"released recorded the song on his 2008 album ""Mitt sköna sextiotal"". Specific General What Do You Want to Make Those Eyes at Me For? ""What Do You Want to Make Those Eyes at Me For?"" is a song written by Joseph McCarthy, Howard Johnson and James V. Monaco in 1916. It was released in 1917 by Ada Jones and Billy Murray on Victor Records (catalogue number 18224). It became a UK hit in 1959 when a doo-wop version, produced by Michael Barclay, became a number one hit for Emile Ford and the Checkmates over the Christmas and New Year of"
"UK Singles Chart at the end of 1959 and stayed there for six weeks. Ford was the first Black British artist to sell one million copies of a single. In January 1960, Ford signed a two-year employment management contract with Leslie Grade. He had several more hits in the UK, and also scored a number one EP in 1960. The readers of the British music magazine ""New Musical Express"" voted Emile Ford & the Checkmates as the ""Best New Act"" in 1960. Ford's debut album was made up of covers. He made several albums, but his last studio recordings were"
"a recording studio in Barbados with the help of his father, before moving to Sweden. While there, he further developed a new open-air playback system for stage shows, patented as the Liveoteque Sound Frequency Feedback Injection System. Emile Ford died in London on 11 April 2016. Emile Ford Michael Emile Telford Miller (16 October 1937 – 11 April 2016), known professionally as Emile Ford, was a musician and singer born in Saint Lucia. He was popular in the United Kingdom in the late 1950s and early 1960s as the leader of Emile Ford & the Checkmates, who had a number"
"entries in the contest to date. Since that time, the United Kingdom has won the contest a total of five times: in 1967 with ""Puppet on a String"" by Sandie Shaw; one of four winners of the 1969 contest with ""Boom Bang-a-Bang"" by Lulu; in 1976 with the Brotherhood of Man song ""Save Your Kisses for Me""; in 1981 with ""Making Your Mind Up"" by Bucks Fizz; and most recently in 1997 with ""Love Shine a Light"" by Katrina and the Waves"". The United Kingdom also holds the record for the most second-place finishes, a total of 15. Since the"
"while strumming a guitar, suggested they do it like a country song. Richard and his band agreed and duly rerecorded the song with the slower tempo. The song was recorded in April 1959 by Cliff Richard and the Drifters and produced by Norrie Paramor. It was first released in the UK in May 1959 on the ""Serious Charge"" (EP) soundtrack before being released as a single in July 1959. It was number 1 on the UK Singles Chart for six weeks from July, becoming the biggest selling single of 1959 in the UK with sales of 770,000. Richard was awarded"
"the Window"", with the flip side being ""My Jealous Eyes"". It reached No. 1 on both the ""Billboard"" and ""Cash Box"" charts in 1953, and sold over two million copies. Mercury, however, had poor distribution in the United Kingdom. Therefore, a recording by Lita Roza was the one most widely heard in the UK, reaching No. 1 on the UK Singles Chart in 1953. It also distinguished Roza as the first British woman to have a number-one hit in the UK chart. It was also the first song with a question in the title to reach number 1. ""Doggie"" was"
"for You"" (16 weeks), the Wet Wet Wet version of The Troggs' ""Love Is All Around"" (15 weeks), Drake's ""One Dance"" (15 weeks), David Whitfield's ""Cara Mia"" (10 weeks), Rihanna's ""Umbrella"" (10 weeks) and Whitney Houston's version of ""I Will Always Love You"" (10 weeks). Frankie Laine's ""I Believe"" spent a total of 18 weeks at number one, but not consecutively, instead totalling 18 weeks across several runs at the top. By staying at number one until 1953 in the UK, Martino secured for himself the record of being the only performer to have a number one hit in the"
"twenty Top 50: ""Unwell"" by matchbox twenty Top 11: ""Sexed Up"" by Robbie Williams Top 9: ""Bare I Nått"" Top 8: ""Blame It On The Boogie"" by Jackson 5 Top 7: ""Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word"" by Elton John Top 6: ""Stuck in a Moment You Can't Get Out Of"" by U2 Top 5: ""The Lady Is A Tramp"" Top 4: ""Eye of the Tiger"" by Survivor Top 4: ""I Don't Want to Miss a Thing"" by Aerosmith Top 3: ""Angels"" by Robbie Williams Top 3: ""Two Princes"" by Spin Doctors Finale: ""Unwell"" by matchbox twenty Finale: ""Sorry"
