Every UK #1 Single of The 1980's Discussion Thread.

Aha. So that transposition was at least second-hand, if not third-hand or more. In any sense, it would count as ex-post-facto revisionism.

 

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6th March 1982

Tight Fit - The Lion Sleeps Tonight

3 Weeks At No 1

5th No 1 of 1982 and No 496 in total.




"The Lion Sleeps Tonight" is a song originally recorded by Solomon Linda[1] under the title "Mbube" for the South African Gallo Record Company in 1939. Linda's version was written in Zulu, while the English lyrics were written by George David Weiss. The song was adapted and covered internationally by many pop and folk revival artists in the 1950s and 1960s, including the Weavers, Jimmy Dorsey, Yma Sumac, Miriam Makeba, and the Kingston Trio. In 1961, it became a number one hit in the United States as adapted in English with the best-known version by the doo-wop group the Tokens. It went on to earn millions in royalties from cover versions and film licensing. The pop group Tight Fit had a number one hit in the UK with the song in 1982.

History
"Mbube" (Zulu for "lion") was written in the 1920s by Solomon Linda[citation needed], a South African singer of Zulu origin, who later worked for the Gallo Record Company in Johannesburg as a cleaner and record packer. He spent his weekends performing with the Evening Birds, a musical ensemble, and it was at Gallo Records, under the direction of producer Griffiths Motsieloa, that Linda and his fellow musicians recorded several songs, including "Mbube", which incorporated a call-response pattern common among many Sub-Saharan African ethnic groups, including the Zulu.

According to journalist Rian Malan:

"Mbube" wasn't the most remarkable tune, but there was something compelling about the underlying chant, a dense meshing of low male voices above which Solomon yodelled and howled for two exhilarating minutes, improvising occasionally. The third take was the best, achieving immortality when Solly took a deep breath, opened his mouth, and improvised the melody that the world now associates with these words:

In the jungle, the mighty jungle, the lion sleeps tonight.[1]

Issued by Gallo as a 78-rpm phonograph record in 1939,[2] and marketed to black audiences, "Mbube" became a hit and Linda a star throughout South Africa. By 1948, the song had sold over 100,000 copies in Africa and among black South African immigrants in Great Britain. Linda also lent its name to a style of African a cappella music that evolved into isicathamiya (also called mbube), popularized by Ladysmith Black Mambazo.[3]

In 1949, Alan Lomax, then working as folk music director for Decca Records, brought Solomon Linda's 78 recording to the attention of his friend Pete Seeger of the folk group The Weavers. In November 1951, after having performed the song for at least a year in their concerts, The Weavers recorded an adapted version with brass and string orchestra and chorus and released it as a 78 single titled "Wimoweh", a mishearing of the original song's chorus of "Uyimbube", Zulu: You are a lion. Their version contained the chanting chorus "Wimoweh" and Linda's improvised melodic line. The Weavers credited the song as "Traditional", with arrangement by "Paul Campbell", later found to be a pseudonym used by the Weavers in order to claim royalties.[4] It reached Billboard's top ten and became a staple of The Weavers' live repertoire, achieving further exposure on their best-selling The Weavers at Carnegie Hall LP album, recorded in 1955 and issued in 1957. The song was also covered extensively by other folk revival groups such as The Kingston Trio, and exotica singer Yma Sumac. However, Miriam Makeba, in 1960, recorded the same song as "Mbube", with the writing credit given to "J. Linda".[4]

In 1961, two RCA Records producers, Hugo Peretti and Luigi Creatore, hired Juilliard-trained musician and lyricist George David Weiss to arrange a pop music cover of "Wimoweh" for the B-side of a 45-rpm single called "Tina", sung by doo-wop group The Tokens. Weiss wrote the English lyrics: "In the jungle, the mighty jungle, The lion sleeps tonight ..." and "Hush, my darling, don't fear, my darling ..."

Weiss also brought in soprano Anita Darian to reprise Yma Sumac's version, before, during and after the soprano saxophone solo.[5] "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" was issued by RCA in 1961, and it rocketed to number one on the Billboard Hot 100. Weiss' Abilene Music Inc., was the publisher of this arrangement, and listed "Albert Stanton" (a pseudonym for Al Brackman, the business partner of Pete Seeger's music publisher, Howie Richmond) as one of the song's writers or arrangers.

Social historian Ronald D. Cohen writes, "Howie Richmond copyrighted many songs originally in the public domain [sic] but now slightly revised to satisfy Decca and also to reap profits."[6] Canadian writer Mark Steyn, on the other hand, attributes the invention of the pseudonym "Paul Campbell" to Pete Seeger. Howie Richmond's claim of author's copyright could secure both the songwriter's royalties and his company's publishing share of the song's earnings.[1]

Although Linda was listed as a performer on the record itself, the Weavers thought he had recorded a traditional Zulu song. Their managers, publisher, and their attorneys knew otherwise because they had been contacted by—and had reached an agreement with—Eric Gallo of Gallo Records in South Africa. The Americans maintained, however, that South African copyrights were not valid because South Africa was not a signatory to U.S. copyright law.[1] In the 1950s, after Linda's authorship was made clear, Seeger sent Linda $1000. Seeger also instructed TRO/Folkways to henceforth pay his share of authors' earnings to Linda. The folksinger apparently trusted his publisher's word of honor and either saw no need, or was unable to make sure these instructions were carried out.[1]

In 2000, South African journalist Rian Malan wrote a feature article for Rolling Stone magazine in which he recounted Linda's story and estimated that the song had earned $15 million for its use in the Disney movie The Lion King alone. The piece prompted filmmaker François Verster to create the Emmy-winning documentary A Lion's Trail, that told Linda's story while incidentally exposing the workings of the multi-million dollar corporate music publishing industry.[7]

In July 2004, as a result of the publicity generated by Malan's article and the subsequent documentary, the song became the subject of a lawsuit between Linda's estate and Disney, claiming that Disney owed $1.6 million in royalties for the use of "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" in the film and musical stage productions of The Lion King.[8] At the same time, the Richmond Organization began to pay $3,000 annually into Linda's estate. In February 2006, Linda's descendants reached a legal settlement with Abilene Music Publishers, who held the worldwide rights and had licensed the song to Disney, to place the earnings of the song in a trust.[9][10]

In 2012, "Mbube" fell into the public domain due to the copyright law of South Africa. "The Lion Sleeps Tonight", however is still in copyright.

