On this day.....Top 10 singles chart

messengerofthegods

I thought I’d start a thread to trigger of a bit of nostalgia, as on February 21st 2002 it was a bit of a memorable day for me in many respects, I passed my motorbike test that day, it was the day the Great Britain ladies curling team won gold at the Salt Lake City Winter Olympics, and sadly the great actor John Thaw passed away. I wanted to start this thread yesterday (on 21st February!) but never had a chance to but I thought I’d start it now!

So what I’ll do (hopefully every day!) is post a Top 10 on this day from a year gone past, some days will have a special meaning to me, some days will be just chosen at random. And I’ll post a link to one of those songs in that Top 10 as well. So on this day in 2002 here were the Top 10 singles on February 21st/22nd...

1 Hero – Enrique Iglesias

2 You – S Club 7

3 Point Of View – DB Boulevard

4 What About Us – Brandy

5 Get The Party Started – Pink

6 A Mind Of It’s Own – Victoria Beckham

7 Hey Baby – No Doubt

8 Addicted To Bass – Puretone

9 Moi Lolita – Alizee

10 Always On Time – Ja Rule featuring Ashanti

redlady33

messengerofthegods I was born that year so have no clue about the music.

scrips49

messengerofthegods

Not sure how Victoria Beckham got into the charts 🤣

stephenpperry

messengerofthegods I feel old!

ungourin

messengerofthegods brandy was an amazing singer !!!

davidvarley

messengerofthegods
Yeah I remember them songs.

themzbiker

Nice to see what was in the chart years back music was lots better years ago before dreadful x factor came along

caro120

themzbiker some of the 'talent' wasn't bad but hated the presentation, more emphasis on judges than the people that put themselves on the line.. not a fan of ant and dec either, particularly ant...

messengerofthegods

Today’s Top 10 comes from this day in 1975, as a good friend would have celebrated his 44th Birthday today. Sadly he passed away a few years ago after living life on the edge, so I’ll be having a few drinks in memory of him. He was the type of person you’d call a “lovable scally”, mad as a box of frogs at the best of times (he wouldn’t have minded anyone saying that!) but he’d be one of the kindest persons around as well, ready to help anyone out in their hour of need.

So the Top 10 singles on February 23rd 1975…

1 Make Me Smile (Come Up And See Me) – Steve Harley and Cockney Rebel

2 If – Telly Savalas

6 Shame Shame Shame – Shirley and Company

7 My Eyes Adored You – Frankie Valli

8 Sugar Candy Kisses – Mac and Katie Kissoon

9 January – Pilot

10 Footsee – Wigan’s Chosen Few

I’ve posted links to two songs here, the wonderful Noosha Fox, and also Telly Savalas – he’s really smokin’ it in this clip!

Stay tuned for another chart tomorrow!

sillygilly21

messengerofthegods
My eyes adored you, is still a favourite of mine.

themzbiker

@messengerofthegods

Brilliant i used to work on record stalls on the markets back in my younger days so remember the songs that were in charts back then

frenchielove

What a great idea @messengerofthegods thank you, lovely nostalgia there

techiebloke

@messengerofthegods wrote:

I thought I’d start a thread to trigger of a bit of nostalgia, as on February 21st 2002 it was a bit of a memorable day for me in many respects, I passed my motorbike test that day, it was the day the Great Britain ladies curling team won gold at the Salt Lake City Winter Olympics, and sadly the great actor John Thaw passed away. I wanted to start this thread yesterday (on 21st February!) but never had a chance to but I thought I’d start it now!

So what I’ll do (hopefully every day!) is post a Top 10 on this day from a year gone past, some days will have a special meaning to me, some days will be just chosen at random. And I’ll post a link to one of those songs in that Top 10 as well. So on this day in 2002 here were the Top 10 singles on February 21st/22nd...

1 Hero – Enrique Iglesias

2 You – S Club 7

3 Point Of View – DB Boulevard

4 What About Us – Brandy

5 Get The Party Started – Pink

6 A Mind Of It’s Own – Victoria Beckham

7 Hey Baby – No Doubt

8 Addicted To Bass – Puretone

9 Moi Lolita – Alizee

10 Always On Time – Ja Rule featuring Ashanti

@messengerofthegods

Not really a huge fan of pop music but did quite like Addicted to Bass which is still not a bad track 17 years later.

messengerofthegods

February 24th is actor Dennis Waterman’s birthday, he turns 71 today. Happy Birthday Dennis! There were no charts in 1948, the year he was born, but what was in the Top 10 on the day he celebrated his 21st birthday in 1969?