"of the top 100 songs from the chart's first 50 years, August 1958 through July 2008. On August 23, 2014, the U.K. Official Charts Company crowned it the ultimate song of the 1970s. The subject of the ""You're So Vain"" song itself became one of the biggest mysteries in popular music, with the famous lyric ""You're so vain/I bet you think this song is about you."" For more than 40 years, Simon has not publicly revealed the name of the subject. She hinted that it could be a composite of several people, with most press speculation considering Mick Jagger, who"
"Tracer"" (1/2) (7:24–7:36) 31- ""Envelope Woman"" (7:36–7:49) 32- ""The Tracer"" (2/2) (7:49–8:00) 33- ""Plastic Guy"" (8:00–8:09) 34- ""Glasgow 3am"" (8:09–8:17) 35- ""The Road Is Long"" (8:17–8:26) 36- ""Funkified"" (8:26–8:34) 37- ""Rigamarole"" (8:34–8:46) 38- ""Depresso"" (8:46–9:03) 39- ""The Streets Are Hot Tonite"" (9:03–9:15) 40- ""Dawn at 16"" (9:15–9:39) 41- ""Spazmatazz"" (9:39–9:49) 42- ""Fucker"" (9:49–9:59) 43- ""In the Arms of Sheep"" (9:59–10:16) 44- ""Speed"" (10:16–10:39) 45- ""77"" (10:39–10:50) 46- ""Me Rock You Snow"" (10:50–11:02) 47- ""Feelium"" (11:02–11:14) 48- ""Is Alex Milton"" (11:14–11:24) 49- ""Rubberman"" (11:24–11:35) 50- ""Spacer"" (11:35–11:42) 51- ""Rock Me"" (11:42–11:51) 52- ""Weeping Willowly"" (11:51–12:02) 53- ""Rings"" (12:02–12:17) 54- ""So So"
"than seven minutes in length, it was at the time the longest single ever to top the British charts. It also spent nine weeks at number one in the United States, the longest for any Beatles single. ""Hey Jude"" tied the ""all-time"" record, at the time, for the longest run at the top of the US charts. The single has sold approximately eight million copies and is frequently included on professional critics' lists of the greatest songs of all time. In 2013, ""Billboard"" named it the 10th ""biggest"" song of all time. In May 1968, John Lennon and his wife"
"number 29441), that reached number 3 on the Billboard charts and number 2 in the UK chart listings. He was quickly followed by Jimmy Young, whose version hit number 1 on the British charts. Jimmy Young also later re-recorded another version of his 1955 chart topper in early 1964, which rose to number 43 in the UK. Two weeks after Young's version entered the top 10 of the British charts in June 1955, Liberace would score a number 20 hit (Philips PB 430). Roy Hamilton's version (Epic Records catalog number 9102) reached number 1 on the R&B Best Sellers list"
"Number One. (Elvis Presley's double-sided hit ""Don't Be Cruel/ Hound Dog,"" then recognized as the longest-running Number One of the rock era, spent eleven weeks atop the Billboard Best Sellers chart in 1956, before the 1958 debut of the Hot 100. The previous Hot 100 record was held by Percy Faith's recording of ""Theme from ""A Summer Place"""" (1960) and The Beatles's ""Hey Jude"" (1968), both of which remained at #1 for nine weeks.) The ten-week record was matched in 1982 by Olivia Newton-John's ""Physical,"" but never surpassed until a 1991 change in chart methodology allowed songs to achieve longer"
"reach number one in the UK Singles Chart. ""What Do You Want?"" was covered by American singers Ersel Hickey in 1959 on Epic Records and Bobby Vee in 1960 on Liberty Records. It was recorded in French by Petula Clark as ""Moi, Je Préfère l'Amour a Tout Ça"" in 1959. What Do You Want? (Adam Faith song) ""What Do You Want?"" was a 1959 song that became a number one hit in the United Kingdom for Adam Faith. It was written by Les Vandyke and produced by John Burgess and arranged by John Barry. It first appeared on the UK"
"The El Capris Girl Of Mine / These Lonely Nights 1957 5007 Don Lane Teenage Love Affair / How About Me 1958 5008 The Ferros Come Home, My Love / Tough Cat 1958 5010 Jim Sands & The Montclairs, You Don't Know My Mind / We're Gonna Rock 1958 5011 Clea Bradford Have I Made A Mistake / I've Got You 1959 5012 The Phateons Fling / Home Made 1959 5014 Georgie Sale and the Escapades I'll Love You Forever / End Of Time 1960 5015 Jay Hammond I'll Be Your Fool / She's My Girl 1960 5016 The Starlighters"
"1949 and lasted 16 weeks on the chart, peaking at number 4. This recording was featured in an episode of the NBC radio network radio program ""Lassie Show"" entitled ""Mule Train"", which aired on December 17, 1949. The Tennessee Ernie Ford version was recorded on October 18, 1949, and released by Capitol Records as catalog number 40258. The record first reached the ""Billboard"" chart on November 25, 1949 and lasted nine weeks on the chart, peaking at number 10. Ford's version also charted on the ""Billboard"" country chart, reaching number 1 in December, becoming the first song to top the"