 

Week Ending 06 March 1982

07 - 02 - 01 - Tight Fit - THE LION SLEEPS TONIGHT
05 - 11 - 02 - Toni Basil - MICKEY
04 - 01 - 03 - Jam - A TOWN CALLED MALICE / PRECIOUS
06 - 04 - 04 - Haircut 100 - LOVE PLUS ONE
04 - 03 - 05 - J. Geils Band - CENTREFOLD
04 - 09 - 06 - Fun Boy Three And Bananarama - IT AIN'T WHAT YOU DO IT'S THE WAY THAT YOU DO IT
05 - 05 - 07 - Soft Cell - SAY HELLO WAVE GOODBYE
04 - 10 - 08 - Depeche Mode - SEE YOU
09 - 06 - 09 - Stranglers - GOLDEN BROWN
07 - 07 - 10 - Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - MAID OF ORLEANS
03 - 19 - 11 - Iron Maiden - RUN TO THE HILLS
07 - 08 - 12 - Daryl Hall And John Oates - I CAN'T GO FOR THAT (NO CAN DO)
02 - 20 - 13 - Adam And The Ants - DEUTSCHER GIRLS
03 - 28 - 14 - Madness - CARDIAC ARREST
03 - 42 - 15 - ABC - POISON ARROW
06 - 23 - 16 - Bow Wow Wow - GO WILD IN THE COUNTRY
07 - 18 - 17 - George Benson - NEVER GIVE UP ON A GOOD THING
06 - 22 - 18 - Adrian Gurvitz - CLASSIC
07 - 16 - 19 - XTC - SENSES WORKING OVERTIME
02 - 29 - 20 - Starsound - STARS ON STEVIE
15 - 15 - 21 - Meat Loaf - DEAD RINGER FOR LOVE
13 - 12 - 22 - Christopher Cross - ARTHUR'S THEME (BEST THAT YOU CAN DO)
04 - 30 - 23 - Robert Palmer - SOME GUYS HAVE ALL THE LUCK
08 - 17 - 24 - Elkie Brooks - FOOL IF YOU THINK IT'S OVER
03 - 35 - 25 - Kraftwerk - SHOWROOM DUMMIES
05 - 28 - 26 - Jets - LOVE MAKES THE WORLD GO ROUND
19 - 13 - 27 - Kraftwerk - THE MODEL / COMPUTER LOVE
08 - 25 - 28 - Mike Post And Larry Carlton - THEME FROM 'HILL STREET BLUES'
08 - 14 - 29 - Shakin' Stevens - OH JULIE
03 - 34 - 30 - Abba - HEAD OVER HEELS
05 - 36 - 31 - 'D' Train - YOU'RE THE ONE FOR ME
04 - 33 - 32 - UB40 - I WON'T CLOSE MY EYES
08 - 27 - 33 - Olivia Newton-John - LANDSLIDE
05 - 21 - 34 - AC/DC - LET'S GET IT UP
1 - NEW - 35 - Gary Numan - MUSIC FOR CHAMELEONS
09 - 24 - 36 - Mobiles - DROWNING IN BERLIN
16 - 26 - 37 - Shakatak - EASIER SAID THAN DONE
03 - 46 - 38 - Associates - PARTY FEARS TWO
02 - 53 - 39 - Goombay Dance Band - SEVEN TEARS
1 - NEW - 40 - Imagination - JUST AN ILLUSION
02 - 62 - 41 - Rod Stewart - HOW LONG
06 - 37 - 42 - Modern Romance - QUEEN OF THE RAPPING SCENE (NOTHING EVER GOES THE WAY YOU PLAN)
02 - 56 - 43 - Foster And Allen - A BUNCH OF THYME
1 - NEW - 44 - Blackfoot - DRY COUNTRY (FOUR FROM BLACKFOOT)
05 - 41 - 45 - Earth Wind And Fire - I'VE HAD ENOUGH
03 - 48 - 46 - Nolans - DON'T LOVE ME TOO HARD
1 - NEW - 47 - Julio Iglesias - QUIEREME MUCHO (YOURS)
15 - 31 - 48 - Bucks Fizz - THE LAND OF MAKE BELIEVE
1 - NEW - 49 - David Bowie - BAAL'S HYMN EP
04 - 49 - 50 - Hamilton Bohannon - LET'S START TO DANCE AGAIN
04 - 39 - 51 - Black Sabbath - TURN UP THE NIGHT
02 - 73 - 52 - Quarterflash - HARDEN MY HEART
1 - NEW - 53 - Kool And The Gang - TAKE MY HEART (YOU CAN HAVE IT IF YOU WANT IT)
1 - NEW - 54 - Thin Lizzy - HOLLYWOOD
12 - 32 - 55 - Kool And The Gang - GET DOWN ON IT
03 - 60 - 56 - Richard 'Dimples' Fields - I'VE GOT TO LEARN TO SAY NO
03 - 55 - 57 - Kiss - WORLD WITHOUT HEROES
07 - 40 - 58 - Gillan - RESTLESS
1 - NEW - 59 - Pluto - YOUR HONOUR
07 - 52 - 60 - Theatre Of Hate - DO YOU BELIEVE IN THE WESTWORLD
02 - 71 - 61 - Pig Bag - GETTING' UP
02 - 72 - 62 - Journey - DON'T STOP BELIEVIN'
09 - 38 - 63 - Human League - BEING BOILED
25 - 68 - 64 - Soft Cell - TAINTED LOVE
13 - 43 - 65 - Foreigner - WAITING FOR A GIRL LIKE YOU
05 - 61 - 66 - Human League - HOLIDAY 80 (EP)
1 - NEW - 67 - Hank Marvin - DON'T TALK
1 - NEW - 68 - Derek And The Dominoes - LAYLA
1 - NEW - 69 - Four Tops - TONIGHT I'M GONNA LOVE YOU ALL OVER
09 - 44 - 70 - Alton Edwards - I JUST WANNA (SPEND SOME TIME WITH YOU)
1 - NEW - 71 - Mari Wilson - BEAT THE BEAT
04 - RE - 72 - Bauhaus - KICK IN THE EYE
13 - 47 - 73 - Jon And Vangelis - I'LL FIND MY WAY HOME
17 - 63 - 74 - Dollar - MIRROR MIRROR (MON AMOUR)
1 - NEW - 75 - Alice Cooper - SEVEN AND SEVEN IS


