NME (or New Musical Express) was a British weekly pop music newspaper. Record charts in the United Kingdom began life on 14 November 1952 when NME began compiling the first UK-wide sales-based hit parade. Prior to 15 February 1969, when the British Market Research Bureau chart was established, there was no one universally accepted source and many periodicals compiled their own chart. During this time the BBC used aggregated results of charts from the NME and other sources to compile the Pick of the Pops chart. In 1969, Record Retailer and the BBC commissioned the British Market Research Bureau (BMRB) to compile the singles chart.[1]
Prior to this, The Official Charts Company and Guinness' British Hit Singles & Albums, consider Record Retailer the canonical source for the British singles chart in the 1960s;[1] Nevertheless, in the 1960s, NME had the biggest circulation of charts in the decade and was more widely followed.[2][3] After 1969, the joint venture between Record Retailer and the BBC is widely considered as the beginning of the official UK Singles Chart.[2][3][4]NME continued compiling its own chart until 14 May 1988.[5]
Significantly, NME had the Sex Pistols' anti-monarchy single "God Save the Queen" at number-one during the Silver Jubilee of Elizabeth II.[6][7] The single, released by Virgin Records, was the highest-selling single of the week[8][9] but had been banned by the BBC and some major retailers.[6] To prevent it from reaching the top of the BMRB chart, for one week compilers "decreed that shops which sold their own records could not have those records represented in the chart", thus sales from Virgin Megastores were not counted.[3] Despite reaching number-two on the official chart, it is sometimes referred to as reaching number one.[10][11][12]
^ abcdThe names, singles, dates and duration of the number-ones are from the NME.[13]
^ abThere was no chart published for the week ending 26 December 1973. In the preceding week, "Merry Xmas Everybody" was the number-one single. In the next published chart, "You Won't Find Another Fool Like Me" claimed the top spot.
^There was no chart published for the week ending 5 January 1977. For the week either side of this "When a Child Is Born" was the number-one single.
^There was no chart published for the week ending 28 December 1977. For the week either side of this "Mull of Kintyre" was the number-one single.
^ abThere was no chart published for the week ending 27 December 1978. For the preceding week, "Mary's Boy Child - Oh My Lord" was the number-one single. In the next published chart, "Y.M.C.A." claimed the top spot.
^There was no chart published for the week ending 26 December 1979. For the week either side of this "Another Brick in the Wall (Part II)" was the number-one single.
^ abSmith, Alan. . Dave McAleer's website. Archived from the original on 3 September 2011. Retrieved 4 November 2010.
^ abcLeigh, Spencer (20 February 1998). "Music: Charting the number ones that somehow got away". The Independent. Retrieved 5 August 2010.
^Warwick, Neil; Kutner, Jon; Brown, Tony (2004). The Complete Book Of The British Charts: Singles and Albums (3rd ed.). London: Omnibus Press. p. v. ISBN1-84449-058-0. Until 15th February 1969, there was no officially compiled chart.
^Smith, Alan. . Dave McAleer's website. Archived from the original on 10 May 2011. Retrieved 4 November 2010.
^ abAscherson, Neal (2 June 2002). "Is the UK OK?". The Observer. Retrieved 8 August 2010.
^Murthi, R. S. (9 May 1993). "Infectious Rage of Punk". New Straits Times. p. 17. Retrieved 8 August 2010.
^Donovan, Patrick (3 June 2002). "Melbourne & punk: 25 years on". The Age. Retrieved 8 August 2010.
^Munckton, Stuart (2 August 2000). "When the oppressed express themselves". Green Left Weekly. Retrieved 8 August 2010.
^"Sex Pistols reunite for anti-jubilee gig". BBC News. 28 July 2002. Retrieved 8 August 2010.
^O'Connor, Tim (27 June 1986). "John Lydon: Sex Pistols gone but the anger remains". Ottawa Citizen. p. F18. Retrieved 8 August 2010.
