Sunday the 25th of February 1973.
David Cassidy
Rock Me Baby
At No.2, on the “The Top 50 U.K. Albums Chart”the week of my 1st Birthday, is David Cassidy with “Rock Me Baby”.
For 22 year old David,..
…it seemed, to the British public on the outside looking in, that his star couldn’t shine any brighter.
However, this young man had spent the previous 12 months attempting to shake off the image of his TV ‘Partridge Family’ character ‘Keith’, to the point where he physically stripped himself naked and literally laid himself bare, to publicly present himself as emerging new born into a new era of his career life cycle.
No.9 on “The Top 50 U.K. Singles Chart” on my 1st Birthday
By now, and most prominently here in the U.K.,..
…his fan base was bigger than that of the Beatles and Elvis at this point, that pair of acts still the two biggest on the planet. David’s concerts, including Wembley Stadium, sold out within days, if not, hours.
With all this teen-idol adulation becoming completely overwhelming and frustrating to the young David, the one thing he wanted most of all was to discard the teen-idol stigma which had consumed the public’s assumption of him, and instead to be given the chance to become the seriously respected musician and singer he aspired to be, and with this album, David hoped to go some way to try and prove that fact.
The album obviously hit his swelled target audience, but did it also reach the people he was intending it to reach? I hope, due to the marketing guys probable, but innocent ignorance, they didn’t get fans who’d requested from friends and family the gift of the latest album from the guy sitting in a rocking chair on the cover, only to receive an LP by Val Doonican instead. Who knows (I’ve got a similar story to tell later on in my life of a different but humourous tale of mistaken identity when I confusingly unwrapped an album I hadn’t expected on one of my other birthdays, but that’s for another time).
Would (or could) someone cast aside the stigma of admitting they owned a David Cassidy album, and actually listen to it seriously? I can’t answer that.
But enough people bought it, the moment it was unleashed,..
…to send it rocketing straight into the No.2 slot on this, it’s first week in the U.K. Album Chart, awarding it this week’s highest new entry. In fact, enough people will continue to buy it in such high numbers, that the LP will be able to reside comfortably in the Top 10 for almost 2 months, until the 14th of April. Even then, the album will only drop as far as No.11, where it will stay for two weeks, and only slip another couple of places to No.13 for another two weeks after that. In fact, the album will only start sliding further back by mid-May, eventually falling out of the chart by mid-June.
He will spend the rest of the year with this album mainly just bubbling under the surface, only now and again emerging to show he is still there for odd weeks such as the end of June and the same in late August.
But, the final showing will occur when it just nudges in at No.50 for a week in mid-November; by which time this album will have rocked up a total run of 20 weeks on chart.
I’ve created my own separate playlists for Sides 1 and 2 of this album with (I hope) the correct versions and the original track sequencing order for the U.K. release.
Side 1
Side 2
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No.3 on “The Top 50 U.K. Albums Chart” on my 1st Birthday
The Top 50 U.K. Singles Chart Playlist for the week of my 1st Birthday:
The Official Top 50 UK Singles Chart: 18th – 24th February 1973
The Top 50 U.K. Singles Chart Playlist for the day I was born:
The Official Top 50 UK Singles Chart: 20th – 26th February 1972
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