"Living Doll (song) ""Living Doll"" is a song written by Lionel Bart made popular by Cliff Richard and the Shadows (then still 'the Drifters') in 1959. It was the top selling single in the UK in 1959. It has topped the UK charts twice: in its original version in 1959 (their first number 1 single) and a new version recorded in 1986 in aid of Comic Relief. ""Living Doll"" was written for the film ""Serious Charge"". Lionel Bart had been approached by film producer Mickey Delamar to write songs for the film. The idea for the song came on a"
"his manager and producer selected the final six. Viewers cast votes by postcards through the mail to choose the winning song and ""Power To All Our Friends"" was the winner with 125,505 votes, very nearly four times the score of the runner-up ""Come Back Billie-Jo"" which polled 34,209. Both songs were released as the A & B-Sides of a single, which reached No.4 in the UK singles chart, Cliff's first top 5 hit since ""Congratulations"" in 1968 and his last until 1979. For the first and only time in the history of the contest, all the entries from the UK"
"Faith 1:35 (1959) is the shortest. Source: In addition, in the final week that Justin Bieber was at #1 and #2 with ""Love Yourself"" and ""Sorry"", ""What Do You Mean"" was at #3. For the first three weeks that Ed Sheeran was at #1 and #2 with ""Shape of You"" and ""Galway Girl"", ""Castle on the Hill"" was at #3, and for the first of these three weeks Sheeran's ""Perfect"", ""New Man"" and ""Happier"" were at #4, #5 and #6 respectively. Top 100: ""Mr Brightside"" by The Killers (203 weeks) Top 75: ""My Way"" by Frank Sinatra (124 weeks) (122"
"the record for the most weeks at Number 1, with a cumulative total of 115 weeks, including one stretch of 70 consecutive weeks. A fairly distant second place is held by ""The Sound of Music"" soundtrack with a cumulative total of 70 weeks. Third is ""The King and I"" soundtrack with a cumulative total of 48 weeks. Fourth is the highest non soundtrack ""Bridge over Troubled Water"" by Simon and Garfunkel with a cumulative total of 33 weeks. The second longest consecutive streak is held by The Beatles' ""Please Please Me"", which spent 30 weeks at the top before being"
"""the track is the only one by a UK writer to have been aired more than seven million times on American TV and radio and is third in the all-time list ... [and] is the most played song by a British writer [last] century in the US"". His 1968 Beatles composition ""Hey Jude"" achieved the highest sales in the UK that year and topped the US charts for nine weeks, which is longer than any other Beatles single. It was also the longest single released by the band and, at seven minutes eleven seconds, was at that time the longest"
"1974 in the UK singles chart. The song still holds the record for the longest song-title ever to hit the UK chart. As hinted by the title, the song follows a man happy to be with his honey. ""And I end up crying, but listen/I can be a millionaire/Honey when you're standing there/You're so exciting/You can make me dance. You Can Make Me Dance, Sing or Anything (Even Take the Dog for a Walk, Mend a Fuse, Fold Away the Ironing Board, or Any Other Domestic Shortcomings) ""You Can Make Me Dance, Sing or Anything (Even Take the Dog for"
"music for a production of ""An Inspector Calls"". A record was broken in 1994 for the longest song to become a UK top 10 hit when Bon Jovi released the single ""Dry County"" in March, when it peaked at #9. The song was 9 minutes and 52 seconds long. Notes: The 1994 BRIT Awards winners were: The 1994 Mercury Music Prize was awarded to M People – ""Elegant Slumming"". 1994 in British music This is a summary of 1994 in music in the United Kingdom, including the official charts from that year. The first number 1 single of the year"
"week, and 98% of all albums. It is therefore subscribed to by the British music industry and wider media as the UK's official weekly measure of recorded music popularity. The song holding the record for most weeks at No.1 is ""Despacito"" by Luis Fonsi, Daddy Yankee and Justin Bieber with 11 non-consecutive weeks. The longest song to stay at number one consecutively is ""These Days"" by Rudimental, Jess Glynne, Macklemore and Dan Caplen (4 February - 1 April 2018). On 8 May 2016, a technical problem at Arqiva's satellite communication centre caused the IRN satellite feed, which would usually connect"
"the song reached number 1 on April 24, 1959, and remained in that position for three weeks, becoming the first posthumous number 1 hit in UK chart history. Holly would continue to achieve posthumous chart success in the UK well into the 1960s. In the United States it reached number 13 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 chart. It was Holly's last Top 20 hit in the United States. Internationally, the song reached number 1 in both Canada and Ireland, and also peaked at number 2 in the Australian charts. Linda Ronstadt covered ""It Doesn't Matter Anymore"" in 1975. As the"