^"Sex Pistols cover tops chart". BBC News. 14 March 2001. Retrieved 8 August 2010.
Rees, Dafydd; Lazell, Barry; Osborne, Roger (1995). Forty Years of "NME" Charts (2nd ed.). Pan Macmillan. ISBN0-7522-0829-2.
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NME or New Musical Express was a British weekly pop music newspaper Record charts in the United Kingdom began life on 14 November 1952 when NME began compiling the first UK wide sales based hit parade Prior to 15 February 1969 when the British Market Research Bureau chart was established there was no one universally accepted source and many periodicals compiled their own chart During this time the BBC used aggregated results of charts from the NME and other sources to compile the Pick of the Pops chart In 1969 Record Retailer and the BBC commissioned the British Market Research Bureau BMRB to compile the singles chart 1 Prior to this The Official Charts Company and Guinness British Hit Singles amp Albums consider Record Retailer the canonical source for the British singles chart in the 1960s 1 Nevertheless in the 1960s NME had the biggest circulation of charts in the decade and was more widely followed 2 3 After 1969 the joint venture between Record Retailer and the BBC is widely considered as the beginning of the official UK Singles Chart 2 3 4 NME continued compiling its own chart until 14 May 1988 5 Significantly NME had the Sex Pistols anti monarchy single God Save the Queen at number one during the Silver Jubilee of Elizabeth II 6 7 The single released by Virgin Records was the highest selling single of the week 8 9 but had been banned by the BBC and some major retailers 6 To prevent it from reaching the top of the BMRB chart for one week compilers decreed that shops which sold their own records could not have those records represented in the chart thus sales from Virgin Megastores were not counted 3 Despite reaching number two on the official chart it is sometimes referred to as reaching number one 10 11 12 Number one singles edit nbsp Paul McCartney performing with wife Linda in 1976 had two NME number ones in the 1970s one solo one with his band Wings that did not make the top of the Official Charts nbsp The only chart on which the Sex Pistols infamous God Save the Queen made number one was NME Key The song did not reach number one on the BMRB chart which is considered as the official chart after 12 February 1969 nb The song spent a week at number one where it shared the top spot with another song Contents 1960s19701971197219731974197519761977197819791980s No Artist nb 1 Single nb 1 Reachednumber one nb 1 Weeks atnumber one nb 1 1970 280 Rolf Harris Two Little Boys 20 December 1969 6 281 Marmalade Reflections of My Life 28 January 1970 1 282 Edison Lighthouse Love Grows Where My Rosemary Goes 4 February 1970 3 283 The Jackson 5 I Want You Back 25 February 1970 1 284 Lee Marvin Wand rin Star 4 March 1970 3 285 Simon amp Garfunkel Bridge over Troubled Water 25 March 1970 4 286 Norman Greenbaum Spirit in the Sky 22 April 1970 2 287 England World Cup Squad 70 Back Home 6 May 1970 3 288 The Moody Blues Question 27 May 1970 1 289 Christie Yellow River 3 June 1970 1 290 Mungo Jerry In the Summertime 10 June 1970 4 291 Free All Right Now 8 July 1970 3 292 The Kinks Lola 29 July 1970 1 293 Elvis Presley The Wonder of You 5 August 