Week Ending 13 March 1982

08 - 01 - 01 - Tight Fit - THE LION SLEEPS TONIGHT
06 - 02 - 02 - Toni Basil - MICKEY
07 - 04 - 03 - Haircut 100 - LOVE PLUS ONE
05 - 06 - 04 - Fun Boy Three And Bananarama - IT AIN'T WHAT YOU DO IT'S THE WAY THAT YOU DO IT
05 - 05 - 05 - J. Geils Band - CENTREFOLD
05 - 08 - 06 - Depeche Mode - SEE YOU
04 - 11 - 07 - Iron Maiden - RUN TO THE HILLS
03 - 39 - 08 - Goombay Dance Band - SEVEN TEARS
07 - 16 - 09 - Bow Wow Wow - GO WILD IN THE COUNTRY
04 - 15 - 10 - ABC - POISON ARROW
05 - 03 - 11 - Jam - A TOWN CALLED MALICE / PRECIOUS
07 - 18 - 12 - Adrian Gurvitz - CLASSIC
03 - 13 - 13 - Adam And The Ants - DEUTSCHER GIRLS
03 - 20 - 14 - Starsound - STARS ON STEVIE
04 - 14 - 15 - Madness - CARDIAC ARREST
05 - 23 - 16 - Robert Palmer - SOME GUYS HAVE ALL THE LUCK
06 - 07 - 17 - Soft Cell - SAY HELLO WAVE GOODBYE
02 - 40 - 18 - Imagination - JUST AN ILLUSION
08 - 10 - 19 - Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - MAID OF ORLEANS
08 - 12 - 20 - Daryl Hall And John Oates - I CAN'T GO FOR THAT (NO CAN DO)
06 - 26 - 21 - Jets - LOVE MAKES THE WORLD GO ROUND
02 - 35 - 22 - Gary Numan - MUSIC FOR CHAMELEONS
10 - 09 - 23 - Stranglers - GOLDEN BROWN
02 - 47 - 24 - Julio Iglesias - QUIEREME MUCHO (YOURS)
04 - 38 - 25 - Associates - PARTY FEARS TWO
04 - 30 - 26 - Abba - HEAD OVER HEELS
09 - 28 - 27 - Mike Post And Larry Carlton - THEME FROM 'HILL STREET BLUES'
09 - 24 - 28 - Elkie Brooks - FOOL IF YOU THINK IT'S OVER
02 - 49 - 29 - David Bowie - BAAL'S HYMN EP
02 - 68 - 30 - Derek And The Dominoes - LAYLA
08 - 17 - 31 - George Benson - NEVER GIVE UP ON A GOOD THING
02 - 53 - 32 - Kool And The Gang - TAKE MY HEART (YOU CAN HAVE IT IF YOU WANT IT)
1 - NEW - 33 - Visage - DAMNED DON'T CRY
04 - 25 - 34 - Kraftwerk - SHOWROOM DUMMIES
06 - 31 - 35 - 'D' Train - YOU'RE THE ONE FOR ME
02 - 59 - 36 - Pluto - YOUR HONOUR
03 - 43 - 37 - Foster And Allen - A BUNCH OF THYME
04 - 46 - 38 - Nolans - DON'T LOVE ME TOO HARD
09 - 29 - 39 - Shakin' Stevens - OH JULIE
05 - 32 - 40 - UB40 - I WON'T CLOSE MY EYES
16 - 21 - 41 - Meat Loaf - DEAD RINGER FOR LOVE
1 - NEW - 42 - Elvis Presley - ARE YOU LONESOME TONIGHT?
02 - 69 - 43 - Four Tops - TONIGHT I'M GONNA LOVE YOU ALL OVER
14 - 22 - 44 - Christopher Cross - ARTHUR'S THEME (BEST THAT YOU CAN DO)
03 - 41 - 45 - Rod Stewart - HOW LONG
08 - 19 - 46 - XTC - SENSES WORKING OVERTIME
07 - 42 - 47 - Modern Romance - QUEEN OF THE RAPPING SCENE (NOTHING EVER GOES THE WAY YOU PLAN)
02 - 44 - 48 - Blackfoot - DRY COUNTRY (FOUR FROM BLACKFOOT)
02 - 67 - 49 - Hank Marvin - DON'T TALK
1 - NEW - 50 - Genesis - MAN ON THE CORNER
03 - 52 - 51 - Quarterflash - HARDEN MY HEART
1 - NEW - 52 - Leo Sayer - HAVE YOU EVER BEEN IN LOVE
02 - 54 - 53 - Thin Lizzy - HOLLYWOOD
20 - 27 - 54 - Kraftwerk - THE MODEL / COMPUTER LOVE
05 - 72 - 55 - Bauhaus - KICK IN THE EYE
06 - 34 - 56 - AC/DC - LET'S GET IT UP
05 - 50 - 57 - Hamilton Bohannon - LET'S START TO DANCE AGAIN
1 - NEW - 58 - Classix Nouveaux - IS IT A DREAM
02 - 71 - 59 - Mari Wilson - BEAT THE BEAT
1 - NEW - 60 - Adam And The Ants - ANTMUSIC (EP)
1 - NEW - 61 - Chas And Dave - AIN'T NO PLEASING YOU
02 - 75 - 62 - Alice Cooper - SEVEN AND SEVEN IS
03 - 62 - 63 - Journey - DON'T STOP BELIEVIN'
17 - 37 - 64 - Shakatak - EASIER SAID THAN DONE
1 - NEW - 65 - Blue Rondo A La Turk - KLACTOVEESEDSTEIN
10 - 36 - 66 - Mobiles - DROWNING IN BERLIN
03 - 61 - 67 - Pig Bag - GETTING' UP
26 - 64 - 68 - Soft Cell - TAINTED LOVE
09 - 33 - 69 - Olivia Newton-John - LANDSLIDE
16 - 48 - 70 - Bucks Fizz - THE LAND OF MAKE BELIEVE
04 - 56 - 71 - Richard 'Dimples' Fields - I'VE GOT TO LEARN TO SAY NO
05 - 51 - 72 - Black Sabbath - TURN UP THE NIGHT
06 - 45 - 73 - Earth Wind And Fire - I'VE HAD ENOUGH
1 - NEW - 74 - Vicky D - THE BEAT IS MINE
1 - NEW - 75 - Smokey Robinson - TELL ME TOMORROW


