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Artists who died in a different country from where they were born

by Jon Kutner • February 16, 2020 • 0 Comments

Here is a list of 20 charting musicians who were born in one country and died in another. I’ve only use one example from each combination.

Artist	Country of birth	Country of death
Joe Strummer	Turkey	UK
Winifred Atwell	Trinidad	Australia
Robert Palmer	UK	France
Aaliyah	USA	Bahamas
Falco	Austria	Democratic Rupublic of the Congo
Meri Wilson	Japan	USA
James Last	Germany	USA
Stephen Gately	Ireland	Spain
Freddie Mercury	Zanzibar	UK
Steve Strange	UK	Egypt
Max Bygraves	UK	Australia
Al Jolson	Lithuania	USA
Kirsty MacColl	UK	Mexico
Bob Marley	Jamaica	UK
Demis Roussos	Egpyt	Greece
Alex Harvey	Scotland	Belgium
Gene Pitney	USA	UK
Joe Cocker	UK	USA
Eve Boswell	Hungary	South Africa
Waldo de los Ríos	Argentina	Spain

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Hits written by one-hit-wonders

by Jon Kutner • February 9, 2020 • 0 Comments

Here is a list of 15 UK number one hits that were written or co-written by an artist who only had one UK hit as an artist.

Song	Artist	One Hit Wonder Writer	Their Only UK Hit
Sugar Sugar	Archies	Andy Kim	Rock Me Gently
Living Doll	Cliff Richard	Lionel Bart	Happy Endings
Bright Eyes	Art Garfunkel	Mike Batt	Summertime City
The Day The Rains Came	Jane Morgan	Gilbert Becaud	A Little Love & Understanding
Running Bear	Johnny Preston	Big Bopper	Chantilly Lace
You’re My World	Cilla Black	Umberto Bindi	Il Nostro Concerto
Don’t Turn Around	Aswad	Albert Hammond	The Free Electric Band
The Tide Is High	Blondie / Atomic Kitten	John Holt	Help Me Make It Through The Night
Ring My Bell	Anita Ward	Frederick Knight	I’ve Been Lonely For So Long
Under The Moon Of Love	Showaddywaddy	Curtis Lee	Pretty Little Angel Eyes
Sad Sweet Dreamer	Sweet Sensation	David Parton	Isn’t She Lovely
Woodstock	Matthews Southern Comfort	Joni Mitchell	Big Yellow Taxi
Sorry	Justin Bieber	Julia Michaels	Issues
Cinderella Rockafeller	Esther & Abi Ofarim	Mason Williams	Classical Gas
Osmonds	love Me For A Reason	Johnny Bristol	Hang On In There Baby

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Top 20 greatest blues artist of all time

by Jon Kutner • February 2, 2020 • 0 Comments

Over the two months leading up to Christmas, the national DAB station Planet Rock asked their listeners to vote for their favourite blues artist of all-time and this was the result:

Rank	Artist
20	Johnny Winter
19	Robert Johnson
18	Jimmy Page
17	John Mayall
16	Beth Hart
15	Janis Joplin
14	Buddy Guy
13	Howlin’ Wolf
12	Muddy Waters
11	John Lee Hooker
10	Joanne Shaw Taylor
9	Peter Green
8	Jimi Hendrix
7	B.B. King
6	Eric Clapton
5	Walter Trout
4	Stevie Ray Vaughan
3	Joe Bonamassa
2	Gary Moore
1	Rory Gallagher

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Oldest living singers to have had a UK number one

by Jon Kutner • January 26, 2020 • 0 Comments

There are currently 20 solo singers who are still with us that have had at least one UK number one hit, here is the list.

Singer	Date	Year of birth
Vera Lynn	Mar-20	1917
Jane Morgan	May-03	1924
Tony Bennett	Aug-03	1926
Harry Belafonte	Mar-01	1927
Rolf Harris	Mar-30	1930
Petula Clark	Nov-15	1932
Des O’Connor	Jan-12	1932
J. J. Barrie	Jul-07	1933
Pat Boone	Jun-01	1934
Jerry Lee Lewis	Sep-29	1935
Leyton, John	Feb-17	1935
Johnny Mathis	Sep-30	1935
Engelbert Humperdinck	May-02	1936
Frank Ifield	Nov-30	1936
Tommy Steele	Dec-17	1936
Shirley Bassey	Jan-08	1937
Jerry Keller	Jun-20	1937
Connie Francis	Dec-12	1938
Kenny Rogers	Aug-21	1938
Johnny Tillotson	Apr-20	1939

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Best-selling albums of 2019

by Jon Kutner • January 19, 2020 • 0 Comments

Unlike last week, the album still exists in a vinyl and CD format as well as downloads, so here is a list of the top 20 best-selling albums of last year.

Position	Title	Artist
1	Divinely Uninspired To A Hellish Extent	Lewis Capaldi
2	No.6 Collaborations Project	Ed Sheeran
3	The Greatest Showman	Motion Picture Cast Recording
4	When We All Fall Asleep Where Do We Go?	Billie Eilish
5	Bohemian Rhapsody (Soundtrack)	Queen
6	Staying At Tamara’s	George Ezra
7	Thank U, Next	Ariana Grande
8	What A Time To Be Alive	Tom Walker
9	A Star Is Born (Soundtrack)	Motion Picture Cast Recording
10	÷	Ed Sheeran
11	50 Years – Don’t Stop	Fleetwood Mac
12	The Christmas Present	Robbie Williams
13	Always In Between	Jess Glynne
14	You’re In My Heart	Rod Stewart with The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
15	Diamonds	Elton John
16	Greatest Hits I Ii & Iii – The Platinum Collection	Queen
17	Don’t Smile At Me	Billie Eilish
18	Dua Lipa	Dua Lipa
19	Everyday Life	Coldplay
20	Hollywood’s Bleeding	Post Malone

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Best-selling tracks of 2019

by Jon Kutner • January 12, 2020 • 1 Comment

Even though the industry still call it a singles chart, it’s not really as it’s pretty much all downloads and streams, so here is a list of the top 20 most streamed/downloaded tracks of 2019.

Position	Title	Artist
1	Someone You Loved	Lewis Capaldi
2	Old Town Road	Lil Nas
3	I Don’t Care	Ed Sheeran + Justin Bieber
4	Bad Guy	Billie Eilish
5	Giant	Calvin Harris & Rag’n’Bone Man
6	Sweet But Psycho	Ava Max
7	Vossi Bop	Stormzy
8	Don’t Call Me Up	Mabel
9	Piece Of Your Heart	Meduza feat Goodboys
10	Señorita	Shawn Mendes & Camila Cabello
11	Dance Monkey	Tones & I
12	Shotgun	George Ezra
13	7 Rings	Ariana Grande
14	Sunflower (Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse)	Post Malone & Swae Lee
15	Wow	Post Malone
16	Location	Dave feat Burna Boy
17	Hold Me While You Wait	Lewis Capaldi
18	Ladbroke Grove	AJ Tracey
19	Just You And I	Tom Walker
20	Shallow	Lady GaGa & Bradley Cooper

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