W/E | Artist | Song | Weeks at No.1 | Comments |
27th Jan | Sweet | Blockbuster | 5 | Only ever UK No 1 for this very successful glam rock band who went on to have many other chart hits during the early seventies. |
3rd Mar | Slade | Cum On Feel the Noise | 4 | Slade's 4th UK No 1 and their first to enter the charts straight in at No 1. |
31st Mar | Donny Osmond | The Twelfth Of Never | 1 | A 2nd UK No 1 for Donny with this typical tear jerker. |
7th Apr | Gilbert O'Sullivan | Get Down | 2 | A 2nd and final UK No 1 for the Irishman with a song about his dog. |
21st Apr | Dawn featuring Tony Orlando | Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round The Old Oak Tree | 4 | A 2nd and final UK No 1 with this heart warming classic about a prisoner returning home to see if his true love's still waiting for him. |
19th May | Wizzard | See My Baby Jive | 4 | 1st UK No 1 for the group that history remembers as Roy Wood's most successful chart act. |
16th Jun | Suzi Quatro | Can The Can | 1 | 1st UK No 1 for this American girl rocker and bassist who found fame in the UK easier than at home. |
23rd Jun | 10 CC | Rubber Bullets | 1 | 1st UK No 1 for 10 CC with a more upbeat song than they are often remembered for. |
30th Jun | Slade | Skweeze Me Pleeze Me | 3 | Slade's 5th No 1 continued their assault on the English language. |
21st Jul | Peters & Lee | Welcome Home | 1 | Only ever UK No 1 for this club duo who surprisingly found fame. |
28th Jul | Gary Glitter | I'm The Leader Of The Gang (I Am) | 4 | 1st UK No 1 for this long-time struggling musician. He was nearly 30 by the time he became a glam-rock star. |
25th Aug | Donny Osmond | Young Love | 4 | A 3rd and final UK No 1 for Donny as a solo artist although he would later hit the top again as part of The Osmonds. |
22nd Sep | Wizzard | Angel Fingers | 1 | A 2nd and final UK No 1 for Wizzard. The song they're most remembered for, "I wish it could be Christmas every day" was beaten into the No 4 slot in this year. |
29th Sep | Simon Park Orchestra | Eye Level | 4 | The instrumental theme from tv series "Van Der Valk" was first tv theme to reach the top of the charts. |
27th Oct | David Cassidy | Daydreamer / The Puppy Song | 3 | A 2nd and final UK No 1 for this teenage heartthrob who returned to acting shortly after. |
17th Nov | Gary Glitter | I Love You Love Me Love | 4 | A 2nd UK No 1 for Glitter with a song which sold over a million copies world-wide. |
15th Dec | Slade | Merry Xmas Everybody | 5 | This perennial Xmas classic was Slade's 6th and final UK No 1, and has been in the charts many times since. |
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Thursday, 1 December 2011
No 1 UK Hit Singles (1973)
Time Magazine (1951)
This edition of Time Magazine dates back to 1951 and gracing the front cover is the great Groucho Marx.
This edition also from 1951 features as its cover, Barbara Bel Geddes, later to become Miss Ellie in Dallas.
Also from 1951 is Boxing legend, Sugar Ray Robinson.
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