Week Ending 20 March 1982

09 - 01 - 01 - Tight Fit - THE LION SLEEPS TONIGHT
04 - 08 - 02 - Goombay Dance Band - SEVEN TEARS
07 - 02 - 03 - Toni Basil - MICKEY
08 - 03 - 04 - Haircut 100 - LOVE PLUS ONE
06 - 04 - 05 - Fun Boy Three And Bananarama - IT AIN'T WHAT YOU DO IT'S THE WAY THAT YOU DO IT
05 - 10 - 06 - ABC - POISON ARROW
08 - 09 - 07 - Bow Wow Wow - GO WILD IN THE COUNTRY
03 - 18 - 08 - Imagination - JUST AN ILLUSION
06 - 05 - 09 - J. Geils Band - CENTREFOLD
08 - 12 - 10 - Adrian Gurvitz - CLASSIC
06 - 06 - 11 - Depeche Mode - SEE YOU
03 - 24 - 12 - Julio Iglesias - QUIEREME MUCHO (YOURS)
05 - 07 - 13 - Iron Maiden - RUN TO THE HILLS
05 - 15 - 14 - Madness - CARDIAC ARREST
05 - 25 - 15 - Associates - PARTY FEARS TWO
03 - 30 - 16 - Derek And The Dominoes - LAYLA
04 - 14 - 17 - Starsound - STARS ON STEVIE
06 - 16 - 18 - Robert Palmer - SOME GUYS HAVE ALL THE LUCK
04 - 13 - 19 - Adam And The Ants - DEUTSCHER GIRLS
06 - 11 - 20 - Jam - A TOWN CALLED MALICE / PRECIOUS
03 - 22 - 21 - Gary Numan - MUSIC FOR CHAMELEONS
07 - 21 - 22 - Jets - LOVE MAKES THE WORLD GO ROUND
02 - 33 - 23 - Visage - DAMNED DON'T CRY
07 - 17 - 24 - Soft Cell - SAY HELLO WAVE GOODBYE
05 - 26 - 25 - Abba - HEAD OVER HEELS
03 - 36 - 26 - Pluto - YOUR HONOUR
09 - 19 - 27 - Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - MAID OF ORLEANS
09 - 20 - 28 - Daryl Hall And John Oates - I CAN'T GO FOR THAT (NO CAN DO)
05 - 38 - 29 - Nolans - DON'T LOVE ME TOO HARD
03 - 32 - 30 - Kool And The Gang - TAKE MY HEART (YOU CAN HAVE IT IF YOU WANT IT)
02 - 61 - 31 - Chas And Dave - AIN'T NO PLEASING YOU
04 - 37 - 32 - Foster And Allen - A BUNCH OF THYME
03 - 29 - 33 - David Bowie - BAAL'S HYMN EP
10 - 27 - 34 - Mike Post And Larry Carlton - THEME FROM 'HILL STREET BLUES'
02 - 52 - 35 - Leo Sayer - HAVE YOU EVER BEEN IN LOVE
02 - 58 - 36 - Classix Nouveaux - IS IT A DREAM
02 - 42 - 37 - Elvis Presley - ARE YOU LONESOME TONIGHT?
07 - 35 - 38 - 'D' Train - YOU'RE THE ONE FOR ME
11 - 23 - 39 - Stranglers - GOLDEN BROWN
10 - 28 - 40 - Elkie Brooks - FOOL IF YOU THINK IT'S OVER
02 - 50 - 41 - Genesis - MAN ON THE CORNER
1 - NEW - 42 - Japan - GHOSTS
03 - 48 - 43 - Blackfoot - DRY COUNTRY (FOUR FROM BLACKFOOT)
03 - 43 - 44 - Four Tops - TONIGHT I'M GONNA LOVE YOU ALL OVER
06 - 55 - 45 - Bauhaus - KICK IN THE EYE
02 - 60 - 46 - Adam And The Ants - ANTMUSIC (EP)
09 - 31 - 47 - George Benson - NEVER GIVE UP ON A GOOD THING
10 - 39 - 48 - Shakin' Stevens - OH JULIE
04 - 51 - 49 - Quarterflash - HARDEN MY HEART
02 - 65 - 50 - Blue Rondo A La Turk - KLACTOVEESEDSTEIN
02 - 75 - 51 - Smokey Robinson - TELL ME TOMORROW
03 - 49 - 52 - Hank Marvin - DON'T TALK
02 - 74 - 53 - Vicky D - THE BEAT IS MINE
1 - NEW - 54 - Bill Wyman - A NEW FASHION
1 - NEW - 55 - Anti-Nowhere League - I HATE... PEOPLE
1 - NEW - 56 - Mike Oldfield - FIVE MILES OUT
05 - 34 - 57 - Kraftwerk - SHOWROOM DUMMIES
1 - NEW - 58 - Killing Joke - EMPIRE SONG
17 - 41 - 59 - Meat Loaf - DEAD RINGER FOR LOVE
04 - 45 - 60 - Rod Stewart - HOW LONG
06 - 40 - 61 - UB40 - I WON'T CLOSE MY EYES
03 - 53 - 62 - Thin Lizzy - HOLLYWOOD
08 - 47 - 63 - Modern Romance - QUEEN OF THE RAPPING SCENE (NOTHING EVER GOES THE WAY YOU PLAN)
1 - NEW - 64 - Graham Parker And The Rumour - TEMPORARY BEAUTY
03 - 59 - 65 - Mari Wilson - BEAT THE BEAT
1 - NEW - 66 - Boomtown Rats - HOUSE ON FIRE
09 - 46 - 67 - XTC - SENSES WORKING OVERTIME
15 - 44 - 68 - Christopher Cross - ARTHUR'S THEME (BEST THAT YOU CAN DO)
1 - NEW - 69 - Xavier - WORK THAT SUCKER TO DEATH
1 - NEW - 70 - Dexy's Midnight Runners - CELTIC SOUL BROTHERS
04 - 63 - 71 - Journey - DON'T STOP BELIEVIN'
1 - NEW - 72 - Dollar - RING RING
03 - 62 - 73 - Alice Cooper - SEVEN AND SEVEN IS
1 - NEW - 74 - Barbra Streisand - MEMORY
21 - 54 - 75 - Kraftwerk - THE MODEL / COMPUTER LOVE

