July births & deaths

July 1 Births 1938    Susan Maughan 1939    Delaney Bramlett – US guitarist/singer 1945    Deborah Harry 1946    June Monteiro – vocals Toys 1946    Ivor Biggun 1948    John Ford – singer/bass Hudson Ford 1949    John Farnham 1951     Fred Schneider – keyboards...

American instrumental number ones

In the history of the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart since the rock era, only 21 instrumentals have topped their chart and this year marks the 40 anniversay since the last one. Here is the full list of those 21 tracks. No. Title Artist Year 1 The Happy Organ Dave...

Groups with the most UK number one albums

Following on from last week’s solo artists with the most UK number one albums, here is the list of 35 groups/bands with five or more number one albums to their credit since the chart began back in 1956. Act Number of No.1 albums Comments Bon Jovi 5 Boyzone 5...