1970 3 294 Smokey Robinson and The Miracles The Tears of a Clown 26 August 1970 4 295 Freda Payne Band of Gold 23 September 1970 5 296 Deep Purple Black Night 28 October 1970 1 297 Matthews Southern Comfort Woodstock 4 November 1970 3 298 Jimi Hendrix Experience Voodoo Chile 25 November 1970 1 299 Dave Edmunds s Rockpile I Hear You Knocking 2 December 1970 3 300 McGuinness Flint When I m Dead and Gone 23 December 1970 1 301 Clive Dunn Grandad 30 December 1970 4 1971 302 George Harrison My Sweet Lord 27 January 1971 6 303 Mungo Jerry Baby Jump 10 March 1971 1 304 Paul McCartney Another Day 17 March 1971 1 305 T Rex Hot Love 24 March 1971 5 306 Dave and Ansel Collins Double Barrel 28 April 1971 2 307 The Rolling Stones Brown Sugar 12 May 1971 1 308 Dawn Knock Three Times 19 May 1971 3 309 Free My Brother Jake 9 June 1971 1 310 Tony Christie I Did What I Did for Maria 16 June 1971 1 311 Middle of the Road Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep 23 June 1971 5 312 T Rex Get It On 28 July 1971 3 313 The New Seekers Never Ending Song of Love 18 August 1971 1 314 Diana Ross I m Still Waiting 25 August 1971 3 315 The Tams Hey Girl Don t Bother Me 15 September 1971 2 316 Rod Stewart Maggie May 29 September 1971 6 317 Slade Coz I Luv You 10 November 1971 3 318 Benny Hill Ernie The Fastest Milkman in the West 1 December 1971 5 1972 319 The New Seekers I d Like to Teach the World to Sing In Perfect Harmony 5 January 1972 4 320 America A Horse with No Name 2 February 1972 1 321 T Rex Telegram Sam 9 February 1972 1 322 Chicory Tip Son of My Father 16 February 1972 2 323 Don McLean American Pie 1 March 1972 1 324 Nilsson Without You 8 March 1972 6 325 Royal Scots Dragoon Guards Amazing Grace 19 April 1972 4 326 T Rex Metal Guru 17 May 1972 4 327 Don McLean Vincent 14 June 1972 3 328 Slade Take Me Bak Ome 5 July 1972 1 329 Donny Osmond Puppy Love 12 July 1972 4 330 Alice Cooper School s Out 9 August 1972 3 331 Rod Stewart You Wear It Well 30 August 1972 2 332 Slade Mama Weer All Crazee Now 13 September 1972 2 333 T Rex Children of the Revolution 27 September 1972 1 334 David Cassidy How Can I Be Sure 4 October 1972 1 335 Lieutenant Pigeon Mouldy Old Dough 11 October 1972 4 336 Gilbert O Sullivan Clair 8 November 1972 2 337 Chuck Berry My Ding a Ling 22 November 1972 3 338 Slade Gudbuy T Jane 13 December 1972 1 339 Little Jimmy Osmond Long Haired Lover from Liverpool 20 December 1972 4 1973 340 David Bowie The Jean Genie 17 January 1973 1 341 Sweet Blockbuster 24 January 1973 4 342 Strawbs Part of the Union 21 February 1973 2 343 Slade Cum On Feel the Noize 7 March 1973 3 344 Donny Osmond The Twelfth of Never 28 March 1973 2 345 Gilbert O Sullivan Get Down 11 April 1973 1 346 Dawn featuring Tony Orlando Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree 18 April 1973 5 347 Wizzard See My Baby Jive 23 May 1973 2 348 Suzi Quatro Can the Can 6 June 1973 3 349 10cc Rubber Bullets 27 June 1973 1 350 Slade Skweeze Me Pleeze Me 4 July 1973 2 351 Peters and Lee Welcome Home 18 July 1973 2 352 Gary Glitter I m the Leader of the Gang I Am 1 August 1973 4 353 Donny Osmond Young Love 29 August 1973 2 354 Wizzard Angel Fingers A Teen Ballad 12 September 1973 1 355 David Essex Rock On 19 September 1973 1 356 Sweet The Ballroom Blitz 26 September 1973 1 357 Simon Park Orchestra Eye Level Theme From