 

Tight Fit - THE LION SLEEPS TONIGHT

I like the girls in the video and when they was on Top Of The Pops...otherwise sorry.
1/5

 

New Entry action....
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Week Ending 06 March 1982

 

This Tight Fit cover was issued in the U.S., albeit with a different B side, "Beep-Beep" (not the 1958 Playmates song):

No picture sleeve, though.

 

wk2

Week Ending 13 March 1982

 

wk3

Week Ending 20 March 1982

 

Of the records on this chart, in my collection would be:

"Layla" was first released in the U.S. as a single on Atco Records in 1971, pruned way down to 2:43 -

. . . then reissued the next year in its full 7:10 length where it did considerably better on Billboard's charts than in the prior year:

Meanwhile, the Elvis was a real oldie, dating to late 1960:

 

Meanwhile, here's one newie of significance and note:

 

Town called Malice - I like the sound and the rhythm, the actual song is just OK.
The lion sleeps tonight - Nothing wrong with it, but adds little to what's been done before.

Black Sabbath - Turn up the night
It's great how they found this totally new sound with the line-up changes and rediscovered themselves. Mob rules is a great LP.

J. Geils band - Centerfold
Love it! A classic feel-good track.

Iron Maiden - Run to the hills
Never got tired of this one though it's been so overplayed. The original version with Clive Burr is the best!

 

Their best drummer for me.

 

Been away so a quick catch up:

Tainted Love – superb but I don’t ever need to hear it again.

Prince Charming – one of the oddest number 1’s ever. As a song it doesn’t really stand up but matched with the video its superb.

It’s My Party – excellent cover version. It took them over a year to issue a follow up though, which is probably why they’re remembered as one-hit wonders. They are still making music today though, and they have many gems in their catalogue.

Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic – great pop song, but Invisible Sun is my favourite Police track ever. That should have been a number 1.

Under Pressure – both halves have done much better on their own. It’s ok, but I don’t think it would have been a number 1 had it not been a collaboration.

Begin The Beguine – YUCK. Music for grandparents.

Don’t You Want Me - best number one of 1981 and best UK Christmas number one. I may be biased though. I didn’t have Dare when the single came out, but I think I would have been pretty miffed to get two album tracks on the single, and the 12” version sucks beyond belief. But the poster with the 7” was great, and still adorns my wall to this day.



Favourite albums of 1981:


Dare – The Human League

Penthouse And Pavement - Heaven 17

Computer World – Kraftwerk

Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret – Soft Cell

Quit Dreaming And Get On The Beam – Bill Nelson

Tin Drum – Japan

Architecture & Morality – Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark

Rage In Eden – Ultravox

New Traditionalists – Devo

Sons And Fascination / Sister Feelings Call – Simple Minds



Land Of Make Believe – like it a lot more now than I did at the time. A great pop song with a hidden political message too.

Oh Julie – yuck! Hated Shaky at the time, and still don’t like him now.

The Model – superb (of course). People were amazed at the time that something 4 years old sounded so contemporary, I think it still sounds pretty timeless now. If you played it to someone who’d never heard it before I doubt anyone would date it as early as 1978.

Town Called Malice / Precious – I prefer the funky Precious to the track that got all the attention.

The Lion Sleeps Tonight – hideous! I do quite like (a tiny bit) the follow up ABBA rip off Fantasy Island.

 

Great post ace.

 

Next...

27th March 1982

Goombay Dance Band - Seven Tears

3 Weeks At No 1

6th No 1 of 1982 and No 497 in total.



"Seven Tears" is a popular song by the Goombay Dance Band, released in 1981. It was released as the only single from their third studio album, Holiday in Paradise, and was subsequently featured on the UK-only compilation Seven Tears.

Written by Wolff-Ekkehardt Stein and Wolfgang Jass, and produced by Jochen Peterson, "Seven Tears" was a major hit across Europe in the winter and spring of 1982. The song spent three weeks at number one on the UK Singles Chart,[1] being the fourth time a German act had topped the UK chart, six weeks after Kraftwerk had achieved that feat with "The Model" in 1982 and Boney M with Rivers Of Babylon and Mary's Boy Child in 1978.[2]

 

Complete with Top 10 Countown...