Well, here are the charts for February 24th 1969…..

1 (If Paradise Is) Half As Nice – Amen Corner

2 Where Do You Go To (My Lovely) – Peter Sarstedt

3 I’m Gonna Make You Love Me – Diana Ross and The Supremes and The Temptations

4 Please Don’t Go – Donald Peers

5 Blackberry Way – The Move

6 Albatross – Fleetwood Mac

7 Dancing In The Street – Martha Reeves and The Vandellas

8 You Got Soul – Johnny Nash

9 The Way It Used To Be – Englebert Humperdinck

10 For Once In My Life – Stevie Wonder

Stay tuned for another chart tomorrow! And thanks to @themzbiker for the kind messages! 🙂

frenchielove

Dancing in The Street, one of my all time favourites @messengerofthegods

sillygilly21

frenchielove
Classic track

tuneintestaccount

Good to see what was in the charts all those years ago 🙂

I remember a few from the 2002 list but certainly not the 1975 list or then 1969 list! Both of the latter were well before my time 😛

pete2009

Think you need to go back 30 years for me to remember the charts.

themzbiker

@messengerofthegods

Favourite song from that chart for me as to be please don't go - Donald peers

messengerofthegods

It's another day, so another top 10 from times gone by…and I've chosen 1981 for today.

Exactly 38 years ago, on February 25th 1981, these were the tunes topping the charts!

1 Shaddup You Face – Joe Dolce Music Theatre

2 Vienna – Ultravox

3 I Surrender – Rainbow

4 Woman – John Lennon

5 St Valentine’s Day Massacre (EP) – Motorhead/Girlschool

You could say this was a bit of an eclectic chart, something for most people indeed! I've included links to three songs today, Fred Wedlock proclaiming that he was the oldest swinger in town (although he was only 38 when this was a hit, a relative youngster by today's standards), Freeez, and it's the law to include Lemmy, so here he is along with Fast Eddie, Philthy Animal and the ladies from Girlschool.

Watch this space tomorrow for another exciting chart from yesteryear!

majorincident

@techiebloke wrote:
Not really a huge fan of pop music but did quite like Addicted to Bass which is still not a bad track 17 years later.

is the stand out track and is on my iPod.

stressymess

@messengerofthegods

Hi Andy, saw this on the film thread. What a lovely idea. I do remember a lot of the tracks , some favourites and some I would gladly never hear again but I do miss the mix we used to have in the charts. Keep up the good work.

themzbiker

@messengerofthegods

Some great songs Vienna ultravox & jealous guy Roxy music & even woman John Lennon brilliant it's great to see the charts again

majorincident

Loved Vienna and I'm not a fan of 80's music. 😀

ceecee2110

Brilliant @messengerofthegods

I really loved that DB Boulevard song when it came out. Brilliant.

ceecee2110

@messengerofthegods

In memory of your friend, thats nice

I do love that Cockney Rebel Tune

davepritch

Nice one @messengerofthegods

Shaddup You Face by Joe Dolce...the first record I ever bought. Those were the days! 😀

messengerofthegods

Ahhh, so it was you @davepritch that upset the record industry a lot by getting Joe Dolce to number one and denying Ultravox their "rightful" place at the top of the charts with their "bona fide classic" song (not my words btw, more the words from the snooty music press - personally I thought Vienna was a pretentious piece of poo, there I've probably said the most sacrilegious thing ever with that statement!) - I thought Lemmy should have had a deserved number one hit if it wasn't for Joe Dolce, Ultravox and Mark Chapman doing what he did in New York on December 8th 1980, and Rainbow could have delayed releasing I Surrender for a couple of weeks or so. 😉 C'est la vie.

Going slightly off tangent - it's a pity there was never a collaboration between Ultravox's Midge Ure, Mungo Jerry and Mary J Blige as we might have had a surefire hit released under the name Mary, Mungo and Midge.... 😉