"mainstream, with the change of name to ""The Timelords"" and an overt reliance on several iconic symbols of 1970s and 1980s British popular culture, including Glitter, the ""Doctor Who"" theme song, ""Doctor Who's"" Daleks and the TARDIS, Sweet's ""Blockbuster!"" and Harry Enfield's character 'Loadsamoney'. The song features riffs from the 1973 hit ""Blockbuster!"" by Sweet and from Gary Glitter's 1972 debut hit ""Rock and Roll Parts 1 and 2"". Its name is a reference to ""Doctorin' the House"" by Coldcut. Drummond and Cauty often claimed that the song was the result of a deliberate effort to write a number one"
"Block Buster! ""Block Buster!"" (also sometimes listed as ""Blockbuster!"") is a 1973 single by Sweet. Written by Nicky Chinn and Mike Chapman, and produced by Phil Wainman, ""Block Buster!"" was the band's sole UK No. 1 hit. Released in January 1973, it spent five weeks at the top of the UK Singles Chart, and also made #1 in the Netherlands, Germany, Austria and Ireland, and #3 in Finland, Switzerland, Denmark and Norway. Outside Europe it peaked at #1 in New Zealand, #29 in Australia and at #73 on the American ""Billboard"" Hot 100. Its Muddy Waters-inspired blues riff is markedly"
"chart on September 8, 1973. The single remained at number 1 for two weeks, while also remaining at the top of the ""Billboard"" Soul Singles chart for eight weeks. In its first week at the top of the chart, ""Let's Get It On"" replaced ""Brother Louie"" by Stories, and was replaced by ""Delta Dawn"" by Helen Reddy; it later replaced ""Delta Dawn"" and was finally knocked off the top of the chart by Grand Funk Railroad's ""We're an American Band"". The single stayed inside the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 top 10 for 13 weeks, 10 of those weeks inside the top"
"heavy metal, progressive rock, and even opera. The latter featured the single ""Bohemian Rhapsody"", which stayed at number one in the UK charts for nine weeks. In the United States, shock-rock pioneer Alice Cooper achieved mainstream success with the top five album ""School's Out"" (1972), which was followed by the #1 album ""Billion Dollar Babies"" in 1973. Also in 1973, blues rockers ZZ Top released their classic album ""Tres Hombres"" and Aerosmith produced their eponymous début, as did Southern rockers Lynyrd Skynyrd and proto-punk outfit New York Dolls, demonstrating the diverse directions being pursued in the genre. Montrose, including the"
"to a Who-influenced hard rock style supplemented by a striking use of high-pitched backing vocals. The band first achieved success in the UK charts, with thirteen Top 20 hits during the 1970s alone, with ""Block Buster!"" (1973) topping the chart, followed by three consecutive number two hits in ""Hell Raiser"" (1973), ""The Ballroom Blitz"" (1973) and ""Teenage Rampage"" (1974). The band turned to a more hard rock style with their mid-career singles, like 1974's ""Turn It Down"". ""Fox on the Run"" (1975) also reached number two on the UK charts. These results were topped in West Germany and other countries"
"similar to the one featured on fellow RCA act David Bowie's ""The Jean Genie"", released shortly before, but all parties maintain that this was a coincidence. Some controversy rose after the band's performance of the song on the British television program ""Top of the Pops"" at December 25, 1973. In this performance, Sweet's bassist Steve Priest wore a Nazi uniform. Block Buster! ""Block Buster!"" (also sometimes listed as ""Blockbuster!"") is a 1973 single by Sweet. Written by Nicky Chinn and Mike Chapman, and produced by Phil Wainman, ""Block Buster!"" was the band's sole UK No. 1 hit. Released in January"
"debuted on the Hot 100 at number 71 and became the group's first number-one hit eight weeks later when it jumped from number 5 to number 1 on October 27, 1973, replacing ""Angie"" by the Rolling Stones. It remained in the top position for two weeks. It was replaced by ""Keep On Truckin' (Part 1)"" by Eddie Kendricks. It also reached number one on the soul singles chart, their fifth on that chart. On the UK Singles Chart, it peaked at number ten. In her autobiography, ""Between Each Line of Pain and Glory,"" Gladys Knight wrote that she hoped the"
"scored a number one hit on the UK Singles chart in 1973. The recording by American country singer Sonny James was released by Capitol Records as catalog number 3602. It first reached the ""Billboard"" chart on January 5, 1957. On the Disk Jockey chart, it peaked at No. 1; on the Best Seller chart, at No. 2; on the Juke Box chart, at No. 4; on the composite chart of the top 100 songs, it reached No. 2. On ""Billboard""'s country music charts, it was a No. 1 hit for nine weeks, and remained the longest-reigning of James' 23 chart-topping"
