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Pop Charts History?

Oswald Osbourne · 2003-10-25 13:37:16

Does anyone know of a website that gives a tabled history of the weekly british top 40 all the way back to the 1950's? Failing that does anyone know of a book that contains same?

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25-10-2003 2:37pm

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Oswald Osbourne

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Does anyone know of a website that gives a tabled history of the weekly british top 40 all the way back to the 1950's?

Failing that does anyone know of a book that contains same?

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#2 25-10-2003 11:26pm
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My copy of the Guinness Book of British Hit Singles has a full list of just the number ones by date at the back. All the way back to the first NME chart in 1952. It's a few years old so I don't know if they still include it (it only takes up a few pages so I suspect they probably do).

They (Guinness Books) brought out a book one or two years back that listed the weekly top 40 (or the lesser charts before 1960) by date rather than by artist.

You may find archive charts at http://www.theofficialcharts.com/ (according to the BBC it's the closest "legitimate" thing you'll find to it)

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#3 30-10-2003 4:34am
John R

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http://www.everyhit.com/

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#4 30-10-2003 5:29pm
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John R,

thats a great site - cheers

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