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1. In 1956 American singer Pat Boone had just established himself as a top performer on all the charts and his rendition of "I'll Be Home" spent five weeks at the top of the UK charts. During this time it deprived an up-and-coming American sensation of scoring his first British number one with a song that had ranked top place in both America and Australia. (well, I'm so lonely, so lonely I could die)
2. In 1965 an Australian band The Seekers followed their number one hit "I'll Never Find Another You" with "The Carnival Is Over" and stopped the run of an exciting young English band striving for a top hit after two initial top tens. This song became the group's signature song and was to achieve great things over future years and became an anthem for the youth of the day. (Why don't you all f-fade away - I hope I die before I get old!)
3. English pop singer Engelbert Humperdinck (though born in Madras) pulled off what must be regarded a minor miracle by holding off one of the great hits of the sixties with "Release Me" that held top position for six weeks. Incredibly the group that fell short were at the top of their fame at that time so he is to be congratulated. The "fallen" record topped the charts in the US, Australia, Canada, Germany and Switzerland. (Living is easy with eyes closed, misunderstanding all you see?)
4. The Rolling Stones got "Paint it Black" to the top of the UK charts for just one week, but that was long enough to deny another English group the honour of reaching number one with their first top ten release. The song in question has since been ranked number 257 in Rolling Stone magazine's "500 greatest hits of all time" and was regarded as a big influence on the fledgling garage and punk rock industries. (come on and hold me tight - you move me!)
5. In late 1964 a popular English female singer released a blockbuster that topped the charts on Billboard, Australia, Canada and Cashbox to name a few. But unfortunately its time of hitting the UK charts was not quite perfect as it laboured for three weeks behind {who else but) The Beatles with "I Feel Fine" that ruled supreme for five weeks. (Just listen to the music of the traffic in the city, linger on the sidewalk where the neon lights are pretty!)
6. English rock group The Tremeloes returned to the top of the UK charts in 1967 with a song that was originally the B side of the Four Seasons' 1964 Billboard Top 40 hit "Rag Doll", namely "Silence is Golden". Previously, with Brian Poole the band scored a number one in 1963 with "Do You Love Me". However, this latest entry upset the ambitions of a very successful English band vying for their fourth UK number one in three years interspersed with a host of Top Tens as well. (Everyday I look at the world from my window, but chilly, chilly is the evening time!)
7. In 1971 Tony Orlando and Dawn held sway over the charts with "Knock Three Times" and forced which song by a super-group into second spot for three weeks and depriving them of a third number one in twelve months? It was the opening track and lead single from their very popular album "Sticky Fingers".(I bet your mama was a Cajun Queen, and all her boyfriends were sweet sixteen!)
8. The posthumous releases of John Lennon's "Imagine" for four weeks followed by "Woman" for two, got in the way of a former drummer/vocalist striving for his first top hit as a solo artist with the lead single off the "Face Value" album. It then took him another two years before he could achieve that and go on to top the UK charts three times in the 1980s. (Well if you told me you were drowning, I would not lend a hand!)
9. In 1972 a young singer almost scored his first number one on the UK charts following a top ten single on his debut. Unfortunately he was thwarted by T-Rex's "Metal Guru" that spent four weeks at the top. This was as close as that artist would get to the top spot until, enduring seven more top tens, he finally reached it in 1976, but only with a little help from a friend. (And I think it'll be a long, long time 'til I touch down!)
10. Finally, there's another surprise in store with Frankie Laine (yes the same man that topped the UK singles chart for a record 18 weeks in 1953 with the religious ballad "I Believe") who released a song called "A Woman In Love" in 1956 and stopped what turned out to be one of the greatest hits of all time reaching the top and keeping it in second spot for three weeks whereas it topped the US Billboard list for eleven weeks. (Let's walk up to the preacher, and let us say "I do", then you'll know you have me, and I'll know that I'll have you!). What song did he stop?
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