29-04-2002 05:48									#1
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And about time too. There's been far too much arcane dross flooding this forum.

Okay, here's an easy one first off. Who holds the record for the most consecutive #1 singles on the British charts?

A bit harder - name the first single and the last single in the record-breaking run.

And not much harder - name the single that stopped the record-breaking run by not making it to #1.

	29-04-2002 05:51									#2
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Never mind, my bad

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	29-04-2002 06:41									#3
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Nuh. Remember this is a 1960s thread.

	29-04-2002 06:45									#4
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quote: Originally posted by finbar Nuh. Remember this is a 1960s thread.

I thought the record was broken after that...or is it era-specifically meant?

	29-04-2002 07:34									#5
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Well, to my knowledge, the record for an unbroken run of #1 singles on the British charts stands at 11. By which I mean, 11 consecutive single releases made it to #1. As far as I know, it hasn't been bettered since the 1960s.

That boyband you named has had 10 #1s - until this month - and I don't know how many of them were consecutive.

	29-04-2002 13:02									#6
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The Beatles did not have an unbroken line of #1 singles longer than 7. A record equalled but not surpassed two years ago by Westlife.

The Spice Girls have six, The Rolling Stones five.

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(I could give you the borderline singles but I cheated. I won't deprive other people of the fun.)

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	29-04-2002 17:08									#8
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Sorry, Snappy, according to my records they had a run of 11 between '63 and '66. Obviously the Tony Sheridan thing doesn't count as a Beatles single in this context. Later, they had a run of 6. The Magical Mystery Tour EP popped up in the middle of the 6, but it, obviously, wasn't a single.

	29-04-2002 17:23									#9
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Ain't She Sweet/If You Love Me Baby only reached #29 in 1964.

	29-04-2002 17:47									#10
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Yeah, that was from the Tony Sheridan sessions. Recorded sometime in 1961 or 1962, released on Polydor. The Beatles didn't release it. As with My Bonny, they had no say in its release.

	29-04-2002 18:25									#11
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Well that vaguely makes it a bit uncertain. Doesn't it? Sure it's not an "official" official release, but it was hardly illegal.

Okay, I'll indulge you and let it stand.

I'll still allow other people to guess the first and last of the run.

	29-04-2002 18:44									#12
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Thanks, Finbar, I missed these old threads, and this one looks like a very nice comeback! Too bad I don't check the OT that often...

Well, let's see, a run of 11? I remember reading that the single that stopped the Beatles record-braking run was Engelbert Humperdinck's "Release me", and the Beatles single not to reach #1 because of this was "Penny Lane/Strawberry Fields Forever".

Thus, the last single of the run should be "Yellow Submarine/Eleanor Rigby". And, if I'm not wrong, the first Beatles single the top the British charts was "Please Please Me", so that would make it a run of 12 #1 singles until Yellow Submarine. So where did I make a mistake?

	30-04-2002 05:16									#13
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quote: Originally posted by Snapcase Well that vaguely makes it a bit uncertain. Doesn't it? Sure it's not an "official" official release, but it was hardly illegal.

The Beatles, for obvious reasons, didn't want any of that early stuff released but they couldn't stop it. No, it's not illegal, but it - and My Bonny - aren't generally considered "Beatle records" in the scheme of things. BTW, I think Pete Best must've played on Ain't She Sweet.

quote: Okay, I'll indulge you and let it stand.

As always, a gentleman and scholar.

quote: I'll still allow other people to guess the first and last of the run.

Let's see what Fiera has to say ...

	30-04-2002 05:24									#14
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quote: Originally posted by Fiera Thanks, Finbar, I missed these old threads, and this one looks like a very nice comeback! Too bad I don't check the OT that often...

This should set that right!

quote: Well, let's see, a run of 11? I remember reading that the single that stopped the Beatles record-braking run was Engelbert Humperdinck's "Release me", and the Beatles single not to reach #1 because of this was "Penny Lane/Strawberry Fields Forever". Thus, the last single of the run should be "Yellow Submarine/Eleanor Rigby".

