Top 40 Hits - Not Abba, British, N American, Jamaican or Australasian - Until 2000

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Not that I know much about 'Pop Music', but I can think of seven:

Aha - The Sun always shines on TV
Bjork - Army of me
Bjork - Oh so quiet
Eiffel65 - Blue
Eiffel65 - Move your body
Nicole - Ein bisschen frieden
Vanessa Paridis - Joe le Taxi

Apologies if they've already been mentioned!

And, yes, oh dear, I guess - Eiffel 65 - the one I remembered and the one that I didn't:

Blue/Da Ba Dee - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68ugkg9RePc
Move Your Body - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dpvTPvxyCeA

Plus:

A-ha - The Sun Always Shines on TV - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3ir9HC9vYg

Italy, Italy, Norway - 64

[cloughie]

Freiheit Keeping the dream alive
Los Bravos Black is black
Aphrodite’s child Rain and Tears

[cloughie]

What’s the latest tally, lat?

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What’s the latest tally, lat?

It's 64 but I have a lot of posts to catch up with, cloughie, and I'm running out of steam!

Shall we have a bit of class?

José Feliciano - Light My Fire - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7RtTWDv-yWM

Puerto Rico - 65

[zola]

Neneh Cherry and Youssou N'Dou - Seven Seconds

Sweden and Senegal

Which opens up other Neneh Cherry hits. Buffalo Stance, Man Child ?

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Bert Kampfert Bye bye blues
Gilbert Becaud A little love and understading
Serge Gainsbourg Je t’aime
Singing Nun Dominique
Los Indios Tabaros Maria Elena

We have had Serge and the Singing Nun.

Unless you can advise me to the contrary, I feel that Bert Kampfert's "Bye Bye Blues" was only a US hit?

"Maria Elena" is an astonishingly good pick - to be frank, I had no idea.

Los Indios Tabaros - Maria Elena - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8UHGTWbbI0

The Gilbert Becaud from 1975 if my memory serves me well is astute:

A Little Love and Understading - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwKItmEuiSU

...which picks up on this:

Edith Piaf - Milord

#24 May 1960

Edith Piaf - Milord - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUNOVC1qVjc

and this:

Charles Aznavour (or Charles Aznovoice as Eric Morcombe called him!) - She

Charles Aznavour - She - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1YipLB-rQQ

Brazil, France, France, France - 69

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Sylvian & Sakamoto - Forbidden Colours - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1YkHJJi-tc

Britain/Japan - 70

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Julio Iglesias - Begin The Beguine

Yes - big hit in the early 1980s.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLTZNVQFt3c

Spain - 71

I've been reading the various posts - I'm not 'avin' Manfred Mann, Cliff Richard or Queen, folks.

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Silver Convention - Get Up and Boogie - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhblDyGtRNs

Chakachas - Jungle Fever - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mp-NIC6X0GQ

Space - Magic Fly - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_ukfGAd8T4

Silver Convention - Save Me - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJNc-hZmjG4

Biddu Orchestra - The Summer of ' 42 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCzsChkMHUw

Germany, Belgium France, Germany, India - 75

[zola]

Tom Hark - Elias and his Zig Zag Jive Flutes

South Africa, the original, murdered by football fans who only know the Piranhas ! And yes, the original was a hit here, late fifties.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKz5kpqctV0

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Demis Roussos had 4 other hits!

Blimmin' eck…......he had six, all played no doubt at Abigail's party.

Beefy has already kindly provided us with "For Ever and Ever" - so:

Happy to be on an Island in Sun- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Y2XqU7ds4Y
When Forever Has Gone - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hIrFollH3rU
Kyrila - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fiJ5tToNoZ8
Because (I Love You) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KsBNukvsmGc
Can't Say How Much I Love You - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RwzLGX5gtM

Greece - 81

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Tom Hark - Elias and his Zig Zag Jive Flutes

South Africa, the original, murdered by football fans who only know the Piranhas ! And yes, the original was a hit here, late fifties.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKz5kpqctV0

An excellent choice - I did know this before the Piranhas because somehow I had it on a 45.

Freiheit Keeping the dream alive
Los Bravos Black is black
Aphrodite’s child Rain and Tears

Thanks cloughie - the first keeps the football theme going:

Freiheit - Keeping the Dream Alive - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-MmzB-tnQE

Originally Münchener Freiheit, this is very solid fare - reminds me of Klaatu when everyone thought that Klaatu were the Beatles.

Literally.

The second is an easy entry into our poll but could just has been easily forgotten:

Los Bravos - Black is Black - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9TN_NieR8lc

While I am aware of Aphrodite's Child and the Roussos connection, I had no idea that they troubled the charts or that they had nicked Pachelbel's tune long before The Farm.

Fascinating:

Aphrodite's Child - Rain and Tears - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2I7QG12ojg0

South Africa, Germany, Spain, Greece - 85

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No doubt, I have just been adding 1 per "new" act.

Sinead O'Connor hasn't made it in yet.

https://www.youtube.com/results?sear...ead+o%27connor

Nope - Sinead O'Connor hasn't made it in yet.

Nessus Dorma - Luciano, Placido & Jose

Hey, Luciano only for the 1990 chart hit:

Luciano Pavorotti - Nessun Dorma - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTFUM4Uh_6Y

Then there are these:

U2 and Pavarotti - Miss Sarajevo - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zlmg0yzxKvQ
Pavarotti & Zucchero - Miserere - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eEyFacD-PMA
Elton & Pavarotti - Live Like Horses - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TlJeSkYhe8c

Italy/Ireland, Italy, Italy/Britain - 89

Marcello Minerbi - Zorba’s Dance

Yep, that's good.

Very Eurocentric all this, isn't it.

Anyhow, direct from Caroline:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMPpAq2VHvc

Italy - 90

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Demis Roussos. For ever and ever.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3vCB3YBMUo

Is it no of acts, no of countries, or just hit records Lat is looking for ?

and Nana Mouskouri. Only Love

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCVQdeHJZUM

#2 in 1986.

1986 seems late but she's currently on tour:

Nana Mouskouri - Only Love - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KAAd3W7X3LY

I've remembered now that Volare was in Eurovision - not that I was alive to it - and before that was at San Remo.

These were also Eurovision:

Milk and Honey - Hallelujah, UK - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MpK0C7bzIy4
Teach-in - Ding a Dong - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XlFKtpghG3g
Mouth & MacNeal - I See a Star - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YeKTR7OFWs

Greece, Israel, Holland, Holland - 94

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VPO Khachaturyan Spartacus Adagio (Theme from Onedin Line)
Valdo de Los Rios Mozart 40
Mouth and McNeal I see a star
Sacha Distel Raindrops keep falling on my head
Francoise Hardy All over the world
Francoise Hardy Tous les garcons
Francoise Hardy Et meme

So to:.....

Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra - The Onedin Line - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMLC-XqxS5I
Francoise Hardy - All Over the World - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2OQzk8SQW4
Francoise Hardy - Et Meme - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJI9aoAfiEc
Francoise Hardy - Tous les Garcons - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fywooUlcXXc
Sacha Distel - Raindrops Keep Falling on my Head - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-6eBVedHbw

Shocking that Hardy had only one top 30 hit and just two more between 31 and 40.

Austria, France, France, France, France - 99