"100 Greatest ’70s Albums list. The eerie nature of song gave birth to a recurring segment on comedian Tom Scharpling's long-running weekly call-in radio program ""The Best Show"", which is named ""The Frankie Teardrop Challenge"". Beginning in around 2013, Scharpling challenged fans of the show to listen to the song on headphones as loudly as possible, at nighttime and while alone, in the most creatively terrifying situations that they can think of. Callers regularly phone in to recount their experiences attempting the challenge, with very few listers completing all 10 minutes and 26 seconds of the song. Scharpling also often"
"immediately repeated before viewers were asked to cast votes via postcards through the mail to choose the winner. An extremely low postal vote led to ""Long Live Love"" winning with just 27,387 votes. The top two songs from the contest were released on single, reaching No.11 in the UK singles chart, the first UK entry since 1966 not to reach the top ten, or indeed, the top four. Newton-John had just signed a new recording contract with EMI internationally, who released the single in most territories, but it was released on Pye International in the UK as the final commitment"
"In June 1953, Capitol Records released the Les Paul and Mary Ford recording of ""Vaya Con Dios,"" which almost instantly popularized the song, as it was listed on Billboard magazine's best seller chart by June 13. It remained became #1 hit in August, after which it would appear in the number one spot for 11 weeks, all non-consecutive. By August 4, Paul and Ford's record had sold more than 400,000 copies in three weeks. In November 1953, it ranked at #2 on Variety's popularity list and at #9 among the most popular songs in England. While ""Vaya Con Dios"" became"
"musicians such as Clem Cattini who is reported to have played drums on over 40 number ones. The record for most non-consecutive weeks at number one is 18 by Frankie Laine's ""I Believe"" in 1953. It spent nine weeks at number one, dropped down for a week, returned to number one for six weeks, dropped down for a further week and returned to number one for a third time for three weeks. The longest unbroken run at number one is ""(Everything I Do) I Do It for You"" by Bryan Adams, which spent 16 consecutive weeks in 1991. Below is"
"weeks. It achieved the same chart position in the United Kingdom and Australia. ""Rolling Stone"" ranked ""Lady Marmalade"" as the 479th greatest song of all time. In 1999, when the US performing rights and royalties organization BMI (Broadcast Music Incorporated) announced its Top 100 Songs of the Century, ""Can't Take My Eyes Off You"" landed in the Top 10 with six million airplays. BMI calculates one million continuous performances of a song of the average length (3 minutes) as representing 5.7 years of continuous airplay. In addition to his numerous benchmarks and accolades in music, Crewe has also achieved recognition"
"UK ""Strictly Elvis"" EP had no direct US equivalent. Strictly Elvis Strictly Elvis is an extended play (EP) by American singer and musician Elvis Presley released in January 1960. It peaked at number one in the number-one EPs chart in the United Kingdom and was five weeks in the number-one, until it was superseded by ""Expresso Bongo"", which became number-one in April 23, 1960. An EP, also called ""Strictly Elvis"", had been issued in the USA in January 1957. This contained a completely different set of tracks; it was not issued in the UK until 1964, when it came out"
"Don't Sell My Daddy No More Wine 196? 100 The Tempos Sham-Rock / It's Tough 1959 236 Eddie & Richard and the Blue Mt. Boys Lonesome Blues / True Love On My Mind 19?? 1335 Reverend George Morton This Is My Story / Wade In The Water 19?? 5000 The Hi-Fidelities Street Of Loneliness / Help, Murder, Police 1957 5001 The Montclairs Golden Angel / Don Juan 1957 5003 Don Lane Don't Tempt Me / Love Letters 1957 5004 The Royal Jokers Spring / September In The Rain 1957 5005 The Gardenias I'm Laughing At You / Houdini 1957 5006"
"1965, becoming the biggest hit single in Britain that year and selling over a million copies in the UK alone. The recording is the third best selling song of the 1960s in Britain; at the time it was the UK's biggest selling single by a solo artist, and remains one of the biggest selling singles of all time. Dodd was selected to perform the song on ""A Jubilee of Music"" on BBC One on 31 December 1976, a celebration of the key pop successes of the Queen's first 25 years as Britain's monarch. Dodd had two further UK top ten"