 

Week Ending 27 March 1982

05 - 02 - 01 - Goombay Dance Band - SEVEN TEARS
10 - 01 - 02 - Tight Fit - THE LION SLEEPS TONIGHT
04 - 12 - 03 - Julio Iglesias - QUIEREME MUCHO (YOURS)
04 - 08 - 04 - Imagination - JUST AN ILLUSION
08 - 03 - 05 - Toni Basil - MICKEY
06 - 06 - 06 - ABC - POISON ARROW
04 - 16 - 07 - Derek And The Dominoes - LAYLA
09 - 10 - 08 - Adrian Gurvitz - CLASSIC
06 - 15 - 09 - Associates - PARTY FEARS TWO
09 - 04 - 10 - Haircut 100 - LOVE PLUS ONE
09 - 07 - 11 - Bow Wow Wow - GO WILD IN THE COUNTRY
07 - 05 - 12 - Fun Boy Three And Bananarama - IT AIN'T WHAT YOU DO IT'S THE WAY THAT YOU DO IT
07 - 11 - 13 - Depeche Mode - SEE YOU
03 - 31 - 14 - Chas And Dave - AIN'T NO PLEASING YOU
06 - 13 - 15 - Iron Maiden - RUN TO THE HILLS
02 - 42 - 16 - Japan - GHOSTS
07 - 09 - 17 - J. Geils Band - CENTREFOLD
03 - 23 - 18 - Visage - DAMNED DON'T CRY
04 - 21 - 19 - Gary Numan - MUSIC FOR CHAMELEONS
06 - 14 - 20 - Madness - CARDIAC ARREST
03 - 35 - 21 - Leo Sayer - HAVE YOU EVER BEEN IN LOVE
04 - 26 - 22 - Pluto - YOUR HONOUR
03 - 36 - 23 - Classix Nouveaux - IS IT A DREAM
05 - 17 - 24 - Starsound - STARS ON STEVIE
07 - 18 - 25 - Robert Palmer - SOME GUYS HAVE ALL THE LUCK
06 - 29 - 26 - Nolans - DON'T LOVE ME TOO HARD
03 - 37 - 27 - Elvis Presley - ARE YOU LONESOME TONIGHT?
05 - 32 - 28 - Foster And Allen - A BUNCH OF THYME
04 - 30 - 29 - Kool And The Gang - TAKE MY HEART (YOU CAN HAVE IT IF YOU WANT IT)
05 - 19 - 30 - Adam And The Ants - DEUTSCHER GIRLS
04 - 33 - 31 - David Bowie - BAAL'S HYMN EP
06 - 25 - 32 - Abba - HEAD OVER HEELS
1 - NEW - 33 - Bucks Fizz - MY CAMERA NEVER LIES
08 - 22 - 34 - Jets - LOVE MAKES THE WORLD GO ROUND
1 - NEW - 35 - Dollar - GIVE ME BACK MY HEART
1 - NEW - 36 - Status Quo - DEAR JOHN
02 - 54 - 37 - Bill Wyman - A NEW FASHION
02 - 74 - 38 - Barbra Streisand - MEMORY
07 - 20 - 39 - Jam - A TOWN CALLED MALICE / PRECIOUS
08 - 24 - 40 - Soft Cell - SAY HELLO WAVE GOODBYE
1 - NEW - 41 - Altered Images - SEE THOSE EYES
03 - 53 - 42 - Vicky D - THE BEAT IS MINE
02 - 58 - 43 - Killing Joke - EMPIRE SONG
02 - 66 - 44 - Boomtown Rats - HOUSE ON FIRE
02 - 70 - 45 - Dexy's Midnight Runners - CELTIC SOUL BROTHERS
02 - 55 - 46 - Anti-Nowhere League - I HATE... PEOPLE
03 - 41 - 47 - Genesis - MAN ON THE CORNER
02 - 56 - 48 - Mike Oldfield - FIVE MILES OUT
10 - 27 - 49 - Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - MAID OF ORLEANS (THE WALTZ OF JOAN OF ARC)
02 - 64 - 50 - Graham Parker And The Rumour - TEMPORARY BEAUTY
03 - 50 - 51 - Blue Rondo A La Turk - KLACTOVEESEDSTEIN
1 - NEW - 52 - Tygers Of Pan Tang - LOVE POTION NUMBER 9
02 - 69 - 53 - Xavier - WORK THAT SUCKER TO DEATH
03 - 46 - 54 - Adam And The Ants - ANTMUSIC (EP)
04 - 44 - 55 - Four Tops - TONIGHT I'M GONNA LOVE YOU ALL OVER
08 - 38 - 56 - 'D' Train - YOU'RE THE ONE FOR ME
1 - NEW - 57 - Shalamar - I CAN MAKE YOU FEEL GOOD
10 - 28 - 58 - Daryl Hall And John Oates - I CAN'T GO FOR THAT (NO CAN DO)
03 - 51 - 59 - Smokey Robinson - TELL ME TOMORROW
1 - NEW - 60 - Elton John - BLUE EYES
02 - 72 - 61 - Dollar - RING RING
07 - 45 - 62 - Bauhaus - KICK IN THE EYE
11 - 34 - 63 - Mike Post And Larry Carlton - THEME FROM 'HILL STREET BLUES'
05 - 49 - 64 - Quarterflash - HARDEN MY HEART
04 - 43 - 65 - Blackfoot - DRY COUNTRY (FOUR FROM BLACKFOOT)
1 - NEW - 66 - A Flock Of Seagulls - I RAN
1 - NEW - 67 - Slade - RUBY RED
12 - 39 - 68 - Stranglers - GOLDEN BROWN
04 - 52 - 69 - Hank Marvin - DON'T TALK
1 - NEW - 70 - B-Movie - NOWHERE GIRL
1 - NEW - 71 - T Rex - TELEGRAM SAM
1 - NEW - 72 - Mobiles - AMOUR AMOUR
10 - 47 - 73 - George Benson - NEVER GIVE UP ON A GOOD THING
1 - NEW - 74 - XTC - BALL AND CHAIN
1 - NEW - 75 - Chris Rea - LOVING YOU