The Thames TV Series Van Der Valk 3 October 1973 4 358 David Cassidy The Puppy Song Daydreamer 31 October 1973 2 359 The Osmonds Let Me In 14 November 1973 1 360 Gary Glitter I Love You Love Me Love 21 November 1973 4 361 Slade Merry Christmas Everybody 19 December 1973 2 nb 2 1974 362 New Seekers feat Lyn Paul You Won t Find Another Fool Like Me 2 January 1974 2 nb 2 363 Leo Sayer The Show Must Go On 16 January 1974 1 364 Sweet Teenage Rampage 23 January 1974 1 365 Mud Tiger Feet 30 January 1974 3 366 Suzi Quatro Devil Gate Drive 20 February 1974 2 367 Alvin Stardust Jealous Mind 6 March 1974 2 368 Paper Lace Billy Don t Be a Hero 20 March 1974 3 369 Terry Jacks Seasons in the Sun 10 April 1974 2 370 Mud The Cat Crept In 24 April 1974 1 371 ABBA Waterloo 1 May 1974 2 372 The Rubettes Sugar Baby Love 15 May 1974 4 373 Ray Stevens The Streak 12 June 1974 2 374 Gary Glitter Always Yours 26 June 1974 1 375 Charles Aznavour She 3 July 1974 3 376 George McCrae Rock Your Baby 24 July 1974 3 377 The Three Degrees When Will I See You Again 14 August 1974 3 378 The Osmonds Love Me for a Reason 4 September 1974 2 379 Carl Douglas Kung Fu Fighting 18 September 1974 4 380 Peter Shelley Gee Baby 16 October 1974 1 381 Ken Boothe Everything I Own 23 October 1974 2 382 David Essex Gonna Make You a Star 6 November 1974 5 383 Barry White You re the First the Last My Everything 11 December 1974 1 384 Mud Lonely This Christmas 18 December 1974 3 1975 385 Ralph McTell Streets of London 8 January 1975 2 386 Status Quo Down Down 22 January 1975 1 387 The Tymes Ms Grace 29 January 1975 1 388 Pilot January 5 February 1975 2 389 The Carpenters Please Mr Postman 19 February 1975 1 390 Steve Harley amp Cockney Rebel Make Me Smile Come Up and See Me 26 February 1975 1 391 Telly Savalas If 5 March 1975 2 392 Bay City Rollers Bye Bye Baby Baby Goodbye 19 March 1975 6 393 Bobby Goldsboro Honey 30 April 1975 1 394 Minnie Riperton Lovin You 7 May 1975 1 395 Tammy Wynette Stand by Your Man 14 May 1975 3 396 Windsor Davies and Don Estelle Whispering Grass 4 June 1975 1 397 Showaddywaddy Three Steps to Heaven 11 June 1975 1 re Windsor Davies and Don Estelle Whispering Grass 18 June 1975 1 398 10cc I m Not in Love 25 June 1975 2 399 Johnny Nash Tears on My Pillow 9 July 1975 2 400 Bay City Rollers Give a Little Love 23 July 1975 1 401 Typically Tropical Barbados 30 July 1975 2 402 The Stylistics Can t Give You Anything But My Love 13 August 1975 2 403 Rod Stewart Sailing 27 August 1975 4 404 Leo Sayer Moonlighting 24 September 1975 1 405 David Essex Hold Me Close 1 October 1975 3 406 Art Garfunkel I Only Have Eyes for You 22 October 1975 2 407 David Bowie Space Oddity 5 November 1975 2 408 Billy Connolly D I V O R C E 19 November 1975 1 409 Hot Chocolate You Sexy Thing 26 November 1975 1 410 Queen Bohemian Rhapsody 3 December 1975 7 1976 411 Sailor A Glass of Champagne 21 January 1976 1 412 ABBA Mamma Mia 28 January 1976 2 413 Slik Forever and Ever 11 February 1976 1 414 The Four Seasons December 1963 Oh What a Night 18 February 1976 2 415 Tina Charles I Love to Love But My Baby Loves to Dance 3 March 1976 3 416 Brotherhood of Man Save Your Kisses for Me 24 March 1976 5 417 ABBA Fernando 28 April 1976 6 418 J J Barrie No Charge 9 June 1976 1 419 Wings Silly Love Songs 16 June 1976 1 420 The Real Thing You to Me Are Everything 