Nearly there! Today we counted down from 28 – 11, leaving the top ten for next week’s final show on the decade.
In 3@3 today we featured three songs from Simon and Garfunkle, celebrating their domination of the Top Selling Album chart of the 1970’s with Simon and Garfunkle’s Greatest Hits at number 2 and Bridge Over Troubled Water at Number 1
Bridge Over Troubled Water is the fifth and final studio album by American folk rock duo Simon & Garfunkel, released in January 1970 on Columbia Records, and Simon and Garfunkel’s Greatest Hits was released on June 14, 1972, two years after the duo had disbanded.
We heard Cecilia, Homeward Bound and Mrs Robinson.
The countdown from 28 – 11 was –
|
11 |
“I Love You Love Me Love” (Not Played) | Gary Glitter |
1973 |
1,140,000 |
1 |
|
12 |
“Save Your Kisses for Me” The winning song of the Eurovision Song Contest 1976 | Brotherhood of Man |
1976 |
1,006,200 |
1 |
|
13 |
“Merry Xmas Everybody” Slade’s last number-one single, but by far their most successful. It has been released during every decade since 1973, and has been covered by numerous artists. In a 2007 poll, “Merry Xmas Everybody” was voted the UK’s most popular Christmas song. | Slade |
1973 |
1,006,000 |
1 |
|
14 |
“Eye Level” Selected by Thames Television to be the theme tune for their Netherlands based detective series, Van der Valk. The record entered the UK chart and spent 22 weeks in the Top 40, four of them at number one. | Simon Park Orchestra |
1972 |
1,005,500 |
1 |
|
15 |
“Long Haired Lover from Liverpool” Riding high on the popularity of The Osmonds, Jimmy (the youngest sibling) had a massive hit with the song, in the process becoming the youngest person to ever reach number one on the UK singles chart aged 9 years 8 months. | Little Jimmy Osmond |
1972 |
998,000 |
1 |
|
16 |
“Don’t Cry for Me Argentina” an international number one the single reached #1 in the UK Singles Chart in February 1977 | Julie Covington |
1977 |
993,000 |
1 |
|
17 |
“I’d Like to Teach the World to Sing (In Perfect Harmony)” is a popular song which originated as the jingle “Buy the World a Coke” in the groundbreaking 1971 “Hilltop” television commercial for Coca-Cola. The New Seekers later found time to record the song and sold 96,000 copies of their record in one day, eventually selling 12 million around the world in total. The recording shot lead singer Eve Graham and the other members of The New Seekers to super-stardom. | The New Seekers |
1972 |
990,000 |
1 |
|
18 |
“Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree” Was a worldwide hit for the group in 1973. It reached number one on both the US and UK charts for four weeks in April 1973 | Dawn featuring Tony Orlando |
1973 |
988,000 |
1 |
|
19 |
“Under the Moon of Love” went on to spend three weeks at the top of the UK Singles Chart in 1976 , and has since sold over a million copies in the UK. | Showaddywaddy |
1976 |
985,000 |
1 |
|
20 |
“Hit Me with Your Rhythm Stick” went to number one on the UK Singles Chart in January 1979, and is the band’s most successful single ever. | Ian Dury and the Blockheads |
1979 |
975,500 |
1 |
|
21 |
“Amazing Grace” hit number 1 in the UK singles chart in April 1972, spending 24 weeks total on the charts | Pipes & Drums & Military Band of the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards |
1972 |
962,000 |
1 |
|
22 |
“Sailing “Rod Stewart recorded the song at Muscle Shoals Sound Studio in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, for his 1975 album Atlantic Crossing, and it was subsequently a number one hit in the UK in September 1975 for four weeks. The single returned to the UK top ten a year later when used as the theme music for the BBC documentary series Sailor, about HMS Ark Royal. Having been a hit twice, it remains Stewart’s biggest-selling single in the UK | Rod Stewart |
1975 |
955,000 |
1 |
|
23 |
“Mississippi” The sole number one single for Pussycat, spending four weeks at number one on the UK singles chart in October 1976. | Pussycat |
1976 |
947,000 |
1 |
|
24 |
“Three Times a Lady” Lionel Richie said he was inspired to write the song because of a comment his father made about his mother. His father said to his mother “I love you. I want you. I need you. Forever” hence the three times a lady. | Commodores |
1978 |
910,000 |
1 |
|
25 |
“We Don’t Talk Anymore” Coming just before Cliff’s 39th birthday, and just when it was announced that he was to receive the OBE for services to music, the record cemented his comeback, which continued well into the eighties and nineties. The single was his biggest worldwide seller | Cliff Richard |
1979 |
900,000 |
1 |
|
26 |
“The Floral Dance” reached #2 in the UK Singles Chart by Christmas 1977. | Brighouse and Rastrick Brass Band |
1977 |
860,000 |
2 |
|
27 |
“You Won’t Find Another Fool Like Me” went on to be the band’s second and final number-one single in the UK, spending a single week at the top of the chart in January 1974 | The New Seekers |
1973 |
855,000 |
1 |
|
28 |
“I Don’t Like Mondays” According to Geldof, he wrote the song after reading a telex report at Georgia State University’s campus radio station, on the shooting spree of 16-year-old Brenda Ann Spencer, who fired at children in a school playground in San Diego, California on 29 January 1979, killing two adults and injuring eight children and one police officer. Spencer showed no remorse for her crime and her full explanation for her actions was “I don’t like Mondays. This livens up the day” | The Boomtown Rats |
1979 |
855,000 |
1 |
