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Paul McCartney with wife and Wings band member Linda.McCartney wrote the Wings song "Mull of Kintyre", which was the best-selling record of the decade.Queen, who spent nine weeks at number one with "Bohemian Rhapsody" in 1975 John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John, who had two number-one singles in 1978 and occupied the top spot for over a quarter of the year.
Singles are a type of music release that typically have fewer tracks than an extended play or an album. Throughout the 1970s the UK Singles Chart was compiled by the British Market Research Bureau (BMRB) [1] from the sales data of a representative panel of record shops across the country, starting with about 250 shops at the beginning of the decade and increasing to around 450 stores by 1979.
Carl Douglas got #1 hits "Kung Fu Fighting" (1974), and Biddu Orchestra records also appeared in the charts. [38] "Kung Fu Fighting" in particular sold eleven million records worldwide. [39] Popularity of British jazz from the 1950s, 1960s with Kenny Ball and Chris Barbar, UK jazz continued with innovative music scene.
Nineteen artists scored multiple entries in the top 10 in 1970. Chicago, Deep Purple, Hot Chocolate, The Jackson 5 and Neil Diamond were among the many artists who achieved their first UK charting top 10 single in 1970. The 1969 Christmas number-one, "Two Little Boys" by Rolf Harris, remained at number-one for the first four weeks of 1970.
Elton John's Greatest Hits: DJM: 23 November 1974: 11 1975; 150 Engelbert Humperdinck: His Greatest Hits: Decca: 8 February 1975: 3 151 Status Quo: On the Level: Vertigo: 1 March 1975: 2 152 Led Zeppelin: Physical Graffiti: Swan Song: 15 March 1975: 1 153 Tom Jones: 20 Greatest Hits: Decca: 22 March 1975: 4 154 The Stylistics: The Best of the ...
The Sound of Music: Original Soundtrack ‡ Various artists 1 5 June 1965: 70 Albums in 1968 23 November 1968: 46 The Best of The Seekers ‡ The Seekers: 1 25 January 1969: 6 Albums in 1969 15 February 1969: 27 Oliver!: Original Soundtrack ‡ Various artists 4 13 September 1969: 1 14 June 1969: 9 My Way ‡ Frank Sinatra: 2 14 June 1969: 3 6 ...
Title Year Release Songwriter(s) Notes "All Right Now" 1970 Fire and Water: Rodgers/Fraser "Be My Friend" 1970 Highway: Rodgers/Fraser "Bodie" 1970 Highway: Rodgers/Fraser
This list documents Britain's best-selling music artists alphabetically as well as by record sales. This page lists those artists who have had claims of over one million or more records in sales. The list is divided into numerous record-sales brackets within each of which, artists are listed in alphabetical order, rather than by number of records sold. The artists on the list are supported by ...