23 June 1976 2 421 Candi Staton Young Hearts Run Free 7 July 1976 1 422 Demis Roussos The Roussos Phenomenon 14 July 1976 1 423 Elton John amp Kiki Dee Don t Go Breaking My Heart 21 July 1976 7 424 ABBA Dancing Queen 8 September 1976 5 425 Pussycat Mississippi 13 October 1976 3 426 Chicago If You Leave Me Now 3 November 1976 4 427 Showaddywaddy Under the Moon of Love 1 December 1976 3 428 Johnny Mathis When a Child Is Born 22 December 1976 3 nb 3 1977 429 David Soul Don t Give Up on Us 12 January 1977 2 430 Julie Covington Don t Cry for Me Argentina 26 January 1977 1 re David Soul Don t Give Up on Us 2 February 1977 1 re Julie Covington Don t Cry for Me Argentina 9 February 1977 2 431 Leo Sayer When I Need You 23 February 1977 2 432 The Manhattan Transfer Chanson D Amour 9 March 1977 2 433 ABBA Knowing Me Knowing You 23 March 1977 6 434 Deniece Williams Free 4 May 1977 3 435 Rod Stewart I Don t Want to Talk About It The First Cut Is the Deepest 25 May 1977 3 436 Sex Pistols God Save the Queen 15 June 1977 1 437 The Jacksons Show You the Way to Go 22 June 1977 2 438 Hot Chocolate So You Win Again 6 July 1977 1 439 Boney M Ma Baker 13 July 1977 1 440 Donna Summer I Feel Love 20 July 1977 5 441 Brotherhood of Man Angelo 24 August 1977 1 442 Elvis Presley Way Down 31 August 1977 1 443 Space Magic Fly 7 September 1977 3 re Elvis Presley Way Down 28 September 1977 2 444 David Soul Silver Lady 12 October 1977 1 445 Baccara Yes Sir I Can Boogie 19 October 1977 1 446 Rod Stewart You re in My Heart 26 October 1977 1 re Baccara Yes Sir I Can Boogie 2 November 1977 1 447 ABBA The Name of the Game 9 November 1977 2 448 Status Quo Rockin All Over the World 23 November 1977 1 449 Wings Mull of Kintyre 30 November 1977 9 nb 4 1978 450 Althea amp Donna Uptown Top Ranking 1 February 1978 2 451 ABBA Take a Chance on Me 15 February 1978 3 452 Kate Bush Wuthering Heights 8 March 1978 3 453 Blondie Denis 29 March 1978 2 454 Showaddywaddy I Wonder Why 12 April 1978 1 455 Bee Gees Night Fever 19 April 1978 4 456 Boney M Rivers of Babylon 17 May 1978 4 457 John Travolta and Olivia Newton John You re the One That I Want 14 June 1978 10 458 Commodores Three Times a Lady 23 August 1978 4 459 10cc Dreadlock Holiday 20 September 1978 2 460 John Travolta and Olivia Newton John Summer Nights 4 October 1978 6 461 The Boomtown Rats Rat Trap 8 November 1978 3 462 Rod Stewart Da Ya Think I m Sexy 29 November 1978 1 463 Boney M Mary s Boy Child Oh My Lord 6 December 1978 4 nb 5 1979 464 Village People Y M C A 3 January 1979 3 nb 5 465 Ian Dury Hit Me with Your Rhythm Stick 24 January 1979 2 466 Blondie Heart of Glass 7 February 1979 1 467 ABBA Chiquitita 14 February 1979 1 re Blondie Heart of Glass 21 February 1979 2 468 Bee Gees Tragedy 7 March 1979 1 469 Elvis Costello Oliver s Army 14 March 1979 1 470 Gloria Gaynor I Will Survive 21 March 1979 2 471 Village People In the Navy 4 April 1979 1 472 Art Garfunkel Bright Eyes 11 April 1979 5 473 M Pop Muzik 16 May 1979 1 re Art Garfunkel Bright Eyes 23 May 1979 1 474 Blondie Sunday Girl 30 May 1979 1 475 Roxy Music Dance Away 6 June 1979 1 476 Anita Ward Ring My Bell 13 June 1979 3 477 Tubeway Army Are Friends Electric 4 July 1979 2 478 Janet Kay Silly Games 18 July 1979 1 re Tubeway Army Are Friends Electric 25 July 1979 2 479 The Boomtown Rats I Don t Like Mondays 8 