1978
THE LAST GREAT YEAR OF ROCK
1978 THE LAST GREAT YEAR OF ROCK STARTED AS IT HAD FINISHED WITH WINGS AT NUMBER ONE, ALTHOUGH MULL OF KINTYRE HAD NOW BEEN FLIPPED FOR THE FAR BETTER GIRL SCHOOL. IT WOULD HANG ON FOR ANOTHER THREE WEEKS BEFORE BEING DETHRONED BY THE FIRST GREAT NUMBER ONE OF THE YEAR, ALTHEA AND DONNA UPTOWN TOP RANKING.
SO WHY DO I SAY 1978 WAS THE LAST GREAT YEAR OF ROCK. WELL THERE ARE SEVERAL REASONS NUMBER ONE I WAS 14/15 YEARS OLD, TWO SINGLES AND ALBUMS WERE SELLING BY THE MILLIONS STILL ( THE LAST TIME SEVERAL SINGLES WOULD DO THIS IN ONE YEAR) THIRDLY THERE WAS SOME GREAT SINGLE RELEASED THIS YEAR.
SO FIVE MONTHS AFTER ELVIS DEATH ,THE SILVER JUBILEE AND THE SUMMER OF PUNK, WHERE WERE WE ?. THE TOP FORTY WASNT FULL OF ELVIS RECORDS OR PUNK FOR THAT MATTER . ELVIS WAS THERE GOING UP THAT WEEK FROM 14 TO 9 WITH MY WAY. BUT OTHER THAN THAT BING CROSBY WAS THERE ALONG WITH STATUS QUO,HOT CHOCOLATE,DAVID SOUL,DARTS CHIC AND BONEY M.
IN AMERICA THE SEX PISTOLS WERE ABOUT TO START A 7 DATE TOUR THAT WOULD END AT WINTERLAND ARENA SAN FRANCISCO IN A SHAMBOLIC GIG AND ROTTENS FAMOUS LAST WORDS EVER GET THE FEELING YOU VE BEEN CHEATED?. LATER THAT YEAR SID VICIOUS WOULD BE ACCUSED OF THE MURDER OF NANCY SPUNGEN IN THE CHELSEA HOTEL NEW YORK
SO NOT A GREAT START TO THE YEAR. BUT THIS IS ONLY WEEK ONE OF THE YEAR AND THERE LOTS MORE TO COME, AND ONCE IT STARTED IT REALLY TAKES HOLD.
SO THE REST OF THE TOP FIVE LOOKS LIKE THIS . AT NUMBER TWO AND HOLDING ON FOR ANOTHER WEEK WE HAD THE BRIGHOUSE AND RASTRICK BAND ,WITH THE FLORAL DANCE, SOON TO MAKE ANOTHER APPEARANCE LATE THAT YEAR BY TERRY WOGAN. NUMBER THREE WE HAD THE BEE GEES AND HOW DEEP IS YOUR LOVE COMPLETING A TOP THREE THAT HAD BEEN THE SAME SINCE THE FIRST WEEK OF DECEMBER 1977. IT WAS ALSO THE START OF THE BEE GEES DOMINATION OF THE CHARTS THAT YEAR. AT FOUR DONNA SUMMER AND LOVES UNKIND , IT WOULD BE HER LAST TOP FIVE HIT UNTIL THE END OF THE YEAR. RUBY WINTERS IS AT NUMBER FIVE WITH I WILL. AGAIN ANOTHER LEFT OVER FROM 1977 . THE FIRST OF TWO TOP TWENTY HITS ,AND FIRST OF FOUR IN TOTAL.
PETER STOCK HAMMERSMITH78MUSICPROMOTIONS COPY RIGHT 2018
SO THE REST OF THE TOP FIVE LOOKS LIKE THIS . AT NUMBER TWO AND HOLDING ON FOR ANOTHER WEEK WE HAD THE BRIGHOUSE AND RASTRICK BAND ,WITH THE FLORAL DANCE, SOON TO MAKE ANOTHER APPEARANCE LATE THAT YEAR BY TERRY WOGAN. NUMBER THREE WE HAD THE BEE GEES AND HOW DEEP IS YOUR LOVE COMPLETING A TOP THREE THAT HAD BEEN THE SAME SINCE THE FIRST WEEK OF DECEMBER 1977. IT WAS ALSO THE START OF THE BEE GEES DOMINATION OF THE CHARTS THAT YEAR. AT FOUR DONNA SUMMER AND LOVES UNKIND , IT WOULD BE HER LAST TOP FIVE HIT UNTIL THE END OF THE YEAR. RUBY WINTERS IS AT NUMBER FIVE WITH I WILL. AGAIN ANOTHER LEFT OVER FROM 1977 . THE FIRST OF TWO TOP TWENTY HITS ,AND FIRST OF FOUR IN TOTAL.
PETER STOCK HAMMERSMITH78MUSICPROMOTIONS COPY RIGHT 2018
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