Week Ending 03 April 1982

06 - 01 - 01 - Goombay Dance Band - SEVEN TEARS
05 - 04 - 02 - Imagination - JUST AN ILLUSION
05 - 03 - 03 - Julio Iglesias - QUIEREME MUCHO (YOURS)
05 - 07 - 04 - Derek And The Dominoes - LAYLA
02 - 33 - 05 - Bucks Fizz - MY CAMERA NEVER LIES
11 - 02 - 06 - Tight Fit - THE LION SLEEPS TONIGHT
04 - 14 - 07 - Chas And Dave - AIN'T NO PLEASING YOU
07 - 06 - 08 - ABC - POISON ARROW
03 - 16 - 09 - Japan - GHOSTS
07 - 09 - 10 - Associates - PARTY FEARS TWO
04 - 18 - 11 - Visage - DAMNED DON'T CRY
10 - 08 - 12 - Adrian Gurvitz - CLASSIC
09 - 05 - 13 - Toni Basil - MICKEY
04 - 21 - 14 - Leo Sayer - HAVE YOU EVER BEEN IN LOVE
02 - 35 - 15 - Dollar - GIVE ME BACK MY HEART
04 - 23 - 16 - Classix Nouveaux - IS IT A DREAM
02 - 41 - 17 - Altered Images - SEE THOSE EYES
1 - NEW - 18 - Roxy Music - MORE THAN THIS
05 - 22 - 19 - Pluto - YOUR HONOUR
10 - 11 - 20 - Bow Wow Wow - GO WILD IN THE COUNTRY
07 - 26 - 21 - Nolans - DON'T LOVE ME TOO HARD
08 - 12 - 22 - Fun Boy Three And Bananarama - IT AIN'T WHAT YOU DO IT'S THE WAY THAT YOU DO IT
10 - 10 - 23 - Haircut 100 - LOVE PLUS ONE
06 - 28 - 24 - Foster And Allen - A BUNCH OF THYME
02 - 36 - 25 - Status Quo - DEAR JOHN
05 - 19 - 26 - Gary Numan - MUSIC FOR CHAMELEONS
08 - 13 - 27 - Depeche Mode - SEE YOU
04 - 27 - 28 - Elvis Presley - ARE YOU LONESOME TONIGHT?
07 - 20 - 29 - Madness - CARDIAC ARREST
03 - 44 - 30 - Boomtown Rats - HOUSE ON FIRE
02 - 60 - 31 - Elton John - BLUE EYES
07 - 15 - 32 - Iron Maiden - RUN TO THE HILLS
1 - NEW - 33 - Motorhead - IRON FIST
03 - 38 - 34 - Barbra Streisand - MEMORY
02 - 57 - 35 - Shalamar - I CAN MAKE YOU FEEL GOOD
06 - 24 - 36 - Starsound - STARS ON STEVIE
1 - NEW - 37 - Shakatak - NIGHT BIRDS
05 - 29 - 38 - Kool And The Gang - TAKE MY HEART (YOU CAN HAVE IT IF YOU WANT IT)
08 - 25 - 39 - Robert Palmer - SOME GUYS HAVE ALL THE LUCK
08 - 17 - 40 - J. Geils Band - CENTREFOLD
03 - 37 - 41 - Bill Wyman - A NEW FASHION
1 - NEW - 42 - Rainbow - STONE COLD
03 - 48 - 43 - Mike Oldfield - FIVE MILES OUT
03 - 43 - 44 - Killing Joke - EMPIRE SONG
02 - 72 - 45 - Mobiles - AMOUR AMOUR
05 - 31 - 46 - David Bowie - BAAL'S HYMN EP
02 - 52 - 47 - Tygers Of Pan Tang - LOVE POTION NUMBER 9
02 - 66 - 48 - A Flock Of Seagulls - I RAN
04 - 42 - 49 - Vicky D - THE BEAT IS MINE
1 - NEW - 50 - Pigbag - PAPA'S GOT A BRAND NEW PIGBAG
02 - 67 - 51 - Slade - RUBY RED
07 - 32 - 52 - Abba - HEAD OVER HEELS
1 - NEW - 53 - U2 - A CELEBRATION
08 - 39 - 54 - Jam - A TOWN CALLED MALICE / PRECIOUS
03 - 46 - 55 - Anti-Nowhere League - I HATE... PEOPLE
03 - 50 - 56 - Graham Parker And The Rumour - TEMPORARY BEAUTY
1 - NEW - 57 - Monsoon - EVER SO LONELY
1 - NEW - 58 - Girlschool - DON'T CALL IT LOVE
06 - 30 - 59 - Adam And The Ants - DEUTSCHER GIRLS
02 - 74 - 60 - XTC - BALL AND CHAIN
04 - 54 - 61 - Adam And The Ants - ANTMUSIC (EP)
09 - 34 - 62 - Jets - LOVE MAKES THE WORLD GO ROUND
03 - 45 - 63 - Dexy's Midnight Runners - CELTIC SOUL BROTHERS
03 - 53 - 64 - Xavier - WORK THAT SUCKER TO DEATH
02 - 75 - 65 - Chris Rea - LOVING YOU
04 - 51 - 66 - Blue Rondo A La Turk - KLACTOVEESEDSTEIN
04 - 47 - 67 - Genesis - MAN ON THE CORNER
02 - 70 - 68 - B-Movie - NOWHERE GIRL
02 - 71 - 69 - T Rex - TELEGRAM SAM
09 - 40 - 70 - Soft Cell - SAY HELLO WAVE GOODBYE
1 - NEW - 71 - Fashion - STREET PLAYER
1 - NEW - 72 - Scorpions - NO ONE LIKE YOU
1 - NEW - 73 - Fureys - I WILL LOVE YOU
1 - NEW - 74 - PhD - I WON'T LET YOU DOWN
04 - 59 - 75 - Smokey Robinson - TELL ME TOMORROW