August 1979 4 480 Cliff Richard We Don t Talk Anymore 5 September 1979 3 481 Gary Numan Cars 26 September 1979 2 482 The Police Message in a Bottle 10 October 1979 2 483 The Buggles Video Killed the Radio Star 24 October 1979 2 484 Lena Martell One Day at a Time 7 November 1979 1 485 Dr Hook When You re in Love with a Beautiful Woman 14 November 1979 4 486 The Police Walking on the Moon 12 December 1979 1 487 Pink Floyd Another Brick in the Wall Part II 19 December 1979 4 nb 6 Contents 1960s19701971197219731974197519761977197819791980s Notes edit a b c d The names singles dates and duration of the number ones are from the NME 13 a b There was no chart published for the week ending 26 December 1973 In the preceding week Merry Xmas Everybody was the number one single In the next published chart You Won t Find Another Fool Like Me claimed the top spot There was no chart published for the week ending 5 January 1977 For the week either side of this When a Child Is Born was the number one single There was no chart published for the week ending 28 December 1977 For the week either side of this Mull of Kintyre was the number one single a b There was no chart published for the week ending 27 December 1978 For the preceding week Mary s Boy Child Oh My Lord was the number one single In the next published chart Y M C A claimed the top spot There was no chart published for the week ending 26 December 1979 For the week either side of this Another Brick in the Wall Part II was the number one single References editFootnotes a b Key Dates in the History of the Official UK Charts The Official Charts Company Archived from the original on 10 January 2008 Retrieved 16 May 2010 a b Smith Alan 50s amp 60s UK Charts The Truth Dave McAleer s website Archived from the original on 3 September 2011 Retrieved 4 November 2010 a b c Leigh Spencer 20 February 1998 Music Charting the number ones that somehow got away The Independent Retrieved 5 August 2010 Warwick Neil Kutner Jon Brown Tony 2004 The Complete Book Of The British Charts Singles and Albums 3rd ed London Omnibus Press p v ISBN 1 84449 058 0 Until 15th February 1969 there was no officially compiled chart Smith Alan Every No 1 in the 1960s is listed from all the nine different magazine charts Dave McAleer s website Archived from the original on 10 May 2011 Retrieved 4 November 2010 a b Ascherson Neal 2 June 2002 Is the UK OK The Observer Retrieved 8 August 2010 Murthi R S 9 May 1993 Infectious Rage of Punk New Straits Times p 17 Retrieved 8 August 2010 Donovan Patrick 3 June 2002 Melbourne amp punk 25 years on The Age Retrieved 8 August 2010 Munckton Stuart 2 August 2000 When the oppressed express themselves Green Left Weekly Retrieved 8 August 2010 Sex Pistols reunite for anti jubilee gig BBC News 28 July 2002 Retrieved 8 August 2010 O Connor Tim 27 June 1986 John Lydon Sex Pistols gone but the anger remains Ottawa Citizen p F18 Retrieved 8 August 2010 Sex Pistols cover tops chart BBC News 14 March 2001 Retrieved 8 August 2010 Rees Lazell amp Osborne 1995 pp 217 351 Sources Rees Dafydd Lazell Barry Osborne Roger 1995 Forty Years of NME Charts 2nd ed Pan Macmillan ISBN 0 7522 0829 2 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title List of NME number one singles of the 1970s amp oldid 1217786831, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