"number one. She also peaked at number one in Ireland, number three in South Africa, and number five in Norway. The most successful version of the song to be released as a single in the US was by Bacharach-David protégée Dionne Warwick, whose recording made its first appearance on the Hot 100 in the issue dated December 27, 1969, to start an 11-week run that took it to number six. The January 3, 1970, issue marked its first of 11 weeks on the magazine's Easy Listening chart, where it enjoyed three weeks at number one, and a seven-week stay on"
"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"
"11 August 1973, rose to No. 12, and stayed in the Top 40 for nine weeks. It was the only single by Elton John that failed to make the Top 10 in the three-year, 13-hit period between May 1972 (""Rocket Man"") and October 1975 (""Island Girl""). It was the only Elton John single that failed to go gold or platinum in the three-year, 11-hit period between December 1972 (""Crocodile Rock"") and October 1975 (""Island Girl""). Despite only being a modest success compared to his other hits, it remains one of his best-known songs. The song has been a staple of"
"UK chart hits. 16-year-old Stuart Wood completed the ""classic five"" line up in February 1974 a week after the band had debuted the ""Remember"" single on ""Top of the Pops"" (in which John Devine had mimed the piano part), and by early 1975, the band were well on their way to achieving global success. The ""classic five"" line up consisted of Alan Longmuir, Derek Longmuir, Stuart Woody Wood, Eric Faulkner and Les McKeown. Beginning with ""Remember"" (UK No. 6), the Rollers' popularity exploded, and they released a string of hits on the UK chart. Following in succession were ""Shang-a-Lang"" (UK"
"turned up archival versions of the story that had been collected before ""Going Home"" had been written. Levine and Brown first offered the song to Ringo Starr, but Al Steckler of Apple Records told them that they should be ashamed of the song and described it as ""ridiculous"". In April 1973, the recording by Dawn featuring Tony Orlando reached No. 1 in the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 (chart date 21 April 1973) in the US, and stayed at No. 1 for four weeks. ""Tie A Yellow Ribbon"" sold 3 million records in the US in three weeks. It also reached No."
"one in the UK. Cooper sent her a bunch of flowers in gratitude for the publicity. Meanwhile, British Labour Member of Parliament Leo Abse petitioned Home Secretary Reginald Maudling to have the group banned altogether from performing in the country. In February 1973, ""Billion Dollar Babies"" was released worldwide and became the band's most commercially successful album, reaching No. 1 in both the US and UK. ""Elected"", a late-1972 Top 10 UK hit from the album, which inspired one of the first MTV-style story-line promo videos ever made for a song (three years before Queen's promotional video for ""Bohemian Rhapsody""),"
"Gang (I Am)"" being his first single to reach the number-one position in the summer of 1973, and ""I Love You Love Me Love"", its follow-up, his second. Even an atypical ballad, ""Remember Me This Way"", went to No. 3. He had eleven consecutive Top 10 singles, from ""Rock and Roll, Parts 1 and 2"" in 1972 to ""Doing Alright with the Boys"" in the summer of 1975. ""Rock and Roll (Part 2)"" caught on as a popular sports anthem in North America. Despite his success in the UK, Glitter never made the same impact in America where, at best,"
"held the number one spot for 18 weeks), and weeks at No 1 for an artist in a single year (27 weeks), when ""Hey Joe!"" and ""Answer Me, O Lord"" became number one hits as well). In spite of the popularity of rock and roll artists such as Elvis Presley and The Beatles, fifty-plus years later, both of Laine's records still hold. In 1954, Laine gave a Royal Command Performance for Queen Elizabeth II which he cites as one of the highlights of his career. By the end of the decade, he remained far ahead of Elvis Presley as the"