Week Ending 10 April 1982

07 - 01 - 01 - Goombay Dance Band - SEVEN TEARS
03 - 05 - 02 - Bucks Fizz - MY CAMERA NEVER LIES
06 - 02 - 03 - Imagination - JUST AN ILLUSION
05 - 07 - 04 - Chas And Dave - AIN'T NO PLEASING YOU
04 - 09 - 05 - Japan - GHOSTS
02 - 18 - 06 - Roxy Music - MORE THAN THIS
03 - 15 - 07 - Dollar - GIVE ME BACK MY HEART
06 - 04 - 08 - Derek And The Dominoes - LAYLA
06 - 03 - 09 - Julio Iglesias - QUIEREME MUCHO (YOURS)
05 - 14 - 10 - Leo Sayer - HAVE YOU EVER BEEN IN LOVE
05 - 16 - 11 - Classix Nouveaux - IS IT A DREAM
05 - 11 - 12 - Visage - DAMNED DON'T CRY
03 - 25 - 13 - Status Quo - DEAR JOHN
08 - 21 - 14 - Nolans - DON'T LOVE ME TOO HARD
08 - 08 - 15 - ABC - POISON ARROW
02 - 37 - 16 - Shakatak - NIGHT BIRDS
03 - 17 - 17 - Altered Images - SEE THOSE EYES
07 - 24 - 18 - Foster And Allen - A BUNCH OF THYME
1 - NEW - 19 - Paul McCartney And Stevie Wonder - EBONY AND IVORY
12 - 06 - 20 - Tight Fit - THE LION SLEEPS TONIGHT
11 - 12 - 21 - Adrian Gurvitz - CLASSIC
08 - 10 - 22 - Associates - PARTY FEARS TWO
03 - 31 - 23 - Elton John - BLUE EYES
04 - 30 - 24 - Boomtown Rats - HOUSE ON FIRE
05 - 28 - 25 - Elvis Presley - ARE YOU LONESOME TONIGHT?
10 - 13 - 26 - Toni Basil - MICKEY
03 - 35 - 27 - Shalamar - I CAN MAKE YOU FEEL GOOD
06 - 19 - 28 - Pluto - YOUR HONOUR
02 - 33 - 29 - Motorhead - IRON FIST
02 - 50 - 30 - Pigbag - PAPA'S GOT A BRAND NEW PIGBAG
06 - 26 - 31 - Gary Numan - MUSIC FOR CHAMELEONS
1 - NEW - 32 - Haircut 100 - FANTASTIC DAY
11 - 20 - 33 - Bow Wow Wow - GO WILD IN THE COUNTRY
02 - 42 - 34 - Rainbow - STONE COLD
1 - NEW - 35 - England World Cup Squad - THIS TIME (WE'LL GET IT RIGHT)
04 - 34 - 36 - Barbra Streisand - MEMORY
1 - NEW - 37 - Bananarama With Fun Boy Three - REALLY SAYING SOMETHING
08 - 32 - 38 - Iron Maiden - RUN TO THE HILLS
02 - 57 - 39 - Monsoon - EVER SO LONELY
11 - 23 - 40 - Haircut 100 - LOVE PLUS ONE
1 - NEW - 41 - J. Geils Band - FREEZE-FRAME
09 - 27 - 42 - Depeche Mode - SEE YOU
1 - NEW - 43 - Bardo - ONE STEP FURTHER
03 - 48 - 44 - A Flock Of Seagulls - I RAN
1 - NEW - 45 - David Bowie - CAT PEOPLE (PUTTING OUT FIRE)
09 - 22 - 46 - Fun Boy Three And Bananarama - IT AIN'T WHAT YOU DO IT'S THE WAY THAT YOU DO IT
02 - 53 - 47 - U2 - A CELEBRATION
02 - 74 - 48 - PhD - I WON'T LET YOU DOWN
08 - 29 - 49 - Madness - CARDIAC ARREST
03 - 45 - 50 - Mobiles - AMOUR AMOUR
04 - 43 - 51 - Mike Oldfield - FIVE MILES OUT
02 - 71 - 52 - Fashion - STREET PLAYER
04 - 41 - 53 - Bill Wyman - A NEW FASHION
02 - 73 - 54 - Fureys - I WILL LOVE YOU
06 - 38 - 55 - Kool And The Gang - TAKE MY HEART (YOU CAN HAVE IT IF YOU WANT IT)
03 - 47 - 56 - Tygers Of Pan Tang - LOVE POTION NUMBER 9
1 - NEW - 57 - Elvis Costello - I'M YOUR TOY
03 - 60 - 58 - XTC - BALL AND CHAIN
1 - NEW - 59 - Simple Minds - PROMISED YOU A MIRACLE
03 - 51 - 60 - Slade - RUBY RED
05 - 49 - 61 - Vicky D - THE BEAT IS MINE
02 - 58 - 62 - Girlschool - DON'T CALL IT LOVE
04 - 64 - 63 - Xavier - WORK THAT SUCKER TO DEATH
04 - 44 - 64 - Killing Joke - EMPIRE SONG
02 - 72 - 65 - Scorpions - NO ONE LIKE YOU
09 - 40 - 66 - J. Geils Band - CENTREFOLD
07 - 36 - 67 - Starsound - STARS ON STEVIE
1 - NEW - 68 - Daryl Hall And John Oates - PRIVATE EYES
04 - 56 - 69 - Graham Parker And The Rumour - TEMPORARY BEAUTY
03 - 68 - 70 - B-Movie - NOWHERE GIRL
04 - 63 - 71 - Dexy's Midnight Runners - CELTIC SOUL BROTHERS
05 - 66 - 72 - Blue Rondo A La Turk - KLACTOVEESEDSTEIN
03 - 65 - 73 - Chris Rea - LOVING YOU
1 - NEW - 74 - War - YOU GOT THE POWER
05 - 67 - 75 - Genesis - MAN ON THE CORNER

 

Would’ve made a great Eurovision song.

 

Goombay Dance Band - SEVEN TEARS

I cried plenty more than 7......
Just no!!!!
1/5

 

It's funny, I was just catching up on this thread and someone said that Prince Charming was one of the oddest No.1s they have heard.....

This is in a year with Joe Dolce, Tight Fit and Goombay Dance Band......

 

'Germany....0 Points!!!!!....'

 

Even with all the cool new acts around, there was still room in the charts for this song. It sounds like a Boney M B-side from 1977.

 

Tight Fit and Goombay Dance Band are 1982......not '81.

 

Still, my point stands.