Elephant stamp for Fiera. Personally, I think it's one of life's great crimes that a soporific vat of treacle like "Release Me" denied probably the Beatles' finest double A-side its deserved glory.

quote: And, if I'm not wrong, the first Beatles single the top the British charts was "Please Please Me", so that would make it a run of 12 #1 singles until Yellow Submarine. So where did I make a mistake?

"Please Please Me" only reached #2. Have another try.

	30-04-2002 05:31									#15
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quote: Originally posted by finbar "Please Please Me" only reached #2. Have another try.

Then it has to be "From Me To You", which would thus make for a run of 11. Though I remember reading somewhere that "Please Please Me" was their first single to top the British charts...

	30-04-2002 05:45									#16
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It was "From Me To You". Elephant stamp for Fiera.

No, "Please Please Me", their second single release, only made it to #2. Their first single release, "Love Me Do", only made it to #17. "Please Please Me" re-entered the charts in January '83 and made it to #29, and "Love Me Do" re-entered in October '82 and made it to #4.

It's also way past your bedtime!

	30-04-2002 05:50									#17
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quote: Originally posted by finbar It was "From Me To You". Elephant stamp for Fiera.

Bah, these questions were tailored for me. I always used to answer "The Beatles" in the first place, remember?

quote: It's also way past your bedtime!

I know, but blame it on the resurrection of the Sixties thread!

	30-04-2002 05:54									#18
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What's the highest charting Beatles reissue, then?

	30-04-2002 06:00									#19
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"She Loves You" spent two separate periods at #1 of the British charts in 1963, but that's not exactly what you're asking for, is it?

And it's past your bedtime as well.

	30-04-2002 06:31									#20
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Strictly technically speaking, I suppose, the #1 CD compilation would have to qualify. Or, at least, the songs on it.

That aside - leaving aside Lennon's "Imagine", which went to #1 on re-issue, but wasn't the Beatles - I have no idea. According to my sources, which aren't all that current, it would be "Love Me Do" mentioned above.

	30-04-2002 06:41									#21
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More questions, more questions!

I'll throw some lyrics lines in before I finally go to bed, let's see if you remember these:

"I will float a silver solid moon through your window
If your night is dark..."

	30-04-2002 06:51									#22
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Jeez, Fiera, where did you dredge that up from? Sounds psychodelic - or what passed for psychodelic in those days - so it's probably late-ish 60s. I'll get onto the case.

	30-04-2002 07:01									#23
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As psychodelic as it gets. And I thought you would find it too easy...

From the same song:

"All of these and seven wonders more will I find
When the wind is high..."

	30-04-2002 07:55									#24
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I've got a lot of sources to wade through. Help me along a bit. British?

In the meantime, go to bed!

	30-04-2002 17:10									#25
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Yup, British, and the year is 1967.

	30-04-2002 17:42									#26
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Give me some American psychadelica and I'll give it a shot...

	30-04-2002 18:16									#27
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Hey. What about the most successful Beatles re-issue?

And do the Count 5 count (as it were) as American psychedelia? I think so. Gotta love the Count 5. They created their own genre - US Garage Psychedelia. Unless someone else beat them to it. But I can't imagine who.

	30-04-2002 18:18									#28
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I'm more into British rock myself, it's harder for me to come up with obscure American tunes, so here's an easy one for you:

"Where the trees have leaves of prisms
And break the light in colors
That no-one knows the names of"

	30-04-2002 18:21									#29
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quote: Originally posted by finbar Gotta love the Count 5. They created their own genre - US Garage Psychedelia. Unless someone else beat them to it. But I can't imagine who.

Perhaps the Shadows of Knight? Just a wild guess...

	30-04-2002 18:33									#30
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quote: Originally posted by finbar Hey. What about the most successful Beatles re-issue?

Free as a Bird, 1995.