ext_88055 ([identity profile] katstevens.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] poptimists2007-03-20 11:47 am
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I Love #1's - 1952/1953

I've decided to resume the #1s polls for no better reason than that I am a completist and it pains me to see a half-finished list. We're over half-way, so press on we must.

Way back in December you voted Dead Or Alive your favourite number 1 of 1985, beating Madge and the Pet Shop Boys to a grand total of 45 ticks. The Crowd's You'll Never Walk Alone charity effort fared least well. Number one polls in reflecting canon results shocker!

The official charts kicked off in November 1952, when a list of the top 12 singles sold in a handful of record shops was published in the NME. This may seem a bit rub but according to your friend and mine Wikipedia there wasn't really a reliable chart until 1969, so YA BOO SUCKS to h8tas. Anyway, I've combined 1952 and 1953 to make sure there is a ticky or two to be had...

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[identity profile] katstevens.livejournal.com 2007-03-20 12:04 pm (UTC)(link)
Of course the worry here is that only [livejournal.com profile] freakytigger will have heard the majority of these. But it's part of the chart and so MUST be polled. Hi dere my name's Kat and I'm addicted to tickyboxen.

[identity profile] freakytigger.livejournal.com 2007-03-20 12:17 pm (UTC)(link)
Dog triumph on cards!

I shall YSI Eddie Fisher I think.

[identity profile] braisedbywolves.livejournal.com 2007-03-20 12:37 pm (UTC)(link)
Has Doggie in the Window actually troubled the charts in anyway in the last 30 (or for that matter 50) years, or is it's continued familiarity purely based on ads ads ads?

[identity profile] alexmacpherson.livejournal.com 2007-03-20 12:53 pm (UTC)(link)
I would bet that there will be less DON'T KNOW ANYs than there usually are for the weekly 2007 chart polls! A SAD STATE OF AFFAIRS obv.

[identity profile] alexmacpherson.livejournal.com 2007-03-20 12:53 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh I do know the doggie song but I don't like it, it seems unfair to tick DON'T LIKE ANY though as I haven't heard any of the others.

[identity profile] lockedintheatti.livejournal.com 2007-03-20 12:54 pm (UTC)(link)
I can't believe that I believe was number 1 for 18 weeks - it's awful.

[identity profile] braisedbywolves.livejournal.com 2007-03-20 01:24 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm willing to speculate in an entirely uninformed manner that this may have been as a result of almost no-one giving a fvck about what was on top of this 'chart'.
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