Best selling albums.

[loz]

OK, as embarasssing as it is I have a bad feeling it is 'I just Called to Say I Love You' although personally I would refuse to accept it as Motown!

 

[Mod]

Already said Stevie Wonder Loz, turning into Sunday night again.

 

[loz]

Already said Stevie Wonder Loz, turning into Sunday night again.

oh yes so you have

Never mind, Maksimov will be along soon to suggest him as well

 

[Maksimov]

McCartney is spot on , Beatles, Wings, McCartney and Wonder , And No 1 with Pipes of Peace.

Macca got a #1 hit as part of a quintet with 'Get Back'(Beatles with Billy Preston) and as a sextet with 'Let it Be'(Ferry Aid, which had Macca, Mel Appleby, Kim Appleby, Kate Bush, Boy George and Jim Diamond). He was also one of the nine who recorded the version of 'Ferry Across the Mercy' that was a #1 hit in 1989. The other eight were Garry and Russell Christian, Henry Priestman, Holly Johnson, Gerry Marsden, Mike Stock, Matt Aitken and Pete Waterman. And Macca was part of Band Aid and who knows how many people were part of that.

Ok, I'll get me anorak...

 

[Maksimov]

Never mind, Maksimov will be along soon to suggest him as well

Don't blame me if other people try to give me credit for the answers you got right before I did. So

and

 

[loz]

Not either of those .Keep going .

are you not saying it isn't Marvin Gaye at all - if not then I guess 'Lets Get it On'

 

[clubhappy]

Loz your correct and it WAS on the Mowtown label so it was classed as Mowtown , even though it was a pile of sh*te.

Shortest song title to get to NO 1 ????

 

[Maksimov]

ABBA - 'SOS'...there's probably something shorter, but that was the first that came to my mind.

 

[Mod]

Loz your correct and it WAS on the Mowtown label so it was classed as Mowtown , even though it was a pile of sh*te.

So your saying Loz was right with Stevie Wonder?

Are you cloakey in disguise?

 

[loz]

That is another pub quiz pop question special (and in fairness to you Maksimov SOS is about the most common answer thatis given)

However the answer is

 

[loz]

Loz your correct and it WAS on the Mowtown label so it was classed as Mowtown , even though it was a pile of sh*te.

So your saying Loz was right with Stevie Wonder?

Are you cloakey in disguise?

You get 1/4 of a point for the artist, I get 3/4 for the song - get in line sonny!

 

[Maksimov]

That is another pub quiz pop question special (and in fairness to you Maksimov SOS is about the most common answer thatis given)

I knew it couldn't be the shortest, but that was the first thing that came to my mind.

What is the biggest selling single in UK that wasn't a #1?

 

[loz]

Do you mean the biggest selling #2?

 

[Maksimov]

Do you mean the biggest selling #2?

Yes...

 

[loz]

I only know half the answer to that one. I know the only reaosn it was kept off number one was because Band Aid was at the top and selling huge amounts however I can't remember what it was

 

[Maksimov]

I only know half the answer to that one. I know the only reaosn it was kept off number one was because Band Aid was at the top and selling huge amounts however I can't remember what it was

You're half way there. Think of what single could've been a massive seller that Christmas.

 

[loz]

I had forgotten it would have been the Xmas market.....errr Xmas single, when was Band Aid? 1985 wasn't it. No 85 was the concert wasn't it. The single came first so it is Xmas 84.

So we are looking at something like CLiff Richard, Frankie goes to Hollywood (although I think they topped the charts with all their first 4 or 5 singles didn't they?), Queen or Wham/George Michael.

I would be guessing though - don't really know

 

[Maksimov]

Ok...it's so obvious when you see it:

Wham: Last Christmas

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Two tracks have become top 40 UK hits for seven different artists. Which songs?

 

[loz]

---Two tracks have become top 40 UK hits for seven different artists. Which songs?

Hmm

Is Unchained Melody one?

 

[loz]

Here is one for to think about

Ultravox's 'Vienna' was widely acclaimed as a classic song in the 1980s however what kept this song from getting the number one position most people thought it deserved?