"record was re-issued and in September 1973 it became a massive hit, reaching No.1 for four weeks, spending a further 20 weeks in the top 50. Total sales were 1,005,500, gaining the award of a platinum disc, thus becoming one of the 12 best-selling singles of the 1970s. In Ireland, the song was also a hit, reaching No. 3 in the charts there. In 1974, Stoeckart released his own version under the name Jack Trombey's Brass. In the US, it was used as theme music in 1970s TV and radio commercials for KLM Royal Dutch Airlines. It was also used"
"a lot of the power of the song comes from the chords, adding it also features what he called one of the greatest ""strident, blistering guitar chords ever created"" in rock and roll. The song was released in 1973 as the album's first single. It was banned on many radio stations fearing that the title would incite violence. In the UK, the song entered the ""Music Week"" Top 50 the week of 7 July 1973, rose to No. 7, and stayed in the charts for 9 weeks. In the US, the song entered the ""Billboard"" Top 40 the week of"
"radio stations the first day of release. ""Black or White"" entered the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 at number 35. A week later it shot up to number three and in its third week, December 7, 1991, it ascended to number one, making it the fastest chart topper since The Beatles' ""Get Back"", which also won the Hot 100 in just three weeks in 1969. It closed the year at number one, and remained at the top of the singles chart into 1992 for a total of seven weeks, making Michael Jackson the first artist to have number one popular hits in"
"United States, the song peaked at number 23 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 on 9 July 1966, and remained in that position the following week. The ""Paperback Writer"" single reached number 1 in the UK (for two weeks starting on 23 June). ""Rolling Stone"" magazine ranks ""Rain"" 463rd in its list of ""The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time"". On a similar list compiled by the New York radio station Q104.3, the song appeared at number 382. ""Rain"" is notable for Ringo Starr's drumming, which Starr rates as his best recorded performance. Both Ian MacDonald and ""Rolling Stone"" described his"
"places to number one. However, it only spent one week there, and then Frankie Laine returned to number one. Muriel Smith's ""Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me"" was also a hit this month, peaking at number 3. American singer Frankie Laine thus set the all-time U.K. record for weeks at Number One in a given year on the UK Singles Chart when his hit singles ""Answer Me,"" ""Hey Joe!"" and ""I Believe"" held the top slot for 27 weeks. ""I Believe"", Number One for 18 weeks, also holds the all-time record for a single. 1953 in British music This is"
"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"
"""Black Day in July"" about the 1967 Detroit riot, brought him wide recognition in the 1960s. Canadian chart success with his own recordings began in 1962 with the No. 3 hit Me) I'm the One"", followed by recognition and charting abroad in the 1970s. His topped the US Hot 100 and/or AC chart with the hits ""If You Could Read My Mind"" (1970), ""Sundown"" (1974); ""Carefree Highway"" (1974), ""Rainy Day People (1975), and ""The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald"" (1976), and had many other hits that appeared within the top 40. Several of his albums achieved gold and multi-platinum status"
"for quite a while, as evidenced by the one million advance orders for the single. When it was finally released, the response was phenomenal. A week after it entered the British charts, on 14 December 1963, it knocked ""She Loves You"" off the top spot, the first instance of an act taking over from itself at number 1 in British history, and it clung to the top spot for five weeks. It stayed in the charts for another 15 weeks and made a one-week return to the charts on 16 May 1964. Beatlemania was peaking at that time; during the"
"""A Number One hit could easily be in store for the maestro of rock drums. There's a touch of the Marc Bolans in this highly playable rhythmic excursion ... It's hypnotic and effective, ideal for jukeboxes and liable to send us all mad by the end of the week."" Alan Clayson writes of reviewers criticising ""Back Off Boogaloo"" for being repetitious, leading Starr to respond in a 1973 interview: ""Play me a pop song that isn't."" ""Record World"" listed the song first in its ""Hits of the Week"" predictions and said: ""It's taken Ringo a long time to follow up"
