Top Ten Singles

[Radio64]

a tough one but ...

1. Blondie - Hanging on the Telephone (my first)
2. OMITD - Messages
3. Abba -Waterloo
4. Sparks - Beat the Clock
5. Kraftwerk - Pocket Calculator
6. China Crisis - Christian / Greenacre Bay
7. Japan - The Art of Parties (the fold out pic sleeve!)
8. The Human League - Holiday '80/Rock n Roll
9. Gary Numan - We Are Glass
10. Depeche Mode - People Are People 12"

..list subject to modification without prior notice.

[cloughie]

It is interesting to observe the time zones as well as the tastes of these lists!

[Radio64]

part 2 to follow..

[Lordgeous]

Does anyone remember when Beecham's outrageous "Halleluia Chorus" was issued as a single and entered the top ten?!

[Tevot]

Greetings Pop Pickers...

Here's my top 10... Most, in yesteryear, I encountered on TOTP ( I hope in hindsight that Peter Powell hosted them all ) Temple of The Dog I first heard one Sunday evening on Radio 1. It was more edgy than R2's Sing Something Simple...

The Coldplay I first heard in a bar in Beijing - and I confess to loving the album.

In no particular order :-

Laurie Anderson: O Superman
Tubeway Army: Are friends electric?
Buggles: Video Killed The Radio Star
The Smiths: How soon is now?
Blondie: Union City Blue
Echo and The Bunnymen : The Cutter
Radiohead: Fake Plastic Trees
Coldplay: Viva La Vida
Temple of the Dog : Hungerstrike
Red Box : Lean on Me

Best Wishes,

"Fluff" Tevot ... (no doubt this list may change. Not 'arf )

[johncorrigan]

Reggae got soul - Toots and the Maytals
Something in the Air - Thunderclap Newman
His Latest Flame - Elvis Presley
It Takes two - Marvin Gaye and Kim Weston
Reasons to be Cheerful - Ian Dury and the Blockheads
Memories - Public Image Ltd
Goin' Back - Dusty Springfield
Cloudbusting - Kate Bush
Oh Well - Fleetwood Mac
Take me to the River - Al Green

Oh it's impossible! (not the Perry Como one by the way)

[Beef Oven!]

I want to add Steeleye Span's 'All Around My Hat' And Thunderclap Newman's 'Something In The Air' (ta JC!). Not sure about the two that'll have to come off.

[aka Calum Da Jazbo]

ten is too few!

Dinah Washington - September in The Rain
Beatles - I Am The The Walrus
Stones - Hey You Get Of My Cloud
Otis Redding - Fa Fa Fa Fa/Satisfaction and many others
Monkees -Then I Saw Her Face Now I'm A Believer
Animals - Get Out of This Place
Who - My Generation
Kinks - You Really Got Me
Spiller/Sophie Ellis Bextor - Groovejet
Cher - Believe


not to mention Smokey Robinson/Supremes and the Motown gang; Dylan/Byrds/Beach Boys Nina SImone; Blondie; Chic and tone of disco - George Benson; Roy Orbison!

Special Mentions:
Nat Cole/Shearing Let There Be Love
Miles Davis Summertime
Art Blakey Quntet Moanin
Dave Brubeck Take Five
Buddy Greco Lady is a Tramp
Ella Fitzgerald But Not For Me
Stan Getz Girl from Ipanema/Jazz Samba /Desafinado &c ...