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 Tuesday the 20th,
and broadcast on B.B.C. Radio 1 on Sunday the 25th of February 1973.
Simon & Garfunkel
Simon And Garfunkel’s Greatest Hits
At No.6, on the “The Top 50 U.K. Albums Chart” on my 1st Birthday, is Simon & Garfunkel with “Simon And Garfunkel’s Greatest Hits”.
With the duo’s last studio album still selling truck loads…
…since it was first released a couple of years before I was even born, there was now an album to showcase the best of the rest of their outstanding career.
Comprising of an assortment of singles, live renditions and the odd album track, the selection first hit the U.K. Album Chart on the 16th of July the previous summer when it landed at No.4 and remained, every week for the rest of the year, near enough in the Top 10.
From this placement in February, as the album travels further into this year of 1973, it will drop a little but practically stay inside the Top 20, only shifting outside of it until it reaches the end of the year.
Another long standing accomplishment already underway, this album, just like its predecessor, looks set to run and run.
So we’ll catch up with it in my future.
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
Many thanks go to the following YouTube Channels for providing the chance to hear this music once again.
Please show your appreciation by visiting their channel:
The Top 50 U.K. Singles Chart Playlist for the week of my 1st Birthday:
The Top 50 U.K. Singles Chart Playlist for the day I was born:
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