"chart. The song was also a hit for Shirley Bassey at the same time in the United Kingdom. It has since been covered by a large number of artists. The song became a Gold record. It won the Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1971. Richard Carpenter of Carpenters heard the song during an evening of relaxation at the movies while on tour. He decided it would be ideal for the duo. It became a hit for them in 1971, reaching No. 3 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 singles chart and No. 1 for three weeks on the US"
"– live version) 7"" single (1990) 12"" maxi (1990) CD maxi (1990) The Joker (Steve Miller Band song) ""The Joker"" is a song by the Steve Miller Band from their 1973 album ""The Joker"". It is one of two Steve Miller Band songs that feature the nonce word ""pompatus"". The song topped the US ""Billboard"" Hot 100 in early 1974. More than 16 years later, in September 1990, it reached number one in the UK Singles Chart for two weeks after being used in ""Great Deal"", a Hugh Johnson-directed television advertisement for Levi's, thus holding the record for the longest"
"her big-selling cover. The Everly Brothers followed in 1963, along with Jerry Wallace (1966), Dean Martin (1967), Engelbert Humperdinck (1967) who was number one on the UK Singles Chart and many others in the years after. The Humperdinck version has the distinction in the UK of holding the number one slot on the chart for six weeks during March and April 1967, and preventing The Beatles' ""Penny Lane"" / ""Strawberry Fields Forever"" from reaching the top spot. Humperdinck's ""Release Me"" was also the highest selling single of 1967 in the UK, recording over one million in sales, eventually becoming one"
"the UK. The following year he released his most successful UK hit, ""Back Off Boogaloo"" (again produced and co-written by Harrison), which peaked at number two (US number nine). Having become friends with the English singer Marc Bolan, Starr made his directorial debut with the 1972 T. Rex documentary ""Born to Boogie"". In 1973, Starr earned two number one hits in the US: ""Photograph"", a UK number eight hit co-written with Harrison, and ""You're Sixteen"", written by the Sherman Brothers. Starr's third million-selling single, ""You're Sixteen"", was released in the UK in February 1974 where it peaked at number four."
"1 for 6 weeks on the pop singles charts. The personnel on the August 9, 1920 recording at the Victor studios in Camden, New Jersey were: Paul Whiteman (violin, leader), Henry Busse (trumpet, 1918-1928), Ferde Grofe (piano, arranger, composer), Theron E. ""Buster"" Johnson (trombone, 1918-1920), Gus Mueller (clarinet, alto sax), Hale Byers (alto sax), Mike Pingitore (banjo), Sammy Heiss (tuba), and Harold McDonald (drums). ""Wang Wang Blues"" is one of the most recorded jazz songs, recorded by Henry Busse, Glenn Miller, Duke Ellington, Mamie Smith, Sam Moore and Horace Davis, Gus Van and Joe Schenck in the Ziegfeld Follies, 1921,"
"on the American ""Billboard"" record chart for six weeks in the fall of 1958. Edwards's version of the song also hit number one on the United Kingdom chart that year. Since then, it has since become a pop standard. It has been recorded by numerous artists, including Cliff Richard, The Four Tops, Isaac Hayes, Jackie DeShannon, Van Morrison, Nat ""King"" Cole, Brook Benton, Elton John, Mel Carter, Donny and Marie Osmond, Barry Manilow, and Keith Jarrett. Dawes is the only vice president to be credited with a No. 1 pop hit. Dawes and Sonny Bono are the only people credited"
"streak until November 1971, when Capitol Records labelmate Sonny James scored his 16th straight No. 1 hit with ""Here Comes Honey Again."" In the years since, only Earl Thomas Conley and Alabama have had lengthier No. 1 streaks, with 16 and 21 straight No. 1 songs in a row, respectively. Your Tender Loving Care (song) ""Your Tender Loving Care"" is the title track from Buck Owens' 1967 album. The single was number one country hit spending one week at the top and a total of fourteen weeks on the chart. When ""Your Tender Loving Care"" reached No. 1, it established"
"chart in the US in October that year and spent five weeks atop the easy listening chart. ""Billboard"" ranked it as the No. 20 song for 1971. The version reached number six in the pop charts in the UK in October 1971. The song became a Gold record. Baez's version was used during a pivotal scene in the 2017 film ""Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri"" and is included on the film's soundtrack. The Baez recording had some changes in the lyrics. Baez later told ""Rolling Stone""s Kurt Loder that she initially learned the song by listening to the recording on"