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Legendary Performances at the Glastonbury Festival

With it being Glastonbury Weekend, we though we would take a look at ten legendary performances from years gone by!

What was Number 1 in…1969?

The Archies had the single longest stint in the top spot - 8 weeks with Sugar Sugar. The usual suspects - The Beatles and[…]

What was Number 1 in…1968?

Mary Hopkin had the longest stint in the number one spot, spending six weeks there in September. It was the year Beatles released the iconic "Hey[…]

Ten of the Best from English Artists

Being St George's day, we though that we would take a look at ten of the most successful English artists of all time. Remember, this is[…]

What was Number 1 in…1966?

The year England won the world cup. Jim Reeves and Tom jones with the two biggest single hits, staying 5 weeks and 7 weeks in the[…]

Five of the Best from The Rolling Stones

Decades after they started, they are still selling out stadiums (have you ever tried getting tickets to a Stones gig???) and going as strong as[…]

What was Number 1 in…1965?

1965 - The number 1 spot changed 26 times, with the Beatles and the Rolling Stones each having 3 separate number 1 singles. Ken Dodd spent[…]

What was Number 1 in…1964?

So we're up to 1964! The Rolling Stones got their first number one, along with The Kinks. The number one spot shared out across 22 different tunes[…]

Ten Albums music lovers should have in their collection

A very subjective undertaking to write this - I have no doubt there will be many "contentious" objectors telling me about what I haven't included,[…]