Tag: #officialchart
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Pop Charts Britannia: 60 Years of the Top Ten – Part 2
One of the questions I was asked in Pop Charts Britannia: 60 Years of the Top Ten was why so many people used to tape songs off the radio? Was there more romance surrounding the charts back then? Part of the answer was for practical reasons. We didn’t have much money back then. I wouldn’t…
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Pop Charts Britannia: 60 Years of the Top 10: How Blogging Has Landed Me A Part On A BBC Music Documentary
The Diamond Jubilee of 2012: Celebrating an ageing, old fashioned but much loved institution that for the most part unites Britain in dewy-eyed nostalgia, even though we know the idea of it itself is somewhat outdated and is hardly in keeping with Modern Britain. No, not the Queen or the Royal Family, I’m talking about…
Every record tells a story 